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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

Gaudens works he has at the present enough large commissions to keep him occupied for the rest of his life lie mas the Sherman statue for this city, an other Lincoln statue for Chicago, some large bronzes for the entrance to the Boston Public Library and the Phillips Brooks memorial. These are all can recall at present, but there may be one or two other large pieces of work for which he has been commissioned.
 "Of course. he has always found time while at work on large commissions 10 execute what he considers smaller u-orlEs of sculpture. These he has re- garded largely in the light of diversions
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

WAS talking the other day Wlln
 pr. Mary Walker, the only woman
 in the United States who wears
 e trousers and doesn't wish she were
 a man. That is her boast, and she
 has made an international reputa- tion by pursuing her fad.
 There is really nothing mannish about Dr. Mary except her clothes, and in wearing them she is l. md to have her own way, which is distinctly fem mine trait. She is a diminutive crea- ture, with the thinnest of treble voices, sharp features, abbreviated hair just turning to gray, and spectacles. Her ordinary dress is plain black suit of broadcloth, with frock coat and a. silk hat For street wear in the winter she has a heavy brown overcoat with velvet collar and a cape, and at all times she carries a stout cane with silver head fully as large as her fist: If she wore skirts she would look very like a little old maid As it is. with her erect carriage, trim figure and sprightly walk she seems like boy dressed little beyond his years.
 She has been wearing trousers for thirty years and longer. Nobody knows exactly how long, for this is point on which the doctor resolutely closes her mouth.
 This is a free country" she said. land as I was not responsible for be- ing a woman, failed to see the reason why I should be compelled to endure the discomforts of skirts for life time simply because I didn't happen to be born a man..
 When Dr. Mary was in the army she was an acting assistant surgeon with the rank of first lieutenant, and she dressed the same as the other officers. She wore trousers at that time, with stripe of gold lace down the side of the leg; felt hat, with gold cords, and an officers overcoat. Her coat was not like that which she has since adopted. but was shaped like a blouse, cut loosely about the neck.
 When l had on my overcoat, though she said proudly, 1T looked every inch the man, and I am sure I acted it for I as the only woman holding a commission in the army of the United States, and I am the only woman who has been grante a medal by Congress for active military duty" As she said this the little doctor point ed to the bronze medal fastened with a big black-headed pin and a red. white and blue ribbon to the lapel of her coat. On the back of the medal was engraved the legend: Presented by the Congress of the United States to Mary E. Walker, A. A. Surgeon, U. s. Army
 Do I ever have unkind things said to me?" she said, echoing back my question. Yes, of course; by ill-bred people.
 The other day at the White House reception I met MT. Wu. the Chinese Minister, who was there with his wife. When I was introduced the Minister asked me why I wore pants. I saw the question was suggested by the natural inquisitiveness of the Asiatic, and replied in the same vein, Why do you wear sKirts?'
 Because it is the custom of my country to wear them,' he replied. Well said I, I wear pants because this is a free country and people are not hampered with customs Then he said: 'They say you are doctor. If I was sick I would not send for you; but if my wife was sick I should I told him I should be glad to attend his wife
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

year are spent here. Once, at least, in every three years, it is said, every freak in the world sees New York. The fa- vorite lodging houses are scattered through that district lying on the east side below Fourteenth street for a few blocks. The extremity of discomfort may be found in most of them; some few, however make great pretense at " all the conveniences" and charge ac- cordingly.
 Annette Anderson, a bearded lady, lived in apartments on East Twelfth street, with her husband, a lecturer and an interesting family of two little girls, both of whom gave no promise of winning fame as their mother has done; the family is said to be on the Western circuit now. Millie Army,
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

