Jftofc VOLUME 11. REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, JAN UAKY 28,1903. , NUMBEB 38. Before Stock Taking Prices In all v o U O e o is- i i) a 6 ft a e 6 s a a 6 a ? a a a 6 a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a & a a 5 a a a a a a a a a a . a 6 a a a a a a a a a a a a a Prices of some goo d s cut in HA L F We can save you 1 5 to 35 per cent on all Winter Wearables. j j BING STOKF coiyipy Where there is everything that people wear and most things that people want. j Main & 5th Sts, a W w w a PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. Keeplaar Out the Qmiu la Better Than Doctoring Far Them. In looking over the history of the iipnrrli fur n moans of cure one I struck liy tin uront value of the ounee of prevention. Keeping the germs out In In every way prefernhle to dealing with the inntter after they have once entered the ImnI.v. This fact scientific medicine Is Iiupi-ckhIiik more mid mor deeply on the minds of public authori ties nnd the people, nnd their response In the form of provisions for Improved puhllo nnd private sanltntlon la one ol the striking features of the social prog ress of tha present time. All the more enlightened tuitions, states and cities ot the world possess organised deport meats of health, which, with varying 'Jcgrccs of thoroughness, deal with tli problems presented by the lnfectloui diseases In the light of thu latest dis coveries. Fifty years ago the term preventlvf medicine was unknown. Today It rep resents a great body of well attested nnd accepted principles. It has cleaned our streets, It has helped build out model tenements. It has purified out food and our drinking water, It has en tered our homes and kept away disease. It has prolonged our lives nnd It hai made the world a sweeter place In which to live. Medical News. A nt rattan Tea. In the lntc&r of Australia nil the men drink ten. They drink It nil day long and In quantities and at a strength that would seem to be poisonous. On Sunday morning the tea maker stnrti with a clean pot nnd a clean record. The pot Is hung over the Ore with a Butllcleney of water In It for the dny'i brew, nnd when this hna boiled he pours Into It enough of the fragrant herb to produce n deep, coffee colored liquid. On Monday, without removing yes terdny's ten leaves, ho repeats the proc ess; on Tuesday da enpo nnd on Wed nesday da ciih, nnd so on through the week. Toward the close of it the great pot Is filled with an acrid mash of tea leaves, out of which the liquor ti squecscd by the pressure of a tin cup. lly this time the tea Is of the color of rusty Iron, Incredibly' bitter and disa greeable to the uneducated palate. The native calls It "real good old post nnd rails," the simile being obviously drawn from n stiff and dnngerous Jump, and regurds It as baring been brought tc perfection. Story of a Top Hat. A lady who lives in a fashionable suburb Is of n saving turn of mind and tuuuugcs to combine her love of econ omy with n due regard for her hus band's appearance by turning his oh) top hats Into waste paper baskets. The other day hIio saw on the ball table a prehistoric hut. venerable with age, She seized It In triumph and bad Jus removed the brim, covered the body with light blue silk and wus finishing It oh with a tasteful arrangement -of lace and bows when she was Interrupt ed by the servant: "I'lcase, mum, the piano tuner Huys ho can't find Ills top but nowlieres. He left It In the hull, be says." Ten minutes later that tunei left the house with a cap on his bend and a sovereign In his pocket Wastr paper baskets are now scarce In tba bouse. Loudon Answers. Queer English Custom. , Persons usplrltig to become bailiff at Alnwick, England, have to go tbrougt a curious and somewhat unpleasant or deui. Itefore the election the varloui candidates ride up in a body to a borst pond and, there dismounting from theli steeds, pluugo Into the water and strug gle as best they may to the other side The music of a bruss bund cheers then during their struggles In the dirty wa ter. This undent custom dutos fron the reign of King John, wbo once paid a visit to the town in 1210 and found no Utiug welcome prepared tor him. The blame of this state of un prepared ness was fastened on the luckless bai liffs, who