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CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS.
Pllkina, full of prtty hnuti-ur,
Bought n yollow 111: 0 iii.nor
Think of It. u jvi:.,,v!--And
Its lawdrv tint bedizen
Half the world 119 horizon.
, How I hate the fellow:
For his pesky ."honk" conies bossing
Every time 1 lourh a crossing.
.- And In automohiloso
- There's no honk for 'lf yon piensa."
- Bo 1 (by financial rigor
Bought a yellower and blgtfpr
.Faster also when it p!onsrs.
And the chap who used to blind me
Wallows l:i the dust behind ine.
He's the fellow now who sneeses!
And my "honk" Is quite as ruujous
In the automobile caucus,
80 I wave my hand and bow -Quite
politely to him now.
(P. 8. Why do people visit
On a crosswalk? Bay, why is It?)
-Edmund Vance Cooke in Woman's Homi
Companion.
A CHEMICAL FURY.
Fluorine Is Rabid Gas That Nothing
. Can Resist.
The fury of the chemical world Is
the elemeut fluorine, although, strange
ly enough, it exists peacefully In com
pany with ralchim in fluorspnr and
also In a few other compounds. .
.Although this element was known
and named a good while: ago, it long
resisted the efforts of chemists to iso
late Jt that Is, prepare It In a pure
state, unmixed chemically with other
substances for the instant the com
pound containing it was torn apart
the free fluorine attacked and combined
with whatever substance composed the
vessel containing it. It was finally
Isolated by the great French chemist
Moissnn.
Fluorine is a rnbid gus that nothing
can resist. It combines with all met
als, explosively with some, or if they
are already combined with some other
nonmetnllic element it mercilessly
tears them away from It and takes
them to itself.
In uniting with sodium, potassium,
calcium, 'magnesium and aluminium
the nietnls become heated, even to red
ness, by the fervor of its embrace.
Iron fillings slightly warm burst Into
brilliant scintillntions when exposed to
It. Manganese does the same. Even
the noble metals, which at melting
heat proudly resist the fascinations of
oxygen, succumb to this chemical siren
at moderate temperatures.
Glass Is devoured at once and water
ceases to Jie water by contact with this
gas, which, com bined with Its hydro
gen, at the same moment forms the
acrid, glass dissolving hydrofluoric acid
Olid liberates ozone.
Even hydrofluoric add cats Into and
destroys every known substance ex
cept platinum and lead. Exchange.
Glaciers.
It has been demonstrated that the
glacier does not move in one block,
but flows, accommodating Itself to the
channel In which it moves. Professor
Tyndoll planted a row of sticks la a
straight line across a glacier, and after
a few days the line had become a
crescent, with the concavity upward,
showing that the middle of the glacier
moved faster than the sides, just as in
a river the stream is stronger in the
center.
Her Mild Ambition,
"You expect your boy to become a
good man?"
The mother's face fell.
"He is not a brilliant child," she
made answer doubtfully. "No, I think
I shall have to lie content It he attains
only a moderate success becomes a
very rich man, say, or something like
that."-ruck.
A ScrateTi.
"How does Mrs. Sleigh get on in the
clob?" -
"Oh, she always comes up to the
scratch."
"Of course she does the cat!" Kan
sas City Newsbook.
Soma people only believe half of
what they hear, and then Invariably
select tiie wrong half. New York Tel
egram. Rome men are so optimistic that they
expect to get into heaven on their
wives' ch-ircb record. Washington
Exposition Day of
SesquS-Centcrjiial
Sept. 28
The biggest day in the 30 years
of success of the great show.
Be one of the 40,000 visitors.
The Place for All'
All Pennsylvania, Ohio and
West Virginia taking part in
the greatest season ever known.
The only permanent Exposition
in the country.
War! War! War!
The SPANISH - AMERICAN
engagements in all their horror
-v all their realism in the
Hippodrome.
P
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MUSIC! THE WORLD'S BEST
Sousa - - - Sept 9 to 19
Russian Symphony Orchestra' - Sept 21 to 26
Arthur Pryor'a Band - Sept 28 to Oct 3
g Estonia Women's Orchestra - Oct 3 to Oct 10
roatore - - . Oct, 12 to 17
Damroech - Oct 19 to 24
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Exposition Day of Sesqui-Centennial is S:pU 29, not Sept. 28
Church Work.
The national board of church ex
tension of the Christian church Is try
ing to raise H.OUO.OUO by the end of
next year.
