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VOLUME 0.
REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1897.
NUMBER 20.
Boat Oarrltxl an Men' Heada,
The achievement him often been re
terred to of the carrying of steamboats
on the bark of men. The expression lit
not accurate, for the Congo native nre
trained from infnnry to entry burden
on their heads. Whru n European on
the lower Congo sent hln black boy to n
ttore to bay Dome clgarrttp, he vim
surprised to see the servant return with
the tiny package on hi head. Whru
Congo womnu has winked her mnch
loved pipe, the treasure la likely to re
poM on her bead until ihe again re
quires It, and if her husband, unfortu
nately, hat been able to procure bottle
of mm, he walk home with it nicely
balanced on bit head, throwing it one
at the ttray dog and cat in hi way,
without the slightest idea that he In
really nn eipert equilibria!. Mont of the
many thousand of piece of steamboat
were carried on the head and not on
the back of men.
The 60,000 native of the lower Congo
Who have been carrying tbeae stenui
boati and all other freight around the
cataracts are the very men who could
not be induced, 18 year ago, to give a
helping hand to Mr. Stanley. He wish
ed to carry 1,880 mau load and ho hnd
only 190 Zanzibar and Lentigo porter
for the work. Some of the native would
ell htm a little of their time, but they
would not carry hi good more than
two or three mile beyond their home.
Stanley' failure to secure the carrier
he needed along the river delayed hi
work on the upper Congo for mora than
a year, and the labor question wa the
most perplexing problem with which he
had to deal. He brought hi carrier
thousand of miles, from Zanzibar and
other coaata of Africa. Hur per' Kound
Table. .
Aaelaat Pueblo Balldars.
The ancient pueblo builder, like hi
modern descendant, wa ao completely
under the dominating influence of hi
geographic environment that from sim
ilar condition he almost automatically
worked out similar result. In the mat
tit of a aite for hi homo, however, ha
had tome latitude, and the choice ha
made reflected something of the aocial
condition under which he lived. Thu
il ia probable that in the earliest times
the people lived in email village locat
ed oa the edges of valleys or near the
mouth of fertile flat bottomed canyon.
They lived a quiet, peaceful existence,
depending principally on the soil for
the means of subsistence, but not de
spising tb harvest of grass seeds and
wild nuts which were at band and glad
, to break the even, placid course of ex
istence by periodical bunting expedi
tion to the neighboring mountains for
deer and out tea too great plains for
buffalo.
In the course of time, however, other
and more savage tribes cam to the re
gion, and these preyed upon the prior
occupants of the country, who were in
dustrious and provident and accumu
lated stores against possible bad seesons.
It is doubtful whether there were any
pUohed battles or prolonged sieges, but
' tbe robbers made periodical forays
through) tb fields when the crops wre
ready for the harvest or perhaps ns
eanlted and looted some small village
. wbeat the men were aw. Comics
Mindeleff in Bulletin of American Geo
graphical Society.
A Wataaa Matador at Cardan.
Mow comes the denouement, for upon
a final flourish of trumpets the matadore,
who in this particular performance was
woman, .steps forth with a brighter
red flag or cloak on a staff in her left
band and a good Toledan blade in her
right, bidden beneath the right edge of
tb red flag. The boll makes a dash (or
the woman. Our ladies turn their heads
and ask me what I see, and I report a
calm, deliberate and akillfnl step to the
left by tb female matadors, a quick
flash of tb sword, a bend of tb body
to tb right and over tb bull's neolc a
porting of blood, not very oopioui, and
the sword has pierced th animal's neok
close to th sbouldsr. Tb Jugular ia
severed, th beast trembles, his knees
give way, and he falls amid tb applausa
of the audience at th skill of th
wordswoman. Before the matadors pro
ceeded to th slsugbter she formally
asked permission of th presiding alcal
de to do the killing, and, upon his for
mal consent, proceeded with sword in
hand to the front of the bull. Balti
more Sun.
g Two Qaaaas.
"I was much struck," says Max Mul
ler in Cosmopolis, "by the extraor
dinary power of observation of a French
friend of mine, who, when in 1856 tb
queen aud th Empress Eugenie entered
tb Grand Opera at Paris together and
were received with immense applause,
turned to bis neighbor, an Englishman,
and said, 'Look at the difference be
tween your qneen and our empress.'
