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The Mena star., 1899-06-08
CITY COUNCIL IN SESSION.
New Laws Introduced and Many
 Bills Allowed.

 sion with all members present except Alderman McMahon, and after read ing the minutes of the previous meet ing proceeded to business.
 Ordinance No. Al, prohibiting male hogs from running at large and pro- viding for empounding same, was in- troduced and placed upon it's first reading.
 Ordinance No. 136, prohibiting mi nors from playing at games in public houses, was placed upon its second and third reading and final passage.
 Dr. Sutherland was appointed by the mayer member of the board of health.
 Alderman Clayton introduced the following resolution which was adopted:
 ''Be it resolved by the city conncil of the city of Mena that the street com mittee be authorized to expend on any public street an amount tin labor or cash) equal to any amount sub scribed by citizens living on said staeet."
 Ordinance No. 142, prohibiting the running at large of horses. mules, sheep. goats and asses within the linn. it's of the city of Mena, was placed upon it's first and second readings.
 Following is list of the bills aI- lowed:
 Jackson Drug Co.,, glass sl.0s Hanes & Harrison, blacksmithing 4.O5 c. c. Palmer, taking census 5.22 c. E. Neal !" l" 7iO S. NJ. Ford, " !" sos J. K. Lloyd, hardware 1735 J. E. McClelland, marshal salary 40 % J. E, McClelland, commission on
 fines 1850 J. E. McClelland, feeding prison
 CTS 1885 J. H. Burk, work on spring 67.25 N. A. Gam, lumber 9S 37 J. E. Smith, street overseer 405 Hill Randolph. salary 25 % ,J. T. Frady, oil 90 James Devoid, scavenger 3.25 c. Peden, feed for team 12 30 J. W. Tow, marshal service 16.0O l.. B. Sutherland, alderman 200 J, T. Clayton, alderman 400 D. D. Mcdonald, alderman 400 G. Peden, alderman 200 J. B. McMahon, alderman 200 F. W. Jaques, alderman 200 Var rbrow, special police 50 -Gallentine, 1.5O J. W. Tow, feeding prisoners 300 T. H. Jones' deputy marshal 4O.OO J. c. Banks, recorder 20.34 J. H. Hamilton, rent 1l.25 J. H. Hamilton, commission on fines 23.10 J. H. Hamilton, mayors salary 5000 R. c. Shaver. printing 7.33 F. w. Jaoues. printing s.25 R. Parker, dog checks loo Mark Olney, city attorney 29. 30
 STREET WORK.
 G. E. White HOT k. Randolph 9.75 W. G. Maxey 2o.O0 Frank May 2O.12 w. $. Tyer 2 DO l.. A. Reeves 1875 D. A. Pool 625 D. Lyman IA g. Jas. Emerson 500 John Clinton l.25 John Allen 500 Wm. Clark 500
 The account of J. W. McCrary, S6. .25; J. ". Brow, $3, %; J. Flowers, &. %, were dlsallowed on recommendation of the finance committee.
 The mayor appointed F, w. Jaques and T. J. Clayton as members of the fire committee,
 Nominations were called for to fill
The Mena star., 1899-06-08

The receivers of the P. & c. are beginning to push the work of inn proving the road bed all along the line. Every section gang has been in- creased, and what is particularly good news to the section men is that their wages have been raised fifteen cents per day.-Port Arthur News.
The Mena star., 1899-06-08

I. $. Mahoney. general managar for the Texas & Arkansas Mining Co., has received the machinery for his new 240-ton cyanide mill, and Chas. H. Gage is here to put it in operation. All their chemicals, etc, are on the ground ready to put every thing in operation in few days - -Hatflied Her. aid.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
Primitive Pipes,

The earliest Indian pipes were simply
tubes, in n end Of which the tobacco
or dried leaves were put. It has been
found that the pipes used by the ancient
Romans were made on the same plan.
the bowl being an invention reserved
for a comparatively recent day. It IL
worthy mentioning incidentally that
the cigarette is really an invention Of
the Indians. They made cigarettes just
like those % in use. with wrappers OF
the thinnest corn husks.
There is Il popular notion. by the
way. that paper used for modern ciga.
rettes is destructive to health and apt
to be saturated with drugs. Facts do
not warrant this idea. inasmuch as the
best cigarette paper is quite harmless.
being made out Of new linen rags. from
the refuse left over in the manufacture
Of shirts and other linen garments.
There is no such thing as rice paper
What Is known as such is the pith Of a
plant cut in thin slices used by the
Chinese for painting pictures. Science
Siftings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
She Got the Money.

