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The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
Tor Country Roys and GIrls.

Little Rock, Aug. f8.--That the
 new law proposing state aid for
 high schools is intended largely
 for the boys and girls who live in
 the country, is being made evident by the State Board of Education.
 Secretary E. w. Torreyson of the
 state board. has directed a circu-
 lar letter to all the high schools,
 awarded aid at the meeting of the board last week. directing attention to the important fact that they should advertise throughout the entire county and section that the tuition is free to all high school students, thereby making a united effort to get the boys and girls from rural districts where they can be directly benefited. The intention, says the board, is to bring high school privileges within the grasp | of every enterprising boy and girl in the state.
 Speaking on this point, Secretary rorreyson says: "rhe continuance | of aid will depend largely upon the success of the town or village schools in enrolling pupils from outside districts"
 All schools that were app0rtioned | aid at the recent meeting of the state board must notify the board of their acceptance of the terms of the award by September. |. Other wise, the award will be considered l as having elapsed, and other towns Tor villages will be considered. Complete School Data st Hand. With the receipt of the report Of the school examiner for Woodruff Icounty, the superintendent of pub- ! lie instruction now has before him | the reports of all examiners for 1911 and will begin at once to make Iup his summaries, showing the jwork done in the state as . whole l for the past school year. Soma very interesting figures are expect
 ed, particularly as to the increase lin enrolment, new buildings, etc.
 and in the average salaries of tho teachers.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. c.
s sss s7l
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2
s 276 Os
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. X

To sPssl tax less r
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
STATE AID FOR
 NORMAL COURSE
Mena High School Secures Portion of Fund Appropriated by Leg isiat,irc for the Training
 of Teachers.

The state board of education at
 it's session in Little Rock this week
 passed upon the applications of more than 100 high schools for
 state aid under the recent act of the general assembly. Aid was granted by the board to 97 high schools. of which 10 were classified as normal training high schools, 20 were classified as four year high schools, 3i as three year high schools, and 36 as two year hig schools.
 As a rule two year school was given S350, three year school S525 and four year school $700, but in some instances where more than one school was located in county the amounts to the three and four year schools was scaled to below these figures. In no instance was any school given less than $350.
 Under the provisions of the law each school so aided must spend a like amount upon it's high school department.
 Mcna Selected for Normal School.
 The ten schools selected in which the state is to establish normal training classes for the training of teachers for the public schools of the state are: Little Rock, Fort Smith, Hot Springs. paragould, Mountain Home, Bentonville, Mena, Hope, Russellville and Camden. Each of these schools will receive S900 from the state, which they must supplement with an amount sufficient to employ trained teacher for the normal department subject to the approval of the state board. Thus the state at small cost, by taking advantage of her best equipped high schools will pro- vide normal schools for the train ing of teachers. Free tuition for those seeking to become teachers will he given in these schools, and free tuition to all high school pu- pills within the county will be given in the state aided high schools.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. II
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.
: l9s 5O

Eo spcl tax less tr com lsoss sl sotBy overdraft-- To apoftionment ly0y---- 112 20 By
 Balance
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
s ss6 6s
SCHOOL DIsTRICT No. n
ss4 6s '

Balance on hand June 30, 1910$ i53 4IlB To spec'l. tax less tr. com. 1909 69 or B To state apportionment 1909-- 112 90
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 22.

Balance on hand June 3O 191O-$ 361 5S By warran To specL tax less tr. 1908 982 51 Balance on To state apportionment 1g0s-- b7l z0 Amtdue from state land rdmptn 40
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
scHooL nIsTRIcT No. Ia.
: 2s7 47
SCHOOL DISTINCT No. 2o
s1 s54 9s

Balance 80, i91O-$ paid To spec1 1909 TAB 67 Balance hand To state apportonment l909-- 397 80
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
SCHOOL pIsTRIcr No. I
7o4 30l

Balance hand 30 1910$ 1S6 23 By warrants pa To specL tax less tr com 1909 227 37 Balance hand To state apportionment 1909-- 290 70
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
SCHnOL nISTRICT No. 11.
ls1O Al
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. IS.

