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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY JANUARY 16, 1903.
Volume 3, Number 3.
VT NEWPORT
Tour Store Build
Early Mon
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Post master Eni
$400 insurance on t In*
Ixtures, estimates his
I he other losses
overeil by insurance.
REVITIES OF FUN.
rant.—lie—ill you
lobster?” She—“Oh,
o sudden!”—Philadel
ut if there's no hope of
>ctor, what are you go
al the operation for?”
—Town and Coun
jnrt s tl.-.t lie’s just
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rilliOatJ,1 ' 111'« novel."
('Worn over that—
\ hini!”
Atlanta
Oping
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. and $1. TR*
--Jhoiee lot of wild
5. ! I"1:
1 come along and
AState, Cl. . • T.uiy
L L!:LT| 1)abv *( fTee.’”
“What a r. ng, .V.T.. 'T. - i.< all it
that for?” ‘’’Because it keeps him
awake night.'.”—Philadelphia Bulle
tin.
“John,” said the retired lawyt r to
his coi’.elintan. ‘‘aren't the hors* li v
ing to run away?” “They be. -it!”
“Then driu into sonwt hing i-!.■ ap.”
—Elir-tiitfal Hevi. w.
“V. said i.’holly Xurit.h, "it's
all v"i v nice to have plenty of money,
and not have to work, don'telu r
know, but 1 C n't tind much to oc
cupy my mini!.” “But, fortunati iv,”
repliid Miss Peppery, “you di n't
need much."— Philadelphia Pn -s.
Molly—“1 was so mad at the party
last night! Kate Greene had on a
dro-.- exactly like mine." Polly—
"Yes, hut how it must have di-gtisti d
her to see you with a dress 1 ik• • hers!
That ought to make you happy, !
should think.”—Bo.-ton Trans* ript.
“Tin new railroad has been a groat
blfs-it • to us, ' say?, a rural exehange.
“In lc - than .'ix works wegotenough
damages out of it to build a town hall
rade the cemetery. A few more
rprises ef 1 his kind, and our tow n
■. i liMji to heights undreamed of in
he hi'torv of new settlements!.”—
Atlanta Constitution.
OLD-TIkE LOVE LETTER.
t
Touching Tala of a “Pinchinge Faynss”
of an Elizibethan Lover.
A Devonshire correspondent, .-ays
the London Alail, -ends us the fol
low in;-' copy of a "love letter'’ which
was ad Ire*-• d son i w}( 3 y< ars o by
r. \-. a 1: vj. ii pi pri( < r,
then r Mding near tSVuth Molten, to
a ,Urs. L-.
1 originally is beautifully writ
tin old “black letter” style— j
Vi in Vogue in t he re inn < i
I h- and prior to its
t'eet^Lly it had not seen the
for a great number of
'v it has been preserved so
mystery, for though old
are often kept through
it is seldom that the j
rs of dead and gene lovers
tp- snjong a period:
sucete-hart^the longe ab-;
your person?, hath con
me to expresse unte) you,
> tl'e inwarde griefes, the se
" es, the pinchinge paynes,
or oppressed harte pitiful
-My tremlilinge hand
le holde the penne, uei
my stanuneringe tongue to
which my afflicted
u.
e, rny Swecte, vouchsafe
to graunte some speedie remydie un
to the grievous anguishes of my
heavye harte. Detracte noe tyme,
but wev with yourselfe this provorbe:
The sicker that anybodie is, so much
the more speede ought the Pbisicon
to make and provide the medieioli—
lea-te cominge to late his labore be
loste; but if a sieke body be discom
forted at on (one) Phissycion's band
lie may have recourse unto another,
whereas 1, discomforted at your
hamles can have recourse unto none
other. And, thus, hopinge to have
some speedie comfort at your hands,
upon that hope I repose me till fur
ther opportunitye.
-of May, 1599.
Take this girdell, Sweete-harte,
though the gift be small,
Take harte, take hand, take bodvand
all.
You have my heart, and shall have
ever,
Change when you will, but 1 will
Never.
You-,
The names of the parties do not
appear on the letter itself. The pa
per on which it i- written is now
crumbling into powder through age,
and the writer’s signature, together
with the termination of the letter,
has disappeared. II is name, how
ever, was given in an accompanying
memorandum written centuries ago,
probably by the hand of a descend
ant. Unfortunately no evidence is
forthcoming to show whether his
''‘pinchinge paynes” were subse
quently alleviated—one hopes so.
ANTIQUITY OF TABLECLOTH,
Anglo-Saxons Thought Dinner Incom
plete Without It.
At a very early period it was cus
tomary to spread a doth or cover
upon tables appropriated for holding
refreshments, and in the more en
nobled ranks of society we find thin
practice prevalent almost among all
nations, where civilization has pol
isho 1 the manners «>f the people.