In Berlin they tell a pretty story about
Frau Blumenthal, the popular wife of
the witty playwright and director of
the Leasing theater. Herr Blumenthal.
it appears. had great misgivings regard
ing the success of his new piece. ''Zum
Weissen Roesse." One day, when he
was nearly ready to throw the manu-
script aside, his wife. who did not share
bis view, said to him: IF l had only
20 marks ($5) for every ZOO it will
bring you I should be quite content. "
"All right. you shall have them" said
Herr Blumenthal.
Gum Weissen Roesse' white Horse
Inn met with an immense success. Ev-
cry night the frau director-for in Ger
many the wife shares in her husbands
titles if not in his tin-went to the
cashier and levied on her 30 marks per
1000, On M occasion, after the piece
had been running some months, bad
weather caused a falling off in the re-
ceipts below the 81, 900 marks. and con-
sequently Frau Blumenthal vas not n
titled to her ''tantieme' of 20 marks.
"How much have you taken" she
asked the cashier.
"Only 997 marks" was the reply.
well, give me a seat at 8 marks.
then" said Frau B%lumenthal. laying
down the coin, ''Now You have 1, 900
marks. give me my 30" She got them.
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How Queen Bess ,Dined.

The setting out of the dinner Of
Queen Elizabeth was a ceremonious
function, First came a gentleman with
a rod, followed by a gentleman carrying
a tablecloth. which, after they had
knelt reverently three times, was spread
upon the table. Then came two others.
one with a rod, the other with a salt
cellar. "a plate and bread. They knelt
three times. placed the things on the
table, knelt again and retired. Next
came a lady in waiting. followed by a
second. The first lady, dressed in white,
after kneeling three times. approached
the table and solemnly rubbed the
plates with the salt.
Then entered "a yeomen of the guard.
clad in scarlet, and each carrying a dish
of gold. These dishes were placed upon
the table while the lady faster gave to
each of the guards Il taste from the dish
he had brought in. for fear OF possible
poison, These guards were selected from
the tallest and stoutest men in all Eng
land. At the close Of this ceremony a
number of unmarried ladies appeared
and with great solemnity lifted the
various dishes and carried them to the
queen in her private apartments. The
queen dined and supped alone. with few
attendants, and it was seldom that any
n was admitted at this time and then
only at the intercession Of some one in
power.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
A beetle That Cuts Metal,

There is no IS trying to keep in
confinement a curious little creature
known as the metal cutting beetle.
Not long ago an entomologist caught
one Of these beetles and. Of
it's peculiar ability for saving through
anything in its way. put it in a card.
board box. Soon firing Of solitary con-
inement. or probably thinking it's cap.
tor had forgotten to provide it with a
door. the beetle cut M for itself and
crawled out.
It was captured and put in a wooden
box. and as soon as the novelty Of its
new home wore off. again the persever-
ing insect cut a hole in the box and es.
capped.
The next time the escaped prisoner
was caught it was put in a small glass
jar with a tight fitting pewter cover.
punctured to let in air. But the metal
cutting beetle from Mexico scorned to
live in a pepper box and gnawed a hole
big enough to allow it to creep out in.
to the big world again. And this time
it was not caught,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
Had Nerve as Well IN weight.

In n Of the newspaper composing
rooms In this city there is a typesetting
machine operator who il a great lover
of horse racing. A good share of his
wages goes to the bookmakers at the
local tracks during the racing season.
although for some reason he never ac-
quired the poolroom habit and has al
ways refused to put down a bet unless
he was ''there to see how the dogs ran. "
He is fully six feet tall and weighs
about 900 pounds, His size suggested a
joke to one of his friends during the
racing season last summer.
"Going to Sheepshead Bay today"
the friend asked.
I'D like to. but if | go ! won't nave
much left to bet with"
II can give you a jockeys badge, -
said the friend.
"Gimme it," replied the printer, ea.
gerly, eve realizing the ridiculous
contrast between his size and that of
even the heavyweight jockeys. Armed
with the jockeys badge. he presented
himself at the race track gate and show.
ed his badge. The ticket taker looked
at him in establishment.
''Great Scott he finally blurted
out, ''wot do you ride-the elephant"
"There's one entered in the fifth
race, was the reply. And his nerve 80
paralyzed the gatekeeper that he was
admitted New York Sun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
Hot Times.

