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The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
UTILIZING POWER OF TIDES.
Difficulties In Way of Project Will All
 Be Overcome.

The difficulties of concentrating tid. al power and making it available are great and so far it has been used only on small scale and in primitive way, but the near future will probably see great electric generating plants established at favorable localities where the tides run high and there are natural storage basins Some months ago plan was worked out for utiliz. ing the ebb and flow of the River Seine. Assuming that tidal embark ments were needed for guiding the channel through the estuary it was proposed that these be connected to the shore on either side so as to form two large reservoirs. each of which should be divided into a high water basin and low water basin. the discharge from one to the other to drive turbines The available tide is about 10 feet. Each reservoir would have an area of about 2.50O acres, and it was estimated that about 6,0O0-horsepower would be given of during the six hours Of the rising tide. The cost Of division dams, turbines and other works was placed at s60.- 900. From this the annual cost of each horsepower was computed at $500, in- cluding land rent and interest at 10 per cent, but this would rise to more than s30.00 If the channel walls were to form a part of the expense.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

Notice is hereby given. that in pur- suance of the authority and directions contained in the decretal order of the chancery court of Polk county made and entered on the 3lst day of August, 1907, in certain cause (No. 297), then pending therein between Elizabeth Sleeper, complainant, and Daniel Sleeper, ct al, defendants, the under signed, as Commissioner of said court, will offer for sale at public vendue to the highest bidder, at the south door or entrance of the county court house, in which said court is held, in the County of Polk, within the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales, on Saturday, the 18th day of October, A. D. 1907, the following described real estate, to-wit: Lots 1 and 2 in block 45, in the city of Mena. in Polk county, Arkansas.
 Terms of Sale: On credit of twelve months, the purchaser being required to execute bond as required by law and the order and decree of said Court in said cause, with approved security, bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum from date of sale until paid, and lien being retained on the premises sold to secure the payment of the purchase money.
 Given under my hand this 1lth day of September A. D. 1907.
 WI. Green,
 Commissioner in Chancery.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
SHOULD HAVE SLEEP OUT.
Writer Objects to Custom Of Arousina
 Children Early.

Dr. Woods Hutchinson, writing of Sleep in the American Magazine. criti. cizes boarding schools Sharply for get ting young people up too early in the morning. He says: "A baby or young child should have absolutely every minute of sleep that it can be induced to take, and sleeplessness is even more emphatically sign of disease in children than in adults. The necessity and capacity for large amounts of re- freshing sleep persists up to adult life and the amount required seldom falls below ten hours before the eighteenth or twentieth year. To make children or rapidly growing young adults get up before they have had their sleep out, and feel thoroughly rested, Is not merely irrational but cruel, and when 1t is done as a routine practice at boarding schools, or other institutions, by those who pretend to be fitted to have the care of children it Is little short of criminal"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
"Look at All the UoIy Meniv

Senator Charles W. Fulton of Ore. gon was a stumper whose methods were as effective as Delivers. He would begin something like this:
 Well. must say I'm disappointed at this crowd! Look at all the ugly men. Not a good-looking man in the whole convention! How does it happen that such lot of misshapen features on the masculine side have been able to attract so many beautiful female part. ners? Here I've been bachelor for 40 years; but If had known you fel- lows could do as well as you've done I'd never been a bachelor for 15 min. utes." etc. By this heart-to-heart method he placed himself on the best Of terms with his hearers and then took dive into politics. The joke of it all was, according to an article in ADpleton's, that his wife was probably sitting in the audience listening to his remarks
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
corned Beef and

Don Mariana Torlonia, of the ia nous ducal family of Torlonia, in Rome, praised American cigars at a dinner in New York.
 Our Italian cigars are not so good. 9 he said They are made by the gov. ernment. They are as long and thin as a lead pencil, and they have a straw in the middle; otherwise they would not draw. You light these Ital- ian cigars of ours over lamp, spe- caliy-made cigar lamp that burns with a strong flame. The lighting re- quires from three to five minutes. These cigars, for all the trouble they take, are poor. l gave one to an American in Rome one morning. He put 1t in his pocket and said he would smoke it later
 T met him again that night at the Cafe Nazionale, in the Corso.
 "'Well,' said. how did you like my cigar?'
 "'0h, 1t was excellent, said he I enjoyed it immensely. I had 1t boiled for my dinner with some corned beef"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
French Duel Test of couraoe.

