THE HORSE. 1 li So Stupid That H Can Bs Taught Any Habit. There .have birn on exhibition at Tnrlous . times horses that are appar ently pnx'.ifjrs of miithi'tniitii al insight thnt can do anything with numbers hat the trainer enn ilo. Vet we lib Solutoly know that no animal can so much as count ttt ail Ftirthi-rniori'. It is always the horse that performs these marvels, though the horse U t lie most utterly stttpltl of all the dumb creatures ' that man has made his triends. That Is precisely why the horse Is always taken to be made Into on arith metician, lie Is so stupid that he can be taught anythitiB any hnbit. that Is and, having no mind to be taken up with his own affairs, can be relied on to do exactly as he Is told. AH these arithmetical fakes, what ever their details, are worked In essen tially the same way The horse Is taught, by endless repetitions, some mechanical habit. A i;iven signal, and he begins to paw the floor. Another signal, and he stops. Tress the proper button, and h? takes n sponge and rubs It over n certain spot on a black board or picks up a card lying in u certain position. That Is all he does The meaning of the act exists for the spectator only. The pn wings count the answer to a problem In addition, the card bears the reply to a question, but the horse does not know It. He merely follows a blind habit, just as ho will stop when you say "Whoa!" though you Interpolate the word Into your recitation of the Declaration of Independence. McClure's Magazine. IT CAME TRUE. fj"ha Largs Party and the Calamity That Followed. "You can't make me believe," Uncle Abner Jnrvis was saying, "that there Isn't something in fortune telling." His auditors were grouped round the etove In the corner grocery store. "Ever have any experience with It?" asked one of them. "That's what I was going to tell COii," resumed L'ucle Abner. "Once When 1 was at the county fair I saw a little tent with a sign on the outside of It that said Mine, Somebody-or-other would tell your fortune for 23 cents. I stepped Inside Just for fun. "A woman with a thick veil over her face was sitting in a chair on a raised platform. I gave her a quarter, and Blie, looked at my hand. One of the things she told me was that I was 'going to have a large party at my house in less than a month and that it would be follered by a calamity. "I laughed at that Thinks I to my self, 'We hain't had any parties of any kind to our bouse for two years, aud I don't reckon we'll have one quite ns soon ns that' "But it did come true. In about two weeks my wife's Aunt Jane came to visit us, and if yon think she ain't a large party you ought to see ber. She weighs 2S7 pounds." "But how about the calamity?" in quired the man who was sitting on the nail keg after a long pause. "Well," said Uncle Abner slowly, "she broke down our spare bed the . first night she slept in it." Youth's Companion. Had Forty Hornet. Vollon, the painter, was a unique personage even among the odd charac ters of Taris. While he was essen tially a bohemlan, there were times when even bis patience was taxed to the utmost, and to obviate the neces sity of meeting unwelcome people he conceived the idea of multiplying his lodging places. At the time of his death he owned no less than forty homes, all in apartment houses, situ ated in all the out of the way corners of Taris, plainly furnished and with Just enough accommodation for him self,, lie changed from one to the other all the time in order to escape Importunate acquaintances and to take refuge from his friends. It was in or der to throw them all off the scent thnt ho engaged rooms all over the city, ne finally died in the Hue do Dunkcrque, where he had as many as . three different apartments, all within a stone's throw of one another. The Stone Houses of Easter Island. The remarkable stone houses of Easter island arc built against a ter race of earth or rock, which in some eases ' forms the back wall of the dwelling. They are built of small slabs of stratitied basaltic rock piled to gether without cement. No regularity of plan is shown In the construction of a majority of them. The average measurement is as follows: Height from floor to ceiling, 4 feet C Inches; thickness of walls. 