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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-22
When You Don't See 1t.

Here is a story of the pupil who had
never been able to discern the diff
ference between Il seen" and Il saw >
Her Instructor, after laboring long and
patiently to instill a ray of light into
her mind on the subject, finally sue
ceeded in getting some good examples
from the child which would seem to
prove that the difference was at last
recognized and appreciated. The
teacher paused for moment and de-
manded of the child a correct explana-
tion of the difference as she saw it.
The girl answered beamingly. She
was sure of herself, but it took some
thinking to express just what she
wanted to say. However, after much
inward tumult and obvious effort, the
following statement was heard:
when you see a thing it's see,
and when you don't see it it's saw 4"
San Francisco Call
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-22
Willy NATIVE KING
HAS PROVED MATCH FOR AvARl-
cIoUs WHITE MAN.
Indian Monarch Of the Mosquito Coast
Of Nicaragua Both Far-seelng
and Wise - Refuses to
Grant Concessions.

Dr. L. f. Flanagan, a former citizen
Of Charlottesville, Va, but who has
for the last Eve years been living at
Cape Gracia, an important town on
the east coast of Nicaragua, is at the
Belvedere, says the Baltimore Ameri-
can. The doctor is friend of Gen.
zelaya, president Of the republic OF
Nicaragua, and has been honored by
him with several important Offices.
There is probably no richer coun-
try in the world than Nicaragua" said
DR.. Flanagan. 1T is, however, almost
in a virgin state, as there has been
scarcely any development of it's great
resources. President Zelaya, the able
and energetic chief executive, is CIV
ing the country most excellent ad-
ministration and enjoys the absolute
confidence of the people. The natives
of the Mosquito coast as my section
is called are known as Mosco, or
Sambo Indians, and are a queer mix
ture Of Indian, negro and Caucasian
elements, with the native Indian type
predominating, though most Of them
SHOW lHClI 6Jl dill VI All ivan UlOOu Ny
a kinkiness Of the hair, while others
are fair-haired and light of skin, as a
reminder of Scotch buccaneer progen-
itors. Not one in fifty of these Sambos
ever slept in bed and not more than
one in five ever handles piece of
money. The older members sof the
family sleepin hammocks woven from
the fibers of the hennequin or the
banana stalk, while the juveniles curl
up on the floor They are about as
near to nature as any people under
the sum- for nature supplies them
with everything necessary to sustain
life.
These Sambos are nominally under
the Nicaraguan government, it is true,
but they pay direct allegiance to a
king. a monarch of their own tribe
His authority extends over many vii
lagos and settlements, embracing a
coast line of $50 miles, and he is by
no means a igurehead, for in periodi-
cal revolutions he often holds the bal
ance OF power and dictates terms to
the contending leaders. The Mosquito
coast is the most backward, CONNER
cially and industrially, of all the re-
gions bordering on the Caribbean, and
for this the Sambo king is directly re-
sponsible. He is shrewd enough to
know that wherever the white man
gets a footing the native soon van
ishes, and therefore has he refused
the granting of concessions for the
exploitation Of the valuable forests of
his kingdom, nor will he allow his
subjects to sell their lands. Thus this
willy Indian ruler, who can't write his
name, has managed to hold his terri
tory in its primal state against the
avaricious schemes of the white man.
His people obey him unquestionably
and the general government is con-
tent to let him alone"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-22
Insect HYpnotlsm.

Did you ever know" said the hyp-
notist, as he played with curious,
glittering hypnotising machine of crys-
tai and silver, "did you ever know that
hypnotism is. practiced among in
sects?"
mo"
well, it is a fact A queen bee can
hypnotise her whole hive whenever
she wants to. She makes a curious
humming sound, and within moment
or two every bee in the colony falls
into hypnotic trance.
"The death's-head hawk-moth is also
a hypnotist of great power. This
creature, indeed makes its living out
Of hypnotism. Entering a hive, it
makes a sound not unlike the queen
bees note, and the bees Immediately
sinking into slumber, the moth pro-
ceeds to plunder at its leisure"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-22

made at home. and fixed securely to
the wall, without any assistance from
O professional carpenter.
1t might be carried out in any kind
of floral muslin or cretonne, or even
silk, drapped in the manner shown in
the sketch, and arranged so that it
will hang from a long, narrow piece of
wood which must also be covered
with the same material, A blind-lath
would answer the purpose admirably.
into the back of this piece of wood
two picture-frame rings might be
screwed, which could afterward hang
from two nails in the wall; or hooks
might he fastened into the wall. on
which the wooden lath might rest
A pretty frill of the lowered mus
lin, or other material, finishes the
drapery along the top, while lower
down the muslin festoons are caught
up with tassels.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-22
splnea.

