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The Mena star., 1898-09-21
THE GIRL AND HER COLLEGE.
The Training There Received is I'm
doubtcdly of Inestimab1c Dcne-
fit to Her I'm Her Home Life.

4 is sometimes argued that the coll
lege units a woman for domestic life.
That is true, l think, only so far as
girl can or cannot adapt herself from
one condition to another. The differ
ence between the college and the home
is simply the difference between all
training and real work in the world.
If q college course is rightly under
stood and taken advantage of, it will
prepare rather than unfit girl for
the wisest government of q house. If
she has used her time and opportuni-
ties at college well, her training of
system and discipline will prove of the
first Importance to her in conducting
the domestic machinery. Aside from
the direct application of her training
to her work, she has the greater adj
vantage OF resources of mental refresh
ment when moments of leisure come
to her. The domestic courses. now
being so generally introduced into the
curriculum of our girls colleges, also
give practical value to a college edu-
cation for girl which it did not possess
few years ago. The value of these
courses lies in the foundation which
they give girl to build upon.
All things being equal college train
ing is unqnestionably source of in
estimable value to girl, as it is to a
man, and she is the better equipped for
her duties of wife and mother because
Of it. knowledge is always valuable.
Yet 1t does not, by any means, follow
that girl, unable to go through col
lege, is at disadvantage with her
girl friend who did Where it is feas-
ible and possible it is an excellent part
of girls equipment and its advantages
will come back to her in thousandfold
in her future years. But in the ma
jority of cases q college training is not
feasible or possible. If going to col
lege simply means to n girls mind
the fun to be had it is infinitely better
that she should remain at home. If a
girl Is inclined to be selfish, and hun
gers simply for q brilliant career, it
is wiser that the softening influences of
home remain her portion. If she is
physically not strong the home care is
n thousand times better for her than
the best care she can procure at any
school or college.-Edward W. Box, in
Ladies Home Journal
The Mena star., 1898-09-21

Emma b. Morgan, nee Oliver, died
September z, 1898, aged 25 years She
had been sick long time but bore 1t
with patience. For many days before
she died she could not lay down, but
had to sit in chair night and day. A
few hours before she expired, while
the hand of death was upon her, she
called for pencil and paper and said
that she wanted to write dying mes
sage. 1t was brought and these are
the words as near correct as we can
give them, being present at her death:
II want you all to meet me in heaven.
am going home where there is no
sickness, pain nor death" She passed
away at 4:20 D. IN. Her husband,
father, stepmother. brothers and sisters
were present when she died. She was
laid quietly away in the old Camp
Ground cemetery. Services were held
at the grave by Rev. T. B. Phelps
Lot the pris'ner is released.
Lightened OF her fieshy load;
Where the weary are at rest,
She is gathered unto God.
Lol the pain OF life is passed,
All her warfare now is DER,
Death and hell behind her cast,
Grief and surfing are no more.
Yes, the Christians course is run,
Ended in the glorious strife,
Fought the fight, the work is done,
Death is swallowed up in life.
Borne by angels on their wings,
Far away her spirit flies,
Finding her God, she sweetly sings,
Triumphanting in paradise. Il. A. c.
Rocky, Ark, Sept. II, 1898.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
MISS PERKINS is ALIVE.
She Returns Home at the Time "a Grave IL
Being Dug for Her supposed
Remmfna

Middleboro, Mass, Sept 19.-While
her grave was being dug in the little
cemetery just across the street, while
her supposed remains were on the way
to the house and while her father was
returning from Bridgeport, where he
had just taken a solemn oath that the
disme m bered corpse found in the Yell
low mill pond was that of his daugh-
ter. she, Marian Grace Perkins, alive,
well and ready to wed. walked into
her home in this town. This vision
of the dead come to life was the star
fling climax of this great mystery.
Middle boro is In a tremendous
state of excitement, and the Perkins
family are Frustrated by the great
shock of Joy, following SO soon after
the awful shock of the tragedy itself.
With Miss Perkins, as her husband,
was her youthful lover, Charles Bourne,
the person whom the police and the
public have been SO anxiously looking
for during the last few days Not half
m hour after the girl had reached
her home the family shuddered at
another grewsome shock, when the
local undertaker's wagon backed noise-
1essly up to the door and the attend
ants prepared to bring into the house
what they In their ignorance of the
developments of the case imagined
was the remains of Miss Perkins
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
WILL USE CHAMPAGNE.
Gov. Tanner, of Illinois, Tells the W. G. 4.
u. why the Battleship Illinois Will Not
He Christened with Water.

