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Arizona republican., 1908-03-07
difficult marches.

difficult marches.
 He is especially to be distinguished ard is worthy of emulation by the of ficers who cone after him for the un- abated energy and zetl. unselfish de- votiOn to duty, and general enthusiasm for the good of the army and the pub lie interest, which have marked the concluding years of his active service. He commanded q brigade with distinc- tion in the Santiago campaign, and won the fight at Las Guasimas on the 24th of June. 1898. With great vigor and skill at the close of his sixtieth year., in December, 1899. he commanded the cavalry advance of Lawton's di- vision in it's march through northern Luzon. which formed the most impor- tant part of the military operations that destroyed the government of Aguinaldo, and established American control in the Philippines. He was vigilant and active as military gov ernor Of northwestern Luzon, as com mander of the first district of the de- partment of northern Luzon, and as commander of the department of Cali fornia, successively. In 1902, at an age when many officers seek the repose and dignity of high station. rather than the trouble and effort of new and unaccustomed duties, he undertook the difficult and trying task of the first president of the army war college board, devoted himself assiduously to the work of army reorganization. and became. not merely by seniority but by merit, the first chief of staff and lieutenant general of the reorganized army. He goes into retirement with the respect and esteem of all his asso- ciates. There can he no better wish for the army in the future than that its officers shall remember how dis tincticn and the highest rank have come to this officer, not as the result of self-seeking or political or social in fluence, but as the result of duty well done, d high standard of honor, sane and kindly judgment, and unselfish loyalty to his commander-in n-chief. to the army. and to the country which he has served.
 ELIHU ROOT.
 Secretary of War
Arizona republican., 1908-03-07
SAVED JAPANESE SAILORS

Washington. March GA telegram was received today from Captain Henderson, of the revenue cutter Thet- is. now on the Alaskan coast. stating that on the 3rd inst. he rescued eleven starving survivors of the Japanese schooner Satsuma. wrecked on the coast. The men were picked up in Yakutat bay.
Arizona republican., 1908-03-07
NEW YORK TO PARIS

Lexington. Neb. March G. The American car in the New York to Paris race arrived here at 7:15 tonight and will remain here until morning.
 Omaha, Neb. March 6.-The Italian car is spending the night at Woodbinc Iowa, thirty-six miles east of Council BiutfS
Arizona republican., 1908-03-07

The fox looked lonGingly at the grapes, but they were. out of his reach.
 Why not climb for them? suggested a sarcastic snail.
 And discredit the administration Never,
Arizona republican., 1908-03-07

Be sure to get your tickets Saturday to Monday, for the recital by Miss Moves of Boston. at Arizona School of Mnsic. March -eats on sale at Adams Phar'
Arizona republican., 1908-03-07
COFFEE
There is a time for good tea, and a time for good coffee; there is no time for poor either.

Your grocer returns your money if you don't like Schilling's Best: ve pay him
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30
We Are Responsible for Crime.

"To the trained observer of life 1t is obvious that criminals are not on the whole to blame for their vicious career.
 "For twenty-five years, as police reporter in New York, l saw all the wickedness of depraved human na- ture," says Jacob Riis in the May Delineator. ''I saw seemingly un- ending succession of young rascals- so the police had stamped them and the record on the station-house blotter bore them outgoing from tho slums through the wicket-gate of the Tombs to the prison and to the gallows, and it was sight to discourage any one whose horizon was limited by our earth-life. The chill of it abides with me yet. But behind it all I made out also what it was that had depraved their poor human nature, and that the respon- sibility lay with US who let it be, whose neglect of the neighbor that had fallen among thieves was to blame for it all. The world is nc worse than we make it. WeAalso can make it good"
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30
A HISTORY MAKING WEEK,

This week is an important one in the political history of the two great parties of this nation, and will be the busiest and most ex iting of any week since the commencement of the 1908 campaign. Quite a num- Der of states have already held their conventions and selected their dele gates to the Chicago and Denver conventions, but a majority of state conventions will be held during this week commencing Wednesday, when the Republicans of Pennsylvania Colorado, South Carolina and Ar kansas went on record for this or that candidate as their choice Wednesday the Republicans also select delegates in Vermont, Missis- sippi, West Virginia and Alabama Thursday Maryland and Maine held conventions and Alaska follows Saturday.
 Wednesday also the Democrats elected their delegates from New
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

each other, and have wasted a lot of time.
 The greater scold woman IS, the better housekeeper she. No lazy, shiftless, or extravagant woman was ever a scold. It is usually the woman who works hard, and whose house is q model of neatness, who scolds all day. :, Wherever you go, you meet the man who compliments you by saying that he heard you abused the other day, but stood by you. The only thing to do under such circumstance; | is to tell him that he ought to stand by you; you never go anywhere that you are not compelled to defend him from the people who claim that ! he had wronged or robbed them. If you are honest and frank witt,
 yourself, dare you sit down and
 write description of yourself, youl
 habits, your temper, your ability
 your ambitions, and the results! Ii you wrote honestly and fairly, slight 1 ing none of your faults, and exag
 gerating none of your virtues, woult
 you not be ashamed to read it
 Suppose you try it. It could no'
 possibly hurt you. It may bench you to take some such inventory o1 yourself.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30
the cause of promoting Mena's in.