The spine, according to DIR. Alfred
Wenzel, controls three billion nerves.
And yet we all know spines without
any nerve In them at all.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-22
New SILK soarfs.

The new crepe de chine and satin
liberty scarfs are now stole shape.
Some show exquisite hand-embroid-
cred designs; pale gray crepe de chine
stole scarfs, for instance, are heavily
embroidered in wisttria, and others
of apricot with a conventional en-
broidered design in self-colors.
Then there is the stole, altogether
new and novel, which has two of the
dearest little pockets-one at each
end.
Morrow silk fringe is often used as a
finish for these stole scarfs.
Sometimes it is in the self-colors,
then again ii is in silver or gilt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-22
TO PROTECT WALL
HERE is SOMETHING DAlNTlER
THAN JAPANESE MATING.
Directions for Making splash-BaclS
in Floral Muslin or cretonne--
Pretty FriIl with Which
TO Finish Drapery.

The splash backs in Japanese mat,
ting which are so often used to pro-
,tect wallpaper behind washstand
are never very decorative in effect,
and seem always as though their
proper place would be rather the floor
than the wall of a room. There are
many pretty possibilities, however,
about a dainty wall drapery of the
Kind we illustrate in the accompany
ing sketch. 1t could be very easily
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-22
Good for the compIexIon.

Parsley water is said to be useful
for clearing the complexion. Take
one-half pint of rain water and soak
a large bunch of parsley in it ak
night; in the morning wipe the face
with a clean, soft cloth, then sponge
with the parsley water; let the face
dry without wiping. This should be
done three times day for fortnight,
when great Improvement will be seen
in the complexion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-22
GETTING Back.

No, Mr.. Winterbottom, said Maude
Daryl, coldly; Il can never bring my
self to marry a man who carries a
horseshoe for luck
And yet" George Winterbottom
muttered, who can doubt the irons
efficacy after this?"
Chuckling convulsively, the young
man passed out into the cold, sad
autumn night.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-22
FIuenex.

Il am looking forward to the time
when the waters will flow through our
mighty inland channels and carry our
commerce"
Yes answered Senator Sorghum,
you've got the right idea, The water
will flow some day but a lot Of Ian
guage will have to flow first."-Wash.
ington Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-02-22
Husband Wants the Credit.

When a man hears his wife say
something particularly brilliant he is
quite certain that some time or other
he said IL first.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16

Amateurs, the Friendly Organization of Dl-
vorced Couples and the Foreign Parts Society
of Absconding Cashiers.
The Thaw jurors met, doubt, partly to get
their revenge for remaining silent so long IN the
Jury box while everybody else talked and called
them the bulwarks of American justice, and
they had to keep dumb in a perpetual dinner
atmosphere; but they were moved also by the
larger social impulse to eat and talk and the
opportunity for The Association of Thaw Ju-
ries First and Second" became an accomplished
fact An odd line of toasts was prepared Tor
the dinner. it is said including His Honor,
The Alienists," Getting Cramped, What L
Was Thinking About Future OF the PRISONER
Future of Us Jurors"
It is suggested that relentless time within the
next thirty years might exterminate this new
and promising society of murder jurors, but
national association would keep the thing going
indefinitely The sentiment of the organization
might also be kept alive by the formation of
the Society of the Sons and Daughters of the
Thaw Jurors, First and Second.
If there were not sufficient members for
bona fide murder jurors society, the promoters
could fall back an army of murder case
talesmen who were rejected An additional
source Of supply would be the ordinary crimi-
nal Jurors preference being given to those who
tried the most serious crimes in the Penal Code
and thence descending to petty larceny jurors. or
even the good men and true of the crowner's
quest bit of sentiment could be added to
dinner of a criminal jury by sending a telegram
of sympathy to Sing Sing or some other re-
treat The message and reply would be some
thing like this:
'.Sorrv we had to do it,
Thanks Regret cannot join you tonight"
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
FAD FOR ORGANIZING.
Suggestions for Formation Of So
cicties Along Up-to-Date Lines.

