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The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-12
THE OLDEST TWINS
 RESIDE IN MENA
Claims Made by Kansas City, Joplin and Other Papers That They Have Them Located Are Disproved
 by Local Testimony.

That investigation alleged to have been made by Los Angeles and Kan sas City papers, as the result ofwhich the oldest twins in the world were claimed for the city on the Raw, missed by long way getting at the facts.
 The good people named by the Kan sas City papers Henry Minturn and Mrs. Eliza A. Keach-who were born in 1851, are wholly outclassed by Mrs. Mary Ann Walker and Miss Martha E. Glenn, who were born on New Years day of 1925.
 And the interesting fact in this con- nection is that Mrs. Walker, one of these venerable twins, has for thirty years been resident of Webb City, while her sister lives near to Mount Vernon, Ohio. Born in 1895, they are now in the eighty-fourth year of their age.
 The foregoing from the Joplin Globe is quite interesting be- cause of the fact that in the search for the oldest twins in the world The Star can go the Jop- lin Globe one better tue same as the Globe did the Kansas City paper, Mena having the distinc- tion of having among her vener- able citizens twins who iu age outrank those mentioned by the Joplin paper.
 When Mary Ann aud Martha E. came into this world on New Years day, 1925, there were two bouncing baby girls in sunny South Carolina who had ten days before given double joy to a happy family circle. Forty years ago, when these babies had grown to womanhood and had babies of their own, they moved to Arkansas, and today they are both living in Mena among thelr children and their children's chil. dren.
 These distinguished old ladies are Mrs. Sarah Mount and Mrs. Jane Pyland. They are twin sisters and were born December 20, 1924. Mrs. Mount IS the mother of w. P. Mount. J. K. Mount and Mrs. F. A. Waters. Mrs. Jane Pylaud is the mother of w. A. Brumley, Mrs. George Corley and Mrs. Oscar Wallace. All tbese people live in and around Mena and are among the best known and most prominent people in Polk county.
 These dear old ladies who have passed the four score mark make their homes among their children and are both we'll preserved and very active considering their age.
 They may not be the oldest twins in the world but they cer- taiuiy have the best of the rather extensive search so far made and are entitled to the honor as the records now stand.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-12
Bought Polk County Farm.

J. A. Goetcinger of Chandler, Ok, has bought l20 acres of land of E. Harper of Egger and has returned to his home to prepare to remove to his new property. Before leaving, Mr. Goetcinger arranged for The Star to come 10 his address, that he could keep up with affairs ln the locality he intends to make his home.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-12
LAND FRAUD INDICTMENTS.
Federal Grand Jury Acts in Montgom
 cry County Charges.

St. Louis, March 4.-Iudict- meuts were voted by the grand jury against Henry s. and Gil bert V. Whitener, George R. Gale and James A. and George M. London on charges of conspir- acy u deiraud the government of valu ADle tracts of timber lands iu Montgomery county, Arkansas.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-12
Shingles for Sale.

I have appointed Pope Bros. as selling agents in Mena for shingles manufactured at my mill east of town. These shingles will be stored in Mena in large quantities aud will be sold at the low price of Sl.30 per thousand. Parties buying shingles at the mill will be charged Sl.l0 per thousand. Jerry Bain,
 2S7 , wtf the Shingle Man.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-12
Clearing Land for Fruit.

The Rev. William Cooksey, pastor of the Baptist church, is taking active steps toward plant. ing an 80-acre orchard. MT. Cooksey has purchased and in. stalled on his land west of town a gasoline eugine and wood saw. ing outfit and is rapidly clearing the land of the timber, ma king il into stove wood. As soon as he land is cleared il will be set te fruit trees.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-12
CRACKsMEN AT WORK.
Big Stores Safe at Dierks Broken
 Tuesday Night.

Tuesday night cracksmen wrecked the safe iu the Big Store at Dierks and about SIS was taken. The door was blown several feet from the safe. It is supposed that nitro-glycerine was used. The same night Bakers store was robbed of a small amount of cash. .-DeQueen Bee.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-12
JoNESBOR0 TO HAVE A FAIR.
Farmers Union and Business Men of
 Craighead County Organize.

Jouesboro, March AT h e Farmers Union of Craig head county organized a Fair associa- ton Saturday with a capital stock of SlO,000. It was stated that the business men of Jones' boro had agreed to bear half the expense of the organization and to subscribe for one-half of the stock.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-12
Two Before Pension Board.

