THE STAR
REYNOLDS VILLE - - PENNA.
KEEPING TRACK OF FREIGHT
.Ingenious Method Which Enables
, Shipper! to Follow Every Move
ment of Goods.
An Ingenious method of tracing
every movement of a freight shipment
has been Invented.
The tracer consists of a red cover,
a little larger than a post cnrd, In
which are a number of perforated
post cards which can be torn out. Each
tracer has its Individual number. The
shipper fills out the , blanks on Us
first page with the numbor of the car
containing the shipment and other
. data, and also with any Instructions
that he wishes to give agents along
the route.
The tracer la turned, over to the
agent at the point of origin, who fills
out blanks showing when the ship
ment started. Then he sends the
tracer on by railroad mall to the agent
at the next big city or division point,
or to the Junction where the shipment
Is turned over to another line.
When the agent there sends tho
shipment on, he makes a record of the
transaction, with the date and hour
on a blank attached to the tracer and
a carbon sheet makes the same rec
ord on a postal card, which Is num
bered No. 1, and also bears the tracer
number. This post card Is then torn
out and mailed back to the shipper,
who files It. The tracer Itself goes on
lo the next division point, where the
agent makes the same Bort of a rec
ord, mailing the post card back to the
shipper, and so on until the delivery
Is recorded on the tracer Itself. The
tracer then Is mailed either to the
shipper or consignee.
It there are Indications of damage
to the shipment at any point, they are
noted by the agent at the time he re
ceives the shipment on the post card
which he malls back to the shipper,
who thus can tell on what line the In
Jury Is done.
It Is asserted that the tracer Is Inval
uable not only In keeping the shipper
in close touch with his freight, so that
he can tell Immediately if there is any
unnecessary delay, and if so, where it
Is, but the post cards alBo give him a
history of the shipment as It goes for
ward, which will aid greatly In set
tling claims and save a great amount
01 correspondence.
Argentina.
. So far from being a "trilling coun
try," Argentina is one of the most im
portant countries of the earth. Her
.l.nt enn Onft onara mtlea (IP
nearly three times that of the German
empire. In 1909 the imports were val
ued at $300,000,000, the exports at
' $397,000,000. She Is the greatest corn
exporter In the world and the first ex
porter of meats. In the exportation of
wool and wheat she is second, with a
fair chance of soon becoming first.
In the variety and number of its live
stock Argentina surpasses every other
country. Thirty years ago her cult!
.AAi 'o 1 nnn Ann. tmwb ft la
14,000,000 acres. More than $900,000,
' 000 of English capital is invested in
Argentina. There Is not on earth a
more progressive land.
The Inns of Chancery.
Most of the old Inns of Chancery
are no more. Clement's inn, where
Falstaff and Shallow "heard the
chimes at midnight;" New Inn, of
which Sir Thomas More was a mem
- berj Lyon's inn, where Coke once
taught the students; Furnlval'a inn,
where Charles Dickens lived ; Thavies
Inn, which was one of the earliest
of all the legal settlements in Lon
don; Barnard's Inn, where Lord Chief
Justice Holt was among the "princi
pals" all these historic places have,
"In the change end chance of time,"
disappeared from view. Staple ,inn
remains In Its ancient state by the
good will of the insurance company
that purchased it some twenty years
ago. ijaw journal.
Mushrooms.
It would be Idle to attempt' a word
on mushrooms In this narrow space.
They are almost of infinite variety,
yet have certain permanent marks by
which they are easily distinguished
from the poisonous fungi. A true
mushroom is never large In size, but
seldom exceeding four or five Inches
' In diameter. As regards mushroom
poisoning and its antidote, the danger
ous principle is a narcotic, and the
symptoms are usually great nausea,
drowsiness and stupor, attended by
acute pains in the joints. The best
thing to do In case of 'mushroom poi
soning" is to partake freely of pure
olive oil, which will, nine times out of
ten, prove effective.
Nibbles the Wood.
