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Pocahontas star herald., 1908-11-06
OF LOCAL INTEREST

duty in the Lane Cafe at Jonesboro,
spent Sunday in Pocahontas, guest
of friends.
Uncle Joe Hufstedler, merchant
at Blrdell, came up Saturday to hear
Mr.. Remmel expound the true Re
publican doctrine.
The old reliable st. Louis Bar
gain Store in Turner saloon building
will. give you bargains.
Rev. Father Bradley, pastor OF
one of the leading Catholic parishes
inst. Louis, spent last week in
Pocabontas visiting Pat Martin and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. w. ii,
Skinner.
Prof. J. w. Campbell aud Hon,
T. w. Campbell went out to their
old home on Elevenpoints river last
Friday and remained over till Sat
urday afternoon, hunting and fish
ing.
Grover Malone Of st. Louis has
been here this week on visit to
his sister, Miss Anna, and other rel
atives.
If you want prosperous town
where people can come who are
disposed to make homes then do
away with and bury from sight al |
jealously and spite work, move for
common prosperity and mutual
benefit. Wake up, and rub your
eyes, roll up your sleeves and go to
work.
Although his newspaper plant
was completely destroyed by fire last
week, Editor Mckinney of the I'm
loden Gazette is undaunted by the
loss and is now getting his paper
out on time, having it printed in
. Memphis. We hope to see Bro.
Mckinney soon get his new plant
installed and continue to give the
people of lmboden a tirst-class news
paper such as the Gazette was.
1. Miss Viola Throgmorton does the
, proper thing by sending the Star
,.Herald to her sister, Miss Edna,
= who is attending Ouachlta College
Arkadelphia.
= We learn that ] j. Eaton, the
Elm Store merchant, has sold his
mercantile business to Bedford
Mitchell, who will take possession
the first of next month.
|. F. james has bought the w. II.
Taylor store at Ring and will move
the stock of goods and the poatoffioe
TO his place, one half . mile east
from where it now stands, says the
!. Mammoth Spring Democrat.
Mrs. E. J. Shemwell, aged rs,
mother of NJ. G.. of this place and
G. r. and L. l.. of Success, while
attending TO some duties at her
home near Pitman last Sunday
morning, was dangerously injured
by mule which kicked her, break
ing her right arm, dislocating her
left arm and bruising one or he.
hips. The aged lady, although re
celvlng the best surgical attention.
has been in precarious conditio"
since the accident. Corning Courier.
S. 7. Bispham will vouch for
the statement that the Star Herald
is the best advertising medium, ami
that it not only pays to adverti>'
but pays to advertise in the Sta
Herald. One day after insert
ing a short local in The Star lleral
Mr.. Bispham found his long los,
spectacles, and last week, just one.
day after the papers were mtiled
he found a COW wuic1 ne h4l been
advertising for.
The St. Louis Bargain Store in
Turner saloon building is making n
great sacrifice to reduce stock before
invoicing.
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
moves the bowels gently. Contains
no opiates. 1t is pleasant to take,
and children espeeia4 " like the taste,
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-11-06
More New Suits

We have just received another
shipment of Ladies tailor-made suits.
This is the incest and most up-to-
date line we have ever put on sale.
Call and see them and get our
prices. ID. l.. WILEY.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-11-06

For fresh groceries go to Nemier
Mercantile 90.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
BIG TREES.
The Cloud Piercing ssquoias Of North.
srn California.

StO00 BtOVStU2 SVSees&s VI sNSss
srn California.
The sequoia In Humboldt Is the tall
est tree In the whole United States.
But the tourist from the east or west
knows 1t not. What would he say to
the information that in the northwest
Of Califoynia grows a mighty continu.
GUS forest of these great trees and that
1t takes days to travel merely from
end to end of that forest, which is
longer than the distance from Boston
to New York or from Chicago to st.
Louis. Yet such is the case.
On the ridges and fats Of Humboldt
is the forest, and in that forest the
trees grow to twenty-six feet in diane
ter and tower 400 feet toward the sky.
Do you know what those figures mean?
Measure the room in which you are
now sitting. If it is a very large room,
the longest dimensions would just
about contain one of these great
trunks. Look out of your window and
see the people more than city block
away. That is the distance from
which one sees the topmost bough Of
these stupendous giants.
The redwood Of California is the
great tree Of the Pacific coast. Two
thousand acres Of it exist In Oregon
along the Chetco river. South Of the
Chetco a continuous redwood belt be-
gins and increases in width from ten
miles at Del Norte county to eighteen
or twenty miles and keeps on I'M
broken to southern Humboldt county.
Here is a gap, but in MendOcino the
belt becomes dense again and widens
out to thirty-five miles. South Of that
county the tree grows in isolated
patches.-Humboldt Standard.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
THE MIGHTY LION.
Il 10 Easy Enough to Scare Him II
You Know Just How.

