DOES WELL WITH ONE ARM
Englishman Apparently Little Incon
venienced by the Loss of His
Right “Wing,"
Apropos our recent photograph on
feats performed by armless men, a con
tributor, who lost his riitlit arm "lien j
he was a youth, sends an Interesting
account of the Ingenious manner in
which he carries mi in spite of his
handicap.
*‘I get up at sev.-n o'clock,” he says,
“wash, shave, scrub my finger-nails hy
holding a small nail-brush between my
teeth, and dress myself without any
help. To fill a pipe and strike a
match is an easy matter, while years
ago 1 learned to write with my left
hand.
“I often play whist, and can phica
my cards together as quickly as any
one. But I find my chief delight and
enjoyment in playing*the piano or or
gan. I love both. 1 do not play with
mv left hand only, bnt play the lower
notes "ith a stick in my mouth.
“I can open a boiler] egg and eat it
as quickly as anyone with their two
hands, while In regard to wrapping tip
a parcel and securing the same with
string, I challenge any grocer to do
the job more neatly.
“Feeling an apple Is quite simple. 1
can open n penknife In an instant.
“No one need despair who has lost
one of their arms. It is awkurd at
first, hut after a few weeks it is sur
prising what one can do for them
selves. So to all who have losl an
nrin I say: ‘Cheerio! It might have
been worse!”—London Tit-Bits.
WENT TO HEAVEN IN AUTO
Novelty in Burning of Effigy of Ma
chine at the Grave of Wealthy
Chinaman.
It Is the custom of the Chinese to
burn various kimis of effigies at the
funeral ceremonies of the rich, ami
the more wealthy the departed the
more elaborate the figures burned over
his grave. These effigies represent
every manner of thing, such as human
figures, horses, sedan chairs, tables
loaded with money, etc.
At the funeral of a Mr. Li, who
fied a short time ago in Tientsin,
and who was a very wealthy man,
the bereaved family outdid themselves,
and made an imitation of the <h ceased
gentleman’s automobile, to be burned
at his grave. The effigy was made
entirely of strong Chinese paper
stretched on bamboo frames The ear
was complete In every detail, the ped
als accurately placed, and i n d* <f
paper and bamboo.
The interior of the ear was also
accurate In detail, being <■: -i > up
holstered in paper The . r < i r
ried about three miles ft.-, i. 1 I
streets to the grin suit «h. re a
match was applied, and It ' - con
sumed in a lew minutes
Ancient Mesopotar ■ a.
Survey research ivnr in M - on
mia has revealed the tact that in f"t
mer times the eountrv wa- «-i>vu-i < <1
with a network of canals, showing that
a very eelehrated system of irr.ati ti
must then have been in vogue. Some
of these canals were iio feet <!• • ■ |■ with
steep embankment . This interesting
Information was staled hy I.ieut. <"ol.
C. A. Iieazeley, royal engineer- in a
lecture given by him ;it tlie in-h
Itoyal (Geographical ' toy r, ■ ntly.
He also brought to light the faet that
The city of Samar h. \\!.i< 11 i a
comparatively unimportant tows, at a
period before the Christian era must
have been one of the must populous
trading centers of the Hast. Tile an
cient city was 20 miles in length and
I’C. in width, and it is estimated that
it contained about 4,000000 inhabit
ants. There were miles of v. alls and
warehouses, and it formed a converg
ing point for caravans from a vast
area. Another city in Mesopotamia,
the lecturer said, showed traces of
having been laid out on the lim - of a
modern American city.
Government Newspaper.
It is not generally known that in case
the recent railwayman s d -pute In
Great Britain had develop*,! into a
general strike, and the public had been
unable to obtain its customary news
papers. arrangements hud b • r, • ; Me
for the production of a government
daily.
It was to contain no editorial view*
whatever, but simply a record of whnt
was happening at home and abroad.
Five million copies would have been
circulated by a squadron of I'd aero
planes. The government's idea was
that the dangers of a gete-ral sirike
would be erutrm u-.sly enhanced if the
g< leral public did not know- what was
going on.
Community Singing.
“I see community singing is becom
ing a fad in mans towns.”
