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The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
HEART BEATS GIVE WARNING.
irregular Action That Pressaes At.
 tack of Scarlet Fever.

The scarlet fever heart is a pe- culiarity lately noticed for the first ume, by German medical man
 Wlth the stethoscope it is recognized oy reduplication of the first heart sound, followed by rough rasplpg or scraping, and this appears at the onset of many cases of scarlet fever. often when no other symptoms are to De detected. In some epidemics these sounds may be heard in the majority of cases, while at other times they may be quite regularly absent. Their presence is of great value in diagnosis and may be the only warning signal to guard against the spread of infection. A boy who was pale languid and anaemic had no other symptoms ex- cept the irregular heart sounds. From these his case was decided to be scar let fever and subsequent peeling of the skin proved the correctness of the diagnosis. Certain children in the chickenpox ward of a hospital were restless and obviously III. The heart sounds indicated scarlet fevor. and in these cases, too, desquamation fol- lowed, although there had been no eruption or other sign. Directly after ward this ward had an outbreak of scarlet fever in it's usual form.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
GOLD BY THE TON
REFRESHMENTS HAMLiN TELLS ABOUT EXPENDITURES BY
 THE PRESENT CONGRESS.
ONE THOUSAND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
The Appropriations Reduced to the Yellow Metal Would Weigh 3,7o2, 900 Pounds and Would Require 1851 Wagons for It's Transportation Would Take 92Ia Cars to Haul it.

Washington, May Representa-. tive c. W. Hamlin of Missouri now knows what it means to spend ,000 million dollars Until yesterday he had never known what those figures really meant. The discovery appalled, him, so he made speech in the house in which he told many things that he said the people of this country do not know mainly about the way their money is expended.
 The Missouri man made an estimate recently of the amount of money ap. propriated by Congress at this session. The figures showed the total to be 1000 million dollars Tuesday he called up the treasury and asked how many s20 gold pieces it took to weigh a pound. He was informed that 13 such pieces weighed fifteen and a quarter ounces, avordupois With this information he began figuring again. In his speech he told the house of the results.
 We are so accustomed to talking of millions and billions" he said, that we fail to comprehend the magnitude of these appropriations. At this ses- sion we have appropriated a billion dollars. Now, 27,000 $20 gold pieces, or one ton, would be equivalent to S540,000 One billion dollars, divided by s540.000, or one ton, make 1851 tons of gold appropriated at this ses- sion. Taking the average wagon load as one ton, it would require 1851 wagons to haul this gold.
 If you were to put ton of gold in each wagon and string the wagons out touching each other and allowing sev- en yards to the wagon, they would stretch over an approximate distance of seven and one-half miles,
 "The average freight car soIds about 20 tons. Loading 20 tons to a car. 1t would take 921a cars to haul that gold This would be equal to five train loads. If you were to try and carry it off on your back and each man carried 150 pounds it would requke 24,0G3 men to do the work. l have figured these things out on a gold basis for the convenience of our Republican friends. I wish them to know just how much of the peoples money they have expended"
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
GUARD FOR GEN. WASHINGTON
Soldiers So Honored Chose for Their
 Motto Conquer or Die"

By general order i dated at Valley Forge, March IT, 177S, 100 men were selected from the army to be annexed to the guard of the commander-in- chief. The guard then existing num- bered 80 Virginians and fer that req son 1t was ordered that the new mem bers be taken from the troops of other states. It was further prescribed that the men must be Americans born, 20 to 90 years, five feet eight to five feet ten, of robust constitution; well limbed and men of established char acters for sobriety and fidelity" The official designation of this force was the commander-in-chiefs guard, but it was commonly known as the life guard and Washington's body guard. It's first commondant was Capt Caleb Gibbs of Rhode Island. He was in turn succeeded by William Colfax of New Jersey, who had been made lieu tenant of the corps when it was first brought into being. The motto of the life guard was Conquer or Die" Capt. Colfax eventually attained the rank of general. His grandson was Schuyler Colfax.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
WOULD ESCAPE THE MENDlNo.
One of the Two Reasons Why Mrs. 6illtops Would Like to Be Rich.

