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The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

No other medicines sold through drug gists for domestic use, can show any such professional endorsement. Dr. Pierce's above mentioned remedies are non-alco- holic and non secret. all their ingredients being printed on each bottle wrapper. They occupy a unique position and are IN A GLASS ALL BY THEMSELVES. They are neither secret nor patent medi- cines. They are powerful to cure but safe to use in any condition of the sys- tenn, even for the most delicate women and children.
 Pure. tripple refined glycerine, which ia used instead of alcohol both for ex- tTscting and preserving the active, medi- cinal principles from the roots of the several American forest plants entering into Doctor Pierce's medicines, IS much superior to alcohol for these purposes, and Is entirely free from the objection able features inherent in alcohol, inas- much as 1t produces only salutary infiu- cnces upon the system, while alcohol, even in moderate portions, if long con tinued, as in the treatment of obstinate ailments, Is very injurious and often begets craving for stimulants Fur thermore, glycerine itself is most valuable curative agent instead of being harmful habit-f0rming agent like alco- hol. Its nutritive properties, Dr. Pierce and many others eminent in the profess sion believe, far surpass those of cod
  sideration as a remedy in all cases of incipient consumption, especially when it IS combined with the active medicinal principles extracted from Black Cherry bark, Queens root, Stone root, Golden Seal root and Bloodroot, as in "Golden Medical Discovery
 Besides It's superior nutritive proper ties, glycerine Is very valuable demul- cent and thereby greatly enhances the remedial action of all the foregoing roots in the cure of severe coughs, bronchial, throat, laryngeal and other kindred affec- tions of the air-passages and lungs. In all swasting diseases, 7 where there IS loss the system, the glycerine certainly plays an important part in lessening the break ing down and wasting of flesh, and in promoting assimilation and increase of bodily strength and weight Itis a power ful reconstructive agent in all cases of when associated and combined with such superior alternatives and t0nics as in ~Golden Medical Dircovery and Favor ite Prescription" Its wonderful solvent properties also play an important part in the cure of gall stones and severe con stipation.
 Glyccrine is also one of the very best the excessive fermentation of foods in the stomach, present in most cases of in- digestion or dyspepsia. Thus the pain, belching of noxious gas, bloating and other disagreeable symptoms are over-- come and the Stone root, Golden Seal root. Bloodroot and other ingredients of @Golden' Medical Discovery are greatly assisted in their action in completing cure.
 As will lsbe seen from the writings of Drs. Bartholow, King, Scudder, Hale, Wood, Hare. Johnson, Coe, Ellingwood and other high authorities, as contained tn the little book mentioned below; these for the most positive, curative action In all atomic, or weak. states of the stomach, accompanied with distressing indigestion or dyspepsia and kindred resultant affec-
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28
AND
AGOOD PHYSICALLY ANU
 rlORALLY."

We eat too much meat. The re- action against the polluted products of the packing houses will bring us into closer contact with the vege- table kingdom and do us good physl- cally and morally. The incidental but enormous money loss to the Chicago butchery combine should be a lesson to all kings of capital, all who exploit great industries and limit the rapacity of those who have the sanity to learn. Post-Dispatch.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28
Is Our Government Just to Its Women?

The death of pr. Mary Putnam Jacobi, one of the most honored women of New York City, calls to mind her eloquent appeal be- fore the Constitutional conveu- ton of New York state in 1894 in behalf of the women of her state. She said in part:
 "All women mo matter how we'll born, how well educated, how intelligent, how rich, how servicea ole to the state-have been rendered the political in- feriors of all men, no matter how base born, how poverty stricken. how ignorant, how vicious, how brutal. The Pauper in the aims house may vote; the lady who de- votes herself 10 getting that almshouse made habitable may not. The tramp who begs cold vlctuals in the kitchen may vote; the heiress who feeds him and endows university may not. Communities are agitated aud legislatures convuised to devise means to secure the right of suffrage to the illiterate voter. And the writers, journalists, physicians, teachers, the wives and daughters, aud companions of the best educated men in the state are left in silence, plotted out, swamped, obliterated, be hind this cloud of often besotted ignorance. Today the immi- grants pouring in through tue open gates of.our seaport towns. the Indian when settled in
 
