Vite Dollar Per Annum.
NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY OCTOBER 3, 1902.
Vol. 2 No. 40.
WORDS SPOKEN A DAY
Men Ordinarily Talk Enough to
Fill a Big Newspaper
Every Day.
“I have been trying to figure
cut how many words the average
man utters in every 24 hours,”
said a gentleman who has a pen
chant, for peculiar things, accord
ing to the New Orleans Times
Democrat, “but I have b .en un
able to leach any satisfactory con
clusion on account of the differ
ent rates of speed at which dif
ferent persons talk. Of course,
1 have no reference to the dif
ferent kinds of words which may
be found in the daily vocabulary
of the average man, but 1 am
talking about the total number of
words uttered counting repeti
tions and all, during every 24
hours. There is the quiet, mel
ancholy gentleman, who will not
speak on an average of 500 words
a day, and there are many who
for one reason and other would
not utter anything like this iium
her. On the other hand there is
tho conversational Gatling gun,
not always a woman either, who
will r >11 off words at a fearful
rate of speed, and whose aggre
gate for one day would tun up to
dizzy heights. Then there is llie
normal talker, who will strike a
good, docent aveiage—the man
who will neither bore you with
his indoffereiit silence nor tire
V m wi'h his meaningless verbosi
ty.
But suppose "o figure that lln*
average person will utter an aver
age of 4o words every minute, or
about 57,(500 words for every 21
hours, Of course, no person will
talk this much as the windiest of
men and women would probably
breakdown before they had talk
ed a> much a> 57 columns in the
average daily newspaper. The
only question is a- to how much
time each person pu's in talking
tim ing ear h day. None men and
women are situated so that they
cannot talk curing the day, ex
cept at meal time, on account of
the charader of wa lk they have
to do. There are others, such as
traveling men, for instance, who
depend upon talk for I heir living.
1 have tigured that the h gh man,
probably the. traveling man, will
talk live hours out of everv 24,
Good Health
and pure blood are inseparable. If
your blood is bad, your health must suf
fer. Poor blood allows the body to lose
vitality just as a poor fire under the
boiler allows the steam to run down.
From poor blood to impure blood is but
a step, and impure blood is mother to a
large percentage of human ills. Dr.
Harter’s Iron Tonic is an antidote for
both poor and impure blood, for it is
both a builder and purifier—a food
and a medicine. It is the best combi
nation of the kind known to medical
science, and its success for nearly half
a century has led to its endorsement by
thousands of medical men who have
been unable to find a substitute.
Dr. Harter’s
Iron Tonic
will Insure you against the many evils resulting
from impure blood. Scrofula, pimples, blotches,
kidney disorders, rheumatism, trout, dyspepsia,
female weakness, anaemia, chlorosis, etc., are a
few of them; but the greatest evil, the greatest
danger, is tho general weakening of the wholo
system, which affords au opening for every
passing disease.
The following is only one of tho thousands of
testimonials wo have received:
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 10, 1901.
"I commenced using Dr. Harter's Iron Touio
when prostrate from a severe attack of rheuma
tism. After using three bottles all 'races of
this disease were completely eradicated from my
system, and my general health was restored.
As a blood purifier Dr. Harter's Iron I onic
bus no equal, and 1 most sincerely recommend
it to all persons suffering from indigestion,
fatigue, rheumatism, and the many weakened
conditions of the system produced by impover
ished blood." Margarite F. Yeazell,
No. 6-10 Second Ave.
($5,000 guarantee that above testimonial ii genuine.)
Every bottle of Dr. Har
ter’s Iron Tonic has our
"Crescent" trade-mark on
the label. Don’t accept a
substitute —insist on Dr. Harter's.
Made only by
THE DR, HARTER MEDICINE COMPANY
DAYTON, OHIO
Makers also of Pr. Harter's Wild Cherry Bitten,
and other sell known Pr. Harter Medicines.
10E SALE EVERYWHERE.
which would give hire [a total of
12,000 words every day. 1 have
figured that most any suit of a
mail will talk as much as ten
minutes out of every 24 hours,
and this would give him a total of
(>00 words for the day.
“These are the two extremes.
