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The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
RAISING WHAT WE NEED.

The State Fair now being held at Hot Springs is going to be an object lesson to Arkansas, as well as to the many doubters outside the state who have had very indefinite ideas as to the states productiveness. In a lengthy article in the Gazette, the Arkansaw Traveller has this to say:
 "As for vegetables. here is some thing in the Saline county exhibit that wish every visitor to the fair could see. In this collection is practically every known vegetable and each sample on display is as per- feet a specimen as could be found
 anywhere. The same thing is true of the fruit from that county, al- though it is not 2 eornty that is well known for it's fruits or vege- tables. This shows what the farm
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

equal right to rest. is scrubbing in the kitchen: She is enjoying herself in her way, just as much as he is in his.
 It always makes a daughter mad to hear a daughter-in-law ''speak" for the future possession of some family heirloom.
 There are number of cases in Atchison where the oldest daughter in the family has more trouble and responsibility on her shoulders than her mother. Such daughter would be good woman to steal.
 You read a great deal in the fun ny papers about fathers going down stairs and kicking young men out for remaining too late with their daughters, but no such things ever happens. All a father does, under such circumstances, is to growl to his wife.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

for president have taken the stump. In fact all the candidates are on the stump except the one that is in jail.
 Mir. Taft has met with cordial re- captions everywhere, and when he toured Nebraska, Mir. Bryan re- quested the people of his own state to give him a royal welcome, which they did.
 MT. Taft is still enthusiastic in his support of the postal savings banks, which he promises to establish when elected, and Mir. Bryan supports the guarantee plan. Now an unbiased man cannot deny that both of these plans are good, and both can operate together. The postal savings banks will only be authorized to receive deposits of $500 or less from each depositor, so the timid man with thousands of dollars hoarded in safe deposit box, or his old trunk, will still withhold his money from circu- lation because he cannot receive a guarantee that it will be returned to him if deposited. So the postal savings banks will bring from hid- ing the great army of small deposi- tors from $10 to $500 and the bank guarantee plan will bring the small army of larger depositors with from $500 to $500 out of their hiding places. Every large city has a num- Der of this latter class with hundreds of thousands of dollars locked up in boxes, and thus kept out of circula- lation.
 When the proposed postal savings banks receive deposits from the peo- pie, for which they pay !per cent, they turn the money over to the na- tional banks for about B per cent, and the banks that receive these de- posits guarantee every dollar depos- tied by the government before they receive it. So. if the government deposits are guaranteed, why should not the deposits of the individuals be likewise guaranteed? Nobody has answered this question yet.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
FARM AND GARDEN.

Bells about the necks of sheep are said to keep away wolves.
 Dampness in the poultry house means diseased fowls. Keep it dry
 You can keep rats, 'possums and other varmints away from your poultry. Fix your hen house.
 A handful of crushed tobacco leaves will, it is claimed, keep lice and mites off setting and laying hens.
 Have you gathered enough cow. peas for next year? Don't forget how hard they were to get the past season.
 Smooth or woven wire in fences won't cut stock. The barbarous barb wire should be passed up when ever possible.
 The man who gets good breed of chickens and then keep8 it we'll make success where he who changes every little while will fail.
 Razorback hogs, runty ponies and scrub cows are not signboards of prosperity for any country or any farmer. Good stock is.
 Laying hens need twice ss much feed as when not producing. Per haps this may account for shortage ot eggs in our chicken house.
 Popular sentiment used to be that roads need not be worked in dry weather and could not be worked in wet, and implements cost too much anyway. Not so now. There IS the split-log drag.
 A really good farmer can raise al. most anything from almost any land Tn Polk county if he tries. Every tune a man comes in who talks intel. iIigently about how he saves and uses hls stable fertilizer he also has some good crops to talk about.
 Farmers should study butter msL. ing. A little attention given to this would solve the problem as to wbv some peoples butter is always in demand at from 25 to S5 cents 70 . pound and other slow sale at 10 to a 20 cents. AV ~
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
The Greatest Command.