The new buildings of the Wesleyan
East End mission. In London, cover
one and three-fourths acres and are
the result of twenty-three years' work.
The first payment has been made on
the three and one-half acre tract of
laud In Baltimore which Is to be the
site for the Episcopal cathedral In that
city.
The summer vacation work of the
Episcopal City mission In Iioston costs
about Ifj.O'iO. being devoted wholly
to the care of women and children who
need fresh 11 Ir. -
There are about 4,000 churches In the
missionary territory over which Rev.
C A. Wooddy acts ns superintendent,
he being nn agent of the Baptists In
Montana. Idnlio, Washington, Califor
nia. Oregon ar.d Nevada.
jFacts From France.
The ParN fiaulols says that Taft's
, nomination is due to Mrs. Nicholas
! Longworth.
VfJti the little town of Venausoii. in
raiue. a man named Gulgo has been
elected mayor, his brother tlerk and
his six sons municipal councilors,
j Although France has had' compul
sory education for about twenty-five
years, the percentage of Illiterates
I reaches the high figure of forty per
' 1,000 men and sixty per 1,000 women.
The former residence of the Cnth-
ollc bishop at Marseilles, France, is
now used ns a police station, while bis
chapel is used for an assembly room
for the officials, this being one of the
odd turns brought about through tlx
! expulsion of the church from France.
Current Comment.
I The most dangerous of the revenut
! cutters is the tax dodger. Atlanta
' Journal.
Eight men who were jilted by 8
Chicago girl have formed n club. Grat
itude has strange ways of manifesting
Itself. Buffalo Express.
"We are not," says Dr. Wiley of the
department of agriculture, "a nation
of rascals." We are glad Dr. Wiley
bus confirmed a supposition that we
have entertained for a long time.
, Reading Herald.
j Rome one has Invented a clock that
j will run a year with one winding.
i Now Invent something else that will
j remind the owner once a year that It
I Is time to wind the clock. Boston
Transcript.
Plays and Players.
"The Alaskan" Is to be revived ucxt
season, opening in Chicago. '
It Is said that nn American company
Is playing "Uncle Tom's Cabin" In
Japan.
Rose Stahl has played Fatrlcla
O'Brien in "The Chorus Lady" nearly
700 times.
During her Australian tour Margaret
Anglln will produce a new play by
! Percy Mackaye called "Mater."
i W. H. Thompson is to appear in "Wa
terloo," the playlet by Couan Dfyle
which Henry Irving made famous.
Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fls'ke, who is
well known for her love of animals, Is
one of the ardent supporters of antl
vivisectlon. Flippant Flings.
If It Is not sinful to dance, there Is no
particular reason why anybody should.
-Nashville American.
Alfred Austin has written a poem
about Mozart, but as Mozart Is not
likely to bear of It there may be no
trouble over the matter. Washington
Post ,
It does seem unreasonable to expect
a man to go through a summer without
friends for the small salary paid a
baseball umpire. Pittsburg Gazette
Times. Honor the tree tltat gives yon shelter.
Danish.
New! Startling!
Model of coal fleet 40 barges.
P. R. R. display, showing evo
lution of transportation.
Armor plate models of battle
ships exact reproduction of
flagship ConneticuL
Gallery of Notables.
Electric scenic cyclorsma "A
Day in Japan." -
Moving pictures Ferns wheel
merry-go-round pony track
toboggan slide.
OLD CL0THEG A AFRICA,
The Nstives Often Make Dreadful
Mistakes With European Attire.
The "ol' clo man" l.i :i familiar figure
in American streets n:ul one by no
means without plcturesqiWness, but no
American dealer In old clothes has es
tablished a business of such extent of
Interest as that of John Hyman of Lon
don, whose specialty Is to purchase
showy costumes and discarded military
and otlicinl uniforms for disposal In the
orient and Africa.
Even the retiring lord mayors of Lon
don have- become almost by otllclal tra
dition bis customers, and the cocked
hat, gold laced coat and knee breeches
at which during one season London has
gaxed with awe In the famous pageant
of the lord mayor's procession are
likely the next season to delight the
eyes of darkest Africa upon tho proud
person of a darkest African.
"I have visited most of the great
oriental bazars and watched our goods
being purchased," says Mr. Hyman. "I
have seen blacks solemnly walking
around with waistcoats buttoned be
hind Instead of before and even men
wearing Indies' costumes. I have seen
enormously big fellows In clothes so
small I could i:ot Imagine for the life
of me how they got Into them or how
they could get out again unless the
stitching gave way."
