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The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
LOOK ALOFT !!
By Marie Elizabeth Lamb.

Though the road be dark and all but an unbroken jungle of doubts and perplexities, look aioftl Would you live without a trial of your power? Without trial you cannot know your own strength. Through trials stout hearts are made. Through ad- versity our patience and cour- age increase. Our trials of life but strengthen us; they are step- ping stones; and each successive victory raises us higher.
 We should be brave and self reliant should stand firm each a sovereign in his own right-not like the orchid, clinging to tree in the forest, sapping the life of the tree for it's own beauty, fra grance and development. Ego the indestructible T Am'-stand alone; not depending on friends to think for us, like the parasite, the ivy or the misletoe, existing by absorbing the vitality of the oak. Stand alone; not like the vine, but the oak. Stand in.ma- jestic grandeur. Though beaten by tempest and storm, the oal, stands the flight of centuries, each year becoming more noble and sublime.
 Muse over the solemn import of life, and thus while winning laur- els for your brow, achieving your hearts desire, develop the facul- ties which go to make, in the true and complete meaning, a man or "a woman.
 Better the silent tongue, and the eloquent deed. The most de- cisive answer of all is doing. Sow seeds of the most delicate and fragrant flowers in the garden of the mind, so that you may feast the spiritual eye on their beauty. Nourish the soul on their fra grance, and scatter their rich perfume upon every passing breeze. Set a high price upon your leisure moments, guard well your thoughts; they are jewels of precious weight. Shut the terres- trial door of the soul, and open it's celestial windows, and there give way to spiritual reveries. Muse and mediate, Hold the self ever in sweet communion with the source of the spirit Divine Mind---that will fill, stir, invigorate and expand the soul.
 We each prepare a temple to last through eternity. What matter if the road be long and rugged ? What matter if round does break or a foot does slip :? Such things must be expected. | and overcome. Each must climb unaided and alone the mountains of difficulty, and go onward and upward, step by step, building the souls abode.
 How sweet to look back at the briers and stones through which we have forced a passage.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
In the Name of Justice, Why?

Fort Smith is up in arms against Muskogee for wanting the same freight rates as are enjoyed by the Border City, and have appealed to the traffic manager for help. Why should not Muskogee enjoy the same privileges as Fort Smith in freight rates? Why should the railroads discriminate against one in favor of the other? Give all the same chance. De Queen Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08

At first glance it might appear that if the United States district court could assess a few more 29 million dollar fines against the Standard Oil Company, and then collect them, there would soon be a government ownership" of the oil business. But it would be mis- take. That monopoly would just raise the price of oil and the people would pay the fines.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08

and kept the fish packed in It until meal time, and also fine lot to bring down to the homefolks and friends in Clio.
 This is a delightful climate at this time of the year and the rall- road building for the Western Pa cifc is bringing great changes and much business, but when one sees the clothes lines running from sec ond story windows over pulleys to convenient treetops it IS mute reminder of the fact that many months in the year the snow, which is so attractive on the mountain peaks now, becomes a great menace as it covers the valleys to a depth ot many feet.
 Tomorrow a party of us vii start on an overland trip to Lake Tahoe. This is one of California; most noted summer resorts a lakt of unsurpassed beauty from three to seven miles wide and twenty-five miles long. It is sixty miles iron Clio, and we will start out with ; full camp outfit, taking our time or the way, camping, fishing and hunt ing as we go and return. Then will be ready to start home with tn, feeling that I have seen no plac' more desirable in which to live al the year around than Western Ar kansas.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
THE HAYWOOD AcoUlTTAL

