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The Mena star. (Mena, Ark.) 1898-1904, 1898-09-14
AT MANILA.

-, aPoems by Fay Hampstead" an Arkan
sas poet.
~ vas the dawn Of that Sabbath day,
~ the inshore guns, where the fortress lay
',,ouved across from the arms OF land
-, .ncircled the bay on either hand;
10 ,,as the scream OF shells that few
Lo1 the stretch OF the crested blue,
AD ,ss Acct that boldly sailed the while,
49, the edge of the Philippine Isle.
til was the clamor and hurrying then,
a., on the decks of the fleet OF ten;
"a 80 bomb and shot from the starboard sent
TN on their murderous mission went:
..,..h the guns ashore and along with these
r,,a work of the demons under the seas;
rsa hidden mines, that crept beneath
a,,a water line, with the touch Of death.
o., needing not as the shot went by.
~, u aeet still held to It's purpose high
rasnlnp awhile its thunderous power,
,rsiting the word from the conning-tower;
~,Il last from the boatswain's deck was sent
crv that over the uproar went;
"a the commodere's undisturbed command
~, ~ the time of the opening was at hand.
rhen the loudest guns in broadside roared,
AID the deadliest shot destruction poured;
r;lI one by one to the Spaniard came
The gulping wave, or the with of fame.
M EDWARDS they; but each went down,
win his penant afy for land and crown!
OIL the roar of battle ceased, and then
n,.,0ht was left of the fleet Of ten.
v;ctory wonderous! More wondrous yet;
when over the waters the sun had set,
Not Spanish flag, in the startled bay.
F,ew at the end of that Sabbath day.
And under that banner, starry and fair,
No. sailor lay dead or dying there,
q the fleet that stood as victor the while,
povn by the edge of the Philippine Isle.
The Mena star. (Mena, Ark.) 1898-1904, 1898-09-14

The speech of Father Abraham in
the last number of Poor Richards AL
manac. published by Benjamin Franklin
in 1857, contains the wisdom of many
ages and nations assembled and formed
into one connected discourse. When
first published 1T attracted world wide
attention and was copied in all of the
newspapers in America and England
and translated into many foreign IAN
guages. Would you not like to read
it? Get copy free of charge at Z. G.
Savages's drug store. 52-4t.
The Mena star. (Mena, Ark.) 1898-1904, 1898-09-14
Misplaced Confidence.

From Detroit Free Press.
He looked SO young and innocent"
said the Detroit attorney who was
telling the story, ''thst l couldn't
bring myself to believe that he was
guilty While l was there he was
brought before the court on charge
of picking pockets. He was without
friends and was not represented by an
attorney. Something in his appear
ance attracted me and / volunteered
to defend him. The evidence against
him was very strong, but fought the
case to the bitter end and succeeded
in clearing him.
The next day / received a visit
from my client, who assured me, with
tears in his eyes. that he never coul d
repay me for what l had done Then
very much 10 my surprise he put his
hand into his pocket and asked how
much be owed me.
Thinking that he asked of mere
greenness, having an idea that my bill
would be for dollar or SO, thought
| would stagger him, SO put it at 500.
But when he pulled a huge roll of biiis
out of his pocket. counted out the
amount and handed it over. it was my
turn to gasp Then he shook hands,
thanked me again and left leaving me
staring at the money he had placed be-
fore me on my desk When recover.
ed from my trance / started to put ii
away with matter of 5000 that a
deacon of a church had paid me short
ly before for winning line fence suit
for him.
ut was gone! That ungrateful
whelp had touched me, and then had
the nerve to pay his bill from my
The Mena star. (Mena, Ark.) 1898-1904, 1898-09-14
4 YOUNG sPANIARD'S DEFENSE.
He Compares America to Youth and
His Country to an Old rIan.