II IAN remember u good many years
back, said a Detroit veteran in pol
itics, land. whatever may be said as to
the integrity of our present statesmen.
campaigns are conducted in u great
deal more moderate tone than they used
to be. Then it was the usual thing to
indulge in the strongest possible abuse
Of men and p~arties."
81" ,eard a joint debate between
a cor It candidates for our legisla.
ture lat will serve to illustrate. They
tainted and berated each other till all
other questions were lost sight Of in the
popular anxiety to see which excelled
in this style Of warfare.
!, "Finally the hotter headed of the two
burst out in IN announcement that he
Gould whip his rival or any Of his
friends.
THAT reminds me. said the other
coolly. of a dog my father used to have
that could whip any dog in the neigh
borhood or any that came that way
with the transfers.
Whats the application. sirI' roar
ed the other. I'll stand no ~innuendoes.
sir. Make your application. if you dare.
1t is simply this. my p%ugnacious
friend-no n ever thought of sending
fathers dog to the legislature.
The fire eater remained at home. -
Detroit Free Press.
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THE PROFESSORS BABY.
Medical stu Provided a Sur
prisinE Array Of Presents For 1t.

prising Array of Presents For 1t.
when | was a medical student in
the University Of Pennsylvania, y said
the doctor, 1.-THE boys celebrated an IN
teresting event in the domestic life of
one OF the professors in a unique way,
The news that the favorite professor
was a happy father reached the students
on Thursday morning, and that after
noon and evening there were consulta.
tions held all over the university build
ings, and sundry dimes and quarters
were collected by two or three of the
students. who constituted a sort of
finance committee. Every Friday morn
ing the professor gave a lecture to the
students in the amphitheater. The sub
ject for the lecture that week was The
Relation of the Sympathetic Nervous
System to the Nerve Centers of the
Brain. and half an hour before the
time set for the lecture every man in
the class, which numbered about $50.
was in his place waiting for the fun to
begin and glancing now and then to-
ward the three long operating tables in
the center Of the room.
promptly at 10 o'clock the door
opened and the tavorite professor enter
ed the amphitheater, He carefully closed
the door behind him, then with a self
conscious clearing Of his throat turned
toward the class, At the first glance his
jaw fell, while every one Of the $50
tiends in the seats above began to yell
at the top Of his lungs. Spread out upon
the three long operating tables were
about $50 baby's toys and furnishings
Of every kind and description. There
were rattlas by the dozen, Noah's arks.
dolls Of all sizes, d toy cooking stove,
a baby carriage, an embroidered flannel
petticoat, a nursing bottle lying in a
graduated glass, a pair Of little blue kid
shoes and other things too numerous to
mention. After the first shock of sur,
prise and embarrassment. the professor
was game He thanked us, in a speech
peppered with five syllabled words, for
our thoughtfulness in thus providing
for the future needs Of his offspring,
but he observed, after a careful! exami-
nation Of the various instruments Of in
fantile delight spread out before him.
that we had forgotten thing, a bot
tie of paregoric, Then he yawned in .
way suggestive of midnight vigils and
turned his attention to The Relation of
the Sympathetic Nervous SYSTEM to the
Nerve Centers Of the Brain.
But he was not allowed to proceed
beyond the first sentence or two, His
attention was drawn to the blackboard.
where some student Of artistic tenden-
cies had drawn an deliberately decorated
design in red, white and blue chalk.
Is Marriage a Failure? The poor pro-
fessor, seeing that there was no posi-.
bility Of a serious lecture that morning,
entertained lis for about ten minutes on
the text posted on the blackboard then
after inviting us all to visit the new.
conner in the immediate future, he
marched off to the music of $50 voices
singing, Go to Sleep, Ny Little Pick,
aninny' and Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me
a Bowwow. New York Sun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
The Way to Go to California

Is in a tourist sleeping car-personally
conducted-via the Burlington route.
You make fast time. You see the
finest scenery Oh the globe.
Your a is no so extensively fin
ished nor SO fine to look at as a palace
sleeper, but it is just as clean, just as
comfortable, just as good to ride in,
and nearly $40 cheaper.
The Burlington excursions leave
every Thursday, reaching San Francisco
Sunday and Los Angeles Monday.
Porter with each Car. Excursion man
ager with each party. For folder Civ.
ing full information call at nearest B.
q M. railroad depot or write to j.
Francis, general passenger agent, Oma-
ha, Neb. 6-26-99
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
A SCENE OF
The Slaughter That Came With the
End Of the J~anIxaries.