As I sat here the other day think ing of the men who had preached the greatest sermons of all time, and of generals who had issued com mands which changed the destinies of nations, it came to me, like a sil- yer flash across the blue, that the greatest command and the greatest sermon was given to us by Christ when he said: Love one another. " And it came to me, also, that the greatest sermons are not always the longest and that the greatest com mands are not given with an accom- paniment of hissing bullets and bleeding dead.
 If all nations, all governments, all churches, all individuals, would only obey that one command of 'Love one another" human misery and suffering would vanish like the morn ing mist before the sun. The pages of history are strewn with stories of the wrecks of institutions, political and ecclesiastical, whose builders had laid the foundation stones with the mortar of hate. Politicians and preachers who would redeem the world, and win for the majority that true happiness which has some how given them the slip, can never do it by the calling of names and the fomenting of strife.
 The truth of the saying of Christ stands out like the sun at noon time. It is only the great lover that earns great happiness. In the world of business, where the clink of the coins drowns so much of the finer things of life, Love is daily entering in. Talks with busy men every day discover this. Thomas Dreier in The Fra.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
FAIR MANAGERS PLEASED
County Contest for S200 Prize Not Yet
 Decided.

Hot Springs, Oct. lS.-Tbe fair managers are very much pleased with the success and pat ronage last week. The live stock and poultry exhibits from the various counties were unusually good, and so many counties being represented in the contest Tor S200 prize for the best exhibit was the cause of so many more people attending than heretofore. The result has not yet been announced. The cotton picking machine, ln- vented by John s. Thurman. was one of the interesting attractions at the fair, especially with the farmers. George J Withey who represents the Vacuum Cot ton Picking Machine Company, will move the picker to Shreve- port, Ls., where he will have 1t on exhibition at the state far, November 2 to '.
 The John Deer Plow Co.,, Hol- lenberg Music Company, "Sketch Book" Gus Blass Dry Goods Co., o. K. Houck Piano Co.,, Hamp Williams Hard ware Co.,, were among the leading concerns rep resented, and have large displays and representatives on the ground. George l.. Turner ot Little Rock, and Hamp Williams who occupied the space for the John Deer Plow Co.,. received two premiums. MT. Williams re- ceived premium for the best selection of hardware and erec' tion of booth which was large space near the stock exhibits occupying l50 feet by 250 feet
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

were half as well satisfied with his surroundings as he is with himself A man can never show off before his children, or his enemies.
 To people past fifty, the idea of a real good time is keeping well. As soon as people begin to think they are important, they begin to talk louder.
 A man is always willing to lend a helping hand, but he does hate to lend money.
 Many people would be more truth. full but for their uncomfortable de sire to talk.
 As soon as an old fool acquires 8 little sense, a young fool steps up to repeat his mistakes.
 Whenever we hear the telephone ring we are reminded that Jobs af- fiictions were not so many.
 If you receive an anonymous letter, don't regard your enemies with sus- picion; watch your friends.
 Some women can take a $10 bill and buy clothes that look better than clothes other women pay $50 for.
 It always makes some peoples fin gers trerr ble to hear child talk i'm pudently to its parents.
 When a man wants to work" a newspaper reporter, he begins by telling him how many years he has been taking the paper.
 What your friends call your strength of character" your ene- mics are likely to call downright meanness. '"
 It is as bad to give a compliment with a but" attachment, as it is to give a present and grumble about the cost of it.
 Classical music is simply good music. Many people who admire classical books have an absurd notion that classical music is a fraud.
 Poor man! he is bored to death to buy tickets to an amateur entertain ment, and then bored to death when he attends.
 A sixteen-year-old girl walks along the street as though she owned the world, and is going to get it, but as rule she is going after five cents worth of thread for her mother.
 Instead sitting down and counting up how many days since your wife said something nice to you, count up how many weeks have elapsed since you said something tender to her.
 Eating too much kills more people than whisky. A man who eats too much should, for the sake of his health. follow the example of the old Romans, and tickle his throat until he throws it up. His stomach can't decently take care of it.
 This is the tale of an old fashioned woman. Her husband, who had &C., cumulated wealth as the years went by, and had begun to take life easy worried because his wife worked as hard as ever, He hired cook, and within two weeks found his wife waiting on the cook. He hired a maid to wait on the cook and short time afterward found his wife wait ing on the maid. At one time he had hired four persons, man, a cook, the maid and scrub woman, and found that his wife worked as hard as ever. This is an explanation of why certain man sits on the front porch and reads and smokes while his wife who has earned an
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
Power of Sacred sonn.

