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Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-01-17
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Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-01-17

Villains invariably get what is com
ing to them-on the stage.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-01-17

Mrs. WfnsIow's Soothing syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reouces IN
tamma ton allays ps<n. curss WIND cohc' |oo~ oo'
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-01-17

Garfield Tea is made of herbs-a gfea'
noint in it's favor! Take it for constlpa-
lion indigestion and liver disturbances.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-01-17

Nothing is more displeaslnS tnah
yanity--in others,
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-01-17

Many a widows heart has
warmed over by an old lame.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-01-17
PILES CURED IN 8 TO II DAYS.

PAZO OINTM EMF is guaranteed to cure any cast
Of Itching Blind, Bleeding or Protrnoihg rhes ~
I; to IL DAVIS or money refunded 5Oc
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-01-17

IN Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
WOUND WATCH WRONG WAY.
The Story of Left-Handsd Woman
 and Her TImspIecs.

Women don't deserve to own watches" recently remarked . jewell CT. They don't know how to take care of them. A woman bought . watch from my firm recently and gave her strict instructions to wind it every 24 hours and always at the same hour as nearly as possible. Two days later she came back with 1t and said 1t had stopped. We'll, found it had run down. l told her. but she insisted she had wound it. Two or three days later she came back with the same complaint. and again tried to impress her with the necessity for winding it. Again she insisted she had done so and went away mifred. The third time she came I asked her to show me how she had wound 1t. Then l made peculiar discovery. The woman was left-handed. and in at tempting to wind the watch she had been winding 1t the wrong way. I've had peculiar experiences with GUS toners. but that beats all"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
CONTESTS OF sLEEP-FAsrINo.
Peculiar Entertainment Thet Was
 Popular In the 'eoe.

"Sleep-fasting matches. before the law put stop to them. took place ire quently in this country" said sps- eialist in Insomnia. Yes, back in the '50s and eos sieep-fasting was as popr lar form of sport as football. Cham pion slssp-fasters were idolized by the girls in hoopskirts and waterfalls. The ordinary youth who had to sleep once in 24 hours wasn't one, two three in those days W. c. Woodford of San Francisco was the champion of all the sleep-fasters. In the famous contest of 1860 this man kept awake for 16S hours. t8 minutes-ever . week. He was little. thin man of . nervous temperament. Henry K. Jackson of Detroit held the next best record IA hours IT minutes. Third came Adolph Mueller of Milwaukee. whose record was 1&2 hours BT minutes. These men are all de,d now. Why were sleep lasts so popular with our fathers' Besides their unhealthful- ness. they were tame beyond belief. What, when you come to think of 1t. could be tanner than merely watching lot of men keep awake?"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
MOSQUITO EASILY ON THE TOP.
insect Holds Record for Slaughter of
 Human Eelngs.

Napoleon is supposed to have passed away from earth burdened with the weight of responsibility for a million deaths. Genghis Khan and Timour are credited with ten millions each. These are mighty warriors, and his tory gives them page after page by way of exhorting us to tho strenuous lifs." but for centuries the mosquito has pegged away and kept the annual average of 3So.ooo deathsl What statesman has given to earth such a soldier community. What patriot has made . country so terrible throughout the world' A general and his army passes Away-from the beginning the mosquito hss been with us. He Is re- sponsibis. mainly, today for the fact that tho tribes of men are cooped into the inhoxpitabls climates of the north and leave the warmer. more gener- ous and productive south to him. Why not put the mosquito on the flags of warrior nations instead of the eagle and the lion!-Jscksonville Times Union.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
COUNTRY FOR LIGHT sLEEPERs.
Japan Has No Domestic Animals to
 Disturb the elumbsrsr.