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept 20. Gov. Tan
ner has decided the battleship Illinois
shall be christened in champagne and
sent the following letter to the COM
=.:..ee of the Wc,nan's Christian Tenn
perance union, who protested against
christening the battleship with wine:
would consider 1t privilege to be able to
assist you Thousands of homes arc better for
your guardianship; thousands OF hearts are
grateful to you for having known the Woman's
Christian Temperance union In the matter
however, of following the time-honored custom
al chr istening battleships, there is no desecra-
tion of the laws OF temperance The ceremony
ds not one from which any evil could possibly be
set forth. and the most sacred religious ordi-
nance. the sacrament which the world COM
memorates with deepest solemnity and honor,
is one in which wine is used as a symbol There
fore. dismiss the subject as one unworthy of
SO much agitation. II left to me- the battle
ship Illinois will be christcned according to
the time-honored custom.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
INCOMPETENT SURGEONS.
Surgeon General sternberg Says They Were
Largely to blame for the sickness
In Army Camra

Cincinnati, Sept. 90. Surgeon GEN
eral Sternberg, United States army, in
an interview here said:
1 am free to say that the service OF the army
hospitals during the war was not as perfect as
it is possible to make it / am not afraid to
speak frankly about the matter. There were
$40 surgeons appointed by governors of states
Many of them, dare say. were appointed
through political pulls and were incompetent
men. but that was out OF my province.
I employed 800 contract surgeons. They
were recommended by the best surgeons OF the
United States AS far as / knew they we're
tnc best in the land. insufficient sanitary reg
nlations were the main cause OF the trouble
They we're managed by inexperienced men.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
Frisco Line.

The st. Louis e. San Francisco rail
road is the direct through car route to
points in Southwest Missouri, South
ern Kansas, Arkansas, Indian Terri
tory and Texas.
The most direct route to st. Louis
and the East. Double daily vestibuled
trains. Free reclining chair cars;
observation and drawing-room sleep
ers; Harvey dining halls. Ask your
nearest ticket agent for full particu-
lars, or write Il. L. WINcHELL, GENT
Pass. Agt,, ST. Louis, Mo.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
THE GIRL AND HER BROTHER.
With But Little Effort She Can Easily
Gain n Most Wholesome Infiu-
ence Over Him.

Gain your brothers confidence, my
dear girl, else you will have no infiu-
ence over him. Force yourself to be
interested in whatever he tells YOU.
Let no escort be as charming to you as
he is. Make him find pleasure in the
same society that you do, and if for
some reason he finds 1t tiresome, then
arrange to go in another set, but al
ways good one, which he will appre-
ciate. If you have any accomplish
ment, urge your brother to be student
with you. If you are a good pianist
never refuse to play the tune he likes,
and if you can induce him to take up
the violin or mandolin, or even the
banjo, so much the better, for then you
two may be companions in melody as
in life. Never forget how much man,
and especially a young man, likes to be
remembered. The tiny token on his
birthday, the remembrance on the holi-
day, the little letter of congratulation
sent when he has succeeded either in
his studies or In the business world
none of the small pleasures of life are
wasted on a brother. A brother is
very often the reproduction OF his sis
ter. 1t is as il he were n mirror into
which when the sister looked she
found reflected all her faults and most
of her virtues.-Ruth Ashmore, In
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
they Fear american Enterprise.

Havana, Sept l6 The predominant
feature of the situation is the feverish
and widespread agitation of the
Cnbans in favor of the absolute indie
pendence of the island at all costs.
Manifestoes are being circulated in
viting the cooperation of Spanish
residents and merchants to this end
and pointing out that either annexa~
tion or an American protectorate
would mean death to all trade with
Spain in a couple of years.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
The Cost was Trivial

Washington, Sept 10. Instead of
expanding fortune in the destruc-
ton of the two Spanish fleets in the
war the American squadrons used am
munition costing less than $3.50, 900.
In the naval battle at Santiago about
100000 worth of ammunition was
used. Dewey's victory was less costly.
only about SAL, 900 worth of shot and
shell being used.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
For Sale or Trade.

