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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-05-06
What must | do To Be
Saved.


Towe's G:c>i: IL. The main
leading objection which he claims
to be INTANGIBLE" is this as
he speaks it.
The writer seems to think
that God will now save the Jew
by one process and the Gentle
by another" He stated that we
said the above by saying ihi,
I'VE would have t. know whet-
her our queslioner was an Isra.
elite or Gentle Now We say
to; that il this had of been all
the evidence we CAV. in support
of the two gospels, then we
should own up that the argue.
ment was intangible. But the
readers of tn. CRESSET are to
well informed of tho truths of
the word OF God to be hooivink-
ed By Interpretations: or even 10
believe I'll at We did nc. give sui.
iiciert scripture 10 prove IT, any
honest intelligent thinking man
that III re is a difference b5ttesn
tie Jew and Gentle. For We
need only to tal'e tbs references
tie Bro. i.as given. Acts 2-3~
There Peter taught them that
they had 20 be baptized before
receiving the gift VI TIE hoy
ghos'. And a. the b. use II Cor.
peliJus Pe,er saw the Gen,iles
received iii T. gift before baptism.
II you come over here | viii oniy
ask ten minutes to kEcrE your
brec"s from under YOU, inst
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-05-06

twain one New man So making
Deace." Then let US see the
Bible answer t, the question.
Go teach all nations baptizing
them in the name OF the Father,
Son and Holy Spirit. teaching
them to observe all things what.
soeyer | have commanded you.
Matt. as-l,.
/ Tie commission is twofold in
its, application, just teach and
baptize the nations to make
christians o. them. Second
teaching them TO observe what.
ever tie Apostles commanded.
The condition OF the first part
are 10 the sinner. The second
TO the Christian.
Hence Jesus says. II you
ho,isvo 10, ,h.,1,u ha 80 .h,,,
die in vopr sins Again sroo,,
you repent yoa shall perish"
Luke IS )
""hatse YER shall confess me
before men. him will | confess
before my Father in hcaTen.'
Mat. lp-@..
Except man b. born Of wa.
y @Ed h saigi; he can no, Sc
the King len. John so.
NOW II n> So tAe Application
o:these scriptures in their pro.
parpiaces Az, Il 81.
Here ae haze lie ungeliay r
Instructed 10 bell Va on the Lord.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-05-06
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The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
REMEMBERED ORDERS OF soss
Clerk Ready with Suggestion to Ola-
 tory Customer.

James Rank prided himself on hay. ing the largest general store in the county. If a man wishes it, and it Is made, have il " was the sign over his store, and the motto which capped all his advertisements in the newspa. pers.
 George said the storekeeper one morning as he was giving instructions to green clerk, mo one must ever leave this store without making a pur- chase If person doesn't know what be wants, suggest something. And remember, we have everything from carpet stretchers to mausoleums.
 Georges first customer was leis- urely appearing chap, who gazed about curicusly, but had no definite object in view. Just looking around, :" he explained.
 Wouldn't you like to take look at our new line of postal cards?" sug gested the eager clerk.
 No, not this time." answered the stranger; I'm just a little short this morning."
 "Ah," urged the new clerk. then perhaps you'd like to look at our line of new and handsome stretchers?"
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
FIRST HAT WORN IN EUROPE
History Records That 1t Adorned tho Head of Charles VII. on Ills
 Entry Into Rouen.

Charles VII. on his triumphai en.ry 'nto Rouen in the year 14fa, we are told, astonished the whole city by appearing in hat lined with red silk and surmounted by plume of feath. CTS. It was the first time the citizens had ever seen a hat.
 Fr~-u this entry of Charles into Rouen the beginning of the custom oi wearing hats in Europe is dated. It was all very we'll for the rich citizen to follow the example of royalty, but when the clergy began to sigh for similar splendor it was regarded as falling away from grace. Priests or religious persons were at last forbid den to appear abroad in anything ex cept "chaperons, made of black cloth with decent coronets."
 A still more striking development took place in the sixteenth century By the statute of IS Elizabeth every per son above the age of seven years, and ander a certain degree, was obliged on Sundays and holidays to wear q woollen cap-made in England-and finished by some of the fraternity cap pers," under the penalty of three shii lings fourpence for every days neg lect. They understood how to support native industry Tn those days.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
DESCRIBING THE IDEAL WIFE
Men Have Many Opinions, and Not Few of Them May Rightly Be
 Considered Unjust.