4 feet to 10 Inches; rvidth of rooms, 4 feet C Inches; length of rooms, 12 feet 0 inches; average size of doorways height, 20 Inches; width, 19 Inches. Skeptical. "I kind of agree with the folks who say thnt story about George Washing ton and the cherry tree is a mvth." said Farmer Corntossel after a thought- ful silence. "For what reason?" inquired bis . wife. "Well, human nature is purty much the same in all generations, and if J had a boy who picked up an ax an' voluntarily went out to chop wood I wouldn't chide him. I'd hand him a medal." Washington Star. I Practical. "I send you 10,000 kisses," he wrote. .' "Bah"' she exclaimed, tossing his letter aside. "Why doesn't he come and look over his terminal facilities in person?" Chicago Record-Herald. I 'A stout heart may be ruined In for tune, butnot In spirit. Victor Hugo. THE TOWN THAT PUSH BUILT VIII. The Up to Date Jeweler THIS is the jeweler who needed Some boots and shoes and wisely heeded What he was told by the shoe man's ad. And went and bought the best he had And paid with the hardware merchant' bill Which came from the furniture dealer'a till, Where it went when the clothing deal er bought From the dry goods man, which the butcher got From the grocer who had settlement made Vilh the money the honest workman paid. P. S. The local dealerwho's up to snuff Will always advertise his stuff. When Her Turn Came. The Journal had taken on a "woman editor," whose duty was to look after the "woman's page." Space being scarce In the "local room." a desk was given her In the managing editor's room, directly adjoining. For n week or two no fault was found with her work, but one morning the niannglng editor said to her: "Miss Tenfieid. your stylo of writing is a little too terse and epigrammatic for the needs of your department. Yen must study expansion." "Very well. Mr. Ringgold," she an swered. "I will try." Thereafter her work appeared to give entire satisfaction, for there was no further criticism. About six months later, however, the mnnaglng editor nfter a morning spent in working at bis desk suddenly wheeled In his chair and said: "Miss Tenfieid, I wnnt a wife. 1 want you. Will you marry me?" "Mr. Ringgold," she responded, with a mocking smile, "that is rather terse and epigrammatic. Don't you think you ought to study expansion a little?' Youth's Companion. A Word of Warning. "You never proposed to her on your knees!" cried the veteran married man In dismay. "Sure I did; sure," the youth repeat ed, a glad, proud light shining in his eyes. "Well," said the veteran, "you'll re gret it about twice a week for the rest of your life.. After you get married the slightest argument, the first Impatient word, will cause your wife to say, 'You weren't like tills when you wont down on your knees and begged me, with tears In your eyes, to marry you.' "It's pretty bad to have an angry wife read out your old love letters re proachfully," said the veteran, "but that Is nothing to being reminded of your kneeling proposal every week till you are a great-grandfather." "You proposed on your knees your self?" the youth hazarded. But the veteran frowned and made no reply. Los Angeles Times. The Seven Wise Men of Greece. The seven wise men of Greece were Thales of Miletus, Teriander of Cor inth, Cleobulus of Lyndus, Chilon of Lneedaenion, Solon of Athens, Bias of Trlenne and Plttacus of Mitylene. Some fishermen of Miletus sold, a draft of flshe3 to a bystander. When the net was drawn In It contained n golden tripod, and the purchaser claimed it was his, while the fishermen contend ed that they sold only the fish that might be in the net. The dispute was referred to the oracle of Delphi, who awarded the tripod to the wisest man in Greece. Thereupon it was taken to Thales, who declined it and suggested that it be given to Bias. He in turn refused to accept it, and thus- It was successively declined by all the seven, and they were thereafter known as the seven wise men of Greece. The Number 4. There are four cardinal points, four Winds, four quarters of the moon, four seasons, four rules of arithmetic, four suits of cards, four quarters to tin hour, four legs for furniture, most ani mals go on four legs, the dead are placed between four planks, the pris oners between four walls. We have four Incisor and four canine teeth, and our forks have four prongs. All ani mals when butchered are cut Into four quarters. The violin, greatest of all string instruments, has but four strings. Four of a kind Is a pretty good hand at poker, even If they are only fours. Exchange. The poet's verse slides into the cur rent of our blood. We read It when young, wo Mmember