MANITOIlAMtlZZLlES. MONSTROUS BEARS IN THE FOREST8 BACK IN THE MOUNTAIN3. 0am of Thitn Tower ail tM AImiva m Mftn, nml It Talcra Nriv to HltttMl In Tlmt TrvniFiiitmi l'rrMne A lliini.r Snrrd Nil Lira by Doing ClriMia Art. Fifteen year ilgn, snid (ii i r;(ii W. line, a Miniltolm pioneer, the grlxzly bear was no plentiful among the Mani toba Rockies t lint the Hudson liny com pnny annually seeured nmny hundreds of their skins from tho nnny of hunters ltd trappers flint liml Itsriiinjn In tlmt Wllil region, but today thin licree mid ponderous lienst nowhere so lleree or of such enormous proKirtiiin ns nutting the Manitoba fastnesses i,i quite n rari ty in its old haunts, nud 1 doubt if one can now be conn upon wit bout ndifTl ctrit and tedionii Jnnrnevof nt least WtO miles Into the Intprlor vclderness of the province. The grlizly tins tnet with almost nn hard n fate nstlinlniflnlo, nil Imttu'li. from the nntnre nnd Isolation of Its iresi-tit retreats nnd the difllcnltles attendant on hunting nnd trapping for It, tho (irlrzly benr, like the Manitoba moose, will nev er bpcome extinct In that country. I 1m lleve thnt the moose, although tho flesh of 2,000 of tlipm Is required to supply tlm military stations In the territory nlone with fresh ment every ypnr, la an plenti ful today In its wild ret rents ns it has been at nny time since the Rreat inroads of fur and pelt buntprs wore bpgnn in the territory. I know no reason why the grimly bear of the Manitoba Rockies shonld grow so much larger than tho Rrizuly of the came mountains in the States, but n long and varied experience In hunting these animals in their respective localities lias proved to mo thBt such Is the fact. No grizzly bear thnt I ever captured or that 1 ever knew to lie captured south of Manitoba measured more than ? feet from muzzle to tail, or weighed more than 1,300 pounds. Hut it waa no un common thlnjr In the pnlmy days of grizzly bears in Mnnitobn for the hunter or trapper to be confronted by one of these monsters 0 feet In length nnd with bulk of 1,500 pounds or morn. I have seen Manitoba grizzlies that when they threw themselves on their haunches and rose erect towered five feet and six feet above me, and I wnnt to tell you that it takes a man with a large quantity nud the best qnnlity of nerve to stand In that tremendous presence nnd prepared to do battle coolly and with a level bend. Grizzly bears, like all the rest of the bear family, have the curious habit of rising against a tree, and, reaching np as far as they can with their fore paws, making marks in tho bnrk by digging it with their claws. I have more than once come across these measuring murks of a grizzly, as the marks on the burk are called, 12 feet Above the ground. Imagine coming suddenly npon a beast like that in some deep ravine or isolated spot almost impassable owing to the down timber heaped and tangled on the ground and surrounded by rocks and thick nndorbriiHh. The sight of his great Jaws, open and red, and his eyes flashing in fury at you from the enor mous head that towers so far above yon, is something ouly to be appreciated when once seen. When there were buffaloes on the plains, Manitoba grizzly bears were keen and persistent hunters of them. When a grizzly and a buffalo met, there was euro to be a fearful contest, although it seldom lasted long, and the buffalo was usually the victim. The buffalo bull, when confronted by a bear, would In variably charge ferociously npon its big and ngly foe. This was just what the 'bear desired, and he awaited, erect on hi haunches, the onset of the buffalo. As the latter rushed forward with low ered head and waa almost upon the bear the Immense grizzly threw himself quickly to one side, and with a blow as quick as lightning with one of his great forepaws seldom failed to break his an tagonist's neck. A Manitoba grizzly has been known to engage in rapid succes sion four and even five infuriated buffalo bulls and kill every one of them. It sometimes happened, though, that a bull younger and more agile than his com panion succeeded in evading the fatal blow of the grizzly's terrible paw long enough to give in turn a deadly thrust of bis horn into the bear's side, puncturing bis vitals and making the contest a mu tual slaughter. In