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C- A.HTRPUBNHON, Editor and Pub.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1909.
Political Announcements.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
For District Attorney
RAYMOND E. BROWN,
' Of Brookville.
Subject to the action of t he HnpubllrnnH of
jerrernon county ai me primary eiecuuii'uv-
uraay, June o, iwu, iiob o ciock, p. ui.
For District Attorney
SMITH. M. McCRElGHT,
Of Reynoldsvllle.
Subject to action of the Republicans of Juf-
xeron county at ine pnmiiry t lecuon oiiiur
day June S. MOD, 2 to 8 o'clock p. m
For District Attorney
JESSE C. LONG,
Of Punxsutawney.
Subject to the action of the Republicans of
lerreroon ccuniy at me primary emcum
Saturday, June 5'h. 1009, 2 to 8 o'clock p. m.
Not Venom Sewer.
On the subject of ubIdst the news
paper to express crlttcfom by anomy
mous contributions, the Lick Haven
Times says:
"Usually the man who wishes to
criticise comes to the editor In per
son and requests that an editorial be
written 'tearing the other fellow up
the back,' as he usually terms it.
When asked to produce the facts over
his own signature, he exhibits the
white feather and if he be a business
man, openly admits that it would in
jure his business and a hundred excuses
why he should not do so. He forgets
that the average country newspaper
man with barely sufficient business to
eke out an existence, is the last man
who can afford to offend a single patron
of the office and drive trade that
naturally belongs in Lim to another
newspaper.
"A newspaper la not. calculated to
be a sewer through which the citizen
or its editor shall pjur wnora, but it
should be the puipoao of every real
newspaper to chtvo the people as ai,
educator both in the giving of news
and in just critlcNm of public matters
that are conducted in such a manner
as to merit public approval."
Stupcnduous Steal.
When u trust like the American
Sugar Refining Company is caught red
handed in cheating the government or
a municipality and is found giiHly and
sentenced to pay a fine, its members
try to escape a criminal action by
throwing all the blame of the thievery
upon their employes. It is encourag
ing to learn that this plea will not hold
in the case of the above company for
the government Intends to bring a
criminal suit. The Sugar Refining
Company defrauded the government
Of the duty on 75,000,000 pounds of
augar and the city of New York of a
vast sum for water it bad surreptitious
ly taken and it is only right that the
principals who thus cheated and
stole should receive adequate punish
ment. To them a fine of a $1,000,000
is no punishment, but bard labor within
the walls of a penitentiary woold be.
Manners.
It is not absolutely true that "man
ners maketh man," but it is true that
they make him. better, more,,, agreeable,
and more influential for good. Yet
there are many people, both men and
women, who are sadly deficient in man
ners, especially in that courtesy and
oonslderateness which acts as a gra
oious lubricant in social life. Perhaps
In most oases it is a matter of thought
lessness rather than of Intent, but all
the same It is responsible for much
frlo'ion and pain.
Patienoe is a virtue that needs to
be more generally cultivated. As a
people we are restless, Impatient of
delay and of opposition and chafe under
trial and adversity. There is con
siderable truth in this inscription re
corded hundreds of years ago on a stone
wall in one of the cells of the tower
of London, "Men are not killed by the
adversities they have, but with the
impatience with wbioh they suffer.
Doubtless there is something fascin
ating about the idea of communicating
with Mars, but it is doubtful If even
(he most enthusiastic dreamer really
believes In its possibility. As an
academic proposition it is entertaining
and people may indulge in all kinds
of speculation over It, but the obstacles
In the way are too great' to lift It
Into the realm of practicability.
If we want to spoil 4ife for ourselves
and be a sou roe of misery to others
we need only to be selfish. Think only
of ourselves and of what people think
o(,o and all joy and peaoe goes out
of our life.
Borne people talk by the pound and
live by the oaeoa, so great it the differ
ence between their words and their
Jots.
Spitting on Sidewalk.
There some talk of trying to get
town u mniiil to p.txi an ordinance pro
hihltlng people from spitting on the
Bid- walks, but the recent sot of the
state InifiHlBturp, which was wlgnrd by
i Governor Stuart, mention of which was
made In -THE STAR two weeks ago,
makes a statu law which applies in any
city, borough, village or township in
the state, making It an offense punish
able by a fine of tl.00 for any person to
expectorate on the sidewalk or on the
floor ol any public room or conveyance,
Unless Immediate steps are taken to
enforce it the law will soon be a dead
letter. If prompt examples were mnde
of those who violate this new law,
doubtless there would be some enraged
and indignant citizens, but the law Is
useless unless it is rigorously enforced.
