W---1
I he Newark Journal.
w — --
O. F. CRAIG, Fdltor.
NEWARK- - ~ ARKANSAS.
THE FAIRY LAMPS.
The Little Bare-Legged Boy and the
Fairy of the Woods.
There was once a little bare
legged, brown-limbed boy who
spent all his time in the woods,
writes Ernest Thompson Seton, in
Century. He loved the woods and
all that was in them. He used to
look, not at the dowers, but deep
down into them, and not at the
singing bird, but into its eyes, to
its little heart; and so he got an
insight better than most others,
and he quite gave up collecting
birds' eggs.
Hut the woods were full of mys
teries. He used to hear little
bursts of song, and when he came
to the place he could find no bird
there. Noises and movements
would just escape him. In the
woods he saw strange tracks, and
one day, at length, he saw a won.
derful bird making these very
tracks. He had never seen the
bird before, and would have
thought it a great rarity had he
not seen its tracks everywhere.
So he learned that the woods were
full of beautiful creatures that
were skillful and quirk to avoid
him.
One day, as he passed by a spot
that he had been to a hundred
times before, he found a bird’s
nest. It must have been there all
the time, and yet he had not seen
it; and so he learned how blind he
was, and exclaimed: “Oh. if only
I could see, then I might under
stand these things! If only I
knew! If I could see but for once
how many there are and how near!
If only every bird would wear over
its nest, this evening a little lamp
to show me!”
The sun was down now; but all
at once there was a soft light on
the path, and in the middle of it
the brown boy saw a Little brown
Lady in a long robe and in her
hand a rod.
She smiled pleasantly and said:
**T.i-ttie boy, I am the Fairy of the
Woods. I have been watching
you for long. I like you. You;
seem to be different from other
boys. Your request shall be
gra nted.”
Then she faded away. Hut at
once the whole landscaj^ twin
kled over with wonderful little
lamps, red, blue and green, high
and low, doubles and singles and
groups; w herever he looked were
lamps—twinkle, twinkle, t winkle,
here and everywhere, until the
forest shone like the starry sky.
He ran to the nearest, and there,
sure enough, was a bird's nest,
lie ran to the next; yes, another
nest. And here and there each
different kind of lamp stood for
another kind of nest. A beautiful
purple blaze in a low tangle
caught his eye. He ran there, and
lound a nest he had never seen be
fore. It was full of purple eggs,
and there was the rare bird he had
seen but once. It was chanting
the weird song he had often heard,
but never traced. Hut the eggs
were the marvelous things. His
■eld egg-collecting instinct broke
out. He rushed forth to clutch the
wonderful prize, and—in an in
stant all the lights went out.
There was nothing but the black
woods about him. Then on the
pathway again shone the soft
light. It grew brighter, till in the
middle of it he saw the Little
Brown Lady—the Fairy of the
Woods. Hut she was not smil
ing now. Her face was stern and
sad as she said: “I fear I set you
over-high. I thought you were
better than tin* rest. Keep this in
mind:
"Who reverence not the lamp of life can
never see Its light.’’
Then she faded from his view.
His Deduction.
She—I understand his wife
speaks six languages.
He—Indeed! All at once?—
—Yonkers Statesman.
The Humor of Begging Letters
By IAN MACLAREN.
Begging letters are a dreary waste, sometimes of
imposture, sometimes of shiftlessness, and occasion
ally, though not often, of genuine need and undc
I served misery, but this province has also a charm
ing oasis. There is the man whose father used to
be a verger in tbe church where your father once
had a pew, and had. that is the father of your cor
1 respondent, the highest respect for the command
i ing appearance and courteous manner of the other
I father, that is your father, on the strength of which
tbe son, who doesn’t know you, and whom you
don’t know, being under the weather for the first time in his life, through
no fault of his own. feels sure that you will lend him, by return post,
$5, to be repaid by four monthly installments.
There is also the man who was born in the town where you once
lived five years of your life, and that in the days of your childhood,
who has followed your career (a moderately distinguished one) with
the highest pride ever since those morning days, has often thought of
writing to you by way of encouragement, and even of coming to take
you by the hand just for the sake of days of Aitlcl Lang Sync, but
has been hindered by that spirit of diffidence and excessive modesty
which has all along been the drawback of your correspondent, who now
in a business difficulty casts himself upon his townsman’s aid and seeks
a loan of $500 for three weeks.