were promptly thrown lute the borse pond by royal command. Japan Natural Varnish. The Ithus corlarln, or varnish tree, grows In many parts of what may be termed the Mediterranean district, and Its Juice Is known for Its deleterious or Injurious properties and bos conse quently been let alouo. The Japanese, however, acciu to understand It, and It Is certain they make a beautiful lac quer or varuluh from the Juice of tielr trees, but they keep the processes se cret . Cramp la the Lea. To tlK-te wbo suffer from cramp Id the leg at night the following hlut may be useful: When the cramp cornea on, take a good strong string a long gar ter will do wind It round the leg ovet the pluce that Is affected and take an end iu each baud and give It u sharp pull, oue, Unit will hurt a little. In stantly the cramp will depart, und the sufferer can return to bed assured It will not come ou agulu that night His Own Critic. Sou But accidents will happen, fa ther, In the beit regulated families, Father (angrily) Thut may be, sir, but I would have you to understand that mine Is not one of tba best regu lated faniUlaa. WILD ANIMAtf FIGHTS. Eaorraoae rh-releal Pore Rspeaded la Taeee Fleree Combats. In the pitched battles which some times take place between the great rarnlvora and the largest and most powerful of the ox tribe the forces of animal courage, desperation and bodily strength miiNt be exhibited on a scale never elsewhere Been, says a writer In Leslie's Weekly. Buch combats do oc cur, but have seldom been witnessed and still less frequently described. Two or three lions sometimes combine In such an attack, but from the marks seen on buffalo It Is probablo that sometimes there Is a single combat, for It can hardly be supposed that the buf falo could escape front more than one lion. The number of foot pounds of energy put Into such a struggle must be some thing extraordinary. The efforts of a lion, which can strike a man's arm from the shoulder and leave It bang ing by a strip of skin or which can carry a cow over n high stockade, en deavorlng unsuccessfully In close grips to drag down or disable a buffalo bull, must bo on a gigantic scale, and the strength which can shake blm off and, It Is believed, occasionally crush the lion nfterwnrd must be even more mazing. A buffalo bull baa been cred ited with engaging three lions In mor tal combat and making a good fight before he was disabled by one of the lions hamstringing him by biting bis legs from behind. Rrrora of Diet. An Insurance man of my acquaint ance ate hearty brenkfnBts, with meat and coffee, a hurried lunch at noon, but also with meat, nnd a heavy dinner at night. He took no exercise, always rode between houso and ofllce, became fat and bloated, and bis blood became so overloaded that be readily succumb ed to disease at forty-flve. The won der was that he lived bo long. He Was a type of the average well to do citizen. Like blm, most of us eat too much, says a writer In Good Housekeeping. Diet should depend upon temperament and vocation. At bard work out of doors one requires more nutriment than at sedentary labor Indoors. A gradual reduction lit diet, even an occasional fast, will cure many ordinary Ilia. Add deep breathing, fresh eir, body build ing exercises, plenty of sunshine, wa ter luside and out, and It Is astonish ing how much better one feels. Prices For Sermons. Much baa been said of tho practice of buying and selling sermons, a prac tice, by the way, of no very special novelty. Just before - Toplady was about to be ordained Osborne, the book seller, the fritmd of Johnson, offered to supply him with a stock of original sound sermons for a trifle. "I would Bouner buy secondhand clothes," was tho tart reply. "Don't be offended," said Osborne. "I have sold many to a bishop." The price of sermons, as of all else, has vai led with the times. In 1540 a bishop of Llnudiiff received from tho churchwardens of Mt. Margaret's, Westminster, lor u seruioit on the an nunciation a pike, price 2s. 4d.; a gal lon of wine, elghtpeuee, and boat hire In all 3h. 4d. In the seventeenth cen tury sermons seem to have been valued at about 5 slillllra each. Maklaai It Clear. Religious examination paper are an ancient and unfailing source of Joy. The lutest oue to be put In evidence