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The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
Dogs and Their Treatment.

Columbus has new deg catcher It is hoped that he Is a humane man and does not enter. upon his duties with hatred of dogs Some people have an idea that a dog Is always to be assailed like a snake. It is in that spirit that boy throws stone at a dog going down the street, and harm. Ing nobody. "A dogs life" Is com mon phrase, which indicates that every mans hand is against 1t. This is the fate of mans most faithful com panion, the most intelligent animal outside of the pale of humanity. Let us always remember that sympathy for brute accompanies sympathy for fellow-mortal You can risk your fortune on that proposition. - Ohie State Journal.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
FRIENDSHIP.

In vain, alas, are splendor, wealth and
 power, In vain are all the gifts that wealth
 can shower, If you have not friend to love and
 cherish. Whose love in darkest hour will never
 perish, A friend What sweet, and soothing
 solemn work, When from true lips the earnest word
 is heard, As sweet as breath of hyaclnth, and
 soft, That from the heath on wings are borne
 aloft. So sweet is friendships everlasting tie, That holds through life, until the day
 we die. As rare as splendor of the purest
 pearls, Though light as zephyr that in eddy
 whirls. Can you recall the passing, feeting
 time, When friendship lived as in star sub
 lime As with zither's soft and quivering
 chords Were blended sounds of friendship s
 murmured words, To dare express the thoughts within
 thy heart, To love thy friend-this is the nobler
 part.
 Marie Elizabeth Lamb.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
SPLENDID RAGE OF MEN.
Natives of the Friendly Islands of
 Magnificent Physique.

"The natives of the Tonga, or Friendly islands, of the east coast of New Zealand, are the finest in phy- sioue of any on earth" said E. A. Powell, of Cleveland. MT. Powell IS returning from business trip to Australia, where he visited several groups of the Pacific islands. The average height of the males is five feet ten inches. Many of them are over six feet. They weigh from 160 to 300 pounds and are very straight, being built in proportion The women average a greater height than the women of America. They have fine, strong figures and average from lSO to 160 pounds in weight. They arc of a copper color, straight haired and with features which made the Greeks famous. I firmly believe they are the original Maoris. while the natives Of New Zealand are smaller race-ap- parently mixture with the Mongolian race. The islands are crescent shaped and mostly coral. There Is Leither wealth nor poverty on the islands Peace and contentment are in evidence and the tribe Is exceeding virtuous. The main article of food is the cocoa out, and the only drink used is the milk of this nut"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
The Uses of Worry.

Worry of one sort and another Is necessary to the complete health of the spirit; worry Is as surely related to content on one side as 1t Is 10 mis- cry on the other. It is as wholesome an exercise for the spirit. and as re- freshing. as the physical exercise which the man finds so necessary to his well-being. The spirit must have its peculiar gymnastics; the soul can. not afford to become stagnant; its waters, If one may say SO. must be stirred occasionally if they would be kept fresh and sweet.-Joei Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus' Magazine.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago News

Chicago News.)
 When the boss is away the clerks get gay.
 It's usually the fellow who is afraid to take chance who loses on sure thing.
 Selfishness is a quality everybody has except you.
 You can't do it all, but it's up to you to do all you can.
 After you get dollar in your clutches the taint soon evaporates. Many a man who demands justice would whine for mercy if he got it. A girl is no sooner safely married than she begins to wonder how long it will be until she becomes widow. Friendship may have the true ring, but it isn't the kind of ring that is calculated to satisfy the girl who is in love.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
She Had to Come.

One Of the old governors of the Carolinas was a man who had lived q farmers life most of the time until ne was elected, and his wife, having never seen a steamboat or railroad and having no wish to test either one refused to accompany her husband 10 the capital When the governor reach cd his destination he found that a'' most all the other officials were ao' companied by their wives, and nc sent an imperative message to DIS brother to fetch Melinda along" Tne brother telegraphed She's afraid even Co look at the engine" The gov. eruor read the message and pondereo over it for a few moments. At the end of that time he sent off the TOT lowing command; "Bill. you blindfoia Melinda and back her on to the train -~hxchenEe
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
unsportsmanlIke Prayer.