 A Philadelphia clergyman collected and read from the pulpit last Sunday number of letters from husbands presumably model husbands-bearing on the subject of the model wife.
 One man wrote that the ideal wife should not spend $25 a week when the income was but s20. He probably meant that, in any event, s25 was too much and only an extravagant house. keeper would lavish any such sum up- on the home It was man of this sort who. when he got off the old and trite remark about the bread that mother used to make, was tartly told, Well, you don't make the dough that father used to make" The hardest domestic experience for any woman is to have her husband ascribe to her lack of thrift the failure to lay by money against a rainy day. when the real reason is that his own earning capacity is inadequate to supply the elemental requisites. Women as a rule are the savers rather than the spenders, and when the penny is laid by on its way to the dollar mark the saving is generally due to her econ omy
 Another man holds that it is the part of the ideal wife to keep herself neat and tidy. It is; but too many men throw the whole burden of the household drudgery upon a woman's shoulders. without once reflecting that maidof-all-work cannot keep her coiffure, her complexion, and her attire as immaculate as the lady of leisure, who may loiter as long as she likes before the mirror and the toilet table in her boudoir. It is source of unhappiness in many home that the man makes disparaging compari- sons between his careworn and pre- occupied wife and some airy fairy Lil- Han whose chief concern is whether her white shoes are spotless and her gloves quite clean.
 Another man believes that the ideal wife is one who does not harass the life and soul out of man" Heckling pr henpecking at home is beyond per adventure, the continual dropping that wears away a stone, but it Is only fair that the man should ask himself few gearching questions before he planes his better half Has he been kind or cross after the day worrisome busi- ness? Has he been thoughtful or neg ligent about the minor items that in hfe's appraisal make up the major portion of the inventory? The man who finds fault with his wife will sometimes find that lon his own head. in his own hands, the sin and the say { ing lies. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
SURRENDERED ONLY TO AGE
New York Cashier Who Had Fourteen Days of in Fifty-T~o Years of
 Sersics.

For 52 years Louis Nicolovian had been cashier and office manager for Schefer, Schramm & vogel, bankers and commission merchants at 4fo Broome street, and in that time ne had lost 14 days, the New York Times says. These came so far apart that most of the men in the office do not now remember that he was ever away.
 One recent Tuesday the tall. straight. black-haired old man did not appear 1t his desk. The employees re- membered that he had often said that he hated to see Sunday come in to spoil his work; that when on Mol day morning he got back to his ns- ures he had always seemed as happy as boy out of school.
 It was almost preposterous to tnink of him, though he was 97 years oid' as sick; it was even more preposter' ous to think that he had allowed any ordinary thing to keep him away from his ledger. Yet no word came rom him.
 The large force of men over whom he had charge talked ln Whispcis about the extraordinary thing that must have kept Louis Nicolovian away from his work. His chair seemed strangely vacant. There was about his closed desk and the corner where he always sat a depressing lonesome ness. It seemed as desolate as an olc country house when its occupants have departed and its windows ars nailed up.
 After three days absence, the oit man entered the office. The em ployes expected him to take his chai and go on with his figures. He didn't He walked into the private office o Carl Schefer. senior member Of tn firm. and remained there long time When he came out he walked to hi old desk, weeping, bade 1t siien farewell. Then he went out
 In the last few days his 97 year had at last forced him to recogniz their claim. He had voluntarily rt tired. For the rest of his life he to get pension of half his salary
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
A TRUST IN TOPEKA
FRUIT ANc COMMISSION MEN AR RESTED ON COMPLAINT OF
 ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ACTION BEGINNING OF CRUSADE
State Authorities Planning to Break Up Combinations Which Have for Their object the Maintenance of Hioh Prices of Food Products.

