NITROGEN IODIDE. A Wonderful Substance That a Mere Breath Would Explode. "What would be the consequences of firing a burrelful of ultrogen iodide It would be Impossible to say," declares B writer In the London Strand Maga zine, "simply because the stuff Is too awful to be uiade in bucIi quantities. - "It may sound like a Joke, but it Is nevertheless the truth, that the tread of a housefly is suulcient to explode this dangerous material. It is not necessary that a fly should walk over the compound. It has only to let one foot come into contact with the explo sive, when the Jolt causes it to ex plode and to blow the Insect Into the air. "Another manner in which the pecul iar property of this explosive can be demonstrated is by scattering a small quantity of the dry powder over a sheet of clean paper. It then resem bles pepper and only needs a few Bbarp breaths of the manipulator Just sufllcleut to make them roll to cause each speck to Ignite and ex plode, meantime giving off a long, thin column of dense purple smoke. If a barrelful of nitrogen Iodide could be made it would have to be kept moist to prevent danger. By comparison gun powder Is a mild. Innocent, Inoffensive material." STILTON CHEESE. It Differs In the Making From the Or f dinary Cheese. Stilton cheeses differ from ordinary cheeses in the method of manufacture. Each Stilton Is made in a circular mold, or vat, two feet deep and about nine Inches In diameter, perforated at the sides and bottom. When the milk has been turned Into curd by means of rennet It Is transferred into the Tat, which is lined with a coarse woven cloth, with a ladle. When a thin layer of curd covers the bottom of the mold a little dry salt is sprinkled over It This Is supposed to create the blue mold often found In Stiltons. Then more curd Is added In layers until the vat Is full. The whey gradually drains through the cloth and out of the holes Into the pan In which the Tat stands. After the curd has stood for twenty four hours a tin disk is laid on the top and a weight applied to hasten the expulsion of the whey. When quite Arm, the cheese Is removed from tbo vat and placed on a shelf to dry. After some days the cloth is taken off and the cheese Is left to ripen In a special room, the temperature of which never varies. London Answers. y The Young Oak. 'j Once as I was botanizing under an oak I found among a number of other plants of similar height one that was dark In color with tightly closed leaves and a stalk that was very Btralght and stiff. When I touched it, It said to me In firm tones: "Let me alone. I am Dot for your collection, like these plants to which nature has given only a single year of life. I am a little oak." So It Is with a man whose Influence is to last for hundreds of years. As a child, as a youth, often even as a full grown man nay, bis whole life long he goes about among his fellows, look ing like them and seemingly as unim- j portant. But let him alone. He will not die. Time will come and bring j those who know bow to value him. ' Schopenhauer. I An Impostor. "Have you any skeleton in your fam- I ily closet?" the prospective father-in- I law asked of the titled suitor at the family hearing. . "None." I "Then perhaps you have a past?" t "I have not." The parents whispered together a moment. "You. of course, have debts?" the millionaire resumed. "Not one." The mother fainted. The millionaire towered. I "Sir," he thundered, "how dare you? This Is no romance at all, but only a , love match." St. Louis Post-Dlspatch. Enterprising. An immigration official said recently of an immigrant: "He was a bad case. He was as ignorant of government as the two Polish policemen were. Two new po licemen were once put on the War saw force. They did good work. They arrested a lot of people; then suddenly they resigned. " 'Why are you resigning? the su perintendent asked. "The older of the two men answered respectfully: . " 'We are going to start a police station of our own, sir. Boris here will make the arrests, and I will do the fining.' "Washington Star. Two Kinds. The spectators in a county court room were waxing very demonstrative over the testimony of one of the wit nesses. The Judge sternly admonished them to keep quiet, but to no effect