It when old. Smiles. . NEW EXHIBITS FOR PITTSBURG EXPOSITION 1339 Season Will Open Firs) of Stplembsr On September 1 all signs will point toward tile Flushing Exposition, which opens Its twenty-first annual season on that date. No matter what may be the t.end of the times this greatest of nil industrial exhibitions has always served as a magnet to at tract pleasure Beekers who go there to be amused and entertained. For the past twenty years the opening of the Exposition has yearly been a red letter event In Pittsburg and It can be safely said that the coming season will be no exception to the rule. The cry will be "To the Exposition," nnd the avenues and streets leading to the big show at the point will be crowded with people, from nil walks of life hastening to participate in the festivities or the opening uiKlit. The great halls brilliantly Illuminated with a myriad of dancing light j, the wc.nUerfully attractive displays, the Eclentillc exhibits, the mirth-compelling amusements, the sweet strains of en trancing music vibrating through tlio air and the joyous merry crowds will all tend to the making of a memor able scene. Work of getting the Exposition In readiness has progressed with unusual rapidity and the booths have been taken from their winter quarters and placed in position. Decorators and painters are putting on the finishing touches and great changes have been wrought In a few short weeks. Those. who go to the Exposition this year expecting to see something new will not be disappointed. There will he something different to be seen at every hand, but it would take un limited space to go Into details of the various novel features. Among the new exhibits -will be that of the Norfolk and Western rail road, which will have a most Inter esting display showing the magnifi cent agricultural lands nnd the de velopment of the vast industries in the vicinity and along the line of tho road. Another feature that will hold and attract the attention of the visitor is the Irrigation exhibit which is new here. The subject of Irriga tion, although little understood In sec tions of the country where there is an abundance of water, has long been a matter of the most serious consider ation In certain sections of the West and Northwest. Inventive men have solved the problem and crops are now raised In places that were barren not many years ago. The object of this exhibit is to show the results of irriga tion and how they have been ac complished. All the big electrical concerns will have space to display their work and incidentally give practical illustrations of the latest de vices operated by electricity. Many new Inventions have been perfected within the past year and the exhibits will in the main be new. Another new display will be an archeologlcal exhibit, which will In clude a lot of Indian relics taken from historic ' Blonnerhnsset Island. This exhibition shows the evolution In many things and It will be Instruc tive as well as Interesting. And the amusements! The music will of course be one of the strongest attractions and the features engaged for Music Hall have not been excelled in former years. The Russian Sym phony Orchestra, which made such a profound Impression Inst year, will be the opening attraction. This cele brated company of Russian musicians which recently returned from a triumphant tour to the Pacific coast with G reefs players comes back with a new repertoire selected from the best works of Russia's most eminent composers. From September 1 to 11 the Russian Orchestra will hold forth and then comes Arthur Pryor, the brilliant American bandmaster and his company of American players, ap pearing 'from September 13 to 18 in clusive. The famous Wnlter Dam rosch and his orchestra will follow, September 20 to 23, In classical con certs. Othe celebrities will appear up to the close of the season, October 23, nnd music lovers will have over seven weeks of the finest melody heard here. The hippodrome and the other amusement places will have new and attractive features, all combining tc make one of the most successful en talnmcnts in the history of the Ex position. The Descent. "Father, do men descend from mon-' keys?" asked an Inquisitive lad. "Yes, my boy." "And wLat do monkeys descend from?" "The motikcys descend ah from the trees!" London Telegraph. . Not Guilty. I It Is said that within 400 years gold aggregating $2,000,000,000 ' has disap peared from circulation, and