A meeting of the United States Pension Board, composed of Dr. P. K. Watkins, Or. w. P. Parks and Dr. w. F. Mills, was held in this city last week and two ap- plicants, Z A. Dunlap of Hartley. this county, and Henry Hoff of Newmans, Scott county, were before the board for examination.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-12
Teachers Examination.

The regular quarterly exami- nation of applicants for teachers licenses will be held at the court house in Meua March l9 and 20, 1908. w. NJ. Pipkiu,
 County Examiner.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-12

Every sort Of Legal Blank of the "Legal Light" kind for sa'" at The Star office
The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-12
OBSTINATE ULCERS
 MAY LEAD TO CANCER

There difference first in the of canceross and this
 
 evidence polluted blood allowed degenerate 
  morbid matter carried through the circulation the place No ulcer dischargng ulcer fostering will continue to deeper into the surrounding polluted circulation discharges of the trouble producing posons morbid impurities which keep the
The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-12

open. Tfen a this rich, purified blood goes to he diseased place the healing begins discharge the inflammation grad ualy and healthy flesh arefo nent1y S. S.. made entirely PURELY vEdE ABLE herbs healing, cleansing
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 advice desired free THE SWIFT CO., ATLANTA GA
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

there is to be built dam below the site or the
club which, while its chief purpose is to furnish
power for a light and power plant. viii back
water up the river for thirty miles, making an
excellent place for aquatics Of all kinds
The initiation fee is $50 and the annual dues
are $40 If the plans of the organizers, OF Vhom
Mr Bowman is chief. beside being the origi-
nator of the scheme. carry, there VIII be enough
money from the initiation fees to put the enter
prise on sound financial basis. Mr. Bowman
saws he has assurances of support from enough
men Of prominence from all over the country
to insure a working capital to start with of at
least 100000
Besides this the organization has the united
support of the business world of Tennessee. es-
peciaily in Chattanooga. Mr.. Bowman said the
land was purchased and given to the club by
subscription raised in that city, and the chief
delay has been in getting the site of the club
house and about two thousand acres imme-
diately surrounding it from English land
syndicate. All obstacles of this kind. however,
have been removed and the club has complete
possession of all of the land it needs. and Mr..
Bowman looks for boom times for the enterprise
from now
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
INTERSTATE CLUBPLAN
BIG PROJECT AFOOT.
Meeting on June e5 In Chattanooga
to GiUe I'm petus.

The work of organizing the Interstate Ciuo'
the home Of which will be near Chattanooga
Tenn has reached point where definite state
ments Of the plan AID scope of the orgahiza-
ton may be made. Nearly year ago Inc IT'D
une published the tentative plans OF Tie enter
rrise together with some views from the site
selected for its home on Signal Point, about
eight miles from Chattanooga
These plans have been changed little. but they
have seen a partial fruition. So far has the
organization advanced that-a meeting of the
club will be held in Chattanooga on June 25.
p G. Bowman, Of Birmingham. Ala is in this
city furthering the interests OF the organization
and calling attention to the meeting He is
being assisted by F. c. Dunn, railroad con-
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
A LITTLE ONE FOR STEEP GRADE

The smallest power station in Brooklyn has
just 225-horsepower capacity, and operates half
mile Of cable. which is maintained because so
steep grade is covered by that half-mile
the electric car enjoys. There alternative
offered by the example of Mobile, which, on
Spring Hill, merely unhitched the mule from the
car 1t had dragged up the incline and let the
slide down and wait-with it's PASSENGERS
the more dignified descent Of the mule to re-
sumo his burden. Brooklyn scorned this alter
native.
Brooklyns other power stations average sew
eral thousand kilowatts each and an indication
of Brookyns faith in rapid future growth lies
IN the fact that almost every station has re-
served room for the addition of more reneratora
While several hundred men required to
handle the equipment Of a power station one
engineer and one assistant can attend TO the
distributing sub-stations having 5000 kilowatt
capacity. Each OF these is fed from two direc-
tions. that IT, for some cause electricity
failed to come through line Of conduits il
would reach them through the other
At Brooklyn Bridge and at E,ssex stree. a-a
storage batteries Tor the subway, with a dis
charge capacity OF 1000 amperes for one hour
or 1000 amperes for three hours. These helm To
take up the fluctuations caused by the elevated
train service and to supplement the generating
capaclty or the system during rush hours The
general pubic does not know that thrifty BROOK
lyn employs at two of its power stations worn
out raiis laid In trenches and bonded for the
return circuit
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Comnanv runs
special mail and express cars and at Its printing
offices prints nearly half a million transfers
daily putting the spectrum to shame with nine
ty-four varieties of gayly colored paper incen-
tives TO streetcar argument
The installation of the Williamsburg power
station provides for $4,000 kilowatts and tho
55oo kfiowatts dynamos capable OF connec-
ton for either $500 or 1900 volt potential All
the alternating current power circuits are
operated at the higher potential
The elevated trains in New York require in
summer 4S11s7 kifowatts day to keep them
going at an average rate of fifteen miles an
hour In winter 595.s96 kiIowatts are required.
ana speed fs reduced to less than fourteen miles
an hour at rush" hours
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
A MUCH MAPPED TOWN.
Where Columbia Students Do Prac-
tical SurUeWng.