Balance 1911-s 47 27 By paid
 To state apporonment 1s0s- l55 55 Balance hand
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
RECEIPTS

issalance on ahnd June 30, 1g1e-s g3l rro spec'l tax less tr. com 1909 5g e7 70 state apportionment 19O9 76 6o TO Amount due from State
 Land Redemption---------- 6s
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. no.
5s2 50

Balance hand June 30, 1910-$ 165 92 By warrants To specl tax less IT. 1909 BIT 13 Balance h To state apportionment l90s-- 9s 45
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
scnooL DISTRICT NO. az.

DISBURSEMENTS. By warrants paid------------$f fO5 co 1 Balance on hand June 30, 1911- e2 91 |
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
SCHOOL DISTRICT No. Q.
261 O4

Balance By warrants paid tr. on June TO state apportionment 1909-- 160 65
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
SCHOOL DIsTRrCT No. 20.

DISBURSEMENTS By warrants paid-------- se 5 Balance on hand June 30. 1911 S1 Q
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
SCHOOL DIsTRICT No.
44a 6s
sCHooL pIsTRICT No. 14
4ss s3l
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 15.
17e ss

Balance G on hand June so llSs s4 By warrants paid To apportionment 130 05
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-24
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.

Balance hand June 30. 191O-S s5 I5 By warrant To specl. tax less tr 1909 157 23 Balance on To state apportionment 1909-- 1s3 20
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
TUBERCULOSIS TO DISAPPEAR.

tuberculosis is diminishing In
amount the world over, and It is pre-
dicted that In 25 or 30 years It VIII
have quite disappeared, The decrease
or diminution Is different In different
countries, plainly indicating that the
decrease is one Of habit and life, The
reduction OF the mRlady is one Of the
strongest supports of the sentiment OF
optimism. for 1t indicates the increase
OF cleaner and nobler living. The per-
sonal habit In respect TO sobriety, pur-
ity, courage, integrity unselishness
is hurting tuberculosis and all other
maladies everywhere, As the world
advances in virtue and honor, its dis
tempers begin to grow less, This doc
trine was announced by John Burns,
the labor leader in parliament, and If
his philosophy and fact agree, we
all have reason 10 rejoice. There is
TO be another consideration added to
this. which is, that the same improve
ed living that reduces tuberculo-
sis will reduce our social and political
maladies as we'll II bad habits make
disease, they also make bad thoughts.
We are so accustomed in all these
things, TO hitch the cart before the
horse, that we insist on improving
our institutions without uplifting pri-
vate life and habit
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
Curiosity Of Son Of Hostess Brings
Explanation Of Puzzllng Remark
Made by Salnt-saens.

Paris.-The "Cri di Paris" publishes
the following tale about M. Saint
Saens, the composer Of Samson ct De
lila, which is about to be brought out
under his personal supervision at the
Communal Theater Of Cesena, in Italy.
The celebrated master is above all
things fond of the sun, and spends
most of his time in the Canary islands;
but whenever he comes to Paris all
the ladies' in search of lions" for their
evening parties vie with each other
to secure his presence in their salons.
One of these lately succeeded in per
suading him to accept an invitation to
dinner, promising to send to fetch
him and also to deposit him at his
door when he left, his only stipulation
being that he should be allowed to
make his adieux at ten o'clock. The
son of his hostess was dispatched in
good time, and found NJ Saint-Saens
in a velvet coat seated before his
piano. He rose at once, however, and
asked for ten minutes to dress, at his
end Of which he appeared tying his
white cravat. AS he was shutting his
door behind him he calculated:
Good gracious! One minute more!
l have forgotten my toothbrush"
The young man could hardly believe
his ears, but to his amazement saw
his guest dive into his dressing room
and reappear with toothbrush which
he put away in his breast pocket On
arriving home he told his mother, who,
in some uneasiness informed her
friends, and everybody was in wonder
ment as to what the great composer
was going to do with his toothbrush
Every eye was fixed on him through
out the dinner, watching him as he
ate and drank and used his finger
glass. In the drawing room Saint
Saens talked with the ladies', and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
Valley of Sloan Is to Be Ex-
plored Again.
Agreement Reached Between Captain
Montague Parker and Turkish
Recommendation Work But
One Year.

