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A Patent Medicine Talk
Readers of such leading maga
zines, as the "Ladies' Home Jour
nal" and "Collier's Weekly" must
have noticed recently many articles
relative to patent medicines.
The editors of these magazines
are seeking to bring about by legis
lation and agitation, what they
choose to call a reform in the patent
medicine business. They make the
statement that it is not only unsafe,
tut unwise, and in many cases de
structive of health, for people to
purchase and consume patent medi
cines the ingredients of which they
have no knowledge.
It it not our purpose to enter into
a discussion of the merits or de
merits of this agitation or crusade.
Thousands of people have used
patent medicines and have been,
benefited by them. At the same time
there are undoubtedly evils existing
in the ABUSE of some so-called
patent medicines. Because you
have a thief in your neighborhood,
vnu would not sav the whole neiffh- '
V J o
borhood is composed of thieves. We '- j
inow that we have plenty 01 cus- i
tomers at our counters who tell our J
This meant not only the highest
quality in manufacture, but the very
greatest economy the cutting out
of every wasteful item and every un
necessary expense.
The remedies when manufactured
were shipped directly from the
laboratory to the retail druggists.
This insured their freshness and
made it impossible for their quality
to deteriorate. Not only that, but
.it also did away with the jobbers'
"profit. Here again the co-operative
system added not only quality but
"brought about economy.
Most of our patrons are familiar
with these facts. Most of them are
already acquainted with the for
mulas of Rexall Remedies which are
manufactured by the United Drug
Co., with laboratory and principal
offices in Boston, Mass. These are
the remedies and this is the co-operative
company that we believe has
done more to bring about a change
in patent medicine conditions than,
any other element in existence.
Each of the K'exall druggists
v know absolutely what each Rexall
remedy contains. He has the for-
clerks what benefit they derive from 1 j mula of each remedy on file in his
this or that preparation.
Yet even with this knowledge
it is hard for us to say what one
among the patent medicines is the
"neighborhood black-leg." The un
fortunate part of our position is
that we do not know the formulas
of the patent medicines we sell.
We do not believe that the pro
prietors of patent medicines are dis
honest or that they are intentionally
misrepresenting their products. If
we did we would certainly refuse to
sell their goods over our counter.
Our exact position in this patent
medicine agitation is this: We are
the servants of the public. We sell
and will continue to sell patent
medicines just the same as the gro
cer sells you canned com or pota
toes. We want our patrons to find
in our stock just what they demand,
only we can positively say that at
any time we find a medicine is in
jurious we will throw it out of our
store.
Several years ago, a thousand of
the leading druggists throughout
the United States organized them
selves together in a co-operative
company to produce remedies which
they could back up with their own
names and theif own reputations.
The first object of this co-operative
company was to produce a line
of remedies that every druggist
would know thoroughly. There
were to be no secret formulas; the
ingredients of every remedy would,
be known to every druggist.
Each of these thousand druggists
contributed to the organization all
that his knowledge and experience '
had brought to him in the way of
advice as to different remedies.
The formulas of something like
s.ooo or more remedies were sent to
the company. A committee of ex
perts was appointed and this com
mittee went over the various for- .
mulas conscientiously and earnestly
for a long period of time and selected
from the entire list about 200 stand
ard remedies, the manufacture of
which the company then undertook.
The company in the meantime
had erected a perfect laboratory'
large, well-appointed, with every ap- V
pliance known to modern skill The
combined capital of a thousand
druggists made it possible for the
company to purchase in the largest
quantities, the fundamental drugs .
and herbs, etc., that form the in
gredients of the. various remedies.
i safA Ha will orlalw crr if trt anxr- I
. - . ..... t, -j t- - j
one who is interested. There id j
nothing secret about any of the Rex- j
all formulas. On the contrary, we
are thoroughly proud of them. We
want you to know about them.
No one Rexall remedy is a "cure
all." It is not necessary for us to
invent diseases and symptoms and
then endeavor to convince you that
one Rexall remedy will cure you of
every ailment in the world. To our
minds that has been one of the
fundamental errors of patent medi
cine manufacturers, and that has
been corrected by the Rexall people.
One remedy for each ill, and that
.remedy the unquestioned best in the
world, is the principle upon which
Rexall success is founded.
We are proud of our connection;
with Rexall. We are proud to be
able to offer to the people of this
community, a line of remedies that
we can back up with every bit of
reputation we have earned by
square . dealing and honest, con
scientious treatment of our trade.
Our confidence in Rexall is shown
by the fact that we absolutely guar
antee every Rexall remedy we sell.
This is not an empty phrase with us,
we mean just what we say. If you
buy a Rexall remedy and are not
entirely satisfied with it, all you
need to do is to bring the empty
bottle or package back to us and
pay "I was not satisfied, please give
me my money" and we will return
the money to you instantly and
cheerfully.
