IIP VOLUME 4. HEYNOLDSVILLK, PKNN'A., AVE 1 WES DAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1895. NUMIiEK W. JOB WORK! -thk- Job Work Department OK The Star Oilico If replete with the Latent,, Stylet of Type. SXJBSCRTDIi TPOTl TTTtt STAT? AND II KT Local, Goiiatu and State BING Wo are now prepared to show a line Lam of Ladies' Coats and Capes! They were bought before the cuclomt'itt the advantage of the .same. Coine and nee tlieni, and do not forget tli in is the place to get your IINli: DlUilSS GOODS! Our new Black Goodt are beaut Jen and the price in low. BING 3.VER COOL, I' a 87 to Wear. .Vopreuureon Hiptor Back. ixo undarttrapi. Never movet. sr:u;:ruitKD AT St., HUFPALO, N. Yu HP DT Tf ccommoRilcd and Endorsed hy Ililiest Authorities. MYERS BROS., "The Druuolsts. St. Louis. .flNGET, London, Eng., 1891. i American DrilQ "Tlie nlct anrt Phar can ouver iruss, ana subsequent sale UlSb (MU nidi 0f them with gratifying success by the DiaGeiltlCal druggists, have demonstrated the fulfill Record. New York. The Pharmaceuti cal Era. New York.' The Medical Epit omist. Indianapolis. icswa." Perfect Adjustment and H. Nent Work Dime on Short Notice! A 1. 1, TIIK - Meivs tor $1.00 a year. & CO. i;mv, ami we will give our c& OOS. 3 JlII Ym Something of Paramount Importance To People Who W ear Them. A Light, Cooi, Efficient Truss, Ono tlitit would retain tho hernia under all forms of exorcise, and could bo worn with com fort bus long been looked for. Silver Trust is light, clean and comfortable to wear, and can be uaily put on or oil'; in fact, it it simplicity itself. Eminent phytic iaiiB of tlie Unit ed States, Canada and Europe have recognized itc great value, and the re ports from dealer and patients are mot favorable. " "Tbe Silver Tnirm, f rom its adaptabil ity, peculiarity of shape, and mode of application, adjusts itself to every pos ture of the body without displacement, and is worn with comfort." From Clin ical Lecture by Richard Davy. F. R. S. E., Surgeon to Westminster Hospital. rapid introduction of the Amer- ment ot all claims made for them by the company. They are, unquestionably, the neatest, lightest, cleanest and most easily adjusted truss of any on the mar ket, and almost every druggist who has stocked this truss pronounces it to be the truss of the future." "Tho wearer of a trims is always looking for some thing better, and It In, therefore, an easy matter to command attention when the American Silver TrunH is brought to tho notice of a prospective buyer. It Is light and simple, made of ono continuous piece of metal, without nuts, screws or rivets, and can bo formed by tho hand to the exact shape of tho body, and when placed in position does not move." "Dr. J. A. Coinlngor, Indianapolis, Ind., formorly Dean of the Medical College of Indiana, and Surgeon General of the State of Indiana, who has .used this truss for two years In fully ninety per cent, of his cusoh, recommends and ondoruus It as entirely satisfactory in more cases than any other appliance he has ever - , Satisfaction Guaranteed by Alex. Stoke DIAMOND DHJCINliS.. PHECAUTION9 AGAINST THEFT IN 80UTH AFRICAN MINES. Bat la flnlte .l All Till Stenllne; HUM Cnn. tlnues The IM-rllne of tlis Town of Kim berley lNipnliithm Ha Flown to the Onlil Field About Johnnneiihnrir. "The Fuiith African diamond mines are worked almost entirely hy native laborer)) tho Kiillirs, Zulus, Hottentots and tho rest," said a diamond merchant "Those receive good wages, nbont $125 per month, mid nro hired for n term of threo Inoiitlifl. lairing tills period they nro confl'vd In mmpoimds located on the e.lgu cl' ihe mines. The compounds coti'ist o'ri'V.'K of build ings of corrugated iron, forming n hollow square, surround cd by a high board feiiro mid coverlet Several uorcs of gi'uuud. Within this