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The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08

years ago came near running ehe Democratic party of Arkansas anu deliberately swindled Greaves out of his certificate of election Dy throwing out four townships Wnich had given him large maJorltles, This they did upon the unsupporteu affidavits of few fellows who sWore that attempts had been made lo coerce them into voting for GreaVes against their will. One of the elec- ton commissioners, a Democrat failed to sign Sumpter's eertiilcate of nomination, being in Little ROCK when the board held its meeting. The other two commissioners, one a Republican and the other Demo- crat, signed it. Both are said to De adherents of what is known as the wide open element of that sectlon'
 Will the Democracy of Arkansas and the members of the state senate before whom the matter will come in the shape of contest, stand TOT this sort of thing ?-Fort Smltn | Times.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
Not as It Used to Be.

Hines have changed. Neither party can afford to have the records of it's corporation alliances looked into very closely. What is more to the point is that both parties realize that they must keep their skirts clear of corp oration taint in the present campaign.
 Foraker's downfall is due to his trust attorneyship. Haskell has been dropped from the official roster of the Democratic committee be- cause of his association with Stand ard Oil. Mir. Dupont was forced from the executive committee of the Republican national committee because of his connection with the Powder trust. Cannon is assailed on all sides because of his seeming alliance against the people and in favor of the Special Interests. Jen- kins. chairman of Cannon's House Judiciary committee, has been de- feated for renomination. Adam Bede, the most popular member of the house, lost his renomrnatioh be- cause of his close utilization with Cannon. McCleary and Tawney had close calls for the same reason. The belief that Senator Long of Kansas was beholden.to the railroads cost him a renomination. Senator Hopkins of Illinois was renominated by much less than a majority of the vote in Illinois and for similar req sons.
 A number of Congressman and still a few more senators will have to clear the records of corporation charges or suffer defeat in the No vember elections. The good work goes on. The people are taking a more aggressive hand in their gov ernment. With them it is beeom- ing more a matter of men and prin- ciples than matter of party. IT Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
Little Things.

A goodby kiss is little thing, With your hand on the door to DO. But it takes the venom out of the sting or thoughtless word OF cruel fling That you made an hour ago. A Kiss of greeting is something rare AiteF the toll of the day; And 1t smooths the furrows plowed by
 care, The lines on the forehead you once
 called fair
 ln the years that have flown away. Iris little thing to say, "You are
 kind;
 ] love you, my dear, each night: But it sends thrill through the heart.
 find For Love is tender and Love is blind-- As we climb life's rugged height. we starye each other for lcve's caress; We take, but we do not give: Y seems so easy some soul to bless, But we dole the love grudgingly, less
 and less. I'll 'tls bitter and hard to live.
 Andrew Lang.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
This From Prohibition Kansas.

The horrible thing about the bootleggers' tanglefoot is the way it is "doctored Impure to start with, it is added to by the bootleg ger, who wishes to increase his profits. He makes gallon out of a quart by some horrible means. A pint of the stuff he sells makes a man crazy enough to quit work, beat his wife and family and assault his friends. And this town stands for bootleggers by the score because of absolutely worthless officers. Why, every man suspected of boot logging should be given time to leave town and strung up to the nearest tree if he fails to Git -Hia- watha (Kas) World.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
Prosperity Is Assured.
From Washington Correspondent'I
 Washington. Sept. 30, 1908.

WaSnlngton, Sept. 0O, l9Vo'
 The report of the Department or Agriculture on the crop of l60o, IS most remarkable one. With the ex- ception of a few dry spots here and there, the crop of 1908 is a record breaker; the crop of 1906 was so large that the railroads of the coun- try were taxed to their utmost capacity to handle it, but the crop of 1908 it appears is going to break all records. But a very few people in this country realize what a tre- mendous factor the great crops play in our prosperity.
 Beginning with May of every year, our millionaires begin going to Europe and it has been ascerta,ned that they take over to the old coun- try about $2O0, 900, ,000 of our money. During the summer and fail of every year another $1OO,000,000 is sent over by European laborers working in this country. Then about Octo- Der and November of each year, a large number of foreigners who have been working here two or three years return to their European homes and carry another $l00, ,OO0,- GOO. This makes about four hun- dred million dollars (S400, ,000, ,000) transferred from this country to Europe between May and December of every year. This is a big drain on the money market, and last Noyem- Der the tension in money matters was so great that it snapped and we have not yet recovered from the effects of that panic.
 Now after this four hundred mill lion dollars is transferred to Europe, the farmer begins to sell his wheat, corn, pork, beef and cotton to the European markets and that not only brings back the four hundred million dollars carried over but something like five hundred million dollars additional. Thus the none tary market is thoroughly replen- ished, so when there is light crop of farm products we do not get back from Europe so large a sum of money. This shows how thoroughly dependent we are on the farmer for continued prosperity. In view of the tremendous crop of this year, it would seem that nothing could pre- vent an era of great prosperity regardless of who is elected Presi- 1 dent this fall.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
Let Us. Live in the Present.

