The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, January 05, 1910, Image 2

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    TO FIND FAULT.
People Are 8ometimes Paid For That
Express Purpose.
You have no Idea how many thing
ore wrong In a big business uutil you
. aro paid to look for them, writes Ge
lott Burgess In Collier's. There were
tLa clocks, for one thins, when 1 first
began. The girls wore too many rats
in their hair, there was grease on the
elevator doors, expensive hats were
dumped one on another, the ventila
tion was bad, the boxes on the shelves
showed from the street through the
how windows and about a thousand
other things. Then Splndelheini sold
teapots Just like our eighteen cent
ones for 14 cents, and for a coueern
like Smith & Co. to be undersold Is
ataL There' really nothing that so
-enrages Mr. 8mltb; also Rubinstein's
window dresser bas beaten ours, too.
at times. Dowu it goes in my little
report. Wouldn't any woman love my
.Job.
Yes, It's fun to be paid for being a
'misanthrope, but It's bard work too.
.At 0 o'clock I begin my promenade
"through the store downstairs, up-
talrs, basement, attic und annex. If
4t girl at the counter has dirty linger
nails or too wide a pompadour to suit
me I stop and talk pleasantly, buy D
cents' worth of edging and so get her
Tonmber from the sales slip. She oev.
cr knows anything about It till her
superintendent gives her a scolding the
rfiext day. I have eyes like a hawk
and a nose like a hound and ears like
a small boy under the sofa when a
young man's calling on big sister. In
ten minutes 1 have spotted the dust
In the corner of the aisle, a girl who
wears brass bracelets, a porter who is
Dot attending to his duty, a Imdly ar
ranged counter, an error in spelling
on a placard, two store detectives loaf
ing on their job and a hideous com
bination of colors In the front window.
I go to the ladies' room and make a
tiote of these things surreptitiously.
I don't dare go there too often, though,
for fear I'll be Identified, so sometimes
I run back to my office, two blocks
away. So it goes till about 4 o'clock,
cither and thither, nigh ami yon. look
ing for trouble. It doesn't do a clerk
any good to be uncivil to me, 1 can
tell you, or to make me wait too long
for my cbnnge, but 1 try to be fair,
and if I find a particularly willing and
considerate sales person down that
name goes in my report too. You
talght suppose that there'd be good
graft In that; but. of course. I keep
my position ouly so long as the head
of the firm bas absolute confidence in
my integrity. The funny part of it Is
that the more 1 complain the better he
likes it I'm like the opposition party
In congress. I'm never satisfied.
When I am I'll have to look for an
other position.
At 4 o'clock I go back to my little
office and dictate my report from my
mot! to n stenocranber. and when it's
typewritten 1 send it to the head of
the firm.
When "Pluck" Was Slang.
The word "pluck" affords an In
atance of the way in which slang
.words In the course of time become
adopted Into current English. We now
meet with "pluck" and "plucky" as
(the recognized equivalents of "cour
age" and "courageous." An entry In Sir
Valter Scolt's "Journal" shows thHt
In 1827 the word bad not yet lost its
low character. He says (volume 2.
page 80), "Want of that article black
guardly called pluck." Its origin is
-obvious. From early times the heart
fcas been popularly regarded as the
seat of courage. Now, when a butcher
lays open a carcass be divides the
great vessels of the heart, cuts
through the windpipe and then plucks
out together the united heart and
longs lights, be calls them and be
terms the united mass "the pluck."
. tjondon Notes and Queries.
Henry Ward Beecher's Wit.
1 ' On one occasion as Mr. Beecher was
' in the midst of an Impassioned speech
- novae one attempted to interrupt him
' by suddenly crowing like a cock. The
orator, however, was equal to the oc
casion. He stopped, listened till the
-growing ceased and then, with a look
-Of -surprtHe. pulled out bis watch.
Morning already!" he said. "My
Watch Is only at 10. But there can be
no mistake about it. The Instincts of
the lower animals are Infallible."
There was a roar of laughter. The
lower animals" In the gal lory collaps
ed, and Mr. Beecher was able to re
sume as if nothing had occurred.
