iNOULES' HKVEXdK. HE GOT EVEN WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMP. Tin- Artnr'n l.rllrr of CoiiKiitnltln In INmiit-r li-nrril Vlliw Vltlnlrin Kitr Hufllrlrnt Krminn, Wlilrli AnprM In Thin Mnry. Miltnii Ni't'lcK, tin iiclnr mid nutlir, tml Sniutiir Vila wciu m lioolitiutr in Mnillwn Mfi ynitu iiko, nliil tin y went frnin tli( Bclii'dllmti'-c to tin- wiir tn pctlirr. Ni l l'i tliinkn a (limit di al of his old n Ixulnmti' mid Is jimml of tin distill' tinn lie lia wall nini'liR tlin greut tin n ' f hi l'.'irtr. When tin- circlnl oVlivriy Mump iniiilo ilM iij-pciirnlifi, f-'iinitnr Viliw, vhoWH tlii'll JKiMluaMiT Ki lirral, tc rcivrd many emni'liii" litiuy Irttirs, nmri's tin in i w ftnn Nol ! s. Tim riM, of tlm story In lust told liy tlio tiuthor liiiiifi-lf : "Wlun I wrotp tliln lrtn r of ri'iipnit tilation to tlio griii'tal, I lindn't Iiad or raFion to nsi or nti'Ivp nny of tlio MampH, Imt tlui idea m ( tntil tn me In I'.c a (jood oni'. I wit npi'lidiliK a vuk nf liniiin lu Hrooklvu at tlio timr. iu l;ittc r mnriiilitf iil ont H n'rli rk I van uwnki iird iy v. liat M i nu ll tn mo to It-tin- rmpiiio. of nil tlin tiro lull in Hrooklyu. HmviiiB my lirad out of tlio cn-miil Mory window, I onuld nv a nmllliil flsuro on tlio Mi r:i ludow jork- lnn tlio ki ll with Favnpo ftiry. 'Wliiil is It?' I nskid. At tlint liiomriit tlio loll wiro liroko, mid tlio flgnro foil Imok wmd down tlio Mt pH. Tlio mow wan kmc doop, mid tlio w ind win Idow iiiR CO milos nn lionr. As tlio fltuo rollod down tlio iitops I oonld hoar fomo clmioo Hpooimnm of ixilnsivp Kii(;lii-li in n fnmilinr nroont, minnlnl with wnnc thiiiR iilmut 'lottir, cpioial dolivoiy.' Aftir rrninviiig rhnirm mid holts I opened tlio miter door, and tho nirK.on prr liliw into tho vostihulo in n fliret f mow. ' 'What is It? What havo yon pot?' "'Li'ttrr. '"What tho Holm P.lim'A nro ynu blinking a lottrr hrro for ntthis timo of nipht?' " 'Special delivery, fir, ploaso.' "I burked into tho hall and ulid tny hand nil over the wall, trying to find tho niatrhsafe. Tho vestibnlo was full of snow, und I had conimonced sneea i"R. " 'Como in and flint tho door!' I yell ed. BniiR vent tho door and out went rny match just ns I had pot the pus turned tin. Tlio messenger bumped up npninMi mo In the dark, stepped on my toes and shook n shovelful of snow off liis shoulders about my feet, Ailing my slippers and dropping down lny baok. I finally succeeded in lighting the pas, signing tho book, pushing the messen ger out mid bolting the door. Thru I went up stuirs with my prizo. I exam ined tho long blue stump carefully. It was the first ouo that 1 had received. T'leu I devoted about five minutes to wondering what tho dickens it was nil about. After a time it occurred to me to open it mid see. The handwriting wn.. unknown, but tho refrain was fa miliar. Here it is: "PiitrovoAR, Wis., Jan. 19. " St li.cn Kr.l Irs, i q. : "l)KAn Pin Yon will doubtless bo mrpriwd at irceiviiiB this letter from sn entire stran ger. But I feel thnt 1 was born to be an actor. "1 did but SA 6 feet V, lislit curly hnir, Line eyea and liavo plncd cevernl parts with tlio hln-boyirnn Amateur society. 1 inflow notlcea. ftly family object to my going on the HtnK, but 1 fi t 1 that It is my duty, and as 1 would only Join a !h elowi comi any my friend urged mo to write to you. hhouldllko to play lovers' parts. 