If you have been spitting on the side
walk or on the floor of publlo rooms,
you had better quit It, for if the law is
not enforced in Reynoldsvllle you may
go to some town where it is enforced
and the habit of spitting on sidewalk
may cause you to pay a fine. It Is be
lieved that the most common way In
which tuberculosis and some other
diseases are spread is by expeotorating
on sidewalks and in publlo rooms,
therefore, the law is not passed alone
in behalf of public decency, but for the
promotion of the publlo health. It is
likely a few ai reBtB will have to be
made before people will stop the nasty
habit.
To see the opportunity Is one thing;
to seize the opportunity and wisely use
it is another. Many do the first but
the number who do the second Is rel
atively small.
It is far better to help a man when
he Is falling than to wait until he is
down. It does not cost him so much
In effort, courage or anxiety to regain
his place in the world.
To postpone the doing of some kindly
act to an Indefinite future rare.y
amounts to anything. The only sensi
ble plan Is to do kind acts and say kind
words as we pass along.
How much is a man worth is usually
answered in dollars and cents, but that
gives no real idea of a man's value. A
man is worth just so much as he makes
himself by bis character and by the
value of the things in which he con
cerns himself.
- Teachers' Examinations.
The annual examinations for the
teachers of Jefferson county for the
year 1909 will be held as follows:
Tuesday, June 15, Worthville.
Wednesday, June 16, Cool Spring.
Thursday, June 17, Punxsutawney.
Friday, June 18, Perrysville.
Saturday, June 19, Summer villa.
Monday, June 21, Reynoldsvllle.
Wednesday, June 23, Slgel.
Friday, June 25, Beechwoods.
Saturday, June 26, Brock way vllle.
Wednesday, July 7, Brookville.
Special Examination, Saturday, Au
gust 28, Brookville.
All examinations begin at 8 o'clock,
m., except at Summervllle, which
begins at 9 a. m.
Applicants will band to the superin
tendent a stamped and eelf addressed
envelope. This envelope should con
tain the last certificate or grades re
ceived. -
Manuscrlpts must be neatly written
in Ink.
Persons under eighteen years of age
and inexperienced teachers from other
counties will not be examined.
Some men, however talented and
accomplished, never succeed In life
while others no better endowed men
tally or educationally win success in
verjthing they take hold of. Perhaps
the reason lies in the fact that those
who fail have no snap while the others
have.
Stung for ij Years
By indigestion's pang.. trying many
doctors and 1200 00 worth of medlclno
in vain, B. F. Ayscue, of Inglesldo,
N. C, at last used Dr. King's New Lite
Pills, and writes they wholly cured
him. Tbey cure constlpa'lon, bilious
ness, sick headache, stomach, liver, kid
ney and bowel troubles. 25o at H. L
McEntire's.
. Dyeing and Cleaning.
I am agent for Brace Bros.' dyeing
and cleaning works of Pittsburgh. Get
all particulars in Williams Bros.' shav
ing parlors on Main treet. August
Walter, agent and shoe shining artist.
Gibson has visited so long and his
cptioal work is so well known that per
sons needing glasses will not mistake
in seeing him at the American Hotel
Brookville, June 14-15. or Imperial
Hotel, Reynoldsvllle, June 16.
Take Ml-o-na. Tone up the liver.
stomach and bowels. Gives you an
appetite and no distress after eating.
It is America's greatest dyspepsia cure.
60 cents. Stoke & Feicht Drug Co.
guarantees them.
Special price on flour by the barrell
or feed by the tin. Robinson & Mun
dorff. If you buy Walk-Overs you are sure
they are right' ..Price 14.00. Adam's.
VlcCreight the Leader
On Eve of Election.