Tho Prince Ce Joinvllle when off the
Gabun const once received on his ship
an official visit from two chiefs, father
and son, who must, one would think,
have been Mr. Ilyman's customers.
They were known as Big Denis and
Little Denis, and each owned for cere
monial occasions a military uniform.
That of Big Denis was a French gen
eral's, which his wives managed to get
him Into. , That of Little Denis was u
hussar's, and its intricate cut, numer
ous buttons, straps and buckles and
painfully small size proved quite too
much for him. He sent tTO prince a
despairing message begging help, and
a relief party of delighted midshipmen
was sent to dress him and bring him
aboard.
They fulfilled their errand; but, with
the uiischlevousuess of their kind, they
so tightened every fastening of his
overtight attire that the poor youth
was nearly bursting with combined
pride and suffocation when he arrived,
and It was evident he could never be
got out of his unwonted finery by any
method less drastic than cutting him
out.
Still, no mnuner of wearing a com
plete costumo ever equals In comic ef
fect Bome of the savages' combinations
of unrelated Items'. One venerable Af
rican chieftain received his European
guests with an antiquated evening
shoulder cape of pink flowered satin
and spangles worn about his waist ns
an apron, while his white wool was
martially crowned by a military hel
met. Still another conducted , Important
negotiations with nn exploring party
clad simply and Impressively in a
lady's Inrge Gainsborough hat, a pair
of cavalry boots and a necklace of
glistening tin ornaments used to dec
orate Christmas trees. Youth's Com
panion. .
The Devil's Advocate.
In connection with the Koman Cath
olic ceremony of canonization there is
an official called "the devil's advocate."
When the church is ready to proceed
with the steps preliminary to the can
onization, an able man is appointed to
assail the memory of the candidate
and to bring against htm all possible
charges, which the other side" must
satisfactorily dispose of. This accuser
is known as the "devil's advocate,"
and not until he is silenced by the dis
proof of his charges can the canoniza
tion be accomplished.
They Own the Soft Impeachment.
In nn address to the Canadian club
in Montreal, Mr. James Bryce said:
"I do not think it would be advisable
for me to say much, for I have the
good fortune to be a Scotchman my
self. I won't pursue the theme of
what contributions Scotchmen should
be able to make to Canada's litera
ture and science, for the very simple
reason which was' given by a friend
of mine, who said, 'I never argue with
Scotchmen that they are a great na
tionthey admit it' "
Cost of Courtesy,
The adage "Courtesy costs nothing"
would if true offer sufficient reason to
Insure its observance by practically
every member of the commercial com
munity, It being fairly obvious to most
of us that courtesy is an excellent
lubricant for the machinery in busi
ness. To be always courteous In busi
ness, however, requires a very consid
erable expenditure of mental effort,
which very few of us are capable of
sustaining at all times. Magazine of
Commerce.
Bismarck's Loye of Nature.
Speaking of the country and the
long walks be took daily, Bismarck
said he loved nature, but the amount
of life he saw awed him, and It took
a great 'deal of faith to believe that
an "all seeing eye" could notice every
living atom when one realized what It
meant "Have you ever sat on the
grass and examined It closely? There
ie enough life in one square yard to
appall you," he said. Lady Randolph
Churchill.
Proud.
"So yon enjoy seeing your boy play;
football."
"I should say I do," answered Farm
er CorntosseL "It makes me right!
proud to see him out there an' real
that he Is the young feller I was once
able to whip." Washington Star.
Actions are the raiment of tho mi
Herodotus.
SHOOTING THE SUN.
Simplest Way of Locating a Ship's
. Position at Sea.
The average transatlantic traveler
displays very little interest In the nav-
' Igntlon of the vessel beyond watching
the ship's officers, Bextant In hand,
making observations, says a writer in
Travel Magazine. Very few have any
Idea of the process by means of which
the modern navigator Is enabled to ac
curately place the ship's position at
a stated time on- the chart. Out of
sight of land a ship's geographical po
sition Is determined either by keeping
a careful record of the course steered
and the distance run, known ns dead
reckoning, or by the combined uso of
chronometer and sextant that is, by
observation of the heavenly bodies.
