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The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16
"'Rah for Billy the Bryan. "

General Shaver does not cla'm to be half as good poet as ne ' a Democrat, but he IS not Veiy enthusiastic on the "third term examinations, and in his usu" good natured way was getuus off the following verse when q Star reporter came along anu caught ii:
 Banzail 'Rah for Bryan,
 Don't care a durn
 If he is yoked up
 To that fellow Kern.
 If he captures the prize
 We'll welcome his reign' If he loses, be dad,
 He can run again.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16
BITS OF EVERY DAY PHILOSOPHY
(Atchison Globe. )

(Atchison Giobe.l
 A man who is a social success is seldom business one.
 A woman is bride as long as her husband takes her alone to the show.
 The longer a marriage is put off, the less probability that it will come off.
 When boy gives anything away it is a sign he does not want it him. self.
 The doctors are good fellows, but none of them can make an old man young.
 If it is a girl and the shoe pinches, she calls it perfect fit. and buys the shoe.
 At the age of 16 girl never likes or dislikes anyone; she adores or despises them.
 What tremendous strings of fish are caught in the advertisement of the summer resorts
 Someway we always distrust the man with the jaunty air, he looks as though he were bluffing.
 A twenty dollar gold piece will buy man better care in sickness than twenty friends will give him.
 After woman passes a certain age, she would just as soon be mar ried on Friday as on any other day.
 A girl will cry with loud, bawl- ing noise until she is ten years old. when she begins to cultivate the art of weeping.
 A girl usually manages in such a way that after she is married, the neighbors say she did not marry the man of her choice.
 Every woman is sorry for some other woman on account of some thing her husband told her about the other woman's husband.
 Nearly every romance has a sequal which ought to serve as danger signal to others of romantic tenn perament, but it doesn't.
 Every man has debts and troubles that no one knows anything about. They are like worthless kin; if a man does not inherit them, he accu- mulates them.
 When a man sits and looks dream fly out into the night, 1t is not nearly so likely that he is thinking of his girl as that he is calculating some thing about dollar.
 So few girls marry millionaires or princes that it is wonder that more girls are not taught cooking, sew ing, and other work to which the wives of poor men fall heir.
 There are many people who leave Atchison with the intention of be- coming famous in Flew York, who, for some reason, go to clerking in a grocery store in some town half way there.
 1t makes no difference how good man is; when a policeman calls to him across the street, the fear fash es across his mind that he must have done something for which he is to be arrested.
 Most men will not agree to fix up their houses until their girls begin to grow up. A man reserves the best he has for his daughter, who so often rewards him by following some worthless fellow off.
 It is said that when an Atchison man asked a girl to marry him the other night, she replied by asking what salary he would give her. "I get $50 a month now" she said. and have my evenings and Sun
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16
AN ADJOURNED MEETING.
Confederate Pension Board Will Meet
 Again July 29.

The Polk county Confederate Pension Board, composed Of Gen. k. G. Shaver, as chairman, ana J. s. Kelly and Nathan Gam met Monday pursuant 10 law According to custom heretofore pursued and iu order to give sp' plicants, whose papers are deiec, tive an opportunity 10 amend ana perfect their applications, lne board has taken a recess to tne 29th day of July, 1908, at when time any applicant for pension can attend and seek relief II they so desire.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16

There is more Catarrh fin this seot'ol o,li,.,ether and until the last few years was sup upes no,. be incnrable. For . great many yeaina per. tors pronounced 1t D local disease A, ,aiv ilail scribcd local remedies and by coilstt,a,,,,Dced Ing 10 cure with local treatment pSOnitsyrh 10 lt incurable. Science has proven Iasse, Iaaaeare rt. be a constitutional disease ana tlsel'S ca quires constitutional treatment uisaney co. Toledo. Ohio. is the only constltn'slooes,ess rem edy on the maret. lt IS takeh e.,, ~ direct from 10 drops to Q teaspooniui. ~ 9',seeee Of ly upon the blood and mucous sa Jnllafs the system. They offer one hunai VN e,r eireu for any case it fails to cure, Seh0 '''
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The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16
Edwin's Philosophy.