Morris, Conn.,. Oct 26 (speciaD.-With popu-
lation of perhaps five hundred persons, scattered
over ten square miles Of hills and dales tnis
town enjoys the distinction of being the most
thoroughly mapped and surveyed town OF its
size in New England.
In the last four months every foot or grouho
In Morris has been measured mapped anu
charted. The town is dotted with surveyors
stakes. Every house and every fence and tree
has been located and described and each slope
of the land has been duly recorded. bantam
Lake has been bridged and Mount Tom tun-
nelled-on paper Three lines Of railroad have
been built as far as Lftchfed, six miles north,
of here-also paper.
With these and many other improvements TO
their credit, three hundred young and enthus-
iastc civil engineers have gone back to Columbia
University, whence they came. There, In the
winter they will try. in anguish of soul, to learn
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
MAN LIKE A SEED OF CORN.

1.-The questions arise. Has the Great Ar
Can He do nothing except what is easily un-
derstood by the human mind? The human
mind is miracle. but is II the end? We have
every reason to believe 1t is not because there
Is no science in which we have reached the ulti
mate goal of it's capacity. There Is every rea-
son. then, to believe that there Is something be-
yond the mind, and something built on the mind.
just the mind is built on the BRAIN We have
such remarkable psychological experiences of
what term spiritual and religious phenom-
that there must be a basis for them. The
only hypothesis or basis is what we term the
soul actual vital force
The soul means the higher development OF
man, or the ego, If there Is such thing a
soul. that means that the fnaty of
what is falsely and unscientfcally termed ere
alton, which is an absurd position, scientifically
untenable, because we know that in physical
science we are only the fringe of
knowledge. | have always held that from the
renSious point OF view we are like Q seed Of
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
FLORIDA.
BERMUDA

mitted from the I4th street station to seven sub
stations for distribution 1t takes three hun
dred to handle this main station
An electric cable 14T miles in length rspre-
sents a bolt of lightning drawn out a long dis
tance. but IN no wise attenuated in force by the
fact, for this cable operates more than seven
hundred cars. The longest distance current IS
transmitted over 81 miles by 11.OUO-volt cables
Eight sub-stations distribute through eight
l.5U-kilowatt cOnverters and 550-<ilowatt
transformers. the power received from the main
stations. at S9th street and North River which
is said to be the largest power station OF its
KIND in America and TO be capable of producing
more power than any other electric plant ever
built. Here nine 5.Ot0-kilowatt aIternators de-
liver 1l.OOO volts a minute. Five direct current
generators have output OF go kiIOwatts
and a storage battery is equipped to carry the
exciting load of station for one hour
In sub-stations. generators OF electricity sup
ply power TO energiZe signal rails. and storags
batteries furnish currents at 10 volts for signal
purposes.
II anything happened to the generating svs-
tenn OF the lighting circuit. light could be sllp-
piled Its $500 lamps with 6Oo-volt direct cur
rent from the third rail- and the man busy
reading his paper would never suffer an inter-
ruption.
The entire generating and distributing light
Ing system Is separate from the power euuip-
ment of the subway. The latter energtzes mora
than seventy-two miles of single track and sid
tngs. while the former is supplied by currents
from three 1.2ao-kilowatt generators which de-
liver l1oo0 volts.
Wrapped within stranded copper wires and
force in the universe propels this city.s human
tide to and fro and serves alike To HIurnins for
them the paths Of commerce and the beacon
lights VI horne.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
AMOUNT OF COAL BURNED.