the gov ernment would like to know who has it. We learn that the members of the newspaper fraternity are not suspected. St. Louis Republic. Handicapped. "You ought ts save money for your family." "Yes. but" "But what?" "My family won't let mo." Cleve land Leader. . The Family Reunion Season. This U the season of the year when tho papers are full of notice of family reunion, and tho spring chicken and cucumber pickle hBV the center (( tho stagu. Year by vear theso many family reunions grow in number, while the several famt'y connections likewise grow and flourish Ilka the green bay tree. And what a goodly sight It is to see an aged grandfather and grand' mother in the sere and yellow leaf of life, surrounded by their children and their children's children to the num bar of scores. Well may they count their blessings, giving thanks to a Di vine Providence which has ordered their days of usefulness. May the fam ily reunion never die.' In it Is the true Bplrlt of "Old Home" week. Brook vlile Republican. The Secret of Long Life. A French scientist has discovered one secret of long life. His method deals with the blood. But long ago millions of Americans had proved Electric Bitters prolongs life and -makes It worth living. It purifies, enriches and vitalizes the blood, rebuilds wasted nerve cells, (mparts life and tone to the -entire system. Its a godsend to weak, sick and debilitated people, "Kidney trouble had blighted my life for months," writes W. M. Sherman of Cushing, Me., "but Electric Bitters cured me entirely." Only GOu at H. L. McEntlre's. Battle Creek Founder at Chautauqua. Dr. J. H. Kellogg, who has mado Buttle Creek famous, will speak at Chautauqua, New York in the Health and Efficiency symposium on the morn ing of Saturday, August 14. Dr. Kel logg Is widely known as a sure-eon and general practitioner and superintend ent of Battle Creak Sanitarium. An opportunity to hear htm as a lecturer is seldom gl ven and It Is doubtful if Chau- tauquans would have bad an opportun ity this year were it not for his Interest in the general discussion during the week of August 0 to 14. .v., Bids Wanted. Bids will be received for eood run of mine coal delivered at the Reynolds- vllle public school building. All bids to be in the hands of the secretary on or before September 1, 1901). The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. W. H. Bell. . Secretary. Washington Once Gave Up To three doctors; was kepi in bed for five weeks. Blood poison from a spider's bite caused, large, deep sores to cover his leg. The doctors failed, then "Bucklen's Arnica Salve com pletely cured me," writes John Wash ington, of Bosqueville, Tex. For eczema, bolls, burns and, piles Its su preme. 25c at II. L. McEntire's. Want Column. Rates: One cent per word for each and vorvlnsertlon. FOR Sale Six weeks' old Berkshire pigs. J. R. HIIUb. ' . ,, Wanted Local agent to advertise and Introduce the new educational work, Webster's Universal Dictionary and Atlas of the World. Must ba edu cated and able to furnish good refer ences as to ability and character. The Saalflold Publishing Company, Akron, Ohio. j FOB Sale Entire furnishings for a home. Call at D. R. Cochran's and see goods. Will ba sold at big reduc tion. a Fob Sale Distillery 7 barrel capa city; will sell whole or separately; ex cellent stocfc: doing good business. Reason for soiling, ownors have othor business and cannot devote time to it. Address J. C. Ford, Secretary, Box 115, Jeannelte, Pa. " y FOB Sale Double house, ten rooms, barn and lot, Main st. E. No IT, Agont. Foil SALE Two houses and twj lots on PIka street, West Reynoldsvlllo. Sold at a bargain. Inquire C. W. Flynn. Fob Rent Six Yoom house on Brown St., West Reynoldsvlllo, and other houses and rooms to rent at reasonable rates. W. L. Johnston. Fob Rent Eight room house, First avenue, West Reynoldsville. , Inquire of M. E. Weed, Keystone Hardware store. Fob Sale Glass jars, pints, half pints and i pints, Nice for jolly. Will be sold at cost. Reynoldsville Candy Works. ubetcribe for The Star ' . Notice to Jurors', The following order of cour' has h en filed by Hon. John W. Reed, president judge: "And now, July 23, l!)u9, it Is ordered that all civil easos set fur trial at tho August, term of Ummt will hi tried the week of Augusi 30ih. Instead of the 23rd, as originally ordured, and therefore all jurors summoned to appear the week of August 23rd Instead there of will appear