Maiked for Death.
"Throe years ago I "as marked for
death. A (rave-yard cough was tear
ing my lungs to piece. Doctors failed
to help me and hope had fled, when my
husband got Dr. King's New Dis
covery,'' says Mrs. A. C. Williams, nf
Bac, Ky. "The first dose helped me
and improvement kept on until I hud
gained 68 pounds in weight and my
health was fully restored." This medi
cine holds the woildV healing record
for coughs and clds and lung and
throat diseases. It prevents pneu
monia. Sold under guarantee at Stoke
& Pelcht Drug Co. drug store. 50c and
11.00. Trial bottle free.
Notice to Delinquents
Some people who are In arrears on
the subscription to The Star made
promises several months ago that have
not been fulfilled yet. We must, ask all
subscribers over one year In arrears to
make prompt payment.
Durno makes the Impossible seem
possible, the unnatural natural. Ee
causes you to see what you do not see
and not to ste what you think you see.
At Assembly Hall Deo. 22.
AFTER THE GRIPPE
Vinol Restored This Man's
Strength
"Several years ago I was attacked by
a severe case of grippe, which left me
With a hacking cough, soreness In my
chest, and bronchitis. I took nearly
every kind of cough syrup sold on the
market, besides medicine given me by
physicians.
I received no permanent relief until
my druggist asked me .to try Vlnol,
and after taking three bottles I was
entirely cured.
I believe Vinol to he the greatest
blessing ever offered to the public, as
It does what Is claimed for it." R. E..R.
Hicks, Maplesvllle, Ala.
The reason Vlnol wires chronle
coughs, colds and P"lr.:onary troubles
Is because it contains tonic Iron and
all the healing and body building ele
ments of cod liver oil but no oil.
Vinol is also unexcelled as a strength
builder for old people, delicate children,
weak and run-down persons, and after
sickness.
Stoke & Feicht Drug Company
Reynoldsvllle, Pa. '
JIBEL IN DIVORCE.
Josephine Balseraui vs. .Toe Balserate.
No. 14, April Term, 1908. Plurles Sub
poena In Divorce.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, 88:
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
To Joe Balserate, Greeting:
We command you, as twice before you were
commanded, that all matter of busfneHS and
excuses being set aside, ymi be and appear
In your proper person before our Judge at
Brook ville, at our Court of Common Pleas,
thereto be held on the second Monday of
January next, to show cause, If any you
have, why your wife, Josephine Balserate,
should not be divorced from the bonds of
matrimony which she hath contracted with
you the said Joe Balserate, agreeable to
this Petition and Libel exhibited against you
before our said Court, and this you shall in
no case omit at your peril.
Witness The Hon. John W. Reed, President
of our said Court at Brookvllle the 9th day
of November, A. l., IMS.
Allowed by the Court.
Cvbus H. Blood, Prothonotary.
You are hereby notlfled to appear before
the Honorable Judge of the Court of Com
mon Tleas at Brookvllle, Pa., on the second
Monday of January next, to answer as set
forth In the above subpoena.'
GRANT BCUEAFNOCKER,
Dec. 7, 1908. Sheriff.
gTOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
You ate hereby Informed that the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Summer
vllle Telephone Company will be held at
the general office of the Company In Brook
vllle, Pa., on Wednesday, the lath day of
January, A. D., 1909, at the hour of ten
o'clock a. m., for the purpose of electing
a board of directors for the Company for the
ensuing year, and for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come before
said meeting. J. K. Brown,
J.S.Hammond, President.
Secretary.
ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE
Estate of William Shoemaker, Deceased,
Letters of administration on the above
estate have been granted to the undersigned.
All persons Indebted to the deoeased are
requested to make payment and those hav
ing claims present the same without delay to
Margaret M. Shoemaker,
H. H. Davis, Attorney, Administratrix,
Reynoldsvllle, Pa. Beynoldsvllle. Pa.
For the
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Handsome Leather Rockers.
