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The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

wants herr vh fes. put him on this wire"
 He lowered the lephone.
 Some 0ne to sl X 10 you, Miss ,eliy." he reported.
 MocAar.e4..y, lGe took U9 t..a .e- ceiver. and, by long habit, her voico ,ook it's professional drone: "Hello!" she called
 Then, turning on Blake. in surprise, she cried:
 why, it's Tom!"
 Yes" drawled Blake 50 I gath. ,red from the name. Pm glad Glad clear down to the ground. For both of you. Tell him so, won't you 2"
 Tho winter sun was putting its way over the eastern skyline. The dawn vas biJter-cod, mercilessly clear.
 And into the track of the first white glittering rays walked tired man A man Mho that night had won a mighty victory. A victory that foreshadowed the richest sits his country could be- stow. Before. him the future stretched bright as that winters dawn. As daz- Z!ingly brilliant, and as cold and stark. ly empty.
 In Matthew Standish's ears, as ho returned toward the loveless abode that he hated to call nome. still rang echoes of the pandemoniuln that had broken loose in the house wheH the Mullins bill had gone down to defeat. His arms still ached from the pump handling a host of shrieking admirers had forced on him.
 There is only one lasting victory" he muttered disiointedly to himself. as he moved onward in the dazzling ice-cold trail of light. At the last, 1t won't be the worlds applause that the worlds great men will remember. It will be the love smile of a Woman. And-I shall never have known that memory. What is the rest worth?"
 (THE END.)
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
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I don't know who my grandfather was. And if he had been worth knowing
 bout, I'd know. There is bad strain running through the family. It cropped ont in me. Yes, I have cheated you. You had the right to demand in our bargain the haTd-and-fast terms the world has decreed: All of wife's life in exchange for frayed and battered remnant of her husbands. I can't meet those terms, though l tried to fool you into believing I could. So l must meekly give up the love whose price I can't pay Don't let's make 1t harder by having scene over 1t. Good night. I'll stay with father until YOU can decide just what you want 10 do and on what basis we're to sepa- rate. If it would do any good to ask vour forgiveness I'd ask it. That's all. Good night, Mark"
 She held out her hand with shy wistfulness. He was staring straight into her tortured eyes and did not see the gesture. The hand dropped back ,imply to her side, and she moved to rejoin Flake.
 But at thc first step. Mark barred her way. She looked at him in tired wonder. His face was set and hard. He made no move to touch her. His voice. when he spoke, grated like a file. as he forced it between his un- willing lips.
 Grace he began. I've told you my love is dead. And l lied when 1 said t. l planned to put you out oi my life. And, even while planned, knew l couldn't do it. It doesn't mat ter what want to do or what l ought to do. Out e all this hideous tangle, blazes forth just one thing that l must do whether I want to or not l must go on loving you with all my strength and life"
 Do you mean," she panted wildly. do you mean that you can-that you will"
 q mean," he cried brokenly, his self control smashing to atoms under the hammer blows of his heart, "I mean there is nothing In all this world for me. dear love, away from you! love you. And I can't go on without you. You are earth end heaven and hell to me. 1 love you. And I have forgotten everything but that. Girl of my heart, will you let me make you forget, too l Oh, love you! love you!"
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
Servants or Masters?

The plain people discuss a ques- ton of public policy. For example, the plain people (or the mere peo- .ple) of New Jersey discuss the ques- ton whether to prevent feeble minded persons and habitual crimi- nals from bringing children into the world. Rightly or wrongly (that is not now in point, they decide to prevent it; that is, the representa- tives they have choesn to make laws for them decide to prevent it.
 But does that settle the question?
 It does not.
 The Supreme Court of New Jersey says such law is not legal. And that settles it. Every man and wom- an in the state who is not feeble minded or habitually criminal may wish such law in force. But there lis not even any way to find out whether the people agree with their servants, the lawmakers, or with their masters, the judges.-Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
Notice of Petition to Quiet and
 Confirm Title

NOTICE is hereby given that on .hr 3rd day of November. 4. D. 1913. James H. Smith filed his petition in the Chancery Court 0f Polk County. Arkansas. asking that his title be confirmed and quieted in and to the following lands. t0-wit: The South east Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 25. and the Northwest Quarter of the North west Quarter of Section 36. in Township i South. Of Range 30 West containing 80 acres.
 Therefore. all persons who claim any interest in the above described lands are notified 10 appear in this court within six weeks and show cause, if any there be. why the title of the said petitioner in an to said lands should not be in him con- tirmed and guieted
 Witness my hand on this fifth day of November. 4. D. 1913.
 Freeman L. Johnson.
 Clerk of the Chancery Court in
 and for Polk County Ar
 kansas.
 Star-First Pub. Nov. i3. Last Pub. Dec. i8.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
Mutual Benefit.