1 taw you play In Milwnuhi last fall, tan come any timo. I have aluo written a play. Could ou lend me t-D? Yours to com miuid, I. AnTlll'H J ores. "(Htatro nr.rre E. Forrest Melnutto. I "P. 8. Uio nrw ! ccial delivery ntnnip haa just Rot here, and I put one on to see how it worka. J. A. J. "By tho timo I had finished reading this letter I had a chill. Three hours later 1 had such a cold that I could not open my ryes. 1 remained in my room for treatment for threo days. On the fourth day I became convalescent, and tho flirt lulor 1 performed was tho writ ing of the following letter: "Brooklyn, Jan. M. "Hon. W. F Vilna, Postmaster General, Wash ington : "Dkaii Kin Qnllo recently, tn a moment of unctiarrird emLuh-ir.Km, I wrolo you a letter congratulating you upon tho brilliant tttmke of gemim ii m.o e.unlleKt in the promulgation of I lie ti.ociui i:i Uvt ry stamp. "T?ecent events have given me n wider knowledge of thu imbject and ovened ny eyea to tho prrnieimiH eonwqueneeH likely to follow your Figomic blunder. "1 demro to withdraw my letter and enter a protcfct atfiiiiKt your making any wo of tho sumo as tin apt arent indorsement of your new departnro or with a view to your securing a siiuntien in tl:o future. This net-d not necea surily iii'.iifi ni Willi our friindilp, but bo-twei-n frii-ndsliip and buHlnes the lino nmt bo drawn aomew here, and 1 choose, for reaaons eoneluhive to mytu-lf, to draw it at the U a. m. special delivery Very truly youro, "Mii.ton Koiii.es. "I cut tho special delivery stamp from the Sheboygan letter and pasted it on tho envelope, and, inclosing both in un- other letter, I scut them to a friend in Washington with a few lines of expla nation and instruction. The next stormy Might my friend, following instructions, bired a special messenger, and at 8 p. tn. be began ringing Postmuster Gener al Vilas' doorbell. First a servant came, then the general's secretary, but the messenger was Arm; he must aee the general. Thinking probably that war had been declared in Haiti and a midnight session of the cabinet called, the general slipped an ulster on over bis nightshirt and went down to the door. The messenger shoved the letter into bia baud and bolted on a double quick. "The obnoxious stamp has uot been called in, but I bad my revenge on the postmaster geuerul. "Milwaukee Sen tinel. Obliging;. "Mudum," said Meandering Mike, "hev ye got any cold coffee?" "No," replied young Mrs. Torkius in atone of sympathy, "but you wait a few minutes and I'll put some in the refrigerator aud cool it for you." Washington Star. tiitllronli (Tint (Tntlr. pKN NS Y L V A N I A ll.UMiOA! ). IN Kl'FKl'T NOYKMHF.lt l.'i, 1!MI. I'lilluiletpliia .V Kile linllioiwl tilvMntiTltiic Tillilc. i'lallt!' leme IHiftwood. KANTWAKII li:il n in Tiuln S, dally except Cnmlny for Punlnirv, Hiiri isliiit-ix ami Inlc rmcnlutc hiii IIiiii. luilvlng nt rlilhulrlplilii H p.m., New York, 101 p. In. I lliil!liinno.il:i p. In.! W it th I imt oil , 1 1 1. p. lu I'lilliiiini I'liiliir ear from U lllliuii-poit und piisseiiger eoiii'heK ftnrn Kane In riillailelphln. :l: p. in. - I'm I ti it. dally except Sunday for lltii-rNliui'g und liiieijucdiaie HtailoiiH, ur t'1 v I tix ii t I ' 1 1 1 lit lt-l li I ti 4::M. m.i New Yolk, A. M. I'lillinnn Sleeplnii ciiik from IIiiiiI-Imiil' to riiiliiili'lplila und New York. )' 1 1 1 1 :i i 1 1 li I ii pus'.i'in.'eiH call remain In -diM'lter tiiMlKtlll lied until 7::ui A. M. :;r p. in. Train 4, dully for Siiiilmry, lluirls barg und inici mediate station, ut-rh lug at riilladolplila. il:.vj a. m.i New Yolk. li::i:i A.M. nn week dav and la I" A M. on iiii ihiv; lliililniiiie. il: J" A. M.: WuhIiIiii:Iiiii, r.m A. M. riillmiin en I- rriiiii F.rle und W'llllunii port In I'lilliiili liilila. I'liengeiHln li cpcr fur llulttnmtc und Wa-hiiigton will Ih li an-fei n il Into Wii-dilnion-dccpcr ill llai I'Miing. I'li-tcn jit i-oiii-hei from File lo I'lilludelplila and W llllam-port to Haiti mine. WFxlWAItll TiSI a. tn.-Train I. dally except Haailay fur Itldirivuv, IhiltnU, rict-tiiont and inter incdiiiie -tiilliint. Leaves Itldgway at :i : 111 I'. M. tin Krle. Si.hi ii. tin T mi In :i, dully for F.rle and Inler llliMllllle point. SrS-tp. in. Ti'iiln M, dally except Snnilny fur Kane and till cMiiril lute '.Int Ion. TIIUOItiM Tit A INS I'OI! IHillTWOOli I UOM TIIK FAST ANI1SOF I'll. TltXIN II leave 1'hllailelplilil N::ill A. In.! W u-liliiu'tiin, r..ni a. m.i llalllniore. :.vi A. m.i W ilkeliarie, la:l." A. M.i dally except Sun day. unit llnr al III I ft wood al ."i.'