cor ral nro itirv!, ".hospital, binirHtig house and ether conveniences. Wood and Wit ter nro furr'shed free, lint ii" alcoholic lliruors ore allowed. During their term of sorvloo tho natives nro not allowed to have any communication with tho out side world aud are under a system of close porsoiif.l surveillance in order to pievei t tliu theft ef diiini 'inls. When they ciimo up from tho mine shaft, they nro carefully searched, ami in. my iu genioiiB methods nro ndopted to reduce the lew from CiIms ounce fo a minimum. "Notwithstanding nil that Is done, liovruAor, th i theft of dhiim i:d. still continues. It Is estimated that from 10 to SO pr cent of tho dinmonds fonnd arc stolen every yenr. In order to pre vent this a very stringent law wan piiM ed, providing that all rough diamonds should bo registered with tho detective hnrean of tho government nn soon n they were found, and that every nrm who sold a dimii' iel must give with it a certificate of registry. "Tho penalty for having nil unregis tered reuj,!i dlumunil i.i s-ven years on tho Capo Town brenKwiiter, and the niero fact of pocsesxion is prinm facie ovidetieo mid will seenro conviction. Hn it hnppens that if ono laborer wnnts to do up nnnther ho nmnaijes to slip n rough dinniond Into the other laborer's coat, nr into hl room, nnd then tolls tho polirn to keep a sharp lookout. Of conrso tho politic make a search, thf contrnband stone is found, and tho man is in for a term of seven years. A great mn'iy unjust sentences have unquestion ably been seemed ill this way, but do spifo the) npprRi'Jon to tho law tho com pany is powerful enough to keep it in force. "Thero aro other diamond fields out rido of tho If imberley district, but they aro ditilenlt to work und aro mainly ex ploited by iligg"N working on thelroff n account. Tho total product is not largo, mid tho work is very arduous, tho dig gers being most ly men who havo Wn thrown out ef work by tho oonsolldntton of tho Kimberley mines into ono vast corporation and tho subi eipient restric tion of production. This latter, by the Wny, has lind a enrions effect npon the town of Kimberley itself. As lato as four yoars ago Kimberley had a popnln t'on of 2P0O or IN), 000 people. It wsb laid out for a groat city and enjoyed for a time a big boom. "Fine brick blocks nnd residences wero built, hotels nnd theaters and wa terworks nnd everything pertaining to S modern city Now A good third of t'ios.0 places uro empty, and Kimberley id as dead as a New England town that is di poiidi nt upon a fciuglo milL All tho supplies and machinery for tho mines aro now bought of courso by a single company, so that more .than two-thirds of the TmKinop" of tho town is gniio, Tlieio is nothing there to sustain a town except the Uiiue, and with tho opening up of tho goldflulds much of tho popu lation moved on north to Johannesburg. "Althongh tho oxistonce of gold in tho Transvaal had been known for years, yet the liners disliked the invading prosjiectors nnd fur a lime kept thuiu out by law. Afterward a more liberal spirit provailcd, and tho Boer govern ment offered reward for tho finding of paying goldtiolds. But it was not until 1882 that tho now celebrated gold bear ing roef in which the balk of South Af rican gold ia found was discovered, and it was not until four years later that the opening of tho celebrated fcihuba mine and its phenomenal yiold, gave rise to a fever. Then prospectors poured in from Kimberley and the Capo, coming by push cart, wagon, Inwoback or on foot In a year there wore 10,000 persons irJ the district The center of tho exoito ment was the litilu. town of Borberton, lint this section was soon thrown into the shado by tho discoveries on tho Wit Watoraraud. But whilo the excitement lasted the Do Kaap fluids, as they were known, lmd their