Il 10 Easy Enough to Scare Him II
You Know Just How.
II lion or q tiger suddenly appears
before you, just hold chair out In
front of him. and he won't do thing.
Allen Williams, who, in the course Of
his experience with wild animals has
been in that predicament often enough
to know. says: These creatures have
a much more limited intelligence than
is generally supposed. They can take
in only one thing at time, and the
four legs of a chair would keep any
lion busy thinking for long time.
THAT is the reason why animal
trainers carry two whips when they
are in the circus ring. One for crack;
ing and awning the performers, the 9TH
err for emergencies. II one OF the lions
tries to attack him the trainer simply
holds the reserve whip in front Of him.
The two objects together are too much
for the lions intelligence. and he is i'm
mediately subdued."
Another proof Of the limited intelli.
gence of the cat tribe, say trainers. Is
the fact that their performances must
always come in the same order OF sue.
cession. If by some accident the order
Is broken, the animals are completely
lost, and the trainers are few who can
keep them in submission once they be-
rome confused In fact most trainers
consider themselves lucky in a case Of
this sort If they can get the lions
quietly back into their cages.
The whole cat family, moreover, Is
rs treacherous as 1t is stupid.-Milwau-
kee Sentinel.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
One Of Hook. Practical Jokes.

Theodore Hook forged 1000 letters
to 1900 tradesmen and others request
Ing them to call on a certain day and
hour at the house Of wealthy widow.
Mrs. T0ttenham, in Berners street.
London, against whom he had con
ceived . grudge.
These people began to arrive soon
after daybreak. The rush continued
until nearly midnight. They came by
fifties and hundreds.
There were 100 chimney sweeps. 100
bakers, fifty doctors. fifty dentists, fifty
accouchers. There were priests to ad
minister extreme JUNCTION and Metho
dist ministers to offer last prayers
There were fifty confectioners with
wedding cakes, fifty undertakers with
collins, fifty fshmongers with baskets
of cod and Holsters. They pushed,
quarreled and fought. and the police
were called out to prevent riot. FL
nally among the hoaxed ones came the
governor Of the Bank of England. the
royal Duke Of Gloucester and the lord
mayor of London. each lured thither
by some cunning pretext. A police In
vestigation followed, but the perpetra
tor was not detected.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
An Unsatlsfactory Performance.

"Julius Cesar was produced pre-
sumably with grand scenic effects" at
Lamar, COL, and the editor of the La
mar Sparks was there. He does not
seem to have been favorably impressed
with "the legit," and he comments a.
follows on the performance:
Mr.. Dodge, who il responsible for the
present recrudescence of the legitimate
on the alfalfa circuit, IL said to be Q
wealthy man, but that does not palliate
his offence-it only aggravates 1t, and
makes him liable to damage suits. His
support wes fair In spots, but 10 the
main 1t averaged up with the star in
mediocrity.
The Roman populace, consisting of
Joe Fowler and Tommy Hughes, made
the best hit of the evening because 1t
kept still. The curtain was unused to
heavy tragedy, having been raised on .
diet Of minstrelsy and farce comedy, and
1t baked at frequent intervals, spelling
what were intended to be impressive
scenes. Owing to this innate depravity
on the part of the drop the audience was
given an opportunity to see the remains
Of Julius Caesar, which reposed i'm
passively on bier while Marc Antony
was inflaming the minds of Fowler and
Hughes against Brutus and Cassius,
jump from their resting place and light
cigarette.
This addition to the regular bill was
hilariously received by the small boys In
the audience, and partially compensated
them for the disappointment they felt
when Brutus failed to introduce any
local gags and Calpurnia and Portia
omitted the usual skirt dances and high
kicking specialties.
The western slope papers which COM
mended Mr.. Dodge's Shakesperian ef'
forts will have much to answer for at the
final accounting. What the
theatre. goers here want is plenty of
slapstick comedy, interspersed with
whirling lingerie and anatomical flashes.
Chicago Record Herald.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11

