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The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11
fEc Rev. ri R. Hicks Almanac for 1910

Ready November 18th. 1909, a splendid yearbook on astronomy and neteorology, the only one containing the original Hicks Weather Forecasts By mail, postpaid. 35c, on news stands, BOG. One copy free with years sub- scription to "Word and Works, 7" tho Rev. IfI K. Hicks monthly magazine, the best Sl monthly in America. Discounts on Almanacs in quantities. Agents wanted. Remember, the genuine "HickS Forecasts" are not published any where else-y you get them only in his own publications. Word and Works Publishing Co, 220l Lo- cust St., St. Louis, Mo.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11
BRINKLEY CITIZENS PROTEST
They Regard Increased Assessments
 Excessive Because of CaIamities,

Brir kley, Nov. 3. IT A large deleg alton of local citizens ard property owners went to Claren- don today to appear before tue court to put in their respective grievances in regard to the al- legged excessive raise in the valu- alton of their property by the County Board of Equalization. bfinkiey passed through h atcrrible tornado before the assessment vas made and an almost failure ID crops, and remoustrauce will be filed which will be heard by Judge s. T. Holloway at day SC. by him tor the special puf pose.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11
MYSTERIOUS AIRsHIP SEEN
Machine Circles Above Siloam Springs
 and Then Disappears.

Siloam Springs, Nov. 3.-An airship passed over this city at about l o'clock Monday aft r. noon. Ii was several hundred feet above the earth and came from southeastern direction, cir cled the town and proceeded back toward the south. Several par ties witnessed II and it created much excitement here. The mi : chine carried two passengers and was going at great speed.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11
G. A. R. BURIAL GROUNDS
Local Post Has Purchased Block ir
 White Uak Cemetery.

Headquartes General Johu O.
 Black post No. I20 Department of Ark. c. A. K.
 Notice is hereby gwen that this post has purchased portion of the White Oak cemetery and have dedicated 1t to the use of the 0. A. K. as burial place of their friends. Tine site is where two comrades were already buried m what was to he the pubic burial grounds, but is the incest part of the cemetery where fl IS not like ly that water will ever rise in the graves when dug to ordinary depth.
 We acknowledge ourselves in- debted to many friends for dona' tions.
 James Thorington, r Attestl Commander
 Wm. r. Mullikiu, Adjutaut.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11
BAD CIRCULATION
c.uses Piles External Tres'u'e won
 Cure Them.

Free circulation of blood in Y the s,l5ss ,aw- or bowel will cure any sass ss;,at;aa '" nr p,lss may be due 10 cons1'pns'oh .as 1r p'
 as af dozen other causes 'sr' M any ps rdt,s Hem Roid. the on y m ln- Leon'l"sabl com tablet remedy for piles opens te,'na'' z fras circulation in the bowei' ana es5ss 5s asss ss,s treatment is sold for si Ia, a'
 o1s;s A oass pr,,r and Furniture So x, : Mona. Ak, and ls gue.a; g,'s,t;,n B Buf.
 i3r. Ilponhardt t,o', psss,isls s''..sislas
 taIio. \. Write tor oooA's''
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11
Trading in Mena Thursday.

J. |. Redding, Mountain Fork, T. ]. Morris and family, J. w. Singleton, D. F. and J. V. Will hite, Odeu; J. c. Goodner, Waters; Monroe and Bob Stand ridge, c. G. Fur, w. A. Norris, G. ". Brewer, Egger; E. C. Bates. Big Fork; and Ber John son, Kiamichl.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11
New Sblnele MiIl.

, s'e Cox w tuesday received eafload of shingle machinery. He Y gong to set it up as soon as possible about five miles east of 'o~'n, where ho will make both sat and save I shingles. By next wssk he hopes to be able 10 start
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11
It,s q Crime

To neglect your health. The worst neglect that you can he guilty Of IS to allow constipation, billiousnessr or any liver or bowel trouble to cootinue. 1t is poisoning your entire system and mav lead to serious chronic disease. Take Ballard's Heroine and get abso- lufaly veil. The sure cure for any ana Ill troubles of the stomach, liver and bowels. Sold at Gnnnels Drug
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11
cHIL.DREN WHO ARE SICKLY

