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The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
Rational Brevities.
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Habitual courtesy builds a great and charming character.
 Logical reason is the only road to just and correct conclusion.
 Love is like a tuning fork that sounds the key note of harmony in every situation of life.
 If your dog and cat is not bene- fited by your religion, rest assured it is not the genuine article.
 Conservation is often an evidence of weak mind, lack of courage, a sort of evasion from taking a stand for fear it may not be popular.
 He who is driven to prayer by trouble and danger may be very earnest but usually not very sincere.
 Every time you place shadow on another's character you put a blot on your own, and weaken your in- fluence.
 If there is a person for whom you have slight dislike. be kindly to- ward them and never speak of them to others.
 Many poor fellow plodding along the straight and narrow way" is discarded and ridiculed because The does not follow us.
 Every human act involves both a cause and a consequence. The con sequence will be helpful or detri- mental to humanity. Look to re- suits before you act.
 Every word spoken by human lips carries with it concentrated force given it by the intensity of interest the speaker feels in the subject, and may have such intense zeal as to make it well nigh irresistible,
 We are not so much responsible for our acts as for our thoughts. Acts are only the result of our thinking. Right thinking will show up in correct actions. It is the law of humanity.
 Do you know that a skeptic is ''one who is looking for truth. who is thoughtful, who considers, an inquirer after facts" Yet we are often warned against the skeptic as a gross criminal because he refuses to accept as truth statement with out an investigation.
 Emerson says: Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit" We are so anchored to materiality that we sit and weep in vain while the voice of the AL mighty saith Up and onward tor ever" We are all on a great excur- sion through eternity and no acci- dent can possibly befall us as the unerring hand of Diefy is in charge.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
Democrats and .'Iasurrtn.s." !"

There is an overwhelming public sentiment against the reelection If Speaker Cannon and the readoption of the rules of the last house. The country has awakened to the fact that its representatives have net represented it, but that business in the lower house of Congress fer some time has been ordered and executed or obstructad and pre- vented by the speaker, fortified b, his committee on rules. It has witnessed slayish subseryiency to this system on the one hand and helpless opposition to it on the other.
 But the country knows that the members of the house, collectively
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
The Foolish Man.

The St. Louis man whose wife sued him for a divorce on the ground of assertion, was very foolish, if all the facts in the case were as pub lished. His reason for deserting his wife was because he grew tired of her iron-clad rules and regulations.
 At first blush these rules and regulations do seem somewhat harsh, but still the fellow was fool ish. Rule was to the effect that hubby had to be in bed by a certain hour and the hour was s p. m. A gong announced the time for retir- ing. Rule 2 required that he re- move his shoes at the door. Rule 3 was to the effect that he must pay his wife $10 a week, besides the grocer's bill. Rule 4 provided that he should laundry" his own clothes. Rule 5 was to the effect that he should give the pet dog two baths a week. Rule 6 related to table ethics and was to the effect that he should convey his food to his mouth upon a fork. The seventh rule was that there should be no smoking. The eighth commandment was a sani- tary measure and provided that he bathe at frequent intervals, but the fact that the commandment came after the one relating to cleanliness of the dog leaves a doubt in the mlnd as to whether the dog was not considered a more important ami nal in the domestic economy than the man. Rule 10 related to atten- tions to other females, and provided that he should not speak to women when he was unaccompanied by the wife.
 Now, it does seem that any man, with such set of rules laid down by wife, ought to get great deal out of life. People have crossed oceans in an effort to find less excitement than he ought to have been able to find at home. Seldom have we read of man so fortunately situated, and into whose life such opportuni- ties of pleasure has been poured. Just think what fun it ought to have been to that fellow to have lured his wife into the basement Cwice a day and paddle her with barrel stave Southwest American.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
Body Found In River.