Topeka, Dec. 18.--All of the pro- duce, fruit and vegetable commission men of Topeka were arrested on a complaint of F. s. Jackson, attorney general, charging them with viola ton of the antitrust laws of the state. Those arrested were: Samuel E. Lux, w. 0. Anderson. Frank M Cope. Cord c. Smith, George P. Whiteker, Byron Willcuts. T. P. Armstrong and Burrel Collins. The defendants all are mem bers of the Topeka Produce and Fruit exchange, an organization which, it is alleged, has for its purpose the fix Ing and control of prices of food.
 This action is only the beginning. It is common gossip that some of the Kansas City Kan, packing houses and commission firms in Wichita and some other towns also are in the way of proceedings to be brought by the attorney general to see if he cannot break up the maintenance of prices and killing of competition in food products. The attorney general has agents working on the evidence in other cases and 1t is said that 1t is all in such shape that the proceed ings can be brought as soon as the papers can bea)repared.
 The actions are criminal and con yiction means fine of $1,000 and six months in jail for each offender
 Some of the schemes by which the alleged produce trust compels obedl- ence to It's orders are shown in the petition. There is one story of an Oklahoma man with a car of melons. He was arrested on a trival charge by members of the alleged trust. His melons were attached on a trumped up civil proceeding. all to prevent the sale of his melons to grocers. There is similar story of how a Southern Kansas man was prevented from sell ing a car of hickory nuts. Cabbage men, potato men. tomato men were in turn given to understand the trade was not profitable in Topeka.
 The trust makes the grocers be good. 1t is said. grocery firm re gently offered basket grapes for sale at attractive prices. He had not pur chased them from the trust and tho trust immediately placed in the hands of a nearby grocer baskets of grape. to be prominently displayed and solt at less than cost.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
FAMILY RUNS IN HARD LUCK.
Philadelphia People Have Good Reason
 to Complain of Fate.
Tere is a real hard Luck story.

Here is a real hardluck story.
 Two months ago the six-year-old son of Frederick Levy of 624 South Amer leon street, Philadelphia, fell in front CT a street car and had his left arm severed at the shoulder. Before the lad was released from the Pennsyl- vania hospital his mother and three other children were removed to the Municipal hospital with fever.
 Some days later eight-year-old Fred. erick Levy, at home with his father, ran from the house on an errand. Within a stones throw of his home he slipped and fell in front of a trolley car The left foot was taken off at the ankle.
 As he was being hurried to the Pennsylvania hospital the wagon in which he had been placed collided with another wagon at Fifth and South streets. The driver, Armond Scherer of 936 North Eighth street was thrown to the pavement and his arm was broken The injured lad was also thrown out, and the loss of blood occasioned by the delay came near costing his life
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
EilIninn Dolls, Houses.

Filipino youngsters are by no means hadly provided for as regards amus'' ment seeing that they enjoy the iur ury of a life-sized dolls house-thoug inc latter. it must be remarked. ' hut slightly different in proportion and appearance from the residence is. If the adult population of the Pnillp' hines The climate in these parts Y SO equable that the inability oi ihos' If inc parents to provide their on spring with other than very scah's clothing is of no consequences lndseu, clothing for children under the age q ten years is regarded as redunoan' and an unnecessary expense T "''' World Magazine.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
MEXICO SAT UPON
ENvoY's VISIT TO STATE DEPART. MENT IN BEHALF OF NlcAR-
 AGuA OF NO AVAIL.
TO CONFER WITH THE PRESIDENT
Enrique creel to Talk Over Nlcaraguan Situation with Mir. Taft, Who Will Decide Finally Mexico's Position in Present Operations.

