The Newark Journal.
O. F. CKAIU. Kditor.
NEWARK- - 7 ARKANSAS.
A NEW EDUCATIONAL IDEA.
Letters May Soon Be Exchanged Be
tween Children in Schools of
London and Washington.
A communication lias boon 10
sfoived in Washington by the
board of education from the
school board in London request
iug that children of the capital bo
allowed to correspond with those
in London, says the Washington:
Times.
The idea is not a new one in
1he United States, as it lias been
the custom for some time for chil
dren in different cities to write
letters to each other. The plan
has been found to be effective in I
giving children practical experi
ence in let ter writ iug. and a w ider
and clearer knowledge of geogra
phy, history and the topics of gen
eral interest relative to t lies
cities.
In some way the plan was
brought to the notice of the board
of education of London, and it is
believed that communications
similar to that received by tin*
Washington school board have
been sent to the trustees of
schools in other cities.
The Washington children will
be allowed to open correspond
ence with llie English children,
and the same good effects are an
ticipated as in 1 Ik* past.
Members of the board of educe
tion heartily indorse tin* plan.
They declare it teaches the chi!
dren the history of other cities in
a way that they can readily under
stand and grasp easier than
through school books. t’orre
cpondence is only allowed be
tween pupils of the same grade,
and are rarely of a real personal
character.
The letters consist of descrip
tions of the general plan of the
city, its industries, and many
points of interest regarding its
institutions and people. It is
believed that this sort of com
munication w ith English children ;
will serve to teach American chi!- j
dren much that they would not
otherwise learn.
Th'E VALUE OF OUR TREES.
Without Them Present Civilization
Would Not Have Been Possible
for Ages, If at All.
In inanv parts of our country
farming would bo impossible but
for tlu* trees, such is their influ
ence upon t he st roams. They reg
ulate the water-supply, amlMheir
tendency is to prevent both Hoods
and drought: they supply fuel, one
ef the greatest necessities of life,
ami they furnish the lumber for
the building of our cities, rail
roads, ships, and a t housand other
things without which, says Worn
xn*s Home Companion, our pres
ent state of civilization would not
have been possible for ages, if at
all. This is why we should lie
careful of our forests, which are
fast dwindling away in many sec
tions; this is why e should legis
late against sheep-grazing in the
forests, and against all other prae
tires which tend to cause forest
fires, and why we should try to
protect our trees from their nat
ural enemies, such as landslides,
Hoods, insects and fungi. And it
is well to bear in mind the fact
that we cannot replace in HO years
a tree which we can destroy in an
hour.
“Foarpence the Grab.”
London possesses a curiosity in
itie Southwark eel market, which
is said to have been held regularly
for over liOO years. II is little
known except in the neighborhood
where it is held viz., near Black
friars bridge. Originally the eels
jo Id were caught off Blackfriars
bridge, but now they come most
ly from Holland and Scotland.
They are not sold by weight, as is
usual, but by the handful, the
price being "4d. the grab.”
ORIENTAL PEWTER WORK
Quite an Art Among the Chinese and
Japanese—Highly Appreciated
by Amateurs.
There is no question, says tlx*
Boston Herald, hut that, antique
pewter from China and Japan is
being hailed by collectors as a dis
covery. True, the compound is ill
itself nothing so novel. Indeed,
our grandmothers used oeeasion
ally to get bits of it in the days of
the East India trade, when hus
bands. sons and sweethearts
would scurry about the Chinese
ports in search of souvenirs to
carry home to the "women folks.”
But somehow, iti the midst of the
general furore over Japanese art
that lias prevailed these last few
years, very little has ever been
heard of pewter objects, though
some amateurs have been aware
that it has claims to their consid
eration.
The exhibition of Chinese and
Japanese pewter which Paul <'hal
fin, curator of the oriental depart
ment ar the Museum of Fine Arts,
is now arranging in eases in the
metal room, is. so far as known,
the first of its kind ever made in
America. A number of articles se
emed at tin* Yamanaka and Mat
suki sales have already thus been
put on view. Some of these spe
cimens date back to the Sung
or Ming dynasties; others are
quite modern. But all illustrate
the possibilities of this metal in
the hands of skillful designers
who know how to use gold, silver
or brass in connect ion wit b it.
