davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
Stop. Look, Listen!

It is said that the highest rate ever received for a writing was the fee of $lO,OOO demanded by a law yer who furnished to a railroad company the warning sign for crossings, Stop, Look, Listen"
 This makes Kipling's dollar-a- word look cheap. But before the end of year the lawyer was in formed by the president of the road that the warning met every cOntln- gency in court and had saved many times it's cost.
 Words that are worth $500 to a railroad company ought to be worth something to the rest of us.
 Stop! Look! Listen. How many of us do any of these three? We rush with shut eyes and closed ears. Then we sue the world for dam ages. Do we get them?
 Stop?
 Why should we? Have we not got just so many things to do in just so much time? Business must come first, at all costs, and there is little time for anything else. What if the poor do cry out and clutch at our tleeting forms? What have we to do with these. Why should we stop? We must push along, re- gardless of those we knock down or send back to the ranks hopeless.
 Look?
 For what? We are already look ing for every opportunity that will in any way fill our pockets. We are never blind to a bargain. Why talk to us about the beauty of the. sky, or the splendor of the sunset, or the peace and glory of the summer landscape? Men must be stronger than to indulge in such weak and pueriie things. The true standard of beauty consists in the woman's face on the silver dollar.
 Listen?
 Why, we hear the silvery tinkle of the tin" that fills our till. We have no time to waste on the songs of birds. What does it profit a man if he listens all day to the babbling of the brook down in the glen, or sit amid the trees in the old wood and throw away precious hours trying to make out what the wind is whispering? The locust is not so bad, because it reminds one of the stock-ticker. With the whir of wheels and the clamor of crowds are not our ears already weary with listening?
 Many a mans line of argument matches this in thought, if not in word.
 Wearied of striving that never ceases and never wins him joy that satisfies, he still is so involved in the mazes of this beloved business world of his that he stiles his sore hearts yearning for surcease and balm.
 There is a grade crossing every day in life. Safety and happiness comes of needing this sign.-Tex- arkanian.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20

great religious uncertainty and ln- tense social unrest. Man in large measures seems. to have lost the satisfaction that comes from within himself. He has lost hold on great purposes in life. He has lost his sense of proportion between the eternal values and the temporal comforts and social arrangements.
 Because of this we witness the peculiar phenomena of confusion which are manifested by some rep resentatives of two kinds of i'm portant leadership among men. The preacher, whose main business it should be to lift up men in spiritual freedom, tends, because of the lack of interest in his special work, to outside activities.
 He ceases, to be thespriest at the altar and becomes the politician, the social agitator On the other hand, the statesman and the poli- tician seek to draw attention from their incompetence in their own province and take the line of least resistance.
 The preacher must attract atten- ton. He has a message on every political situation, and he has a dogmatic word ready for every in dustrial contest, although he may not have examined the case, and he is glib in committing himself to social programs. He becomes politician.
 When he becomes a politician he kills what is left of the religious sentiment which he is supposed to stimulate. He may be talked of and become notorious, but he is a fail ure as a revealer of the divine spirit of men.-Rev. Dr. Samuel Schulman of New York.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
.35 ARE KILLED IN
 LAREDO BATTLE
Federal Soldiers in Mexican Town Successfully Defend Themselves . From Rebel Attackers
 Americans Watch Fight.