comes from an English church training college. Candidates for admission are required to give' lit writing some ac count of the religious Instruction they have received, and u recent answer to the first two formul questions ran as follows: Question: What Instruction have you bad In religious knowledge? Answer: None. Question: By whom was It given? - Answer: By the vicar. The thing wight have beeu expressed more logically, but not much mora clearly. A Oaeil't Mot. Grevllle doe not tell the following story in bis famous "Memoirs," but it is a fitting return for bis own rather malicious wit: On one occasion, when Lord AJvanlcy was bis guest, the din ing room had been newly and showily furnished, whereas the dinner was but a very meager oue. While many of the guests wcro complimenting their host on bis taste and magtilllcence Lord Al vanley Interrupted them with, "For my part I should prefer more carving and less gilding." Chaaarlaar tho Diet. Cannibal Chief Wasn't that last mis sionary you sent us a writer of books? Agent-1-Yes. Cannibal Chief And the one before was formerly an editor? Agent Thut Is correct. , Cannibal Chief Well, I wish you'd send us a football player next 'The medicine man says we're having too much brain food. Judge. A Genuine One. A man dropped his wig In the street, and a boy who was following close be hind the loser picked It up and banded It to blm. "Thanks, my boy," said the owner of the wig. . "You are the first genuine hair restorer I have ever seen." NO 6PORT IN IT. How northern Indiana Seenr Teal aoa For Their Lardere. A New Yorker who llvrs a small frac tion of the time in the city, being usual ly long dlH'anees nwny In pursuit of game, tells o. the method pursued by the Indians of llrltlsh ('vlumhln In tak ing deer. They have evolved a system, this huntsman says, that shows prac tical skill nnd sympathy and knowledge of natural conditions, lie Bays: "The Indians, to begin with, do not hunt deer for the plensure of hunting. They go for deer as a housekeeper goes to market for beef, and, what's more In llrltlsh Columbia, at any rate they don't go often. Salmon la plentiful In the rivers nnd Is easily enught, so why rhasc animals when they can secure fish? It Is something ns It la In New foundland, where I went a couple of seasons ngo. There tho prevailing fish, as, you might say, Is cod, nnd, though there is no end to the variety of edible fish that can be taken, the natives nev er think of eating anything else. Cod Is plentiful, nnd they form the habit, I suppose. Tills is so ingrained thut they call codfish 'Huh' simply. The genus Is divided Into cod nnd the rest of fish. "Well, when tho llrltlsh Columbia In dian makes up his mind for venison, be goes at It systcinnt.. ally und without sentiment. A group of half n dozen or ten men split nnd take either end of a valley. Then they proceed along the mountain slope from the two ends to the center. They choose tho sheltered sldo of the valley on which the deer seek to escape the wind. Each party covers the mountain side, some near tho foot and some at the top and others be tween the lines, keeping abreast by an imitated owl hoot. The deer, on 'wind ing' pursuit, have the trick of leaping away down the slope, unlike the goats, Which go up, and thus between the two approaching pnrtlea they are swept to gether nt tho middle of the valley. A good sized herd will thus be killed off and tho Indians supplied for many weeks by two or three days' exertion." New York Tribune. ' HE WOULDN'T BE SNUBBED Colonel Ochiltree Dldrd Ilia Time and Carried OB the Honors. General Grant wna a great admirer of Colonel Thomas Ochiltree nnd mnde many of the men of Galveston a bit Jealous. As n result they once planned an Incident whereby they would hu mlliato Ochiltree. Grant was to stop nt Galveston after his trip to South America, and the committee did not put Ochiltree's name on the list of dis tinguished men to meet him, Ochiltree bided his time, us he was never known to complain, and did not go to the ship to, welcome General Grant. He took a vuntnge point In the crowd that tilled the streets In front of the Tremout House. He was behind two rows of celebrities who were doing guard duty along the edges of a crim son carpet which ran from the hotel steps to