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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-18

The humble spud is at last in the
royal class. Henry Heitkemper
growing a kind that is a rich royal
purple.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16

two below freezing, and here in the
lee OF the deckhouse they hardly
needed their furs.
They had sat there in silence long
while. Toms promise that they would
keer brisk lookout against pos
sible attack on the yacht. had passed
utterly from both their minds. 1t
was so still--so dead still; the world
about them was SO utterly empty as
to make any thought OF such an at
tack seem preposterous.
Finally the girl seemed to rouse her
self from the train of thought that
had preoccupied her mind, straighten-
ed up little and turned for look
into her companions face. But this
little movement of her body failed to
rouse him. His eyes did not turn to
meet hers, but remained fixed on the
far horizon.
A moment later she stretched out a
hand and explored for his beneath the
great white bear skin that covered
him, found it and interlocked her fin-
gers with his. At that. he pulled him
self up, with start, and abruptly
withdrew his own from the contact.
She colored a little, and her brows
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16

knitted in perplexity. What an old
bear you are, Tom," she said. What's
the matter today? It's not a bit like
you to sulk just because we disagree
about something. We disagree all the
time, but you've never been like this
to me before"
Il always told you | was sullen
brute when things went wrong with
me, although you never would believe
IT," he said I'm sorry"
Il don't want you to be sorry" she
told him; Il just want you to be few
shades more cheerful"
lie seemed not to be able to give
her what she wished, however. for he
lapsed again into his moody abstrac-
ton. But after few minutes more
of silence, he turned upon her with a
question that astonished her. What
did you do that for. just now"
AT first she was in doubt as to what
act of hers. he referred TO. DO you
mean my hand?" she asked. after look
ing at him in puzzled curiosity for a
moment.
He nodded
I 'Why-because was feeling a lit
tie lonesome, | suppose. and sort OF
tender-hearted, and we'd been about
half quarreling all day, and | didn't
feel quarrelsome any more, and
thought my big brothers hand would
feel-well- grateful and comforting,
you know"
She was curious as to why he want
ed the explanation. but she give it TO
him unhesitatingly. without the faint
est touch of coquetry or embarrass-
ment.
II can't remember back to the
time" she continued, when didn't do
| things like that to you, just as you
did to me, and neither of us ever
wanted an explanation before. Are
you trying to make up your mind to
disown me. or something"
He leaned back moodily into his
chair without answering her
After a little perplexed silence. she
spoke again. II didn't know things
were going wrong with you. ] didn't
even suspect it until this morning,
when Uncle Jerry said"
WHAT Tom interrupted What
does the governor know about it9
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16
soanslns or the sta-

n Is in order to vary the phrase
Pouring oil on troubled waters" nv
substituting the word "soapsuds" FOR
oil Experiments have shown that
soapsuds will reduce sea almost as
we'll as oil
The first trial was made on a
freighter In storm on the Atlantic.
large quantity of soap and water
was discharged over the bow, and its
effect was nearly instantaneous. the
hight OF the waves being so dimin.
lshed that the vessel could be man.
aged without difficulty
The steamer Senegal. struck by a
suuall in the Atlantic. used soap and
water with the same result Six
pounds OF soap were dissolved In two
barrels OF water; this solution when
dripped overl the bow made quiet
apace about 10 yards wide. preventing
the sea from breaking over the vessel
70 any considerable extent
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16
Cures Blood. Skin Diseases. Eczema
Greatest Blood Purifier Free.

If your blood Is impure. thin,
diseased. hot or full Of humurs,
if YOU have blood poison, cancer,
eating sores, scrofula, eczema.
itching, risings and Dumps. SWELL
ings or superating sores, scabby
pimp yskin, ulcers, bone par $,
catarrh, rheumatism. o. an '
blood or skin disease, take Bot
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81 per large bottle. Sample free
by writing Blood Balm Co ,
Atlanta, Ga. b. b. b. Is es-
peciaIly advised for chronic. deep
seated cases of blood or skin
diseases, as it cures after all else
fails. Sold in Mena, Ark, by
w. &. Vandiver.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16
CHAPTER VI.
Toms Confession.


