I'l independent journal devoted to i interests nf Iteynoldsville. Published weekly. One Dollar per year "strictly in advance. VOLUME It, REYNOLDSVILLE. PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1905. NUMBEB 17. 19 KMiiililB?J em? i Is Your Ki.chen Plumbing Mod While it is commendable to give the utmost attention to the construction of your bathroom, it is advisable to give as equally good attention to the sanitary equipment of your kitchen. Take into consideration the fact that all your food is prepared in the kitchen and that the utensils in which it is prepared depend upon .k. :. iiic Bttuunry equipment of the kitchen for their cleanliness. Is this fact alone not suf ficient to war rant the in stallation of a thoroughly sanitary kit chen sink ? We would like to exam ine the plumbing m your kitchen and if it is defective, tell you the cost of putting in a "tomJar-d Porcelain Enameled Sink with an abundant supply of hot and cold running water. This done, cleanliness will be assured. Our booklet, "Modern Home Plumbing," shows several kitchens equipped with "5hmfiM:r Sinks. Call, write or phone for a copy. Every "tttttdard" Sink is fully guaranteed. ' The Union Plumbing Co., Reynoldsville, Pa. T- J- V-r JSfWta. I The Peoples National Bank Succussoita to Skei.ey, ai.kxaniikh h Co., Hankers. The Oldest Estaiilished Bank in the Town ARNOLD BLOCK, COItNF.lt MAIN AND FIFTH 9THF.F.TS. 1 Capital $100,000. Stockholders Liabilities $100,000 Has had th patronage of the citizens of Lteynoldbville and vicinity for tiio past thirty yoars. Gives the prompt and careful banking service every one should have. Intorest paid on time deposits and savings accounts. OFFICERS. W. B. Alexander, Pres. P. K. Alexander, Cashier. P. D. Smith, Vice Pres. P. 1. Alexander, Ass't Cashier. DIRECTORS. VV. 13. Alexandor H. Alex Stoke Dr. J. C. Sayers L. P. Neeley Angus', Utildauf Dr. H. U. McGarrab P. D. Smith Amrs Strouse W. C. Murray THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF REYNOLDSVILLE. Capital $75,000 Surplus . . $75,000 Total $150,000 Scott McCi.rixano, Pres. Scott McClelland John II. Kaucher OFFICERS J. V. Kino, Vlue-I'rea. Jonti II, Kauciiek. Cashier. DIRF.CTOUS J. O. King Daniel Nolan 0. W. Fuller John II. Corbctt It. 11. Wilson SAFE AND CONSERVATIVE BANKING. EVERY ACCOMMODATION CONSISTENT WITH CAREFUL BANKING. I Single Copies of The Star May be Secured at The Star Office at any time and in any quantity. Price per copy, Three Cents. 21 THE Pittsburgh XPOSfTION OPENS WEDNES- A 3 E I I CT DAY EVENING RDbUO I OU Something Kew Every Kiiniiio ) Seven Acres Spend the Day and Evening there j of Fun. THE MUSICAL TREATS DAMROSCH, Aug. 30-Sept. 9 CREATORE, Sept. 25-0ct. 7 SOUSA, Sept. 11-16 SGRRENTINO, Oct. 9-14 HERBERT, Sept. 18-23 SOUSA, Oct. 16-21 BY WAY OF NOVELTY-ABSOLUTELY NEW "FIGHTING TKE FLAMES," "IN AND AROUND NEW YORK," MIRACLE PAINTI36, Mff OTHER ATTRACTIONS $25,000 Canadian Agricultural Exhibit Immense Model of New York City, showing the railroad terminals Gallery ot Notables An Up-to-date Vaud eville Theatre and Theatorlum- Moving Pictures A Ferris Wheel Ropro- duction of Pittsburgh in Miniature. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ONE FARE FOR ROUND TRIP ON ALL ROADS LEADING TO THE SMOKY CITY. ADMISSION 25 CENTS. Star U Kveulur If You Llka. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Ifs llenillnn; Idiom nnil the Thonsaad.' of Hooks ( Imittilna. In Uis rending room of tlio British museum desks are crowded with stu dents nil dny long, und lii addition to the books of reference, some 20,000 In number, which fill the open shelves of the room, from three to four thou sand va'mues ure given out every day. Theology lu a wide Rouse, Including the Itibio, Biblical literature, church his tory nnd works on the religious rites and ceremonies of all races nnd creeds, Is easily at the head of tlio list, with about !M)0 volumes. Topography comes next, Willi about twenty fewer, and of these books on London amount to a quarter, books on English topography to another quarter, the other half be ing for the rest of the world. His tory and biography come, next, Eng lish history being mostly In demand, nnd books on Franco and the French provinces second. Essays, criticism and miscellaneous literature take the fourth place and are followed by fic-tlon-not less than five years old moral philosophy, poetry and the fine arts, the drama, law and philology, political economy and so on down to I politics, mathematics