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The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
BEN F. PIRTLE DEAD
One of Polk County's Oldest and Best Known Citizens Passed Away
 Sunday Afternoon.

In the death of B. F. Pirtle, better known as "Uncle Ben, ' which occurred Sunday after noon at z:30 o'clock at his home at Dallas, Polk county loses one of its oldest and most highly re- spected citizens.
 Mir. Pirtle was born Tn Tennes- see and at the age of three years his parents moved to this county, settling at Dallas, where he has since resided and at the time of his death was 7S years old, hav- ing been a resident of the county -5 years. For several years past MT. Pirtle has been a sufferer from Bright's disease and heart trouble and several weeks ago he was taken down and confined to his bed, death relieving him of his sufferings Sunday afternoon from a sudden attack of heart failure. He leaves a wife and six children, three sons and three daughters, and a large number of relatives 10 mourn his death.
 Funeral services were held Monday at 4 o'clock at the Dallas cemetery and quite num- Der of the friends of the family from this place attended the services.
 A more complete biogra- pay of the long and eventful life of Mir. Pirtle will be prepared shortly for publication.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
PROHIS ASKED
 CONTINUANCE
In the Matter of Contest Over the Re- turns of the Late Election in Mil Ter County The 3-Mile Peti-
 tion Will Come Thursday.

Texarkana, Oct. 19.-Another cha pter was added to the anti'sa- loon fight in Miller county this morning. This was the day set for the hearing of tue contest hi- ed by the prohibitionists, claim ing that gross frauds and irregu- larities existed in the late cleo ton. The trial did not material ize, however, as one of the attor- neys for the prohibitionists, MT. 5. A. Lewis. appeared in court and filed a petition for a continu- ance of the case. Judge Edwards granted the petition aud confin' ued the case until the next term of court, which will be in the ear ly part of next year. He gave both sides to the controversy un. til January 1st in which to file a bond for cost. As Judge Ed wards goes out of office October 31 he will not try the case at aii' put it will come up before his successor, Judge E. w. kimba,l.
 It has been stated, unotficially, that there is a proba aoility that the case may not come up at all. It would likely require two years for the case to go through the courts, and realizing this fact, the prohibitiouists prefer to rely solely on their petitions under the three-mile act to get the saloons out of Texarkaus. The petitions have been on file with the county court for several weeks now and the matter is set for hearing be- fore Judge Edwards on Thursday morning of this week. Both sides have filed their bonds for cost, and apparently there IS nothing to hinder this matter coming up for hearing Thurs day morning. The attorneys on both sides have been hard al work and will likely announce ready for trial when the matter IS called.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
INDIGESTION
A Disorder that Breeds Dis ease in the Body, and an Easy Way to Cure it.

Take care of the stomach and you will have little need for the doctor.
 When the stomach begins to show signs of disorder; when the food digests slowly and with discomfort; when you have heartburn; feel bloated and uneasy, you are in condition that needs atten- ton.
 Prickly Ash Bitters corrects the dis ordered stomach by strengthening and toning up the digestive organs, driving the badly digested food into the bowels and thence out of the system.
 Constipation is nearly always pres ent vixen the stomach becomes sour or disordsred. Prickly Ash Bitters con tains the medicinal qualities which act as restorative and regulator for the stomach and bowels. It strengthens the digestive organs, cures constipation and prevents the return of bilious conditions.
 Thousands of people who have re- ceived lasting benefit from this great remedy willingly testify to its power in curing indigestion, constipation and kid ney trouble.
 "s suffered from constipation for years, and tried many remedies, but Prickiy Ash Bitters is the only medicine that has ever done me any good Through it's use am now in good health and entirely free from all traces of my former troublc."--B. ?. SrIeALL, winnsboro. Louisiana
 Get the genuine with the figure
 s'3" in red on front label.
 Sold by druggists. Price $l.00. Dr. w. c. Xandiver. Special Agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
STATE FAIR CLOSES;
 AN ENTIRE SUCCESS
Arkansas Travellers on Last Day at Hot Springs-President Bedding Declares Fair;
 Is Permanent.

