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The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-23
Take a Vacation.

Now is the time to take a vacation. get out into the woods, fields and mountains and visit the seashore, but do not forget to take a bottle of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy along with yoa. It is almost certain to be needed and cannot be obtained on railroad trains or steamships. IL Is too much of d risk for any one to leave home on d journey without it. For sale by Jack son Drug Co.,, and all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-23

annexation took away l5S, 74O acres is not correct for the reason that this number of acres would embrace more than six townships. and the part annexed carrted with it but a little more than one township. The total amonu' of taxes collected on the property in lhis annexed territory, including state, county, state house, Con- federate pension fund, school money and all, amounted to only about $500 per year. As far as depriving the school children of the county of any money by this annexation, as you seem 10 be unacquainted with the manner of collecting and applying taxes, l want to say for your benefit that the taxes assessed and collected in one district cannot be used ID any other but must be applied and used exclusively in the district ID which they are collected. There fore the school districts that are embraced in the territory taken from Scott and given to Logan county are carrying on their schools with the tax money col ected just the same as if they were still part of Scott county. I mention this simply to relieve your mild, for, judging from your letter any one would think that the people of that section are today without schools on ac- count of my vote. But of course you are excusa ble, for it is hardly to be expected that a man so re. gently from Illinois can in so short while become acquainted with the laws of Arkansas. or course, as far as l am concerned, having been a resident of this state all my life, 1 have naturally absorbed this knowledge.
 My reason for voting for the bill to annex part of Scott county to Logan county is simply this: The representative of Scott coun. ty prepared the bill, passed it through the house and came into the senate presenting a petition asking for the passage of the bill, signed by seventy five D cent of the people in the affected district -tlre representative himself also asked us to pass the bill, and ] voted for 1t.
 Now in conclusion, 1 note what you say in regard to MT. Taft and Mir. Bryan, and in this con- nection l desire to say that had known that you considered your self as big man as Mir. Taft 1 might have hesitated before send ing you challenge to meet me in public discussion. But not knowing that, and thinking that you were simply George Legate and of no more i'm portauce than John P. Logan, 1 had the temeri- ty 10 send you the cusllepge, and l request that you come down off ot your high horse and meet me in a joint discussion. 1 shall speak tomorrow, Saturday, at Big Fork, and on Saturday, Au- gust 1, at Hon, in Scott county, and ou Monday night, August 3, at Waldron, and 1 extend to you cordial invitation to meet me at these appointments and as. sure you that if you will como will not only be glad to divide time with you, but I will be on hand with the goods.
 A copy of this letter will be mailed you in time to reach you this (Friday) afternoon so as to give you ample time 10 get ready for tomorrow.
 l have tired to answer your let ter in ev y particular and if have failed kindly advise me and will try to do better next time.
 Very truly yours,
 JOHN P. LOGAN.
 Grannis, July F, 1908.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-23
Two kansans Fall Dead.

Coffeyville, Kan, July 1.-Two peo- pie dropped dead from heart disease brought on by the intense heat here Wednesday. Mrs. l.. II. Scott. aged 4S, was preparing supper when she fell. dead in her kitchen. Philip Kohl hoffer, a well known railroad man about 50 years old. dropped dead on his way home from work Wednesday afternoon.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-23
Suit Involving Millions.

San Francisco, July 16.-A suit in. volviRg s36.o00,O00 worth of bonds. with interest, was filed in the United States circuit court here Wednesday by the estate of the late Charles Dur. kee, former governor of Utah. against the Southern Pacific Railway company, the Union Pacific. Central Pacific and subsidiary companies. the Central Trust company of New York. Farmers Trust company of New York and F. H. Hartman.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-23
Bes. of Am

R. J. Mayher, No. a0e south clark St., Chicago, writes a. folluNs.
 ''l have kept and used your Hunt s Lightning oil for the last ten pears in my family. ii is the oniy kind t0 have and the best of all go
 lt cures cuts, burns. bruises .sprNius. aches, pains, stings and bites. lt klils chiggers too. For sale by ali dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-23
Steve Adam. AeauIstea.