Laredo, Tex, March i7-The streets of Nuevo Laredo, across the river in Mexico, were the scene thls forenoon of fighting lasting about an hour and a half, in which 2o Carranzistas and l5 rebel soldiers were killed and as many as 5O sol diers On both slues, perhaps were wounded. u
 AL the end of the fighting the Carranzistas retreated to the nils surrounding the town, where they appear to be preparing for new attack.
 The Carranzistas stole into NueVo Laredo last night or early thls morning, under cover of the dark ness. about 200 strong, and started the fight against a force of about $50 fcderaIs,
 The fighting occurred near the Rio Grande itself and part of 1t was visible from the American side ol the river. Thousands of Americans and as many more Mexican refugees watched the battle from this city.
 One rebel was seen to fall as Ii dead. He raised his head when the federals approached, and one fed eral soldier shot him through the head. Whereupon another kicked the dead body down the banks ot an arroyo
 The Carranzistas were in camp about five miles south of the city last night. About i o'clock this morning they forced their way past the custom house, after starting their attack, and occupied a lard factory, from which position they were driven by the federals.
 Leaving the lard factory, the reb- els made bold stand in the open. The federals were then divided in- to two groups, one of them tlanking the rebels and killing so many of the attackers that the rebels re- treated in considerable disorder to the hills.
 The federal nanking party came directly between the rebels and city of Laredo, but few bullets ap- pear to have struck on the Ameri- can side of the river.
 One bullet pierced the roof of the Laredo garage. about a mile from the scene of the fighting.
 American physicians from this city have crossed the river 10 care for the wounded.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
HONOR LAWMAKERS
 WITH A BANQUET
E. Ja LuHdy and w. Nj. Pipkin Re- cipients of Gifts and Much Praise for Work for PrOhibitiOn-Re-
 membered Rev. F. N. Brewer.

A crowd which filled both the auditorium and basement of the M. E. church, South, gathered Tuesday night to do honor to Senator k. J. Lundy and former Representative | w. M. Pipkin for their efficient work for the cause of prohibition A splendid program of music and addresses was rendered in the audi | torium. This was in charge of w. k. Holt as master of ceremonies.
 Miss Kathleen Holt presided at the organ and an excellent muSlcal program was rendered by select voices from the different cholrS ot
 the city. Prayers were offered ny
 the Rev. w. l.. Smith md the Rev.
 J. J. Bowman. The opening ad-
 dress was made by the Rev. Fran
 cis N. Brewer, in which he reviewed i and praised the woIl of Messrs.
 Lundy and Pipkin in behalf or CIVIC
 righteousness and temperance re-
 form. He was folloWOI | by the Rev
 w. l.. Smith, who made a stirring Eaddress, which was received with much demonstration. Addresses were also made by Ncssrs. Maxwell
 Bowman, Gates, CroWson. Lambert and Kaylor. The principal address ! of the evening was made by A. L. 1 Durham of Dallas. II was received with much applause. He was es- pecially felicitious in Inc presenta- ton to Messrs. Lundy and Pipkin of a gold-headed umbrella. These gentlemen were then loudly called for and each responded with an ad- dress, during which there was much i applause.
 George w. Rector made the clos ] ing address, in which he spoke most feelingly of the work and min istry of the Rev. Francis \, Brewer and in behalf of his friends pre- sented him with a gold-headed um- brella, which was suitably engraved The Rev. Mr. Brewer, with mucf emotion, made a brief reply, which closed the formal program.
 The throng of people then re- paired to the basement of the church, where a sumptuous lunch con was served by the women O. the w. C. T. U. and their friends Covers were laid for eighty people but notwithstanding this extensive preparation it was near 1 o'clocl before all were served. It was es- timated that more than five hun dred people were served during the evening.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
WHEN DOES HIS SUIT START?

Chicago, March Tiff a sponge is left in the abdomen of patient aft CT an operation and is not discov- cred for seven years, does the statute of limitations apply from the date of the insertion of the sponge or the date of the discovery?
 That is a legal question which United States District Judge Car penter was called upton to decide today. It arose in the case of Geo. N. Montgomery of Jacksonville, Fla, against Dr. Charles E. Kalks of Chi cagO. The plaintiff ayers that the physician negligently left the sponge in the abdomen after an op- eration for appendicitis. Seven years later, Montgomery says, phy- sicians found the sponge and re- moved it.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
About Kansas.

