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from oblivion the ancient idioms and to recover all words that have been lost from the language. This work is to be completed by April '. 1921, the Centennial | of Hellenic.
 After the fall of Rome. Latin long struggled to maintain its importance as the vernacular, and while for ages 1t was preeminent in literature, in diplomacy and in the church, nevertheless it's doom was sealed as a spoken language. In Italy it died slowly and the development of the Italian language was correspond ingly retarded. Indeed, 1t was not until the 18th century that the Italians felt that they had a language sufficiently virie and comprehensive for permanent work in literature.
 But Latin expired at last, and was laid among the dead language Therefore, tho displacement of a na- tonal tongue Is not impossible
 But one might ask: What will be tho advantage of having one universal lan- guagef I answer:
 First, from the standpoint of religion. With one universal tongue the "Ecclesia docens" would find it's opportunities un- speakably multiplied Without in any way affecting the integrity of the ancient creeds or the venerable formularies, it would address the whole race in one lam guage whose words would mean the same throughout the world. What the venera- ble Latin church has done in part would be done entirely.
 In the next place, universal language
 
 out the mediation of translator Often translators, by lack of scholarship, give us grossly inadequate renderings of works. and we cannot help ourselves. With a universal speech the translator's occupation would pass away. Then, too. many problems of diplo- macy and International perplexity could be more readily avoided and occasions for strained relations would be fewer. Wars have come from failure of inter- pretation of some foreign term, a word meaning too little or too much according to the understanding of the translator. It is thought that the Crimean war was due to msinterpretation of a note sent from the Tsar of Russia to Louis Napo- leon.
 Nothing but good could come to the scientific world by universal adoption of one language. Already have some of the French scientists expressed their de- sire for one worldwide tongue, and they have said that 1t would be we'll if English were that tongue.
 But here l must stop.
 Victor Hugo, in True History has given this most curious passage: "Why, in his coffin at the Escurial, is the head of the Infante Don Carlos severed from his bodyf The father Philip the Second, replies. Because the Infante having died a natural death. the coffin was found too short and the head had to be cut off,"
 The coffin of these columns is so short that while have not cut off the head of this paper, have had to cut out very much between head and foot.
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marriage and divorce and desertion-- more's the pity.
 If the pase crime of family desersion could be elevated to the dignity of an infracticn of the tobacco or whisky laws federal inspectors and secret service men would te able to mete out swift judg- ment against these deserters.
 In the absence of a national maria ye and divorce and assertion law the only thing to do is to see that severe penalties are provided by the states and that the state officials are zealous in the pursuit, arrest and extradtion of the truants
 That manor creature in mans simili- tude-who will deliberately desert the wife he has sworn to protect and the children he has brought into the world Is guilty of the most atrocious crime in all the catslcg Of heartlessness.
 The males of animals will fight 10 tic death to protect their own.
 There ara absolutely no extenuating excuses for the cowardly Th,na that runs away and leaves wife and chidrsn to the pJtiful struggle for bread or tho cold mercles of public charity.
 Let ail such be followed not only by the sting of society's scorn, but by the stern officiary of an outraged law
 Pin Ears was a buclxing broncho.
 In his way he was an actor and on occasions like frontier day. did his stunt as any other professional.
 Pin Ears was a tight little pony, with muscles of steel, a quick mind and a rebellious disposition.
 From his birth he was a rebel.
 No man ever stayed long on his back. The nimblest "broncho busters" in Wy oming met more than their match when they straddled bucking Pin Ears.
 He was a graceful little brute, and to look at him you would not think his name spelled disaster. But he had an in- stinctive hatred of the saddle. Finally one day his owner roped him, and the perverse pony threw himself, breaking his neck.
 Do you know there are men just like that pony?
 They have never been 'broke" to the saddle and rebel against carrying the common burdens of life we must all carry. By bucking they succeed for time in lodging their duty. But their end is as inglorious as that of the rebellious pony.
 Because
 It was decreed in the beginning that
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to build big brick house. I reckon that true artist would agree that the marble image of Father Marquette is the finest piece of sculpture in the hall. l shall never cease to congratulate Wisconsin for it's contribution. The state delegation in the House of Representatives defiantly and indignantly refused "to present. the statue of this Catholic priest. The A. F.
