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The Mena weekly star., 1907-04-25
MINISTER'S PETITION SENATE.
Pass Strong Resolutions Cundemning Bill
 Segregating School Money.

The Owens segregation bill passed by the house last week is causing discussion over the state. At the meeting of the Union Ministerial Association ol Little Reck resolutions in opposition to the bill were drawn on the motion of Rev. Ben Cox and forwarded to the Pulaski county members of the senate. Rev. w. F. Andrews and Rev. J. N. Jessup were app pointed a committee to draft a memorial portion of which tol- lows, and which was sigued by ministers of every faith in Little Rock, and sent to Senator Old ham and Senator Hamiter.
 "Resolved, That to our minds 1t would be public disaster and calamity 10 enact this bill into a law, thereby cutting off the colored race from the fullest privilege of public instruction, and at the same time putting our state in an attitude hard of ex- plauatiou beyond our borders.
 Resolved, That this action would outrage the public senti- meut of our chivalrous, generous people and would cause wave of protest to sweep over our state, Resting, therefore, under the steadfast conviction that this bill is neither wise nor is 1t good politics, and believing that edu- cation is so interwoven with morals as to justify this petition on the part of ministers, we therefore beg our senators to use all honorable means to defeat the segregation bill in the senate.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-04-25
@ e @ PURIFIES
 oe -. o.THE BLOOD

There other upon which so much depends the blood The muscles bnes news skin other of the body their different duties because they supplied hah properties through the circulation becomes contaminated and polluted sluggish inactive of the and matter of the body absorbed the blood itching disfguring result Muddy pmpes etc. all show that kumor has taken and rendered any disease which cannot be traced the blood Often the blood of parents is handed down children battle against disease form usually
 at Ch Skin Diseases Contagious Poison etc. all dpeaed blood troubles they cannot be cured For all blood diseases put the market This medicine i blood purifying and buidingup properties go the circulation and all the blood with the hehu properties needs cures blood diseases of kind Skin Diseases and Ulcers Contagious Poison etc because purihss the blood Book the blood
 TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATTANTA GA
The Mena weekly star., 1907-04-25
EXCITING TIME
 IN STATE SENATE
Jeff Davis Fought Browning Lee In- surance Bill but It Was Passed Much Disorder Followed
 Vote.

Little Rock, April l6. By a vote of 42 to 30 the Browning Lee bill passed the house yester- day after an all day contest had been waged. It was an orderly session until the roll call had been announced. Then twenty minute interval of disorder reigued and 1t required roll call vote to adjourn the body.
 The Browning-Lee bill excepts from the provisions of the King antitrust law such old line in, snrauce companies as are not in a combination to control the prices of premiums within this state, regardless of their attitude in other states. Under the broad provisions of the King antitrust law no corporation or company that has affiliated with any or gauizatiou to control prices any where could transact business in Arkansas.
 Senator Jeff Davis was the leader oi the forces opposing the bill. Visitors from the ranks of business men throughout the entire state were present to make a last appeal to their representa- tives for relief that is accorded .by the return Of the old line fire companies 70 the state.
 A feature of the contest was that many claimed tho bill would reader the antitrust law inopera- tive, and opposed ii for this rea- son, not objectiug 10 tho return of the tire companies.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-04-25
WILL GIVE RELIEF TO LAW MAKERS
Measures to Permit Counties and Cities to Control Local Affairs Will Give Time for General Legislation
 Photographers Bill Passes

Little Rock, April l7.-The senate yesterday passed a bill in- troduced by Senator Bush which leaves to the various counties and townships of the state the right to determine by votes of the property owners just what kind of stock laws and fences they desire. The present session ot the assembly has been confronted with at least hundred bills re- latiug to hogs and fences, and considerable time has been de- voted to their consideration. The Bush bill and the bill introduced and passed by MT. Black of Marion giving to the Railroad Commission the power, on petition to compel the railroads to erect depots wherever they are needed
 aud the necessity of them is proven by investigations, are measures that are intended to re- lieve the assembly of some of its work If both of these bills be- come acts, as they probably will,
  nearly half of the labor of the legislature will be removed. A
 bill is to be introduced in the
 senate shortly giving to the county examiners the power to
The Mena weekly star., 1907-04-25
GOVERNOR LITTLE IN FINE SPIRITS
Win Come Back to Arkansas. Then Go
 to California.