That and woman are essentially soclapie
and will catch at any excuse for foregatherlhs
in any sort of an organization where they may
eat and talk with others of their kind was
proved by recent dinner at the Broadway
Central Hotel of the members of the two juries
which tried Harry X. Thaw for murder
Society of Naval Sponsors is the next
newest organization This is intended to com
prise in its membership neither the gray dogs of
war nor the insstent advocates of a larger
navy but all the bright sylphs and lovely dam
ses who because papa was Governor or for
yome other equally cogent reason have been Sc
lected to shatter bottles of champagne on the
noses Of warships plunging into the briny deep.
A fooZle does not disqualify for membership in
this gloriousy patriotic society which, 1t is pre-
dcted by some will surpass the Daughters of
the Revolution in certain respects To be de-
scended from Naval Sponsor will be accounted
equal some day to two thirds of a coat of arms,
and members will ask one another, What sort
Of a hit did your great grandmother make?"
The society will be organized at Washington
this month, it is expected. Among the eligibles
are Mrs. W. d. Kinney, who named the New
Jersey; Miss Pauline Morton, Miss Mary Camp
bell Miss Lorna Pinnock, Miss Hazel Mclean,
Miss Alice Wells, Miss Evelyn Walsh Miss
Annie Keith Frazier, Mrs. Colin p. Campbell
Miss Mae McEpey, Mrs. Frederic r. Coudert
Mrs Edison F. Gaaudet, Miss Myra O'Brien and
Miss Stella Tate
Now that the rage for odd societies has re-
ceived the new impulse, there said to be
possibilities for starting popular societies Of
Receivers of Morse Banks, the Amalgamated
Novelists Who Haven't Sold 900 Copies. the
Lawson Association Of Disheartened Cutters.
the Optimistic Sons of Unemployed Stock
Brokers, the Association of Disguised OiaboIo
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
] do likewiaa

pieces of mirror set at three different angles, 50
that the light reflected from either one Of the
two angles is reflected into the glass set al the
arranged on a piece of iron rod so bent and
fastened to the Intel of the window in the Sec
ond story of the building that any person on the
second floor of the building can, by looking into
the topmost piece of glass, see what is going on
in the street below or who or what may Be
passing up and down the street without open
ing the window TO look out. The mirrors tass
the place of bay windows
The primary object in setting UP busybody
is to see who is at the front door, OF who may
be approaching from either side Of the building
TO the door. The topmOst piece Of glass is
tilted so that it will show the front doorstep
One piece of glass is set at angle TO catch
a reflection Of all that is going on at the right
side of the street and another 70 reflect the
approach to the left
In Philadelphia, where ninety-nine out of every
walk. and all houses are built in line, busy
bodies become great time savers for housekeep-
ers If undesirable callers come 20 the front
door the busybody gives timely notice Of their
approach, and the person sought need not be at
home BY keeping an eye the bUsybody the
woman at her sewing can detect the caller the
moment he comes within range Of The mirrOrs
and plenty of time is given for prinking.
The busybody is useless on d house which has
its front covered with porch which sets
back from the street
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
n USEFUL BUSYBODH.
Tells Phladelphians Who Is at the
Front Door.

If you were to ask the average person what
busybody is the reply would probably be "one
who does not mind his or her own business
Such definition would be laughed at in Phila-
delphia. "busybOdy' in Philadelphia is an
inanimate object which reveals animate OBJ
jects Nowhere in the country are busybodies
employed so extensively as in the Quaker City
They are to be found on almost every house, at
least on every house of any pretensions-
Unless you have lived in Philadelphia such
an explanation would not prove satisfactory.
however. busybody Is composed OF three
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
ESCAPED THE WORST.

The man with the gun (boastfully and cynic-
ally)--I have been engaged to at least a dozen
girls
Miss Sweet Girl docking annoyed)-And al
,yays been unlucky in love. eh?
He-Oh, | don't know. I've never married
anv of them What Philadelphia Inquirer.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
DURING THE CROSs-EI4uIy1TIOy

Have you ever been bankrupt" asked The
counsel.
L have not"
Now, be careful" admonished the lawyer
with raised finger. Did you ever stop pay
ment?"
Yes"
"Ah, 1 thought We should set at che truth
observed counsel. with an unpleasant smile
When did this suspension of payment occurF
when I had paid all l owed" was the naive
reply of the pIaintif-LondOn Opinion
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
BARON HENRI DE ROTHSCHILD.