general characteristics, of course, the Manitoba grizzly is not in any way different from others of the family. While 1 believe that a grizzly bear will sometimes wait and precipitate a fight with a man and take pains to put him self in the way of one, in the groat ma jority of cases he will take a second thought about the matter and back out. A queer instance of this disposition came to my knowledge once where a famous Manitoba guide courageously advanced upon three grizzlies, an old she one and two half grown cubs, and, by a aeries of ridiculous monkeyshines and acrobatic maneuvers within a rod or two of toe threatening bears, filled them with such astonishment and apparent fear that they retreated to the woods as fast as they could go. The hunter's gun had snapped in both barrels, he having drawn on the old bear before the young ones came upon the scene. It waa in a fit of desperation that bs tried the turning of a handspring and jumping up and down, clapping his sands and resorting to other unhunter like measures. He had been told ouce .that a hunter hod frightened a moun tain lion away by similar absurd move ments, and be found that it worked to perfection in the case of the three griz sly bears, but he never, even in the face 'of that fact, advised or encouraged any one to go bunting Manitoba or any other kind of grizzlies armed with noth ing more than a capacity to turn gro tesque somersaults. New York Bun. A public library and literary resort exclusively for the blind has been opened in Chicago. HIS WirE 8HAVED HIM. ha Wasn't (lull to II I nto to t'hnroh If Nhe Know It. The story wns told by n tnlkntlve mnn who was evidently from the country. Tho bnrlier drew it out by the usual ques tion asked of new patrons, "Do yon shave yourself?" "Not much," wns tho repJy. "Does sv. face look ns If T did?" The barber confessed tlmt bis face was In good condition, whereupon tlm tallru Hve man added, with a chuckle! "And I don't usually get shaved by any barber, either." "How's that?" nsked the barber. "My wife shaves me," ntiswered the talkative man, with nuother chuckle. "She's dono It every day for five years," he added, "nnd I ain't never had any rea son to complain of her work." "Who tcnght her the trailer asked the barber, becoming Interested. "Learned it herself. It enme nlxml this way: One Sunday morning soon Bffr er we were married I started off to a liar ber shop to get shaved before going to church. The shop was crowded, as I knew it would be. But ns I'd never been any great churchgoer I didn't hurry. I waited for my favorite barber, who of course was everybody's favorite too. And when I finally got home it was pret ty late. I thought my wife would get tired of waiting, yon see, and go on to church alone, expecting me to follow. But she hadn't. She sat with her things on, and when I saw her I was prepared to catch it," and the talkative man gig gled reflectively. "And did you catch it?' prompted the barber. "Well, she wanted nn explanation, and of course I told her the usual story about having to wait. " 'Well,' says she, 'you won't do no more waiting around bnrber shops while you and I live together. Yon can shave yourself in future.' " 'No, I enn't,' says I. 'I cut my face.' " 'Then I'll shave you,' says she. " 'You can't,' says I. " 'Yes, I can,' says she, 'nnd I will.' "I thought tho liest wny to convince her And keep pence in the family was to let her try it once, so the next Sunday I submitted, telling her beforehand that if she didn't give me a clean shave and no cuts, I wouldn't go to church. Well, sir, she gave me ns good a shave ns lever got from a barber, and after thnt I let her keep it up, nnd I've never been sorry for it. I tell you, it's a luxury there can't many poor men afford." "Next!" said the barber. Buffalo Ex press. Cotton factory Experiments. A system of moistening the air of a cotton factory ns is required in some departments of a mill before blowing it into the rooms has been the subject of much experiment. It has been found that, if a jet of steam or vapor is dis charged Into the main duct any degree of humidity desired can be obtained, but nil the air is moistened alike, being dis tributed to the different rooms by the risers leading thereto. That, however, which