He Compares America to a Youth and
His Country to an Old rlan.
From the ST. Louis Republic.
The following letter was not written
bv young American fresh from the
Geld of battle and flushed with veto
ry. but by young Spaniard. who was
disappointed in not serving in his
country's army aud who is humiliated,
mortified and chagrined at her defeat
He. escaped military service in Spain
to come to America and attend college
When war was declared his Castillian
blood was aroused and he fastened to
get back to his Lative country and be
reinstated in the militia Whether he
reached there, he does not state IN the
letter, which was written near Flor
euce, Italy, to friend of his in st.
Louis. 1t is as follow:
"Since left ST. Louis many things
have happened and not at all favorable
to Spain. Your success in this war is
navy, or, better, to the rotten state Of
ours. and to your administration,
which, although not a model OF clean
ness, is far superior to ours. Sixty
million dollars have been voted by the
Cortes in the last five years for the
construction of ironclads, but most of
that money has gone to fatten the
pockets of drawing room sailors and
what not. The truth is that we have
only to show for it the four cruisers
that Sampson sunk off Santiago de
Cuba. Had we had better govern
ment and commanders who knew their
duty, you, with all your might. would
have been glad to make peace on less
strict terms than you are now enioin-
ing upon us.
"The soldiers and sailors of the
ranks in spain are as good as those of
any nation, and If General Shafter will
tell the truth. he will teach the Amer
lean people a thing or two they do not
know about the way he was treated
IN the siege of Santiago You won
this war because progress and the nat
nral course of events demanded it. In
struggle between enlightment and
ignorance and fanaticism, the former
must always win out. 1t would have
been against all logic that we should
have won.
AT the same time, if you look at the
war from an impartial and unpr eju-
decd standpoint the glory of it is salhl
Tor America. A young man in the
apex of his strength and youth has
little to be proud of if he conquers in
q battle with discrepit old man, most
q whose limbs need amputation. |
give credit to the American people for
good and clear judgement, and be-
i'eve that by now you are all convinced
mat the Cuban insurgents were not as
you thought them, deserving of self
government, nor of better treatment
'uan we gave them. Besides we could
lot give them what we did n ot possess,
auu having rotten government at
nome, we could only govern them in a
rotton way.
as soon as peace is signed, if not be-
,Ose' intend to leave this country to
sn'sh my career there and perhaps set
ny Tor good. So you see my hate to-
"aru the American people is not great
Az the same time your press does not
Alarco."
The Mena star. (Mena, Ark.) 1898-1904, 1898-09-14
Frisco Line.

The st. Louis & 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 b. L. WINCHELL, Gent
Pass Agt., st. Louis, Mo.
The Mena star. (Mena, Ark.) 1898-1904, 1898-09-14

truth wears we'll. People have
earned that DeWitt's Little Early
users are relia BILE little pills for regu-
saIng the bowels. curing constipation
I ps sick headache. They don't grippe.
ripkin & Hanes.
The Mena star. (Mena, Ark.) 1898-1904, 1898-09-14

For any kind of an ice-cold drink
go to Jackson's up-to-date soda foun-
tain.
The Mena star. (Mena, Ark.) 1898-1904, 1898-09-14

ut was gonel That ungrateful
whelp had touched me, and then had
the nerve to pay his bill from my
roll"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-07

The State of Washington to the said Johanna
Badger, Defendant:
You are hereby summoned TO appear within
sixty days after the date Of the first publication of
this summons, to.wit: within sixty days aler
the 26th day of November, 1857, and defend the
above entitled action in the above entitled court
and answer the complaint OF the plaintiff, and
serve u copy Of your answer upon the under
signed. attorney for plaintiff, at his Office below
stated and In case Of your failure so TO do, judg-
the demand of the complaint, which has been
fled with the clerk Of said court.
This action Is brought for the purpose of pro-
curing . decree of absolute divorce from the
bonds OF matrimony now existing between the
plaintiff and defendan. herein.
A. p. FITCH,
Plaintiffs Attorney,
p. O. address: Room @, Chilberg block Olym.
pia, Thurston county, Washington.
Date OF first publication, Nov. %, 1897. It
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-07
She Taught the Editor.