Ottumwa, la, Mar. 7.-The body of Fred. Loerche, with the throat cut. more than dozen knife stabs in the body and gash in the head, inflicted presumably with an axe, was found Tn the Des Moines river Friday. Loerche was held up and robbed few months ago by five men. Two of these men, Frank Ash and Fred Young. were sen
 fenced to l5 years in the penitentiary for the crime. Loerche was missing when tha cases were tried but the men were convicted without his testi- mony. It is now believed that mem. bers Of the gang murdered Loeche be. fore the trial to prevent his testimony
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
TO STUDY LIQUOR PROBLEM
 IN rlISSOURI.

Governor Hadley of Missouri pro- poses to take up the liquor problem along the same lines that President Roosevelt has suggested for the tariff-appoint an unbiased, non- political commission to study the question at issue. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has the following to say of the proposal, under the head ing Let Us Have Light"
 Governor Hadley's reported plan for the creation of commission to study the liquor traffic and the work ing of laws and methods adopted in other states and countries to control and regulate it for the guidance of the state legislature in devising laws on the subject, is sane and sensible. The only sound basis of legislation is full knowledge of the principles. the facts and the results of experi- ments in the past.
 The governor is right in saying that the liquor question is social, not political. Social questions are deli cate and intricate. They require the most intelligent consideration and treatments. Efficient legisla- ton for the regulation of social GUS toms and conduct can only be framed by careful study and wise compre- hansion of social forces and tenden- cies.
 Never was there such reckless plunging in experimental legislation on the subject of liquor traffic as there is today. Most of the experi- ments are not only futile but dis. astrous. They intefere with the private conduct of citizens, disturb conditions, destroy property and 1 deprive thousands of the means of 1 living without accomplishing the desired object. Extreme measures are always futile. Prohibition does 1 not prohibit and excessive regulation I nulllties regulatiye lava.
 There is chaotic tumble of pro- posals bearing upon the liquor traffic before our state legislature; nor is this condition exceptional. Prae- ticaly every legislature is afflicted
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
ROOSEVELT AT HOME.
He Receives Calls From Many News
 paper Men.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Mar. 7.--Ex- President Roosevelt's first day as a private citizen was spent in a decid- edly quiet manner at his home at Sagamore Hill, which was swept clear of snow by gale of cold wind and has the appearance of desolate and bleak place. Notwithstanding the cold wind of Friday, MT. Roosevelt was out early attired in knickerbock- CTS, brown flannel shirt and heavy walking shoes and took his daily ex- ercise In the woods.
 His day was interrupted by calls from a score of newspaper representa- tives to secure an interview At first he refused to talk. Finally, however, he consented to say few words, and made the first public announcement of the date and steamer on which he Is to depart for Africa, which is March 23, by the steamer Hamburg.
 It Is a happy family at Sagamore Hill. Mir Roosevelt is enjoying an uninterrupted democratic life and in tends to continue to enjoy 1t until starting on his hunting trip.
 More than anything else MT. Roose welt needs, he found Friday, his secre tary. A deluge of letters. telegrams and cablegrams poured into Sagamors Hill Friday, bringing to the former president the kindly sentiments oI friends from all parts of the world. Sd great is the number of these mes sages that Friday he asked the press to announce that while he appreciated these and would like to reply to each 1t is a physical impossibility for hin to answer even one tenth of them.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

are solely responsible for the condi- lions under which they serve, so far as the rules and regulations o: pro cedure are concerned, and It mas taken note, as never before, ot those who have sanctioned the arbitrary rule of the speaker and those who have opposed it. <,
 The country also knows that even n if the old alignment on the side3 o1 Speaker Cannon is again formed m the new house-so far as the changed membership will permit-the so, called ''insurgent" Republicans ana the full strength of the Democratic side could depose Cannon and adopt new rules, or could force new rules even if it chose to submit to the re- election of the speaker. The party spirit of the country is now free and generous enough to demand that the right forces of Congress hang together, just as the wrong forces do. Such union will be possible only through strong leadership on the Democratic side and equally strong leadership for the "insur,, gent" Republicans. What Will Representative Clark. the minority leader, do to break up the Cannon machine? That is the real question
 The house ought to elect a pro. gressive speaker to take the place or Cannon, the reactionary. And, al least, should permit the reelection of Cannon only on the basis of the new rules desired by the progress sivcs, which would disarm Cannon and make him servant instead of dictator. Kansas City Times.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
MosT PEOPLE THINK so. Too

