Jtrat lie VOLUME 4. REYNOLDSVILLE, 1'ENN'A., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1895. NUMBER 25. HORSE BLOCKS. TbM War Miul Out nf Rafoi That Itnd Hern Robbed Mot long bro a Star writer hnd occa sion to be i a western MlfRourl. Jut north of Knnmui City almnt 13 miles U the lttle town of l'lirkvilln. It in built tip on the two ide of a valley which opeui aRntust the broad Miiuionrl, mid the hamlet wight contnln perhnps CO honsos. Among other mnttcrn, however. It shelter! a neiuiimrr of coiiHiderublo looal fume which teuvlion butli boys mid ?trli the hiKlier bintioheii of ail ednen iofj, bnt with which just nnw we have nothing to da Tlio limiii street of tho villnge mim nlong tho bottom of thn valley at right angles with tho Missouri river. The Star writer was sitting in front of one of tho stores smoking a very bad Cigar of local origin and conversing with the merchant who had sold it. It was abont 8 o'clock in the afternoon, and many of the conntry people wero com ing into town. A country girl of the re gion cnino cantering np on a bareback Lorso and slid o(T on what, now Unit Tho Star man's attention was called to it, ho noticed was a qwor sort of horso block. It was nothing more or loss than an old rnsty safo of oonsiderablo sizo. It had apparently lain there for years and when examined disclosed a suspicious looking holo in one side, clearly tho work of explosives. At this point tho attention of the investigator from the east was oalled to two other safes, sim ilarly exploded and also lying on their sides in the street and doing duty as horse blocks. "How about those safes?" asked Tho Btar man of tho Parkvillo merchant. "What story goes with them?" "Nuthln much of a story," remarked the Parkvillo merchant, helping him self to a thoughtful chew of tobacco. "Thorn safes have laid right tliar where yon all see 'em since '73. They wnz dragged out there and busted by Qniui trell and Jess and Frank James and thn Younger brothers, along with the rest of QuantroH's gang. Tliey coma chin-pin down tho street ouo day in Juno and tuk the town in about a minute and a half and then went fur them Sufis. Money wua mighty popular with (Jiuin trcll and tho James boys, nnd they usu ally wont artor all they hoard of. " "How much did they got from tho , safest" "I dnnno how much they got from them on t'other sido of tho street," said tho Parkvillo man. "They hunted $:), 800 ont'n miiio," and hero ho pointed sadly at tho safa nearest to him, the one on which tho young rustio had just alighted. "Was that safe yours?" was asked. "Yes," ho answered. "I kep' store then right whar I do now nnd jest as I do now. " "Why haven't you removed the safes?" "What's the use?" observed tho Park villo man. "They ain't in nobody V way, and they do first rate fur boss blocks. Nuthor thing, wo ain't got no carts jior tacklo Btrong enough to movo 'em nohow. So wo jost let 'cm go as they lay, as thoy say in furo. " Wash ington Star. Indian Territory Town Rltea. Ex-Senator Henry L. D.iwes, tho chairman of tho Indian commission, says that the town site question in tho Indian Territory has become one of great im portance. There aro now about 800,000 whito people in tho Indian Territory. They have built up towns, but are more tenants at sufferance, without a partiole or title to the lands on which they built The Indian courts are closed against them, as are the Iudian schools to their children, 80,000 of whom have no other opportunity for schooling, excepting those whose parents aro ablo to hire pri vate teachers. They have no voice in the governments of these five nations, nor a police officer to protect them or thoir property against violouoe. It will be the object of the commis sion, first, to obtain such a solution of the town site question that those who have built np these towns and invested large sums in costly buildings and ex pensive stores and trading places may have some title to the ground npon which the structures stand and some voice in thoir government, and, secondly, to see that the vast and valuable terri tory shall be held either according to the original title, for all Indians equal ly, or shall be allotted in severalty to them, so that each may hold hia own hare in fee. Fad and Tip. recently published article on the derivation of the word "fad" speaks of It a being of Welsh origin, giving "ffedd" as the root word. A correspond ent writes on the subjoot : "The word 'fad' is a manufactured word, not given , by Worcester. It has been in use only a hart time, comparatively, and while it may be derived from the Welsh it is more probable that it is made from the Initial letters of the words 'for a day. ' The word 'tip' originated, it is said, in that way. The story goes that in an old time English tavern .a receptacle for small coin was placed in a conspicuous place over which appeared the legend, 'To insure promptness. ' Whatever was placed in the box was given to the serv ant. Other tavern followed the exam ple, and soon the three words were writ ten 'T. L P.,' everybody knowing what they indicated. Then the punctuation marks were dropped, and the word 'tip' was born. 