The u.-e of the table doth among
the Romans, according to the Boston
Lh , began in tlm time of the early
emperor.. Their fabric was fine linen,
generally much ornamented, with
stripes of gold and purple, and some
times painted or wrought with gold,
dec. rated at tin? corners with golden
tags.
i he u-o of table linen was very rare
in England about the thirteenths n
tury ; but we find tine Anglo-Saxons,
before the Norman conquest, dined
with a dean cloth, denominated rood
seeat, which was by their successors
termed drapet; 111i- latter term we
find in several instance s in “Spi nccr's
Faery Qu* on," ( vidently alluding to
linen cloths.
In the life of St. Ives we find it
mentioned that even a cloth was laid
for a poor man.
Ducange relates a singular feudal
privilege; “that the Lord was en
titled to the table doth and towel
used at the house when' He dined;"
the honor of a frequent visit would
surely have made Him no welcome
guest when we consider the value of
these articles at that time.
The same author relates that a
father giving advice to his son most
strongly urges him, as a means of
future success in life, to have his
table covered with a dean cloth. And
we find there was a violent complaint
made against the moims for putting
their visitors to a table, not without
any doth certainly, but before a dirty
one.
Fosbrokc in bis “Antiquities"
writes that damask table linen is of
very ancient date and quotes I.a
Brocquircrc fora description of some
table cloths used abroad; he says:
“They are four feet in diameter and
made round, having rings attached
to them, and a’o, w he n the dinner is
(ini-lied, drawn up together like a
pur-o, so that not a crumb of the rem
nants may be lost."
A BOOKLOVER’S MISTAKE.
Why He Was Compelled to Many Hii
Housekeeper.
M. A. Bri-son tells a delightful an
ecdote in one of his series ot^frited
article^ which appf ar under Jme head*
in# of “Promenades et Yjsites." A
certain wcll-kr.
octogenarian,
viable books ai
bookshops int
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“find,” but his fervor never abated.
He was a bachelor, and for a house
keeper had an extremely plain wom
an, who, however, had caught from
her master the taste for old books,
and occasionally came home with an
armful when she had been market
ing.
One day the housekeeper ap
peared with a parcel of books w tapped
in paper, and asked her master to
look at them. Among the rubbish
was a small volume bound in red mo
rocco.
“What have you paid for this?” the
master gasped, after looking at the
title page.
“Thirty s'ou- for the lot,” the ser
vant replied.
“But, my good woman, this la ■ k
eh iie i- Wurth 1 »>.<( i, Panes!” the
bibliomaniac vent < n, and the mo
ment after regretted the unwise
speech. The woman pricked up her
ears and in vain did the master try
to recall hi- remark. “I’ll give you
100 francs for it,” he -aid.
“But monsieur said just now it was
worth 10,000.”
“I’ll give you 500.”
“No, no.”
“Seven hundred and fifty.”
But it was no use, and, to make a
long story short, the master married
the bonne in order to obtain the first
edition of “Heptameron” (1559). By
this time, says M. Bri-son, the wife
has gone to a better world, hut the
comte—e and the portrait of Margue
rite in the little red morocco volume
remain with him.—Pari- Me—enger.
The Encroaching Ocean.
The last generation of tenants at
Lea-owc castle, in Cheshire, lived
half a mile from the sea; now the
waves beat against the castle walls.
Three hundred years ago they were
a mile and a half away. Not far
from Leasowc castle, washed by the
sea, are a few barren acres of land,
once an i-land of which poets sang,
and on which 4,000 of Queen F.Iizv
bvth’s troops were once quartered.
K'KINLEY’S PET PARROT.
Without Doubt It Is ths Moat Accsm
plishel Talker in Washington.
“Loretta,” the famous talking
parrot, to which the late Pre-idint
McKinley took such a fancy and lik
ing, has returned to her old home in a
biid store on Twelfth street, says the
Washington Post. Loretta is wnk
out doubt the most accomplished
talker in the city, and one among;
serial of the best talking birds in
America. She is a Mexican parrot of
the common, yellow-headed, green
(with a patch of red running along
the border of each wing) variety
found throughout the seacoast belt
of our sister republic, which is the
more remarkable by reason of the
fact that these bird- are not,as a rule,
noted for their talking qualities,
their chief point of excellence and
desirability In ing their strong, hardy
n & ■ and ability to stand cold and
changes of temperature without fall-1
ing ill, a? is the case with the majority
of parrots. The African gray parrot
enjoys flie reputation of being the
best known talking bird, and
Loretta appears to bean exception to
the general run of Mexican parrots,
for she is really a much more accom
plished talker than any of the five
African gray parrots owned by par
ties in this city. The words uttered
by most parrots arc rather indistinct
end squawky, but this is not the ease
with Loretta, whose remarks are as
clear and distinct as one could well
desire.
