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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-10-29

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AsERlEs ADVERTISING M
written d NV. -
Never spring a big newspaper advertisement upon
the public unexpectedly.
Make it invariabe rule to lead up by two
three nicely graded steps the important
ment to be made People take certain pleasure out
Of anticipation They enjoy their dinner all the
if they have been anousy waiting to hear the bell.
But if you open up your morning newspaper and find
blazed forth in big headlines the advertisement of
something startingy new you stunned rather than
interested. If, however, for two three days you
have been looking for this announcement and each
day getting little curious about it you get your
self keyed up in anticipation, and then the
ment is better than you had imagined you sur
render in body.
Don't pay the United States government two
cents for carrying letter circular worth less than
two cents.
The average advertiser will shave off IS cents
thousand on envelopes and quarter of cent pound
paper and beat down the printer in price that he
is obliged to 30-cent ink and by various other
economies get his material ready for Sc thousand
He will then pay the government $40 for carrying his
stingy, badly printed, cheap-looldng Sc worth Of
stuff and pat himself the back for being economical
Don't waste gray matter on your competitor. No
matter how entertaningly he lies, you 60 right
telling pain blunt kind of truth that-mother-used
to-make.
Truth be made far more entertaining than
falsehood. Don't be afraid to call spade spade.
If the goods shoddy advertise them shoddy,
give good shoddy and charge shoddy prices.
There tens of thousands of people who prefer
shoddy prefer to eat it, it, to be entertained
by it.
If you have news to print about your store--some
call it advertising -dont order twenty three styles of
type with whrgig borders and crazy badly engrav-
ed picture. The hummer New Years Day or the
clown at Barnums may look funny, but he couldn't
make good on the road selling gold watches. The
advertiser has idea that the fool things he
drags into his copy the entertaining it is. The
clown has the very same idea
The great thing in all advertising is not quantity
of circulation, but quality of your copy printed in
newspaper the readers of which able buy your
goods.
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The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
DAVIS CONCEDES
 KIRBY'S DEFEAT
So Cross That Friends Find 1t Hard t Converse With Him To Wash
 ington Soon.
4 DONAGHEY CELEBRATION
Business Men From All Over State Offering Aid in Carrying Gut Policies
 of Conway Man.

Little Rock, March 28.-Both Hinemon and Kirby now concede Donaghey's election by about 10000, John R. lobe has won tor state auditor by large majority.
 Kirby left tonight for Texarkana, and Jeff Davis comedies his defeat. Davis will remain here until April 6, before returning to Washington He realizes fully the import of Kir' by's defeat, and is so cross that ever his best friends find it difficult tc converse with him.
 Judge Milwee, of Monroe county Donaghey's campaign manager, left for his home today, and Donaghey's headquarters are closed.
 A meeting of large number oi Donaghey's men was held at tht Southern Trust Company building Friday night to make preliminar, arrangement to hold monster demonstration sometime early tt celebrate the victory. A committe' of fifty people from all parts of tho state was named, and another meet ing will be held Monday to complet' arrangements. Harry M. Rame. was chairman and Police Judge Ernest R. Ratteree, secretary.
 Business men from all over rh state are wiring congratulations t Donaghey, upon his great victor, and offering their aid in carrying out the policies of government an nounced by the Conway man.
 ]. c. Clary still claims the nomin ation for secretary of state over Q c. Ludwig, but returns point to Lud wigs election by about l2,OOO.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
COLE DAIRY TO BE DISCONTINUED
Stock and Equipment Exchanged for
 Oklahoma Farm.

c. H. Cole, who has conducted dairy business in Mena since the early days of the town, has exchanged his entire dairy outfit of about 50 head of stock and equipment, to A. F. Hennigh of Chouteau, Ok, for farm of 40 acres near that place. w. T. Kizer of Mena negotiated the deal.
 It is understood that the dairy business will be discontinued in few weeks and such of the stock as is not sold here by MT. Hennigh will be shipped to Chouteau.
 Mir. Cole has not definitely de- cided whether he will move to his new property or remain on his farm near Mena. He will make no change this summer iu any event.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
LON GOFF TO BUILD BRIDGE
Says Will Begin Work as Soon as
 Water Goes Down.

