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The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
-e,cK NOT ALWAYS AMUSING.
eu,,tines Hubby Is Entirely Unable oO to See the Joke.

This is a simple trick, and every
 rriad woman can perform it, but 1t an;res the assistance of q confed- i to with big bag of shining tin a e. m his back. First get bus tnd with an extra pair of slightly
 orn trousers in his wardrobe; then sare inc confederate-the man with .sa har of tinware-come to the back soor and knock gently The wife .nnst us then peep out in a frightened nav and immediately the man with .he tinware tells a tale that re- .o,nhles mining stock advertise ra,nt The wife stops to think few
 .irutes Suddenly she must rush to .ha wardrobe, but only after the man rattles the brilliant tinware to arouse hor The wife must walk back to the ,nan again with the trousers. The
 ..n must tske them and hand the uife few tin pans All the while ,ho man with the tinware must smile bannfly. At last the transaction is completed. and, presto change! the hushand's trousers have disappeared and in their place appears some tin ware on the kitchen table. This trick ,s very novel, and will amuse the husband greatly. The trick should not be nerformed while the husband is in he'd. unless he has an extra pair of trousers.-F. P. Pitzer, in Judge.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
THE ONE HE WANTED.
Advice From the Old Hand to the
 Aspirant for Honors.

The amateur author entered the sanctum of the old hand, his artistic fingers roaming through his hair his eye in fine frenzy rolling.
 Me soul chafes within me" he an- nounced
 Let her chafe.' muttered the old hand; I'm busy"
 Me fathers business interests me no longer; the daily round the com mon task, fills me with disgust Me whole being shudders as I sift the sand into the sugar. and me hand trembles as l add the water to the milk. Me mind is made up--I will quit this base bartering for a nobler life will become a journalist. will join the staff of magazine. Which of them, think you, will raise me to the highest position in the shortest period ?n
 You might try powder maga- zine. suggested the old hand, lacon. ically. Seems just the thing you want! !"-Stray Stories
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
HAD TO co ON IN AUTO.
Machine Wouldn't Stop and Owner
 Tried to Wear 1t Out.

John P Julius, prominent piano dealer, of York, Pa, and an enthusi. astic automobiles, engaged with his electric auto in an endurance run. which he will not soon forget. While driving along through tho city streets something went wrong with the mechanism of his car and he found that he was unable to stop it. Though moving at lively clip the cars pace was within the speed limit, and Mr Julius, with great presence of mind. steered it on, meanwhile giving his spare attention to a search for the trouble. This search he finally aban- doned, and then began the endurance run, which continued up hill and down through the streets and over country roads for several hours. The machine continued to bowl merrily on, and Mir. Julius was in despair, when he passed a garage and managed to attract the attention of a mechanic, who jumped aboard and by removing a few plugs brought up the runaway.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
RISES wl7a A COMPLAINT.
Alkall Eye Displeased with Vaudeville
 Performance.

We went Up to Houston ter meet with th lumbermen, not thet We air a lumberman at all, but we air more CT less interested in th plan Q maxim booze i'm sawdust, an it was up to us to be astin these ducks whut they air a-doin at present with their output; ef they ain't drinkin' if up we'd like ter make them a proposition lookin' ter tn startin of distillery Ef sech a distillery is started we kin guaran- tee ter dispose of tn output. Whilst we was in Houston we wus tn guessed, tn honored guessed, of tn Majestic th'ater. an we have ben suf- feriR fin nervous proshation ever since; a duck who done chair bal. ancin act used bottles O beer ter bal ance on and his feet was tn most thrillin' one we ever seen; he was Hble ter fall at any minute an we'd like to asst what'd become O thet beer ef h- had fell? He'd a-busted them bottles as sure as shootin'; we was so nervous at tn bare thought Q sech a accident thet we ain't got over shud- dcfin yet Later Since writing tn above we hey learned thet them beer bottles wuz empty an that fact makes 1t even more ageryatin Alkali Eye in the Houston Post
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11

HOLLY STRINGS UNION NO. 2s4. ]. c. Yell secretary.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
LEEcHEs AND LEMONS.
The Latter a Cure for the Former
 In CeyIon.