... French Convicts.
Convicts who ure sent to the French
ipemil colony In French Guiana are
spuuiHucu iu exactly iuvere ruiiu
their crimes. The murderers and the
dost dungei-ous convicts are sent t
'the Island of Salvation, where they
lend lazy aud healthy lives, but the
fn&a convicted of lesser offenses work
tm& die in a terrible climate on the
toast. In the settlement of St. Jean
Be Maroni the mortality Is from 40 to
CO per cent. The average life of a
Convict is two years.
Which Was It?
"Are we slaves or are we free men?"
ilnundered the orator. "1 pause for a
feeply." -
: "Some of us are married," came the
answer from the last row of seats
Slew York Sun.
An Opportunity,
i' Judge Do you swear to tell the
truth, the whole truth? Fair Witness
Pit will be Just perfectly lovely it
Won really have the time to listen.
parser's Bazar.
A little of this goes a long way,"
d the aeronaut as be ulcltoa me asn
im bis ciijar.-Harvard Lampoon.
ron
CEYLON MENUS.
Ths Way Natives Wrestle With the
English Language.
A writer In the Kplnire tells ot sev
eral melius Willi walcb he was con
fronted when traveling In Ceylon. The
meuu, be says, is au indispensable ad
junct to a respectable luiiclieon or din
ner table in Ceylon. As a rule, the
head servant writes it out and from
his elementnry knowledge ot Knglish
as "she Is wrote" springs a uohi ot
quaint blunders. At the same time his
fertile oriental brain is ever apt to
add footnotes, which are perhaps his
happiest achievement.
At one lunch there figured among
the dishes "roast beet." but It caused
the hostess some consternation when
she discovered the additional legend
In very small letters, "roast beet,
smelling a little," the parenthetical
note being meant to Intimate that the
dish was accompanied by a sauce ot
savory odors.
On another occasion there appeared
this following acknowledgment ot de
ficiency: "Steak and kidney pie; no
kidney."
It was altogether delightful, con
tinues the writer, to find at one dinner
our old friend Welsh rabbit appear
ing as "Welscb rubbish." The same
genius translated haricot mutton int
"hurrygod mutton." Our own boy, he
adds, on the occasion ot a hastily I in
provlsed dinner, was unable to accom
plish a dessert Consequently be put
the word "plates" at the end of ths
menu.
A COSTLY TRIFLE.
It Brought Bankruptcy to an English
Iron King.
It was a commou penny postage
stamp that brought Hobart. the great
British "Iron king," to his ruin. At the
time of the Wbltwortb period, when
there was a big crisis tn the iron trade,
be bad agents In all parts of the world
who kept him posted. Sometimes they
telegraphed news to him in cipher,
but those In England were nearly al
ways Instructed to write. At that pe
riod bis principal agent, who was also
bis chief partner, was in Sheffield aud
wrote blm from there warning him to
sell out all Iron Interests for the time
on account ot the Wbltwortb crisis.
Hobart bad frequent fits ot Irritabll
ity, and be bad been receiving a lot of
unstamped letters of no Importance on
which be bad to pay double postage.
One morning In anger he gave orders
that such letters were to be returned
to the postman. The very first un
stamped letter received after this was
from his partner. It was rejected as
soon as It arrived.
Consequently, knowing nothing of
the existence ot the letter or the all
lmportaut private news It contained,
Hobart pledged himself next day for
more Iron deals thau even bis mighty
credit was good for. The great drop in
prices came two days later, and Ho
bart, once a millionaire, was Involved
In a hopeless bankruptcy from which
be never recovered. London Tele
graph. Pillsbury's Wonderful Memory.
Harry N. I'lllsbury. the chess player,
offered one day In Soutb Bethlehem,
Pa., to memorize thirty words, no mat
ter how hard they might be, the selec
tions to be rend to him only once.
Professor Merrimao ot Leblgb uni
versity and Dr. Tbrelkeld-Edwards of
Bethlehem picked out most ot the fol
lowing words: Antiphlogistlne, peri
osteum, takadiastase, plasmon, ambro
sia, Tbrelkeld, streptococcus, stapbe
lococcus, micrococcus, Plasmodium.