Corpus Cristi, Tex, April IS.
 Gov. Little is making arrange ments to leave in short time for Arkansas where he will remain a few days before statting for Cali. foruia or Colorado. He Is in fine spirits and the prospects of get ting back to his native state has frightened him up considerably Paul Little, who has been with his father for the past week, left for Little Rock Tuesday greatly pleased with the improvement in Lhe condition aL the governor.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-04-25
Tn Entire Family i.

Grand Pop used it for rheumatism. Dal for cuts, sprains and bruises. Nanny for burns, and bruises. Sis for Catarrh and Chillblaines. fused it for everything, and it never disap- points any of us It surely yanks any old pain out by the roots,
 Hunts Lightning Oil is what l am telling NaV about
The Mena weekly star., 1907-04-25

establish school districts. If this, too, becomes law. future assemblies will be able to devote their time.exclusively to the con- sideration of general measures.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-04-25
Cures chills and Fever

CIV. Wirt, Nacogdoches, Texas, says His daughter had ehills and fever for three years; he could not find anything that would help her till he used Heroine. His wife will not keep house without it, and can- not say too much for fl" soc. For sale by Jackson Drug Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-04-25

stmulant occasionally The digestive organs, the liver the kidneys and bowels lose their effectiveness at times need hep At such times strengthening, cleansing and regulating medicine of priceless value because serious diseases spring from neglected disorders in these organs
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09

lessons from them III manufacturing
bone and muscular tissue ont of car
bohydrates and fats, but before they
have transformed one kind of mat
ter into another. which in no way
bear any resemblance TO the original
do we feel inclined to listen to their
theories of the successful production
of swine by the feeding of an ex-
elusive corn ration.
We shall not, at this time, refer
to practical feeding tests Of which
scores have been made at our ex-
pertinent stations, showing that not
only will the health of the hogs be
better if in connection with corn
they are fed oil meal, tankage, erc.,
but that also pound of pork can
be manufactured at lower cost if
it is produced from balanced ra-
ton. There is little doubt but that
most of the hog cholera that OBJ
tains throughout the corn belt, is
due to weakened conditioned of
the swine, brought about by a one.
sided system of feeding.-Farmers'
Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
After the Hog Cholera, What?

We have passed through three
sleges of cholera on our own farms,
in each case the genuine article and
not counterfeit, and hence we feel
that we can speak from experience.
First, a general cleaning up will be
p' order. This means the removal
OF all the manure, the cleaning out
Of pens and under the pens, and
disinfection. Probably as good a
thing as any for this is one part of
sulphuric acid to forty of water by
weight. This can be bought by the
carboy or big glass bottle very cheap.
SO cheap that one can almost afford
u wash the farm with it. We can
at least wash the hog pens and the
places in the yards where the hogs
have congregated. That is the first
thing.
The next thing is to mate the
brood sows that are left over. They
are immune for at least a year or
two, and probably during their lives,
and are worth twice as much as
they were before the cholera passed
through the herd. If it possible,
buy other sows in the neighborhood
from herds that have passed through
the disease, and breed them, thus
building up herd of stock of suf-
ticient vitality to resist the cholera
for the time being at least.
We would not introduce any new
stock TO these pens for three months
even after cleaning up, but if the
disinfection be sufficiently thorough
and the hogs confined to thoroughly
disinfected quarters, it may be done
at that time or sooner without much
danger. We hesitate to advise it,
however, because farmers are not
always careful in this disinfection.
Hence it is safer to conine yourself
to hogs rendered immune by having
actually taken the disease and re-
covered from it or passed through
IL unScathed, than 1t is to undertake
to purchase new stock.
There is considerable cholera this
year, although not much has been
said about it in the papers; enough
to furnish starting points for the
spread OF the disease next year, un-
less proper methods Of disinfection
have been adopted. Wallace's
Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09

