AMERICAN CONSULS. Their Duties Are Misunderstood by Many of Our Citizens. In utmost every city mid towu In Europe or all over the world, for that mntter, if the city is of nuy size there Is an American consul or consul gen eral. And, while the olllre of these functionaries is commercial In reality, looking after the I nports and the ex ports between our country and others, still they take a friendly Interest In American citizens traveling and are al-. ways ready to go out of their way even to be obliging In personal things. 1 explain this somewhat liv detail, says an experienced traveler In the Deline ator, as so ninny peoplo, especially women, seem to have a notion that a consul is created for their especial ben efit And one of the most serious trou bles these men have is with those who if their money runs short expect the consul to furnish them with some and often get Insulting and threatening If It Is not done. The same may be said In retard to our ambassador, for, 'While their positions are political and diplomatic, their offices are always open, and any information is always cheerfully given in case an American Is in difficulty. There are always certain public re ception days at the homes of our con suls and our ambassadors, to which it is not difficult to obtained invitations. In fact, it Is often announced In the dally papers that Americans in general are welcome, sny on days like Thanks giving, Fourth of July, and so on. In this way it is possible for one to see something of the lives of one's com patriots away from home. A CUSTOM HOUSE TALE. The American Who Landed In Ger many With a Box of Candy. Germany is Jealous of the foreign candy maker and exacts a rigorous toll upon anything In the shape of confec tionery thnt comes across Its borders. Ignorant of this, one of Uncle Sam's sons disembarked from a liner at a Ger man port carrying In his hand a five pound box of candy bearing a New York trademark. At sight of the box J the Teutonic customs officials. exhibited marked activity and prrm'red to seize - trpon It - - " "Not for mine," said the American. "I won't give up a sou. I'd rather eat the stuff here and now." He opened the box and commenced to dispose of Its contents without delay. Everybody In sight was offered a handful. Nobody declined except the customs officer, who said blandly that he bad not a sweet tooth. The traveler himself ate many pieces. It was not long before the last bit had been eaten. As soon as the box was empty the official seized the traveler by the arm. The gentleman," he announced, "will accompany me to the bureau, where we'll make out bis bill for duty. Come. It is at the other end of the dock." "Neverl" said the American. "You bave no right to charge me duty. I didn't bring it In. I'll see my consul right away, and he'll send a big fleet and bombard this blooming town." "Softly," snld the officer. "You'll pay duty, all right There are fifteen wit nesses to prove that that candy of yours was consumed on German soil." The duty was paid, and the consul has not as yet been consulted. Phila delphia Ledger. ' Ancient Enamel. It is certain that glazes having the composition of good enamels were manufactured at a very early date. Excellent glazes are still preserved, and gome of the bricks which bave been found among the ruins of Babylon hnve been ascribed to the seventh or eighth century B. C The glaze on the Babylonian bricks was found upon ex 'amlnatlon to have a base of soda glass, or silicate of sodium. Glazes of a simi lar character were also manufactured by the Egyptians as early as the sixth dynasty. There can be little doubt that the Greeks and Etruscans were also acquainted with the art of enameling, i New York American. The Living Present. He that hath so many causes of joy. and so great, is very much In love with sorrow and peevishness who loses all these pleasures and chooses to sit down upon his little handful of thorns. Enjoy the blessings of this day If God Bends them, and the evils of It bear patiently and sweetly, for this day only is ours. We arc dead to yesterday, and we are not yet born to the morrow. But if we look abroad and bring Into one day's thoughts the evil of many, certain and uncertain, what will be and what will never be, our load will be as Intolerable as it is unreasonable. Jeremy Taylor. Fountain Pens. It is a popular fallacy that fountain pens are quite a modern Invention. As a matter of fact, nn old work of ref erence published in 1795 coutalus an il lustration of a fountain