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The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
Has Felt the Charm of Paris.

A resident of Washington who travA els a great deal was commenting, just a day or so ago on the conditions in Paris brought about by the greatest flood since 1915.
 T will wager" said he, that every person who has ever been to Paris, if only for flying trip of day or two, Is reading every line that is being printed about the French capital just now. For myself, I feel as badly. when l read of the flood and its rav- ages, as though I were in the normal Paris now, reading of just the same sort of trouble in Washington. the na tional capital, and my own home.
 There is charm about the French capital that to one who has ever been there is never dissipated. And when think of the city as last I saw 1t, happy, gay, warm, brightly lighted, It's streets thronged. its shops open and inviting, and then compare it with the picture that forms in my mind now, as read the newspaper reports, 1t makes me absolutely unhappy. If were woman should weep and be glad of It. l am hoping that the permanent damage will not be as bad as is an- ucipated. But not for worlds will go back there until every trace of the flood has been removed"
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
IMMENSE DEPOSITS OF SODA
Shallow Lake in African Valley, Twenty Miles in Extent, Gov
 CTS Much Wealth.

Further details of the journey just concluded by MT Fred Shelford, the well-known engineer. in connection with the projected railway to be con- structed from the Uganda railway to Lake Magadi, have been received.
 This wonderful lake, which Is only reached after a long and difficult jour. ney over uninhabited and waterless country, is described as follows by MT Shelford.
 Lake Magadi Is picturesquely situ. ated amid weird surroundings at the bottom of valley 5000 feet deep. On one side are mountains 5000 feet above sea level. and on another a range having an altitude of 5000 feet.
 There Is no sign of human life, but on and about the lake are immense numbers of hamingo.
 From the surrounding mountains the lake, which is ten miles long by two to three miles in breadth. looks like an ordinary sheet of water of somewhat reddish hue. On reaching the shores. however, we found that the water was only few inches deep and covered hard surface looking ey actly like pink marble. This is an i'm mense deposit of soda, which was bored and found to extend to 8 consid- erable depth. thus indicating an area of at least 20 miles of solid soda.
 The heat upon the soda lake was very great"
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
SPEAKER CANNON WON'T RETIRE
Announcements of Senators Hale and Aldrich Will Have No Influ-
 ence on Uncle Joe"

Washington, April 21.-The actoni of Senators Aldrich and Hale in an. nouncing their retirement will have no influence on Speaker Cahnon. H. said so at the White house after ha had talked with the president abou; legislative matters The speaker de. clared that he believed that i'll health was the cause of Senator Hale's retire. ment
 Hale is a man of courage" assert. ed the speaker, "and have no idea that politics in his state influenced hia action. His health Is better than polit teal office"
 Well, you are getting along in years it was suggested, land do you consider your health?"
 Well, expect to live 25 years long CT and will have a good time"
 Your activities may tell upon youl health, though.'
 Not a bit of it. People die from gluttony, underworld and worry. Plenty of work never hurts anybody If didn't hustle around some all the time I would get stale"
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
MIR. BRYAN WAS IN WASHINGTON
Democratic Leader Urged an Appro. priation to Aid Porto Rico to
 Exterminate Hookworm.

Washington, April 21-Mr. Brya1 urged congress to appropriate for th extermination of the hookworm in Porto Rico and establish Pan-Ameri can college there. At hearing beforo the house committee on insular affairs MT. Bryan pictured Porto Rico as a place of beauty and picturesque maa niiicence, but an island with burdens which the United States should help to relieve.
 He said Porto Rico was the "kev bv which we are to unlock South Ameri. ca" and that South America offered golden opportunity for the immigant He predicted that in half a century the population in South America would be increased 25 to 50 millions. ue pointed out that the United States was reaching the point where there was Jeff little idle land or free land to offer The immigrants and South America standing much as the United Statea stood at the beginning of the last cen. tury. was opening up it's country.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
MADEIRA WITH A HISTORY
esorotsry sIalnss 0ecd Joke on Rec oonlssd cennolssspr In the Matter
 of Wines.