the curb. Tho reception com mittee, or part of It, was standing in the hotel door, waiting to give the gen eral the gladsome baud. Ochiltree watched until tho general and Mrs. Grant bad stepped from the carriage, and then be bulged through the line. He rushed down the crimson carpet, shook heartily the band of bis old friend and, offering bis arm to Mrs. Grant, marched proudly through the rank and Die of the leading citizens Into the hotel. The mob ouUldo de manded a speech from the general, and, constituting himself a committee of one, Colonel Ochiltree appeared with blm In tlie hotel balcony and Intro duced Grant as one of his best truest and bravest friends. This was the lust time the men In Galveston tried to snub blm ft a social function. It Hade History. Such a slight circumstance as a glass of wine changed the history of France for nearly twenty years. Louis Phi lippe, king of the French, bud a son, the Duke of Orleans, and belr to the throne, who always drank only a cer tain number of glasses of wine, be cause even one more made him tipsy. On a memorable morning be forgot to count the number of bis glasses and tool one more than usual. When en tering bis carriage, bo stumbled, fright ening the horses and causing them to run. In attempting to leap from the carriage bis bead struck the pavement, and be soon died. That glass of wine overthrew tho Orleans rule, confiscated their property of 20,000.000 and sent the whole family Into exile. Adam and tho Tailor. "This," said the guide, "Is the grave of Adam." Historic spot! Wltb reverential awe nay, with a feeling of deep thankful nessthe wealthy merchant tailor on bis first trip to the orient drew near and caBt a flower on the tomb. "Err ing ancestor," he murmured, "I should be the last man on earth to revile your memory, lo your sin I owe my pros perity." Chicago Tribune. Medicine For Him. "Ills wife has treasured all the let ters he wrote ber when bo was court ing her; keeps them by ber all the time." "Gracious! She doesn't read them over, does she?" "No, but she threatens to read them to hjm whenever, be gets obstreperous." ONE TRAIT OF AN OUTLAW. Airfare Willing to Stand br a Com rade la Trouble. While Monrow was low minded, Ig norant and brutal, he had one big qual ity that In some measure redeemed blm In the eyes- of the men who fol lowed the rough life of tho range. He would not desert a comrade In time of trouble, says tho World's Work. Down In El I'aso In the enrly part of his ca reer before he had become bold enough to allow evidence of his misdeeds to become apparent he was ostensibly running a ranch nnd struggling along with the relit of the pioneer cattlemen. A man In bis employ was caught driv ing off n bunch of cattle from n neigh bor's herd. Ity some mischance the fellow fell Into the hands of n newly elected slier I IT nnd was not hanged. He wns duly arraigned and held under bond of $3,000. Monrow was present lit the time and offered to go on bla bond. The Justice would not accept Monrow. "Nothing but cash goes In this here court," bo Bald. Monrow rode away. Five dayn Inter be appeared, deposited the cask bond for his friend, furnished blm with a borse, and together they beaded to wurd the south. Within an hour a baud of cattlemen picked up the trail and followed it to IMo Grnndo. Mon row had stolen an entire herd, rushed It n cross to friends in Mexico nnd In thnt manner raised tho security the court demanded for his friend. Of course, the mnn never returned for trial, nnd Monrow began open opera tions shortly afterwurd. No Opposition. They were holding a county conven tion when I reached Dnvlsburg, and nfter dinner I went over to the lmll to boar the speaking, says a writer In an exchange. It didn't amount to much until Bum Walker rose up and said: "I hain't bin saylii much around yere, today, but the time baa cum fur me to shoot off my voice. The ole woman Is ag'ln me, and my son Bill 1b ag'ln me, but I want to go to the leglslachur from this deest'rict. The ole woman Is ag'ln me 'cause I can't write. What do I want to write fur? Thar'll bo miff wbo kin without me. My son Bill la ag'ln me 'cause I can't read. What do I want to read fur? . Can't I sot thar and h'ar others read? ."Yea. I want to go to the leglsla chur, and I hereby nominate