The offense was soon repeated. "Clear the courtroom!" called out the Judge to tbe bailiff. The latter stepped forth pompously and. striking a forensic attitude, said: "Them blackguards that ain't lawyers will bare to get out. Tbem that Is lawyers can stay." Lipplncotfs. Can't Loss Them. First Author Do you ever lose any of tbe manuscripts -sou send out?. Second Author No. They all come - back. Judge. Tbe future belongs to him who knows bow to wait Russian Proverb. CLASHING STARS. A Greenroom Quarrel In Which Marls Roze Triumphed. Minnie Ilauek and Marie Itoze bad quarreled over "Carmen." One night "The Marrloge of Figaro" was an nounced, with Itoze as Susanna and Hauck as Cherubluo. "At 3 o'clock that afternoon," writes Mr. Upton, "Hauck went Into the the ater and pre-empted the prima donna's room by depositing her things there in. An hour later Rore's maid reuched the theater and proceeded to the same room, only to find It tilled with the bated rival's traps. Itoze notified the colonel (Henry Maplesoni. He was promptly on the scene and began mov ing Ilnuck's belongings to the opposite room and instructing bis wife to be at the theater precisely at 0. "At half past 5, however, Mauck sent the chevalier (her husband) to the theater to see that everything was right. The chevalier found that every thing was not right and ordered Iloze's belongings to be removed, replaced bis wife's and had everything, Including the door, stoutly locked. "At 0 Itoze arrived, prepared to 'hold the fort,' but as she couldn't get Into the fort to hold It she sent for the colonel, who sent for n locksmith, who opened the door. Ilnuek's things were unceremoniously bundled out. At half past 0 Hauck came to the room to dress, and. much to her surprise and to the chevalier's chagrin, Koze was in there calmly dressing. What pass ed between them probably no one will ever know, but Hauck went back to her hotel and not Hied the manager that she would not sing that evening. And she didn't," rearson's Weekly. THE B0R0B0ED0ER. A Hindoo Temple Built In Java In the Eighth Century. The Boroboedoer unearthed by Sir Stamford Raffles when the English ruled In Java was built by the Hin doos In the eighth century and Is by far the finest example of their work In the island. Standing on a bill in the middle of the valley, this impos ing edifice, covering nearly ten acres, rises to a height of upward of a hun dred feet above the summit of the bill. It consists of a series of stone ter races built on top of each other in di minishing magnitude so as to leave circumscribing galleries and crowned by a vast cupola. Entrance to the gal leries Is gained by four stairways north, south, east aud west which run from the ground straight up to the big top terraces, In the middle of which stands the crowning cupola, surrounded by numerous smaller lat ticework cupolas, from which one may step aside Into any of the Intermediate galleries. The whole Is built of stone, showing an Immense amount of carving, and, though there, is no genuine iiiBlde to the temple, many of the galleries are covered In, innumerable Images of Buddha occupying niches or promi nent positions on the walls, and the sides of the galleries were paved with bas-reliefs, indicating the glorification of this god aud other Incidents In his history. When one considers that there are several miles of bas-reliefs alone the work expended on the pyra mids of Egypt pales into insignifi cance before tills stupendous under taking. Shanghai Mercury. Wedding Horses. An old fashioned man who wanted to hire a team for the afternoon saw a nice pair of bays which he thought he would like to drive. "Can't let you have them," said the liveryman. "They are wedding horses." "What's that?" asked the innocent pleasure seeker. "Horses that won't shy at old shoes and showers of rice. Some horses seem prejudiced against matrimony. Anyhow they lose their temper If tbey happen to be hit by any of the good luck emblems that are fired after a bridal couple and run away if they get half a chance. Every livery stable, however, keeps two or more horses that tuke a more cheerful view of the wedded state. They may be literally pelted with old shoes without resent ing it. Those bays are that kind. They are