The acquittal of William D. Hay wood of complicity in the murder of Governor Steunenberg will be a satisfactory termination of the case to most fair-minded people who have followed the trial.
 Practically the only evidence against him was from a man who boastfully confessed to being guilty of almost every crime worth men tioning a moral degenerate of the worst ty pc.
 Many thousands of men believed that the leaders of the Western Federation of Miners would be con victed regardless of innocence or guilt. The verdict will do much to restore respect for the law and courts in the minds of these men. There probably never has been a case in history where there was so sharp line drawn between capital and labor as in this instance. There was a strong tendency on both sides to allow prejudice to rule from the beginning each having Haywood tried and found innocent or guilty, from the first. It would have been better had all awaited the verdict of an impartial jury before taking such positive positions but the bitter fight in which laws had been ruth lessly violated had long since blinded the antagonists to any recognition of anything but evil in the opposi- ton.
 A redicuIous feature of the out come, however, is that some of Haywood s partisans are now hailing him as fit candidate for President of the United States. As matter of fact he has few of the clements of great man. Those who have known him in years past say he is little more than a demagogic labor agitator at best, and has not always been most desirable citizen, v even if it was bad taste for the Presi- dent to so designate him.
 It would be well for organized labor were William D. Haywood retired to private life instead of being lionized.
 On the other hand, Mover, who is yet to be tried, is man who is said to be true patriot. A man who has striven with noble unselfsh- ness to help his people. Quiet, unpretentious and thoughtful, he undertook to lead the Western Fed eration of Miners in paths of modera- ton and uprightness this in the face of war of extermination on the part of the Mine Owners Asso- citation wholly unparalleled in the history of labor troubles in this country. Mover did not hesitate at any personal sacrifice in time of strife, but followed the line that duty pointed without fear and with out hope of personal gain.
 The prosecution has said the case against Mover was the weakest of  all and it will probably soon be demonstrated that he has suffered q great wrong. and has borne it pa tiently: and that he will return tc his family and take up his work for humanity in the same earnest, quiet manner as before his great trial.
 When the true story of the con flict between organized labor and organized capital in Idaho and Colo. rado is told, it will read like a dis. agreeable dream from which one would gladly awaken and the true men of both sides will see that many mistakes have been made, to say nothing of the crimes of such as Harry Orchard.
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The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08

incurred by the widow and or phan," the poor laboring man, or other innocent third parties, through attempts to curtail private monopoly, were made prominent. Such tactics have served too often to be abandoned now.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
Our Railroads Most Deadly.

Nobody over here is a bit proud of the transportation statistics gath cred by the German government showing that American railroads are the most deadly in the world, both to passengers and employees Southwest American.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08

Keep your vital organs iu good condition If you would have good health through the malarial sea- son. PTickley Ash Bitters clean ses and strengthens the stomach. liver and bowels and helps the system to resist disease germs W. C. Vandiver, special agent
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
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sonE EVERY DAY pHILosopn,

lAtchison Glooel It is hard to keep out of work and out of jail at the same time. People naturally shy from the
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A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune. Prescott News.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08

Look cut for malaria. It IS seasonable now. A few doses of Prickly Ash Bitters is sure pre- ventive. w. c. Vaudiver, spe- cial agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
For Sale Or Exchange.

will sell my place on corner Sherwood and 10th streets cheap for cash or trade for Texarkana property. Good Broom house, choice fruit trees, good we'll ana outbuildiugs. Rents SS month
 w. l.. Linam, 1416 w. 1lth ot.' Texarkana, Ark, or A. ? Car, den, Meus. Ark *75d7St
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26
In All Parts of the State.

Egg Harbor City is talking of d.
viding the city into two wards.
An automobile line is to be started
between Woodstown and the other
towns of Salem County.
Right Rev. ]. A. McFaul, of the
Diocese of Trenton, confirmed class
of sixty-two in st. Mary's Church, at
Salem.
Rev. H. j. Gramm, of Reading, Pa,
has been installed as pastor of the
German St. Johns Reformed Church,
at Egg Harbor City.
An apple weighing eighteen ounces,
of the "Bullywhaeker" variety, was
raised by John Heiser, of Harlem.
Professor William E. Worthington,
of the Bangor High School, has an
nounced his marriage in October to
Miss Florence Flory, of that borough,
in Wilmington.
David Nixon, of Hancock's Bridge,
has 500-pound hog.
Falling under train near Kinkora,
William Thomas, employed at Roeb-
ling, sustained the loss of a leg.
In Cape May County Court r. B.
Warwick was acquitted of embezzling
from the c. S. Turner Company, Of
Phil2d AInhia
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26

