next Saturday night. Everybody is cordially invited to come. Misses Jewell and Erkle Snow, who are attending school at Conway, visited homefolks here yesterday. C. F.
Hopkins went to town one day last week on business. April 13. CROSS ROADS. Health is good. Eugene Davis and family visited near Vilonia Virgil Tucker visited at the home of Mrs.
Flack on last Sunday. W. A. Allen went to Conway Saturday. W.
L. Easter and family visited at Mt. Olive Sunday last. N. A.
Davis and Garrett Reynolds carried a load of goats to Little Rock last week. Miss Ruth Flack and Miss Maggie Sohn visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Gibbons Sunday. Miss Amanda Allen and Miss Josie Reynolds were guests of Mrs. Jennie Reynolds last Sunday evening. James Davis was in our midst Sunday from Mt. Olive.
Rev. Grissett and wife of Vilonia were guests of W. L. Easter and family here Sunday night. J.
R. Holmes went to Conway one day last week. April 13. PLEASANT VALLEY. We are having plenty of rain-everything overflowed.
The roseola is still raging. Rev. A. C. Graham, chaplain of the penitentiary at Little Rock, spent a few days here last week looking after business.
Edna, the little daughter of A. Charles, who has been very sick, is reported to be improving. Mrs. Anna Mabry and Georgia Graham made a business trip to Conway week before last. While returning from Enola, where she had been to see her mother, Mrs.
Emma Brady's horse became frightened and ran away. The buggy was torn up considerably, but neither Mrs. Brady nor her baby were hurt. Mrs. Emma Charles of Conway has been visiting relatives at Naylor the past week.
Jess Brady and wife of Conway were here last week. Dr. Downs and wife of Vilonia visited the latter's father, Dr. Jess Reynolds, last Thursday. April 13.
We are having some rainy bad weather and the roads are bad again. W. D. Springer went to the lake one day last week and brought in a nice lot of fish for all of the town people. Mrs.
Lewis, who spent last week here with Dr. Pairet's family, left here last Friday to visit her brother, Will Lewis, at Warsaw. Mrs. Pairet and Freddie spent Friday night and Saturday visiting Will Lewis' family at Warsaw. Prof.
Akridge went to Conway last Saturday. Miss Maud Lewis of Argenta is here visiting Dr. Pariet's family this week. Will Curl and wife of Faulkner Gap was ni Cato last Saturday. Robert Ison, the mail carrier, has a new cart.
Mrs. Boyd of Argenta spent the latter part of last week here with her daughter, Mrs. Proctor, and then went to visit her son at Harmony. Mr. Nash of Conway was here the latter part of the week.
Mrs. George Black has been sick the past week, but is better. Carl Clement went to Little Rock Monday. Otis Smith and family left here last Thursday for their new home at Cabot. Mrs.
Nola Gentry of Faulkner Gap spent the day here with her sister, Mrs. Proctor, one day last week. April 13. CENTER POINT. After another big rain it seems to be off this morning, but it will be the last days of the week before people can begin to plant cotton.
Everything on the farm is on the boom. Oliver Davis, one of our oldest citizens, who has been at Mena, for the last year, died last week and was brought here Sunday and buried in the Union graveyard. Another good man is gone. He was not only a good Confederate soldier, but a good soldier of the Lord. The apple crop here is a full one, but the peach crop is nearly a clean failure.
Well, Brother Farmer, more corn and hogs is the order. Let us obey. April 13. PROBATE COURT TO MEET. The regular quarterly term of Faulkner probate court will be by Judge J.
A. Lea, beginning Monday. Legal blanks for sale at this office. Old papers for sale at this office COUNTS PRICE OF PROGRESS Writer Considers Race Has Paic Highly for Development cf Past Century. What, then, let us ask, has beer the price of this century of unprece.
dented progress? To begin with, we have grown distrustful of enthusiasm. and have become somewhat cynical and superficial withal. We skim the surface of life, without time to make our impressions our own. We are on the way to become a spiritually impoverished people, somewhat lacking in the generous qualities which can sustain a great friendship or a splendid dream. We are ultra-sophisticated, yet easily deluded.