Little Edwin, aged four, playing with some older boys, heard a new byword for the first time. Running to his father, he asked him if my goIly" was bad word. His father said. "It is a rough word and would not use it." Looking very thoughtful for moment Edwin said, "I wish it wasn't rough word, for I would just love to say it p'- The August Delineator.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16
4 pROoREssIve PRESIDENT.

The news of the nomination of William J. Bryan at Denver, follow ing that of William H. Taft at Chi cago,we believe means that, so far as the Presidential candidates are con csrned, the great mass of the cum mon people are in control of the two political parties.
 A new condition confronts the
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16

In the political history of JohnWorth Kern we see he has twice been an unsuccessful cand idate for governor of his state, but in the Democratic party past failures are no disgrace, while on the other hand it may ere ate bond of sympathy which will cause w. J., and U. w." to pull together well.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16

evils of a double standard IS problem that should demand the serious attention of every mother. wife, sister and daughter in the land. It is within the power of Americas young women to completely revo- lutionize the moral, social, religious, and we will also say the political conditions which now exist in our fair land in single generation Ii they would each and all unite with one accord in demanding of men the same high standard which men now demand of them.
 But for the first steps in the solu- tion of this great problem let us go back to the mothers. Is not the training so many cf them give their daughters seriously at fault? How often it is the case that they are so careful in the selection of girl friends and companions for their daughters, choosing only those whose moral and social standing are on the same plane as their own and whose purity and sweetness of life and character are an inspiration to them to still go on to higher and better things. On the other hand, how is it Do we not frequently 1 find these same mothers inviting and admitting into their homes, as friends, and often become husbands of these same pure, sweet daughters, i young men whose characters are not altogether transparent. Thelr moral | life will not bear the closest inspec- tion, but maybe they are from families of good standing, or they are accomplished, or they have bright prospects before them. They are young men, and what if they do drink social glass now and then, and do few other things of a ques- tionable nature. They must SOW their wild oats, but when they get settled in life and business they will give up these things. It is hard for them to resist temptations when they are all about them and so these mothers impress these ideas upon their daughters minds.
 Mothers: Daughters: Was not | Christ a man? Did He not spend the formativ period of His life the years in which habits are usual ly contracted upon this earth sur rounded by every temptation to which flesh is heir? Did He not prove that it is possible for man to Hive a pure and holy life? If it is
 true that man cannot resist tempta-
 ton, then, why did Christ come as a
 man to prove that they can. There
 was nothing in all the life and ex-
 ample of the Savior that would be
 unmanly in man, or unwomanly ln
 woman to initiate. He came to save
 both and his life's examples were
 given for both to follow. He did
 not make one code of moral and
 spiritual laws for men and distinct
 one for women.
 Men give to pure, true woman the attributes of angels, and our young women, one and all should strive with all their might to live suct lives as will justify this high esteem And in so doing let them demand g
 Christ life of men. Let them ac'
 cept nothing short of the same high attributes that men desire in them If they do these things and stand unwavering in their resolutions men will quickly forsake their double standard and on the broad, fail plane of purity of life and nobility of purpose, rally around our single standard of White Life for Two. Mrs. J. E. Brand.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16
They Needed Other Things.

Like most minister 8 families, they were not extensively blessed with this worlds goods. She, however, was the youngest of ten children un- til her father explained to her of the baby sister who come in the night. Well" she said after due thought, q pose it's all right, papa, but there's many a thing we needed worse. "--The August Dilineator.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16

Mrs. Russell Sage settled the horse racing question in one New York town by purchasing the track and turning it over to the school children for a play ground. The lady can doubtless find other tracks flor sale at bargain.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16
REV. JAS. THOMAS
 TO PREACH AGAIN
At His Request The TexarEana Dis. trict Conference Allows Hin to Re Enter ltiuerant Ranks
 by 3f to 1.