is best adapted for one depart ment in a cotton mill may not prove equally favorable for another. Then, too, the introduction of moist ure nt this point mny work disastrously to the walls of the ducts and risers. It is now found that this objection may be overcome at a small expense, by carry ing a steam pipe down through each room and putting opposite each opening in the flue, through which the air enters the room, an ontlet with valves for regu lating the flow of the Bteam. In this way the exhaust steam from the engine which drives the blower flows into the room, nnd being caught up by the cur rent of air passing from the flue is thus distributed throughout the room. Ex perience with this plan through cold weather has proved its peculiar value. New York Sun. DantliU' Secrets. A long chapter of dentists' secrets the secrets revealed to them by custom ers made unconscious but talkative by gas has been revealed by a conscience less tooth pnller np in Pittsburg. One society young lady swore several lines of blank spaces while a tooth was being drawn. A burglar taken from jail to have a tooth pulled confessed all tho do tails of his crime when under the "in fluence" and parted with 10 years of liberty. Occasionally men want to fight and are very strong; others are Jolly and confidential. The most interesting story of the series is this, told by one dentist of another: "I know of a yonng dentist who was head over heels in love with a pretty girl, bnt he could never make any head way with hor. He was bashful. That was the main trouble. One day she came to him to have a tooth pulled. He administered gas, and before she revived she let enough drop to assure my friend that if he proposed ho wouldn't be re jected. She is his wife today, and if it had not been for the gas I don't suppose the wedding would ever have come off." Washington News. Frlnrasa Ilohenlohe'i Inheritance. Princess Hohenlohe, the wife of the governor general of Alsace-Lorraine, in herited from her uncle, a Russian gener al, estates in Russia worth 80,000,000 or 40,000,000 rubles. Under the Russian law foreign nonresidents cannot hold proper ty, and the princess is compelled to sell ber estates at once. She asked the czar to grant her a little time, as the financial stringency, which prevails in Russia as well as in this country, has made real es tate bard to dispose of. The czar, how ever, for political reasons, refuses to grant the extension, and the woman may be able to realize only 13,000,000 or 20, 000,000 rubles from ber heritage. Why Ambition It Honored. "Why do we honor ambition and de spise avarice, while they are both but the desire of possession?" inquired a friend of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. "Because," answered he, "the one is natural, the other artificial; the one the sign of mental health, the other of men tal decay; the one appetite, the other disease." DESCRIBE YOUR FRIEND. Anil Then See How Well four IMrtiire U'lll I'U Scares of Other. "He was a yonng mnn and fairly good looking; smooth face and without glasses; wore a dark suits was about 5 feet in height nnd looked like a .inrrlpd Lrtu. Anybody wonld know N'm ' Such rus the description turned In bjt young womiin who slipped quietly Into the pity editor's ofilce and WBiited to Advertise furClinlmcra. Itappcared that Chalmers had left home, and nobody knew why, nnd this young woman had faith thnt her recital of his personal traits would bring him back. It wns a good example of the average person's power of descrip tion of a fellow being. It is totally Inndequntnl Though mnn be fcnrfully and wonderfully tmde. there seems to be nn nnnccountnble In ability in nine persons out of every ten to give a creditable word picture of any one whom they have seen. Because we understand the looks of a person when we meet them, it never occurs to the mind that other people do not grasp a thorough idea of his appearnnce with a few passing phrases of description. Your friend comes In, and yon ex pound to him that such and such a mnn has just railed for him, but almost In variably your exposition is a jumbled lot of phrases which apply to the hunmn race In general. Tho other day when I rushed Into my office room with a colimv story on the end of my tongue