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The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
Now York Press

New York Press
 Undoubtedly the devil invented picnics.
 The way to be happy is to think you are.
 A few years ago is a long way with a woman.
 A useful thing in an argument is to have a voice that can yell the loudest.
 There's nothing makes a man so proud of himself as to think he has some sort of disease unless it inter- feres with his eating and drinking. The reason people want to drink champagne is they wouldn't if it was as cheap as beer.
 A man likes to think he is under a great strain so he can believe how bravely he stands up under it.
 The only satisfactory excuse a man can make to his wife for coming home late at night is not to do it.
 One of the problems about having money is how mean you are if you don't spend it and how foolish if you do.
 Even if there is vacuum in his head 6 person can get a fair repu- tation for being a thinker by hold ing his tongue,
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
Come on, Everybody! Let's Get Busy

And now to business again ! The summers over; the elections over; the panics over; we hope hard times are over; and we are all right up to the time for which we have been waicing.
 After all our work is our happi- ness. Waiting and hoping is what makes the heart sick. Work is what wings the hours. Work is what strengthens the body and the mind. Work is what tunes the voice and puts us in harmony with the universe. God gave us work, and in that giving, our greatest blessing
 No. We are not forgetting the poor devil whose only request is for work. We must work to get work for him. And if he can't get work, we must do double duty till he can. There is a screw loose with our sys- tenn, or there would not be any lack of work for any willing hands. Here and now, in our time and with our system, there is work for nearly all. And there is more work for each than we are doing.
 And in doing more we will be more. We will grow and expand. We will live larger life, a more happy life; and incidentally, as we serve we will be rewarded. And as we are rewarded we will prosper. And as we prosper we will grow stronger. The only thing that kills is idleness and inaction The dead rest. Work is the antithesis of death. Southwest American.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
BuiIding Un a MormaI.

The State Normal school at Con- way has met the expectations of the educators who worked so many years to secure it.
 The attendance is now l02 from thirty-hye counties of the state, 6 per cent of them being young men ever 19 years of age.
 The school will teach the teachers of the state and therefore raise the educational standard.
 This, however. is only the begin ming of what must in few years become one of the greatest educa-
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
SKAGGS MUST SERVE
Supreme Court Refuses to Relieve the Prophet of Twenty-0ne Year
 Sentence.

Little Rock, Nov. 9.-The su- preme court this morning refused reheariug in the case of Elijah Skaggs, alleged prophet and second Christ. This cinches Skaggs chance for 21 years sen. tence in the peuitentiary, as the governor has practically refused the consideration of a pardon. Skaggs was convicted of attempt ed criminal assault on Mrs, Irene Taylor, one of his followers, but claimed the assault was only in spirit and was done that he might technically violate the law and lead to his hanging so he could rise again the third day and demonstrate his divinity.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
CAN'T ASSUME RISK.
Supreme Court Holds an Employee Cannot Relieve Employer of Re-
 sponsibility of Injury.

Little Rock, Noy. 9.-In the case of J. NJ. Johnson vs. the Mammouth Vein Coal Company, appealed from Sebastian circuit court, the Supreme court today reversed it's position on an i'm port ant question bearing ou the as. sumption of risk by an emplo zee where the statute provides that employers must provide for the safety of workmen. The court formerly held that where work men voluntarily entered a mine or dangerous place with a knowl- edge of the danger, he assumed the risk. The court now holds that the statute makes the em- ployers' responsibility absolute aud that for the employee to as- sume the risk would nullify the laws real purpose, that of pro- tecting workmen who are least able to protect themselves. Hence au employee cannot relieve the employer by assumption of the risk.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
COMMIssIONFR's SALE.

