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The Mena weekly star., 1911-06-22

Insure your health in prickly Ash
Ritiers. II regulates the system.
promotes good appetite, sound sleep
std cheerful spirits.
Jackson Drug Co.. Special Agent.
w. G. Vandiver. Special Agent.
Davis Drug Co.. Special Agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-06-22

Foley Kidney Pills contains lust
The ingredients necessary 10 regu-
late aud strengthen the action 81
The kidneys and bladder. Try them
yourself.
For sale by all druggists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
The SECRET OF SUCCESS
Genuine Merit Required to Win the
PEOPLES Confidence

Have you ever stopped to reason
why II is that SO many products that
are extensively advertised, all at once
drop out of sight and are soon forgot
ten? The reason is plain-the article
did not fulfil the promises Of the man.
ufacturer. This applies more partcu.
larly to a medicine. A medicinal prep
aration that has real curative value al.
most sells itself, as like an endless
chain system the remedy is recon.
mended by those who have been cured.
to those who are in need of it.
In an interview on the subject
prominent local druggist says Take
for example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root
a preparation I have sold for man!
years and never hesitate to recon
mend, for in almost every case il
shows immediate results, as many o.
my customers testify. No other kid
ney remedy that / know of has sc
large SALE"
The success of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root is due to the fact that it fulfils
every wish in overcoming kidney, live
and bladder diseases, corrects urinary
troubles and neutralizes the uric acid
which causes rheumatism.
A free trial bottle will be sent b,
mail, absolutely free. Address DR.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N Y, ant
mention this paper Regular size bot
ties sold at all druggists-50c. ant
S1.00.
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THERE WITH A REPUTATION
Doubtful and Inundated Hubby Nov
Probably Believes Wife Can
Keep a Secret.

"The late William Rotch Wister
the father of American cricket, Nigh
also be said to have been godfathe
of the feminist movement" said E
woman writer at the Acorn club II
Philadelphia.
"Mr. Wister," she continued. "abomi
mated that type of husband who treats
his wife like child, refusing to take
her into his confidence. l once heard
Mr.. Wister tell a story about Ger
mantown man Of that sort.
The man came back from bust
ness meeting wherein the future wei
fare of himself and his family was
vitality involved, but he declined to
tell his wife what had been the meet
ings outcome. -,..
"'Oh, no. he sneered, 7 can't tell
you anything. You'd repeat 1t If
did. You. being a woman, are consti
tutionally unable to keep a secret
But the wife, with a quiet smile.
retorted: George, did 1 ever tell the
secret Of how you were led astray
that summer the church conference
met in Chicago and got arrested in
saloon for biting off the bartender's
ear?" 1@a.,2
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The Bishop and the Boy.

The late Bishop Williams of Con.
necticut was very fond of children.
and 1t was always joy to us young
sters when he came for his visit to my
fathers parish. His anecdotes and
stories enlivened the whole household
Once when he was staying with US he
told the following story:
Zone Sunday morning, just after
breakfast, l repaired to the rector's
study. where l was soon followed by
his little four-year-old son. who climb.
ed up on my knee and began to talk.
Suddenly the little fellow looked up
into my face and said: 'Bissop. do
90 want to see my piggy book?' - "
Eyes, indeed said |. So the child
slid down and started to get the book
When halfway across the room a sud
den idea seemed to strike him. and,
running back and putting one hand on
my knee, he looked up in my face and
shook his little forefinger at me. whis-
pering: 'Bissop, it's Sunday. We must
do zis on re sly!' Maya
zine.
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body. The little beetle is of the fam
lily Coccinellidae. a small. hemi-spher-
ical beetle. red or yellow backed. with
white, red or yellow spots. It Is also
called lady bird as well as lady bug.
IS The Australian lady bug was i'm
ported into California for the purpose
Of controlling the ravages of the cot
tony. cushiony scale. The larvae of
lady bug are brightly spotted worms
we find crawling on plants In our gar
dents that are infested with lice. The
little beetle is to be encouraged even
here for the good that 1t can do. as
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Toasting the Teachers.