Grand Junction. Col. July l7-steve Adams, member of the Western Fed sration of Miners. was acquitted of the murder of Arthur Collins Weauea day afternoon. Adams alleged eouges sion of the crime was excluded ss eei dence by Judge shackleford. aBd elEtl witnesses testified 10 an alihi far ts accused man.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-23
n's FIne

z NJ Johnson, Louisville. Ky..
 'l h@ye used your Hunts Cure and it's dne "''N
 We have many similar letters Hunts Cure Is a strictly guaranteed remedy for any variety of skin dis- cases. it stops itching Instantaneous. ". For sale by all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-23
A contented Wnman

IS always found in the same house with Ballard's Snow Eminent. It keeps every member of the family free rom aches and pains, it heals cuts.
 burns and sealds and cures rheuma- tis@, neuralgia, lumbago and all muscular soreness and stiffness. pc 800 and Sl.00 bottle. Jackson Drug Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-23
LSob Record Trad. saIane.

Washington, July 1S.--The excess of this country's exports of merchandise over imports in the 12 months ending June 30, 1908, was s666. .5OO.O00. mak- ing a new record for years trade balance. In the preceding year ex. ports were s446,o0o,0O0 greater than imports
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-23
Do You Itch 2

The cup of human misery is never quite full until some form of itching skin disease is added. Then it over flows. Hunts Cure is a specific for any itching trouble ever known. One application relieves. One box is guaranteed to cure any one case. For sale by all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-23
Farmers Union Notice.

The FarmeTs' Union local i7). ot Folk county will have a picnic af iiopewell church near Janssen. talg 2S. Everybody cordially lnvited 60 come and bring your baskets and have a good time. Speakers Invited. Committee.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-23
II ASKS FUR MERCY
THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY AT LAST IS STAGGERED
 BY FINES.
ROOSEVELT WILL NOT GRANT REQUEST

John Q. Arehbold Called On President Roosevelt Tn Hopes Of Having Biz Fine promised-Standsrd Is Willing to Pay Fines on Principle of First onense.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06

viii In time be masters Of those who know
only how to spend"
-
Girls In Their College Year.
Booklshness and grinding study, and
above all specialization, whatever may be
said about il for boys, is utterly unnatural
for girls in the teens and early twenues.
They crave all-sided knowledge got in a
way that fits their more intuitive and at
the same time more mature minds. After
ages Of segregation in a narrow circle, the
very going to college and exposure to the
manifold interests Of its atmosphere and
the presence of 50 many personalities and
sets Is itself a great strain, especially as
the girls instructive tendency is to live
more in her immediate environment and to
master it better than boys and to care less
for what is remote in time and place, or
for abstract things. She must and ought to
devote a larger share of her total capital Of
ps~ychophysic energy to matters of dress,
social activities, health, bookkeeping and
regimen than boys of equal years. She Is
ripper at the same age for love and thoughts
Of marriage, is fittest to associate with men
some years older than she, says G. Stanley
Hall, author of Adolescence in the Sep
TENDER Appleton's, so that II in co-educa-
. tional colleges her male associates are
chiefly those Of her own age and stage of
Advancement, she is likely to be a little
disenchanted with the sex in general,
judging it from the immature specimens
who are her classmates. The latter are
much farther from any serious thoughts
Of wedlock for which they are less pre-
pared, and so In a sense have a certain
unfair advantage over her in all matters
in which the affections are liable to be in
volved.
1t is often questionable whether in social
intercourse with their own sex, girls are
not more prone to overdraw their energies
than are boys, ana whether they are also
not more burdened with a sense Of duties
to their teachers, classmates, club, sorority,
than are their brothers. The great present
danger is that, owing in part to the very
altruism of tho girls nature, her loyalty
and sense of duty, she will overdraw her
physical energies before anyone knows it,
least Of all herself. 1t is not solely a ques-
ton whether she graduates better in health
than she would have been had she remained
at home, but whether she ought not to
emerge still better than she does. Nervous
tension, over-excitement and i~ncipient neu-
rasthenia and hysteria are very hard even
for experts to diagnose. But it is the very
diathesis of womankind that they tend TO
put into things in which they are inter-
ested more energy than their system can
bear, and spend not only income but cap
ital. Especially during the eight or ten
years when the primary and secondary sex
qualities that constitute so much larger q
part Of woman's body and soul than of
mans need so large a share of the total
supply OF energy; erudition, If bought at
the cost of ever so little pelvic and pee
toral development, comes too high.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06
what Women Are Doing.