slated to head a wedding procession tonight and are resting up for the Job." New York Sun. Bed Good Enough For Him. "Son," called the farmer as tbe aro ma of eggs and ham came up through the trapdoor, "why don't you get up?" "What's the use?" yawned the col lege boy as he turned over for another nap. "Don't believe In early rising." . "Don't eh? Well, how about the early bird?" "Oh, that's a chestnut! The early bird caught tbe early worm, and the early cat caught tbe bird, and tbe early dog caught the cat and the early dog catcher caught the dog. So there you are. What's the use of get ting up early? It doesn't pay." Chi cago News. Protecting Themselves. Extract from a letter from Bertie to his friend Percy: "Dear Percy The Daunceys. with whom I am staying, are awfully decent and do everything they can to make my visit enjoyable. For Instance, whenever we go shoot ing they give me the whole field to myself." London Punch. Exactly. "Uncle George, we are studying syn onyms In school, and I want to know tbe difference between 'cute' and fmeakv.' " "According to your mother. It la tbe difference between what you do and what Mrs. Jones' little boy doe.." Puck. . HAUTEVILLE HOUSE. Viotor Hugo's Home While He Was lit Exile at Guernsey. I Houtevllle House. In St Peter Port, Guernsey, Victor Hugo's home while In exile, remains exactly as he left It It Is held by bis descendants. Victor Hugo's cburucter is written ou the walls and ceilings of every room in the house. Each is distinctive and filled with priceless pictures, tapestries and furniture. The dining room is "papered" with Dutch delft ware, and in a recess Is a saltcellar made by a pupil of Mlchelaugeio valued at 000. The Itudy is a bure aud inconvenient room. It commands magnificent views of Bark, Herni, Jethou, Castle Cornet aud the harbor and leads into a small room used by the novelist as a rest and sleeping chamber, lined with vol umes bearing the marks of bis own use. Not the least Interesting of the fea tures are, the correspondent points out the mottoes and aphorisms writ ten up in unexpected places. "Life Is an Exile" is Inscribed ou the door of i the dining room; ou the bed prepared for Garibaldi (which was never occu pied) one may read. "Nox, Mors, Lux;" in the oak gallery are three chairs in scribed "Puter," -Muter," "Fllius," and underneath "Fllius" Is written "Aniatus Auiut." In the red drawing room and other splendid apartments are tables that belonged to Charles II., a bedstead of Francis 1. and a Are screen worked by Mme. Pompadour, a white and gold dessert service once the property of Louis Philippe. Sunday School Chron icle NORWAY WATCH BOYS. They 8it In Tall 8entry Boxes on the Lookout For Fish. It Is common enough to see a boy watching cattle to keep them from straying, and In days not so very long I gone by It was no unusual thing for a boy to be set to keep the birds off the crops. But a watch boy whose duty It Is to keep a looKout tor a scnooi or fish and who sits in a sentry box set upon Btilts Is not such an everyday sight This particular kind of watch boy is Norwegian, the scene of his labors be ing the shores of some fiord of bis na tive land. His little sentry box is made of wood and perched high upon posts. Here the lad sits, gazing out across the arm of the sea, using his keen eyes for the benefit of the farmers who are depending upon him to give the alarm when a Bcbool of tisb shall appear. They work contentedly enough in their fields, secure in the belief that their watch boy will let them kuow when it is time to reap a harvest from the sea Instead of from the land. When the signal is given they leave their work, throw their big nets over their shoulders and hurry off to their boats. Sentinel boxes similar to those em ployed In Norway were In use among the fishermen on the shores of the Mediterranean, and It is supposed that the vikings brought back with them from some of their piratical raids the idea that has been put In practice ever since. Youth's Companion. Analysis. There was once a young man who was paying court to three different beautiful damsels. Each was fair, each was sweet, each was charming. So much of a triplicate similarity did they have that he did Dot know how to choose between