the cause of promoting Mena's in terests
 As a matter of fact there has not been in more than year cent in the treasury of the Mena Commer- cial Club, and no member or busi- ness man has paid in cent of dues or an assessment. At one time an energetic citizen, more or less on his own initiative. spent quite a little sum of money in endeavoring to bring people here to develop cer- tain class of industry. He looked to the Commercial Club to reimburse him for his outlay. There were no funds, and a small part of the amount was made up by private donation---and there it ended. Now commercial club without funds, no matter how big it's mem bership, is no more useful than a cannon without powder. It may look good-in print--to speak of the "Mena Commercial Club," but it can't deliver the goods. It is just as effective as big wooden imita- tion cannon set up to scare the enemy, but becomes a subject for merriment on closer acquaintance. Now there are hundred or more business men in Mena who could without material hardship pay $1 g month to the cause of boosting Mena-and even this small amount could be made to bring big returns. For example. when towns all about are issuing thousands upon thous- ands of circulars and booklets tell ing of their advantages, letters are continuously received in Mena ask. ing for any printed matter telling of our country and it is not in exist ence. And this is only one example of our shortcomings.
 This is a case where it takes money
 to talk. We have good man, ar energetic and willing worker fol
 president of booster" club, now
 lets furnish him a little ammunition and support and get things to work ing.
 Here's our dollar. Let someone
 else put one with it and the two car
 make jingle, and the more that ar,
 added the more jingle and talk-fol I Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30
BITS OF EVERY DAY PHILOSOPHY
tAtchison Globe)

tAtcnlBon dloDeD
 People are always asking advice and never taking it.
 There are some men like fire crackers; nothing to them but lit. tie noise.
 If you have an ambition to ge, rich, don't let 1t kill every other am. bition you have.
 People are always neglecting some. thing they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
 Compliment some people, and it makes them feel so superior that they are apt to be insulting.
 The man who attends steadily to business will find that he constantly has more business to attend to.
 The chip a man carries on his shoulder becomes as large as a wood pile when the quarrel is with his wife.
 If there is going to be money lost the best friend you have in the world would rather see you lose it than to lose it himself.
 Every woman believes that if her husband could be married to some other a week, he would know better how to appreciate her.
 When woman cannot reform a man, his salvation is impossible; when she cannot destroy him his destruction is impossible.
 Give a man his due. He may not mean all the nice things he says, but he doesn't mean all the disagree able things he says either.
 If you doubt that time flies. notice how many of the girls you used to meet with states and school books under their arms, you now meet pushing baby carriages.
 The average man is such a baby that every time the potatoes are not fried to suit him, he gets a look on his face as if he were playing the star part in Driven From Home"
 If a woman is bad she says a man was the cause of 1t: if man is good he says woman is the cause of his being good. That is the difference in the way they regard each other.
 We were never quite so tired of anything before as we are of the arguing" that goes on. Two men meet. and argue for hours. At the end of the argument the men hate
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

In the state election held in Louisi- ana. last Saturday, the Democrats cast 67,000 votes and the Republi- cans less than 5000. It would be a good idea for the Republicans to colonize in one parish. then they might be able to hold their own in that particular locality. AS it is, they are as lonesome as George Legate in an Arkansas senate.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30
IT TAKES MONEY TO TALK.

The News-Democrat has printed an article under the title "Mena Should Organize One Booster Club" that, as The Star frequently has done, calls attention to the good work by organizations of business men in other places, and points out the urgent need of live organiza- ton in Mena. and if it is possible for the newspapers here to boost" the business men into some real action in this line they may be depended upon to do it.
 It has been not uncommon during the past year to refer to the Mena Commercial Club as an organization, and on a number of occasions meet ings of this more or less mythical body have been called and few citi- zsns have responded and taken some action on this or that.
 Hal L. Norwood has been and is accredited as being it's president, and has acted as such, and K. H. Donaldson secretary. Everybody in Mena knows these things, but where and who are it's members the rank and file, the privatcs, and, if they can be located through the archives of tbe organization or Otherwise. what have they done as a body for
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