They bad both bowed graciously and
then sst down. 'Did you not observe,'
he" continued, 'how th empress looked
round to se if there was a chair for her
before she sat downf But your queen
born queen sat down without look
ing. She knew a chair must be there,
as surely as aba is queen of England.'"
Ma Bargains.
"Eternal vigilance," (iterated the
raior, "is the price of liberty!"
Th women electors exchanged
glances.
"That is tb same price as last year, "
they remarked, and shrugged their
shoulders,
There were do bargains to be "bad,
r J they lost interest in the p roueed
' -Cii and Ends.
Our Educational Column.
"UniU WIIIlM," lillll,
A fill t in nil f-nmmllfilrntlmi rellltlve lo I III
depart moiil to Killtor kdiinillnnnl Column,
riiriMif Tim Utah.
M: y anil rIi'Ik, utter a long vacation
we again sharpen out" pencil und resimii)
our weekly talk to you through the col
umn of TUB Star, sincerely hopinir
thut you may hoed and act iimn the
advice given from tltno to tlino by your
"Undo William," m It I his earnest
donlre to wo all of hie numerous neph
ew and nlccc develop Into noble men
anil women, an honor to tholr town,
parents, teacher uiul tho schools
whoroln they wero Instructed from day
to day. You havu had a long rest und
have again taken tii tho daily routing
of school wor. Ono month of the prcv
ent term ha gone by. Stop and thinlt
for a moment, and ask yourntilvp tht
question, "What havo t ilono during
the past month In tho wny of Improving
myself? Could I havo dono bettor hud
I tried ?" Think nvor tlilw. boy mil
glrlH. Muny of you havo advanced it
grade higher than you wero last yenr.
and as you wero advanced you found
tho studies mora difficult, did you not ?
Now a word of advice just here: Ito
momber that tho harder you work In
the grade you aro now In, tho lex diffi
cult will bo your lubor In the grail"
above. Guard well your luton'sts: al
low nothing to Interfere with your
nchool work, uor umh any aohjict by
until you thoroughly nndeintnnd it. and
you will find tho next ono that follows
can bo handled much more, eunlly. li-i
ladle and gentlemen at all time; don't
act rudely or boisterously at any time,
and ho ambitious to make your room
the model one of the building. If tho
pupils In each room do this wo hIiuII
noon have tho model school of tho coun
ty, and you will receive the commenda
tion of your teachers. Your teachers
do not like to scold you. They are In
terested in your welfare anil would
rather commend you at all time. Then
do your duty nobly and merit tho ap
proval of teachers and parente. By
UiIh ttmo you havo received your litllo
report books, with your standing und
deportment (or the past month entered
therein. Lttok them ovor carefully
and note tho mark and sne wherein
you cun Improve during tho pnwent
month. Your report books aro a cor
rect record of your work each month
und in your hands lies tho power to
make tho record better or worse. A
word to the parents jtibt liore: Kindly
read carefully the second and third
pages of covor In the "Report books;"
uImo note carefully tho marks of euch
branch, especially thotto In the "attend
ance" and "summary" departments, and
these will give cause for deficiency In
the examination department.
Boys and girls, yourselves, parents
and friends arc to bo rcgalod during tho
winter with an oratorical foast in the
shape of a flint-clans lecture course.
Prof. Leokerd baa selected flint-class
talent which will appear as follows,
provided that a guarantee of three hun
dred season tickets, at on dollar each,
is secured: October 21Hh, Hon. H. W.
J. Ham; Nov. 10th, Fred Emerson
Brooks; Doc. 10th, John Dewltt Miller;
Van. 21st, Ell Perkins; Feb. 11th, Col.
Geo. W. Bain. Think of it. Tho above
array of talent and five first-class lec
tures for one dollar, or twenty cents
each to season ticket holders. Single
admissions will be placed at fifty cents
each lecture, therefore everybody
should avail themselves of the season
rate when the solicitors come around,
which will be this week. Think of the
feast: Fresh Georgia Ham for an en
tree, washed down with the sparkling
waters from the Brooks. The flour of
oratory ground fine by the brain of
Miller. Boston Baked "Baln(s)" served
up by the Colonel, with the lnimlcable
Ell Perkins as a dessert.