From L. H. Bailey's ''The Common
Schools and the Farm Youth in the
Century, we quote the following:
Even manual training needs new di-
rection as it touches country life. 1t
may not be necessary to eliminate the
formal exercises of model work and
weaving and the like; but some of
the practical problems of the home
and farm may be added. How to
make a garden, to lay out paths,
make fences and labels, are manual
training problems. How to saw a
board off straight, to drive nail, to
white peg, to make a tooth for a
hand hay rake, to repair hoe, to
sharpen a saw, to paint a fence, to
mend gate, to adjust pillow point,
to mend a strap, to prune an apple
free, to harness horse-the prob
fems are bewildering from their very
number. Manual training can be so
taught in the schools that are
30 equipped for it as. in ten years,
to start revolution in the agricul-
ture of any commonwealth.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26
WHEN UMBRELLAS WERE NEW.
"Joe" Chamberlain Tells Coed Story
on Green Farmer.


Joseph Chamberlain, in one OF his
recent tariff reform speeches, told q
new umbrella story. Mr.. Chamberlain
wished to point out that ignorance
was to blame for much of the censure
that had been attached to his tariff
reform scheme. He said:
Why, my friends, many Of my OPP
ponents are as ignorant of my PROPOSE,
ton as was certain farmer, many
years ago, of the umbrella.
This farmer had made journey OF
some twenty miles on foot to a small
town. AS he was about to set off for
home again hard rain came up, and
his host loaned him an umbrella
novelty at the time-opening it him
self so as to save his friend all possible
trouble.
"A week later the farmer took the
umbrella back. The weather was
bright and fine, but he held the instru
ment open over his head.
This contrivance,' he grumbled, is
more trouble than it's worth There
wasn't a doorway in the village J
could get it through, and ! had to
tether it all the week in field &"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Talk on Cows in Barnyard. .

A lecture delivered in a barnyard
was unique feature of the farmers
institute held at Blackwood under the
auspices of the Camden County Board
Of Agriculture. H. e. Cook, an ex-
pert dairyman of Denmark, N. Y,
was the lecturer, and he utilized the
COWS of r. Cooper Morgan to illus
trate his points. Standing among the
cows in Mr.. Mos gan's barnyard with
his hearers about him, Mr.. Cook said:
In selecting COW get one that con-
sumes lots of food. These cows
(pointing to several animals) are not
doing what they ought to. Not be-
cause Mr.. Morgan does not feed
them; but because they are not eat
Ing enough" Mr.. Morgan inter-
rupted the speaker with the remark
that the average dairyman is not
feeding heavily because of the high
price of food; that the revenue from
milk is not sufficient to keep up the
feed bins. Other farmers concurred
In this statement. Other speakers at
the institute were: DR.. G. d. Smead,
of Logan, N. Y; Professor w. l..
Watts, of Scalp Level, Pa, and Mrs,
Mollie MacClaughy, of Oswego, N. Y.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26
When to Make Camp.

When the sun comes within the
width of two paddle-blades of the
horizon, If you are wise you will take
the first bit of level ground within
reach of wood and water, and make
haste to get the camp in order before
dark. So we pitched our blue tent
on the beach with screen of bushes
at the back to shelter us from the
wind; broke double quantity OF
fir branches for our bed, to save us
from the midnight misery of sand in
our blankets; cut generous supply
of firewood from dead pine tree
which stood conveniently at hand ;
and settled down in comfort for the
night. From "a Holiday in Vaca-
tion," by Henry van Dyke. in the
Scribner.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26
Robbed Of $1,000 on Road.

