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The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02

Washington. Apr. Tt is admitted at the state departn. snt that the status of the American consul at Harbin has been made the subject of representa- tions to Washington by the Russian government but while negotiations are pending the officials are loath to dis cuss 1t. The important fact Is devel- oped. however, that the American con- sul, Mir. Fisher. is not acting on his own initiative to seek the permission of Russia to exercise his consular functions. On the contrary 1t is un- derstood that he is simply executing a carefully considered plan of the state department to bring about through proper means a recognition not only by Russia, but by other nations inter- ested in Manchuria, of the integrity of Chinese possessions. It was long ago perceived that to admit the right of political control of either Russia or Japan over the so-called railroad zone' in Manchuria, including as they do the principal commercial depots, and cap able as they are of indefinite expansion of boundaries at the whim of leasehold- CTS would soon completely defeat John Hays dream of "the open door" In Manchuria.
 Therefore a quite definite policy has been adopted by the state department. the very foundation of which was the application of American consulars in that province for Chinese exequaturs. This was by no means pleasing to Japan, but 1t Is believed that America is supported fully therein by the great commercial nations of Europe which have large interests In the Orient.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
n.,,h Rather Thsn Loss of Foot.

St Louis, Apr. 1.--Rather than have his foot amputated John w. Branham. a printer 50 years old, suffering from cancer of the foot. shot and killed him self at his home Tuesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02

Wanted-To pasture 20 head of cattle. Good grass and water. Also Rhode Island Red eggs for sale. Sl.OO per IS. l.. w. Felter. d X W 1t
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02

Big new line of Japanese and Chinese Mattiugs at Petty's New Furniture Store. q WI
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02

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The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
A RUSSIAN PROTEST
AMERICAN CONSUL AT KAREN IN. slsTs ON CHINESE sovER-
 EiGNTY IN MANcHURIA.
ACTING ON ORDERS FROM WASHINGTON
Consul Fisher Is Executing a Carefully Considered Plan to Preserve "the Open Door" Policy In Manchuria-- European Commercial Nations to Support the United States.

St. Petersburg, Apr 1.-The Rus attitude assumed by Fred D. Fisher. the American consul at Harbin, in the matter of recognizing the jurisdiction of Russia in Manchuria. Mir Fisher insists that Chinese sovereignty in Manchurla Is supreme and furthermore he has supported the protests of China against the establishment by Russia of municipalities in the railroad zone at Harbin and Chailar independent of the Chinese government and his at titude in this Russo-Chinese difficulty has prompted Russia to seek an ex- can embassy here and in Washington. Mir. Fisher is accredited to China, and since his arrival in Harbin in January. 1907, he has consistently refused to recognize or admit that he should have anything to do with the Russian ad- ministration of the territory. He has been firm in his assumption that he was accredited solely to China and he has declined to act on the suggestion conveyed to him by an official of the Russian railroad administration that he should secure the permission of General Horvath, the Russian gover- nor of Harbin, before opening his con sulate or raising the American flag over the building.
 Under the treaty of 1896 Russia claims exclusive control over the rail- road zone in Manchuria, as we'll as the right to organize independent, self governing municipalities The Taotai of Harbin protested against this to the Russian governor and to the con suls of the United States and Japan. The Japanese, who are now co-operat- ing in the friendliest manner with the Russians In Manchuria, rejected this protest. but MT. Fisher supported 1t.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02

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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02
Loss I'm Broken Glass