Too many people live in the dismal past. lingering long by old tombs of regret and remorse. Not few of us live in the future, hoping for the best, and yet fearing the worst. Why can't we live in the present? ? Happy in the achievement of today yesterday is past and tomorrow we may never see today alone IS ours. And what matters the great hereafter We are convinced that the soul survives and that love and hope and happiness are the stars which God has set in silken skies to guide us ever onward and upward. Yet the enjoyment of .today's bless ings and today's comforts will mo- wise prevent us from our share in the greater blessings of eternity. There is enough of love and life and joy in the present moment for every human soul. Disaster and failure may come tomorrow, and greviou } sorrows are sodded mounds OCT which Time has said the service of kindly compassion. We need not mind the trouble past or anticipate that which is to come. The evolu- tion may be right. We may have lived here once, may pass this way apain-but that does not concern us now, even if it before and thou sand years we were true. If you have kind act to do, do it today. If you have duty to perform, per form it today. If you have oppor- tunity for enjoyment, grasp it now. Crowd today with every hope and l joy. Leave the dead leaves of the past, and gather the fragrant flow CTS of the present; seek not to open the bitter bud by longfaced sorrow today, and sackcloth and ashes give you no better hope for the future. l Whatever your error may have been, whatever fate may have marked your efforts last week, or last month, or last year, you can plant firm foot on that grave of error and let regret give place to resolve. The | Nazarene never gave better advice
 
 than when he admonished his follow CTS to take no thought of the morrow. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof, and the right use of the present is the only way where by you can be well prepared to meet the future. Out of the soli. tude of the past and shadowy hopes of the morrow glows the rosy morn ing of today, and. though we can not reclaim a moment that's gone, opportunity has never bounded a moment that's to come; so that with firm, unshaken faith, those who rightly employ the present have the | best assurance of the future. Let us live today-Yazoo Miss Sen- tinel
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
Unblushing Theft.

Garland county, which has been in the limelight frequently during the past few years, is again at the front this week with the unbushing theft of the senatorship of the Thirty-6rst district
 Those acquainted with conditions in Garland county know that there are two strong elements there striv- ing for political mastery. One is an element which contends that the prosperity of Hot Springs depends upon the city being run wide open. l" The other element believes in obser- ance of the laws. The wide open people at the Democratic primaries managed to secure the nomination of Judge Sumpter for state senator. When the Republican nominating convention met it chose Charles Greaves, a well known lawyer, edi- tor of a paper, and a man who stands for clean conditions in mu- nicipal affairs. At the election held on the l4th of September Greaves was supported by a large portion of the reform element of Hot Springs and Garland county. and in addition to this, carried Montgomery county by large majority. His majority upon the face of the returns as they came from the freshly counted bal lot boxes, before the manipulators had an opportunity to get in their work was l0s. This staggered the wide open people They began to talk about contest before the sem ate but realizing that there was an easier way to accomplish what they had failed to do at the polls. fell back upon a practice which a few
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
Cannery and Tomatoes.

We know of no other crops raised here that promise larger return than tomatoes, if the crop is given the prop CT attention. As evidence of this we would call attention to the crop of to- matoes raised this season by Mir. Mack Morton on his farm few miles east of town, where he has cannery of his own In the spring he planted 70 acres Co tomatoes, and has already picked from this field over 5000 bush els of tomatoes, and he thinks his to- tai yield will be about $500 bushels from the 20 acres. Mir, Morton's first setting of plants were severely injured and large number killed by frost, but he then planted seed in the hills and raised his plants without resetting them. Mir. Morton can doubtless give other growers some valuable pointers along this line.
 The above from a Fayetteville pa per, shows what can be done in gar den products. Should Mr. Morton receive 25 cents per bushel, his yield would make $l ,625, or over S89 per acre.
 A canning factory located here would give our farmers a chance to make as much money as Mir. Morton, for no country on earth can grow more or finer tomatoes than this To- cality.
 This should be a pointer to farm CTS to change their methods of farm Ing. Subscriber.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
MALARIAL DISEASES.
How to Avoid Them and the Se' rious Consequences of Neg Iect.