Mississippi, Freibelt, Philadelphia.
Cincinnati, athletics, no war, Elchen
berg, American, Knssla, philosopher,
Pict-Potgleters-Kost, Salmagundi. Oom
UlecootsL Bangmamvato. Scblocbter's
Nek, Manzlnyama. tbeosopby, cate
chism, Madjesoomslopa.
Mr. Pillsbury Immediately repeated
these words in tbe order given and In
the reverse order.
A Cockney.
Mlnsben. a dictionary maker of Lon
dou, In 1017 Issued a work wblcb gave
tbe following amuslug account ot tbe
origin ot tbe word "cockney?" "A
cockney, or cockny, applied only to
one born within tbe sound ot tbe Bow
bells that is, within the city of Lon-don-wbicbe
terme came first out of
tbe following tale:
"A citizen s Bonne, riding with bl&
father out ot London Into tbe country
aud being a novice and merely igno
raut ot how come and catel do In
crease, asked when be beard a norse
nelgb what 4 he Horse dlde. Uis fattier
answered. "The borse dothe nelgb.'
Riding further, be heard a cock crow
aud said, 'Dothe the cock uelgb too?
And therefore cockney, or cockuelgn,
by inversion tbns: Incoctus t e.. raw
or unripe Id couutrey-mens affaires."
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Italian Brigandage In 1843.
One summer evening In tbe crowded
theater au Impatient bouse demanded
tbe drawing of tbe curtain preliminary
to tbe first act. When at last It was
upraised II Passatore and bis armed
band occupied tbe stage, witb muskets
aimed at tbe affrighted audience. Tbe
chief stated tbat be sbonld levy a tax
per bead, wblcb be tben and there col
lected. Tbe gang made off witb their
booty unmolested. Lady Prestnrcb's
"Essays."
Depressed.
"I am afraid Bliggtns baa met with
reverses."
"What makes you think so?"
"He goes about witb a gloomy look,
saying there is no sucb a thing as dis
interested friendship. Tbat 1b almost
a sure sign that a man bas been try
ing to borrow money." Exchange.
Tbere are more than (WO proverbs In
tbe English language which, relate to
dogs.
Number of Nails to a Horseshoe.
Centuries ago there lived a farrier,
Walter le Brun by name, whose dex
terity at Ibt anvil on the occasion of
a greut tilting meeting on the banks
of the Thames was noticed by the
then rclcning uiouan-h. Edward 111 .
who rewarded the blaiUsmli h h
granting him siilNcient land mljnluliu
the tilting green for the ereriion there
on of u forge. As iitli rent he list I in
present aniiiiiilly to the king six lioise
shoes aud sixty-one horseshoe null
To tbe modern mind the mnnlier
nails would appear to be superfluous
but wheu It is remembered that tin
horseshoes of that period reqiiiieU Ion
nails apiece It will be seen Hint I lie
calculations of Edward 111. merely ai
lowed one over in case of acrid. 'ill
Furthermore, the shoes were all to be
for the horse's fore feet, from which
fact some historians draw the Infer
ence tbat the animals ridden In the
knights' tournaments wre encouraged
to injure each other with tbelr front
hoofs. London News.
"Correct to a T."
Our earliest quutatiou for this or for
the kindred phrases "to suit one to a
T." "to fit to a T," "to know one to a
T." Is of 1GIM. Can any one help us
to an earlier example No oue of our
many Instances throws any light upon
Its origin. A current obvious conjec
ture would explnin "a T" as meaning
"a T square," but to this tbere are va
rlous objections. We have no evi
dence as yet that the name "T square"
goes back to the seventeenth centnrj
and no example of Its being called
simply "a T," and In few If any of
our Instances would the substitution
of "a T square" for "a T" make any
tolerable sense. The notion seems
rather to be that of minute exactness,
as It were "to the minutest point."
But the evidence is mainly negative.
If examples can be found of "T
square" before 17(10 or of its reduction
simply to "T" or of earlier examples
of "to a T" they may help to settle the
actual origin. London Notes and
Queries.
The First Wire Nail.
