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VOLUME 15.
REYNOLDSVILLE. PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1906.
IWMBJSK 6.
THE EVIL EYE.
Bhakaapeare'a llrd Allnnlona to It
In "Richard III."
There nre several passages In Shake
speare's play of "Klchiml III." which,
taken In connection with an ancient
superstition rife In the England of
Elizabeth-Indeed, still flourishing In
many parts of the continent and even
lingering here aud there In our own
land yet seem to Indicate a probabili
ty that the dramatist meant us to un
derstand that Richard, ns conceived by
him, possessed the power of "fascina
tion" through the evil eye. It Is true
that Shakespeare does not say this In
so many words, but the fact of the
prevalence of the belief lu the evil eye
In his day would render It unnecessary
for him to do more than hint at or
suggest It, and ti far stronger argu
ment In explanation of his not making
the statement direct would be found in
the common persuuslon that attaches
to so many folklore superstitious that
It Is dangerous to mention supernatu
ral or uncanny thlugs by name. We
are not obliged to ussuuie In conse
quence of this that Shakespeare him
self believed In the evil eye, and for
the present purpose It does not matter
whether he did or not, tut we do know,
as he knew, that most of those who
formed his audiences believed In It.
For his ends the notion would have a
striking dramatic value, aud It would
also help to explain the extraordinary
way In which Ulchnrd "fascinated"
first Ann nnd then Elizabeth Immedi
ately after having wrought them seri
ous Injury.
To turn to the passages In question,
In I, 11, 4."i (Globe text) Ann Nevll says
with reference to Gloucester, "Mortal
eyes canuot endure the devil." The
word "devil" here would have In this
case not a general, but a 'special ap
propriateness, since possessors of the
evil eye were supposed to have ac
quired that mischievous organ, with
Its powers of bewitchment, through a
compact with Satan. I, 11, 78, contains
the word "infection,," applied by Ann
to Gloucester, a term regularly used
of the evil eye. In I, II, 00, we find the
phrase "devilish slave" used to Glouces
ter by Anu. This, viewed In the light
of the other passages we are dealing
with, may allude to Gloucester's pact
with the devil, whereby he became his
agent or "hell's factor to buy souls"
VT.tir-T"f In nnrunlt nt which Intnl.
I . .. "i ' ' - -
JBfess the evil eye bestowed on him by
Satan would be Invaluable lu attract
ing and "fascinating" customers. Again,
In I. II, 144, Ann spits at Gloucester. It
Is needless to remark that from the
earliest times In all ages and among
all peoples one of the commonest anti
dotes to "fascination" (the technical
term for the action of the evil eye) or
other evils was despuere malum. In
I. II, 149, we have the accusation again
lurlcd t Gloucester by Ann: "Out of
my sight! Thou dost Infect mine eyes."
In I. HI, 225, we find another accuser In
.Queen Margaret, who, to Gloucester,
says, "That deadly eye of thine." In
IV. 1, GG, the Duchess of York, his
mother, chimes in as a third accuser
with the words (addressed to herself In
reproach for having brought Into the
world such a monster as Klchard), "A
cockatrice hast thou bateh'd to the
world, whose unavolded eye is murder
ous." The beliefs about the fatal
glauce of the cockatrice are too well
known to enter Into and nre In them
selves outside the scope of this note,
but It should not be forgotteu that this
beast also "Infected" the air around It.
Notes and fvierlos.
A Mountain HumorlHt.
Two gentlemen were traveling In
one of the hill counties of Kentucky
bound on an exploration for pitch pine.
They had been driving for two hours
-without encountering a unman being,
.-when they came In sight of a cabin in
a clearing. , It was very still. The hogs
lay where they had fallen, the thlu
clay bank mule grazed round and
round In a neat circle to save the
trouble of walking, and"7a lean, lank
man, whose garments .'were the color
of the clay bank mule, leaned against
tree and let time roll by.
"Wonder if he can speak?" said one
traveler to the other.