A tract of land comprising 100 acres
near Grannis, one mile from railroad
1t has house and barn and thirty
acres in cultivation, is finely INBRED
and watered and only one mile from
saw mill. Will sell or trade for
small tract of land near Mena
Apply at Star Office.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21

Washington. Sept. 15.-The con-
tracts for the three new battleships
have been awarded One vessel goes
TO the Cramps, another to the Newport
News Ship Building company and the
third to the Union iron works. San
Francisco. They will be of 10, 500 tons
displacement, with q coaling capacity
of 1000 tons and a speed of 1871 knots
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
Ten Dollars Reward.

Strayed from my farm at Acorn, two
mules One black, horse mule, fifteen
hands high. Que bay mare mule, four
teen and one-half hands high. Any
one bringing them home will receive a
reward of ten dollars.
L. e. ANGEL,
Acorn, Ark,
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
4 Bargain.

A beautiful 10-acre tract of land.
with 2-rocm house and an excellen |
spring of water, located within one
mile of depot Can be bought for $500
Apply at the Star office. f29-4t
The Mena star., 1898-09-21

Madrid, Sept 30. The minister of
war, Gen. Correa, has issued instruc-
tions for the relief of the Spanish
troops in the West Indies. The sick
are to leave first, and the archives, es-
pecially those relating to the war, will
be brought to Spain with the arms,
ammunition, flags and material stored
in Caba and Porto Rico.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21

Washington, Sept. Ex-senator c. j.
Faulkner, of West Virginia. was to-
day appointed to the position on the
Canadian commission made vacant by
the retirement of Senator Gray when
he was transferred to the Paris peace
commission.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
For Sale.
> E. ANcELL,
Acorn, Ark,

A good farm eighty-one and one-half
acres, thirty acres bottom land, forty
acres in cultivation, good houses, good
water, good orchard and pleasant
place to live. Call on Stucky Bros.
Mena, Ark Sept 5. 1898. 36-4t
The Mena star., 1898-09-21

We carry the Joplin, Monarch, vane
Calvert and Mena Paint and Paper
Company's mixed paints in all colors
JACKSON DRUG Co,
The Mena star., 1898-09-21

LOST will pay suitable rev. !.
for information leading TO the -
cry Of my bear dog, "Iige'
az Mena about August J. ue ~
yellow, black nosed cur deg -
shoulder crushed by a bear , csug
him to limp. " = u,@o,,ntau.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21

Geo. w. Knowlton pays the ssool
cash price for hides, talioW, roots
pclts, bees-wax and all kinds % .aonse
Located at N. M. Roach's waai'..,sood
east of freight depot on one aa.a
avenue, Mena, Ark.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
A Couple of Sna ps.

Any one wanting first class ne %.
grade, two seated carriage, espec'a,p
suited for this country, or set o. -
cyclopedia Britannica, should cai !,
go y LEWIS SUI s74t
sold cheap.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21

Go to the Arkansas Store for vegeta-
bles, apples, pears and separator
creamery butter. ct
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
Republicans Nominate a Negro.

Perry, Ok, Sept. 1o.--I. f. Norris,
-7cic-ea. was nominated at Saltwater
by the republicans for the legislature
4ron the Fifth leg islative district
The Mena star., 1898-09-21

A few bushels of new white corn
meal wanted at the Arkansaw Store.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21

J. w. Bankston Photo Co., the pic
ture men. See card this paper 36-tf
The Mena star., 1898-09-21

Our prices always the very Nv
the Racket Store.
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
Lucid.

Teacher Ito pupl)-How old are
you:
Pupil-Six.
when were you SKIP"
"On my birthday
Only Eight Left Behind.
Washington, Sept 90. Gen. Lawton
reports to the war department that all
but eight of the Spanish prisoners
nave been shipped from Santiago to
Spain.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
BRATTLEBORO.