cannot refrain from narrating an Incident of that dinner. When MT. Blaine wont home from the capitol he told Mrs. Blaine he had invited an additional number of gentlemen, among them the secretary of the navy, George Nj. Robeson. and that she must be sure to eerve some madeira. as that was the secretary's fayorite wine. to which she replied that there was not a bottle in the house. Well,
 ho said. "send to the grocery and get some as we must have it." The speak CT was in his best humor that evening. md as he looked down the table when the madeira was being served he saw the secretary testing it's aroma, where upon he arrested the conversation or the guests by addressing the secre- tary in voice which attracted general attention: Robeson, 1 hope you Will like that madeira, for 1t has his- tory" and then he proceeded to in vent story of how 1t belonged to cask of a choice vintage which had made trip around the world in sail ing vessel to temper its quality, and had been Drought to Washington by European diplomat, had been bought, at the sale of his effects when he left the country, by retired commodore of the navy, and lain in his cellar in Philadelphia for years, and that he
 Blaine, had received from his friesd the commodore few bottles and that this they were now drinking was the last of 1t. Secretary Robeson, who was a great connoisseur of wine, listened with marked attention, and responded that he knew from it's de
 licious aroma and delicious taste 1t must have a history, and proceeded to praise 1t in extrayagaDt terms. MT
 Blaine never omitted an opfortunity when he found his friend in congeniai company to tell the story on him. J. w. Fosters Diplomatic Memoirs" !"
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
Royal Red Tape fer German Princes

The feature of the imperial court season will be the debut of the kais er's only daughter. the Princess Vic toria Louise. who was IT last Septem Der, is the burden of a dispatch from Berlin. She Is not pretty. but is tall slender. graceful and as vivacious al her father. She will be the center ol attention at the court balls.
 The princess will be obliged to choose her own partners from the young officers of the crack regiments as N- civiliag is ever allowed to dance with an imperial princess. Moreover the princess must not choose the same partner more than once nor at two successive balls. fin order to avoid gossip
 The officers she ought to choose are indicated by her ladies-in-waiting The choice goes by rank and title. Though the princess may lose her heart to any officer she will not be permitted to marry one not of royal birth. Her first season, bound about with all this red tape. is likely to prove some what less happy than that of de hutantes who are not of royal state
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
MISSIONARY TELLS OF WORK
Labor and Perils of Those Who Go Among Savages to Carry Cos
 pei Message.

Tn the course of lecture on The Savages of New Guinea" at the Lon don Institution. A. H. Dunning re- ferred to Dr. Chalmers. the great mis- sionary. who died in the island. and said that for many years there was no photograph of the Goaribardil tribe which murdered him He placed ou the screen a portrait of a savage whq was not only member of the tribe but he had reason to believe was the actual man who struck Dr. Chalmers down and helped to eat him. A pro file photograph of the same native showed an extraordinary receding forehead, the sign of low type of hu- manity. The savage was taken pris- oner in the course of a governmental expedition 10 recover the remains of Dr, Chalmers fellow victim. Mir Tompkins. and he was generally stat ed by the other natives to be the man who struck the missionary.
 Mir. Cunning gave an amusing ac- count of his adventures among the savages, one of his stories relating to a bottle of strong smelling salts. The first man who smelt, under the i'm pression that 1t was a white mans love charm" was so startled that he fetched a friend to try. Then they formed the salts into sort of trust and secured the neighborhood for re- cruits. Nobody gave the show away They brought new people up one after the other, propped them up against tree and sat round like Christy minstrels to wait for the re- suit.
 Kissing or fondling was unknown in New Guinea until the advent of the missionaries. These were seen kiss Ing the children and the custom spread. Having been kissed by oily natives. he preferred the old style of salutation
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
The Sound Sleep of Good Health.