The Japanese college girl had been unable to sleep because dog had howled all night beneath her window Now. in Japan" she said, such . trouble would never happen. Wehave no animal pets there we don't even have useful domestic animals, such as cows, sheep and pigs. If the Japanese kept for his pleasure dog and cat, and then suffered these animals to spend the night out of doors, spelling the neighbors' rest with their uproar-- we'll, 1 don't know what punishment we'd give him, but 1t would be some what lingering, l fancy. with boiling oil on 1t. We have no domestic ami mals. To dogs and cats we prefer children. Sheep we don't require, for we eat no mutton, and our clothes arc made of silk and of cotton instead of wool. Mules and donkeys we don't need, because men do our hauling. Pigs. with their filth. are unknown to us--you couldn't persuade Japanese to eat pork. We do keep chickens. 1t Is true. but they are always kept far away from any dwelling house. On this account Japan has nights of per fect Quietude. It is the best place on earth for sleeping"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
ERASED MAT T'HE BEST.
Many Advantages In French Method
 of Cooking.

Braising Is combination of roast Ing and stewing small joints of meat in a shallow stewpan, called 8 'braisoire" or braisar, wllch has s close-ftting lid with a grooved edge round 1t. on which hot coais (ckar. coaD are placed. whereby the meat can be cooked with g fire above 1t ss well IS under it. pLls process of cooking, it is said, greatly decreases loss by evaporation It is favo,ite method with the French. and Is sup- posed to bring out sn ula2aaiiy ale flavor and aroma.
 The pan in which praise is to be made should always be lined with slices of bacon, carrot. onions and nerbs upon which the meat Is placed. It Is usually moistened with stock orestock and wine. The more delicate meats, such as sweetbreads, hllets. owls and turkeys are sometimes GOV cred with buttered paper; this Is done to prevent the heat from the top of the pan scorching or imparting too much of roast flavor to the meats which are to be praised.
 Occasional bagting during the process of this method of cooking Is essential. When deRe, the meat iF taken up. the fat removed from tho vegetables and gravy, which latter Is then reduced. strained and blended with some kind Of gravy or thin sauce.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
HER "No" NOT ALWAYS FINAL.
Women Have Been Known to Recon.
 sldsr Refusal of Marriage.

There are plenty of happy mar riages which have begun with mo- and ended with yes" It frequently happens that the woman who refuses the first time consents willingly upon the second or third. Nor is the req son for this far to seek. The woman who answers with negative often does 50 believing that If her suitor really means what he says he will not accept dismissal without making an effort to reverse her decision. The astute lover. when declined as a hus- band, begs humbly for friendship and proceeds to make himself necessary to his lady loves comfort and happi- ness. He studies her tastes, humors her uhims, is always on hand when needed, yet never in the way. In short, he plays the part of cavalier servant" 70 adroitly that some day when he betakes himself to Japan or Paris his lady love wakes up to the knowledge that he has become indis- psnsable to her, a part of her life, which. withdrawn. leaves a sense of lack. . void. Most fortresses will ca- pitulate if the siege be long enough and well conducted, and the rule holds good in love as we'll as in war.
 Exchange.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
WAS READY FOR HIM.
Clerks Suggestion to Customer Who
 Was "a Little ehort.n

John Brink prided himself on hay ing the largest general store in the county. If man wishes it, and 1t Is made, have fl" was the sign over his advertisements in the newspapers. William" said MT. Brink one morn Ing. as he was giving instructions to green clerk; mo one must ever leave this store without making . pur. chase. If person doesn't know what he wants. suggest something. And. remember. we have everything from carpet tacks to mausoleums." Williams first customer was . leisure ly appearing chap. who gazea about curiously. but had no definite object in view. Lust looking around,- he ex- plained. Wouldn't you like to look at our new line of postxl osrds?" sug- gested the eager clerk. "No, not this time" answered tho stranger: I'm just little short this morning" "Ah." urged the new clerk. w.o was not ia miliar with the wonderful expansive ness of the language; then. perhaps, you'd like to look at our line of new and handsome ers?"-Harper's Weekly.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
TOO SURE OF HER CATCH.
How Young Woman Just Missed Hook
 ing Prize of the Season.

Walter Rothschild. the richest bach elor in England, had close call with matrimony when he U2s 2 young man. A designing mamma had managed to get the heir to the Rothschild millions interested in her daughter, and the daughter did all she could to lead the interest up to the point of marriage proposal. One night, at watering place, after Rothschili had retired to his room, he heard voices under his window which he recognized as those of the young lady and her mamma. Has he proposed yet?" asked the old woman. Not yet" answered the daughter, "but I'll have him hooked be- fore lolg, fl only I can endure his con versation. Tonight he bored me almost to death talking about his kangaroos. T am sorry" said Rothschild, putting his head out of the window, "to have bored you with tales of my animals. Forgive me, l shall never do so again" And he never did.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
How ts Burn Rubbish.