“What is it?”
"The merry villagers-' Idea boosted
a notch. I take it.”
“How?"
“Instead of dancing on the green,
we assemble in community centers
and mingle our voices in j:>/ madri
gals and syncopated glees.’ Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
Air Travel de Luxe.
The airship "It .Tf has been making
a tour of tho French battlefields, says
the London Sphere and it carried a
chef and gave its passengers French
cooking, and nil! beds, with sheets.
“On September 1-V say- the «une pa
per, “during a (light from Amsterdam
to England, this lunch was served on
1. passenger airplane: Salmon mayon
naise, colil chicken, fruir salad and
»-ijie '—From the Outlook.
v PAROQUET ITEMS «
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r.iro'iuot. April 14. -We are still
Laving plenty <>f rain through this
wet ion and cold nights. Health is
good.
A. X. Trent of Bate: ville arid Mr.
Holt were business visitors here
Thursday.
Mi . T. W. Stui iifielr. and Mrs.
B. K Clark spent Thursday evening
at Newark shopping.
T. W. Stubblefield made a business
trip to ilatesville Friday.
\V. F. Self of .V s ark pent Thurs
day lit re.
Mr. and Mi . Seth Fewallcn spent
Saturday and Sunda. in Oil Trough
visiting rtdativ* s.
.Jack Mil!.:' made a business trip
to Newark Saturday.
Henry *\\ Gruff made a business
trip to Newport Monday.
T. W. Stubblefield and Mrs, Logan
liandeoek are spending a few days
at Moorefield visiting relatives.
School is progressing nicely and a
large program is announced for the
last night of school.
,(. W. Way man made a business
trip to Newark Saturday.
Mrs. John Barber visited her dau
ghter, Mrs. Edna MeClure at Newark
Saturday.
John Parks made a business trip
to Newark Monday.
J. \. Joins spent Saturday even
ing at Newp it.
Bob Smith and \lfred Jones spent
Satruday evening at Newport.
Hr. A. A. Evans of Newark made a
professional call here Thursday.
Mis. J. O. Phillips of Little Rock
is spending a few days here visiting
her sister, Mrs. G W. Yaney.
Rev. Storey of Newport filled his
regular appointment here Saturday
night and Sunday.
Mrs. Mamie Fields a.} ! children of
Newark spent Saturday night and
Sunday here visiting Mr. and Mrs.
B. R. Clark.
W. \V. Edmondson is spending a
few days at Calico Rock visiting
friends and relatives.
(iFT INTO THE SHEEP INDUSTRY
If there is any particular branch
«f livestock raising that deserves pro
motion it is sheep raising. It has
ever been held as a profitable industry
since farmers have given it fair test
in this state. Many parts of the
state are especially adapted to sheep
raising and it need not fail in any
pari of Arkansas. 11. 11. Dvorachek,
professor of Animal Husbandry in
the l niversity of Arkansas, makes
the following statement regarding
sheep in Arkasas:
“According to recent figures given
I ; u; there were on January 1, 1920,
I in Arkansas, 201,000 sheep. This
number is still less than one half
of one per cent of the total number
of sheep in this country. So we still
have lots of room for increase. One
fact should be noted, however, and
that is that altogether there was a
deerca.-o of about eight per cent in
! sheep in this country as a whole in
hi: la. i ten years, Arkansas increased
j her numiter of sheep by about thirty
I three per cent. 1’h.i.s shows that Ark
1 ansas farmers are going in rather
j than cut ot the sheep business.”
HOGS IN MIXED LOTS HANDLED
W ITHOUT LOSS
T. \. Reid, agent of Livestock
| Shipping, Agricultural Extension I)i
j vision, says that the impression is
i erroneous that inferior grades of hogs
; shipped with better grades causes the
| value of better grades to be reduced.
Mr. Reid has supervised the shipping,
I co-operatively of 335 carloads of cat
| tic* and hogs from Arkansas during
; 1919, therefore speaks from oxperi
I once. He says:
j "On arrival at the terminal mark
I ot a car of hogs is graded into as
many grades as are necessary based
on the quality and weight of the in
dividual animals and not according to
the quality of the lot as a whole,
j Each grade is then Sold at the mark
! ot price for the day. It is true that
, a car of uniform animals of the same
I size and quality may bring 5 to 10
cents per hundred weight premium,
but it is very seldom that such a car
is sold.