 severalty, the negro hardly emancipated from the degrada- tiou of 200 years of slavery, may all share Tn the sovereignity of the state. The white woman the American woman-the wom. an in whose veins runs the blood of those heroic colonists w,o founded our country, of thos, women who helped to sustain the courage of their husbands in inc Revolution; the woman who may have given the flower of her youth and health in the service of our civil war, this woman is excluded. Today women con. stitute the only class of sane people excluded from the fran. chise, the only class deprived of political representation. excent the tribal Indians and the Chinese"
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

luntil such time as the government shall call for it. This may not be for number of years, so that the banks have practical assurance that they may retain the deposit for such a period as will be of value in the reconstruction of the city"
 Let us analize this proposition ard see if we can ascertain just what 1t means and in what way it will help the people of San Francisco.
 The headline, Millions for Frisco Banks" tells nearly the whole story as 1t Is those banks rather than the people who are to receive any help by the transaction.
 It is well known that under the law this money is deposited free of interest the same as hundreds of millions have been for many years in eastern banks, and if the same rules apply in Frisco as in New York, this money when loaned out to the peo- pie who need it to rebuild their homes must pay the banks a good round interest for it.
 We are free to admit that it is an advantage to the community as a whole to have millions of the gov ernmental money put in circulation even through it's banks, but we have never been able to see the justice or right of the policy of loaning money to bankers for nothing and allowing them to reap a rich harvest for re- loaning it to the people at such rates of interest as they may see fit to charge.
 These millions, as stated, is likely to remain in those banks for many years, and no matter how long it remains the banks will not have to pay one farthing for it's use.
 But how will it be with the people who borrow this money from the banks. Every ninety days, six months or year, as their notes may read, they must pay their little 6, 8 or 10 per cent as the case may be not to the government whose money it is, but to the favored bankers, who by "a tacit agreement" etc, have secured this Substantial aid" from the government.
 It is such favoritism as this that is causing the people to be restless and dissatisfied, and when it is done under the guise of philanthropy under plea to help rebuild San Francisco-it is disgusting and in- defensible.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28
To rake up Pure Food Di,,.

Washington, June 22.-Previous to me adjournment of the house Wednes. nay MT. Dalzell tPa) reported rule 70 take up the pure food bill, with 12 hours for debate, six hours for general debate and six hours under the five. minute rule. The bill is to give way 70 conference reports and such other matters Of general legislation as may come to the speakers table. At the end Of l2 hours the vote is to be taken 2n the subject to the senate bill ana me amendments without intervening motions.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28
HAL NORWOOD DOES GOOD
 WORK.

In the work of the state central committee. as well as in the delibera- tions of the convention, none took a more active or effective part than Colonel Otis T. Wingo of De Queen and Hon. Hal Norwood of Mena- De Queen Bee.
 Mr. Norwood was selected from this judicial district as member of the Democratic state central com mittee.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28
Following the EIan

When our soldiers went to Cuba and the Philippines, health was the most important consideration. Willis T
 Morgan, retired commissary sergeant U. 5. A., of rural route I, Concord NJ n., says T was two years in Cuba and two years in the Philippines and toelng subject to colds, took Dr. King;s New Discovery for Consumntion
 which Kept me in perfect health. And now, Tn New Hampshire, we find if tha G pest medicine in the world for couchs colds, bronchial troubles and Ali f'ns, diseases. ? Guaranteed at IscL so,' ,uug bat.9. Dr.g store. tore Price 50c and ST. Trial
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

The recent copious rainfall was not only quite refreshing. but very beneficial to all growing crops. Those big pumpkins will now con- tinue to swell and make show at the Polk county fair.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

Ard now they say that the Chinese are going to boycott our meats, just as though it was not as good as the meat they eat -ratsl
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

This is big nation but its insur- ance and beef trust scandals are bad enough to cause foreign nations to hold their noses when reading and thinking of them.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28
omrer Cnnse for sniala

ot Lotus, June P -Exasperated be- ause he caught but three small fish fter an all-day effort "Wednesday Joseph Buechlein returned to his homa nd committed suicide with carbolic tei@ He left a wife and infant
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28
PLANTING AND REAPING

The farmers of Arkansas have been planting cotton and corn and fruit trees and reaping improved machinery and carriages and house hold comforts. Arkansas Democrat
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28
r,.o.. Damage in w,oming.