The Slaughter That Came With the
End Of the ~Janixnries.
On the 10Th day Of June, 1926. the
whole corps Of the janizaries in the
capital assembled. overturned their
camp kettles (the signal of r~evolt) and
advanced upon the seraglio. With his
own hand the sultan unfurled the
sacred ~''sanjak sheriff" and called upon
the true believers to rally round their
dischah and caliph. and the jealous
Mussulman citizens rushed from all
quarters and rallied under the sacred
symbol. The ranks Of the %janizaries
were raked with grape and solid shot
by "Black Hell" "a nickname for Ibra-
him. general Of artillery and his gun
ners as they pressed through the streets.
compelling them to fall back to the
Etmeidan. where they defended them
selves with extraordinary fierceness.
Staying great numbers of their assail.
ants. The artillery, supported by the
marines and the bostangi. pressed for
ward and compelled them to retreat to
their barracks. where they offered des-
perate resistance to the assault
From every street cannon Numbered
on the walls without intermission, the
building was soon in flames, the walls
torn and battered down by grapeshot,
and the janizaries. overwhelmed by
ruins. shot and flames, persisted in their
burning and blood stained barracks,
For two days the gates Of the city re-
manned closed, and with relentless vigor
every corner was searched for such
ianizaries as had escaped the general
massacre. and when found they were
hastily executed. Nearly 20, 900 JAM
zaries We're destroyed on this memoirs
BILE day. and many thousands were aft
erward put to death in the various
cities of the empire, and thus not one
of the number under arms was left to
tell the tale. Self Culture.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
M Don't Lose Any Time About 1t.

..gIf your, relatives or friends expect to
come west this spring ask the nearest
Burlington Route agent about the
specially reduced rates now in effect to
Montana, Utah, California, Washing
ton and Oregon points. Write them
right away-today. They may be
Withdrawn at any moment. Through
tourist sleeping car service to San Fran.
cisco and Los Angeles every Thursday;
to Butte, Spokane and Seattle every
Tuesday and Thursday.
j. Francis,
General Passenger Agent,
97-f-6 Omaha, Neb.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
BARRIERS of Austria.

Austrians are very mathodical in
many things, and they take no chances
with their BARRIERS. The BARRIERS and
Wigmakers' union of Vienna sees to it
that only competent persons are ad-
mitted to practice. BARRIERS must, Of
course, have a thorough knowledge of
the practical side Of the subject, and
they are questioned as to keeping razors,
brushes, ETC.. clean. and the general
idea of a%ntiseptics must be we'll under.
stood by them. When the BARRIERS APP
pear before the committee, they have
their razors dulled on a pine plank, and
they must then sharpen them and p.,-
coed to shave q subject.
These subjects are recruited from the
poor and from among those who are
fond Of getting something for nothing.
If the apprentice performs his work to
the satisfaction Of the judges. a certifi-
cate is issued to him, and he must serve
as an apprentice for two years before he
can open q shop of his own. Provision
Is also made for women BARRIERS who de-
sire to carry on the business of their
husbands. To do this the women have
to be enrolled as apprentices for three
years. and they must exhibit a great
proficiency before they are allowed to
open IN esta blishment of their own.
The barber business in Austria is not
particularly lucrative. as one can be
shaved for 5 cents and have ones hair
cut for about 3 cents. Scientific Amer
lean
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
Ireland Called Many Names.