Texarkana, July F. The Cen. ference of the Methodist Eos. copal church, South, Texarksm district, which convened here yes, terday IS busy with the work be- fore it. In the bsence of bishon Rev. B. $. Thomas, presidinp elder of the district, occupied the chair. At II o'clock today Rev N. B. Fizer of Oklahoma filled the pulpit, and Rev. w F. Evans secretary of the Little Rock Board of Missions and financial agent for Henderson College, preached tonight.
 Mir. Thomas in Itinerant Ranks.
 At today's session of the confer. ence Rev James Thomas made formal application for a recon. III andatlon to the annual confer. ence 10 re-enter the itilerant ranks and the same was granted by vote of 31 to 1. The ballot was secret. MT. Thomas is at present ommissioner of education for the Methodist conferences of Arkansas. He has been a prom iuent figure in sensational charges involving his identity in the Lit ftle Rock conference for the past six years. At the last meeting of the annual conference he was sent U Mississippi by the bishop. but this order was later resclnded. A few months later he gained sig nal victory over his enemies, a full account of which was given in the Gazette at the time. He is exceedingly popular here where he still makes his home.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR COUNTY AssEssoR.

FOX COUNTY ASSESSUH. The Star Is authorized to announce FRED W. THORNTON as an Independent candi- tate for tho ofyice Of County Assessor Of Folk county. subject to the action of the voters at the September election.
 FOR ROAD COMMISSIONER. The star Is authorized to announce JhM M Es EMERSON as a candidate for Road Com missioner of Mena Special District. subject to the action Of the voters al the general election in September.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16

Hearst won't support Bryan. Says he has lost confidence in him and the Democratic party. Well, we suspect Bryan and the Demo- cratic party are ready to return the compliment.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
Man Charged With Killing Former Wife at Hot Springs Is Located
 in 0klahama.

Walter, Okla, July 1l.-Upon advices received from Hot Springs S K. J. Wade, travelling salesman was arrested here today on the charge of murder and kidnapping.
 His alleged victim was woman Mrs. Ada Reicher, former wife, and their six-year-old daug hter is alleged to have been taken. The crime was committed in Hot Springs Monday.
 II knew nothing of the woman having been murdered until l was arrested" said Wade, "I was in Lawton Monday night and can prove i by dozen men. It is an outrage that I have been ar. rested"
 Wade was located in the country near here by friend, who dis. covered that he was a patron of a rural mail route. He was taken to Lawton today and will be held pending the issuance of extra dition papers. He received 3 message today stating that hi: child had been taken to Birming ham, Alabama.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16
". C. T. U. COLUMN.

Catherine B. Johnson, Press supt.)
 What Can Young Women do to Emancipate the World From the Evils of the Double Standard !?
 What young women can do to free the world from the
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16
Girls Statement Bad for Father

Memphis, July l3. Arg e Reichers, the ll-year-old girl, whose mother was murdered in Hot Springs, passed through Memphis tonigt en route 10 Hot Springs from Birmingham. J.N. Young, her grandfather, accom- panied her.
 To Sergeant Couch of the Mem phis police she said that her fath- 'er, k. G. Wade. told her that her mother had gone 10 Birmiug lam and that she must go with him there to meet her. She was not aware, she said, at the time that her mother was dead.
 She says that her father left her here at the uuion station when they were eu route to Birmlng ham from Hot Springs Monday morning last, and when he returned he had on new cloth es and was hardly recognlzab ble. Ia Birmingham, she says, the grip he left with her was open and his bloody clothes was found in it. Little Miss Riechers only learned that her mother was dead within the past day. The child impressed members of the Mem phis police who went to the depot to see her as being especially bright.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16
Children's Humor.

Among the most interesting home reading in any of the magazines for August is the group of children's 8 sayings in the Delineator.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16
He Was Once Poor

The little hero of the following incident did not belong to me. In fact, from his appearance l think he
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16

Twice defeated and still the idol of his party-W. J. Bryan may never be president of the United States. but where is the man who can lead political party into defeat twice and be honored to try a third time? It is truly faithful devotion to faithful friend of the people.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16

Mrs. Reicher was choked to death at her home while her little girl aged 9 and two little boys 3 and 5 were playing in the yard.
 The murder was committed by a man who had been staying at the Reicher home. He was known to the little boys as "Argy" but as the people were strangers iu the neignborhood his real name was not known. After committing the murder the man took the children out 10 the park and there abandoned the little boys and disappeared with the girl.
 Mrs. Reicher's husband, who lives at Fort Worth, Tex and from whom she was separated, charged that the murder was committed by Wade, his wife's first husband, who is also father of the kidnapped girl.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-16

Hot Springs, July l4. Infor. nation reached here tonight that Wade was en route, having con- Sented to come without rCquisi- tion papers, and that he was in company with an officer and few friends who would help him. He disclsims any knowledge of the murder of his first wife or the kidnapping of his child and the sending of her to his relatives He was arrested at Walter, OK, yesterday.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-04
Republican May
Garry Texas
Simpson For Governor is Cutting into
Democratic Candidate
Badly.
Special to The News.