Although tbe wire nail Is a small
thing, it would be a big thing to do
without. Probably no one could esti
mate the millions or billions or tril
lionswhatever the number may be
that are used In a single year. Yet
the first wire uallB In the United States
were made no longer ago than 1ST2
The first machine for their manufac
ture was brought over from Dussel
dorf and el up In Covington, Ky
Later this single machine was multi
plied by four and a company was or
ganized. In 18K4 tbe manufacture of
wire nails was begun in Beaver Falls.
Pa., and the product was already be
ginning to grow In popularity and use
fulness. Just a year later a strike
temporarily shut off the manufacture
of cut nails, and the wire nail was In
Buch demand that the manufacturers
were swamped. From tbat time dates
the supremacy of tbe wire nail. Chi
cago Post.
The First Fireless Cooker.
Soon after tbe battle of White
Plains, N. 1., while the American
forces were drifting toward North Cas
tle, tbe lone occupant ot a bouse, one
of tbe Pierce families, on tbe Bedford
road at Pleasantville, N. V., looking
out of tbe window, 'descried a posse
of Hessian soldiery coming up the
pike. Having Just placed a number
of loaves of bread In the old Dutcb
oven, she bethought herself that It
would be well to secrete them until
tbe soldier band passed. She at once
removed tbe loaves, wblcb bad already
become heated, and ran up in tbe at
tic and placed tbem between two
feather beds. Tbe soldiers arrived in
due time and soon appropriated every
thing removable. After tbelr depar
ture tbe housewife remembered tbe
bread exodus, ran up tbe stairs, and,
lo, tbe bread was done to the "queen's
tastel" Magazine of American His
tory. Figura It Out.
A beggar boy asked an old gentleman
tn the street for sixpence.
"What will you do with It if I give
you one?" asked tbe old gentleman.
"Turn It into nlnepence quick," re
plied the boy.
"How?"
"Give me the sixpence and I'll soon
show you."
Tbe boy got the mouey, darted off to
ft baker's shop and bought a three
penny loaf, witb which be returned to
the old gentleman and handed him
back 3 pennies.
"How's this? You said you would
make the sixpence into ninepence."
"So I have. Tbe baker's got three
pence, you've got threepence, and I've
got a threepenny loaf. That's nine
pence." Pearson's Weekly.
Lata Hour Explained.
"What kept yon until this late hourTT
asked the husband of bis suffragette
wife.
"Well, my dear." she answered meek
ly, "you see it took us an hour to
greet oue another, the meeting lasted
thirty minutes, and the rest of the
time was spent in saying goodby "
Detroit Free Press.
Whan Women Run Us.
Friend So your detective forts Is a
failure? Chief Emma Yes; we can't
find any one who Is willing to be a
plain clothes woman. Puck.
Had Had His.
Sioux Chief Why didn't you torture
the baldhend?' Piute Chief-What was
the use? He had been married for
twenty years. Buffalo Express.
To attempt to make everything em
phatic Is to make nothing emphatic. -Wbately.
"" ODD ELEtfTidfJ Signs.
Ths Signs Are In Washington, ths
Elections Elsewhere.
"Of crurse we don't have any elec
tions of our own," said a man from
Washington, "but we have election In
timations. If 1 may call them that,
wblch can't be duplicated anywhere
else In the country.
"You see, wheu we Washlngtonlans
want to vote we've got to do it some
where else, and as most of us have a
lingering fondness for the franchise
we are pretty likely to bang on to a
residence somewhere outside the Dis
trict "We especially like to do it because
It makes us feel as If we had some
sort of weapon to flourish before the
observing eyes of the politicians who
may have something to say about our
bold ou our Jobs, and when the time
comes to go borne to vote we visibly
swell witb Importance.
"Naturally a national election Is the
one that catches us all at once, and It
Is then that the Intimations 1 spoke of
do most abound. Tbe papers are full
of advertisemeuts of loans for election
expenses. Department clerks can be
accommodated witb sums covering
tbelr railway fare, new clothes for
tbe trip and a substantial margin over
and above necessary Items. Tbe Inter
est is a bit high, but a clerk who Is
pining to go back home to splurge a
bit Is willing to mortgage bis re
sources for tbe pleasure.
