The Newark journal.
One Dollar Per Annum.
NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY OCTOBER 31, 1902.
Vol. 2 No. 44
H HEN TIIE WOULD ENDS
Two Views on How the End of the
World Will Some Day be
Brought About.
How will the world end? Will
it explode, melt, freeze, collide
with another planet or dry up and
blow away?
Every since the first man trod
he earth’s surface this piohlem
ha5 been of interest. The proph
ets of old Israel indulged in
speculations concerning it. just as
do the prophets today. Two of
the latter have been ventilating
their views recently. One is Hud
son Maxim, (he brother of Hiram
Maxim, and an inventor of note
on his own account, and the other
is M. Louis ltahourdin, a French
scientist.
Mr. Maxim’s conclusions appear
in the Woman’s Home Compan
ion, while M. Rubourdin’s con
tribution to the literalure of the
subject is printed in the Paris
Cosmos. Maxim rejects the sug
gestion that the earth may be de
stioyed from within, but this is
the main contention of Rahour
din.
"Let us suppose,” the latter
says, “that in consequence of an
extraordinary movement produc
ed l»y a contraction of the central
m iss the bottom of the sea should
cave in and thus precipitate the
mass of witter in the ocean on the
hunting matter of the interior.
The water thus brought in con
tact with sm h a great licit would
decompose, the hvdrogou, the tire
g lining step by step, electric phe
nomena assisting, the greater part
of the lenostrial crust would re
turn to it* state ,«t the period of
its formation and be notIiing more
thin a globe of tire. In this case
iL wi ulJ tie presented to tin*
tun ! i which gravitate, in sidereal
! a new star, suddenly illum
l iate I, the brightness of which
n til l gradually increase, but
slowly disappear forever in the
profoun J shadows of inimitable
space. The earth’s one l will not,
however, lie thrown into the air,
its divided paits will not be pro
jected into spree; they will lie
c ngulated in the mass on which
they lay and the gas which is horn
on this burning mass, compressed
under the cha is of t*'e crust, will
spread to the exterior under cnor
mous pressure. This is wli.it is
revealed in the spectrum of all of
the new stars which have appear
ed in the past few ycais.
‘•At present there is observed a
relative frequency, in the appear
ance of new stars, the Novae, as
I they are called by the astronomers.
Is the appearance of these new
stars explained by the theory
which we have just stated and are
the Novae the presages of the fate
which awaits us some day in the
I future? According to prophecies,
the earth shall bo destroyed by
tire, and perhaps our suffering
and corrupted humanity will be
called upon to perish in a furnace
which is as gigantic as it is awe
; some.” '
Mr. Maxim’s suppositions fid
low other lines: “The warping
of the earth’s crust will continue
to produce volcanoes with oc
casional disasters until the ocean
shall disappear by absorption in
the earth, and our planet continue
to revolve—a dead world, like the
moon, liy tlut time, too, our sun
may have so much cooled down as
to be darkened by the formation
ot a crust upon its surface, and
I he whole solar system become a
tomb of ilie dead, rolling on
through infinite night. l>ut that
time is yet a long way off, and
neither ourselves nor our child
ren need to worry.
Although u is exceedingly iin
probable lliat the earth may be
destroyed by colli-iun with a com
el or some huge meteor, still the
fact that such a contingency is
possible is sufficient ground for
disscussiou on the suhjeet, and
for imagining what the result
might lie. Although it taunt prob
able, still it is possible, that the
earth may some time encounter
sueh a "limvcr of small meteors,
perhaps in the form rf a comet,
that the heat of Combustion from
friction with our atmosphere, and
the poisonous gases thereby gene
rated. might destroy all terrestri d
life. Expression was given to
this theoiy in a scries of articles
published some time ago by
i Camille Flamtnarior., the iminenl
astronomer-author.
‘Again, it is known that not
many years ago a huge bolide, j
! something like eight miles in1
diameter, fairly grazed our earth.