Special to The News.
AUSTIN, Texas, November At
is estimated that the total vote cast
in Texas yesterday did not exceed
100000. Bryan has carried the State
by probably 100000 over Taft. The
most surprising feature4of the cleo
ton is the phenomenal vote cast for
John N. Simpson, Republican candi-
date for Governor. The count is pro-
ceeding slowly, but enough is known
to show that he has carried all the
larger cities and many of the more
populous counties of the State.
Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Waco,
Houston and Beaumont gave him b
majorities. If the vote all over the
State is of the same ratio as in the
cities and towns so far heard from,
he may be elected over Governor
Campbell, Democrat, by small ma
jority.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-04
ARISTARCHUS
IS The THEME
Rev. William Cumming Delivers Talk
at Public School
Wednesday.

Rev. VIM. Cumming of the First
Presbyterian Church spoke at the
Public School this morning taking
as his topic "Aristarchus."
Who was he? Do any of you
know!
Because You do not | want to talk
about him. Because he was an un-
known man. Only mentioned four
times in the Bible. We have no rec
ord of anything he ever said or any
think he ever did. He is like you and
me, the ordinary people of the world.
TIE reason he is worth speaking OF
at all, is the record which shows that
he was always ION the spot" That
he could be absolutely counted on.
You always could know where to find
him.
One day the Apostle Paul met him,
won him for Jesus Christ and won
him to himself. From that time you
know where to find him. Paufs COM
panion on his journey, recognized
as PauPs friend when they wanted
to punish somebody at Ephesus;
PauPs fellow, prisoner at Rome, no
charge against him but he must stand
by his friend.
This made him man worthy OF
more than a passing thought. Any
man is great because he makes the
most of his individuality, that it may
count for the most and then surren-
ders that individuality in the service
of a great cause.
What makes Washington the great
est name in this country? What he
was himself, or that self given, sur
rendered for his country's good.
What made Saul of Tarsus the
greatest man in history? His splen-
did genius or the laying of all his
grand personality at the feet of the
man of Galilee.
One Aristarchus, unknown, un-
honored and unsung given in answer
ing friendship to Paul because of the
Lord whom Paul served, like Ruth
the Moabites in her surrender tC
Naomi and Naomi's God, gives the
inspiration that may come to any
? life, for the best thing God can sa!
to the greatest or the humblest maj
that ever lived is swell done, good
and faithful servant, enter thou intt
The joys of thy God"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-04
BRYAN RECEIVES
ELECTION NEWS
Democratic Leader is Bitterly Dis
appointed at New York
Result.
Special to The News.

Special 10 i lie NEWS.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 4.-William
j. Bryan last night received at his
home in Fairview, the returns which
early told him that for the third
time he had been defeated in the
greatest ambition of his life. Conf
dent of victory to the very last, he
was not prepared to believe that his
cause was lost until the pluralities
of his opponent piled up in such pro-
portions as to leave no room for
doubt.
When the early returns came in he
made particular inquiries regarding
the State of New York and found
much encouraging news In the gains
he was making upstate over the
Democratic vote of 1904, but as the
figures continued to be received he re-
lied on Greater New York to offset
the heavy Taft vote above the pre-
hminary vote.
Even in that he was bitterly dis
appointed, and he soon realized that
the State was hopelessly gone, and
with it his prospects of being elected.
According to the predictions Of his
managers, he was led to believe that
hit would be elected without the aid
of the Empire State and he turned
his inquiries toward Ohio and In
diana.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-04
House of Representatives stands Re-
publican, 1913; Democrats, 1913.
NO DELAY IN START
ON AFRICAN HUNT
R00Se. elf Plans to Sal! Five Days
After He RelinquiShes
Office.