At intervals during the day those,
enismatical words of Mr.. Fanshaw' s.
required to the girl with the reflection
that they wanted serious thinking
over. at the first convenient oppor-
tunby. But the day wore away and
the opportunity did not appear.
The captain of the yacht-his name
was Warner-was on shore in com
mand of the searching party. but the
nrst officer. Mr.. Scales. remained on
board. He was in possession Of all
the data, though they had not told him
the story OF Philip Cayley's old rela-
ton with the murdered man
1T stands to reason" he said, that
the only party of white men that could
be here would be the survivors of the
Fielding expedition. We know from
the news that young Mr.. Fanshaw
brought aboard that there is one such
survivor here II there were any
considerable number OF them left,
able-bodied enough to walk across the
glacier, we could be sure they'd be
here on the shore waiting for us. We
could be certain they would have
made some attempt to signal us as
soon as they sighted us.
IF they weren't white men but In
dians-Chucotes- have been
quite as glad as white men to get a
chance to go back with us as far as
St. Michaels. And in the third place.
II they were not Chucotes, but some
strange, unknown, murderous band OF
aborigines, there wouldn't have been
even one survivor of the Fielding ex-
pedition.
"Of course that's not an absolute
water-tight line OF reasoning. but II
seems to me there is a tremendous
probability that it's right. and that
this flying man has lost his wits"
BY four o'clock they had decided
that. whether or not the sky-man' IS
story might be true, 1t was high time
to send relief party ashore to find
the lost ones.
At five o'clock accordingly. the re-
lief expedition went ashore. and Tom
Tanshaw and the girl we're left alone
on the yacht.
Two hours later, perhaps. after they
had eaten the supper which Jeanne
had concocted in the galley, they sat
side by side. in their comfortable deck
chairs, gazing out across the icefoe
The evening was unusually mild, the
thermometer showing only degree or
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16

Had old custom but survived, III 4.
wren would have been in great rogue
to-day, especially in Ireland and Vale ,
The new year would have seen proce.
sions, each headed by wren in lai.
tern. For II was formerly the cue
tom to carry lantern. tastefully deco,
rated with ribbons, and containing :,
wren, round eaoh hamlet and village
and make calls on dweIlers in cottage
End hall The bearers, swinging the
lantern at each door, would favor all
whom It might concern with song
and receive monetary reward. An.
other industry gone!
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16
ON THE SKYSCRAPER
STRENUOUS LIFE is THAT or
THE iRoNWoRKER.
Well styled Cowboys OF the Skies.
the Men Who Erect city's Tall
Buildings Always Have the
Crowds.

In the past they were boisterous
swashbucking lot. They "foated from
New Orleans to Vancouver, lived in
freight cars, built bridges and dropped
off of them with a grin and a choking
"good-by" A hero among them was
man who had the longest fall to his
credit. or who could toss a white-hot
rivet the greatest distance They lived
hard sand died easily. Today they
know that a man stands highest on
the pay roll who takes his work and
its danger most seriously, who also
watches the man next to him--for IN
this calling one mans error often
means another's life. Harper's Week
ly says.
Even so the bridgeworker OF today
has not lost his romantic side. He is
siill the cavalier OF the workaday
world. See him now. clinging like o
fly to the top ring of that lofty derrick.
or svaying in midair With one leg
wound carelessly about a dangling
cable, or standing upright alongside a
dizzy column, hundreds of feet above
The ground. with nothing more sub
stantial under his clinging toe than
An inch-wide bolt, The plumber lay
Ing pipes In the dark basement gett
Just as high a wage and his work Is
quite as important. But the ironwork
er gets the eyes of the crowd and
knows It, Cowboys of the skies
they have been styled. and aptly so
They have many characteristics IN
common with their brethren of the
plains. They love dare and scam
pering race. Often they make and
have them--when the boss is not
watching Just recently two sky
scrapers in New York raced up side
by side--a veritable Marathon Of the
skies!-and prodigies of daring and
foolhardiness were done by the rival
gangs facing each other across the in
tervening sidestreet. They stole each
others hats and wrenches as they
sailed up atop the loads OF iron, danced
giddy hornpipes on the ends of pro
jecting beams, tried to best. each
other taking chances amid the pande
monium OF whip-snapping cables and
swinging iron.
They affect extravagances and pc
culiarities of dress. That athletic-look
Ing fellow with The grimy face and
hands appears on idle Sundays ir
white fannels and silk hose. The mar
beside him is a favorite at bridge
mems dances and has been known Il
wear and grace frock-coat. They
made no serious complaints over the
new order of things-the rush of tht
work. Sure" said one, Its all right
only it's over nowadays before yot
get your second wind"
Said another; This going mp at 2
story day interferes with me socia
life. On that 18th street building
there was hotel within arms reach
and one day got to talking with /
sretty maid-through window Mex
day ! had TO talk down to her an,
next had to yell to her. and in tw,
days more had to say good-by.
'Good-by.' says she. Sorry to So
you go; but I'll introduce you to m,
friend Katie who works on the tent
/ hoor.'"
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16
SYNOPSIS