Lon Golf, the concrete man, whose property on Mena street was SO badly damaged by the flood, says that he will go ahead with the original plans to build a concrete foot bridge over Ward creek. The washout will very greatly increase the cost.
 MT. Gcff says he will also re- wall the creek where it crosses his land and will this time straig hten and widen the chan nel to provide az ainst any more washouts as occurred last Satur- day.
 Mir. Golf today has force of men making preliminary prepa- rations to put in sidewalks along Mena street from the Auditorium to the court house block.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
SAVED A $170.00 MARE WHEN A
 VETERINARY FAILED TO CURE

"Wh hile serving as an officer on the steamship Montezuma, which carried horses and mules to South Africa" writes Mir. G. H. H. Rowe, of Sparta, H., "I saw Sloan's Sure Collie Cure used on the horses and never saw case of collie prove too much for it.
 "We had 1,250 horses on board for over month, so that we had d good opportunity to test the remedy thoroughly.
 "The veterinary used Sloan $ Liniment, also, for sore shoulders and sprains, and the horses were landed in a particularly fine con- dition.
 II know of another case here in Sparta, Ill.,, where Sloan's Sure Colc Cure saved a Sl70 mare after the veterinary had failed to cure her"
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
A Dwelling Burned.

A small frame house of four rooms, situated near the old Pry- or mill, was destroyed by fire last night at about 10 o'clock. The house was formerly occupied by a Mrs. Sanders and had been va cant for several weeks. The origin of the fire is unknown. IL is not known to whom tho prop erty belongs.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
OSCAR BAILEY MURDERED.
Express Messenger We'll Known in Mena
 Killed by Robbers on the Santa Fe.

Newton, Kas., Mar. 30.-Oscar A. Bailey, an express messenger whose home was in Kansas City, Kas., was killed in his car on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train No. 1l5 between Florence and Newton carly this morning by one or more robbers. It IS reported that S1, 900 in cash and some jewelry was taken by the robbers.
 Bailey was 26 years old and had been in the employ of the Wells Fargo company five years. His home was at 49 Porter street, Ksnsas City, Kas. He was son. in-law of J. H. Shoemaker, a grocer, at AS South Seventh street, Kansas City, Kas. Tue body will be brought to Kansas City, Kan, for burial.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
DONAGHEY WON'T
 WEAR JEFF'SCOLLAR
Victorious Candidate for Gubernatorial Nomination Shutters Senator's Supposition That He Is a
 Davis Man."

Little Rock, March 50.-George w. Douaghey, Arkansas next governor, yesterday replied to the letter written to him by United States Senator Jeff Davis, in which the latter congratulated Mir. Donaghey on his success in the recent campaign, and at the same time stated, II am especial ly pleased at the result of this election, because, If the state ments of both the leading candi- dates and their friends are to be believed, 1t is simply a choice be- tween two Jeff Davis men your self and Kirby"
 This statement aroused the ire of no small number of Donaghey followers who are anti-Davis people and who did not relish the idea of hearing Senator Davis call their champion a "Davis man." MT. Donaghey denied the alleg that he is "Davis man. by referring Senator Davis to portion of his opening cam paign speech in which he de- clared that he was identified with no faction of the Democratic party of Arkansas and never would be; that he proposed to give every man square deal but that he would wear no other mans collar. His statement follows:
 "Hon. Jeff Davis.
 'Dear Sir:-I am in receipt of your letter of congratulation on being chosen as nominee for governor of the great state of Ar kansas by majority of the peo- pie. Also your tender offers of assistance to fight the common enemy, the Republican party. In answer to your offer of assistance I wish to say that the leaders in whose hands the Democratic convention shall place the cause of the party, will, I am sure, con- slider carefully such assistance as they may need.
 "Referring to your statement in your letter that I am especial ly pleased at the result of this election, because, if the state ments of both leading candidates and their friends are to be be- lieved, it was simply choice be- tween two Jeff Davis men your self and Kirby, and, that the people selected me in the belief that they were selecting a Jeff Davis man, 1 wish to refer you to the third paragraph in my open- ing speech at Morrilton on the 7th day of last October, and which reads as follows:
 'Concesning the unfortunate recent friction within the Demo cratic party of Arkansas I have never been identified with any of them. 1 never will be. l wear no mans collar. 1 propose to give every man a square deal on his merits as man anu citizen, irrespective of factional alliances in the past.
 (Signed) "Yours,
 George w. Donaghey."
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
GATHERS IN ALLEGED GAMBLERS,
Prosecutor Lake Spreads His Net and
 Twelve Are Arrested.