We feel that you are conferring
an obligation upon us when you do
this. We went to know every case
that the Rexall remedies fail to cure.
We want you to get your money
back if the remedy has not done the
work you expected it to do.
Can any principle of business be
fairer than this? Is it not thor
oughly in accord with President
Roosevelt's doctrine of the square
deal for every man?
From time to time in newspaper
announcements, we shall say van-
ous things about various Rexall
remedies. We want the people to
understand thoroughly what the
word Rexall means to every family
in this entire community. If the
real facts about Rexall were appre
ciated to-day, no other patent medi
cines would need to be offered to
the people.
Stoke & Feicht Drug Co., Druggists
The faxatl Store
jyjINNIE N. KECK,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Reynolduville, Pa.
pRIESTER BROS.,
UNDERTAKERS.
Black and white funeralcart. Ulan Btroet.
Beynoldsville, Pa.
H. HUGHES,
UNDERTAKING AND PICTCKK FRAMING.
The D. 8. Burial League has been tested
ftnd found all rinht. (jlioapetit form of In
surance. Secure a contract. Near Public
Fountain, KeynoldHville Pa.
-TTTINDSOR HOTEL,
" Philadelphia, Pa.
Between 12th and 13th 8U on Filbert St.
Three minutes walk from the Keadinr Ter
minal. Five mlnuteti walk from the Penn'a
It. K. Depot. European plan 11.00 per day and
tpwuru. American ptan f.ui per any,
1 rttUK iu. Duumuwy, luuimgura
Not What Be Meant.
Judge You i accused of having
beaten this person cruelly. The Ac
cusedWell, I hnd to beat Win to make
him do his work. lie is nn idiot. Judge
(severely) You should remember that
nn idiot is a man like you or me. ,
One Phase of Life.
"So they live in the same hotel, eh?"
"Yes; be has a room on the second
tory."
"And she?"
"Oh, that's another story." Chicago
News.
The saddest part of all our accumu
lating catastrophes lies In the waiting
welcomes that are never claimed.
The Mesa Man!
The late Max O'Kell gave this advice
to bachelors: "Marry a woman smaller
than yourself." Many a man couldn't
And one. Milwaukee Journal.
It Makes Restful Sleep.
RletpleartneFift almost Invariably accompa
nle conntipiiUon and it manifold attendant
evilH nervous disorder. indigent ion, head
in; he, Johb of appetite, eto. To attempt to In
duet sleep by opiatee Uaaerious mlHtake, for
the bnil n in only benumbed and the body Buf
fers. Celery King removes the cauHe of wake
fulness by Its soothing effect oa the nerves
and on the stomach and bowels.
Celery Klmr cures Constipation amd Nerve
(Stomach, LWer and Kidney disease. ,
For Bale by Stoke & Feicht Drug Co.
TRAINING CROUPIERS
A. FAMOUS REMEDY
THE WAY THE EXPERTS AT MONTE
CARLO ARE MADE.
Picked Men fudcrto a It licltl Conr.e
of tnnlrnvtioa I ntll The? Are Mold
ed Into the Rltvht Form tn rrentde
Over the (amine: "p'eblr.
The stereotyped ivoruK ring out iu
but sllKbtly varying tones from the
throats of those Inmuu.ultite black
Coated functionaries. Indeed thu most
sensutional coup of the season would,
we believe, be powerless to move any
of these suave officials Into betraying
even a momentary gleam of Interest in
the mere mortals he thus adjures to
plank down "their ready."
The casual frequenter of Uie salle do
Jeu pays but little heed to those things
Indeed takes them as a matter of
course nevertheless the croupier Is
"made," not "born," though he may
have inborn qualillontions. He Is a
creature of selection, and, given a can
didate of seeming promise, there fol
low months of training and lr!nl-aye,
little temptations which shall test bis
honesty before the three chiefs who
vtatch him and consider all his points
decide upon his actual election, and be
is carefully molded Into the "right
form," that of the quiet, courteous yet
ever alert gentleman, whose well kept
laud spins the marble bull aiul throws
the coins so dextrously across the
green cloth.