pen. the ap pearance of which is very much like those sold at the present time. Its construction, Tiowever, was somewhat elaborate and clumsy, the pen consist ing of various pieces of metal which had to be screwed and unscrewed be fore the pen could be used. A Pessimist . Agent How long do you Intend to re main in Washington? Reformer Un til congress passes a couple of neces sary laws that Agent Geel You don't want to rent a bouse. You'd bet ter bay one. Washington Herald. An Undercut. Ruby Charlie took me in to dinner the other night He and Fred tossed tip. and Charlie Beryl Lost, as usu al Will be never learn better than to gamble? Kassas City Newsbook. THE LONE STAR RAN3ERS. Courageous Men Who Are Love I Guard ians of the Law. "When in Austin Tex., n lew weefcs ago." said .1. I). Koliry of Memphis, i Tenn. "my attention was directed ta a party of about a dozei meu-big, i.i'.sky fellows-inost of them under thirty years, whu were trumping along Con gress avenue, not in u swapjrorU: way. but with a kind of rolling, sullorlike gait that seemed to dilTereutinte them from ordinary citizens. "They had on litonil brimmed som breros, blue woolen shirts and liixrlt heeled boots, and I would have tukeu them for cowboys but for the big six shooters und cartridge belts that were strapped about their waists. This led me to surmise that they were mem bers of the celebrated ranger force, and It turned out that they were. Their peculiar, walk came from spending so much of their time on horseback. "The Texas rangers are a pet Insti tution, for they are a body of men who are ready to brave death at a minute's notice and who are the most loyal guardians of law and order any state or nation ever employed. Utterly fear less of peril, they will go after the cat tle thieves of the western plains or the smuggler of the Rio Grande or sit In district court rooms with their hands mi their Winchesters to preserve the xae at some murder trial, the hearing of which would bring on freslf tragedies even before judge and Jury were It not ifor their presence. "Occasionally a ranger gets killed In ithe performance of his duty, but It is far more frequently the case that It Is the bad man or rustler who tries nn .argument with the mounted officer that gets his quietus from the muzzle of a death dealing gun. There is not a man in the force who is not a dead shot, and the ruffians they are after very rarely want to bring matters to that point where the deadliest aim gets the decision." Baltimore American. An Unusual Bit of Wrecking. Robert Held, the artist, is about to attempt an unusual feat in the way of ''wrecking" In the near future in the Fifth Avenue hotel. He is going to direct work of taking down from the celling of the great ball on the second floor of the dismantled hostelry two cir cular mural paintings that be did for the hotel about fifteen years ago. Deco rations of this kind are first painted on canvas in the same manner as any ordinary oil painting and then are fas tened to the wall surface by a "paste" of white lead. When this lead becomes bard, the canvas practically becomes a part of the wall, and that is where the difficulty of removing a decoration of this kind comes in. The "wrecker" who is to do the work for Mr. Reid Is no more certain that he will be able to get the two panels off without damag ing them than the artist Is, but they are both hoping for the best In spite of the number of years the decorations have been on the celling they still pre serve their original brilliancy of color ing. New York Tress. i Rat Extermination Virus Wanted. i Consul Maxwell Blake, at Dunferm line, reports that a movement has Justi ' been Inaugurated by the commercial I and scientific associations of Great Britain for the extermination of rats, j which are very destructive to proper ty. The consul adds that It would ! appear that the United Kingdom of ! fers to American exporting chemists 1 an attractive market for the sale of some rat destroying virus, harmless to other creatures, but spreading con tamination and death to its own kind. Owing to the spreading by rats of trichinosis among swine, the German imperial chancellor has Issued a recipe for the extermination of the rat in any district where trichinosis occurs. i The Pneumatio Tube. ' A novel experiment to demonstrate the practicability of a pneumatic par 1 eel carrier was recently made In Chl- ca8a The "parcel shot through a short length of sample tube was A thirteen-year-old boy. He traveled at the rate of