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The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
THE REAL. PROSPERITY.

The Star frequently has called at- tention 10 the fact that a commu- nity's prosperity depends almost wholly upon producing as much of the necessities of the people at home as possible, and keeping the money among our own people.
 One of the items that has taken thousands of dollars from Mena never to return, is the brick that has been used in the construction of its b business houses--practically all of which has been shipped in from the north, costing not only the price of the brick, but high freight rates as well.
 Any such condition is the reverse of real prosperity for any town, and The Star rejoices in giving it's read CTS the news in this issue that soon splendid brick will be made in Mena, using material that is said to exist in unlimited quantity.
 And this is but one product among many that money has been sent away for that should be kept among the people of Polk county. A few of our farmers are learning that they can make much more money and make it easier in growing hay than in raising cotton. Hay is shipped into Mena by hundreds of carloads annually. The money all goes away from us. It is like the water that has passed the mill wheel it will do no more for the man who sent it away, nor for his neigh bors.
 Every farmer and every citizen who sends a dollar to a mail order house back north has just impov- erished himself and his neighbor and his county that much. Every man or woman in Mena who does thls has contributed his or her part to making times hard in Mena-has sent away that much that would, if kept at home. furnish someone a chance to work, give some business man a sale. some farmer a better price for his produee-one more dol lar kept at home to work and work again and again for the community.
 It is these dollars kept at home. among our own producers and our own people that make real pros perity.
 The greatest weakness in the armor of Mena and Polk county is that this has been so long overlooked.
 If you would help your own and your neighbours prosperity. do all you can to keep your money work ing among your own people.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
DON'T EXPERIMENT
You Will Make No Mistake if You Follow This Mena Citizens
 Advice.
Never neglect your kidneys.

Never neglect your kidneys.
 If you have pain in the back, urinary disorders, q zziness and nervouSne g, it's tune to act and no time to experiment.. These are all symptoms of kidney trouble, and you should seek a remedy which is known to cure tee kidneys.
 Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy to use. No need to ex- pertinent. 1t has cured many stubborn cases in Mena. Follow the advice of Mena citizen and De cured yourself.
 ]. II. Clark, Tailor, Janssen Ave, Mena, Ark says: "When 1 say that Deans Kidney Pills are unequailed for removing back ache, ridding one of tired, Ian. guid feeling and tonlng up the kidneys and general system, I speak from personal experience. For about two years my kidneys dld not ac properly and l had about every symptom of kidney disease. tried first one remedy, then another but recieved little If any benefit until l began using Deans Kidney Pills, procured at the Palace Drug Go. They soon strengthened my back and kid- neys and restored me to good health y
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburu Go. i, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the uame-Doan S. and take no other.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
From the Electician's Note Book.

The tides of the bay of Fundy will be harnessed for electric power.
 An electric sand-papering outfit is one of the latest electrical devices.
 England is now in direcc tele- graphic communication with India, distance of 5. 374 miles.
 The adoption of electric furnaces in large steel plants is expected to produce a rail that the highest speed freight engines cannot injure.
 A device has been perfected, driven by a tiny General Electri. motor, for polishing stoves and ranges in hotels and restaurants.
 A wireless telephone is to be used along the coast as a fog signal. It has been tried out and found to work well under heavy weather con- ditions.
 Wireless communications have been successfully carried on from special train on the Lake Shore railroad to Cleveland and Chicago, while running at full speed.
 It is expected that in the early future electricity will supercede steam on all the railroads of Ger many. It will take nearly $135, ,000,- 900 to replace all the steam locomo- tives with electrics.
 The first practical demonstration in this country of the new process of telegraphing photographs was made March 4th when pictures of Taft and Roosevelt were flashed over the wires between Washington and New York.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

established by the state, and that Polk county is in the second district, that covering the southwestern part of the state
 Mr. Hamilton also states that Hope is already working to secure this institution for Hampstead coun- ty, having a committee in Little Rock trying to line things up in favor of our nelghboring county.
 What is Mena going to do about it?
 There is a good chance to get the the institution here if an effort is made,
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