tbem. So he went to a wise old man and laid his trou bles before him. "Is there a clock at each bouse?" asked the wise old man. "There Is." "Aud what does Esmeralda say when the clock strikes 11?" "Slip says the clock Is slow." "What does Kulalle say?" "She says the clock Is Just right" "And what does Evangeline say?" "She always says the clock is fast" "My son. there is no need for fur ther evidence. Evangeline Is the one that really loves you." Judge. Burglar Medicine. "A society woman once asked me I what she should do if a burglar were to get Into her room and awaken her i from sleep," said a former police cap tain. "I told her to do nothing except Bit up in bed and squeal for help at I the top of her lungs. That's the medl 1 cine for Mr. Burglar. Not one of the ' gentry In 10,000 will do aught save run like a deer when a woman begins to yell. The sure enough professional will not harm anybody unless corner ed, and to sboot Is tbe last thing he contemplates in his philosophy. An amateur loses his head and uses his gun, but a regular neTer." Baltimore American. Sarcastic. ! A pompous looking lawyer once j chartered a hansom cab, and on reach ! lng his destination be only gave his 1 driver the shilling required by law. ! Tbe driver looked at the coin and bit bis Up. Then In the most courteous manner be said: "Do step in again, Blr. I could ha' druv ye a yard or two far , ther for this 'ere." London Fun. Reasons For Lovs. Patience All the girls Just hate blm because he's going to marry me. Pa trice You love him for the enemies be has made, I suppose. Yonkers States man. The Manager. "Are you able to manage your hus band r "I don't have to. My mother lives with us." Houston Post THE BANISTERS. What They Tell the Dwellers In New York's Tenements. Many a grewsome bit of wisdom is gleaned by settlement workers. The other day a woman ut philanthropic tendencies trudged udles looking for rooms for an unfortunate family that had to move. After she had made a selection that would fit their scant means the mother of the family went around to see the rooms before mov ing in. "Oh." exclaimed that wise tenement dweller, "we'd be worse off here than where we are! This place Is too un healthy." "How do you make that out?" asked the settlement worker. "It strikes me as being better thun most houses of Its class." The woman pointed to the banisters, which ran up through tne live (lights of stairs to the roof In a ragged, bro ken line. "Collins." she said grimly. "That's what that means. Collins Is terrible hard on banisters. There are too nmny deaths here to stilt me." And when the settlement worker leurned that many tenement dwellers really do Judge of the healthfnlness of a bouse by the condition of the banis ters slip concluded that that place wouldn't suit her either. New York Press. WOMAN. A Mystery Thai Keeps Man Eternally on the Guess. "When woman has ceased to be a mystery she will cease to be of special Interest to man," said one among (lie loveliest of her sex, and she Is able to speak as one having authority, for she Is comely aud has been alive long enough to know whereof she speaks. And. come to think of it, she is about right she Is right. It Isn't because woman makes of herself a mystery. She's a mystery In spite of herself. And nature alone, being man's superior on earth, seems to be playing woman so as to keep man ever guessing, for as soon as be has succeeded in figuring out one of her equations she bauds blm another, and so ou. and on. At first the young man thinks he knows all about all women, but by the time his locks begin to whiten be is ready to concede that be doesn't even know all ubout one. Or do you know all about her? To the laddie they are all klssable. or nearly all. but as time passes the klssable list shortens ami shortens un til at Inst-well, you may uuswei for yourself, but no doubt It Is quite short unless you belong to the promiscuous brotherhood.