In the cloelng days of the present
campaign it Is pretty generally con
ceded that Smith McCreight will re
ceive the Itt'publican nomination for
District Attorney. It Is no BtirpiUe
to the people of this section of the
county that Mr. McCrelght is tho lead
ing candidate, for it Is now known that
the office of District Attorney, next
to the Judgeship, 1b the most import
ant in the county, and the voters are
disposed to select a man of sound judg
ment, seasoned by experience, for the
Dosltlon, rather than to use the offioe
Blmply as a training school for young
lawyers. Mr. ' McCrelght has had
twelve years active experience In the
practice of law. In addition to being
a good lawyer, he la an aotlve, progres
sive and successful business man, and It
is such men the ik'ople should always
select to serve them.
It may be truthfully said that he Is
high above either of his two younger
opponents In ability and the mature
judgment necessarily growing out of hts
longer experience, and this can be said
without discredit to either of the other
candidates, both of whom are bright
young man. Mr. McCrelght has always
been a hard worker for the Republican
party, and during many years be has
given time and influence to its support,
and this is the first time he has asked for
an office that would bring him some
reward for hts faithful service. It is
about 25 years since a Reynoldsvllle
lawyer held that office, Brookville and
Punxsutawney usually capturing It, but
it is now recognized by fair-minded
men in these towns, as well as through
out the county generally, that Reyn
oldsvllle should receive the honor at
this time. ""k
After Mr. McCrelght has served a
term, or even two terms, the other can
didates will be younger than he Is at
present, and there will be ample time
and opportunity for them to realize
their ambition. It Is, therefore, the
right thing for the Republican voters
to give Mr. McCrelght their support
at the primary election on Saturday of
this week, Juno 6. VOTER.
Take Notice,
rhe Central Land and Mining Com
pany has decided to place on the mar
ket for sale all of its holdings in Jeffer
son county. As an inducement to pur
chasers, a material reduction In price
will be quoted for a short time from
what the land was formerly listed. The
land will be sold In amounts and upon
terms to suit the convenience of pur
chasers. For further information call
on or address J. J. Sutter,
Superintendent, (
Reynoldsvllle, Pa.
All kinds of feed for young and old
chickens, the kind that makes the hens
lay and the chicks grow, Robinson &
Muudorfi.
Roman sandals for children, black or
brown. Prices (35, 75 and 11.00. Adams.
We sell you the flour that is the
bread maker, b.Jth quality and quantity.
Robinson & Mundorff. ' -
3 -eyelet tie, brown, heavy sole, med
ium toe and heel, price 12.00. ' Adam's.
Want Column.
Rates! One cent ner word for each and
TOrvlnsertlon.
For Rent or Sale One five-room
bouse; olty water and gas; on Broad
street, West Reynoldsvllle, Pa. Chap.
Spencer.
For Sale Inlaid linoleum; amount
9 x 42 feet. Sold at a bargain. Reyn
oldsvllle Candy Works.
To Lease Pavilion In Reynolds Park.
Inquire Mrs. Harriet Morrow.
For Rent Six room house on
Brown St., West Reynoldsvllle. and
other houses and rooms to rent at
reasonable rates. W. L. Johnston.
For Sale ftcfrlgerator and kitchi n
cabinet. Inquire at STAR offioe.
For Sale Tomato, cabbage, caull
fl iwor and celery plants, all transplant
ed. West Reynoldsvllle Greenhouse.
For Rent Six room bouse on Grant
street. Inquire at Star office.
For Sale Three nice level lots In
DuBols, Pa. One on Maple Ave. 50
by 150 feet; fine residence location, rare
bargain at 1150 If sold Immediately.
Two lots adjoining near glass and gar
ment factory. Good business Innatlnn
Improvements. For terms write Owner, "i
P. O Box 55, Mahaffey, Pa. j
For Rent Eight room house, First
avenue, West Reynoldsvllle. Inquire j
ui m. c. yveea, Keystone Hardware
store.
For Rent Seven room house with
bath, on Broadway, West Reynolds
viile; stable and two lots. 110 per
month. Address P. Koehler. Rem.
oldsville, Pa. -
For Sale Meat market fixtures; '
will be sold cheap. Inquire at Stab '
office.
Fob Rent One seven room bouse
including batb room on Grant street;
also sic room house on Mable street.
