The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, January 14, 1903, Image 1

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VOLUME 11.
REYNOLDSV1LLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1903.
NUMBER 86.
Do You
See this Space ?
Mr. IU'riness Man, if YOUR advertisement were
in this space thousands of persons would be read
ing it just as intently as you are reading this and
you would get the benefit. It doesn't cost much
to advertise, and it pays. . Ask us about it.
r JNOtmng
Doing till
Special engagement of
America's Greatest .
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The
Gus Sun
V-American
Minstrels
Introducing the grand spec
tacular first part setting
The Dawn of Day
See Fred C. Russel, Sam
Horner, Diamond Brothers,
Frank Minch,
DeVarlo & Decarlo,
John Goss, Musical Bram,
Arthur Sampson, Massand
Brothers,
N Gus Sun and OTHERS.
Superb Band and Orchestra.
Street Parade at Noon. .
See It. j
Soats od sale Rt Stoke's at usual "prloei.
in what you want on crisp ranrning after a sudden change.
ThU is another 'doinand thut will show the exoellenoe of
GOLE'S ORIGINAL HOT BLAST STOVES
KEYSTONE HARDWARE GO..
. . Keynoldsville, I'enn'a.
Northamer
and Kellock's
Juot received a new line of
BOOKS
from tlie bent writer.
A full lino of
Picture Frame
S iiillc8, ho wu can make you an
up-to-date frame at a very low
prhio.
All Framed Pictures
to be Sold at Cost
i Now to make room for our ever
Increasing stock of Dew things.
Northamer & Kellock.
Read This.
While in Reynoldsvifle
call on W. H. Cumins,
the Peoples' 5th street
Blacksmith. He will
shoe your horses, repair
your wagons, buggys,
carts ana sleighs, and
make -you any kind of
stone tools you may need.
His price will be moder
ate. Don't forget the
place.
W. H. CUMINS,
Sth Street.
Reynoldsvllle, Pea.
K
m
The room la heated to 80 degrees
in five minutes, and tbia tempera
ture maintained for three hours in
the morning witb the fuel put into
the stove the night before, la the
record. ,
Beware of imitations which
unscrupulous dealers show
you and claim are just like
COLE'S HOT BLAST. There
is no other stove made like it
and none that will give you
the satisfaction, therefore in
sist upon getting the Genuine
COLE'S HOT BLAST, which
is sold only by
TMEf RED BONE8. "
PceallM Cfaua of Pvopl Who U
la loath Carolina.
"Har you ever heard of a claw bf
people called 'red bones f " in Id a
South Carolina man to a reporter the
other evenliiK. "They are the moat pe
culiar people In the United States. No
one living absolutely knowi the race
from which they sprang or from
whence the original aettleri came. They
live verx nearly on the boundary line
between Boiilli Carolina and Georgia,
In the northwestern part of the first
nnmed atnte. They nro very clannish,
nils very little with people not of their
race and In a manner are quite thrifty.
In slavery times they owned slaves,
vlBlted the several summer resorts of
the southern mountain and In a way
put on quite a little style. While I
have nothing but supposition to guide
me, I am of the opinion that they are
descendants of the Basques of southern
France. They do not lack courage, for
a company of them served In Hamp
ton's legion during the civil war and
bore themselves bravely at the first
Manassas. Their skin Is of a swarthy
red, resembling that of the Indian, but
at that point alt resemblance ceases,
except it be that they are very hot of
temper. . I have often wondered why
the ethnologists of this country have
not studied these people. Purely a
monograph on them would be highly In
teresting." Washington Star.
A Critical Mnmpnt.
A man may be as cool na an lclclo
under extraordinary circtuuRtnnces of
danger or excitement He may pre
serve an even mind when n ghost
comes Into his room nt midnight. He
may assume command and act nobly
and well when the ship Is sinking. Hut
let thut man, let any man, upset bis
Inkstand, and he springs to Ills feet,
makes a desperate grasp for the Ink
stand and knocks It half way across
the table, claws after his papers and
swoops them through the sable puddle
to save them, tears his white handker
chief from bis pocket and mops up the
ink with it and after he has smeared
the table, his bands and blB trousers
with Ink as far as it could be made to
go discovers that early In the engage
ment he knocked the Inkstand clear off
the table and it has been draining its
life ink away all that time In the cen
ter of the only light figure in the pat
tern of the carpet. Then be wonders
why a man always makes a fool of
himself when he tipseta a bottle of ink.
