City Directory.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
Mayor, J. H. Holderby,
Recorder, E. W. Magness,
Marshal. Walter Pascoe,
Treasurer, J. T. Tharp,
Aldermen:* B. K. Busby, U. B. Ad
ams, W. J. Cooper, C. M. Edwards
and W. C. Mims.
• Council meets first Monday night in
each month.
CHURCHES
Methodist church, services at 11, a.
m and 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth
Sundays in each month, ltev. C. II.
Newman, pastor.
Baptist church, services at 3 p. m.
Saturday before third Sunday, and 11
a. m. third Sunday in each month.
Rev. J. L. Brown, pastor.
Christian church, services first and
third Sundays in each month at 11 a.
m. and 7:30 p. m. Rev. J. II. McDon
iel, Pastor.
KRATKR.MTl Ks
Lannelly Chapter If. A. M. meets
third Saturday night. I. C. Nuckolls,
E. if. P.; T. H. Dearing, Sec.
Newark Lodge F. A A. M. No. 24S
meets second Saturday night, j. I.
Sturdivant, W. M.; J. T. Tharp, Sec.
Newark Encampment 1. O. (). F. 12
meets second and fourth Thursday
nights. G. A. Ashley, C. P; G. L. Fink
Scribe.
Newark Lodge I. O. O. F. No. 203
meets the first and third Wednesday
nights O. (>. Moss, N. G.; G. L. Fink
Secretary.
Newark Camp W.O.W. No. 288 meets
second and fourth Tuesday nights in
each month. W. C. Mims, C. C.;
j\’. A. Speed, Clerk.
Banner Rebekah Lodge No. 134
meets every Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock. Mrs. J. T. Miller. N. G.; Miss
Lucy Lawton, secretary.
Independence Lodge No. 237!) K. &
L. of II. meets first and tnird Monday
nigius in each month. (). F. Craig.
Protector; /,ed Griffith, Secretary.
HER FORTUNE.
Mv wife has had her fortune told.
We're feeling better now;
She'* going to get a store of gold—
We don't know where nor how;
But It's a cinch she will get It;
We almost si ( it now;
And I’m not doubtful, not a bit.
Hut wish that I knew how.
My wife w ill cross the ocean, too,
i The fortune teller said—
| The ocean beautiful and blue
With arching skies o’erhead;
81 • said she'd be a tourist gay.
Told lands she'd travel through,
I Bhe said all things wen bound her way.
I wonder how she knew.
My wife says she believes all this.
Because the seeress bland
Told her, without a single miss.
That she'd a pretty hand,
And auburn hair, and rosy cheek.
And eyes of turquoise blue.
"If sh< *tich wondrous truths could speak
Then all she says is true."
; This fortune looks all right to me,
j The ocean trip and gold,
: The countries that my wife will see,
j The pleasures manifold.
; And she told of her che eks and hair.
And hand; and eyes! as true
| As 1 could. Now 1 do declare!
I wonder how sht knew !
Another thing she prophesied:
She said: “You’re going to w ed
A great tall man and dreamy-eyed.
Who has a noble head."
That's got me scared! I'd like to do
The stunt with lots of tin;
But If this tall gazook comes true.
Then where do I come in?
—J. M Lewis, In Houston Post.
GEORGE VERNON, an attache of his
majesty's embassy at the court ol
bioritaria, sat waiting. The room was
a comfortable one, for the members ol
the Floritaria embassy had little to do
beyond making themselves comfortable,
and Vernon, whose private income was
a very large one, had made this sitting
! room of his a delightful combination ol
a man's room at college and the bou
doir of a woman of fashion,
i The whole of one side of it opened into
; a conservatory, in which were flowers ol
almost every kind, from orchids almost
1 beyond price to cabbage roses, and there
j were a number of strange-looking and
I strange smelling plants in that conserva
; tory as well, for George Vernon w as an
: ardent botanist.
Vernon sat deep down in a low bas
ket armchair, w atching the smoke of hi#
cigarette as it curled gracefully toward
the ceiling. The little crystal clock
upon the mantelpiece tinkled out the
j chimes that marked the quarters, and
Vernon roused himself up out of his
chair, gave himself a shake and
laughed.
"The baron will be here in five min
utes.” he said. ‘T wonder w hich of us
will leave the room in an hour's time.”
And as he said the words he opened a
case of glasses, plac ed soda-water upon
the table by it. put aw ay the cigarettes,
i and brought a little gold box. marked
I "Cigars."
