The Newark Journal.
O. F. CRAIG, Editor.
______ - — ARKAN5AS
SECRET OF DEATH VALLEY,
Discovery of a Wall and Dam Whicfc
Tell of Race That Occupied
Desolate Place.
Death Valley, which has sc
thwarted man in his attempts t<
obtain a foothold within its con
fines, was once the home of man
and boasted some degree of civ
Hzation. This is made apparent
firjf the discoveries of prospectors
who recently penetrated an uuex
jilored portion of the valley, states
the St. Louis Republic.
In attempting to enter a small
canyon at tin* northeastern ex
tremitv of the valley they found
11mmr way blocked by a wall of
masonry which extended entire
ty across the canyon, at a height
<”rf about 00 feet. The wall had
rminhled in places, and showed
*tgtis of centuries of wear, but in
the main it stood as built.
The men clambered up the sides
of file canyon till they reached the
top of tlu* massive wall, which
tliere lias a thickness of 150 feet.
It is about three times as thick
at the base. It was evidently
built as a dam to catch the water,
which descended from the moun
tains during the rainy season,
for investigation disclosed an an
cient canal leading out of the val
ley to the plain.
A Fong flu* sides of the canyon
above the level of flu* masonry
were shallow caves evidently hoi
lowed out hv the hand of man.
Across the front of each of these
were walls of adobe brick of rude
workmanship, indicating that the
Jam was also a wall of defense,
for no enemy could scale the walls
of the canyon or the wall of ma
sonry in the face of even weak op
"position.
In some of the cave homes were
found broken pottery and rude im
plements hammered out of copper,
a vein of which the prospectors
found at the head of the canyon,
showing where the natives got
their supply.
HOW HE LEARNED TO SHOOT
JLentucky Mountaineer Acquired a
Good Eye at Pinking Rev
enue Officers.
••Among a batch of recruits as
signed to my company awhile
ago,” said a captain of infantry
stationed at afar western post,
who, says tin* Washington Post,
was here recently, “was a gaunt,
gawkv Kentucky lad of the moun
taineer class, and not much above
2B years old. He was growing so
fast that he was as clumsy as a
l?t. Bernard pup, and he fell all
over himself in drill. Notwith
standing his perfect willingness,
fee was so inapt a soldier that I at
tached him to my quarters in the
capacity of dog robber or striker.
“Boon after my company was
sent out for target practice on the
ranges. My striker from Ken
tucky beat out every man in my
company, some of them veterans
wearing the distinguished marks
man's medals, in a common can
ter. He was as crackerjack a rifle
idiot as 1 ever saw in the army,
And I’d be willing to bet that
There's not a shootist in that
team that lately won the Palma
trophy in England that could out
shoot him. The gawky Kentucky
feoy’s performance on the range
tilled me with amazement; as it
•did everybody else who watched
his marvelous shooting, and when
te wtts through 1 said to him:
“ ‘Look here, hoy, where did you
ever get a chance to practice such
tine shoot ing?’
““Pinkin' rev’noo otticehs, suli,*
6e replied, with it grin. ‘Yo’ all
fuhgits, suit, that Ah’m from Ken
tucky.’ ”
More the Merrier.
Woman’s inhumanity to man
makes countless lawyers happy.—
■Chicago Daily Jvews.
AN EXPENSIVE BUNKER
This Golf Player Intended to Swear
It Out While He Was
About It.
One of New York's prominent clergy
men who is an enthusiastic golfer wus
playing over the Morristown links re
cently with a clubman whose language is
not alwavs suited to clerical cal's. After
a badlv sliced drive the latter, from force
of lial'nt, let fall a word or two which
required an apology to bis reverend com
panion, relates the New York Times.
"Beg pardon, doctor,” he exclaimed,
“but it uopfted out before 1 knew it. It
I make many more strokes like that,
though. 1 won't vouch for what I may
sa^-. You’ll have to forgive me. It’s a
bad habit I’ve got into.”
"Mr. H-,” said the clergyman, think
ing to put an effectual quietus to this sort
of thing, “suppose you agree to pay me a
dollar for every oath, the money to oe
given to charity.”
Mr. H-looked dubious.
"All right, I’ll go you on that,” he
■aid, finally.
