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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-31

Inc circumstances under which
this we'll known missionary hymn was
written in 1919 by Reginald Heber.
then rector OF Hodnet, England, are
well authenticated. Mr.. Heber was
visiting his fatherin-law, Dean Shirley
vicar OF Wrexham, just before Whit.
Sunday, on which particular day col
lectlons Were to be made in the
churchesain compliance with a royal
request, in behalf OF the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel. Mr..
Shirley asked his son-in-law. with
whose poetic faculty he was of course
familiar, to prepare some verses to
De sung next day at the close of the
morning service. Going over to a
window of the vicarage Mr.. Heber sat
down there, and in short time hand.
ed Mr.. Shirley the manuscript of this
nymn-all except the lines begin.
ming, wait, watt, We winds, His story
and these were added Immediately
afterward. Mr.. Heber was indeed dis.
posed to still further increase the
INES, but Mr.. Shirley thought the
sense and harmony of the poem now
complete, with the addition. and that
anything more would be detrimental.
80 the copy was allowed to stand as
written, except that heather" was
| substituted for savage" nations. and
In this shape it went to the printer.
Inc manuscript was preserved, and
quite likely is still in existence, it's
last known owner being Rev. DR.. Raj.
mes OF Liverpool. 1t was on exhibi.
tlon at the London worlds fair in
1891. Being clear and beautiful hit
OF pen work, Mr. Hughes of Wrexham
autographed it as memorial of it's
original production in Wrexbam
cnurch on Whit-Sunday, 1910.
In 1923 Rev. Heber was made bisnon
OF Calcutta, where three years later
ne dled OF apoplexy while in the bath
tuo-Was found dead by servant
MS dlstlnct1on was the outgrowth Of
incredibly, environment and education
All MS life he was surrounded bv cpl.
lure and refinement. His father. Rev.
Reginald Heber of Malpas. after
whom the author was named. was q
man OF wealth and learning and CO.
rector OF Malpas with DR.. Townson
Rlcnard Heber, his elder brother. was
SO fond of books that he had accum.
uiated 10000 of them, and while one
wonders what he could really want
with SO many, and is quite certain
mat neither he nor Reginald could
master more than comparative few
OF them, it shows the literary atmos.
pnere IN which the Hebers lived. At
oxford in 1900 young Heber took first
prize for best Latin poem, first prize
ior English poetry, and on graduation
1nlfa prize for English prose. Follow.
ing his rectorsInip of Hodnet, 1907 to
ls-z ne preached during the latter
year at Lincoln's Inn, London. going
from there year later to India. He
was born at Malpas, which is in Che
snire, April Fl. 1888, and throughout
MS Ministerial career was noted for
ms missionary zeal. By Cool siloam,s
Shady Rill is another Of his great
hymns, remarkable for its simplicity
and sweetness.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-31

Violet Dale has replaced May Buck
ley as leading woman in Where
There's a VIII.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-31
From GreenIand's Icy Mountains.

From GreenIand's Icy Mountains.
From Greenland's icy mountains,
From midas coral strand,
Where Afric's sunny fountains
Roll down their golden sand:
From many an ancient river.
From many a palmy plain,
They call us to deliver
Their land from errors chain.
What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft DER Ceylon's isle,
Though every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile;
In vain with lavish kindness
The gifts of God are strown:
The heather in his blindness
Bows down to wood and stone.
Can we, whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high,
Can we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny?
Salvation! O salvation!
The joyful sound proclaim,
Till each remotest nation
Has learned Messiah's name.
Watt, watt we winds His story,
And you, We waters, roll,
Till like a sea of glory
1t spreads from pole to pole;
Till DER our ransomed nature
The Lamb for sinners slain,
Redeemer King, Creator,
In bliss returns to reign.
Reginald Heber.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-31

Jeanette Lowrie is planning to go
into vaudeville in new sketch.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-31
WHAT EVERY COLLEGE MAN
KNOWS.

That colleges would be better OF
without class rooms.
That he can go further on a kan
CARGO walk than on a high stand.
That the world is On tiptoe waiting
for him to graduate.
That it is just as easy to get along
in life as it is in college.
That everyone on the street takee
an extra look at him, or ought to.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-31

With Cook Finish.
Congress begins with an investiga-
ton. How will congress end?-Spring
field Republican.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
CLEANLINESS OF THE TURKS
Wonderfully Fastidlous Habits Prac- tised by Some of the Women of
 Constantinople.