Prosecuting Attorney J. s. Lake of De Queen, spent Mon- day in Mena and while here spread his net and gathered in twelve men on charge of gam ing.
 The arrest of three parties was made by Deputy Constable J. T. Donaldson on information filed by Mr. Lake before Justice of the Peace Sam H. Smith.
 With the exception of one, who plead guilty and paid his fine, the other eleven men gave bond and were released, their cases tc come up for hearing before Squire Smith on April 2l.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
Better Fire Protection.

Superintendent c. F. Evins of the waterworks plant, has completed laying of 400 feet of pipe connecting with the main pipe al the junction of Second street and Oak avenue. This will afford better fire protection to the residents in that section of the city.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
Acorn Again Has Postoffice.

John Bryan of Acorn was in Mena Monday and reported that Acorn again has a postoffice IT full operation, John Corley, who received his commission some. time ago, having received his full quoto of supplies. MT. Bry- an says that John Hembree and Thomas Thomas were among the greatest sufferers from the storm Saturday.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
Mena Bankruptcy Case.

Attorney H. A. King has returned from Fort Smith where he went last week to attend the bankruptcy case of J. M. Raby of this city. A meeting of the creditors was held in Fort Smith Friday and Eugene Cox of this city was selected by the, court as trustee. The liabilities figure at $1200 and the assets nominally the same. MT. Raby returned home Mr. King.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02

K. A. Tomlinson and F. M. Reeves went fishing Saturday afternoon. They are both great on catching catfish, especially if they can be on the river "iust as little rise comes on." Saturday afternoon conditions promised to be just right, but after their ser vices could be dispensed with in holding down the bridge over the Ouachita they returned to the city looking like they had been doing service as sub marine boats. Their minnows were all drowned.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
Miss Nav Joplin Married.

s. A. H. Feds of Canadian,
 Ok, and Miss May Joplin were married Monday afternoon at 7 o'clock at the home of tue brides parents, Mir. and Mrs. Levi Jop- lin, near Dallas, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Wm Cooksey, pastor of the Baptist church of this city. MT. and Mrs. Feds left on the afternoon train for their home at Canadian
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
Need the Money.

Parties knowing themselves to he indebted to me will please do me the favor of calling and settle thelr accounts. l Ihaye drug bills to meet and need the money.
 Respectfully,
 A. J. Pool, NJ. D.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
For Sale.

Eighty acres of land 311 miles north of Mena on the Ouachita river. Must be sold within thirty days. Forty acres under fence; comfortable house, cook room and barn. For full particulars see or address J. D. harmon,
 3tf Mena, Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
state Of ohio. clty of Toledo.

Lucas County-Ss.
 Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & CO, doing business In the said and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use Of HalLs Sal1I SIItI rn Cure. FkANk J. Cln.s,l Cln..N :. IL,
 sworn to before me and subscrlbeu ln my presence. this eth day of Decemper A. D. 1886. A w: GLEASOrN,,
 (SeaD Notary FuoIlc. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internal, ly and acts directly on the blood ano mucus surfaces of the system. Send TOT testimonials free.
 | Sold by all druggists, 75c.
 Take Halrs Family Pills for cons ipatlon'
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
A Carload of New Seed.

Just received, at the Roach Wholesale Grocery Company, a carload of sorghum seed, millet seed and Kaffir corn. Also have a carload of fertilizer that l will sell to farmers at first cost. 2-ll-tt
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
Good Mules for Sale.