"Try him," said his companion.
The two approached the man, whose
yellowish eyes regarded them without
apparent curiosity.
"How do you do?" said the north
erner. "Howdy," remarked the southerner
languidly.
"Pleasant country."
"Fur them thet likes it"
"lived here all your life?" "
The southerner spot pensively In the
4ust
"Not yit," he said. Reader.
In Hard Luck.
One man had just told the story In
volving a suggestion to the conductor
of a slow train to take the cowcatcher
off the locomotive nnd attach it to the
rear of the train, on the theory that the
train couldn't possibly run over a cow
and that a cow might stray Into the
rear door of tho last coach and blto tho
passengers If not restrained by n cow
catcher. "I pnw n man run down by a locomo
tiva once," raid a melancholy stranger.
"It was on tlio road from Carbonda'ic
to BoIffeL At KidjJand one nian .d
r;'-.t ti -' . and wall', :
had proceeded about llfteen miles when1
the train overtook hint, lie was knock
ed down, and the train, in a leisurely
sort of fashion, proceeded to run over
him. The man spoke a few words and
expressed the wish that $.".000 accident
Insurance that ho carried be given to
his sweetheart. Hut the poor girl never
got the money. 1 '.of ore the engine got
up to the man's knees rheumatism set
In, and the poor fellow died n natural
death. It being an accident policy, the
girl couldn't collect the money." Kan
sas City .Star.
SHORT STORIES.
The Adirondack forests produce B80,
000 of the L'.filHUMl cords of pulp wood
used yearly in this country.
Buenos Ay res Is the largest city
south of the equator. Itlo de Janeiro
conies next, while Sydney, New South
Wales, Is third.
J. Tayler Ellyson, lieutenant govern
or of Virginia, who is In charge of tins
educational exhibit at the coining
Jamestown exposition, says It will be
the most complete ever shown south
f the Mason and Dixon Hue.
The bricks which are to be used lu
the construction of the uew .Maine Cen
tral station in Bangor are the most val
uable ones that have ever been used
In the city, costing from 18 to 40 cents
apiece. They are for both Interior and
exterior finishing.
To cover 18,000 tons of Ice which was
cut at Uowdolnham, Me., for a New
Jersey tinu'n single piece of canvas
Is used. The cost of the canvas was
$HU0, and It Is said to lie one of the
largest canvas coverings that a New
York Ann ever made.
J. 1). Tant of Quaunau, Tex., U ar
ranging for the establishment of a col
ony of American farmers In the state
of Sonora, Mexico. They will go from
Texas, Kentucky and Tennessee. Only
those having resources sufficient to
maintain them for a couple of years
while the land Is being Improved will
he accepted as colonists.
BRITISH BRIEFS.
The British postofflce Is operated at
a profit of $23,000,000 a year.
Sixty years ago there were 150,000
children at school in India. Now there
are over 4,000,000.
At Llangollen, In north Wales, the
highroad, the Great Western railway,
the ennui and the river Dee run paral
lel nnd quite close together.
In Bristol, England, an ambulance
mounted on bicycle wheels Is main
tained by the Home l"or Lost and
Starving Dogs to brlu Injured dogs to
the hospital of the home.
A number of young fellows In Dover,
England, have formed a "pipe league."
They agree to smoke nothing but pipes,
and any member of the league fo.nn!
smoking cigarettes Is to !e L:.'.
In Great Ilrit:du the or.Mv.illuri i'
hops. Is restricted to so::i si:; con:."!
of England, the total am in lm;n on!
side these counties being o.ily i is
acres as compared with 47,411 acres
within them.
JAPANESE JOTTINGS.
The average monthly income lu Ja
pan after recent advances In wages Is
officially stated at less than $S.
Japan's principal ports of export and
Import are, In the order named, Yoko
hama, Kobe, Osaka, Slojl, Nagasaki
and Shlmonosekl.