Amount of Rainfall Over tho Earth.
The discussion of observations on
rainfall made first by Sir John Murray
and later by Bruckner and Fritsche
permits an estimation to be made OF
the mean rainfall on continents. which
Is found to be about thirty inches per
year. The rainfall on the ocean Is
more difficult to measure, but it has
oeen estimated by Supau. and Fritsche,
taking account Of all the known facts.
estimates the mean annual rainfall for
The entire surface Of the earth at about
thirty-six inches. Making use Of this
number. it is easy to calculate that the
total rainfall amounts to 4G4 million
millions Of metric tons per year, 1872
thousand millions of tons per day.
5000 millions Of tons per hour, $685.
100000 tons per minute or 100000
;ons per second.-Scientifc American.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11

name Is Max Darewski, and he Is II
real prodigy. Not very long ago Max
Darewski conducted an orchestra OF
1000 performers In the great Crystal
palace. near London. and never made Il
mistake. When he was only tivePears
old he composed waltz, lie Revc.
which has been played by hundreds of
orchestras Next he composed march
called "England's Crown" He Is as
busy and as successful with his music
rs II he were thirty years old instead
If ten. But this wonderful boy has 4
favorite recreation, and that is playing
with and teaching his dog. Il beautiful
creature Of the Dalmatlan breed. The
logs name is Reve, after May's first
waltz. The word "reve" is French sig
nifying dream" Max has taught
Reve so many tricks that he knows al
most as much rs circus dog.
Here Is good story Of how Prince
gave an alarm Of fire AMI saved the
lives of whole tenement house full OF
people In Brooklyn. Prince is just
Common. cheap dog. He has no distln-
.uished blue blood in him, and he Is
not of any particular breed.
At 3 o'clock ole morning, when
vcrybody Was sound asleep. the pco-
lie Of the big tenement house were
awakened by IL tremendous barking
md bowling Ii came from Prince.
he cheap. COMMON dog. He was In
nis masters room. and besides bark
ng and making Il great racket, Prince
|prang upon his masters bed ana
ragged the covers off him. That
troused the master. Mr.. Otto, In a
hurry. He jumped out of bed and
heard In the hall the dread cry of
Fire. Fire."
The shouts were from woman, who
had also been aroused by the barking
If Prince. The other people In the
house had beard It, too. and all had
Jumped up and were dressing them
relves and running out. Mr. Otto. the
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
FIG TAPIoCA PUDDING.

Cook until clear three tablespoons of
granulated tapioca in two cups of water
with one teaspoon of butter. Stir con-
stantly. Chop one-half pound of figs
very fine, and add one cup of water and
one cup of sugar. Cook until smooth
and thickened; take from the stove, and
mix with the tapioca, adding one-half
teaspoon of vanilla. Serve cold in sher-
bet glasses with whipped cream on top.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
A YOUNG MUSICIANS PET.

minute lie was awake enough to gather
his senses, ran to the street and turned
in fire alarm. Quickly the tiremen
zane and extinguished the flames.
Only for the dog. though, the fire
would have had such q start that some
IF the families in the house would
probably have found 1t impossible to
escape.
Was not Prince u fine fellow? The
people in the house were so grateful
that they took a collection and bought
him handsome collar. But the ques-
lion which puzzles me is, How could
he dog perceive that the house was
IN fire and how did he know enough to
arouse the tenants?
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11

Slice as many bananas as there are peo-
pie to serve into deep glass dish.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and pour
over one-half as many tablespoons of
lemon juice as there are bananas used.
Heap upon the sliced bananas whipped
cream, and over that sprinkle crystalliz-
ed ginger cut in fine straws. This Is
generally liked and removes the flat
sweetness of the bananas.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
Stories
About DOGS.