''TLe incoming Congress should prompt y pass a postal savings bank bill. " President Taft.
 That is what most people think probably fully 99 per cent of the people of the United States. But it is the prevalent plan when any subject comes up for adjustment in which money is at issue. for legislators to rush around to the bankers for au- thority as to what should be done - and this small minority get busy at once and shows by made-to-order facts and figures how this or that plan is all wrong how it would destroy the business interests, etc. They think it is all wrong for the people to put their savings with the government, where they may be sure they are safe, and where the, can be had when wanted. Of course it isl If this was done, the bankers could not get the money upon which to operate.
 And so. despite the fact that presi, dents, postmasters- general and the people, year after year have prayed for a postal savings system, Congress has not made provisions for it. IL
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
NEGROES SLASHED
 TWO RAILROAD MEN
George H. Furlong Killed and W. |. Oden Seriously Hurt-One Black Captured Surgeons
 Rushed to Scene.

Fort Smith, March 7.-ln put ting two negroes off an east bound Fort Smith & Western passenger train at Boley, Ok., Conductor George H. Furlong was fatally stabbed and his brak man, w. l.. Oden, seriously cut tonight at 8 o'clock. A special train with three surgeons left Fort Smith tonight to care for the wounded men.
 The negroes were stealing a ride on the "bl,nd baggage, Conductor Furlong stopped the train to put them of and went forward with his brakeman for that purpose. They were at- tackled by the negroes when they undertook 10 eject them. Fur long was slashed across the stomach. His injuries are con- sidered fatal. Oden was stabbed four times in the body.
 Oue of the negroes was cap tured, the other escaping. A posse of indians from Weleetka, town near Boley, are seeking him.
 Boley is an all-negro town 5000 inhabitants, 80 miles west of Fort Smith.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
IN THE SPANISH
 AMERICAN WAR

During the Spanish American War many of our soldiers suffer ed severely from cramp in the stomach and bowels, due in most cases to the change of climate and the water they were obliged to drink.
 Mir. Geo. A. Lake, of Dennison. Texas, gives an interesting account of how he came to the relief of some of the men Tn his reg.ment: -''Just as was starting for the war" says Mir. Lake, "Mr Davis gave me large bottle of SIoan's Liniment. 1 used it in our troop at Camp Mobrey for cramps and dysentery among the men. It took finely and lots of the boys of Troop l., lst Tex. Cav. U 5. w.. will never forget the name of Sloan's Liniment. One case in particular was our bugler, Fred Ormsley, he was cramped until he could hardly stand it. 1 gave him q dose of SIoan's Liniment and in five minutes he was up and ready to go on with thetroop."
 Every druggist carries Sloan s Liniment in stock. You can get it in 25c soc. or $l O0 sized bot ties. It's a good thing to have in the house for rheumatism, tooth ache, sorethroat, asthma and any pain or stiffness.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
For a sinaer RaIIro.d noard.

Topeka. Kan. Mar. 7.-Gov. Stubbs sent special message to the legisla ture Saturday in which he recon mends that the board of railroad com. missioners be increased from three to five members on account of the addi tional work imposed on the board. He says: have no disposition whatever 10 interfere with the constitutional prerogatives of the legislature to make the law of the state, but 1t Is my sincere duty to press upon your attention those matters which I be- lieve promote the general welfare of this commonwealth.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
UNDER THE YOKE.
annot wear the old c!othes

l cannot wear the old clothes
 wore last spring, alack Because my waistband now has crept Quit halfway up my back And as for sleeves, more dolorous Than ever is my song Whereas they have been full and short, Today they're small and long Fen one's anatomy is not
 Exempt from sudden change; We take on flesh or cast it of,
 ln manner passing strange Dame Fashion says: You must be fat, Or Syelte, or quaintly lean, More Botticelll-like-n and To-
 No other type is seen Oh, Mother Eva, why did not you Withstand the serpent's wiles Then we, your daughters, had not
 known
 This curse of varying styles Mazie V. Caruthers in New York Times.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
Favors Changing Inauguration Day.