North Carolina has just acquired it's
tirst woman dentist, Mrs. ID. Z. Mcclure
70. practice from the North Carolina Den
tai association.
There are said to be two women in
New York receiving salaries Of 500. 600
q year. They are both designers of wo-
mems dresses for concerns making a spe-
clalty OF handsome ready made garments.
MIhs, annie !" Lowrey, who died recently
delphia, left half Of 100000 to charity,
much Of 1t going to humane societies.
She left $4,000 to a cousin to be used in
caring for her pet dogs and parrots. To
three servants she left SIS, 900.
Miss Julia Lathrop of Chicago has been
made a co-diTector of the Institute of
Social Science with Prof. Graham Taylor.
Miss Lathrop has been interested in the
subject of state charities for some time,
and is besides a lawyer in a family Of
lawyers.
Irish women seem TO be ahead of their
american sisters in some respects, as
Magherafelt gas works at Dublin. She
Is considered the best gas expert in Ire
land and Is the first woman to hold such
and afterward studied the subject of gas
in all its qualifications.
Mrs. Ellen II. Richards Of the Institute
or Technology at Boston says that nine
tenths of the illness of the human body
Is caused by the food eaten and more
than one-half Of such illnesses are caused
by %unclean food. Food is a great car
rier of disease, and it rests with the
housewife TO see that she does not give
to her family hat which has been ex-
posed to %unclean exposure or handling.
There are not a great number Of women
doctors in Germany, but in Berlin a hos
pital has been opened by two sisters, both
doctors, which may lead to something
more in the way of advancing the profess
sion for women. The two sister doctors
are Franziska and Henrietta Tiburtius
and it was they who planned the hospital.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hayward, who went to
the democratic convention as a delegate,
is the mother of nine children and Is
said to have one of the best managed
households in Salt Lake City. She Is in
favor of women's suffrage, not because
of any intellectual stimulus that may
come from IT, but because she is the
mother of nine children and wants every
opportunity to protect and make her home
better.
Mrs. John o. Johnson of Toledo made a
new record as nurse and m captain
the other day. Her husband. the captain
of the John Schultz, was disabled during
a storm on the lakes. Mrs. Johnson not
only acted as skipper in his place, but
took the wheel and brought the vessel
safely down the Detroit river and across
Lake st. Clair to Toledo. besides caring
for her husband.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06
Activities and Views of Women Folks

may not always be able to keep precisely
.ne amount OF flesh that she now has. ana
II she rails off ever so little she will b.
mucous. Fat, moreover. is reserve power
II is literally stored up energy. The thin
woman may have enough for current
needs but let the slightest extra strain
come and she goes over like a ninepin
10 remedy the evil much more is needed
tHan correct Diet No woman in these days
needs to be told what are the fat-produc-
ing FOODS, but these will do her no rood
unless she stops wasting her energy after
she produces Il. ALI the sleep possible
should be taken, both at night and in the
daytime. AL worry and agitation should
be avoided as far as possible. and work
should be done in a leisurely way. with
frequent rests. 1t will seem like lazlnass
TO the woman who has been Accustomed tn
going at breakneck speed all the time. but
she may find that she gets moro done
In the long run. A little moderate exercise
should be taken in the opcn air to in
crease the appetite, but violent or long sus-
tanned muscular effort is just the thing I,
be avoided"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06

When we speak of the attractiveness Of
woman, we really mean the attractiveness
OF woman to man." wrote a woman con-
tributor in the san Francisco Call recently.
witt men the question of when a
woman is most attractive is doubly COM
plicated, because IL depends not only on
the woman, but on the taste of the man
himself. Not many years ago, IL this
question had been asked, the answer would
have been unhesitatingly made that a
woman is most attractive between the ages
of 16 and 20. Most of the heroines OF
classical fiction are mere children.
1T must be confessed that, with rare
exceptions, the modern han prefers some
thing more sophisticated than sweet l6,
though it is undeniable that the unintelli-
gent woman is at her best when she is
in her teens. This is easily understood.
Almost all young creatures are beauti-
full. and heaven gives to even the home
Hest woman a day OF grace between IL
and Is when she is pretty with the pref
tiness Of fresh cheeks, and dewy eyes,
and glossy hair.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06