.'il I'. M llll ru'llaiiiii I 'i il in car from I'liilnilclplilu In U llllinn-pml. TKAIN :i leave New York at s p. m.; I'hlla- delplila. II:'.'H p.m.: w aliliigiiiii. hmo p.m.; Iliiltlmme, ll:.M) p. tn. I daily iitrivliig ul InlftuiNiil al '.O.vi a. in. I'lilliuan leeilng car from I'itlludclnliiii to File and frnm W alilngloii and llalilnmie to IIMtiinspoi t and lliinilL'li pu!'!!--'!'!' riiiiclie flolu I'liila delplila to File und llulllmnie In WUIIum-iiiit-i . TltAIN I leave llennvo at B::si a. in., dally except Sunday, airlving at iirirtwiNHi i :'."i " ' lit" I II NS( )X HI I ( i H A II ,H ) A 1 ). I Dully oxorpt Sunday.) TltAIN 111 leave Itlilgwuv nt li:'.'aa. m.i .lolm- niilniii al H::i" a. in., ai rlving at Clermont at M::ti a. tn. TRAIN M leave t'lennniit at 111:43 ii. ni. ar I'ltlnx ul ,lnlinniiliiiig al 11:11 a. tn. anil lildgwav at l'i:li a. m. OF IiEYXOLliS VILLE. CHP1THU sjso.OOO.OO. V. Iltcliell, lrcldelitt Nentt letiellniid, Vice Hren.l John II. Kuitelier, ( axtiler. Director: (.'. Mllchell. Pcntt McClelland. .T.C.King, John II. Cnrlielt, II. F. Itrown, O. W. Fuller, J. II. Kuilclier. One a geiierullmnkliiglnilnennd noIIcIis the a itinlHtir merchiiiilH, prnfelonul men, farmer. niii-hanlcH, miner, lumbermen and other, promising the mnt ciiietul iiltentlon to 1 he mtslncHM of all person. Safe lcpolt Boxes for rent. First National flunk litillillng, Nolan block Fire Proof Vault. WAXTF.lv FA IT II Kl' I. MEN Oil WOMFN to travel for respiinsllile cstulilNltcd limine 111 I'ennsvlviinlii. Salary ;sil and ex penses. I'nslilon permanent. Itefei-ence. F.ncliise self addressed stumped envelope. The Nailiiuul, Mar liisiuunce llliltr.. Chlcuioi. flotrl. JJOTEL, McCONNKLL, REVXOLDSVILLR. PA. FHAXKJ. HLACK, 'wpnVfor. The lending hotel of the town. IIeiuliiiai leis for coinmeiclal men. Hleani heal, free lius. Iiiitli rooms uiidclosetH on every lloor, sample rooms, Idlliiud room, telephone con nect lona ACC. JJOTKL HKLNAP, KEYN6LDSVILI.E, PA. J. C. DILLMA.X, l'mprielor. First class In every particular. Located In tho very centre of tho business purt nf town. Free 'has to and from trains and commodious sample rooms for commercial travelers, itltacrllatirovi. s NEFF. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE And Ileal Estate Audit, Iteynoldsvlllo, I'll. 1 MITCHELL, ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW. Office on West Main street, opposllo the Commercial Hotel, Keynoldsvllle, Pa. c. Z. (iOHOON. ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, Hi-ookvlllo, Jefferson Co. Pa. Olllco In room formerly occupied by tinrdon & Col bett West Main Hlleet. q m. Mcdonald, attokney-at-law, Notary Public, real esiulo intent, Palenls secured, collections made promptly. Ollice lu Nolan block, Keynoldsvllle, I'll. JKANCISJ. WEAKLEY, ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, Ofticea In Mahoncy bulldliiK. Main ft red, Ucynoldnvlllo, I'a. Yyn. B. E. HOOVER, REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. Koslilcnt dentist. In building neur Mel ho- dial church, onptwlte Arnold block. Gentle ness in operating;. D R. R. E. HARBISON, SURGEON DENTIST, Keynoldsvllle, Pa. Office In rooms formerly occupied by 1. 