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The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
Rational Brevities.
lIlnvihsnn.

Worry is hurtful and is of the devils persuasion. Laugh m US face and be happy.
 Life is no mystery but stands out a solved problem when welcome to know the law governing it.
 We must not neglect the small everyday duties of life, for therein is the secret of spiritual growth and true greatness.
 There can be no conflict between true religion and true science, as science is true knowledge and genu inc religion is scientific.
 Difficulties ard Instructions are necessary factors to real develop ment. Why complain of them /? Just overcome them and speed on to others.
 A warm cheerful how d ye do direct from the threshold of an honest, loving heart reaches and enriches those that hear it.
 Intemperance daes not consist entirely in drinking too much whisky. It is in evidence on every side. Let's all do better each day.
 If everybody would get busy and correct all error in themselves be- fore they begin to critieise others the world would be busy scene for many months.
 Every pain we have is but nature s signal bell that something is wrong and needs attention. Take a look and discover what law of health you have violated.
 Fixed opinions are dangerous hinderances to progress, both as tc temporal and spiritual affairs Many of our so-called virtues arc real vices when subjected to honest analysis.
 The word death" is poor name l for a chemical incident in which means more life. It is but putting off of old mortality and the materia corruption to receive another. Se' ll.Cor., 18th chapter.
 Continue to remember and fondl, your troubles and they grow anC thrive like cultivated plant. Dis card and forget them and the. dwindle and disappear entirely, giy ing place to happiness and peace.
 Life when viewed from the highe table lands which lies above tn plane of selfish prejudices present one grand panorama of sparklin loviliness and convincing evidence that God and man are inseparabl united, and that all the combine beauties of this earth are but sma foretaste of what we shall enjo while roaming the realms of God universe in the great beyond.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
ANsw FRED QUESTIONS AGAIN

w. J, Bryan still is answering questions regarding his future and the presidency. This is his last re- ply, made at Denver last week.
 Everybody who knows anything or who has any sense at all knows how l stand in the matter of being candidate for the presidency fourth time. have made myself clear on this subject time and again, and if the people haven't sense enough to understand it, why, what's the use of explaining it all over again.
 am not an out and out candidate, but if the people of this country. if my own party should demand that | make the race again, standing for my well known principles and ideas, why, l do not see how | could re- fuse.
 The people will answer the ques- ton four years hence, and the answer will be based very largely on the actions of President Taft and the dominent party during the in- terim. Bryan said Taft was man lacking in the will to fight the bat ties of the common people. If the future proves that he spoke truly. he may well be expected to be the choice of bis party in 1912.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
FELL FROM SCAFFOLD
 AND INJURED HIS BACK

Thirty years ago James C. Lee of 100 9th St., $. E. Washing ton, D. C., fell from a scaffoh and seriously injured his back In telling about it he says:-"My suffering was terrible; from the small of my back all around my stomach was just as if had been beaten with a club. I tried all kinds of plasters, balladonna cadcine and porous, without gtt ting relief, and bought so-called electro b It's, but none of them did me any good
 One day, while working near my d4ughter's house, my back pained me so badly that l had to quit. went into the house and lay down for ease. My daughter had bottle of Sloan's Linimenl in the house and she rubted my back we'll with It and gave me some to take home. 1 used snl and half bottles of Sloan's 2'e Liniment and can do as much work as any man in the shop, al though 1 am sixty-seven years old 1 would not be without Sloans Liniment for any cOnslderatloin and recommend it to anyone sui fering pain"
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
FRESH AlR-cLEANLINEss

Kansas City is having an exhibi- ton and study of tuberculosis con- sumption. It's purpose is to teach the people how to prevent and how to treat consumption, and is being attended by thousands. rich and poor alike. All the teachings can be summed up in a few words FRESH AIR, CLEANLINESS. And the instruction being given is almost wholly along these lines living so as to always breathe fresh air and to maintain proper eleanli- ness. It would be a blessing if such a school could be maintained in every county sea. in every state in the Union.
 Here are a few practical rules that most of us can follow every day:
 EDon't live. study or sleep in rooms where there IS no fresh air
 Don't eat with soiled hands.
 Don't place the points of pencils in your mouth.
 Don't keep soiled handerchiefs in yOur pocket.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

that tine Democratic senate would find way to seat the other man. A few years ago such would have been the case in Missouri, but the contest between the parties has been very close recently, and the people are keeping so we'll posted that they resent any crooked pollti- cal methods by defeating those guilty of them. The Democratic party Tn Missouri will gain favor and pres tige by the course it's senators took.
 In Arkansas that era has not quite arrived but it's coming. The Demo cratic senate was just little fear full of results if it followed the old time course that has long been usual to both parties in such cases that is, seat Sumpter despite the fact that Greaves seemed to have received the most votes. Some ot the strongest Democratic papers have felt the tendency of the times 10 an extent that they would have condemned such action openly, and it would have cost the party thou sands of formerly faithful adherents.
 But the senators were hardly ready to follow the course of the Missouri body. They were only half over the fence in the climb to polltl- cal integrity. They hardly dared seat the Democratic candidate, and vet lacked the nerve to seat the Re publican. They stopped astride the fence and referred the candidates back to the voters. Some call 1t cowardly, but, nevertheless it DOT tends the change that is taking place in Arkansas. It is leaning toward a fair, square deal that the people want "a condition made possible by the increasing publicity given these days to the acts of the people s representatives
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
=----=--------a--e-=7r-7 THE PUBLiC'S LOSS.