"These offers of loans till columns
of tbe dally papers. Alongside of tbem
are other advertisements, all turning
on the one theme, the election. 'Buy
yourself a new suit to go borne and
rote In!' Tbe grammar Is a bit off,
but tbe prices are asserted to be all
right.
"In the shop windows there are doz
ens of election placards: 'Just tbe bat
to wear when you go home to vote,'
'Speolals In suit cases for tbe election,'
Take a souvenir hatpin to your best
girl wben you go home to vote,'
'Swell suit for tbe election, only $1 a
week,' and In a shoe store window,
'Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are
marching home to vote; wear 's
shoes and you won't get sore feetP
"The railways offer special rates to
voters, and so it goes. You won't find
anything like It in any other town."
New York Sun.
EASILY MANAGED.
The Clever Scheme Evolved by the
Clock Winder.
Tbe contract for keeping the cburcb
and town ball clocks in order was giv
en to a new man. Unfortunately from
the start be experienced a difficulty in
getting tbe clocks to strike at the same
time. At last tbe district council re
quested an interview with tbe watch
maker. "You are not so successful with tbe
clocks as your predecessor," be was
told. "It Is very misleading to have
one clock striking three or four min
utes after the other. Before you took
them in hand we could hardly tell the
two were striking. Surely you are as
competent?"
"Every workman has his own meth
ods, gentlemen," replied tbo watch
maker, "and mine ain't tbe same as
H.'s were."
"I'm decidedly of tbe opinion tbat it
would be for tbe general good if tbey
were," remarked one of tbe councilors.
"Very well, sir. In future they shall
be," came the reply. "I buppened to
write to blm last week about the trou
ble I bad witb tbe clocks, and but
perhaps," be added as be produced a
letter and banded It to tbe chairman,
"you'd Ilk to see what be said."
"Dear sir," ran the letter-"about
tbem clocks. When you get to know
what a cantankerous lot of busybodles
ths council consists of you'll do tbe
same as I did for fifteen yearsforget
to wind np tbe striker of tbe town ball
clock, and tbe blooming Jackasses
won't be able to tell tbat botb clocks
ain't striking togetherP' London Tlt
Blts. Curious Laws In India.
Some of tbe old laws of Nepal In
dia, were curious. Killing cows ranked
witb murder as a capital offense, for
instance. Every girl at btrtb was
married with great ceremony to a
betel fruit, which was then cast Into a
sacred stream. As tbe fate of the
fruit was uncertain, tbe girl was sup
posed never to become a widow. To
obtain divorce from a husband a wife
had only to place a betel nut under his
pillow und depart. In Nepal the day Is
considered to begin wheu It Is light
enough to count tbe tiles on the roof
or distinguish tbe bairs ou a man's
band against tbe sky.
Ancient Sacrifices.
Many Roman and Greek epicures
were very fond of dog flesh. Before
Christianity was established among
tbe Danes on every ninth year nluety
nlne dogs were sacrificed. In Sweden
eacb ninth day ninety-nine dogs were
destroyed. But Inter on dogs were not
tbonght good enough, and every ninth
year ninety-nine human beings were
immolated, tbe sous of tbe reigning
tyrant among tbe rest. In order tbat
tbe life of tbe menarcb might be pro
longed. A Far Sighted Man.
"Women vote! Never, sir, with my
consent!"
"Why not?"
"What: And have my wife losing
thirty Hollar hats to other women on
tbe election !-Boston Transcript
Particular.
"He's a very particular man."
"Yes. If the doctor told blm tbat be
was going to die be would want to
telephone ahead for a good room."
New York Tress.
8he Was ths Ghost
"A certain lady aud her family,"
says Sir Mountstuart Grant-Duff in
bis "Diary," "hired n place In Scot
laud wblcb was haunted by the ghost
of a woman who was to be seen con
stantly at night wandering through
tbe rooms aud passages. When the
family arrived, tbe lady was much
struck witb the place and said. '1 must
have been here before, for I know
this place bo well, only there ought to
be two rooms here, and there Is ouly
oue.'
