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The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-11
TWO KINDS OF WOMEN.
One Makes Herself Ridiculous. tn,
 Other Is Content in Her Arc

A.
 Other Is Content in Her Are.
 l have in mind now woman m mid. dle life who has fought time so bitter. ly and struggled so desperately to keen young that the tremendous effort has dug lines of piteous protest in her cheeks and quenched every spark of youth in her eyes. This woman's back with its view of modishly cut skirt. tips of shining high heels and wide. stylish hat looks as young as she could desire; but, oh, that face with it's chem ical bloom, the poor, sallow cheeks showing plainly through the pink and white veneering, and every wrinkle re- vealing itself in the light of the honest sun!
 It is both sad and ridiculous to reflect that this elaborately built structure is one consummate sham, and to picture the agony of this woman, if by fire or flood she should suddenly be divorced from her laboratory and be compelled to face the world in her true coIors. Human beauty is too delicate and elu- sive thing to be copied by mere daub. This woman has idle hands, an empty head and sad heart. All her faculties are centered on the vain effort to keep something which she has long since lost She is clinging to vanishing remnant of her youth and letting slip the count less interests and benefits, the dignity and peace which belong to the middle period of a well-spent life.
 l know another woman who is no longer young, and who turns no finger ing backward glance at the past. There is no pretense whatever about her ap- pearance, no dreadful contrasts of color, no effort to seem other than she really is. There are lines in her face, too, but somehow they suggest wisdom, ex- perience, real life, as though she had an interesting story to tell of the way by which she had come. No peevish, rebellious tears for the loss of youth have dimmed the spark of her kindly eyes, which look so shrewdly and hu- morously at the world. Her life is full of varied interests. She is fond of young people and merry with them, but she does not try to copy the com plexion, manner and dress which be- long to the period of sweet 16 and 20. She is extracting every bit of sweet ness she can out of life, and keeping step with time.
 Which of these two women is the wiser and happier? One spends her life in torrent of vain regret for her departed youth; the other accepts the inevitable serenely and without thought of disguise, making the most of her experience as she calmly views the passing procession of years and finding so much to interest her in the present that she has no time to either regret the past or dread the future Elizabeth Earle Garrett, in Woman's Home Companion.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-11

Maj. Folks troopers, ard the general making narrow escape. Mir. Polk served in congress from 1851 to 1853. and was man of much more than ordi- nary ability.
 There were no children at the white house during the Taylor, Pierce and Btu chanan administrations, but Lincoln's family was boisterous and permeated the entire atmosphere of Washington. By the way" he said, in a reflective manner, let me tell you a story about Gen. Taylor. He was good man, and prided himself upon being a good judge of human nature. It happened that a steward was wanted at the white house, and he asked the oldest attendant to get him good man. One of the force of Willard's hotel, German, was sug- gested by the attendant, and he was sent up. The old general, on looking him over, did not form a favorable opinion of him, but concluded to give bim a trial.
 "The attendant was called up and asked sharply: Is that the smart man you sent for%
 "'Yes, sir was the reply.
 "'He deceives me if he is,' said the president; but he is entitled to trial. and I'll give him one.'
 Tn less than a week Ignatius Rup- pert had proved to the president that
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-11
HOT WEATHER SUGGESTIONS.
Heat Should He shut Out Just as Cold
 Is Shut Out.

All sorts of advice seem seasonable If you cant keep cool, keep as cool as you can, is the common suggestion. 1t IS well to remember that open windows or doors do not necessarily mean a cooler house or store. If the air is warmer out of doors than within, to open the doors and windows raises the temperature within. This is a simple fact, and everybody ought to recognize it, but it is surprising how many think they get cooler and fresher air by let ting into their otherwise comparative ly comfortable rooms the torrid heat which the sun is producing out of doors.
 Closed windows anC doors keep heat out in summer on ths same principle that they keep cold out in winter. Dur ing the evening and night open win dows may make the house cooler, but during the hot afternoon the less air that gets in from outside the better. It is on this principle that the Arab wears heavy folds of linen about his . head on the hot desert plains-to keep out the heat-and that the outing shirt of flannel is cooler than cotton gar ment. Keeping out heat in summer is as much an art as keeping out cold in winter. When sweltering on torrid afternoon do not rush to open windows and doors. That is apt to be jumping from the frying pan into the fire. which is not cooling process.
 The weather is made a scapegoat by many, when really they themselves are largely to blame for their suffering. By vigorous exercise with fan they get up bodily heat which the breeze of a fan does not counterbalance. The cor rect principle is to keep out the heat, not to generate it within, and then try to blow it away. Keeping as quiet as possible. eating sparingly avoiding large quantities of meats, fats and heat producing foods, drinking very mod erately, eschewing alcoholic stimu- lants. and, above all, cultivating philo- sophical turn of mind which leads to the conclusion that it is waste of time and energy to revile the temperature, are good hot weather suggestions Rome (Ga.) Sentinel.
 Scarcely a stream issues from the lower slopes of the Andes, either to the Amazon on the east or the Pacific on the west, the sands of which are not auriferous. The amount of gold Tn the
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-11