The marriage of Miss Mabel Witt, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Witt, to Ernest
Griswold, a merchant of Bennington, took
place at the brides home on Chestnut street
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the family
and intimate friends being present Miss
Witt was formerly employed as milliner by
Mrs. Avery of Bratteboro and for several
years has been the proprietor of millinery
store in New London, Ct.
A delightful reception was given by Mrs.
Annie G. Cobb and Mrs. Fannie c. Rice to
the Daughters and Sons of the Revolution at
the Brooks house Tuesday evening from 8 to
10 O'Clock. A pleasing feature of the even
ing's entertainment was the vocal selections
by Mrs. Harriet Brasor-Pratt, Mrs. S. E..
Lawton and Fred c. Adams. Mrs. j. G..
Ullery and Miss Shea served.
The marriage of Walter s. Stearns, an en-
ploye at E. l. Hildreth & Co.'S job printing
office, and Miss belle Persons. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. d. S Persons of East Putney,
took place at the brides home Wednesday.
Rev. A. j. Hough of White River Junction
delivered an address at the Methodist church
Wednesday evening "Uncle Sans land !;
its makers and destiny" The lecture was
given under the auspices of the Epworih
league.
A delegation from the Young Mems Chris
tian association will have charge of the even
ing service at the North Hinsdale church
Sunday.
recently sold at "Raponda,' Wilmington.
Sherman N. Howe from the Bermudas is
at the family home on Harris place.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Camera at Weddings.

In the East the camera at a weddin9
is still something of a novelty, to be
looked upon with surprise, if not with
open disapproval. But out West nobody
dreams of getting married without
camera; it is regarded as Indispensable
as mucn a part of tie performance as
the clergyman, certainly as much so as
the bridegroom. In these days of RAM
pant amateur photograph it Is hardly
necessary to call in a professional oper-
ator upon these occasions. Some half
dozen members of every bridal party
are sure to be camera fiends of the first
water, and it requires much diplomacy
to decide which one shall be asked to
bring along his or her camera. In near
ly every instance some ones feelings
are sure to be hurt. Sometimes two
cameras are present at a marriage cere-
nlony, but more than this is not con-
sidered good form i'm the West. In
every home the photographs of the
bridal party form prominent decora-
tive feature. as is but natural when
they have been obtained under such
suspicious conditions.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
een Benefited by Mrs. pinkham' sAdvice and Medicin

may possess and wish to keep, and
who stocks dingy with tobacco, soap,
brushes and such small articles and
sells them at exorbitant prices to men
forward on war ships.
Monthly money" day comes around,
and the intending deserter draws all
The money he has earned, except the
months pay retained. Then comes the
day upon which he is entitled to go
ashore.
He goes and simply forgets to come
back. The officer of his division re-
ports him absent without leave for
ten days and every time he does so
there is a general grin along the line
Of men forward assembled at quarters,
and then he is marked on the ships
log as a deserter. If the deserter gives
himself up, he may have to serve from
one to three years at the naval prison
at Mare Island or at Boston but he is
not hunted
A soldier in the army goes about the
business of desertion with great care,
|complaisance and circumspection. A
soldier does not often have much
money when he makes his escape, for
his pay is small and the money con-
Stunning canteen is never far from the
quarters. AS often as not he will
| leave all of the truck in his chest be-
hind, for there is nobody answering {,
TO the character of bumboat man to
help him get away.
| lie will always wait for pay day so
as to have few dollars for immediate
Expenses. Then he quietly walks to
| the railroad station and puts as many
miles between himself and the post
he has quit as his money will carry
him. By the time he has reached the
station his terminates have swooped
down upon his chest and looted it of
everything of valor for the deserter has
told them of his intention to go and
has left explicit directions as to the
distribution of his gear. He does not
hand it around before going, because
by so doing he might excite the sus-
picion of the first sergeant, who gener-
ally uaS Keen eye III SuCu MATTERS.
When the first sergeant does begin to
eFow suspicious and looks through
the chest of the absent man he finds
probably an old worn out pair of trous-
ers and a battered campaign hat.
Where is this mans gear?" he asks
all hands lying around in their hunks
| in the quarters. Nobody knows.
"Guess he took it with him." they
lreply and turn over. That is all the
satisfaction first sergeant ever gets
| in such cases.
Until about six years ago the MILL
tary authorities paid $50 for the ap-
lprehepsion of a deserter. AS result
OF this system there arose in the i'm
mediate vicinity of large military posts
class of men known in the army
vernacular as hounds" who made a
business of apprehending army de-
serters for the $50 reward. The reward
now paid for the capture of deserter
is only $40. There was never chance
for hound" to make a living at
either price.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29