Notice is hereby given that " paa suance of the authority and dlrecsioasa .as contained in the decretal order ~ ae uS Chancery Court of Polk county na"s ssT and entered on the lst day ot Oc'obus, , .hnI 1908, in a certain cause (No. 4OOh lnsn pending therein between Mena LuI,' Der Company. complainant, ana n l.. Gore, defendant the undefslsn '.,ii as Commissioner of said courL .ss hs offer for sale at public vendue5 v, % ' or highest bidder, at southeast uuo, ;n entrance of the county court house '.,,x ,S which said court is held, in the cuua,a enaS of Polk within the hours prescraSgsay Ssy by law for judicial sales on ,iur ,ane SI the the 10th day of December, iaV0' ,',;t. .S following described real estase, g5,,or 'U to
 Lot %, in Boulevard A9uislVn .onrty. the city of Mena, in FOX oo''s Arkansas. ,.t three
 Terms of Sale: On credit o' spssd tired months, the purchaser being hy law to execute a bond as requireu g court and the order and decree ol salr alanrlty, in said cause, with approveu s,01 ner bearing interest at the rate ol natil cent per annum from date oi ss'O on tbe paid, and a lien being retalneu ,a Vr yrpent premises sold to secure the P"'
 of the purchase money. M sth day
 Given under my hand tnis
 of November 1908. c...an.
 4T4t Commissioner Tn Cnan-------- Cl...-------
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
tional institutions of the state.

tional institutions of the state.
 It deserves the support of the state and at the ensuing term liberal appropriations should be made for the extension of it's work.
 A girls dormitory is needed, and it is probable that additional accom- modations will be required, for the number is sure to exceed the present limitation of 200
 Then there is proposition for the establishment of one of the agricul- tural schools in connection with the normal, which would be a wise move.
 Now that the normal is started auspiciously, it must be maintained with increasing efficiency. -Arkan- sas Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
SEES l8Drfi SIDES.

Henry Watterson. n an editorial in the Courier-Journal, says that In the personality of the elected President the people may be said to be in possession of an anchor to the windward, and that Judge Taft owes his election to his own charac- ter" In the same article he scores President Roosevelt as. a man of spectacular performances and small results, and says that the admins tration of Taft will be the reverse of this.
 Watterson says he finds no fault with the will of the people; that their will should rule, but he believes that the election of Bryan would have been the best for the country in the long run. He gives the fol- lowing as the reason for the result:
 ssThe result of the election shows conclusively that a great majority of the people of the controlling section of the Union are well content with things as they are; that it is better to endure the conceded shortcomings of the party in power than embark upon an unknown sea of continuous agita- ton; that Bryan meant this while Taft meant restc-in short, that dol lar, though tainted, in hand is worth bush of patriotic distractions Y
 In other words, the people knew that continuous agitations' would longer continue the hard times" and preferred to take the shortest cut to prosperous conditions, even though by such course they longer postponed the day of reckoning that in the end must come.
 And there is no man in America so great that he can afford to ignore the opinions of Henry Watterson, not only one of the greatest Demo- crats but one of the nations greatest men.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
Faith and Works.

The author of Seventy Years Young" Mrs. Emily P. Bishop, de cided that it is as easy to do as to wish to do, and quotes this incident in illustration. says an exchange:
 A little girls brother set trap to catch birds. She knew it was wrong, cruel, against the laws of kindness, altogether inexcusable, from her point of view.
 What did you do?" asked the mother.
 T prayed for my brother to be made a better boy"
 What else ?"
 Then l went out and kicked the old trap ..ll to pieces" ]"
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
FIRE DESTROYS
 OLD STRUCTURE
Frame Building Occupied by Ed Iy. mans Pool Hall Burned Saturday Night Firemen Did Excel
 lent Work.

Saturday night about l2:,o o'clock fire broke out in a two. story frame building on Sher wood avenue opposite the passeu. ger depot, and for a short time il looked as though the entire block would be swept by the flames. An alarm was turned in and by the time the hose carts arrived the roof of the building was in solid flame and burning 6ercely, stimulated by high wind which was sweeping over 1t and sending up sparks and firebrands of burn ing shingles, which settled ou other buildings, jeopardiziug .ae entire block.
 Soon after the arrival of the hose carts two streams of water were playing on the burning structure and the fire was gotten under control and soon extin. pushed with no damage of con- sequence to the nearby buildings
 The building is the property ot F. l.. Martin of Kansas City aud was one of the first erected in the early days of Mena, being ocen- pied at that tune by the railroad company and the Wells Fargo Express Company for offices. The building for some time past has been occupied by Ed Lymaus billiard and pool hall. The ta- bles and fixtures were moved from tue building before tbe hfe reached the lower floor and re- ceived o=ly slight damage. 'Mr' Lyman carried insurance on tne tables and fixtures to the amount of $l.000. Nothing could De learned as to whether or not m surance was carried on the build- ing.
 The firemen deserve praise TOT their really excellent work, some of them riskiug life and limo ln working over the slippery buil0- ing with the heavy hose.
 The fire is supposed to nave originated in defective Hue.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