or nt .no tip of my pen, to be more accurate I wns given this greeting; "Hello! A man has just been in to see you." "Whnt did he look liker "Oh, he was a good looking fellow not very tall, rather heavy, bnt not too much so." "Was he old or yonngr "About 20 or 25, I should say." "What color of hnirr "I don't remember now. However, I don't think he hnd a mustache." "How dressed?' "Oh, just an ordinnry business suit." Have you ever heard such a descrip tion If not, watch yourself next time yon tell of some one's call. You will be surprised to find thnt your description would fit almost any member of the human nice. Why is it? I don't know. We read in books that it's because we don't cultivate the habit of intelligent observation. There was once a boy who learned how to describe what lie saw. Every morning he was sent by his father to walk rapidly by an elegantly arranged window, and then afterward to retieat to him all the things he saw at this one glance at the panorama and to describe them. At first the lad could rememlter but few things that his eye may have caught in the passing glance, bnt in time he could remember almost everything in a show window by merely seeiug it once. Boston Herald. At the Manicure's. The manicure with the golden hair was bending over the hand of a new customer. "Do you want your hnnds bleachedr she asked. "Yes." She applied the bleach, nsing more than the ordinary quantity upon the thumb and forefingor of the right hand. After working for about five minutes she stopped and said: "It is always difficult to remove nico tine with the first application." "Wh-a-a-t?" gasped the socioty girl, elevating her eyebrows. "Nicotine? What do you mean?" "The cigarettes, you know," replied the manicure. "It's perfectly awful how thoy stain the fingers, ain't it?' And she smiled a smile that even the society girl couldu't resist. That made them friends, and they fell to discussing the different brands of cigarettes. And when the job was done the socioty girl whispered: "What'll take the stain off?" "Use lemon juice I do we all do." "Thanks." New York Horald. About Opals, The prejudice against opals appears to be disappearing. Anyhow they are pop ular. There are several varioties of opals and therefore several degrees of merit. The precious, or noble, or oriental opal is the supreme. This has all the ovlors, and when these colors are broken into spangles it is then called the harlequin opal. Then comes the fire opal, or gira sole, with hyacinth red and yellow reflec tion. The former comes from Hungary, the latter from Mexico. The common, or semiopals, are nonopalescent. The by drophone, or oculus mundi, is nontrans parent, but becomes so by immersion in water or any transparent fluid. The cachalong is nearly opaque and of a blu ish white color. The hyalite is colorless, pellucid and white. The opal jasper or wood opal is the petrifaction of wood, opalescent, but without the coloring which makes the "noble" gem so pre cious. Chicago Tribune, Working For Holiday. An Englishman stopping at one of the hotels was commenting npon the ex treme restlessness and incessant go of Americans. He said, "You Americans have such a beastly idea of the compen sation of work." "What do you mean?' questioned a Pittsburger standing near by. "Oh, you people work for money," was the explanation, "I don't see anything beastly about that," was the retort. "May I ask for what you Englishmen work?' "Why, we work for our holiday," was the reply. Pittsburg Dispatch. Vienna. Vienna is of nearly circular form, be ing 13 miles in circumference. The old city, or city proper, is, however, scarcely three miles round. It was formerly in closed by fortifications. Immediately outside of these was a wide esplanade called the Glacis, which has been ele gantly built up and is called Kingstrasse, me of the most splendid streets in the world. Brooklyn Eagle. Great Men at Cheu. William Stelnlti!, champion chess player of the world, tins played the game of kings with some of the world's gi cut est men who were not professional play ers. He played more than one stout game lasting from early night into tin next morning with Von Moltke, who in Addition to being a great general was one of tho best chess players In Europe, and who fought