her slush about affairs of the heart because of the golden grains or genuine philosophy and common sense:
 Superstition is the relic or the Dark Ages, and IS an amazing won der that we sensible. commonplace moderns should ever give 1t a thought.
 Do you think the Divine Power that guards the universe has time to notice that you have spilled the salt or walked under a ladder or broken d looking glass?
 Rid yourself of all such foolish nonsense. There is no such thing as the "evil eye" No human being has the power to cast a spell over you and affect your destiny. You must be strong minded enough to be above all such nonsense. Ar kansas Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
THE SHIRK.

When the lazy, good for nothing
 loafer, Is just a-laying around in the sun, There's wounded look should work
 be offered, No matter what the work or what
 the sum. His excuses are wonders in arrange
 ment; Re don't feel well," or he has
 hurt his thumb, He is waiting for man who owes
 him." Just the pleas of any ordinary bum. He hasn't got the grit of kitten, He has lost all the pride of self
 support, For he thinks somehow he'll get a
 living, But to real work he will never resort. Why the man should be allowed to
 cumber This fair earth without aiding in
 its work. Is beyond our best and keenest vision; He should be hoisted skyward with
 Jerk. The man who is upon nothing founded From the limb of a safe, convenient
 tree Should get dose of standing on
 nothing; In the air be left swinging clear and
 free. With this placard resting on his
 bosom, As warning to all who will not
 work: "I was lazy good-for-nothing fellow And was hung because l was a
 shirk. n S.S. Mena, March %, '09.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
MAKING TnINas LIVELY

The bankers and lawyers and law makers have all sorts of ideas re- garding the propriety of providing for a guarantee of bank deposits. The bankers generally seem to op- pose it-at least most of the Arkan- sas bankers do: the lawyers have opinions based largely on which side wants their services most, and lawmakers generally give most heed to the interests that most persistent ly prod them and, in Arkansas. the bankers are the ones who have made
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

thar desires known most effectively, and there is no organized effort to have law enacted that will assure a depositor that he can get his money when he wants it.
 In Oklahoma and Kansas, how ever. things are going on" in this direction. State banks provided with a guarantee of deposits are flourishing they are getting the money and this means prosperity, for it brings out money that other wise was held out of circulation, buried and hidden by owners fearful of loss through failing banks.
 And the national banks are learn ing hard lesson. They must either give up their charters and become state banks and get tle benefit of the guarantee law CT go out of busi- ness that is, the business will go out of them.
 The governor of Kansas and other influential men are in Washington in behalf of the national banks, try ing to show the comptroller that these banks should be allowed to get in under the state law if they so desire. The nationals know that they must find a way or cease to be nationals.
 These guarantee laws may not be perfect; they may be faulty and eaky and need Ill sorts of revising and remodeling, but one thing is sure, the people like the idea, and it is right they should. With this conceded, a safe and satisfactory plan can be developed.
 When anyone goes to a bank to borrow money-t this same money someone else has on deposit-the banker would think it a joke if the borrower expected to get it without the loan was guaranteed" Bank CTS do not loan money without a guarantee and bank official who did such a thing would soon be brought to time by his associates. Why, then, if when a bank loans money for interest, for profit, he demands a guarantee" that it be paid back on time, should not the same rule apply when a bank re- ceives your money on deposit and and pays nothing for its use?
 If this proposition is not an equit- able one. the people will have to be shown !"
 And, some day, when the Arkan- sas lawmakers get through scrap ping over the state house question, they may be induced to "see the light" and provide the same security for depositors in their state as those of some others are getting. After all, it is the depositors that cAst the most ballots at election time.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
FOURTH ATTEMPT
 TO WRECK TRAIN
Two Choctaw Indians Trailed by Hounds Jailed in Connection With Last Trial in
 Oklahoma.