2 mules weiging about 900 pounds. Cash or time with security. Dunman Bros. 4l2 Pickering ave. , St wtf
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02

here all their lives say that this was the greatest overflow they ever witnessed.
 l.. A. Cummings.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02

Of course some one must get good out of the storm. Mena merchants are rapidly disposing of all stocks of barb wire.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02

Father Gallagher was badly worried Saturday evening over the probable damage done to the park by the terrific rainfall. He says today, however, that $5 will repair the injury.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
Storm Notes.

Ernest Benjamin says rocks Will fioat-that the back end ot his lot will prove 1t.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02

East Jansen avenue, which was one of the best graded dirt streets lu town, was very badly damaged by the waters rnshing across 1t.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
Fine Jack For Sale

or trade. Seven years old. See or address +. l.. Jackson, Gran his, Ark. Is ztl
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
On Irons Fork.
Broke Records.


 day for wire to use in rebuilding about half mile of fence on his farm. Mir. Connally lives on Mountain Fork northwest of Rocky and reports that nearly all the farmers along that stream suffered great loss. He feels that the washing of the flood dam aged his farm to the amount ot < $l, 800. Other farms suffered, some not so bad aud others worse. $ The highest water record in recent years was in 1904 and MT. 7 Connally states that the flood oi & Saturday night passed this mark by three feet.
 Rocky's Greatest Flood.
 The greatest rainfall iu the history of this community fel V last Saturday. The creeks anC & river oyerflowed their banks, talk ing fences from around many farms. The damage to property is not known, but many farm' are almost swept away. The J K. Connally farm, one of the bes along Mountain Fork, was swep by the flood. The damage is es tlmated at Sl, ,000. J. l.. Saudlln Sam Rind, Bud Lowtherss J. M Strawn and J. D. Combs wer' heavy losers. It is believed tha much stock was drowned.
 Old settlers who have livet
New-York tribune., 1908-05-17

tho married state" Possibly the poet did hot
na rtic,,rarIy notice the slips made by ms young
gnest In Bancroft's note on his personality ana
derooanor we find this passage: IN ms MAN.
ners he is very dignified. or rather ne mas
sort of dgnifeeI stiffness. which he means shouia
mass for genuine dignity" This saying Is chdr-
oc,erietic There is nothing in these Volumes
to sboyy that Bancroft was prlS' pu' ne Is
oddly attentive to the question OF manners Ihe
untidv WAYS of his fellow students at dotIhseh
got soreIy upon his nerves. and he was aS
critical of the professors as of the youths uhder
.,i cbarra .SThe men Of letters he says,
"are for the most part i'll bred; many Oh Iheih
are altogether without manners, and as the
narrative goes on it is amusing 10 observe his
readiness to pounce on a social deiect OF "
praise n social grace. He Is careful 10 fndrH
that Goethe "has the ease of gentleman
sreaking of the ''vast difference between hiil
and the other scholars he had been Seelhs-
In Paris, which he first visited as a young
man washington Irving was kind to him and
made him acquainted with men OF eIninence-
He was grateful to his mentor II can almost
say" he writes In his diary. that L never go
New-York tribune., 1908-05-17

away from him without finding my better prin-
ciples and feelings warmed. strengthened and
purified by his eloquent conversation In Italy
he met Princess Borghese, Napoleon's sister, and
had interview with Byron The former IS
admirably described. gracious and still very
beautiful woman, full of dignity but quite ready
to talk about her jewels and toilets-alto-
gether a very human and attractive parsonage
He had some good talk with Byron. who spoke
of wanting to go to America. He thought he
could Judge the country irnpartially. and would
at least visit it with no prepossessons for his
Mother country" But must quote some
other parts of the account of this meeting Says
Bancroft:
Wf spoke of M aB6 Hs ra56efa as6ea Il kBf
what had heard Goethe say Of him Goethe had
expressed his admiration OF the hIrnor in Don
great adTniration which ali Germans had for him
This B. said was new to him ana would serve as
some solace for the abuse which he constantly
with the greatest frankness of the abuse 1aviIed
upon him on all sides in England. of new article
dressed to his publisher: Not to rle''-saId he
never went TO court, said B.. and one evening at
request And yet the King complains. Of BIS
having written eight lines against him. after hay
were written before l presented to him.
said Why. What are Feeling and ID !sT snoetf anf n
those authors? He seemed to think there were
worse things in Snlotlett than in anything he had
ever written What would they say. too to the
Introduction to GOethe's Faust? Many Of his
friends. he said. in Italy. as well as in England
had entreated him not to so with Don Juan
1t is interesting to reflect that the man who
had thus intimately conversed with Goethe and
Byron was hale and hearty in Washington less
than twenty years ago. Indeed. Mr.. Howes
narrative takes back to many a distant his
torcal parsonage II is this. as We have already
indicated. that does a great deal to make the
book entertaining. But must resume the
rough thread Of Bancroft's personal history On
his return to America he occupied for
New-York tribune., 1908-05-17