age of 5000 annually from each drink
ing place in the state. This average
is figured from the 500 accounts OF
the little corner places" to the $4,-
600 bills of the most heavily patron
lied cafes. Whiskey and beer glasses
entail the greater cost. for while, gen
orally speaking. the least expensive.
they are in more frequent use and
consequently are broken most often
in handling. q lfliejs1s
The array of cleaning, highly pol
ished glassware displayed and used in
the hotels and cafes in Manhattan Is
unexcelled anywhere in the world,
and proprietors are constantly PLAN
ming to improve the stock. Many have
glassware designed and manufactured
especially for them. Beer of the fin
est brew-not necessarily the most
expensive-is quaffed in Broadway
and in Fifth avenue from beautiful
tall, cone shaped glasses Also there
are specially tinted glasses for vari-
Gus wines of rare vintage, blending
in n perfect harmony of color with
their contents.
Hotel and restaurant men comment
with unanimity upon the fact that to
souvenir collectors Is due n rather
| considerable part of their glassware
| expense. There are men, and women.
too, who seem TO he unable to resist
, the temptation to slip into their grips
some nicely etched glass. Some per
sons who travel n great deal accumu-
late collection in this way. it is said.
and while hotel men try to prevent
the petty larceny practice. they can
not do so entirely.
A Machine for Repairs.
A unique plan to prevent foolish
extravaganza in casting away fine
glassware which has n minute abra
sion of its rim is in practice in sew
eral high class baTrooms. What is
known as grinding machine" Is
employed to smooth away such I'M
projections as might not be detected
by the eye. Rare wine glasses are
often treated by this process.
Some of the best bartenders ant
mixologists' break up the most glass
ware" said the proprietor of n wei
known cafe. "and yet we have no cen
sure for them, for their rapidity IL
compromising more than compensate:
for their breakage."
us there such thing as life in
glass;" reporter asked.
; 81 see what You mean" he respond
cd. "I'ye thought of that-whethe
a glass would last just so long befor'
it collapsed-died, so to speak. NJ,
conclusion is that the average glas
in use in Broadway hasn't time. o
course. some glassware is hardie
than others. Delicate, thin stemme,
. wine glasses are the despair of mos
: persons. Just little twist, AM
they're snapped"
One often hears that New York |
great cocktail drinking town. BIZ
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02
Drunk on smokina.

AIoslems are forbidden to drink
wines or spirits. but In Tunls they
contrlve to reach the same ends by
smoking preparations of hemp flow.
ers. The milder kind Is called kif,
and II 1t is used in modera ton It has
no more effect than wine. but the con-
centrated essence. known MS chIra,
produces lntoxicatlon rs quickly as
raw spirits and leads to delirium
tremens.-London Saturday Review.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02

Ton million cIaesne oostin, a OnO
oo0 ara smashed everv vear IN tho
twentv- four thmsand cafes and other
dr,nking njaces NJ New York stato
according to those who are engaged
I'm ranlocjnr The heer mr. whIskev plos.
er aud fhe finer vessels used When
ehamnaene Is ordered saws the New
Work Trihune
,,,, 49, o,. az, 80,
- .no'o DioAIn az M enea ,.l
S os oe 81. s ~, Du ha ~ .ne inO,
sists often of the finest American
etched glass French crystal or even
valuable Bohemian pobiets delicate
H. tintea 10 hormoni1e win the shade
of soma rare vintage such glasses
NAV cost Az 70 20 cents II is NOT
,. ,,,, - 49,, ,o,,o,o
,,o,sai" ~ saII 40 aoa,. Tha ,,ara
,,i,.s 10 w oaaa ~ lno ~ ,han,
LII .,n,, ~. ,.,,iso 70 snr,ro,, ,.c,ar.
49," "tSnoinnr,, no., 49,, TN,
,,Io1, q, tho lin NJ tho gIoss ana make
1t useless to any hotel which prides
itself on furnishing only perfect glass
ware.
New York city Is the heaviest lose,
NV accidents To drinking glasses. and
the dealers in these commodities are,
consequently, kept busy replacing the
huge pile of glasses put on the junk
heap every night in the seven thou
sand-odd drinking places scattered
along "Incandescent Row." and at
greater intervals out to Far Rocka-
way or further Bronx. In fact, New
York is probably one of the few cities
in which an entire business sector
is devoted to wholesale dealing in bal
and other glassware.
In the White Light District there
are at least one hundred places where
recording TO dealers and manufacture
ers the beverage glasses average
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02
The Ashanti Army.

The Ashanti army Is the male part
of the Ashanti nation. Every man who
can keep up on the march is obliged TO
serve. and after an expedition has set
out the women scour the streets and
beat any man whom they discover
skulkipg at home. In battle the gem
erals occupy the rear to cut down any
one who may try to run away. If the
battle goes against them the generals
commit suicide.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02
All ON Show.

at seems TO me-" said Mrs. Oldcas.
tie, ''tllat IL had as many idlosyncrn-
sizes as Mrs. Woppleson has I'd try TO
conceal IL few of them"
"Yes." replied her hostess as she
lightly tapped upon her $4,000 vanity
box but she seems to think she can't
even go shoppin' without hayin' ali of
them as well as every diamond and
ruby on that she's got."-Chicago Rec.
ord Herald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02
ENJOYABLE at a Distance.