his chessmen ns he did his army corpB nlwnys to win. He played with qulto another sort of r son when in Pnrls nt the time of tho fullness of the power of Nnpoleou HI. He wns honored once by hnvlng this gloomy, ambitious misanthrope for mi antagonist, nnd says that the last French emjieror might have made a rpsppctnble chess player bnt for his wenknessin mak ing rash nnd utterly unnecessary moves. Once the champion met the Frlnco of Wales in a friendly game, but ho snys there was no honor in beating that good natnred gentleman, for he played hap hazard. Herr Stelnits has played with Bis marck among others, but he does not consider the great German stntesmnu n master of chess, as Von Moltke was. Bismarck never had, he says, that mas tership of himself that is necessary in the game of chess. He could not con tain himself when his antagonist would sit for half an honr studying out a series of moves. He would stride the floor, puff volumes of smoke, and at times seem about to sweep cheesboard, chess men and all away with heavy hand. "He had no patience," said Mr. Steln its, "and no man ran master chess with out patience." Mr. Stelnits ought to know. New York Commercial Adver tiser. Chattel Mortgages, A man who gives a chattel mortgage should always examine it carefully to make sure it is not "on demand." Sharp money lenders who loan funds on chat tel mortgages often try to have this clause inserted, and when it is the bor rower may expect to part with his chat tels at almost any moment. It is a trick by which advantage is often taken of the unwary .St. Louis Globe-Democrat Bound to Have a Nap. Conductor (giving him a shake) Tickets! Sleeping Suburbanite (pushing his hand away) No, you don't, Maria! If you want that baby walked with, you can walk with him yourself. I'm going to get some sleep tonight, by jocks, if I miss 60 trains! Chicago Tribune. Efforts to domesticate the quail have been persisted in by many people, but generally with indifferent results. Rob ert Jenkins of Richmond, Ind., however, claims to have recently tamed a brood of quail, who live on his premises, show ing no indication that they prefer the woods and fields. Every crowned head of Europe, with Hie exception of that of Turkey, is de scended from one of two sisters, the daughters of Duke Lndwlg Rudolf of Brunswick - Wolfenbuttel, who lived about 150 years ago. At Aix-la-Chappelle there is a news-' paper museum founded by Oscar von Frockenbeck, which contains files of specimens of more than 17,000 different newspapers. UHerrltttttrou. Q MITCHELL, ATTOHN E Y-AT-L A W. onice on West Main street, ommslto the ('oinniori'liil Hotel, ltoynolrisvljle, Pa. U. U. E. HOOVER REYNOLDBVILLE, PA. ltimlilent uenllNt. In liiillillnit near Mellio dlHtchuri'li, onixmlto Arnold block, Gentle ness In ojH'riitlnic. Hloldl JJOTEL McCONNELL, REYNOLDS VILLE. PA. FRANK J. II LAV K, Projtrirtor. The IciiclliiR hotel of the town. Ileii(lcimr tpm for coininerchil men. Htenm heat, free bus, Imth rcKwm and closets on every floor, sample rooms, billiard room, telephone con nections &c. JJOTEL BELNAI', REYNOLDS VILLE, PA. GREEN & VON HE It, Proprietor. First class In every particular. Located In the very centre of tho business part of town. Kri-e 'bus to mid from trains mthI commodious siiniplu rooms fur comnitirulul travelers. COMMERCIAL HOTEL, BROOKVILLE, PA., 1'IIIL P. VA Hit IE It, Proprietor, Humnle rooms on the ground floor. House hi-uted by nutural rum. Omnibus to and from all trains. Grocery Boomers W BUY WHERE YOU CAN GET ANYTHING YOU WANT. FLOUR, Salt Meats, Smoked Meats, CANNED GOODS, TEAS, COFFEES AND ALL KINDS Or O H U FRUITS, CONFECTIONERY, TOBACCO, AND CIGARS, Everything in the lino of Fresh Groceries, Feed, Good delivered free any place In town. Cull on us and get prices. W. C. Sclmltz & Son & N Country Produce N. HANAU. No Fancy Prices, Though quality is the best. We make t lie statement for tho benefit of those who are not our cunl oilier, nnd no may not know it: Orn vkkks MARK t'l'STOMKHS OF ALL Wilt (MIME. A full line of Dress Goods The Kept nnd Cheapest ever brought to Reynoldsville. A full line of Henrietta nt 25c. in all phadec, 40c, 50c, and 1.00. Silk warp Henriettas. Summer Silks for 50c. per yard. Ladies Coats nnd Capes the finest and