He doesn't know why. Nobody knows
why. But every time It Is so. If you
don't believe It, try it.
Silkworms That Die.
The silkworm story is a twice told
tale. Everybody knows bow the green,
wriggling creature, fed fat on mulber
ry leaves, spins himself a shin
ing shroud, out of which be will come
with wings that is, if he comes out at
all. For the most part he does not
The cocoons meant for reeling are kiln
dried until the dormant life goes out
entirely. The largest and fairest are
saved for seed. Out of them come
the moths that lay eggs for a new gen
eration. From 300 to 000 is the usual
number.
The eggs, called grain, are subject to
a fuugus that does not destroy their
vitality, but ma Ices, worms hatched
from tben unhealthy. Tbey toll not,
neither do they spin. Instead they die,
weak and languid, to the disgust of the
growers and the depletion of their
pockets.
Vufir la Raw Salads.
"It has generally been conceded,"
says the Sanitary Inspector, "that
there is quite an element of danger in
the consumption of raw salad plants
which have been grown upon soil that
is possibly infected with disease germs
which may be present as the result of
the application of stable manure to
the soil. All such salad plants should
be carefully washed with an abun
dance of water. A writer in Pollcliul
co, an Italian Journal, concludes as
the result of bis experiments thut such
salad plants may be effectuully ster
ilised, so far as disease germs are con
cerned, by Immersing them a half on
bour lu a a per cent solution of tartaric
acid."
Whcvela Snakes Excel.
Sir IUchard Owen suld: "It Is true
the serpent bus uo limbs, yet it can
outcllmb the monkey, o.itswim the
fish, outleap the Jerboa, aud, suddenly
loosing the dote coils of Its crouching
spiral, it can spring Into the air uud
seise the bird upon the wjng; thus all
these creatures full Its prey. The ser
pent has neither hands nor talons, yet
It can outwrestle the athlete and crush
the tiger In the embrace of its ponder
ous overlapping folds. Far from lick
ing up Its food us it glides along, the
serpent lifts u Its crushed prey uud
presents It. gripped In the death coil
as In a baud, to the gaping, allme drop
ping moulb."
A, SUort Itrmoi.
It is reported that a young man, be
ing examined preparatory ' to Joining
the church, wax asked, "Under whose
preaching were you converted?"
"Under nobody's preaching," was the
prompt reply "I wus converted under
my mother'H practicing."
Did any preacher ever utter so pow
erful a ser.nou us the young tuaa en
bodied Jit thong few words
THE LONG ' TAILED TROGON
Most OorBoons Bird Is the na
tional Rmbl.m of Oaatomala.
By far the most Interesting bird em
blem of a modern state Is that of the
republic of Guatemala. It has been
adopted as the national crest for so
long that partly through the taste for
stamp collecting, the existence of one
of the rarest and most beautiful of the
bird creation has been made far more
widely known than It otherwise would
have been. There Is a race of birds
called trogons, most of which have
very fine feathers and remarkable col
oring. They are found In India and
the Mnlays, but are most numerous In
Central and South America. It was
from their plumage that the Mexicans
made their famous mosaics of feather
work. From the tall feathers they
made the lustrous green helmets of
their kings and nobles. The most gor
geous of ull was the long tailed or re
splendent trogon, which was kept as a
sacred or royal bird In the palace of
Montezuma or In one of the two houses
which formed the royal menageries.
Adequate description of the bird Is al
most Impossible. It has a rounded
plume on the head, cascades of feath
ers falling from the back over the
shoulders, plumes falling over the tall
a yard long nnd a most elegant con
tour. The color of the whole of the
upper surface nnd plumes Is a most re
splendent golden green, that of the
breast and under parts crimson or scar
let. Such Is the national emblem of
Guatemala.
Gibraltar's Story.
In 1704 the rock of Gibraltar fell Into
the hnuds of the British by assault
The Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt com
manded the troops and Sir George
Itooke the fleet, and In the remarkably
short time of four days the stronghold
surrendered. Many times the Span
lards attempted to get back the. key
to the Mediterranean, but without suc
cess, though on one occasion they got
600 nie'i within the fort, but failed to
re-enforce them. In 172(1 It was In the
mind of ministers to give back the
rock to Bpaln, but so great an agita
tion arose ngulnst such a step that it
was ubandoued. There followed a
siege by Spnln and France, which last
ed from 1727 to 1783. On Bept. 13,
1782. no fewer than 40,000 men con
stituted the besieging army, and in the
grand attack delivered on that day 200
heavy guns, 47 ships of the Hue and 10
battering ships were employed, and
upward of 5,000 red hot shots were
fired at the fortlllcatlons. Since then
the possession of Gibraltar bas re
mained undisputed. '
Wonderful Little Padlock and Chala.