Wherever you go, in Ceylon," said the sailor. "yon always carry lemon with you. For punch? No, sir; not for punch. For lesches
 They aini't merely water leeches in Ceylon, they're land leeches, too. These blood suckers hang on to bushes aud trees; they turk in the grass. waitin' for you. The average size before dinner is only about half an inch long and no thicker than a hair-you might say invisible. They easily work their way through the thread of your stockings and under wear After dinner they're as fat as your finger
 Wherever you go the leeches prey on you. I was dressed in white one night, ridin' with a beautiful Ceylon girl, when I saw a red streak on my white pants below the knee; Ex. eusin' myself hastily, I retired. It was leech. of course, dinin with me minyitsd.
 The only way to get them off with out breakin them and leayin their heads inside you is to squeeze a few drops of lemon on them. the same as if they was raw oysters, That par alyzes them and they fall to the ground like ripe fruit. Every two or three minutes you see the Ceylon- csc stop, take out a lemon and anoint carefully the half dozen leeches stuck in black mass to the calf of the leg,
 The average Ceylon leech was. I said, half an inch long Yet there's somesfull three inches long that can jump, by crinus. that jump on you from the bushes as you pass by.
 Sounds doobious, don't it? But what can be doobious in land where they have bird-catchin' spiders and centipedes foot long,"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
colors for Emotions.

Leon Gozian, the poet. has given the impression of colors which he gets from emotions. Thus he says: Piety makes him feel pale blue; resignation pearl gray; joy pretty apple green; satiety pale chocolate; pleasure a beautiful velvety pink; sleep suggests tobacco smoke; rehec. ton is orange; pain sooty black. and boredom is chocolate.
 Having to pay bill makes him feel leadcolored, while to receive money calls up visions of flaming red. Rent day is burnt sienna. To go for the first time to meet the object of his admiration gives him week tea color feeling, but the twcatieth meeting Like the color of very strong tea. No color Is suggested bs happiness, for he says he has never known it.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
q GUESS" AND "cALcuLATE.'
rxpressions Are Good English and Not
 at All American.

The accepted manner of defining Americans. either male or female, in the London comic papers or in second. rate English novels is to lard their sneech plentifully with calculate and egness," and with "wellp at the open ing of each sentence. This mode of marking. or any other, is in itself totally unimportant. but linguistically it is not without interest, for while it is purely conventional as now used and has no relation to any American habits of the present day, whether good or bad. it is pleasant to note that the hard-woIked insular humorist need not have gone so far afield to find the words necessary for the identification of Americans. They really had but to turn to the New Letters" of Thomas Carlyle (yolume 1, page 17S) and there read the following sentence: He has brought you a Fox's book of Martyrs, which l calculate will go in the parcel today you will get right good read ing out of it, 1 guess. ."-Scribner.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
The Good Little Cent.

Dr. Munhall recently closed sue cessful religious campaign in Emporla. says the Kansas City Journal A great many pennies had been put in the offering. and his attention was called to this. One night he held mp a silver dollar and copper penny and gave conversation held by the two coins, You poor little red cent you: you don't amount to anything, "a hate 10 be you, said tho big dollar T know I'm not very big replied the cent. but the children like mo. and [ can buy good many things" Huh, yol can't buy anything at all" said the dollar. Just look at me. big and bright and shiny. l can buy a whole lot more than you can" Maybe SO" said the little red cent. meekly. "but go to church heap oftener than von do anyway"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
Common Sense in Diet.

As man was created for varied and mixed diet. he has abundant op- ntrtnnities for selecting his food and supplying his individual needs. In most cases appetite is the surest guide to healthy digestion aud proper aeurishment This certainly Is the common senso view that must appeal to all rational feeders: Eat with reg. ularity and in accordanco with the de mands Of hunger such dishes as have always been resarded as innocuoust and remember that, as rule 1t is neither meats nor bouillon nor wine nor spices nor coffee which poison us, but their abuse
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
FsIse slcnaI.


 "You don't believe in romance, chr said the old boarder. You bet your tlntype I don't" sighed the young man with the bandage around his head. 4l had my sharev How was that2' Well. you see was forbidden to call on my best girl and every night she would sit out on the balcony and al q certain hour strike match That would be tho signal for me to stick my head through the vines and kiss her" "Ah very poetic" Yes, but the ether night saw the match flare ID. stuck my head through the vines and got the worst thrashing 1 ever re- ceirea You see, the old man hap penad to be out there lighting his pipe"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
- ~ WAS VEn. NEAR DEATH.
Sensations of Man Who Grasped I've
 Electric Wire.


