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The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12
MINE HORROR KILLS MANY.
Nearly 100 Men in Shaft When EX.
 plOSiOn Occurred.

Shamokin, Pa, June An eX- plosion occurred today in the Scott shaft of the Susquehanah Coal Companys mine, four miles from here. It is said that 80 to 100 an thracite mine workers were in the mine. The slope of the mine is on fire. Six men, badly burned, were taken out The men in the mine were principally foreign-speaking wOrkmen.
 Up to 1lI5 a. m. the bodies of 25 dead miners had been removed from the burning slope. Eight men suffering from severe burns had al so been removed. Officials of the company estimate that from 25 to 50 men are still in the slope.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12
ELOPES WITH GIRL HE
 WAS TAKING TO PRISON

Eureka Springs, June "A horse buggy and set of harness, stolen from Gene Drake, a liveryman of lola, Kas., were recovered here yes terday. The outfit was hired by a young man at lola for the purpose of taking a young girl to the reform school, to which place she had been sentenced.
 Instead of doing so, it is said they drove to Joplin, where the man left the girl, who advised the authori- ties of the case. The girl was talk en home, but her companion made his escape to this city, where he sold the stolen outfit and then left for parts unknown.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12
ENCANPNENT FOR
 ARKANSAS BOYS
POf. Jernigan Making Plans to En- certain Winners in Boys Corn and Cotton Clubs in Lit
 tie Rock.

Little Rock, June 9.-Prof. Jerni- gan, who has charge of the Boys
 Corn and Cotton Club work in Ar kansas, is now working upon a two weeks encampment which is to be
 held by the winners in the different
 counties in Little Rock, from Au- gust fl to g.
 Ihis encampment Is being financed by a Little Rock fertilizer concern, which will supply the tents, bedding and food for the l50 boys who will attend. In the coun- ties where there are both corn and cotton clubs, the 1912 winners in each club will be chosen as repre- senJatlYeS of the county. Where there are only corn clubs, the first and second prize winners will make the trip. There are a few counties in which no corn or cotton clubs carried out the yearly schedules, but provisions will be made. for caring for them, as arrangements have been made to care for l50 boys.
 The University of Arkansas agri- cultural college corps has been re- cruited for the purpose of featuring to the boys on animal husbandry, the use of fertilizers and a general short course of lectures on corn and cotton.
 The camp will be in Forest park, and the plans are to make it an ideal one. The tents will be ar ranged under government supervi- sion, and the students will be re- quired to keep their tents in order as though they were soldiers. This is the only military feature there will be to the camp life.
 Social features will be arranged for the boys during their two weeks stay, and it is probable that Little Rock merchants will provide a field day, with appropriate prizes for the boys.
 The gathering will be the first of it's kind in the southwest, and is expected to be of great assistance to the youthful farmers. The win ners of prizes at the state farm and the sweepstakes prizes in all coun- ties will, for the first time, come together to tell each other how they succeeded in taking the prizes.
 If it can be arranged, the win ners of the Girls Canning Clubs will be brought to Little Rock to spend a day or two with the boys.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12
WARM W|NDUP OF
 GOVERNORS RACE
Both Candidates in Good Form and Making a Whirlwind Campaign Betting on Results in
 White County.

Little Rock, June 9.-The city was full of politicians Sunday, coming to pay respects 10 the candidates for governor. Judge Hays spent the day in Little Rock in consultation with his advisers, but Col. Brun- didge spent Sunday in Searcy, as he has done ever since the campaign opened. Quite a large number of politicians called at the Brundidge headquarters during the day, how ever.
 On Monday morning Judge Hays started on a tour of South Arkan- sas, making practically the same trip as Col. Brundidge did last week. Col. Brundidge is this week in Northeast Arkansas, covering much of the ground gone over by Judge Hays last week.
 Both candidates are said to be in good form, and declare that the re- maiuing two weeks of the campaign will be warm ones.
 f. is probable that the campaign will be closed in Little Rock and Argenta on Friday, June 20 There will Dc no joint speaking in either city. as Judge Hays has all along declined 10 meet Col. Brundidge. The schedule makers will probably have Judge Hays speak in Argenta while Col. Brundidge is speaking in Little Rock,
 The most interest displayed in the contest is in White county. The Hays forces are claiming this coun- ty even though it is the home of Col. Brundidge. but friends of the Searcyian are offering to make large Wasers and give odds that the home man will carry the county. So far these offers have been unavailing and the only wager made on White county, SO far as is known. was si00 to $50 that Brundidge would carry White county with 300 votes 5O spare. This wager was posted in Brlnkley.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12
FOUR ARE KILLED IN
 ELECTRICAL STORM
Lightning Kills Two Near Ola, One at Busch and One at SilOam SpringS-TWO Narrowly
 Escape.