Washington, Mar. 7.-Speaker Can non of the house Friday declared him self in favor of changing the date Of the presidential inauguration from March to May l. and added that as one representative in congress he would lend his aid in any effort to bring about this end. T witnessed the dreadful weather conditions that prevailed in 1872, when four of five hundred people caught their deaths. :" he said, T recall the Harrison in- auguration with the soaking chilling rain storm, and the snow and icy gale that made life miserable at Cleve- lands second inauguration. If the change of date Is made, 1t might as well be fixed later than April for even April rain would cause great discom. fort and much sicknessand should think that May would provide more certainty of fair weather"
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
KICKED A DOG AND THREE ARE ESTABBED Clarence Bollinger May Die. Fran Thompson and Sid Medford
 Are Seriously
 Wounded.

Fort Smith, March 7.-In |, desperate fight over the kickirg of dog, which its owner reseut ed, three young residents of For Smith were stabbed by five farm CTS in the freigbt yards of the Iron Mountain this morning st, o'clock. One of the men, Clat ence Bollinger, may die. Th second man, Frank Thompson, n in a critical condition. The lr. iuries of the third man, Sid Med ford, are severe.
 Bollinger, Medford and TbomP son were passing through tt' yards when they met the hV farmers, who had been drinking One of them viciously kicked BOI fingers dog. Bollinger strud the fellow. A fight followed, th visitors using knives.
 Bollinger was stabbed IA time and is not expected to recovi from his wounds.
 Frank Thompson got 20 cut on the back and arms. Medford was cut five times, or' of the cuts requiring r inches Il close.
 The assailants fled from towr but Charley Faulkner, an ludiatI was captured at Muldrow, Ok A bloody knife was found in hf pocket, and it is believed he { one of the men engaged iu th' l fight.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
Site for s Monument.

Cleveland, Mar. 7.-The little plot of land in Collinwood upon which stands the ruins of the school house which burned year ago Thursday. and snuffed out the lives of ITO ch,T. dren. will be purchased by the state and will be held forever as probable site for a monument. The legislature at Columbus made this possible F-i- day by the final passage of the Scha-e CT bill. It now awaits the governors signature.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
Peaches Killed at Grannis.

J. E. Collins of Graunis was | Mena Monday on business au brings the discouraging repO' from the fruit growers ot ihal section that their peach crop ' practically killed. The loss cam at the time of the sudden ar severe cold spell of three ween ago.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

is another instance of where the will of the few and the welfare of the few dominates the will of the many.
 And all that Is needed to reverse the iule is for the many to get to- gether and whip their representa- tives into seeing the light. "
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

Notice to Buns: The Mena "jug"
 is almost ready for occupancy. De- cupants will be safe from being rob bed when inside, and it's easy to get in. The builder offers any ambitious worker a hammer and cold chisel and fat prize if he works out in a week. The meals served at this hostlery are substantial. and all guests are assured of plenty of exer- else on the streets of the best town in Arkansas to make them palatable.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

Patten, the wheat speculator, has forced the price of wheat to SIPS per bushel--after the farmers have sold all of their grain. He has also forced up the price of four in like proportion which the consumer must stand. Another instance of the glory of the system by which gam blsrs regulate the prices of necessi- ties.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

It was the custom years ago for mothers to hide doses of bitter medi- cine in peach marmalade and other fiHe favored dainties. In dealing with trusts and bad corporations the new president has promised to give just as big and bitter doses as did Roosevelt, but may be expected to hide them in diplomatic marmalade.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
Why Can't They Remember It }

When the wives and husbands of the land realize that the wives and husbands they have to fight to keep are not worth fighting for, there will be less domestic infelicity. Thought about it ?-Arkansas Democrat
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