Hardly day of my life, Sundays in. cluded that l don't have to mend something,n said the gentle Mrs. Bill. tops, not complainingly, but still ir must be confessed a little wearily, aa she caught up a little rip in some. thing before doing it up in the bundle for the laundry
 And Mrs. Billtops wouldn't want to be very rich, she has never wanted to be that, but she would like to bo rich enough so that she wouldn't have to worry over anything, and so that she wouldn't have to be always mend mend, mending. Why, it takes hali her time now keeping things in re pair, and she would like to be able to throw things away when they got worn, not wear out her fingers and waste her time mending them, but simply buy new
 MT. Billtops thinks that even if they had wealth she would still continue to mend things just the same, for there are. he observes, at least two ways in which she seems to be somewhat strongly set she hates to throw away anything and she likes to keep every thing in order But while sine is will ing to concede the force of this argu' ment yet Mrs Billtops thinks, as she discovers something else that has to be mended before she sends it to the wash, that If they were rich she could get over the habit of mending.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
LEGAL NOTICES,

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 its 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 NEt, Sec. 5: the NW4 NW4, Sec. 36; six acres in the Southwest corner of the SWt SW4 of Sec. p, and six acres in the Southeast corner of the SE4 SE4 of Sec. 26, all in Township } South. Range g West, containing 92 acres more or less.
 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 sand 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. l. Green, Clerk of Polk County Chancery Court
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The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
The Girl with the Forehead.

She is almost extinct Whether it is that the present browless state is due to a revolutionary movement against the bulging foreheads of transcenden- tai ladies or whether it is that some astute woman who had not been granted forehead followed the tao tics of the fox without tail. and con vinced all her followers that it was modish to be without, the fact re mains that hardly one woman in a hundred acknowledges that intellsetu- al area.
 Consequently to the one woman who does allow you to behold all the love ly lines made by the hair is due the same feeling of gratitude inspired by the woman who doesn't tell you that she had a hundred suitors in her youth.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
WAS TOO EASILY PERSUADED
One of the Troubles That 6eset Hon
 est Man in Politics.

knew that certain alderman in Q certain town on Long Island was bi' terly opposed to granting franchise to an electric line. and soon after ] heard that the franchise had been granted and that he had voted for 1t, ] met him on the train aad said: "TheN you changed your mind about that franchise?7 "Yes, had to- he re. piled Any particular influence brought to bear2" Yes My wife persuaded me into 1t" And who per suaded you wife2" Her brother. And was he persuaded?" Yes, a lawyer persuaded him" And the lawyer?g Well, I reckon it was the president of the company that per. suaded him. l stood ont and stood out, but the persuasion was too great" T have been told on good authority" continued after bit. that the com pany gave the lawyer si.500 10 per suade with You don't mean it." gasped the alderman. But do. Yes. sir. an even $1,500I' Then he's a durned skunk and ought to be shown up. He persuaded the whole family Of us for $35O and put the rest !n his pocket That's what man gets for being honcstl'-St Louis Globc-Dcmo crat.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
WHEN SMALLPOX WAS comMcN
A Century or Go fco Every One Ex
 pectsd 10 Have Disease.

"AlI our ancestors said a physician, were pock-marked, and smallpox was a recommendation If you were looking for work.
 What mean is that you couldn't get job if you had not had smallpox Ne one wanted a servant who was II able at any moment to be stricken down with the loathsome disease. Hence"
 He opened a newspaper solume Of 177i.
 Hence help wanted ads read like this:
 Wanted, a man between 20 and 30 years of age. to be footmar and underhutler in a great family. He must have had smallpox in tho natural way. Also a woman, midaie-aged. to wait upon young lady of great for tune and fash!on The woman must have had the smallpox ia the uatural way"
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
ROMANCE ENDS IN HAPPINESS,
Childhood Sweethearts Meet at New
 Orleans and Are Married.

