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VOLUME 4.
KKYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, OCTODER 16, 1895.
NUMBEK 23.
8EPTUAGESIMA 8UNDAV.
GotimI I, 1, "In thn boRlnnlnit Unit crmted
the hniTin anil the rarth." Flrnt Lmiiii,
Rprelntlon xxl, 1, "And I M a new henrcn
and a new rarth." Bocontl Lrwon.
The F.plntle fur thn day Rcuk of the Inter
val n a race or a flulit; the gmppl, a a rtuy's
work In a YinpyanL
Whpncct anil Whither! cries the soul,
tlere thy crwlln, thero tlijr ganl.
Here they tell of man's first birth.
Thero they ulng new hetiven, new enrth,
"Twlxt the two a men to run
Till thy earthly coiiiko Iio done.
Life In bnttle; life I toll.
Mnn wan born to till the noil,
Who for fight thn palm would bear
rinnU hU blowrt nor beats the air.
Whntww'or tho Muster wild,
Work unenvlotw to thn end.
Mny they hfvn who strive to teneh
Urnee to prnetleo whnt they pn-aehl
Mndn from iliwfc nnd prono to sin,
Muy thoy foW Owl's brocith wit hint
F. Cornish in Week by Week..
ABOUT ELEPHANTS.
BELIEF THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED
WITH SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE.
They Ban Mental Qnalltltia Not Ponneord J
by other Animal Interesting Stories j
About Them The First One llroogbt to '
This Country.
Elephant novor go to sleep without
leaving one of tho herd nwnko to keep ;
watch and give warning in euro of in
trusion. Go Into the big nionngnrio tent
of tho show any night nftor tho olo- ,
pknnt have gono to sleep, or go into ,
one of tho olopliiint enrs on n niKht run, :
nnd yon will And that, no matter how '
quietly and stealthily yon havo entered, !
tbA Am r1 mm mitlnlwi. nf thn bord 4a
upon yon.
Couklin believes, as do most all ele- j
phant keepers, that tho animal can mi-
derstand what is said to it. Indeed,
trainers assert that it has more intolli- '
genco than any other animal, and that j
it is tho only 0110 that cuu bo taught to :
mind by word of month, without other i
cues. Thnt it is endowed to a limited
extent with reasoning powers is certain. ;
One German philosopher thinks ho hits
discovered that this mental development '
is due to the fact that in tho trunk tho
similar to tho hand of man. Tho hnnd, ;
he assorts, has played a mom important
part in tho development of tho huuisu
intellect than any other ngeuey, since it
brings its possessor into more intimuto '
relutions with tho external world tlimi
any other organ. Somo menagerio mini,
with more practical observation tlnv.i ,
tho German professor and a smaller
bnmp of thoorizing, has pointed out thut
the only flaw in this reasoning is that
if it is correct the gorillas and chimpan
zees ought to havo a higher mental de
velopment than man, beciiuHo they iiuvo
four good hands iustoadof two, and any
one of the four is stronger thantho 1
eight hands of four men. '
Well authenticated stories of tho !
sagacity of elephants aro so numerous ,
that it is uovor necessary to resort to ex- .
aggeration to say something interesting
about them. In their wild state tho j
leader of a herd has been seen when ap- j
proaching swumpy ground to extend 0110
his weight to it When satisfied of its
firmness, ho would go confidently on,
and the wholo herd would follow in
single file, cautiously stepping in the
footprints of tho leader, so that when
the entire herd had thus passed the
ground would look as if a singlo animal
had gone that way. The same trait of
.caution is preserved in tho domesticated
animal. The action is not the result of
-training, but a bruto instinct always dis
played and bearing a striking resem
blance to reason.
When Jumbo trlod to butt a fast
freight off from tho Grand Trunk tracks
in an effort to save the baby of the Bar
nnra herd, Tom Thumb, and lost his
life in the attempt, it was said that his
notion gave unmistakable evidence of
reason, though it was poor testimony to
bis judgmont that ho so greatly under-
, estimated the force of the locomotive.
i In the matter of the food value of dif
ferent materials tho reasoning power of
i the elephant is very faulty, however.
Be will eat almost anything that comes
his way. If a eanvasman leaves a coat
or vest hanging on a quarter pole with
in mnh t9 on l.,rl. 4U. Vln
will edge over toward it and watch an
opportunity when unobserved to touoh
it with his trunk. Then he will begin
to haul it toward him, putting in rolls
of hay and chewing them between times.
A soon as the garment is at his feet the
elephant will put one of his ponderous
five hoofed pedal on it and begin to
tear it tin. rolling the nieces in his
trunk and stuffing them into his mouth.