Vice President Fairbanks stopped
newspaper man the other day aud
good naturedly asked explanation of
an incident which happened years
ago. On that occasion Mr.. Fair
banks and the correspondent were
chatting pleasantly when suddenly
the latter moved away to greet Sena
tor Chandler of Maine. The vice
president said: Il have always had
great curiosity to know why you de-
serted me that day {" The news
paper man hesitated for a moment
then replied: "To tell you the truth,
Mr.. Vice President, you are mighty
dry source Of news. You may have
a nose for news, but | doubt it; al
any rate you never give up any.
Now when newspaper man is gun
ming for big, live news he hasn't
got time to stop and exchange small
talk with a man, even if he be
senator, who would not know the
price of news if he saw it. Mr.
Fairbanks smiled 81 thank you for
your frankness," he said. 81 see |
shall have to cultivate nose for
news."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
Teachers are not Paid Enough.

1t is very desirable that this move
ment for better pay should every
where be extended to teachers. New
er have the schools of this country
had so important part to play in
our civilization as at the present
time, and nothing else'is so impor-
tant about the qualification and
character of the teachers. Monthly
or yearly rates Of payment of teach
ers that seemed ample Is or 20 years
ago are quite insufficient now. This
is true with respect to the public
schools, and it also applies to higher
institutions, where the salaries of
professors ought to be made suf-
ficient to attract and hold super
ior class of men. The problem is a
very serious one, and it deserves
careful consideration throughout the
country. If there is one reason
stronger than another why the tax
ing power should lay a frmer hand
upon the growing wealth of great
corporations and upon the income Of
vast private fortunes, it Is because
the state must adequately perform
its responsible task of education.
If there is to be compulsory attend
ance of schools, and ample provision
for all the children. If there is to
be extension of child labor laws and
better enforced exclusion of child
ren from factories, mines, and vari-
GUS gainful eaployments, there
must be developed such a. system Of
education as to add immensely to
the efficiency of the child when, at
a later age, he joins the army of the
breadwinners. Let us repeat, then,
that the central fact in the system is
the teacher, and that we cannot ex-
pect to have the right sort Of teach
ers in the long run without paying
them enough to justify them in fe-
garding their profession as a perma-
nent calling rather than temporary
makeshift.-From "The Progress OF
the World, in the American Month
ly Review of Reviews for January.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
Warp and woot.

All night the beau ifui snow came down,
Aud folded the world In Its stainless shrOud.
I'LL over the bleak hills rugged crown
Tho morning laughed from ar So cloud.
And the earth was a jewelled and ponderous
icom,
Where winter Ills palid web had hung
Awaiting the checker of light and gloom.
And the mystical viewers, old and young.
Inc b!a; warp waited; and suddenly.
From field and highway and paved street.
The sound of labor, and laugh and song
biens with the tramp of the restless feet.
From the latticed cabins beneath the nil.
The rosy children, with tumu,t. pour,
As thh whlriing wheels of lhe waking mill
jar on the wind with stified roar.
From ninse and cottage, with haste and din,
In world's great army of workers HE.
som the battle with fate to win
Some to faint by the way, and die.
ln tue busy hives OF the crowded mart,
ihe shuttles ring and tile plants unfold
Anu he black thread spun from a broken heart
Is woven in with the thread of gold
Here b!acken The fros.s, and the rude winds
blow
There CLEANS the desert, with we'll and palms,
And yonder the lilies of springtime glow,
Oraulumn mellows in golden calms.
And always the workers, early and late.
by c.ews that arr held In the Hand Divine,
WeAve Into tho year-long web of fate
The blind details OF the Years design.
And hither aud thither, and to and fro,
III, restless feet CT the nameless throng
blazon helrwanderings through tho snow,
To a mingled burden of wall and song;
so tlia mystical pattern grows and thriyes,
III the night shuts down, and the Year is
done,
sui the tangled threads of the broken lives
God gathered them softly every one.
And the ilawess pattern our lives hath wrought
Cleans up from the loom to the Masters eyes
The wonderous pattern the Old Yecr wove,
Mid fading seasons, meath changing skies.
We never shall know till the Dawn of Day,
What mystical figures for us were planned
But under and over, ana 10 and out,
The threads were guided by His dear hand.
Selected.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
Feeding too Much Corn.