M. M. Fisher. ..
Great Series of Sermons
At Methodist Church
For all who have left the home of
I their youth and look back with regret
upon the Blmplo and unaffected life of
their childhood, the sermon of Rev. John
F. Black In the Methodist Episcopal
church Sunday evening will have pe
cullar charm. It will be the first of
a series ol sermons under the general
tli In of 'Old Hlek'rv Faim." drawn
from tbo annals of the homely, every
day life that fil s up the existence of the
average person. Tho minister believes
and has already shown, that some of
the pureet and subllmest lessons may
be drawn from the uninspired deeds
of mortal men, and in the series of
sermons he has prepared he has con
nected In a striking way an old and
familiar parable of Christ with a phase
of modern life that Is familiar to all.
Few there are who have not at some
time felt the wild, unruly longing to
leave the quiet scenes of home life for
the passionate madness of a reckless
city career; and still fewer are those
who have followed the lure who have
not looked back with saoness on their
course. These are the basic sentiments
which form the subject of this remark
able series of sermons. In deference to
a production which has recently been
made familiar to large numbers of local
people, the sermons will be presented
in the form of a drama, of which the
following Is an outline:
"Old Hick'ry Farm."
Sunday evening, June 6th Act T,
Scene 1, Life on the faru; Tho lure
of the world; Leaving horn".
Sunday evening, June 13t.li Act II,
Scene I, Living fast ant' fir away,
Sunday evening, June 20th Act II,
Scene 2, Dead broke; The longing for
home.
Sunday evening, June 27'h Act III.
Scene 1, The Home Coming.
Sunday evening, July 27th Act 111.
Scene 2, The boy that raised the calf.
Rich Men's Gifts are Poor
B'-slilr4 this: "I want to go on record
as saying that I regard E'tctrlc Bitters
as unu of the greatest gifts that. God
has made to woman, writes Mrs. O.
Rblnevault, of Vestal Conter, N. Y.
"I can never forget what it has done
for me." This plorlous medicine gives
a woman buoyaut spirits, vigor of body
and jubilant health, it quickly cures
nervousness, sleepnessness. melancholy,
headache, backache, fatuiingand dizzy
sp. lis: soon builds up the rfeak, ailing
an. I sickly. Tr. ih-n. 50c at il. L.
m; ii . i,
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.
Her 8ummary Method of Snapping
Official Red Tape.
When Florence Nightingale came, in
stantly a new Intelligence, Instinct
with pity, aflame with energy, fertile
with womanly Invention, swept through
the Scutari hospital. Clumsy male de
vices were dlRiiilRsed, almost with a
gesture, into space. Dirt became a
crime, fresh nlr und clean linen, sweet
food mid soft hands a piety. A great
kitchen was organized which provided
well cooked food for a thousand men.
Washing was a lost art in the hospital,
but this band of women created, a
with a breath, n great laundry, and a
strange cleanliness erept along the
walla nnd the beds of the hospital. In
their warfare with disease and palu
these women showed a resolution as
high ns the men of their race showed
against the gray coated battalions of
tnkerraan or In the frozen trenches be
fore Sebnstopol. Muddle headed male
routine was swept ruthlessly aside.
If the commissariat failed to supply
requisites, Florence Nightingale, who
had great funds at her disposal, in
stantly provided them herself, and the
heavy footed officials found the swift
feet of these women outrunning them
In every path of help and pity. Only
one flash of anger Is reported to huv.
broken the serene calm which served
as a mask for the steel-like and reso
lute will of Florence Nightingale.
Some stores had arrived from Eng
land; sick men' were languishing for
them. But routine required that the;.
should be inspected by a board before
being issued, and the board, moving
with heavy footed slowness, hud not
completed Its work when night fell
The stores were, therefore, with offi
cial phlegm, locked up and their use
denied to the sick. Between the needs
of hundreds of sick men and the com
forts they required was the locked
door, the symbol of red tape. Floreuce
Nlghtlngn;e called a couple of order
lies, walked to the door and quietly
ordered them to burst It open and the
stores to be distributed! Corn hill Mag
azine. Dolly Madison
Mrs. Dolly Madison, the wife of the
third president. Is described by Grin
wold in this way:
"Dolly Payne, born in North Caro
lina, has been educated accordlug to
the strictest rules of the Quakers In
Philadelphia, where at an early age
she married a young lawyer of this
sect named Todd; but, becoming a wid
ow, she threw off drab silks and plnln
laces and for several years was one of
the gayest and moat fascinating wo
men of the city. She had many lovers,
but she gave the preference to Mr.