We had been puzzled to know how to dispose of waste paper and other rubbish when there was no fire in the range. A piece of chicken wire netting i've feet long and three feet wide was rolled to form. hollow cylinder An old tin dish pan was fastened tc the bottom with some bits of fswire and our "crematory" was complete Into this wire basket we dump all the rubbish and when we want to burn IL lighted match is pushed through the netting and another old pan is turned over the top of the basket. There is no danger of fire from flying bits of burn Ing paper Being light, Jhe basket is easily carried to any part of the yard where one wishes to have the bonfire Good Housekeeping
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
Youno woman's Paradise.

''If some of the stories told about servant girls in California be true 1t may well be regarded as the young womans paradise says the London Chronicle "A girl went to Los An geles from England to cook and do general housework in a small family for e7 (s35) a month. Going from a relatives house in San Fernando val ley to begin her duties for the first time. she had to walk half mile to the trolley cars. A Tancher came along in his buggy and asked her to ride. Before tile trolley cars were reached the rancher had proposed and, instead of going to work, the girl went to the rarson and was married. She now milks five aaws daily, cooks three meals. irrigates the garden and does not regret the quick coartship.'
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
Fad Party.

A fad party affords . novel enter. tainment. At . recent gathering of this nature each guest was requested to wear an emblem of his or her par. ticular fad, and to leave, as . memen- to of the occasion, his autograph and a pen-and-ink sketch of the chosen fad in blank book designed for the pur- pose. Among the novelties worn rep resenting the various fads were a miniature bicycle. . tiny tennis rae quet, baseball bat. golf stick a small canoe. foreign stamps, a curious poster. a paint brush and palette. a miniature guitar, and small rake, hoe and shovel. Prizes were award ed for the most effective sketch and for the poorest one.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
Keep Burglars Out.

Buy at any hardware store small, plain hinge. one and one-half inches long by one inch wide when closed, or smaller. Screw one side of hinge upright on to the lower right-hand torner of upper window sash. direct ly above the slight iange on all up- per sashes. See that the hinge is toward and almost touching the win dow casing. This will leave one side of the hinge free to turn. When wishing to fasteh window turn the free side of the hinge as far back as possible. This brings it over the low CT sash. It will be invisible from the outside, but will prevent the lower sash being raised or the upper one lowered. When hinge Is closed 1t will not interfere with raising win dow. and does not disflgure or weak en the window sash.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
4. suss Threw.

A boy working in garden in the village of Grafton, O.. saw dog pass ing along the street and. of course he picked up stone and took a throw The stone hit the dog. and the canine ran under the feet of team of horses. The horses ran away and dashed into the front of store.
 A man in getting out of their way fell and broke his leg. A man and a woman in the store were badly hurt The damage to the store was s100 One horse was killed and the wagon smashed, and that counted up s200 more
 It's fun to throw stone at dog and see him get a hump on himself, but sometimes the thing doesn't end with laugh. In this case the boy who did the throwing is in jail and wishing be hadn't done it.-Boston Globe.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
Butchers Inference.

One day Emperor Francis Joseph was entering village in his domain on horseback and was met on the out skirts by butcher who had gone out in hope of catching an early glimpse of the Austrian kaiser. The emperor asked the butcher the way to an inn, and after directions had been given the butcher Ia turn inquired: Have you seen the kaiser!" Very recent. ly." answered Francis Joseph. Are you sure? Do you know him certain ly?" asked the eager butcher Well, l ought to-" replied the monarch, puffing out his chest q have shaved him often enough" "Ah, and you are the court barber" said the abashed butcher in awestruck tonesE as he doffed his cap and backed to the road side.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
an.k.. with r.e,hsohs.