Dogs that are kindly treated and
trained certainly display all intelli-
gence almost human. Karo Is dog
that permits his master to dress him
up as a hunter and photograph him.
The master puts upon the good fellow
II hunters coat and hat and around his
neck strap holding game bag. Karo
cannot hold Il shotgun in his paw very
well. so 1t is adroitly placed against a
support close to his side. After this is
done then Karo sits still while his mas
ter puts eyeglasses across his nose and
Il pipe in his mouth. Then the intelli'
gent dog, properly posed, remains quite
still till he is photographed. He makes
a funny, yet fine picture, too. with his
long flop ears and solemn face behind
the pipe and eyeglasses.
In England is boy musical COM
poser who is only ten years old. His
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
No. o2o.-Anauram.

know that | MAY HUNT Wild
beasts which are a menace to COM
PLETE or even domestic animals.
which for some reason have become
menace and actually Stay as many or
them as 1t is necessary to kill for the
security of COMPLETE and In doing
so furnish the best of evidence Of my
own COMPLETE. know. too, that l
MAY HUNT even harmless wild ami
mails whose flesh is appetiziug and nu-
tritious and Kill as many Of them as
may be necessary or desirable for the
sustenance of that portion Of COM
PLETE, for the maintenance Of which
am responsible. without in-COM-
PLETE. but may HUNT song birds
Of beautiful plumage and which do
COMPLETE no harm, Staying as
many Of them as I can, simply to
adorn the hats Of fashionable women
without INCOMPLETE? My answer
Is an emphatic no, and sincerely hope
that you have enough COMPLETE to
agree with me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
1t was Genuine.
THE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE SIGMA
TURE THAT ADMIRAL LUCE HAD.

Admiral Luce was in command of the
North Atlantic squadron in 1885, and bis
flagship for time was anchored in New
York bay, where 1t was visited by many
people. One day party came aboard
which included, among others, very
pretty girl and very dignified and
learned Englishman. As Admiral Luce
was entertaining them in his cabin he
asked the pretty girl if she would like to
see an original autograph of William
Shakespeare.
At this the dignified and learned Eng
lishman pricked up his ears and remark
ed that he had made study of the au-
iographs of Shakespeare and was posi-
tive there was no authentic example in
America. Admiral Luce replied that he
was very positive his was authentic and
that it's genuineness had never been
questioned. This made the Britisher
quite mad, and he delivered lecture on
the fraudulent autographs and manu-
scripts that were brought over to
America and exhibited as originals.
"Well," replied the admiral, g! am
convinced that my autograph OF William
Shakespeare is genuine, and am going
to have the pleasure of showing it to
this young lady," whereupon he went to
his desk, took out his visitors book,
turned back few pages and then point
ed out the signature, civilian Shakes
peare, mayor of New Orleans, Jan. II,
1885," The Englishman gave a painful
gasp and retired.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
Not Her Fault.

1t was in the drawing room after din
der that they discussed an absent maid.
on friends bad points with the usual
grim and scathing glee. Having thor
oughly dissected her personal appear
ance, they next paid attention to her
mental shortcomings.
"She is a very singular girl" spake
the one.
eyes, indeed" responded her com,
panion, "but then that Is not her fault,
for never saw girl so anxious to be
plural. London Opinion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
TOOK DR.. TRUE'S ELIXIR
and GOT WELL


DIR. TRUE, DEAR SIR
"For more than three months one of my
children had been troubled with spells OF
vomiting and symptoms Of fever nearly
every week, together with canker-sores
about the nose and mouth. / obtained,
about two weeks ago, two bottles Of your
Elixir, and before the first bottle was ex.
hausted the sores were entirely healed,
and no appearance of his vomiting or
fever-spells has ever returned. l really
believe that the lives of thousands OF
children suffering from worms or canker
might be saved by timely and judicious
use Of Your Elixir" Yours truly,
J. L. HAMMErr.
This is only one OF hundreds OF such testi.
monials. This marvellous remedy has been
made and sold by DR.. J. F. True & Co. for
fifty-six years, and IN all that time nothing
but words of praise have been bestowed
upon IT, This Is what Mr.. Wing thinks oft
AUBURN, ME-.
DR.. TRUE, DEAR SIR
For the past seven years / have con.
stsntly kept supply of Your Elixir in
M house, and it never failed to give
prompt relief. 1t has been a great bless
ing to my children, and unsolicited give
you this tribute of gratitude, hoping the
merits of your unrivaled family medicine
may be widely known and appreciated. :"
Very respectfully yours,
CHAs. E. WING.
Even though worms may not be found
present DIR. True's Elixir tones rp the stomach
and liver. Read what DR.. j. Haley, OF bruns-
wick, thinks Of It:
at is safe and effeetual remedy. For
worms it has no equal, and is an excellent
remedy for canker of the mouth and throat. I"
Or. True's Elixir is sold by druggists every.
where at 35c., Soc, and 81 90 per bottle. Tho
booklet. "Children and Their Diseases" win
be sent free by simply addressing DIR. J.
True & Co.. Auburn. Me. We have q special
treatment for tape-worm. Send for free book
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
simol. Method Of COOKING CABBAGE.