Washington, Dec I5.--The march oi events in Washington in relation to Nicaragua was swift and the activities were notable in the state department, the war department and the two com mittees of congress that deal with in ternational affairs.
 Mexico sent to the state department a special envoy and the foreign rela- tions committee sent two members to the state department. The Mexican envoy's visit was without avail and a new tense situation was created in official circles. After all the confer. ences it is believed that President Taft will decide in day or two whether Mexico shall be admitted to participation in any action by this gov ernment for or against President Zelaya.
 Mexico's special envoy, Enrique Greet, called at the state department and laid before Secretary Knox what MT. Greet described as "a memoran- dun of my government to the Unlled States The memorandum of the Mexican government did not in any de- gree change the attitude of Secretary Knox or the spirit of the letter of the Taft-Knox Nicaraguan note. MT. Creel is to have an audience as soon as pos sible with President Taft.
 The attitude of congress toward Ze- laya will be presented in the senate Thursday by Senator Cullom, chair man of the foreign relations commit tee.
 According to an official report to the state department, President zelaya controls monopolies In practically every commercial product of Nica- ragua. Among his monopolies is tho Aguardiente syndicate, which handles rum made from sugar cane This monopoly paid 205 per cent in 1905. Another is the tobacco syndicate, which paid 15 per cent. and still an other is the cattle syndicate, which in cludes slaughter tax and cattle export duties, which pays two per cent month. He also has the sole right for exportation of cocoanuts on the At lantic coast; the exportation of turtles, sponges, pearls and mother of pearl on the Atlan.Ic coast; the fisheries on the Pacific coast; the monopoly for nail manufacturing and the soap trust.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
PRESIDENT zELAyA RESIGNS
Nlcaraguan Dictator Gives as His Req. son the Avoidance of Further
 Bloodshed.

Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 1S.--Jose Santos Zelaya has resigned from the presidency of Nicaragua. Apparently there was no other course for him to take The people were at last aroused. The guns of the revolutionists threat ened. The warships of the United States lay in Nicaraguan ports.
 "The painful circumstances in which the country Is plunged call for acts of abnegation and patriotism on the part of the good citiens, who are the witnesses of the oppression of the republic by the heavy hand of fate, ? zelaya wrote. "The country is stag gering under a shameless revolution which threatens the nations soyer- eighty, and foreign nation unjustly intrevenes in our crisis, publicly pro viding the rebels with arms, which has only resulted in their being de- feated everywhere through the hero ism of our troops
 ITO avoid further bloodshed, and for the reason that the revolutionists have declared that they would put down their arms when I surrendered the executive power I hereby place in the hands of the national assembly the abandonment of the remainder of my term of office"
 Who will take up the reins no one knows. It is sufficient that Zelaya. as dictator, will be known no more. There is no doubt that congress will act quickly on his resignation. for the people have demanded it.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
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The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
The Farthest Pint.

There are some unbelievers who would not be convinced by any evi dence that pr. Cook might produce to prove that he had been to the north pole A correspondent who was ire. ouently ferried across the Thames at Silyertown by an ancient mariner, now at rest recalls how the old fellow would always stoutly maintain that Nansen had never really been where he makes out he has been. This IS how I see it, sir There's a certain pint beyond where the Almighty never meant nobody to go. and none Of them can't get beyond that, whatever they may say" Where that pint" was did not appear very clearly but 1t was evidently we'll sonth of Nansen's far chest north.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
After the Honeymoon.

John w. Brooke tells good story at the expense of local man who married a couple of years ago.
 "He has most attractive wife. too," said Mir Brooke, "and I con graduated them both when it hap pened. Not long after that was walking along the street with this chap and we saw a mighty pretty girl am more or less esthetic in my tastes and things that are beau tiful appeal to me I commented upon the pretty face in appropriate terms and asked my companion if he didn't think the lady was dazzling.
 "'No,' he replied shortly. I don't notice girls on the street. I think a husband should have eyes only for his wife
 Well, that sounded pretty good. and l didn't say anything more. Not long ago, however. 1t chanced that several of us were on the street and this very fellow was in the crowd. A corking good looking girl passed by, and it was he who made the com ment that she was extraordinarily good looking.
 Hook here" I said, seizing him by the arm. I thought you said you didn't believe in looking at any wo- man except your wife | "That sort of nonplussed him for a minute and he looked the least bit sheepish. Finally he said. Well,
 did say that, but the truth is I've
 changed my mind '"-Louisville Cou
 rier-Journal.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
By candIe Time.