In a curious old book entitled "The
Wonders and Curiosities of London"
there are the following particulars con
cerning a minute padlock: In the twen
tieth year of the reign of Queen Eliza
beth Mark Scarllot, a blacksmith, mude
a lock consisting of eleven pieces of
steel, iron and brass, all of which, to-,
gether with the key, weighed but a
small fraction over one gruin. lie also
made a chain of gold, consisting of
forty-three, links, which, after fastening
it to the lock and key above men
tioned, he put around the neck of a
common flea, the wbolo being so mi
nute that the little Insect could draw
them over a silver plate with perfect
ease. All of these together, lock, key,
chain r.ud flea, weighed a slight frac
tion less tbun two and a half grains. .
New Ena-laad Peaaat Brittle.
Boll one and a half pounds of brown
sugar, a half pint of Now Orleans
molasses, a half tcaspoouful of cream
of tartar and a half pint of water to
the "bard bull" degree. Then add a
pint of small peanuts and continue
the boiling until it cracks easily If put
in cold water. Add a quarter of a
pound of Iftittcr and let It Just boll lu.
Then remove from the fire. Add a
large tcaspoouful of bicarbonate of
soda dissolved in a little water, stirring
It in. As soon as it begins to rise pour
it out upon the marble or dish and
spread it thlu. When cold, break it
up. The thinner it is run the better.
Small Spanish peanuts are the best
and they must be removed from their
skins by placing them lu boiling water,
as Is done for blanching almonds.
Growth of Oar Lsnguci.
To give some idea of the tremendous
growth of the English lunguuge it may
be mentioned that the words and
phrases under the letter "A" have in
creased since the middle of the nine
teenth century from 7,000 to nearly
60,000. So enormous indeed bas been
the growth of the English language
that it would be practically Impossible
for the most learned man to be ac
quainted with every word. Intelligent
persons, even those engaged in the
learned professions, do not make use
of more thuu from 0,000 to 8,000 words
all told, ultuougu there are properly
belouglug to our lunguuge over 200,000.
A Life ateaee.
."Would you call stealing a kiss lar
ceny ?" queried the Inexperienced
young man, ,
"I suppose so," replied the married
man, who was bustling from dawn to
dusk to support bis family.
"Whut Is the peuultyr
j "Why. I stole a kiss one time and
was sentenced to bard labor for life."
-rPhiladelDhla ttecord.
AREMARKABLE SHOT.
fired la the Jark, It Injared Three
Mea Half a Mile Away.
"One of the best and most remarka
ble shots made during the war with
Spain," said a gentleman who made an
effort to get Into the thick of the
Oght, "was, In my Judgment, mudo at
Miami, and the man who II red the shot
was n Louisiana boy and a member of
my company. He was doing duty as a
provost guard at the lime. It was late
at night when the soldiers were roused
by the quick, clear crack of a Krug
Jorgousen on the outskirts of the camp.
No particular attention was paid to
the matter at first, as only one shot
was fired. But with a couple of oifl
cers we went out to where the runrd
was stationed In order to llnd out Just
why It was that he had fired at that
time of nlglit. He explnlnrd thnt he
had seen a man slipping through the
bushes some distance away and- had
called on him to halt. He failed to
obey the command, and the guard
Mailed away at him, more to frighten
him Into a stop than anything else.
Of course, the fellow never halted. He
was probably too badly frightened to
stop at that time.
"While we were talking to the guard
we heard n fearful noise nt least half a
mile from the guard's station, and we
luude a break fir tho place to Bee what
the matter was. We heard several
people screaming as If In great agony,
Down the rond we went nt full speed,
and In a short while we came upon a
little cabin which stood on the road
side. The noise was In this cabin, and
I never hoard such groaning and wall
ing In my life. We found three men In
the house. They were In great agony,
and we asked them what was the mat
ter. 'We have been shot,' they said,
and sure enough they had been shot.