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Substantial FurnitureV
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A fiifi and I
A Garden
By FranK H. Williams.
J. rAn..lrUA " lOtt k A Miniate
Literary 1'russ. ;f
:
"I could love you." snld the pretty
neighbor, and then s (he mail impet
uously reached for her she ndded quick
ly, "for your garden!"
The nmn's face fell.
"Now, I call that dowurlglit uienu."
declared the man vigorously. "You're
a nice, pretty uelgbbor. Here I've been
courting you and making love to you
for months, and now I find that it's not
me. but my gnrdeu, that's made an ln
presslon. . I'll sell the garden," he add
ed roughly.
The pretty neighbor clasped her hands
In real distress.
"Oh, don't!" she cried. "You don't
really mean that! Think how long it's
been in your family! Think how much
care your mother and your grandmoth
er and your great-grandmother spent
on all these dear flowers!" :
"Time I was selling It!" growled the
man. "I'll get nn old factory, a bakery
or something of that sort here!"
"Oh. oh!" cried the pretty neighbor.
"I mean It!" cried the inan. "I'll
start right away."
Wholly distressed, the pretty neigh
bor, her hands tightly clinched, watch
ed the man as he went down one of
the paths toward a gay little summer
house. '
She was standing near a wall, beside
a little fountain, and all about her the
garden was a bower of beauty. Vistas
between the trees radiated from the
spot where she stood. Birds sang In
the trees. She could hardly realize that
"WHAT ABB Ton OOINO TO DO?" TUB
OIHL A8KKD.
the big, hurrying city was Just on the
other side of the wall.
From the summer house she saw the
man come out. In one hand he car
ried a big white board. In the other a
JJXECUTORS' NOTICE.
Fstate of William Brltton, Deceased, of
Washington Towns' lp.
Notice Is hereby given that letters testa
mentary on the estate of William Brltton,
late of Washington township, having bee a
granted to the undersigned, all persons In
ebted to said estate are required to make
Immediate payment to the executors, and
those having claims against t he estate will
present them to the executors, properly
authenticated, for payment.
W. V. Brittow,
W. S. Hterrett.
Reynoldsvllle, Pa., Nov. 30, 1908.
JJXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of W. J. H 11 lis, late of Wlnslow
Township, Deceased.
Notice la hereby given that letters testa
mentary on the estate of W. J. mills, late
of Wlnslow township, county of Jefferson
and state of Pennsylvania deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned, to whom
ail persons Indebted to said estate are re
quested to make payment, and those having
claims or demands will make known the
same without delay. J. R. Hii.lis,
- Executor.
Reynoldsvllle, Pa., Nov. 20, 1908.
Holidays
Kitchen Cabinets.
Sectional Bookcases.
Articles for Ladies.
Presents for the Men.
Toys for the Children.
O. R. Hall.
Mv-ket'of paint and a brush, wnen be
reached the pretty neighbor he placed
the board against the wall and with
out a word took up the brush.
"What are you going to do?" the girl
asked somewhat tremulously.
I "Paint," answered the man laconic
ally. I With fascinated eyes the girl watch
ed him as the letters grew under his
( brush. Across the top of the board he
painted in big brutal letters the words.
I "For Sale." .
I The" pretty . neighbor caught her
breath as the cruel sentence, flaring
red, stared at her from the board. Un
derneath these words the man worked
Industriously for a little time.
While he worked the girl gazed back
at the garden with tear dimmed eyes.
When he had finished the man gave a
little sigh of satisfaction. The girl
looked nt the sign again and gasped.
Tor Sale," it rend. "This Garden,
Suitable For a Factory. Apply Within
to Martin Connor."
"You you aren't going to nail that
sign up, are you?" questioned the girl,
perilously close to tenrs. '
' "Sure!" ejaculated the mau.
The man picked up the sign, holding
It awkwardly, to save his clothes from
paint, and, with the bucket and brush
In the other band, again went toward
the gay little summer house. He whis
tled as he went, but the girl, who fol
lowed, with difficulty stifled her sobs.