1 am satisfied that the normal
man—the man who stlikes a de
cent average between indifferent
silence and disgusting verbosity
— will talk probably one hour, all
told, each day, which would al
low him 2,400 words. And this,
by the way, is considerable talk,
for it will till two columns in a
newspaper and a whole lot of
! wisdow can he crowded into two
columns.”
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John Lancaster to Hang.
Clinton, Sept. 2l5.—John Lan
caster, who was arrested in Jeff
erson county last week by Sheri ff
Hatchett, was promptly indicted
by the grand jury Tuesday morn
ing for murder in the first degree,
he having killed \V. W. Edwards
September 2. 11*02. in this county.
He waived the forty-eight-hour
limit and was arraigned at 1 ;30 p.
in Wednesday and in less than
two hours was sentenced to
hang.
Judge Mitchell asked Lancaster
if he had any reason why the sen
tence sh >uld not be pronounced
upon him. io which he replied he
had not. Judge Matched then
sentenced him to bo kept confin
ed until ilie third day of Decem
ber, l!Mil, and then to bo hang
ed.
Lancaster will be taken to Lit
tle Kneli and kept in the stale
penitentiary for safe keeping un
til that dale.
A petition will lie circulated
asking the governor to commute
his%d<*ath oentence to life im
prisonment.
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Here’s a Mule with a History.
A mule with a history was sdld
by Chief Fuller at the city pound
this morning.
His muloship was sill for $8.
05 to a man named Clark, who
lives near Buonesboio, in Wash
ington county, and the old ani
mal will be taken hack to end his
days within half a mile of where
he was foaled til'ty years ago.
That I lie mule has reached a
half century is wellauthenticated.
He was brought here 47 >cars ago,
by Charles Henry. He was three
yeais-old then. He was sold here
for $215.
The mule passed from hand to
hand and was considered an old
one when lie came into the pos
session of the late J. K. Kuril
hum.
For thirty years the mule lias
been on die Burnham farm, or
the McNally farm adjoining, but
when the old mule wandered into
town and got into the pound, no
one could be found to claim
hi in -
The mule is notable for another
reason. He is proof that animals
turn gray with age. V\ hen the
mule first’made his appeareuce
here, he was a height bay. lie
was a bay at the time of Burn
ham's death. Now he is a straw
berry roan. Gray hairs are abun
dant all over his body and are
daily becoming mm e numerous.—
Fort ISmitli News-Record.
Natural Anxiety.
Mothers regard approaching wintei
with uneasiness, children take cold so
easily. No disease costs more little
lives than croup, it’s attack is so
sudden that the sufferer is often be
yond human aid before the doctor ar
rives. Such cases yield readily to One
Minute Cough Cure. Liquifies the
mucus, allays inflammation, removes
danger. Absolutely sure. Acts im
mediately. Cures coughs, colds, grip,
bronchitis, ail throat and lung trou
ble. F. S. Mahon, Hampton, Ga.,
"A bad cold rendered me voiceless
just before an oratorical contest. I
intended to withdraw but took One
Minute Cough Cure. It restored my
voice in time 1045,01 the medal.” J. 1.
Sturdivant.
FOR BARGAINS!
Happenings f Local Interest
X. XL 'Wilson orders The Jour
nal sent to W. F. Grimes, of Aus
tin, for six months.
George Holderby came in Sat
urday from Auvergne where he
has been buying pearls and shells.
Several Newark citizens went,
up to Batesviile Monday on busi
ness connected with the circuit
| rouH.
The genial (). M. Bennington,
of White River township, was
! transacting business in town Sat
urday.
A person going from here to
Newport on the local may consider
himself lucky to get back in time
for breakfast next morning.
Clay Walker dropped in at head
quarters Friday and deposited the
necessary coin for a six months
j extension of his subscription.
J. S. Crawford was in town
| with a load of cotton Friday and
'called and had his name enrolled
j on our expanding subscription
i list.
Rev. J. L. Brown requests us to
! announce that he will preach at
Newark on Wednesday night,
October 8, and at Sulphur Rock
on Thursday night, the 9th.
The Missouri Farmer records
the death of the “oldest, hen in
the United States, a Plymouth
Rock, aged 1-f years, owned by
Aaron Brown, of that State.
The value of live stock in the
United States in 1900 was in round
numbers $2,*200,000,000. N inety
six per cent of this amount was
found by the census takers on
ranges and farms, and four per
cent in towns and cities.