This bird came to Washington
some two years ago from Mexico. At
that time Mie spoke a little Spanish,
which she soon forgot or ahar.dcm d,
and, v. it ho ut any ti aching, picked up
the Kngli-h tongue in a way that t< • k
the dealer quite by suiprise, as he
had never in his life owned a bird
having the clear ami distinct vocal
powers of this one. For something
in the neighborhood of six months
Loretta was at the white house,
where she improved her Fnglish,
doubtle." by listming to those who
came and wait from the executive
mansion. When, for the first time.
Pro.-ideut McKinley heard Loretta
talk, he declared that she was the
mo-1 wonderful bird he had ever lis
tened to. In fact, she became quite
c favorite at the white house. Pres
ident and Mrs. McKinley listening
to and enjoying her vocal perform
ance sometimes by the hour, and
especially during periods of relaxa
tion from the duties and cares of the ;
nation. After the death of the pres
ident Loretta was sold to parties liv
ing in a western city, and after
changing owners several times re
lumed to her old home in this city,
arriving last Monday.
Loretta not only speaks good Kng
li-h, hut 'ing- differi nt m ugs a- well,
and can swear a little when occasion
demands. While at the white house
she used to amuse the president by
singing '‘AH (toons Look Alike to1
Me’’ whenever a colored person,
coachman or domestic, appeared
about her cage. She also has a won
derful faculty for imitating the note
of other birds and animals, but for
nil her good qualities she has never
learned to be gentle, biting ferocious
ly at anyone who attempts to lav
bands upon her.
COAL IN AN ASH PILE.
Man of Enterprise Makes Big Dividsnds
on Small Investment.
By the purchase of what wa
thought to he merely a pile of ashes
from the Vineland Window (Jlas
eompary, Walter 1). Wilson, tax col-!
lector of Landis own-hip, X. J., not
only graded his lot, but secured
enough anthracite coal to stock him
self for the winter and supply many ;
neighbors, cleaving more than
on a live-doliar transaction. The af
fair is the talk of the town. The!
glass company thought it was receiv-j
ing a good price for the a.-ir-s. and it j
wa- mu until Mr. hadcU?;;ev-1
tml the presence of much unburned
coal in llie pile that the company's
loss was realized. Then the direc
tors of the company refused to al
low the removal of what remainecS^ai
the ground, claiming they had sq.
“ashes" and not a “coal mine."
son ha? consulted a lawyer and may
carry the matter to the courts, asK
.ing an injunction restraining the
glass company from touching the
as he- he was cot allowed to take
away.—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A Soaples3 Country.
lit spite of Briti.-h rule India is vir
tually a soapless country. Through
out the villages of Hindustan soap is,
indeed, regarded as a natural curios
ity, and it is rarely, if ever, kept in
stock bv the native shopkeeper.
V»U*» 1 Vi 9.
How often you scold without
came!—Atchison Globe.
JDXE WAS TOO REALISTIC.
Camelian Hitns.'lf Fooled Whan Ki
Thought to Fool tho Audience.
The properties that are used on the
burlesque stage arc not always)coun
terfeit. although there is a. popular
idea that stage whisky is generally
cold tea, that stage butter is a thick
mixture of yellow eoru mealand water
and that stage milk is never anything
but chalk and water. The people in
the front row of a local theater re
cently had it demonstrated to them
that the milk used in a Lot tic* had once
been, the teal thing, and they had rea
son to regret that the property man
had net followed the usual rule of
manufacturing the article out of
chalk and water.
The comedian had been in the habit
of doing a n c lit ctive bit of acting with
a brig rag baby dressed up to re
semble a teal child, and a baby's mus
ing bottle* filled with a substance re
sembling milk. Mo one in the-audi
ence thought it was milk and neither
cal the co-median himself. He had
been huneling the bottle for weeks
cud had not noticed that the cork was
getting loose. Several nights ago it
occurred to the comedian that he
could m. ko i.is part funnier by let
ting tin cork cut of the bottle and al
lowing some of the “milk” to escape
as he went through his usual motions
in extracting laughter from the
crowd.
The to median was much mere *uc
o -sfu! than he had any idea he would
be. for when the cork came cut of the
b ttle a considerable amount of its
contiU.ts came also, in chunks, and
with an odor which was stronger t ven
than that of liinl urger diet so. The
comedian dodged back from the stage
a.- quickly as possible. his hand to his
nose, and the chorus gii Is carefully
avoided the spot on tlu- stage where
tin milk had fallen. Am soon as the
comedian had finished his part he
math a bee line fur the property man
in the wings, who was responsible for
the coukr.it of the bottle.