he was the right man and iE the right place. Subsequently the president had him appointed to place :n the treas ury.
 There was. death in the white house during Gen. Taylor's term. The only colored person about the house was the valet who had been with him in Mexico, and whom he had brought from the plantation. The valet did not seem to be at home, and had a desire to return to the plantation. He died rather sud- denly and the general had post mor- tenn held, that suspicious of foul play might be set at rest, for the colored man was not very popular with the other attaches of the mansion.
 'While the executive mansion was cc- cupied by President Pierce (hey called him Frank Purse), there was 8 constant round of courtly pleasure. President Pierce had no princely prede- cessor as a bon vivant, and only one successor. and that was MT. Arthur.
 Poor Nellie Grant," That is the way people talk of the daughter of the great civil war soldier who married an Englishman, went abroad-and sUf- fered. She is still beautiful to look upon, and undoubtedly has too much sense to enter upon another matrimon- ial venture. She is popular in society and deservedly so for she is exceeding ly clever and entertaining. Her cxperi- ence in life has taught her that our so- journ here is a daily tragedy or roar ing farce comedy, according to our abil- ity to give it the proper stage settings and to bring about us company suited to our talents. Nellie Grant wants no. more of the tragic, but is seeking con- existence-and finding it, too.
 Little Mollie Garfield married Stanley Brown, the private secretary of her dis tinguished father. She never cared much for the butterfly side of life and hence never shone much in society Her young life was shrouded by the dreadful tragedy which bereft her of her father She was a very lovely little girl in the white house, and must have been a much-sought belle if her father had lived. But upon reaching matur- ity she married and settled down into quiet matronly home life.
 Baby Mckee, that boisterous little kid of the Harrison administration, is now a boy about 12 years of age, and will soon be man. If his grandfather or any of his mature relatives kept or caused to be kept a scrap-bcok of clip pings from newspapers about his child life in the white house, it will un- doubtedly prove to be very interesting to him as he develops into manhood and, in fact, during his entire life.
 The three little innocents of the Cleveland family have gone away; and none of them, not even the eldest, was mature enough to appreciate the honor of her environments. To the fortunate man-thrice nominated and twice elected president of the United States who in his later years married win some young woman, and became the fa- ther of these lovely children, we can say: Here's to your good health and your family sand may they all live long and prosper"
 SMITH r. FRY.
 Too Patient.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-11
BICYCLE SENSATION.
Gut in Prices Makes Makers and
 Buyers Think
The Racing Worid-Gardiner shows Wonderful Speed. But Lacks Heart-MichaeI nnd Lesnn
 Matched.
[speclal Chlcago Letter.l l

big sensation was created not only in trade circles, but among the entire cycling public by reduction of S25 in the price of the best-known make of bicycles in America July l. This move carries all the more weight be- cause the manufacturers of this ma- chine, who are notorious for their con-
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-11
At the Senshore.

She was heart-broken.
 .'My beautiful bathing suit is ahso- lutely ruined" she moaned.
 How did 1t happen?" asked her mother, anxiously.
 .'I accidentally got t ws@ ''-- Chicago Post.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-11
Too Patient

You protest that you love me, Elm fly, but I'm still waiting for the first kiss"
 Well. why do you wait7"-Eliegends Blaetter.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20

MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Saginaw Boy shoots His Father,
Then Ends His own Life.