A romance which began in their na
 tive land when both were children, and long before they dreamed of com. ing to America to seek their fortunes. eliminated in the wedding of Antonio Hervatin and Joana Rumin of Pain, Austria, says the New Orleans Plea. yune. They came over on the Sofia Hohenberg. Antonio is farmer, and he came to look for land which he could cultivate and later build home upon. Joana came to New Orleans expecting to obtain employment as a servant; but when the time came for them to part at the ships side it was more than Antonio could stand and harder than Joana had dreamed, and then it was that love asserted it's rule, and they decided to cast their fortunes together. Stephen Jozsa, assistant sec. retary at the state immigration bu. beau, went with them to the St. Louis cathedral, where they were made man and wife by Mong Laval Radiant as children in their new-found hapLi. ness, bride and groom left for Laurel Hill, in West Feliciana, where they were taken by Miss. Stuart to work On the sugar estate of MT. Henry Stewart.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
The American Wife.

Your wife doesn't want you to love her more. She wants you to show 1t more. She doesn't want more in diligence. She wants more life. She wants a broader life, not that she may neglect her fundamental duties as a wife and as a mother, but that she may bring to these duties more wis dom, more experience. She wants, in short, the square deal which she had a right to expect when you married her. Her desire is more than a de sire. It is an instinct; an instinct born in her by sex heredity. The husband who disregards this instinct will wake up some day to find his mar riage a wreck of unrealized hopes Appletons.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
NorIcE TO QUIET TITLE.

Notice Is hereby given that on May F, 1908, r. NJ. Cecil fied in my ofhce his petition to the Chancery Court of Polk county, Arkansas, praying that said court at lta A pril term, 1908 by its decree conlirm and quiet his title to the following described lands situa ed In Polk county, Arkansas, to-wit; the SELL \ El4, NE4 SEl4, NWlf SEi4 and sMi, NEt4, Sec. 2s, and all that part Of the SMl4 NWit. Sec. ?, lying west of flick ory Creek. all in Twp. &, R. g W. SEt4 Swi4 sec. 2f, Twp. 1. S., R. F W: the <. Pt, Si1 SEl. see. p and the NE4 NEt{ Sec. p, Twp. 3S.. K. 32 W the SWL SE4 Sec. :. Twp. <. K. g ". and inc NE4 NEA See |, Twp. . S. R 32 w.
 Therefore, all persons who claim any Interest in said lands or any part thereof. are hereby warned and called upon to ap- pear 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 said petitioner to said lands and every part there of should not be quieted and confirmed.
 Given under my hand this i2th day of May, 1908,
 w. l. Green,
 Clerk of Polk Chancery Court.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
Fatal Missouri storm.

St. Joseph, Mo, May 2S.-During an electrical storm George and Claude Blessing, sons of George Blessing. liv' ing a mile south of New Hampton Mo, while trying to rescue some chickens from the rain. were struck by lightning and killed. Jacob Durand Of Falls City Mo. while attempting to secure his nat which had blown into Muddy creek. was drowned. Dur ing the storm number of barns were struck and burned and much livestock was drowned.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
Analnst whIte sIave Trade.

Oklahoma City, Ok, May 2S.-Com- mending organizations which are working against the traffic in white slaves and calling upon President Roosevelt and the government to unite with other nations in suppress ing this increasing evil by signing the treaty HOW in effect between many other countries, a resolution was unanimously passed by the Northern Baptist convention Tuesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
A Vital Point.

The most delicate part of q baby is it's bowels, Every ailment that 1t suf- fers with attacks the bowels also en- dangering in most cases the life of the infant. McGee's Baby Elixir. Cures diarrhoea, dysent lry and all derange- ments of the stomach or bowels. Sold by Jackson Drug < Furniture Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
Standard Oil Hearina.

New York. May 30.-That the Ga lena Signal oil company has not con fined it's fabrication of railways to the United States but that it operates in many foreign countries was brought out at Thursdays hearing from the governments suit against the stan dard oil company.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
How Animals Doctor Themselves.