A road movement once started, is sure to grow. The National Forest officials began a few weeks ago to promote a road over the mountains from Bethesda Springs to the head of Two-Mile creek. Now the peo- pie cast of Hatfield have taken up the matter of extending this road to Camp Wilder. and it's pretty sure to go through And Mena is much interested. or should be. All good roads should lead to Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
PUNcTURING THE AIR.
Shot and Sheil' Are Going Fast Ac-
 cording to Cash Store Record

The hunting season opened a week ago today. In that week Mir. Adklsson of the Cash Store reported to Star man today that his house sold l42 boxes of shot gun shells. When you to stop to hgure 1t up, this is whole To. of ammunition. There are 25 shells to the box, which make a total of $500 bird killers. If the hunter has reasonably good luck and
 kills with half his shots. tha, would be l,775 dead birds. Then there IS what the other stores sold, but at this rate it would
 mean quail on toast" for every family in Mena, and while you may not have them, it is not inc lault of the shells purchased at the Cash Store.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
Real Homage.

The day after the election dele gation of nearly hundred citizens of Lincoln visited Mir. Bryan at Fairview to express to him their confidence in and devotion to him, and to assure him that such was the sentiment of majority of the peo- pie of his city and state" The act of these people in seeking Mir. Bry- an in his defeat, is worth more than that of some great crowd that flocked to see him while he had the fair prospects of victory. Arkansas Gazette.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
FOR NEW CONSTITUTION
Thought the Legislature Will Call Convention Next Summer Negro
 Disfranchisement.

Little Rock, Nov. 7.-Among the important measures to come before the next general assembly and one which many think IS sure of passing, is an act of cali ing a constitutional convention to be held in Little Rock some time next summer
 Prominent members of the next legislature have offered tt take this matter up and frame the bill calling the convention Republicans, as we'll as Demo crats, are anxious to have the convention held, though 1t is practically certain that one of the provisions to be discussed, and passed, will be in disfran- chisement of the negro.
 Ia speaking of this possibility, Capt. w. F. Tucker, chairman oi the Republican state executive committee, stated he would pre- fer to see the negro disfranchised and not permitted to vote at al than to have the privilege ol voting and then not permitted to vote and have his vote counted a: 1t is voted.
 Many other matters will be taken up at tbe constitutional convention which is favored by the Arkansas Bar Association and number of other organiza' tions of similar nature, put the proposition to disfranchise the the negro is the only new feature of the movement.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
Death of Myrtle Booth.

Miss Myrtle Booth of Sedan. kas., who has been making her home with her sister, Mrs. K. M. Montgomery, who resides on Dallas avenue, and who has been in bad health for some time. died Saturday morning at 4 o'clock, Funeral services wree held at the residence Sunday morn. ing at 10 o'clock and intermen, took place e in White Oak cemetery.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
A Good Trade.

Young people, did you ever make a trade? don't make one unless you can make a good one Send us your name on a postal and we will send you something worth more than fifty cents. If you don't think so. after you re- ceive it, tell us so on another card an we will send you fifty cents. Respectfully.
 J. E. Wootton, President
 Mena Business College,
 Mena, Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
MAY YET MAKE GOOD MAN
Little Jim Webber Commits wrongs
 and Through His Acts Finds a Friend.

