c.
SIZE OF SHIPS INCREASING
(t Will Not Be Long Before n Thou*
sand-Foot Steamer Will
Be Built.
v The average length of ships has
Increased from 50 to 00 per cent,
faring the last quarter of a cen
tury, saysBryssouCunningham, in
Oassier's Magazine. The 455 feet
ilf fhe Britannic of 1874 seems al
most insignificant compared with
the 702 feet of the latest White
Star liner, the Cedric, and Ihe 700
. feet of the projected Cunarders.
Mie 1,000 foot vessel will assur
edly not be long in coming. Bertha
are even now being devised to ac
cord with this standard and en
trance locks lengthened. A few
years back 500 feet were consid
ered an extreme dimension; now
adays this is deemed very moder
ate. The length of an entrance
lock does not, of course, absolute
ly limit the size of vessels.
The beam of ships has increased
more rapidly than the length.
The beam of the Britannic was 45
feet, and a ratio between length
and breadth of about 10 to 1 was
maintained fairly well until ten
years ago, when the (’ampania
>vu» mini wiiu a m eant it ui
feet to a length of (iOO foot. At
present the dimensions exhibited
in the Cedric and Celtic, length
680 feet, breadth 75 feet: tlie N\ ai
mer Castle, length 570 feet,
breadth 04 feet, and other vessels
indicate a decided tendency to
ward the establishment of a ratio
of 0 to 1. The maximum beam
does not yet exceed 78 feet, which
is amply covered by entrance locks
and passages SO to 100 feet in
width, constructed 50 years ago
under t he regime of paddle steam
ers. Consequently the increase in
beam has not had so perceptible
an effect on dock construction as
the increase* in length.
Only In depth has the progress
of naval construction been less
marked. The draught of the Cam
pania, 23 feet in 1803, was no
greater than that of some vessels
20 years before. The largest Ger
man types have a loaded draught
of only 29 feet, while the most
modern British vessels attain to
32 feet, but in neither ease is the
increase proportional to that of
the other dimensions. This dis
crepancy is due to the difficulty of
obtaining adequate depth of wa
ter in approach channels and over
the sills of existing docks.
ENGLAND’S IMMIGRATION.
Problem That Is Giving That Coun
try Something Difficult to
Cope With.
One of the burning questions of
the day in England is alien immi
gration. There is a strong and
growing agitation in favor of re
stricting it somewhat on the lines
adopted in this country, and the
government has pledged itself to
legislate against undesirable im
migrants, either in tin* present
session of parliament or the next.
Nevertheless, says an eastern
exchange, England's immigration
problem is a mere bagatelle com
pared with America's. Only one
person in 170 in the United King
dom is an alien not naturalized as
a British subject. In London,
where the foreigners congregate
most thickly, the proportion is 1 in
40; and in some of the London
slums 1 in 12.
New York has daily newsppa
pers printed in German, French,
Italian, Spanish and Yiddish; and
other publications in at least a
score of different tongues, includ
ing Arabic, Chinese and Japanese.
London has only one foreign news
paper, which is printed in German
and issued weekly. This fact
alone shows how much smaller are
the foreign colonies there than in
New Y'ork.
England has benefited immense
ly in the past from immigration,
and many of her greatest men to
day are descended from immi
grants.
The British lace-making indus
try was created by Huguenot ref
ugees from France. A poor Scan
dinavian boy named Bessemer did
more for Britain's iron und steel
industi i nv other man.
Lord <\ *r: ud Lord Milner,
two of En !' greatest colorii’
al admini u> . sire tlx* sons of
immigrants, the athei »>f the for
iner being a Dan •, and of the lar
ter a German. Lord Goshen is the
son of a German, and so was Lord
Herschell, the late lord chancel
lor. Beaconslieid was descended
from a family of Italian Jews.
MOST ANCIE1 T HIGHWAY.
One of the Oldest Routes in the World
Used by Cara vans of the
Arabians.
The road from .loins to Hama
runs almost due north, a straight
white line* cutting across the
green Helds. It is one of the old
est routes in the world. Cara
vans have been j essing along it
ifor at least 5,000 tears, just as we
saw them—-long strings of slow
moving camels with their bright
colored bags of wheat, says Scrib
ner's Magazine.