Madison and became bis wife In 1794."
The Mietrwe f the Heuee.
"She spends all her time In the
library."
"Ah, she Is llteraryr
"Not especially. Bat the cook won't
allow her In the kitchen, and the maids
don't want her about the halls or par
lotWPlttsburg Post.
NEW GUINEAC0URTSH1P.
All ' tha Proposals of Marriage Are
Mad by Womtn.
Away off in the strange island of
New Guinea it is leap year all the
time in one Important sense, for out
there all the proposals of marriage
are made by the women. It is consid
ered beneath the dignity of the mole
Inhabitants of New Guinea to even
notice a woman, and consequently the
women perforce must notice the men
and must start any idea of weddings,
etc.
So when the island belle of New
Guinea becomes in love she promptly
sends a piece of string to the sister
of the lucky man. If he has no sister
she sends It to bis mother or to some
female relative this because the man
and his male relatives are assumed
to be above taking any steps toward
acquiring a wife.
Then the sister says to the man in
volved: "Brother, I huve news. So-and-so
Is In love with you." If In
clined to matrimony the man makes
an engagement to meet the enamored
lady. When they meet it Is alone, and
they either decide to wed or drop the
entire proposition at once. There Is
no courting, for the man Is not al
lowed, theoretically at least, to waste
any time on a woman not even
enough time to make love to the lady
or to allow her to make love to him.
The betrothal la announced, and the
engaged man In New Guinea Is brand
ed on i'ie line!: wl!li charcoal, but the
wnt:inu's murk of engagement to wed
U iit-mnM.v ''.it Into her skin and Is
never nil v-; f.i n:'i;ile:elv v.nlsh
If i'.'i- r'o.io ilrchles to break the on
g. ..cut I '.('.. I -uu be done by tin1
ov .iled p:il"..v.
ii I In H 1 i.i-ldfM llnil, after nil, she
t-ent the !;:;!, I'lce i f kIiI:i by nil.-:-tal:e
the I uu I u; !. Ii- ver. to cnti li
lier son:'1 li n i I r.e iii-il bent her. If
th" iiinn .,!.:. V..v vvoiiinii her relatives
ofti-:: liinil lil:n up nv.l mlnihilstrr n
sound ilrr.Miiii!: I'.l ml. however. !
ccl loili Ktn-d. as the brenLlii of these
v. i'iiirti i i lie eiv : .eim Tits m iutt deem
ed II V''i.v n i l l..; !.;;!!( r
TIioii'i I lie witii, ii propose the wed
dings in New (JuiUL-u, the coudltlou of
the wife Is miserable and unjust In
the extreme. The girl Is merely the
property and slave of the husband. He
can beat her unrebuked and even kill
her with Impunity If she Incurs his
enmity. Atlanta Constitution.
Vigor Is contagions, and whatever
makes us think or feel strongly adds
to our power and enlarges our field of
action. Emerson.
in 111 urn wii ii1 'jafig.gaaw
I will visit the
Amerioin Hotel in'
Brookville June 14
15, and the Imperial
Hold, in Rej-nolds-ville,
June 16, and
will not visit in July.
If your eyes need
care, come in. Only
first class work.
G. C. GIBSON,
Optician.
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Sunday, June 6. '09
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DMINISTRATniX'- NOTICE.
Estate of Michael Nugent, lute of Reyn
oldsvllle Borough, Deceased.
Notice Is heiebjr iWeo that letters testa
mentary upon the estate of the said deced
ent huve leen granted to the undersigned.
All uersons Indebted lo said eBtale are re
quested to rmike payment , und those having
elulnis or demands against the same will
present them without delay to
Mart Ndoknt,
.i, . Administrator t). T. A..
Clem; nt W. Flynn. Reynoldsvllle, Pa.
Attorney,"
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Margaret Harrington, late of
Reynoldsvllle Borough, Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that letters of ad
ministration upon I he estate of the above
named -decedent have been granted to the
undersigned. All nerons Indebted to said
estate are requested to make payment, and
those having claims or demands aga'nst the
same will make them known without delay
to,n. 1,A?'.?,L JjABBuroToir, Administrator.
Clement W. Flynn, Pardus Pa.
Attorney. 1
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