There is still another man. who has got into debt through no fault
whatever of his own, and whom an unfeeling creditor is treating in an
inconsiderate manner, and who when cast down in spirit came across a
tale written by you so charged with simplicity of thought and tender
ness of heart that it seemed a guidance of I’rov'dcnce. There, he said
to himself, is the helper I need, and ready for the occasion. And the
writer states respectfully but firmly the amount which is needed, and
his conviction that no true man who could write as you have done
would refuse to send the amount without delay.
'J'his correspondence is not without pathos, for occasionally, though
not often, the writer is anxious to earn a little money in time of dis
tress. but it also has its perils. If a woman, for instance, forwards
an album filled with effusions bv different people, including herself,
and you mislay the book, then you will be informed that the b ok has
been the work of a lifetime, and the greatest treasure she possessses;
that although nothing can recompense her for the loss of that book,
she has been offered $1,000 for it on account of the autographs and
that she holds you responsible for its return. And whilst our humble
home was being turned upside down to find that woman’s book, a
friend dropped in and assured me that I really was responsible. Per
haps lie was wrong, and surely even the most pedantic English lav
would have protected me, but I confess it was a great relief when the
book was discovered—having been, of course, tidied away. When a
gentleman residing temporarily in the workhouse sent a considerable
work of fiction written in large pass books and in an unclean conditi n,
I was tempted to put it in the fire at once. I was afterwards thank
ful that I preserved it and sent it back in safety (and I mav add, with
absolute truthfulness, intact), for a letter came the day the package left
demanding news of it, and stating that it was the writer's one provision
for old age.
MAN AND THE GORILLA^
Scientist Contends That They Are
Not oi Same Family.
I’rof Darwin's theory that man
originally descended from the
ape was contradicted recently by
Prof. Chapman in a lecture given
in the Academy of Natural Sci
ences, says the Philadelphia Led
ger. One of the rarest and per
haps the finest collection of an
thropoid apes in the world, live in
number, presented to the Acad
emy of Natural Sciences in Phila
delphia, by Dr. Thomas Piddle,
who secured the collection from
the Hamburg museum, was on ex
hibition.
Prof. Chapman made a minute
comparison of the anthropoid
ape’s anatomy with that of the
human being and said that the
gorilla more closely resembled
man in its physical make-up than
the others. The bones of the gor
illa's paws or hands, In* said, were
similar in a great many respects
to those of man. while the animal
was also equipped with a score or
more of muscles found in the hu
man body. At tin* same time there
were many important discrepan
cies between the two. He disput
ed the opinion of many scientists
who asserted that the gorilla had
four hands, by saying that it had
really only two hands and two
feet, although all four, he said,
were frequently put to the same
use. In all, he said, there was to
some extent less difference be
tween man and the gorilla than
there was between the Hottentot
and others of that class and the
perfectly developed man of to
day.
One of the sajient features which
showed the important differences
between man and the gorilla.
Prof. < 'hapman continued, existed
in the fact that, while man po.v
I
sessed 1 ho long flexor in his thumb,
the gorilla was minus such anao
cchsoi'v. There were :!<> or more
points of great difference bet ween
the two, proving undoubtedly that
man had come by the same from
the rudimentary period.
In referring to the inability of
the gorilla to talk. Prof. Chapman
accounted for it by saying that a
hollow in the front of the ape’s
brain, together with tin* animal's
inability to control its nerve cen
ters. probably accounted for its be
ing incapable of exercising its vo
cal organs. In conclusion the pro
fessor said:
"If we could concentrate into
one animal all of the monkey’s pe
euliarities or traits in which lie re
sembles man we could lind no
basis for comparing him with
man.”
Livs in Volcano’s Center.
A lit!le Japanese village, thirty
miles from the town of Kuma
moto, is situated in the center of
a volcano, which may some day be
come active. The village lying ‘J00
feet below the top of the volcano,
tin* walls of which are very steep,
is quite hidden. Its £,000 inhabit
ants seldom leave this place.
Tinted Lace Curtains.
To tint lace curtains cream color
add an ounce of yellow ochre to
two ounces of starch and mix in
tin* usual way with boiling water.
Strain tin* starch to clear it of
lumps. It is best to soak a pair of
curtains at the same time, for
thus one can insure both being o£
the same shade of color.
As a Man Grows Older.
The older a man gets the less
time he has to learn the things he
thought he knew when he was a
boy.
'E* W3S GlVSil Up DOCTORS.
Pe-ru-na Saved Her Life.