Why is 1t that so little attention is paid to public work 7 A contract is awarded upon certain plans and speci- fications. The work begins and is carried on and completed, but unless some one accidentally discovers and reports that the work is not up to the contract, the contractor goes on with the work unmolested, draws his pay and departs After awhile the bad work develops and then the public has to stand the loss. It does not matter what the work may be, ,c1ool build ings, waterworks, sidewalks or any other improvements for public benefit and paid for out of the public money.
 The above from the De Queen Democrat is true of public work to great extent everywhere, but IS a worse evil oftentimes in small cities than in large. where more actual supervision is given public work. Every man elected to office should strive to guard against such a con dition in his community.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
IRVING THE ABsTEMloUs ONE.
Poet Had Forgotten Finishing 5ottls
 of Port Himself.

It was while Irving was rehearsing "Becket" that he told a story of Ten nyson that has both pathetic and hu' morous significance In the earlier days. when The Cup" was in prepar- ation, he had been to see Tennuyson in the Isle of Wight to discuss his ideas for it's presentation. After din ner the dessert and wine were set out upon a separate table and when they were seated the poet asked Irv. ing if he would like a glass of port.
 Yes. like glass of port" replied the actor
 Upon which Tennyson, taking him at his word, poured him out a glass of port and, all unconsciously. fin, ished the remainder of the bottle him self.
 Next morning the actor had 10 leava and had therefore taken leave of his host overnight. But he had scarcely awakened when he saw Lord Tenny' son sitting at the foot Of his bed
 How are you this morning?" he inquired, anxiously.
 Very well, indeed" was the guest, reply
 Are you?" came the response. with just a tinge of doubt in the tones of the voice You drank a lot of port last night
 That was Tennyson's way of re pentiug after a bottle of port
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
BITS OF EVERY DAY PHILOSOPHY
tAtchison Globel


 No scheme is so poor that it won [ work with some people.
 Your life is your religion, what you do counting for great deal more than what you believe.
 When a man can't remember the name of pretty girl. that is a sign the gray hairs are here.
 When you hear an extravagant compliment you are disposed to think there is a good dealt.
 If d man doesn't run to politics, he is probably given to religious conventions, or lodge reunions.
 Believe in Christian Science enough to believe your health would be better if you only thought so.
 The only time man of experience takes his wife into his confidence is to tell her he is not making any money.
 A man never knows until he is married what a good time the wom. en can have when there are no men around.
 Don't tell friend in trouble that every cloud has a silver lining, un- less you have time to stop and find it for him.
 If you want favor of a friend, ask for it straight and plain. No amount of palver in advance will make the favor less easy to grant.
 If you want to hear a terrible tale, get married woman to tell what she would do if her husband should lay hands on her. that is, strike her.
 No man ever fell in love with a suffragist. When you find sui fragist married, her husband fell in love with her before she became a sUffragist.
 Every man who runs for office, says: They are always talking of the importance of nominating good men for office. Now the people have chance; let them vote for me-"
 After a girl has reached eighteen, she is seldom seen with her mother, except when going to buy her fall clothes. After she is married, how ever, she and her mother become quite chummy.
 Many a man who has been helped through school by his father of mother, has taken all the credit to himself and never mentioned the efforts of his parents to give him an education.
 When a girl is sixteen years old, her mother goes crazy if a boy looks at her. Two years later, the moth er is quite indifferent to boys, and when the girl reaches twenty, the mother thinks 1t mighty funny if her daughter hasn't gentleman company.
 When a man has a scheme in which he wishes you 10 invest, he usually makes his figures and then triumphantly announces: But cut the figures in two; cut them square
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
Irish Witty Before Foe.

Col Nugent. commanding oficer oi the Irish guards. ae the annual dinner of the Windsor and Eton chamber of comnerce, told story of an Irish soldier in the last war.
 At dusk of day throughout which they had been lying under heavy fire an officer crawled up with orders for the battalion to assault. upon which the lrishman got up. shook himself and said; And whoy noti'
 On another occasion when a mar screamed at the less of finger on the battlefield a sergeant shouted to him: Hold yer row, yer cowrdl, skut there's a mon o~er there who's lost his head, and he hasn't said 8 word
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
A GOOD REASON.
Mena People Can Tell You Why It Is So.