Tt did me good" observed youns girl who had just returned from Eng land. ito see. in real life, one of tho old customs my grandfather used t' tell me about--the burning of tfi time candle at an auction. In Berl' shire the old custom still prevails and when an auction is in progress and an article is put up for bidding short length of candle is lighted al the bidding begins. The shouting con tinues until the candle burns out, ant the last bid before 1t flickers its las is the ono thar takes the cake. don't know but 1t has an advantaf' over the going. going, gone variety but it is fearfully slow and un-AmeI tcann
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
LAB0R'S WAR ON STEEL TRUST
Possession of Stock by Workmen May Prevent the Proposed Strike,
 Say Officials.

Plttsburg, Pa, Dec 1S.-Pittsbura will be the chief battle ground of the war declared by the labor unions of this country and Canada against the United States steel corporation. There is unusual activity among the captains and lieutenants of the industry and a number of secret conferences were held
 IL was held that the corporation bases It's hope of preventing the strike on the fact that 10000 employees own stock in the corporation. which is pay ing them good dividends and steadily increasing in value
 There are 175,000 steel employees in and around Pittsbnrg who have never taken advantage of this opportunity to purchase the companys stock. Yet he steel magnates believe if the 40,- 900 stockholding employees remain steadfast no strike will be ordered.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
Oa, HANSEN REJECTS
 CLAIM OF DR. COOK
Danish Explorer Expresses Doubts of srooklyn Mans story-Has
 Faith in Peary.

Chrlstiana, Dec 1S-Fritio,a Nansen the famous explorer, has rejected pr rreaeNek A. Cooks claim to the dis. eoyery of the North Pole. Nansen,a action is one of the hardest blows that mas been struck at the explorer. His lIienas mad counted on the support of Nansen. Nansen accepts without quali. heation the story of Commander Rob. ers F Peary.
 The action of Nansen, once the rec. ord holder for having attained farthest north, and probably the best known Of the men who in recent years essayed the feat that both Cook and Pearv claim to have made, has caused a sensation While it can have no off. clal part as it stands in the considera. ton of Cooks data by the University of Copenhagen, it has already. never theless, done much to swing public opinion against Cook The comments appearing on his statement show thai 1t is one of the most important factor. in alienating from Cook those who formerly upheld him.
 While the University of Copenhagen committee is in session on Dr. Cook records this latest attack, coming oi top of the accusations made by Capt Loose and George H. Dunhe of Ney York, has turned much of the popula sympathy against Cook. Nansen's ae ton has sent many over the Pear side.
 Nansen's statement is straightfoi ward, like himself, and little more tha simple declaration of his doubts ( Cook and faith in Peary.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
An up-to-Date Book Plate.

The first woman to embody the sport of aeronautics in her book plate is Mrs. Courtlandt Field Bishop. wife of the president of the Aero Club of America. Mrs. Bishop is one of the few women of this country who have enjoyed the experience of sailing through the clouds. Her book plate represents the spherical balloon, the dirigible balloon and the aeroplane in flight over park. In the border is a King Charles spaniel. the type of dog Of which she is fond.-Country Life in America.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
M;mlcrv In Fishes.

Tn a lecture on fish photography al inc Royal Photographic societys exnl' aition. pr. Francis Ward said that the mower which certain fish possessed to change their color in harmony witn their environment resided in tnelr eve He placed pike in such posi- ton that it's head was in dark cham her while the reat of it's body lay ID bright sunshine. Although It's restihs nlace was perfectly white the pike re maineo black in color. But when ns reversed it's position and eauseu its head to be in the sun light it's color changed to very much lighter hue within ehs snace of few minutes It was evi dent that in fish, which possessed pre- tective powers of this kind to a great er extent than birds or any othel creatures, the light acted upon the op tie nerve. thus causing the pisnen cells all over the skin te contract O relax London Globe.