"Why didn’t you tell me that you
had rial milk in that bottle?” de
manded the comedian, indignantly.
"Because’, 1 utter thought you’d be
fool enough to let tlu cork out,” said
the property na n with equal heat. “I
filled that bottle with milk when »o
were at Buffalo,eight uteksago, and
it would have hor.v well enough if
you'd only had sense enough to keep
the cork in. Of ccurso,you can’t ex
pect miik ii keep sweet bottled upfor
eight weeks, and nobody but a thick
headed Irish comedian would expect
it. I've got to go and buy another
pint of miik r ow to fill up that bottle
with, and ti show ain't making any
to i much money anyway, its idiots
like* you who spoil the properties in
show- and break them up in busi
ECM-.”
The answer of the property man for
the time bung comp!* !y squtdehed
the unfortunate cornu:'an, and lie- in
wardly j solved to investigate all
properties be fore he attempted to in
troduce any originality into the act he j
had hi -n jserformir g for 17 years.—
Milwaukc e St dim 1.
The Royal Fa-uity’s Stamps.
None of the members of the king’s
family use stamps on their letter's.
The substitute is a circular impres
sion, bearing the monogram “E. R.”
with a little ‘“VII.” in the lower curve
of the ‘“E.” The mono-gram is stir*
mounted by the royal crown. The
impression is in purple ink, and the
royal r otHt ’•*' cr is still in mourning
SHOT HIM IN THE FACE
Shoot^^ Affray, at Batesviye, But
perefous Damage
A
Damage
Resulted.
Special to The Journal.
Hutesville, Jan. 10.—A man by
the name of Osborne, of Salado,
came to Hates ville last evening, ac*
compnnied by one Ilarnmond, a
preacher, who formerly lived near
Newark. Both became intoxicated
and went into Bob Maxey’s res
taurant about midnight in search
of a bed. Osborne and Maxeygot
into a difficulty and Maxey shot
Osborne, the ball entering in the
left cheek and lodged in the neck
below the left ear. It was taken
out this (Saturday) morning by
l)rs. Kennerly & l>orr and Os
borne is up going around.
State of Ohio,City of Toledo,Lu
cas enmity.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath
that lie is senior partner of the
tii in of F. J. Cheney & Co , doing
business in the city of Toledo,
county and state aforesaid, and
tint said firm will pay the sum of
One Hundred Dollars for each and
every case of catarrh that cannot
he cured by the use of Hill's Ca
tarrh Cute. Frank J. Cheney,
Swot n to before me and subscrib
ed in my presence, this Gib day of
December, A. D. 188ti.
(sEAL) A. YV. CI.EA80V,
Notary Public.
Hall's Catairh Cure is taken in
ternally. and acts d rectly on the
blood and mucous surfuces of the
\\ stern.Send for testimonials,free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
S dd by druggists, 75:, Hall's
Family Pills are the best.
1 he Newark Real Estate Com
pany can sell your property, no
matter where located. We have
several inquiries for land and if
you have property for sale come in
mid list it.
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Tried to Conceal It.
It’s the old story of “murder
will out” only in this ease there's
no c ime. A woman feels run down
has backache or dyspepsia ami
thinks it’s nothing and tries to
hide it until she finally lueeks
down. Don't deceive yomsetf.
lake Electric Bitters at once. It
h.*M a reputation for curing stom
ach, liver an I kidney troubles and
will revivify your whole system,
l he worst forms of those mala
dies will quickly yield to the cur
ative power of Electric Bitters.
Duly 50c, cud guaranteed by J. 1.
Sturdivant druggist.
The Journal one year $1.
Got a Kimball
Kimball organs are acknowledg
ed to be the best on the mar et.
\ oil can buy one by pay in
small amount down and
month, or one-third
balance in six months.
Craig, agent.
If Unwell
I'ry a 50c boille of Merbinr,n„*iie
(lie improvement speedily effect
ed in your up petite,energy,strong
I hand vigor. Watch how it bright
ens I lie spirits,gives freedom from
indigestion and «icnilr\. Is me
Sloi v5 Ava. Mo.,\\ rites,8ept.lOlii,
lhUO ■'! was in bud health, I had
stomach trouble for J2 months,
also dumb chills. Dr, J. W. Mm v
prescribed H. rbine, it cured mu
in two weeks. I cannot recommend
it ton highly, it will do all you
claim for it.” bjuld l.y J. I. Sturdi
vant. - '
When in Need
ot anything in tile priming line call
at The Journal office and see oar lino
of samples. Prices always right.
1 lie Journal one year,
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Land Wanted.
We want to list oc« hundred Janes
this immediate section, Xewarlt
v.cai ivtvtate Company.
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