Deans Kidney Pills cure the cause of disease, and that k why the cures are always lasting. This remedy strengthens and tones up the kidneys, helping them to drive out of the body the liquid poisons that cause backache. headache and distressing kidney and urinary complaints. Mena people testify to permanent cures.
 Sam Badt, 606 Seventh St.. Mena. Ark says: "Doan'S Kid ncy Pills cured me of a severe at tack of backaehe and an annoy- ance from the kidney Secretions. which had chung to me constantly for at least two years. 1 procur- ed this remedy at the Palace Drug Co.,. and consider it the best I ever used. have also heard many other people speak In the highest terms of Doan's Kidney Pills
 For sale by all dealers. Price sOe. Foster Mi burn Go Buffalo, New York, sole agents for tue United States.
 Remember the name--Doan 's- and take no other,
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
ROYCROFT PHILOSOPHY
BY FRA ELBERTUs

Whenever you get out Of doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of the head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every hand clasp. Do not fear being mis- understood; and never waste min ute thinking about your enemies. Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do, md then with out violence of direction you will move straight to the goal. Keep your mind on the great and splendid things you would like to do; and then, as the days goes gliding by, you will find yourself unconsciously seizing the opportunities that are required for the fulhllment of your desire, just as the coral insect takes from the running tide the elements it needs. Picture in your mind the able, earnest, useful person you desire to be. and the thought you hold hourly is transforming you into that particular individual.
 Thought is supreme. Preserve a right mental attitude--the attitude of courage, frankness and good cheer. To think rightly is to create. All things comes through desire, and every sincere prayer $ answered. We become like that on which our hearts are fixed. Carry your chin in and the crown of your head high We are gods in the chrysalis.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
MRS. coMER's BEST JUDGMENT
Like That of Others, It oeess ona'ly
 Was at Fault

The mistakes which were plentifuily sprinkled along Mrs. Corners career were never regretted by any one more than by Mrs. Conner herself useu the very best judgment had, she said. referring to one unfortunate oc' currence. but as usual, everything went wrong.
 You see. I vent to Greenville in tEe morning with Mrs. Hobart, intending to go on to Nashua; but l changed my mind when the weather turned cool and spent the day with Anna Woods going home at dusk, I'd forgotten my little bag with my key in 1t, so l went right over to Mrs. Hobart's.
 Shed gone down the road to Mrs Coles, but found her key behind the left-hand blind, and went right in.
 "The house was dark, but l said to myself: I won't light lamp for fed' of soaring her. timid woman living all alone as she does So sat in the dark till I heard her coming up thc walk
 When she found the door was un locked she gave a kind of gasp; sc stepped forward, and then, long at I had cold so my voice didn't son7e natural, and was afraid 'twouic scare her. she being so timid, put ou' my hand and laid it on her arm.
 And if you'll believe me" finished Mrs. Conner, plaintively. she fell right over in faint, and cut her forehead on the edge of the rocking chair, and l thought I'd never bring her to!
 There's no use trying to be care ! ful with a woman like her. ! Companion.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago News.


 The hard drinker is usually an easy one. Running up bills soon runs a man 5 reputation down.
 Sometimes a mans silence speaks volumes tor his discreetness.
 Trust in the Lord but do a iittie hustling on your own account.
 Everything comes to the girl who has a reputation as an heiress. The preaching of some women IS better than the piano practice ol others.
 Occasionally success is due to tai ent. but more often it is the result of hang-dog persistency.
 And house party by any other name would be a lot of chair-warm- CTS just the same.
 A lazy man makes as much fuss when he has little job of work on hand as. an old hen does who IS try ing to raise one chick.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
Value of q Garden.

The home garden is profitable and those who eat vegetables have the best health. Vegetables and fruit are essential to good health. It will be worth while to study the possi- bilities of a small plat which can be supplied with water from a well or tank. When a garden of one eighth of an acre can be made rich, and supplied with the water needed it will furnish a large family. One half this will be good if the ground be kept busy with continuous crops. Farm and Ranch.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
A Plain Duty Shirked.