1t is scarcely possible to compute the amount
of fodder which horses would require to enable
them to operate the streetcars of New York. but
the boilers Of two surface car stations require
a matter of 100000 tons OF coal annually to
keep them going. and relatively as much is con-
sumed by the power stations connected with the
subway, elevated and Brooklyn Rapid Transit
systems.
Manhattan surface lines operated on in
determinate miles of steel rails The power
which supplies these hundreds of miles of steel
with electrical energy flashes from the 96th
street power station at the rate of about 13O,-
100000 kilowatt hours. and from the Kings
bridge power station. whose output is approXl-
mately 75,OOO,OOO hours, of which about &c.
100000 kilowatt hours is used for the operation
of electric cars in The Bronx.
Any horse with a grievance against the mo-
tive power which has supplanted him has only
to glance at eleven $500 kilowatt generators IN
the 96th street power station sending out cur
rent with a pressure of 6 900 volts to know that
eleven of his kind could never compete with
such activity.
Two generating stations. with eight sub-sta-
tons to convert and distribute electricity, stor-
age batteries for extra electrical power and an
intricate system for handling that mysterious
force SO deadly and yet SO benehcent, with an
army Of men to care for those who use II, make
up the working elements of the surface car lines
in Manhattan.
great fan whose handle lies upon the Brooklyn
Bridge, and which cover more than $50 miles of
energy to 300 surface and elevated cars which
carry upward of 100000 persons annually
over BROOKLYN Bridge from their homes in
Brooklyn to the scenes OF their daily activities
in New York.
SO many cars seek this bridge at once that at
the intersection Of Fulton. Willoughby and
Adams streets and Boerum Place 552 cross
the same point in an hour, travelling in six d.
rections
The newly built Williamsbridge power station
has capacity one-tArd greater than the other
seven combined power plants, the largest Of
horsepower capacity and supplies both alternat-
ing and direct currents at the rate OF 2 700 kfio
watts from each Of its generators. An alternat-
ing current at $500 volts pressure Is distributed
to sub-stations at a distance. while those
at hand supplied with a 6OO-volt direct cur
rent 1t takes 100000 tons of coal to heat the
boilers connected with the engines that operate
these generators
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
POWER FOR TRANSIT
amount of Electricity to Transport
Nesc York's Population.
Dy NJ. w. Mount.

Imagine 1854, $50 horses racing down Broad
way and the Brooklyn Bridge. filing the
streets for miles, and an idea may be had Of the
motive power furnished by just one power sta
ton of the four electric streetcar transportation
companies In the boroughs Of Manhattan. The
Bronx and Brooklyn. II to this vast herd OF
horses there were added hundreds of thousands
more from the other six power stations In
Brooklyn, the eight sub-stations, respectively.
Of the subway and Manhattan surface lines,
and the seven sub-stations Of the elevated sys-
TENS there would be such aggregation of
horsef1esh as the world has never beheld To
feed and stable horses enough to operate the
streetcar systems of Just three boroughs or
greater New York would require more room
and provender than the crowded little Island of
Manhattan could furnish.
The question Of how to secure enough horses
to carry New Yorks future population to and
from business had not begun to seriously worry
the street railway managers when 1t occurred
to Edison that there were possbilties In New
York and that he might as well solve the prop-
lem of streetcar transportation ahead OF scned-
ule time.
Edison reduced horsepower to watt hours and
the system of kilowatts, with direct and alter
mating electric currents. which took the place
of the plodding mule and habitually tired morse
Nearly $500 electric cars are operated by the
subway, surface and elevated systems OF Man.
haitian. Brooklyn and The Bronx, and each car
Is Illuminated and heated. the subway cars with
twenty-six incandescent lamps and twenty-Iour
heaters, each using from eight to twenty-four
amperes Of electricity. and the elevated cars
with twenty-four incandescent lamps to car
OF course, this signifies a vast electric sys-
tenn, which means separate electric generators
for this purpose distributing over 1850 volts
minute.
Precautions have been taken against leaving
passengers In the dark In the subway by arrang-
Ing to have the lighting circuit supplied with
6OO-volt direct current from the third rail II
anything happens to the generating system No
less than $500 lights must be kept beaming all
he
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
A MILLION IN A DAY.