sixteen miles an hour nml was in no way the worse for the Jour ney. J. M. Masten, superintendent of the rnilvttfy mall service, and Post master Campbell of Chicago witnessed the experiment as- representatives of the postofHce department which l:i looking Into the device. The Inventor declares that with a tube between New York and Chicago mall can be shot from one city to the other In seven hours. Objected to the Cradle. The German emperor Is snld to bave protested against the expenditure of $1,200 on a cradle for the baby heir to the duchy of Soxe-Coburg, the cradlo being profusely trimmed with real luce. "Had It been for a princess It would have mattered less," remarked bis maj esty, "but how can a warrior fit to be a German prince come out of such a cradle, decorated at the cost of a year's salary of an official or professional man?" The Favorites In Japan. Our referendum among the leading personalities of this country on the' question, "What is your opinion of the great men of Europe and America?" has resulted as follows: Washington and Napoleon are the greatest favor ites, after whom come Hannibal, Cae sar and Charles XII. of Sweden. Among the most disliked are Brutus, Cromwell and Darwin. Nlbanoyabl Nlhonjlu. Tokyo. Put Up or Shut Up. If you don't like the tone of this paper. .tell us In a letter containing a dollar bill, the price of a year's sub scription. Otherwise keep still, as it's none of your darned business. Sprl tg Hill (Kan.) New Era. ANuiUNT ' RING SEALS.' Th Sacred Beetle tsnd Bi tti of ls!t , . or the Pharaohs. A in mis the rings found In aucleiil Egyptian tuuilis !! many which em' Jlte archaeologists -isi-Mlie to a perlo l slightly iiuierior to tile tic'luge. This, however. Is delmtnli'e ground - the deceptive morass of conjecture rather than the solid earth of fuel. Rut we feel the latter beneath our feet when viewing the massive gold Egyp tian signet rings with revolving cylin drical bezels of Indigo colored porcelain or the -deep blue porcelain rings bear Ing'a bust -of Isis or of one of the Pharaohs In full relief. The former represent the primitive seals In use when the Israelites were bondmen and before the pyramids were built. The Intter were the common adornments of the prototypes of the modern fellnhin wheu Solomon was in his glory. In neither case Is the workmanship meritorious, the 'Iprentlce hand" being plainly visible. Skill In design and execution was acquired later and among the Etruscans attained a de gree af .excellence never since equaled. Such of their work as reinnlns is a si lent yet eloqi'-'i.t testimony to their marvelous skill, but the secret that enabled them to manipulate gold "fine drawn as hair" Is one .of 'the lost arts of ibe auclents. In the Etruscan as in the Egyptian rings the device of the scarabaeus, or sacred beetle, figures prominently, for to both these remnrkalilo races this curious Insect was- an object .of pro found veneration and as sacred and symbolic In their eyes as the -cross Is to the Christian. Quiver. ABYSS OF OCEAN. Effects of the Fearful Pressure In t'.T Depths of the Sea. More than half the surface of the globe Is hidden beneath water two I miles deep; 7,000,0(M) square miles He f.t a depth of 18,000 feet or more. Many places have been found five miles and more In depth. The greatest depth yet sounded is 31,200 feet, near the Island of Guam. If Mount Everest, the world's high est mountain, were plucked from Its seat and dropped Into this spot, the waves, would still roll 2,000 feet above Its crest. Into this terrible abyss the waters press down with a force of more than 10,000 pounds to the square inch. The stanchest ship ever built would be crumbled under this awful pressure like nn eggshell under a steam roller. A pine beam fifteen feet long which held open the mouth of a trawl used In making a cast at a depth of more than 18,000 feet was crushed flat, as if It had been passed between rollers. The body of the man who should at tempt to venture to such depths would be compressed until the flesh was forced Into the interstices of the bones and his trunk was no larger than a rolling pin. Still, the body would rench the bottom, for anything that will sink in a tub of water will sink to the ut termost depths of the ocean. Brooklyn Eagle. v How Pythons Settle Quarrels. It was In October, 1804, that the big python at tho zoo fell Into the deplora ble error of swallowing- his compan ion, n'stiuke only n few Inches shorter than himself. A similar disaster is reported from