Fort Smith. April 2. Follow ing the almost successful attempt to wreck a Midland Valley pas. senger train al Sans Bois, Ok, last night, another attempt was made on a west-bound passenger today by driving spikes between raii joints. This was the fourth attempt and when the train ran into the obstruction the passen- gers were thrown into a panic.
 Two Choctaw Indians, E6. mund Burnett and Wilson Tho mp son, are in the county j,ll at Stigler, charged with the crime, and third supposed accomplice is being pursued in the vicinity of Bokoshe by Special Agent Grant Huddleston and Deputy Sheriff Sam Tulk of Muskogee and Sheriff Allen and his depu- ties ot Haskell county, who are using the special electric car, O,sge, belonging to the Midland Valley compa ny, in their pursuit
 Th.s last attempt at tram wrecking was tried on the east bound passenger train today, due at San Bois switch at 9 a. Iil', seven miles from Stigler, ana was quite as buogling as the previous attempts.
 Seventeen spikes had been driven into the ties, but although the engineer did not see the oo' structiou in time 10 stop ms train, the engine passed over without derailmeut.
 The train was soon speeding on it's way to Muskogee, wheie officers Huddleston and Tux were detailed to the scene of ihe attempted wreck. The hounds, immediately took up tran which they followed straight to the house where Burnett anu Thompson live, and their arTeS' followed.
 The alleged motive for tfe crime is said tote he killing ol cow by a Midland Valley tralu a few months ago near San Bols'
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
vibrations undreamed Of by others in the quest of truth.
ROYCROFT PHILOSOPHY
BY FRA ELBERTUs

BY FRA ELBERTUS
 Only character counts.
 All human services is sacred.
 We cannot afford to be bigots.
 To carry responsibility gives sense of power.
 Co-operate and assist not crlt:- else and find fault.
 If you would be happy let not hap mess be your aim.
 The only right you need IS the right to be useful.
 There is no place for the man who lives in the squabbles of the past.
 It is getting so that tis harder to find a gentleman than genius.
 Perhaps the man who pardons an other is a fool or rogue-I really do not know.
 The best result of oratory is, that it reveals mans ignorance to him. self.
 Men who are untrue to trust are dangerous in proportion as they are clever.
 Everybody dig up. We will all feel better. Who wants the special favors anyway?
 Nature intended that we should all be poor, that we should earn our daily bread every day.
 High aims are good things, and like the mariners, we should steer our course by the stars.
 Every life is it's own excuse for be- ing, and should be judged as q whole, not in trivial parts.
 l would like to see a university devoted to turning out safe men instead of merely clever ones.
 Personal liberty is the art of dis crimination = knowing what you don't want and leaving it alone.
 It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
 Boys grow to be men-at least some do, and trust it will not be denied that all men were once boys
 I would rather be able to appre- ciate things I cannot have, than to have things am not able to appre- ciate.
 The great man is great on account of certain positive qualities that he possesses; not through the absencr of faults.
 When any man begins to pride himself on being a learned man, that instant there is a very large blue bottle fly in his cold cream.
 Bees have a scheme whereby they eliminate the useless drones. That is where the bees set man a pace But bees have no way of making a worker out of drone, and possibly that is where we score one on B'rer Bee.
 A man owes his first duty to him. self and that duty is to be gentle in his acts and moderate in his judg- ments. Thus does he conserve his strength over against the time when it is most needed, and stands ready to seize opportunity when it comes his way.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
Rap at Superstition.

There are lots of smart people that are superstitious.
 Why !?
 The answer presents an inexplic- able puzzle in atayistic tendencies.
 Thirteen, the evil eye. Friday. turning back alter starting a jour- ney, and all that ssrt of thing, are so silly that it is strange any one should give them a second thought.
 Just let Beatrice Fairfax speak and she should be excused for all
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
ils BALES OF COTTON BURNED.
Citizens Compress Company at Helena
 Is Heavy Loser.