" HE museum freak is no longer
 what he or she used to be as a
 money maker" Freaks have
 sunk so low in public favor in this country, which once went
 wild over a What Is It?'' that profitable "dickers" with museum man agers are now matters of extreme diffi- culty.
 What has become of our old favor ftes? Are they dead, or have they gone out of the business? An old museum lecturer told me the other day that the rage for human phenomena had sub sided; that for years the supply had far exceeded the demand. Consequently, he argued, the scale of salaries had so declined that the phenomena had either died from lack of care which their money making possibilities had form erly provided them, like Sprague," the living skeleton" who died in poverty in Chicago; married and retired to pri- vate life in disgust, like Malcolm, the "armless wonder who took mate Tout of the profession" and is now raising vegetables snd family in the environs of St. Louis; or migrated to Europe, where their services are in great demand, like Annie Jones, the bearded lady, who, tradition has it, is the daughter of a wealthy Westerner and the wife of a gymnast.
 Europe seems to have taken kindly to the phenomena, pays them enormous salaries" and will soon have depleted the American market to the point Of panic As it is one can't fill an order for a tattooed lady off-hand. And what is to be expected when across the water the human billiard ball. the Countess Le Blanc, draws S100 per week: the fiat woman" $f50 the elastic man as much as S200, and the ''two-headed boy $500? Surely, general exodus.
 While the ''poetical orators" theory as to the present scarcity of freaks may be correct his statement of the pe- cuniary offers that tempt them to Eu- rope, and the offers they refuse for their appearance at home, is to be taken with pinch of salt. Although in the palmy days of the side show, years ago, certain unfortunates-the Toeci twins, for example-were paid as much as $500 per week for their appearance, of late years a laborers wage is greedily accepted by the men and women who are billed as secured at an enormous expense"
 The proprietor of side show recently offered, for small commission to pro- cure an outfit of freaks for $50 per week, exclusive of expenses. It was learned upon careful inquiry that the appearance of fat woman could be secured for SIP per week, living skel- eton for S15, bearded lady for s15. a tattooed lady for Ss, Circassian beau ty for s6, an Albino for $5, pair of arn1less wonders for s25. fire eater
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

An ice breaker has been built at Co., penhagen for the Russian Government, by whom it is to be used at Vladivo- stock in cutting a passage for vessels through the ice north of the district. The performances of the ship beat all previous records, thiIKness of twenty two feet having been cut through for over a mile. The steel plating used in building the hull is three-quarters, seven-eighths and one inch thick in different parts. The engine horsepower is 3600
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

Sir John Lubbock has gone to the ant again, and if he keeps up his visits and others initiate him, that interest ing insect will become useless for Sun day-school purposes. Sir John sue ceeded in getting fifty ants helplessly drunk and then placed them outside an ant hill. The sober ants came out
 picked up their friends and put them to bed to sleep off the effects of Sir Johns liquor. The strangers. however, they sternly rolled over into the ditch.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1898.

of digging 50 miles of tunnels, and ev- cry foot of this vast system will be un- der Pikes Peak and the mountains that tower on each side. The main tunnel will pass directly under the cone or Pikes Peak at a depth of nearly 1000 feet, and 2700 feet beneath the town of Victor. Its average depth from the surface will be 2S00 feet, and it is. de- signed to test the mineral deposits Of the territory at these great depths.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20
REASON S7. GAUDEKS
 HAS LEFT AMERICA
MY Reside m Paris Because of Foo Much Politics m ScuIp-
 lure Awards Here.

altogether the situation of affairs is more agreeable and more helpful to an artists self development than the situ- ation here.
 II am thoroughly informed with re- gard to his method of work because he and I have done so much together. 1 should say that at the rate at which St.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20
ST. CRUDENS AT NNORk

ceived the highest praise from the French critics. The work made de- cided impression when it was unveiled in this city, and from that time on MT. St. Gaudens has been acknowl- edged one of the leading sculptors of the day.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

Two gangs of wcrkmen have just begun digging in Colorado the longest tunnel which man ever attempted to construct. The main bore will be 20 miles long, and connecting this are subsidiary tunnels, with a total length of 30 miles So, in reality, the task that has been put under way is that
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

tistics compiled by Bertillon. AS the social scale declines there is core spending increase.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