Jew DIRK Sept. 6.-The vogue
of the directoire bodice and
the shortened waist line will
- continue throughout the season
kSS$H$W OF the designers and manufac-
49, turers are true prophets, for
the trimming departments of the shops
are fun Of corsage garnitures designed
especially for the establishment Of the
shorts wasted high girdled frock.
Some OF these garnitures are merely
bizarre, but many are both handsome
and practicable, and though the prices
are often high an old frock might be
furnished into modishness or a simple
frock made to have an air of elegance
by the use of one OF these ready made
garnitures as -inexpensively as in any
other way.
So much OF the effect OF these access
sories depends upon the beauty Of their
color schemes. workmanship and de-
signs that a mere black and white sketch
can give but little idea of them. The
tiny empire or directoire bciero In one
form or another is q f~svorite with the
designers, and this little arrangement is
illustrated here In several of its phases.
One Of the oommonest Of these is cut
low and square in the neck, extends Just
below the waist line. is held by straps
over the shoulder and fastens in the back.
This jacket or corsage garniture is usually
made OF net heavily embroidered, some
times in pearl and gold. sometimes en-
urely In Jet. sometimes in exquisite col
ored bugles and beads OF delicate iri-
descent colors, sometimes in silks and
cleaning metal threads.
Some OF the garnitures cut on these
lines and designed. OF course. for evening
frocks are exquisitely embroidered In
crystal and gold or pearls and gold and
are finished at the bottom by a fringe OF
similar beads which falls over the scarf
? girdle OF the clinging directoire frock.
Other models have tiny sleeves or sleeve
caps and perhaps girdles matching the
boleros. These girdles are, like the bo-
leros OF other corsage trimming, OF soft
net heavily embroidered. They are Dos
sibly five or six inches wide and are made
long enough TO go around the body once
or twice and then be drawn back to knot
loosely in front ana fall in long ends
weighted by tassels or fringe.
In other words, they are like the popu.
lar liberty satin scarf strdles in form, but
are made TO match the other trimming
OF the frock. A set OF this kind, bolerC
and girdle in black net embroidery with
cut jet beads OF various sizes. is illustrated
here and would be extremely effective in
connection with a black house or evening
frock otherwise very simple.
OF shape still more piquant is another
model with pointed fronts crossing In sur,
plioe fashion. This. too, was shown in jet
but II was offered also in embroidery OF
various delicate hued crystal beads and
bugles on fine white net and In pearls and
gold on white.
One OF the handsomest boleros We have
seen was Of black silk fflet and opened in
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06
Leave. from Fashions Notebook.

The autumn hats as ye, aIow no great
change. They follow closely upon the styles
Of summer.
1t will not be unusual this winter to see
tight sleeves that fasten from the very top
of the arm TO the wrist. The style will
be carried out in smart coats and In sheer
afternoon or evening house frocks.
Green ard black combine peculiarly we'll
and one Of the finest Of the fall blouses
for day wear is made OF green pOngee with
black silk cuffs and collar. There Is a
tailored finish throughout even TO the little
breast pocket deliberately stitched with
black.
The introduction OF strappings on the
outer side Of the sleeve Is doing a great
deal for the Out-Of-date waist. The sleeve
Is slit to the shoulder; a little fan Of lace
Is set in the sheath or Operlng, and over
this fan OF lace there are placed straps OF
lace, braid, taffeta or bias velvet.
A lingerie blouse of decidedly cream tone
was made OF champagne colOred lace over
a corn colOred chiffon lining. The neck
piece consisted Of a little silk bow, knotted
in the front, Will loops and ends OF differ
eLt lengths. The bow was made and Sc
cured with a hook and eye under the chin.
Women who are dressing on a moderate
allowance nave made the discovery thai
70 is not really the material that counts
50 much as the way the waist Is made up.
II Is the style, the trimming and the finish.
Often 1t is the way the waist is worn. A
simple thing like a well chosen stock or a
smart piece Of Deekwear will transform a
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06