The restorative power of sound sleep can not be over estimated and any ail- ment that prevents it is a menace to health. J. l.. Southers, Eau Claire. Wis, says:-"For long time I have been unable to sleep soundly nights, because of pains across my back and soreness of my kidneys. My appetite was very poor and my general condi- tion was much run down. I have been using Foley's Kidney Pills but a short time and now sleep as sound as a rock. eat and enjoy my meals, and my general condition is greatly improved. 1 can honestly recommend Foley's Kidney Pills, as l know they have cured me- Sold by Jackson Drug and Furniture Go.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
Emperor In Role of Good Samaritan

Emperor In Role of Good Samaritan,
 Emperor William acted the good Sa- maritan in his walk Thursday after. noon, says dispatch from Berlin.
 While returning to the castle through the tiergarten afoot, accom- panied by an adjutant. after visiting the hunting exposition fin the zoologi cal gardens, his majesty found an un conscious man lying in lonely spot
 He immediately knelt and tried to revive the man, at the same time send ing his adjutant to fetch cab. When the vehicle arrived. the emperor and adjutant lifted the still senseless man into it. ordering that he be driven to a hospital.
 The emperor continued his walk and later telephoned to the hospital and learned that the man had recovered He was one of the unemployed and had tainted from fatigue and hunger. His majesty ordered that the man be kept at the hospital, and promised to help him find work.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
RrIahton.

Brighton, which is patronized bv kings and neglected by novelists is not without it's literary associations Dr. Johnson was a frequent visitor in his later life, and tablet to his mem. ory was recently unveiled in the mar. ish church of St Nicholas. where be worshiped in company with the fhrales. Charles and Mary I,amh were at Brighton in 1877, and Mary told Dorothy Wordsworth that she and her brother found the air of the Downs almost as good as inc Westmoreland mountains Among other Brighton lovers may be men. uoned Fanny BuTney. Horace Smith theodore Hook, Thackeray U who thought of Vanity Fair" as suita. Die title for his most famous novel while staying at the Old ship-DIck- ems, Harrison, Ainsworth and Macap lay-London Chronicle.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
One Conductor Who Was Cured

Mir. Wilford Adams is his name, and he writes about it. Some time ago l was confined to my bed with chronic rheumatism. 1 used two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy with good effect, and the third bottle put me on my feet and 1 resumed work as con. ductor on the Lexington, Ky, Street Railway. It gave me more relief than any medicine l had ever used, and it will do all you claim in cases of rheu- matism. v Foley's Kidney Remedy cures rheumatism by eliminating the uric acid from the blood. Sold by Jackson Drug and Furniture Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
Free Liver
 Remedy

It is we'll to stop physical ail- ment at the first signs of it's approach, and that is especially true of liver trouble, which can eventually give rise to so many serious complications. Many have liver trouble and imagine 1t IS indigestion. and hence take the wrong remedy.
 When the liver does not store up suf- ncient gastric juices it becomes sluggish. anu in this way disturbs the stomach and bowels. With which it is supposed to work m harmony. Then comes the sallow pain in the forehead. the thinning of tne blood. etc. A very quick and sensible way 10 stop the trouble as well aa to ssure 1t Is by the use of pr. Caldwell's syrup Pepsin. which contains fncredIen Ia especially intended to promote the ac. tivity of the liver
 Among the many thousands who have snb,seas written the the, doctor about the results achieved with his remedy. and who ara glad to make the facts public Ed that othera can help themselves are MT Jas Kennedy, St. Louis. Mo: Mrs. S A La Rue Of Smiths Grove. Ky. and many These. like thousands of others. started the use of Syrup Pepsin with a sample. n you VIII send your name and address xou can also obtain a free trial bottle This will prove to you that liver trouble Is promptly cured with this remedy or money will be refunded Having tried you can then buy it in the reeular way of your druggist at fifty cents and one dollar bottle. and the latter is sumcient for an entire family
 This remedy is vast Improvement over cathartic tablets and salts which only do good for the time being Svrafr Pepsin is permanent in it's results fs pleasant to take and does not rrina !. .- e-sssecssssiy s,5od for All those who can- not stand violent purgative
 Dr: Caldwell personally will De pleased to give you any medical advice you ma v desire for yourself or family pertaining fo the stomach, liver or bowels absolufelv Tree Of charge. Explain your ease ig, 2 letter and he wili reply to you in defaii For the free sample simply send vnnr name and address on a postal cara e. otherwise For either request the ,locforss address is Dr. W. B. Caldwell. R g0s fsaig, we'll building, Monticello. III. -'''--
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
BIG DEAL IN KANSAS FARM LAND
Senator ]. H. stewshs of Wichita Buys 22,40O Acres In Gray County
 for $224,ooo.