day, and 06 com panies, with a nominal capital of $1SS, 000,000, wore floated, and many of the sharos sold at a tremendous premium. JUost of those mines are now abandoned, though tho Shoba mine is still a big produoer. "New Vork Suu. Too Slow For V. There ore few things much sadder to wldo awake American than the soooud day of a game of orioket. Chicago Rec ord. Australia means "south," and tn land now known by that unme was for morly callod New Holland. Tho doublet was a closo fitting coat Introduced into Frauoe from Italy about MOO. . A DROP CF WATER. YVnmtars Hint Mny lie Rrrn Thrrln Thronnh Mlrrocoie. To tho ordinary mortal a drop of wa ter is what tho primroso wns to Petor Boll, a drop of water and nothing more, but to tho student of nature, armed With a high power microscope, it imme diately becomes a world teoming with living creutnrcs, tho most iniliuto repre sentatives of animal life. Thoso thoughts Wnro suggested by reading Professor Uraeo's description of a butt In ho otico witnessed while examining a collection of rotifers, which woro amassed in a single drop of fresh water. Among oth ers, Mr. Grace noticed a flue specimen of infusorinii, which wns swimming back and forth among tho rot ifers, as if Intent on mischief. On tho following day it wns noticed that the rotifer col ony lind lost several of its members, nnd that, tho iufusoriuu's form had rounded out until ho resembled a miiiiaturo St Louis bartender. Mr. Grace now re pnlvcd to watch tho infusorian's move ments and ascertain if possible the nritlus operandi whereby, tho capture of Mich expert swimmers as the rotifers aro known to bo was effected. A few minutes' wait sufficed. Soon it was noticed that the infusorinii was slowly and continuously working his way around tho foot of a rotifer, which was resting on tho glass slide. Around and around ho went as slyly ns a monso in on oats bin, ami when he had Unified it was noticed that the rotifer's foot was firmly cemented to tho glass. The infusorinii, seeming to know his victim wns secure, began to goad tho tethered cieaturo and torment it in all tho ways that devilish ingenuity could suggest. Ho would jump upon its bnek and bito it in several places with lightninglike rapidity nnd then spring oil and seize a leg and pull it almost from Its socket Mr. Grnro says that ho witched this unequal combat for nearly a half hour, when it was noticed that tho rotifer was dying from exhaustion. Killing tho dentil of his victim, the in fusorial! proceeded to dovonr his prey, as ho donbtless had done the others that wero mitising. Mr. draco nest examined a small body of water, consisting of four drops, 111 which there wero several infusoria and rotifers. Tho former proved the enemies of tho latter, just us in tho sin gle drop previously examined. It was alto noticed that tho InfiiHorinn, having devoured a victim, would almost imme diately divide into two or four now ani mals, o.ich of which won Id quickly swim away in search of pvey, just as its pr.rent hail dono before. Ht. Louis Ro public. No "Three Katstwl of tho KnalnV For all practical purposes thero woro only two estates in tho Kuglish parlia ment, lords nnd commons. Thus the pbruso of the threo estates, which had a meaning in Franco, beennio meaning less in Kngland. For centuries past thero bus been no separate estate of tho cler gy; some of their highest, members have belonged to tho estnto of tho lords und tilt) rest to the estnto of the com mons. Hence bus nrlsen n common but not nnnatnrnl misconception, ns old as tho long parliament, as to tho meaning of tho throe ostatcs. Men constantly ttso thoso words ns if they meant tho throe elements among which tho legislative power is divided, king, lords and commons. But an estnto means a rank, an order or class of men, like tho lords, tho