The power of song to sway the feel. ings of man was illustrated the othe, nlght' amid the garish surroundings or a Summit street barroom. About II o'clock about dozen of Uncle sam s tars from the Wolverine en. tered the bar. Fully hundred men were seated at the tables drink,ng
 One of the sailors stepped over to the piano A whispered word to the pianist, and the prelude to the Holy oity was played As the sailor be- gan singing a man near the center ., .ne room rose to his feet and barred his head and in an instant every man m the room had followed-Toledo
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

Haskell is still writing to the President, and he's not exactly po- lite about the way he uses the Eng glish language either. Now if these two strenuous men were to meet face to face one can imagine what might happen-that is if they were away off in the woods where they could forget their official positions for few moments.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

It is estimated that the population of the world could be contained in the little state of Delaware and live no closer together than do the peo- pie in eleven blocks of New York City. And if the people of the world were compelled to live as do those of the congested district they would be better out of existence. Fresh air, sunlight, green earth, trees ard sky are almost wholly unknown to such, and without these life would better not be.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
BITS OF EVERY DAY PHILOSOPHY
Atchison Globe

In spite of our troubles. we all do pretty well.
 Let the devil alone and he will not bother you.
 People like good baby better than than pretty one.
 There is sometimes danger in not getting scared enough,
 Parents and turkeys are always treated well before Christmas.
 How happy man would be if he
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

Constipation is the rock that wrecks many livssi it poisons the very life blood. Regularity can De established through the use of Prickly Ash Bitters. It is mildIv cathartic and strengthens tbe stomach, liver and kidneys. ". C' Vandiver, special agent,
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
The Difference.

When the government deposits money in bank, it demands security. When depositor hands money over to bank, he is entitled to security. At least that is the way some of our banking friends would have it. -Ex.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

Perhaps 1t was not to have been expected that Hearst would pour oil on the political situation. Even Standard Oil has not accomplished much along that line.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

From all indications the campaign committees of the different parties are in mood to accept funds at. even if more than one dollar at a time is offered.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
OFFS RESULTS fRoM sTAR

The following letter from a firm that has advertised in The Star for several years speaks for itself;
 Fort Smith, Oct IA, 1908. Mena Star, Meua, Ark.
 Gentlemen, if your rate of ad rertis- ing Is the same as last year, give us finch single column, front page, and begin inserting ad inclosed. Mail us bill monthly. We are pleased that we get results from ad in your paper, and hope to get acquainted with you before year is out Yours truly,
 A. A. Pantet X Co. It may be added here that A. A. Pantet < Co. have a method of doing business that pleases and holds the friendship of those with whom they have dealings.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

Let's see. How long ago was it when Joe Cannon end Joe Foraker were regarded as promising candi- dates for the Presidency?
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

Brown October is all right for the poets, but it's getting mighty close to blue November for a lot of poli- ticians.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

Haskell has sued Hearst for $600,- GOO. That's pretty bad, but what if he'd sue Roosevelt and stop that African lion hunting trip?
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

As usual both sides are sure of winning the election. All depends on the kind of dope" one uses.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

Are there any really slick politi- clans who have not been touched by Standard Oil?
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
THE MENA EVENING STAR

Is a progressive newspaper furnishing to It's readers daily service covering eral happenings. as well as those items of local news that go to make home paper invaluable to citizens of any com munity. II you want the news m your Evening Star. By carrier or mall, 4oc Scr month.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

Which party was it that didn't want any Standard Oil votes?
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22
WASHINGTON LETTER
IFFom oar RegaInF corre.pondent.