When we read of a railroad wreck in
which hundred people are killed, we are
filed with pity and horror. There are other
dangers in this life thousand times greater
than that of the railroad wreck, only we do
not have them brought so forcibly to our
attention. Consumption does not kill a
hundred people at once in one train. 1t
does kill tens of thousands for every one
that is killed by accident.
If a sufferer will resort to the right REM
edy before it is too late, consumption can
be cured. DR.. PieTce's Golden Medical
Discovery cures oS per cent of all cases if
taken in the earlier stages. 1t has MAIN
tanned this record for Thirty years. Many
of those whom ii has rescued from the
verge of the grave have permitted their
Names addresses, experiences and photo
graphs to be printed in DR.. Pierce's Com
book is free, and any sufferer who wishes
TO investigate may procure it and write to
those who were once sufferers themselves.
For paper covered copy send 81 one-cent
stamps, TO coJer cost of mailing only to
the Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, Buffalo, n. Y. The Golden Medical
Discovery" is the great blood-rnaker and
flesh builder 1t restores the lost appetite,
corrects the impaired digestion, makes the
liver active and the blood pure ANY med
icine dealer who offers YOU something
else said to be Just as good - is thinking
about his poclSetbook and not about your
health.
81 have taken DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and Favorite Prescription with
wonderful results" writes Mrs. Annie NJ Nor
consumption; the doctors said I'd die The
Golden Medical Discovery cured me-"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
WEST TOWNSHEND.

DR.. G. 7. Gale and Miss Lottie Wh1pple
are on the gain.
Carol Boyden is at home on 80 days
furlough.
Representative Barber was at home during
the adjournment of the session at Montpelier.
G. N. Robbins and wife and daughter,
Rena, went this week to Antrim, n. H to
visit Mr. and Mrs. G. o. Kimball
Miss Addie Garfield is visiting her aunt in
Woodstock.
Mrs. T P. Barber and children have re-
turned with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Holmes to
New Lon don, Conn, for a two weeks visit.
Miss Ida Boyden has gone to her sister,
Mrs. r. Wheeler, in Boscawen, N. H., to
help care for two of her children, who are
sick with typhoid fever.
j r Kimball has visited his sister, Mrs.
Addie Andrews, in Sunderland.
d. K. Boyden has recently had family
| monument erected in the cemetery.
Mrs Abbie Phipps of Charlemont, N. H.,
has recently visited her brother,W. r. Liver
| more.
Hunters have been numerous, and among
Mr.. and Mrs. r w. Smith and daughter
Ethel of Pre- ctorsville have been visiting
I friends here.
| G. L. Howe has been selling his stock OF
goods at auction this week.
| Mr.. Merrill of Worcester has been visitin 9
his granddaughter Mrs. z. Deane.
Mrs. G. H. Stratton at the lodge meeting
last week gave fine report of the state
grand / o G t. convention, which she at.
tended at Northfield recently.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Fish Hatchery.

The biennial visit to the fish hatchery at
Roxbury was made last Tuesday by Com
missioner Titcomb and many members of the
legislature. A Montpelier contemporary has
the following interesting information regard
ing the hatchery.
The fish are fed on beef livers, lungs and
hearts brought direct from Chicago through
the Montpelier Beef Co., delivered at the
hatchery twice week, averaging 55 pounds
per day, or 20 600 pounds per year, making a
total cost, at two cents per pound, of $500 for
the biennial period. The meat is stored in a
large refrigerator, boiled, and ground by gas
cline motor power, and fed to the breeding
fish once each day. The spring fry are fed
on raw livers reduced to a pulp, and fed from
three to five times per day.
That the hatchery has been profitable under
its present management is evident from the
fact contained in the report of the commits
sioners Il a. for the biennial period just ended
2,2SS 900 strong, healthy, well fed fry have
been planted in the waters of the state, as
well as $1,000 fngerlings, which, at lowest
price they could be purchased, would amount
to So, 1884. The cost to the state for this same
period was $500. No institution of similar
nature can make such showing, nor can
$500 healthier breeding fish be found. The
nursery ponds contain 10000 fngerlings and
are clean, handsome sight. The capacity of
the hatchery is something over million a
year.