The birth rate among the very poor of Paris is three times greater than among the very rich, according to sta-
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

tattooed lady, retired, lives in a five roomed flat on West Thirty-sixth street; she also has a husband and family, two remarkably bright boys, whom she keeps at the pink of neat ness. When poor Sprague, the living skeleton, was alive, he patronized a
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

LMOST simultaneously with the announcement that NJ. Car olus Duran will next season join the winter colony of French DOT trait painters who have of late wears been adding both to their
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

Y WAS talking the other day with Dr. Mary Walker, the only woman in the United States who wears trousers and doesn't wish she were
 man. That is her boast, and she
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

N HE museum freak is no longer \ what he or she used to be as a money maker" Freaks have \ sunk so low in public favor in
 this country, which once went
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23
Twelve Challenge Points.

l. We pay freight.
 3. Box and pack free.
 3. Paper line all boxes.
 4. Replace at one half cost. Some sorts free.
 5. Give low retail or wholesale prices.
 G. Give ten trees at 100 rate, 300 or more at 10U0 rate
 '. Give buyers choice, and send no others.
 8. Guarantee safe arrival.
 g. Guarantee trees true to name
 10. Guarantee trees free from San Tose scald, black knot. yellows and other diseases.
 II. Guarantee trees of best quality no better.
 12. Guarantee satisfaction.
 Above is from Stark Bros. Nurseries and Orchards Co.,, Louisania, Mo
 H. H. GRIFFITHs. Agt, Mena. Ark Headquarters at Johnson & Hollope- ter's new grocery store, De Queen street. 7-4t
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23
From Rich Mountain.
EDIToRs STAR:

EDITORS STAR:
 As Mark Twain says the only intro ductlon to a literary audience that he ever had that seemed to him the right word in the right place--a real inspir- aration-was as follows, Ladies and gentlemen, 1 shall not waste any unnecessary time Tn the introd uction I don't know anything about this man at least, l only know two things about him, one is that he never was in the penitentiary, and the other is. can't see why"
 Generally it takes a quarter of a column for me to express wei de fined idea when writing to a newspa- per. but am sure it would be quite astonishing to see how concise would make an advertisement that cost 30 cent per line. As it is the heighth of my ambitltion
 To be up with the times And to keep even with politicians
 will do the work in rhymes. A correspondent I would like to be
 TO The Mena Weekly Star And being on the noun tain you see,
 I can tell you about the bar TO the press I have written quite lot, Some ten or eleven years. And If the weather is not exceedingly hot I can fetch the tears [ am standard Texas poet
 And do not deal in prose- If my looks don't show it. I am the only one that knows In the Lone Star State could tell story, And belong to a little band But now being near Immanuel's glory. Calls for better man. Two thousand eight hundred feet Above the level of the sea, Is very good start to the land so sweet. Come and do like me Yes, come to the resort for the summer Buy you a nice little lot Have an eye to business with the drummer 'Stfike while the iron is hotn The Mount Mena Hotel so high Half way between earth and glory You'll have to leave if you ever die Now do not call me a story For the grand hotel so much higher You could not q story call me, And as far as being liar know what would befall me.
 AS writers always stand two chances ! will await the results. One is that l his matter may be crowded out for | want of room, and the other is it may go in for want of something better ip the place
 Success to the Star. Yours,
 GREENHORN.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23

Just received at l.. ". Weleh's lot of mems Wei. Balls and ladies me shoes
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23
Notice to Correspondents.

All items sent in for publication must be mailed so as to reach us on Monday If they come later than Monday it will be impossible to use them. The items from Mountain Fork and Cherry Hill, which were dated January A. and signed "A Sub scriber," for some reason were delayed and failed to reach us until last Fri day. therefore too old to use.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23
Call rIeefing.

call is made for the Anti License Association of Polk county to meet at the B1 ptist church Tn Dallas Ma rch z. 1898 at i2:30 D. m. for the purpose ot more thoroughly organizing. We hope to have every neigh borh ood in the county represented. The purpose of organization will be fully explained. Subject for discussion. How Can We Best Extend our Work.
 R. D C. DODD. President.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23

There are three little things which do more work than any other three little things created-they are the ant, the bee and Dewitt's Little Early Ris- CTS the last being the famous little pills for stomach and liver troubles Plp- kin & Hanes.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23
Literary Cub Meeting.