Hot Springs, Oct. 17.-With the last day devoted to festival of fun and carnival in which 500 Arkansas Travellers participated as special guests, the third an- nual Arkansas State Fair closed tonight, making 1t as the great est success and establishing as fixed, recurring fall exhibit through the years to come.
 State Officers Present.
 Many state officers headed the capital city delegation on a special train that arrived this morning, and, after a brief cere- mony of welcome at the Airing ton hotel, the Arkansas Travel. CTS were escorted to the state fair with two bands.
 The features of entertainment 1t of the day were the Arkansaw Travellers handicap by harness horses, the Hot Springs High School and Hendrix College foot ball game and a fve.mile auto mobile handicap, bringing to- gether the four speediest road sters in the state. Barry of Hot Springs won the automobile handicap through mile ad- vantage given at the start, Ladd of Little Rock, Blarkeslee of Little Rock and Jordan of Pine Bluff finished as named {, each starting from the scratch. The time for the full five miles as made by Ladd's machine, was 7:29 over course upon which 1t had rained iu the morning and which was very slow. The in- side of the track was soft and machines were forced to take the high and dry path on the extreme outside.
 The night developed into a masquerade festival on the Curve where thousands gathered under the glare of the blaze of red fire and participated in the carnival spirit that ruled the oc- casion. President George K. Bedding tonight stated that the state fair had been a glorious success and that it's permanency was now positively established
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
Squire Walker to Visit Brother.

T. J. Walker, justice of the peace of Big Fork township, was ln Mena Monday, en route to Washington, Ok, to visit broth e' whom he had not seen in sev- 'eral years. Squire Walker re- ports two weddings recently in nls m township, M. T. Barber to Ellza Wideuer and NJ. T. Feds to Etta Standridge.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
SCENT RATE WENT
 INTOEFFECT MONDAY
Kansas City Southern Follows Course of Other Arkansas Railroads Up to Legislature and Courts
 of the State.

The Kansas City Southern, without flourish of trum pets, quietly put an end to 2.cent pas senger fares Monday, and all who travel must go back to the old 5. cent schedule.
 There is no doubt but the case will be bitterly fought in the courts when the question of dis solving the temporary injunction against the enforcement of the g. cent law comes up for action.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
They Should.

My honest conviction, based upon my own experience and that of my friends, is that Hunts Cure will cure larger per cent ot skin troubles, especially of an itching variety, than aaiy. other remedy Certainly those aulcted with any form of itch should try it.n 10. Monroe.
 Atchison. kas.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
Best in Existence.

'T sincerely believe, all things con sidered, Hunts Lightning oil is the most useful, and valuable household remedy in existence. For Cuts, Burns, Sprains and Insect Bites it has no equal SO far as my experience goes. 7
 c. E. Huntington, Eufala, Ala.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

Dizziness, spells of blindness, headache and sour stomach are caused by torpid liver and cousti- pated bowels. Prickley Ash Bit ters removes the cause of the trouble and puts the system Tn perfect order. w. c. Vandiver, special agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
Are ynu Only ttaIf Alive ?

peonIe with kidney trouble are so ,.daIg ana exhausted that they are only heIf alive. Foley's Kidney Remedy makes healthy kidneys restores restores. lose ..s,s vitalitv. and weak, delicate people M are restored to health Reiuse any oo' Foley's. Sold by all druggists.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

Prickly Ash Bitters cures di- sease of the kidneys, cleauses and strengthens the liver, stomach and bowels. w. C. Vandiyer, special agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
ii coyer Country B Miles West, l6 J st and B South of Mena, HOO
 Square Miles.
lL REQUIRE SIX MONTHS
.ntv Men. IA Mules and Horses, {
 gagons and Full Camp and Supply I Outfit Comes by Rail.