dividuality, but many OF the readymade
things of this kind have the exclusive hand
made air this season. Buttons, flat or
dome shaped, formed of satin covered cord
cooled round and round upon itself are
much used, as are buttons and ornaments
Of silk soutache handled in the same way.
Narrow folds of black satin woven in and
out in basket design cover some OF the big
flat button moulds with good effect, and
c~rocheted, embroidered ard plain satin but
tons are used in profusion.
TIL use OF the browns with mahogany
tone is Indicated in the supply of beautiful
embroidered net trimmings in those shades,
and there are many exquisite gray and
green embroideries, but many OF the hand
soonest effects are in the peacock colorings,
which were new last Writer, but are to be
popularized this season.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06
e plain waist into something that IIbeeOmIng

plain waist into something that i1becomlng
and dressy.
wear with all waists and all materials ar,
impressed into the service. There is the
black girdle OF embroidered suede: the
girdle Of black silk gathered In many folds;
there Is the narrow black enameled leather
belt and there are numerous black elastic
belts and girdles studded with steel or
beaded.
The woman who wants to be spectacular
in her hats can invest In a wide brimmed
hat Of brown felt, which can be faced with
gold colored satin. The brim will be wider
in the back than IN the front. One side OF
the hat will flare upward and there will be
a wide crush of gold satin around the tall
crown. Finally, there will be placed half a
dozen wings right at the front p~oiEting
slightly backward.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06

trimming necessarily appearing elsewhere
on the frock, and directoire waistcoats also
are in evidence in all degrees Of elegance,
usually Of embroidered satin, cloth or
velvet.
AS for the ornaments Of braid, Of satin,
cord, etc, they are legion. Never within our
memory has there been such a flood OF
similar trimmings and one can obtain them
In any Of the modish %colors, though black
is the prime fAvorite and is used upon all
colors.
The smart dressmakers and tailors often
prefer 10 design and make their own but
tons and ornaments in order to insure in
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06
A BACHELORS Reaections.

II a man had all the money there is in
the world he would blame his luck be-
Eats there wasn't more.
The thing a woman admires about her
husbands business sagacity Is how nearly
successful II sometimes IL.
The reason a woman says her prayers
so faithfully IS so that II anything goes
wrong II wont h. her fault.
A girl with frcckles feels lust as philo-
sOpnicRl about them as a n an does about
being in a stock market panic.
The man who Is always paying compli-
ments 70 women may be an awful liar,
but he doesn't need any affidavits in that
BUSINESSMEN York Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06
A Friendly Thief.

IAN acquaintance Of mine had a queer
experience the other day." said a man
who has not much faith I'm anything.
- short time ago he was introduced TO
a pickpocket by a friend. The pickpocket
is one Of the best in the business.
My friend didn't Il ink anything more
in a saloon. after he had been ceIebrnt-
ing most Of the day. He was pretty
happy and the pickpCckot came in. My
friend had a diamond stud in his tie,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06

'"Twenty-three Is an ideal time O. the
clock for the woman Of average intelli-
gence and pulchritude, unless she happens
to be c~ollegebred. II she has had the mis-
fortune Of acquiring the higher educa-
ton, she It sim top-heavy with learning
and self-esteem over having discovered
the ancient Greeks and Romans and ii
requires ten years more for her to find
out that, for a woman to be thoroughly
charming. she should have had a good
education and forgotten Il.
For the woman, however, who is meant
to be human natures daily food, nc age
is more attractive than q. She is in the
first flush of having just arrived. The
slim promises of girlhood have been real
lied in the full beauty of womanhood.
She still has illusions, but they are not
decisions. She still is innocent, but nc
longer ignorant.
Her intercourse with the opposite sex
has a certain ~frankness and comradeship
that is not the least Of her charms. She
seems so safe that she is deadly danger
Gus; statistics show that more women
marry at q than at any other age.
The bachelor woman is at her best al
81, because she is consciously charming
She has all the advantages with which
nature originally equipped her, and she
has added to them the frills and furbelows
OF art. She has learned to enhance hel
good looks by better dressing, and to put
a red shade on the lamp, and sit with hel
back to the light. She has also learned
how to talk, and, better still, how to bt
a fascinating listener.
AT IS the extremely clever woman
reaches the summit of her fascination. The
woman who has more brains than hear
Is never more dangerous than then, fol
she has taken the measure of mankind
and plays upon its weaknesses as upor
a harp with a thousand strings"