clergy or tho com mons. The king is net an estate, be- causo thero is no class or order of kings, tho king being ono person alone by him self. Tho proper phrase is tho king and tho three estates of the rilm. Bnt in England, ns I lmvo already shown, tho phrn io is meaningless, ns we have, in truth, two estates only." E. A. Freo man's "Growth of the Euglitih Consti tution." Samuel J. Tililen's Umbrella. Abrain S. Hewitt, who was a great friend of Samuel J. Tilden, ono day brought into his office an old cotton um brella, with a broken rib or two and a fow holes. It could not have cost over 60 cents. Ho placed it in tho accustomed corner, beside a fiuo $10 silk umbrella belonging to J. L. Huigh, his partner. When starting homo in the afternoon he walked off with Haigh's umbrella, leav ing his own, which Huigh had to use, as it was raining hard. On opening the old ooton affair Haigh noticed a piece of white tape sewed on the inside near the top, and on going to a light read, "Samuel J. Tilden, Gramoroy park, New Vork." The noxt day ho returned it to the same comer and said to Mr. Hewitt, "This is Mr. Tilden's umbrella yon forgot last night " "Oh, yes," said Howitt, rising and going aftor it, "I am vory glad to get it back. Mr. Tilden is extromely oaroful about his umbrel la." "But where is my silk o. that you took away lust night?" Haighsked. "Oh, I don't know anything about that," was tho reply, and that was all the satisfaction that Haigh ever got. New York Press. A Jtemlnclor. "I do not hesitate, Mr. Stalate'she remarked gently, "to say that yon are a young mau of excellent habits, but I am very much afraid that yon would spend too muck of your time away from homo." "Why do you think bo?" . . "Because," and she yawned a littlo, "you spend so much time away from home now. " Washlugto-n. Btar, BISMARCK'S BIG HEAD. Measurements Allowing That the Space Fot Itrnln In It la Kxtraordlnarj. Bismarck's head, says a correspond ent of L'Authropologie, has 4-een care fully measured according to Mio rules of anthropometrics by the sculptor Sehnph of Berlin, who mado the stutuo of Bis marck set up at Cologne. The measure ments prove that Bismarck has a head of extraordinarily largo sizo. Measured horizontally from tho frontal bono to tho occiput tho head is iil2 millimeters, or more than 8.85)1 inches. Tho dis tance from temple totomplo is 170 mil limeters, or a tiiilo over 0.00 inches. Bismarck's cranium has a capacity of 1,005 cnbio centimeters, aud his brain should weigh 1,867 grains. These iignres become especially sig nificant when compared with tho meas urements of other heads. Of 2,500 heads measured at Baden Baden only one ex ceeded 200 millimeters horizontally from front to back, and that one moas nred 200 mill'mi tLiJ, or ia iiiilliiufcteis less than Bismarck's. Tho uieau meas urements of i)0 mcmU'is ef the Natural Science society at Cailsiulie were 105 millimeters from front to back by 155 millimeters from temple to temple. Tho biggest of these heads measured 206 by 102 millimeters. The cubio measure ment of 246 Qmxmn beuds wns nearly COO cubio cent) tseters under Bismarck's, whilo tho fi'lmated weight of Bis marck's brain is 86 per cent above that of the ovi rngo adult Kuiopenu brain. In fact, Bismarck is a mau not only of blood and iron, but as well of brains. He Know lltr I'erfeotly. Tho outspoken ways und canst io say ings of Dr. Jephsou of Leamington, cel ebrated in tho forties and fifties, have furnished tho kernel of many anecdotes. Ono day he wus called on by ono whom Brantomo would hav ' callod "nno grnude dauio do j ar la monde," tho Marchioness of . Having listened to a description of her nialudy, the Ora cle pronounced judgment : "An egg und a cup of tea for break fast, thn walk for two hours; a slice of cold beef nnd half a glass of