 Nearly everyone realizes or is be- ginning to realize, that money spent at home will be useful to. home peo- pie, while if spent abroad it has little chance of getting back to the place from which it started. The phrase, "Patronize home industry" means something, and a little cam paigning on this basis will convert some of the Doubling Thomases" who still help to fill the cotIers of the mail order houses.
 If the large cities find if adVan- tageous 10 advertise homemade" products. setting aside a week or two weeks for displaying them and directing the consuming public to- ward a better understanding of the qualities and values of goods to be had at home. why not the smal. towns and villages? In Chicago the business men of various sections of the city have their associations. and once year. or oftener. have a "bOOster' week. They use induce ments to show the consumers with in their territory the money to be saved by trading in the neighbor- hood rather than going downtown. Certainly if such practices are com mon in sections of the large cities, they are applicable to the business of the small town.
 A keener point than usual was given this idea recently when Idaho had an entire week devoted to boosting home products. People were urged not only tO buy goods made in factories of the state, but to do all their buying with their own local merchants instead of with outside concerns. When the occa- sion came everyone was worked up to fever of enthusiasm regarding the idea.
 One of the pertinent points used in advertising has good logic A supposed case was taken, that 1000 women each buy a bar of soap on a certain day, thus creating new market well worth considering. If thousand customers each buy a bar of soap on periodical occasions, the soap manufactures finds his business increasing and conSequent- ly branches out He spends the money received from the increased sale of soap in hiring his people to do his work for him. The man who enters his employ may get sick, he calls a doctor-perhaps the husband of one of the ladies who bought the bar of soap. His wife spends part of that mans wages with the dry goods merchant whose wife bought bar of soap. The wife of the dray- man gets a new hat with the money her husband earned by working overtime to haul the soap the home merchant bought. Had those one thousand women sent their money ic the mail order houses, how about the doctor the drayman and the merchant?
 A dollar spent with the home merchant stays in the community and helps build up the town. A healthy town wins prestige and ln- cidentally increases the value Of your property. Don't get the mis- taken idea that you save money in buying from mail order houses. The goods are inferior. which is the first loss. Then the money sent out Of your home town cuts down the home revenue: that's the second loss. When the home revenue Ia curtailed. property values drop: that's the third loss. Build for the future by trading at home.-The Community Builder.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

fected in this town if every window on its business streets were occu- pied by a flower box filled with beautiful Towering plants. Yet the thought need not remain wholly imaginative; for at comparatively small cost to each individual mer- chant such a transformation could be effected Many of the largest stores and hotels of the great cite, have decorated their window, in this way.
 An example thus set by the mer- chants doubtless would be followed by many citizens in the decorating of their residences. and in a few years our city would become known far and wide for the beauty of ifs homes and places of busiuess.-The Community Builder.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
CHAPTER xxill.
The Victor7