and be In attendance upon the Court the week of August 30th. This order does not affect tho criminal court, which will he held at the usual time, and all jurors (grand and petit) summoned to attend the criminal courts will appear and be in attendance as originally summoned, to wlt, the week of August Din." AH jurors are hereby notified to govern themselves In accordance with the herein rule of court. B. E. Irvin, Clerk of Courts. What About the Boys? How many boys in DuBols are learn ing a trade? We bolleve not, one out of twenty will bd plaoiog the ratio very low. What do the boys expect to do when they reach manhood. They can not bo mechanics for they havo never learned the art. Thy cannot hoclerka for without patrorage' from the work ing people, thero mill ba no work for clerks. The boy who leari.8 a good trade now, and learns it right, will be the independent man of the future. DuBols jitpreas. There are a num ber of boys In Reynoldsville who should be learning trades that are not doing so. 1 . Revolts at Cold. "Your only hope," said three doctors to Mrs. M. E. Fisher, Detroit, Mich., suffering from severe rectal trouble, Has in an operation," "then I used Dr. Klng's.New Life Pills," she writes, "till wholly cured." They prevent appendi citis, cure constipation, headache. 25c at H. L. McEntli-e's. BRADFORD "Old Home" Week AUGUST B.U.1900 - A week of reunion, celebration and entertainment. Big events each day. Reduced round trip ares August 7-14; tickets good returning to August 1(1, Inclusive. $3.25 from Falls Creek PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Sixteen Day Excursions $10412 to ,., to 1 I West Tickets at the lowor rate iroo JJanly In'Uuaclie.s. Tickets !at tlio ;hUlier rate good In Parlor orSloepIng cars In connection wlth'propor Pullman tickets. August 12 and 26, and Sept. J, 1909 Train leaves Reynoldsville at 1.28 P. M. Tickets i(onii for passage on trains leavlnR .Pittsburgh lat 8.111 p. m. (coaches only), 8.80 p. m. (sleeping earn only), or 10.15,'ip. m. (sloeplng cars only to Philadelphia and Atlantic City) and their connections going, and all regular trains. returning within sixteen days For stop-over privileges and full Information consult nearest ticket agent. J. R. WOOD, Passenger Traffic Manager. dlUUttrSIilMh-'ltlHTT ri tT FITir 1 1 ITI ' 111 I ill III IK HtrnMiimiMiAi ..,i::j.i'i.bk 'iHTIiiii ...'torit ; ii - ifl l i rV'iVM I Mil llHIIIMHIITllrilWU MUM PENNSYLVANIA TATE NORMAL SCHOOL Our 36th yaar cpent Send for our new catalogue W in detail. Proper training for life K 1 300 feet above the $ea. Perfect 1 influence. . Or. JAMES E. AIU-NT, mi .v Treat your machine right by using the right gasolines. WAVERLT 76 MOTOR STOVE Three special trades. Made from Pennsylvania Crude Oil. Glvo instan taneous, powerful.clean explosion. Pos itively will not form carbon deposits on spark plug or In cylinders. Ignites readily never falls. Ask your dealer, Waverlr Oil Works Co. Independent Oil Keflners PittsburGf. Pa. 1 1 HUGHES & FLEMING. FUNftRAL DIRECTORS. Main Street. Reynoldsville, Pa. WINDSOR HOTEL W.T. Hruhaker. Mar. Midway between Hroad St. .Station and Reading Terminal on Fllhertst. European fl.OO per day and up. American ti.M pur day and up. Thconly moderate priced hotel of rep utation nnd eormeiience in PHILADELPHIA If you have anything to sell, try our Want Column. BUFFALO, ROCHESTER & PITTSBURGH RY. HI J .Atlantic City, Cape May "S Anijlesoa, Wlldwood, Holly Beach, Ocean City, I Sua Isle City, Avulon, N. J., Ut'hoboth, Del., and V. Ocean City, Md, f AsburvPark. Lone Branch . r .... v . ... . End. Elhoron. Deal Berh. AUenhurst. North Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, Kradley Iteach, Holniar, Conm, Sarin? Lake, Hea Girt, llrlelle, Point Pleasant, and Kay Head, N. J. GEO. W. BOYD, General Passenger Agent. IIIIIMMIMH imiii llMlir IIIWI r ii"khiwiiiiiw)ii " i ""1 V ECONOMY 1 IN THE KITCHEN S Should begin at the point where waste Is the greatest. That point Is the cook's fire. i PRIZER'S 1 Gas Ranges! Are a complete economical kitchen appliance. 5j Every improvement has been introduced. I You run no risk. V,'s take It back it not satisfied. 1 Reynoldsville Hardware Co. 1 nwti uniMiia iiiMnaoiiMvgx September 14th, 1909. Q beautifiillv illustrated full M in its broadest eense. Ideal location, I modern equipment. Scholarly, Christian Principal, (.idiana, Pr.. 1 !;: A
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