The habits of the Turkish women of Constantinople are wonderfully fas. tidious. For instance, when they wash their hands at tap from which water runs into marble basin the fair ones will let the water run until a servant thuts 1t off, inasmuch as to do this Themselves would render them "un. clean" They cannot open or shut a door. as the handle would be unclean.
 One of these fastidious women was not long ago talking to a small niece who had just received present of a doll from Paris. By and by the child laid the doll fin the lady's lap. She was mortified and ordered the child to lake it away. As the little girl would not move it and no servant was near md the lady would be defiled by touching doll that had been brought from abroad, the only resource left Ter was to jump up and let the doll fall It broke in pieces.
 Another Turkish woman would not open a letter coming by post, but re- quired a servant to break the seal and hold the missive near her that 1t might be read. Also, should her hand. kerchief fall to the ground 1t was i'm mediately destroyed or given away, so that she might not again use it.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
FATAL TO SLUMBER
WAS DISCOVERY MADE BY MRS,
 PiTMAN.
Sure Some Horrid Animal Was In the Bed, and the Judge Was Re- sponsibIe for the
 Rest.

Judge Pitman is a very absent minded man, and this peculiarity more than once has gotten him into trouble. The other night, as he was retiring, he got to thinking very hard about a propect for reshingling the steeple O tbe Presbyterian church, of which he Is a deacon, and he was so absorbed that he went to bed with his spec tacles on. They are the old-fashioned, heavy, silver kind. After a while they dropped off, and during the night worked down under the covers. Just before daylight the judge was awak- ened by shriek from Mrs Pitman. Sitting up he saw that excellent lady standing by the side of the bed, with terror pictured in her face. He said.
 Why, my dear, what's the matter?"
 There's snake in the bedl"
 70, nonsense!" exclaimed the judge. getting out as suddenly as if some thing had bitten him.
 It's a snake, or a rat, or some thing of the kind," said Mrs. Putnam; something cold and clammy. I felt 1t crawling about my leg. It woke me up. Therel l see 1t moving under the covers now. See that! Maybe it's a h0ad!"
 Perhaps it's a mousse" suggested the judge.
 Its awful" said Mrs. P. "A mouse crawling around over me in bedl It almost makes me sickl"
 They are very harmless, my dear" said the judge; "but still, it certainly isn't pleasant to have them in bed Get me the broom. or something, and I'.l kill it."
 Mrs. Pitman procured the broom and then the judge said
 Now, you turn down the covers slowly, and I'll whack him."
 Mrs. Pitman took hold of the quilt as if 1t were poisonous, and, pulling downward, waited for the animal to appear. The judge at last thought he saw it. and he brought the broom down with terrible force. He held it upon the object with all his strength, while Mrs. Pitman went for a bucket C~ AhCA SAC Jud6C pQbntu Aut broom along over the bed, and dropped the offensive thing in the bucket. It sank to the bottom, and they took it to the light to examine It. When the judge cast his eye upon 1t he said, in disgust:
 Mary Jane, you always were a fool. Why, thunder and lightning. it's my spectacles, and the glasses are smashedl"
 Then Mrs. Pitman began to cry, and. as the judge said it would be ridicu- lous to sleep on bed full of broken glass, they went to bed in the third story
 The judge has taken to wearing india-rubber eyeglasses, and he hitches them to his coat by string.-New York Weekly
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
TO DEFY THE AUTO
MIR. GWlLk HEREAFTER WILL
 TRAVEL IN SAFETY.
Has Got Himself So Fixed That He Need No Longer Fear Being Run Down-His Scheme
 Simple One.