EHAPTER I.-Phllip Cayley. accused Of
- crime OF which he is not guilty. resigns
from the army in disgrace. his affection
for his intimate friend. Lieut.. Perry Hunt
~. turned to hatred. Cayley seeks soli-
kude. where he perfccts flying machine,
cons sting OF a pair of great wings. whose
motive force IS the muscular power OF his
own body. While soaring over the Arctic
regions he picks up curously shaped
nick he had seen in the assassn's hand
Mounting again, he discovers yacht an
chored In the bay. Descending near the
eteamer. he meets n girl on an ice foe.
CHAPTER n.-He learns that the girls
pane is Jeanne Fielding and that the
yacht has come north to seek signs OF
her father. Captain Fielding. an arctic ex-
plorer. A party from the yacht is ma
King search ashore. He volunteers to
make search Of the land. After he de-
parts Jeanne finds that Cayley had
cropped curiously-shaped stick.
CHAPTER III.-Unl;nown TO those on
&C yacht, Captain Planck and the sur
owing crew Of his wrecked whaler are In
ing on the coast. giant ruffian
lmed Roscoe, a member OF the crew,
bad murdered Fielding and his two com
~anoNs after the explorer had revealed
xhe location OF an enormous ledge OF
pure gold. Roscoe then took command OF
the party. and at the approach OF the
yteamer he'd removed all signs OF habta-
zion. Tt develops that the ruffaa had
committed the murder witnessed by Cav
gey. Roscoe plans to capture the yacht
and escape with big load OF gold
"a CHAPTER Iv-Jeanne tells her guard
Ian, Mr. Fanshaw. owner of the yacht.
about the visit of the sky-man and shows
him the stick left bv Caylry as proof
that II was not dream. Fanshaw de-
clares that II IS an Eskimo throwing
stick, used to shoot darts Tom Fanshaw
returns from the searching party with a
sprained ankle. Tom tells Jeanne OF Cav
lows Disgrace Perry Hunter is found
murdered.
CHAPTER v--Caylev, the sky-man
visits the Yacht. He is accused OF the
murder of Hunter. and the throwing stick
Is produced as evidence against him. He
denies the charge aud tells OF seeing a
group of men with Hunter when he was
slain. Jeanne assures Cayley Of her faith
in hi-7 having discovered that the throw
ing-stck was made for a left-handed
man. while the sSy-man is righthandea
Continued from last issue.)
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16
wIne Made Without GRAPES.

Champagne and claret will doubt
less be produced In large quantities
this year, despite the general failure
of the French vineyards" says the
London Chronicle. The art OF making
wine without grapes is an ancient one
As far back as 1927 100 pipes of wine
were seized In London because nc
trace Of grape Juice could be found in
them. The citizens fiocked TO see the
public STAYING in the pipes and the an.
usual watering OF the streets which
follUwed thereupon. Steele, in the Tat
Ter. protested against the merchants.
who squeezed Bordeaux out OF the
sIoe and drew champagne from the ap
Pile. And from an old-time cookery
book we learn that the fruit from the
bramble. being rightly mixed With
good pippen or pearmain cyder dothe
make good claret Nowadays. French
wine merchants produce high-soundlnz
vinfages by MASKING figs in hot water
and fermenting the liquor. And many
other less innocent substitutes are EN-
Moved"
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16
SNUFF and saIntsi,Ip.

The Bulletin de la societie contra
gabus du tabac" informs us that ths
amiable Saint Vincent de Paul was AZ
inyeterate snuff taker. Nature pre-.
yided him with an ample capacity 70,
Indulgence in his apparent weakness
The habit almost cost him his saint
ship When the question of his beati
ncation was under consideration
'laYocst du diable' brough. forward
the snuff taking as sensuslity FOR
tunately among the papers OF Vincent
de Paul was found physicians order
in which he was recommended 10 take
snuff freely. among other reasons. Ia
clear his brain. Without this docu.
ncnt there would have been no beat
hcatioH and without Identification
there would have been no canonIaa
ton.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16
INDIANS GO TO NICARAGUA
Colony Of Red Men Is Doing Well, anu
the Future Is One OF Great
Promise.