Saginaw. Mich. Nov. Is. In fit
of petty anger Julius Eggert shot
his father dead and then fatally
wounded himself At the Oak Hall
saloon. S29 Gcnesee avenue, late
last evening.
Joachim Eggcrt, the murdered
man, was proprietor Of the Oak Hall
saloon, and Julius was a bartender
there. They were in small kitchen
just back of the blrroom preparing
Il free lunch for the following
morning. when John Stein. d black
smith. whose shop is just across the
street, and a farmer stepped in to
get glass Of beer. julius came out
to wait upon them and returned inn
mediatcly To the Kitchen, The men
Al the bar heard the father say
III YOU can I do that YOU had bet
ter 20 home.
II II show you what can do! re-
piled julius in an angry voice. and q
minute later three shots in quick
succession were heard.
Then julius appeared in the door
way with smoking revolver in his
hand, and placing the muzzle close
To his head he sent bullet into his
own brain.
TIE SENTINEL office is headquar'
tiers for everything in the job
mint t,,,r linn
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
SAW THROUGH HIS NOSE.
Modern Researches Prove the Truth
of n story " hich Is Centuries Old.

Several authors of the sixteenth CEN
tury mentioned the existence OF man
who, having lost his eyesight, could
see through his nose. The story, much
doubted at the time and pronounced
fabulous by physicians, is nevertheless
true if the researches of +. Douliot
prove correct, says the Phlladelphia
Record 1t seems that the victim had
lost his right eye early in life ana Elter
on while climbing a cherry tree Tell
upon a fence, the pickets horribly mu-
tilating the left eye, the cheek anc the
nose. The surgeon called in considered
the eye entirely destroyed, seWed up
the wound and il healed in time. form
ing a large scar where the eye had been.
A wear later the man. then considered
stone blind. lay in the grass when he
surprised himself by discovering mat
he could perceive through the cavity
OF the nose the sky aud the color OF the
flowers on the meadow around MN.
From that time on he practiced for
five or six years TO SEE win ms nose
which To him became practically the
orpan of vision. lie gradually became
more proficient in seeing ~ TINS way
and could see everything oeneath hilh'
while he remained quite insensible TO
the light from above.
The condition of this man can be eX-
planned scientifically. Although the
lens of the eye had been torn from It's
socket by the fall the optic nFmorane
and the nerves at the rear OF the cav
ity Of the eye had retained some OF tne
seeing power. When the eye had peaieu
together a small hole in the bone over
the nose must have formed, which acted
ne a lens i'm the same way as pin hole
can be used to take Photographic PIC
ture. This also proves that the retina
of the eye acts like camera ooseura
where the objects from the OUTSIDE De
come visible when the rays OF iight ar,
rive there after passing through small
opening.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
opening.
orrrng OF Doge.

One can hire gun or VIOLIN house
or a dresscdit, almost anything ~ iac''
including dogs. Settlers and pointers
IRE hired for hunting purposes, and
thew can foe hired by the day or the week
or the month. Newfoundlands ana ot'
nernards are hired for watchdogs, usu-
oIlv for the summer. Watchdogs are
hired by caretakers Of buildings In the
civ. hut oftener to take to country
hovses where, after being tied up tor
a day or two, they become wei enough ,,
acquainted with their keeper TO toiio"
him about ------. - --.--.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20

TIE SENTINEL office is headquar-
tiers for everything in the job
printing line.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
Purchased the McGrath Building

Saturday last Jos. Coil, one OF
baragas enterprising dry goods
and clothing merchants, purchased
Tue McGrath building, on Main
street, and carpenters will soon be
engaged in thoroughly remodling
IT, The repairs which Mr.. Coil
proposes to make will be extensive,
and when completed he will have
as large and neat a store building
as there is in the county. Adjoin-
ing the main store is large wing,
which will be used exclusively for
ladies' cloaks, jackets, hats, etc,
ana the rooms will be connected by
On archway. The store will have a
new hardwood floor, and an entire
new front of the latest style. Mr..
Coil expects to have everything in
readiness to remove into his new
quarters by January LIST.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
ASSININS NEWS.
(special correspondence to rur srxrrxr