All went smoothly for awhile until he
“foozled” his drive, when out came the
dollar bill, which the clergyman quietly
pocketed. On the next hole lie drove into
the bunker and had to go down into his
pockets again. This time out came a
$20 bill.
"But 1 haven't the change,” exclaimed
Dr. -.
“Then don’t bother about it, doctor,
for I intend to swear it out.”
And he did, by the time he got out of
that bunker.
THE NEPHEW CAUGHT ON.
Showed His Mercenary Uncle Ha
Could Be as Saving as
Anyone.
A naval officer, recently returned from
the isthmus of Panama, according to the
New York Tribune, tells the following
story concerning the wealthiest man on
the isthmus:
"Senor M— is known all over the isth
mus as the stingiest man who ever lived.
He will have no lights in his house except
candles, and the lone caudle in his sit
ting-room is not burned at night when he
is talking to visitors and is not compelled
to have a light.
"The old man has a nephew who makes
the money fly. A short time ago he called
on his uncle at night. While they were
talking the old man blew out his candle.
'\\ hat did you do that for?’ the young
ster asked.
“ ‘Why, we don’t need the light while
we are talking,’ the uncle replied.
“While the uncle was talking earnestly
the boy began to shuffle about in the dark.
Much annoyed by the interruption, the
old man said: ‘What are you doing’?’
" 'Only just taking off my trousers,’ the
boy replied. ‘1 don't need them in the
dark and want to keep from wearing them
out.’ ”
A World Wide Reputation.
Wherever men are there will be illness,
end wherever people are ill Dodd's Kid
ney Pills will be found a blessing. Solely
on their merits have they pushed their
way into almost every part of the civil
ized world. Their reputation as an hon
est medicine that can always be relied ou
has been built up by the grateful praise
of those who have been cured. The two
following letters indicate just how the
reputation of this remedy knows no geo
graphical bounds. The sick and suffering
all over the world are asking for Dodd’s
Kidney Pills.
Dear Sirs:
I have been suffering for some months
from a Kidney complaint, 'lhe doctor
who attended me recommended me to take
your “Dodd's Kidney Pills.” After two
boxes I got some relief. But unfortunate
ly I have not been able to go on with the
treatment, being unable to find any Pills
in Cairo.
The Chemist who sold me the two boxes
has informed me that he had sent an or
der for some, and has been keeping me
waiting for more than one month, ihis
is the reason why 1 am writing to you
to request you to have the goodness to
send me by return of post six boxes for
which I will pay as soon as I receive them
from the post.
Kindly let me know at the same time
where your branch agency in Egypt is
to be found. Thanking you in anticipa
tion,
MOHAMKD rached, *
“Imrneubles Libres de l’Etat”,
Office of "the Minister of
Finance,
CAIRO, EGYPT.
Dear Sirs:
I want to purchase six boxes of Dodd’s
Kidney Pills, but 1 don’t know exactly
where to apply at Buffalo or London. I
suppose they can be sent by express or
registered mail from either place. Please
advise me of how to proceed in order to
get the pills without delay.
Yours truly,
J. P. Simonson,
Viborg. V. Mark,
DENMARK.
It is a terrible shock to us, when we
have told a friend something that was
told to us in confidence, to hud that he
has told some one else.—Puck.
SORE HANDS.
Itching, Horning Palma and Painful
Finger Ends—Complete Core
by Cntlcnra.
One Night Treatment: Soak the hands
on retiring, in a strong, hot, creamy lather
of Cuticura Soap. Dry, and anoint freely
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bandage lightly in old, soft cotton or
linen. For red, rough and chapped hands
dry, fissured, itching, feverish palms, with
brittle, shapeless nails and painful finger
ends, this treatment is simply wonderful,
frequently curing in a single application.
In no other ailment have Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment been more et
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“Some men,” said Uncle Eben, “seem
to imagine dey shows deir superiority to
everybody else by tryin’ to act meaner
dan anybody else.”—Washington btar.
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One size smaller after using Allen’s Foot
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Nearly all business transactions in Co
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WEALTH VERSUS GENIUS
Observations of Composer Strauss and
Wife While Visiting in
This Country.