madeira for luncheon, then walk nguiu for two hours ; fish, except salmon, nnd a cutlet or wing of fowl for dinner, with a sin gle glass of madeira or claret ; to bed at 10 and rise at C, etc. No carriago exer cise, please. " "But, doctor," sho exclaimed ut last, thinking be was mistaken in his visitor, "pray, do y.vi !::;o'.r vho I cm? Do you know ahem ! my position?" "Perfectly, mailarue," was the reply. "I am piesci'liing for an oldwuuian With n deraug'd stomach. "Nineteenth I'cntnry. Th Poltoit Jqrlr. Fiiiin tho dny ho i i born to tho day of his death no hrnxh or comb is over al lowed to bo used on him, and ns, from tho unnatural condition in which ho is kept, ho is prevented in a great moasuro from shedding his coat tho fuuctioi-s of tho skiu boeomo suspended, and tho aui mnl gradually assumes year after year an nceiiniiilation cf cents, all matted together with stablo filth, till at length they almost trail on tho ground. When he hns assumed this cilrru rdinnry and bearliko nppearanco, be ia pointed to with no littlo prido by his owner and is termed bonrnilloux, or sometimes gucn illonx. Such is ignorance aud prejudice. From " Horses, Asses, Zebras, Mules," by W. R. Tegetmeier. M. Duudet, the eminent French au thor, was for a long time an usher in a soooud rato echool ou a pittance which scarcely sufficed to keep body and soul together. After a time he grew sick of this hard and unromunerative kind of work, aud then mado his way to Paris, where ho arrived with only a capital cf two shillings and a bundlo of poems. Ho was fortunate enough to find a pub lisher for tho latter almost at unco, aud it was not very long before he obtained journalistic employment, which kept him going until bo found novel writing lutTlciontly lncrntivo to provide him with a living. Now he can command Almost any prlco ho likes to ask for bis books nnd articles, and must be a very wealthy man. Paris Letter. Bill Nye and Paul M. Potter. It will be pleasant to learn that Mr. Potter's next venture is to bo in collabo ration with Bill Nye. They ore busy at work on a comedy, which, with Mr. Potter's cultured talent for drainatio construction and his experience in stage literature, Nye s crude und luexhausti ble humor, his wit aud philosophical turn, ought to be a great go. Chicago New Sufficient Cante. "I hear Mrs. Youngwife has doubts of hor husband 8 sanity?" "For what reason?" "Ho told hor she was a hotter cook thuu his mothor. " Dutroit Free Presi neat and the Eyes. Tho fact appears that thero is a very marked difference in the wuy tempera ture is borno by tho eyes when it is be low 2,000 degrees F. and when above that heut. Up to such a v egrco a man can look at tho metal in a l'urnace with comparative easo, but before it reaches 8,000 degrees he is compelled to wear colored glasses. The Suo and Fox Indians are said to be the purest blooded red men in the country. They neither marry nor give in inurriuge outside their own tribe. WINE OF TH!I MORNING. 8omo wonM qu.-ifT thntr neutnr From enrven eiip of uold, That, like nil epon fl'twnr, Wilh imttn Him unrolled, Exhnles a llqntri rr-iKrnnoe Of lnxnry nntolil. Borne would qnnfT their nectar From Vonus' f'TM'y Tho crimson fount of folly, Whro f.ulKinK p:tion flips, In drowsy drenm of vwlncs, ' Through which time thrill and slips. Bnt t wonld qnntt the nectar Whom, fount in ever free , Pnro '-ihyni from tin. mountnln, Hnlt liruteua from tlto sen. AH fr!iiit?ht with morning's fervor, And wild wind' poetry. Tnlfft nil earth's exultation! Itc ry sw-. dlvl-ie, It ferfnned irid ls eiirplo, Its rare nnd fnlr nnd fine; The brcbzo is hiaveu'n brcwliitf, Ood's bloHln :i hi:- v!no Mary Borri Chir-nin. A PUZ7l.EC) PHII.OFOPHER. Why Rtiiiu'.J Ho 3u Giril.i iUiax'tiie Thluirs That Are Not? , Apiiik'jophor dwelt i:,a houso owuod by