Last Saturday there came TO The Star quite a news item re- garding the escapade ot one James Webber. Early in the week he is said to have hi-ed q gun from Mllham x Copelin' south side hardware dealers, trad ed the gun for a second with 9z.z2 ito boot" then sold the second hrearm for g cents. Following this, a fine bicycle was rented from the Mena Sporting Goods Company, on failure to return of which Charles Zweug, the owner, with Chief Of Pohce Bickle, followed the trail to Dai- las, where 1t was lost.
 Later 1t was learned that the "high financier" had gone to the home of an uncle, James Barlow, out near Ebersou City. MT. Zweng then hired Jesse Philpot to go out aud bring back the "speculator" and wheel.
 Saturday afternoon the othcer arrived with his prisoner, but not the wheel. That had been sold to another for 25 cents. The prisoner was taken up to the Jaili and here the story takes on an other shade.
 The individual who had creat' ed such stir was very much a vestpocket edition; he was rags and tatters, dirty and tearful--s most woe-begone specimen ot 2 small boy. He gave his age a: II, and many lad of s IS oi larger stature. He was too young to put in jail, and almost too small to spank, even if anyone was so hardened as to do so. But he was a criminal for all that He had sold articles in his pos session for temporary use only. Big Ben Glpson, deputy sheriff of Polk county, brought little un kempt Jim to Zweng's store knowing not what to do witt him. saying all he could do wa to turn him over to the cit, authorities to be put in the hold over.
 But Charles Zweng. who hat suffered the loss of fine wheel 1t was badly broken before sol' and then taken to some poin near Hatfield and $5 expenses came to the rescue. He talked kindly to the boy, who tearfull1 promised to do better. Then MT Zweng got some good, cleal clothes for the little chap, go him cleaned up, found plac' where he could get his meals fo carrying in little wood and wa ter, found a good bed in anothe place where he could look afte the boy, and arrange for hun tt do errands around the store fo real money as pay. He hope soon, if little Jim keeps good to find away to put him il school.
 1 Mrs. F. NJ. Webber. Jim mother, works for the family o D. H. Hopkins at Dallas. Sh informed Mir. Zweng and th chief of police that she wa wholly unable to do anything with her son, and thought h should be sent to reform school
 But little Jim, though he ha been bad, was so little, so pitiful lily friendless In his predicament that he is found at least frien' among those ke had wronged and now will have a chance t make good" Lets hope b |
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

Four years ago Missouri gave Folk a majority of 10. 900 for gover- nor. and this year defeated the Democratic nominee by l5,0O0. This does not mean that the state has been importing Republicans.
 nor that the Missourians are all turning 10 that party. 1t simply means that the voters of Missouri are voting for men instead of par
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

v The kidneys are small but inn portant organs. They need help occasionally. Prickly Ash Bit ters is a successful kidney tonic and system regulator. w. c. Vandiver, special agent,
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

For the serious diseases that at. tack the kidneys. Prickly Ash Bltters IS an uufailiug remedy, Relieves backache, swelling of the feet and persistent headache symptoms which indicate kidnev trouble. ". c. Vandiver, special agent,
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
Ten-Acre Tract for Sale.

Has house, well, and some other improvements. A good place for fruit, truck, chickens. etc. Place is worth SlO00; will take $750-Sl5O oash-long tune on balance. Call at Star office.
 q X W If NJ. w. Lindsay.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

When Polk county could give Bry an but a little more than 300 plu- rality. and only about 100 outside of Mena, it is easy to see how Taft come to get so many votes. The people feared continued hard times and believed relief would come quickest under Taft.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
THE MrNA EVENING sTAR

Is a progressive newspaper furnishinE to it's readers a daily service covering the most important of the worlds gen erai happenings. as well as those items of local news that go 10 make a home paper invaluable to citizens of any com munity. If you want the news in your Evening Star. By carrier or mall, 40c CT month.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

Every little while farmer comes in and tells why he's not hurt by the money stringency. And it's always noticed that he is man who actual ly cultivates his farm and grows that which he and his family needs with little over to sell to his neigh h1,,.c
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

Bryan can never be president, but he can continue to be right or many issues. and can and probably will do more for his fellow mer than many man who gains ths place he failed to reach.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

Morse of New York, whose meth ods as banker and high financier did much to bring on the panic, has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Just a little satisfaction. perhaps, to the millions who have suffered.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

Aldrich announces that he is tired of the senate and will not be a can didate for reelection. Wonder if he is not becoming aware that the people are also very tired of Aldrich in the senate. Perhaps he deems discretion the better part.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
Honor to Good Man.