Mothers who value their own comfort and t,.' M ,..stfsrts of their children. snona never sas s's without box of Mother dray,s Sweet Powders for Children, for use throoghout the ,,ation teefhlne disorders, heas a''lps, ache and stomach troubles. These Powdt fs &ever Phil sold by all drug stores, 2,c inof1'f accept any substitute fiai pack wlfi address Allen $. olmsted Le Roy, N
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11

pr' shoop's Health Coffee is created sson s. pure parched grains, malt nuts, fN.~no real coif . in 1t. Fine in sseeof se is made in a minute No or 50 minutes t.dio,ts boiling. sample free. Sold 6v all orocers.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11
HUNTING MARKED BY
 TWO FATALITIES
C. 0. Baughman Accidentally Kills Wife, aud Mayor of Corning Is Shot and Killed By Inti-
 mate Friend.

M drked Tree, Nov. $. - Ms taken for a deer, T. M. Reed, mayor of Corning. was shot and Instantly killed by one of his most intimate friends while hunt ing near Sans slough, few miles down the river bottoms, this morning.
 Tonight the saddened members of the hunting party, which started out so merrlly this morn ing, are conveying his body to his home. Beside the. dead man kueels his inviting slayer, c. S. Busick, one of the best known residents of Pocahonias, weeping and wailiug like a child, almost beside himself with grief.
 MT. Reed and Mir. Buslck arr rived here October 25 and had been hunting on ''Uncle Charlie Cummings place, about IS miles down the river. They tound deer very plentiful in the St. Francis bottoms and sent for some of their friends to join them.
 
 The party separated when they left camp this morning. Mir. Reed started in one direction, while Mr. Busick and Cummings, the guide, went in another.
 Mir. Busick and Cummings had hunted for some time when they noticed a movement in a clump of bushes near them. Seeing small white object, MT. Busick fired at it. The waving of the bushes ceased and there was sound of something falling. Con- fident that he had slain big deer, MT. Busick rushed gleefnlly into the bushes. He stopped, frozen with horror, when he came upon the dead body of his friend, with gaping wound in his neck from which the blood was squirting.
 The bullet had struck Mir. Reed in in the back of the neck and emerged on the left side, killing killing g him instantly.
 It is surmised that Mir. Reed was seeking to join his friends when he was killed. Hts back was turned when the fatal shot was fired, and he had no intima- tion of danger.
 The body was brought to Marked Tree as quickly as possi- ble and a coroner's inquest was held, Ut which Mir. Busick was absolved from all intentional blame.
 Wife Is Slain By Hunter.
 Nashville, Nov. 3.-Mrs. c. O. Baug ghman of Nashville was ac- cidentally shot and instantly killed by her husband while the two were hunting in Little River bottom, near White Cliff, this morning. The entire charge of shot lodged in her face.
 News of the tragedy was receiy- ed at Nashville and special train was sent over the Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railway to bring the body home. A large number of friends of the family were aboard the special.
 Mir. and Mrs. Baughman came to Nashville b u recently from Uvade, Tex, Mir. Baughman having invested heavily in Nash
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11
R a (Q THE REMEDY
 eoSbS)b FOR SORES AHDULCERS

There IS but old that the cause that produces and keeps 1t No matter where t nooa the constantly dschses it's polluted matter into sores and ulcers n purifying the blood It every trace of ant eau NO local application reaches below the infected flesh at the spot
 
 sc treatment being used alone the and impurities are constantly na geansed the blood and enriched and purified the circulation tho show the flesh around the ulcer gets firm skin and and lasting Under the tonic and blood effects of the and worry of an old will be greatly benefited by it's Book Sores and Ulcers medical advice
 THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,, ATLANTA, GA
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
EQUAL Pay for EQUAL Work.

Furthermore, a new commodity in
any line has usually to be introduced
at lower price than the standard
article commands, even though It be
in no way inferior Women have not
sprung full-panoplied into business.
and the more efficient must for time
be injured by the others And another
serious handicap is that a woman is
rarely a good Judge of the value Of
her work. Time will adjust salaries
as II does other values.
In no conceivable way can the
equal pay for equal work. cause be
advanced more rapidly than it is be-
ing furthered by these women who are
making of themselves a second pair
of hands and a second brain for their
employers. Moreover, they know that
for the time they have been i'm bust.
ness their progress has been remark
able. The very fact that women are
given the business confidence they re.
eeive argues well for ultimate fair.
ness, for the average man is inclined
TO meet courage and determination
halfway Golfers Weekly.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
Away with Clothes.