Old Roman sportsmen sought by every means. human and superhuman, to win their chariot races. Douglas Sladen, in his Carthage and Tunic, 1" tells how the archaeologists have rs covered various imprecations used by owners of racing chariots and buried in tombs before the races Here ia an example; q adjure thee so bind the hands, the head and the heart of Victorious tomorrow as hold this cock bound. Bind also the members of the horses which he may drive, hinder them from springing forward. Precipitate their driver from the char. lot, so that he may be dragged across the hippodrome."
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
THINKS HE'S THE WHOLE
 COUNTRY.

McCutcheon, the famous cartoon ist on the Chicago Tribune. has drawn cartoon recently that illus trates condition that has been becoming more and more apparent in the past few years. The time was when a panic in Wall Street meant a panic all over the country. but as has been repeatedly shown, that day is past but Wall Street has not found it out, judging from the croaking of some of the fellows who are being pinched in that quar- ter Rockefeller and his outfit, for example.
 The cartoon shows a wofully dis tressed individual labeled Wall Street" chained in a violent ward" of an insane asylum, and the keeper showing a party of interested visi- tors through the establishment. In pointing to Wall Street" the keep CT says:
 This is one of our most interest ing cases. He has wonderful delusion. You remember 1 showed you one fellow who thought he was Catherine the Great, another fellow thinks he is the Siamese twins, and we've lots who thought they were Napoleon. But this case beats them all He thinks he is the United States. When he has a pain in the pocket he thinks we ought to put a poultice on the Middle West. He never wants to take the medicine we think he needs, but wants to pre- scribe for himself.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
How Strikes Can Be Avoided.

ltis said that in New York many of the old Postal men wept when they were called out on the strike. By going out they forfeited their right to good pensions granted by the Postal Company after ten years service.
 Why is it that disputes between employer and employee are not al ways submitted promptly to arbitra- tion? By such methods the rights of all concerned can be protected, the employees may keep at work and the spectacle of defiance between capital and labor prevented.
 Are not the people weary of ire quent tie-ups that cripple business without necessity?
 A good stiff compulsory arbitra- tion law ought to fit the case. Ga zette.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
 POSTAL SAVING BANKS AND PARCELS POST.

Postmaster General George Won l.. Meyer has recommended num- Der of improvements in the postal service. among which are two that are of pre-eminent interest to the people of the country the establish ment of q domestic parcels post and apostal savings bank system. There are but two interests that oppose these changes. the express com panies and the banks. and but for the strength of their influence in Congress the people would long since been able to send packages from place to place fan cheaper than they have, and any man with ever so smalla sum could have deposited it with the government and been ab- s3lutely sure it was safe.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

heard a man talking to friend m St. Louis by telephone. Could any thing be newer than that 7 Thou sands of other things new and strange have been invented in this wonderful age and are being invent ed all the time.
 There was a time when bossy' women were quite rare: when a woman who controlled her husband was so rare that people talked about her. But the "bossy" women are becoming more numerous and they getting away with it better than they ever did before. Indeed. men who not controlled by a woman wife, daughter or mother are be- coming scarce.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
West Virginia Problem.

A knotty legal question has come to the surface in Webster county. says the Morgantown Chronicle. One man stole ano,heF mans skunk. It was a wild animal which was priv. lleged Co roasn where it pleased. and t recognized no owner. lord or mas. ter Hut in the course Of lts peram. bulations it entered upon the land of a man named ziceafoose. who set up claim Co the visitor because it was on his land, and when a predatory mountaineer came down like a wolf Hn the fold and carried away the aead carcass of the animal Mr. zlcca. loose set up a ciaim that it was hls property. Was ts
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
MUSINGS.