First thing did after graduating"
laughed the fat and rosy president of
the life insurance company, "was to
start country newspaper. You
know that the world has little it can
teach a young fellow just out of col
lege. l was just as we'll fitted to run
a railroad as l was a newspaper, but l
went in with great flourish of
trumpets, taking great metropolitan
sheet for model.
"When, under big, black headlines,
l told in the most sensational manner
about "A Fatal Murder the little
shoolma'am of the place wrote very
satirical letter, politely asking me to
tell my readers about some of the
most prominent murders that had
not proved fatal. This assault upon
my dignity made a bigger fool of me
than ever, if possible, for l replied to
it in an editorial blast of a column
making very plain my opinion that I
was casting pearls before swine and
rather inferior swine at that.
"Then the little teacher tackled
me through the big Sunday paper
that reached us every Monday from
the city. She had me against the
ropes in no time and l was just fool
enough to abandon argument FOR
abuse. l served notice that wanted
cash instead of cabbages, COW pump
kins and red-skin onions. They
seemed to think ! ought to give a
chrome and thermometer to each
subscriber in return for having my
vegetable cellar kept full while was
paying board. Then l made up a
scandal column that was largely inn
aginary, and one morning there was a
notice tackled on my door telling me
to git, and git quick I was going to
raise more trouble, but the little
teacher, pale, pretty and troubled, in
vaded my sanctum to tell me that I
must go at once or the Office would be
wrecked. She took charge and sue
ceeded. When / got sense enough l
took charge of her."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-07
II Mary ST.. Hamilton. Ont, Gan
(mro.'<@"~E~T~@A~

constantly on the increase, especially
in the New England States and for
the export trade. The regular drinker
OF rum will take no other liquors in
its place if he can help it. 1t seems
to reach the spot more directly than
any other dram. The darker brown
sugars have also disappeared and they
are not likely to return owing to the
methods of boiling and the manufac-
ture. GRADUATED sugar is of the
same composition, as far as sacharine
qualities are concerned, as loaf, cut
loaf cube, and crushed, and differs
from them only in that its crystals do
not cohere. This is because it is con-
stantly stirred during the process Of
capitalization. The lighter brown
sugars taste sweeter than the white,
for the reason that there is some mo-
lasses in them. Housekeepers have
difficulty these days in finding coarse,
dark sugars, which are always pre-
ferred for use in putting up sweet
pickles, making cakes, and similar
uses. AS they cannot get brown
sugar any more it may be well for
them to remember that they can
simulate brown sugar by adding
a teaspoonful Of molasses to each
quarter of a pound of the white gran.
ulated sugar. This combination does
as we'll in all household receipts that
call for brown sugar as the article it.
self, and beside it saves them a great
deal of hunting for brown sugar,
which, as said before, has disappeared
from the market"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-07

blood. That is Natures way OF curing
scroflla, erysipelas, kidney and liver com.
plant" consumption and every form OF
eruptive and wasting disease. When you
want to help Nature with medicine the med
icine must work the same way as Nature
works. then it has the laws of Nature on its
side to make it powerful. That is the
secret of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery's wonderful cures. 1t assists Nature
according to her own laws it is on Nature 8
side and Nature helps it it imparts new
pow>: to the nutiitive and blood making or
glls to create a large quantity OF fresh, red,
healthy blood which drives every germ of
disease out Of the system and builds up
strong healthy tissues and Solfd flesh. The
Discovery completely clears away every
form of blood disease from the system 1t
even cures consumption. 1t is the only true
radical cure for that disease; facts and testi-
mony to prove 1t.
"Iwould like to tell the whole world what your
Golden Medical Discovery has done Tor me-
The doctor who is considered an expert on lung
both my lungs were diseased and could not live
long. I felt down-hearted for have dear little
children to live for. just went to him to get his
opinion. I aiu glad did for now know what
your medicine will do. when started on the
second bottle was better in every way and was
able to take walk on every hne day. enjoyed
my sleep. my appetite was good. and by the time
had flushed the second bottle began to feel
like new woman. I still had cough, so got
a third bottle and by the time it was half gone I
was completely cured"
un.'II~"~%%*~
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-07
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION,

GEO. q. PIPER, Manager,
The Post.Intelligencer Pub. Co.,
Seattle, Wash.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-07

rage III Dawson City. Likewise take
a good library, an encyclopedia and an
unabridged dictionary.
Don't forget your silk hat.
Take along plenty OF starch for your
linen. In the days of the Argonauts
men suffered kecnly because OF a lack
OF cleansing material. One OF the
saddcst songs of the old weep, began
is follows:
Goodbye, old standing collar.
With all your pride and starch.
I've worn you from September
Till the seventeenth of March"
Also, don't forget to take along "A
small sack of flour and few pounds
of bacon.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-07
KLONDIKE NECESSITIES.
A Few Polite AccOuterments Which
1t May Be Well to Take Along
With You.

