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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

n. L. TausiU. of the division OF sal
aries and allowances, was on the sicF
list the past week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

p A. nonahue, assistant chief OF the
division ~ Information OF the Bureau or
spendius a week IN Rev York IN Official
business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Herbert Knox Smith, Commissioner OF
Corporations. returned Friday rom a
weeks trip 10 points in Connecticut
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Richard p. Covert superintendent OF
the division of supplies, left Wednesday
for a trio 20 Milwaukee. Wis. where
he viii iOin his family. who have been
in that city for an extended visit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Of his fftCen-yeHr-old son. Richard. who
died - spinal meningitis following a
[ brief illness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Nicholas g. Stafford. OF section six. is
incapacitated for work by a sore finger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

The Knights Of AIomus (Knockers)
will hold their annual banquet tonight
The occasion promises to be one of
great interest in Printery typographical
circles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

William Abel. OF Indiana. reported for
duty on friday as a clerk. and was
assigned to the division of dead letters
Bureau of the Fourth Assistant Post
master General Mr.. Abel comes from
the Philippines. where ne has been con-
nected with the educational department
Of the Government In "a responsible 20
s!tiOn for some time past
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Miss Jennie Johnson, of the examining
division, has been granted leave of alb
sence for two weeks, part of the time
TO ne spent on Il visit 10 her mother IN
Cumberland, Nd
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Clarence c, Weidemann, who has been
ohe OF Ut. Leadley's principal assistants
IN the division Of appointments for some
ume past has been transferred 10 she
DIVISION OF naturalization OF the Bureau
gt immigration and Naturalization. and
i Us salaTy increased from 1890 to 81, 40
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Walter Atkinson. Of the printing dfvi-
sion, remains on tie sick list.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

William Milligan. Of the bindery. has
been on leave Of absence the past
week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Miss /. C. Green. Of the asserting d.
vision office Of the auditor. Yves called
to her home. at Altoona, Pa. wedues-
day becz use Of a death i'm the family.
C. T.. Rogers, of the office OF the au-
ditor has been transferred from the es-
sorting 90 the recording division. Ola
FLOYD has been transferred from tho
pay to the asserting division
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

The sick list in the bindery contains
the names Of James Fogarty. Joseph i.
Hurley John Pridseon, Miss Annie +.
Rupyan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Arthur NJ. Busden, chief OF section
Il. pressr0Om. is nlling the position OF
iscket clerk ia the absence of Richard
II. Brooks. who has been on the sick
list for several DAYS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Two bulletin racks have been placed
Al the main entrance for posting notice.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Robert 4. Williams has been appointed
fireman At 500 per annum at the Blu
reau OF Fisheries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

George H Thomas and John
Coombs OF the Bureau Of Immigration
I'd Naturalization. have been promoted
from $1,000 10 81 20 per annum.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

The Office of chief Electrician Powers
has been mov@a from quarters n the
new building ~ the old store room
in the old building. which has been
newly painted and nicely equipped.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

JOSH J. Birmingham, Francis NJ
FerTis, and Edward J. Shine. pressmen
emplo ed in the printery have an
noUnced their candidacy for delegate 10
represent the local union at the next
International convention OF pressmen,
which is 10 be held AT Mobile. Ala, in
June The local union is entitled TO two
delegates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

James J. Lee. Of the Bureau or FISH
| cries. has been promoted from laborer.
at 500. TO ear labOrer. at $40 per an
mum.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Finley :. Hsyes. chief OF section B,
is looking after the job work In addition
TO his BOOK work
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

reported III at her home, 5I3 Third street
northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Ralph Ezekiel. pressman, has been
& transferred from the main pressroOm
I 10 the money order division
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

William DcOley. Of section ten. has re-
turned from Brooklyn, > Y, where me
was called by the death of his sister.
I Mr. James Seward
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Edward c. o. Pearl. pressman. was
appointed TO a position in the Office the
past week
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

George w. Hardwick OF Memphis.
Tenn, who was given an appointment
In the Office as a presslnan last week,
resigned after working two days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Miss Adelaide Smith. Of the power
press room. who had one of her finger.
badly cut in one Of the presses durinl
the Christmas HOLIDAYS has recently
contracted a cold and has suffered Z
backset. She is now quite in at her
home
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Miss Annie NJ Lusby and Miss Mary
G. Pitts. OF the DressroOm, have been
transferred TO the money order division
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

About $50 o. the Cooper-Hewett mer-
curry v8por lights have been Installed
and there are 80 more 20 be put in
place.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Friends have been advised that John
ZirWes. receiving clerk OF the supply
division. W no Is spending some time at
Savannah, ca, for his healtf. is i'm
proving.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