The man who has good hogs need
have no fear that the value of his
lings will bo reduced when 'hey are
placed in a cooperative car and ship
pel to market with other animals that
are inferior to his in qua’, ty.
SPRAYING CALENDAR IS READY
Fruit growers may obtain a valu
able spraying calendar prepared by
the plant pathologists and entomolog
ists of the University of Arkansas,
College of Agriculture, Fayetteville,
Ark. It instructs as to apples, plums,
cherries and grapes.
Our Friends and Customers
of North Arkansas
It is with pleasure we thank our many cus
tomers for the liberal patronage of their Spring
1920 orders. This has been a most remarkable
season. Having so many warm friends who have
placed their confidence in us, it has inspired us to
spend unlimited time and money in searching the
markets to furnish you with the very best mer
chandise at the very lowest prices this country
could produce. We feel well paid for our efforts,
in knowing that you are prepared to meet compe
tition from any quarter.
Those of you who need filling-in goods for
Summer, or have not bought your Spring and
Summer bill, should go into the House now. With
new goods arriving most every day, broken lines
and closeouts in staple, notions and furnishing
goods, makes this an especially good time for
House buying. Merchandise will be no cheaper
this year,* and we advise to keep your stock well
supplied.
Yours very truly,
DOYLE-KIDD DRY GOODS CO.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK
CHAS. G. PRATHER, REPRESENTATIVE
BATESVILLE. ARKANSAS
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New Top—improved Fenders—New Switch
We Want to Bring it to You
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DIXIE AUTO CO
BATESVILLE. ARKANSAS
BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME
Every home in Arkansas should be
1 i autified with flowers, a lawn and;
-hade trees. It is true it requires;
,nie work, a little expense and care:
but a little time off from the usual
.tine of work will be well expend-j
ed, for such improvements reflect i
riie rfulness and make the home more j
pleasant and attractive.
I'liRIFT CARDENS ARE URGED
One way of reducing the cost of
thing is to plant a Thrift Garden.
I, every man, woman and child who
ran get the use of an idle plot of
. round, plant a garden. Everyone
who can should grow their garden
t ruck.
Oi \ RUING AGAINST THE
I’INK BOLLWORM
G. C. Decker, chief inspector of the
.-''.ate Plant Board, urges farmers to
help keep the pink boil worm out of
rkansas, which they can best do by
ratifying him of all shipments of
cotton lint, cotton seed or other cot
ton products corning into Arkansas
front Cameron, Calcasieu or Jefferson
1 avis parishes of Louisiana. In case
farmers find anything they think
rr-'ght be the pink bollworm, they
hould immediately notify Mr. Becker
at Little Rock.
At the meeting called by Governor
Brough a drastic quarantine was in
augurat'd against the pink bollworm
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which is prevalent in Louisiana and
Texas. It is now unk.w'ul for cotton
seed, cotton seed hulls, cotton lint,
linters, waste, sweepings, samples,
cotton ginning and milling machinery,
cotton bagging or anything used iri
handling cotton products to be ship-1
ped into Arkansas from the states of
Louisana and Texas. Shipments from
other states also are required to se
cure permit , showing affidavits that
Mich cotton products were not origi
nated in Louisana or Texas.
As the pink b611 worm once estab
lished would be disastrous to the
cotton industry of Arkansas, farmers
should be especialy interested in keep
ing out the pest.
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Our Feed Was Bought Right, and We Can
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A Place to Leave Your Team Where it Will
Be Well Cared For
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With two car-loads of cook stoves
and two car* of furniture in stock
at the old price, we are prepared
to make you extra good prices on
all housekeeping items.
Remember that in these lines as
well as dry goods, shoes, clothing
and wall paper we take your Lib
erty Bonds at 100 cents on the
dollar.
A Iso all returned Soldiers and
Sailors are Allowed a
Discount from Regular Prices
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