It may be Interesting to those who
do uot already know to bear that no
more than thlrty-si.t men can go up at
a time for eltlon. Thirty-six the
number which exactly corresponds
with the numerals on the board and
of these, ngaln, only the very Attest
are chosen for final training and ap
pointments. The "maklns cf the croupier" takes
place during the dead season that Is,
from about August till the eud of De
cember, by which time It Is calculated
a smart man may be considered fit to
try bis puces In public. The training Is
Indeed no play, but consists of regular
attendance at the classes of tho "eeole
des croupiers" for six hours a day, the
exact time being from 8 to 11 In the
forenoon and from " to 5 In lie after
noon. Before admittance to the
"school," however, a medical examina
tion has to be umlrgono as well as ex
aminations In viva voce arithmetic and
tests put with regard to correct and
fluent French and refinement of ac
cent. Yet would nil these avail a man
nothing should his antecedents and
character not bear the strictest and
most, searching scrutiny. During this
time of probation coins of the value of
those they will have to handle at the
tables are not used, notes being repre
sented by squares of paper of much
the same size and texture and the
louls d'or being "understudied" by one
franc pieces, while the smallest slake
permissible, the clumsy five franc
piece, remains the same;.
As we have, however, already ob
served, tests of honesty are nt times
resorted to In order to make sure of
the man's qualities In this respect. Yet
In order uot to strain this point too
highly the management pays the pro
bationer a sum of 1.T0 francs a month
salary during his period of training.
The daily "lessons" consist naturally
enough principally in the acquirement
of a nice manipulation of the ball and
the rake, In quick "head reckoning"
and In dextrously pitching tho coins
across bo that they seem to fall Irl an
orderly golden row, each separate and
distinct.
A distinction Is made between candi
dates for the trente-et-quaranto i 5!es
and those devoted to the more easily
grasped game of roulette. The men
serving tho former are, as may have
struck any observant visitor, of a dis
tinctly better class, a higher mental
caliber. Their salaries, too, are propor
tionately higher, ranging from 400 to
1500 francs a month, while the "chef"
draws 723 and the inspectors and sub
directors from 750 to 1,000 a mouth,
with a bonus also at the end of the
season and the comforting prospect of
pension when old age or sickness
comes along to lay them on the shelf.
That these men are also well worth it
goes without saying.
A lesser grade of intelligence Is re
quired at the rouge-et-noir board, yet
here, too, the salaries are such as many
n civil service clerk might well envy
earned, too, in a lovely climate and
bearing In mind that, given fair health
and a steady devotion to duty, the ap
pointment may be considered good for
all the man's working life leading
also to the ultimate pension in recogni
tion of faithful services. The salary
of the roulette croupier starts at 250
francs a month and 'may rise to 400
francs, and he also is the recipient of
an annual bonus at the end of the
"grand season." It Bliould also be
observed that while "on duty" the
strain Is continuous. Each man is
"relieved" every two hours, when oc
curs that curious little ceremonial of
turning the - cushion on his chair, a
"matter of form" to show he has hid
den no coin beneath it
The ages at which men may enlist In
Fortuna's ranks He between twenty
five and thirty, the adventurer, in the
general and derogatory acceptation of
that term, having no chance whatever,
there being no place for such under
the red and black flag of M. Blanc. A
few of the older men one still meets
and there are now less of them every
year have "won their spurs" on other
fields before the fickle goddess was
driven into exile on the fair shores of
the .Mediterranean. Such who have
grown gray in her service remember
Homburg and Baden-Baden, have live
ly memories even of those halcyon
days when the chink of the gold was
born out through the open windows of
the now decorous Kurhaus in Wies
baden. London Pall Mall Gazette.
1 cured MYC0113I1 with German Syrup I"
He wrote to Dr. G. G. Green ;
"An a true a 1 tell vou, doctor dear.
I'm feelin' finer than ever I've been 1"
TThe poor consumptive should not be
the victim of experiment, as he often is,
but the moment the dread disease mani
fests its presence he should be given Bo
schee's German Syrup a pure, non-alcoholic
medicine that is made specially for
the cure of consumption, and has a world
wide fame as a certain remedy for catarrh,
lolds, coughs, croup, sore throat and
all bronchial affections in old and young.
(Jit is sold in all civilized countries, and
has been famous as a consumption cure
for almost half a century.
qTrial bottle, 25c. Big bottle, 75c. At
all druggists throughout the world.
For sale by Stoke & Pi lohi, Drug Co.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILKOAD.
SCHEDULE I N EFFECT JAN. 1. 1900.
TRAINS LKAVK KEYNOLDSVILLE :
F.ir Vi-w lie lileheiii, Ifi-d Hunk, mid p-lu-clynl
Imertni'rlliitu iitihiiis. Oil t'nv and
IMtiHlmrg, IISiU, m:0h 11. in. 1:211, 8:07, 7:f (New
B ililehem only) p. 111. week-days. Sundays
: in a, ni., 4:10 p. tn.
For UiiHols. lti lftwood, and principal Inter
medins HiuiioiiM, Hiiii-Ulniiv. I'lillHiUilplilit,
Huh inlin e mid WuslihiKliin, a-. m 11. in., Yl'Jfl
;:2"p 111. .ck-diivs. Siinduvs 12: lip. ni.