Denver, Apr. 26.-Plans for the ssssI in the new city auditorium, which ! now nearly completion, have bed sent by Secretary Mills, of She Ds' yer Chamber of Commerce and Cd vention league to Secretary Woodsn| of the Democratic National commllts| for his guidance in making the sd ing arrangements for the Demoensl National convention which meets \ Denver July '. There are II ,52l chas shown in the plans and by placas chairs In aisles or in the space left il standing room it will be possihls seat 14,000 people. This is grers seating capacity than that of the 0s cago coliseum, Madison Square Gz den New York, or the Mormon taAs nacle in Salt Lake. MT. Woodsz whose home Is in Owensboro, Ky, Il be assisted in the work of arrangs places for the various delegations Col. John I. Martin. sergsantatanI of the Democratic National eommius An assistant to have special chargsl tickets for the press Is yet tO i chosen.
 On the first floor eight sections seats, 2.o10 in number, all within saF hearing distance of the speakers Vs form, have been set aside for delegaia and alternates, the number of whlth estimated at 1000. Odd numbered ;a tions of this space will be occupA by the delegates and even numbes sections by the alternates.
 On the platform within plain slr and hearing of all parts of the r mense structure are reserved < seats for dignitaries. Immediately ' jacent to the platform space is al reserved for the press, where z seats have been provided with os desks for noiseless telegraph equi ment.
 In all, 3,143 seats have been pru'k ed for the general public. divided z follows. TOO on the first floor, lSs < the balcony and 544 in the gallef Space has been provided for all isk graph companies and for private Tia which is easily reached from all paa of the press reservations. The Wa' ern Union and Postal companies d'a lots for the space of vantage iA the Postal won. being assigned to l' first reservation of 1,700 square ie@ Other spaces in the line of reser'au' are then assigned as follows: The M sociated press, 800 square feet; WI other press associations. 500 squ''| feet each. and the Wes'', Union, t.700 square feet. Gables N immense size are being laid to conn~l with all public and private wires x 1t Is said that the general telegragnl equipments will surpass anything M has been attempted by other e'us where national conventions have " held. Fl
 The subcommittee of the Demoelas. National committee in charge oi ' national convention will meet II Y yer May 10 make the final afl'D' ments for tho gathering.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

Over in Davis. Ok, they have a Plant Trees" Club and every time one of the young women of that town goes walking in the woods with her sweetheart she is expected to bring back some young sapling to plant in town. In Mena we are so well supplied with trees that no such division of attention from the main issue is required of the young folks.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

Jersey and Connecticut with other states following during the week. While most of these gatherings may be safely forecasted, as to preslden- tial preferences, it is not unlikely that few surprises may develop. So 1t will be readily observed that the political cauldron will be at a white heat all of this week and the destiny of two great and powerful parties are at stake, at least for four years to come, and the leaders and politicians are exerting all or tneir
 pent up energies in shaping matters so that there may be as little fric- ton as possible when the conventions
 meet.
 Just on the eve of great strug- gle which is now confronting the American people, there IS always
 more or less alarm, made possible
 by alarmists themselves, felt by the public, as to what results might fol'
 low in the event of victory percnlng on the banner of either of the par
 ties now striving for supremacy
 But the American people are loyal
 at heart and their love for the con
 stitution and the institutions of this
 country is so great and overshadow-
 ing that no grave danger can turk ir
 our pathway, whether or not the people indorse the Democracy o1
 Jefferson or the Republicanism o1 l Lincoln.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30
EMPLOYEES LIABILITY LAW.

| One of the most important bills passed by the present Congress. and which has just become a law by the virtue of the signing | of the bill by President Roose- welt is what is commonly known as the Employers Liability bill. " There was a strong and well defined suspicion lurking in the minds of the laboring class of the country that the President, through some influence of technicality would re- fuse to sign it. But these doubts have been swept aside and last Wednesday President Roosevelt gave his signature and it now becomes operative.
 The bill, or as it now stands, the law, makes railroads or other com mon carriers while engaged in inter- state commerce. liable for the in- jury or death of an employee if the injury or death results in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers. agents or employees of the carriers. or because of any defect in equipment.
 But The Star quotes more specifi- cally from the most important sec ton of the bill which provides: That in any action brought under the provisions of the bill, the injured employee shall not be held to have as- stunned the risk of his employment. Any contract, rule, regulation or de- vice, to enable the carrier to exempt itself from liability under the act is rendered void by specific declaration to that end. Provision is made, how ever, that the carrier shall receive credit for any contribution made to the employee or his family in the form of insurance, relief, benefit or indem- nitys An action for the recovery of | damages must be started within two years from the date of the cause of the suit.
 The above quoted lines from the bill is a protection especially guaran- teed to an employee of a common carrier, principally railroad com panies and is just and equitable in it's provisions, and should have been on our statute books long ago, and The Star, which has always believed that steps should be taxen to cause railroads and other corporations to use greater efforts to protect their employees from injury and death, is pleased to know that at last meas ure that will do this has been passed and has become the law of the land.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