Little Bison. member Of the Rru',
tribe OF Sioux Indians. has returnel
from Nicaragua and will remain II
the eastern United States for fes
weeks according to a writer in Co,
lier's Weekly lie plans tn go bac,
to his settlement of Indians on tb,
headwaters Of the Coco river IN fht
interior OF Nicaragua. and to TAXA
back with him other Indians to devel-
up the land TO work az rubber plan
tations, coffee. sheep. cattle and
horses.
He hopes TO arrange for 1000 man.
zanos Of land 5000 acres. He had
completed terms with zelaya when
the overturn of government made 8
new decker necessary
Already Little Bison has established
five Indians In the new territory and
he purposes to place % families o.
80 TO 60 persons In the colony in this
next year
Two streams of rapid current fun
nish power for the industrial ami
,ynamic needs OF the colony Tn,
waters abound in FISH and the countrs
lie full OF game-wild hog. mountain
COW. jaguars
Little Bison's scheme for redeemnr
his people from Ill health and loss OF
ambition has the hacking Of sucf
persons as George Bird Grinnell. Rob
ert G. ogden. A s. FrisselI Miss Ma
talie Curtis and F s Deiienbaugh.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16
lmnrovlna AmerIeans.

Nothing Is fSed but the certainty
81 change" said Goethe, and we know
that The future American win repre-
cent change He may be taller, or
shorter, or thinner, ns fatter than the
american or today, hat there Is moth
ne in the existing state OF society
and we use society in It's broad sense
Ito Indicate that he VIII not be bet
ter in many ways. Confidence In this
Is based largely on the evident de-
termination OF the American Of to-
day to leave our institutions and our
ideals better than he found them.
Every American or foreign
born--wants his children 20 have a
better education than it was possible
FOR him 10 secure. He wants to have
his children live in a community of
higher standards and ideals than he
has; he wants betterment In local,
state and national conditions; and the
result of the want win be improve
ment and a demand by his children
for stili grcafcr mproyement.--.St
Paul Pioneer Press
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16

Notice is hereby given. that i'm pursuant
Of the authority and bdlrcctons contained IN
the decretal order Of the Chancery Court or
Polk county made and entered ON the 23rd
day of January. 1911, in certain cansc NO.
$500, then pending therein between Mary u.
luayle, complainant, and a. u. Garden,
1corgia q. Garden and W. w. Minis defend
ants, the undersigned. as commissioner OF said
Court. viii offer for sale at public vondue To
the highest bidder. at the southeast door or
entrance Of the county court house, In which
said court u held. In the county of Polk.
Within the hours prescribed by law for Judi
cia sales, on the iih day of March, 1911, the
following described real estate. to-wit: ! OF
four an, Block No. thrty-one GIL, IN the
Town OF Mcna, Ark, NJ per plat hereof. IN
Poik County. Arkansas.
Terms Ol sale: On Credit of three
months, the purchaser being required to exc.
cute bond as required by law and the order
and decree Of said Court IN said cause, with
approved security. bearing interest Mt the
rate OF ten per cent per annnm from date OF
sale until paid aud II gen being retained on
the purchase money
Given under my hand this 18th day OF Jan
uary. 4. D.. 1911.
Feb. 24t NJ A, Stratton.
commissioner In thancery.
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TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE

| will be at tie below named
places 8 a. m. 10 i m.-on the
following dates for tre purpose Of
collecting the Taxes of the State,
County, City. etc:
You are earnestly requested to
bring correct descriptions Of your
real estate. If any you have, as If
you should fail to do this you are
liable to pay on tie wrong properly.
Mena. at court house, from Feb
10 to April 10, 1911.
All must pay Taxes by April 10,
1911, or else pay penalties.
Remember, we close our books as
prescribed by law, so as to avoid
trouble in settlements with state and
county.
j. A. THORNTON,
Sheriff and Ex-Ofiicio Collector of
Polk County
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16

NOTiCE-GuARpI SALE OF LAND
Pursuant TO an order OF sale tonne granted
by the Honorable Probate Court of Polk
county, Arkansas, at its January term 1911.
will on the 10th day OF February, 1911 al the
court house door (Western) at Mena, kan
sas, and within the hours prescribed by law
for judicial sales offer for sale tho w y SNtl
Section y aud Ae ~. Sf,4 section ii all In
Township =. Range 81 w, Polk county, Ar
kansas. said lands belonging to the estate
OF the late George w. Holt. deceased. and
SAID sale being ordered for the benefit OF the
minor heirs Of said decedent.
The terms OF said sale are onethird OF the
purchase price to be paid in three % months
one-third In twelve n2l months and the re.
mainder at fifteen months from date OF sale.
sale To highest and best bidder. Note with
security and 70 draw 10 per cent interestfrom
date. Lien reserved on land for purchase
price
Given under my hand this 18th day OF Jan
uary, 1911
H. g. Gray alardlan OF the minor heirs Of
George W. Holt, deceased. 3-lt
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16
IGNORANCE OF OUR BANKERS
u Has ResuIte5 In the EmbezzIemeni
Of $2s.ooo.ooo in the Last
Five Years.