1t is probably not. putting the
matter too strongly when we say
that fully forty per cent of the vet
Urinary inquiries concerning hogs
that reach this Office can be answer
ed by directing the inquirers to feed
less corn and more nitrogenous feeds
such as oats, barley or wheat or
some OF the by-products, such as
bran oil>meal or tankage, depending
upon their respective market values.
So long as farmers continue to feed
their swine, especially during the
period Of rapid growth, ration
composed almost exclusivelyof corn,
just SO long will they continue to
have disease among their hogs.
Corn is one Of the best fattening
grains we have, but it is one of the
poorest grains for growing animals
when fed 10 the exclusion of other
products 1t contains only about s
per cent of digestible protein, where
as it contains 81 per cent of digesti-
BE carbohydrates and four per cent
of digestible fats. Carbohydrates
and fats are used by the animal for
the production Of animal heat and
the building up of fatty tissue. It
cannot be used for the formation of
bone and muscle because it contains
no nitrogen, one Of the elements of
muscular tissue. Furthermore, corn
is deficient in ash constituents, and
consequently in bone forming ma
terial.
There are farmers who continual
ly disregard this sort of advice,
claiming they have raised good hogs
in the pest on nothing but corn,
and the' therefore, they should be
able to continue to do likewise in
the future. Whenever these farm
els learn to turn stones into bread,
to turn iron into gold or quartz into
diamonds, we shall be ready to take
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09

1t does not seem hard for the pol
ilicians at the state capital to raise
much political smoke since the late
unpleasantness. Occasionally a ru-
NOR is set afloat that Dolliver is go
ing t, have all the standpatters and
democrats in combination against
him, but the is so tame that it hard
ly raises ripple. 1t will not be sur
prising if the coming session Of the
Legislature would be quite a decent
one. The factions will have to tote
fair or there will be something do
ing again in two years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
A Good Ration.

What is good ration for layinp
hens on farm? Some people are
of the opinion that something that
is not produced on the farm is neces.
sary for hens if they are to do their
best. 1t is amusing to read in some
of the poultry journals about the
various rations outlined for best re-
suits. One would think that all the
by-products in the country will be
necessary to obtain the best results
to read some of them. Beginning
with oyster she'll and blood meal
they end up with a by-product of an
oatmea! factory. One is led to be.
lieve that such substances are re-.
sponsible for the health and life of
every chicken on earth. They for
get that some of the best rations in
the world are produced on the farm
where the chickens are reared.
Probably one of the best single
grains for laying hens will be found
in wheat. and then it will not cause
them to lay unless they have the
laying fever" or have been managed
SO they cant help it," They
should be Matched at proper time
and from good laying stock 10 begin
with. They should be through
molting early enough in the fall to
begin laying before winter, or they
will not begin until some time in
February. Laying hens should be
fed largely of such food as will
supply the material from which eggs
are produced. Hens do best with a
variety, and this variety will be
found in the various grains, green
food and some animal food. Oats
and corn will be found useful in all
poultry rations. In cold weather
more corn can be fed than at any
other season of the year. Millet,
buckwheat and barley will be found
good for them. In the green feed
clover or alfalfa furnishes one of the
best green feeds. Other vegetable
feed can be found in potatoes, cab
bage, etc.
One Of the best feeds for laying
hens will be found in stepped clover
mixed with mill feed. Cut up some
clover, place in pail and pour
scalding water over it and place a
covering so it will steep, and when
it is cold it can be mixed with any
kind of mill feed that happens to be
easily supplied. One mess like this
every day will work wonders with
the chickens and will aid the in
clination to lay eggs. When eggs
are 40 cents dozen is good time
for hen to get busy, but it is quite
often that then is when she is on a
vacation.
When you have found 1ation
that suits you, and one that'is salts
factory, it will not pay to change be-
cause some one else in some other
place is doing wonders with some
other ration. 1t does not often pay
to sell what one has to buy that
which he does not have. It's some
times necessary to make additions
to the grains one has on hand, but
not often will this be found Deces-
sary. There is something in the
know how as we'll as in the kind
of ration used. Know what to feed
and know how to feed it, and the
problem will near u solution.-Iowa
State Register.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09