While going to the plant of the
Worthen & Allen bleachery, in Della
wanna, William Knott, general pay
master for the concern, was robbed
by five men of grip said to contain
$1,000, which was to have been used
in paying off the employees of the con-
Germ. The highwaymen were attired
as hunters, and were concealed in
bushes. AS Knott and Cummings,
his driver, approached Brooke ave-
nue., on the River road, the robbers
jumped from their concealment
While four of the robbers covered
the paymaster and his companion, the
fifth man seized the suit case con-
tanning the money and ran across the
fields in the direction of Passaic. The
police caught three of the highway
men after an exchange of shots. The
money was not recovered.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26
Gets Dead Mayors Salary.

Since William Berdan, president #
the Board of Finance, became Acting
Mayor of Paterson, on the death of
Mayor johnson, he has been criticised
because he has signed the city pay
roll both as Mayor and president of
the Finance Board. The Board of AL
dermen was not friendly to the late
Mayor because he approved the bill
providing for the appointment of
various commissions and the conse-
quent lessening of the powers of the
Aldermanic Board. 1t now appears
that ever since Mr.. Berdan assumed
the duties of Mayor he has been turn
ing over the salary of that Office to
the widow of Mayor Johnson, and has
kept for himself only the salary OF the
president of the Board of Finance.
Mr.. Berdan will retire as Acting
Mayor on January 1, but until then
Mrs. johnson will continue to receive
the salary attached to the Mayors
Office. Mr.. Berdan's critics have been
silenced.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26
HER CARDS ALL RIGHT.
OF Course Postmaster Read Them, but
She Did Mot Care

OF Course Postmaster Read Them, but
She Did Not Care.
This craze for souvenir post cards
is the funniest fad that has struck
people for long time, ! think; don't
you?" inquired Brooklyn girl of her
friend from New Jersey, pausing in
front of large stationery store on
Broadway.
Why, are you receiving them, too?"
asked the young girl. Il have had
about two dozen of them sent to me
in the last ten days, and some of them
are pretty enough to mount"
'Oh, my" sighed Miss Brooklyn,
"the ones get are all battered up,
and the picture ruined by the re
ceived' mark. don't see how you
can mount them in that conditioner,
have you found way to take off the
stamps?'
Pm not bothered that way" re
Joined Miss Jersey. Mine are never
defaeed; our postmaster always
stamps them on the address only
side. ] suppose he reads them, too,
but there is never very much on them,
so l don't care. You see, our town
is so small that he has plenty of time
to turn the cards over and stamp
them on the wrong side. OF course
you couldn't expect it In a large place
like Brooklyn. New York Times,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26

The American people are becom-
ing frequent travellers, and they eat
more fruit. Bulletin efghty-four Of
the Census of Manufactures, 1905,
published in outline quite recently,
shows an increase of 1877 per cent.
in passenger cars manufactured over
the year 1900, with gain in value
of 1926 per cent. There is a growth
In luxury, as the chair and coach
cars increased to 379 of the total
output; in 1900 they were but 1876
per cent. A decided growth" is
noted in the construction of freight
cars for special purposes. The fruit
cars numbered 2840, and were val
ued at $1,727,771, as compared with
1920 in 1900 with value of $685.
354. Refrigerator cars increased in
like measure.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26
A business Proposition.

Last week." said Job Hedges, 81
had the queerest touch to which ]
have ever been subjected. A man,
evidently in the last stages of con
sumption, came into my office and
said:
"sYou know ." mentioning q
client of mine who is in the undertake.
ing business.
Il told him did.
"'Well,' he said, he is holding an
insurance policy on my life for $50
IT'S cinch that the policy will be
payable in week or ten days at the
most Meantime ! need $40 If You
will advance me $40 viii give you a
due bill against the policy. II you
can't collect in ten days you can
charge interest New York Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26

France has war balloons and is
using them in Morocco. Great Brit.
ain has them and recent trials have
proven very satisfactory. Germany
has them and Is proceeding, with
characteristic method, to formulate
rules for their employment. What
about this country? asks Town
Topics Wright, the only American
who claims to have invented a steer
able balloon, is said to be trying to
sell his patent in Europe. For scout
ing service, spying upon the interior
of camps and Notifications and re-
porting the movements of the enemy,
balloons are now an essential part Of
the equipment of an army. Soon
they will be armed and will drop
bombs and fireballs. What are we
doing in this new field of warfare?
Are we no longer a nation of inven-
tors?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26