Few countries have suffered so many
changes of name as Ireland, In the time
OF Ptolemy the island was known as
Scotia. Diodorus Siculus calls the island
Irs, or lrisi in the ''De Mundo. " cred
tied by some scholars to Aristotle. it is
called Irenne: in the "Argonautica OF
Orpheus' 1t appears as Irinus: Strabo
calls 1t Irene: Caesar. Tacitus and Pliny
mention it as Hibernia; Mela called It
Juverna. The native names in Celtic
are Ir. Fri. or Erin, Plutarch mentions
1t under the name of Ogygia. The name
Ireland is no doubt derived from the
native Ir OF Fri. but when it came into
general use is a question concerning
which scholars are much at variance. :
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
Both HELPED,

Zimmerman. the eminent physician.
was sent from Hanover to attend Fred
erick the Great in his last illness. One
day the king said to him. "You have, !
presume. sir, helped many a man into
another world ;"
This was rather a bitter pill for the
doctor. but the dose he gave the king in
return was a judicious mixture of truth
and fattery;
mot so many as your majesty. nor
with SO much honor to myself.
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South or East, Which:

When a trip is contemplated it is al
ways we'll to prepare in advance in order
to avoid little Inconvenience which are
often annoying. The two fast trains
leaving Minneapolis and st. Paul daily
via Wisconsin Central lines for Milwau-
kee and Chicago make close connections
with trains east and south. Being ele-
gantly equipped with sleeping cars, par
lor cars and day coaches, they are fully ap-
preciated by the travelling public. Your
nearest ticket agent will give you COM
plete information and furnish you folder
of the Wisconsin Central lines.
Jas. G. Pond, General Passenger
Agent, Milwaukee, Wis -"
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Accounted For the Fit.

Hon. George R. Peck s keenly ap-
preciates a good joke that he tells the
following on himself
when, after a foreign trip, l was
being welcomed by some Of my friends
in Topeka. ! wore a suit of clothes
made by a London tailor that was un-
comfortably tight in places. expressed
my surprise that a loose fit in London
should prove a tight fit in Topeka,
whereupon an Irishman of the party
exclaimed
"'Mr. Peck, don't forget you're Q
bigger man in Topayka than you were
In London. Chicago Journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
Many Il Lover

Has turned with disgust from an other
wise lovable girl with an offensive breath.
karl's Glover Root Tea purifies the
breath by it's action on the bowels etc,
as nothing else will. Sold for years on
absolute guarantee. Price 25 cts. and
SO cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
You Try 1t.
97-f-R

If Shiloh's Cough and Consumption
Cure. which is sold for the small price of
% Cts, 30 cts. and SLIGO, does not cure
take the bottle back and we will refund
your money. Sold for over fifty years
on this guarantee. Price 25 cts. and 80
cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
Where the Cars Are Buried.

1t is not generally known that the
remains Of all the czars of Russia since
Peter the Great lie in a memorial chapel
built on n of the islands of the Neva.
All the cenotaphs are exactly alike.
each being a block of white marble.
without any decoration whatever. The
only distinction'by which one is marked
is the name of the deceased emperor
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
Men Who Wear Corsets.

More men wear corsets than is gener-
ally believed. A certain London corset
maker states that he makes hundreds
every year and recently had in hand
n pair Of pink satin decorated with
fower-de-luce and another of nile green
satin adorned with lotus flowers, one of
these bein for an officer in India.
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Quite EnnersOnian,

Cripple Creek is great on etiquette.
A man out there met a little girl with
whose family he is very intimate and
said
Hello. Edith! How are your
The little miss drew herself up and
replied
'I'ze very well. but ! amt no tele-
phone. Boston Globe
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21

The first British recognition OF Besse.
mer's work came from the Institute OF
Civil Engineers, which awarded him q
gold Telford medal for a paper on his
steel process read before II In 1869
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Sorry He Asked.

Swell-Why is it that every clown
has such a stupid facey Is he obliged
to look stupidf
Clown-Certainly, If l had your
face, my salary would be doubled at
once. Fun.
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judicial LeVity,

The police justice, who had the repu.
tation Of being a strictly upright and
honest officer Of the law and had little
business in consequence, looked lugu.
briously at the frayed edges Of the judi.
sial coat,
u am sorry, = he said. ''but shall
have to bind you over, Chicago Trib-
Inc
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21

The tree known as the ''grizzly giant
of California is 275 feet high and no
less than 03 feet in circumference.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
Sick Headaches.

The curse of overworked womankind,
are quickly and surely cured by Karl's
Clover Root Tea, the great blood purifier
and tissue builder. Money refunded if
not satisfactory. Price 25 cts. and SO
cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
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Unttmely Nap.

"What time did the hotel catch fret"
Midnight.
Everybody get out safelyT'
IAN except the night Waterman. We
couldn't wake him up in time, "-Bos-
tot Traveller,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21

Tasmania has one Of the most won
derful tin mines in the world. called
the Mount Bischoff mine,