Japan's ta::."M yield $123,000,000 a
year; stamp duties. Sl.ViOO.OOn; tobac
co nnd trade nio!io;m!!os, i2il.ono.000;
posts and telegraphs, ?I0.0iio.000. anil
salt monopoly, $KI,0(X),(!0.
Like the ancient Egyptians, the Jap
anese lire accustomed to store In hvi ;e
public granaries the grain saved in
years of plenty against the day of need
which a famine may bring with if.
. Baron Tnlmkl says that four-tlfrhs of
the boys lu the schools of Japan arc
now studying English. If they study
languages with the thoroughness that
they did war, Japan's next generation
will have two tongues.
THE PARCELS POST.
There are thirty-five foreign countries
in the parcels post union.
France has had the parcels post since
1SS3 and last year transmitted nearly
3,000,000,000 packages.
. Germuuy's record of parcels post bus
iness last year was nearly 7,000,000,000
packnges, with profits of $14,024,095.
Austro-Hungary, Italy and Switzer
land have the parcels post in well de
veloped condition. In Austro-Hungary
there is a banking system in connection
with it
Great Britain has had parcels post
for thirty years and carried last year
over 4,000,000,000 packages at a profit
of over $12,000,000. Its foreign service
within the empire is excellent
PITH AND POINT.
Justice may be blind, but sho Las a
good memory.
Waiting works wonders If you keep
Vusy while waiting.
Hatred Is often the result of know
lug but oue sldo of a por.-.ou.
An optimist Is a man who declines to
Judgo tlio future by the ' '
Many a r'-l ntarrlei n-
FACTS IN FEW LINES
For threo-uarters of a century Bel
gium has had no war.
It is said that lu Australia there is n
regular trnfllc In lending engagement
rings.
In l!)t5 there were 035 fatal acci
dents in tho collieries of Great Britain
in ul Ireland.
Only 75 per cent ns many children
are born in England now ns were born
thirty years ago.
In Surrey, England, the "cud" Is
called "quid." The expression "quid
of tolwcco" probably comes from this.
Twenty-three hundred million bush
els of wheat are required annually by
the 517,000,000 bread enters of the
world.
Wire drawing was invented by Ru
dolph of Nuremberg in the early part
of the fifteenth century. Wire was
first made in England in 1003.
This country ranks first in the paper
making industry. Germany Is second,
and Great Britain comes third. The
production In America Is two or three
times greater than in Great Britain.
A collection of the heads and horns
of practically every variety of big
game to be found in northern Rhode
sia has been added to the British South
Africa company's museum In London.
Fearing thnt he would be punished
for spending sevenpence on sweets In
stead of buying fruit for his mother,
a schoolboy at Adorf, Saxony, threw
himself In front of a train and was
killed.
A bushel of bituminous coal is differ
ent In different stntes. In Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri and Kentucky Its
weight Is eighty pounds, In Pennsylva
nia seventy-six pounds nnd In Indiana
eeventy pounds.
A cold storage trust is one of the de
velopments promised for the near fu
ture in South Africa. All the ice and
cold stornge plants in the "subconti
nent" will be amalgamated if the
present plans carry.
.The federal government has 079
clerks who have reached the age of
threescore years and ten. In the gov
ernment printing office there are seventy-six
printers who have handled
the stick and rule for more than half
a century.
The tulip Is the emblem of Hun
garian and anti-Austrian sentiment A
tulip league has been formed in Hun
gary to boycott everything Austrian.
The members wear a badge of a tulip
in the Hungarian colors red, white
and green.
In the London mine at Newbridge,
near Bendlgo, in Victoria, Australia,
a nugget of gold has been discovered
weighing 835 ounces. The nugget was
found In the Nick of Time Rush. When
cleared of the rubbish the nugget will
weigh about 800 ounces.
In order to keep a newly painted
floor clean a western Massachusetts
woman placed newspapers on the floor.
On removing them it was found that
she had the news of the day firmly
printed on the new paint, and it has
been impossible to remove the ink.