Cheyenne, Wyo.. June 22'--se'ssu .rosts have occurred in various pals ,f the state and reports received ', ns's indicate that much damage mas 0''' done to growing crops.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

That man at Lake Charles, La, who. while acting as a peacemaker, shot three men, one of them fatally, was bound to have peace If he had to fight for it.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

The signature Roosevelt" was signed to the statehood bill with a pen made from the quill of an American eagle in Oklahoma. It is a happy augury for the greatness of the new state on our western border.
 Arkansas Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

Gideon Shryock of Frankfort, Ky, who was the architect of the old Kentucky capitol. And the central part of the old Arkansas state house is much like the central part of the old Kentucky state house. Gazette.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28
READ AND YOU WILL LEARN

That the leading medical of all the several schools practice the possible terms each and every ingredient entering the makeup D Perce Golden Med
 Discovery stomach tonic liver nvgorao heart and regulator This is also equally Dr. Prescription for the of all those weaknesses and distressing ailments peculiar to
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28
"0ET BUSY, OLD MAN"

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch closes an editorial on the efficiency of old men. as follows:
 The old men who lose efficiency are generally men who can only do
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28
MILLIONS FOR FRISCO BANKS
 A dispatch from Washington under

AuISpdNCII HUH " u1fIIfTS CUII date of June l9; announces that "a tacit agreement was reached today by the President, Secretary Shaw and the delegation of representative citizens of San Francisco by which substantial aid will be given San Francisco by the government. It is proposed that the United States treasury deposit with the San Fran cisco banks $12.OO0, 900 of govern ment money. with bonds of the city as security for the deposit, the money to remain with the banks
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

Every voter of Polk county should try and remember to vote ives" on the school tax amendment at the state and county election in Septem- her.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

Conservatism means stagnation, decay; radicalism means progress and growth.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

Kentucky and Arkansas are both building new capitols. The architect of the old Arkansas capitol was
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

People no longer go to the Indian Territory. they all go to Oklahoma.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28
Aihrirhta n Free Man.

Macon, Mo-, June 22.--clrcun ,,sy X torney Sager. of St. Louis, inu,surs ,,, dismissed the charge oi p'i~,. s,,, against T. E. Albright, former ns s,as Der of the St. Louis house oi ae,es"s sf. who was acquitted early Thursaas ,,,rr ter the trial on charge of pe'J'''
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

On recommendation of Deiesa'e m an. Guire, Dr. D. c. Gamble has pesr at ,ointed pension examlns su's0'' Ava, Ok.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28
COMPELLED ID ADJOURN
Members of Russian Lower Ho,. Refuse to Hear Ministerial '
 Explanation.
THE BIALYsTOk COMMISSION AF1,,a,,

Has Mass of Testimony to sub.
 iiament Regarding Recen, o Far nSrar,an Disturbances are Extendias-
 rsss insists that Emperor Must can. Out Openly and Define His Pos,t,'s @one
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

The Masonic bodies of Arkansas feel highly honored in the recogni- tion that has been given Grand Sc :retary Fay Hampstead at the triennial session of the Grand Coun- ell Royal and Select Masters of the United States at Boston. He has been elected General Grand Steward, and as such is in line for higher honors. Arkansas Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-28

While we lay no claims to being an original Bryan man." we are no new convert to the principles Mr. Bryan has so long advocated, neither is our admiration of the man, as a clean, honest. pureminded gentle man, such as we have personally known him to be for many years, a new thing. The Star has always been warm in it's praise of Mir. Bryan and that simply because to do so was to do right.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-02-09
insects as Food.