 A. was abroad in the land then, and we heard all that cant about "the little red schoolhouse." I remonstrated with one of the Wisconsin members and insisted that he make a speech presenting the statue, but he would not, and was dis posed to get into a cussing match with me over it, and we had 1t pretty hot.
 William F Villas presented the statue in the Senate in one of the most brilliant orations I ever heard, a classic, and if that same Villas had been the genial man Joe Blackburn or Henry Watterson is, he would have been captain of pretty nearly every crowd he got into. For in tellectual capacity he was the equal of every man in the Senate every day he was there. Nearly everybody called
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be because you get tired and hungry and sleepy
 why7 Because you can enjoy to the full the great luxuries of rest and good appetite and sleep.
 For you know there arc many people who grow weary in mind. but who arc never truly tired in body; people who force themselves to eat without being hangryi people who try to sleep and can not.
 To be tired is a blessing.
 Work is the great panacee of life. the best recipe of nature. Work is the best cure Of psyootherapy," says pr. Robert Cabat, professor of medicine at Harvard.
 And therefore, MT. Man, if you arc obliged to work to the point of tiring to make both ends meet; if you are bound by the insistent demands of fam fly until you are tired, madam-blessed are you.
 Work rightly understood and rightly performed is a great Joy in itself. And 1t is the greatest euro in the world for grief and sorrow No wonder Adam and Eve 'fell.'
 They had absolutely nothing to do but to roam through the garden and pluck what they wanted-save from one tree. Any man or woman with nothing whatever to do will fall.
 Before the 'fall' Adam and Eve never got tired, because they never 1abored.
 And so the primeval fiat. 'in the sweat of thy brow thou shalt eat thy bread" was a blessing in disguise. It set them to find joy in work and comfort in rest.
 The greatest curse of humanity is not that of forced work, but of forced idle ness. Thousands of people are under that curse. They have never known what it Is to get physically tired. They have never done an honest days labor in their lives-
 Pity them. Do not envy them. Pity them.
 They know nothing of the sweetness of congenfal labors. They have never known the joy of resting from labors. They have never been tired. They are miserable
 Emerson taught us a lot about com pensation-how everything in the world averages up. So it is worth while, it pays, to get tired. because labor is the law of life. because rest follows tire, drowns sorrow Feel sorry for your neighbor, poor thing, who has nothing to do but to ''enjoy- life. Tired?
 That is good way to be.
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the horse should obey the bit and the man should do his task.
 The horse was never buile. for success ful revolt against his master, man, nor man for continuous rebellion against his Master. God.
 The horse must learn to be 'bridle wise" the man must learn to obey the law of God which demands that man must labor.
 Besides
 It is not profitable to kick against the goads.
 To undergo the strain that is necessary to shake an expert rider off his back is mighty hard work for pony. Likewise 1t requires a strain for man to go through the world without performing honest labor He who gets without giv- ing must be even more strenuous than he who gets by rendering honest equivalents. It is harder work to continually dodge task than to perform it. The outlaw and the swindler may, like Pin Ears, shine for day because of audacity and shrewdness; but, like the pony. they cannot always sidestep the disaster that is coming. Don't be a Pin Ears.
 To be sure, the girth is tight sometimes and the saddle gals you. Sometimes the bit gags and the spur stings, but it Is better. both for ponies and for men, to go the common pace. The only way to beat the game of life is to play 1t out and play fairly.
 The only way to w4n the race of life Is to enter for straight heats.
 If "every dog has his day." then the day of north pole discovery Is certainly the day of the dog. Newspapers and periodicals and sci- entiflc bodies and lecture platforms and moving pictures are engaged In the con troversy which promises to last aNewin- ter or longer between the partisans of Peary and of Cook. Mutual friends of the two explorers are almost at dagger's point, and the people are divided into two great hos tile camps over the question: Did Cook and his two Eslximos or did Peary and his negro first run up the flag in the airy regions of the frozen coun- try of the north pole? It is not altogether unlikely that we may really never know who is entitled to the honor of being the first discoverer. And In whosoever favor science event ually may decide or if it decide in favor