The Womans' Literary club of Mena met at the home of Mrs. R. k. St. John yesterday and enjoyed pleasant ses' sion. The colcrs of Holland which are the same as our national colors were adopted by the club. Interest ing articles were read by Mrs. Gist, Mrs. Hay ward and Mrs Green. The ladies meet next Tuesday with Mrs. Dagg.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23

What pleasure is there in life with a headache, constipation and bilious ness? Thousands experience the m who could become perfectly healthy by using DeWitt's Little Early Risers the famous little pills. Pipkin &, Uanes.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23

Buckwheat four at Geo A. clark's
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23
GREENHoRN.

Whooping cough is the most dis tressing malady; but it's duration can be cut short by the use of One Minute Cough Cure which is also the best known remedy for croup ard all lung and bronchial trou bles. Pipkin & Hanes
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23

After years of untold suffering from niles. E. w. Pursell of Knitnersviile, R. l.. was cured by using single box of De Witts Witch Hazel Salve Skin diseases such as eczema, rash. pimples and obstinate sores are readily cured bv this famous remedy. Pipkin & HaneS
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23

Will open a tree yard on the lot back of the Star office on Monday morning, February 2s, where you will find fruit trees Towering plants, shrubs, roses, climb ping moss and hy. brid perpetual Come and see me.
 s-3t w. H. MANIFOLD.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23
An Exceedingly Nice Dance.

The ball given by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen at the opera house Monday night will remain as a pleasant memory in the minds of those who attended for long time. Nearly one hundred couples were in attend ance the railroad boys put forth every effort to entertain their guests.
 Engineer T. J Clayton acting as floor manager added greatly to the pleasure of the evening and conducted the square dances in 2 manner to make them especially enjoyable. The music was of the highest order and everything was a pleasing success from the grand march to Home Sweet Home"
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23
lNS U RAN CE!

represent only the best com. panies, as follows:
 The Fire Association, of Phila. delphia.
 The Home, of New York. The American Central. St. Louis.
 The Springfield Fire and Marine of Springfield, Mass.
 The North British Mercantile. of London and Edinburgh. The Fidelity and Casualty, of of New York.
 These companies aggregate S25, 100000 of assets. Let me write your policy.
 E. A. LILLY. Agt.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23
Notice.

I will not be responsible for any debts made by my wife who has left my home without cause.
 J. H. WHITLEY. February 20, 1898. s-4t
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23

A thrill of terror is experienced when a brassy cough of croup sounds through the house at night But the terror soon changes to relief after One Minute Cough Cure has been adminis- tered. Safe and harmless for children. Pipkin t& Hanes
The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-23
VALUABLE BUSINESS POINTS.