Ola. June 1-During a heavy electrical storm which swept the northwestern sections of Arkansas, two youths of eight miles south of Ola were struck by lightning and killed. During the storm last night W. $. Baker of Leach, Ok, was killed while riding in a buggy and accompanied by a friend, who es- capped with slight injuries.
 The lads who lost their lives near Ola were Cecil Barry, 12-year-old son of J. W. Barry, and James Westlake, five years old, son of William Westlake. The boys were playing in a feed trough during a rain and electrical storm, when they were struck by lightning and instantly killed.
 Mr. Baker was killed when he and his son sought shelter in a barn during a heavy rainstorm. The barn was struck by lightning, and the lad was but a short distance from his father, he es- capped unhurt. Mr. Baker was seat ed between two mules, neither of which was injured.
 Mr. Warden lost his life while driving to his home at Busch. He was accompanied by a MT. Wyrick, and when the lightning struck Mr. Warden one of the horses was also killed. Mr. Wyrick was hurled from the buggy by the shock, but managed to reach a nearby farm house. MT. Warden is survived by his wife and one child.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12
DIR. MORGAN SMITH TO ALASKA
Head of Arkansas Health Board on
 Northern Junket.

Little Rock, June 9.-Dr. Morgan Smith, secretary of the Arkansas Medical society and head of the state board of health, will leave this week for Minneapolis, where he will attend a meeting of a med ical society, and on next Sunday night will lecture to the congrega- ton of a large church on diseases in the south. Dr. Smith will make an effort to correct the false inn pressiOns northern people have of disease in the south by telling what has been done in recent years to combat and prevent it. Dr. Smith will go to Alaska from Minneapolis. where he will remain a month.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12
Take Plenty of Time to Eat.


 TheTe IS a sayIng fhaF 'rapid eaf- ing is slow suicide" If you have formed the habit of eating too rap idly you are most likely suffering from indigestion or constipation. which will result eventually in serious illness unless corrected. Di- eestion begins in the mouth. Food should be thoroughly masticated and insalivated. Then when you feel dull and stupid after eating, take one of Chamberlain's Tablets. Many severe cases of stomach trouble and constipation have been cured by the use of these tahlctS. They are easy to take and most agreeable in effect. Sold by all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12
Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and
 DiaPPhOea Remedy.

Every family. without exception should keep this preparation al hand during the hot weather of the summer months. Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is worth many times it's cost when needed and is almost certain to be needed before the summer is over It has no superior for the purposes for which it is intended Buy il now. For sale by all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12
TEXARkANA BATTLING
 AGAINST AN EPIDEMIC

TeXarkana, Tex" June "A warning that children must be kept off She streets here on account of an outbreak of infantile paralysis, was issued today by Dr. Ralph Steiner, state health officer of Tex as. Dr., Steiner also ordered all stables kept clean.
 Dr. Edward Francis. of the U. s. marine service, arrived here today 10 assist in checking the outbreak, which has reached nearly 50 cases, with three or four deaths. Dr. Steiner met late today with the two TeXarkana boards of health, which represent respectively the Texas and the Arkansas sides of the city.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12
PRESIDED WITH PISTOL.

Guthrie, Ok, June 1-John Kim ball, one of the men recently ar rested near Table Mountain, Garvin sOunty, on a horse-stealing charge, IS also to be tried in the County Court at Paul's Valley on a charge of disturbing public worship. It is alleged that while church services were in progress in a schoolhouse near Table Mountain, Kimball en- tered with a six-shooter, drove the preacher away and proceeded to deliver a sermon while he kept the revolver on the congregation.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12

Teething babies always have a hard time of it when this process occurs in hot weather. They not only have to contend with painful gums, but the stomach is dos ordered, bowels loose and the body uncomfortable. The best help you can give the little sufferer is Me GEES BABY ELIXIR. IL corrects sour stomach, cools and quiets the bowels and helps digestion. Price 25c and soc per bottle. Sold by Me Nerney's Pharmacy.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12
VETERAN HAS A RECORD.