4 number 90 bindery employees were
suspended [uung the past week for
neglec;ing 10 place the proper jacket
number on their work slips.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Miss Mamie T. Hayes. press feeder, is
on the sick list
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Ralph Quaus, Of Ohio, has been ap-
pointed a fireman for service at the
department
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

George T. Tyser. of the machine di-
vision, was on a vacation last week.
the time being utilized in part by NOV
ing into his new home
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Asbury A Smith, of the bindery. is
absent from duty on account Of the
illness Of his wife.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

George r. Jones. of the traffic divi-
sion. has resumed his duties after an
Illness of thirty days
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Charles Z. Molster. or the office OF the
diDslFsing clerk, was called 10 Ports
mouth, Ohio, the past week BIZ the seri-
Gus ilE=sss Of his father.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

James Sutton, of the watch force, has
been transferred 70 nIEhL duty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

John I. Sim. prOOfTeader. who has
been away the past two months TO re-
cuperate. Is expected to resume his
duties IN a few days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Edward Jones' helper has been trans
ferred from the linotype machine divi-
sion TO the press division.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

stephen T. Early. messenger boy in
the jacket section, completed his pro
stationary period Thursday. and was
given an absolute appointment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

O. j. Keller. of section three. con-
tinues III from his badly mangled
finger. and his friends do not expect
him 10 be able To resume his duties in
Tie bureau for several WeekA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Blair F. Watson, OF the machine shop
division. has resumed his duties after an
absence caused BY Ihe nlnesE and death
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

William Krau. of the supply division,
spent several days in Philadelphia the
past week, where he went 10 cast his
vote and visit relatives and friends
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

James ". Burch. OF the District OF
Columbia, has been reinstated in the
Bureau OF Corporations as q clerk, at
$40 per anuum
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Benjamin F. Constantine. superin-
tendent OF manufactur returned to his
duties Monday after an absence of sew
eral days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

Kenneth Campbell, messenger at the
/ Bureau OF Standards, has resigned his
position.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-18
Duke of Wellington.

The Iron Duke has always been a mystery. have read that he was six feet four inches tall. I have read also that he was only five feet six Inches. Historians tell us he was anywhere from five feet six inches to five feet eleven inches. There are some things, seemingly very simple, which 1t is im- possible to establish; this is one Of them. Historians are still guessing the height of Julius Caesar. the size of Hannibals head, the weight of Al exander the Great and the general di- mensions of Solomon. Why. we are not even sure of the stature of George Washington, 1t might be believed that Napoleon, Alexander the Great and Jay Gould were of the same size three bumptious little chaps And it is common belief that Charlemagne Erling the Bold. Frederick the Great Robert Bruce, Sir William Wallace Gen Winfield Scott and Richard Occur de Lion were all top-notchers, "Old Fuss and Feathers" formed in the prodlgality of nature. leading in girih and weightNe@ York Press
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-18
Strenuous spanish kinn

Of all the crowned heads of Europe who are sportsmen, and most of them do indulge in recreation in one form or another, there is none more in. defatigable or a better all-around en- thusiast than King Alfonso, who has been so much in the public eye in the last few weeks through the threat ened assassination of the Spanish king on the occasion of his recent visit to Barcelona. This visit he did not post pone, despite the threats against him and the advice of his eounsellors ad vocating a postponement of the same He showed in that determination to go to Barcelona and carry through tn, plans the same spirit he has displayed in his sports. He is an ardent motor. ist, and before his marriage was one of the most reckless speeders In all Spain.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-18
FALSE HAIR WORN BY QUEEN.
Elizabeth Credited with introducing
 Custom Into England.

False hair was first regularly worn iu England by Queen Elizabeth, who bad upward of 50 wigs of different kinds for her private use After her death few women adopted the French fashion of wearing wigs; but 1t was not until the Restoration that wigs, or more correctly speaking. peri wigs, came to be extensively worn by the sterner sex. These were intro- duoed in the court of Louis XIV. where natural head of hair was not considered sufficiently luxuriant for the artificial tastes of the times. The term "periwig" is corruption of the French perruque.
 Wigs were originally adopted, not as a remedy for badness, but In the Interest of personal cleanliness. The laws of ancient Egypt compelled all males to shave the head and beard This explains why turbans were not worn by the Egyptians, the bushy artificial hair being regarded as a suf- hclent protection against the heat of the sun. The Romans. on the con trary, wore wigs because they were naturally bald.-Sunday Magazine.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-18
WHERE HE STANDS
MIR. BRYAN TELLS OF HIS POSI- TON ON THE LIQUOR
 QUESTION.
PROHIBITION IS NOT X CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Democratic Candidate Does Not Ex- pect Either Party to Take Up Cues ton in Their National Conventions Personally is a TeetotaIer--Made an Address to a Lincoln Club.