The sole of a shoe is just as gopd for
him to chew on as a wisp of hay, and
' his natural instinot of mischief inclines
him to prefer that which he know is
forbidden him.
The first elephant brought to America
for exhibition purposes was Old Bet,
, and it has often been remarked that the
American circus was built on her shoul
ders. Different accounts foil to agree in
regard to the date of her importation,
which is placed all the way from 1770
to 1880 by different writers of old time
reminisoenoes. - Old Bet wus brought
over in the ship' America, of whioh Cap
tain Crowningbhiold was master, and
she landed, according to the harbor rec
ords, in Philadelphia in April, 1798.
be was but 8 feet high, and the sum
'' of $10,000 was paid for her, the largest
price that had been paid up to that time
for any animal, either here or in Eu
rope. She was first exhibited in Phila
( 3lphla and astonished the pnblio dally
by drawing tho eorks from" 80 bnttle
of beer and drinking the contents. On
tho 80th of June, 171)0, sho passed
through Now York on tho way to Bos
ton. Old Bet had been bought on the com
munity plan by a number of farmers of
Putnam county, N. Y., at the instance
of one Lndwig Bistadler, each mortgag
ing his farm mid putting f 300 into tho
venture. They exhibited hernnder wag
on sheds at lintels by putting n piece of
sido canvas up in front of the shed. The
admission was 25 cents for adults nnd
Vi) cents, or t York shilling, for chil
dren. This glgantio ecological institute,
as tho caravan was called, traveled cast
as far as Pawtuekot, It. I., where tho
elephant, in spito of its duello disposi
tion, was shot and killed. As thn "in
stitute" contained no other attractions
tho show closed. Tho samo proprietors
then imported a second elephant, which
they also called Old But, and they en
larged their exhibition by adding to tho
collection a linn and a two horse cago
nnd nue monkoy in a box strapped on to
tho hind end of tho lion's cage. The
second Old Bet landed in 18811. Follow
ing her to theso shores tho next pachy
derm to arrive seems to have boon Mo
gul, a very big fellow with long tusks,
who was burned on tho steamer Royal
Tar between St. John's and Portland,
Me. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Training; a Loroinnttve.
It may not bo generally known that
locomotives intended for express trains
requiro as lunch training, in their way,
for fast running ns do rnco horses. The
Pennsylvania Kailroad company builds
its own engines, mid those liuilt fur ex
press trains aro known as class P. They
are very largo and built, with slight va
riations, after tho pattern of tho big
English engino imported into this conn
try soveral years ago, and which at that
timo wns a curiosity in its way. When
ono of theso big engines is taken out of
tho shops to bo placed on the road, in
stead of putting it to tho work it is in
tended for nt ouco it is run for two or
three weeks on somo ono of tho loonl
branches in order to train it, so to speak,
fur faster running. By this means nil
tho bearings nnd journals connected
with tho running gear becomo settled
to their work, for should anything about
tho new machine not work harmonious
ly thero is ample tinio to adjust tho de
fect. Usually tho new engino proves
troublesomo on account of its propensity
to mako fast time, nnd at almost every
station thu train is found to lo a little
ahead of suhedulo timo and must wait
for from ten seconds to a minute Phil
adelphia Record.
A Greek Devil lletlef.
Tho Greek conception of their devil,
whom they call Yania, makes that per-
8011:1140 ono of tho must Fuiimlc of tho
wholo devil triho. According to their
ideas of him, ho is 240 miles high and
tho hairs on his body stand out like
palm trees on a mountain sido. Ho pun
ishes tho doomed beings submitted to
his vhnrgo by putting them in hods of
boiling oil, sawing their bodies in two,
pouring molten lead in their ears and
such other littlo pranks as pulling out
their tongues, too and finger imiU and
gouging out their eyes. Ho is a heart
less old dovil of the most tlovihtm kind
and has many other oxquisito little tor
tures luid up for tho helpless wretch
consigned to his "chamber of horrors. "
St. Louis Republic
Italian Superstition.
Superstition reigns tyrannically in
many rural districts in Italy. Lately u
fortune toller prophesied to a young
farmer and his sister, living near Koto,
Sicily, thnt on tho evouing before a cor
tain feast day both would dio a violent,
death. This so affected thn minds of tho
poor dupes that thoy becume insane nnd
rushed shrieking through tho streets. A
brother of these unfortunates thou came
somehow to the conclusion that the ca
lamity wns due to the witchcraft of
thoir stopmothor, and in a fit of blind
rage he killed the poor woman with a
hoe. Philadelphia Ledger.