Cimauon, Kan, April 22.-The big. gest real estate deal ever made in western Kansas has just been con. summated. Practically congress sional township of land, or 35 sections or 140 quarters, or 22.400 acres Of good Gray county soil was delivered by deed so Senator j. H. Stewart of Wich- ita The price paid was $l0 per acre on the average, making the whole con. sideration about $224,000
 Senator Stewart has acquired large bodies of land in other western coun ties, but none involving such large consideration.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
ANOTHER QUAKE IN COSTA RIGA
Thousands of People are Homeless and Many Towns Are Reported
 Ruined-A Threatened Famine.

Colon, April 22.-Costa Rica has again been shaken by a series of ter. rife earthquakes according to dis. patches and further damage has been done. Thousands are homeless; many towns are reported ruined, and the in. habitants of the country are in a panic
 San Jose is crowded with refugees and Cartegena is in panic Famine is
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
Good Joke on voter.

An amusing story is told of what happened to piuralist voter in the 1900 election in England. He was a Keen politician and believing that the vote he possessed in a distant constit. uency would be of value to his candi. date engaged special train to take nim there. On entering the polling booth he found the engineer of the train at his heels. He then discovered that the engineer happened to ba m the voting register of the same town siiSsi siiiSsi vas taking the opportunity of his accidental presence there to record other side. 0 en
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
THE DEMOCRAT WAS ELECTED
Republican Congressional Candidate Defeated by 5000 Majority al
 Rochester, New York.

Rochester, x. I. April 21.-The heretofore impregnable Aldridge ma. chine in Monroe county was smashed to smitherens here. James s. Ravens, a quiet. unassuming lawyer. practical. iy unknown in Rochester up to two weeks ago. was swept into office on a tidal wave. He Is elected to congress e successor of the late James Breck Perkins by plurality of over 6,00o although Mir. Perkins, running as an Aldridge candidate little less than two years ago. carried the county by lo.167 over Searle. the Democratic candidate.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
Watch for the Comet

The Red Dragon of the sky. Watch the children for spring coughs and colds. Careful mothers keep Foley's Honey and Tar in the house It is the best and safest prevention and cure for croup where the need is urgent and immediate relief a vital necessity. Contains no opiates or harmful drugs. Refuse substitutes Sold by Jackson Drug and Furniture Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
Ask your friend, your preache.

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. It is guar. anteed absolutely to cure.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
ANOTHER LAND GRAl.
HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE SALE or FRIAR LANDS IN THE PHIL
 IPPlNEs.
TRUSTS ARE GETTING CONTROL
Representative Martin of Coiorads Calls Attention to Several Queer Fea lures In the Transfer of the Propertl to the Sugar and Tobacco Trusts.

Washington, April 22.--Revelationi of additional queer features in con nection with the alleged illegal sals of 55,000 acres of Philippine frial lands and the knowledge that the to bacco trust has acquired an option or 50,000 acres of the lands seem to make 1t imperative on congress to adopt promptly a new resolution introduced in the house by Representative John A. Martin of Colorado, asking for an investigation by a joint committee oi ten of the suspicious looking transac tions in these insular lands.
 Of Interest to Tobacco Growers.
 The appearance of the tobacco trust as would-be grabber of the lands will cause the tobacco growers of the United States to sit up and take notice and may have the effect of bringing them into line with those who insist that the investigation must be made 1t has also become known here that z Hawaiian sugar company, supposed tc be subsidiary of the sugar trust, has likewise been granted by the Philip pine government an option on 20,00f acres of the friar lands, thus raising to 75,000 acres the total holding. di rect and indirect, of the sugar octopus
 One Reason Given.
 One reason given by the chief oi the war department bureau of insulai affairs for his apparent disregard of law in making the first sale of 55,00C acres to the sugar trust was that the total acreage of friar lands was sc large that what had been disposed of was a negligible quantity. AS fact that total amount of land purchased from the orders of friars in the Philip pines was something about 100000 acres. Counting in the options recent ly acquired by representatives of tho tobacco trust and by the Hawaiian sugar interests with the 55.000 acres sold to the sugar trust, nearly one quarter of all the friar lands have been disposed of.
 The organic act establishing the Philippine government and the code of land laws adopted by that government both contain the express provision that not more than 40 acres of public lands shall be sold to an individual and not more than 2,500 acres to a corporation.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
MADE A BIG FORTUNE IN CORN
Adolph ]. Liehstern Reported to Have Cleaned tip s5oo,o0o by the Fall
 in Chicago Prices.

