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.
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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.
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to travel fnl- : cmuihlc established
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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,
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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.
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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.
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hoiiM In IViin-ylvanlii. Suhiry 7su and ix
ih'Iim'm, roMltlon Mrnmmnt Krfnm'H.
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