Cleon. But one tiny Cleon ca.no to tho philosopher and said, "Why havo you not sent lno thb money for lost mouth's rent?" The philosopher said he know of no reason except that he h:vl no money, having gotten to the bottom of his purse. "You will havo to move out, said Cleon, "to make room for a oordwniunr I kiKnv who wants iliis house nnd lias money. " "Would you, then," said the philu-io-plier, "turn mo out when I am so com fortablo hero, having dwelt in this house 80 years?" "It is niy comfort," snid Cleon, "and not yours that I consider. " "Then yon prefer a cordwainer, I oonolude, to a philosopher. " "No," said CIoiu;"a landlord has no preference except to prefer rent mon ey to no rent money. " So tho cordwainer moved into tho philosopher's house, and the philosopher wont to live In tho iu?nii Ivivil of tho cordwainer. But once there, although coutuiited onongh, becanso ho was a plrilosophrr, yet ho oonld not avoid tho obtrudvo fuels .f Hn u'.KiDhco Oi' all tiio.io tiii. ifcs which in his former habitation had grown habitual to him. This was tho first tiling that puzzled him how that which us nut could lie so obtrusive. "What," said he, "can bo so entirely ii'inosU'tent as a negjti u? And yet hero I am confronted with an obtrusive negation. " "I miss," snM ho agaii.,,'u chest of drawers, a tablo, a fireplace and tho Bern 'fry from tho window when I n--ed to sit I wonder if it will bn so ufter va are driven out from our bodies bxn.so death, tho final, inuxJraLlo luuilloid, de mands a rental wo cannot pay. " Iu time, lnv.vover, the philioopbor gradually ceused being oppressed by -tho ohtiusivo memories und grljw ucoualom ed to new iwsooiatior.s. "I woudor," said he, "if it will Iri so when wo nro immortals after death at first p.'.infn! r.'gref i for what v. e l.tu a lost, and in the end nothing of the old but faint memories nnd a new set of us suciuticus. I voadc. always auU won der ).in-t if phiionuio.y will ever be any thing better than clever wondering about tho wondorfal. " Chicago Opeu Court , An Early Kitrothal. In tho early days cf California tho daughters of tho Luges woro sought ia marriage by tho best families of tho stnta It wns a h.ir.sf that?" they were oven courted in tho cradle, ns when tho young ofllcer, Colo.iel Ignacio Vnllcjo, heirifr in Pan T.nis ( ibisno on tho occa sion of tho birth of a daughter to the Lugos, asked hor father for ho hand of tlio day old buby. provided when, tho timo cumo to fulfill the eoutract the se norita should bo willing. This seeming ly ab.snrd lotrotliul took place. Tho child grow up to bo an intelligent as well as uttractive young woman, mar ried her betrothed and bcciuno tho mother of many ohUdron, among them Mariano Gnadalupo Vallejo. Overland Monthly. Gratitude Gratitude is u short cut to sincere and lasting friendship." Some people com plain that they have no friends. Have they never hud a favor done to thoin? Why, every muu has had a score of fa vors done him every day of his life 1 . Thoso who bear it in mind, who say a word of hearty thanks, who watch a chance to do a favor in return, never lack friends. ' An Iy Murk. t "May I awsk what you hava?" re-" quested tho tenderfoot politely. "Ace high," said Alkali Iko grimly. "Oh, dear mo. And I've only got three kings. Seems to mo I neveh have any luck at pokah. " " 'Taiut all luck, mister, it's spcri--enco. You'll 1'uru arter awhile. ' 'Now York Recorder. Iluiineu. Tailor I have called after my ao oouut. Dr. A. Debtor Here is the money, but I havo deductod 6 shillings because you have cumo in my consultation hour London Tit Bits. Shlloh's Cure Is sold on a guarantee It cures Incipient consumption. It hatha best cough cure. Only one cent a doso, ' 2oU., 50cU. find $1.00. Sold by J. C. King & Co
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