Here are some statements of the effect of prohibition in Kansas, as reported by the attorney general of the state, which should surely be given the widest possible publicity They need neither note nor com ment:
 Five hundred and sixteen thou sand children in the public schools of Kansas never saw an open sa- loon in the state.
 More than one half the county jails are empty.
 SiXty-five or the t05 counties of the state have no inmates in the penal institutions.
 Many counties have not had a jury to try a case in ten years.
 Eighty-seven counties have nc insane.
 Kansas is the second richest state in. the union; it's average per capita is Si,70O
 Fifty-four counties have nc Predetermined.
 Ninety-six counties have no in- ebriates.
 Twenty-nine counties have not 8 single inmate on their poor farms.
 Kansas has death rate of sever and one-half per 1000-the lowest ir the world
 Less than ten of the 7S6 newspa- pers in the state accept liquor ad- vertisements.
 Is it, therefore, any wonder that though Kansas is the driest state prohibition sentiment is stronger than at any time in her history?- Cyrus ]. Kephart.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
ABOU BEN ADHEM.
By Leigh Hunt.

By Leigh Hunt. Abou Ben Adhem, may his tribe
 increase,
 Awoke one night from a dream of
 peace,
 And saw within the moolight of his
 room,
 Making it rich and like lily in bloom, ''-'~--''a-' An angel writing in a book of goldl Exceeding peace had made Ben Ad- -. hem bold, V @. And to the presence in the room he
 said:
 What writest thou?" The vision
 raised it's head, And with look made of all sweet
 accord
 Answered, The names of those who
 love the lord" And is my name on?" asked Abou'
 Nay, not so" Replied the angel. Abou spoke
 more low, But cheerily still, and said II ask
 you then,
 Write me as one who loves his fel-
 lowmen." "
 The angel wrote awhile and van
 ished. The next night It came again with a great waken-
 ing light,
 And showed the names of those
 whom love of God had blessed And lol Ben Adhem's name led all
 the restl
 Since the above homily was given to the reading world more than a hundred years ago, there is no computing the good the simple truth conveyed therein has accomp- lished; nor how many thousand times the prayer with which it be- gins has been answered.
 Here for the first time in many long centuries, a Christian was bold enough to proclaim That he who loves his fellow men most, serves God best" for love implies service. When one does not serve, we doubt his love. He may only love himself, and that in a blind, half-witted fashion; for intelligent self-love not only works, but will shut the door of heaven on none of Gods crea- lures.
 In spite of our boasted progress we meet such lovers every day. They may or they may not claim to love the Lord. They are eXploiters, rather than lovers of their fellow men. They love, and give, and work only with those who can give back "heaping measure, running over" This kind of love is what has ere ated in this good world the inequal- ities we call hills of joy' and valleys of pain" These are the people that believe this the best of all possible worlds, the stand patters of life. Sure of heaven for themselves and those they love, and sure of a hell for those who disagree with them, they are fright ened to death at the prospect of any change.
 The author of this immortal ser monette was a close personal friend of the loving and much beloved poet Shelley, and was the guest. The latter, with his com panion Williams, had fared forth in their little boat to meet when the twain were overtaken by a storm and perished in the waters of the Mediterranean sea.
 -TheOphrastus.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
Ross Ford Asks Questions.


 Since l notice that there is a gen. eral discussion of the currency question, l wish to ask what would be wrong with an act to do away with the national bank note and in lieu let us have state notes. Let each state issue notes to the amount of its assessed property. Then give us state banks owned and operated by the state, and when you borrow money let the interest go to the state to help pay state expense. But this is the least item. Let us take these notes and build cotton mills, roller mills, packing plants, railroads, open up coal mines. In fact, let the state go into all kinds of business, using the state notes to do the same. Let the state buy our cotton and manufacture it; also our corn and fruit, our cattle, hogs and country produce. Let us use our state for the collectivity a while. But the question will naturally arise: Suppose we have scarcity of any one product; would it not advance in price, as the individual, to get possession, would pay more than the state? No, not if the act forbade; and would not that be right to protect the colectivity. Yes. But one will say that would injure the one for the benefit of the many but let us look at what the laws for the protection of the individual
 have done. It has made a nation of traders and tratlickers out of us, and the more cunning has all the advantage. Being traders, we are naturally cheats and frauds, be- cause when we trade we are trying
 to better our condition without working for it, and when we do someone has lost something that
 he has worked for. Of course, we would not lie in trade, but then just think how that fellow lied to us. The greatest thing that came out before the Pujo committee was what Morgan said about combina- tion Oh, when will we ever get wise? But then, such measures as l ad- vocate here are Socialistic, and that being the case, we must not have them. They would ruin us. Yet they have not ruined the coffee farmer of Brazil. Oh, the possibili-
 ties of such system!
 Ross Ford. Egger, Ark March 4,si9i3.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
The White House.