Written for The Star.l The cooling breeze, The whispering leaves Supplant the burning day; The evening star, Bright god of war, Swings slowly on it's way. In meadows green, The firehy seen, His love light flashing bright; While far and near, Or faintly clear Come voices oft he night. The coming train The mountain gains With giant cough and labor; The whistles blare, Which split the air, Make rather noisy neighbor. The tinkling bells In echoing swells, The watch dog bays the moon; The pine wood air Is sweet and clear, And bedtime comes too soon. The perfect night. The moon so bright Flooding the southern land; While clothed in green, The mountains seen Stand round on every hand.
 --S. s.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
4 Honpinu Match.

A match, 20 hops for ten guineas. took place at Loughborough, Leices- tershire. between James Shipley, of Nottingham. and a person named Moore. of Leicester. It was very closely contested, so much so that bets of four to one were laid and talk en on each side The match, however, was won by Shipley. On measuring the distance it appeared that Shipley had hopped 75 yards nine or ten inches and Moore something more than 75 yards. The latter was to have run against shipley on the same day lf0 yards for 4o guineas. but de. clined. and in consequence forfeited his deposit-From an English Sport. ing Magazine of 1907.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
A Mathematical 0ddity.

A mathematician in a scientific bureau of one of the departments at Washington has discovered that the number l42,S57 is odd in more senses than one. If we multiply it by any numl CT from one up to six we arrive at products expressed by exactly the same figures as the origi- nal. Not only so. but with the ex- ception that a different figure leads off each time, the orders of the fig ures is the same.
 l42,857 multiplied by l is the same l42.S57 multiplied by ? is 2S5. TIA 142,S57 multiplied by 3 is 42S,5 l42.S57 multiplied by 4 is 57l, ,42s l42,s57 multiplied by 5 is TIA, ,2S5 l42,S57 multiplied by 6 is S57. .142
 With this multiplying by six the strangeness stops, though the result of multiplying the number by seven gives the rather odd number of 999, ,999. Exchange.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
To Keen Flower. Fresh.

If you want to bring flowers in town from the country" said the girl who goes out occasionally, don't bring them in your hand. If it takes you two hours to come in they will never revive, no matter how much water you put on them after you get here. Take pasteboard shoe box, lay wet paper in it. put the flowers in. sprinkle them we'll, and put another layer of paper over them. Just bring them home with you and they'll keep fresh and sweet in your flat or studio for the longest kind of time"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
MENA.
, Written for The star.

Written for The Star.) Mena, fair Mena, Thou gem of town, Thou art known far and wide As town of renown. Progressing in strides, Forgotten the past, Which so late was solitude And wilderness vast. You forget not your birthday, A virtue most rare, And you give up three days To the Mena Park Fair. You make strangers welcome, And extend the glad hand, And with pleasure you show them The fruit of the land. You are safe in your future, Your mountain retreat, For you hold all the cards And cannot be beat.
 -S. S.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

affairs of his little city wrote: All the windows along Main street need washing badly" The next morning he was waited on by a platoon of indignant citizens who confronted him with the paragraph in question from the hands of the compositor and informed him fierceIy that he had gone too far. After a hasty and mortified glance he admitted that he had. It now read: "All the widows along Main street need washing badly"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
The Looksmith,s Chance.

On the park bench sat two lovers. The passing locksmith dropped his kit and laughed long and uproariously. "Why do you laugh?' asked the park policeman. "Oh, just to get even," conhded the locksmith. You know love always laughs at locksmiths, so I thought it would be good chance for the locksmith to laugh at love" And then the old man laughed himself out Of sight
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
To Stop Snoring.