"Fix me up something to knock 'n' malaria, doctor" remarked saliow faced, sickiy looking man, euteilns r-cminent physicians office the o'n'' 4sy.
 The doctor stepped 10 his nedlein' case, took down a couple of bottles n'iss' a preparation which he handed to 'ns patient with the customary adViee :, shake we'll and follow directions any resumed his seat.
 "Such cases are frequent, repileu.s' doctor in answer to question: " warm days and damp, chilly nights s'' certain malaria breeders and are n'f' serious in those who have negleeteu ' keep their stomach, liver and bowels Y good condition. Such persons are " of the impurities on which the maial'" germ thrives, and it is from this 's ,., that typhoid fever, pneumonia Diisns '., Disease, small pox and yellow fever ''s.s ', most of their victims whenever Hsse eases are prevalent. ,h
 The proper way to guard again'' 7 malarial germ and the serious o's'a N; which follow it is to get into good eors' .s,, ton by taking a reliable remedy sus .. will keep the bowels clear and the i's V. healthy, and to continue with II s' = quent intervals during the sickiy SeA''' 7,
 A dose of Prickly Ash Bitters 'nisS .. ,. four times a week will do all of thiS 7. sides stimulating the digestion. irlplg' M. ing the appetite and keeping the O01 energy at the highest pitch .,y
 Prickly Ash Bitters is known e'es where as a system tonic and bo"ei'ss s 4 iator. It not only removes all u1. h,a nalarial poison from the sys'en'' N tones up the vital orgaus, glVes ,aa, strength and vigor, makes 'ns strong and the brain active. .,,pa "Prickly Ash Bitters is inc best n1,ngingth medicine for the family ever nssu' <, nv hcass past len years have always ept ;',,s ef fna Whenever any of my family sho" sis s,,, stipafioa ria kidney trouble, indigestion Y, te vnake then few doses is all that is neeaS1 neWlLIItssa well and hearty again.--W n. ~N
 Pickering, La er fA.
 Sold by druggists F''Ss Dr. w. c. Vandiver, Specia' as''''
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
Reflections of a Bachelor GlrI.

Helen Rowland in New York Evening Word
 If at first you don't succeed-d. vorce and marry again.
 It is love that makes all the heart aches in life-but then it is love that makes life worth all the heartache.
 A good reputation is ike a dla- mond tiara you have to sacrifice 30 much real comfort in order to live up to 1t.
 A man simply cannot understand why woman will pay $2 for the material in a peek-a-boo waist and Sl0 for the holes.
 Happiness in marriage depenos not so much on whether or not 8 woman holds high ideals and how she does her duty, as on whether O' not she can hold a servant and nov she does her hair for breakfast.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
STARVATION IN AMERICA.

The people of America have ire quently had their sensibilities and their pocketbooks touched by stories of starving people in far away coun- tries. They have sent millions of dollars and shiploads of breadstuffs to Russia, have helped Ireland and China and other nations from their plenty, and have read with sor- rowing hearts of the helpless multi tudes slowly starving in London. A few days ago almost every news paper in the United States told how several hundred people had starved to death in the latter city last year. according to statistics.
 But now, right in our own coun- try, in Chicago. the metropolis of the West, 10000 school children are suffering for food enough to eai to keep them strong enough to enable them to do good school work; 10000 children without sufficient nourish- ment to give them healthy bodies; 10000 children inslfficiently clad to keep them in healthy condition all this according to report made by the Chicago board of education.
 American writers often have pointed out the result of lack of nourishment among the English people-how the army regulations have repeatedly been changed to modify the physical requirements as it was found necessary by the de terioration or the men.
 And now what does America the richest country on earth, with mil lions of surplus food products see ahead within one city 10000 chil- dren now suffering slow starvationl What a picture
 It is not just these 10000 lives that are at stake, nor yet the other thousands outside Chicago in New York. perhaps. They might go on and live their pallid short existences and die from the lack of food and clothing, and it would be only dis grace to the nation, but it is worse than that.
 For days past an international con- gress has been in session in Wash ing.on seeking to find a remedy for the great white plague, consump- tion, tuberculosis of the lungs; and there probably is not man in at tendance but what knows that lack of nourishment. good food. is one of the greatest promoters of that dread destroyer; and that, and other weak nesses and diseases that follow in the trail of lack of nourishment, will follow on down through generations, spreading as they go, and contami- mating even those who are more for tunately situated.
 There seems to be rapidly develop ing a mighty problem that America must solve. or go down in shame to the same depth of degradation that allows other and older nations to tolerate a condition that is a dis graceful blot upon the civilization of the age.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
A PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE.

The people of Polk county want bridges.
 If the howls and kicks that have been made by certain elements dur ing the past few months have ere ated any real doubt of this, the action of the quorum court yesterday in setting aside 5000 for three new steel bridges, effectually puts it to rest.
 The quorum court, composed of the justices of the peace of the county. each of whom is chosen by the vote of his own neighbors. is the most representative body of men that could well be Dro3gtt together.
 This court does not in the least set
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
Entirely Safe.