"We would have had Il pleasant
evening If 1t had not been for one OF
the most insuffcrable little youngsters
who WIS ever allowed 10 sit up lnte."
why, what was the matter with
hlm7"
oh, he Is one OF those children thai
say the smart things that tickle us sc
much when we read about them in the
newspapers and that drive us distract
ed when we have to listen to them"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02
A Different Matter.

III jury trial recently the attorney
for the defendant started in to read to
the jury from Il certain volume OF the
supreme court reports. He was inter
rupted by the court, who said:
Colonel -. IL is not admissible,
you know, to read law to the jury
Eyes. l understand, your honor. l
am only reading to the jury decision
of tho supreme court."-Phlladelphla
Ledger.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02

Dad" inquired Freddy, what is
figure of speechr"
where's your mother?" asked dad"
cautiously.
"Shes downstairs" answered the boy.
well, them" began dad" "a figure
eaf speech, my son, Is womanr-
london Telegraph
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02

the stewards at the big hotels say
that mixed drinks are taken not one.
tenth as often as beer and straight
whiskey. They base their statements
on their glassware bills and hold the
evidence to be incontrovertible.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02

Parson ION bicycling trip)-Where
is the other man who used to be hers
as keeper? Park Gatekeeper-He'a
dead. sir. Parson with feeling)-Deadi
Poor fellow! Joined the great majority,
eh? Park Gatekeeper-Oh, wouldn't
like to say that, sir. He was good
enough man. as far as know.--Punch'
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02

Old time Gcographcrs had n simple
way of describing countries they
knew nothing about. They just wrote
the word desert across them on the
map. For long time the interior of
Australia bore this uncomplimentary
epithet, but explorers have demon
strated It's unfairness.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02

"You advertised new mown hay and
lowing kline" said the city man who
wes a new arrival at the farmhouse
Where is the new mown hay?"
ITS In the lowing klne." said tho
farmer, looking up from his task of
trying to make a calf behave Chicago
Journal.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02

The Stout Woman-I'm not going to
let my son run the elevator any 1ude.
Custodian OF Building-W why mott
Stout Woman--I heard a man lay
yesterday that that elevator weighed
$500 pounds. and he's too yount a
boy to be lifting that all day.-Sira-
cuse Herald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02

Now's the time TO take Rocky Noun
tain Tea. It. drives out the germs OF
winter, builds up the stomach, kidneys
and liver. The most wonderful spring
tonic to make people well. You'll be
surprised with results. Soc. Tea or
Tablets. c. Gorsuch & Company.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02

Johnson-That man in the arbor max.
ng love is divinity student.
Parker-Yes, know, but who 10 the
divinity New York Mail.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02

"My girls father is an undertaken.
He has invented an automobile
hearse. Folks are just dying to ride
In t."-Exchange.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02

lou eNq II.e4uusaplBI Q
4up sedoq VI .uIAlI l ana II Mou4 I,
o'Mou IonbH .oS 10 oABol
lea JOB nos no 'uoInuo up pouIf no1,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02

Asiatic cholera was first supposed to
have originated from the consumption
of unsound rice and was called "the
rice disenae."
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02
Generous.

Hicks = Is he a generous mani
Wicks-Oh, yes! he is always giving
himself away.-Somervllle Journal.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-02
Attention Directed to Postoffce Order Number oO7

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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-01-29
Entertalmlnu 4Im.

GUNUTtaIUVV8 vVlUDs
The third man had "butted In" He
was stranger to the other two. They
looked upon him with disfavor, but
he wasn't aware Of it.
Il didn't just catch what you was
saying" said the butter in" to the
man who had been talking. The man
stared at him.
Sorry" he said. Then ne turned
to his friend. "As / was saying" he
apparently resumed. there is a great
deal Of aphorism in town. The doc.
tors hate to admit 1t. but It's sure to
leak out. Aphorism with a touch Of
smile"
The stranger leaned little farther
forward.
II guess that's 80" said the second
man. "At the same time l was great
ly surprised this morning to see a sani
tary offlcer putting up red card with
'Epigrams Within ON It,"
you don't tell me-" said the first
man, in some alarm. II knew there
were few sporadic allegories in
town, but / didn't suppose the cpl.
grams had become paradoxical."
Worse than that" said the second
man; Il was told in confidence by one
of our leading herbivorous experts
that euphemistics have already passed
the secondary stage of pulchritude."
1t is possible that the butter in"
ouddanlv grew SusOicinus ANYWAY
he arose hastily and eft the car.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-01-29
Henry'sWife