Man might often take from the low or animals a lesson as to the care of himself when ill. All sorts of animals suffering from fever eat little, lie quiet in dark. airy places, and drink quantities of water When dog loses his appetite he knows where to find chiendent-d dog grass-which acts as a purgative and emetic. Sheep and cows when m seek certain herbs. Asy ami. nal suffering from chronic rheuma- tism keeps as far as possible in the sun. 1T a chimpanzee be wounded he hes been known to stop the bleeding by plaster of chewed-up leaves aud rrass
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
s1o. .ooo for Tornado Sufferers

Guthrie, Ok, May SO.--The legisla tive appropriation of $10.000 for the relief of tornado sufferers in Ellis, Harper and Major counties on May 10 is now available for distribution by the state board of agriculture. Sev- eral counties have raised money for relief purposes.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
RI,1e Jackets for Elect

Washington, May 30.-June 12 has been fixed as the date of the sailing of the auxiliary cruiser Prairie from Newport, R l., with 700 blue jackets from the naval training station there for Colon. At Panama they are to be transferred to the Buffalo which will take them to San Francisco.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
Here's Good Adv ice.

o. $. Woolever, one of the best known merchants of Le Raysyille, N. r., says: "If you are ever troubled with piles, apply Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It cured me of them for good 20 years agon Guaranteed for sores, wounds, burns or abrasions. Poe at Jackson Drug Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
For the Blues.

If YOU are blue, dejected, and feel like inc world has it in for you, the chances are your liver is taking few days off. Put it to work by using Simmon's Liver Purifier tin boxesl; ifs tbe best regulator of them all.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
The RurIInaton FIIes RIa Mortga9e.

Durlington, la.. May 5U.-Ihe Vhl- oaoo Burlington x Quincy Railroad company Thursday filed $S0o0oO.OoO ,nortgage here covering all its prop erty The mortgages are the central Trust company of New York and Oliver NJ. Spencer.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
n.nsaa elrl pies of eurns.

Concordia, Kan, May S0.--Aiss Ger trude Burbank, who was severely hurned a week ago while burning trash. died Thursday night. She was t7 wears old. The body was taken to Jacksonville. H.. for burial
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
M OtheTs.

if tis a class to itself It Las no rivals. It cures where others merely relieve. For aches pains, stih joints, ents, burns. bites etc. lt IS Ine quick est and surest remedy ever devised. We mean Hunts lightning oil.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04

OWEN CHAPEL UNION NO. gao. II. 7. Fowler, president T. n. Reid secre- tary. Meets first and third Fridays oi each month at ? D. m. Mena P. Q.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
cnn,nniesloner smlth's Report.

Washington, May S0.-Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations, Thursday made public the second and third parts of his report, "The oper- alton of cotton exchanges Of the United States. dealing with the classi- ication of cotton and the range of grades deliverable on contract.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
POLK coIrNrY IrNIoN

Meets the third Wednesday l, January prii, July and October. William Martin, President and Lecturer, Mountain Fork, Ark. J. C. Terrell, Secretary Treasurer, Mena, Ark, k F. .. No. ,. A. NJ. Parker. Of s.tnlzer, Hatfield, Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
FAR MERS' UNIONS
A Roster of Local Unions, Places
 and Dates of Meeting.

Officers of unions are especially requested
 to notify The Star Of any changes in officers, meeting times or places, thus keeping the directory up-to-date aud of greatest possible value to the mem bership.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04

HOLLY SPRINGS UNION NO 2s4. E. K. Griffith, president; J. c. Yell, seer e. tary. Quito r. Q.
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BOARD CAME UNION.

Meets lst, 3rd and 9th Wednesday nights c. II. Miller, president; A. k. Wear, secretary. Board CampP, 0.
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ROCK SPRINGS UNION NO. ss1 W. F. COX, president; J. F. itass, secretary Quito F. 0.
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RANSOM UNION No. el7
ROCKY UNION No. iA.

Meets list and 3rd Saturday nights. J. R. Chambers, president; Prof W. k. Shlnn, sec. retary. Mena, F. ..
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HOLLY HILL UNION NO, 2i5i A. ]. Edwards, president; j. r. Smith, ee- retary. Hartly F. Q.
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POTTER UNION

OAK GROVE UNION ]. B. Davis, president T. E. Baker, secre-
 tary. Granniss r. O.
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OyERTURF UNION NO. 1997 Clarence Watts, president; Albert Ward secretary. Gillham F. 0.
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COUNTY LINE UNION NO. 577 Meets Saturday evening before the lst and 3rd Sundays. F. x. Miller, secretary. Hart ly Pc.
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LIRERrY UNION No 235