"One was shot In the right arm, an
other in the back nnd the third In the
hip. They hii'l nil been wounded by
the sai::e bi llet. The man who was
wounded In the arm was lying on his
right side. The ball passed through
his arm. Next to him one of his com
panions was sprawling out on his back,
and the bullet split the bide on this
part of his anatomy as smoothly as a
knife. Then It passed through the
fleshy part of the third man's hip and
sped on.
"We could not find the ball. It bad
passed through the side of the house,
wounded the three men In the way in
dicated, bored through the wall on the
opposite side and kept on going. Now,
that cabin was fully half a mile from
the point where the guard was sta
tioned, nnd yet the shot he fired bad
wrought nil the havoc we found."
New Orleans Times-Democrat
ANATOMICAL.
Each ear bus four buues.
Tho body bus about COO muscles.
The lower limbs contain thirty bones
each. t
There are 23.000 pores In the hand
of a man.
Man Is the only unlmul that possesses
a real uose and chin.
The human skeleton, exclusive of
teeth, consists of 208 bones.
The eight muscles of the human Jaw
exert a force of about COO pounds.
The wrist contains eight bones, the
palm Ave, the Augers have fourteen.
The' smallest bone lu the human body
Is In the lenticular, which is seated In
the ear.
Tho work performed by tho human
heart each twenty-four hours Is equal
to the lifting of 120 tons to.n height of
one foot In the sumo length of time.
"' Discovery of I'ariile.
A dog belonging to Hercules Tyrlus
was ono day walking along tho sea
shore when he found and ato a murez,
a species of shellfish. Returning to
his master, the latter noticed thut the
dog's lips were tinged with color, and
In this manner Tyrlun purplo wus dis
covered. Tho color was used In the
robes of emperors and nobles, and the
expression "born to the purple" meant
thnt the person waa of high birth. It
Is strange to think that the favorite
color of royalty can be traced to the
curiosity or hunger of tho dog of Tyre.
, The Spirit Was M llllna.
"See here," cried the tailor us Slopay,
having donned his new suit, started out
of the store; "you're forgetting some
thing." "Indeed?" saldSlopny. "Whnt's that?"
"You must remember our understand
ing. I mudo this suit for you only be
cause you said you wauted to pay cash
for it"
"And 1 still want to, but I'm sorry to
say I can't." rhllndelphla Tress.
A Matter of Bulnese.
"I cannot understand, sir, why you
permit your duughter to sue me for
broach of promlso. You remember thut
you were bitterly opposed. to our en
gagement because I wasn't good enough
tor her and would disgrace the family."
"Young man, that was sentiment;
this Is busluess."
Ilia Claaaiaoatloa.
' Ingomnr Buskin There's a dispute
about my acting. Soite critics put It
hi the first rank, others in the second.
Now, bow wo ild you ileslgnato It?
Horatio Joies-I? Oh, I'd simply
designate It as rauk.-iNow York Times.
I
'" HER FIR6T $100.
What the Dvllahtfnl Creator Did
With It After Mnrh felvlce.
How she acquired It It does not really
matter possibly by teaching school,
painting fire screens or washing. Any
way when she found herself In posses
sion of the sum she set about to see
what she could do with It.
Certain ninlable friends told her It
would be very nice to buy some new
dresses, hats', gloves, shoes find such.
But she hud a full assortment and
didn't require anything of the sort. An
aunt told her to Invest It In a certain
telegraph stock that would bring in
good Interest.
"But I want my hundred dollars all
to myself, you know."
"I'oor. foolish deor, It will all be
yours, Just the same. Tou can use the
Interest Just the same. I know where
you can draw why, 0 per cent"
"Wh-nt? Thnt Is only $0 a year!
Six dollars Is awfully small by the
side of this. I'm going to count it
again. Maybe some of it Is gone."
Tho very thought of such a thing mode
the little creature chatter. For the'
tenth time that day she sat down and
counted the tutlsmunlc roll of bills
four twenties, one ten and two fives.
It was nil right, and her tulse re
sumed Its norma I beat. Suddmly she
gave a little shriek of delight and
Jumped up and cried:
"I know Just whut I shall do! I'll
get It busted. I think that's what they
call"- ,
"Child, what are you talking about?"
"Talking about finance, nuntie. I'm
going to make this stingy little roll Into
a big one. It doesn't show off at all."