II one takes a somewhat broader
and less technical view of the menac-
Ing conditions disclosed by the London
Lancet's series of exposes, and is
large ge-minded enough to appreciate
the essential artifcialty of the
whole modern scheme of clothes, there
seems but one logical conclusion from
the premises. viz, clothes must 60 or
the human race will be deYoured and
exterminated by microbes. The con-
yeniences Of the household from
scrubbing brush to the grand piano,
are nothing more nor less than germ
traps. From kitchen to drawing room
and garret the house is alive with
microscopic brigands. Hence, houses
must be given up also. And it thus
appears that science as well as social
ism urges return to the misnamed
days of barbarism toward which the
back to nature" folk look so long
ingly
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
Time. Net Space.

Mrs. Frink was trusting soul. and
rarely questioned the opinions of 9th.
ers about matters concerning which
they We're supposed to be informed.
One day she came home with a new
pair of shoes under her arm Got
them az Brides" she explained and
they're the best ever bought YOU"
What is SO very good about theme
inquired her son. for whom the shoes
We're intended
why, the salesman said that YOU
could walk farther in them than in
any Others without getting tired. and
I said that You couldn't walk very far
Just now on account OF your knee.
you know. and he said that he meant
farther for the same distance. So l
bought them. and here they are Save
the string. please"
She did not notice the smile on her
sons face as he undid the package
and he was spared the trouble Of ex-
planning Youths Companion.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
scoIdine.

Perhaps most of the scolding done
In the world is between husbands and
wives or between parents and chill
dren. Parents must instruct their
children; they must sometimes reproye
them. They must often counsel them.
But they are in great danger of pro
voking them to wrath"-in the wise
Biblical phrase. Children have the
keenest possible sense of justice:
they are also very easily hurt; and
when their minds are bruised the re-
suit is estrangement, and that is as
sad thing as can ever be. An inn
perious, scolding father or mother
frightens the children away, drives
them into all manner of evasions and
subterfuges, and brands their minds
forever with the memory of cruel and
blistering words.-Claudius Clear
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
CLOCK FOUND VOICE
GREAT SHOCK THE CAUSE OF
REJUVENEscENcE.
Explosion Startled Timepieee to Work
- Its Efforts Unappreeiated
by the Tired Master
Of the House.

II Is an old-fashioned, eight-day
clock, and it stands on a shelf in the
kitchen Of the apartment, between the
dumb-waiter and the ice chest.
Unused to such humble surround
ings, for it had once graced gentle.
mans library, the old clock has con.
sistently and steadfastly refused to
recognize its plebeian neighbors by
striking the hours. A faint click, when
the minute hand has completed its cir
cult, is the only audible indication of
the flight OF time.
But last Sunday the clock had the
most serious shock of its existence, a
shock that for a time unbalanced its
equilibrium to such an extent that
but the story is progressing too rap
idly The timepieces mistress had
bought, about ten days before, gal
lon OF cider, delivered to her by the
grocer in a heavy glass water bottle.
Finding after time that the cider
was fermenting, she took the bottle
from the ice chest and set it on the
window sill, where it stood safely. And
now ensues tragedy.
Some time after nine o'clock on Sun
day evening, the silence Of the house
was broken by report that might
have come from the heaviest OF fowl
ing pieces. followed by the crash of
glass falling into the court below. An
excited rush by a startled family, a
whisking on of electric lights, and a
kitchen floor deluged with hard cider,
and covered with splintered glass, was
revealed. The bottle had exploded,
two empty milk bottles in its
crash, and blowing out the window
pane.
No one thought OF the old clock,
then, but later, when the kitchen floor
had been mopped and swept, and the
excited and weary family had retired,
The aged timepieces shattered nerves
gave way. The calm composure of
months was broken. 1t was midnight
Click went the old clock. And then,
one, two, three-on to II swept the
strokes. Thirteen, A. 15-was it
never going to stop? The mistress of
The house turned YEARLY in her first
sleep, and thought she was dreaming.
Half an hour later, she reused as the
master OF the house tiptoed in, sitting
mirth.
Il waited til the blamed thing
struck 1902, and then I couldn't stand
il any longer You'll find your apron
stuffed into the case tomorrow. Even
taking off the pendulum didn't do any
good And then he turned in.
The next morning they speculated
over the breakfast toast and coffee as
70 how many times the old clock would
have struck had it been permitted to
express all Of its pent-up emotion; but
I has been naughty and hasn't spoken
iipce.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
The Prolific Queen Bee.