They didn't seem exactly to be hankering after my society in there,' . observed Wanda Kelly. ''so 1 came back"
 Jim Blake turned from the window at sound of the telephone girls pur- posely raised voice. Just within the threshold from the inner rooms of the suite, Wanda. with elaborate care, was shutting the door behind her
 Blake glanced quickly about the room
 "Yes." said Wanda, answering the question in his look and jerking her pretty head back in the direction of the rooms she had just quilted. Tn there. wouldn't worry if were you. "
 Jim Blake's grim face took on a light as incongruous as the play of sunset rays on a mummy. The mask of age and defeat seemed to melt be- meath 1t. He took an eager step to- ward the inner door.
 Just minute" Wanda halted him You asked me to wait. If you don't need me here any longer"
 "Yes." hesitated Blake, trouble Hit ting across the new light in his eyes. T wanted to ask you-to-not to let Tom know about this. His sister"
 'I1l never tell him." she promised. T sent him away so he wouldn't find out"
 You're white. clear through" grudg- ingly admitted Blake. will you do one thing more?"
 "What?"
 Bring him back to me"
 eff I meet him again." she assented primly. 'Tll send"
 T didn't say 'send.'" corrected Blake, T said bring"
 That's different. I-"
 I'm out of politics. My own game has broken me at last I'm old. l know 1t now. never did till tonight. I'm old and want my children around me-" ~ tTs
 "Tll tell Tom" she agreed, softened despite herself by the new suppliancs in voice that had never before been turned to the uses of entreaty. "Ill tell him. I'm sure he1l come back to you when he understands. Good niknt, Mir. Blake"
 There's another thing" he broke in roughly, staying her departure, "a thing that isn't easy to say"
 Then, why say it?'
 Because" he growled. Hike all things that aren't easy to say it's 6 thing that's got to be said. Miss Kel. ly. hasn't tonight pretty nearly squared the old debt between you and mel You and yours have suffered lot at my hands. But. after what's hap pened here this evening, l guess you'll admit. as far as suffering goes, you haven't got much on me. Haven't I paid? Won't you say we're square?"
 "We're--we're square. Mir. Blake. ; she returned in tone she could not make wholly steady nor impersonal.
 And" pursued Blake. "and-Tom? ?''
 That's different too" she filtered. "I-"
 The jangle of the telephone inter rupted her. Blake. who was beside the desk. picked up the instrument.
 "Hello.- he called into the transmit. ter. "Ye--yes-ehe's here Who
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
BURN THE BUGS THE CRY.
Iowa State Board of Agriculture Ap-
 pealS tO Farmers.

Ames. la Nov. 29.-With the Thanksgiving holiday over, Govern or Hodges and the State Board of Agriculture today renewed their ap- peals for the farmers to burn the winter quarters of the chinch bug. the bugs to be included.
 The last two weeks of November and the first two weeks of Decem- ber were set aside by the state eX- ecutVe for a crusade against thc pest. and the officials today called attention to the fact that half of that time was gone and vet many bugs lived According 10 experts, Kansas suffered S3,OOQ0O0 damage Co her crops last year from chnch bugs alone. The bugs hybernate in stubble and punches of dead grass.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
Incentive in the Recall.

If our city administration was a court, any lawyer representing any taxpayer could have it sworn otl the bench. In short, he could re- call it.
 The people should have the equivalent right to recall an ad- ministration that they believe IS prejudiced against them.
 If the people had that right of re- call they probably would not need to use 1t. The recall is the finest little incentive to get busy for the people and to stay busy for the people that has been devised Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
California Woman Seriously Alarmed

"A short time ago I contracted a severe cold which settled on my lungs and caused me a great deal of annoyance. would have bad cough ing spells and my lungs were so sore and inflamed I began to be seriously alarmed. A friend recom- mended Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy. saying she had used it for years. I bought a bottle and it relieved my cough the first night. and in a week was rid of the cold and soreness |of my lungs" writes Mrs. Marie Ger Der, Sawtelle, Cal. For sale by all dealers.-Ady.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

