The Newark Journal.
O. F. CRAIO, Kdltor.
NEWARK- - — ARKANSAS.
TWO STORIES OF SPENCER.
Illustrating Strictness with Which
Philosop! er Held Others to
Their Promises.
My old friend the late Sir Ed
par Boehm told me that on some
occasion he went into the billiard
room (of the Athaueum clubland
there caught sight of a member—
1 believe Mr. Maskelyne—who
was a singularly handsome man
with a classical <ireek profile,
writes Prof. Dicey, in Nine
teenth t'entury. I’pon inquiring
what the name of th*‘ member
might he. he was fold by a young
waiter that it was Mr. Herbert
Spencer. Thereupon Sir Edgar
arranged with a common friend to
ascertain if Mr. Spencer would
like to have his features repre
sented in marble, and. if so. to ar
range for a meeting. \' hen the
meeting took place, and the sculp
tor caught sight of the real Her
bert Spencer, his astonishment
knew no bounds. If you could con
ceive a human form and face ill
adapted as a model fora sculptor,
it was that of Mr. Spencer. In the
most delicate v.ay Sir Edgar tried
to intimate to the philosopher the
insuperable difficulties of the task
he had offered to perform. But
all his arguments were useless.
Mr. Spencer took his stand upon
the ground that he had been re
(nested to allow a hast of himself
to be made, that lit* had agreed to
the proposal and that In * intended
to insist upon the execution of the
promise.
.\ numoer oi ms personal
friends who knew the extreme
narrowness of his means, who ad
mired his extraordinary energy
under tin* most depressing eir
rnmstanees. and who were
anxious to relieve his embarrass
inents. agreed to publish a com
plete edition of his works and to
pay him a salary for editing the
volumes and seeing them through
She press which would, with his
simple tastes, keep him in
comfort during his advancing
years. After some few vol
umes had been published, the
signatories of the agreement,
who were all personal friends,
found tlit* cost of publication far
exceeded the amount anticipated,
and suggested to Mr. Sjwncer t hat
the publication should be sits
pended, and that, notwithstand
ing this, their engagement with
him should remain as heretofore.
But to any suggest ion of this kind
Mr. Spencer absolutely refused to
listen. He informed his friends
that they had made a contract,
and that he must insist on its rigid
execution. There is something
really heroic about an author who
believed so implicitly in tin* value
of his own work, and was so pre
pared to subordinate all personal
considerations to the perpettui
tion of its memory.
Magnetic vvaters.
(Miemists are si]wavs inclined to
/flow skepticism when they heat
of waters Unit comninnicate mag
aetio properties to steel objects
plunged into them, and strenuous
tv combat any such idea. Accord
trig to the Leighton hydrographei
Ai (’hicago, however, there are itt
the state of Indisina three springs
which magnetize needles, ldsides
• f knives, etc. The first is at
v'arterslmrg Springs, tin* second
proceeds from a bored well sit Leb
anon, and t Ik* third from a bored
*e!i at Fort Wayne. These wit
ters contain a large proportion of
arhonic acid, which escapes on
exposure to t Ik* air. As t lie gas es
capes it heavy precipitate of oxide
of magnetic iron is formed, and
w hen a 11 t he g;ts has disappeared
no magnetic property any longer
s manifested.
Stolen Diamonds.
It is estimated that the Kaffirs
m t he diamond mines at Kimber
iey. South Afriea. steal *1,200,000
worth of diamonds a year.
TELLING THE WHOLE TRUTH.
Includes the Virtues of People as Well
as Their Faults and Short
comings.
Whenever Mrs. Joshua Ely de
clared that for her part she be
lieved in speaking the truth and
not mincing matters, her hearers
knew that somebody’s reputation
was about to sutler. Mrs. Ely her
self said that she always had been
outspoken, and she always intend
ed to be. Her neighbors said—
various things. The fact of the
matter, says the’t outh’s Compan
ion, was that as Mrs. Ely was the
possessor, in addition to her sharp
tongue, of an imposing presence
and much force of character, no
body in the village dared openly
oppose her.