NEW YORK, Nov. At is report
ed here that President Roosevelt
has made all preparations to sail fol
his African hunt nine days after
the inauguration. His son, Ker-
nit, Smithsonian Institute profess
sor and naval official, with photOg
raphers and servants. will make up
the party. They are due to reach
Naples, March 25, and travel thence
to Nom bassa via the Suez Canal.
So far no arrangements have been
made for the six months the party
will spend in Uganda province, be-
tween the coast and Port Florence,
distance o f 5S4 miles. On Lake
Victoria, Nvanza the party will en-
bark for Entebbe, in Central Africa.
One thing is certain, Mr.. Roose-
Welt will not enter the Congo terri
tory.
President Roosevelt has received
an invitation from Mr.. Mcmillan,
nephew of the late Senator James
Mcmillan, of Detroit, who owns
$4,000 acres of forest, mountain
snd jungle in the Nairobi district
of Uganda, to shoot over his estates
and use the comfortable shooting
boxes that have been erected in va
rious sections where big game is to
be found.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-04
RETURNS ARE
SLOW IN OHIO
Taft Wins State But Race Doubtful
In GubernatOrial Con-
test.
Special to The News.

Il
COLUMBUS, o., Nov. 4.-The re-
truns are slow in coming In. The
great length of the ballot has delayed
the count. The present Indications
are that Taft carries Ohio by $4,000
and that Harmon, Democratic candi-
date for Governor, is elected by TO-
900.
1t is doubtful if the rural districts
viii reduce Harmon's plurality No
returns on State ticket as yet.
Cox is elected to Congress in the
Third district and Longworth in the
first. The Democrats elect the other
member of Congress from Cmcin-
matt, making a Democratic gain of
one.
Harris for Governor loses Hamil-
ton county by 5000; Lucas by 1000;
Cuyahoga 1000. He carries Frank
lin by 1000 and is making steady
gain on Harmon.
Chairman Williams of the -Repub-
iican State Central Committee at
noon claims Harris has been elected
by $4,000.
COLUMBUS, O., Nov. Abb
precincts out of 4430 in the State
give Harris 19O,193; Harmon 2O6,-
SOL.
CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 4.-Har-
mon declares that he feels confident
that if ratio of gain continues his
plurality will reach eighty or ninety
CINCINNATI, o., Nov. 4.1762
precincts give Harris 194,454; Har-
mon, 209,760.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-04
Carries State
By 5000
Kentucky Remains in Democratic
Column BY Close
Vote.
Specl;l. 10 The News.

Specla. % The News.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, November A.
According to incomplete returns at
the headquarters of both political
parties and from various other sour
ces received here it appears that Bry-
an will get the Electoral vote OF Ken
lucky by "a majority that viii range
between 5000 and $4,000.
Kentucky's majority for Bryan Is
not far away from what it gave Par
ker in 1904. The Democrats, how
ever, increased their majorities III
Democratic districts this year over
1904, and likewise the Republicans
gained in the Eleventh District over
their 1904 vote.
The First District held its own, and
will, it is believed, show a Democrat
ic majority of 10000, while the Dem
ocratic ticket in the Second District
is thought to have won out by a ma
jority much higher than was expect
ed. 1t is believed here that the vote
will be between 1000 and 5000, and
that Representative A. 0. Stanley will
be returned to Congress by that fig
IRE.
r. Y. Thomas, Jr., the Democratic
nominee in the Third District, is a
sure winner, having a lead over his
opponent, A. d. James, of about 900
or 1000 votes.
In the Sixth District the Democrats
showed big gains, and the Seventh
gave Bryan and Cantrill 500.
Harvey Helm, with two or three
counties missing in the early returns,
is figured winner by about 1900.
In the Tenth District several of the
biggest Democratic counties showed
a falling off, and it now apears thai
John w. Langley has simply cantered
in in his race for Congress against
Amos Davis.
in the Eleventh District the returns
might give the impression that the
Republicans in the mountains were
still voting, for the Republican ma
jority has already reached 22,50O
and may go higher.