When the Trlnco and Princess of
Wales desired to Inspect the Golden
temple at Aiurltslr, lu the Punjab, the
Sikhs declined to allow them to enter
the main gate because they were not
Sikhs, but said they could enter by a
side door. The offer was declined. 1
. A court of law l.i a reminiscence of
the time when justice sat In the open
courtyard, and tho "dock" is from a
German word meaning a receptacle,
while tho "bar" is a Welsh word,
meaning a branch of a tree used to
Beparate the lords of justice from their
vassals.
After being missing for two weeks a
cat belonging to a family In Wiltshire,
England, was found clinging to the
side of a well thlr.y-Qve feet from the
surface and just above the water. She
was apparently uo.-.o the worse for her
experience when riie was brought to
the top.
Sea gulls Invaded a boat load of her
ring at Nanaimo, Wash., while the fish
ermen were away. When the fisher
men returned sixty had eaten so much
that they could not fly away. The fish
ermen lifted them Into the water, and
they just managed to swim to the
shore, where they lay down to recover
from their dinner.
Sir Walter Gilbey, whose father was
a stagecoach proprietor, has at Elsen
ham Hall, his beautiful Essex resi
dence, one of the finest sporting pic
ture galleries and libraries in the Brit-.
Ish realm. Some volumes date back to
the sixteenth century, and every branch
ot recreation Is represented, from fox
bnntlng to cockfigUtlng.
Blowing wells, sometimes known as
breathing wells, are now being Inves
tigated by the United States geological
survey. The best known examples of
this type of well nro found through
out Nebraska. The force of tho nlr
turrent in one of the Louisiana wells
Is sufficient to keep a man's liat sus
pended above It. Such phenomena are
malidy duo to changes lu atmospheric
pressure.
Happiness.
Happiness is n sunbeam which may
pass through a thousand bosoms with
out losing a pirtlclo of its original ray
nay, when It strikes on n kindred
heart, llko the converged light on a
mirror, It reflects Itself wlih redoubled
brlghtncM. Tf U not perfected until It
'1 :'.: - '
A SENTENCE OF DEATH.
Traffic Railing of n Mnrdrr Trial la
a AVcatorn Court.
"One of the most tragic scenes I
ever witnessed," said mi aged lawyer,
"occurred In a snmil town In one of the
wcsleru states. The Jtu'ge was a mnn
of sixty or more, anil in addition to a
most venerable an ! dig.illied appear
ance and m.iuiicr he was the Maddest
faced man I ever saw. lie had come to
our town ten or a dozen years before
from the east, and we knew little of
hhn except that lie was mi able lawyer
and jurist and that his wife, who was
the only other member of his family,
and himself had koikc great sorrow.
"One night our town was all torn up
by a robbery and murder mid the cap
ture of the killer and thief almost In
the net. For a wonder be wasn't lynch
ed then end there, but he wasn't, and
bs soon as daylight came proceedings
were instituted against the prisoner,
and I was appointed, witii another
youngster, to defend him.
"Really there wasn't any defense,
and I was frank enough to tell him
that be might be thankful If we could
save him from a lynching. He was a
stranger in the town, evidently led
there by some stories lie bad heard
of an old miser we bad among us, and
wns a man of perhaps thirty-three or
thirty-four, with a most unprepossess
ing appearance, greatly accentuated by
a week's growth of rough whiskers,
years of dissipation and hard living.
In those days and in such cases the
law's delay was not much in force, and
by 6 o'clock of the second day the pris
oner was standing before the judge to
receive sentence. As he stood there
that day a harder looking customer I
think I never saw.
" 'Have you anything to say why
sentence of death should not be pro
nounced upon you?' said the judge aft
er all the preliminaries were over.
" 'I have, your honor, If you are to
pronounce thut sentence,' replied the
prisoner with an nlr of almost imperti
nence. 'At least,' he added half apolo
getically, 'possibly under the circum
stances you might not care to" pro
nounce it'
"This was entirely out of the ordina
ry, and I touched my -client on the arm
and was about to remind him of the
customs of the court when the judge
requested me to leave the prisoner to
him. j '
"'Will you be kind enough to ex
plain?' be said In a strangely excited
tone.