Bombay, where for some years two large Iuillnu pythons had occupied a cage in the museum of the Bombay Natural History society. There was some misunderstanding be tween them over a partridge, for they were found so tightly entangled In each other's coils that the utmost en denvors of peacemaking keepers falb ed to effect n separation, and they were left to settle the matter accord lug to their own lights. Next day there was only one very stout python visible. These large reptiles evidently know but one way of settling a quar rel. London Sketch. His Parting Shot. The late Catholic bishop Rnphoe, Ire land, used often to tell this story with much enjoyment "I was suddenly call ed," he said, "from my home to see an unfortunate sailor who had been cast ashore from a wreck nnd wns lying speechless on the ground, but not quite dead. 'The life's in him still, your reverence he stirred a little, so I stooped down nnd said to him, 'My poor man, you're nearly gone, but Just try to say one little word or mnke one little sign to show that you are dying in the true faith.' So he opened one of his eyes Just a wee bit,-and he said, 'Bloody end to the pope!' nnd so died." Every Bird a Weathercock. "Where's the wind?" scoffed the sail or. "Why, look at the birds. They'll tell you. Dou't you know that every bird's a weathercock? Stop moistenln' your finger and boldin' It up," he went on In a tone of disgust. "The practice ain't hardly cleanly. Look at the birds is all you got to do, for every bird sets with Its bead always straight at the wind. Every live bird in a tree Is as reliable a weathercock us them dead birds on the spires." New York Press. A Retreating Chin. Nothing weakens a face more than a retreating chin. Unfortunately compar atively little can be done for it It can be 'remedied to a certain extent In childhood by rubbing from the throat up and out, holding the bead well up during the process. Sometimes, too, the trouble may be caused by the way the Jaws close on account of the posi tion of the teeth, and a good dentist may often be of help. Banduges worn round the chin at night, so pluced that the lower jaw Is forced forward, will sometimes remedy the defect slightly, especially wheu l-egm on qiiltf young children. Exchunte. WINSLOW TOWNSHIP Public School Financial Statement for thc Fiscal Year Ending June 1st, 1908. Whole numher of schools ., Number ot teacher employed Treasurer's Account Money Received. Itt'C'd from Stale appropriation ft.Wft Italance on hand from lititt year .... 319 From collector, limes of all kinds. ,. 7,112(1 From Co. Tri-aa., uns't'cl lands, lines. 'M From dog lax 48 From till other sources 8 total receipts I3,2U3 Treasurer's Account Money Paid Out. Tuition to Hlnh School (8 For rent, repairs, Ac 2Hs For Teacher's wapes B.S80 A m't paid teachers for at tend'g Inst, 2! Far text hooks lj-.'S Htipplles other than text books ; tBU For fuel and contingencies'. . 872 Painty of Sec,, expenses, Stat lon'y, Ac, 75 Money refunded Sykesvllle Horouah MR For Treasurer's percent uko for 1UU7.. as For M-ansnortalinn nf minllH. . AH other purposes, sundry expenses. i Total money paid out f 18,2113 Resources and Liabilities. Amount due district 8H8 Amount due Treasurer 2tia Total debt of district Mil 24 S7 81 Wlnilow Township District In Account with g Amos Strouse, Collector, for 1907. Balance uncollected of 1006 11.086 10 !cnoi 7,580 41 Ruildtng 742 89 19,338 99 Taxes collected, less ....'. Less 2 Less 5 tt School taxes returned. . School liulhllnu returned For property In Svkesvllle Exonerations school tax Exonerations school btilldln trs Paid Treasurer School Board Balance due School Board from Col. Amos Strouse 1119 34 64 35 76 81 325 03 29 54 225 34 489 26 20 11 ,t!20 94 868 24 t9,338 99 John Smith, I I). J. Thomas, V Auditors, John Dauuhkkty, I .lune 1, 1908. gHERIFF'S SALE. Bv virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias, etc., Is sued out of the I'ottrt of Common Pleas of Jell'erson county, Pa., and to ni directed, I will expose to jmlillc sale or outcry at the court liouse In Hrookvlllo, Pit., on . . FRIDAY, JUNE 5th, 1908 At 1.00 o'clock p. m., all the following de scribed real estate, to-wlt: All the defendant's right, title Interest and claim of, In and to till that certain pleco, par cel or Iractof land, situated In Heaver town ship, Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, bound ana and described as follows, to-wlt: Begin ning at a post, the southwest corner of the niece, on the Jell'erson and