The snake tore about It's cage in q frenzy. It lashed the glass vieiously with its tail
 That's Joe's way O swearin'," said the keeper. Hes got toothachc."
 ''Toothache!"
 Sure. Snakes suffer turribls from toothaehe They're so reckless. ys see. with their fangs. They jab 'em into anythins-shoe leather. wood. iron bars. They take no care of thsir fangs at all In fact, there had ouzaser be . snake dentist to give his mates lectures on fang hygiene.
 Monkeys suffer from consumption. Consumption, too, carries of lots of our deer and antelope.
 "Camels in captivity are subject to the asthma, elephants to rheuma- tism, tigers to indigestion and eagles and vulturos to melancholia."
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
Beaver on Elk River.

"The impression that the beaver is almost extinct in this country Is a mistake" said George H. flower, of Vancouver B. c. "On the Elk river. a tributary of the Fraser. Tn my own province, there are this season thou sands of these little animals. whose fur Is so valuable, building their win ter quarters. The Elk river has al ways been favorite spot for the beaver. but this year the influx has been so marked that even the most experienced trapper cannot tell whence they came. There are now a large number of trappers on the river engaged In catching them as fast as possible. Most of the skins are shipped to San Francisco, while some go to Montreal and Toronto. From these cities they will go to others in all parts of this country and Europe"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
Used Flow on shlphoard.

A common. everyday farm blow was used in unloading the cargo of the Ammon at San Francisco. The entire hold was filled with 1.5oo tons of hitter. which had frozen into one solid mass and very hard. Explosives could not be used, and picks and shovels were too slow. As joke . bystander sug- gested' they better use blow. The captain. however, decided to try the plan, and bought . good-sized blow, and by means of a block and tackle and steam winch pulled it back and forth the length of the hold. The plow loosened the hitter as fast as a big gang could shovel 1t into the steel buckets. This is probably the only in- stance on record where | ships cargo was discharged in this way-Popular Mechanics.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
Did Duty Under Difficulties.

A gatekeepsr in the employ of the Hessian railway company was recent ly the hero of an amusing incident. His wife being i'll. he went himself to milk the goat, but the stubborn crea- ture would not let him come near 1t, as 1t had always been accustomed to have this operation performed by its mistress. After many fruitless efforts, hs at length decided to put on his wife's clothes. The experiment sue ceeded admirably, but the man had not time to doff his disguise before the train approached, and the gate keeper ran to his accustomed post. His appearance produced quite sen satlon upon the officials of the pass. ing train. The case was reported and an inquiry instituted. which, however. resulted in his favor, as the railway authorities granted the gatekeeper a gratuity of 10 marks for his faithful discharge of his duties.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
WORK IN DREAD OF OCTOPUS.
Fishermen on Coast of Brittany Keep
 Weapon Handy.


 When you go nshin' or the rocky coast of Brittany. you carry, by crinus, fish ax," said the sailor.
 What for?"
 For octopus. Octopus is terrible frequent on them slimy Breton sea rocks. They drown swimmers some times. Sometimes they seize boats and try to climb aboard. Then you hack or their arms with your reasy fish ax.
 T knowed a man was drowned by an octopus of Port Manech'. He swum out to the rocks and an octopus, three of its feelers coiled round ledge. took holt of his arm with the others. 'Twan't a big octopus-body the size of your head. feelers about a yard iong-but it done for that man. It held him there till the tide come up and he drowned. All the time his wife was watchin' and shriekin' on the lonely shore.
 Them critters is so fearless. Why. they don't know fear. They come right up into a boat, starin' straight at you with their cold eyes. an if you ain't got an ax or some sort of weap. on, you're done for.
 It's common thing, fishin' of Brittany, to hear tap-tappin' behind you. and to turn and see the drab arms of an octopus, like a half-dozen snakes, creepin' over the gunnel, feel in their way towards you. Then the body. like a squashed and slimy foot ball. appears. The cold, terrible eyes fix themselves on yours.
 Well, sir, you want your fish ax then"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
TEARS OF THE CROCODILE.
Belief Said to Have Origin la an
 Ancient Fable.