James Hogan, an Irish architect designed the White House and was paid $500
 Corner stone laid by Washington October IS, 1792.
 Work of construction began inn mediately after corner stone lay ing.
 Building practically completed ir october, i800
 First occupied by President Adams in winter of 1900.
 Partly destroyed by fire by Brit ish, 1874.
 Cost of building at time, S333, POT
 Restored and reopened January f. 1918, at a cost of S300,000.
 Rebuilt by James Hogan, original Washington Post.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
K. c. s. OFFICIALS HERE.

President J, A. Edson of the Kan- sas City Southern, with his special train and accompanied by a num- Der of the other high officials of the road, stopped over in Mena for a short time last Thursday on the re- turn trip from the South. In the party besides President Edson were Vice President J. F. Holden Chief Engineer C. E. Johnston, Col. Sam uel II. Fordyce, one of the directors.
 While here the party spent some tlme In viewing the fine display of products at the depot.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
Huerta Government Apprehensiye

Mexico City, March i3.-News from the northern districts of Mexico which have not yet accept ed the Huerta government contin- ues to cause apprehension here. The Junction of citizens and troops with the constitutionalists is regarded as important as the Carranza move ment has. been in Coahuila. The Carranza movement, however. now appears to be thing of the past and his surrender is expected at any. time.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
people.

The Arkansas legislature has ad- journed, and now is a very oppor- tune time to begin agitating for a commission form of government for our state. State government is as much a matter of business, or should be, as running a railroad, and who would dream of picking up a few score of more or less inex- perienced men, calling them togeth
 CT for a few weeks once in two years and having them direct 'the affairs of a railroad? Men for such work should be carefully selected for fitness, put on the job and kept there every week day of the year.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
LITTLE STARS.

Singers seldom sing praises of each other.
 The spice of life is no sort of seasoning for morality.
 Always pay debts and compli- ments, and you will succeed.
 Money makes the mare go, but it isn't always the>mare you bet on.
 The unpardonable sin is going a whole week without changing col lars.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
Warming Order.

State of Arkansas, County of Polk
 Dora Leaderman, plaintiff. va
 Annie Wardell, now Annie Golf
 and Chas. Holmes, Defendants -
 Tn the Polk Chancery Court
 me defendants, Annie Wardell now now Anne Goff, and Chas. Holmes are warned to appear in this courl within thirty days and answer in, complaint of the plaintiff. Dor; Leaderman. o' March F, 1913. ." Ipema0Flrst Pub. Mch. 20. Last Pub. Apr. r.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20

Let us make our money here, invest it here, spend it here and have it here where we use it for what this town needs.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20

2000 bales nice bright Prairie Hay 45c bale, at RTDLING'S.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20

The FORD is built of the most expensive steel known. Therefore it can be built light. dwi
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
ADVERTISEMENT A
ADN E K IT $ k VENT CITIZENS TICKET City Election, April i, 1913.

For Mayor,
 A. H. SCOGGIN. For Police Judge.
 l.. N. BURNETT. For City Treasurer,
 p. c. ROGERS.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
Aldermen.

Flrst Ward.
 LESLIE MOSELEY. Second Ward, J. G. JACKSON. Third Ward,
 w. E. WATKINS
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
The Great Unrest.