"The agent replied that within a few
weeks tbe owner bad caused a parti
tion to be taken down and mnde tbe
two rooms Into one. Still tbe lady was
puzzled at ber knowledge of tbe plac
till she remembered tbat It was a
bouse she used to go to in ber dreams
"Well, some time passed, and tbe
agent was up at tbe house again, wben
tbe lady complained that one part of
the contract bad not been fulfilled.
Tbey bad hired a house and a ghost
for tbe summer, and no ghost, had she
seen. The agent replied: 'Of course
not, because you are tbe ghost We
recognized you tbe moment we saw
yon.' "
Why They Were 8eleotod.
It has been recorded tbat General
Henry Knox in 1783 was tbe "great
est" of eleven distinguished officers of
tbe army, weighing 280 pounds. Noah
Brooks In bis book entitled "Henry
Knox" gives tbe following Incident re
lating to tbe general's full bablt:
With a Cantaln Sargent be was se
lected to present the bard case ot tbe
starving and naked men at Valley
Forge to the attention of a committee
of congress. One of the congressmen,
wishing to show bis wit and sarcasm,
said that hs bad never seen a fatter
man than General Knox nor a better
dressed man than bis associate. Knox
managed to keep his temper and re
mained silent but his subordinate re
torted, "Tbe corps out of respect lo
congress and themselves have sent as
tbelr representatives tbe ouly man
who had an ounce of superfluous flesh
on bis body and tbe only other mau
who possessed a complete suit of
clothes."
j Wanted a Pattern.
' A ragged Irishman was charged In a
Loudon court a short time ago witb
tendering a counterfeit shilling lu pay
ment for a penny loaf.
Though forlorn In aspect, be was not
destitute of that shrewdness which is
characteristic of bis countrymen. He
stated tbat be was sent for tbe loaf
by a person at a public bouse close by,
who gave blm tbe coin to pay for It,
and tbat on discovering It was not
good be bought tbe coin for three half
pence. Tbe Magistrate How came you to
buy the shilling after you bad discov
ered It was a had one?
I The prisoner, witb much apparent
gravity, replied:
"Sure, then, your bouor, 1 bought It
so tbat If I should happen to have a
bad oue offered to me 1 might know It.
by looking at the one I bad witb me!"
Tbere was a burst ot laughter, and
tbe rogue was dismissed witb a caution.
When the President Lost His Hat.
The Crystal palace exhibition open
ed at New York July 15. ISTiS, was tbe
first affair of this kind In tbe country
for which foreign exhibits were so
licited. The "big show" began with a
procession, In wblcb President Frank
lin Pierce, mounted, was a conspicu
ous feature. The hero of the day rode
a mettlesome steed, and while pro
ceeding up Wall street the presiden
tial beadgear, a new silk bat of tbe
prevalent style, was Incontinently
tumbled to tbe pavement. Another
borse recklessly stepped upon tbe un
fortunate tile, crushing It out of tbe
semblance to Itself, besmearing It with
mud real Wall street mud. What was
left of tbe misshapen and bedaubed
hat was worn by the president, to the
great amusement of the spectators, un
til a substitute could be secured.
A Witty Retort
One day wbile dining witb the secre
tary of the admiralty William IV.,
tben beir presumptive to tbe British
crown, said: "Wben I am king, sir,
yon shall not be tbe secretary of the
admiralty, I promise you. What do
you say to that, eh?"
"AU 1 can respond in sucb case." re
turned tbe witty olllclal, "is, (Jod save
the king!'" St. Louis Republic.
Fido's Tail a Mystery.
Little Willie was tugging at Fido's
tall.
"What are you trying to do witb the
dog?" asked tbe child's father.
"I fink his tali is coming off."
"Ob. no, Willie. That's Impossible.
What makes you think so?"
" 'Cause Fido's tall Is so loose that
It wiggles." New York Press.
Bright Thought.
"Oh, dear," sighed small Elmer. "I
wish I had another pocket!"
"You have several now," rejoined bis
mother. "Why do you want another?"