- I'lttsbttrgiit;;eite-'riuies. Lure of the Heroic. Why is baseball the game of the Bummer Instead of croquet, and foot ball the game of the autumn instead of tlddledewlnks? It Is the element '? conflict, of struggle, that gives to V' diamond and the gridiron their empire over the Imagination. The whole man goes Into baseball, whereas croquet cannot coutain the entire personality of any except a very weak dilution of masculinity. The normal man likes a game that tries the player's tliew and sinew, eye and brain, heart and cour age. Tbe fact of the matter Is that noth ing Is more attractive to mcu than difficulty, hardship, danger. The call of tbe heroic Is Irresistible. A case in point Is that of a man who left one position for another a few months ago. He turned his back on friends and a sure success to grapple with difficulties ot -i most unusual kind. nis emplm ;cit everything they could u ice him to remain. I!' i-ctild not duplicate- I ... I r ti strug gle such is.. i s --oiils. That was more i ".m i.ie. material reward - K . . ; r.e; ir :! Ti ta '.ho Va; farer. "Well." demanded the stem faced woman n sue leaned over the red handled broom, "what do you want?" "Lud.v." said the wayfarer with the loug beard and matted chin. "I'm un actor by profession und In hard luck." "Well, what have I to do with that?" "Why er-i was thinking If you could spare me a quarter to get a shave and a bair cut I could get a Job In tbe role of Vlrginlus." She eyed blm disdainfully. "Oh, that's a poor excuse," she said, with a curl of her thin Up. "Go up to the town without a shave and a hair cut and get a Job in the role of Rip Van Winkle." And before be could say another word she started to unchain the dog. Chicago News. The Moon. The moon's mean distance from tbe earth Is 237.000 miles. When It Is at the perigee nearest point it Is 225,000 miles and when at the apogee far thest point more than 251,000 miles from the earth. The actual diameter Is estimated at 2,153 miles, or a little less than three-elevenths of tbe earth's diameter. The moon's volume is therefore about one forty-ninth that of the earth, and its mass is one eighty-eighth of the earth; consequent ly the force of gravity is so much less at its surface than It is at the earth's surface that a body weighing 1,000 pounds here would weigh on tbe moon only 163 pounds. Ons Who Knew. "Does any one in the class," asked the teacher, "know the origin of the corn laws?" "Yes, ma'am," answered the shaggy haired pupil. "They were written by John Bunion." Chicago Tribune. There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten. EUot LIST OF JURORS Drawn From this Section for the Regular January Term. Following is a list of jurors drawn from this section of the county for tbe regular January term of court. GRAND JURORS. Reynoldsville John Redd-olllT, S. M. Gourley, C. A. Plfer, E. M. Oh Is. Henderson Two Fred Barn- 1 1. McCalmont Twp John C. Berry, Vern C. Smith. Washington Twp Ray Cooper, Win, Morrison, F, L. Wiser. PETIT JURORS. Reynoldsville Frank Bohren, P. G. Burkbart. West Reynoldsville W. li. StsufTer, Harry Stewart. Wlnelow Twp Charles Biles, Joseph McNeal, Wm. F. Hutchison, Harry Wise. McCalmont Twp Andrew Campbell. Sykesville Newton Rupert. Washington Twp Mike Dovlne, J. Dauif uerty. TRAVERSE JURORS Reynoldsville Francis McDonald, Thomas Neale, Cdnrad Heemer. Winslow Twp Charles Blose, Alex Patton. McCalmont Twp A. Brodv' Henderson Twp Gilbert Patterson. Washington Twp J. J. Terry, Lee Moure. Stockholders' Meeting. The reguiar annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Reynoldsville, Pa., for the election of directors for the ensuing year and for the transaotlon of any other business that may properly come before it, will be held In the Banking Room on Tuesday, January lltb, 1910, at 3.00 p. m. K. C. Schuckers, Cashier. Could Not Be Better. No one has ever made a salve, oint ment, lotion or balm to compare with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Its the one perfect healer of cuts, corns, burns, bruises, sores, scalds, bolls, ulcers, eczema, salt rheum. For sore eyes, cold sores and chapped hands its supreme. Infallible for piles. Only 25o at H. L. McEntire's. The People's National Bank of Reyn oldsville, Reynoldsville, Pa., Deo. 8, 1909. Election The annual election for di rectors of this bank to serve for tbe en suing year will be held at the banking house on Tuesday, the lltb day of Jan uary, 1910, at 3.00 p. m. F. K. Alexander, Cashior. Trouble Makers Ousted. When a sufferer from stomach trouble takes Dr. King's New Life Pills he's mighty glad to see bis dyspepsia and indigestion fly, but more he's tickled over his new, fme appe tite, strong nerves and healthy vigor, all because stomach, liver and kidneys now work right. 