myself. That nomination, feller citizens. Is car ried In my favor ns slick as coon grease, and I've got Jlst a word mo'. I shall be right yere on 'leckshun day, and the varmint who polls a vote ag'ln Sam Walker won't be resldln' In this yere cold world five mlnlts later." A Hat Traced?. Not long ago a lady was choosing a bat, with the usual uncertainty of mind as to the kind of bat she wanted or whether, Indeed, she wanted a bat at all. After trying on nearly every mod el In the shop she pounced wltb glee on one sho had overlooked. "Here's some thing pretty!" she snld. "Why did you not show me this before?" Without waiting for an answer she appealed to ber patient friend. "There's some style about this, Isn't there? How do I look?" The friend distinctly sniffed. "It mnkea you look a hundred, and It's very dowdy," she said. The other tried the bat at another an gle. "It is rather dowdy," she admit ted at this Juncture. "Perhaps I won't risk It after all." A voice from behind ber made Its third attempt to gain a bearing. "If you've quito done with my bat," It said very bitterly, "I should rather like to put It on!" , The Western Rti.rrt. In the early days of the Hayes ad ministration, when Mr. Evurts was secretary of state, tho members of the cabinet were discussing matters In an Informal way oue morning when "the president mentioned that be bad made a few appointments without consulting his official family, the appointees being personal friends. All the places filled happened to fall within the state de partment. Secretary Evarts turned to John Sherman and sold, wltb a twin kle In bis eye, "I have often beard and read about the western reserve of Ohio, but I must confess that I have never seen any of It." Sterilising- Butter. In times of cholera, typhoid and oth er Infectious diseases butter U a dan gerous thing to eat. A medical man In Egypt gives this recipe for making It harmless: Sterilize the local article by standing It In a covered Jar surrounded by boiling water, which should be al lowed to simmer for two hours. The Jar should then bo put on Ice and the butter beaten with an egg whisk until It become solid again. A Cold. There are some things In the world thut oue can't understand. One Is that you catch a cold without trying; thut If you let It run It stays with you, and If you stop It It goes away. . Proved T "Your son Is a philosophical student I hour." "Yes, I believe he la. I cau't under stand what he's talking about" De troit Free Press. SMILE AS YOU G6. " everybody Loves the Man With ahlnlna; Coaateaaaee. Brighter than the most brilliant of gems, electrifying with a radiance that does not dazzle so much as It Calls forth a reflection of brightness, la the shining countenance. The soul of each man la a sun of In finite energy and glorious light But how few allow themselves to Blilnel How few faces are lit up wltb their possible divine life! Tnke your thoughts away from the swamps of fenr and evil, center them on the Ideals of faith and love, on good Intentions for others, nnd your counte nance Is nt once Illuminated. Look In a mirror, and you shall see that my words are true. Absolve your self of all troubles, be enceful, be still, ceuso all your repining; then your coiinteiiunce will shine. That such an Instantaneous physical change can take place by a change of thought suggests what power there la In a renewed habit of thought a habit created by repeated conscious repose ful efforts of calm, concentrated) think ing In line with tho ideal. Not only Is the countenance changed by a bright thought, but the whole body. The atoms ure so many vortices of ether, nnd tho central force of each Is the mind. A shining countenance Is a smiling countenance. Look on life rightly, and you cannot but be plensed. Then you will smile, you will laugh with Joy, be cause of life's possibilities. You have perhaps desired to reach greater heights of power. You will reach them easier If you will but smllo as you go. There is every reaaon why the heart should be glad, and your love for oth ers will show this so. This Is the sun shine that expresses itself In your countenance. The mere fact of loving drives away fear and darkness. All false conceptions of duty, the conclu sions of a biased reasoning, vanish at the