Jerusalem.-Wo is received here
that Capt Montague Parker expects to
resume the work Of excavating for sa-
cred relics in the Valley Of Sloan.
Meantime a decision as to whether the
captains contract with the Turkish
government can be technically con-
strued to justify his operations at the
Mosque of Omar is awaited with inter
est,
After much excavating had been
done and some relics, 1t is claimed, re-
covered, the work was interrupted by
charges that the explorers had violated
the holy Mosque of Omar, obtaining
access to it for the purposes Of exca-
waiting by bribing its guardians. Popu-
lar feeling was so intense against the
foreigners that after they had with
drawn the government ordered the ar
rest Of the guardians Of the mosque
and pursued an investigation into the
circumstances Of its alleged desecra-
ton
Now the contract between Parker
representing an Anglo-American syn
dicate, and the Turkish government
has come to light. Its perusal leaves
one in doubt as to whether the ex'
plorers can be shown to have exceeded
their rights, but, on the other hand, 1t
furnishes unmistakable evidence that
the captain was sanguine Of discover
ing rare treasures and that he f.
nanced the affair literally. 1t also de-
velops that the Turkish government
was a partner to the transaction and
was to share in the spoils.
The contract contains IL articles. 1t
was signed on October 26, 1908, by
Captain Parker and Ziah Pasha. then
minister of finance, acting for the
Turkish government.
BY the terms Of the agreement the
captain is given the privilege Of exca-
waiting one full year from the date Of
his commencing operations, after the
lapse of which period the work Of ex-
cavation must be discontinued, unless
the government should grant further
lease of the land and renew the privt-
lege Of excavation on condition that
for the same, in which case Captain
Parker agrees to return the land to
the government and forego his claim
on all and sundry such implements,
tools, machinery or material whatso-
ever utilized and made use Of in the
course Of excavation, in favor Of the
government, without demanding pay
ment or compensation for the same, at
whatever time, of his own free accord,
he should bring the work of excava-
ton to a close
Whatever articles or objects may be
unearthed during the course of exca-
walton by Captain Parker must be
shared in equal proportions between
the government and the members of
the expedition, either in kind or by
rendering to the government the
equivalent of its share in money after
due and proper appraisal.
The Turkish government assumes
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

While a rather low percentage OF
hits was attained with the 14-lneh
gun, which is to be the offensive weap-
on of the new battleships. New York
and Texas, It is claimed that one we'll
placed shot from this terribly power
full piece of ordnance will fatally dis
able or destroy any fighting ship now
anoat And the effective range of the
gun in nine miles. A battleship thus
armed would put its antagonist out
of action before it got in range of the
other battery Why, then, are the
naval constructors thinking of placing
larger guns on future American bat.
.ueships? The 14-lnch gun is superior
TO any now mounted in any of the
navies of the world, and one should
imagine that the best would be good
enough
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
Damon and python.

A certain great publisher of rather
exacting temperament and not espe.
cially easy to get along with, secured
an editor after many other editors had
passed through his Office.
This editor tanned the exacting and
sometimes querulous publisher, and
they became great friends. The ed
itor, apparently, had the stuff in him
to compel pleasant treatment.
One day the editor and the publish
er came into a luncheon club arm
in arm.
Look at them," said another pub
fisher. There come Damon and Py-
n!"-Saturday Evening Post.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
Stray Visitor Refuses TO Leave Wild.
owls House and Sweetheart Of
oden Days Calls.

Reading, Pa.-Mr and Mrs Albert
Carpenter of this city who few days
ago announced their marriage, declare
they we're united by means of stray
black cat. There is general belief
in Berks county that If homeless
cat comes to home and refuses to
leave, that its presence will bring for
tune, sooner or later.
Last April black cat came to the
home Of Mrs. Mary Butz. widow.
Her husband, Henry Butz, died num-
Der Of years ago When young girl,
Mrs. But2 was courted by Albert Car
penter, and was engaged to be married.
when the engagement was broken of
because Of the illness Of her father.
Carpenter then left for tho west and
had not been heard Of or seen since
When the black cat arrived at the
home Of Mrs. Butz she made repeated
sROsts "a driya e away. hut failed
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
TO RESUME DIGGING