BARON HENRI DE ROTHSCHILD.
The baron is being sued by the Milk Dealers
Union in Paris on the ground that, under the
pretence of a work of philanthropy, he
carrying illegal competition. The trades
people obliged to take out trade patents
and pay taxes, which the baron, a phlan-
thropist, has escaped. Baron Henri de Roths-
child who is a doctor of medicine, started in
the most popuous districts philanthropic
dairy for the free supply of pure milk to poor
people. When the institution became known a
large number of people of position bought the
milk, and the baron now has sixty eight pure
milk depots in Paris. Judgment has been post
poned. The Bysta1Ser.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Ended and Most of the Mem bers Have Left Topeka.

Topeka, Feb. 1.--After passing the amendment to the bill providing for the formation of $1,000,000 company to insure bank deposits the house Thursday adjourned, practically wind ing up the work of the special session. Most of the members of both houses have gone home. A few will be pres ent Saturday to make final adjourn ment. Of the five special features mentioned in the governors message the legislature took favorable action on three. The governor asked for a direct primary bill, guarantee bank deposit bill, amendment to the tax law, two-cent-fare law and amendments to the prohibition law. A direct primary bill was passed and the amendments to the tax and prohibi- toory laws adopted No two-cent-fare nor guaranty deposit law was passed. As a substitute for the latter bank insurance law was passed, leaving the insurance of deposits wholly at the option of the bankers.
 The senate passed bill Friday au- thorizing four additional bank examin- CTS for Kansas and an assistant bank commissioner. J. Q. Royce will very
 likely name Capt. Albright as the as sistant. Aside from this action noth- ing was done of importance in the lenate Friday. .
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
COMPLETES FOREST FORCE
Lee Elliott Named as Guard on Staff of
 Supervisor Record.

Washington, D. c. Jan. 3l.- Lee Elliott has just received the sixth Forest Service appoint ment as guard on the Arkansas National Forest. This appoint ment completes the personnel of the administrative force of the forest, which is as follows:
 Samuel J. Record, forest super visor.
 J. E. Reach, forest assistant.
 Forest Guards-James B. Earle, James B. Cassada, Lee Elliott, Will A. Garner, John H. Shackel- ford, and Anderson T. Wright.
 All of the forest officers with the exception of Supervisor Rec ord and Forest Assistant Reach, who are trained foresters, are Arkansas men. Mir. Reach comes from Medicine Bow National Forest, where he has served as forest assistant. He will assist Mr. Record in the administrative and the technical work of the office.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
THE LID IS ON, BUT
Said That Hot Springs Bank Recovered
 $400 Lost by Friend.

Hot Springs, Jan. 31.-Con. siderable interest has been aroused here by the statement ol prominent business man, a banker, who entered a gambling room, being conducted in defiance of the law, where friend had lost S480 and order the return oi the money under threat of inn mediate prosecution and confisca- ton of the entire outfit.
 Ii IS claimed that visitor here, friend of the banker, whose name is withheld, lost the money in poker game and reported the matter to his friend, who i'm mediately visited the gaming room and demanded that th, money be returned. $400 of the amount, so il is said, was re. funded.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
DAMAGED BY LIGHTNING
Poles and Lines of the Kizer Tele- phone Company Struck Near Gill;
 ham Friday Morning.

1. M. Davis, manager of the Kizer Telephone Company's ex. change in this city, reports that during the rainstorm early Fri day morning lightning struck large tree standing close to the railroad track near Gillham, split. ting the big tree wide open. From the tree the lightning jumped to the wires of the tele. phone line, burning in two the wires and knocking down several poles, which delayed service over tte line several hours.
 MT. Davis also stated that con. siderable trouble was caused al this place and along the Dallas line by the high wind which tangled up the wires.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
POPULAR AT DE QUEEN.
Bar Meeting Endorses Hon. Hal Nor
 wood for Attorney General.