Helena, April 4.-One hundred and fifteen bales of cotton was damaged by fire at ? o'clock this afternoon at press K2 of the Citi zens' Compress Company.
 The cotton is supposed to have caught fire from n Iron Moun- tain switch engine. It took be- roic work, owing 10 the high wind, to prevent total destruc- ton of the press.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

Do the farmers of Polk county know that among them are men who have ceased growing cotton and are now making more money grow ing hay than they ever made before :? That is one of the products that will keep thousands of dollars at home that now goes to other states.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

If Roosevelt was president now the Cannon-P -Payne-Aldrich bunch of tariff tinkers would be knowing more about the "big stick. Roose- welt wanted tariff revision that would help the people, not the manufacturers and trusts. Do we dare hope. even yet, that Taft diplomacy" may make good?
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

Fort Smith is preparing to spend $50, 1000 or more for parks, purely on the ground that it is paying invest ment. And it will be. But where's tie city that has or will have as beautiful park as Mena, even for double the money. Our park has been handled by lovers of Mena and beauty without pay.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
THE MENA EVENING STAR

s'To own the thing is iittle-to ere tae IL is much. '
 ssIf the corners of your mouth sag, smile, smile, smile r
 ''Eliminate the groueh or the gropch will eliminate you"
 We sometimes meet an original gentleman who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them. r Emerson.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

Hartman says he would like to see all the railroads under one man. agement. and expresses no objection to being the manager. There are s me people expecting him 10 be managing the Kansas City Southern before the summer is old. That s about the time all that heavy traffic talked about will begin to go over the line
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
Actual Facts.

For upwards of fifteen years Hunts Cure has been sold under strict guarantee 10 cure any form of itching skin troubles known. No matter the name-less than one per cent of the purchasers have requested their money back. Why? 1t simply does the work. For sale by all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

There are less Polk county men employed hauling lumber this year than for some time past, and more are putting in crops and growing the things that will keep their families and stock in comfort and plenty. That Is the best prosperity, When farmer follows this plan, hard time" mean nothing to him.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
wnAT WILL MENA nn ?

Representative John II. Hamilton writes to the Commercial Club that Arkansas is divided into four dis tricts for the purpose of locating the four agricultural colleges to be
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
Timely Comparison.

The average cost of transporting one ton one mile is: by sea-freights, l-10 of l cent; by railways, 1 cent; by good wagon roads, ' cents; by ordinary country roads, 25 cents. And some people won't make split log drag Farm and Ranch.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

The Arkansas Democrat says now watch the scramble to secure the location of the four institutions. :" This reference is to the four agri : cultural schools provided for Arkan- sas. Yes, there will be scramble, all right. and Mena must get in if it wins one of them.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

The Mena market for eggs, poul- try and good butter was never glut- ted. Good prices can always be had for all kinds of poultry products, and first-class butter can be sold at from 25 to 40 cents pound all the year. And these are crops that rarely ever fail.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

The senate has passed a bill to remove the state university to Little Rock. There probably are some reasons why such step would be justified. but there are a lot more why it should not be done.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

Yes, these days are pretty cool for April in Mena, but the low tempera- lures are the result of snowstorms and blizzards only few hundred miles away. Which do you prefer !?
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

Only one way seems open to pre- vent nations bankrupting themselves building battleships- the develop ment of airships into war machines,
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
charge.

Bryan, who is almost 30 years old now, has just announced that he lis still young" And no one had suspected that he was approaching second childhood.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

The revision of the tariff seems to be very much in the hands of the 'standpatters, who seem to want to revise 1t backward.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

Day by day hope grows less that the tariff revision promised means anything good for the common peo- pie. The 'standpatters" are in full charpe.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08

Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs quickly strengthens the lungs and eXpels colds. Get the genuine in a yellow package Sold by all drug gists.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-10-20
ShinQIe Roof Lasts Half a Century

An interesting bit of history re-
garding the lasting qualities of
wood was cleaned from Mr.. Mart
Bowels, on the Steel Ford pike.
Mr.. Bowles lives in a brick resi-
dence erected in 1893 by an early
pioneer. The roof of the house
remained undisturbed till 1854,
when Thomas Amos bought the
property and recovered the house
with blue ash shingles shaved by
hand and fastened with home made
wrought iron nails. This last
covering remained intact till this
summer, having served through a
period of 50 years. -Kentuckian.
Citizen.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-10-20
Crane Dismissed From Service.