A man named John Pfell, 80 years old, living in Winsted. Conn.,, had his wife, 60 years old arrested last week because she gave him a good spanking. If they had spanking post instead of a whipping post ir Connecticut this couple might be made to feel the bangs of the law, each getting what they deserve 6 real good spanking.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

The prayer meeting of the Baptist church in Paris, Tex, last Thursday night was interrupted by the advent of a polecat. The members sudden ly.remembered having forgotten to bring their prayer books with them and left in a hurry for their respec- tive homes and failed to return.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

On one of the four typesetting machines which have been installed in the printing department of the Vatican, the Pope has set up ten lines. The Pope is very aged but he may yet become as good a printer as he is good preacher. Both are necessary to civilization.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., went up in balloon Thursday in Washington and the last seen of him and the balloon chauffeur, they were gliding over Baltimore. They do say that Theodore Junior is a chip of the old block, the only difference being he has got a little more young blood couising through his veins.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

Recently a Chicago jury declared that a man need not pay $50 for his wife's hat. There are plenty of men who do not need a jury's decision on that point.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

An escaped lunatic found his way into the United States Senate cham Der last Friday and attempted to address that august body, but was unceremoniously hustled out. One of our unfeeling exchanges remarks that the man had plenty of company while in the senate.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

The Arkansas Daily Democrat is running serial story entitled "The Man Who Stole the Earth" So far the story fails to identify who this bold, bad man is, but it's safe to wager that the last chapter will have something to say about John D.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

Thursday was the 344th anniver- sary of the birth of Shakespeare. the Bard of Avon. Saving the bible, more copies of his writings have been printed than any other product of the human mind.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

Nearly four thousand million gal Ions of wine were produced through out the world last year and statistics have been given showing where it all came from. Now let some ex- pert mathematician go to work and show where it all went to.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

Wider stripes are to be the pre- vailing style in mems clothes this year, so says a fashion journal. There will be no change in the Ar kansas penitentiary.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

The House committee on agricul- ture last week discussed the ques- tion: What does it cost to keep a hen year '" As the committee offers no prize for an answer, the solution of the question will prob ably be delayed.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

A Jersey City alderman has intro duced an ordinance in the city coun- cil providing for taxing cats the same as dogs, whereupon every old maid in Jersey City is up in arms protesting against it's passage.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

President Roosevelt. so Washing ton papers states, is to intimidate Venezuela by mobilizing a naval force in Venezuelan waters, all of which is unnecessary. as a post card would do the work equally as well.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

It is claimed by the Jol nson con- tingent that Bryan is losing ground. This may or may not be so true, but one thing is certain he is still being heard from
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

Congressman Murdock of Kansas claims to have invented gun that will shoot 200 miles. As Mena is still healthy and enjoying life The Star trusts that the ingenius invent CT will not point his new fangled contraption this way.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

May the 1st is generally regarded and looked upon as moving day and it comes on Friday. To the super stitious here is chance and an ex- cuse to cling to the old abode.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

Style. if nothing else, paevails among the New York 400. A fash ionable woman in Gotham is having a $2O0 gown made to match a $l0
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

According to the Benton Demo- crat hens nest was discovered last week in tree top near there, eight cen feet from the ground. conse- quently eggs have reached the highest point in that county.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

At Populist convention in Nash vile last week Bryan's name was hissed. But few years ago Bryan was their idol, but now that he has made most of their principles popu- lar they seem to have grudge at
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR. The Star fs authorized to announce FRED W. THORNTON as an Independent candt date for the office of County Assessor Of Polk county. subject to the action of the voters at the September election.
 FOR ROAD COMMISSIONER. The Star ia authorized to announce LA ES EMERSON As . candidate for Road Com. missioner of Mena Special District, subject to the action Of the voters at the general election in September.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

A farmer living near Waldron has horse named Billy Bryan," so says our Waldron exchange, but he is not running nag, only draft animal.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

Last week a Chicago woman got a divorce from her husband, claiming that he got drunk 5000 times in five years. That man was simply fool ish. A woman has been known to allow her husband a spree every other day, but 5000 drunks is too
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

Cyrus Leland. who has been run ming for office in Kansas ever since that state was admitted into the Union, is now chasing the United States senatorship. But to him 1t ia simply a mirage.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

The Fort Smith man who died the other day in a fit of laughter had evidently been told by some as a joke that the rains were over.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

The other night two Kansas bank bandits stole locomotive and escaped. If they are caught they shouldn't feel a bit hurt in feelings if they were railroaded to the peni- toptiorx
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

Henri Watterson comedies Bryan's nomination. This is . pretty con elusive fact that Bryan won't get it. As a political prognosticator Wat terson has always been a magnificent
The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

If great man is one who does not have to spend his time defending his record what becomes of Joe Bailey of Texas and Jeff Davis of Arkansas?