the privilege of appointing two reli-
able inspectors, of Ottoman national
ity, whose duties win be to superin-
tend and observe the process of ex-
cavation, but who, in the perform
ance of their duties, shall have no
right to interfere or intermeddle with
the plans of Captain Parker or the
means or methods he should employ
in carrying out his purposes
The Turkish government engages to
afford Captain Parker such military
force as he may deem necessary for
facilitating his operations, protecting
the lives of those engaged In excavat-
ing or enabling him to surmount diff
culties and overcome obstacles should
the latter present themselves at any
time.
The requisite military force being
available at Jerusalem, 1t shall be In
cumbent upon Captain Parker, when
urged or impelled to call upon its
services, to enter into an agreement
with the governor of the city whereby
a certain sum of money shall be fixed
wherewith to pay such military force
for its services as we'll as to cover
any incidental expenses It should en-
tail.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

40 utterly destroy for two or three
years at least all danger OF neuralgaio
pains. Others have managed to exist
without stomach. The keen knife OF
the surgeon having trimmed this or
gan from the body and nature having
come forward to aid they live Tor
years with but little Inconvenience.
The enormous tumors that are some
times lifted from the cranial cavity
sometimes destroy a part, at least, OF
the gray matter, but somehow or oth'
er the patient goes on RUNNING IKE
an engine upon one cylinder. This ia
the most daring type of fooling death.
A generation ago there were ten'
fifteen maybe twenty diseases that
were looked upon as absolutely incur
able. The number has been getting
smaller Every now and again some
man finds a new way of attacking an
old disease. Others aid and the fight
goes on. Another of the so-called in
curable ones are vanished. Just how
many there are, this day no one likes
to say. Something might happen by
tomorrow that would make any state
ment ridiculous.
We used to die of typhoid, septi'
cemiae. tentanus, yellow fever and ma
laria. The fighters were firing and
stabbing in the dark so far as any real
results were concerned. The under
taker looked complacent and the grave
Yards waxed large. Some man work
ing in the fever swamps learned how
to fool death in typhoid and yellow fe-
yer by studying mosquitoes. Still an
other man watched the fly and dis
covered that death in typhoid would
be easy to battle If the housetly could
| be eliminated.
Diphtheria, infantile paralysis and
others of the diseases of childhood
have been and are being gradually
walled off and made helpless by bar
rier Of serums, vaccines and solutions
that seem quite simple enough now
that we have become accustomed to
them. Death is being fooled daily
with some colorless fluid and tiny
hypodermic needle.
In southern Illinois, twenty years
ago there was much fever and ague,
oftentimes resulting in death. The
same conditions then existed in south
east Missouri. These two localities
are being cleared Of the timber that
covered them. The sun is getting
into the lowlands where its rays were
strangers. There is not much ma
laria in these two localities any more.
The sun has sterilized the earth so
far as the Misunderstanding mosqui'
toes are concerned. They do not breed
any more in such number, and there
is not the chance of infection as there
used to be when swarms of them flew
out of the creek bottoms at night
fall.
Death is being baffed and puzzled
by such instances everywhere. Men
want to live and they are studying the
means and methods by which they
can fool death and live longest. The
scalpel and the little vial or serum are
the worst foes Of the rider on the pale
horse.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
cow ASSAULTS A CONDUCTOR
Suit as to Whether Trolley Car Of
Bovine Has Right Of Way ls
Threatened in Connecticut.

Wlnsted, Conn.-Which has the bet
ter right to the highways, a trolley car
or a COW, is one of the legal problems
to be solved in a threatened lawsuit
in Pennington. Judge Charles N. Lee
who is looking after the business in
terest of Henry NJ. Cowles while the
latter is in the south, has received .
letter from a Hartford lawyer. in
forming him that a damage suit will
be instituted against Cowles because
one of the latters COWS assaulted q
conductor on the Pennington VALLEY
railway.
The conductor was riding on the
footboard of a car and the COW waa
standing in the road, and when the
car was opposite her she turned hei
head quickly and caught the conductor
with one horn and threw him off the
car. A lawyer said today that cows
had rights on the highways and used
them long before trolley cars were
thought Of, but 1t is a question. Of how
much supervision the owner Of COW
must exercise over her to prevent hel
from accidentally doing damage with
her horns. The outcome Of the suit
will be awaited with much interest.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
Tooth Brush AS Latch Key