'Fad' and 'tip' fere of the sum claw and kind. " THE MYSTERIOUS HAYSEED. Da Didn't Talk Mnch, bnt When Ha Did Ha Frightened the Crook. It was while Tom Byrnes was super intendent of police that one day a mld dln aged man walked into a popular Greenwich street restaurant and called for a broiled heefnteak. Men do that ev ery day, but this partlcu'ur man wore long hair, which was brushed behind his ears, and hud a smooth fnen, savo a littlo tnfrof chin whisker. Ho was dressed in a gray suit and carried a car pet satchel. Thero was no question that tliu liuiii Was from tho "roornl desIrM," fur onn could almost see tho hayseed In bin un shorn hx'ks, and his pockets wore appar ently bulging with corn hieV'. 'J hn stranger had no iimro than . '( 1 1 ::n solf when a well dressed, rni'i.-t lo.il;n.! young man enluod and t'rli acc.it i t tho samo table. Ho alunordere'tai ste-.k. In duo timo they wero served. Tho countryman went to work industriously and was soon enjoying bis meal. Not so his vis-a-vis. Tho young man com plained that his meat was tough tough as solo leather. "How's yours, stranger?" lie asked. "Mino's all right," was tho roply, with a nasal twang. Hut try as bo would tho young fellow couldn't induce tho other to talk with him. Finally he said it was a shamo to servo such a steak, no declared ho bo liovcd the cook had wiped tho floor wit h it, it was so full of grit Tho stranger looked up, and fixing a piercing gray nyo on tho young man quietly bnt significantly remarked; "If Byrnes know you wero down hero, you would bo eating worso Monk than that." Tho young fellow turned palo and dropped his jaw, also hisknifoand fork. His nppetitn seemed to havo suddenly left him. Ho called for his check, paid it anil left tho restaurant in a hurry. It was Iko Vail, who was "sent np" afterward for swindling a man with a Confederate ?H0 bill. Tho mysterious strangomnu was nouo other than "but that's another story," as Kipling would remark. Now York Journal. COUNT ITO'S HEROIC WIFE. Dragged liy the Hair, Hhe Would Mot Be tray Her Iiver. Of Count Ito, tho distinguished Japa nese statesman, Sir Edwin Arnold gives this interesting incident: "I sat at tablo with tho ex-premier nnd his wifo nnd children. Tho countess, quiet, gentle, motherly and wearing spectacles, carv ing tho tai and tho katno with such matronly serenity, had yet n history of romnneo and devotion which could mako tho wildest fictiouist's fortuno. "Long ago in those dark nnd bloody days when tho minister was her lover and a fnitivo fioin his enemies thero camo a timo when they had tracked him to her honso nnd had chosen a band of Hoshis to assassinato him. Tho noiso of their clogs and tho rattling of their scabbards wero beard, nnd tho connt, trapped like n stag in his mountain ploasanco, drew his Bizen blndo and prepared to dio as a Japanese lord should amid a circle of dead foes. But whilo he murmured 'Sagauorol' and knitted his fingers around tho shark skin hilt of his sword that brave lady whose guest I wus whispered: 'Do not die. Thero is hopo still. ' Upon which sho removed tho hibnchi, or firebox, over which thoy wore sitting, and lifting up' tho matting and planks beneath induced her lover to conceal himself in tho hollow spaco which exists under the floor of nil Jap anese homos. Tho murderers broko into tho room, a ferocious band, just as tho firobox had boon repluood, and the countess had assumed a position of non chalance. "They domandod their viotim, and when she protested against thoir intru sion and bado them search if thoy wanted Ito, the wretches dragged her around the apartment by her long, beautiful block hair, now touohod with silver, and grievously maltroatod her, but could not shake hor resolute fidelity. Thanks to this, Count Ito, the hero of many another strange adventure, es caped from the chief poill of his career and has lived to give his conntry a new constitution and to bo one of tho fore most and best respected statesmen of modern Japan." Brooch and ChatalaJna. The day of the brooch and