We are going through a time of
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01

ness looks good for the COM
ing autumn. Within the last
ten days a note of cheerful
ness has replaced a feeling of
pessimism and caution. A
brisk demand for mercantile
commodities of all kinds is
experienced and the crop
outlook on the whole is very
encouraging. If those who
are now holding up tariff and
currency legislation would
cease their long and weary
s~peechmaking and allow
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01

these bills to pass, as they
surely will, the nation would
sigh in relief, then smile and
go to work with contemplate
ed activities and no one
would stop to Shudder over
the future outlook or be-
lieve for a second that we
were on the brink of an in
dustrial a b S. National
prosperity is like this Cut
Bank country; it may some
! times have little reverses of
fortune, but it cannot be
kept back or down for any
great length of time.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01

In his last weekly letter
Henry Clews, the noted fin
ancial authority, says bust
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Subscription, yearly, $50
(STRICTLY IN ADVANCED

Display advertising, 25c per column 1nch
Special rate on large, time contracts
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Harness

A complete line of every
thing in the harness line.
And when you want Collar
Pads, Feed Bags, Hames,
Bits and Harness Accessories
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01

The county commissioners
will hold a meeting on Aug.
9Th to discuss road and bridge
matters. Is it too much to
expect them to take definite
action toward the immedi-
ate construction of a bridge
over the Cut Bank? T h e
cash is now in the strong box
of Teton county, and we
think the survey for a road
over the reserve, from the
bridge site, has been made.
If not, why should it not be
made before the above date?
We do not wish to be UNI
kind to the county fathers.
We would rather think their
intentions we're good than to
think otherwise. We need
this bridge 'darnation bad
and if they will just settle in
to the collar and decide to
give it to us right away we
shall enroll them in the
Pioneer Press Academy of
%lmmortals, with all pew rent
paid for ninety-nine years.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01

Those senators who pranc-
ed into the breach to heave
mud capsules at Secretary
Bryan about leaving his job
for the lecture platform are
now busy during and after
hours washing the soil off
their glass houses.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Mems and Boys
Shoes

TAI ELK BLUCHER
The uppers on these shoes
are soft and pliable, the soles
are made of Elk skin. In all
it is a nice, easy, comfortable
shoe to wear, and built to
stand the toughest usage.
Sizes ? to 5 ID, per pr. S2.75
Sizes 6 to s per pair $3.2o
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01

speaking terms" are established between the person
who has an article to sell and the person who wants
to buy thru the medium of Pioneer Press ads
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Children'S Canvas
Shoes

A few pair Of children's
low cut canvas shoes with an
Elk sole, in the following
sizes: E, 6 ID, 7, 7 ID.
Price 65 cents
These shoes are nice and
cool aud at the same time
durable.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-01-27
Economical Beef Production
Superiority Alfalfa
Production Clearly Established

source of protein supplementing
cornmeal and silage, the cold pressed
cake proved to be worth 50 Ter cent
more per rJl than wh>at Z al, and
inseed meal IS per cent more per ton
than cold pres SGD cUttouse, d CAKE.
In the use ci ea,j. O. these supple
mentary Urotoil feds With CUrnmeal
AID praiT'e hay, The rod r5vssed cot
tonsteG cake sHuw"d a value per ton
% per cent greater than wheat bran,
ani tie linsaed meal 2S per cent more
that cottonseed cake.
Where alfalfa was used in connec-
tion with cornmeal and silage, or corn
meal and prairie hay, large gains were
made without the use of a concen-
trated protein food. The gains in both
experiments where alfalfa was fed
were larger, less costly, ald much
more profitable.
! These experiments suppIementing
what had previously been found, show
that beef can be produced at a lower
cost and with gDeater profit on a com
bination of the corn plant ald alfalfa
hay than any other combination OF
foods. Nebraska Agrl. Exp. Station
/ Bulletin No. 1927
All who know alfalfa best esteem il
as one OF the richest acquisitions to
American agriculture, and in Illinois
conditions seem naturally adopted to
its most abundant economical produc
tiOn.-Illinois Farmers Institute Bull
letin
Rock Island Argus., 1913-01-27
The Psrsees OF India.

city of Surat that the Parsees first
landed in India when driven out OF
Persia by their Mohammedan conquer
ors eleven centuries ago. Few things
are more remarkable than the manner
in which this small community has re-
taiued its religion and racial charac-
teristics unchanged during that long
period. The peculiar style OF head
dress worn by the Parsees is said to
have been made compulsory by the
Hindu king Of India when the Parsees
first obtained refuge IN that country.
and they have used It ever since. To-
day the Parsees are the leading com
mercial nation of India.