Washington, Oct. l3, 1908.
 The present campaign is the only one in the history of this country in which both the leading candidates
The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-22

Entered at the postoffice at Mena for trans mission through the malls as second class mall matter.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-07-23

The Charles Miller Bible Glass con
venes In the afternoon at ? 30 O'Clock
Its enrolment Is about coo men. and
there Is an auxiliary class Of about 10
ladies. who occupy an upper room. The
Sunday school totals 1900 members.
which Is about II per cent OF the entire
population OF the city. learned that
the Miller Bible Glass was by no means
new organization. having been In ex-
istence since 1874, In which year Cen
eral Miller was elected superintendent
OF the school, which then had a men,
bership Of seventy-five. He has held
this Office through all the supervenlng
years. having been continually re-elecf-
ed. until now be Is rounding out his
thirty-fourth year Of continuous SER
vice In early days the church had n
membership OF twenty-three. but church
and school have grown up togesher.
~fiourishing like green bay tree"
A unique feature In the days wor
ship is the service OF the Hand shake
Club" which meets at 0 30 a. m. in the
church parIor. for men only. Another
attractive feature Is the Peoples Hap
py Hour which begins at exactly Z 80
md ends with equai promptness at $50
p. M; never was shorter sixty min
ntes.
At the entrance Of the Sunday school
'oom Is large blackboard. with space
or over a thousand numbers, and IN
tead Of calling the roIl--a lengthy
Process in school OF such sIze-each
attendant places chalk mark which
present" beside his number.
It 2: 80 nearly every seat on the floor
nd in the gallery above was filed. and
ardly vacancy could be seen in the
reat auditorIum.-Joe Mitchell Chap
Ie, In National Magazine.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-07-23

On the mines may be rich with deposit
Of ore,
With insots of silver and nuggets O
gold,
end iron and copper. from shore unto
shore.
From the depths of the earth may Be
constantly rolled.
8ut the wealth Of the world Is an atom
compared
With the millions Of dollars that an
nuslly spring
In the track Of the pillow and the trail Of
the rake
And the path Of the hoe. for the farmer
Is king.
Bis throne Is a stack Of the sweet-smell-
ing hay.
His crown is the gold Of the carrot and
corn.
His scepter sheaf Of his newly cut
wheat
His audience chamber the meadows Of
morn.
The oats and the barley await his com
mand
Their slender green spears from the |
darkness to bring:
Columbia stands at the head OF the world.
The goddess Of liberty, plenty and
peace
To the farmer shs owes IL that year after
year
Her riches. her power and her giories
Increase
May his furrow Be straight and his bar
vest be great.
Ths scyrhe and the SICKLE long. leax
may he swing.
Hats of as be passes. monarch OF men
All hail to the farmer. the farrner Is
kingI
--Leslieis Weekly.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-07-23

The Way These Feroeioa. Little Ia
seets Defy the Fre~hetx.