1 VALUABLE BUSINESS POINTS.
 Spring dry goods at Gallagher's.
 Sorghum at Clark's for 25 cents
 Winter weather shoes at Grand Leader.
 Fresh garden seeds at Plpkin & Hanes. 2t
 Laces cents per yard at the Grand Leader
 Dress buttons Pc per dog at Grand Leader.
 Go to Pipkin < Hanes for fresh gar den seeds 2t
 A full line of garden seeds at Geo. A ClarlSs
 [ balls sewing thread for 5 cents at Grand Leader.
 Nearly anything you want at the Racket Store
 For the best cigars in town, go to Pipkin X Hanes. 2t
 Embroidery, cent per yard at, Grand Leader.
 For the best brand of baking pow der go to Geo. A. Ciark's.
 Prices get customers, but quality keeps them. Grand Leader.
 New white goods, new laces, new embroideries at Galagher's.
 Have you read our Quo Vadis? For sale at Post office Book Store.
 Four-ply Linen collars at Pc at the Grand Leader
 Call on l.. W. Welch for shoes. He will meet all competition in price. If Prices that will make you stop to wonder if dollars are elastic Grand Leader
 Have you read the latest?-"Old Ebenezer, by Opie Read, at Post office Book Store.
 Subscription received for any paper or magazine published at the Post office Book Store. If Call at the Arkansaw Store and get special prices on green coffees and ex- anime our safety oil cans. 2t Celluloid collars Pc piece at the Grand Leader.
 New dress goods; new calicos; new percales, and full and complete line of wash goods at Gallagher's
 Seed potatoes Early Rose, Early Db,o and Bliss Triumph at E. Will II mans Commission House near freight lepot 7-4t For pure drugs, paints, oils, toilet goods of all kinds, in fact. anything in he drug line, go to Pipkin x Hanes. guaranteed. 2t Sox, handkerchiefs, ties, shirts, hats, )veralls, jeans pants, lace curtains,
  Store.
 There is nothing like keeping good meats to catch the trade and please he public and l always keep them at ny market on De Queen street.
 w. H. DELKER. Files. pad locks shoe tax, bridle pits ammunition, tobacco, snuff, tim ware, clocks, tablets lamps. calico, lomestic, cotton chex and shoe strings 1t the Racket Store.
 Will open a tree yard on the lot back of the Star office on Monday February 25, where you will ind fruit trees Towering plants, shrubs, roses, climbing moss and hy. brid perpetual Come and see me. B. St w. H. MANIFOLD.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-07-02

province or from Jucaro to Moron III
Puerto Principe. At other times from his
palace in Havana, following on a map the
imaginary positions of his enemies. he or
nered his columns to make combined move
ments that always resulted in defeats.
One instance Of the stupidity and cow
ardlce of Weyler occurred on May /, 1896.
lie ordered one of his favOrite combina-
tons Of columns against Maceo at a place
| called Cacarajicara in the province OF
Plnar del Rio. The result was that the
forces of the Spanish Colonies Inclan and
Gelabert were shattered by the Cuban
leader, and the havoc made in the Span
ish lines was so great that the Spanish
soldiers, panlc-stricken, threw themselves
INTO the sea to escape the Cuban machete.
Weyler, as in all other cases, accused his
subordnates of not having obeyed his or
ders exactly.
On Dec. Z, 1896, 'Maceo, after having
crossed Weyler's famous trocha and en-
tered Havana province, was assassinated
IN an ambush near Punta Bravo. The rev.
olution lost in him a great patriot and q
heroic soldier. But Weyler soon under
stood that the murder of Matceo was not
the death Of Cuba's cause In March,
1876, Gen. CaliXtO Garcia landed in San
tago de Cuba. He soon replaced Maceo
as dashlng fighter and a brilliant COM
mander. At the same time Gomez in
Santa Clara had won the important battle
OF Saratoga and controlled the whole
province. The battle of Juan Criollo in
February, 1897 was another of Gomez's
important victories, and in Santiago de
CUBA the latter part Of the year was made
conspicuous by tie triumph of Gen. Gar
cia at Victoria de las Tunas.
Weyler was recalled in November.
when, after the death of Canovas and the
1all Of the short-lived Azcarraga cabinet,
Senior Sagasta was selected as prime min
lister by the queen regent. 1t is a we'll
known fact that Weylcr's recall was i'm
posed upon Spain by this country.
Gen. Don Ramon Blanco who was TO
change the sanguirary methods of war
fare OF his predecessor, entered Havana
NOV. ~, 1897. Spain granted to Cuba
an autonomist system, which has been de.
cIared mockery by all impartial judges.
The Cubans rejected it, and the new
regime lnaugurated in Havana on the first
day Of this year by Gen. Blanco was as
a complete failure. The patriots declared
the acceptance Of autonomy an act Of
treachery to their flag. They hanged as
spies all the Spanish agents sent to them
to propose such scheme. They rejected
with scorn the offers of money made to
them by BlancO. The death of the Cuban
Gen. Aranguren, near Havana, did not
discourage the patriots in the least. They
kept up the war as enthusiastically as
ever, adopting as their motto "lndepen-
1ence or Death"