Hunting for talismans.
Dnique Experience of an American
l Professor on an Expedition
\ to an Indian Temple.
i^When the late Prof. Sommer
pille, of the University of Pennsyl
vania, the learned collector of
gems, charms and mascots, had
fret his mind on some curio heard
tf in one of his meetings with ori
entals, nothing could bar the way,
nays the Booklovers’ Magazine.
jVV ere it in the center of the Desert
®f Sahara or on the topmost pin
cade of the Himalayan moun
tains, he would go after it and
keep up tin* search until the treas
ure was found, purchased and
jplaced on exhibition at the univer
sity museum.
American gold was Prof. Sum
merville's magnet, wherever he
(Went. He thus describes its ef
fect on one of his expedit ions:
‘‘On one occasion we desired to
ivisit the famous Dilwarra temples
5n India, and for that purpose en
paged two jinrikishas and a num
l>ef of natives to draw them,
obout li! in all. The temples, as
you know, are set in a mag
nifleent grove of mango trees on
a mountain top and surrounded by
treat hills. \\ ith a fair measure
O' tact and money I hoped to se
cure from the people of the viein
ity some of their odd talismans
and rings. 1 said to the eliiel
rikisha man: ‘Now, I.ala, whal
will yon <!n for me if I double your
pay? I want to make this jour
Tiev in half time, and if you can ae
eomplish it you shall be doubly
paid.’
’“Ilf want to his helpers at once
and informed them that I was ■
prince. We started out under
the rout raet. lie r an ahead of tlit
convoy, ru -dug both hands in tin
air and crying to the astonished
people: •Here conies a prince
d>own with vou. IIore comes ;i
■ t
prince.’
“And during the entire 12 milet
1 was treated to the un Arneri
can experience of seeing the jh»o
pie cover their fares and drop ah
jectly to the ground itt obeisanct
and salutation, only daring to looi
at rue through their’ parted fin
gers. But my amusement at thus
being treated as a prince was
nothing to tlie gratification I cx
perieneed in securing from thesf
people—who did not dare to re
fuse so august a personage as I—
some of the most interesting in
scribed talismans that I have it
my collection.”
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FACTS CONCERNING CANCER
Some Important Discoveries Recently
Made by British Medical
Experts.
Important discoveries in con
nection with cancer were an
nounced recently when the prince
of Wales presided at the annual
meeting of the general committee
of the cancer research fund. Dis
tinguished experts, briefly summed
nj) their work as follows:
'ivilization is not the cause ol
earn er, which pervades animal as
well as human life and attacks all
its subjects at relatively the same
age and periods.
”It is not an infectious disease
and is not transmissible from one
species to another. A cancer cell
can reacquire powers of self prop
a nation.
“('anear is not caused by a para
site.
“The malady is not on the in
crease.
“Radium has been found to ex
ercise no curative effects.
‘‘A serum has been discovered
from which good results are
hoped.”
The first authentic cases of can
cer in animals were minutely de
scribed by experiments w hich had
heel! made on fish and wild mice.
The prince of Wales urged the
public to consult the surgeons at
the first indication of any cancer
ous symptoms, though flit* report
of the experts said that no sign
lias, yet been discovered by which
medical men can surely recognize
the presence of cancer.
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ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From 'the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
Win. Castleberry is erecting a
three story stone business house
at Salem.
A Farmers’ Union has been or
ganized at Mena with a member
ship of 243.
George Phillips, a Springdale
lad broke his left arm a few days
ago while playing ball.
Mammoth Spring now has a
daily paper, the Town lalk, edit
ed by A. H. Forstmeyer.
M. W. Fuller died at Gentry
from being scalded at the canning
factory, where he was at work.
Hurt Martin was shot from am
bush near Conway a few days ago.
but fortunately escaped with only
slight injuries.
A. O. Stingel of Tappanish,
Wash*., and Miss Minnie Bacon
hagen, of Fort Smith, were mar
ried in the Arkansas State Build
ing at the World's Fair last 1 hurs
Utt.v Ill^ilL.
Hon. J. M. Fowler of Friend
ship whs thrown from his bugg.\
during a circus parade at Malverr
a few days ago and seriously injur
ed. His horse became frightenec
| at the animals.