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him a great orator. but he had some mannerisms I did not like, and his voice, to my ear, was harsh.
 The statue of Sam Adams is fine, and, the southerner you are, a contemplation of 1t gives you a better, a more benevo- lent conception of the Yankee. You are bound to say that this fellow was man. as he stands there with folded arms, iron lips, massive chin, and seems to say George III, l defy you!"
 And that reminds me of the presenta- ton of Governor Kings statue by Blaine The 'Plumed Knight" was a cocky fellow and always had chip on his shoulder Maine was the original secessionist and went off from Massachusetts. Blaine re- called that history, and sailed into the old Bay State, calling her tyrant and other harsh names, and justifying the re- bellion that Maine not only threatened but actually committed. But he was not to go scot free Old Father Hoar came back at him with at least two Hollands for his every Oliver.
 Not many of the southern states have
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essay" and right nobly did the old Scot from Kentucky do it. They were the best of personal friends-Beck and Morrill-but it was impossible that they could think alike on any subject that had a bit of politics in It.
 But while old Morrill, was as Yankee as Yankee could be, the old fellow loved the south, and admired 1t as much as any southerner ever did. He was a grand old man, and lived to be nearly 90 years of age.
 As I say, old Father Morrill, was the author of the Valhalla, and it was the poetry in the man that suggested 1t. He ought to have been born at the south, for in everything but locality he was intense ly southern, as was Webster. On the other hand, John c. Calhoun and Stone wall Jackson were Puritans. And such are the tricks that Fate plays with us her subjects
 I do hope that old Kentucky will send Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln as her contribution. The glorious motto on her great seal is Limited we stand, di- vided we fall." as two brothers with eyes
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fCopyrighted, 1909, by Edwin A. Nye.) W/HY are there lazy boys and lazy w msn' @ Are Are. they born so' Berlin has made a laboratory study of boys, and he is one of the leading author ities in Europe. He says:
 "No one is born naturally lazy. One born indolent and inactive Is already diseased by some other cause than lazi- ness. The chronically lazy boy is at the start as healthy as the average child As the boy continues to refuse to do his work in school, his duties at home, his labor in shop and field great physical change takes place in him."
 Dr. Bsrgman continues:
 He physically becomes so that he can rot help being lazy except under power ful curative treatment"
 Tn other ords laziness is disease.
 By his habitual refusal or neglect to do the dulles that confront him from tune to time the boy really becomes ccnstitutional,y lazy and naturally grows up an indolent and shiftless man.
 Therefore, !he duty of parents Is plain. Instead of shielding the boy from la DOTS, even hardrhips, these must be im- posed upon him until he willingly shoul- ders responsibility and forms the habits of industrious application.
 There is excuse for the boy who IS permitted deliberately to contract the dis ease of laslness, but there is no excuse for the father or mother who will per- nit 1t.
 Lazy boys are made, not born.
 Boys who I've in towns and cities are peculiarly exposed to the bacillus of lazi- ness because it Is not always possible to give the boys suitable employment. Country boys usually have plenty to do.
 And that Is one reason why the boys from the farm generally are successful when they come to the city They have been disciplined into the habit of in dustry
 The city or town is not good place to rear boys, and there is the more ne- cessity for keeping them employed in some way.
 See that your boy has plenty to do and that he does 1t well. Do not let him z form the bad habit of shirking.
 It is almost criminal to allow a healthy boy to grow up in comparative idleness by
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of fire and hearts of love are In hand clasp. It would be sentiment incarnate. It would be all that old Father Morrill, designed 1t to be-
 Illinois cannot send Lincoln, for her quota is full neither can Indiana, where Lincoln dwelt in childhood. for her quota also is full. Only Kentucky or Missis- sippi can send Davs and Kentucky should send him, because she is the only state that can send Lincoln. But for some lunatic politics Kentucky would have sent Davis and Lincoln four years ago.
 And how rich is the old commonwealth in jewels of this kind-Breckinridges Marshalls, C1ays, Logans, Shelbys, and all the rest; but she will be poor indeed if she does not send Davis and Lincoln. and I have not a doubt that Mississippi will defer to Kentucky in this matter.
 The patrfeian and the plebeian would there meet in Davis and Lincoln, and ex- cept old Virginia, her daughter. eldest born, grand old Kentucky. would make the richest contribution in the two Presi- dents.
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More Uraent.