One could almost imagine that
Pharaoh was again calling down
the corn of Hamath to till his
granaries against the seven years
of famine. But even here the old
things are passing. Just beyond
the lone line of camels was a long
er lim* of fellah women, their
dirty blue robes kilted above
their knees, carrying upon their
shoulders baskets of earth and
itone for the roadbed of the new
French railway. The carriage
road is French, too, and a very
good road it is. Some men were
repairing it with a most ingenious
roller. It was a great round stone,
drawn by two oxen, and having its
axle prolonged by i 20-foot pole,
at the end of which a bare legged
Arab was fastened 10 balance ike
whole affair. If the stone had (op
pled over the picture of the Arab
dangling at the top of the slender
dagstaff would have been worth
watching.
All along the ride we were re
minded of the past. It is a fertile
soil, but the very wheat Helds are
different from ours. Only a few
yards in width, they are often
of tremendous length. I hes
itate to commit myself to fig
ures, but it is certain that the
thin, green fields would stretch
away in the distance until lost
over some little elevation. At
one place the road was cut
through a hill honeycombed with
rock tombs, which the haj said
were Jewish. Every now and then
we passed a tell, or great hem
ispherical mound, built up of the
rubbish of a dozen ruined towns,
for even as late as Roman times
this was a well-cultivated and pop
ulous country. There is now no
lumber available for building
purposes, and in a number of vil
lages the houses are built with
conical roofs of stone. Where the
rock happens to be of a reddish
tinge the houses remind one o(
nothing so much as a collection ol
Indian wigwams; where the stone
is wiiite, as at Tell el Biseh, it glit
ters and sparkles like a fairy city
out out of loaf sugar.
SETTLING MEXICAN STRIKE
Agitator* Speedily Taken in Hand by
Government and Summarily
Dealt With.
“Strike* are unknown in the
Mexican mines,” said l)r. Frank
J. Toussant, in speaking about
conditions in Mexico, where, ac
cording to the Milwaukee Sen
1 tinel,he upends considerable of his
time. “While down on iny recent
trip to Huepac. > 1 . I heard of
an attempt to strike. The men.
urged on by a number of agita
tors, formulated a protest against
their hours and wages and threat
ened to go out on a strike if their
demands were not complied with.
The operators scarcely had time
to look over the demands made
by their men when word
came from the government in
Mexico City to arrest the agita
tors immediately. Those who
hailed fro. the states were - n
ceremoniot • deported ar 9
Mexican -s who had Ik 1
by these .i lizers went b 1
their w < to speak more
erly, they continued their work,
as they had not yet quit work.
“To get a mining claim in Mex
ieo is the easiest thing in the
world; all you have to do is to find
some stone, tree, or other mark,
and then draw an imaginary line
around as mueh of a tract as von
want and then make your de
[loiincemeut. This will cost you
$32.50. A surveyor will then be
sent out and measure off as man v
rods as you want. He will take
about $100 for his services. The
plot which he prepares now goes
to the capital and in due course of
time you will be asked to pay a
tax equal to about $10 for a parcel
af land the size of a city block. The
tax must be paid annually, and as
long as you do this you will be
considered the owner of that
ilaim.”
CERTAINLY A BRAVE Cf~L.
Daily Task of Invalid Rural I'ail
Carrier in Helping Her
Mother.
The bravest girl in the state of
New Jersey on Uncle Sam's list of
rural mail carriers is Miss Villa
Potter, of Willow drove, says the
New York Times. She carries the
mail from Newfield, Gloucester
county, to Porchtown and the sur
rounding county, covering a route
of 29 miles all told.
\ficacj t t It *1 c I w ,>> n n t rn*o 1 III
for 18 years, being a victim of ty
phoid fever when Li years old. Her
father, Michael Potter, was killed
in a well several years ago, and
her brother, Prank, died carrying
the mail. Then she determined to
help her mother make a living.
Every morning her mother
wheels her out to the mail wagon
and assists her to get in. The
farmers all along the route built
the boxes close to the roadside, so
that the invalid can deliver the
mail without getting out, for she
cannot stand alone. Her mother
takes care of three horses and two
cows, and by the help of her (laugh
ter makes a comfortable living.