The only circumstance which we take the trouble to notice in modern French duels is that they seldom do much harm; the fact which is upper most in the French mind is the obvi- ously implied one that, whether a duelist come to any manner of grief or not. a man cannot take part in a duel without deliberate risk of his life. His act, though probably only conventional. may turn out to be fatal. And even though, in general. it happily prove mere formality, it involves, on the part of all concerned, & brave acknowledgment that anyone who pretends to belong to civilized society must hold himself responsible for any deviation from the code of conduct which its traditions prescribe and which it's existence involves.-- Scribner.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
"The pevil,. sibI. v

The volume which is called "the devils Bible" is in the library of the royal palace of Sweden. It is a huge copy of the Scriptures, written on 300 prepared asses skins. One re. port says that 1t took 500 years to complete this copy. which is so large that it has table by itself Another tradition says that 1t was completed in single night, due to the assistance of his Satanic majesty who, when the work was finished, gave the monk 8 portrait of himself for a frontispiece. The Illuminated likeness of the devil still adorns the front page of the work. The volume was carried off by the Swedes in the Thirty Years War from convent in Prague.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
vIllaqe cs re.cans.

On the lower course of Casamance river in West Africa exists what French writer has described as VT Iage of pellcans." The birds have been so mercilessly hunted that they aVoiu the presence of man. but in the heisn, borhood of their village they snow comparatively little fear. Ihere alo % aven native African huts under the enormous baobab trees in which the birds have established their com munity. The nests are placed al the ends of branches, five or six in eacn free Dry branches, rudely interlaced' form an insecure looking platform GOV cred with thick layer Of down ana there the young birds, laughingly pig and awkward in such a situation may he seen maintaining an unstable elu' librium. yet never losing their eaf ance.-Youth's Companion
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
THE sIcKsHAw AND DANDY.
rrmitive Modes of Travel In Hlll
 Country of India.

In the mountain districts of India the principal vehicles of passenger conveyance are the 'rickshaw and the dandy" with which Rudyard Kipling has made us familiar. United States Consul Gen. Michael, of Calcutta, writes thus about these vihicles:
 The rickshaw is pushed and pulled through the streets and on the roads leading out into the country by four coolies, and the dandy is carried on the shoulders of four and sometimes six coolies. Saddle ponies are also used to some extent but most of tho inhabitants and quite all visitors used the 'rickshaw and dandy The latter Is constructed on the plan of sleigh box, but longer. A pole is attached fore and aft, which is long enough to give springy motion when the coolies are walking and trotting. A cross piece rests on the shoulders of the coolies and is shifted now and then from one shoulder to the other for rest. By the command of the coolie in charge this shift is made simultane- ously. As rule. both the 'rickshaws and the 'dandies' are heavier than they need to be. and they are general ly lacking in finish. Yet these vehicles cost as much as light and strong ones well finished should cost. The writer would like to place alongside of the rickshaws and 'dandies' in use in In- dia some samples manufactured in the United States after designs made by an American designer. The sam ples would attract orders"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
CLUB 1000 YEARS OLD.
Chinese Association Has Lately Been
 Reorganized In England.

The little club that has been estab. lished in London under the fascinating title of the "Idlers of the Bamboo Grove" was started in China more than thousand years ago by cele. brated poet and mystic. This exceed ingly old gentleman is still the nom- inal president of the club, and at the reunions of the "Idlers' chair is left for him, although the attention seems unnecessary. The society will not be a very large one at any time. At present 1t consists of small body of orientalists and literary men who are interested in the east Needless to say. some members of the Chinese legation are to be found in the ranks.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
Draining the Everalades.