Has 1t ever occurred to you" said MT. Gwilk. that you never heard of an automobile running over coal wagon? No, sir. not once. You might search the files of all the newspapers in the country for the last ten years. since automobiles came into anything like common use, and not find a case; not single case.
 T am referring now, you under, stand, to the large, the seven-ton coal wagon, drawn by three large and pon. derous and deliberately moving horses. This wagon loaded would weigh about ten tons and the three horses would weigh about sixteen hun dred apiece, making the weight of the entire outfit approximately twelve tons, practically mountain in slow motion.
 And you never heard of an automo- bile running into one of these big coal wagons, did you? Never. And why don't they? They run into or over everything else on earth. don't they? Chickens, pigs and human beings? Why don't they run into the seven-ton coal wagon? I will tell you. It is be- cause 1t would bring trouble on them
 "A man is a comparatively light and a soft and yielding body; they can run Into a man and run over him or bunt him aside without injury to the ma chine and without much jar or incon venience of any sort, but not so with the seven-ton coal wagon. To run full tilt into the impregnably solid coal wagon would be to smash the automo- bile all to flinders, bust things all to pieces and scatter coal all over the occupants of the machine; it would mess things up generally and it might kill or maim some of the people in the | automobile.
 All these things the automobilists know very well. and so they look out l for themselves. They never run into | the seven-ton coal wagon, showing that they can avoid collisions when they want to.
 Noting the immunity of the big coal wagon gives me an idea. AS it is eAN' 0SAAo oA1hPAs O 1ncn dlbOls I AdNc to jump at every crossing whenever I hear the boot of the horn I am tired of that and even with all the precau- uons take I might some day be run down. So have now taken the final steps to insure my entire and com plete safety.
 T have hired out to coal concern have got job driving one of those big seven-ton coal wagons. I start in on this job tomorrow morning, and from that on the paralyzing honk, honk, will have no terrors for me.
 From my lofty seat on the summit of my moving mountain and holding easily the lines leading to my three deliberate slow moving ponderous percherons shall look down upon all automobilists with a cool and serene disdain."
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
Cures Blood, Skin Diseases, Eczema
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If your blood Is impure. thin, diseased, hot or full of humors, if you have blood poison, cancer, eating sores. scrofula, eczema, itching, risings and pumps, swell ings or superating sores, scabby pimply skin, ulcers, bone pains, catarrh, rheumatism, or any blood or skIn disease, take Bot anic Blood Balm (B.B.B.) Soon all sores heal, aches and pains stop and the blood is made pure and rich. Druggists or by express Sl per large bottle. Sample free by writing Blood Balm Go Atlanta, Ga. B. B. B. IS es- pecially advised for chronic, deep seated cases of blood or skin diseases, as it cures after all else fails. Sold in Mena, Ark, by w. c. Vandiver.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
ROAD PETITION

To the Hon. Judge Wright Prickett:
 We, the undersigned citizens and taxpayers of Polk county, Arkansas, respectfully petition your Honor thai you will have established the follow ing described road: Beginning at the bridge on Rolling Fork and running in northeasterly direction through the NW4 and the NE4 of the NEi, Sec. IA, T. S., k. 32 w., intersecting the section line at the NV corner of the NW4 of the NW4, Sec. B, thence east along said section line and joining the now present county road, which is about three quarters of mile from the bridge to where the old road is in tersected.
 w. E. Clinton, ct al.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
Milnrxe Measurements.

Because the balance wheels of watches expand and contract with changes of temperature they run slower and faster, according to cir. eumstances. By making them of diff ferent kinds of metal, having different degrees of expansion with increase oi temperature, the effect of their changes on the running of watches may be almost entirely eliminated. But in dealing with such a problem it Is necessary to know the expansibility of the metal employed.
 A means of measuring 1t is fur nished by ai instrument called a dilatometer, in which a system of deli cate levers or chain of gear wheels magnifies the motion of pointer over a graduated scale hundreds of time At meeting of the Physical society in London not long ago dilatometer vas exhibited which had a magnifica ton of 1,500 times, so that the change in the length of a piece of steel caused by single degree of rise or fall oi temperature was clearly measured bs
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
PARSONS SAVING CLAUSE
Instance of the Funny Little Breaks Preachers Occasionally Make
 m the Pulpit.