The CressingerB and all the family
connections had been dubious when
Henry married Mamie White. She
vas 30 essentially different from the
women of their kind.
The years of toll which Grandpa
cressinger had put in firSt on the big
farm he had bought when land was
cheap and then on the bigger one
when the boys grew up had resulted
pleasantly in what the town Of Three
Pines called q barrel of money.
Grandpa Cressinger, retired and liV'
Ing in Three Pines, as did his two
gray-headed sons and their families,
was considered an important element
In the greatness of the town. Three
Pines pronounced 1t essentially praise
worthy that, in spite of the above.
mentioned barrel, the Cressinger WON.
On did their own homework, ripped
and turned their silk gowns and OBJ
Iected strenuously when the grocer
tried to run up the price Of eggs.
"They don't put on airs just because
they can afford to do It," was the com
plimentary verdict.
Mamie White did put on airs.
Ever since she had come to Three
Pines to live with an uncle's family
she had been labeled by the older
people frivolous and lacking in the at
tributes which a man should seek in
a wife. To be sure, she had position
In the little public library-but she
spent time polishing her nails and had
been known to waste hours trying
new ways Of doing her hair. She
openly said she did not know how to
make jelly.
Then Henry, the flower of the
younger Cressingers, married Mamie
and she descended into the very
bosom of the Cressinger family. Since
that time the family had fallen into
the habit of saying: Poor Henry"
Not that Henry lost any of his
Observation-Disclosures he seemed to
add to the original fund-but in the
family councils 1t stood to reason that
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-01-29
Some Hat Lore.

With the ancient Greeks the hat
was simply an appurtenance Of the
traveller. The free citizen preferred
to go bareheadOd and only put on his
broad-brimmed petasuS for protection
against. the sun when ON q long Jour.
ney. Indeed, the uncovered head
was part Of his dignity. for the slaves
and workmen wore always . kind Of
pointed skull cap. the pilus. which
therefore stood for q badge of servi.
tude. Much the same sccrn Of
habitually covering the head prevailed
among the Romans. In England the
hood was not finally given up until
the early part Of the fifteenth cen
fury.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-01-29
Clothes You Cant Drown h.

A Norwegian inventor has patented
suit Of clothes which will protect
ITS wearer against drowning. The
clothes are lined with q non-abSorb-
emit material made Of specially pre-,
pared vegetable fiber which without
being too heavy will effectively hold
ID the weight Of q man IN the water.
Twelve ounces o. the new material
win, Il d claimed. save 1 person from
sinking. The invention has been
tested With favorable results II
ChFlstianiA. Suoeessfnl trials Wers
also made with rugs made Of the
same material, capable Of supporting
two persons in1the water. .s3
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-01-29

no man could feel otherwise than that
his life was wrecked when he had a
wife who stayed in bed when she felt
like It and let him get his own break
fast
"A headache never kept me in bed
when there was work to dol" Henry's
mother said grimly And him just as
good-natured about it,"
He gets everything she speaks Of"
added the spinstsr aunt And she
goes to Chicago every time she wants
new clothes or to see play!"
she has a patent glass Jar egg
beaten" remarked Henry's sister, with
cold finality, that cost dollar and
quarter. l used fork to whip eggs
till I felt justified in buying heater
for 26 cents and I've used it flve years
and 1t Is as good as new"
But the worst was when Mamie
came back from Chicago this fall after
visit to relatives. The Cressinger
women had been over and she had
gaily displayed her purchases in the
city. They were still almost inartic-
ulate with their consequent emotions.
"Seventy-flve dollars for a tailor
suit" repeated Grandma Cressinger.
weakly. why, there are real pretty
ones down at the store here for $1B.
Just as tasty"
"She never needed that waist" Of.
fered the spinster aunt in a stined
tone. "She had good one last year.
She said abe had gone 80 much 1t was
worn out-but l wear a silk waist
three years myself"
"How does Henry take it," In
Qulred Grandma Cressinger in the re-
pressed voice she kept for funerals.
"Has any one seen him"
I'm not saying anything" re-
marked Henry's mother, but there's
no telling whore this will lead to.
Even Henry won't endure the sQuan-
dering Of his money like this! shall
stand by my SON, NO matter what
comes!"
Henry himself burst In on the grief
laden atmosphere just then on his way
downtown. His counteance was glow
ing and cheerful.
"Hellol" he said. generally. "Seen
Mamie since she got In this morning
Say. did you see her plunder? Hasn't
yhe an eye for style. though? And
you ought to see her when she getl
those things cn--She knocks the spots
( oH.n anything in the county! shs
rsts ptettisr every day!"
there was an lncenSed silence q
yanie's husband whistled and
saSmmed out Of the house.
.lSsr EIonry~ Quavered his mother
icoki. FOR hef handkerchief "A ~
cngo .,l.y News
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-01-29
rhOuuht Ho Could DUy Cheap.