Simple Method Of Cooking Cabbage.
The simplest and quickest methods
Il cooking cabbage are the best Cab
)age must be trimmed and well wash
ID in cold, sailed water, then cut into
quarters and tied together again with
| string before going into the sauce
IAN, because the heart Is more tender
han the outside and uniform softness
desired. Have plenty OF boiling
water with heaping tablespoonful of
alt to the half gallon Of water. Let
t be boiling when the cabbage Is put
and cook 1t with the lid off. and il
t be fresh it will keep a good color
The time depends more upon the age
han the size-from twenty to forty
ninutes.-DelineatOr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11

Mistress Mary Is an ardent gardener.
In the Illustration she is shown solv-
ing a pleasant little problem. One of
her gardens is oblong in shape, in
closed by high holly hedge, and she
is turning 1t into rosary In which to
grow some choice roses. She wants
to use exactly half Of the area Of the
garden for flowers in one large bed.
The other half is to consist Of path
inclosing the plot and Of equal breadth
throughout. Such garden is shown
in the diagram ut the foot Of the pic
ture. How Is she to mark out the gar
den with a tape measure under these
simple conditions, for the holly hedge
Is so dense and thick that she cannot
make all l.er measurements inside.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
LAT Tia Hope So.

william" she said. means good.
James means beloved wonder
A flush mantled her cheek.
II wonder" she softly murmured.
"what George means?'
George means business. hope"
said mother, looking up from the wed
ding announcements In the evening pa
per-New Orleans Times. Democrat
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
An Invaluable
Family
Remedy
Hampdsn Corner. Ne.

Hampdsn Corner, Me,
August IA, 1906.
"Would say in regard to L. F. At
woods Bitters they are invaluable in
cases of indigestion, biliousness, sick
headache, etc. I would not be with.
out them in the house for family use."
Yours respectfully,
Mrs. Mary Stevens.
The 81. F." Atwood's Bitters have
earned a great reputation by relieving
sickness and promoting health. They
are the family physician" the great
household remedy in thousands Of
homes-always handy-always safe-al-
ways reliable and eficacious. At the
store, 35c.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
Mo. o30-hcrostic

All the words used contain the same
number Of letters. When rightly
guessed and written one below an
other the initial letters will spell the
name Of Shakespearean character.
Cross words: l. A true friend to the
hero Of a certain play. 2. A sea cap
tain who figures In a certain play. 3.
Hero Of a certain play. 4. The lover Of
Jessica. s. A prince Of Verona. 6.
Duke Of Athens.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
A Crab Habit.

Catch fresh crab. mash the end Of
he Of Its claws and watch with what
Ierce wrath it will tear Off the mutt
ated member. Is 1t pride that causes
lin to do this bit Of surgical work, or
) lie afraid Of blood poisoning, or is 1t
ecause the MANNED claw might OBJ.
truct his speed or entangle him in the
ubmarlne botany? The crab Is an in
tresting creature and, like his big
ousln, the lobster, Is as scrappy as q
anne bantam. often losing limb In
cuffie.-Exchange.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
His Society.

The west side woman observed an
id darky III violent alteration with
be driver of a cart.
"What Is the matter?" she asked.
II done tell i'm he cayn't 'buse dat
awse." said uncle excitedly. "an' he
ay 1t none O. my business an done
ell I'm Use a membeh OBJ de human
'eln' sOclety."-New York Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11

"What did the new neighbors come to
borrow now?"
"They wanted the lawn mower
"Is that all?''
"That was all they spoke about, but 1
think from the way they stood around
they would like to have borrowed my
husband to run It."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-11
A Bow on Babies.

Here is an essay on babies by an Eng
lish board school boy: "Babys are little
red things without bones nor teeth.
They have various sizes, but just after
they are horned, they are called bypeds;
their bones are gristle. They are two
sects, male and female, and are also very
fat. When very young they do not have
much hair. They are always asleep only
when crying. Women and girls 60 silly
over babys, and kiss them all over and
say silly things. That's why girls have
dolls when they haven't any little broth
ers. Everybody AS to be baby first.
That's all know about babys."