Nobody, that is, until the new
minister’s wife came. The new
minister’s wife was a slender, girl
ish-looking creature whom Mrs.
Ely “sized up’’ at once as being
one of those women who need
somebody to form their opinions
for them, and this responsible
fluty she promptly took upon her
self. She was t he first to call, and
in the course of a long monologue
she enlightened the minister's
wife in regard to the failings of a
large number of her husband’s
parishioners.
“I think it is better to know the
truth in the first place,” she de
clared. “slowing up’’ a moment for
breath.
in Her absorption in nor memo,
she had not noticed how tin* color
liad risen in the little woman’s
Fare, nor that she had been wait
in" for an opportunity to speak.
Now she spoke with quick earnest
[less:
‘•I quite agree with you. Mrs.
Ely. only don’t you think that,
after all. there is nothing sodifli
r-ult to know as the truth? Be
cause, of course, the truth about
a person means the whole person:
it is no more fair to pick out one
trait and call that the truth than
il would ho to define a rose hush as
a bush with thorns. That is true,
but it is only a part, and very small
part, of the truth.
“I’ve thought a good deal about
this since I’ve been a minister's
wife, and I've made up my mind to
learn just as much of the truth as
] possibly can. This is especially
necessary in coming to a new
place, where we don’t know any
body; it ad that’s why I’m so glad
that you came in this afternoon.
"You are just the one to help me.
you’ve lived here so long and know
everybody so well. I’m going tc
ask you, just as a beginning to
ward the truth, if you won’t g<
over the list of church members
with me, and tell me the very
finest and bravest thing you know
about every body. You've no idei
how it will help.”
What Mrs. Ely said is not re
corded, but watchful neighbor?
reported that something musi
have happened at the minister’s
for Mrs. Ely “looked real sort oj
queer” when she came out.
Aids to Rapid Reading.
At the mooting of the Frencl
ft
Academy of Sciences, held recent
]y. M. Andre Hroca and M. Sulzet
communicated a paper on the sub
joct of rapid reading. The;
showed that the different letter?
of the alphabet are not all appro
bended with t lie same quickness
For instance, the* time taken te
recognize an E is nearly one-thin
longer than that taken to recog
n:ze a T. They consider that tin
alphabet is badly designed from;
physiological point of view. Ii
should be* composed e>f very situ
ply designed letters as T or L
Itapidity e>f reading would thus be
ine-reased and “brain fag” wouh
be* notably diminished. It wouh
nisei be* better te» have the* letter?
printed in white* e>n a black groune
than tin* system which obtains ai
present'. The* time taken to recog
nize a !e*tte*r printed in black or
a white ground was nearly tei
times longer than whit* on a black
ground.
.New Excuse.
In the Portland municipal court recent
ly a woman got to the limit of excuses by
saying that an apparent drunkenness was
in reality only a desperate attempt on her
part to break in a pair of new shoes and
at the same time to walk on ice. dudgie
Hill smiled but gave her 30 days.—Bangor
News.
A Physician’s Advice.
_ Yorktown, Ark., March 7th.—Dodd’s
Kidney Pilis must not be confounded with
the ordinary patent medicine. They are a
new discovery, a specific for all diseases
of the Kidneys and have been accepted by
physicians only after careful tests in ex
treme cases. Dr. Leland \\ illinmson, of
this place, heartily endorses Dodd's Kid
ney Pills “as a remedy for the various
forms of the diseases of the Kidneys, pains
in the back, soreness in the region of the
Kidneys, foul-smelling urine and cloudy or
thickened condition of the urine, dis
charges of pus or corruption. Gout, Rheu
matism, Inflammation and Congestion of
the Kidneys and all kindred complaints.”