A Few Polite AccOuterments Which
1t May Be Well to Take Along
With You.
The Yellow Book.
l am amazed at the popular
ignorance concerning proper outfit
for the Klondike. 1 have before me
several newspaper lists of articles
necessary for the outfit. The longest
only contains three hundred and forty
seven items. How ridiculously in
adequate!
Now, / fatter myself that I know
something about the matter. have
been hunting for gold all my life,
although I have seldom obtained any
thing better than silver and dirty
bank bills. Moreover, I was a miner
for number of years. I can mention
a number of things that should be
added to those lists, and which are
just as useful as half the articles now
on them.
In the first place, take along your
full-dress suit. Gold hunting is ad-
venture pure and simple, and almost
every adventurrr have seen wears q
full-dress suit. In fact, often he pos
sesses no other. Cigarettes should be
added to 60 with the dress suit; also
patent feathers and monocle. The
latter is also useful while actually
looking for the gold.
None of the lists mention whisky.
Take lots of it, it is weary work wait
ing for the gold to turn up, and you
want to pass away the time as happily
as possible. There is no danger at
tending its use, for as soon as you find
gold you can take the gold cure.
Take along at least twenty pounds
of axle grease to rub on the runners of
your sled. 1t will make the sled slip
over the snow easily. Moreover, you
can eat it if your grub runs short.
Every list have seen contains a
cooking stove. Remember that you
cannot cook over a camp fire. For
the same reason you should take along
a large base burner heating stove. A
camp fire wouldn't keep you warm.
In the days of '49 every mining camp
was supplied with steam or furnace
heat. However, you cannot expect to
live as luxuriously as they did.
Take along plenty of canned goods
A rich and varied menu is essential
Don't forget good cook stove. There
is not cowboys camp or miners
cabin in all the west that is not
supplied with one of these aids to
civilization.
Take along plenty of linen, as there
are few laundries en- route, and don't
forget your mighty. You have got to
sleep there just as you would any
where else. A bathrobe is also an aid
to modesty if you intend to battle dur.
ing your sojourn in Alaska. You will
soon discover that there are some that
battle, but there are others Toko
along plenty of cards and games.
Progressive euchre parties are all the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-07
Washln9ton Standard
some klondikr Mother Goose.


Same kInuIikr Neither Goose
sing song OF Kloudlkc'
NJ incr full of rye.
Wh:.kry' lrra1i II high.
While the rye wgs working
Miners tried Ia ing
Nox lcAili each shoulder
Jack -prnl; ,1uii cMt 10 IA.
Hi mate c"uii eat II" lean.
Bcrau~r m meat was there /" "a'.
AMI sh""oaiis 'a>'ci "ne""'
There was iit''e man
Ana ne ha1 li'''e ROLL
AND Tor tickets il was spent, spent spent
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-07

Logging car equipments Of all kinds
A specially OF concavcd tram wheels
Highest market price paid for old cnst
iron scrap, brass and copper.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-07
0LD-TIME SWEETNESS GONE.
moiasses IL Now Made Into Rum
and Brown Sugar Is No N lore.


and Brown Sugar Is No N lore.
"The Old-fashioned molasses is
rapidly disappearing as an article OF
commerce" said prominent grocer,
"and in its place have come a num-
Der of syrups, which are more costly
and by no means as satisfactory, es-
pecially to the little ones, who delight
as we did when We were young, in
having 'lasses on their bread. Most
OF the 'lasses goes into the distilleries,
where 1t is made into rum, for which,
notwithstanding the efforts of our
temperance people, the demand is
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-07
Daily POSt-Intelligencer.
3 to II Pages.