After many years of discussion without any real action. the state of Florida has at last commenced the work of draining the great submerged tract known as the Everglades. This is to be done by cutting series of canals leading into rivers on both the gulf and Atlantic slopes. The sec. ton to be drained comprises about S00O,000 acres, upon which there is very little timber or brush, conse- uuently the work of reclamation will be comparatively easy, and it is ex. pected to have several thousand acres ready for cultivation and settlement by December of this year. Owing to the latitude and the great richness of the soil, this land will be of great value when thoroughly drained.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
Size of oreaon Mosqultoes.

The late Col l.. l.. Hawkins was fond of telling mosquito story of his own, when Mazamas, gathered round their evening campfire, had to fight on the singing pest at the foot of snow mountains. where the hot footed birds" are often troublesome. You can talk about your big mosquitoes, said he, after the tale telling drifted into fairy topics, but we (meaning Rodney Gilsan and himselD can tell something about mosquitoes ourselves. We climbed Skinner's Butte, at Flu gene, to see the sunset. After we had watched the sun awhile 1t was ob- scured by dense cloud of tremendous mosquitoes. They were the hugest ever saw" Here somebody usually asked: How big were they. colonel!' "They were so big" was the response. that many of them weighed pound" Strange to say. Col. Hawk- ins never suffered bodily injury for telling this story.--Portland Oregon ian
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
Will Try to Reform.

Some of it's readers having criticised the London Law Notes for being too Yankee in tone,' the editor replied: Have our candid friends any idea how dull the English law and lawyers have grown lately? Rarely is there any legal incident in this country with a grain of fun in 1t. Hence we are driven to younger country, where lawyers, in common with the rest of the population. still retain some boy ish instincts and are not too blase with life to enjoy joke. However, we will try to be less Yankee and more British and stodgy for as long as we and our other readers can stand it."
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
whv Hs poesn't Drink MIX.


 My son, who is little over two years of age. has always disliked to drink milk. says writer in the New York World. I have repeatedly told him that to be strong and healthy boy, he should always drink milk. While visiting neighbor with me one day he saw a little boy who was a cripple and could not walk, Nam ma." said he, why can't the little baby walk?" told him the reason was because the baby did not drink milk. Then I said to my little son; Why don't you drink milk ms was his reply: Because can walk. Since then I have had more trouble in persuading him to drink milk than ever before.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
 TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE }, 1878.
 Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office

United states Land Office,
 Camden, Ark, October 10, 1907. Notice is hereby given that in compliance with the provisions Of the act of Congress of June 3, 1878, entitled "An act for the sale ol timber lands In the States Of California, Ore gon, Navada, and Washington Territory" as extended to all the Public Land States by act of August 1, 1892
 JAMES A. NORRIS, of Egger, County of Polk, State of Arkansas, has this day filed In thls office his sworn statement, No. l273, for the purchase of the NEl4 NEl5, Section 3l, and NJ NWL, Of Sec ton No. B. in Township No. 1 South, Range \ O. 2s West, and will offer proof to show that the land sought Is more valuable for It's tim Der or stone than for agricultural purposes and to establish his claim to said land before Circuit Clerk Of Polk County at Mena, Ark, on Monday, the Z'rd day Of December, 1907. He names as witnesses: Columbus F. Furr Reuben ]. PhiIpot, Claud Barrett and Robert l.. Norris, all of Egger. Ark.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely the above-dcscribed lands are requested to file their claims in this office on or before said 23rd day Of December, 1907.
 II. c. Friedhcim, Register.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
Death Recalls Ocean Duel.

The recent death in France of Vice Admiral Franduet recalls the fact that he was the hero of the only naval en- gagement in the Franco-Prussian war. The scene was Havana, where Fran quet commanded the Bouvet, which Kept watch on the Prussian ship Me teor. The latter was we'll armed, though the Bouvet had only light ar tlllery. Franquet challenged the Ger man captain to naval duel, and the oner was accepted. The boats sailed rom the harbor. followed by Span ish ships as umpires. The Bouyet at once rammed the Meteor. Both ships were badly damaged.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
Acorn portlere.