 Otis Aultman, photographer, was almost killed yesterday afternoon while attempting to turn on Is can dle power incandescent light in his studio, says the Denver Post He was badly shocked and burned and lay un- conscious for almost an hour. The breaking of the. electric wire from which he hung suspended is all that saved his life
 Aultman's body shows the marks of his terrible experience. His chest is as black as if 1t had been painted his right hand is swollen, and blue marks run up both arms.
 He says that when he seized the light the shock sent peculiar but not unpleasant thrills through his body, and later, as he began to lose con tciousness, a sickening sensation came over him and the blood in his reins seemed to congeal His heart sction became cratic, and every beat rave him great pain.
 Suddenly all became black, and he lid not know anything until he was revived by friends. who found him un aonseioUs in a corner of the studio, Fith the broken wire and lamp socket still cmtcbed tightly in his right aaud.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
ANIMALS FIGHT IN SHACK.
Connecticut Man and His Wstchds
 Ra4 1 i,sefv cesefc-

Connecticut Man and His Watchdog
 Had Lively Sessioa.
 From Brigtois woods, in sauthern Prospect, village near Waterbury, Conn, wildcat pursued big deer until from exhaUs ian it fell through the roof of the side hll hen shack of Edson Black Guinea fowls set up a great commoton and with the daers desperate struggles for lihsr;f. cooped up in a shack l5xl2, with nearly SO fowls, there was such a racket that trusty watchdog awcke Black. He went to the henhouse 10 find S2 fowls trampled to death, every raue cf glass and all tho roosts broken and the deer dying of a broken neck. lts iianks were laeerated from the claws of the wildcat tracks of which were in the coop, where it remained until fright ened away by the approach ci Black.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
How the Pendulum was Found.

Like many of the commonest me chanical instruments in daily use. the invention of the pendulum is due en. tirely to chance Calico, when un- der 20 years of age. was standing one day in the Metropolitan church of Pisa, while some painters were q. work on the ceiling of the churel. A suspended lamp which was hangint before the altar was disturbed in some manner. and the scientist was struck with the almost perfect reg. ularity with which It swung back and forth The idea of measuring time by such an instrument found instant gen. eration in his brain, and he completed the system in use to this day Sun lay Magazine.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
CURED HIM OF CALF LOVE.
Actress Ruse That Got Rid of un
 desired Admirer.

Miss Maud Branscombe the famous astress, relates an amusing story COB corning the unappreeiated attentions of youth who once fell in love witr her. The young mans parents, Were much concerned about the mattes aud implored the. actress not to mar ~ him.
 ''Ill give him sound thrasning. :" sad the father.
 Don't do that" said Miss Brans combe. There is a better way Of curing him. After the performance this evening I'll put on an old dress and hat, and make myself up to look quite ugly You bring your boy around to the stage door and point me out to him as I come out
 This was done, and so cleverly was the ruse carried out that Miss Brans eombe heard the youth exclaim to his tafher as she passed them
 My gollyl l thought she was prstty!"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11

hittfhooifS. ROCK SPRINGS UNION NO s9f. W. II. titbney, president: W. E. Cox. secfe- tary. Meets first and second Wednesday nights of each month. Quito F. c.
 FOWLER UNION NO 1884. Philip Ahernathy. president, Willis Jones, secTctaly. Meets first and thifd Saturdays. PLEASANT HILL UNION NO. 1900. J, A. Moore, president; ]. 4. Grlnln, secre- tArv. Meets every other saturday night at lIatdeid posioiiiee.
 cOssATOT UNION. A. C. lllgglns, presidents R. I'. Wood, sccte- tary. Meets at Gap springs school house every second and fourth Satrfday at p m. shady r ..
 RICH MOUNTAIN UNION NO. 1898. I.Z Little. secretary Meets every second and last saturday in each month
 OZARK UNION NO. 2oo2, $. p. Manning, secretary.
 GRANAiIss TNIoN No. f7ss. W. T.. Farmer. secretary.
 HOLLY GROVE UNION NO 15l2. R. T.. nalfymple, secretary.
 OVERTURE UNION NO fsa7 Charles Bas ke, seesetary.
 CENTER UNION NO. 1901. T. X. Dooley. sees etary.
 HOLLY STRINGS UNION NO. 294- ]. C. Yell secretary.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
Nature,a complexlon Rath.

Do you know what makes the com. ploxions of the English women so beautiful?p asked the woman who has been there. They deliberately walk about in the rain. They don't carry umbrellas They wear raincoats. cover their hair with the hoods of them, and go ahead I have seen them walk with their faces upturned 10 catch the misty rain that is always more or less in the English atmos. phere- It is pretty tough on the little eorkscrew curls they make around their faces with the curling iron; but us just about the best thing in the world for the complexion"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
Deserts of Asia.