B to II Pages.
Clean. pure and healthy In tone. II Is re-
garded by all as a family newspaper that
can be taken into the home without fear Of
moral injury or faint. 1t has the news
OF the state and of the world. receives the
full Associated Press reports. and Is the
only paper in Warrington that
prints them in full. It sets the
pace In newspaper circles. all others at
tempt to follow. As Seattle Is great.
the Post-Intelligencer Is great. for both
Seattle and the Post-IntellIgencer advance
together
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-07
Weekly P0St-Intelligencer

The most complete weekly newspaper
published In the Pacific Northwest. and
edited particularly from the standpoint of
the miner. farmer and stockman. Besides
giving the latest news Of the world n CON.
tains a klondike department that gives
more news from the great gold fields
than can be secured anywhere else on the
globe.
Send for Sample Copy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-07

THc Ir.IE.u'
= policeman over q
burglar is that the of.
hcer has the law on
his side. Health has
the same advantage
over disease. The
Law of Nature is for
people to be healthy.
When they are sick,
Nature helps to cure
them. Natures Law
is the guide for cur
ing sick people.
There is no way but
Natures way. What
the doctors call many
different dis e ase S
Nature cures i'll one
way; by nourishing
the whole body with
~.oL ~a1
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-07
Estate of Samuel WILEY.

~ other persons having claims against the
estate Of Samuel Wiley, deceased, to present
them with the necessary vouchers within one
year after the date Of this notice, to the under
eigned at the Office of Daniel Gaby, Room 2,
Odd FelIows' building In the City Of Olympia.
county Of Thurston, State Of Washington, that
being her place for the transaction Of the bust
ness Of said estate. INEZ E. WILEY,
Administrative Of the estate Of Samuel Wiley,
deceased.
Dated At Olympia. Washington, December IL,
1897.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
The IIansna Horse.

Speaking Of the record of Joe Patchen,
the Kansas horse, do you know" said a
Kansas horseman and real estate agent, to
the Sandusky Register, that Kansas is
the greatest natural horse country in the
world? Talk about Arabia! Why, it simply
wasn't in it with Kansas. If you could
trace back the ancestry of all the noted
horses of the country, you would run en-
back finally to this country. It's the eli
mate and water that gives 'em the wind
and speed"
How about Pegasus?" asked a sallow-
complexioned, professor-looking man, who
wore spectacles and talked with a Boston,
bean accent.
What was his stock ambletonlan or
Kentucky Whip" asked the Kansas horse
man, who hadn't heard of Pegasus, and
was evidently sparring for wind.
Pegasus" replied the professor, as he
deliberately wiped his spectacles, was the
noted flying steed captured by Bellero-
phon, the son of Glaucus, while quenching
It's thirst at a celebrated spring"
"Oh, yes" said the Kansas horseman,
Frightening, Il recollect all about 1t now
That spring was down here at Gueda,
Sumner county. Best water for horses
ever saw. Wild horses used to come one
hundred miles to drink that water. Didn' t
know that teller Bellerophon personally,
but heard of him often. Think met him
once when he was bringing up a herd of
horses from Texas. Boys used to call him
'Beller' because he talked loud. You could
hear him all over town when he called for
a drink. He was something of a blow but
he knew the points of a horse all right"
How about Bucephalus?" asked the pro-
lessor as soon as he recovered from his
first shock of surprise
Don't just call the horse TO mind" said
the Kansas horseman knitting his brows
in thought. when did he make his re-
cord?"
He was the wild horse that was broken
to ride by Alexander, after he had thrown
the most expert equestrians of Philips
court responded the professor, with an
expression that plainly indicated Il have
him now"
Why, of course" said the Kansas horse
man. Ought TO have remembered that be-
fore. That horse used TO run in a herd that
ranged between the Pan Handle and where
Wichita IS now. Used to range down on
the Peavine flats, in Sumner and Harper
counties, nearly every summer. Seen him
many time. No question but what he was
born down in the southwest part of the
state. Finest wild horse 1 ever saw. Had a
name that came down to his knees, and
when he smelled danger you could hear
him snort half mile. That fellow Alex
ander that broke him-let's see, what was
his first name?-why, sir, he could ride
anything that wore hair but he mighty
near had to give in when he struck the
| horse l understood that he told some of
the boys around town that he wouldn't
tackle another job of that kind for hun
| dred dollars AS l was saying, there is just
no end 10 the wind and nerve of a Kansas
| bred horse"
But the professor from Boston was not
there to hear. He had given up the une-
! quail contest and fled.