chatelaine for watches is over. The watch, chain again asserts itself. Watches no longer wing from enamel od flowers or jew eled bars. Instead they are hidden away in a watch pocket, and a black silk oord or a narrow ribbon is their main support. Old fashioned broad gold watch chains are not yet the vogue, but a time goes on they probably will be. At present silk oorda in black and dark shade are considered the proper thing. Summor girls, however, are substitut ing for the gold watoh ohain a narrow satin ribbon whioh matches in oolor the gown with which it is worn. A few ex ceedingly fine gold chains are soon. Single Hen Chaathwd. Plato condemned the single men to a fine, and iu Sparta thoy wore driven at stated times to the touiplo of Uoroulc by the women, who there drilled them in true military style. Married a Foreigner. "So old Brown is married at lost?" "Yes, and a furrlner, I 'card." "A foreigner? No, an English lady." "Oh, I 'eard as 'ow she was Tar tar. "London Judy. HOW HE WORKED A MINE. The Hheep Manntalneer Knllghtens the College fired Inquirer. "How do we work a mine?" exclaim ed the Sheep mountaineer. "Well, you unsophisticated, undeveloped outcrop ping of the land of the rising sun, I'll proceed to enlighten your beclondod col lego bred understanding. " The college bred young man from the land of thn rising sun sat down on a ffnoO to thn ton chunk of ore and turned his undivided nttentionto listening to a disconrso on mineralogy. "Wo first prospect around until wo find a tunnel in on tho jugular vein and a pile of ore on thn dump. Then if tho other feller nln't looking wo jump. Then we proceed to sink a shaft on tho float, gather all thn gnngnn and sack it, being careful to preserve technical phrases in tnliicrnlogical science in sodoing. Then we prospect tho stockholders with nn as sessment, nnd if they don't como down put in a lilast. At this point wecall the roll, grab a No. 4 warranted not to rip, wear, tear, ravel, cut or run down at tho heel ragical, tragical, irrasivo smelt er and run up our stack. If tho other feller holds tho best hand, tho stock will diminish, nnd we consequently drift for a pay streak. If wo don't get through drifting by fall, it's thn fust thing wn go at in thn spring. Wo now concentrate our efforts, and if tho silver panned out don't have tho eaglo stamp ed on it wo sample the outcropping in every ftnloon within a radius of ten miles and toko a fresh chew of tobac co. Then wo get to work in earnest, salt thn dump and go east nnd sell all tho stock wo can. Wo return, renew our grub pile, pack it into tho cabin and wait for spring to ojien nnd tho snow to go off. During tills period wo nmuso ourselves playing soven np for tho drinks. Wo then import a mining and civil engineer, run a few levels, cross cut for another assessment, get it, envo in thn shaft nnd abandon tho property. Then" Tho Sheep mountaineer paused for n moment to catch his breath, bnt tho moment was fatal to his learned dis conrso, for tho collego bred young mnn from tho land of tho rising sun feebly reached for bis pick, staggered slowly to his feet, looked wildly through tho limpid ntmosphern toward tho summit of Sheep mountain and disappeared lo hind tin) giant ontcroppings of tho Big Eliza lodo. Lump City Miner. How to Mnko New Face. Skin removing for beautifying pur poses is having u great voguo among tho women who can alTord it. At present the price for making over thn fnco of a woman under CO is 50. An older sub ject who is greatly wrinkled has to pay if 100. Tho onerat ion confines one to her room for flvo days nod is somewhat painful, but not unbearably so, us tho skin removing pin-to contains cocaine to iininb thn surfucn it rests upon. An odd thing is that if yon havo your wrinkles removed beforo yon aro really an old woman they will como ngaiu as yon ad vance to tho wrinkled ago, but if you liuvo them removed after yon aro as wrinkled as yon are ever likely to be they do not return. And a danger of tho operation, so far an its complete success goes, is that you will movoyour fnco whilo tho pasto is getting in its deadly work. If you do, a wrinkle forms and cannot bo got rid of. Liter ally you must bear tho pain with an ab solutely placid countenance. Even a grin is detrimental. Philadelphia Times. Eyes and F.lnctrlo Light, Physicians declare that oloctrio lights will iu timo work blindness to many people. Wlu.t tlio cool, restful green or soft ducks nro to fio's eyes tho trauqnil couipiuiiouehi;) of a rural few whioh jgrows to candid friendship, unvoxod by distrust, is to one's mental health. Again