At the summer house the man de
posited bis painting utensils and se
cured hammer and nails. Still whis
tling, he led the way through a se
cluded little iron gate to the street.
Once outside, the man carefully nail
ed the sign to the wall. When the
work was finished he stepped back a
bit to admire It. The girl, who had
watched the proceedings, cried out at
this.
"You're peictly horrid!" she cried.
"I hate you!"
: Then the pretty neighbor, frantically
dabbing at her eyes with an absurd lit
tle handkerchief, ran across the street
to her own home. ' s
When the pretty neighbor awoke the
next morning she could not think at
first what sorrow was near her. Then
It came to ber in a Jump. The garden
was to be sold! She shuddered as she
thought of the heartless sign and de
cided that she would never, never
look at It again.
A moment later she was at the win
dow, peering out at the garden wall
opposite. Her heart gave a little
bound as the blank face of the wall
met her gaze. The sign was gone.
It was a very merry pretty neigh
bor that balled Martin shortly after.
"Ho," cried the pretty neighbor, bold
ly walking through the little Iron gate
into the garden "ho, I knew you
didn't mean to sell your garden! You
thought you'd scare me Into loving
youl"
The man, who had beeu weeding,
looked up at ber. He wore an old
broad brimmed straw hat that In
some undeflnnble way made him seem
even more strikingly handsome than
ever.
"You're wrong," he declared slowly.
"It's sold!"
"What!" cried the pretty neighbor
In consternation.
"Yes," replied the man. ,
i "And some one's going to put up a
horrid, grimy factory here?" walled
the pretty neighbor,
i "Perhaps," said the man listlessly.
"I'm glad you canie over." he went
on. "I was afraid I'd have to go with
out saying good by to you."
"Goodby?" asked the girl, her face
a picture of surprise and dismay. ,
"Yes," the man went on, "I'm going
away. My train leaves at noon. You
may never see me again." .
"Why why are you going?" stam
mered the pretty nelghlior very woe
fully. The man looked up at her quickly.
"There's nothing for me to stay here
for," he replied without animation,
evidently not finding what he hoped
In the girl's face.
"I'm sorry," sold the girl finally.
- She extended ber hand. In silence
he shook It Slowly she went toward
the gate. When she was almost there
the man called to ber.
! "I'm a brute," he declared contritely,
"for letting yon tblnk for a minute
that I'd ever really let a factory be
erected here. Since you love the gar
den so you've a right to know that the
man who has bought it is your father.
He will not disturb it for some time
not for the present at least."
"Oh!" cried the girl. For a moment
her face was radiant, then suddenly it
went sad again.
"Wouldn't you won't you come back
some time and visit my father's gar
den?" she asked.
. "No, I'll not come back," the man replied.-,,
"It It would hurt too much.
Goodby,"
i "Goodby," repeated the girl and
slowly went through the little Iron
gate, across the street to her home,
i Several times during -the . next hour
she looked at the clock and Involunta
rily sighed. The morning was going
very fast, it seemed. t. Faster and fast
er the time flew on toward noon. Pres
ently it was 10:30, then 10:45 and then
11 o'clock. ,.
When the ' morning reached this
point the pretty neighbor was sudden
ly galvanised into action.' ' - x '
; "Good gracious I" she cried, jumping
from the chair where she bad been en
deavoring to read a book. "Good gra
cious, he may be gone, and I haven't
fonnd out where he Is going!"
- Without more ado the nrettv neigh
bor raced out of the bouse and across
the street to the little Iron gate. The
gate was locked! WUdly she tore .
around the wall to the great front
gate. Through this she ran np the ,
sbady, curving path to the big bouse, I
Suddenly, as at high speed she bore
round a particularly sharp curve, sbe ,
pli'mneil.tlzht iota the anus, at the
man. The latter, when he sow tnat
It was the pretty neighbor, dropped the
suit case he had been carrying and
drew her closely to hlra.