From Judge
 Miss Bronx-'T understand she cancelled the engagement when she found he had spent all his money on herr
 Miss Harlem-"Yes; and the poor fel- lows broken pocketbook has made him forget about his broken heart"
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Presidential Eplgrams. From the Springfield (Masx) Repub-

lican.
 Humor is shock absorber" says President Tatt; and the felicity of the phrase indicates that constant practice in public speaking is developing his powers of expression. Epigrams begin to crop out in his occasional addresses, and, in short time he may shine as a phrasemaker in comparison even with his two immediate predecessors.
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Well, that is a good way to be.
 Stop and think how glad you ought to
The Mena weekly star., 1909-05-13
MEwHINNEY sAwMILL BURNED
Machinery Was Damaged to Amount
 of SsO0-No Insurance.

Thursday night the sawmill at Hodges, Ok, belonging to Ed Me whinney. who formerly operated a mil near Mena, caught fire and the building covering the machinery was completely destroyed. Brass fittings were ruined and the babbitt metal in journals was melted. Dam age something near $500. No in surance.
 The mill had been run up to 10 o'clock Thursday night and had only been closed down about an hour when fire broke out. Origin not known.
 Parties were down from Hodges Friday evening to purchase new fittings, etc, for the machinery a part of which they carried back on No. 1. and the balance was shipped this morning on local by Watkins Hardware Company.
 Mir. Mewhinney is endeavoring to get the mill ready for running early next week.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-05-13
DOCTORS MET FRIDAY.
Delegates Elected to State Meeting
 Other Business Transacted.

The Polk County Medical So ciety met Friday at 10 o'clock sin the old mayors office on Mena street with twelve members pres cnt, Or. A. J. Pool presiding; Dr. F. A. Lee, secretary.
 Interesting and instructive pa- pers were read by Drs. Parks, Pool and Riley.
 Dr. Riley was endorsed by the society for the position Of local surgeon for the Kansas City Southern railway at Cove.
 A fee bill was adopted, which will be explained in the columns of The Star later by the secretary.
 Dr. P. K. Watkins of Mena and Dr. Riley of Cove were elected delegates to the State Medical Society, which meets at Pine Bluff May 10, 20 and 21. Dr. c. C. Gunnels of Mena was elected alternate.
 Meeting then adjourned to meet second Saturday in June at mayors ofnce in Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-05-13
LAWYER SENTENCED
 TO JAIL SMITH
Justice Of the Peace Fisher Took Ex- ception to Remark He Made to Newspaper
 Man.

Fort Smith, May 7.-Attorney J. D. Lighter was sentenced to jail today for one day by Justice of the Peace Fisher for contempt of court, bat IVES not put in a cell, as a wr't q iiasess corpus was secured and served while Constable Tomblin was escortine the prisoner across the jail yard.
 At the conclusion of the case in which Rosie Snyder was held on the charge of grand larceny for the stealing of a horse from F. E. Dixon, a newspaper man en- tered the court room and asked Lighter what the court had done in the case.
 Lighter, in an uudertone, said, "Why, he held her, but he might as we'll have held me-"
 Judge Fisher overheard the conversation, and, to be sure oi 1t, asked the attorney what he had said. Lighter repeated his words and added, "as tar as jus tice is concerned"
 Constable Tomblin was ordered to escort Lighter to the jail, bu, by request went first to the office of the attorney. The attorney secured possession of the com mitment paper and then resisted the officer. The constable tele. phoned the judge, who told him to get posse, which was done, after the constable had consulted Prosecuting Attorney Mcdonald as to his authority.
 The writ of habeas corpus was granted by Chancellor Bourland and is returnable at 10 o'clock tomorrow.
 Mrs. Snyder, testifying in her own behalf, stated that she was advised by Attorney Lighter to secure possession of the horse by any means. Judge Fisher stated that 1t was very poor advice and that prior to her testimony he had not considered the evidence sufficient to warrant her being held on the charge of grand larceny.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-05-13
LONG DISTANCE TALK
 BY TELEGRAPHONE
Kansas City Senthern Telegraph Wires Now Being Used by National Forestry Officials for Conver-
 sation With Other Points.