There was a meeting of the new
teachers and the old. 1t was sort OF
love feast, reception or whatever you
call 1t. Anyhow. all the teachers got
together and pretended they didn't
have a care in the world. After the
eats were ct the symposiarch proposed
q toast: n
Long Live Our Teachers!" ~
1t was drank enthusiastically. One
of the new teachers was called on to
respond. He modestly accepted. His
answer was: $3.50 ~
What on?"
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1t Is likely to prove q most beneficial
insect to the gardener and orchardist.
One of the relatives of this pretty
little beetle. for which no words OF
commentator can be spoken, is the
Colorado beetle. or potato bug, which.
within half century. has made a dis
tinctly bad reputation for ITSELF Its
original home was in the Rocky Mum
tains. where 1t lived until 1859. when
1t became traveller. with developed
taste for potato vines. 1t reached the
Atlantic coast Is years later. and Is
now to be found pretty well over the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
THE TEA PENALTY.
"a Strong Mans Experience.

Writing from busy railroad town
the wife of an employe of one of the
great roads says:
my husband is railroad man who
has been so much benefited by the use
of Postum that he wishes me to ex-
press his thanks to you for the good
1t has done him. His waking hours
are taken up with his work, and he
has no time to write himself.
HE has been great tea drinker
all his life and has always liked 1t
strong.
Tea has, of late years, acted on
him like morphine does npon most
people. At first it soothea him, but
only for an hour or so, then it began
to affect his nerves to such an extent
that he could not sleep at night, and
he would go to his work in the morn
ing wretched and miserable from the
loss Of rest. This condition grew con-
stantly worse, until his friends per-
suaded him, some four months ago, to
quit tea and use Postum.
"At first he used Postum only for
uTedhldSI, uuI DIS ne llheu the TASTE OF
1t, and it somehow seemed to do him
good, he added it to his evening meal.
Then, as he grew better, he began to
drink 1t for his noon meal, and now
he will drink nothing else at table.
"His condition is. so wonderfully i'm.
proved that he could not be hired to
give up Postum and go back to tea
His nerves have become steady and
reliable once more, and his sleep is
easy, natural and refreshing.
He owes all this to Postum, for he
has taken no medicine and made nc
other change in his diet. ---.s:-
'His brother, who was very nervous
from coffee-drinking. was persuaded
by us to give up the coffee and use
Postum and he also has recovered his
health and strength" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the little book. "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's reason g
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true and full Of human
interest = ~ $50
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our fruits. This little friend is one of
the smallest and one of the hand
scnes of the great family of beetles.
and one with which most of us made
acquaintance in our infancy. If not
when it was all alive, then in that
earliest cyclopedia of knowledge.
Mother Goose" under the name of
LADY bug in connection with the
gentle admonition to fly away home"
The lady bug that is best known to
us, small as it is, bears the Latin title
Hippodamia maculata. and is glow
Ing red, With 10 black spots on the
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world. This is a yellow BEETLE, with
black stripes, BETTING it's conduct az
a convicted criminal 1t does not con-
fine its diet to potato vines, but eats
other plants of the solanum family
with relish. 1t is especially fond of
egg plant and consumes the bitter
sweet with avidity. The female lays
its orange-colored eggs. about tho
size of mustard seed. in fiat groupg
on the under side Of a leaf. and one
Of the things that puzzle the amateur
gardener is how she manages T. ~
them upward.
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GOOD AND BAD BEETLES
Dainty Little Lady Bug Belongs to the
Former Class and Is Welcomed
Is to Our Gardens.

Among the numerous insect visitors
to our garden. one, at least. deserves
welcome. for 1t feeds almost exclu-
sively on plant lice. that are such a
pest to flower growers. and on scale
Insects. which are 70 destructive to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03

The pleasure of trip to the Gulf Coast
Country. via the Frisco Lines, is well worth
the little cost of going. On the first and
grid Tuesdays of each month, round trip
fares. via Frisco Lines, are GREATLY
REDUCED to any point in the Gulf Coast
Country of Texas and Louisiana. Tho
Frisco Lines operate splendid. electric
lighted. all steel trains. daily from Chicago.
St. Louis, Kansas City. Birmingham and
New Orleans Every day these trains carry
through cars and on excursion days also
carry tourist sleepers through to the Gulf
Coast Country
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good bark
Hesperus W Ill
S pre- ad d e r
white wings at
e a g | e Harbor,
Wash, in a few
weeks and sail
away across the
bl1e Pacific into
the heart of the
most fascinating
romance of all
pirate story.
Capt. Frede-
rick Hackett, in
command 0f the
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last he planted s acres to corn. He
got $40 bushels, which sold for 81
a bushel. The whole cost of rails
ing came to $33, leaving a net profit
of $2o7. June 1st he planted a
SECOND crop and got 24o bushels.
This crop cost $3e. leaving him net profit
of $2oI. From the crops he cleared
$4oS-not bad for acres; and he can grow
crop of fall potatoes on the same land
and market them before Christmas. This
is not unusual in the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
Gulf Coast Country
Of Texas and Louisiana