[It was catarrh of the lungs so common in the winter months.]
ms.mmmcoLL
Miss Jennie Driscoll, 870 Putnam
Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., writes:
If people knew how efficient
Peruna was in the cure of ca
tarrh, they would not hesitate to
try it. I have all the faith in the
world in it as it cured me, and
l have never known of a case
when the person was not cured
in a short time.”---Jcnnie Dris
coll.
Mrs Col E. J. Gresham, Treasurer Daughters of the Confederacy and <
President Herndon Village Improvement Society, writes the following <
letter from Ilernden, Fairfax Co., Ya.: *
Uernden, Va. {
Tl*e Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio: <
Gentlemen—“I cannot speak too highly cf the value of Peruna.
I believe that / owe my life to its wonderful merits. I suffered
with catarrh of the head and lungs in its worst form, until the
doctors fairly gave ms up, and l despaired of ever getting well
again.
“ I noticed your advertisement and the splendid testimonials
given by the people who had been cured by Peruna, and
determined to try a bottle. I felt hut little better, but used a
second and third bottle and kept on improving slowly.
It took six bottles to cure me, but they were worth a King’s
ransom to me. / talk Peruna to all my friends and am a true
believer in its worth.”-—Mrs. Col. E. J. Gresham.
A PLAIN TALK
On a Plain Subject in Plain
Language.
The coming winter will cause at least
one-half of the women toiiave catarrh,
colds, coughs, pneumonia or consump
tion. Thousands of women will lose
their lives and tens of thousands will
acquire some chronic ail
ment from which they will
never recover.
Unless you take the nec
essary precautions, the
chances arc that you (who
read this) will be one of
KFFP
PFRIINA
IN THE
HOUSE.
the unfortunate ones. Little or no risk
need be run if 1'eruna is kept in the
house and at the first appearance of any
rymptom of catarrh taken as directed
on the bottle.
Pervna is a safeguard. is a preventa
tive. a specific, is a cure for all casesof
catarrh. acute and chronic, coughs,
colds, consumption, etc.
If you donotreceive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of I’eruna,
write atonee to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and lie will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
GUARANTEED CURE for all bowel trouble!*, appendicitis. biliousncrs, bad breath, bad blood. wind
on tho stomach, foul mouth, headache, indication. pimples. P«io« after eating liver trouble,
sallow complexion and dizcinfass. When your bowels don't dots rtfalftfljr you are nick. Con
stipation kills more people than all other diseases together. You will D«yer get well and stay well
until you put your bowels right. Start with CA8CARKT? today under ahpolute guarantee to cure
or money refunded. Sample and booklet free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or Now York.
WE OFFER
SUBJECT TO SALE
a small remainder of absolutely secured C percent, first mortgage cold bond*, issued for de
velopment purposes by A STRONG, CONSERVATIVE MINING COMPANY, working
I A D /> c DDAhll^llU^ li IXIPO Intercut on bonds payable In gold serai
f\ s\ V«s Cr iKwUUvIWfV I li E» 5 . annually. There is a feature of tills In
vestment Offer which makes it CERTAIN OF YIELDING ICO PER CENT over and above the amount
invested, in additioiMo the regular interest on the bonds. Write for detailed information about the above,
N. E. Corner FOURTH and OUVE
DEPT. K. ST. LOUIS. MO
ARBUCKIE-GOOOE COMMISSION CO..
NO MONEY TILL CURED. sstiusBimia.
We send FREE and postpaid a 200 paye treatise on Piles, Ralula and Diseases of the
Rectum; also 100 paje ilhis. treatise on Ciseases of Women. Of the thousands cared
by oar mild method, none paid a cent tiltcnred—wc furnish their names on application.
^^^a^J^ORMTON^^jVNMM^R^lOSMlnl^it^vafiaai^oTlo^
f*ll ICD9vBA FARMS, Catalogue sent tree.
WHUlrunnih (J. M. WooiterOo^ Sail l-Tancitco.
CURES WhtRt ALL ELSE FAIU>,
Bo3t l ough Syrup. Taste* Good,
in time. Soid by druggist*.
•PISCES -C U R E ' F O R
PATFfdT^ 48-page book free,
r H I b ITI I Q highest reference*
FITZOERAUD U CO.. Bo* JB, Washington. D. a
S2£*^ (Ti Cured. Gives quick
r~Vj SiOe^Vv rr!ie'- RfmovisaU
re?* « B El 1 c a «i\ I swellinc >'i 8 to 23
y lEtJ J VI I tiavs; permanent
cure 30 to 60 days. Trial treatment free,
El^iJ Dr. H. li. Green's Sons, Bos 0, Atlanta, Ga.