The Gazette thinks the senate should have settled the Sumpter- Greaves contest by settling it. by saying which man was elected sena- tor on September II last. But now that the senate has referred the matter back to the people of Gar land and Montgomery counties, let there be an election so impartial and fair that there can be no question as to which candidate in this coming election was chosen by the votes of the people Arkansas Gazette.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
Want to Trade for Farm.

desire to trade for farming property near some good growlug city my residence property q Mena, a city of 6,000, located On K. c s. Ry., in healthiest loca ton iu Arkansas. The propertl is a seven-room plastercd houss situated in one of the best resf dence districts, four blocks from the depot and five from the posr office and business center. II y on Stilwell Heig overlooKlns the city and Ouachita vailej'| The property is well improveeO, has good well, city water supPllts to lavatory and bath, elee''H lights in every room and in oalul yard we'll set with bluegrass aa' abundant fruit trees at the IeaA barn is neat and very conveniea. Property is good investment lS8 home and will rent well, thouS' most too good for rental purpose as it has been my home uD~ work calls me else where. :.
 If you have anything to ' aus write with full description, 'elus i.l, etc, and also state that the u.s is absolutely good, as only 'a,, x, offers will be considered. II x proposition seems good l VIII iO' your property over. ,.,
 refer you to either nanOn n. bank or to ex-Mayor Mark f.U ney as to myself and the pfops'9
 J. B. McMahon,
 2S6 ct 6 In Mena, Ai'
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
The Rows Idea of It.

A bright 4-year-old Mena boy has parents whose recreation m waking in the woods and hills he generally shares. On returning from surh a trip recently, the young man climbed up to the supper table and remarked with a sigh: "Mama, let's eat supper tUica v
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

ported Sumpter in his contest wi'h Greaves during the last campaign he advised Sumpter not to accept the senatorship when it became ap- parent that 1t had been stolen rom the man who had won It at the poiiS'
 Fort Smith Times.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
Square Editor Get Senatorship.

J |. Wadley, editor of the Hot Springs News, has been appointed senator from the Thirty-frst sena- torial district, to temporarily supply the vacancy caused by the senate's cowardly action in the Greaves- Sumptsr ease. Wadley is a pretty clever fellow and although he SUD-
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
The Decorations.

The housekeeping bride was partic ular to keep a flower or two in a vas on the dining-rcom table. One after noon she came in late and started 10 arrange some roses when her col cred maid exclaimed:
 oh you got some. did you? was afraid you'd forget. seeing 1t was so late, and I knowed we had to have something green; so I just fixed it."
 The bside went into the dining room Tn The center of the mahogany table atccd one of her handsomea vases fell of romaine salad leaves
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

A Kansas legislature proposes to assess a tax of S25 a year against all bachelors over a5 years of age. 1t is either a case of increase revenue or population in Kansas.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY

Mothers who value their own comfort and the welfare Of their children, should neve
 be without box Of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, for use throughout the season. They break up colds, cure feyerish- ness. constipation, teething disorders, heal ache and stomach troubles. These Powdt rs Never Fall. Sold by all drug stores 2bc
 Don't accept any substitute. trial pack. age VIII be sent FREE to any mother who will address Allen $. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

The Fort Smith Times don't oh- ject to Bryan's statement that he will be a candidate if the people demand it, but thinks the Nebras- kan does altogether too much hustling to create the demand.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

California stood for Ruef and his gang of boodlers good many years whose only work was working the public, but raised an awful howl over few industrious, wealth-producing
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

It appears probable that some one interested party put a pistol holster in the pocket of Senator Carmack s coat after he was shot. the purpose being to justify his murderers. Such practices are altogether too common, and the punishment to fit the crime" in such cases would be about as bad a. hanging.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
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The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

1t has been discovered that some of those men who cheated the gov ernment in weighing sugar owned by the Sugar trust, made as high as $50, 1000 a year Good pay is not
 always preventative of dishonesty.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

Mena comes out of the winter this yetr in cleaner and more sanitary condition than in years. This should be an incentive to redoubled inter. est in making it the neatest, clean est, best-kept town on the map this stinnpaar
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
h0W THINds ARe chANqINd

Missouri and Arkansas both have Democratic senates, but there's difference. When it became evi- dent a Republican candidate had received but very narrow majority no the former state, some expected
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

Governor Donaghey has let it be known that he has no friends in the whisky business so far as pardoning yiolators of law. That is an unusual condition in Arkansas.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

Roosevelt will in few days be an ex-president, and will at once pro- ceed to show the country that it need have no worry regarding what to do with its ex-presidents so far as he is concerned.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

Spain is having a new navy built in Great Britain. It is perfectly safe to assert that it won't send this one on an errand similar to the one that made roosts for the fishes of the last
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

One Arkansas town has sold it's park for city lots. One of two things is sure: That park was not worth much to begin with or the town did not contain citizens who believed in living up to their oppor- tunities for municipal improvements.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

New York is now beginning to ask Whats the matter with Wall Street ?" The main thing is that 1t produces no useful thing and ab- sorbs a large part of the producers ,,rnnarfv
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

Attorney General Norwood and Governor Donaghey do not, from reports, appear to esteem one an- other very highly. Let both get down to hard work for Arkansas betterment and their opinions of each other will improve with asso- citation
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25

The general fund in the state treasury on March l probably will be less than S60 900, and the demand on that fund with the legislature in session is about Sl5,000 a week. If the legislators quit work when the cash ran out, we could figure mighty quick when to expect them home