, SCHOOL NOTES,
Through the kindness of Mr. S. B.
Elliott the several rooms are being
decorated with potted plants, which
gives them a cheerful appearance.'
Tho new catalogues are expected
soon, and will be distributed.
Mr. Woodward, teacher of No.12, ia
nursing' a fractured "nasal tuberosity,"
the result of a foot ball game on Satur
day last.
Boys, play ball and enjoy yourselves
all you can, but don't indulge in profan
ity. It isn't manly and It grates harsh
ly on the ears of listeners. Don't do It.
The three literary societies aro fairly
under way now.
The orchestra will boroafter pructico
two evoulngs per week. i
Tho Public School Orchestra organ
ized permanently on Monday evening
last and elected the following' officers:
Musical Dlreotrebs, Miss Belle Arnold;
Secretary and Business Manager, W. J.
Weaver; Leader, D. H. Young; Treas
urer, F. P. Alexander. Laws will be
drafted for Its government and it will
meet regularly twice a week for rehearsals.
Si
Colder weather ia
our goods wear twice as long as
we oner.
See the Men's Suits we sell at
3B5.00 Strictly all wool and cut
in the very latest Fall styles. We
couldn't sell them for less than
8.00 if we had bought them as
other houses bought theirs. But
we didn't. We bought ours when
woolens were away down in price.
To-day the manufacturers ask more
at wholesale for these goods than
we sell them at retail.
Then we have some better ones
at $6.00, 7.00 and $8.00. These
suits are made of stylish, all-wool
Cassimeres, Cheviots and Meltons,
cut in popular sack Btyles, lined,
trimmed and finished in a splendid
manner. Each suit perfect fitting,
each button hole done with care.
See our big line of Men's Working and Dress
Golves.
Also our big line of Men'B Heavy and Dress Shirts.
Also over 8,000 pairs of Boys' Knee Pants, Iron-clad
and All-wool.
WHAT HE MADE.
Thm Maa Tola, and Yet th
Mas Batlaaed.
Professor B , who oondnot the
clinio of nervou diseases at - Med
ical college of Gbioago, is himself a
very nervous and easily irritated man.
Becently at one close of a hang clinic,
when teaober aud students were well
tired ont, the assistant rushed in and
asked to have exhibited very interest
ing ease which bad just arrived.
"Well, be quick about it," said the
doctor, and be proceeded tomphaise
some previous remarks concerning the
influence of occupation upon nervous
conditions, which point ha proposed to
illustrate in the esse to be presented.
Tho patient, an awkward Swede,
having been hustled into a chair, was
now confronted by Professor B ,
with the admonition to be brief and ac
curate in his replies, aa tins was lim
ited. "Now, air, what do yon do?" ha com
menced. "Aw am not vera well."
"Ma I say, what do yon dor
"Ob, yasl iwmk,"
"Yes, I know, bat whs kind of
work?"
"Ob, est ea hard verk."
"Tea, but do yon shovel" ((illustrat
ing with gesture) "or drive a car or
work at a machine, or do" .
Oh, yasl Aw verk at a masheen."
i.
'An! What kind of a machine?"
"Ob, et ees a big mssheenl"
By this time the students wero grin
ning broadly and whispering pleasan
tries, all of which caused the professor to
redden and break into a volley at the
poor Swede.
"Now look here, sir I I want no more
of this. Ton answer the questions I ask
yon or go home. What do yon make on
this machine?"
A ray of intelligence lit np tfce face
of the Swede and, with a oonfidont
mile, he laid: "Ob, now aw nnderstan
yo'l To' vant to know vat aw mak' on
the masbeen, eesn't et?"
"Yes, sir, that is it What do yon !
make?"
"Aw mak 17 cents an hour." And
he and the class were dismissed. Har
per's Magazine.
STUBBS WAS TOUCHED.
And H Osvs Cp Bis Cars to tha Han
Who Tuuohad Iilm.
Stubb is really not very absent-
minded, but when he i riding on a !
street car he makes it a point pot to 1
look at theooudnotor. It often saves enr '
fare, for there is something about 1
Stubb that makes him luoky enough to !
be overlooked two cases In ten when ho '
boards a loaded oar. '
I One morning ha was absorbed in bit
i paper, aud when he felt a touch on bis 1
SAT
here, Fall and Winter Garments
those sold by other dealers Is
arm be mechanically passed oat his
nickel and went on with his reading.