Lincoln, Neb., June 13-Referring Thursday night to the dispatch from Milwaukee concerning his attitude on the question of prohibition, Mir. Bryan said:
 T have received many letters from prohibitionists and many from oppo. nents of prohibition, and 1 have an swered them all in the same way. l have told them that I did not regard the question as national question. While it is an issue in a number of states, do not expect it to be mads an issue by either the Republican o, Democratic national conventions. have made it rule not to discuss questions outside the platform, be. cause the candidate has no right to inject issues which his platform es cludes.
 "In answer to questions about my own record on the subject. l have stated that so far as my personal habits go. am a teetotaler, never hay ing used liquor as a beverage. but in 1890 l voted against the state prohi- bition amendment because l thought the license system we have. with local option, was better suited to the sondi tions We have to meet in our state.
 When an attempt has been made to draw conclusions from this as to what ought to be done in other states 1 have called attention to the fact that state laws ought to be made to meet the conditions existing in the state and that what did in Nebraska could not be guide in states where conditions were different
 Tn other words, 1 have refused to give advice on the question In other states because am not sufficiently in formed as to the conditions in the various states and have refused to discuss it as a national question, be- cause. as 1 have said, l do not expect 1t to be an issue in the campaign"
 Mir. Bryan and Charles A. Towne of New York, attending the meeting Thursday night of the Lincoln Bryan club, made addresses. outlining the is sues concerning the national cam paign.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-18
Waues in Samoa.

A memorandum drawn up by the German colonial office, and attached to the estimates for the information of the members of the reichstag, con. tains statement of the present con. 'ition of the labor question in Samoa, in which it is stated that the white population was formerly entirely de pendent upon Samoan workmen. while now the major part of the work al most of the plantations is done Ny Chinese imported for this labor Each Chinese laborer receives in wages s2.S6 a month. The total cost of each to the employer the report states. in cludipg wages. maintenance. passage money. and medical treatment, is cal culated at from sS.93 to $11.s0 per month.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-18
KipIine,s Town Monument.

The naming of new Canadian town after MT. Kipling puts him on a level. in this respect, with Shake speare. Not counting our own Shake. speare cliff at Dover, we find just one Shakespeare in the atlas, and that in Canada. Dickens scores four times in the United States, and Thackeray once That Is to say. they do If we may assume that the places in ques- tion were named in honor of the nov. elists and not after some obscurer in. dividuais. Doubts of this kind increase in the cases of the 80 odd Scotts re- vealed by the atlas. not to speak of the 50 or 60 Mitons But good many of these and of the 20-odd Byrons must certainly attest literary enthusi- asm. whatever we may think of the two American Bacons. - London (Eng) Daily Chronicle.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-18
WIRES MEAN DEATH TO BIRDS.
Eagles and Cranes Climb Under ln- suators and Are Electrocuted.

One of the most annoying difficult ties in the operation of high-tension electrical transmission in some sec. tions of the west results from the cleo trocution of the large birds. On the Kern RiverLos Angeles line, for in- stance. the eagles and cranes climb up under the insulators at the top of the high towers to keep warm. About the time an eagle gives good night yawn," says the Electrical World, his wings come in contact with the wires and the king of the air Is a dead one" As many as 43 dead eagles and IS cranes have been counted lying about the bases of the towers. Wire guards are now being placed about the roasting places iD the towers.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-18
LEGAL NOTICES,
NOTICE TO CONFIRM TITLE.

NOTICE TO CONFIRM TITLE. Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of April, 1908, k. J Jordan filed in my office his petition to the Chancery Court of Polk County, Ar kansas, praying that said court at it's April term, 1908, by it's decree, con- firm and quiet his title to the follow ing lands situated in the said Polk county, Arkansas, to-wit: The NEt NEl, Sec. 8; the NW4 NWf, Sec. 36; six acres in the Southwest corner of the SWt SW4 of Sec. 9, and six acres in the Southeast corner of the SF4 SE,4 of Sec. 20, all in Township South, Range g VT sst, containing 92 acres more or le
 Therefore all persons who claim any interest in and to said lands or any part thereof are hereby warned and called upon to appear in said court within seven weeks from this date and show cause if any there be, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted and why the title of the sad petitioner to said lands and every part thereof should not be quieted and confirmed.
 Given under my hand as Clerk of the Chancery Court of Polk County, Arkansas, at the city of Mena, this the 18th day of April, 1908.
 w. |. Green, Clerk of Polk County Chancery Court.
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The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-18
SHOWS POWER OF IMAGINATION.
Drug Fiend Satisfied with compars-
 lively Harmless Powder.