Baron Heinrich von Keitzenstem.
announced the servant at the door. And
the baron came in. brought his heels to
gether in true German military fashion,
and bowed to Vernon. “Here I am. you
see. punctual to the minute. Herr Ver
non.” said Earon von Reitzenstein.
Vernon looked at him without an
swering. Both were types in their way
of that most polished thing on earth,
a real man of the world, and although
both of them knew that death was to be
the lot of one of them within the next
hour, a slight shudder was the only sign
of such knowledge either of them
1 showed. “A drink, baron?” said George
Vernon. “Thank you. yes. Only a little
i soda. May 1 serve you? So.” And
both men touched glasses in the German
style and drank.
"Health and long life to—to which
ever one of us fate allows to leave this
room,” said Vernon, smiling, and,
“Health and long life to one of us.” re
plied the baron.
"Let me just run over the terms of
our agreement.” said George Vernon
I -We need not go into the reasons of
our quarrel. We have quarreled, and
only the death of one of us can settle it.”
I The baron bowed.
‘•Very well, then. Neither of us is
a Frenchman, and we both look upon the
ordinary duel, with its seconds, its pub
licity. its probable hern less ness, and its
reconciliation after*' i t quite ridic
ulous.” The baron lu.v . it,.in. "To
I avoid the punishment and the disgrace or
j the survivor, we have agreed to end our
quarrel by the cigar test, a method that
1 learned in South America.
“In this box,” and Vernon opened the
cigar-box with a little key that was at*
tached to his watch chain, “are several
: cigars. 1 have steeped one of them in a
preparation of that little plant with the
long fibrous leaves and the red llower,
which you can see in the conservatory.
The juice of it is deadly poison, but it is
odorless and tasteless. Whoever smokes
the cigar steeped in this juice will die
in a few minutes, but his remains will
show no trace of the poison, and his
death will be quite painless.
“The doctors will ascribe it to heart
failure, and nobody need ever know the
trqth. The survivor will throw the re
mains of the cigar Into the fire, and will
not ring for help until it is entirely con
sumed. I need hardly say that he will
never make the slightest reference to
the reason of our quarrel, which, with the
manner of its settlement, will remain a
secret.”
The baron drank a little whisky, and
in a clear voice answered: "Letus smoke,
niy friend. I feel assured that your
cigars are excellent.” Without even
looking at the box he took a cigar,
clipped off the end of it. and lit it from
the small lamp upon the table. Ver
non Gio toe same, took up the two cigar
points, and dropped them into the fire.
Then the two men, as though they had
met merely for a quiet evening’s conver
sation, began to chat of trivial mat
ters.
After some minutes, Vernon smiled
and said: “You don’t seem to be getting
an with your cigar, my dear Herr Baron. ’
The other flushed, rose from his chair,
lit the cigar again, and walked up and
down the room for a few minutes.
“Throw it away, and let us take an
other,” said Vernon. “A relit cigar is
never any good, and the first few whiffs
3f the one for which we are looking w ill
decide matters.”
There were great drops of perspir : ’on
an the German's forehead, and Lis , ;.:.d
trembled as he reached for the box agUn.
“Don't drop it.” said George Vernon
“Sir. would you insult me?" cried
the baron, hoarsely, but his hand shook
so in his exeitement that a cigar or two
fell from the box on the floor, and he
had to pick them up again.
Each man took a fresh cigar, and lit
it. They sat in silence, smoking and ey
ing each other curiously. Vernon was
rather pale, but he restrained himself
more than his companion, who shook
and shivered as though with an ague.
“Another whisky?” said the English
man. And this time Baron von Reitzen
stein drank off almost half a tumbler of
raw spirits.
YOU re getting nervous.
Baron; it is trying to the nerves. I ad
mit. I saw a duel of this kind in
Patagonia once, and one of the two men
went mad barely 50 seconds before his
companion died.”
”1 feel as if I might go mad myself,”
said Herr von Reitzenstein. “You have
nerve, you British, Herr Vernon.”
"Now, then,” said the Englishman.
“These are the last two in the boi. Will
you help yourself, or shall we toss for
hoire?” The baron took a coin from
his waistcoat pocket, then put it back
again, and selected a cigar, after smell
ing each one of the two left, carefully.
”1—I did not know I was a coward,
Herr Vernon,” he said, and his voice
was hardly recognizable, “but I dare not
risk the fall of a coin at such a mo
ment. Will you forgive me, and shake
hands with me?”