thoir manifold fetors fill the night, nud are more or loss absorbod by tho lungs, and must conduce to one's de terioration. Tho urban monster despoils tho man, and the woman, of course, ai well Now Orleans Times-Democrat Ancient Ropes. While oondnotiug a scries of tests with a 100 ton testing machine at the Yorkshire college in England, whioh In cluded the testing of a steel wire rope, Professor Goodman stutod that such ropes were not a modern invention, and that he had recently seen a bronze wire rope one-half inoh in diameter and from 80 to 80 foot long, which had been found buried in the ruins of Pompeii, and which must have been at least 1,900 years old. Philadelphia Ledger. Women who have a fancy for heavier perfumes than delicate toilet waters and clean smelling colognes, and who affect some special essence, are not always aware, perhaps, that few of the flowers after which their favorite odors are named play any part in contributing to tho rich fragrance. In the "great fire of London," 1660, 13,300 houses, churches, hulls, libraries, hospitals, eta , were destroyed and only six lives lost The average rainfall of Great Britain is estimated to equal 630,000 gallons per soro every year almost 8,000 tons. In 1880 the opproxiinata wealth of the country was (43,643,000,000, an average of $870 to each individual. The Aroostook, in Muine, was named from an Indian word meaning "good men." The Happy Matlorqnln. A for the peoplo, be it understood thataMallorqnin Is no more a Spaniard than a Shetlander is a Scot. Liko his Moro-Aragonese forbears, he is a lary, ill conditioned, unenterprising sloth, with but one idea of life that of siesta. Tho nnmher of those who live by active and visible labor is astonishingly small The first thing that strikes you on land ing in Palma is that it is a ploco where everything long ago left off happening. Of life thero it may truly bo said, "Les jours so solvent et so ressemblant. " Palma is as qulot as Malta is noisy, and that Is saying a good deal. Food is cheap and abundant A robber is as rare as a beggar, and lifo and property are perfectly secure in every corner of tho island. Tho peoplo, if not nctlve in tho cultivation of moral virtue, at least show a want of sympathy for that which is violent or nneharitabfo. Though ignornuf, idln and superstitions, they nro honest and inofTonsive and live iu thn bond of peace. If a couple of com mon folk have a difference, they straight en it out with their fists, nnd neither is Ihe worsa Chambers' Jonrnal. A Natural Ilrltlge Pier. One of the oldest bridge "bents," oi piers, in this conntry is to be found in Sonoma county, Cal. Two largo red wood trees growing side by sido support tho timbers and rails of a bridgo which crosses a small ravino or creek at a plane whero the roadbed is 75 feet above the water. Coliforuians refer to it as "the only natural wooden bridgo in tho world." St Louis Itepuhlia Street Ordi minces. No. :r. AN ORDINANCE authorizing the opening of tho extension of Ninth street (formerly Bradford street) from tho Knst lino of Main street between the I. it of Jerry Ileckiiinn and tho school honso lot through tho property of Charles I'rcscott to tho West lino of Grunt slreot according to tho accompa nying plot or plan. "W'HK.itKAH. Tho Town Council of tho Boroug h of llcynoldsvillo doom It neces sary to oon tho extension of Ninth street aforesaid to tho West lino of Grunt street, therefore, Hwtio.v 1. He it ordained nnd en acted by tho Town Council nf tho llor ough of Itcynolilsville, and it Is hereby ordained and enacjed by authority f tlio samo, that tho street committee be and Is hereby authorized and directed to causa to 1m surveyed and ooned tho extension of Ninth street (formerly called Bradford Kt.) fiom tin; East lino of Main strootsitweon tho lot of Jerry Ifi.ckinan nnd tho school house lot through thn liroperty of Charles I'res-' col t to tho West lino of Grant street at a width of fifty feet In accordance, with tho accompanying plan. SkcI'Ion 2. Thn damages caused thereby nnd tho damages caused by tho grade thereof and tho benefits to pay tho samo to bo assessed and col lected in accordance, with tho provisions of tho Acts of Assembly of the Com monwealth of IVnn'u relating thereto and regulating the samo. Suction '. All ordinances or parts of ordinances conflicting herewith be, and the samo nro hereby repealed. Ordained and enacted into a law this 7th day of OetoW, A. I). IMi.V Scott McCi.km.axi). Attest, President of Council. J. S. Hammond, Secretary. Hurgess'OIIIco, October 12, A. D. IHtlTi, Approved, SAMUKf, Lattimkk, Burgess. No. 