Later the conductor stood beside him
and murmured, "Fare, please," but
received no attention. Stubbs had paid
hi fare. Then the abominable nuisance
of conductor seised him by the shoul
der and held out bis hand, saying stern
ly, "Fare, please."
"I paid you before," said Stubbs as
affably aa he could.
"No, yon did not Come, pass ont
car fare. "
"Man, I paid any fare when yon were
round before. " And Stnbba thought for
an adjective be might use when there
were ladies abowt. "Ton you infer
nal idiot, yon are drunk or asleep, for
when yon touched nie on the arm I
passed ont a nidkel, and you roust have
taken it, for it was the only one I had,"
fumbling in his change pocket.
with a rt'd lace the condactor rang
tne neil to stop tue car, roaring, "You
will have to pay your fare or get off
the oar," in a tone that startled every
one. "I did not get your nickel, and
yon know it"
At that minute the man who had
nudged Stubbs to move over in the seat
he had occutiied with him dronced off
the oar ana walked the other block to;
his office.
The nest time Stubbs rode in a
crowded ear be gently touched the arm
of an acquaintance and got even for tb
& cents be bad lost and for the chagrin
Ihe had suffered. Chicago Hews.
SfWschsd.
"Here are a tew letters I wish yo
would mail for me, dear," said Mrs.
Tenpotto her husband, who wa pre
paring to go ont
As Mr. Tenepo took them be glanoed
at the stamps and asked:
"My dear, wbydid yon pot 15 oent
stamp on these letters? Two cent
stamps wonld havo carried them. "
"I know it," replied Mrs. Tenspot,
"bat how wonld a red stamp look on
envelopes of thst lovely violet shade?
This new stationery is of an exquisite
color, and I could not think of spoiling
its effect with stamps which did not
harmonize. These purple IS oent stamps
are the nearest match tho postoffloa
keeps. "Harper's Bazar.
His UUU Mtotak.
"John, " she said, and she looked at
him rather sharply as she said it, "I
have an idea that yon didn't behave
yourself very well while yon were
away."
"How absurd I" he protested. "What
In the world has given yon that idea?"
"Well," she returned iu a qnizaioal
kiud of a way, "I notioed in the tele
gram yon seut me yon had paid tha
regular tariff charges on the words 'ex
cuse writing. ' "Chicago Post
In
Il
are needed. Ilere'B the place
In Itself conclusive evidence of
Overcoats
That Excel In Stule and Qualltu. That's the kind we
have, the kind we built our reputation on. We have
them from
$3.50 to $15.00
They are made of medium and Heavy-weight Meltons,
Cheviots, Kerseys, Cassimeres, Mixtures, Etc., all
well trimmed and made throughout; in fact, any
other store in this town will ask you from 2.00 to
4.00 more for these same overcoats than we sell
them at.
- - PRESERVE YOUR HEALTH - -
Protect yourself against sudden changes in the weather, so
common this time of the year, by wearing the proper weight
Underwear. We have it. Over 300 cases, all bought by
us direct from the manufacturers before the recent rise iji
prices.' These all go on sale this week at prices lower than
present wholesale figures.
OCp for men's serviceable
ZDOt natural wool Under
wear, value 50c.
ttl AA for men's fancy, heavy-weight Underwear, nice
rfll.UU and soft as velvet, 6 different colors, pearl buttrn
finish, value 1.50.
Millirens.
A (Htr Qdms.
A captain in a regiment stationed in
Natal, when paying his company one
day, chanoed to give a man a Tranavaal
half crown, which, as one would nat
urally expect, bears "the image aud
superscription" of President Kruger.
The man brought it back to the pay
table and said to the captain, "Pleuse,
ir, you've given me a bad half crown."
The officer took tbo ooin, and, with
out looking at it, rang it on the table
and then remarked: "It sound all
right, BaRster. What's wrong with it?"
"Yon luke at it, air," wa the reply.
The captain glanced at the coin, ay
sng: "It' all right, maa It will pass
in the canteen."