In the center of the tirst case
that lias been arranged there is a
large vaselike covered jar, dating
back to the fifteenth century, and
surmounted by a statuette of cop
per, inlaid with brass. This is a
Chinese object, as are two small
tea caddies, with portions in high
relief; two large salvers of pew
ter, inlaid with brass, and a won
derful teapot, with handle of jade.
Tin1 Japanese pewter inanother
ease shows everywhere strong af
finity with the designs of other
branches of Japanese art, and dif
ferent iatcs itself sharply in many
essential particulars from tin*
Chinese productions. Among
other things shown tin* a bowl of
the seventeenth century, with
honeysuckle pattern, a very
charming object in color and de
sign; a large jar speckled with
black -the qua lily that makes ori
ental pewter most valuable—and
indicating by its ornamentation
that it belongs to the class that
was once made by special com
mand of the court of Shogun for
the emperor himself; a very strik
ing bowl of pewter exterior, inlaid
with panels of brass. The objects
m e now on view at the museum.
FOR RATTLESNAKE BITES.
A Simple Cure Which Is Said to Be
Effective If Not Delayed
Too Long.
Santiago F. Taylor writes from
La BroHia, Sinaloa, Mexico, in re
gard to the Mexican cure for the
bite of a rattlesnake. He says,
according to the Los Angeles
Times, it is effective if not delayed
too late:
“The remedy is simply sulphur
and beef suet, mixed in equal
parts intann ointment. Take one
ounce of flour of sulphur and one
ounce of beef suet fried out the
same as hog lard tin fact they call
it beef lard) and cover the bite or
wound with this mixture, enough
to be one-eighth or one fourth of
an inch deep all over the spot bit
ten. Then apply heat until the
ointment runs well. It is not nee
essary to apply heat enough to
burn the person onh to melt the
tallow and sulphur. The natives
here use a hot stone or piece of
broken crockery, or a macheta or
a sheath knife heated hot in a
hastily built tire. The Mayo Indi
ands and Mexicans here assure
me it is a sure cure.”
Dewdrops.
The dew that is annually depos
ited on the surface of England in
equal to live inches of rain.
Not Wasteful.
“1 suppose." sai'l the physician, after
he had sounded the new patient "that
ymi exercise judgment in the matter o?
smoking? ^ uu do not indulge to foolish
exec-s in it?"
"No. indeed." replied the inveterate in*
dividual. "1 never smoke more than one
cigar at a time." Cincinnati Times-Star.
In the Spring.
Lowndes. Mo., April 4th.—Mrs. If. C.
Unity, of this place, says:
"For ycais 1 was in very bad health.
Every spring I would get so low that L
was unable to do my own work. I
seemed to be worse in the spring than
any other time of the year, i was very
weak and miserable and bad much paia
in my back and head. 1 saw Dodd's Kid
ney Pills advertised last spring and be
gan treatment of them and they have
certainly done me more good than any
thing I have ever used.
"1 was all right last spring and felt bet
ter than 1 have for over ten years. I am
fifty years of age and am stronger to
day than 1 have been tor many years and
1 give Dodd's Kidney Pills credit for the
w< mdei ful improvement.’’
The statement of Mrs. Thirty is oniy
one of a great many where Dodd’s Kid
ney Pills have proven themselves to be
the very best spring medicine. They
are unsurpassed as a tonic and are tlu>
only medicine used in thousands of fam
ilies.
It is, of course the unexpected that al
ways happens, but that doesn’t make any
difference to the 1-told-vou-so person.—
Puck.
Moravian lla.riey and Spelti,
two great cereals, makes growing and
fattening hogs and cattle possible in Dak.,
Mont., Ida.. Colo., yes everywhere, and
add to above Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass,
Teosinte, which produces 80 tons >f green
fodder per acre. Salzer’e Earliest Cane,
Salzer’s CO Day Oats and a hundred of
other rare farm seeds that they offer.
•UST CtT THIS OPT AND RETT? UN IT
with 10c in stamps to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co.. T.a Crosse. Whs., and get their
big catalog and lots of tarm seed sam
ples. [K. L.]
"Read Brown's last novel yet?" "Eu;
just convalescing horn Ins ltrst-i”—At
lanta Constitution.
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Piso’s Cure for Consumption is an infalli
ble medicine for cough- and cold-.—X \Y.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, \ J., Feb. 17. 1900.
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of Fallopian and Ovarian Inflammation—
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i “I used your medicine and treatment
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