What wou'd happen should a
bolide, or meteor, 1(H) miles, orj
1,000 miles, in diameter, strike |
the earth fairly and squarely?!
Were we to suspend an egg by a
small cord, and tire at it with a
title, so that the bullet would
strike it in the center, the effect
would be somewhat similar on a !
small scale to what might he ex-j
peeted to happen to the earth if i
struck by a huge bolide 1,000
miles in diameter, moving at a
velocity of fifty miles a second.
“Lord Kelvin has estimated
that if the present consumption
of coal in human industries con !
liuues with anything like the pre
sent ratio of increase, the great I
coal measures will be exhausted,
and the oxygen of our atmosphere
practically consumed by its com-J
bastion, within the next four or
five Centuries. This is the most
likely, perhaps, of all possible
calamities to generally affect the!
human race, and it more directly j
concerns us at the present time,1
from our realization ill it wc are
extravagantly wasting the breath!
of life of those who are soon t< !
follow. Let ns hope, however,
that long before rjur fuel shall be
: consumed and our oxygen exliaus- !
led man will have discovered
some way of providing fresh -up-:
plies from new sources.’’
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Arrested on Criminal Charge.
Van Ituren. Oct. 27. —Offi ers
, I rought m John Pcgg from the
country this evening and lodged,
him in jail, charged with t-'.uill
with intern to commit criminal!
assault, his alleged victim being!
a fourteen-ycar-old girl, Hnth
p ii’ties am while.
A HEALTH POLICY
The system is, from natural
causes, debilitated or run-down
both in the spring and fall. The
seasons’ changes are always a tax
on the human organism. The
blood becomes impure in the
spring, and vitality lags in the fall.
A little care, a little assistance,
and nature will do the rest, as it is
always trying to maintain health.
Frequently the weakest organ will
show the most disorder, and this
often leads to wrong treatment.
For the dobilitated conditions
of spring or fall, or any other
time, for that matter, the right
thing to do is to build up the
whole system. It is not your stom
ach, or liver, or nerves alone that
cause the trouble; you are weak
ened all over and must have re
newed strength and vitality. These
jou cannwt set e°
quickly or surely or
safely as by using
Dr. HARTER’S
IRON TONIC
When you use Dr. Harter’s Iron
Tonic you are helping to renew
the vigor of every fiber of your
body. You are cleansing and en
riching your blood; you are
strengthening your stomach and
increasing the digestive fluids; you
are building up and renewing the*
activity of your kidueys and liver;
and you are feeding and revitaliz
ing your nervous system. You
cannot do this without getting
well, and you cannot take Dr. Har
ter’s Iron'Tonio without doing it.
Chicago, 111., Nov. 26,1901.
The Dr. Harter Medicine Co., Dayton, O.
Gentlemen: —I u nhesltutingly recom
mend Dr. Harter’s Iron Tonic, as 1
firmly believe it Is the best tonic on the
market to-day. Every spring and fall
my system seems to be in need of a
tonic, and for the past three years I
have taken a bottle of yonr tonic twice
a year. Hon. John J. Furlong,
Representative to the Illinois Legislature.
1351 Osgood St., Chicago.
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Happenings? Local Interest.
W. M. Moss is a new cash sub
scriber.
Newark needs more dwellings.
There is not a vacant house in
town.
Every stranger that comes along
has nothing but words of praise
for Newark.
J. T. Cash mad*- this offioa n.
pleasant call Monday and sub
scribed for The Journal.
J. T. Burrow, one of Oil
Trough's good citizens, was in
town Saturday on business.
A. Hammonds called Satur
day and deposited some of the oil
of commerce on subscription.
D. I. Maylian dropped in Mon
day and ordered The Journal sent
to Wm. McPeek, of Gilmer, Tex.
Prater Caps, of Obion county,
Tenn., has bought the barbershop
next door to the post offi -e and
will locate here.
.1. F. Morgan deposited some
coin of the realm with our cashier
Friday and had his name enrolled
on our growing subscription list.