In the place of rest, appreciation, we have acquired unrest. We are like men who, while following the chase, have forgotten what is the quarry. If it is happiness we are pursuing, who knows but what she has doubled on her tracks and is now behind us! Yet we strain breathlessly forward, never pausing to ask "To what purpose?" Having become cogs in the great machine that we ourselves have build ed, how are we to snatch opportunity for thought, for contemplation, for the leisurely savoring of life, amid the ceaseless whirring of the wheels? Is mediocrity to be the price the race must pay for its civilization? The modern schedule leaves no time for the secretion of those by-products 01 the soul which give joy and distinction to life. If the race continues to cut itself off more and more from this sustaining communion, where at last will we turn for leaders, or even for C. Roberts, in Craftsman.
SUNSHINE NOT GOOD FOR ALL Blonde Races Fail to Thrive in Climate Like That of the American Northwest. Charles E. Woodruff of Manila, P. discusses in the Medical Record the physical degeneration that is found to occur in north European races when they settle of the in the American dry, bright northwest. atmosing phere Although the first generation does well, the second one is feeble, easily attacked by tuberculosis and other chronic diseases, and the families die out in a few generations.
The brunette races do well in bright sunshine. because they are accustomed to it, while the blondes are made nervous by it. But it is the northern blonde races that give us the strong brains that we need to perpetuate our nation, and these do not come from the brunette races of the south. It is important for us to preserve these blonde types, and to that end it is necessary that physicians should advise them to keep from the influences that injure then. The best Aryan blood is being wasted from our nation at present.
Scandinavian colonization 1s impossible in the tropics. The average brain weight and intelligence increase as we go north in Europe, and this brain weight does count. We should favor the emigration of these northern races and preserve them as far as possible. Western and southern Alaska furnish a climate that is congenial to them. As a health resort for neurasthenics it is also of value, the cool, damp air being helpful and quieting to the nervous system.
Cats as Human Food. The Brussels correspondent of the New York Herald (Paris edition) notes that in Brussels cat 1s considered a delicious food in some classes. Workmen in breweries fatten cats and turn them into a stew. Edward Topsel, who wrote learnedabout cat of his "History of Four footed beasts" was published in 1607-was of the opinion that the flesh of cats can seldom be free from poison, "by reason of their dally food, eating rats and mice, wrens and other birds which feed on poison, and above all the brain of cat is most poison. pus, for it being above measure dry, the animal spirita, that they cannot pass into the ventricle, by reason whereof memory failetb, and the infected person walleth into a Phrenzie." But Topsel was prejudiced against the cat.
The people of Savu, who lived the natural life when Capt. Cook visited them, preferred cats to sheep and goats. In Germany many a cat has been sold for hare, and jugged cat has been relished there by foreign sojourners. The handsome daughter of a landlady far up in the Canton Vaud told us as a matter of course that when the snow was deep and communition was cut off, they all ate cats. Suffragette Papers.
Great Britain has three papers and first-class magazines devoted to woman suffrage. Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Russia, Finland, Iceland, France, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland have each a woman suffrage paper and a few of them more than one. Belgium has a woman's paper which advocates the enfranchisem*nt of women, though this is not its chief object. In these publications 12 languages are represented and in each case the paper is edited and managed by women. In the United States there are seven woman suffrage papers, and the International Woman Suffrage Alliance has a monthly paper published at Suffragette.
On the Way. "That humorist says there next are only eight real jokes in the world." "Well." answered. Miss Cayenne, wearily, "why doesn't he occasionally grite one of them?" THE KILLING LUST IN HUMANS Man Is Easily the Most Bloodthirsty of All the Animals of the World. In New Liskeard recently an owl perched itself on the peak of a business block as the crimson streaks of the dawn appeared, and wrapped in its muff of feathers, settled itself in comfort to enjoy the drowsy hours of daylight. It was the picture of comfort and pretty as a picture, cozy, warm in the winter's cold, inoffensive and harmless.
But the owl was in a fool's paradise. It had lain down with the tiger. It was in the midst of the wolves. The bushy little ball of feathers had fallen unawares into the haunts of the fiercest and most bloodthirsty of the world's animals. The sleeping bird was no sooner descried than the human wolves set up a -yap.