"Pear, dear sweetheart," he cried, "I
simply can't leave you! I can't do It!"
He hugged ber so tightly that she
fairly gasped for breath. However, the
pretty neighbor had enough breath left
to gasp a reply a very faint reply.
"Don't go." sbe said, burrowing ber
bead into bis ciyit. "Don't go. It's not
your garden I want.. It's not your gar
den I'm In love with. It's you!"
Misplaced Sympathy,
A sympathetic Frcu. luimn unluckily
bought an tiliunnac Hint gave the dutcs
of the world's chief events. From that
day on he lived a life of mourning.
Thus on Afirll 30 he had crape on his
hat.
"Have you Inst a relative?" u friend
asked. "Not exactly," said he. "But
today is a sad anniversary for the
French people. On April 3d. 1.121, the
Chevalier Bayard died." On May i!
he had crape on again. "Still mourn
ing Bayard?" said the friend. "No,"
liald he, "but don't you remember that
on May 2 a great and charming poet,
Alfred de Mussct, breathed his last?"
On the 0th of tho same month, "Whom
nre you mourning for now?" "For an
honest mnn, Genernl Cavlagnac." On
the 30th, crying terribly, he said: "Ah.
Joan of Arc! On this date. In 1431, a
handful of Englishmen and a miser
able bishop put the gallant maid to
death." On July 13 he took a bath In
memory of the nssnssliinllon of Marat.
On the 10th Beranger's death gave him
a fatal shock. On the ISth. having
rend of Napoleon's departure to St.
Helena, , ho felt better, but on the lid
the bombardment dt Dieppe by the
English, In 102)4. confined him ugal.i to
his bed. ne was taken with a fever
and died on the 22d, muttering, "In n
month the massacre of St Bartholo
mew!" New York Sun.
Eloquence of the Welsh.
Here is a little story of an English
man In Wales: "On the comparative
qualities of the English and Welsh
tongues let me tell of the Welshman
who saluted me in the Welshv I was
compelled to confess Ignorance. 'Ah.'
he said, turning fluently enough to
English, 'you should learn the Welsh!
My wife was Itngllsh, and She can
speak conversations now quite well.'
"I acknowledged my shortcomings
and admitted thr.t 1 had always under
stood the Welsh to be a remarkably
eloquent tongue. 'Yes, yes, It iss so,'
snld the nntlve. 'In Welsh a mnn can
express exactly what he means. As
for the English, 1 cnll It not a language
at.all only a dialect.
" 'You haf noted that an Englishman
or a forelguer In speaking his language
waves his hands and arms about to
help out the meaning of the words, but
a Welshman who can speak Welsh
well he hass no need to move his
hands. In the Welsh he can sny al
that he means.' "Chicago News.
Fife Wheat.
Years ngo, about a century, Dnvlc
Fife., a Scotchman of Olouabee, Out.
sent to a friend In Glasgow for a
small bag of seed wheat to try in e
cleared patch of the backwoods. . Tht
friend obtained some seed from s
vessel Just In from Danzig. Unfortu
nately It was a fall wheat and reached
David Fife In the spring. Neverthe
less David Fife sowed it In spring
One can guess how feverishly the
backwoods farmer watched" for the
growth of Ills experiment. Only three
wheat heads survived till the fall, but
those three wheat beads were entirely
free of the rust that had ruined his
neighbor's crops, and those three hends
really represented a new variety of
wheat, n foil wheat turned Into n
spring wheat David Fife treasured
the three heads and plnnted them In
spring. Such was tho beginning of
Fife wheat In America. Agnes C. Laut
In Outing Magazine.
Vanity of the Peacock.