A French scientist. who has made a
careful study Of the subject, is convinced
that insects Of almost every family are
eaten in one part or another OF the globe.
The practice is OF ancient origin. as the
larvae Of the capricorn beetle and Of the
horn beetle, a plump and white variety
found in worm-eaten wood. were eaten
by the Romans. At the present day the
natives Of the West Indies eat the larvae
Of the stag-beetle while in Germany a
large beetle which preys on the crops Is
eaten in several different ways.
The Creoles OF Bourbon are said to
broIl and eat the coclIroach, while the
Arabs Of the desert still follow the ex-
ample Of John the Baptist and feed on
locusts. The latter insects, we are in
formed, are a regular article Of trade, and
after capture they are dried and salted
and then strung for the market.
Different peoples prepare ants as an
article of food in different ways, IT being
the African custom to cook them in
butter, while In Brazil resinous sauce
Is the favorite method. The Siamese
are apparently more fastidious, and use
the eggs OF the ant. OF a different family
is the termite, or white ant. which not
only is eaten raw. but by some natives
in India Is roasted in a fashion similar
to coffee, and then, after being mixed with
flour, is made into pastry. The people OF
Ceylon are said to eat certain varieties
OF bees, while the grasshopper Is a Greek
delicacy, and its eggs. with the Mexicans
supply material for cakes.
Although the Chinese are not credited
with a diet OF beetles and grasshoppers.
yet they are said to derive from the
chrysalis OF the silkworm a strengthening
and delicate food. whose mode OF prep
aration varies greatly with the circum-
stances OF the cook. The poor simply
remove the envelope from the chrysalis
and then broil the latter. which they eat.
seasoned with salt and pepper For a
more pretentious dish the chrysalis Is
fried in lard. butter. or oil. and then
mixed with the yolk Of egg, the whole
forming a creamy mass which Is said to
be most attractive to the eye and palat-
able to the taste The above list, while
not exhaustive. indicates some Of the
purposes OF food for which insects serve,
and does not seem TO prove that the
practice is dying out with the increase OF
civilization.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-02-09
NEWS IN BRIEF.
rhe Gar Tells His brothers" About the
RIahts Of Private ProsperItY.


In view of the profound conviction pre-
Mailing among the marshals of the nobili-
'tv. members of the zemstvos and other
|classes in Russia, which are in direct
houch with the peasants, that the spring
|,yiu witness a renewal Of agrarian dis
.nrders throughout the country on a more
'deplorable scale than ever before, the
i mperor mas addressed "A plain, outspoken
mandate to the peasantry setting forth
.that the rights Of property are sacred and
'that the peasants will be violating his
Twill 4 they attempt to enter into posses
Sion of private lands. At the same time
nhe Car has assured the peasants that
hrith the cooperation Of the National As
semblv he will institute measures for
their relief
The Emperor's words were delivered
tuar7onally to a deputation from the Eursk
government, and will be sent broadcast
throughout the empire in the hope Of
.counteracting the widespread belief pre-
Mailing among the peasantry that he had
ordered the distribution of all private
Hands and that only the land owners and
local officials were hampering the execu-
tion of his will. The Emperor on this
Occasion addressed the Kursk peasants
as my brothers, and talked to them in
simple Russian terms capable of being
understood by the most ignorant peasant.
He said: You must know very well that
every right of property is sacred to the
state The owner has the same right to
his land as you peasants have to yours.
communicate this to your fellows in the
h flages. The Douma National Assembly,
will soon assemble and in cooperation
with me discuss the best measures for
your relief. Have confidence in me.
will assist you. But, 1 repeat, remember
slways that right Of property is holy and
In viola BILE"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-02-09
How to be a Burbank.