Continuing, he says:
"1 could mention many cases in which
I have prescribed Dodd's Kidney Pills
with success. For instance, Mr. Robert
Weeks, farmer, malaria haematuria or
swamp fever three times, kidneys weak
ened, continual pain and soreness in back,
which made him very nervous, had a little
fever and sometimes chilly. Urine change
able, but generally very high-colored, an
old chronic case who had taken much
medicine with little effect. After taking
Dodd's Kidney Pills about six weeks, he
was entirely cured and had gained fifteen
pounds in weight. 1 lie last time I saw
him. he was tiie picture of rierfect man
hood.”
Gilbert—“I went to the lunatic asylum
yesterday—” Noves—“And they let you
come away? Perhaps the places were' all
taken ? '—Roston Transcript.
.nuru> uni tiantj r.nu
two great cereals, makes growing and
fattening hogs and cattle possible in Dak.,
Mont., Ida., Colo., yes everywhere, and
add to above Saber's Billion Dollar Grass,
Teosinte, which produces 80 tons >f green
fodder per acre, Salzer’s Earliest Cane,
Saber's CO Day Oats and a hundred of
other rare farm seeds that they offer.
Jt'ST CI"T THIS OUT AND RETUIiX IT
witli 10c in stamps to the John A. Saber
Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis.. and get their
big catalog and lots of farm seed sam
ples. [K. L.]
If we did but know how little some peo
ple enjoy the great things they possess
there would not be much envy in the
Woild.— Young.
BEAUTIFUL SKIN,
Soft White HnmD anil Luxuriant Ilair
Prod need by (atleura
Sonp.
Millions of Women Cse Cuticura Soap,
assisted by Cuticura Ointment, the great
skin cure, for preserving, purifying and
beautifying the skin, for cleansing the
scalp of crusts, scales and dandruff, and
the stopping of falling hair, for softening,
whitening and soothing red, rough and
sore hands, for baby rashes, itehings and
chafmgs, for annoying irritations and ul
cerative weaknesses, and many antiseptic
purposes which readily suggest themselves,
as well as for all the purposes of the toilet,
bath and nursery.
‘"De man dat thinks he knows it aU,”
said Uncle Eben, “is kep' busy wonderin’
how so many foolish people km prosper.”
—Washington btar.
Teosinte and Pillion Dollar Grass.
The two greatest fodder plants on earth,
one good for 14 tons hay and the other SO
tons green fodder per acre. Grows every
where, so does Victoria. Rape, yielding
60,000 lbs. sheen and swine food per acre,
[lv. L.J
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS TO THE
John A. Salzer Seed Co., LaCrosse, Wis..
and receive in return their big catalog and
lots of farm seed samples.
If you can convince a man who thinks
he is a rnurtvr that he is only a chuuip,
not much more is necessary.—i’uueh.
The Effect of Slccplner in Car*.
Is the contracting of cold, which often
results seriously to the lungs. Never
neglect a cold, but take in time Tayior'a
Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and
Mullein—nature’s great cough medicine.
At druggists, 25c., 50c., and $1.00 a
bottle.
A propensity to hope and joy is real
riches; one to fear and sorrow, real pov
erty.—Iluine.
Shake Into Your Shoes
Allens Foot-Ease. It cures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Hold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Don’taeeept any substitute. Sample FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy ,N. Y'.
No man is so insignificant as to be sure
his example can do no hurt.—Lord
Clarendon.
s < o p- t ii c t o a tt b
and works off the cold. Laxative Brotno
Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents
It takes less sense to iind fault with all
than to be fair with all.—Rum s Horn.
I Piso’s Cure for Consumption is an infalli
ble mc-di' ine for cough- and colds.—X. W.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900.
It is easier to endure failure than to
1 bear success.—Chicago Tribune.
| - *
June Tint Butter Color makes top of the
market butter.
Economy, like charity, should begin at
home. Houston Post.