Men hurried off for their killing machines, and in a few minutes a battery of riflemen were at work pumping death into the spark of life in the bundle of feathers. After awhile one of them hit it, and then the heroes were satisfied. They went home with their guns, and the boys exhibited the carcass. Poor dead little bit of useless carrion! The boys' eyes sparkled with excitement. There is a deal of the savage left in the -Cobalt Citizen.
WAS NOT A GOOD SUBSTITUTE Whisky Drinker's Experiment with Odorous Vegetable Brought "Call" from Employer. Elihu Root, at the annual dinner of the International Young Men's Christian association in New York last month, said that evil courses were more difficult to conceal than men generally believed. "Take the case," said Mr. Root, with a smile, "of old John Bodewin. John was a lawyer's confidential clerk, and he had the pernicious habit of going to a neighboring saloon every mornat 11 and taking a small glass of whisky.
He was not proud of this habit; hence, after the whisky, he always took a clove. "But one morning it happened that there were no cloves on the bar, and John, having considered the matter, swallowed a small raw onion from the free lunch tray. That would destroy the tell-tale whisky odor, no doubt, as well as the clove had always done, and. so thinking, he returned to his desk. "It was a double desk.
At it he and his employer sat face to face. John, on his return, was soon aware that his employer noticed something. The man's nostrils quivered and he shifted, and finally, with a grimace of disgust, he broke out: "'Look here, John, I've stood whisky and clove for 19 years, but I draw the line at whisky and A Soldier Yarn. Sir William Arbuckle is capital speaker, a quality which has made him exceedingly popular at society dinners. He once told an amusing story, at an annual South African dinner, about Sir Harry Smith, who, in days gone by, was commandant and governor at the Cape.
The supply from home, and necessaries of all kinds for the soldiers, was generally sadly deficient, and the men were often in a pitiable plight in the way of clothing. There was, consequently, much discontent. So Sir Harry had them on parade, said some pleasant things to them, complimented them on their soldierly appearance, told them what splendid fellows they were, talked of the service they had seen together, and so forth. When he had finished, an old sergeant stepped forward, saluted, and remarked: "Thank you Sir 'Arry, beg pardon, Sir 'Arry, but we don't want no gammon, we want boots." Festival at Crystal Palace. For three months next year the Crystal Palace at London, England, will regain much of its old popularity, for it is to be the scene of a great "Festival of Empire." A great feature will be a pageant of the history of London, in which 15,000 performers will take part.
The life of the colonies will be presented in a series of exhibitions, lectures, spectacular views and pictures, and each colony is being asked to select 200 persons to take part in the first series of pageant scenes, and while they are in London they will be the guests of the National Patriotic society, which will make all provisions for their entertainment. WIll Settle Controversy. Lake Chad, in the desert of Sahara, will be investigated by an expedition which is soon to set out. Recent explorers have signally failed to agree as to the shape and size of this sheet of water. Apparently the lake is divided into two by a belt of islands and ready swamp land, but, whereas the maps of the French explorers show an open channel across this belt, a late expedition has declared it impassable.
Above Her Business. The tall man came into her little blue kitchen and looked over the shelves which were just beneath the level of his head, but above hers. He ran his finger over one shelf, then showed it to her. It was pretty black. are a nice housekeeper," he said.
"This kitchen waen't made for tall people," she explained falteringly. "It was made for little ones." COMFORTING WORDS. Banner Buggies claims for your consideration. BeWe have made some strong we are absolutely sure that Banner Buggies will make cause good every claim. The highest grade of timber is put into Banner Buggies.
care is exercised in selecting each piece that goes The greatest into Banner Bugies. of construction are used in making BanThe best processes a ner Buggies. satisfaction in every state in the Banner Buggies are giving Union. few facts for your consideration. We believe you These are on know what Buggy to buy--THE Banner.
do S. G. Smith Special County News Notes INTEREST GATHERED BY OUR OWN SPECIAL ITEMS OF CORRESPONDENTS. Farm work has been delayed a great deal the past few days by the continued rain. Some corn is to be planted next week.
Henry Lavette and wife of Funston visited R. P. Bank and family at this place Saturday night and Sunday. Rev. Grissett filled his regular appointment at this place Sunday, and preached to a large congregation.