Supervisor Samuel J. Record, of the Arkansas National Forest, is now able to get into almost in- stant communication WI ih several of outlying points under his su- pervision through what Is known as telegraphone system.
 This system, by which through the use of instruments resembling the telephone, conversation can be carried on over telegraph lines without interference with the regular use. has been installed on the line of the Kansas City Southern. Through 1t the head quarters of the National Forest in Mena is now in direct commun- ication w,tb Acorn, Rich Noun tam, Howard and Page, as is also the train dispatcher in the Kan sas City Southern office here. k. l.. Logan, superintendent of tel egraph for the Kansas City Southern, was here yesterday and the work of installation is under him. Other sections of the lines ot the Kansas City Southern are being connected in similar fash ion. While the line is not in any sense for commercial use, in case of emergency 1t could be used for the accommodation of the public.
 Instead of bells, as used in calling on the telephone, what is called d ''howler" is used, an electric buzzing apparatus, and the various stations are called by code of howls, as one howl, two howls, long and short howl, short and long howl, etc.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-05-13
Caught a Baby Whal.

The smallest specimen of & baby whale ever caught by British traw- Ter was landed at Grimsby the other day by the King James. It was brought up in the trawl net in the North sea, and was so small-ls inches long and three pounds three ounces in weight-that the fishermen could not realize that 1t was whale until an expert certified the fact.
 The local officer for the board of fisheries secured this specimen which could not lave been calyed more than three or four days, and i'm. mediately dispatched 1t to the labora. tories of the fisheries department in London.-London Standard.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-05-13
SENATOR DAVIS IN TEARS
Says He Wants to Lead Better Life
 to Fill the Place of His Wife.

Little Rock, Ark, May 7.- His voice choked with emotion and big tears standing in his eyes, Senator Jeff Davis rose ir the prayer meeting at the First Baptist church Wednesday nigbl and pledged himself to better Christian life, declaring that his greatest desire is to take the place of his wife in the church.
 James 0. Johnston, president of the Carmichael Johnston bank and an old political enemy of Senator Davis, was moved to tears by the declaration of his former antagonist, and when the senator had taken his seat, rose to pledge himself to do more for God and the church. As Mir. Johnston was speaking Senator Davis cried softly and tears gli,- tened in the eyes of many at the confession of'the two men.
 Senator Davis was the first to rise after Rev. Ben Cox. the pas tor, turned the meeting over to the congregation for season of prayer. He declared he had not lived as he ought to have lived and wanted to discharge h:s duty during the rest of his life to Gcd and the church. He declared that if there was anything wanted of him in the church, the mem oers had but to call ca him Ii, said his greatest desire was to take the place of his late wife fn the church, although he professed he realized he could never fill it. He asked the prayers of the min- ister and the congregation to help hlm fultll his pledge and to rear his children.
 The senator was crying as he took his seat and tears glistcned in nearly every eye in the church while many were sobbiug iu sym psthy. Mir. Johaston had tars. In his eyes as he arose after Sen ator Davis had ceased speaking. He declared he felt good over what hls former political enemy had said and said that he himself would lead a better Christian life.
 Senator Davis wife, who died recently. was faithful church. goer and consistent Christi and was loved by large circle of acquaintanees.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-05-13
Built in Memory of a Dog.

Of the memories to dogs the most imposing of modern date is Tells Tower a structure on the seashore near West Kirby, Chesire. England. t Is in honor of the great St. Bernard cog Tell, ancestor of most of the rough-coated champions of England, end himself winner of every prize in the kingdom. He was majestic in ap- pearance, noble fin character and of un- daunted courage Built by the late M. Cumming Macdona. the tower is . sort of summer house. in the base of which Is vault containing Tells re- mains. guarded by an efiigy of that re. markable animal.