A new idea for the girl who has 6 taste for odd furnishings is a portiere made of acorns. If you wish to make pne gather quantities of acorns in diff rerent stages of ripening, from glossy brown to greens. In your leisure mo ments sort them into little piles, ac- rording to color, and string them as rour fancy dictates-different tones m one string or one shade to one ,tring. The effect will be better If the brger nuts are at the top. When lone fasten them on light rod or .rille that fits your door.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
nr4 JAcKAss BATTERY.
.,d Mules Required for Work In me" the Mountains.

of the most interesting organi-
 .,nns which took part in the man. sa avsrs at Camp Tacoma. Washington. weetern troops under Gen. Freder- oi ruuston was the 11th battalion, ,sS sald artillery, Maj. C. A. Bennett com manding
 ..antb and eighteenth batteries, some us.as .eea referred to as 'jackass" batter . savs Leslie's Weekly, because of ,, ..a use of mules The battery pieces sro transported in sections on the s.ors of mules, the guns and carriages sa,ng divided into four parts, making ss,r hacks for the same number of animals.
 rhis enables the batteries to be ,.a,snorted through the most difficult -atons accessible to troops, and the rnns can be brought into action in rountainous country. In the United S.otes army these batteries are com soratively new, but they received ,hair baptism in the Philippines and have proved their practical value in many skirmishes upon the cottas and forts of the Moros.
 If is surprising how rapidly the rules are unloaded, the parts of the g,n thrown together and the gun loaded, sighted and ready to be fired. Al a test Of the eighteenth battery ,he men ran the mules back fifty naces. unloaded and assembled the eup and fired in 45 seconds. This was worlds record.
 The work requires not only intelli- g.nt but powerful men. The gun itself weighs 36 pounds and the trail inc same, but the men handle the pieces with ease.
 The mules. too, are familiar with the drill and perform their parts in very intelligent manner. They know their respective positions, and when the load is lifted they immediately jump forward, so the piece can be placed directly on the ground.
 The gun used in these batteries has range of from $500 to 4,0o0 feet. It fires a large shell, but has a lower muzzle velocity than the larger field pieces. In design the piece is some what similar to the screw" gun of the British army.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

Notice is hereby given. that in pursuance of the authority and directions contained in the decretal order of the chnncery court of Polk county made and entered on the 3l day of August, 1907, in certain cause No. 29ll, then pending therein between B. G. Lively complainant. and Mary Y. Endsley et al. de- fendants, the undersigned, as commissioner of said court, will offer for sale at public vendne to the highest bidder, at the east door or entrance of the county court house, in which said court is held, fin the county or Polk, within the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales on Saturday. the 18th day Of October, A. D. 1907, the following described real estate, to-wit: Lots 7and 8, block 62, and lots II, l2 I3 and l4, block p5 in the city of Mena, in Polk county, Arkansas.
 Terms of sale: On n credit Of three months, the purchaser being required to execute n bond as required by law and the order and decree of said Court in said cause, with app proved security, bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent per nnnum from date Of sale until paid, and lien being retained on the premises sold to secure the payment of the purchase morley.
 Given under my hand this iith day of September, A. D. 1907. W. l. Green,
 Commissioner in ChanceD.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
Asertain Cure for Group Used for
 Ten Years Without a Failure

s'' " C. Bott a Star City, Ind, hardware cs c'aseaonant, k enthusiastic in his praise oi sla''inerlain's Cough Remedy. His children
 @'e all been subject to croup and he has resu ms remedy for the past ten years, and mough they much feared the croup, his wife ana ne always felt safe upon retiring when a sS.ue ot Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was l 'ne house. His oldest child was subject to were attacks Of croup, but this remedy aeser Jailed to effect a speedy cure. lie has commended 1t to friends and neIghbors -au all who have nsed it say that it Is un- st1a'ed Tor croup and whooping cough. For '"s py Jackson Drug Go. and All Dealers
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
A Street Car Adventure.