Chicago. April 21.--With the Chi cago market flooded with corn. II ,000.. 900 bushels of the golden cereal being stored in local elevators. shorts" are covering and the leader of the "bear" faction, Adolph ;. Lichstern is report. ed to have bought in corn enough to show a profit on the right side of his ledger running over $500,000 mark Some of his profits ran as high as 1O cents per bushel.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
THEY ROBBED CARS
EMPLoYEs OF MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD DETECTED IN
 WHOLESALE THEFTs.
BILLS OF LADlNG WERE FORGED
Kansas City Police unearth System Whereby Freight Cars Were Robbed of at Least s5o,ooo Worth of Goods Only One Arrest Made.

Kansas City, April 21,--The theft of thousand of dollars worth of goods from freight cars of the Missouri Pa. cific railway has been unearthed by the police.
 Three pianos, 300 suits of mems clothing and other goods valued at up- wards of $5,000 were recovered and taken to police headquarters.
 One man is under arrest, charged with forging bills ol lading. Other ar. rests will be made.
 At Work at Leavenworth.
 Detectives are at work on the case in Leavenworth, Kan, and arrests will be made there.
 Three different business firms in Kansas City are under suspicion of receiving the goods from the railroad employees who stole them.
 City detectives are searching ware houses and auction houses along Wal nut street, between Fifth and Seventh streets
 The thefts have been going on for six months and. in that time, it is esti mated, that at least $50,000 worth of goods in transit have been stolen.
 How 1t Was Possible.
 The thefts were made possible through collision with bill clerk in the Missouri Pacific yards in Leaven- worth. A freight car loaded with mer- chandise would be broken open, its contents loaded into another car a forged bill of lading would be made out and it would be shipped to certain persons in Kansas City.
 These persons would receive it and unload 1t. The goods would be jobbed to retail dealers or placed on sale in auction houses.
 This wholesale robbery of the Nils. souri Pacific is part of a great scheme of employees of different rail. roads entering Kansas City to profit by the burglary of freight cars.
 The unfolding of the scheme began when e2 employees of the Kansas City Southern railway were arrested, their houses searched and thousands of dol lars worth of goods recovered.
 The police declare that their in- ves.igations have only begun; that the combination of thieves included employees of every road entering Kan sas City and thai more arrests will be made soon.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
Torold liver. Stomach trouble.

MT. James O'Byrne, 626 Madison St., Topeka, Kas., conductor Sante Fe Rail way and member Order of Railway Con duetors, writes:
 q suffered with torpid liver ano stomach trouble, which made my com plexion very sallow, and l felt misera- ble and tired all the time.
 "An aunt wrote me that she was talk ing Peruna with such good results that she advised me to try 1t, and l finally bought bottle, although disliked 10 take patent medicines.
 "However, found Peruna very agree able to take, and effective, as l felt bet ter in week. I took only five bottles fin all and found that was all needed. .'I am most grateful to you for what your medicine has done for me"
 Dysentery Entirely Relieved.
 Mir. w. N. Casey, bennington, Ill., writes:
 "In two weeks after beginning yonr treatment l was well. used nine bot
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
For Yerkes Home. st.2ss. 900.

New York, April .22.-The house and gallery of the late Charles T. Yerkes, with the property at Fifth avenue and Sixty-eightb street. was sold at auc. tion for s1.2S9,OOO to Robert F. Dowl ing of the City Investing company. It is said that MT Bowling bought the property as personal investment.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-28
ANOTHER NIGHT RIDER VERDICT
Damages of s6,ooo Assessed by a Ken lucky Jury Against Bracken
 County Citizens.

Cincinnati, April 22.-A jury in the federal court in Cooyington, Ky, re- turned verdict for s6,000 in the case of w. s. Henderson against Ben Jor- dan and Is other Bracken county citi- zens. This is one of the night riders' cases. Henderson sued for $25,000 damages. claiming the defendants had forced him to give up his business be- cause he would not join with them in pooling his tobacco. In a former trial verdict for $250 was returned.