G. Anderson, assistant to-
 rapher for the United States
 rernment, and E. W. Hughes,
 bior topographer, arrived in
 End last Sunday and engaged
 emselves ia making prepa-
 t,ons for the coming. of the men
 d equipment to be used in mak-
 typographical survey and
 Geographical maps of about
 Foo square miles of territory ad-
 Kent to Mena. Mir. Anderson &chief of the party.
 The balance of the party and
 tfit. consisting of about 20 men
 all. IA horses and mules, ?
 hgons, 3 light couveyances, sad
 s, tents and a full complement T camp paraphernalia, arrived 3Dm the north Tuesday. kActual work will be begun as hickly as possible, the first camp Ring established near Shady. xena is at the north line of the 6untrg to be surveyed, the work ' extend west to the state line &st about l6 miles and south 35 siles. Six months IS the time es- fmated as being required to in- 1h the field work, but 1t will robably be discontinued during fportion of the coming winter, e the funds thus far set aside for De purpose are not sufficient to pmplete the work.
 fhe work of mapping tbe Unit d States has been entrusted 0y ,ongress to the Uaited States Biological Survey. This is the be organization whose business is to prepare map or atlas of be entire country, and 1t IS now |nd has been since it's establish bent iu 1879 engaged continuous 5 on this work. So far it has prveyed about l,050,000 square piles, exclusive of areas surveyed D Alaska, or more than one-third |f the United States.
 The maps show the topograph- ( features of the land such as fountains, hills, valleys and yulches; all bodies of water, such IS lakes, marshes, streams and brings; the routes of travel, such IS railroads, wagon roads and rails; political boundaries; cities, owns and permanent buildings; md the names of natural and 'ther features. They also indi- ate exactly the location of per- nanent survey monuments and bench marks whose positions and whose elevations above sea level lave been determined by precise neteods- monuments that arc 'Vailable as starting points for ocal surveys. The maps of areas 'overed by public land surveys 'how all township and section mes, as we'll as the boundaries 't all land grants.
 These maps are sold by the Ieological Survey at the cost of 'ubllcatiou-5 cents each, or $5 ! hundred.
 Each map is named from some prominent natural or other fea- .ure within the quadrangle il 'epreseuts-such as lake, noun ialn, town or city, and should be ordered by that name.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-22

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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06

Then came the affair which nearly
brought about international complica.
tons. Only Miss Deacon's natural
good sense saved the day. The Ger.
man emperor. who wished his eldest
son, heir to the throne. to see some.
thing in English life, graciously con.
sented that Prince Fritz should pay a
visit to Blenheim palace. the regal
home of the duke of Marlborough and
his American bride. once Consuelo
Vanderbilt. The duchess. who wanted
to make his stay as pleasant as pos.
sible, invited Miss Deacon to meet
him. The prince, always susceptible
to feminine charms, had already seen
and admired her on the continent.
Amid the congenial surroundings of
the English country life their former
acquaintance ripened rapidly. The
prince SO far forgot himself as to
fall desperately in love, though we'll
he knew that he must marry royalty
to inherit the kaiser's throne.
Could Not Share Throne.
He Immediately proposed. Miss
Deacon knew very well that the best
the prince could offer her was . NOR.
ganatic marriage. and she rejected his
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06

suit. Thereupon the gallant emper-
or-to.be offered to renounce his rights
Of succession and to leave Germany
forever, If need be, in order to marry
Miss Deacon on terms Of equality.
OF course the kaiser got wind Of
what was going on.
The young lover was promptly or
dered back to Berlin. There q stormy
interview took place. At first the
prince bravely stuck to his guns. But
when the emperor threatened to lock
up his eldest son in q fortress the
heir capituIated.
To-day the crown prince is happily
married to q wife of his fathers
choice and is a proud papa to boot.
A year went by and the chance OF
society threw Miss Deacon and the
duke of Norfolk together. The duke,
scholarly man we'll over SO, heredt-
tary earl marshal Of England, wild
over and without son who was men
tally fit to inherit his vast fortune.
estates and the premier dukedom with
It's privileges at court, became i'm
mensely interested In the brilliant
American girl.
His sister, Lady Mary Howard, in
vited Miss Deacon to visit Arundel
Castle, Norfolk's ancestral home, and
rumors began cropping out every
where that it would end in Miss Dea-
cons wearing the strawberry leaves
of duchess. BY reason of Norfolk's
ancient lineage she would take pre-
cedence of every other peerless. But
Miss Deacon refused the duke and
that was the end of 1t.
Prince Charming Arrives.
Two years later Lord Brooke, son
and heir of the earl of Warwick, came
on the scene. He was young, good
looking, not rich, but had influence at
court through his mother. People
really believed that Miss Deacon had
lost her heart at last, but it was a
false alarm.
And then-Baron Antoine de Char
cite!
Amiable, good looking, very rich,
possessed of important position and
scion of one of the proudest families
in France, the young nobleman is one
of the most desirable parts in Eu-
rope.
There is good American blood in the
young baron. His mother was Miss
Antoinette Polk of Tennessee, niece
of President James K. Polk. After the
civil war Mrs. Polk took her two
daughters, Antoinette and Rebecca,
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06