•George Vernon grasped his adver
sary's hand and said: "We will stop
here, if you wish it, baron, and not
smoke the other two. We can still de
cide our quarrel with pistols in the for
est to-morrow if you like.”
"No. no.” said Von Reitzenstein. “let
us go through with it now we have be
gun. But if a man had ever told me that ,
I should have no more command over
myself. I would have killed him where
he stood!” And he bit off the end of
his cigar savagely.
Vernon laughed a little, clipped his
own cigar with care, and both men lit
them. "They are good, are they not?”
he said, presently. “I imported them
direct through a friend in Havana.”
The German did not. answer. He was
deadly pale, and his teeth were chatter
ing so that he could scarcely keep his
cigar alight. He made a point of hon
or. though, to do so. and he smoked by
fits and starts, now slowly, now in des
perate haste, blowing great clouds into
the room.
“We are suffocating Verclngetorix,”
laughed Vernon, patting the head of a
Great Dane which lay beside his chair.
The two men smoked on, and present
ly Baron von Reitzenstein started from
his chair, and, with his cigar still be- !
tv; i-n his clenched teeth, shouted; “If
I ( !you shall die also!” and rushed at
\i rnon.
’ lie struggle was a short one, for Ver
cin torix threw himself at the German,
am Mined him to the ground. Vernon
loo 1 at Von Reitzenstein, shook his
her . and in a puzzled voice said:
“N her of these were poisoned and the
box i : empty.”
T ~ baron, whom ihedoghad left re
luct itlv at a word from Vernon, rose
to ! feet, and said, shamefacedly:
"\Y at are we to do now, Herr Vernon?”
V< rnon did not answer. He was
w,vching Verclngetorix, who had been
sn ' ing at something underneath the
ta! v and licking what he found there.
!' the dog gave one short cough
dr in a moan, and rolled over
o.i hi.- side, stone dead. Vernon groped
underneath the table and picked up a
crushed cigar, which Baron von Reit
zenstein had dropped when he upset the
box.
“This was the poisoned one,” he said.
"This looks like Providence. Shall we
postpone the duel indefinitely?”
"I agree." replied the German. And
the men shook hands.—Pearson’s.
HEAD IMPALED ON POST.
Severed Organ Found Near Palermo,
Italy, Declared to Be That
of Noted Bandit.
From Sicily, ltal>. comes a ghastly
story reminiscent of the middie ages.
One morning recently a man’s head
A. A. HENDERSON
Notary Public
Makes a specialty of
Writing and Correcting Deeds.
Office with II. E. Hawthorne
S. A. MOORE
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
and Notary Public,
Land titles, administration, damage
cases and eoNoctimis a specialty. Will
practice in all courts of the state.
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take Ktraon s English Cough Syrup in smalt
doses during the day, then.sleep at night. A pine
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apply Ramon’s Nerve & Bone Oil prom ply It is
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Cotton ar)d Corn Buyers
And Dealers in General Merchandise.
tef To the Farmers •— We want vmir produce. ami will pay you ttm
highest market price, in cash or merchandise.
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WHITIiMi & COHPANY,
in an advanced state of decomposition
was found impaled on a post outside the
walls of Palermo. Attached to the post
was a card bearing the words: "This is
the head of the infamous brigand. Var
salona.”
This curious discovery was made on the
property of a certain Baron Aniello, who
took a prominent part in the trial of the
notorious Varsalona t wo months ago for
murder, and offered a large reward for
his capture.
When the daughters of the brigand
were confronted with the head, one de
clared it was that of her father, but the
other denied it. The brigand's sweet
heart. how ever, recognized the head by
the filling in a front tooth.
Great excitement prevails in Sicily as
the result of this strange occurrence.
The inhabitants in the neighborhood
are divided into two parties, one believ
ing in the death of the famous bandit
and the. other declaring the event tube
merely another trick to make the police
believe that he is dead in order that he
may continue to rob undisturbed.
M. \\. OWENS,
Physician and Surgeon,
And Dealer in Drugs, Stationary,
Toilet Articles, etc.
Mnsrncss, . . Arkansas.
CITY BARBER SHOP
First class in every respect
l p-to-Now Artists.
Sharp Knives. Clean Towels.
T. J. Moore, Proprietor.
Cal! at
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For Legal Advise.
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Contractor and Builder,
Plans, Specifications and Estimates
Cheerfully Furnished.
Job work of all kinds neat!', and
promptly done. Satisfaction guaran
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