appearance of love. Every one loves the sunshiny days, nnd every one loves the man whose soul or Individual sun shines through his face. Such a roan will bo trusted wherever be la. He la an Interpreter of life; be will Intuitively grasp the meaning of things; he will be welcomed every where; he will recognize all and he will bo recognized by all; he will be re ceived as the Son of Man, a true exem plar of his race, a leader In the evolu tion of humanity; he will be an encour agement nnd nn Incentive to nil. A shining countenance is first of all an Immediate phenomenon expressive of the proof of right thinking, and the same source of this Illustration con tains the potency of completely chang ing character, body, surroundings, of Influencing the person, the community, the race, of Issuing forth from its In finite, solar center great stream of life, giving out more vigor, raising the whole realm of existence to the higher plane. Fred Burry. Too Geaerone. "What was the trouble between Ara bella and her young man that they gave up the Idea of marrying?" asked a former resident of Bushby. "Arabella was always techy," Bald the young lady's aunt, wltb imperson al calmness, "and thnt was the trouble that and her being so literal. It's a terrible resky combination o quali ties. "They kept having bitches all along, but come Christmas time Albert asked her right up and down what she want ed, for fear of making the wrong choice, and she said, 'You can give me enough candy to fill my slipper,' looking at him real coy. "Well, her feet aren't as small at some, but that wasn't bis Idea. 'Twai because he's generous and not literal. He sent ber a five pound box, poor, de luded critter, and she up and broke the engagement, and his little sister ate the candy and enjoyed It by what I bear." Youth's Companion. A Certain Man Lost Fifteen Dollars Ou the streets of Reynoldsville not long ago, and then advertised for it in the "Want Column" of The Star. The money was returned to him within a week. Fifteen cents brought back Fif teen dollars. V If you have lost anything, or have anything for sale, use the "Want Column" of The Star. It never fails to bring returns and costs but one cent a word. ' In a Critical Attltade. Some people seem to be bora In an unhappy frame of mind. They cannot admire excellency without making aomo comment on deficiencies. 'With them the "times are always out of Joint." They are simply In a critical attitude, nnd nothing except grumbling will satisfy their morbid condition, snya the Pittsburg I'resa. They remind one very strikingly of the old lady wbo, when she was asked how she felt, re plied that sho felt better, but that when she felt better she always felt worse, as she knew If she felt better she was going to have a worse spell again. The Cirit.'i Compliment. In a west end church on a recent Sun day the Junior curate was preaching-on reasons for coming to church. "Some people," bo remarked, "come to church for no better reason than to show off their beat clothes." Then be paused and glanced thoughtfully over bis audience. "I am thankful to see, dear friends," he added, "that nono of you has comn here for that reason." London Tele graph. Penalty of Laslneae. Head of Department What's this ly ing on my desk? The last dunning let ter received from my tailor, duly Ini tialed by all my clerks! Oh, dear, what have I done? Actually sent It round to be duly noted without taking the trou ble to look at It! Fllegende Blatter. His Maxim. "It's always well to be on the safe side," mused the burglar, with a glow of satisfaction, as be crawled Into the bank through the opening In the wall. New York Times. Any person attending a splrltnallstio seance in Bohemia la liable to a fins of , no. The Rrnte'e Retort. Mrs. PrlsslmaOb, but I got taken In when I married you, you wretch 1 Mr. I'rlsslnis Yes out of the cold. Newark News. Swallow HI HAS A VERY BAD SORE THROAT TIS RAW AND IN FLAM CD SOUS ALL OVKH TM WHOLC WAV DOWN That man should ose OZOLIME A sura and speedy core for Sore Throat, Hoarseness, Sore Month, Quinsy, Tonsil itis and all throat troubles. Prevents Diphtheria. The best family throat rem edy la the world. Otoline CURES IX sore throat when other remedies fall. 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