Three cropsa year is making mon ~ just
8 times as fast as you are, and the Gulf Coast
farmer saves moro of what he makes than
the northern farmer. because he has none of
the northern farmers heavy winter exnenses
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W | t h Thompson's
chart to guide them.
1.-THE cave, Keat-
ing said, was Is feet
long by IL feet
broad, with a cell
ing high enough to
permit a man to
stand upright. It
was full of bars of
gold and sacks of
money. Many of the
sacks bore the stamp
of the Bank of
Lima. There were
many golden cruel
fixes, chalices and
church ornaments.
A statue Of tho Ma
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donna of solid gold lay upon the
floor. 1t was so heavy that Keat-
ing and Bogue together could not
lift it, but could only push it along.
The glitter of the piles of gold,
Heating said, fairly made him reel
and seemed to fill the cave with a
ghostly radiance that at first
struck him with awe.
''Bogue and Heating tied few
coins in a handkerchief and rowed
hack IN their shin Thew fold the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-16
HORSES VS.. AUTOMOBILES.

Horses are more useful than auto
mobiles. :, Ss$N
Horses can be worked on the farm, in
town and also driven to the buggy and
for hors shack riding, while the auto
mobile is used for pleasure and when
the roads are good.
Horses can be used by poor as we'll
as the rich, while the automobile is
only used by the ones that are able to
afford them.
We have pony that I can drive the.
COWS witt, and do not think you can
drive the cows with an automobile,
very handy.
Automobiles are very uncertain, too.
About every newspaper we read there
is always something about some one
getting hurt. and when it is very mud
dy automobiles cannot run, while
horses can
A few years ago when 1t was pretty
muddy, there was mud hole on the
hill south of my home, and sometimes,
an automobile would get stuck ana
papa would take our horses and pull
them out.
One time when we We're coming
home from town an automobile passed
us, and papa said they would be r.'ic
begore we were half way. But quite a
little bit after they passed us we SOW
them out at the side of the road, soma-'
thing had gone wrong with the auto
mobile
Susie Stewart. age IL.
Alba To Route No ROy al
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Dear Juniors: I wrote a letter
some time ago and it was printed and
/ will write again.
Papa has been taking the Tri.Weekly
Courier fol seven years.
Every Saturday when the mail
comes always get the Courier and
turn to the Junior page first.
/ think the stories and letters tho
toys and girls write are tine.
For pets have pony, named Bess,
a dog, calf and four cats. NJ sister
and ride our ponies after the cows.
She is three years old.
We have an old black cat that IS six
or seven years old.
She goes out in the field to catch
mice rats, moles and Sophers She has
caught good many ground squirrels.
some times she catches one every day
How many of you Juniors are glad
that school has commencedo l don't
thank am very glad. We have a mile
to walk to school.
There Is store near our school.
l guess the interurban will come
through from Abba to Buxton before
long, and If it does we can ride to
school on it.
There are good many automobiles
used now for carrying passengers from,
Abba to Buxton.
Your, Junior friend,
Nellie Stewart, age -.
Abba. Ia, Route No. /. Box IL.
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some things Of value"

some things Of value"
The tramp again obeyed orders anu
showed to Laurence's satisfaction tnaI
he had nothing belonging to the
campers. "Now go, and don't ever
show your face in this part or the
world again." said Laurence.
The tramp went off. looking behind
him every few seconds to make sure
Snap was not following. When ne
was entirely out of sight, Laurence
turned to Snap. "Say old doggle'
when did you sneak into this strong
hold? Say, you're a dandy, you are
You certainly held the fort against the
enemy. You've got to 60 nome
though"
Just at this juncture Harry came
in with a string Of fish. He was tod
of Snaps bravery and declared that
he'd rather have one dog like old
Snap than to own a dozen rifles:
Hes a reliable old friend, too. Ana
to think that he came Of his own &C.
cord to watch our camp while we
were all away. Gee! he's splendid
fellow"
And then Laurence led Snap home
and told Mrs. Right all about what had
Just happened at camp. Take him
back with you." said Mrs. Right. HE
loves you boys; so keep him during
your stay in the woods" So snap
became one of the campers, making
the party four. And he was made
good deal of too. Had he not held the
fort when it's soldiers were away?
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The Boys Sling