Last Tuesday we entered upon
the most important era OF pure food.
Hereafter it will be unlawful for
manufacturers and dealers to sell
impure or adulterated products with
out expressing on the label the in
gradients OF the packages. Let us
hope that the law will be enforced,
and that the glucose and walnut
bark sold at high price for pure
Vermont maple syrup" which the
dealers have taken the precaution to
seal with wax, hoping thereby to
gull the Ignorant, will now be prop
erly labeled, and reduced in price
to a glucose basis. The boozers
have been surprised to know that h
pure drop Of sky has
not been sold in saloon or drug
store for years. Investigations have
taught them that the pure products
were all sold to the blenders, who
adulterated and doctored and flaw
ored to their own profit, and the ap-
parent satisfaction of the drinker
for oceans of the stuff were sold as
the pure quill" and jags were
made as easily as they were when
liquors were not doctored and sold
by rasca!ly makers and dishonest
dealers. The consumers Of canned
meats will not now have the privil-
ege Of eating questionable veal un-
der the assumption that they are
feasting upon boned turkey. That
deadly poison, formaldehyde. will
be banished from our oysters and
our milk and cream. Saccharine, a
coal tar product which is fve-hun-
dred times sweeter than sugar. will
disappear as lavoring from canned
goods, and the cider makers will
now take the ferment out of their
apple juice with cream -eparators
instead of subduing the ferment
with drugs. The pure food law
should have our support, and the
officers whose business it is to en-
force it, should be given every en-
couragement.- Monticello Express
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09

TIE doctor editor of the X eokuk
Gate City offers tn, following sea
sonable advice: This is the pneu-
monia session and every preca ution
should be tak,n to avoid the disease.
The best safeguard is to keep we'll.
Exposure, overwork, over ind ul-
gence, or anything that weakens the
system invites an attack.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09

While preaching in Pueblo, Col,
a few years ago Rev. E lward j. VIII :
cox found himself in the embarrass-
ing position of being unable to pay
his debts. Knowing that il he
stuck to the pulpit he would have
small chance of getting even with
the world, he quit preaching and
went into the mining business To
day he owns mines i'll Colorado
worth S3,00O,O0O, besides a great
deal of other valuable property.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09

A schoolteacher says this sweeping
answer was made by pupil in his
tory lesson:
How many wars" she asked this
pupil, did England fight with Spain?"
"SiX," the pupil answered.
"Six?" said the teacher "Enumerate
them. please"
"one. two, three. four, five. slx." said
the little girl.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09

81 suppose" said the curious old lady.
to the driver of the city sprinkllng
cart. "that you only follow this busi-
ness for the money there Is in lt?"
"Yes. madam" said the driver. of the
cart; II frankly confess l am out for
the dust."-Baltimore American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09

The time has come for Iowa to
take pride in itself. There has been
too much praising of other climes;
too much publicity for foreign cities.
There is too much of the glories of
Seattle, and Los Angeles, and Minne-
apolis and the rest. Iowans are
wandering over the face of the earth
chasing rainbow ends because there
has been too much talk about rain
bow ends that come down on the
Pacific slope, in Canada, and even
in New Mexico. The fact is the
rainbow comes as near dropping in
Iowa as anywhere, and today the
best investments, the best climate,
and the best towns and cities of the
smaller size are in Iowa. Some day
the rainbow chaser will find it out,
but why go through all tho trouble
of a search? h?-Register and Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
A Broken Gun.

Signora Veronelli (seeking servantl
Why were you sent away from your
last place?
Because broke coffee cup"
"Was that the only reason?"
Certainly, except that on that oc-
casion my mistress had Il little wound
on the head."-Il Riso.