St. Joseph, Mo-, June 7.-William S. Coflield, 8l, veteran of four wars, is the father of a baby girl, born last night.
 COf1ield served in the Mexican war, two Indian and the Civil wars, and lost his right arm at the battle of Pea Ridge, Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12
Pale Cheeks. or Rosy Ones?

Pale cheeks, muddy Complexion. dull eyes show a poverty of blood. Bloodine Liver Pills will drive the impurities from the system. and enable your daily food to supply new. rich, red blood and rosy cheeks. BloOdine Pills cure Liver illS.-Advt.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12

For Sale-Modern bungalow, ten
 acres, complete water system, all improvements, at a bargain. Ad- dress H. H. Thacker, care Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12

Bring us your country produce. We pay the top market price for chickens, eggs, butter, etc.
 J. F. Averitt.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12

For Sale-Full blood Duroc Jersey
 male hogs. F. J. Smith, Star Farm. fQtF
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
Japanese EmbalminQ.

In the olden days in Japan the mas
ter embalmer was successful in Sc
curing to posterity perfectly extraor-
binary amount of preservation in the
bodies on which he operated The
Japan Chronicle draws attention to a
case of this nature which has re-
Gently come to light In Kobe. The OPP
Grafton Of laying out public park
there included the removal Of some
graves of the Aoyama family. Two
graves were opened belonging to old
daimyo who were buried about 200
years ago. The graves consisted OF
stone cells with large collins Of wood,
containing inner collins of earthen-
ware. On the spaces between the
cell walls and the wooden collins be-
ing opened those present were much
surprised to see that the bodies were
in a state of perfect preservation, hav-
ing all the appearance of wax fig
ures. The old Amagasaki lords lay In
almost lifelike freshness. Several val
liable personal belongings were found
in the graves, including two long
swords, women's hair ornaments,
boxes for pocket inkstones, gold fam
IL yseals, writing brushes, etc.-Lon
don Globe.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
4 MESSAGE TO WOMEN
Who are "Just Ready to Drop"

When you are ''jusc ready to drop"
when you feel so weak that you can
hardly drag yourself about-and be-
cause you have not slept well, you
get up as tired-out next morning as
when you went TO bed, then you need
help right away.
Miss Lea Dumas writes from Ma
lone, N. Y, saying: Il was in a badly
rundown condition for several weeks,
but two bottles of Vinol put me on
my feet again and made me strong
and we'll. ViEol has done me more
good than all the other medicine /
ever took"
If the careworn, haggard men and
women, the pale, sickly children and
feeble old folks around here would
follow Miss Dumas example, they,
too, would soon be able to say that
Vinol, our delicious cod liver and iron
remedy, had built them up and made
them strong.
1t is wonderfully strengthening
and invigorating body-builder, and We
sell it under an ironclad guarantee
of satisfaction. You get your money
back If Vinol does not help you
Florence Drug Co.. Conway, Ark.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
LOOKING to the Future.

The beautiful lady consulted her
attorney, and was received with bows
and smiles.
Il am glad to tell you," said the
legal gentleman. that your breach
of promise suit has already produced
results. The defendant has offered to
compromise by marrying you
THAT suits me-" declared the beau
tiful lady. I'D rather do that than
stand a chance Of losing a suit Well
you have done beautifully. What do
owe you for your services?"
"Shall we say $500?"
I'VE shall not. That is altogether
too much"
Well, I'll tell you what I'll do,
I'll cut that bill In two II You will
promise to retain me when you suo
for divorce. cleveland Plain Dealer,
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
Fate of Mana Sahib.