The queen bee is a great antagon.
fist OF race suicide. She strives 10
perpetuate the race with an ardor and
an understanding that is worthy of the
highest commentator. Some have
been known to lay 1000 eggs day for
a year, the number lessening after
that to 1900 and going forward at
that ratio for another two years,
With $4,000 bees to the colony that
single praiseworthy queen laid enough
eggs to establish 46 colonies. Bee
keepers figures on a net income of
three dollars colony each year II
the owners OF the bee under discus
sion profted from her labors to thai
extent the gain was $l4S. 1t is not
TO be presumed that any such results
were obtained. To argue so much in
favor of one bee would be to place
belief in the statement that a man
with ten acres Of ground and two rab
bits can become a millionaire in three
years selling rabbit skins to glove
manufacturers World.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
Home of the Fez.

Fez, where Mulai Hafd is reported
to have been making hay of electric
light fittings and everything else that
has the taint of Europe, has given its
name to the familiar Turkish equiva.
lent of a hat. AT one time all fezzes
came from Fez, it being supposed
that only there could the exact Grim
son dye required be obtained. 1t is
curious that the name of an agricultu-
raj implement has thus been appropri-
ated by headgear; for fez, or fas,
means in Arabic a hoe. The favorite
story is that Idrees H., the founder of
the city, turned the first sod with one,
remarking: Here l plant my fas. :"
Another version is that an older city
called SAT cnce stood there and Idrees
simply transposed its name
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
Tells Character from Hats.

In these days of scientific progress,
we are SO blase as to be almost proof
against surprise, and genius itself has
to reach high attitudes to merit public
exclamation. 1t was said of Prof.
owen that, give him a bone, and he
could reconstruct Behemoth. There is
a Partisan scientist at the moment
who possesses the same power with
hats. Give him hat and he can dag
nose the head that wore It, They gave
him a hat the other day, and he said
ii must have been Cuyier's. Research
unearthed the bill of that hat, and
proved the correctness Of the dag
nosis What is more, further research
unearthed a portrait of Cuvier with
the identical hat upon his head!
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
Truly a Foraetful Man.

The most forgetful man has been
found. He lives in a little town in the
upper part of York county. He fell
i'll with symptoms indicating appendi-
citis and submitted to an operation.
To their great surprise and embarrass-
ment the surgeons found that the ap-
pendiX had already been removed. The
patient afforded the necessary expla-
nation when he recovered from the
ether by stating that he remembered
then, come to think Of it," that he
had been through similar operation
lwo years ago.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
"oh Lawd. How Iona ?r

In the course of a speech not long
ago Representative John Sharp vii.
iams illustrated his point by a story
of an old colored woman in Alabama
whose extreme age and helplessness
were such that her neighbors felt
called upon to supply all her needs
The aged negress was very grateful
for all such attentions, and never
failed to express her gratitude there
for in original language.
1t appearing one day that she could
not sufficiently thank the son of an
old friend who had brought her some
choice fruit. the old woman said:
You is powerful good to a pore ole
woman like me. vid one foot in de
grave an de odder a-crying out How
long, oh Lawd how long?'
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
s1aArct Capture OF SALMON.
Incident Proves That Belief Of Some
Fishermen Is Wrong.