Elderly German (of the Weber and
Field type, as he calls at lodging
house door)-Gind lady, saw. YES
Aor advertisement in der evening
PAPER dat you have . pair Of DAjAmas
o sell, yes?
Boarding House Mistress (indl@
aantly)-Pajamas! You old fool. 90
vou think this Is . department storoH
where 10 the advertisementf
The German (producing the AdySf-
Basement and reading It AlouO-Sos
ale. Won almost new bedroom suit
cheab. Gall and zee it-Tne 10
hemian.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-01-29
Electrically Aged Wine.
0 vine merchant turned . switch

nd e. strong electric current shot
+ shrts,r6 NE ca. That ID
mis- a9s * vine. 7s J. and =
Is f@e' 'r''ss i';,.A a
nRsrv N fi',9 ~. ,s.n : 'e.
q w'u h s'rrtN ~ " sN,
f.w d.. 4 WI - 81. ~ az Ts
aRo v .ne b. elsc..,.,..g ~ n. Wond'.r-
pnl thing. elect lefty, ISN'T ~ Il grewp
80 II reiIvsnatas peOpls. and a0w.
,inEO. q ssas VIA
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-01-29
E. s. ELLIOTT q SON

nRY GOODS, Clothing, Boots and Shoes
~ Hats, etc Our prices, quality of goods
+, onsidered, are the lowest In the city. BY fair
ealing and honest business methods, we al.
ways rely ON holding customer whenhe has
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-12
Anarchist Refused Landing.

New York, March 9. The recent ac-
tivities of the immigrant authorities.
consequent on the murder of Father
Leo, in Denver, and attempt on the life
of Police Chief Shippy, of Chicago, or
dered that Abraham Boschek, twenty
four years of age, an immigrant from
ST. Petersburg, be deported. Boschek,
while under examination, admitted be-
lief in anarchistic theories and an order
was at once issued that he be sent back
to Europe.
Lieut.. Joseph Petrosini, head of the
Italian branch Of the police detective
bureau, called at Ellis Island today for
information as to the previous history
of dozen migrants who are suspected
of anarchistic tendencies. He furnished
the names of the suspects to Immigra-
ton Commissioner Watchorn, saying
the men came into this country within
the last seven years. The records were
searched and such information as could
be found was given the New York de-
tective. The latter refused to divulge
the names of the men he was after or
their present whereabouts.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-12
BABY BORN ON PULLMAN
Mother Was on Way to Roanoke to Visit
Her Parents.

Roanoke, Va, March 9.-The engine
OF the train going north gave a shrill
whistle and the few people left at the
depot were in a state of wild excitement
about l: :45 o'clock this afternoon, caus-
ed by the announcement that Mrs. A.
G. Williams, of Emory and Henry, had
given birth to a son on the Pullman
Oakmont, which had just been trans
ferred from the main line.
George w. Vaughan, the well known
contractor, the father of Mrs. Williams,
was on hand, and DIR. Strickland was
sent for in hurry. He responded and
looked after the lady, while the grand
father wrapped the fine, healthy young
ster in bundle and scooted up the plat
form for a cab to hurry to his home,
No. 375 Woods avenue. s. W. The moth
er was then taken to the home under
the care of DR.. Strickland.
Mrs. Williams, who was married
about a year ago, was coming to Roa-
noke to visit her parents.