Every one has heard OF Mana SanlD,
who caused the Cawnpore massacre.
At least the novelist has done his
whole duty by this unspeakable
wretch, and perhaps a little more
than his duty. But no one Is quite
sure what became Of the Mana. He
Is supposed to have wandered away
into the marshes Of Nepal and to have
died of fever, but there has never
been any proof, no death certificate,
so to speak. Now comes CORE
spondent of the London Standard who
says he has reliable evidence that
the Mana was struggled out Of India
into England, and that he lived in
hiding in a farmhouse in Oxfordshire.
The official who helped him to escape
became wealthy from some unknown
source, as did the farmer in whose
house he lived. After time the
Mana again disappeared. and this time
finally, the suggestion being that he
was murdered after paying away all
the money that he had. The Stand
ard correspondent makes his state
ment in the hope of discovering fur
Their evidence, and we are led to in
fer that he will presently publish
what he now has.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
ARKANSAS CONFERENCE
COLLEGE is WINNER
DEFEATS HENDRIX IN BOTH
SINGLES AND DOUBLES IN
TOURNAMENT.

Arkansas Conference College of ST.
loan Springs won the state college
tennis championship of Arkansas yes
terday afternoon. Three teams en-
tered the tournament, Arkansas Con-
ference College, Hendrix College and
the State Normal.
The first games were played yester-
day morning between the State Nor
NAL duet and Hendrix College, the lat
ter winning both sets, thereby elimi-
mating the Normal from the running
Hendrix won the first set from the
Sloan Springs team yesterday after
noon in easy fashion, score 6 to a
The next two sets, however, went to
the visitors, 7 to 5, and 6 to 3, re-
spectively.
In the singles, King of Arkansas
Conference College was the winner
defeating both Giles and Johnson of
Hendrix. The Normal did not enter
the singles.
Henderson College did not send a
team to the tournament.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
LISTENING TO THE CHIMES
Message Of the Centuries Conveyed to
Those Who Have Minds At
tuned to Hear.

Sitting in the village churchyard,
while the children play with flowers
upon the sodded grass, and the slow
gossips saunter past the gate and the
evening sunshine breaks in through
the golden shower of the laburnums
and rests peacefully on the worn head
stone, the Ginning of the bells trem-
bles through the air like speech Of
living voices. What histories of hui
in that gray tower among the ivy!
What fears and jealousies. what greed
and passion and awful sins, handed
down in whispers of dark tradition,
have they not rung in and out at
baptism and wedding and funeral!
What mysteries are sealed under
these tombs, but no mysteries to
them, How they have chimed for
every one that is buried round, and
mixed with their thoughts, and wan
dered with them through other lands.
and come to them in dreams; dying
children have heard them call to
heaven; have fingered sweetly in the
ears of happy brides; lonely fathers
have wept with them for the dead;
the have softened the prodicals
heart In far country; they have rung
like the voice Of peace through the din
Of battle; they have startled the wick
ed thought and palsied the wicked
hand, and there they peal still, out Of
the past into the present. over the
dead and over the living. 1t is only a
peal of bells, and we have heard them
a thousand times, and nobody thinks
of them; but yet all this, and great
deal more Is in them-William F..
Stevenson
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
LESSON FROM THE PROFESSOR
Old Gentleman Was Perfectly Con-
vlnced That the Youngster Was
Competent to Give 1t.

The old gentleman wondered where
the young couple had got to, for It
was getting late. He rather suspect
ed they had wandered out into the
garden, SO he wended his steps In
that direction. He soon came across
the young people, and found them In
most interesting attitude. The
young man had the fair girl clasped
in both his arms, and was kissing her
as If he hadn't tasted such dainty
for at least five minutes.
The old gentleman watched the
osculatory performance to the finish
which he found to be somewhat weary
work-and then made his presence
known.
Isn't it very late for you young
people to be out?" he said
TT isis rather, pa" faltered the
fair girl; "but-but Mr.. Popple has
been giv-giving me a lesson in as
astronomy"
my stars!" calculated the old gen.
tleman. HE has, and no mistake!
myself saw him teaching you how the
Great Bear hugs"
Then the young couple looked SO
foolish that the old gentleman shut
his eyes out of sheer compassion.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
Kit Carson, Boys Hero.