Watches and Their Wearers.
Every watohmaker knows that the
human frame is an excellent magnet. A
man will carry a watch for year and
be proud of its accuracy. Then he will
fall ill. the watch will lie on the man
telpiece or on the chest of drawer and
will develop great inacouaroy and unre
liability. The only explanation given
is that the absenoe of magnetism upsets
the time announcer, and the best proof
of this is that when the man recover
and takes his watch it soon gets right
again. No two men appear to have the
same magnetism in their frames, and it
la seldom that two can use the same
Watch satisfactorily.
Just Escaped.
An tsMerly Scotchman was trying on
some spectacles which an itinorant op
tioinn had with him for sale. A pair
was selected, and the latter suggested
that, to benefit the aight in old age,
rubbing the upper eyelids with raw gin
was a valuable application. "Eh, mon, '
said the Scotchman, "I'm verra glad ye
said gin, for if ye bad said whueky I
dinuo think I could have got it np so
high. ' Household Words.
Aeld Criticism.
Landlord Did yon ever taste any'
wuug w unticu nun ru wine r 4
Customer Oh, ye I Only the other
week I stuck the wrong end of the pen
holor in my month by mistake. Lua'
tige Blatter.
MEERSCHAUM.
How It Is Mined and Pried and Prepared
For Market.
Meerschaum is oxtrncted in the same
way as coal. Pits from 28 feet to 135
feet (loop nro dng, nnd as soon ns the
vein is struck horizontal galleries,
sometimes of considerable length, are
made, but more than two galleries are
seldom to be found in one pit The
stono as extracted is called "ham tnsh"
(rongh block) and is soft enough to bo
easily cut with a knife. It is white,
with a yellowish tint, nnd is covered
with a red clayey soil of nbont ono inch
thick. In this stnto tho blocks nro pur
chased by dealers on the spot, not by
woight nor by measurement, but ac
cording to approximate quantity, eithor
per load of three saeks or per cartload,
thn prico varying from A'5 to 80 per
load, according to quality. Theso rough
blocks urn dried ond subjected to cer
tain preparation beforo being conveyod
to lvki-Shehir. Somo of them ore ns
small as a walnut, whilo others nltniii
tho size of a cuhio foot Tlioso which
eonibino regularity of snrfneo and size
nro the best. Tho manipulation reqitirod
beforo they nro ready for exportation Is
long and costly. The clayey soil attach
ed is removed and tho meerschaum
dried. In summer exposuro for five or
six days to tho sun's rays snfllees, but
in winter a room heated to tho required
tcnipcri.turo is required, and tho dry
ing process takes eight or ten days.
When well drlod, the blix-ks are woll
cleaned and polished. Then they are
sorted into nliout 13 clnsses, each class
being pocked with great euro in sepa
rato cases and each block boing wrapped
in cotton wool. Engineering and Min
ing Journal.
XV hr Ohio's Governor HrsNo Veto.
Tho governor of Ohio is tho only ex
ecutive in tho country who has not tho
power of veto. It seems thnt tho Buck
oyo Stato him douo business without this
provision for years. Tho story of how it
wns uholished is interesting. Years ngo
Ohio governors derived a big sharo of
thoir ineomo from marriages, for per
forming which they were allowed If 3
caeh. In thn early tluys that was a largo
sum, nnd tho executives counted this a
principal sonreo of revenue. Finally tho
feo wns nboli:ih(rd by legislntivo cnact
ment, but the governor's salary was
sufileieutly increased to cover tho fees
thus lost. General Arthur St. Clair, who
was then governor of thn territory, ve
toed tho bill abolishing tho fees and
signed tho 0110 raising tho governor's
sulnry. This performance, so tho story
goes, to angered tho people that thoy
soon afterward abolished tho voto pow
er, anil later took it out of the constitu
tion. Buffalo Express.
Oddities of Mnrrlngo.
Half tho weddings in the country nro
celebrated on Wednesday and Thursday.
Saturday him morn Hum tho average
number. Friday is not a favorite, ns
few marriages aro celebrated on that
day. Widowers nre more inclined to
marry than bachelors, and widows more
inclined than spinsters. Both faats aro
eloquently in favor of thu comparative
advantage of matrimony. For 0110 bache
lor that marries between tho uges of CO
and 68 seven widowers roinnrry botwoen
thoso ago. Those are murrlugus out of
an equal number of each class. The no
tunl number of bachelors married will
be groutOHt only in proportion ns they
exceed by seven to 0110 the actunl num
ber of widowers living at thoso ago.