Our favorite and much petted pea
cock, says a correspondent of the Lon
don Spectator, can be kept happy any
length of time looking at bis reflection
In the window pane or In a looking
glass, ne comes In dally to tea, mak
ing no mistake about the hour, and
spends much time en route In gazing at
himself as be appears In the glass of
the French windows by which be en
ters the room. If I am sewing and do
not speak to him when be comes Into
the room, he will gently put bis hend
quite close, almost touching my ring
or needle, for he likes bright things,
till I have to give up working and talk
to him as with a small child whom one
Is afraid of pricking. -
, ' Lost Charm of the Wayside Inn. -
The Inns of England, celebrated by
Harrison and famous far and wide at
the beginning of the last century, bave
degenerated Into sad places which wc
Visit only of necessity, u Little did
Stephenson think when he proposed
the Hue from' Manchester to Liverpool
that be -would ruin the wayside Inns
of England and kill the art of cookery.
Blackwood's Magazine.
1 " Parents' Hairs and Heirs.
I It is possible to predict from the balr
of parents the form of their children's
hair. Two blue eyed, straight hatred
parents will have- only blue eyed,
straight haired children. Two wary
haired parent stay : t bave straight,
vary or curly haired children, but the
Chances of early hair are slight Two
early haired" parents may have chil
dren with . either straight, wavy or
curly balr, but the proportion of curly
haired offspring will probably be large.
American Naturalist
... ' v. -EMy. ' i'--Hlggs
I never want to see htm
gain. Dls That's easily done. Laid
htm . flrer.-Ulu8trated Bits,',
DESOLATION ISLAND. '
i
Kerguelen Land It a Region of Per.
petual 8torms.
i Of all places on earth outside the
nrctlc and antarctic regions Kerguelen
Land, in the Indian ocean. Is the most
Isolated and Inhospitable. Indeed, It
Is generally known to mariners not by
Its official title, but as Desolation Is
land. I Most nations have owned It by turns.
but It has been sooner or later aban
doned by them all as worthless, and
this although tt covers nn area vari
ously estimated at from 1,500 to 2.000
square miles. At present France Is In
nominal possession of It, she havlii"
annexed It In 1893.
The soil Is utterly barren. Practi
cally the whole of the Interior Is cov
ered with snow fields of unknown
depth, whence glaciers flow down to
the sea. Where there are no snow
fields there nre morasses and hidden,
treacherous mudlmles.
The climate Is probably the worst In
tho world. Terrific tempests follow one
another practl.ally without ceasing
and are accompanied by torrents of Ice
cold rain, hull, sleet nnd snow. The
Challenger expedition spent a month
there, during which time there were
only three fine days. And this was In
December-January, when It Is mid
summer In those latitudes.
Its discoverer, M. Kerguelen Trema
rec, although at first he professed to be
enraptured with It, lived to confess
that It was unfit for.human habitation.
"Not even Eskimos," be exclaimed,
"could exist there." Pearson's.
Too Cheap.
The class at kirk had been reading
the story of Joseph and his brethren,
nnd it came to the turn of the visiting
minister to examine the boys.
The replies to all of his questions bad
been quick, Intelligent and correct,
such as:
"What great crime did these sons of
Jacob commit?"
"They sold their brother Joseph."
"Quite correct. And for how much?"
"Twenty pieces of silver."
"And what added to the cruelty and
wickedness of these bad brothers?"
A pause.
"What made their treachery even
more detestable and heinous?"
Then a bright little fellow stretched
out an eager band.
"Well, my man?"
"Please, sir, they selt him ower
cheap."
Very Nearly Trouble.
"Horace, you don't love me as you
used to."
"Not altogether, my dear. When we
were first married I loved you for your
beauty. Now I love you for your real
worth, your many excellencies of mind
and heart and for your"
"So, noraee Hlggsworthy! You think
I've got entirely over my good looks,
do you? Let me tell you, sir"
"And for your unfailing sweetness of
disposition, my dear."
Uncertain whether to go ahead and
scold htm just the same or to Indulge
In a good cry, sbe compromised by
doing neither and fell to darning bis
socks with renewed energy.
Steam.