This letter was received by the Atchison Globe the other morning 1t had no name attached, but was evidently written by lady: Gen tlemen, please take your cigars, cigar cites and pipes out of your mouths before entering the airdome. and gently lay them on the sidewalk or fence. They will be there after you leave the airdome, for neither a rat. nor a cat, nor a dog, nor hog will take them. Not even the filthiest vermin will touch them"
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08

leniency will cause them to impose upon others.
 The town is full of young married people who should have impressed on their minds the horror of the first quarrel. It is more important to avoid than bad biscuit or muddy coffee. There are no rules and regulations whereby it may be avoided; each must simply be D. tient, by-the-way, though looked upon by young people as an old fogy idea, is the greatest influence for good in the world. For, through patience ccmes peace, and the great est victories in the world are won by women who keep peace in their 1 families.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08

in six years u dollar came back to him for produce and three times he heard of it in the pockets of his neighbors.
 The last time he got it back five years ago. He sent it to mail or der house. He has never seen that dollar since, nor never will. That dollar bill will never pay any more school or road tax for hlm, will never build or brighten any of the homes of the community, he sent it entirely out of the circle of usefulness to himself or neighbors.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
SITS OF EVERY DAY PHILOSOPHY
lAtchlSon 6lobe.J


 when a man marries, he halves ms rights and doubles his duties. The new diseases you hear about are are only Che old ones masqueradine under terrifying names.
 Suil, there are worse things than oeing m rut; the rut is where the wheels go round, and is often the smoo'hest part of the road.
 To the credit of the men, it should pc noted that the men dress their Ilyes s much better than the men are uressea whose wives support them. When people impose upon von you afe doing an injustice to hu' mahity II you stand it, because yonr
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08

As one after another of our sena- tors, governors and other officials are thrown into the limelight it be- comes clear as day why and how we have bad government by. of and for Standard Oil
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08

The Richmond Missourian has. just discovered that where sidewalks go down property values goes up. Mena found that out years ago and has advantage of the knowledge.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08

Three Josephs have fallen on evil days. three Bills are making rough their various ways; Cannon and For aker and Sibley each prays to Taft and Bryan and Hearst less h-oil to raisa
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08

1t is decidedly amusing to watch with what fervor certain Republican candidates for Congress explain their opposition to Joe Cannon. They evidently prefer reelection to Uncle Joe's affection.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
A Dollar Gone Forever.

Ten years ago an Allen county
 kas,, farmer put his initials on a dol lar bill. The next day he went to the nearest town and spent in with a merchant. Before the year was out he got the dollar back. Four times
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08

Roosevelt will go to South Africa to hunt big game next year. Should he get lost there would there not be an interesting race between Foraker and Haskell to see who would be last to find him?
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08

A Texas preacher insists that there is too much animal in us all. " Never mind, friend, the packing trust will soon remedy that. There's nothing to keep it from raising the price of meat still higher.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08

Three tribes of Indians have gathered in Mexico for the purpose of holding relay races. the winning tribe to select the governor of all.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08

Prior to the time when the cam paign got really strenuous, much was heard about the flying of dirt in the Panama canal. Recently the clouds of campaign dirt have com pletely obscured that stirred up on the isthmus.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08

After all this is more dignifed than some of the metods used by the whites to secure office.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
Provision for Old Age.

Applications are enow being reeeiy- ed for old age pensions in the United
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
In fact, lt just simply will not do.

Two men who held good jobs un- der the Federal government are down and out because they ran for office on the Republican ticket too much activity in politics" That probably is a good rule, all right. But don't you thinl. a man who has the nerve to run on the Republican ticket in Arkansas ought to get a Carnegie hero medal instead of los ing his ioh2
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-08
ARE GETTING PUBLICITY.

The big to-do that has been raised by Roosevelt and Bryan over the origin of the campaign funds in 1904 has not left either of the big parties anything to crow about. The leaders have both proven to the full satisfaction of the reading pub lie that both organizations had much assistance from the bloated repre- sentatives of Wall Street and the special interests.
 The expose is a good thing. It is fully as valuable as the throwing of the glare of publicity upon the con- nections of certain men with the big corporations while they were draw ing pay for serving the people. Whether the representatives of the parties WERE influenced in their pub lie acts by the donations given to assist in their election is not the question. They were certainly un- der some OBLIGATION to be so. Most men would say they were in- grates if they were not.
 All the candidates have asked for publicity in the matter of the source of campaign funds, and they are certainly getting it. And they should. The people have right to know who helps elect their servants to the end that they may know to whom these servants owe allegiance.
 The system of public officials re- ceiving favors or pay in any form, before or after election, from sources that have a right later to expect something in return, is getting into very bad repute.
 In fact, it just simply will not do.