Dr. Richard Strauss and liis
wife, Mine. Strauss de Alina, have
had a number of queer experi
ences in America. One that they
tell with much amusement relates
to their visit to the house of a
wealthy trust magnate in a city
where steel is made, relates the
New York Times. The magnate
had engaged the Strausses for an
evening musicale at enormous ex
pense, it may be imagined—a
price that must have revealed to
the gentleman of steel the stand
ing of the name of Strauss in mu
sic, if nothing else had ever done
so. His wife met the pair as they
entered, apparently in some per
turbation at the lateness of tin.*
hour. After inquiring if they had
‘‘brought their music,” she signi
tied her desire that they should
begin at once, as the company had
been waiting some time for them.
She then had Dr. Strauss and his
wife conducted upstairs to “lay
off their things”—how, as befit
ting the foremost composer of the
time, who honored her house with
his visit, would it be supposed?
Why, in no other way than by the
servants’ staircase in the rear!
Mine. Strauss de Alma relates
the incident withdelight. She has
little English and shecharmed her
hearers the first time she told the
story by the way she put it at the
climax:
“And then they took us by—what
vou call eet—by the little back-up
ladder!”
i LARGEST OF TREE FLOWERS
Individual Blossoms of the Magnolia
Are Sometimes a Foot in
Diameter.
Magnolias are of peculiar inter
est because they have the largest
: flowers of any tr»*es iu cultivation.
| This, says Country life in Amer
ica, is not saying that they are the
showiest trees when in blossom,
for an apple tree, or a flowering
dogwood, may completely cover
itself with blossoms. But the in
dividual flowers of such trees are
relatively small, while a magnolia
blossom is often six inches and
sometimes a foot in diameter!
Magnolias have several points
besides the size of the flower
which make them most attractive.
Certain kinds bloom before tin*
leaves in early spring; the flowers
of most sorts are deliciously fra
grant; the texture of the petals is
notable, being thick, waxy and lus
trous, and the coloring is <*xquis
ite. In many species the leaves
are of extraordinary size, some ex
ceeding a yard in length. In all.
the foliage mass is luxuriant and
tropical-looking. Some have shin
ing. leathery evergreen leaves—
just the thing for Christmas dec
orations. Last, but not least,
there are the curious cone like
fruits which make the trees so at
tractive in midsummer and fall.
As they rijien they take on rosy
tints, and later they open in a pe
culiar fashion and hang out their
bright red seeds on slender elas
tic threads.
Dr. Hale’s Picture as a Tester.
An Oregon newspaper man in
Washington is telling a good
story about Dr. Hale. He says he
was once traveling in the back
country of Oregon, and, going to
a little inn for lodging, was sur
prised to see a large picture of J >r.
Hale on the wall. The woman of
the house explained it thus:
“Well, you see, a good many
strangers come here and want me
to keep 'em, and I don’t know any
thing about ’em, but if they know
Edward Everett Hale’s picture 1
know their good for something,
and I let ’em stay.”—Boston Ad
vertiser.
Placing the Blame.
A dispatch from Uganda an
nounces a collision between a
rhinoceros and a locomotive.
Probably the engineer of the rhi
noceros forgot his orders.—Buf
falo Express.
No Doubt of It.
‘ Blank's wife thinks he’s a crack shot
on his hunting expeditions. ’ said his
friend, “but the truth is, tie couldn t hit
a duck if it would sit up and pose for him.
You see, he’s a schemer—he can afford to
be, with that honest face of his. Out at
camp he just loafs around all the time, and
then on the way home he stops ut the
market, buys a bag of game, and piesents
it to his wife as a souvenir of the hunt,
“llm!" mused the other; “he s what
Eou'd call a dead game sport, isn t he.'
•etroit Free 1‘rcss.
Real Sport.
The ticket speculator entered the pri
vate office of the great manufacturer.
"Now, sir,” said the former, "let me sell
you a season ticket to the baseball
grounds.”
The great manufacturer shook his head
sadly.
“No,” he sighed, “I’m only the boss.
Y'ou‘11 have to see the office boy.”—Chi
cago Daily News.
West Virginia Aroused.