Wherever the Hon. Hal Nor wood might have been on Wed- nesday night his ears must have fairly scorched, if there is any, thing in the old tradition that one's ears will burn when people are talking about them.
 Such members of the district bar as were attending court in De Queen assembled at the court house and for an hour eulogized the distinguished gentleman re- ferrei to above, who aspires to be the next attorney general of Ar kansas.
 Among the speakers were those who have known Mir. Norwood from boyhood, as well as all the other members of the local bar. But the speech-making was not confined to Sevier county elo. quence. Hon. James D. Head oi Miller county, Hon. Dave Sain of Howard county, Hon. George Vaughn of Pulaski county and Hon. Bert Stuart of Little River county, declared their admiration for and allegience to the Little Giant eff the bar of Western Ar. kansas. The sedate and con. servative circuit judge, James s. Steel, was quite as enthusiastic iu expressing his sentiments as was the youngest member of the bar.
 A highly commendatory resolu- ton endorsing Mir. Norwood was passed, and citizens present ir the court room expressed unani. nous endorsement of Mir. Nor. wood by rising vote. De Queen Bee.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
SUES FOR HER CHILD.
Oklahoma Woman in Controversy Over 13-Year-0ld Girl, but Settlement
 Is Reached Out of Court.

A short session of chancery court was held by Judge James D. Shaver Saturday. The case com. ing up for hearing was that of Mrs. Mary Chatham of Oklahoma City, Ok, against Miss Cora Will kins of Mccurtain, Ok, in which Mrs. Chatham had instituted habeas corpus proceeding against Miss Wilkins for the possession of her 13-year old daughter, Lillie, who has for the past five years been in the keeping of Miss Wilkins.
 Mrs. Chatham was formerly Mrs. Webster and after marrying again and settling down in her new home decided that she want ed her child back and the matter was brought up for hearing.
 Before the case had proceeded very far compromise was effect ed whereby the little girl was awarded to Miss Wilkins. The child's mother was represented by Col. K. G. Shaver, and Miss Wilkins by Attorney E. J. Lundy.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
HOW MENA WAS ADVERTISED.
What M. Williamson Thought When
 Fever Refugees Were Invited.

M. Williamson, a prominent contractor of Prescott, arrived in the city Friday. He expects to move his family here and make Mena his home but will engage in some other business here.
 While in the office of The Star looking over the want ads for houses to rent, Mir. Williamson said he first>heard of Mena when she threw he- doors open to the yellow fever refugees two years ago. He made up his mind that Mena must be a good town in a good location and with good people composing its population. As a result he is here and asserts positively that he finds everything better that he expected.
 MT. Williamson will bring his family here as soon as he secures suitable house and later will either buy or build a home.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
TO FORM NEW SLATE COMPANY
Syndicate of Practical Slate Men from the East Buy Tract of Slate Land Containing 125 Acres
 Quarries Being Developed.

T. K. Andrews, of Kansas City, who is associated with a syndicate of practical slate men of the East, spent Thursday and Friday here inspecting the slate fields east of town, returning to his home Friday night.
 On being interviewed by a re- preseutative of T h Star he stated that he was most favora- bly, impressed with what he had seen and had no hesitancy in say ing that he considered the slate deposits east of Mena to be the finest and largest that have yet been discovered. He also stated that while here he had purchased tor his syndicate h e M. j.. Lewis farm IS miles east of town containing 125 acres and which Is situated in the heart of the slate belt, and that as soon as railroad facilities an be ob- tained his company would open up and operate their quarries on an extensive scale. He a s 0 stated that he did not believe that the time was far distant when these immense slate de- posits would be fully developed and would prove to be one of the biggest industries of this section of country.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
DEATH OvERTAKEs HIM.
Member of Party Travelling for Health
 Passes Away in Camp.

Wright Doty, member of a party of overland travellers, died at the camp four miles south ot town Friday afternoon. The deceased was sufferer from lung trouble, and the party, com posed of his sister, brother and a nephew, has been travelling with him for four months hoping to benefit his health.
 Their home is at Gallatin, Mo, and they were taking a trip by easy stages to the home of rela- lives in Texas.
 The remains of MT. Doty were buried at the Odd Fellows ceme. tery Saturday, and the other members of the party will con. tinue their journey.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06

M. w. Jones, manager of the North Wales Slate Company, was in from his home out at Big Fork Saturday morning, and being questioned as to what was going on in ths way of development work in the slate fields, he stated that everything was progressing nicely and that during the past week he had taken from the queries of the company large number of exceptionally fine specimens or green slate. He also stated that the South western Slate Company was operating its mill, manufacturing electrical supplies, etc, which were being shipped 10 the Eastern markets.