TN the last Ave years SIS 1000. 00t
have been embezzled from the barks
ana trust companies Of the United
States"
The speaker was II. G. Dalton, a
capitalist of san Francisco. He re-
sumed.
'rhe loss Of this vast sum IL due IN
the ignorance OF our bankers. The,
don't employ the checks and safe
guards In use in Europe. They seem,
IN fact, as ignorant Of the value ui
'hesa checks and safeguards AS Bill
Smith was ignorant of medicine.
Pill Smith met friend in sa-
loon
Hello loci! he said. 'wots the
trouble? Ye're lookin down in the
mouth.
Trouble? Gee, I'm up to me chin
in trouble, Joe answered.
How so, old man, How so?' said
Bill
oh. everythings goin wrong, was
tie reply The first thing was me
dog-run over by taxicsb last Mon.
ley week. After buryin the dog |
took so or 40 beers to cheer me up a
bit, and the upehot was that a cop
run me IN or course. didn't have
20 money 20 nay The fine. go / got ter
lays. Well. ! only get ont this morn.
n. and when ! got home | found that
NY wife had gone OF to her mothers
Hith peritonlts.
Wot7' said Bill. IN tone OF hor.
ror. Not! That Dsgo frultstand
man up Snag Alley? oh. poor old
joel Poor feller'"
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16

Joseph Pinkhsm, fisherman G,
bath. Me. has taken under his proteo
ton baby seal with which he GO
acquainted while fishing In Hocko
mock bay.
The seal evidently strayed awas
from his parents and sought compan'
ionship by playing around pinkham'
fishing boat MIR. Pinkham fed It
and the seal would not be driven away
and Mr.. Pinkham brought It home.
The seal is now enjoying life in .
tub of water. and is as affection
a child. bath Times.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16
LEGAL NOTICES.

0lsSi
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department Of the Interior, 4. :. Land Of
flee at Camden. Arkansas Jan. p, 1911.
S0tico IS hereby given that
AMES r. HILL
OF Mickes, Arkansas, who on June ,. is0a,
made homestead Entry Serial No. 0ls6ij
for NNh SW14 section p, Township >.
South. Range Il West, 9Th Principal Meridi.
an. has filed notice of intention 10 make final
communication proof. To establish claim To the
land above described. before County Clerk OF
Polk County, at Mena, Arkansas, ON the 9Th
day Of March, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses: Robert q.
sullivan. James A. Pitchford. Henry T.
smith and Jay smith, all of Wickcs, Ark.
Feb. n. &. Friedheinf. Register.
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NOTICE TO coSF1RM rIrf.r

Notice Is hereby given that on the nth dav
81 January, 1911, !. II. Mcbride died IN NV
Office his petition to the Chancery Court
OF POLK county, Arkansas, praying that said
Court at It's October Term 1910, by It's decree
confirm and quiet his title to the following
described lands situated In the County ofPolk
and stat OF Arkansas, to-wit: beginning Mt
the east line OF the Nfl4 OF SEA OF Section %.
seventy yards south of the northeast corner
Of the same and running thence west 40
yards, thence south ltO yards; thence east ! 10
yards: thence north lao yards to the place ~
beginning, all In Township 3 South, of Range
- West, and containing four acres more Or
less.
Therefore all persons claiming any
interest In and to said lands or any part
thereof are hereby warned and called
upon To appear IN said Court Within seven
week from this date and show cause. II any
there be, why the title Of the saidAp etitioner
should not be, iin him, forever qnIeted and
confirmed.
Witness my hand as clerk ofsaid Chancery
Court ON this 9th day of January, 1911.
Feb. 2-6t Hid. Green. Clerk.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16

Ask your friend, your preacher,
your druggist for his 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 ms nee.
essary as food; to those who dwell
in any section of the country
where chills and fever prevail,
Prove it for Yourself. 1t is guar.
anteed absolutely to cure.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-16
Sent TO Pen For Three Years.

Norton, Kas., Feb. 9.-fiarry g. by
beau, who killed Clyde Coleman here
last September. pleaded guilty t.
granddaughter in the third degree and
was sentenced to three years in thu
penitcniiary Dybeau shot Coleman
whom he found with Mrs. Dybeau and
then beat him with the dubbed gun
Coleman and Dybeau were both EN-
ployod here at the time. Dybeau'
wife was also badly beaten