Miss Potter’s apjrointnient two
years ago was enthusiastically ap
proved by the people, who, she
says, show her every possible
kindness. Her popularity in
creases because of her punctual
ity.
TOWN WHERE FUEL IS FREE
Shoe Factories of Lynn. Mass., Supply
the People the Wornout
Lasts.
“(Jo to Lynn if you want fret
fuel,” said a Bostonian, recently,
"You can get in Lynn the best
wood in the world for nothing
The town of Lynn is full of tutor
■lions and magnificent shoe fat*
orics. These factories, in order
o keep their pr oduct fashionable
nd correct, change their last?
wen* season. Thus as soon as n
eason is over thousands of lasts
'(■come worthless except for burn
n rr
“The manufacturers might sel
e lasts, lnit for some reason oi
♦ •r they don’t do this. The\
:ve them away. And the Lynr
>ple appreciate this generosity
any rate it is possible in theii
>e::i;tiful town to see a Lynn mar
with a grateful look on his fact
tal ng home a load of lasts in s
cart.
• The lasts make admirable fires
The good, hard wood in then
e s redhot and burns with i
i eat glow of heat for a long time
ike coal. The only trouble is theii
1 ijie. They look, you know, like
■Vet. To see them flaming in a fire
place gives a stranger a shock ai
;irst. Fie wonders if he has hap
ceiled in upon the end of a erema
ion.”
l,ove Bacillus.
l)r. Cotton, of Chicago, membei
of the Hush Medical society, say:
there cannot be the slightesi
doubt that love is caused by a bac
i 11 us, like scarlet fever or influ
■nza, and that it affects the brain
'jven to producing effects similai
o madness. When th si icillusb
iscovered. says the d'* * »r, an<
’ •ans are f<>’ind to d< n.v it. i
11 be pos'd1 ' 1 ' irriagi
oa a sound practical basis.
TALK WITH A KAFFIR CHIEF
Kuch Is Expressed by Grunts and
Short Exclamations—Mak
ing the Chief See.
The amount of greeting among
ordinary Kaffirs is to say: “1 see
you;” to which answer comes
back: “Yes.” When a native
passes a European in the uncivil
ized parts of the country, says Mr.
Dudley Kidd, in “The Essential
Kafir,” he will frequently antici
pate the white man’s “I see you, *
;yid will start oil with a loud
“Yes.”
Of all ways of expressing senti
ment. grunting is the favorite,
and the Kafir grunts with great
eloquence. His simple grunt can
express a whole world of senti
ment. After hearing natives ex
press so much, by grunting one
cannot avoid thinking that pigs
might learn to speak.
Kafirs have very many exclama
tions, such as “Yo!” when they
wish to show contempt; “Haul”
when they show surprise;
“Wow!” and many other similar
utterances.
In visiting a chief it is rude to
speak first. Accordingly, when we
visited a Kafir king we sat in si
lem-r and pretended not to see
him. At length he looked up at us
and said: “1 see you,” and the ice
was broken. We grunted approv
al of the sentiment and said the
proper tilings. w nen tlie ques
tions began to be a little too per
sonal we told our native servant
to fetch the blanket we had
brought with us in order to open
the chief’s eyes.
When we gave the chief the
blanket he looked at it and gave a
grunt which was one of moderate
and guarded approval, lb* felt
the qualities of the blanket with
his lingers, placed it to his skin to
see how warm it would be; he then
showed It to his councillors and
asked them bluntly what they sup
posed it had cost When he was
satisfied that it was better than
any kept by local traders, he gave
another grunt of approval which
plainly safd: "Thanks; I think
that on tjie whole it is not bad; I
have seen better, but it will do all
the same.”
Then he said in words: “Now
my eyes are open and 1 can see
you.” In fun I began to chaff him
and said: "Well, if you can see us
now, will you tell us what you can
see ?”
“Swift as light came the an
swer: ‘‘I shall know what I see
when the night is cold and I wrap
the blanket about my body.”
A native never commits himself
if he can possibly help it. After a
little more desultory conversa
tion the chief thought it was time
to end the indaba, "to hem up tin*
fringes of the talk with the thread
made from the sinew of an ox ” as
their expressive phrase runs. So
we hemmed it up.