! Especial correspondence to The SESTIsEL)
Eugene Chosa of Newtonville, was
in town Thursday.
Freshly sailed fish at S. Denomie' :
at reasonable prices.
Sheriff John Hid was in town
this week on official business.
Joseph LaPage, of Chasscll, was
in town on business Thursday.
James Loonsfoot went to Chassell
Thursday to explore for Joe LaPage.
S. Denomie completed the Job of
taking up his pound net stakes this
week.
Antoine Chosa and John Hugo
brought in seven fine deer carcasses
Tuesday. The former lost a sackful
of oats and the latter rifle while
stopping at Baraga.
Fishermen of this vicinity seem
to be somewhat put out over the
new fish laws. For the first time in
history they cannot fish with law
full nets. 1t has been suggested
that they 90 to Canadian waters on
Lake Superior to fish and send the
fish to the United States. Would
it be Q. X?
The SENTINEL office is equipped
with the latest faces of type and
modern presses, and everything in
the line of job printing is guaran-
teed 10 give perfect satisfaction.
Prices always reasonable.
Another of the long idle mines on
the Marquette range, the Barasa,
near Negaunee, is to resume opera
tons, the work of unwatering the
mine now being in progress.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-16
MONEY AND INVESTMENTS.
Transactions Of Z Day Amoso Well
Street Operators.
NO SIGN OF INTEREST IN THE MARKET
Treasury Department Helpea svr~r
to Recover From the Pouadtax
IL Received.

New York. November in-wan str.s,
mas not seen 50 dull a day In many
months. Even the professional tra.,er.
were almost out of the market. and thera
was no outside inquiry or sign OF interest
"a tne market. "A large proportion OF tho
Gay trading was In Sugar, and this stock
teii away at one time SIS points below
saturday. The rally was duo to a ruling
by the treasury department TO apply the
tSu,ultervaiiing duty clause OF the tatfff
OH 70 retined sugar exported from Dea-
marx. The amount OF sugar avaisable tor
iarge, but the treasury decision was re-
sarued as indicating 4 course likely to
pa pursued IN regard to Dutch refined
;r' OF which the supply available for
import Is quite large. This rally helped
tae market somewhat and was almost the
only tndtcatipn of strength in any stock
thnoughoMt the day. In the closing tran
ca suddenly and mounted upwards to "a
liz. net rise Of Q per cent. Bonds Of that
company also showed some sharp gains
. NO eiiect was exercised en the general
ierred was relatively firm In the railway
llst on account of the increased earnings
shown by its first weeks statement.
Sonthern Pacific preferred firm in the
railway list ON account of the increa Sc in
earnlngs shown by Its first statement Of
SlsS,6s6, or - per cent, over last year La
YEAR earnings Tor the tame period were
not large, and there was one more husl-
ness day included in that period than IN
TINS year. But the showii x was regard
eu as strong one. Peoples Gas, which
was dealt I'm ex-dividend of LIZ per cent
was a. center of depression, and closed a
point lower. The coalers were also weak
New. Jersey Central most conspicuously
80, ,,, 1iallans at one time 1-2 points. but
made one of Its characteristic slymps Of
3 points TO $50. This was points lower
than the previous low point OF the pres
emit movement. The stock rallied / 10
at the close. The heaviness and duliness
We're partly I'm sympathy with London.
wnere the price of securities showed de-
cIlneS on account of some apprehension
from the borders of Turkey. There was
some disappointment over the failure of
the supreme court to hand down a decis-
son In the Nebraska maximum freight
rate case before its two weeks recess.
Crossing prices were above the lowest of
the day in most stocks, but the general
| list showed net hossses OF fraction ex-
ceeding 1-2 in most cases. Some selling
for London account added to the weak
ness. The total sales of all stocks was
less than 10000 shares, of which Sugar
contributed almost one-fourth.
The bond market was dull, but prices
were firm. Total sales, s1,325,OO0 United
| States coupons SIS were is higher,
The sales of stocks today were 1856 700
| shares. including. Burlington. 12.913. ST.
Paul, 17,050; Sugar, 5i,0i0
The range OF prices on the active stool, !
today, together with the close yesterday
as reported for The Post by b. w. Hunter
& Co.. Is as follows;
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-16
BOARD AND ROOMS.

FIRST-CLASS beard and rooms at re-
duced rates: all modern Improvements;
$50 per week. table board S2.o per
week: transient solicited; close In; iH
Austin street. 10
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-16
FrTER AND EGGS.