8. McCrelsTit. J)R R. DeVERE KING, DENTIST, Office at the residence of I. O. KliiK, M. D., at corner of Main and Sixth streets, Keynolda- vllle, Pa. gMITH M. McCREIGHT, ATTORNEY-AT-LA W , Notary Public and Real Estate Axent. Col lections will receive prompt attention. Office lu the Foster block, near uoHiotttce, Keyn oldsvllle, Pit. Subscribe for The "X" Star, If you wnl th Ntwi, First National limik The t-hper 4 the Oxford II I I.I c Tho paper making for Oxford Bibles U n speeiiilly iiiiportnnt nnd interestinp part of tho work. At. Wolvcrooto, n nillo or two nut of Oxford, tlin tinlverwity hits a hire mill for tho supply of Its own requirement. A good deal of tho paper they turn out hero is tiunlo out nf old ships' Kails, tlio materials of which, nffer battling with storms in all quar ters of tho world, romn hero for tho purpose of li lnp made into paper, print ld in nlr.ii M i iy I ii i j. -nw under liouv en and I.iimiiI up into volumes tn bo nuniu H' : tti ii il far ainlwiilo into all tho nttorin. . . i ; ils of tho urtli. This Yi 1-. i reoto paper mill has mtieli tn do with tiio grout reputation that Ox ford ha in-quired in tho production of Hihles ami other devotional bool.M. Twenty years ago and more the manage ment hero liil tin n valuable invention in paper making, luid ever since their "India paper" has been tho envy and tho puzzle of niaiiiifiictnrors all over tlio kingdom. Thorn nro said to Im only three persons living who know tho se cret of its make, and, though the process has never been legally protected and all the world is free to imitate tho extreme ly thin, hut thoroughly opaque anil won derfully strong and durable, paper ot tho best Oxford Hihles if (ley only know how, all thowoild has hitherto quite failed tn dn so. It is as thin as tissue, but perfect ly opaque mid so strong lli.tt u strip of it three inches wide has proved tn ho capable of sustaining a quarter of it hun dredweight. Over Hill wot kit tuul edi tions aro now printed on this papi r. This special advantage has very largely helped Oxford to retain tlio leading po sition which it originally gained by be ing nearly the first, if liotquito the first, printer of books in tho kingdom and by tho prestige of its liauio. Chambers' Journal. Sherlock Again. "Ah," said Sherlock Holmes, sitting down on tlio corner of tho editor's desk, "I sen you havo just received a story from n young woman in a lawyer's of Ike." "How can you toll?" asked the edi tor. "Can you recogniro the typewrit ing?" "No. Don't you see, tho string is tied '.u a regu hit ion true lov knot? That is tho young woman end of it. Aud in stead of ribbon she has used red tape." Cincinnati Enquirer. The most wonderful statue lu the world is in Yokohama. It is a seated Image of the god Diit-butsu, nnd its Height is 03 'a feet. The total weight of thisgreut statuo is 450 tons, 600 pounds1 of which is pure gold. Tim first English work on anatomy was by Thomas Vicary, in 1548. r A NT F. 1 1 - F A I T 1 1 1 ' F I, M F N OH WOMEN to travel fnl- : cmuihlc established liiuise III I'l-niisylvutiiu. Siilury $7n und ex pense. Position permaiieiit. ltcfci-cncc. Fnctose self-uddresseil stumped envelope. I The National. HI ae Insurance llldir., Chlcnito. I waamsmtiumjimmm Free Trip to WE will furnish transportation from Reynoldsville to Niagara Falls and return over the R, II. fe P. IVy, and two days' board at Hotel Imperial, one of the leading hotels at Niagara Falls, to the person who will secure the largest number of Gasn Subscribers to THE STAR before June 15th, 1807. Subscription price to be s?i.0(), strictly cash in advance. See partic ulars of this offer elsewhere in this issue of THE STAR. C. A. STEPHENSON, Ed. and Publisher. Wo:th Knowing. Many thousand people hnvo found a friend In Haeon's t 'i-lory King. If you havo novel' used this great ii I'llle fin' the prevailing maladies of tlio ago, ilvsj'i p-ia. 1 1 v 1 1 coinibiiiit, I Ill'Ulliall: 111. COSI iVetll'S, 111 I'VOIIS IX- liiiiislion. liriviMis pi-oHti'iit ion, Sloop lo.ssiieMt mid all disi uses nrlslng from dot'iingi'tiii'lit of I In- slniiiai li. livi i- mill kliliu jH, wo would bo ph-ascil In give you u package of tbi gn at in i ve tunic fioo nf ohai tr". lleyimld I)i iif Stiuo. Atuerlcnti Life Innurniici'. Ill no country is the business of life insurance on n sounder or move conser vative basis than in the United