Clarion county lino, thence north along said line and other land of I. J. Swans In Clarion county, one hundred and seven (107) perches to a post; thence east forty (40) perches to a post; thence south one hundred and seven (107) petches to a dogwood; thence west forty (10) perches to the place of beginning; con taining twenty-live (2.") acres and allowance of six per centum. Hounded on the norlh by lands of Wayland and Brosius, on the east by lands of Mrs. C. W. Ditty and heirs of John C. Smith, deceased, on the south by lands of heirs John O. Smith, deceased, und on the west by the aforesaid other land of I. J. Swarts. Being the same land Charles O. Uaskill, ex ecutor, conveyed to George Keck by deed dated October 12, 1650, of record In the Rec order's office of Jefferson county In Deed Book No. 6, Page 226, from whom It passed to his sou, John Keck, who by deed dated Ucto ler 14, 1H7, of record In the Recorder's office of Clarion county In Deed Book No. 18, page 8, conveyed the same to said I. J. Swarts. Land In good state of cultivation and under laid with lime and coal; good spring water. Seized and taken In execution and to be Fold as the property of I, J. Bwarls, at the suit of II. & F. Blandy, for the use of Benja min Keck, now for use of Benjamin Keck, executor of John Keck, deceased. Fl. Fa., No. 30. Corbktt. ALSO. All the defendant's right, tit le, In terest ami claim ot in and to all that certain piece or parcel of land situate In Wlnslow township, Jetferson county, Pennsylvania, In the Hell, Lewis & ales Coal Mining Com pany's plan ot the town of Kathmel In said township as mapped and plotted by F. M. lirown, Itnunded and described as follows; On the north bv townshln road flftr (50) feet : on the east by lot No. 20, from the aforesaid road lo right of way of railroad leading to Henry mines, the distance from said (own ship rond to right of way of railroad being 1()0 feet; on the south by the right of way of the saltl railroad 50 feet, more or less; on the west by lot No. 222 from line of right of way of said railroad to aforesaid township roid being 100 feet more or less, being pari, of lot No. 221, as shown by said pian.contalnlngS.IXIOTent more or less. This being the same lot of ground sold to Peter Rhodes by the Bell, Lewis & Yates Oml Mining Company and then sold by Peter Rhodes to Mrs. Mary Shefllc, recorded in ti c office of the records of deeds at Brook vllle, Jetferson county, In Deed Book, Vol.77, ftage 5)1), where further reference may be lad. Having erected thereon a two-story frame building, 2 store rooms, barn and other necessary outbuildings. Seized and taken In execution and to be sold as the properly of Mrs. Jennie Wyse, trading as Mrs. II. B. Wyso, at the suit of the Laudcrhach-Biirbcr Co., successors to Plait Barber CO. BUM, & llAHTSWICK COItllETT. Fl. Fa , No. 20. TERMS; The following must be strictly compiled with when property is stricken down: 1. When Die plaintiff or other linn credit ors become the purchaser, the eosl on the writs must be paid, and a list of liens, Includ ing mortgago searches on the property sold, together with such lein creditor's receipt, for the amount of the proceeds of the sale or such nroHrtion theieof as he may claim must be furnished to the sheriff, 'See Pttrdon's dues!, 1Mb, Ed., page 440. Smith's form, Page 8X4. 2. All hid. must be paid In full. All sales not settled imraedlatley will be continued until two o'clock p. m., of day of sale at which time all property not settled for will again lie put up and sold at the exijense and risk of the person to whom first sold. All writs staid after being advertised, the cost of advertising must be paid. (KANT M:1IKAI'!SOOKKH, May 7, 190. Sheriff, QHARTER NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given, that an application will be nnide to the Governor of Pennsyl vania on Friday, June 19th, 1908. by W. B. Alexander, E. fit. Queen, Charles M. Mllliren and John O'liare, under the Act of Assembly entitled ''An Act to provide for the Incorpor ation and regulation of natural gas com panies," approved the 29th day of May, A. D. 1MC, and the supplements thereto, for the charter of an Intended corporation, to be called the Sutter Oil and Gas Company, the character and object of which Is for the pur pise of producing, dealing In, transporting, storing and supplying natural gas to consum ers in the various townshliis ar-d boroughs in the counties of Jefferson and Clearfield, and for these purposes to have, possess and et Joy all the