25o at H. L. McEntire's. Our candles are made In as clean a kitchen as yours. Velvet Ice Cream & Candy Co. W. H. MOORE'S SPECIALTIES ARE OLEOMARGARINE. Chase & Sanborn's Coffee. Sunbeam Prepared Buckwheat Flour. (Needs no milk.) Aunt Maria's Pancake Flour. Quality Chocolates in all size packages. Give us your order for CUT FLOWERS FOR CHRISTMAS. I CZD WHY WILL YOU MISUSE ME? Che functions of my life is to digest your food; nature Intended me to do thabonfo after you bave masticated It. Now we eat 3 meals a day, tbutmeana that 1 havea periods of work every it hours; and I need 2 or 8 hours of rest between each period of work In order to be in good condition to do my work well. Now middle axed and older people that can't chew their food aa when younger in life, should take somethlugonce every day or at least every other day to help me In my work and If ynu will Just rend me a NATURE't" HERB tablet once a day with your food no difference you can't chew It very well, I will see, by the help of the tablet, that your food will be properly digested, and you won't io around with any fault u Snd about me not doing my work. Now I serve all kind of people, that take varloua things to better tiielr-condltlon, but there Is nothing you can take to help m bo well as NATURE'S HEKB, for 1 have tried all of them and I ought to know. Most people now days are not so thoughtful and considerate of my need as they used to be, especially the younger people, tur banquets, festivals and other places where the richest of foods are served, are mora frequent now than in years ago. Well with a keen apetlte, before tbey think they nave gorgeo. oown twice aa mucn as chew It properly, then they will take nothing to help me in my work, and I don't get a square aeai. bmukib nr.Htts la aosoiuteiy essential in sucn cases; veryo when they give no aid I send In a protest ; and they aro sure to know It when 1 do. For sale aTTeTuoliUvllle drug stores; Kal athmel. Very Suitable Present. One year's subscription for The Stab would make a good Christmas present for your friend, one that would remind tbem of tbe giver at least fifty-twe times during the year. You cannot get a present for fl 00 that would be ap preciated more than this. Try It this Christmas. The Star office will be open from seven to eight o'clock oa Friday and Saturday evenings of lhi week. We would be pleased to write receipts for new subscriptions or paid up arrearage on old subscription. Come and see us. Stoke & Feicht Drug Co. have famous prescription called Ml-o-na which tbey will guarantee to cure any case of indigestion, or money back. Relieves stomach distress in five minutes. 50o a large box. Want Column. Rates: One cent per word for each ant OTorvlnsertlon. For Rent or Sale The Geo. Tapper place near Pre&oottville. Inquire ot Thus. F. Adam. For Sale A square piano; a rare bargain. In good condition. For par ticulars address Lock Box No.' 712, Reynoldsville, Pa. For Rent Eight room bouse on Brown street, West Reynoldsville. In quire of T. J.Fagley. WHILE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING Don't forget to step in at The Peoples Bargain Store If you are looking for bar gains in Neckwear, Hand kerchiefs, Notions, Cloth ing, Shoes, Etc. We have gift3 for any member of the family. Come and see for yourself. Our Motto: Quick Sales and Small Profits. A. KATZEN .. PROP. S TOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. Yon are hereby Informed that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Summer vllle Telephone Company will be held at the general "ftlce of tbe Company in Hrookvllle, Pa., on Wednesday, the 12th day of January, A. I),, 1910, at the hour of t-n o'clock a. m., for the purpose of electing a board of direc tors for the Compnny for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before said meeting. 3. K. Rbown, J. S. Hammond, President. Secretary. aw M I iney snouia nave ano aion t taae time vo A. Carlton, frwtcottvillc; Joseph Bateaun.
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