Just north of the Himalaya noun tain range In Chinese Turkestaa lies a belt of land which is wa'ered by north flowing rivers. These. however, ao not flow anywhere, but lose tsem- selves in the sand of the desert The worst deserts of American are mere childs play to the desert conditions in this part of Asia In many places there were formerely, one thousand or two thousand years ago, a condition Of soil and climate so that they could support a considerable population There are the remains Of villages and even cities, which must have had water in large quantities in places now far distant from any reliable source of supply. So dry is the coun- try that ruins of wooden houses which have been exposed to the weather for ten centuries or more have hardly the beginning of decay.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
Aa to chess

Chess Is of great antlqaity, and It's origin is lost in obscurity 1hough nearly every nation under the sun claims the invention Of the pasttme, It is undoubtedly of oriental origin. Tho Romans placed over the door of the Temple of Janus "Ex Oriente Lux ct Lqdus scacchorumg t"Out of the East came light and the game of chess.") Chess was called by the Hindus cheturanga." the four angas-that is, the four members of the army--eie- phants, horses. chariots and foot.aol- ajers The Chinese played chess 6le0o years ago, and called t the "g-71e ot wait And to-day we have Nkrieg
 fnl the modern game of WAL.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
LAND l1C-l JUNE :, Io7o
 flOilce for Publication.
InIlel sIales I.nnd onlee.
nardanello, .Arkanaas. A pril so Ia07.

nardaneile, Arkansas, pril 70 1907. Notice k hereby given that in compliance with the provisions the act of congress of June 2. 1s7s entitled ~An act for the sale of timber lands in the state Of callornia, Ore eon. Nevada and Washington rerritory,r as extended to all Public Land states by act of August 4 1852
 JAMES \. c. MURDOCH Of toward county Offolk, state of Arkansas, has thh day filed in this office his sworn state ment No. 27i. iof the purchase Of thes south halt southwest quarter and southwest quaiter southeast uuarter section ai fin Township No. i North, Range No. 32 N. and will offer proof fo show that the land sought is more valuable for its tiHlIcr or stone than for agricultural purp rp0ses. and ta establish his claim 70 Snld land before the Circuit Clerk Of Polk county at Mena, Arkansas, on Saturday,thc 18th day of July. lY0s
 He names as witnesses: Grover Flana gan, Wlilamfs. Graham, John K. Little. Elhanan, R Bryant, all of Howard, Polk county Arkan- sas.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely the above described lands are requested Co He ther claims in this officeon or before said 18th May s Joseph II. Batfenfeld, Register
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
lls. of Rubssr RestrIetsa.

Probably no substance is adapted to a greater variety of uses than rap. bor. but it's applications are resif .stsa bv the limited supply and high cost Among tho purposes Tor Wnleh Y i'es great advantages but is not hheis ' be extensively employed ia thai 'S paving roadways A 'pbpar rave ment laid at a London rSNWay s5asioh in 1881 was in 1902 worn epwn to i've eighths of an inch in iss th'nnesl .. nlace Notwithstanding tAe secretly of inc material. the cost waa less than tbree times as great as that of wood, and it's fife has been more tnan ~ years instead of the four yea 5 wnloh me wood or asphalt would we eA' dured.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
pest Medicine in the World for
 CoIic and Diarrhnea.

Ind Chamberiain's colic. Cholera and ''lafrhoea Remedy 10 he the best remedy m N's world, says Mir. (. |. Garter ofSkirum' "" v am subject to colic and dlarrhoea' " spring it seemed as ihore ei would die' " think wouldifl hadni taken Cham- si Hins cciic, Choieaa and piarrrhoea lsrnl- 'F, ! haven't been troubled with it siaee ."'h ms week. when had very severe ai- TUCK and took halfa bottle of the twcnty-iiNe 's"t s1e Uhamberlain'a Coiic Cholera and
 HfshNoa Remedy and this morning iesi rNf he" piHn. Ter eaie rS lachson lfNs to aad gli atesfss
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
Jan Turkeys.

The wife of one of the early mis. sionaries to Japan wishing to enter tain some friends. sent out an old do. nestle to hunt up turkey. After a whole days inquiry he found one. and in due time large and beautiful roast was served up, glorious, perfect--ash yes perfect; so much so that the knife utterly refused to mar it's per lection. The old serving man was summoned. Where did you buy that turkey" At the Temple Of hinka- kuji.p Why, what was 1t dolns there?r Tt was the sacred I'm Wara.a Did they say t was a good bird?" eOh yes, honorable presence they recommended it highly They Fe had 1t 15 years and two moons them selves"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
The Do;cor Away from Home
 When Host Needed.

paopie aee on n much disappo'n leR le nis .s'l .,.,t tr#r rmlF n' ysit ian is MaA hst' h sn,e xhsn ih y mo neea hl5 ,..,, ,s.,,l ms t.' e,ef,t,lo treatment. and 2 afc in m TT ,ositsnee4 prsV sn faial before m diei.-s a, ,i'. ',roenred or phftcau snmhigNs q, ,, 1T, m right way keepat hand i,.e b1.s.' 1tes,l ps, n rhrsicisn preserihes better ,li' .,,i t,lA. e.e tftst diseages liy having Z tp tht ,,,,.,se sa0 escape mntt pain Nhd AN
 ara slifisf NiE X hNNt 4 sii'.lssisss
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
ARE HOTTEST OF MINES.
Worked by Incas and Now to Be
 Opened by New Company.