If you should meet Luther Burbank, the
famous breeder of plants, at his home
in northern California, you would not find
him surrounded by elaborate and costly
apparatus for carrying on his remarkable
work, nor would you see any signs OF the
mysterious-but you would see results of
surprising interest.
The equipment needed for following
Mr.. Burbanks path is very simple in
character Mr.. Burbank long ago prac-
tically discarded all ordinary Implements
-finger-tip and a grafting-knife are all
he has needed to work wonders in the
plant life of the world.
To begin with, Mr. Burbank says the
amateur should work with one flower, the
simpler in form the better; never a Com
posite. The more completely he masters
the history and the details of the life of
this flower, the better will he be equipped
for the work of improving 1t.
On one point referred to above, that Of
the possibilities before the amateur, Mr.
Burbank said:
for him; no one can tell how important
this magazine may develop a new plant
or so improve an old one as to make 1t
Of great and lasting benefit to the race.
This is as true Of fruits and vegetables
as 1t Is of flowers, only one must go about
the work with great patience and earnest
ness. Not only may the work of the
modern amateur plant-breeder produce
remarkable results, but it cannot help but
strengthen him physically and broaden
him mentally. Nv. s. Harwood.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-02-09
VACCINATION PROTECTS.
Facts by the Health offeer OF eennlns-
ton.
From the Bennington Banner.l


ton.
GFrom the Bennington Banner.l
One fact is worth a world OF theory.
Philadelphia has been a hot-bed for
smallpox. and its statistics are valu-
able. The last report of that city tabu-
lates 1913 cases with $50 deaths from
ated, cases. 1881. deaths, SOB, per cent.
1896: black. unvaccinated. cases, 462.
deaths, 1873, per cent. 2S.7S This re-
verses the popular fallacy that snail
pox Is more fatal to the colored races
than among whites. The report says
these statistics are ''of particular in
terest to those students OF preventive
medicine who come in contact with anti
vaccinationists." The death rate among
those vaccinated is shown to have been
only 6.12 per cent, while the total OF
the two classes without protection rose
to 1913 per cent.
Those cases, the report continues
were for the most part infantile vac
cinatiOns, or else were those of early
life with no revaccination; thus 1t ap-
pears how largely one vaccination may
protect even years after being performed
If revaccination had been practiced as
Is the custom OF the German empire, this
series of cases would have been so small
in number that a comparison with the
ty."
The physician reporting is F.. Franklin
Roger. chief resident. and his conclu-
sions. based upon some "a pages OF tables
End maps, are interesting. The doctor
says: The compilation Of suaillI X
statistics TO the number of 4074 cases in
this city in four years time is one more
page to the discredit of free America
and to Philadelphia as a medical centre -
He then tells of only one contraction "a
young man from a family opposed to
vaccination) OF the disease among 1000
medical students. so physicians, and more
than 100 nurses connected with OF fire.
quenting the smallpox hospital.
The report concludes: IF every man,
woman and child in the United states.
not now protected by vaccination or by
an attack of smallpox. could be sue
cessfully vaccinated today. in two weeks
time all smallpox would disappear. The
disease could be stamped out in the
United States with far greater ease than
yellow fever was stamped out OF Cuba.
II is somewhat exasperating to think
that the lay public will heed the advice
Of an anti-vaccinationist rather than
follow the course that leads absolutely
to protection from this dreadful, disfigur-
ing and loathsome disease"
These results and conclusions, based
upon experience, are commended to the
thoughtful people of Bennington. Four
thousand cases in four years, and 60
physicians joining in the conclusions, are
certainly better evidence than the fears
Of the uniformed.
H. L. STILLsoN.
Health Officer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-02-09
Another Great Railroad Merger.

pne of the most gigantic railroad con-
in the history Of American
has taken place even while our
Rational lawmakers have been discussing
fhe prevention Of the absorption of COM
betting or semi-competing lines, and gov
Ernment control of railroad rates. 1t is
Faimed that a controlling interest in the
stock of the Illinois Central railroad has
been secured by the Union Pacific rail-
load. or in other words by the Hartman
interests, who also own the Southern
Pacific and all it's leased lines No less
than 90 $50 miles of track are represented
BY this merger. and the stock and bonds
fmount to a total OF $1.249, 100, S34-
|igures which make the average mans
head swim a little.