Henry Dry, of Paroquet, was in
town Saturday and called and ad
vanced Ins subscription to The
Journal one year, lie expects to
move to Jackson county where he
lias bought a farm near Newport
and wants The .Journal to continue
its weekly visits to his household.
County Judged. M. Phelps, of
Belton, Tex., spent a day last
week here, en route home from a
visit with relatives up in the
mountains. “Cnele" John Arnold
persuaded him off down to his
turnip patch and got him mired
up in the mud and to square the
matter up brought him around to
The Journal office and ordered the
judge's name enrolled on our sub
scription list.
Kimball organs are acknowledg
ed to be the best on the market.
You can buy one by paying a
small amount down and $5 per
month, or one-third down and
balance in six months. See (). F.
< 'raig, agent.
IF (’. Jennings, White River
j township's efficient road overseer,
was transacting business in town
one day last week and dropped in
and ordered The Journal sent to
his brother-in-law, John II. Tug
gle, of Marlow. T. T. It lias been
fifteen years since Mr. Tuggle left
here and he would probably not
know the place if he .should come
hack now, so great has been the
development of the town and sur
rounding country.
There is more Catarrh in this
section of the country than all
ether diseases put together, and
until the la-t few years was sup
I posed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pro-;
uouuced it a local disease, and
prescribed local medicines, and
by eonstantlv failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it in
curable. Science h is proven ca- |
: tai l) to he a eonstitutiouul disease,
and therefore requires eonstituti
; oual treatment. Hall’s Catarih
iCure, manufactured by F. J. |
| Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio., is
[the only constitutional cure on
the market. It is taken internal
ly in doses from 1C drops to a
j teaspoonful. It acts diiectly on
| the blood and mucous surfaces of
| the system. They offer one hund
red dollars for any ease it fails to
[cure. Send for circulars and test
imonials. Address, F. J. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Drug
; gists, 75c. Hall’s Family Rills
| are the best.
When He (iot Harried.
An exchange tells of u bashful
young man who recently got mar- !
I l ied in its town and a few days |
! afterwards ilelivertd himself
thereby to a friend •
“You don’t know how bashful
l am. When I stood up to get
munied they all giggled, and when
the minister asked me if I’d take
tfiis woman to l>e my wedded wife
I said, Party well, thankee,’ then
he pronounced us mm and wife
and said, ‘Wh.tt God has joined
together let no man rip apart.’ I
broke down, and oh it was terri
ble. Put ah, that’s nothing to
what is to come About 11 o’
clock the old man said, “Your
room .8 at the head of the stairs.’
1 was so skeeit that when I tried
to stand my legs give way and I
fell over the dog and got Git in
three places. 1 waited till every
body was in hod, thou crawlml up.
stair* like a thief. I was afraid
to go m so I sat down on the
stairs and shivered. It's no use,
says I ; wind's to he must he, So
I took off mvclothes in the dark,
shut my eyes ai d made a break
for the door, crawled in bed and
pulled the cover ovei my head
and laid on the front rail. In the
morning 1 peeped through mv
fingers to see if I could dress and
get out before stie woke up, and
hang me if I wasn't in bed with
the old man and old woman.’
$100 Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper will
be pleased to learn that there is
at least one dreaded disease that
science has 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
medical fraternity. Catanli be
ing a constitutional disease, re
quires a constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catanli Cuie is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of llie
system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by
building "p the conslisulion and
assisting mil me in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers, that
they offer one Hundred Dollars
for any ease tln.t it fails to cute.
ud far list of lestiu^nials. Ad
dress, F. J Che.icy & Co., Tole
do, Ohio. Sold by druggists. 7.r>c
Hall's Family Fills are the best.
Queer Old World.
A peculiar world is 111is, and a
queer lot when one thinks about
it. Everyone is ll.*cing ft out it.
One man is trying to save money
to huild a house and another is
t tying to sell tor less than it cost
to Imild. One man is spending
all the money he makes taking his
girl to theaters and sending her
(lowers with the hope of making
her his, while his neighbor with
what gold he gets is (tying to get
a divnree. One mat: bemoans the
late that compells him to work
indoors at t he desk, while l lie man
that is out doors thinks lie would
he happy if his work was inside.