Fishing a well-known river in Nor
way this June. one Of the tenants of
the fishing lodge opposite ours caught
fish Of 20 pounds in the morning and
lost another, his spinning line being
broken by the rush Of a heavy fish.
Fishing with prawn the afternoon Of
the same day, the same angler, in the
same pool, got into a good fish at his
first cast. After a long fight the fish
was gated and landed. Then was re
yealed a strange state of things The
prawn tackle had never touched the
fish; in fact the hooks were foot or
more from it, They had caught in the
cast which had been lost that morn
ing, and was now twisted into knots
and tangles, no doubt by the salmon
endeavoring to get rid of the treble
Norsk cast and hooks. The line had
been got rid Of. As the prawn swung
down the pool 1t had grappled the lost
cast still attached to the salmon, and
fish (33 pounds), cast, and tackle were
recovered. We watched the incident
from the road, and crossing the river
handled the recovered cast. Many
maintain that salElon once hooked and
played for any length of time leave the
pool.-W. H., in London Field
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
SURE 70 Please.

"A birthday present for your son
eh? And he is pretty hard to please
madam"
Indeed he is, replied the fond
mother And | do want to please him
sol"
What age is he madam" the clerk
inquired.
He will be just 16.'
A triumphant smile illumined the
visage Of the salesraan
Then, madam, give him this, he
said.
And he laid before the woman q
magnificent case of crimson Russia
leather containing a horse-hide strop
and a dozen eXquisitely fine razors.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11

A boy in the California State School
for Dependent Children wrote his ia
ther thus: Dear Papa; W. children
are having a good time here now
Mr. Sager broke his leg and cant
work. We went on a picnic and il
rained and we all got wet Many chill
dren here are sick with mumps. Mr.
Higgins fell of the wagon and broke
his rib. but he can work a little The
man that is digging the deep well
whipped us boys with a buggy whip
because we threw sand in his machine
and made black and blue marks on us
Ernest cut his finger badly. We are
all very happy"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
When the awrena Ladyn came.

Some young idlers had been enjoy
ing the fun Of hailing passing shop
girls with rather doubtful compli.
ments. and from some of the answers
returned il was evident that not all
Of those addressed were taking things
kindly Presently one Of the older
boys. seeing it was going too far
spoke mp. Look a here now, fel
lers, he added. 'youse might think
youse is wise guys an all that, but
Just keep on and the wrong lady'n
como along an she'll break yer face
see?n
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
Orators Have Free Hand

Prof Masterman. lecturing at Cam
bridge on modern England and the lib.
erty of the subject. said there was
enough treason spoken in Hyde park,
London, on Sunday afternoons to fiji
German fortress. Instead. the ora.
tors went home to tea. 1t is a remark
able fact, however, added the lee.
turer. that there is no state in Europe
where attacks on the sovereign are so
rare or so strongly resented by the
people at large.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
ALL ARE TIPPED IN BOHEMIA.
Even the Street Car Conductor Gets
Tips NPay for Privilege of Serving.

In the city of Prague a tip to the
tramway conductor is considered de
rigueur. The orthodox tip consists of
but two heller, or two-tenths OF a
penny, yet as STRAP hanging is al
lowed for in considering the carrying
capacity of the car the conductors
should have got goodly pocketful OF
the minimum coin by each days end.
Tipping, it was ascertained in an
other of Bohemia's larger towns, is so
fully recognized that the head waiter
at a cafe pays a rent for his post, sup
plies all the journals for the coffee
room and looks after the other wait
ers, and then makes an income larger
than that of university professor
all out Of his tips.
After supper at one Of the delight
full open air cafes of the capital it was
found that approximately one should
give a half krone, ten cents, to the
head waiter who took payment, four
cents TO the under waiter who brought
the viands, and a cent to the boy who
brought-and even brought again as
one glass was finished-the beer.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
The Kings Favorlte.

It seems a little strange that so
many women Of the world should be
arranging the hair after the fashion
made famous by the favorite of q king
whom she served for "a years. Then
Ter boauty waning. her use in this
world was over, and she made way
'or another. And she was but A years
Nd Inflated Madame de Pompadour.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11
The Qualifications

Il want somebody to report wom-
ans congress. said the managing ed.
itor.
Some one well yersed i'm parla-
mentary language. 7 presume
Nope Some one who understands
such terms as passementerie. aigrette
and the ike, kansas City Journal
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11

Little Willie-Say pa. what does Il
signify when one woman kisses an
others
Pa-About as much as when onf
man in business calls another "ol'
chan, my son.-Stray Stories
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-11

Williams understand that YOUR
son has married q widow?
Walters-Well- -yes-but should.
nit put ii that way She married him.