A contract has been closed b.\
the council of the incorporatec
town of Nashville with the Climax
gas machine manufacturers, at St,
Louis, fora gas lighting plant, h
be owned and operated by the city
Dyer Kizzia, son of ex-Sherifl
Kizzia, of Pike county, was bifctei
by a rattlesnake while out in t
Held alone. The boy called fox
1 help, and was taken home ant
treated for the poison, and is re
covering.
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Saved His Life.
J. \V. Davenport, Win go, K>.,
; writes, June 14, 1902: “'I want
i to tell >ou 1 believe Ballard’t
Snow Liniment saved my life. I
was under the treatment of twc
doctors, and they told me one ol
my lungs was entirely gone, and
the othet badly affected. I alsc:
had a lump in my side. I don’t
think that I could have lived over
two months longer. I was induc
ed bv a friend to try Ballard’s
Snow Liniment. The first appli
cation gavo me great relief: twc
fifty cent bottles cured me sound
and well. It is a wonderful med
icine and I recommend it to suff
ering humanity.” 25c, 50c, $1.00.
Sold by J. I. Sturdivant.
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MATRinONIAL MIX-UP.
Fort Smith, Oct. 14.—Thomas
d. Payne and Mrs. Bessie Payne,
each aged 20, were maraied in the
county clerk’s office this afternoon
by .Justice Beck. Two years ago
the bride secured a divorce from
the groom on the ground of non
support. Will Payne, a brother
of the groom, aged 40, then di
vorced his wife, by wjmm lie had
six children, and married the di
vorced wife of his brother, Tom.
The union appears to have proved
anything but a happy one, the
wife still loving her tirst husband.
Will Payne yesterday secured a
divorce from Bessie on statutory
grounds, his brother, Tom, being
named as co-respondent. Thomas
then secured a marriage license
and remarried his divorced wife
The parties all reside in Muldrow.
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The Journal has a plan on foot
whereby every person who sub
scribes for one year during the
next two months will got their pa
per absolutely free. Squire W s
Moore of Sulphur Rock will can-,
vass this end of the county, begin
ning today or tomorrow, and w
; hope to add 500 or 000 new
; to our list of Subscribers.
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LOWELL’S ^‘WITCH FARM.”
Forest Near New York City That at
Times Appears to Have a
Farm on It.
A curious story of James Rus
sell Lowell has appeared. The
tale is printed with question
marks, says the Chicago Daily
News. It runs about as follows
aud deals with a “witch farm:”
1 he place is a forest near New
\ ork, at some distance, but with
in a walk from the city. On the
edge of the forest a farm will at
times appear, which no one re
members to have ever seen, unless
he happens to be among the few
who have had the uncanny priv
ilege. There iR no one about the
farm, no sound is heard, vet there
are signs of busy occupation. Tie*
door is open, empty milk pails
lean against tin* wall, newly
cleaned pans and dairy utensils
and butter churns are sot out to
dry; clothes hang on the line in a
j little drying ground.
W hoover chances on the farm
seldom stops long to look. lie
will pass on, thinking to himself:
“1 don t seem to remember that
farm. I must inquire about it in
town. ' In town not a soul knows
anything about it, and never will
that person se<* the farm again,
however often In* may return to
M»UK inr it. men others will go
out to seek the witch farm. Over
and over again will they pass and
repass the very spot where it had
been seen, retracing their steps
and puzzling and saying: “It must
be there; we have mistaken the
way.
There are few indeed to whom
the spectral farm has shown it
itself. Lowell himself once saw
it. On the verge of the wood he
passed a homestead which ap
peared precisely as has been do
scribed. Lowell saw it all and
passed on without thinking; then
suddenly stopped short with a
feeling of something strange,
turned and sauntered slowly back.
But no house at all was there and
he was unable to find again the ex
act spot where it had been.
SHOWERS IN AFTERNOON.
According to This Account They Ars
More Frequent Than In the
Morning.
“Did you ever stop to think
about the fact that we have more
showers in the afternoon than we
have in the morning, and the
causes which bring about this re
sult?” asked a man wlio takes an
interest in meteorological ques
tions, says the New Orleans
Times-Deinocrat.
“The chief factor is the upward
it.
brought about by the heat. You
see it) dear weather the heat is
not at its height until midday.