Or was it natural trait. some tincture Of the
blood, that needed to make him more SYM
pathetic than he IS found to be in Mr. Howe S
pages? Certain it Is that the man here pre-
sented is curiously lacking in charm He in
terests the reader. he commands respect. but he
does not precisely touch the imagination. His
letters readable because of the people or
things they describe rather than because he
wrote them He has not struck fire from his
biographer-who is methodical. clear and friend
ly, but quite without enkindling enthusiasn-and
we follow his career in mood of peculiarly dis
passionate appreciation He was a distinguished
but not great man.
In his youth he was destined for the ministry.
and when he was enab bled to proceed from Har-
ward to the University Of G0ttingen it un-
derstood that his studies would be pursued with
a view to this end His German letters speed
dominantly intellectual. 81 should be very un-
willing" he writes to Edward Everett, "to give
my friends any reasonable ground for fearing
that l should lose my belief in, or respect for,
Christianity" He never lost that belief or that
respect. Nevertheless. it is impossible to think
Of him at this any other time a church
man. He was essentially a scholar. though it
should be added that he had what does not often
go with scholarship, intense practicality He
used his opportunities at G0ttingen with ex-
emplary thoroughness. and then passed TO
Berlin, where he eagerly sought the instruction
of masters like Wolf and Hegel This part of his
biography contains interesting illusions to more
than one celebrated man. AT Jena he visited
Goethe and listened to the great mans praise of
Byron. In his diary he records his own youth
full tactlessness "Of Byron" he tells us, 'T
said his last poem reported to contain the
most splendid exertions of poetical power mixed
with the lowest and most disgraceful in
decencies. 1 did not think at the moment of
Goethes Faust l mentioned. too. Byron's wife,
forgetting that Goethe had not been happy in
New-York tribune., 1908-05-17
THE MESSAGE.

FROM HEINE. BY JOHN ToDHUNTER.
Boot and saddle. my yeoman tall.
And leap upon thy steed.
And unto good King Duncans tower
Ride fast through void and mead
There slip into the stall. and wait
Till thee the groom hath spieG;
Ask him: 'of Duucan's daughters IVAN
Which busks her now for BRIDE
And if he say: The Brown one It's
That news bring like the blast:
Bat if he say: The Fair one It's.
Thou need'st not spur so fast.
But gat thee to the rOpemaker,
And buy re one stout cord,
And, slowly riding, bring it me:
Thou need'st not speak d word
New-York tribune., 1908-05-17
GEORGE B1NCROFT.
The Story Of a Long, Successful
and Happy Life.

THE ITFE AND LETTERS OF GEUItt'Ft BAaS-
CROFT Tv NJ A. De Wolfe Howe IN Two
volumes. Illustrated. Svo. PIP vlh Zi' ""t
Charles SCribner's Sons.
George bancroft had. as his biographer re-
cords, "a fervid belief in himself" This tact is
soon made clear as the story of his HE Is uh-
folded in the present volumes. Mr.. Howe paints
the portrait of man who was seif-reii'Ilt LII
his teens, and even then was nothing IL not
efficient AS Bancroft rapidly developed the
doors of advancement opened before him, ana
while no doubt he had his anxieties or vexa-
tons our general impression of him is that Of
an evenly successful type. The work that he did
was worth doing he did it well. and he did It.
on the whole, with ease. Perhaps If his path had
been harder, involving him in the struggles
which so often befal the ambitious scholar, he
would seem to-day more picturesque figure