A notable boys hero of the last gen.
Grafton not entirely forgotten yet was
Christopher Carson, popularity known
as Kit Carson, who was born in Ken
lucky, December "a. 1909. removed to
Missouri while a child and became a
famous hunter, trapper, scout and In
dian fighter. Col. John C. Fremont
used him as a guide in his explora-
tions and later he was very service
able to the government in making
treaties with the Indians. During the
Civil war he rendered great service to
the Union in New Mexico, Colorado
and the Indian territory. and was brew
cited brigadier general in 1867. He Wis.,
tied Washington with deputation OF
Indians, and afterward made a tour
of the states with them. He died in
Colorado May %, 1868.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
SPECIAL TRAIN FOR
CONWAY RIOTERS
MANY COINCTO CONTESTS
TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS BIG
FEATURE ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
From Fridays Daih.

From Fridays Dafh.
Conway educational institutions
will be we'll represented in Little Rock
tomorrow. Having been assured that
the crowd from this place will be too
large to be accommodated by the reg
ular trains, the heads of the various
institutions have chartered a special
train which will leave here at 1880
Saturday morning, arriving in the
icapital city at about $50. Returning,
the special train will leave Little Rock
at midnight. The fare for the round
trip will be S1.25.
A committee of Hendrix College
students have arranged to have spe-
cial street car, decorated in the col
ors, meet the Hendrix students at the
station upon their arrival at Little
Rock, and go for ride over the city
At the track meet tomorrow after
noon, all ''rooters' from Conway are
requested to sit near the center of the
bleachers, so that the various athletes
from Conway may be cheered more
vociferously, and by sitting in a body
it is thought more god will be accom-
plished. All the local schools will as
sist one another in roofing.
The students of Hendrix College
who have been watching the work
outs of their track team believe the
Conway college has the best chance it
has ever had to win the track cup to-
morrow.
The winners in the various events
will be announced Immediately after
the college oratorical contest, which
will be held in the Little Rock High
School auditorium Saturday night.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
SETTLED STATUS OF POET
Douglas Jerroid's Verdict Will Be In
dorsed by Many Who Have Tried
to Read Browning.

The writings of Robert Browning,
which are in great favor among an
aesthetic few but continue to be
caviar to the general public. probably
received their keenest criticism from
Douglas Jerrold half a century ago.
Jerrold was recovering from a violent
illness when a copy of Brownings
"Sordello" fell into the hands of the
convalescent He began to read, but
not complete idea could he get from
that mystic production. The thought
then struck him that he had lost his
reason during his illness. Filled with
agony, a perspiration burst from his
brow At that moment his wife enter
ed the room. Read this, my dear he
cried out, thrusting the volume into
her hands. After several attempts
to make any sense out Of it, as Jer-
rold related, she returned it. saying.
Bother the gibberish! l don't I'M
derstand word of it," Thank
heaven" exclaimed Jerrold, then
am not an idiot after ALL"
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
Poets Memory Lives.

The saying christmas comes but
once year" Is attributed to Thomas
Tusser, a medieval poet (15241580).
who seems to have been strong on
epigrams. The same idea may have
occurred to others, but Tusser gave
it expression. He was classed as an
agricultural poet, partly because he
had not much education and partly
because he treated simple themes.
which he understood in a plain and
simple way. Tussor had an ear for
music, and served to order as Choir
lister in some churches of his day.
His first publication was entitled "A
Hundred Good Points Of Husband.
rie," and later he published "A Hun
dred Good Points of Husbandrie Late
ly Married Unto Hundred Good
Points of Housewifery," and still later
this was amplified into Five Hun
dred Good Points of HusbaHdry Unit
ed to as Many of Good Housewifery."
Reprints of these boks are still ex-
tant with an autobiography Of the au-
thor in verse. Southey, himself a
critical poet, characterized Tusser as
"a good, honest, homely, useful old
rhymster" Some of Tusser's phrases
have passed into proverbs.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-05-08
MRS. LIGON ENTERTAINS.

On the beautiful lawn of her home
on Robinson avenue Friday afternoon,
Mrs j. NJ. Lyon entertained a large
number of her friends. Mrs. Lyon
received on the lawn, Mrs. F. E. Rob-
lbs, at the door, Mrs. J. Hayden TAX
ing the guests to the dressing room.
After spending some time in sewing
and conversation, delicious two
course luncheon was served, consisting
of sandwiches and lemonade, straw
berry ice cream and cake.
The hostess was also assisted in en-