Fould never have forgiven me. You Fnow you wouldn't. If I've wronged fou-"
 II you had loved me as a true wom- loves, you would have told me. iou would have had to. You could not pave deceived me like this. Love poesn | feed on lies. It was my right p know everything. so that could peeloe my own course. Instead. you pave led me into this trap. There is po escape now. And it Is too late to eproach you or to try to make you Ieshze what you have done. You say your love for me kept you from tell. lns! Believe that, if it is any com. Iort to you. r." f<e
 You say don't know what true 'oVe IS" she laughed bitterly. I'm slraid l can never learn it from you. so your love has diedf Love can't sie any more than God can die. You have never loved me"
 T-s
 NeVer. l see now that you didn't ,V, you don't know what love means.
 nveo Tor you. Every thought and mo'u ana act of mine was shaped for Iyu, And for you alone. I knew vou Ane" your faults. your follies. your v'u'e savagery. And I loved you for .uem as well as for the good that was T m you But what was it you loved .ae woman you married-or a snow. o.,.' I,'e sanity reputation? If you cared suly TOT the reputation-that is gone e'er' But If you loved me-the ,h,n .nan l am-then I've been every. ,a.ns you thought I was and wanted S e o De-ever since the first moment iou nao the right to think of me at all. save you my life. from that time on paa pas lofever, And it has been all yours De.ore then, it was mine."
 sv.s anu yet you let me believe it was fire. , ,sning-your whole life-your s,v,. was, All that was worth the ns' x. All that had ever been worth von @ elsins. It was my self. Oh. can't hs su see that woman's body ana lo~s ana soul belong not to her frs, es0 ,e. . put to her first lovei No woman bss .sen , guess what love is until shs wh.n ivund 1t And I found 1t only thing. save you every uevsr m irving to make it easy. We've Mars hso a real quarrel. you and | marr,os DO dont let us wind up our in eo ,s life with one. now. You are wrons me 'snt. l am hopelessly in the It ans ,,, ! have cheated you. admit is h1u ;n Il accept the consequences ii hered,tnn tue blood. There is much iu
 My father Is a--polItician
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
How to Bankrupt the Doctors.

X prominent New York physician says. If it were not for the thin stockings and thin soled shoes worn by women. the doctors would prob ably be bankrupt" When you con- tract cold. do not wait for it to develop into pneumonia. but treat it at once. Chamberlain'S Cough Remedy is intended especially for coughs and colds, and has won a wide reputation by it's cures of these diseases. It is most eifectua and is pleasant and safe 10 take. For sale bv all dealers.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
Fit His Case Exactly.

When father was sick about six years ago he read an advertisement of Chamberlain's Tablets in the pa pers that fit his case exactly" l" writes Miss Margaret Campbell of ft Smith, Ark. He purchased a box Of them and he has not been sick since. My sister had stomach trouble and was also benefited by them. For sale by all dealers.-
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
Preparing for Coming Styles.

''I have about decided" said Noah Count of Chiggerbite impressively, ito start new line of farming. In stead of raising grain, hogs, apples and hell. as has hitherto been my custom. am going to plant my place with fig trees" What are you going to do that for, Noah?' in quired one of the bystanders; you can't raise no figs in this climate" |" Possibly not" replied the eminent jester, but judging from the pres ent trend of women's styles think there going to be big demand for fig leaves in year or two .'-Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
C,,red of Liver Complaint.

II was suffering with liver con- nlaint" saws Iva Smith of Point Blank Texas and decided to try a 25c box of Chamberlain's Tablets and am happy to say that l am com, nlefelv cured and can recommend them to every one" For sale by all dealers.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
-'f 4-sDI Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior.
 L. S Land 0ffice at
 Camden. Ark. Nov. r, 1918. NOTICE Is hereby gwen that
 WILLIAM C. BRINK of Mena. Arkansas. who. on March ,. 1910, made -HOmestead Entry No. 0t250 for NWA SW14. Sec. 1. El3 SEA and NWl4 SEA-, Section 2, Township , s. Range 3l w. 5th Principal Meridian. has filed notice -- mention to make final con- --l-a.rl proc '0 establish claim ;1 -ae and at1.- I--l saI haf0re t0- .uinty C-e rt 2r. rs- s- iieaa. Arks sss .. -. 9f Is- mber. -t-
 l-a ant n2 -s 8S Ns-l 5S- Henry BOhIer. Gc1-z= F. 301- John Haines. William Pa c-lA z -- Mena. Arkansas.
 H.G. Freidheim. Register. Star-FiFSt Pub. Nov. %. Last Pub. Dee. 25.
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Respected Their Father.