The phrase Crocodile tears" owes Its origin to the imagination of some of the old travellers. who invented the fable that the crocodile weeps over it's prey. One of the earliest English globe-trotters to mention this fiction was Sir John Vaudeville, who in his Travels" (1499), speaking of "Aethi. op,' "Ynde" and an ''Yla clept Silla," says: That Lond is full of Serpents and of Cokadrilles Theise Cokadrilles ben a manner of Long Serpents, za- lowe and rayed aboven, and had 4 Feete and schorte Thyes, and grete Nayles as Clees or Tallonns: and there ben sume that had Fadme in .ength; and sume of six and a halfen- aay. And in the nyght thei dwellen in .he Water. and on the Day won upon the Lond. Theise Serpentes slue men. and thei eten hem wepynge; and when thei eten thei moveR the over lowe. and noughte the neither lowe. and thei have no Tonge. Standard.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
A Woman's Riuht.

Whether the right to go through a husbands pockets Is guaranteed by a wife's marital endowment of all his worldly goods, or whether 1t is a con stitutional right in the pursuit of hap piness, or whether it Is just because she needs the money and will have 1t, right or no right. law or no law. this essentially feminine privilege has long been accepted as one of the necessary evils of married life. says writer in the Baltimore American. Few men would take the matter into court even with chance of success. because the pocket graft is much cheaper in tho end than alimony. and few courts with proper regard for their own dignity would prohibit wives from going through their husbands pockets. since there Is no earthly way of pre- venting them
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
LEGAL NOTICES,
EXECUTION SALE OF LAND

Notice is hereby given that will, on the 4th day of January 1908, at the southeast door of the court house in the city of Mena, Ark, between the hours of 9 o'clock in the forenoon and 3 o'clock in the afternoon, publicly sell to the highest bidder on credit of three months, an undivided one-fourth interest in and to the following de- scribed lands to-wit:
 Lots Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ', 8, g, 10, II, 12, 13, 14, IS, Is, 28, go, 30, 31, 32, B, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 4l, 42, 43, A, 45 and 46 of Hoyt's subdivision of lots No. 8, 9, 10, II and 12 of College Hill addition to the town of Mena, Polk county, Arkansas.
 The purchaser will be required to give note with approved security for the amount of the purchase price with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum and lien will be retained on the land for the purchase price.
 This sale will be made for the pur- pose of satisfying an execution for the sum of $137. 50 debt, 65 cents interest and S15. 25 costs and the costs hereafter accruing on this execution. Said exc cution having been issued by the clerk of the circuit court of Polk county, Arkansas, on judgment of said court wherein Dennis, Kelly & Stratton was plaintiff and J. E. Hines was defend ant
 Given under my hand this 11th day of December, 1907.
 J. w. Cunningham, Sheriff, 343 By J. H. Bratcher, D. s.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
nlaasetlna | XIslln.

Not one person in . hundred hai the slightest notion of how many parts or pieces there are in . violin. Here is list of them: Back, [ pieces; belly, 2; coins and blocks, 6; sides, 5; side-linings. IF; bar, l.; purfiings. A; neck, 1; fnger-board. 1; nut, l; bridge
 l.; string for tail-board, 1 guard for string, 1; sound-post. 1; strings. (; pegs. 4; total, 69 pieces. Three kinds of wood are used-maple, pine and ebony. Maple is used for the back
 the neck. the side-pieces and the bridge Pine is used for the belly, the bar. the coins and blocks, the side Things and the sound-post. Ebony is used for the f1nger-board. the tall
 board, the nut. the guard for string of tail-board. the pegs and the button
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-19
Adminisrratnr,s Sale.

Notice tx hereby given that pursuant to an order cf the Polk Probate Court, made and entered at the october tef m thereof, 1907. the undersigned adminisa ator Of the estate Of Deborah owen, deceased will on the 18th day Of December, l905, between the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales, at the cast entrance to the court house at Mena, Ark. offer for sale the following described real estate belonging to said estate, towit:
 Lot 8, Iear's Subdivision and Addition to Place, an addition to Mena, Ark, being 75xl40 feet on the northwest corner Of said lot
 Terms Of Sale--On a credit of six months, purchaser to give note with approved secur- 1 lty and a Hen to be retained on said lands to secure the purchase price thereof. Given under my hand as such adminlstra- | tor this the 18th day of November, i907.
 w. M. Pipkin, Administrator.
 Nov. 2i.