A medical journal submits the following advice for the benefit of lady who wishes to cure her husband of the habit of snoring: Raise yourself softly on your elbow and gently but firmly bite his nose. Judge.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

New fork Press.
 Self-made men need a lot of ex- pert tinkering afterward.
 It's awful bad manners to have a wife that you qurarel with.
 Colleges can teach a boy almost anything except how to support himself.
 Farmers make so much money in the government rep rts, it's won- der they don't insist on having some of it.
 A woman calls it being cross when you don't think it's smart of the baby to put your watch to soak iii the bath tub.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
SO1E EVERY DAY PHILOSOPh,

tAtchson GloDe.)
 As a matter of fact, there are no very big fish in small puddles.
 The woman who tells everything she hears, always.hears 90 much, too.
 A few good beatings are the only efficient antidote for quarrelsome disposition.
 How some mems sporting blood crops out when it comes to betting on sure thing.
 If girl is homely, it is safe to assert that she is a great deal of help to her mother.
 A mule drawing a top buggy looks as unnatural as the average picture on magazine cover.
 A boy may be a bit cowardly in other respects, but dyspepsia never has any terrors for him.
 Love may brighten the eye. as the poet says. but it also has a tendency to disarrange the hair.
 A woman can see romance as far as a tramp can see work, but she doesn't avoid it as carefully.
 As we grow older. we are all com pelled to give up much of the "spunk" we displayed in youth.
 Nearly every man is the victim of agents; look at the books and things around your house you do not need.
 After a woman succeeds in getting her husband afraid of her, she never can hope to get him in love with her.
 You often hear of man of few word,," but never in connection with pugiism or the life insurance business.
 It is easy enough to talk about a woman with five or six children leaving her husband, but where could she go.
 After all, the only sure happiness we have today is the knowledge that we don't know what is going to happen tomorrow.
 1t is the easiest thing in the world for a woman to fool a man; but when a man fools a woman the magazines print pieces about it.
 When a woman cleans out a bu- reau drawer, she leaves the drawer as full as before beginning, and throws out enough junk to fill it again.
 A woman whose husband doesn t drink can always give vivid de- scription of the fierce treatment she would administer to him if he came home drunk.
 If man has his choice of two re- forms, it is easy for him to argue that the one which will do the world the greater good is the one that will cost him the least.
 Every day you will see cases like this. A little, thin, sickly looking member of the family who worries constantly about the welfare of some big, fat, unwrinkled member.
 Do you own little dog that barks all night? Ever occur to you that hundreds of people in the neighbor- hood are easily annoyed? /? And the meanest and most impolite act pos sible IS to unnecessarily annoy peo- pie.
 Do you indulge in the long talk :? When you have business with a man do you talk long time with view of being agreeable and impressive :? If you do. cut it out. The long talk has gone out of style. Transact your business as speedily as possible and get out.
 More than a century ago a wise man said: There is nothing new under the sun." The saying is still quoted with approval, although it is 2 libel on modern men. Today we
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

The story of the famous guerrilla, Quantrell, as told in this issue of The Star by General R. c. Shaver, will De interesting reading to many, and may. by corroborating other incidents that have recently been published. assist in clearing up the much mooted question as to his 1aafh
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
The Formidable Bert Pin.

Huh" scornfully snorted the nickel-plated safety pin. You are not In the same class with me"
 "Oh, you haven't any cause tc be stuck up," rstorted the ordinary pin. Speaking of classes, some of us have occupied chairs in the foremos, schools and colleges"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
Keeps Thousands in Arkansas.

Eureka Springs is enjoying such a prosperous summer that the hotels are well filled and private homes are resorted to by the visitors. The Daily Times-Echo says there is room for more, however. Eureka Springs keeps thousands of Arkansans from going outside the state in the sum- mer. Gazette.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
TIE mENA EVENING srAn

Is progressive newspaper furnishing su It's readers daily service coverinR the most important Of the worlds gen. sfnl happenings, as well as those ttcms Of local news that 20 to make a homo paper invaluable to citizens Of any com nNnty If you want the news in your Evening Star. By carrier or mail 40f
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The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

Napoleon wanted to rule the world and met his Waterloo. Harri- man wants to own all the railroads, and he will get his"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

The telegraph companies report that the strike is broken, but they are not yet delivering the goods the messages and therein lies the main interest of the public.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