The Way These Feroefou. Little In,
seets Defy the F<e~het..
There are certain ants that show
wonderful intelligence. and the -drivei
ants not only build boats. but launch
them too. Only these boats are form.
ed OF their own bodies.
They are called drivers. because OF
their ferofty. Nothing can stand be
fore the attacks OF these little crea.
lures Large pythons have been killed
by them in single night. while chick
ems. lizards and other animals In west.
ern Africa Zee from them In terror.
To protect themselves from the heat
they erect arches. under which nglnaer.
out armies OF them pass In safety.
Sometimes the arch Is made Of grass
and earth and Is gummed together BY
some secretion. and again Il Is formed
b. the bodies OF the larger ants, which
hold themselves together By their
strong nippers while the workers pas
under them.
At certain times Of the year freshet>
overflow the country inhabited By the
drivers" and 1t Is then that these ants
90 70 sea The rain comes suddenly.
and the walls OF their houses are
broken in BY the food but. instead Of
coming 10 the surface In scattered hun
dreds and being swept OF to destruc-
lion, out OF the ruins rises a black
ball that rides safely on the water
and drifts away.
At the first warning Of danger the
title creatures run together and form
/ solid body Of ants. the weaker IN the
enter Often this ball Is larger than
J common cricket ball. and in this way
hey float about until they lodge
Igainst some tree, upon the branches
( which they are soon safe and sound.
-Pearson's Weekly.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-07-23

had passed since the summer nigh
when Richard and Leonard warins
parted In the garden OF the old Manor
House.
Richard, under another name. had
long been known as popular. eccen-
trio comedian. and Leonard. who lived
with his wife and children under his
fathers roof, felt that the whole world
lay between them.
Dicks Internationally, strange ex-
| periences. and unsettled life-abovc all,
Dicks apparent devotion TO that gold
en-hafred. loud-voiced. Impossible"
wife OF his--filled his brother with Sc
cret. intense surprise. but their great
affection was unchanged They rarely
met for there was little In common be-
tween them. but they were both loyal
TO the old belief In each other.
One night. cold. bleak night at the
end Of last year. Richard Warning was
hurrytng through the crowded streets
OF big provincial town. Recollec-
lions OF his old home fiitted through his
mind It was only twenty miles away.
For the first time since he went on the |
stage. oddly enough. he was engaged to
play In this well-remembered town.
He glanced at the giaring posters OF
the Christmas pantomlme, Aladdin
and smiled to think Of Richard War
Ing. the discarded heir Of Warning Man
or. earning his living as low come
dian He thought OF the old house. Of
Leonard and Leonard's wife, OF his
passionate old father. OF the wealth
and golden ease which had slipped
through his fingers
He thought OF the life he had chosen
his freedom. his old poverty, his
'heery comrades on the road-was II
vorth while? Would he choose such a
lie eninf
With quick sigh. and banishinx the
uestion unanswered from his mind.
e pushed through the stage door OF
he theater. A ess-rehearsal was
bout to begin Richard Warning. whose
osftion as leading comedian released !
Inn from the trouble Of putting on his
1stumes. went into the stalls to watch !
he opening scene.
The curtain was raised. and the stage 1
as crowded with motley throng OF /
lllet girls In crushed practising skirts,
ABBY blouses. and heelless shoes: u
ndren dressed as fairies. chatterfng b
re a flock OF magpies; worried and h
rspiring scene-shifters; local supers. b
oking supremely uncomfortable I'm "
udy draperies; members OF the cast. c,
me In costume. some IN everyday Il
'thes, and. lastly, the stage manager r,
the real genie Of Aladdin's lamp O,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-07-23

into all our lives In many sluple.
familiar ways God lnfuses this Ella
ment Of Joy from the surprises OF life
which unexpectedly brighten our DAYS
and All our eyes with light He dropa
this added sweetness into His chill
dren's cup and makes Il TO run over
The success we were not counting on
the blessing we were not trying after.
the strain Of music In the mIdst of
drudgery. the beautiful morning p,c.
ture or sunset glory thrown In as wa
pass to or from our daily business. the
unsought word OF encouragement or
expression Of sympathy. the sentence
that meant more for US than the writ.
er or speaker thought--these and a
hundred others that everyone's expert.
encc can supply are Instances Of what
I mean You may call Il accident or
chance-It often is; you may call II
human goodness-it' often IS but al.
ways. always call It Gods love for
that Is always in IT, These are His
free gifts.--H. W. LongfeIIow.