rights, benefits and privileges of said Act of Assembly and supplements thereto. G. M. McDonald, Solicitor. N OTICE. Notice 1h hnrfthy trtven thnt on the litth dtiy of Muy, A. I 1!WN, tho MiihonliiK Pow der Company filed lu the Court ol Common 1'lett of Lnckawanna county Its petition praying for a decree of dissolution, and that licarlDK upon shIU application for dlHHolutton has been fixed by Raid court for the Kith day of June, 11)08, at 9 o'clock a. m., when and where all person Interested may attend and show cause against the granting of the pruycr of the said petition If tney so desire. WKIXKH and TOHRRY, Solicitor for Petitioner. If you have anything to sell, try our Want Column. The First National Bank OF REYNOLD8VILLE. Capital and Surplus Resources . , OFFICERS J. 0. Kiwn, Vlce-Pres. DIRECTORS J. O. King Daniel Nolan J. 8. Hammond Jonu H. Kadchek, Pres. John H. Kaucher Henry C. Deible Every Accommodation Consistent with Careful Banking THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED BANK IN THE COUNTY The Peoples National Bank REYNOLDSV1LLE, PA. Capital and Surplus $120,000.00. Resources $500,000.00. 1 Jeml-annuiil Interest allowed ..um v.i uupusit., Having 1 D rafts and Money Orders on all tQfflcers: W. B. A lexnnder, President. F. D. Smith and August Baul. dauf. Vice-Presidents. F. K.Alexander, Cashier. F. P. Alexander, Assistant Cashlur. t Directors: V. It. Alexander,!,. P. Seeley, F, D. Smith. D. L. Taylor, , August Raldattf, Amos Strouse, W. C. Murray, Dr. J. C. Savers, W. Harry Moore, James H. Spry and John O'Harix OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS. To put the best possible value In their garments and sell them at a moderate cost to many, rather than at a greater profit to a few was their endeavor. This is why Qothcraft Clothes such big values at such moderate prices $10.00 to $25.00 BING-STOKE CO. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BULLETIN REDUCED RATES TO WESTERN CITIES. For the benefit of delegates attending the sessions of the bodies enumerated below and others desiring to visit the cities of the west, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has arranged to place on sale to all persons excursion tickets to the various meeting places at aconsiderable reduction from the usual fares; Chicago, III. American Medical Association, June 2 to 5. Tickets sold May 28 to 30, good returning until June 12, inlcusive. Louisville, Ky. International Sunday School Asso ciation, June 15 to 23. Tickets sold June 13 to 17,! good returning until June 26, inclusive. Chicago, III. Republican National Convention, June 17. Tickets sold June 12 to 16, good returning until June 27 inclusive. Denver, Col. Democratic National Convention July 7. Tickets sold July 1 to 4, good to return until July 17, inclusive. Cleveland, Ohio. International Convention, Baptist Young People's Union of America, July 8 to 12. Tickets sold July 6 to 8, good to return until July 15, inclusive. St. Paul, Minn. Imperial Council, Mystic Shrine, July 13 to 18. Tickets sold July 9 to 11, good to return untd July 25, inclusive. Columbus, Ohio. Prohibition National Convention, July 14 to 16. Tickets sold July 10 to 13, good to return until July 24, inclive. Indianapolis, Ind. National Convention, f A. 0. H., July 20 to 25. Tickets sold July 17 to 19, good to return until July 31, inclusive. Toledo, Ohio. National Encampment, G. A. R., Aug. 31 to September 5. Tickets sold August 27 to 3, good to return until September 15, inclusive. DENViiR, Col. Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., Sep tember 19 to 26. Tickets sold 15 to 17, good to return until September 30, inclusive. The Pennsylvania Railroad maintains a comprehensive schedule of fast express trains to Chicago, St. Louis, Indian apolis, Louisville, Columbus, Cleveland, and Toledo from the principal cities of the east. Full details of the reduced fare arrangements for these - conventions and the through western train service may be obtained of any Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Agent. The Star's Want Column $175,000.00 $550,000.00 K. 0. ScnoCKiRS, Cashier John H. Oorbett B. H. Wilson and compounded on Savings Accounts mosi iioerai wiinnrawai privileges. parts of the world. THE PEOPLES BANK BUIL0INQ. HE manufacturers of Clothcraft Clothes long ago foresaw that the easiest and best way to increase the de mand for their gar ments was to make them honestly and be honest with their cus tomers the wearers. are never fails to bring results