played any piece that was asked Of
him, till ten o'clock, when he badS
farewell politely to the company
The journey home was without Incl
dent, and when they reached his house
M. Saint-Saens simply offered to shake
hands and say good night Curiosity
was too strong though for the youth,
who said:
Excuse me, maitre, but should 50
much like to know why you so par
ticularly wanted to take your tooth
brush with you"
"Oh! my young friend" replied
Saint-Saens, "it is very simple. Ny
lock is very stiff, and always hurt my
fingers in turning the key. So now
pass the handle of my toothbrush In
the ring OF the key and turn 1t easily,
VoiIa!"
It was. in truth, the most natural
thing in the world when it was ex.
planned, and again wishing his host
good evening, the composer gravely
stepped inside.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
sauerkraut Prolonqs Life.

Massillon, o.-The theory of a Gin
cinanti physician, recently expounded
that the eating of sauerkraut length
ems life is to be tested at the MassiI
lon state hospital.
The cabbage crop at the institution
has been exceptionally heavy this
year and Of the 10000 heads. 10000
have been made into sauerkraut
Dozens Of barrels of the German deli
cacy were packed. They will be
opened next winter The physicians
at the institute win make observa
tions regarding the mental and physi.
cal condition Of the patients after
they have been fed on a diet Of
sauerkraut.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

Paris.-A huge sailfish, fish rare
ly met with in the Atlantic, has been
captured by fishermen off Concarneau
and towed to that port. The fish meas.
ures eight yards long and four yards
in circumference and weighs four
tons. The fishermen are greatly dis
turbed over the presence in the vi
cinity of the hsh's female companion.
who followed her captured lord
throughout the whole Of the night he
was being towed to port.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

Nobody wants to stop cold storage
That has come to stay, and, fairly con.
Quoted, it is a benefit to the public
Nobody wants TO prevent cold stor
age from affording reasonable returns
to those who carry it on. Unless there
is money in a business no one will
want to follow it. There are two oh.
jections to the manner in which the
cold storage business is operating in
the United States at the present time.
One is that it is creating artificial
scarcity and exacting unreasonable
profits. The other is that it is ignor
ing the hygienic welfare of the con,
sumers. Cold storage will continue.
but its abuses must be stopped.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
Big Black Cat Brings Luck

A neighbor warned her not to do so.
as it meant good luck. Three days
later the same neighbor noticed in a
paper that there was a letter for Mrs.
Butz in the dead letter" office at
Reinholds station, Mrs. Butz' former
home, and she told her aout it
Mrs. Butz called for the letter, and
to her great surprise, It was mes
sage from her old sweetheart. She
Immediately answered, and he came
east and their wedding followed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carpenter are both
about so. Carpenter is Civil war
veteran.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
Metal Hat tIsiatest.

New York.-The newest wonder in
the windows Of the Fifth avenue mil.
liners is the metal hat, which the
public is assured will be the proper
thing for the modish young woman
this fall. Some Of the hats are rem
iniscent OF the helmet, some are nat
and broad, but all are different from
hats OF other years. They are not
simple and they arc not cheap. Flow.
err ana feathers. lace and fur. gold
and silver ere employed lnViahly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

There are always consultations in
any misfortune. One Frenchman tries
to assuage the grief of his afflicted ma
tion by remarking that Mona Lisas
smile is nothing more than a consump.
tive grimace. Moreover 1t is the Sc.
Jcret opinion locked in many other
breasts that the famous picture lady
would never be a winner in an up-to-
date beauty show.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

A New York broker is looking for
wife who has the English conserva-
tism and love of home, the vivacity Of
the French and the intensity and fer
vor Of the Italian girl" The phrase:
Man wants but little here below" will
have to be revised.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

1t has officially been decided in Bos-
ton that a woman is young until she is
85. Only cold, hard oficialdom, by the
way, even though generous in its al
iowance, would venture to put def
mite limit to such an intangible mys-
terry as a womans age.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

Why doesn't the Paris editor chal-
ienged by a lecturer on woman's
rights and accused Of cowardice be-
cause he doesn't accept the challenge,
name live mice as the weapons to be
used?