A great hulking boy, with nothing to
do,
Was trying his sling with hard
stone or two,
And thought it good sport to shoot
down and kill ...
Our sweet feathered songsters upon
the green hill.
A dear little bluebird, perched up in
a tree,
Was singing the song Of the happy
and free,
with his pretty mate by him, how
happy we're they,
In Gods blessed sunshine, that beau
tiful day!
In the midst of his song came stone
from the hand
OF that cowardly boy, skulking there
on the sand;
And the birds note OF JOY broke in a
faint cry,
AS he fell on the roadside to struggle
and die.
A bright life thus ended and laid out
of sight!
A helper destroyed, who we'll earned
his right
To his share of sunshine and his place
in life,
His pride in his nestlings and deal
little wife! ,.... ...
His song has been hushed, but woe
to tbs SeeEt
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THE COURIER JUNIOR
Published by
TIE COURIER PRINTING w"
oTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEVEREAUx, .
EDITOR.
NOT ENOUGH "FRIENDs.'

near Juniors.-So far our ,,. !uaiH' /:
do not seem to have many fi It s,o
Tos1 week we announced what W.
t las, would be splendid contest
sn1endid in numbers as wen as 80 80
cpm nosition. So far we have only -. -.
ceived a few stories. However, We ~ a.,
tr,bnte the lack Of Friends 10 the
Wiring o,,D Of school, but now that me he
tirst week is over we Will expect +e ene
"tardies" to write on the CONES, CONES
which will be open until Weum nad
S % Sept. 20. The contest announced
last week follows: ..,+ tho word
Don't you all think that me WIZ ~,,h -
"Friendss would make a spienaio SUI SUI
1ect for contest? We think II Mo are
and imagine that TIL. . all the Juniors A''
e' W u says: "A friend is one
,rho antertains for another sucn sentl.
r,ant Of esteem, respect and ane eo :;
th nati he 81 seeks his society and welfare =,
M NV " we want to hear something g, OF u
.ha Juniors ideas OF Friend. t ,a1
r ra viii be either a necklace lo .,
rirl winner or a watch TOR a IVY
winner. '
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A camera is to take any kind of pic
lures, pictures Of the dead. and pic
lures of the living. Sometimes when
some people are dead, and they haven't
had thei:. picture taken while living
they have them taken dead for remem-
brance, or they couldn't remember the
dead very long.
Sometimes a married couple want
to have their picture taken, and some
times some people dress up real funny
and sometimes twin babies. the par.
|ents want to have their picture taken.
A camera, is very useful. One who has
a good camera is very lucky. for it IS
very handy. I would be very pleased
to have camera.
Miss Annie Drish. age H.
E. Pleasant Plain, IA, r. r. NO. l.
Would be pleased to exchange cards
with some Of the Juniors.
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,ouN SICK NINE MONTHS; WANTS
~ POST CARD SHOWER.

little John Flogins Of Bloomfield
p No. 4. has been sick long Tune,
nina months. He wants post caro-
shower. We hope the Juniors VIII
give him one. Here Is Johns letter:
Dear Junior am a boy who mas
heen sick about nine months.
VIII be ten years old Sept. 29tn
and would like post card shower 1or
my birthday. ...a. .,,oe
have been sick. ,,.,
have three sisters named Hazel
Eva and Audrey:
For nets we have got three cats
and two pigs and dog named Rule
-- - John Flogins, age 9.
Ed. No. 4, Bloomfield, la.
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20 too II wanted to, rs hadn't been
at home for about seven weeks.
Little May rode to the gate with us
and when her papa took her out she
cried and she wanted Mamie
to stay with her. I felt like staying
with her, but she was coming over IN
q day or two, so came on home. We
rot home about nine or half past.
May came over on July LIST and 50 did
her mamma and papa and baDy
brother. They stayed until the fourth
and in the evening they went home.
WIS at home from that time until
August 3rd. Mabel, Florence and l
went on tho noon train to my aunt's
In Batavia. Then on the next Saturday
Mabel and and our three cousins,
Mamie, Charley and Garold Maring
went on the train, to their sisters,
who lives at Bernhart. We came home
the next day. Then on Tuesday our
Uncle Jim came into Batavia and Ma
bel and went out to grandmas Win
him. She lives six miles southeast or
Batavia. It happened that grandma
wasn't at home just then, SO on wed
nesday we went out to our aunts VINO
lives close to grandma's' GRANDMA
came home on Saturday and we
stayed with her until on Wednesday
afternoon. I stayed until Saturday as
grandma was there. too.
On Saturday we went up TO our
Aunt Florence's in Batavia and stayed
until about i o'clock, then we went to
the depot and went on the l O'CLOCK
train to Ottumwa.
Papa met US at the depot SO we
had no hard time pushing our way
through the crowd hunting mamma
and papa. saw little May up in town
that day and she said she didn't know
who was. =.
She calls Mabel and l both Name
and after she found out who we were
she said that there was two NAMES
up town. We got home before dark
and I have never been on as long a
visit as that since.
We have been having the silo hlled
for two or three days. liked to watch
them do it, but didn't think 1t was
any fun to wash the dishes for eight
or ten men at dinner and supper ana
Mabel didn't either. for we had TO
wash them.
Maude Skirvin, age IL.
r. r. No. 2, Floris, Iowa.
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THE HE,NER SISTERS WRITE:

Dear Editor: 80,
am little girl IL years old. Will
start to school this month.
We have 10 head of horses. 10 COWS
and one little white calf.
NV school mates are Ruth Archlpain,
Letha Brook, Albert Brook. Edltn
Prebaadgen, Virga Whistler, Ollve
Carr Carmichebald, Rose Hiner, Les
ter and Isaac Gus Ogden, John Smith,
Oliver. Brook, Lee and Myrtle Helner.
Nv sister goes to the high school.
nv brother works in the country.
l will close hoping to see my letter
in the paper.
Rose and Allie Heiner. Unionville, Ia.
Allie. age 10; Rose, age IL.
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I have become acquainted with quite
a few people this summer and will
name some Of them. First went over
to nv sisters and while picking Der
RES there got acquainted with Hazel
and Mary Poncy. Hazel and I used to
be together in our classes at school
when we were six or seven years old.
hut we had almost forgotten each
other. I also got acquainted with
Florence Waddle when was picking
berries. While was at my sisters my
brother-in.law's nephews were there.
Lee HILBERT, age ten, and Ray Hilbert
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the Courier Junior annual picnic OF
Aug. II, and received another invi'
tation from Lenora Vest on the 18th
OF June. The girls said they had asked
about "a altogether, and several boys,
but to my surprise when got there
was the only boy present. felt quite
bashful at first among 50 many girls,
but then had seen Henrietta and
Leona at our other picnic so wasn't
lost all together and soon got &C
Quainted.
We had a nice time. We held our pic
mic at the Caldwell park. We had
nice lot Of good things to eat. Most
all brought different things. took q
large box OF candy. We had pears
apples. bananas. candy and some of the
girls took their dinner out there.
We didn't meet till 1880. Leona and
her sister went out on the same car
II did.
Those present were:
Albertina Parks. ...
Hazel Vest.
Leona Vest,
Marie Pierce. ~
Vida Wahle, of Ottumwa.
Ethel Huffman, Chilicothe, Ia.
Elva Huffman, Chillicothe, la.
Henrietta Plaster, Oskaloosa, Ia
Forest and Lawrance Weber Of OF
tumwa.
The South Side Baptist church held
their picnic out there the same Gay
and they had large barrel OF ice
water SO We had plenty OF good water
to drink. We went over and saw
them swing in the swings and strolleo
around the park. About O'Clock
mamma and grandma came out and
brought our camera and TOOK our
nictrres. Three different views, they
are all good. I think.
You can see some OF the pieaeute
I have with my camera, for l love 10
have the pictures of my friends, only
wish there had been lot more OF you
Juniors present.
II may be that next year We may
make different plans and have q larger
crowd.
About four o'clock we strolled nome
and some of the girls had never Deeh
70 the boat house so we walked from
the park down to the boat house ana
went down by the river and saw all
there was to see there. Then we came
home on the car and all bid each otner
good bye, till we meet next year.
Henrietta and Albertina INTENDED
coming down to our house but Henri
alta was called home sooner than she
intended to so they didn't get to come
down.
Well I guess I have told all know
about our picnic so I will close TOT
this time. 1 have received a card rom
Leona Vest and Elva Huffman, since
our picnic. printed lot OF our Jun
ior pictures and intend to send eacn
Innior who was at the picnic one.
Forest Weber. age IL.
o+tnmwa Ia. 1905 East Main st.