'Viie man in business hopes for
the time to come when he can re
tire while another is struggling to
get into business. The farmer
hopes for the lime when he can
give up his farm and move to
town while every man in town
dreams of a happy time when he
can own it farm with a big farm
beii at the kitchen door and plen
ty of healthy out door work to
do.—Ex,
Probably Fatal Cutting Affray.
WaiTcii, Sept. 27.—In an alter
cation at Whitt’s mill, a few miles
from town, a man named Scott
cut Kufus Beach several times
with a knffe, causing .serious in
juries. This morning he was pro
nounced in a critical eandiliou.
Wanted a Roast.
A newspaper man was asked to
publish an article “matting’* a
citizen. “Certainly,” lie said to
the caller, “what shall I say?”
lie is furnished with an outline
of what lie wanted and wrote an
article t hat was i scorcher.“That’#
splendid,” exclaimed tile friend
when the article was read to him :
“that’s just all right and it'll
make his old hair crackle,” “All
right, said the editor, “let me see,
what are your initials”? “Good
Heavens,” says the citizen, “you
are not going to sign my name to
that!’’ “Why not?” asked the
editor. “I wouldn’t have anyone
to know I had anything to do with
that for the world. I can’t afford
to get into scraps with my neigh
bors.” The editor smiled benev
olently and said : • *\Vhy should 1
mix up in a scrap that do°s not
concern me? Why should I as
sume the blame of the publication
of an at tide in which you are
afraid to sign your name?'’ The
man stopped his paper and went
away mad,—Ex.
THE HOUSE A STAYER
Despite Efforts of Inventive Gen
ius, the Horse is With
Us to stay.
Mr. Edison thinks lie lias sol
ved the problem of the electric
storage battery with a machine
; that will go 100 miles without re
charging. As a consequence he
predicts automobiles cheap
enough for the humblest and the
retirement of the horse both for
cartage and pleasure.
We have heard something like
this before. The electric street
car promised to put the horse out
of business, and tlie bicycle was
quite sure it would finish the job.
Butthe four-legged friend of man
is still in demand and quite likely
will so continue to be, even after
automobiles are as common as
baby buggies.
Unquestionably a machine such
as Mr. Edison describes is cheap
er to keep- than a horse ; but, as
lie intimates, the universal use ot
the automobile requires universal
good roads, and that is a consum
mation u long way off. Besides
there are certain uses to which
the machine can never he put. It
cannot cut across lots or fields,
and jump ditches and fences. It
cannot, be employed in war. it
will never lie available for the
farm or the ranch.
Moreover, man will never sur
render the delight of the feel of
the rein. There in a sensation in
-t riding ;i noble animal or in hold
ing him down on a shell road that
no mere thing of tires and wheels
and electric fluid can supply. The
rider and the diiver and his horse
are one. There is a companion
ship between them, an under
standing, a eo-operat ion that is
I alf the pleasure of going. Wo
can admire an ingenious contriv
ance like an uutnmohle or a bicy
cle, but we Cf.n't love it. We
may use it for purely material
and •■nsmess purposes or for the
fashion or fad of the hour, but
we can’t pet it.
No, no: inventive genius will
never divorce the children from
the pony, the family from the
faithful old carriage horse, nor
the man with red blood in his
veins from the hunter and the
roadster.
And heaven forbid that any
thing should ever come between
the nigger and the mule.
-♦.»..—
For bargains in hardware, sash,
doors, saddles and harness come
and see us. Hatton & Cooper.
’wBmllllllli il >_
How About
Your Heart
Fed your pulse a few minutes.
Is it regular? Are you short of
breath, after slight exertion
as going up stairs, sweeping,
walking, etc? Do you have
pain in left breast, side or
between shoulder blades, chok
ing sensations, fainting or
smothering spells, inability to
lie on left side? If you have
any of these symptoms you
certainly have a weak heart,
and should immediately take
M°eV Heart Cure
Mr. F. H. Oaks of Jamestown, N. Y.,
whose genial face appears above, says:
“ Excessive use of tobacco seriously
affected my heart. I suffered severe
pains about the heart and in the left
shoulder and side; while the palpitation
would awaken me from my sleep. I
began taking Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
aud soon found permanent relief."
Sold by all DrunUta.
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.