It is thought that the old Caylloma silver mines in Peru are probably sit. uated at a greater elevation than any other considerable mines in the world Their altitude varies between 14.000 and 17.000 feet. They were worked by the Spaniards in the sixteenth century, and before that. 1t is believed by the Incas An English company Is now preparing 2 hydroselectric plant for them This plant win be situated at an altitude of between 15,090 and 16,- COO feet It will derive its power from waterfall on the Santiago river. and In a dry season from Lake Huaillacho, One Of the sources of the Amazon. The power will be transmitted by cable about three miles At the highest mines the pressure of the atmosphere Is only eight and one-haIf pounds a square inch, and water boils 24 de. grces below the ordinary boiling poipt Youths Companion
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
FOR sHlp SUBSIDIES.
House Committee by Close Vote De cidcs on a Substitute fer the
 crosvenor Measure.

Washington, Jan, l7After a fight thai lasted all day Tuesday and ex- tended 3 the floor of the house. thre asning to h.lng about much fiil' br~teriag st on time, the house com mi.tca on merchant marine and fish cries -inallv decided at 6 o'clock ? m by vo.e of to 2 to make favor able port on a ship subsidy bill pre- nared by Representative littausr of New York as a substitute fer the Gros geaor biH which has De under con. sideration for many weeks
 Seven subsidized mali lines are pro- vided for, with an annual subFention stimated at $S75o.00o Two Of the lines are to be from the Atlantic coast 10 sautA America and one from the Gulf 6f Mexico to Colon From the Pacific coast there are to ha three lines to the Orient and one line to the west coast of South America.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
TIMBER LANp, ACT JUNE }. 1878.
 Naice fer Publication.
InIIol sINIe- I-aNI 0ne..


 Notice is hereby 2.yea that ln compliance with the provisions Of the act of Gongress ol June 9 is7e Entitled "An act for the sale q timteg lands in lhe states of California, ore aon. Nevada, and Washington Territory, as extendsd loall the Public Land slates hy the act 0f AWgusi 4, isa2
 IDA Y. AEAfe Of Acorn. county OI Polk. state Of Arkansas has this dav Alel in this osIee hls sworn stnie- ment No 3i9, !or th purchase ofthe M Y. x. l. N. E.if N. Wa of section NO a4 in Town ship No ! N.. Kange No. N ", and will oaei proof co show that fhe land sought E more valnahle Tor its timber or stone tiinn io agfieYiAifai par poses. md estnbilsh his claim f0 said land heiore the Circuit Clerk cf Polk cnuntp at Mana, ArkansaS, on fhufsdet. iht 22 day 0f August l3ls
 Iie nanes as WNnessfss samuel Wells, Gharles W. Palmer. leMiH h RiiMcfs .fumf- McNeweB, ali nf Hats scot rplnty. ArknHsaa,
 Ant anA an persons claimin1 adNtfNtA thA nh0S Sr.dfscrihed iHuds are requested tt fie their eiaimS in this0lAea ounF hctufr alH 2Ai Hat of August, ilfn
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
Good at Elaurss.

A lawyer in seaport town adver- tiaed for an office boy, lad applied Tor the situation who had hitherto been employed ln the local fish mar ket The boy, on being asked if he Sas a good writer, answered in the affirmative. And can you do men tal arithmets?n T think so, sir We'll, what would s6 pounds of sal nor at one-haif-cent a pound be-" Lad, sir was the quick reply.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
dg, wing Aches and Pains

Ms JoaQ <. mnet tremoud, reS- writes Argfi5 01. have used Baiia f's saov Eminent n ny family for three ears ,,, .id moi ba without lt in ilfe house. l hnVs ,...3 n on my uttie rl for growing paini s4f faius ln her knees, cured het fiFnl s,,',,t. haVs also used t for ifosf piiiel fact stlh good suace'-, # h The isat si1 sf.eas { ever pacl, H., tf ttiA ft#s fi ht Ja4Aaqa arAe t9