"Can yon tell me what steam Is?"
asked the examiner.
"Why, sure,, sir," replied Patrick
confidently. "Bteam Is why er it's
wather thot's gone crazy wld the
heat." Everybody's.
One may dominate moral sufferings
only by labor. Study saves f"om dis
couragement. D'Abrantes.
PENNSYLVANIA R AI LROAD
BULLETIN
THE STEEL C0ACH-A -TRAVEL SAFEGUARD.
The Pennsylvania Railroad now has in operation on its
lines east of Pittsburgh over two hundred steel passenger
coaches, dining cars, baggage cars, and mail cars of the
new all-steel type. -
The solid steel framework of these cars, designed to
resist shock and minimize the dangers of collisions, is fur
ther strengthened by the steel sheathing enclosing the body
of the car: In fact, everything about the coach is steel,
save the window frames, the cushions of the seats and the
flooring. Such little, woodwork as enters into the make-up
of the coach, the plush with which the car seats are cov
ered and the hair with which they are stuffed is treated
to a fire-proofing process, whilst the floors are cement,
thus rendering the coach at Jonce practically indestructible
and thoroughly fireproof. It is built like a battleship.
The new coach is longer than the standard car general
ly in use on the railroads2inthiscountry, and has a com
fortable seating capacity of sixty to ninety people accord
ing ta the style of the coach. ' .
-. The unusual weight of the coaches give to them a
solidity that greatly increases the comfort of the passen
ger. - ;. ,
The seats are adjusted to a more convenient space and
angle, the coaches, are all lighted with electricity and
amply ventilated in winter as well as summer by new and
thoroughly tested methods.
The interior finish of the coach is plain though pleasing
to the eye. The absence of ornamentation enhances the
idea of strength and at the same time assures absolute
cleanliness and thorough sanitation.' '
Steel cars are now in use on the principal trains be
- tween New York, Philadelphia, Washington and on. the
Main Line between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The
number of cars isbeingJconstantly increased as the finished
productjeomes from the shops.
ThePennsylvania Railroad's equipment is recognized
as the Standard of America.
No rank), no soot, no flicker,
Nn 'frosted chimneys, do charred wicks.
Bams oat clean with a btjr, round, stead.
white flame to the last drop without readjust-
lnff wick. , B
"Family Favorite"
LAMP OIL
Bout llirht fnr the yefc
Does awny with ery Iflmp trouble. Ooste
no mors ttinti interior tank wagon oil.
Almost every dealer bag It. Inquire.
WAVERLY OIL WORK8 CO.,
Independent Reflnert
PITTSBUUC, - - PA.
Alio makers of Waverly Special Ante
Oil and W.ivarly Gasolines,
rf winter Term
STATE
NORMAL
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BUSINESS CARDS.
E. NEFF . v
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Pension Attorney and Real Estate Agent.
RAYMOND E. BROWN,
attorney at law,
Brookville, Pa.
G, m. Mcdonald,
attorney-atlaw,
Real estate agent, patents secured, col
lections made promptly. Office in Syndicate
building, Keynoldsvllle, Pa.
gMITH M. McCREIGHT,
attorney- at-law,
Notary public and real estate arcnt. Col
lections will rece've prompt attention. Office
In the Reynoldsvllle Hardware Go. building
Main street Reynoldsvllle, Pa.
DR. B. E. HOOVER,
DENTIST,
Resident dentist. In the Hoover building
Main street. Gentleness in operating.
)R. L. L. MEANS,
DENTIST,
Office on second floor of the First National
bank building, Main street.
DR. R- DEVERE KING,
DENTIST,
office on second floor of the Syndicate build
Inn, Main street, Keynoldsvllle, Pa.
HENRY PRIESTER
UNDERTAKER.
Black and white funeral cars. Main street
Beynoldsvllle, Pa,
D. H. YOUNG,
ARCHITECT
Corner Grant and Fiftn sts., Reynolds
vllle, Pa.
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