"I've looked through all of tbem for
toy knife," explained Elmer, "but
couldn't find it. If I bad another pock
et it might be in that."-Chlcago News.
A Calamity,
Tammas (to McTavlsb. whom he has
Just pulled out of the water) Man.
Donal', ye sud be lookin' happyl Are
ye no' thankfu' ycr life's saved? Mc
Tavlsb (sourly) I dinna see nae cause
to be thankfu'. The glass o' whisky I
bad afore I fell lutll tbe water's got
ten fair drooneil! London Ti'-flits.
Their Turn Out.
Ella They hnd a very smart tutu
out. Bella Indeed? Ella Yes; they
were ejected from one of the best ho
tels tn the town.
Aroid Harsh Drugs
Many Cathartics Tend to
Cause Injury to the
Bowels
If you are subject to constipation,
you should avoid strong drugs and
cathartics. They only give tem
porary relief and their reaction is
harmful and sometimes more annoy
ing than constipation. They in no
way effect a cure and their ten
dency is to weaken the already
weak organs with which they come
in contact.
We honestly believe that we
have the best constipation treat
ment ever devised. Our faith in
it is so strong that we sell it on the
positive guarantee that it shall not
cost the user a cent if it does not
give entire satisfaction and com
pletely remedy constipation. This
preparation is called ltexall Order
lies. These are prompt, soothing
and most effective in action. They
are made of a recent chemical dis
covery. Their principal ingredient
is odorless, tasteless and colorless.
Combined with other well known
ingredients, long established for
their usefulness in the treatment of
constipation, it forms a tablet
which is eaten just like candy.
They may be taken at any time,
either day or night, without fear
of their causing any inconvenience
whatever. They do not gripe,
purge nor cause nausea. They act
without causing any pain or ex
cessive looseness of the bowels.
They are ideal for children, weak,
delicate persons and aged people as
well as for the most hearty person.
They come in two size packages,
12 tablets 10 cents, 36 tablets 25
cents. Remember you can obtain
them only at The Rexall Store.
Stoke ti Felcht Drug Company.
I am about to
Move My Business
from Jackson street to
Main street,
Opposite I. 0. 0. F.
Hall
Where I will continue bus
iness on a much larger
scale and will pay best
price in CASH for
Scrap Iron,
Old Rubbers,
Boots and Shoes,
Beef Hides,
Sheep Pelts,
Horse Hides.
H, Adelson
534 Jackson St.,
Reynoldsville, Pa.
JBRMAN J. HOEL8CHE, Opt. 0.
Eyesight Specialist.
Glasses Scientifically Fitted.
Difficult Cases SoMolted.
Office la Matson Block. Brookvllle, Pa.
WINDSOR HOTEL
W. T. Brubaker, Mgr.
Midway between Hrond 8. Station and
Reading Terminal on Filbert St.
Bnropean 11.00 per day and up.
American liflO per day and up.
Theoflly moderate priced hotel of rep
utation and consequence Id
PHILADELPHIA
ubncrlbc for
The -X" Star
HUGHES & FLEMING.
PUNERAL DIRECTORS.
Main Street. Reynoldsville, Pa
gXECUTRIX'S NOTICE.
Estate of Nathan A. Headley, late ot Reyn
oldsville Borough, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters testa
mentary on the estate of Nathan A. lieadlcy,
late of Reynoldsville borough, county of
Jefferson and state of Pennsylvania, de
ceased, have been granted to the under
signed, to whom all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make payment, and
those having claims or demands will make
known the same without delay.
Mrs. Blamcub Hiaplst,
Dec. 21, 1909. Executrix.
gTOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
You are hereby Informed that the annual
meeting of the stockholders of theBummer
ville Telephone Company will be held at the
general oflice of the Company tn Brookvllle,
fa., on Wednesday, the 12th day of Januarv,
A. D , 1910, at the hour of Kn o'clock a. m.,
for the purpose of electing a board of direc
tors for the Company for the ensuing year,
and for the transaction of such other
business as may properly rome rwfore said
meeting.
CJ I.I. tl. HROWN,
J. H. Hammond,
Secretary.
President.