Queen’s Oaks at Windsor.
Many English queens have
chosen oak trees in Windsor for
est wheron their names, with the
dates of their choice, have been
commemorated by means of brass
plates. In different parts of the
forest, with seats around them,
are oaks bearing the names of
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Caroline,
Queen Charlotte and Queen
Victoria. “Herne’s Oak,” men
tioned in the “Merry Wives of
Windsor” as being 'in Windsor
I’ark, was destroyed by a gale on
August 31, 1863.
CRIPPLED FAKIR.
ITox io, <)ct. v*2.—Yesterday a
la 1 appeared on the streets sol
iciting aid from strangers, claim*
j"J- ,ll!lt '10 "'as injured in both
"d and ! ot He has his hand
;vr!l,M ,if| "P and h;s foot turned
Ml' Wns al ( mouthers heuorne
11 1'"uis and ;iJ ed to see the in
!,,d '"i' h vagrant refus
1> »n the mar
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£ City Directory, i
MUNICIPAL OKUCIKs
Mayor, J. H. Holderby,
Recorder, J. A. Gibson,
Marshal, Walter Pascoe,
Night Marshal, H. J. Mayhan,
Treasurer, E. J. Mag ness,
Aldermen:- A. A. Henderson, W.T.
Magness, W. C. Mims, Fred. D. Whit
ing, Morg Drennen.
Council meets first Monday night in
each month.
CHUKCHKS
Methodist church, services at 11, a.
m and 7:30 p. in. fourth Sunday in
each month. Rev. C. H. Newman,
j Pastor.
Baptist church, services at 3 p. m.
Saturday before third Sunday, and 11
a. in. third Sunday in each month.
Rev. .1. L. Brown, pastor.
Christian church, services first and
1 third Sundays in each month at 11 a.
; m. and 7:3d p. in. Rev. VV. W. Young,
I Pastor.
KK A rBRMTl KS
Dannelly Chapter R. A. M. meets
third Saturday night. 1. C. Nuckolls,
E. II P.;T. II. Rearing, Sec.
Newark Lodge F. <fc A. M. No. 24ft
meets secend Saturday night. T. J.
Raney, W. M.; J. II. Jimerson, Sec.
Newark Encampment 1. O. O F. i«8
meets second and fourth Thursday
| nights. G. A. Ashley. C. I’; F. C. Hoyt
Scribe.
Newark Lodge I. O. O. F. No. 203
meets the first and third Wednesday
nights. T. J. Raney, N.G;0. F. Craig
Secretary.
Newark Camp W.O.W. No. 288 meets
second and fourth Tuesday nights in
each month. E. !1 Magi less, C. C.;
O. F. Craig, Clerk.
lndei>endenee Lodge No, 237!> K.
E. ol II. meets first and tnird Monday
| nights in each month. <). F. Craig,
: Protector; Zed Griffith, Secretary.
Railroad Time Card,
WHITE RIVER BRANCH
St. L. I. M. & S. Ry.
Trains pass Newark as follows;
GOING WEST.
No. 127.12.50 p. m.
No. 125.8.00 a. nu
GOING KAST.
No. 128.9.10 a. m.
No. 126.7.02 p. m.
F. C. Hoyt, Agent. <£
S. A. MOORE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
and Notary Public,
Land t it les, administrat ion, damage
uses and collections a specialty. Will
ract ice in all courts of the state,
f'ftiee in Post Office Building,
NEW A UK, - Arkansas.
A. A. HENDERSON
Notary Public
Makes a specialty of
Writing and Correcting Deeds.
Office in The Journal Building.
Call at
J. QUALLS’
BOOT AND SHOE SHOP
For Legal Advise.
J. T. MILLER,
Physician and Surgeon
Office Back of John Martin’s Store.
Residence Phone No.
Office Plume .... No. TO.
CALLS PROMPTLY ATTENDED.
CITY BARBER SHOP
First class in every respect
Up-to-Now Artists.
Sharp Knives. Clean Towels.
J. L. Crosser Proprietor.
A. D. HOLLAND,
Dentist,
Newport, - Arkansas 1
Buy your mortgages, deeds and |
lpor'il Mantra at. 'T’lws Tmirn.'ll O 111 CO— I