The changes which set in as a re
; stilt of the air movement in the
j afternoon, ami the gradual with
drawal of the sun’s force as the
| orb rolls down toward the wesi
ern horizon will bring about just
those conditions favorable to the
production of showers, and the
next result is the showers we so
often experience in the afternoon.
“There seems to be in 1 his, as in
all of nature's plans, a tine wis
dom. It would be impossible to
measure the advantage of these
showers to plant life. Often
plants need resuscitation after
■ the severe heat of the day. I ho\
are in a wilted condition and need
! the sprinkling we give the plants
Jin the flower garden. Nature does
! the sprinkling by sending a good,
! refreshing shower. The afternoon
shower is it great institutton, too,
from the standpoint of human be
ings, and other animals, for an
imals, you know, frequently begin
to droop under the depressing in
fltlenee of severe heat. And, as a
I n,le? ti,e shower is needed more in
1 the afternoon than at any other
period of time.
Seen Everywhere.
museum) Pa, why
s have “iron-jawed”
men in
women ?
uni, but no
ran
o
are no
ews.
Real Estate Bargains
For Sale By
CRAIG & HENDERSON
No. 1. 80 acres good land 1 m from
Newark, on railroad; 40 acres cleared;
23 in Cultivation; good bottom land
and a bargain.
No. 2. 80 acres good bottom land 4
miles N.-E. Newark; half subject to
overflow, balance above highwater;
40 acres in cultivation. Fine land and
a bargain.
No. 5. 140 acres good land } mi. N.
of Paroquet; 50 acres in cultivation;
3 good houses on farm with good
| pumps; 00 acres in pasture; excellent
cotton land and good timber on land
not in cultivation. Can be bought for
ten dollars an acre.
No. 6. Half interest in 250 acres
cane pasture land 4 mile from Jack
sonport; under fence; finest cane land
on White river; very cheap.
No. 7. 48 acres 4 mile from Paro
quet; 35 acres rich river bottom land;
15 acres above overflow; good timber.
A bargain.
No 10. 40 acres good timber land
2 miles from Newark; would make tine
cotton land.
No. 11. 2 acres of land and good
4 room house in Paroquet, all under
fence and well improved, iiig bargain.
i No. 12. Nice 5 room residence and
4 lots near Methodist church; fine of
i the most beautiful places in Newark.
; Very cheap.
o. to. n>:» ;t^res nne lanu in tne
: famous Big Bottom country; makes a
! bale of cotton and 75 to 100 bushels of
corn to the acre. Fine farm and in
! a few years will be worth 1(> thousand
dollars, but if taken at once can be
bought for about half that amount.
o. 17. Two nice residence lots one
| block north of public school building;
! nicest residence property in town and
a bargain.
o. 18. 400 acres tine Big Bottom
farming lanu: conacres in cultivation;
! 4 houses on place: makes a bale of cot
ton to the acre. 'ell improved farm
and a genuine bargain if taken atonce.
o. 21. 27H acre farm adjoining
Paroquet. 40acres in cultivation, 20
acres in pasture; me 6-room frame
and one 2-i oum uox house on place.
Good well, an pumps, three barns,
two good ot mis of 5o bearing trees;
land not in oil ivaiion has good tim
ber.
No. 22. 7 icre reek bottom farm,
with 55 aci ; cultivation; one 4
room and oik -c n nouse; two good
barns and o> t buildings. Makes
half bale of nd 80 bushelscorn
to the acre: i • s from Newark.
No. 23. 87 r ,m*i< bottom farm,
two miles f .\ ark with 67 acres
in cultivat : • 2 r<x>m houses
| with good c oi everlasting wai
ter; makes le cotton to the
acre.
No. 24. 2 act' a If mile north of
Newark, 15 -ultivation; excel
lent locatioi i e-a or poultry farm.
0.25. 11 i n iilf mile north of
town; good .-i house, barn, orch
ard, good on: d tigs and two wells.
56. 160 am I vith 40 improved
good orchard > rees, good 7 room
frame house I barn; everlast
ing spring.
57. 117 a n bottom land 2
miles north 35 acres in culii
vation; good ,. grows 40 bush
els corn and * cotton per acre.
59. 2 acre and good 5 room
bouse in nort ul town; good im
provements a water
60. 10 acri - northeast part of
town, all un >d fence; good 3
room box hou with brick flues; good
well of water. garden; orchard
of 75 bearing iv**s of apples; also
pears, peaches grapes.