and her son, Van Leer Polk. to Italy
to live. 1t was in Rome that Antoi.
nette Polk met Baron de Charette,
then serving at the vatican. The i'm.
questionable Italians had already
nailed the fair American as the most
beautiful woman who had ever come
to their shores. and the Baron de
Charette agreed with them. He laid
siege to Miss Folks heart, won her
and brought her home to Paris as his
bride.
One son was born, Antoine. From
his mother the young man inherits
splendid plantations in Tennessee and
from his paternal side some of the
greatest art treasures in France.
Among them is q portrait of Queen
Marie Antoinette by Nine. Viego le
brun. given by the queen to the
Duchess de Choiseul. now coming in
direct succession to the young baron.
fourth in line.
The wedding takes place at tho
fashionable season In Paris and viii
be one Of the social events Of tho
year. And then the matchmakers car
no longer play fast and loose WITH
Gladys Deacon's heart aud hard
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06
After the Affair of Smitten Prince
and Duke "Turned Down.
Comes the Triumph of Young
Baron de Charette, and An
other international RO-
nance Is Launched

cons unerring bullet sought him out.
The indignant husband was arrest
ed, fined and imprisoned for a brief
period. Mrs. Deacon resumed her
maiden name and became Mrs. Bald
win. Eventually Mr.. Deacon lost his
mind and died in a sanitarfum at Wav.
erly, Mass.
OF course there were squabbles
about the children, and finally little
Gladys was sent to convent. There,
shielded from the outside, she grew
up in utter ignorance of the tragedy at
Cannes and the scandal that followed
upon its heels. She did not learn of it
until she had grown up and been
launched in society abroad.
Fitted for Society,"
The nuns had done we'll with Gladys
Deacon's Unborn vivacity, cleverness
and tact. She was turned out thor
oughly French; in time she became
perfectly Parisienne.
The Deacons had plenty of money.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06

Admiral Baldwin was the richest Of
ticer in the navy, and when he died
a splendid inheritance went to Mrs.
Deacon, or Mrs. Baldwin, as she pre-
ferred to be called. Married when II
years old, she was barely "a when the
scandal came; she vas even more
beautiful as Mrs. Deacon than she had
been as Florence Baldwin, the bride
of Edward Parker Deacon, the re-
served, awkward man Of 40.
Europe took up the daughter Gladys
as it had taken up the mother q
decade before. Aristocratic society
welcomed her in every capital in Eu-
rope. In the Bots she was saluted as
If she were princess-but then
Gladys Deacon was to the manner
born. She was at home in Mayfair
as she was in Inter den Linden. In
winter she became the bright, partic-
ular star along the Riviera and in
Italy thoroughly cosmopolitan grew the
beautiful American girl, who spoke
with a strong French accent and
frankly admitted that she hardly
knew anything about the United
States, though she was American to
the core.
Europe found everything to admire
In the beautiful girl fresh from the
convent
| Gladys Deacon is the ideal Anglo
Saxon type In face and coloring. Her
mass Of hair is the palest flaxen, and
1t waves naturally. Her eyes are large,
rather long than round. and . deep vio-
let blue. Her eyebrows are almost
black. very narrow and exQuisitely
arched. Her eyelashes are black as
well and long and sweeping.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06