and chemistry, which have about forty volumes apiece, and, lastly, works on naval and mili tary subjects, which seldom have more than three or four volumes ench. It Is a curious list and throws a useful light on the sort of studies taken up by the readers In the museum. London Globe. THE DOG'S EYE. Watch Thnt, Nat the Month, Far Symptoma of Hydrophobia. As dogs do not perspire, the only re lief they seem to get when overheated Is from inhaling cool air through their wide open mouths In short, puffy breaths. The friction between tongue and Hps caused by their rapid, labori ous breathing produces saliva, which Is sometimes iguorautly diagnosed us foam, one of the symptoms of hydro phobia. Many Innocent victims have lost their lives on account of such stu pidity. If your dog should feel 111, sick with some ordinary uilment, be will wag welcome to you with a sad, pitiful ex pression, looking up Inquiringly as If asking for belli and relief. If It has come to the worst and he feels by in stinct the germs of the dreaded disease in his frame, his action will be entirely different. You will Und him with low bent head, withholding his usual glad welcome, hardly noticing or glancing at you. If your eye meet bis, the restless, nervous, strange expression will star tle you. The dog, feeling his doom, Is conscious of approaching danger and would like to prepare and warn you. These unmistakable and easily recog nized signs should be watched closely nnd always heeded. Corner the dog at once nnd, with the help of a broom or barn fork, keep him at a safe? distance until locked up. Country Calendar. THE SCOTS GRAYS. Revlnient of Drnsroona Famoua Since the Time of C'hnrlea II. "Second to none" Is the proud motto of the gallant and famous regiment, tlio Second liragoon guards, or Royal Scots Grays. It is a happily chosen motto, for the -fame of the regiment Is worldwide. Its brilliant achievements on the field of battle during two cen turies, Its striking and historic name, Its grand and imposing uniform have made the Royal Scots Grays, as nn In dividual corps, there Is no gainsaying, the most widely known and familiar of all the regiments of the British army. Since the regiment was raised, In the reign of the second Charles, the dra goons have borne themselves well in many a famous field, but want of space forbids us to note the exploits until "earth shaking" Waterloo came on the glory roll of the gallant grays. Here, with the English "Royals' and Irish "Innisklllings," they formed the fa mous union brigade which made the never to be forgotten picture of the "Fight For the Standard." That wide ly known picture shows a man of the grays, Sergeant Ewart, capturing the eagle of a very famous French corps, the Forty-fifth of the line. Scottish American. Constipation. I bcllevo nine out of every ten women en fer from constipation, and that not two of tor nine know It. Tiiey know they hnve bead t.che and backache, that they are nervous an4 Irritable, and that their complexions are turn lng sallow bat tbuy do not guess the cause, 1 always recommend Celery King to suck women, for I have found It to be the moat re liable medicine. Nurse EUi & Bennett E chaster, N. Y. For sulo by Boyle-Woodward Drug Co. HERCULANEUM. Its Destruction Came From a Del a as of l.arn Water. Ilerculnneum, in Italy, Is one of those ancient cities which have not only been burled, but actually forgotten, for ages. The town, supposed to be of Etruscan origin, lies on the Cunipanlau plain at the foot of Its destroyer, Ve suvius, almost midway between Na ples and Pouipell. What caused the catastrophe of the year 70 A. L.? Geologists have come to the help of the archaeologists, and It Is now held that the destruction of Ilerculiiueuin was somewhat different from that of Pompeii, although Pom pell was also covered and burled and the general effects were the same lu both Instances. In the case of Pom peii the city was overwhelmed by the shower of small stones from the vol cano nnd the subsequent rain of ashes, but Ilerculnneum seems to have. been deluged with "water lava," and fur fewer people were able to make their cscupo from the, city than from Pom pell. It Is the theory that the steam from the crater turned Into rain, and, mlxim; with the volcanic dust, formed a hug) volume of muddy torrent. This gath ered other soil as It poured over the land, raised the level of the country more thnu sixty-five feet and finally left a mass of compacted tufa. This torrent ran on to tlie