Are easily cured by using DR. SCOTT’S
VEGETABLE FEMALE TONIC. It is a
vegetable preparation and will positively cure
Female Troubles in any form. REMEMBER it
only costs 50 cents. All others J1.00. Regular
dollar size bottle and will do you just as much
good. You can get it from your dealer. Write
PARAGOL'LD MEDICINE CO., Paragould, Ark.,
for booklet on feaiale troubles
Western Department
Chicago, III.
Chainless bicycles equipped
with two-speed gear and
coaster brake.
Pope
Manufacturing
Company
The acme of bicycle con
struction, giving the maxi
mum comfort and durability.
Eastern Department
Hartford, Conn.
FREE to WOI^EN
A Large Trial Box and book of in
structions absolutely Free and Post
paid, enough to prove the value of
PaxtineToiletAntiseDtic
Pax tine is in powder
form to dissolve is
water— non-poisonous
and far superior to liquid
antiseptics containing
alcohol which irritates
inflamed surfaces, am!
have no cleansing prop
erties. The contents
of every box makes
more Antiseptic Solu
tion— lasts longer —
goes further—has more
uses In the family and
does more good than any
antiseptic preparation
you can buy.
The formula of a noted Boston physician,
and used with .great success as a Vaginal
Wash, forLeucorrhcta, Pelvic Catarrh, Nasal
Catarrh, Sore Throat, Sore Eyes, Cuts,
and ail soreness of mucus membrane.
In local treatment of female ills Paxtine is
inYaluable. Used as a Vaginal Wash wo
challenge the world to produce its equal for
thoroughness. It is a revelation in cleans-ing
and healing power; it kdls all germs which
cause inflammation and discharges,
i All leadingdrugcists keep I'axtir. ■; price.COc.
atiox ; if yetirsdoes not. Bend to usf "r it. Don't
take a substitute— there is nothing iike Paxtine,
1 Write for the Free Itox ef Partine to-day.
R. PAXTON CO., 4 Pope Bldg., Boston, Mass.
PIL!
There are remedies and rem
edies on the market for Piles,
most off which are injurious
rather than helpful.
Dr. Caldwell’s
(LAXATIVE)
Is guaranteed to cure ary
case off Piles or the money re
funded, if you follow directions.
Is that strong enough?
PEPSIN SYRUP CO., Montlcollo, III.
W. L. DOUGLAS
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shoes have by their
excellent style,
easy-fitting, it n d
superior wearing
qualities, achieved
the largest sale of
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world.
They are just as good
as those that cost you t
5? t to S5 — the only
difference is the price.
Sold E very where. A
Look for name and n
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Cured. Gives quick
relief. Removes all
swelling in 8 to 20
—, —-- day*; permanent
J^cure 30 to6o days. Trial treatment free.
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s. Box O, Atlanta. Ga.
BEGGS’BLOOD PURIFIER
CURES catarrh of the stomach.
P ATP'lfyTQ 48-page bookFiu:K,
I S’® B w ti 1 it h< st references.
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Complete Exteraal
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5
Consisting of
Cuticura
Soap
’ to cleanse the skin of crusts
and scales, and soften the
thickened cuticle; CUTI
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stantly allay itching, irrita
tion, and inflammation, and
soothe and heal; and C U TI
LL RA Pills to cool and
cleanse the blood and expel
humor germs. A SINGLE
SET, costing but ONE
DOLLAR, is often suffi
i ’ ,
cient to cure the most tor
turing, disfiguring skin,
scalp and blood humors, ec
zemas, rashes, itchings, and
irritations, with loss of hair,
from infancy to age, when
the best physicians and all
other remedies fail.
Sold throughout the world. Cntlenra Heard
vent. fide. <!u form of (Coated 1*111#,
2Tj<\. j»» r vial of tkn. • eminent, 5u«\. Soap 25c.
Loath n. 27 rii irter ><»usu* S i : Paris,
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