They're six fine sons you have, Casey said Dennis Flaherty to his friend.
 They are" said Casey.
 Do ye have any trouble with them?"
 "Troubles" said Casey. I've never had to raise my hand to one of them--except in self-defense. ."- Life.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
Varninq Order.

l. T. Shorter. Plaintiff. vs. Julia Shorter. Defendant-In the Polk Chancery Court.
 The defendant. Julia Shorter, is warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer t1e complaint of the plaintiff. I. T.. Shorter.
 Nov. t5. 1918.
 F. l.. Johnson, Clerk. Star-First Pub. Nov 20. Last Pub. Dec. II.
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CHAPTER XII.
am, oG Reckoning.

rho Hour of Reckoning:
 X, ns sobertson fg and his wife, left {
 K k,neeiher, %o in the other end of
 ot los'b iibrary, faced the situa-
 pan rea' which Grace had so long
 urpnaring or and for which her
 d so useless. ,a no
 A,t' nf hers could gloss over or E G bearable the truth. Where, i .ho smoke no word, but stood .na at him; taking in every de- ps F inc stout figure and the
 commonplace face as #h che wished to carry with '5oreyer their memory. Srl M strove for speech. But for krs, lime in his roughly aggres- |rareer, suitable words were de- Sim. Alternately he longed to bnr nlI in naked terms what she \ and how utterly he despised
 Arain. a gush of self-pity N him to reproach her for the sEing of his ideals, the blasting ti. hanpiness. Vanity coming I uav to his aid, he framed Fleft unspoken-a curt sentence Esrewell. And, in the end, all Pould say was:
 Ehv didn't you tell me?" \ wasn't what he had intended to It was banal. It expressed none he stark moods that seethed in Yet as she did not answer. he Id himself asking once more: Thy didn't you tell mel" nd now, unknown and unwished there crept into his bald question ote that was almost of entreaty. at the sound, the dumb devil that locked Grace's lips departed. Tell you?" she echoed. "Oh, if you W how I've wanted to!"
 hen"
 didn't dare. didn't dare" ruth and honor surely" Our love meant more to me than and honor. I sacrificed them to it. I would sacrifice them and ything else to get it back. Is shameless? Perhaps. The truth lily is. If I had told you. you
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

Put a porous plaster on the chest and take a good cough syrup inter nally if you would treat a severe case of sore lungs properly. Get the dollar size BILLIARDS FORE HOUND SYRUP. With each bottle there is a free HERRTCk'S RED PEPPER POROUS PLASTER for the chest. Sold by Harris Phar- macv -AdV.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

Neuralgia of the face, shoulder, hands, or feet requires powerful remedy that will penetrate the flesh. BILLIARDS SNOW LINIMENT possesses that power. Rubbed in where the pain is felt is all that IS necessary to relieve suffering and restore normal conditions. Price 25c. soc and Si.00 per bottle. Sold by Harris Pharmacy.-Ady.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

Irregular bowel movements lead to chronic constipation and con- stipated habit fills the system with impurities. HERBlNE is great bowel regulator. It purifies the system, vitalizes the blood and puts the digestive organs in fine, vigorous condition. Price 50c. Sold by Har- ris Pharmacy.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
l26H
-iAopt} - Notice for Publication.


 Notice for Publication.
 Department of the Interior.
 L. :. Land Office at
 Camden. Ark. Nov. T. 1913 NOTICE is hereby gwen that
 BENJAMIN W. TRAMNELL of Baker Springs. Arkansas. who, on April 2I. l90S. made Homestead Entry Serial No. 0365i No. 3i252, for SW1t SWl4 Sec. i4, Ela SEl4 and SEls NEls Section l5. Town ship , :. Range 30 w.. 5th Principal Meridian has filed notice Of Inten- ton to make final five year proof In establish claim to the land above before the Circuit Clerk of Polk County. at Mena. Arkansas, ion the 9th day of January. 1914. Claimant names aS witnesses: W. Scott. J. I. McNutt. A. L. Rob erts. J. H. punkett, all ot Baker Springs. Arkansas.
 H. q. Friedheim. Register. Star-FirSt Pub. Nov. '. Last Pub. Jan. $ i9i4.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
For Weakness and Loss of Appet,te

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVES TAsTELEss chiif TONIC. drives out Malaria and builds up the system. true tonic toradulls kud children. soc.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

Stack for Sale-Have two good mlleh
 cows. one 2-year-old Jersey heller giving milk, one yearling ana one calf. Mrs. Keislar, on Hohensee place.-Adv. "'i
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

For Sale-pure blood Duroc Jersey
 sows with pigs. See or address E j. Smith, Mena.-Adv. WI