" 'Well, your honor.' responded the
prisoner without a quaver of voice, 'as
I'm your only son'
"But the judge heard no more. It
was evident that he knew the prisoner
was telling the truth, for, with a groan,
he threw up his bands and fell forward
across the desk in front of him, dead,
a little stream of blood trickling from
his lips. The excitement was terrific,
and In the midst of it the prisoner
dashed through a window and would
have escaped, but a timely shot from a
rifle in the hands of a man on the out
side settled him forever. And, best of
all, his mother never knew. She lin
gered a few months after her hus
band's death, and the entire popula
tion of the town considered it to be
sacred obligation to He to her about
the whole affair."
Lemaltre Looked Old at Tbirtr-awe.
Jules Leniaitre was of middle height
with bent shoulders, head carried for
ward, near sighted and awkward. The
evening dress hung ungracefully, as
though Its pockets were stuffed with
books and papers. No one would have
taken him for anything but what be
wns a man of study, perhaps a pro
fessor. He stumbled over those awful
stools or cushions the ouvreuses put
under one's feet and murmured, "Par
don, madame; pardon," as he strove to
gain his seat And people whispered,
"Lemaltre; Jules Lemaltre." In those
days he was about thirty-five and look
ed almost fifty. His hair, inclined to
curl, early turned gray, then white,
leaving him a little bald. This added
to the height of his forehead and made
the rather insignificant features appear
a little lacking in space, as though the
face had been of India rubber and
pressed too bard, The expression, the
glint of the blue eyes, soon forced one
to forget his rather unsatisfactory phy
sique. When he spoke he let his words
drop with a sort of careless grace, with
a little hesitation too. The voice was
gentle and rather high pitched. When
he lectured that soft voice swelled and
carried to the very extremity of a
large theater and all hesitation disap
peared. Mme. Charles Bigot in Critic.
LLOOTTSS
For Sale on Easy Terms.
Thlrtylflne roBidenco lots for sale on
extonslon of Fourth stroot on easy
torms, to suit purchaser. Inquiro of
E. No IT, Itoynoldsvillo, Pu.
Oxfords and low cuts at Mlllirens.
Blank houso leases may bo obtained
In any quantity at The Star ollico.
Straw hats at MlTlirons.
Soo tha now tKgli-.jef) sliirti at Mil
lircns. Flor-ihcbn shoos tit Mlllirens,
R 'U's sliowir.rr worth coming miles
Sykesvlile.
Miss Ethel Hattun, of DuBois. visited
with Laura Sloppy one day last week.
Rev. R. E. Crum, of the Reformed
church of DuBois, visited in town
Thursday.
Rev. H. N. Smith, of Troutvlllo,
preached In the M. E. church Sunday
evening.
I. G. Mansfield, who is employed at
Ernest, spent Saturday and-Sunday at
his home In town.
Miss Orrel Phllllppl, of Ernest, Is
visiting with her cousin, Miss Ruth
Sykes, at present.
Mrs. I. G. Mansfield and daughter,
Zola, and Mrs. Thomas Smith spent
Monday in DuBois.
Charles Gumbert and wife and Miss
Cora Smith visited last week at their
home near Reynoldsville.
Daniel Weber i borne on a vacation
from Troy, N. Y., wbere he is engaged
with a civil engineer corps.
Miss Eva Jones returned to her home
Thursday after a three weeks' visit with
friends in Bradford comity.
Chester Humbert, of Boswell, Somer
set county, is visiting with Jacob
Smecll and family at present.
Miss Myrtle MeGaugherty, of Indi
ana, visited with her sister, Mrs. Wm.
Sloppy, several days last week.
Mr. Mix, of Greensburg, visited with
his daughter, Mrs. J. M. Lopbry, sev
eral days last week and part of this
week.