States. There were some attempts madn in the early years of tho century to start life insuraiieo companies, but life instiraneo wus not popular in those days, it being regarded by many, as the quaint reiuiuk of a writer of the period puts it, as "wicked to insure their lives, or to trav el in steamboats against wind and tide, lho threo largest companies ut present doing business begun in 1841, lH4:i and isr.it. Tho remarkable development in the business began after the civil war, and it has grown with an unexampled prog ress. '1 be greut conservative life iustir anee companies stood tho shock of the tinaneial convulsions of 1H7!I and lMiij better Hum oilier tiiiaueiiil institutions, and the words of the famous matheuia tieiaii, Do Morgan, still remain true, "There is nothing in tho commercial world which approaches, even remote ly, the security of u well established life ollleo. " The three largo companies receive annually in premiums and other income about $100,000,000, their assets aggregate about $000,000,000, and they have outstanding insurance . to the amount of about $3,400,000,000. The natural presumption arising from a study of tho development of such an en terprise is that to havo maintained its place in the great Held of competition it must havo subserved n purpose of greut benefit to society. Cutholio World. Mr. Stalnte I-ft. "Oh, Mr. Stulute," she said, with out taking her eyes off the chick, "I want to ask you something about your tastes in the way of cookery. " "I'm charmed to have you tako such au interest, " was tho unnecessarily ear nest reply. "Do ynu like bacon and eggs for breakfast?" "Why er sometimes. " "I hope you will speak fraukly, be cause if you don't like them we can tell the servant as soon as she comes down stairs to prepare something else." Washington Star. Men aro born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should seo twico ns much as they say. Colton. In the very best behavior of which we nro naturally capable thero is still some measure of selfishness. Lutheran. Niagara Falls! To give . . an Idea Of tin1 DifTt'ifiit Styles nnd I'attlTllH of Sinn waists in our eiionnouH stock of thin peaMon'o arrival would take this entire page. We can niiuply pay that it in a mbpt attractive one and the prices are onlyfroin 50c. to $1.45. The quality in every case will he found to be of good value. We have a large assortment of Wash Goods and Organ dies from 8c. to 25c. a yard. N. HflNflU. Special Lace Curtains, Curtain Swisses, Laces and Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A, D. CO O r I h e? J "a .2 3 cz. a 2 ti j i i i ate to b B i .5 1:1 li 5 O o -a I a, i u V rt-sTr is ?- t ' " - .- - rj - ? t s C - - t- c ! rs - . - i-h L. M. SNYDER, Practical Horse-shoer and General Blacksmith. Hnis' tliiH'Int: (lone In tin nrti-t niunnor Ii ml by tht lntist tnipmvrd nirthotU. Ovrr HutfUtTpri'nt kliuln nf hIhm'h mmln for rorrco tion of ftinlty iirtlnn iiihI (IIscjihccI ftot. Only the bosi nnikcnf hIkk'h m nutlH usnI, Ho pulrlntrof nil UlncN rnn-fi.lly nnd promptly done. Hatikfactiun ( r a h a.ntf.ed. Lunibor nicn'M fiiinlttH on bund. JiickHon Ht. nriir Fifth, RoynoldsvlUo, Pa. HiiitiiiimiimiimimniiHttr ' GET AN V TT1I A Tin V ft nit fort u iiu u liunil In hand, (4ct nn iMu rftttun nt lh n trnl Hlnte Norm n I FnTIfATION LiinMiiminiimiiiiiiintuMiin luvrn, lln. Finn- cinm accorarantininnm imi r-n. in atudent. For clrrulam und tlhu. rat.,HdilivM Html Bormmt fccli.ol. Lock II Pfc VAXTFI-rATIIFtf MEN OK WOMEN ' to travrl for riiwuislblo rstiibllhrd hoiiM In IViin-ylvanlii. Suhiry 7su and ix ih'Iim'm, roMltlon Mrnmmnt Krfnm'H. Em-lose wlf-iiddnsM'd Miimm-d iMividopo. Tin Niillonul, Slur InHiirunce llltljr., 4'lilrutfo. Sale! 3 Hi- r E t s ' 3 s a " - P i Hi 1 C SO S S X) n. cS " Scrims, Embroideries, White Goods, Deemer & Go.
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