30. AN ORDINANCE authorizing the opening of tho extension of Willow Alley, from tlio lino botwoon Churlus l'lvceott and Jerry Heckman und Chas. Mathews, through lunds of Charles Mathows, Joseph Spoors and tho heirs of Mrs. Charles Burns to tho North west lino of an extension of Tenth (for merly Mayior) street, and tho assess ment of damages caused thereby and by tho grade thereof, according to tho accompanying plan. Wiieheas, Tho Town Council of the Borough of RoynoldHVillo doom it neces sary to opon tho extension of Willow Alloy, from tho lino botwoon Charles J'rescott and Jcrrv Heckman and Charlos Mathews, to tho North-west lino of an extension of Tenth street; therefore Section 1. Bo it ordained and en acted by tho Town Council of the Bor ough oi Heynoldsville. and it Is horobv ordained and enacted by authority of the same, that the Street Committee be and la horobv authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed and opened the extension ot Willow Alley, from the line between Charles Prescottand Jerry necKman ana unaries Mathows, throuch lands of Charles Mathews. Joseph Sneers, tho heirs of Mrs. Charles Burns, deceased, and others, to the North-west line of an extension of Tenth street, at a width of fourteen toot in accordance with the accompany ing plan. Section 2. The damaeog caused thoroby, and the damages caused by the grade thereof, and the benefits to pay the same to be assessed and collected in accordance with the Acts of Assent' 'bly of tho Commonwealth of Pennsvl vanla relating thereto and regulating the same. Section 3. All ordinances or parte oi ordinances connoting herewith be and the samo are hereby repealed. Ordained and enacted into a law this 7th day of October, A. D. 18U5. Scott McClelland, Attest Pres. of Council. J. S. Hammond, Seo. Burgess' Otllco, October 12, A. D. 181)3 Examined and approved. Samuel Lattimer, Burgess. Shlloh'g Cure is sold on a guarantee. It cures Incipient consumption. It is the best cough cure. Only one cent a dose, 25ota., Wots, and 11.00. Sold by J. C King & Co , DRESS GOODS! We have jnpt returned from the Eastern markets with a full supply of Dress Goods. Our shelves nnd counters aro running over with choice styles of both Foreign and Domestic Novelties in Fine Dress Fabrics. Our stock oilers the greatest possible range for selection in newest and choicest dress materials of the season and latest styles of trimmings. Coats and Capes Wo have a largo assortment of coats and capes in our coat room. Correct styles and rock bottom prices. Wo handle only new goods of tho latest styles. Please do not buy until you see our line. It will bo to your advantage to see our coats and capes before buying elsewhere. NOTIONS! Our Notion Department is filled with anything you want in .the notion line. Call and look at our new goods and large stock. BING & CO., Nolan Block. JOB WORK! -THK- Job Work Department OK- Tho Star Olfico Is replete with the Latest Styles of I ypes. SUBSCRIBE: iroii Ti l 10 STAJ3 -AND (JET Local, Goiintu and State AN- Astonndin The Eighth Wonder of the World, now on exhibition in our show window, a fac-simile of the great U. S. Adminis tration liuilding of the Columbian Kxposition, built out of 14,322 cakes of fine Medicated ' Toilet Castile Soap, making the largest -and finest display of Toilet Soap ever attempted in the world, and is the greatest Soap Bargain ever offered in America. 2 Cakes for 5c. Everybody welcome to all they want 6f it at this price. This soap has been made especially for us by the Cin cinnati Soap Co. whose soapa have been the standard for over a quarter of a century, and to introduce their soap thoroughly in Reynoldsville and vicinity, they per mit us to sell it 2 cakes for 5c. for a limited time. Thi9 . j gives us power to save money for all per sons. It is so cheap that ' it can be no cheaper and so good that it can be no better. The rich, the poor, the learned and the unlearned meet on one level; the poor can afford a nice toilet soap at this price and the rich can get no bet ter. This Boap has a phenomenal Bale in all large cities of the country, and we intend to give' the people of Reynolds villa and vicinity the same advantage as New York, Chicago and other cities have. This ia an excellent, pure Toilet Soap and is really worth 10c. a cake. Remember 2 cakes for 5c. Sale began Thursday. Come early before the rush. A. D. DEEMER & CO., Agts. for Reynoldsville and Vicinity. Nont Work Dono on Short Notice! A 1,1. THK- News !or $1.00 a Year. Sale! g Soap
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