Mir. Hartman. who has just ad- mitted that he would like to own all all the railroads of the United States, is only thinking of the interests of the people, of course
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

It is probably only in Boston that aman could be found who would steal $3. 900 out of a package containing Si05. .000. and there is where it was done. He will never attain the dignity of a kleptomaniac.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

Sortify the body to resist ma larial germs by putting the sys- tem m perfect order. Prickly Ash Bitters is a wonderful system regulator. w. C. Vaudiver. special agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

In . certain section of an adjoin- ing state there have been number of good rock roads for some years. The property values along these roads have increased so greatly that now when new road is proposed, the people in the vicinity almost quarrel to have it built by their particular farms, knowing that the cost, perhaps two or three dollars an acre, will be repaid many times by an increased value of their farms. When that lesson is thoroughly learned ia any community, real progress begins.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

The establishment by the govern ment of National Forests is going to give employment to many young men in the states and districts where they are located, and there are many who will aspire to the places. For that reason the rules governing that service, and the methods of securing the positions, as published in this paper. will be of interest to many in Polk county.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

compulsory arbitration. This will shorten the time. materially when a
 difference between employers and employees will be allowed to cause prolonged inconvenience and loss to the general public to say nothing of the loss suffered by the contest ants
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

Since the Standard Oil Company has been fined sum sufficient to take it's profits for year or so, John D. Rockefeller has made up his mind that the country is drifting toward the rocks of financial depression. Well. if John D. does not know any more about this than he does about the affairs of the Standard Oil Company, as shown by his testimony before the court in Chicago recently, the country may rest comparatively easy.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
Don't neglect the warniups q

Don't neglect the warnings of nature. If your appetite is poor, breath bad, tongue coated, you will be sick unless you take steps to put your system in good con- dition. Prickly Ash Bitters is the remedy you need. It cleanses the entire system. w, c, Vandi. yer, special agent,
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

All the railroads of the country would be mine if l could get control of them said Hartman. The time has not come for Federal ownership. Personally, with all the lines in my possession, would be better suited" What jovial fel- low Hartman is. anyhow. By the time the Federal government gets through with the railroad question, judging from present indications. Mir Hartman may be well pleased to keep out of prison.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

Keep the body heal,hv al this season by using Prickiy Ash Bitters. lt IS a necessary con- di,ion Co successfuilv resist malarial germs. W. C. Nardiver. special agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22

The strike of the telegraphers will certainly have the effect of lining up the metropolitan press in favor of
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
His Labor of Love Lost.

A Missouri editor who was known to have q patriotic interest in tho
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-22
SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.
Statistics Forwarded to Congress by
Health Officer Woodward.

DR.. William c. Woodward, health Of
ficer of the District has forwarded to the
District committee of the Senate through
the Commissioners, supplementary report
to the one forwarded by him yesterday
relative to the number of employees in the
health service, their names, salaries and
everything pertaining to the operation of
his department, which information was
called for by resolution introduced by
Senator GalIinger last Monday. The re-
port forwarded by DR.. Woodward today is
brilliant in its brevity, reviewing in a con-
densed and more clear form. the same in
formation contained in his first report
which consisted of thirtyseven typewriter
pages.
The report is purely statistical. 1t shows
that at the present time there are only
sixty-five regular employees in the health
services and their total yearly compensa-
ton is $6S276. However, they do not in
clude the inspectors employed at certain
times during the year when necessity re-
quires it; watchmen in the employment of
the contagious disease service who are only
employed when actually watching cases,
such as smallpox, and certain temporary
laborers. He makes it plain, though, that
the District is taxed very little in paying
this class of men during year.
In showing the number of regular en-
ployes and their salaries and duties, DIR.
Woodward arranges his report as follows:
chief clerk, chief inspector and chief of
the contagious disease service. 5000; cleri-
cal force seven men, $7,4O0; inspection
service, $35, 200; pound service, S., 400:
janitor and messenger service, 81, 140, and
contagious disease service, So. 426. $1,000