"You are queer, dear."
"I'm going to get It all in Ave dollar
bills. I think the pictures on the fives
are ever so much prettier." Life seemed
more rosy after the delightful creature
possessed twenty nice, crisp fivers. She
counted and recounted them when an
other fancy came.
"I'm tired looking at these common
bills. They don't Jingle and ring. I'm
going to get live nice, clean, new twen
ty dollar guldpleces." No sooner was
It said than done. The table rang for
two days ns she tossed the bright yel
low pieces about like Jack stones. Even
then she wasn't quite happy. The lit
tle pile of twenty dollar yellow boys
looked so small. Then she scouted
about and got together 100 silver dol
lars. She polished every one dally and
played with them. Next she got 200
fifty cent pieces. But life was still an
aching void. She at last owned $100
In twenty-five cent coins. ' Surely she
must be satisfied now. But, no; she
broke Into one of the quarters, felt dis
couraged after that and was quite un
like her old self until she found one
little nickel left, the very last coin of
the hundred dollars that had caused
her so much trouble. Fblladelphia
Ledger.
Snakes.
There exists among many persons a
belief thnt snakes are creatures of
more or less defective organization.
Deprived of legs and reduced to effect
their movements by sinuous windings
of their elongated bodies and talis, they
have an appearance of helplessness
which may by Itself excite compassion.
Yet no mistake of the kind could well
bo greater. The principles of evolu
tion sutllce to make It evident that the
structure of serpents must be tolerably
good or else they could Dover have sur
vived nature's many destructive
agencies. But, In fact, tholr structure
Is a marvel of admirable contrivances
and accurate adjustments, so that we
must afllrm them to be as perfectly
adapted to their requirements and pe
culiar modes of life as any other ani
mals. Quarterly Review.
Icoaoeloam.
"Well," said tho man who had come
in from the remote wilds, "I suppose
you've took your seat in congress
ng'ln."
"No. You remember, I bad the mis
fortune to be defeated."
"You don't say I And after me trav
el In' forty mile to vote fer you! The
folks out our way will shore be sur
prised. So you ain't goln' to sit in con
gress no more?"
"I'm afraid not."
"Well, well! Things are certainly go
In' queer these days. I reckon they'll
be movln' the Washington monument
next." Washington Star.
A Thoashtless Sister.
Mrs. Getthere Such Impudence!
Here's Sister Matilda proposing to
come here with both her children and
make us a long visit
' Mr. O. But you spent half last sea
son at bcr home In the country, and
you bud four children and a curse.
Mrs. G. A different thing altogether.
Sho has no servants, but she knows
perfectly well that we have several
and that every one of them will get
mad and leuve if the family Is In
creased. New York Weekly.
Pedavosrr.
'"But," objected the, visitor, "quite a
number of your pupils have broken
down and become imbeciles."
"True," replied the eminent educa
tor, "but we confidently expect better
things in the future. The bacillus of
overstudy having now been Identified
and a serum for its destruction de
vised, we look for no further trouble of
the kind you mention." Life.
THOSE GLASSES"
of yours, do they fit ?
O. A. JENNER,
-AT THE
CITY HOTEL
will fit you right. Headache,
stomach trouble are reflex dis
eases of the eye.
EXAMINATION FREE.
Testimonials :
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Fish.
Visiting Cards Artistically Print
ed at The Star office.
-QO TO-
BON TON
BAKERY
JOHN II. BAUM, Prop.,
For good first-class baked
goods such as fine Marble
Cake, English Wine Fruit
Cake, French Fruit Dev
iled Cake, Angel Cake,
Lady Fingersjelly Drops,
Kisses, Maroons and
lots of other good cakes.
A fine selection of all kinds
of cookies; a good line of
Fresh Bread and Parker
House Rolls, Buns, Coffee
Cakes. A nice selection
of pies always on hand..
WethUngn and Turtle a
Specialty. (Jive it a Call.
Men everywhere have
learned that in the
walkover
they get perfection of
Beauty,
Elegance,
Style and
Comfort,
that they have unvary
ing quality, at an un
varying price and they
never disappoint ; all
sizes, made in all widths
all stocks at
$3.50, 4.00
a pair, A button Pat
ent Leather on a strict
ly new toe called the
PO-TA-TO
is the very swellest
thing out.
All kinds of warm
overshoes for cold
weather.
Robinson's
it
I,