party of genial spirits were gath nred in hotel the other afternoon talking about preachers and the funny lttle breaks they occasionally make in the pulpit, when Francis B. Lee, lawyer and historian, of Trenton, told how a good dominic friend of his once threw an unintentional jolt into a weil-knowr and popular secret organl. Eation.
 The secret organization" said MT. Lee, 'was about to. have public service, and the committee in charge asked his preacher friend to deliver one of the prayers. The dominic readily consented, and knowing that, among other worthy things the lodge prided itself on it's charity, he decided to make that feature of the prayer.
 Needless to say, he did the thing beautifully. He painted a realistic word picture of the widow and orphan and showed the helping hand extend. ed in generous relief In almost every phrase and sentence he referred to the charity of the organization. In fact, the whole prayer breathed an atmos- phere of charity. He"
 Well, if he did all that" interrupt. ed one of MT. Lees hearers, where in the deuce did the jolt come in?"
 Tn the windup,". smilingly answered Mir. Lee. There Is where he jumped the track and before he could get back on 1t again he had said And you all know, my brothers, that charity covers a multitude of sins "--. Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
Too Quick With soorn

That marvellous story of the British expedition to New Guinea, with its discovery of a new pygmy race, re minds writer that in the past stay-at home people have sometimes erred ii treating travellers tales with scorn, There was, for instance, the descrip' ton by James Bruce in TITO of tn, barbarous Abyssinian custom of eat. ing raw meat cut from the living anil nal which was rldiculed by everybody Yet Pruce has even recently been proved right. When Paul Du Chaillu explored equatorial Africa in 1861 and described the wonderful gorillas and also the nation of dwarfs there he was discredited none too politely by the British Royal Geographical society Yet subsequent explorers amply vindi eated his veracity
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
Our Happiness.

Our happiness mainly depends on the freedom that widens with every good deed and contracts beneath acts of evil. Not metaphorically, but liter ally. does Marcus Aurelius free him self each time he discovers a new truth in indulgence, each time that he pardons, each time he reflects. Still less of metaphor is It to declare that Macbeth enchains himself anew with every fresh crime And If this be true of the great crimes of kings and the virtues of heroes, 1t is no less true Of he humblest faults and most hideous virtues of ordinary life. Many youth ful Marcus Aurelius is still about us; many Macbeth who never stirs from his room.-- -Maeterlinck.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
Cupid and the
 PrOprieHeS
Bv Catherine M. Patterson

Copyright, 1910. by Associated Literary Press
 day morning was drawing peril
 a,v near and the party nao Just ously mn If was one of Patricia Nor prOh0n os,,lar Sunday night supper par ton those guest list never numbered ueS' '''ore than eight and usually less-anu mo'o raIwells and Jimmie Brent were the ,ssast stayers. Mrs. Falwell and tne s'shand were just leaving. Mrs. nei n-a, M and her husband! It was af fa,m' that way, not that Mrs. Falwell way way inc more important of the two or "s' .ho nossesscr of any mental, moral was sxsical superiority, but 1t just nat or aYiy pr was Even the society writers als"t % t.len Into the habit of saying: na. n,s. and Mrs. So-and-So had as guests VI. .se,r hox at the opera last night MT. ID ,A s,rs some-One-or-Othe and Mrs. anr ,,,ou the latter wearing a toilet ,shi,e satin with duchesse and ol .,s MT. Falwell was there also" ps psa lost was apparently an after .aongbt lnS and TO one would have missed :. ,DIs1 ,t fats in the shape of the makeup n in the composing room, had re- na rod the statement to mako the col ~nn n ft into the page form. Yet every uno u,l liked Mir Falwell and he himself Vns aomed quite content with things as trey were. ..
 Jimmie Brent had risen with the rslwells, but after they had gone hc .,,l, remained. In his hand he held half smoked cigar.
 May I stay until l finish this?' he ,0ouired indicating his weed.
 surely" said Patricia.
 eBrent promptly knocked of not only the ashes, but the live end of the
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
Philosopher and PhIIoscnhx.

According to Life. philosophy ls q Short cut to knowledge. Being short cut to knowledge philosophy is moth. ing at all. because there Is no shol cut to knowledge.
 A philosopher is a man who think that if he finds out a certain thind which nobody else has ever found out, he will be able to find out everything else without looking. Therefore, he spends his life looking for that one certain thing. and thereby overlooks everything else Accordingly, a per feet philosopher knows nothing at all. Happily the world has never yet been hurdened with a perfect philosopher. There are, however, a good many i'm perfect philosophers floating around who are interesting to associate with directly, as they follow philosophy not as vocation but as an avocation
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
UNEARTHED WHALES BONES
Dredeers Lay Bare Skeleton of 1; Twenty-F Dredge
 Brings Up a Diamond.