J. H. Fetzer, a good citizen of
Dota, was transacting business in
town Saturday. He made this
office a pleasant call and had his
name enrolled on our subscription
list.
T. H. Jackson orders The Jour
nal sent to Thomas Goodwin, of
Exeter, Mo., for six months.
The surest way to avoid the evil
of a glutted market is to produce
a first-class article. The market
is never over-supplied with high
class products, but with inferior
grades.
If the people in this end ol the
county want a paper at Newark
they can make known their desire
in a very substantial manner by
subscribing for The Journal. We
would like to add at least 150 new
cash subscribers to our list by
Christmas.
In naming their newly organized
Camp after Col. V. Y. Cook, the
old soldiers of Newark placed
honor where honor was really due. !
Col. Cook was too young during
the war to climb the ladder of
fame as high as some of his older
and more favored comrades, but
he was a soldier for all that, and
no man has taken a livelier inter-1
est in the welfare of the old Con
federate since the war than he.
The name was worthily bestowed,
and the old boys will never have
cause to regret it. Newport Her
ald.
The serviceable life of a horse
is about eighteen years, yet some
men by the use of whip, spur and
by overloading, manage to get it
all out of him in one-fourth of
that time.
Squire James Blount, of Pleas
ant Plains, the newly elected coun
ty road commissioner, was look
ing over some of the roads in this
part of the county in company
with Overseer N. M. Wilson, of
this township, last week and made
this office a very pleasant call.
James Duck, one of Oil Trough's
best farmers, was in the city yes
terday. He says that he has a
six-acre cotton patch from which
he has already gathered 7 bales of
cotton, and that he intends to have
another bale off the same piece of
ground—unless Joe Leonard moves
his cotton pens.—Newport Herald
W. E. Benton, junior partner
with A. II. Mize & Co., the pho
tographers who have had a branch
gallery here, left last week for
Newport. Mr. Benton is a straight
forward, upright man of business
entegrity and good moral charac
ter. During the month he was
here we did not hear a single com
plaint against him of any kind.
Hon. \Y. B. Tomlinson, of Mag
ness, was transacting business in
town Monday and favored The
Journal with n pleasant call. He
reports that it was \Y. H. Tomlin
son and sons who were ran over
by the pay train at Magness, and
not himself, as has been reported
The similarity of their names led
to confusion and we are glad to
make the proper correction.
\I t* fi.tui lli'u Jnlm 1 In .
of Obion county, Tenn., left Sat
urday for Searcy, where they are
temporarily located, after spend
ing a few days here looking over
the town and surrounding country
with a view of locating. They
were very favorably impressed
with Newark and the adjoining
country and are expected to return
about Monday to complete final
arrangements for moving here.
They are relatives of W. 1). Jack
son.
$100 Reward, $100.
The renders of tins paper wi'.l
lie pleased to learn that tin-re is
at least one dreaded disease that
science lias been able to cure in
all its stages and that is Catarrh.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the
medic'll fraternity. Catarrh be
ing a constitutional disease, re
quires a constitutional treatment.
Hall’s Catanh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by
building up the coustinutioii amt
assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers, that
they offer one Hundred Dollars
for any ease that it fails to cute.
Send for list.of testimonials. Ad
dress, F. J . Che.icy & Co., Tole
do, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 75c
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Bear Nearly Kills a Boy.
Hot Springs. Oct. 21.—This
afternoon in what m known as
Happy Hollow, a resort for vis
itors, who go there to view a col
lection of wild animals, little
Robert Tatuum, an 8-yeai-old-lad,
when passing close to where a
large black bear was chained, was
caught between the paws of the
animal, and the latter dragged
him close to his body and, plac
ing the youth’s litad in his wide
ly-opened month, was crushing
his skull, when the bear’s keeper
rushed to the scene, at d, u>dng
only lfs hand, pried open the
mouth of the feiocious monster
and took the hoy Irotn him. The
little one was unconcious, and un
examination revealed the fact
that his skull had been badly
fractured. Physicians have no
hope for the recovery of the boy.