You may wade through dozens of columns about the new president and the old president but find never a word about the vice president, or whether he was inaugurated or not. Sherman may yet have to hire a press agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

According to voluntary taxpayers there are just one gross of dogs in Mena. The chief of police, how ever, is skeptical. and will send an officer around to see what has be- come of the thousand or so that have been seen about the streets.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
rnn MENA EyENING srAR

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The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

Suppose that Ohio preacher would like to incorporate with the whisky prohibition laws provision against kissing. Then would follow blind tiger kissing, and most everybody would want to know what it was
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

Fix President Roosevelt" :" No matter what you think about it-the special interests will never forget that he started things" that gave them heap of worry.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

An airship trust is the latest, but it will be considerable later before the common people will begin to feel any great oppression from it.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

In dealing with the liquor ques- tion and it's control every once in a while some one suggests licensing the drinker instead of the seller. Really, would not this keep more men from drinking than the present ,nln~o
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
Must Supply Remedy.

He who criticises, be he ever so honest, must suggest a practical remedy or he soon descends from the height of critic to the level of a common scold. Hubbard.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

The kiss is an intoxicant and, like the saloon. must go," declares an Ohio minister. He further says: "I have carefully inquired into the natter. and find it is not at all nec- essary." And yet, in five or six states they are trying to pass laws to tax bachelors!
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

In Kansas the bucket shop" has joined the barrel house"-both being unlawful.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

In the East deaths from terrible blizzards and snowstorms. In Polk County sunshine and songbirds.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

Laws grind the poor where rich men rule the laws. Goldsmith.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

WAhNINI UhDEH. J. r. and M. II. Zeigier, plaIntiffs, vs . k. Vincent, defendant-ln the Polk Chancery court.
 The defendant, E Vincent, Is warned to appear Tn this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintins, ] " and M II Zeigler
 March s, i909 H. Green, Clerk.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11
FraiI Women
 Aided Frel

The woman who is by nature v ~ robust cannot be too careful oi ps x. health. The foundation of all hesls q is in the stomach. Without good ' gestion the body is not nourished, q. then soon becomes feeble and wes' In order to have good digestion l's ular bowel movement is absolu's.s ~, necessary, and it is at this point '1' SO many women neglect themseiv.sh
 In any of these conditions you canneos.@s better than to take Dr. CaldwelIs Ss Ss Pepsin, the remedy that thousansSsr Srs. delicate women are using. II IS tne n family laxative, and in addition o"rsh s wonderful power to cure chronic s0 cos patton and chronic indigestion, " s tains tonic properties that strengthen
 stomach muscles so that in time lh.J aa { work naturally again without the ~
 medicine. .a. ts
 Any druggist win sell you bot,e botne.as ' the small sum of 50 cents, thousn sps ps'a a who have used the remedy peloi' Mr know what 1t is buy the sf size. Amanda Brannan, of Alvarado, sS ( is 65 and feeble, uses 1t regula'xx xxstM speaks in the highest praise or U. .h,,sIa Pine, of Marion. Ind, Is also an ensnJsb 1sbs of this wonderful remedy and sne rka she had the fortune to tell the s5 world about it. Both these ladies, as s,r as hundreds of others we coulu raA first became acquainted with Dr; s;oStoa wells Syrup Pepsin through the oo ts offer to send any sufferer a ree
 bottle direct to the home. u,,HeT
 He will send you or any other srsrsis a sample bottle free of charge on i's sss of your name and address. lt .so'ibs derfuIly effective in the stomach u usg ts of children and babies, girls enteI,,rss
 period of menstruation and old io'A7
 of whom need gentle laxative, ab
 svs. Vf 4hara ia anything as
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-11

If there is anything your ailment that you 2, 2, understand. or if you ~, any medical advice, ss s to the doctor, ana ss ,.s,s answer you fully. Tnsr ls'ls no charge for this SCI ~ The address is Dr. u .Is, Caldwell. bo2 caidwen Monticello. Ill