sea, making Us own channel and forming a kind of lagoon around the previously safe har bor which entirely prevented any ships from approaching the place thereafter. Chicago News. AKBAR'S EXPERIMENT. Iteanlt of Hla Whimsical Search For a Natural Latiftaasre. Akhnr, one of the first of the great moguls who ruled India, has been named the Asiatic Charlemagne. He was a statesman and an educator and built a palace for the reception of men who loved learning nnd sought after wisdom. The great mogul's pas sion for knowledge Is said to have been shown by a whimsical experiment he once made to determine If it was true, as be bad heard, that Hebrew was the natural language of all who bad never been taught any other tongue. To test this assertion Akbar caused a dozen nursing children t be shut up In a castle six leagues from Agra, his capltnl city. Each child was renred by n dumb nurse. The porter also was a mute, and he wns forbidden, upon pain of death, to open the gates of the castle. When the children were twelve years of ngo Akbnr ordered them to be brought before him. Men lenrned In Sanskrit, In Arabic, In Persian nnd in Hebrew were assem bled at the royal palace to tell what language the children spoke. Akbar, seated on his throne and surrounded by these linguists, ordered the children to be brought In. Each child was ad dressed, and, to tlie surprise of the as sembly, every one answered by a sign. Not a child could speak n word. They had all learned from their nurses to express themselves by gestures! First Come, First Served. A week before commencement Jones, a senior, who was weary of boarding bouse fare, wns happily engaged In donning his dinner clothes. A smile of delighted anticipation played upon his features when Robbins entered In a dinner coat. "Hello, Charley!" greeted Jones cheerily. "What's up?" "Oh, nothing up," said Robbins. "I'm lust going round to the Clemenses to call going to see if I can't get asked to dinner." The smile faded slowly from Jones' features. "Oh, I say, Charley," he expostulat ed, "can't you go somewhere else? I was going there." Youth's Companion. Genlua Dad at Flvarea. I know an eminent Greek professor who could not reckon his class fees. Foraday had, I believe, no gift for mathematics. Darwin declared that he never understood an equation. I ques tion If Isaac Newton could have passed any examination In literary or aesthetic subjects, with bis idea that poetry was Ingenious nonsense and statuary only stone dolls. It Is a moot question if Napoleon Bnnnparte would have passed a matriculation In French. I shrewdly suspect thnt neither Bonaparte nor Wellington would shine in a military aendemy examination. Letter In Lon don Telegraph. Grewaome Punishment. A grewsome form of punishment Is Still practiced in Afghanistan. A re cent English expedition discovered at the top of the Lataband pass an iron cage suspended from a high pole fas tened in the ground like a telegraph pole containing a shriveled human body. The mummy was that of a thief, who bad been Imprisoned and allowed to die of thirst and hunger in this iron cage. Yaw Learning. Wear you? learning like your watch. lu a private pocket, and do not pull it : out and strike It merely to show that you have one. If you are asked what j o'clock It is, tell It, but do not pro I claim it hourly and unasked like the watchman. DEITIES OF THE ANCIENTS. How the Veatal Vlro-Ina Were Hon. ored bjr the Ilotuans. The principal wind deities were Boreas, the north wind; Zephyrus, tlie west; Ausler, the south, and Eurus, the east wind. The first was remembered chiefly on account of a love scrape. Ho fell In love with a nymph, but could not speak softly and found him self unable to sigh at all. Knowing that It was impossible to make love without soft speeches and sighs, be was about to give up lovemnking as a bad Job and go back to his regular business of blowing, but took advice of an expert, who recommended him to carry off the girl. He did so. She soon got used to bis blowing, and they lived happily ever afterward. Vesta wns the goddess of life and of home. Her altar stood on every hearthstone; her fire burned on the floor of every public building. Emi grants when leaving their country al ways carried with them fire from the public hearth. The Vestal virgins spent thirty years In service ten in learning their duties, ton In practicing them, ten In teaching novices. After this term had expired they might, If they chose, leave the service of their divine