Under the samo conditions, for every
spiiistor married between 80 and 05 two
widows are remarried. Philadelphia
Times.
The Value of Ivory.
"Fow persons who finger thoir ivory
handled knives at dinner," says Cham
bors' Journal, "think of the enormous
distances that have been traversed by
tho smooth, pleasant feeling material,
of tho luouloulable labor it represents,
and of the suffering and poVchauco
bloodshed which haveniorkod its transit
since it foil with some miglity elephant
in a remote African jungle. Some who
know central Africa say that if it were
not for ivory the raiding and soiling of
slaves would soon oease. If this be true,
then this beautiful prodnot of nature
stands in the civilized world a the rep
resentntlve of the trafflo in human flesh
which annually make countless thou
sand mourn."
Alligator Teeth.
In 1800 about 850 pounds of alligator
teeth wore sold, hunters receiving from
$1 to $3 a pound for them. They are re
moved by burying the heads and rotting
out the teeth. Of the best teeth about
70 make a pound. The stuffing of alii
gator and the polishing of tho toeth
give employment to 40 persons. Unfor
tunately alligator grow very slowly.
At 15 year o ago they are only 2 feet
long. A 13 footer may be supposed roa'
aonubly to be 75 years old. It is bolieved
that they grow a long as thoy live, and
probably thoy live longer than any oth
er animal. Philadelphia Lodger.
Novel Pocket Scissors.
A novel pair of pocket scissors in Lon
dou do duty as a cigar and flower cutter,
go pliers, ordinary pliers, wire cutter,
coin tester, paper knife, nail knife,
screwdriver, a 8 inch measure, a pinch
er and a railway key. London Stand
ard.
A Veteran.
Lawyer Tho cross examination
didn't seem to worry you a little bit
Have you hod any previous experieuoef
Client Sixehildren. Brooklyn Life.
Street Ordinances.
No. r..
AN ORDINANCE authorizing tho
opening of tho extension of Ninth street
formerly Hrsclford stroet from tho
East lino of Main street between the
ot of Jerry lleckmnn and tho school
house lot thromrh tho tironertv of
Charles Preseott to tho West lino of
(irant street according to tho accompa
nying plot or plan.
W IIKHKAS, Thn Town l.'ounell or 1 110
Ilormigh of IteynoldHVille deem It neces
sary to open tho extension of Ninth
street aforesaid to tho West lino of
rant street, therefore,
HKfTIOM 1. ilo It, ordained nnd en-
ticli il by the Town ( 'ouncll of tho llor
migh of Iteynnldavllln, and It, is hereby
rdnincd nnd enacted nv authority 01
M10 samo, thnt the street ooninilUoo bo
und Is hereby authorized ami directed
to cause to bra stirvrvud and opened tho
extension of Ninth street, (formerly
alb d Ilrndiord Kt.) 110m the East lino
f Main at rent between tho lot of Jerry
itcckman and tho school house lot
through thn property of Charles l'ces
eott to tho West linn of Grant street ut
a width of fifty feet In nccordanco with
thn accompanying plan.
HWTION Z. I ln duinagi'S caused
thereby and tho damages caused by
the grado thoreof Bnd tho benefits to
ay tho samo to be assessed and col
eted In accordance with the provisions
of tho Aels of Assembly of tho Com
monwealth or 1'eniiH relating thereto
and regulating the samo.
NEtTION.l. All ordinances or parts
ill ordinances conllleting herewith bo,
and tho same aro hereby repealed.
Ordained nnd enacted into n law this
"tb day of October, A. 1). 11:1.
Kt'OTT M(XJI.KM.ANI).
Attest, President of ('ouncll.
.1. H. TlAMMfi.VI), Secretary.
nurgess'OMIce, October 12, A. I). !!.",.
Approved, Samuki. Lattimk.k,
Hurgess.
No. .10.
AN ORDINANCE authorizing tho
opening of tho extension of Willow
Alley, from tho line between (diaries
I'rc.-ciitt and Jerry Ileekman and Chas.
Mathews, through hinds of Charles
Mathews, Joseph Kik ci'm and tho heirs
of Mrs. Charles IlurnM to tho North
west llii" of mi extension of Tenth (for
merly Taylor) street, and tho assess
ment of damages caused thereby and by
the grade thereof, according to tho
accompanying plan.