am having a queer case, said the framed nurse. T don't often talk about my cases, as you know, and I would not mention this but that I Know you, my dear, will never tell.
 T have private patient who is a morphine eater, and who has several diseases. The doctor knows that the morphine habit must be broken up. so he is giving the patient quinine DOW ders instead of morphine-put up in capsules, of course-though the pa. tient thinks he is taking morphine. I feel half guilty when l administer the doses, but know we are doing right to try to break up the morphine habit
 The queerest part of it Is that the patient sleeps nearly all the time. just as if he had taken the morphine Maybe that would interest some of your Christian Science friends"
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-18
PACKING HOUSE FIRE
AN EXPLOSION KILLS TWO MEN AND WREcks PART OF FLOOD.
 ED MORRIS PACKING HOUSE.
TIE MONETARY LOSS NEARLY s2Oo, 900
Two Other Employees and Fire Chief Injured. Not Dangerously, and t3 Horses kiied--Firemen Carried Hose Over Trestle and Waded Waist Deep to Fight Blaze.


 Kansas City. June 13.--Tt lacked a few minutes of the time for the 4:30 o'clock whistle to blow at the Morris & Co. packing plant Friday morning. Fred Nelson, watchman, was pre-. pairing to make his morning rounds. AS he trimmed his lantern there was a serious expression on his face. He appeared worried when he talked to Jacob Whey, another watchman. Nel- son had premonition of danger
 T don't like to make this trip" he said, significantly I'm afraid that sewer gas will cause trouble. It put my lantern out last night. But I've got to get those temperatures" He started on his rounds and went down the basement steps.
 Suddenly flash of fire colored the dark interior of the sausage house. With roar that was louder than the explosion, with creaking and split ting of steel beams. with a breaking and grooming of timbers, the building fell. Far to the sides the wreckage spread. High above the bodies of Nel- son and Whey the bricks, mortar. great timbers, steel beams and pro visions of the various departments piled.
 The fire apparatus that was rushed to the Nelson Morris station was blocked by the water from the Kaw river that had flooded the ground around the Morris plant
 The engines of the department were useless. The lines of hose had to be attached to plugs on the docks of the plant and power derived from the packing machinery.
 As soon as possible more lines of hose were added and water thrown on the fire from every feasible point. Although part of the building No. 3 and all of the sausage house was aflame when the firemen reached there, by o'clock the fire was under control
 It is believed that the explosion was caused by sewer gas.
 The body of Whey was recovered. He lay face downward under three feet of brick 25 feet east of building No. 5. His arms were extended above his head. His left leg was twisted un- der his right. Evidently he had been running along the dock next the build ing which crumbled, in an attempt to reach place of safety, when the fall ing brick crushed him. A watch, which was running. was taken from one of Whey vest pockets.
 Whey was 42 years old. He leaves widow and four children. He had been employed at the Morris plant three years.
 The body of Nelson, the other vic tim, cannot be recovered until the ruins are cool. Nelson was 56 years old. Besides wife, 13-year-old son is living.
 Thirteen head of horses, stabled in the plant, owing to high water, were killed. Two other employees were in jured. The monetary loss is put at nearly $20o, 900.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-18
in a slnale Night.

Henry Bergh was discussing fin New York the prize that he has offered for humane device for slaughtering ami. mals.
 Some people think that animals are now slaughtered in as humane a way as possible" said Mir. Bergh, who is the nephew of the founder of the great American S P. c. A. That Is fallaoy, yet it is a fallacy believed in very widely. It is as widely believed in as that other fallacy of which the two dog fakers joked.
 Two dog fakers were looking in the lost and found column of news paper.
 Here y'are. said the first Lost, a black poodle; $25 reward" There's yer chance, Jim. Take 'em that there poodle ye collared yesterday
 But it's white poodle Jim ob- jected
 Never mind. Tell 'em excessive grief has - and so forth - under standT
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-18
DENTIST MAKES A COMPLAINT.
Too Much Makeup" on Women Who
 Visit His Office.

Ihe dentists sleeve was smeared wl.h pale dust. He beat it with his palm, and perfumed cloud arose.
 Makeup" he said laughing. The uay s usual havest of makeup. Why. the deuce, to front the fierce white hsht of a dental chair, will women come to me with makeup plastered tnlck on their pretty faces?
 They all, or nearly all. do it. Their IDS are reddened. their brows pen. ciied, their cheeks rouged and in q rev cases the tiny network of veins In the temples is outlined in blue
 Pegging away at their teeth. I mop up all that makeup on my coat sleeve. smear red over white noses black over pink cheeks. Phewl Look out,r
 And brushing his cuff again. he ieaped back to escape the sweet smelling cloud that filled the air Philadelphia Bulletin.