November 15.-.Butter firm;
Fs; dairy 1eI19. Eggs steady,
~, November i5.-Butter weak
creamery 1922; dairy 156l1.
Pnd heavy, with receipts OF
Small; fresh candled Missouri
stock 10; storage 10M13.
November lJ..-.I;utter steady;
n221s: dairy 1000. Cheese
Eggs fim: fresh Is.
November Eggs firm; re-
packages. State and Pelrsyi-
Western 2ais
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-16
An eyes ars Turned %
South Texas.
u YOU have Real Estate
for sale
llvssslse Il II the POST WANT PAGE.
sIruArroN WANTED.

CofoREp man wants job, good hot lunch
cook. best m tho city. Address Thus. n.
Williams, lalJ Caroline etrect. ls
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(-old boy OF j. A. johnson,
Per, H., is subject to attacks
i. Johnson says he is satisfied
reiy use OF Chamberlain's
ply, during a severe attack,
PIE boys life. He is in the
p. a member Of the firm of
F. OF that place: and they
many patent medicines for
pg diseases. He had all these
pm, and skilled physicians
Pond to his call. but selected
Tor use in his own family
hen his child's life was in
Sc he knew it to be superior
and famous the country
ures OF Group Mr.. Johnson
he best selling cough medl-
die. and that it gives splcn-
n In all cases. Sold by all
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-16
'DOST "WANTS"
BRING SURE RETURNS.
ron RrYrr.

FOR RENT--Cottage on Capitol avonuc.
te,wcen Main and San Jacsnto. Apply
to VIM. u Cleveland. 70
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-16
Collectors Examined.

r, Texas, November 14.-Mr.
general manager Of the Rio
pad, and his family left yes
Rute to the State of Vera Cruz,
|re the father of Mrs. Celaya
& coffee plantation and where
pm pass the winter.
deputy collectors of customs,
Stewart of Rio Grande City,
IDS of Hidalgo, ]. N. Ransom
fia and r. A. Lieck OF Point
standing the special civil SER
ktion, provided by law, return
to their pests. The test was
fult enc. and some may not
IN parties high in authority
u inquirers from here that,
proved that any remosals
de for political causes. there
pa cause for complaint under
rvice iuges, and that action
btedly be taken by the COM
De matter.
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Texas Railway Company will he held "a
tne csS os S5ss o. saS o SSInnsn e
James A. Baker. IT,.
sG ers,s Houston e.o East and West fey9,s
PROCLAMATION calilng an eicct.on 10
desermIne as 70 the issue or otherwise
of bonds for the erection of an electric
light plant for the City of Houston.
,, Whsrsas Ths charter a, Of The City OF
The CITY Council may provide, own
and maintain Has works. sectrsc ugnt
works and water works for the use o.
The city ard tho ir,hab'tants: and tcr
this purpose may isssue and cause TO 70
tssued The bonds OF the city In such
sums MS may he requisite and necessary,
which bonds shall bear interest ut rate
OF not exceeding per cent. and shall be
sold at not less than par. The CRY
Ccsancil by resolution. shall TX the de-
nomination OF such bonds nd the date
OF the.r maturity; prov,dad. that no. such
bonds shall BIO issued nor sold unrl .
plant OF sufficient capacity has been con.
trlctcd for,f aud rhen only sufftcient
number OF bends shall be issued TO
ccNci the actual cost of construction or
purchase; provided, that the issuance OF
said bonds shall first be suh,n-dted TO z
vote OF tho taxpayers or the CITY OK
Houston"
Now. therefore, I. H. II. Rice, Mayor
Of e ne CITY Of Houston, Texas; ~, by Az. as-
Council, hereby cali an election 70 bs
held ON Monday, November ~, 1874. 70
determine whether or no. bonds OF ene
city OF Houston TO u sum not exceedinR
slov.0@' and bearing lntcresi. az a rate
not exceeding ! per cent, shall be issued
by said ely, for the purpose OF erectinx
oporpted by the CITY OF Houston.
Thu ballots for said election shall read
For the Issuance Of Bonds not, TO ok
an Eloctr,c Light rlant for the City Of
Houston" and Against the lssuante %
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-16
WESTON RECEIPTS.

I Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe,
|by International and. Great
Ia: by Galveston. Houston and
Fe92; by Missourci. Kansas ard
by Galveston. Houston and
has. by bargcs. 1L332. Total.
International and Great
h cars wheat; by Missouri,
Il Texas, q ars wheat, / car
|oats; by Gablf. Colorado and
cars wheat; by Galveston. La
Houston, "a cars.wheat. Total.