The operation of finding the latitude
and longitude of observation can be
performed In a number of ways, of
which the Blmplest nud most conven.
lent Is by measuring the altitude of the
sun above the horizon at noon, as is
Indicated on the vernier of the sextant
and spoken of at sea ns "shooting tho
sun." An arithmetical computation by
the aid of logarithms Is thus quickly
made which shows exactly how far
the ship is north or south of the equa
tor, or, in other words, the latitude.
Finding the longitude, however, is a
somewhat longer process. An observa
tion is made cither In the forenoon or
afternoon, the chronometer time of the
horizon contact of the sun's Image be
ing noted. A calculation Is then made
which gives the exact time at the spot
where the ship happens to be, and, as
the chronometer carried aboard shows
the exact time at Greenwich, the prime
meridian of longitude, the difference
between the two expresses in hours
and minutes (easily convertible into
degrees and miles) the distance east
or weRt of Greenwich.
Having thus, roughly speaking, fouud
the latitude and longitude, a dot placed
on the chart at tho exact point where
the lines of latitude and longitude
cross denotes tho ship's position.
A MAN'S HAT.
Why Is It Always Regarded as a Fit
Subject For Jokes?
"I wonder why It is,' says u young
gentleman who spends most of his lei
sure time studying human nature at a
populous street corner, "that a man's
hat is always regarded as a lit subject
for Jokes? Anything that happens to
his shoes is a serious matter, and, al
though his vest, especially If it is out
of tho usual In design or color, is
sometimes made the subject of pointed
remarks, disaster to any other garment
is regarded as a. mutter of sympathy.
"But if he goes to church and puts
down his hut at the end of his pew,
where somebody kicks a dent in it
and knocks it five feet down the aisle,
or If be plnces It carefully beside him
in a lecture room or theater and a
preoccupied young woman comes In
and sits down on it people laugh with
out seeming to feel the slightest sym
pathy for him or his sky piece.
"A man chasing his bat through the
street on a windy day will always at
tract a grinning, unsympathetic crowd
ready to lay bets on the distance the
hat will travel before he catches up
or on the amount of damage it will
sustain .before it is finally recovered,
and so irritated does the owner be
come when he fijids his vicious dabs
and grabs at it greeted with ironical
applause that he generally forgets to
thank the man who stops it by stamp
ing on it and hands it back. I be
lieve Joe Miller perpetrated jokes about
chasing the hat but the heavy felts
and cocked bats of Miller's time did
not lend themselves readily to Joking
purposes, for when those old fashioned
headpieces were blown off they drop
ped to the ground and stayed there.
A panama, a stovepipe or even a derby
may run and fly by turns from Broad
way to the postofflce and attract as
much attention as a runaway team."
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Soldiers In Battle.
Those who have taken part In a batt
tie have confessed that were it not for
the shouting and the noise they would
lose their nerves and run away. There
is always an Interval of cowardice In
the soldier, but it is quickly overcome,
and he fights grimly, unmindful of Im
pending death. Bands were, of course,
Invented to raise the spirits of sol
diers. Martial music, whether from
the drum or the bugle, has done a
great deal In saving campaigns. No
body can fight in a cold blooded man
ner, and in the excitement of a gen
eral engagement the most nervous of
fighters recover wonderfully.
Smoothing It Over.
Irate Individual I'm going to square
matters with you right now! You've
been telling It around that I lie!
The Other Man Nothing of the sort
All I have said about you is that you
are habitually unveracious.
Irate Individual (calming down) Oh,
I don't mind that, if that's all. ' I ac
knowledge I do get that way once In
awhile. But how can a fellow help It
when everybody Insists on treating
him? Chicago Tribune.
A 8crap of Hfstory.
"General Washington, the soldiers,
of the Continental army are men ofil
Iron," exclaimed the Marquis de La
fayette In admiration.
"And as. a consequence," remarked
the great commander with a sly twln-i
kle, "they are hard at work pressing!
tho redcoats." Woman's Horns Oom-j
psnion.
, At the Barn Party.
"These country dances are enjoyable,
after all, aren't they?"
"I tell you, the old faahloneiHUacea
re the reel thing." Bal time re &mw
lean.
j - Not Really Necessary.
Weeping Belatlve Oh, my dear, the
aocior says ne doesn't expect you to
live much longer! Stubborn Invalid
, Tes, but won't you please pause and
i think of how long 1 have lived already
without any expectations on his part?
Chicago News.
Poor Food.