cheapest in town. A nice line of Children's Jackets from 2 to 12 years. GIUtllllKJ Men's suits the best and cheapest you ever saw for the money. We don't say so except we can convince you. Men's Suits, four button cutaway from 10, 12 to 15, worth 14, 10 and 18. Men's straight cut worsted for 10 to 12.50, worth 16, to 18. Children's Suits 2.75, are worth 8.50 to 5.00. A fine line of Hoys' and Men's Negligee Shirts. N. H anau. First National Hank OFJtEYNOLUS VILLE. CAPITAL, 9SO.OOO.OO. V.. imitHicll, PrmldPiitl Nootl ,Tlo4'lrllund, Vl - Vrrm, John II. KaiM'hrr, ashler. Director: C. Mllcbcll. Hcotl, Mi-(ii-lliiiid, .f. c. King, Josciib ftninss, Jmonb llcndc-rson, O. W. Kulli-r, J. l(. Kiiucbt r. Poos a vein-nil blinking biislnpHsHnd millrlts tbo lu'i'oiintsof nH-rrbiiiits, profcHsUiniil men, fiimu-rs, mf-4'bnnlcH, miners, lunils-rmon mid olbi-rs, promising the most i-iirofiil Htti-ntion to lliu business of all persons. First Niitloiuil Hunk building, Niilnn block Fire Proof Vault. .THE m t&MS HOKtf r ARclisdous VeeKIy UH(CTARISH.) NO PAPER LIKE IT ON EARTH Unique not Eccentric Willy not Funny. Religious not Pious. Not for beet but for SouU. WHOLC SERMONS IN A SENTENCE. Send n dime in atamps for three yeeka trial. THE RAM'S HORN, $1.M WOMAN'S TEMPLE, Read Per Year. CHICAGO It once, ONLY PAPER THAT EVERYBODY LIKE 1.IVS Syalem Renovator CURES ALL Liver, Kidney k "jj Stomach DISEASES. Bytem Renovator li the only remedy In the world that truly purine the blood and acts up. on the kidneys, liver and bowels without making them weak. Most medicines undertake to cleanse without building up. This Is wrong, and it weakens the organs. Renovator fruiMi up while It Is cleansing the system. Price, f KM per bottle, or sis for 15.00. After years of Slices at bis office. Dr. Bur goon has concluded to put up his tape worm remedy In sued a manner that patients can treat themselves at their own homes. This is a blessed boon to sufferers from this terrible aOllo tlon who live at a distance. Write. Dr. Bargaoa'a Botanical Cancer Cart has no equal on the face of the earth. It positively cures all kind of cancers Internal and external, without the useof thekulfe scro fula, syphilis, and ail sorts ol blood poisons and humors. This remedy Is In the reach of all. A W-ounce bottle, an s-weeks treatment, for 8.oo. These medicines are fully endorsed by the best physicians. With each o( them there Is a guar antee to eura or money refunded. If your drug gist does not keep tliem, Insist that he dues, 01 order them from DR. J. A. BURQOON, B07 Penn Ave., Plttaburgn, Bend stamp for book ol Instructions.. (Vr'or ulo at 11. Alox Stoke's drug store. ASK FOR 9 J FINE CANDIES. IN SEALED PACKAGES AT H. ALEX. STOKE'S, THE LEADING DRUGGIST, Rynoldatvill, Pat. LISTEN! Till I toll you of nomothlnjr that Is of (treat lniorf-Ri to nil. it miwt txi re inombtirod that J. C. Froohlk-h la tho Popular Tailor of Hevnoldnvllle. and i that Is what I am going to dwoll on at thin time. Never mind the World's 1 Fair for a few momenta, an his exhibit of goods Is something on that scale. The tremendous display of seasonable suit- Injrs, especially the fall and winter as sortment, should be seen to be appre ciated. A larger lino and assortment oi tail and winter goods than ovor. I auk and Inspection of my goods by all gentlemen of Kcynoldsvillo. All fits and workmanship guaranteed perfect. Yours as In the past, x J. G. FROEHUCH, Reynoldavllle, Pa. j5"Noxt door to Hotel McConnoll. giid Meat MaiM I buy the best of cattle nnd keep the choicest kiwla of meats, such as' MUTTON, VEAL BEEF, PORK AND SAUSAGE. Everything kept neat and clean, Your patronage Holicited. E. J. Sclmltzc, Prop'r. J. S. MORROW, IiF.AI.EK IN Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, and Shoes, Fresh Groceries Flour and Feed. GOODS DELIVERED FREE. OPERA HOUSE BLOCK Keynoldsville, Pa. M. J. Riggs, Proprietor ol the Cheap Cash Grocery Store, WEST MAIN ST., Has an elegant and fresh line of Groceries, Provisions, FJour, Meats, Confectionery, Tobacco, Cigars and every thing kept in a First-class Grocery. Farm Produce always on hand. Goods delivered free to any part of town. Call and get prices. Subscribe for "The Star," l. SO PER VEXR. 1
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