A lady entered a Baltimore street car and, just as she was about to sit down, the car gave lurch, throwing her into a gentleman's lap. Quickly recovering herself. she apologized and said. q would give quarter If were . man. so could swear" Damn, promptly came from man sitting two seats away. and he never looked at the lady. She quietly took a quarter from her purse, offered it to the nan who had spoken. and he. as quietly, put it in his pocket. No further con versation. and all were apparently satisfied.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
Averaoe Corn Yield.

The average yield of corn in the united States Is 25 bushels and the average value per acre is eight dol ars from which the cost of produc- ing Inc crop must be deducted before VI can yield profit. There is not a cent of profit in the average crops of any kind. Average crops do not pay, and average farmers are not content wlth the average crop; they want the pest The fault of an average crop olten lies in the cultivation. Some umes 1t is in the land, and again it is 'a m season. but it more often lies in 'he farmer himself.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
Be Charitable.

Never pass final Judgment on any one from first impressions. We are all such creatures in limitation. Eyes are faulty, and the elements of char. acter which include us. often more than compensate for the faults we see. Look again. look deeper. You will be surprised at the number of stars in the night sky if you look long enough. Most people have more virtues than are seen by snap vision. Be'charitable and patient. Do not spoil your world by peopling it with imaginary beings. Welcome the good in humankind, and the good in others will reward your quest.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
Name Sounded Familiar.

l was turning over the leaves of a magazine one afternoon and my little brother, three years old. happened to be standing near. As turned one page gazed on lovely painting of Joan of Arc. Do you know who this is, Ralph?" I asked. He looked at it for second and then he said. "Oh. yes, know; that's--thats-oh, you know, he stammered. she's the one who swallowed the whale" He had confounded the two names of Jonah and Joan Exchange.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
The Genius of Love.

Durable love is a sublime drama played by two actors equal in talents, a drama where the sentiments are catastrophes, where desires are events and where the lightest thought causes a change of scene. But how will you And in the flock of bipeds which is called nation. man and woman possessing in the same degree the genius of love, when talented people are already so rare in other sciences! .-Honore de Ba.-ac.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
An Explana,lon.

Fat men are invariably honest" said the deep thinker, and I believe it's because they are so sensitive about their fat" '1 don't see what you mean?" Well, if they should be dishonest, and get caught at it they might have to wear convict suits with the stripes running in the most un coming becoming way"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
now to Cure a Cold

The question of how to cure cold without unnecessarily loss Of time is one in which we are all more or less interested, for the quicker a cold is gotten rid Of the less the danger of pneumonia and other serious dlseases- Mrs. B. W. L. Hall. of Waverly, Va., has used Chamberlaln's Cough Remdey for years and says: T frmley believe Chamberiain's Cough Remedy to he absolutely the best preparation on the market for colds I have recommend cd 1t to my friends and they all agree with mo. For sale by Jackson Drug Co. and AL Dealers
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
If He Had a Million.

Say, Moike, if yez had a million dollars given ye today, phwat wud yer do frst?" Sure, an I'd go to the Palace hotel and engage a room, an I'd lave wurrud with the clerk to call me at five o'clock in the morning. "Why. phwat wud yez do that fur?' "Ah," said Mike. with complaceni glin, "whin he tould me to get uI I'd say: Oh, go to the divvle: 1 dons have o""-Judge's Library.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
Flnancler at Whlte house.

Washington. March l7.--James speyer of the firm of Speyer & Co.,, financiers of New York. was at the White house Saturday and had an in terview with the president. MT. Speyer declined to intimate in any way what the nature of his inter view was. but 1t is presumed that it touched upon the financial situation. On Wednesday last, Mir. Speyer called on the president. His visit again Sat urday caused much talk in official circles
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-17
His Mistake,

He hasn't succeeded in his politi. cal ambitions"
 No; the trouble with him is that he apes the swell people"
 That's not the trouble. He might aye the swell people all he pleased if he didn't afterward monkey with the plain peoplei"-Catholic Standard and Times.