Fond Mother To be quite frank, doc
tor, the poor girl has been eating her
heart out Brusque Old Physlclan-Hal
When will young people learn to eat
pmdently? (He leaves four kinds of
medicine.) Puck.
itching Burning Huhiumwo
ECZEMA
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We challenge anyone to produce is
rase of Ecxema or other elfin dis
ease thut
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It Is the only absolute panacea for
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Thousands of testimonials to show
you.
Bend for photos of recent cures.
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cure or money refunded.
Not a single instance of failure. It
you would lo curd ret It today.
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Send for tree Illustrated booklet.
IT IS fjJOT HOT AIR
When we remind you It Is time to have your
furnace or your heater put Into shape. 1 1 Is
good sensible advice and you'll do well to be
among the wise ones who have their Furnaces
looked after early. With the first cold Rnap
there Is bound to be a rush of orders. Give
us yours to-day and then you'll not get left
as some less alert are sure to be.
C. E. HUMPHREY
Plumber
s
Dr. F.S.DAVENPORT $
Osteopathic Physician
J Matson Block t
Brookville, Pennsylvania
Consultation and treatment Id Koy-
, nnlrifivllla hv . nmi.'-un.'. .... t 1 1
W ' J ' . I- .... UlllJ. jJ
you want my opinion and examlna-
5 tlon of any chronic case, write me and j
J make an appolnment for any Monday
or Thursday and I will call at your
J home. Dr. F.S. DAVENPOUT,
Brookville, Pa. j
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The Star's Want Column
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
BULLETIN '
FOUNDER'S WEEK, PHILADELPHIA.
From October 4 to 10 Philadelphia will celebrate the
225th Anniversary, of the City's founding by a series of
remarkable events.
On Monday afternoon 25,000 soldiers, sailors and '
marines will parade. The Police and Fire Departments will
parade on Tuesday afternoon, depicting their development
' from the early times. Wednesday afternoon will witness one
"Tof the greatest industrial parades ever seen in this country. -V
a Over 100 floats will illustrate the evolution of the City's
. industries. A great river pageant will be given Thursday
; 4afternoon, in which 500 vessels including United States and
f foreign .warships will participate. Fifteen thousand uni-
'fo'rmed Red Men with historical floats will parade in the
evening. On Friday the first great historical pageant ever
given in America, illustrating by 40 floats and 5000 cos
tumed characters the history of Philadelphia, will be the.
grand climax "of the celebration. The P. O. S. of A. will
parade in the evening. Saturday will be devoted to
athletics, motor races, and Knight9 Templar parades.
The city willj.be specially illuminated every night and a
musical-historical drama "Philadelphia" will be given every
evening on Franklin Field.
4l Special tickets to Philadelphia will be sold October 2
to 10, good to return until October 12, at reduced rates;
minimum rate $1.00 See Ticket Agents. ' ' :
Verlbest Rubber
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Climax Asphalt
Needs no painting. Nothing better
made regardless of cost. Made by re
liable people, sold by reliable people
and backed up by quality.
McHenry-Millhouse flfg. Co.
' South Bend, Ind.
For 8a i.r by
Reynoldsvllle Hardware.Co.
RitYNOi.navtM.il, Pa.
DMINISTIUTOR'S NOTICE.
E-state of Wilder M. Boyle, lata of
Wiiia.ow TuwiiBblp.
Notice Is hereby given that letters of
arimlnlitratlnu on tho estate of Wilder M.
Iloyle, deceased, late of Wlnslow township,
Jetrerson county, Pa., have been granted to
the undersigned, to whom all persons In
debted to said estate are requested to make
payment, and those bavin claims or de
mands will make known the same without
delay. L. II. HciYl.s,
Administrator,
Reynoldsvllle, Pa., Aug. 20, l.UM.
WINDSOR HOTEL
VV. T. Hrubnker, Mgr.
Midway between llroad St.Hlatlon and
Heading Terminal on Filbert st.
European 91.00 per day and up.
American 3.50 per day and up.
Theonly moderate priced hotel of rep-
utation and consequence In
PHILADELPHIA
f JUGHES & FLEMING.
FUNERAU DIRECTORS.
Main Street Reynoldsvllle, Pa.
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If you have anything to sell, try
our Want Column.
I will visit Brook
viHe Sept. 22-23;
Reynoldsvllle Sept.
24. As the schools
are opening I will
make children's
work a specialty
this trip.
G. C. GIBSON,
, Optician.
never fails to bring results
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