mistress or marry, but few did so. Honors were showered upon them. They rode In chnrlots, a privilege In Rome accorded only to royalty. The best seats In the amphitheater were reserved for them. They pardoned or condemned the gladiators. If a crimi nal led to execution met a Vestnl ho was Instantly released, no matter what his crime. CORPULENCE AND SANITY. The Uoapcl of Fat na Applied to the Mentally Afllleteil. Are the majority of folk of weak In tellect? Is Insanity on the Increase? Are we ail preparing ourselves for lu natlc asylums? These startling ques tions have occurred to me after read lug an article lu a medical Journal on the "gospel of fat as applied to the treatment of mental disease." It seems that the more you fatten up the men tally afflicted the saner they become, but of course the difficulty lies in pro viding the lunatic with adipose tissue, as there is nothing like brain disease to cause too, too solid flesh to melt. The aim of most of us nowndnys Is to keep down what our transatlantic friends, with their genius for using the ugliest word for everything, uncom promisingly cull "flesh." We bathe, we massage, we diet, we fly to these and those waters, we try all manner of cures and put ourselves Into various kinds of straps and pastes and take violent exercise with the aim of fining ourselves down and keeping stoutness at bay. Does this decided disposition on the part of men and women to avoid cor pulence and the successful "thinning down" that we notice on all sides por tend Increase of lunacy? If so, dieting and the taking of waters and massage ought to be forbidden by act of parlia ment. By the way, Hamlet was fat and scant of breath, but he was cer tainly far from sane. London World. Some Wonderful Figures. Figures on the light and heat of the sun are the most startling that enn possibly be presented. The astrono mers measure the amount of heat and light emitted by the sun by estimat ing that tlie earth intercepts about the two billion three hundred millionth part of it. Thus It is found that in every second of time the sun emits as much heat as would result from the sudden combustion of 11,000,000,006, 000 tons of pure conl. It may be inter esting to the reader to know that each portion of the sun's surface as large as this earth emits as much heat per second as would result from the com bustion of 1,000,000,000 tons of the best anthracite fuel. The Laundryman. There is one branch of trade which runs on In an even tenor regardless of prices and crashes. That is the laundry business. People who patronize laun dries never economize on their linen. A man will average about so many shirts, collars and cuffs a week when he is cutting down on his drinks and cigars and his theater tickets. And this observation recalls the fact that the laundryman never has any Innova tion in bis business. He will ruin about so many shirts and collars and cuffs every three months and never say a word about it or make any deduction it you keep quiet. Chicago Tribune. The Featlval of Minerva. The most notable festival at Athens was in honor of Minerva. All classes of citizens on this day marched in pro cession. The oldest went first, then the young men, the children, the young women, the matrons nnd the people of the lower orders. The most prominent object in the parade was a ship pro pelled by hidden machinery and bear ing at its masthead the sacred banner of the goddess. A Crasy Idea. "Haven't you ever thought of going to work?" asked the farmer's wife of Sauntering Sam. "Yes'm," replied the veteran tramp. "I ihought of It once, but I was dee leeryus at de time."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. , Mlaera of Worda. We have the richest language that ever a people has accreted, and we use it ns If it were the poorest. We hoard up our Infinite weulth of words be tween the board of dictionaries and In speech dole on: the worn bronze coin age of our vocabulary. We are the misers of philological history, and when wo enn biivp our pennies and pass the counterfeit coin of slang we are as happy as if we heard a blind beggar thank us for putting a pewter sixpence into his hat "Morals of Mar rus Ordeyne. ' It Depends. The Inquiring Roy-How long a time Is a Jiffy, filth--? Tlie Perspicacious Parent It dept nd on whose jiffy It Is, my sun. When ft won. an Is putting on her bonnet mid say she'll he ready In a Jiffy, it means from fifteen minutes to two hours. A man's Jiffy is from ono to five minutes. London