As many as 1o63.0oo persons have travelled on
the elevated lines In one day. and probably none
OF these knew that II took %. 900 incandescent
lamps to illuminate the system and that Iigb,
Tor these was supplied by $500 volts distributed
,hrousn seven sub-sfations. They didn't hear
the 600 telephones of this and the suhv,ay
service ringing. often at a distance of nine miles
from Central. and IL did occur to them
that II took S,25a motormen and conductors ON
ten-hour shift to handle the trains not 10
speak Of thousands of other men occupvinr
numberiess positions In the power stations
yards and along the lines-enoush to make
good sized city. when day and night shifts are
included "
rower to operate the elevated roads 4, trsn.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
BUILDINGS FOR STUDENTS.

professor Lowell in five years has transformer
camn Columbia from a group Of thirty or tor'y
canvas tents to a completely equipped scnooi.
III, ,ts own buildings. its own social life ana
even its own estate of over six hundred acres
the purchase of which by the university
made on his recommendation
The new buildings. put up under froieSso'
LovelPs supervision and most OF therh a''oiU
ing to his own blue prints. include TWO DIG oo.
mitories for the students, good slzeo i"ou'.'
dormitory (named by the students 81 hes'''
from its supposed luxurious appolntmehls'' :"
comfortab BILE little Young Mems Christian ASso-
citation building with easy chairs piaho' a..
omen fireplace and all the magazines a we"
eouinned bathhouse and a freproof Instrument
bouse built to prevent repetition OF the hie
oY six wears ago, when all the surveying ap-
paratus, to the value OF hunoreos u u0
was destroyed.
One good thing about Camp Columbia Is tha'
II Is set on hill and cannot be hid. Inc "hi''
buildings are on the top Of an especlahy ioi''
hin and are pointed out from miles away vi
every side to those who visit Morris. Ihey "io
so nlaced that every building is conspicuous oo'
tho dining hall and kitchen. which are 1ur'hei
dou, the hill Anyway, the dining hail "ouioh
"a Interesting unless John. the chef, were sorle-
nbera visible John, who prefers IL speieu 'sa,
and whose last name Is Beau, mas coohCu S,, -
GAVIN columbia ever since there was any Cp I
Col,Tobia worthy OF the name. ana ne uoNiS-i t,1
;t,, oil the ardor of a Frenchman that ne WIN
con+Inue to do so long as ne Is spaiou
earth II speaks well for Johns cooklls 80, 10,
outside of an occasional case or IVY pois.Ie .I.
or something equally trf1lng, the sa cas, - ere in
uass at Camp Columbia do not average nVe Ia
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
NO ERRORS ALLOWED.

A number of valuable but still unworked
mines have been located by the students in
meadow directly the road from the
Southview Inn. hotel Bantam Lake. The
surveyors stakes in that meadow thicker
than the grass blades. which is so queer.
either, since the students trampled down pretty
much all the grass there in their anxiety to get
the stakes set exactly right. In stalking off
mining claim, little mistake is big mistake.
and the students can't afford to make any
errors however trifing
Shooting Poaris' is another duty that all
students at Columbia Camp must face sooner
later Some of them, when they first hear OF
il, say, "Who is Polaris?" but they soon find
that Polaris is not a who" but what" Most
well Informed persons have heard at some time
other that Polaris is only another name for
the North Star. Many college freshmen, how
syer. don't hear Of 1t till they get to Camp Co
lumbia
Shooting Polaris" is taking an observation of
ii with Instruments. for the sake of finding out
the latitude or longitude or slope of the earth.
or OF Morris or something else which the non
scientific can't hope to understand. Taking the
observation isn't hard. but the worst of Polaris
is that 1t has TO be snapped at a certain time
on 4 certain night. or on choice of one or two
nights So in order to do the Shooting effec
lively the young astronomer has to be the
Job when Polaris u.s. which often means wait
Of hours in a damp. lonely meadow, with only
the frogs and crickets for company.
One bright student made a record for himself
by making instrument of his own for
ascertaining the latitude by means of Polaris
The first thing he did 10 find out from his
textbook what the latitude of Camp Columbia
ought TO be. Then he built his instrument with
the aid of ginger ale bottle, couple Of wires
and the like. and made hicks all the way around
the cardboard dial On each nick he marked
the correct latitude according the textbook
and there was his instrument, absolutely trust
worthy and accurate. No matter which way
the ginger ale telescope was turned, the movable
pointer sure to indicate tie latitude and
Indicate 1t ri&ht. The machine 10 kept and u