Our Sunday school is progressing very nicely with 48 scholars enrolled. The following have been elected as officers to serve for this quarter: Superintendent, J. W. Clanton; secretary, Miss Emma Morgan. Miss Bessie Moore, Miss Loice Munn and Miss Prudie Downs were welcome visitors in our community from Vilonia Sunday.
Mrs. James Morgan is reported on the sick list at present. Several of the Vilonia boys attended preaching here yesterday. W. L.
Easter and wife of Cross Roads visited in our community Sunday. N. J. Henderson and wife visited near Vilonia yesterday. C.
F. Hopkins visited J. H. Langley, near Saltillo. Mr.
Langley is very low rheumatism and is not expected to live. There will be singing at the church New creations in styles for the lady of fashion. Ask for the 1910 SPRING AND SUMMER CATALOGUE including our line of American Lady Muslin Underwear To meet the popular and growing demand for made under muslins we selected this line ready from among the best, and the gafments offered are in value and low in price for quality shown special All these goods are cut full size, made of the best materials, and all trimmings are guaranteed to wash. W. M.
Harrell Company MANY A CONWAY HOUSEHOLD WILL FIND THEM SO. To have the pains and aches of a. bad back removed; to be entirely free from annoying, dangerous urinary disorders is enough to make any kidsufferer grateful. To tell how this ney great change can be brought about. will prove comforting words to hundreds of Conway readers.
Mrs. Joseph Cross, Church street, Morrilton, says: "I am sure: that no one has ever endured more misery from kidney complaint than I. My back was so weak and painful that for weeks I could not straighten. I often had dizzy spells and at such times had to catch hold of something to keep from falling. My feet and ankles sometimes swelled to nearly twice their natural size, and I was also bothered by a frequent desire to pass the kdiney secretions.
I was treated by six physicians, but none: of them seemed to understand my case. I felt myself sinking lower and lower every day and became I had about given up hope of ever being cured when a friend advised meto try Doan's Kidney Pills. I did so and the results of their use were far beyond my expectations. My health improved rapidly and today I have no symptom of kidney complaint whatever." For sale by all dealers. Price, 50c.
Foster-Milburn Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. THE SOUND SLEEP OF GOOD HEALTH. MT.OLIVE. The restorative power of sound sleep cannot be over estimated and any ailment that prevents it is a menace to health. J.
L. Southers, Eau Claire, says: "For a long time I have been unable to sleep soundly nights, because of pains across my back and osreness of my kidneys. My appetite was very poor and my general condition was much run down. I have been taking Foley's Kidney Pills but a short time and now sleep as sound as a rock. I eat and enjoy my meals, and 1 general condition is greatly improved.
I can honestly recommend Foley's Kidney Pills, as I know they have cured me." For sale by Burr Walthall. REDUCED RATES. CATO. Bible Training School and State Sunday School Association, Pine Bluff, April 22. For this occasion will sell round trip tickets, Conway to Pine Bluff, for $2.85.
On sale April 13 to 22, inclusive. Return limit April 24. Sunday School Convention, M. E. Church, South, Little Rock, April 12- 14.
For this occasion we will sell round trip tickets, Conway to Little Rock, for $1.25. On sale April 9 to 13. inclusive. Return limit April 14. Certificate plan.
Arkansas Association of Pharmacists, Fort Smith, April this occasion we will sell round trip tickets from Conway to Fort Smith for $5.35. On sale April 15 to 19, inclusive. Return limit, April 25. Worthi shrdlu shrdlu J. W.
JAMES, Agent. NOTICE. Everyone interested in the Mt. Vernon cemetery are invited to meet Thursday, April 14, 1910. Come with dinner and all kinds of working tools, prepared to show we have spent one more day among our loved ones resting there.
Please let nothing hinder. Help is needed. Legal blanks for sale at this office. ADVERTISING SPACE tory this, appear- direcing in 15 leading papers in Arkansas every day, sold by R. O.
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INTENDING TO BUILD? It greatly will be to your advantage to drop me a postal today and get a good proposition. R. P. MORRISON, Architect, Masonic Temple, Little Rock, Ark. MANTELS And alogue.
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