In cutting away the bank of the creek mile from the ocean on Hew let's Bay, the New York Sun says, workmen employed on the dredger Florida came across the skeleton of a 20-foot whale 12 feet below the sur lace of the meadows. The men had secured the vertebrae and head and were digging for the rest of the frame when the storm put an end to opera tions.
 The large suction pipe of the dredger has brought to light many articles. some of them valuable. Two weeks ago a diamond ring worth s100 was brought up. Just inside the sue ton pipe is a box which contains a magnet and all metal substances drop Into the box, while the mud and dirt pass over 1t.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
Kitchen on Wheels.

A restaurant keeper in one of the poorer quarters of Paris has hit upon an original way of increasing his GUS tom. He noticed that large propor- ton of workmen had not the time to get their midday meal at a restaurant, and contented themselves with an al fresco lunch on the pavement. If they have no time to come to me, mus. p to them" thought this enter pr.a.as caterer. who thereupon had instructed a large truck on wheels provided with chef in attendance. a stove ga4 all the implements of res. taurant tchen. With this he per. nnbulated the busiest thoroughfares
 locking for customers, and with so mucs success that accr1ing to the Mundag, aa Italian review published In five Languages, he wi. probably be- fore long have eey sal lmitators
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
Mound City Pant may cost a trifle more, butt G. w. Petty
A MIsundsrstood Genius.

Mischa Ellman. the boy violinist told on his last visit to New York q story of ais early childhood.
 When l was very small indeed" ho said. q played at a reception at Rus1 sian princess, and, for an urchin o' seven, flatter myself l rattled of peethoven's 'Kreutzer Sonata finely This sonata. you know, has in 1t sev eral long and impressive rests. Well in one of these rests motherly old lady leaned forward. patted my shoul der, and snid
 "'Play something you know. dear
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29

Ask your friend, your preacher, your druggist for hls opinion of Swamp Chill and Fever Cure; ask anyone who knows or who has ever used Swamp Chill Cure. and you will find they one and all will say Swamp Chill Cure Is as nec- essary as food; to those who dwell in any section of the country where chills and fever prevail. Prove it for yourself. IL is guar anteed absolutely to cure.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
NOTICE FOR prBLfCArIoN

Department of the Interior, U. $. Land office
 at Camden, Arkansas, Sept 10, 1910 Notice is hereby given that Elmer l.. Wallace, of Quito, Arkansas, who on July 10, 1905. made Homestead Entry No. 2e9is 36. Township south Range 30 West, 9th Prin Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final five-year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the Circuit Clerk of Polk County, at Mena, Arkansas. on the 2+th day Of October, 1910. C
 Claimant names as witnesses. William \. Wallace Roberl L. Capps, John " Bogle, of Quito, Ark. and Isaac l.. Reed of Mena, Ark. 35-6t Il. c. Friedheim, Register.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
LEGAL NOTICES.
ROAD REMoNsTRANCE.

LN(NAO iAiINANANAD At&AAN114s To the Hon. Wright Prickett, County Judge:
 We, the undersigned petitioners, de- sire to state that petition has been sent to your court asking that the present county road as recently laid out by your court, be changed as fol- lows: From the new bridge on Rolling Fork, running northeasterly direc- tion through the northwest l of the northeast |, of lhe northeast of Section 14, T. S., R. 32 w, inter- secting the section line at the north west corner of the northwest of the northwest l, Section l3. Thence east along said section line and joining the now present county road which is about three quarters of mile from the bridge to where the old road is in- tersected.
 Therefore, we, the undersigned pe- titioners, desire to state that we are land owners and householders along said new road, and want to remon- strate against the changing of said road in any particular. Respectfully suf mitted, l.. l.. Loftin, and others,
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-29
ROAn NOTICN-

Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned petitioners and residents of Road District No. l4, in Cove Town ship, Polk county, Ark, will present a petition to the Polk County Court at it's next October term, 1910, praying an order creating and establishing pub lie road along and over the following route, to-wit: Beginning at the inter section of the Public Road at the NE corner of Sec. II, Twp. S.. R, 32 w., and running thence West along the Section line, or as near as practicable to the NV corner of said Sec. IA, in- tersecting the Public Road, a total distance of one mile.
 Thos. F. Davis,
 R. $. Davis, ct al.