Americans are square people. Even the Democrats are now vieing with each other to do honor to Presi- dent-elect Taft. He is a good man, if he is a Republican, Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

Bryan stands a good chance to be United States Senator from Nebras- ka. If he could get the place and have as much power to do for the people as Aldrich has for the trusts the country would gain wonderfully thereby.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

There's more than a rumor in the air that Mena is to have a big hotel, especially fitted for-summer guests. That is what will make real pros perity for this section.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

Hisgen, the Independent party candidate, says. Just wait until 1012l" Does he mean by that he will follow the example of an illus trious gentleman and try again?
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

A bottle of Prickly Ash Bitters kept in the house and used occa. sionally means good health to the whole household. w. c. Vandi. yer, special agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

Uncle Joe Cannon got in with the landslide, which means a thorn in the side of Taft whenever he at- tempts to do anything for the com mon peopleunless Uncle Joe has reformed and he's too old to ex- ,,ao+ flat
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

Thousands of dollars leaving Mena again for brick !! And right at home as fine brick clay as anywhere. Is that the way to build the pros perity of a city? This is a chance for some practical brick man to .spet husv v
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
COMMISSION CALLS
 UP RAILROADS
First Complaints Received From Snip pers Against New Rates, and Summons Is Issued to
 Traffic Men.

Little Rock, Nov. 8.--1he raii- road commission received the first lot of freight bills from the snip pers yesterday. Accordingly, the commission issued an order to of- 6cials of the railroads who have made the increased rate effectiVe' to meet the commission Tn spe- cial meeting in it's otlce on Wednesday, November II, at lo a. m.
 The railroads will then be ask ed to answer the complaints of the shippers, who state that the charges as set forth in their bills are excessive, and show cause why the commission should not institute suits for the statutory penalties for violation of the com missions order prohibiting the roads from making their increas- ed rates effective.
 If the railroads do not answer the question satisfactorily, and II is not expected that they Will, the commission will immediately start suits against the railroads, using the submitted freight bills as the basis of the suits. The attorney general must start pro ceedings within Is days after the commission makes the order. Therefore, 1t is expected that the first of the anti-railroad suits will be instituted within two weeks ot next Wednesday.
 Penzel Makes First Complaint.
 The first freight bill received from shipper and the one which will really be the test of them all, IS that of bill for b,ll4 pounds of lard, made out by the St Louis, Iron Mountain and South ern Railway against the Charles F. Penzel Grocer Company. h its letter the grocery company sets forth that the rate as charg' ed by the railroad is $l9 50 in ex' cess of what the road would have charged under the commisslon's standard distance tariff No. 3.
 The freight bills began to flood the commissions office early yes terday morning, many of then coming by way of the Merchants Freight Bureau. Those sent tC the Merchants Bureau were i'm mediately forwarded to the com mission by A. K. Blagg. Mem bers of the commission said tha they have heard of a great many more bills that are coming tt , them from various points in Ark ansas.
 The Railroad Mems Dilemma. The railroad official. when in ; formed of the commission's latest action, smiled. They said: "The court has prohibited us from making effective the com missions tariff. The commission has prohibited us from using oul tariff. If we obeyed both of then we couldn't do business. If wt obeyed the commission and charg ed rates according to it's tariff we would be in contempt of court We are disobeying the commis. sion. What else can we do?
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

Bryan is reported in good spirits despite his defeat. That is really good deal to expect of a man, but maybe he is used to it.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

Missouri gone Republican! The voters must have liked the myste- rious ways of the Mysterious Stran- per
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

Governor Johnson of Minnesota was again reelected. Is not that better than being defeated for the prpsidency9
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

The railroads Scent rate has been prohibited by the railroad commis- sion. But will the prohibition pro- hibit