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SPEAKS ENCOURAGING
j Citizen of Newark Writes a Few
Words of Encouragement
For The Journal.
To tiie Editor of The Journal.
With your permission, I would
like to say a few words in regard
.»> what I consider one of the best
things the town of Newark has
ever had, namely, the newspaper.
It is not my intention to deal out
a lot of fl tilery in idle words, but
to Ciiit attention to a few facts
that are worth the sincere con
sideration of the people of the
town and surrounding country.
It is an acknowledged fact that
we have .as good a newspaper as
can he found in a town the size
of Newark anywhere inside the
state—or out of the state, either,
as foi that. Then the point I
would impress upon our people
is the necessity of supporting the
paper. Every head of a family
in this end of the county should
he a subscriber, and should not
only he a subscriber hut a paying
subscriber It should be, and 1 be*
lieve is, a matter of pride with
the people ot Newark to know
that we have such an able champ
ion and defender of our rights
and so thoroughly ail up-to-date
newspaper as The Journal has
proven to lie. The editor of tho
paper has settled permanently
among us and it is a duty we owe
lo ourselves as loyal citizens and
to 1 he Journal as a public enter
prise lo give it a liberal sup
port.
1 lie newspaper 13 ihe greatest
instrument in the world for the
upbuilding and advancement of a
community. So wide and per
sistent is its power and influence
inai ic is nnpossUilo to estimate
the consequence of even one item
that may sometimes appear in
only one issue of the paper. The
importance of the editor in the
eormunity which lie serves is
great, and one unacquainted with
the newspaper business in small
towns has no idea what an all
round handy utility he is. He oc
cupies a position all to himself
in politics and public affairs and
no one can encroach upon his
domain unless, pel haps, it hen
riv.d editor, The county judge
or the ^sheriff are, of course,
of great importance, hut they can
not till the editor's place.
Without newspapers and preach
ers this old woild would soon be
come a detestable place to live in
and there are hut few who would
care to exist long without them.
I he Journal has proven itself to
he a friend to Newark, in fuel
one of the best friends we have
ever had, and now, 1 say, lets
show our appreciation by liberal
ly supporting it. A. U. Dlkf.
Cured
At 70 of Heart Dis*
ease Contracted
During Civil War—
Veteran Grateful.
Dr. Miles* Heart Cure
Effected Cure.
Heart disease is curable, but in people of
advanced age it docs not readily lend itself
to ordinary treatment. There is, however,
hope for all sufferers in l)r. Miles’ Heart
Cur-, which we know from watching hun
dreds of cases and from the letters of grateful
sufferers, will cure where all else has failed.
It is not o ily a wonderful cure for weak and
diseased hearts, but it is a blood tonic, a reg
ulator of the heart’s action and the most
effective treatment ever formulated for im
proving the circulation cf the blood.
“During the Civil war I contracted heart
disease, and in 1896, while living in the grand
old town of Lexington, Va, 1 grew so much
worse, I left there with my wife to visit my
sister-in-law. Mrs. T. A. Kirby, at Roanoke,
Va. While I said nothing to anyone I never
expected to live to return to the dear old
town. On reaching Mrs. Kirby’s she insisted
1 should try Dr. Mi es’ Heart Cure. 1 pro
cured a few bottles of it, al o the Nervine
and Tome. After using one or two bottles, I
could see no improvement, and I despaired
of ever being better, but my faithful wife in
sisted on keeping it up, which I did. Im
provement soon began in earnest and I took
in all fifteen or s xteen bottles. I was re
stored to p-rfect health and while 1 am 70
years old, I am comparatively a boy. You
sir, are a benefactor, and I cheerfully recom
mend Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure to suffering
humanity."—J L. Si.aughter, Salem, Va.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bottle
Dr. Miles’ Remedies. Send for free
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Addrea
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, lad.