Miss Imllda Loghry returned to ber
her home in DuBois Monday after a
week's visit with her grandparents, J.
M. Loghry and wife.
Miss Adda Hennlgh, of Punxsutaw
ney, returned to her home Wednesday
after visiting with her cousin, Miss
Belle Hennigh, for several days.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shaffer, an old and
highly esteemed lady of this town,
passed away Thursday, June 14th, at
2.00 p. m. at too home of her son, J. F.
Weber, on Railroad etreet. She had
suffered nearly four years from a stroke
of paralysis. This, with old age, caused
her death. She was 87 years, 7 months
and 23 days old. She was buried Sat
urday afternoon in the Union cemetery
near Troutvllle.
An Alarming Situation
Frequently result? from neglect of
clogged bowels and torpid liver, until
constipation becomes chronic. This
condition is unknown to those who use
Dr. King's New Life Pills ; tbe best
and gentlest regulators of Stomach and
Bowels. Guaranteed by Stoke & Felcht
Drug Co., druggists. Price 25o.
The Peoples National Bank
"Men," says Fielding, "do not become rich by -what
they get, but by what they keep." Our sav
ings department is helping a lot of people to keep."
Deposits received in any amount and at any time
during the month. Interest computed twice a year,
January and July, and compounded. Said accounts
have excellent withdrawal privileges. : : :
OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS 7.SO TO 8.30.
The Peoples National Bank, Reynoldsville, Pa.
ESTABLISHED IN IS7B
CAPITAL
FRESH
DRUGS
Our supply of drugs is fresh.
All drugs that should be
in a well-kept drug
store are here.
They are well kept.
The prices are no more than
you arc accustomed to
' pay.
Stoke & Feicht t
Drug Co.
Soldier.
Albert Gearhart has movtd from
this place to Tarentum, Pa.
Many of tbe peoplu spend part of
their idle time picking strawberries.
Henry Winslow, of Eust Brady, was
tho guest of his brothur, C. B; Wioslow,
recently.
Will Mulholland and wlfo spent Sun
day in Reyuuldsviilo with J. Mitchell
and wife.
Henry Bounctt, who Is farming near
Penfield. spent a few days at his home
at this place. -
Mrs. Earl Marshall was called last
week to tbe bedside of her father, who
was very HI.
Miss Bertha Murray, of Benezette-,
was the guest of ber cousin, Mice
Beatrice Wlnblow.
Mrs. John Laverick, Sr., is to be
operated on for tlcdouloureaux this
week If she is able to stand the opera
tlon. A few from ' this place attended
services at Baptist church In Reynolds
villa last Sunday evening and heard a
very good sermon by Rev. Wallace'
Mitchell.
Death From Lockjaw
Never follows an injury dressed with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Its antiseptio
and healing properties prevent blood
poisoning. ChHS. Oswald, merchant, of
Rensselaersville, N. Y., writes : "It
cured Seth Burcb, of this place, of the
ugliest sore on his neck I ever saw."'
Cures Cuts, Wounds, Burns and Sores.
25c at Stoke & Feicht Drug Co.'s drug
stores of Reynoldsville and Sykesvlile.
Por Sale.
One hundred fine residence lots on
Fourth street, on easy terms to suit the
purchaser. City gas and water can be
had. Most beautiful residence street In
town. Close to business center. In
quire of D. Wheeler, Reynoldsville, Pa.
Muslin Underwear.
Our annual summer sale Is now on.
Chemises, skirts, corset covers, draw- -ers
and gowns. You'll save money on
these goods. BiDg-Stoke Co.
Straw Hats.
Frosts are over, now's tbe time to get
that straw or canvas hat. Lots hot
weather coming. l&cts to $1.98.
Blng-Stoke Co.
See what Bell has to offer, then use
your own judgment.
Your new suit for the Fourth at Mll
lirens. Thinking people are our moat stanch
supporters.. Bell.
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