WiiUHKAS. llie lown l-ouncil hi llin
Moi'tne'b of lti'Viioldsvillo dorm It, neces
sary to open tiio extension of Willow
A lb v, from tho lino between ( nark s
l'nscott and Jerry Ifeelunan and
Charles Mathews, to tho North-west
lino of an extension of Tenth street:
thcivforo
Skctiom 1. Ho It ordaln'-d and en-
ticli il by tho Town Council of tho llor
eiiK'h of Keynoldsvllle, mid H In hereby
ordained nnd enacted by authority of
the same, that tho Street ( ofnmiUoo bo
ceil Is herebv authorized nnd directed
to eans i to bo surveyed nnd opened tho
extension of Willow Alley, from tho
lino between Charles rreseotlnnd Jerry
lleekmnn nnd Charles Mathews,
through hinds of Charles Mutlipwn,
Joseph Sneers, tho heirs of Mrs. Charles
Hums, (licensed, 11 ml oiliers, to thn
North-west lino 01 an extension of
Tenth street, nt a width of fourteen
fe '1 In accordance with tho accompany
in;; plan.
Suction 2. Tho damages caused
thereby, und tho duniiigoH caused bv tho
prndo thereof, and the benellts to pay
tbo same to ho assessed mid collected
in accordance with the Acts of Asoom
lily of tho Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania relating thereto nnd regulating1
the same.
Suctions. All ordinances or parts
of nrdlmincus conllotlnjf herewith bo
nnd the sumo nro hereby repealed.
Ordained and enacted into a law this
7th (lay of October, A. D. 18(t".
Scott McClkixand,
Attest Pres. of Council.
J. S. Hammond, See
Burgess' Olllco, October 12, A. D. 1805.
Examined and approved.
Samuel Lattimek, Burgoss.
Merry to the Last.
It was the 21st of April, 1821. Dr. L
P. Frank, the eminent governor of the
University hospital, Vienna, lay on hi
doutlibod and wo expoctod every mo
ment to pass away. Onoe more the eight
leading medical men of the capital
gathered round hi couch. All at once
the patient burst out laughing.
"What is It that tiokloa your fanoyl"
hi friends inquired.
"A story ha just come into my
mind," was the reply. "On the battle
field of Wagram lay a Freuoh soldier
and counted his wounds. 'Sucre blenr
he exolaimed, 'it takes eight bullet to
kill a French grenadier.' Geutlomen,
there are eight of yon too. ' '
Thus he spoke and expired in a fit of
laughter. Ulustrlrtes Bonntags-Blatt
The Strength of Hair.
An interesting article was published
in a Pari paper recently regarding the
weight which a hair frcm the human
head can support. ' 'Hairs, ' ' say the au
thor, "have a force of resistance hard
to believe unless oue has eonvinced him
solf by experiment. Bichat does not
fear to say that nothing else, not even
excepting a fibrous tissue, con support
ao large a weight in proportion to its
volume. Grollier, who shnre this opin
ion, hag estimated that a single hair can
cany a weight of 1,084 decigrams (more
than 100 grams). According to Riohter,
a blond hair can bear more than six
ounces, a block one still more. One can
thus appreciate the great strength of the
ropes which the Carthaginians made of
thoir hair."
ICurl'tt Clover Uoot, the great blood
purifier give freshness and clearness
to the complexion and cure oonstlpa'
tlon, 25ots., 6O0U., 1.00. Sold by J
C. King & Co.
DRESS GOODS!
We linve junt returned from the Enptern markets with
n full supply of Drons Goods. Our shelves nnd
counters nro running over with choice styles of
both Foreign nnd Domestic Novelties in Fine Dress
Fabrics. Our stock oflerB the greatest possible
range for selection in newest and choicest dress
materials of the season nnd latest styles of trimmings.
Goats and Capes
We have a large assortment of coats nnd enpos in our
coat room. Correct styles nnd rock bottom juices.
Wo handle only new goods of the latest styles.
Please do not buy until you see our line. It will
bo to your advantage to see our coats and capes
beforo buying elsewhere.
NOTIONS!
Our Notion Department is filled witli anything you
want in the notion line.
, Call and look nt our new goods nnd largo stock.
BING & CO., Nolan Block.
JOB WORK!
-T11K-
Job Work Department
OF
Tho Star Ofllco
Is replete with tho Latest
btyles of Types.
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Local, Coiintu and State
A SDecial
To the Ladies of Ileynoldsville
our Mil
OPENING
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AND CHILDREN'S
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Which will take place on
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23rd!
At which time we will have for your inspection hun
dreds of all styles to select from. The Mfg. Agent will
be here and will show you the newest things in
the line of Wraps. We specially invite you
to call at our store on the above named
date and give the line a look. You
will see something that will interest you.
The Administration Building, built entirely
of Soap, can be seen at that time.
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