This apparently satisfied Bagatcr,
who walked off, making the remark,
"If yon say it'm a' right, sir, it is a'
right, bnt it's the first time I've seed the
queen wi whiskers on. "London An
swers. VtooiWs Chlaf Butler.
Tbe salary of Queen Victoria's chief
butler, who looks after the br, wines,
and spirits, is 800 a year. This func
tionary most have a palate of exquisite
delicacy, as in him is vested the pur
chase of tbe wines drunk by royalty.
He ia also expected to superintend tbe
decanting of tho wines, which be ac
companies to the royal table with an
air of affectionate tolioitude and sees
that they are partaken of at the proper
moment The present bolder of tbe
office is said to be tbe finest judge of
Rhine wines in too world. Her majesty'
chief butler is also responsible for the
laying of tbe table, the actual work be
ing performed by two principal table
decker, with 300 a year each.
trsnd Magazine.
' Just Life Him.
Tbe Rev. Walter (Jolton, author of
"Ship and Shore" and other books, gave
a most forcible illustration of the char
acter of an officer on board the ship to
which be was attached as chaplain.
The officer was always meddling with
other people's business and was seldom
in bis own place. Consequently be. was
most unpopular with the sailors.
One of them, goaded to nncsnal irri
tation, said ona day, "I do believe that
at tbe general resurrection the lieuten
ant will be fonud getting out of some
body else's grave. "
J tut Do It.
Evadne, after failing many times to
reach a desired goal, arrives at this
conclusion: "Just do a thing aud don't
talk about it This is the great secret
of success In all enterprises. Talk means
discussion, discussion mean irritation,
irritation mean opposition, rnd opposi
tion means hindrance always, whether
you are right or wrong." "Heavenly
Twin." ,
il
gSjj a- s-
to get them. The fact that
the matchless Inducements
CAr for men's extra fine
auu.
pure camel's hair or
natural wool Underwear,
value 75c.
Oraat and Ochiltree.
President Grant made Colonel Ochil
tree a mnrxhal for a certain district in
Texus. The colonel, however, did not
spend mnch of his time at borne, but
went skylarking about tbe country
wherever Lis fancy led him. This
caused so muny complaints to be filed
against him that at lant the president
sent for him to come to Washington.
While waiting in the White House .
reception room for hi turn to see the
president, Ochiltree began reading a re
port of tbe preceding day's race at
Saratoga and was surprised to see that
a horse bearing his own name, Tom
Ochiltree, had carried off second money.
When he faced President Grant, the
latter said he was sorry to learn that
an appointee of his should be In any
way derelict in his duty.
"The fact is, Tom, I can hardly pick up
a paper that I don't run across your"
name," said he, "and yon seem to be
about everywhere except in Texas,,
where yon ought to be. "
"General," said the Texan, with -
mile aa radiant aa a California ann- S
set, "if you'll read the papers tod Mr
you'll find that I carried off seooffd'
money at Saratoga yesterday and sn
aid to be 'in fine form and faatea? than
ever.' See here." I
And he showed tbe sportiug poke of
the paper in his pocket. V.
"Am I to blame." he said, "if, whilb
I am faithfully attending to my duties,
at home, some confounded race horse,
1 disgracing my name about the conn
try?" Tbe preaident thought not, and Ton
hurried back borne and stuck to busi
ness quite awhile. Chicago Times
Herald. ,
.
Finally DlaMt4.
It is said that an American went into
a London bookseller's and salted for
Hare's "Walks In Lnndou." In tbe
United States it is printed in one vol
ume, in England in two. -
"Oh," said tbe Yankee as be looted
at them, "you part your Hart in the
middle, do you?"
"I, sir?" said tbe clerk, with a bewil
dered look. "Oh, no, sir!"
"I saw be didn't see the joke," said
the Yankee, "so I didn't explain, but
bought the books aud weut away. A
week Inter I entered the same shop. As
ooa as the clork saw mo be approached
me, exclaiming: 'Good, capitul! Part
your hair in the middle? That's capitul,
ir cupitall" Anecdotes.
Tbe elephant is tho chief benst cf bnr- '
dou iu Sim und Afghuuistun. Aa "ele
phant load'' is eatiuiuted ut two ious.
Tho oldest buililinc in Cbi'iago la abe
Ureeu Trs tavern, iu Milwouk. ....
uue, uud it is ouly CS yurs old. -