A report made to Secretary Straus
of the Department of Commerce and
Labor by Mr. Powderly, Chief of the
Division of Information of the Bu-
reau of immigration, shows an i'm.
mediate demand for the services of
256,400 persons, men, women and
children, in various branches of in
dustry throughout the country at
wages ranging from IS a week tc
$3.50 day. The Department learns
from the Commissioners of Agricul.
ture of various States that 1920, 900
settlers on land are needed in the
Far West The department is en-.
deavoring to meet these demands by
the establishment of intelligently
conducted employment agencies for
immigrants. The figures indicate
that there is no reason why any one
should be idle in this country if he
is able and willing to work.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26
His Ambition.

Yellow-covered literature was not
allowed in the Benson family, but
Harold had friends who narrated to
him some of the stirring tales they
had read.
What is your ambition, Harold?'
asked an aunt who was visiting the
Benson household, and was blessed
with long purse. Perhaps you've
not decides yet what you'd like to be
or do by and by" she added.
"Oh. yes, Aunt Ellen" said Har.
old, shaking his head at such sug-
gestion, I'm all decided. I should
like to be such a man that people
would tremble like leaves at the men
ton of my name. Youths Com
panion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26

Walter Wellman would have
reached the pole in his airship Eek
cept for the continuous phenomen-
ally bad weather." Other explorers
would have reached it also had it not
been for the ice, the adverse currents,
the loss of the ship, the dearth of
dogs, the cold, ETC., ETC., Mr.. Well
man might at least have added to
science new excuse, suggests Puck.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26

Richard Swanger, of Baltimore
who was unconscious for eleven days
from a depressed fracture of the
skull, caused by a tree falling upon
him, is recovering from a remarkable
surgical operation as resultof which
he will carry a quantity Of gold leaf
in his head. The surgeons at Mary
land University Hospital found a part
of the brain covering and a part Of
the brain itself adhered to the dura
mater. The brain covering and the
gray matter were separf@Nd and the
gold leaf was placed between the
parts.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26
Mower Reveals MANS BodY.

While moving his meadow, near
Paulsboro, Joseph Bailey, a farmer.
found the corpse of a man. His ma
chine caught in the mans jaw, and
Bailey thought at first it was dead
dog. Coroner Brack took charge of
the body, which was identified as
John Kindle, who became insane at
his work in factory at Paulsboro
and ran out calling for help. 1t is
thought that he died in the meadow
from exposure. A sister lives in Phil.
adelphia.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26
Gold Leaf as Brain Covering

Richard Swanger, Of Baltimore.
who was unconscious for eleven days
from a depressed fracture of the
skull, caused by a tree falling upon
him, is recovering from remarkable
surgical operation as resultof which
he will carry quantity of gold leaf
in his head. The surgeons at Mary
land University Hospital found part
of the brain covering and part of
the brain itself adhered to the dura
mater The brain covering and the
gray matter were separated and the
gold leaf was placed between the
parts.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26
DIR, Exton Dead.

DR.. Hugh Exton, who had prac-
ticed veterinary surgery for thirty
years, died at the Easton Hospital, in
Washington, aged seventy-five years,
He leaves daughter, Mrs. Anna
Ayres, with whom he had been living,
The death of Dr. Exton resulted from
an attack of blood poisoning caused
by being bitten on the hand by a
horse he was treating several years
ago. DR.. Exton was born near Gin
ton, Hunterdon County.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-26

The steam locomotive won out
again in the tests of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, at Clayton, with the cleo
trio engine. The steam engine made
1915 miles an hour on the curved
track. The electric locomotive made
ninety miles in the same time. The
electric engine was permitted to start
the run at GlaEsboro, giving it six
miles in which to get up speed before
the curved track was reached.