Charles X. Crane, of Chicago,
who was recalled from San Fran
cisco as he was about to sail to take
up his duties as Minister to China,
was practically dismissed by Secre-
tary of Knox on Oct. II, Mr.
Crane wiring his resignation. to
President Taft after being request
ed to do so by the Secretary of
State. The minister is accused of
talking too much" and letting out
diplomatic secrets. In reply Mr..
Crane intimates that the Depart
ment of State deliberately set
about to bring about his retire
ment and insists that all he said
was done with President Taft's APP
proval and by the Presidents re-
quest.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-10-20
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
By the Qualified Electors of the
Iity of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.
Upon the Proposition as to
Whether or not Said City Shall
Incur an indebtedness of fifty
thousand Dollars for the Pur-
pose of Constructing a System
OF Sewerage in Said City.

Notice is hereby given that an
election. by the qualified electors
of the city of Mt. Sterling. Ken
lucky, will be held at each of the
regular voting places, in each pre-
cinct, of said city, between the
hours of 6 o'clock a. m., and 1
o'clock p. M, on Tuesday, Novem-
Der 2nd, 1909, to determine wheth-
er or not said city of Mt. Sterling,
Kentucky, shall incur an indebt-
edness of Fifty Thousand Dollars
$3.50. 000) for the purpose of con-
structing a system of sewerage in
said city. The amount of indebt-
edness proposed to be incurred is
Fifty Thousand Dollars, and the
purpose thereof is to construct a
system of sewerage in the city of
MT. Sterling, kentucky, and the
amount of money necessary to be
raised annually, by taxation, for
the purpose of paying the interest
on said Indebtedness and provid-
ing a sinking fund to pay said in
debtedness, is Four Thousand and
Fifty Dollars.
This ordnance shall take effect
from aud after its passage and
publication as required by law.
Approved
g. W. HARRIS, Mayor,
Attest
II. NJ. RINGO, Clerk.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-10-20
Bio Waste OF Gas.

The people of the United States
waste in the course of a year $33, =
900, 900 worth of gas. This state
ment is made by the President of
the National Commercial Gas AS
ISOLATION, William Clarke. One
of the ways in which gas is wasted
is by having wall coverings that
absorb light. Colors differ i'm
mensely in their power of reflect
on. The reflective power of vel
low wall paper, for instance, is 40
per cent, while that of emerald
green is only Is per cent. Dark
brown paper reflects - per cent.
and organge as much as so per
cent. 1t pays to be clean, for a
yellow painted wall that is soiled
has only half the rejecting power
of a clean yellow painted wall.
Wrong types of burners are an
other source of waste, and so are
burners that are out of order.
Having the chandelier too high
throws the gas where it isn't need
ed, and so wastes it. New York
Tribune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-10-20
Control Your thoughts.

Are you king in the kingdom
of your mindi
In other words can you Danish
any thought that you decide for
some reason it is wiser for you
not to think!
No element of self.possession is
any greater than that and the
sooner anyone who lacks it starts
in to cultivate it the better for
him.
Perhaps you think it is a per-
fectly easy thing to stop thinking
on any subject. If you do, it is
probably because you have had no
reason to try it. Make the test
some day and see if you don't
change your mind.
Some day when you are well
launched on some particular train
of thought-plans for your next
winters wardrobe, the arrange
ment of tomorrow's work or pref
ty dreams about a more distant
tOmOrrow-say to yourself, II am
not going to think about this any
more"
If it comes easy, if the thoughts
promptly obey your mandate. very
well. If they rebel. look out for
trouble.
Wilful thoughts make woeful
minds. Ruth Cameron.