Answers. External Evidence. Teacher Of what country Is the rhi noceros a native? Willie England. Teacher Oh, no! What makes you think so? Willie Th' way his clothes Bt 'lm. Cleveland Leader. Inference. Grayce I know something about Mabel. Gladys What is it? Grayee I will never, never tell. Gladys Oh, you know something good about her, ehl-nttsburg Post Men and Women. He I think every woman Is entitled to be considered man's equal. She Well, If she Is willing to bring herself down to his level I don't see why she shouldn't be allowed to pose' as his equal. Illustrated Hits. A Helping Hand. "I have heard," stammered her timid admirer, "that you are engaged. Is it er true?" "I'm not engaged yet," replied the fair girl, "but I hope to be soon." "Er how soon?" he asked. "In n few minutes," she replied, with kilning eyes. Philadelphia Ledger. Moaea Well Known Down Have. Small girl, In bed, being read to by an elder cousin. Small Girl When I die, shall I go to heaven, Mary? Mary Oh, yes, If you are a good girl. Small Girl I want to see Moses. I shall tell him I heard quite a lot about him down here. London Globe. The power of speech differentiates the man from the brute, except-when so abuses his wife. Detroit TrUMme. JOHN C. HIRST, CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER, Surveyor and Draughtsman. OfllcelnSyn d lento building, Main street. yy L. JOHNSTON, JUSTICE OP THE PEACE. Office four doors from Koss House, West Koyuoldsvlllo, I'n, pRIESTER BROS., UNDERTAKERS. Black and white funeral curs. Mian street. Iieyiioldsvillo, 1'a. J H.HUGHES, UNDERTAKING AND PICTURE FRAMING. The U. 8. Hurlnl League has been tested nnd found all right. Cheapest form nf In surance. Secure a contract. Near Public Fountain, Kcynoldsvllle 1'a. jy II. YOUNG, ARCHITECT. Corner Grant and Fifth sts.. Kcynolds vllle, I'a. WINDSOR HOTEL, Philadelphia, Pa. Between 12tb and !:ith 8tH on Filbert 8t. Tbrce minutes walk from the liondlris Ter minal. Five minutes walk from tlio I'enn'n K. It. Depot. Kuropcan plan JUJO per day und upward. American plan iJ.Ou per day, 1'runk M. Hctielbley, Manager. JXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Ludwlck Priestor, Deceased, late of Henderson Township. Notice Is hereby Rlvcn that letters tes tamentary upon; the estate of the said de cedent havobcen planted to the undersigned. All persnnH who are Indebted to said esiato are requested to mako payment, and all per sons liavlnn any lei?ul claims or demands aitalnst said estate shall mako the same known without delay. I'mupS. Haijck, Keynoldsvllle, I'a. Executor. f AT f Leech Bros.' Planing Mill, WestReyn oldsville, you will find Window Sash, Doors, Frames, Flooring, STAIR WORK Rough and Dressed Lumher, Etc., Etc. Give us your order. Our prices Tfr ui j i uuouuuijiVi jff . LEECH BROS., Proprietors. J C 1, i-l x ii j. ju jruu iiuvc tuiy tiling lo sen, Lry our Want Column. . A Queer Branch. Uncle George How do you like arith metic? Little Dick-Pretty well so far, but the teacher says that next week we are to begin learning how to extract roots. Guess be must think we're all going to be dentists. "Ridicule," says a German critic, "is like a blow with the fist, wit like the prick of a needle, Irony like the sting of a thorn and humor the plaster which beats all these wounds." JEFFEItSOS t MACARONI FACTORY Ber Cnhappr War. "That girl has an unfortunate Idea of repartee." "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "She has an Idea that she Is saying smart things when she Is merely saying things that smart." Washington Star. Her Duplicate Preaenta. She Did your sister get any dupli cate wedding presents. HeTea; Sb married a widower with two boys. Nlnety-nlno people go out to Join the wild hunt for happiness, and the hun dredth man stays comfortably at noma and wins It. zttt, REYNOLDVILLE, PENN'A. $ One of the largest macaroni factories I In the state, Orders sent (J. O. D. or on 2 good reference anywhere In the 5 United Htates. Also wholesale agents for the well known brand of Premium Flour. J 0. & J. M AKIN AUO, Proprietors eizi STOVES I mm flip Heating f GooK stoves Moore's Fire Keeper. A high grade stove beautiful in appearance, practical in construction. Also Moore's Air Tight. camels 2,000 yards Ingrain at a bargain. 1,000 yards Tapestry at a sacrifice. 1,000 yards Velvet cheaper than ever. Furniture A newer, better, larger stock than ever before. ANYTHING TO FURNISH YOUR HOUSE C. R. HftLL. j
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