Geo. Wood, president, J. K. Wilcox, secre tary meets 2d and ith Saturdays at p. m. Bigger, r. c.
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MOU NTALN FORK UNION Tom Rogers, president; Willie Beavers, sec retary.
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POTTER UNION. Meets 2d and 4th Friday nights. x. K. liar relson, president; Frank Cole, secretary Mena, Ark, K. Y. D No. l.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
DALLAS UNION N,

]. c. Terrell. president; S Thacker, secre- tary. Meets 2nd and lth Saturday at p. ms Rocky postoiiice,
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CHERRY HILL UNION NO. 207 F. II. Fur. president; ]. M Borough Secretary. Meets each lst and Sd Saturday at D. m. Egger F. Q.
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HATFIELD

HATFIELD UNION NO. 26o. Meets lst and 3rd Saturday at p. m. A. c Bruce, president; k. H. Stockton, secretary Hntfield F. O..
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HOLLY GROVE UNION NO. 1542. E. E. Carter, president; R l.. Dairy mpie secretary.
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CENTER UNION NO. 1901. Lee Evcns, president, T. A. Dooley, secre- tary.
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DALLAS UNION NO. 7J0. Meets lst and 3rd Saturday at 7.}u D. m. s. A. Key, president; A. l.. Durham, secretary Mena, T.. 0.
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OLIVER CHAPEL UNION. T. c. HilI, president: W. F. Murray secre tary Meets each Tuesday night. Mena r. Q
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
KANSAS \ SUFFERER
JEWELL, CLOUD AND CLAY COUN TIES IN PATH OF SEVERE
 STORM.
OKLAHOMA, NEBRASKA AND ILLINOIS HURT
One Killed and 22 Injured in Jewell County, Seven FatalIy--Hard Local Storms in Many Parts of Central kansas--Property Damage Runs to Thousands of Dollars.

Topeka, Kan, May 30.-A terrific windstorm of almost the proportions of tornado which passed over the southern part of Jewell county Wednesday night killed one man and injured 22 persons, seven of them probably fatally
 The dead: George Hahn. Injured As far as the list is complete: Mrs. George Hahn, fatally; Frank Critics and wife. the latter probably fatally: John Bowman and family; Charles Durant and family; William Appleby and family; a family named McFar- land the husband and wife both fatal ly; a boy named Mosher, who lived with the Appleby family, had an arm broken and received internal injuries.
 The storm took a southwesterly course doing considerable property damage in Jewell, Cloud and Clay counties, striking near Concordia and [ Clay Center. A storm of sufficient ve- locity to unroof the house of John D. Knox, Jr., struck in Wabaunsee coun. ty. Other hard local storms in the east central part of the state are re- ported.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
NOTlC r. TOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, Land Office at
 Camden, Ark. May 2i, 1908.

N
 JAMES H. ECKHAKDT, of Mena. Ark, who on March 3, 1902, made homestead entry No, 35i23, for N 1a NEi4 and SWl4 NEl4, See. 6, Twp. 2 S.. and SEl \ k.i4 sec. 3l, Twp. l S. Range % w., 5th r. M., has filed notice Of intention to maFe final five year proof to establish claim to land above described. before County Clerk of Polk County, at Mena, Ark on the Sth day of July lg0S
 Claimant names as witnesses: Ira Clifford, John IT. Anderson, Jacob C. Lowry, William E Reed all Of Acorn. Ark.
 Nays II. c. Friedhelm, Register.
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Every sort of Legal Blank of the Illegal Light" kind for sale at The Star office
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FOWLER UNION NO. i2s4.
oZARK UNION No. aeo2.

WILLS Jones, president, Eugene Abernathy. secretary. Meets first and third Saturdays Big Fork F. q.
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Meets ist and Srd Friday nights. Roe shane president Nathaniel Blan, secretary Granniss r. 0.
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corINTy LIN

FIDELITY UNION. John l.. Riding president; ]. W. Wilkins secretary. Nanderyoort r. 0.
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Lincoln, Neb, May 30.-Floods in the Nemaha valley have caused wash outs on the Burlington road and de- layed trains. Water was Thursday re- ported running over the track north of Rulo, and high water reports were re- ceived from Falls City. Auburn. Table Rock, Nebraska City and Brownsville. The line between Nebraska City and Brownsville is in bad shape.