Sold Only By
I). D. WHITING,
no. 26. 140 acre farm, 80 acres in
cultivation; goud timber on land noti
in cultivation; three 2-room houses,
good well and spring, 2i acre orchard.
Located 8 miles north of Newark, 1
mile from Black Lliver Academy, mile
from church and in good neighborhood.
Small creek runs through the farm.
no. 27. One block beautiful resi
dence lots just north of school build
ing. Very desirable property and a
bargain.
no. 36. 40 acres timber land 0 miles
southwest of Oil Trough store, good
white oak timber; Price $00,
no. 40. 80 acres timber lahd on
Departee creek, half river bottom and
half upland; tine tract of land and
has good timber on it.
no. 41. 55 acres bottom land on
Black river adjoining railroad; verj
high and seldom overflows; all in tim
her, tine piece of land and a bargain.
no. 53. 80 acres Big Bottom land
2i miles from Newark; B0 acres in cul
tivation, .'lucres in alfalfa; grows bale
of cotton to the acre.
no. 37. 2 acres nicest residence
property in north part of town; good
well and garden on place.
55. 160 acre farm 3 miles north of
town, 14() acres in cultivation, 20 acres
good timber, no rocks,. 5 room log
house and 4 room frame house, good
well, and nice young orchard.
No. 28. 12 acres tine Big Bottom
land,mile and a half from Newark,all
in cultivation: makes bale of cotton
per acre.
jlw a*ji uai
in i it; mhi t ii
Madness; 3 room house, good barn and
orchard.
no. 30. 529 acres tine bottom land;
mile river front on Black river; 300
acres under fence; 200 acres tine cane
land; valuable white oak timber on
land.
No. 31. Block of nicest residence
property in Newark, near schoo
building.
No. 32. Block nice residence prop
erty iu westside Newark, 1 block from
school building.
no. 42. 8 acres timbered land 3 mi.
north of Newark; good hill land and
nice location for small fruit farm.
no. 33. Block residence property in
north part of town; 80 bearing apple
trees on place; choice residence prop
erty.
no. 34. 40 acres timbered land in
Big Bottom, half mile east of Akron.
Very cheap.
no. 35. 99 acres 2 miles north of
Newark, 70 acres in cultivation, 2-sto
ry 5-room house, good outbuildings,
barns, 20 acre pasture and tine youa
orchard.
o. 36. Nice 5-room residence 2
blocks from denot. verv desirable lo
cation.
o. 38. 40 acres timbered land oA
Village creek, 2 miles from Newport*
fine land; valuable white oak timber
on place.
43. 300 acres good bottom land, 280
acres in timber; 80 acres in timothy;
good 4 room house; g(x>d barn and out
buildings; good orchard; 100 acres in
pasture; improvements good; located
3 miles from Newark; a tine stock
farm. Price five thousand dollars.
45. 2 room house and 1 acre land in
north edge of city, at a bargain.
40. 3 acres nice residence property
in north edge of city; beautiful loca
tion, and genuine bargain.
47. Good 5 room house and 1 acre
land in west edge of town: convenient
to school; desirable location; cheap.
48. 80 acres in the manganese belt,
2 miles northwest of Cushman;healthy
location; springs in abbndance.
49. 40 acres timbered land 8 miles,
north of Batesvilie in the manganese
belt; soil rich from mineral.
50. 2 acres fine residence property
in north part of town; 4 blocks from
school building; tine orchard of about
<o bearing trees; nice location.
52. 1400 acres fine river bottomland
>n Black river, lying on both sides of
railroad; over 200 acres in cultivation;
100 acres in pasture; good timber, U
niles river front, railroad station and
switch on place, all good farming land
md has natural drainage, fine for oot
nn, and would make as fine stock
arm as any of its size in the South.
52. 240 acres fine land in the famous
big Bottom country, half mile from
Newark; makes a bale of cotton and
iO to 100 bushels corn per acre; 25 acres
n alfalfa yielding 7 to 8 tons per acre
jvery year.
54. 120 acre farm, 55 in cultivation,
md under good fence, good six room
bouse and a 2 room house, good barn
md plenty of winter, located 4* miles
north of town.
CRAIO & HENDERSON
Newark, - Ai kail; a -.