I'm- D11ltols1.nl lutiii. in. wuek-dnys, !:S0
p. ni. dutlv.
V. V. ATTEiimniY, ,1. H. Wood,
lien. Milium!!'. Pusspin.'ci' Trnlllc Mjtr.
(Iko. W. Miiyii,
lienerul I'aiseut.'er Apent.
Wedding Invitations and Visit
ing Card3 neatly and prompt
ly printed at The Star oflice,
laxficccrrx nxn
PURE FOODS
' U n j htHti-n have passed laws, pndilh
iting tie sal" of sea foods that, have
hr. 11 treated bv preservatives, nn'em
IiiIh I. il.
The above trade mark Is a Kuarantee that the oysters or other
sea foods bearing it itru absolutely pure and freo from pre
servatives of any kind. Sealshipt Oysters are free Trom
water, from ice, from germs, from dirts. They are sealed In
uir-tlght cases at the beds and opened at the dealer's. Tbe
ice Is packed around the case.'
FRESH SHIPMENTS DAILY AT
Frank's Restaurant.
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33:
Special
15
Days'
Sale,
ALL GOODS REDUCED from
15 to 35 per cent.
Special on Winter Overcoats
and Suits for Men and Boys.
DRESS GOODS which sold for
$1.00 now goes at 75c.
Dress Goods, was 75e, now 50c
Meltons, were $1.00, now 75c.
LADIES' COATS which were
sold for $10, $12 and $15, you
get lor $5, $6 and 7.00.
FURS--J have a few yet, not
many.' One-third and one-half
off. $4.50 Furs now $2.50.
LEGGINS 50c kind now 39c.
FASCINATORS-In black and
white, were 50c, will go at 39c.
10c Ladies' Hose lor 9c or 3 for
25c. 25c Ladies' Hose for 21c.
Boys' Fleeced Undershirt and
Drawers 25c, none better at40c.
Fleisher Yarn 98c a pound.
Come and see for yourself.
N.HANAU
$30,000.00
STEEL PLANT GOLD BONDS
First Mortgage. Six Per Cent Bonds. Payable in Gold.
Dated Dec. 1, 1905. Interest payable June I, Dec. 1
FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Reynoldsville, Pa.
PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK, Reynoldsville, Pa.
-AND
C. F. DICKINSON, Wcstinghouse Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
We own and offer (in amounts to suit purchasers) the best industrial security ever offered to
the investors of this community.
The controlling interest in Reynoldsville's new "STEEL PLANT" has recently been
purchased by Pittsburg people who are old in the successful management of large iron and
steel properties.
Necessary additions are being made to the equipment, and new and heavy machinery is
being added. Upon completion of these improvements a full line of Alligator Shears, Cold
Saws, Rolling-Mill and Contractors' Machinery will be extensively manufactured at the
Company's works, and sold from their Pittsburg offices.
The assets of the Company, as re-equipped will stand at $120,000.00 in round figures,
against which the $30,000.00 of First Mortgage bonds are the first and prior lien.
he Company has issued $30,000.00 six per cent First Mortgage Gold Bonds in de
nomination of $100.00, $200.00, $500.00 and $1,000.00 each and we, the undersigned, have
purchased a very large proportion of the entire issue.
The semi-annual interest, at the rate of six per centum, is payable on June 1st and De
cember 1st of each year, at The Peoples National Bank, Reynoldsville, Pa.
These bonds are a first and prior lien on all of the real estate, buildings, machinery,
equipments, franchises, property and revenues of the American Production Company, and a
special condition in the mortgage provides that bonds to the amount of $2,500.00 shall be
retired every year, after the first two years. ' '
LEGALITY
These bonds have been issued under the supervision and advice of the following attor
neys, viz : Messrs. Charles Corbett, of Brookville, Pa., Weil & Thorp, of Pittsburg, Pa.,
and G. M. McDonald, of Reynoldsville, Pa.; any of whom can vouch for the binding val
idity of these securities.
The undersigned being personally acquainted with the "STEEL PLANT" property,
consider these bonds as the best of the kind ever offered in this community, and recom
mend them as a safe investment.
Prompt subscriptions for bonds in amounts from $100.00 up will be received by the un
dersigned at the price of par and accrued interest. Allotments will be made as subscrip
tions are received, the right being reserved to cease the allotment at any time.
' : A DDR ESS:
The Peoples National Bank, The First National Bank,
By W. B. ALEXANDER, President. By JOHN H. KAUCHER. President,
Reynoldsville, Pa. Reynoldsville, Pa.
OR
C. F. Dickinson, 1218-19-20 Westinghouse Building, . Pittsburg, Pa.
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