Roberts, \V. ^ a., May 16. Manv inter
esting discoveries are being made and
many wonderful cures reported recent!},
but nothing has been seen or heard ‘-t j
in this state to equal the wonderful work !
of a remedy called Dodd’s Kidnev 1’ills.
The people are very enthusiastic about it.
for it seems that there is no case that this
wonderful medicine cannot cure.
Among many cases reported that o.
Mr. John J. Ash, of this place, is con
spicuous for its completeness. Mr. Ash
was a great sufferer with Kidney trouble.
He was gradually growing worse till ut
the last he was fonrwl to get up three or
four times every night. He had tried
many medicines without any good result,
but at last he found the right one_ in
Dodd's Kidney Bills. He sajs: “I he
very first box of Dodd’s Kidney Pills did
me more good than anything 1 took in j
niv life.” 1
Now' Mr. Ash is well and can sleep all
night us comfortably as he ever could.
Possible Explanation.
“Ignorance.” remarked young Saphead.
“they say is Miss.”
“That. ’ rejoined Miss Caustique, “ae
counts for jt. I imagine.”
“Accounts for what?" queried the youth
our apparent blissfulness,” she .*»
plied.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Men hide mar.y defects of character un
der an assumption of dignity.
A woman finds no trouble in detecting
the beauty tricks of another woman.
-♦—
A similarity of tastes in jokes is a great
assistant to marital felicity.—N. limes.
The boy who is paid to be good never
earns the money.—Chicago Record-Herald.
The View Point.
“Dar's two sides to ev'y question,” said
Uncle Eben. “When a mule is bein’
licked to make him travel, he reckons a
man's 'bout de obstinatest annual dar is.”
—Washington Star.
As to Popularity.
“The man who wants to oe popular
must be a cheerful liar.”
“1 don't see why.”
“Because no man can gain popularity
by telling people the truth about theui
sehes.”—Chicago Post.
Pa's Views About Goliath.
Teacher—Can anv little boy tell ine how
it was that David prevailed against the
giant Goliath?
Pupil—My pa says brute strength never
is in it with the feller with a pocketful
of rocks.—Bostoa Transcript.
Peace societies ought to take fleart. An
instructor in "jiu jitsu” is to be en
gaged to teach the naval cadets at An
napolis how to fight in the Japanese fash
ion with their arms and legs. When in
ternational contests are rehned down t«
wrestling-matches the dawn of arbitra
tion for all disputes will begin to flicker
fccross the sky.—Youth's Companion.
“And what,” asked tne prospective citi
ten, “is the most popular street in vour
town?” “Same here as anywhere else,”
•eplied the real estate man. “It’s the
me in which is located the courthouse,
itv hall, county offices, banks, promot
es’ offices, and all the other good things,
ncluding the brokers’ offices, bucket
hops and society doctors’ places. It's
Sasy street.”—Cleveland Leader.
BAD DREAMS
Indicate Improper Diet, Usually Due
to Coffee.
One of the common symptoms of cof
fee poisoning is the bad dreams that
spoil what should be restful sleep. A
man who found the reason says:
“Formerly I was a slave to cofTee. I
was like a morphine tiend, could not
sleep at night, would roll and toss in
my bed and when I did get to sleep
was disturbed by dreams and hobgob
lins, would wake up with headaches
and feel bad all day, so nervous 1 could
not attend to business. My writing
looked like bird tracks, I had sour
belchings from the stomach, indiges
tion, heartburn and palpitation of the
heart, constipation, irregularity of the
kidneys, etc.
“Indeed, I began to feel I had all the
troubles that human flesh could suffer
but when a friend advised me to leave
off coffee I felt as if he bad insulted
me. I could not bear the idea, it had
such a hold on me and 1 refused to be
lieve it the cause.
“But it turned out that no advice
was ever given at a more needed time,
for I finally consented to try Postum,
and with the going of coffee and the
coming of Postum all my troubles have
gone and health has returned. I eat
and sleep well now, nerves steadied
down and I write a fair hand (as you
can see), can attend to business again
and rejoice that I am free from the
monster Coffee.” Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Ten days trial of Postum in place ol
coffee will bring sound, restful, re
freshing sleep. There’s a reason.
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
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Bone or Back Pains, Swollen Joints
THROUGH THE BLOOD
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