Her skin is fair, very white and al
most transparent. There is almost no
coloring in her cheeks, yet she bushes
beautifully when she is interested. But
her lips are Of that brilliant red which
no cosmetic save perfect health can
give. Her nose is pure Greek; her
mouth a Cupid's bow. She chin ia
strong and firm. Fer teeth are
dazzling.
She speaks French, German and
Italian with equal fluency, and her
Partisan accent when she speaks Eng
lish is altogether charming. Her
taste in dress is undeniable; she al
ways appears in the masterpieces OF
the French modistes. She is a perfect
dancer, rafting good hand at bridge
and she can play billiards with the
best of the men.
AS soon as she was we'll launched
in society, Miss Deacon began making
strong friendships in the great world
Some of the most important people in
the Faubourg st. German set of Paris
became her intimates; in London she
chummed with the duchess of MARI
borough, the duchess of Devonshire,
the dowager duchess of Manchester
and Mrs. Arthur Paget, all of them OF
tremendous social advantage to Miss
Deacon.
Suitors in Plenty.
Mrs. Baldwin had Lady Somerset's
house in Mayfair, London; beautiful
little maison opposite the Chapel OF
Our Lady of Consolation, in Paris
and villa at Versailles.
With all these charms, it could not
be doubted but that Gladys Deacon
would soon have suitors enough to
satisfy even the most exacting deb
utante. The first soon appeared
to be precise, in 1900. He was Claude
Lowther, called the handsomest man
in, England. Together they made a
striking pair, and the matchmakers
had them engaged-by rumor. But
it was not to be. Gladys Deacon went
her way and Mr.. Lowther went his
For brief period the prince of Lich.
tenstein was favored; then he was
dismissed
Next in line came Lord Francis
Hope, who was even then getting his
divorce from May Yohe, the one-time
soubrette, who had run away with
Capt. Putnam Bradlee Strong, son OF
the late Mayor Strong of New York
But Gladys Deacon gave the noble
lord, who some day may be the duke
of Newcastle, his congo, and he mar.
ried some one else.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06

ment from both sides to stop the talk,
AMI even then there were those who
believed it to be true-that young
Prince Fritz was desperately smitten.
Then there was the duke Of Nor:
folk, premier peer of England, and
the prince Of Lichtenstein and Lord
Brooke and Lord Francis Hope and
the Hon. Claude Lowther were report
ed as about to marry the vivacious
American girl. to say nothing of as
many more. all lights Of considerable
magnitude in the social armament.
But everybody was wrong-at least
wrong in that Miss Deacon would mar.
~ any Of these most desirable men.
Would Have Taken High Rank.
AS the wife of the duke of Nor.
folk she would have taken precedence
Of every peeress in England: as Lady
brooke or Lady Francis Hope she
would aay: tr:sproachable position at
court
Gladys Deacon Is the eldest daugh,
ter Of the late Edward Parker Deacon
OF boston and New York: her mother
was the lovely Florence Baldwin,
daughter Of Rear-Admiral Charles H
Baldwin. U. s. N. Society even nov
whispers Of the tragedy that clouded
the lives Of Gladys Deacon and hel
younger sisters.
1t was just Is years ago-to be pre-
else. February II. 1S92-when the wires
0ashed the news from one end Of the
civilized world to the other-Edward
Parker Deacon. an American. had sho,
and killed N. Emile Abeille. q we'll
known Partisan. whom he had sur
prtsed in his wife's bondoir. Abeille
tried to hide behind Z sofa. but Dea
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06
q
The Bible a
Universal Book
ByREv. A. c. DIXON, D. D.,
Faster Of The Chicago Ave. (Nloody's)
Church, Chicago.
The Bible is not

The Bible is not
intended e xclu-
sively for Chris
tians. The word
christian" occurs
in it only three
times. The read
ing of it makes
Christians, nd
Christians 6 9 t
most out Of it, for
they believe, love
and dy its
pages. But the
Bible is for the
wicked as we'll as
for the good, It's
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06

NJ York and Boston, Lon
don and Paris, has found
Il the man upon whom she
can bestow her heart
and hand. Her engagement to
the young Baron Antoine de
Charette is announced. For five
years Miss Deacon has been one
of the most-talked-of young women of
society on both sides of the Atlantic.
The gossips have had her engaged to
= dozen eligibles, from princes down
TO plain ''misters." But all the time
she had been laughing up her sleeve
they We're all wrong. of course.
There was the young crown prince
of Germany, for example. The credu.
lous had him head over heels in love
with La belle Americaine'' and will.
ing to renounce his claims to the
throne of the German empire for love
Of her. 1t took an official announce