"I'm tired of this old Joke about a
woman sharpening a pencil with her
husband's razor." -
"There's nothing in it No woman
' sharpens a pencil. She gnaws it to a
point" Washington Herald.
In the latest Style.
Bess What make of airship is tha,t
Just passing over?
Dorothy Oh! that's one of the
old style; .all the new ones have star
shields for the wings.
In 1925.
- Governor Get bold of the state
prlator. y
Executive Secretary And then?
Governor Here is a request for the
extradition of one Jones, -who is fly
ing over our state and must be
caught and returned.
."- w 'J i
A Call and
By MABEL CHASE ENGLAND
Copyright, 1910, by Associated Literary I'reia
The school bell in the little west
ern town of Burton announced the
hour of noon.
Philip Malvern untangled his long
legs from the hammock where he
had been lying, stretched his arms
above his head and yawned wearily.
"Confound this hole!" lie muttered.
"I wish I'd Btayed In College and let
my whole bally Bystem go to smash
If It wanted to. Billy lot of parrots
doctors are! Go West go West
go WeBt.' That's all they can think
of when a fellow gets a bit oil bis
feed."
He Blammed his book under a
bush, aimed a kick at a mongrelly
lacking cur that showed a tendency
to investigate and sauntered lazily
down the sun-baked street to the
postofftce. There was only one let
ter, a short, characteristic note from
his uncle, telling him that a daugh
ter of his old friend, Col. Darton,
was staying near Burton with her
uncle, Max Whlttler, for a few weeks,
and advising him to call. She had
been making a tour of the world, be
ald, and was now on her way east.
Philip whistled dubiously. Yes, be
knew old Max Whlttler crusty old
chap! Had a place a mile or two
out. He tossed a penny in the air.
Heads I go talis I dont. Bosh!
Probably some prim, prudish old
blue-stocking, Tails, by Jove!"
The moment fate had decided
against It a contrary Impulse swayed
him. He'd go! Anything was better
than this everlasting deadly monot
ony. He'd get some fun put of her,
lomehow.
, Accordingly at 3 o'clock he climbed
Into his big touring car and chugged
Aimed a Kick at a Mongrelly Look
ing Cur.
off down the dusty road. Arrived at
bis destination, he walked quickly
up the gravel path and pushed the
electric bell with a will.
The door was opened by a pretty,
demure-looking girl in a gingham
dress and big, blue, enveloping apron.
He looked at her uncertainly.
"Is Miss Darton at home?" he in
quired.
She glanced at the huge car by the
gate and then at him in evident as
tonish ment.
I'm sorry Miss Darton has gone
down to tho village," she told him.
Ye gods! She must be that frum
py individual I met footing it along
the Bide path," he commented in
wardly with a sigh of thankfulness
for his escape. He took out his card.
"I am sorry, too. Will you give
r.or this, please?"
The glrj glanced at the card as she
took It. "Oh, but," she hesitated,
"Miss Darton will be disappointed.
She has spoken of you won't you
wait?" -
He was about to refuse when a
look at the youthful, sun-browned
race with its downcast eyes and long
surling lashes reversed his decision.
After all. Miss Darton couldn't get
back much within the hour; and a
jhort time spent witft this seemingly
fmbnrrassed, but certainly attractive,
roung- person- might prove amusing.
He assented graciously.
"Mayn't we sit here?" be indicated
-.he vine-covered porch- with 11? ca
pacious, comfortable wicker chairs.
TV pleasant outside."
"We? Oh. I why, yes." she as
sented, with pretty confusion.
Tbev moved over and took posses
sion of the chairs. The girl sat un
comfortably, rolling' and unrolling
l be corner of her apron with nervous
verr pretty .fingers they
were. too. thought Philip Malvern,
wrveving with approval the soft,
roundpd arms, bare to the elbow. He
,-mrr.ed tt-n situation at once and b
rnn to talk. ' fluently,' amusingly, in-niipnr-iipnty.
Her eyes met his in
hv but intTestd amusement. "Bully
?ve. ion." he thoupht. "They'd turn
h" heads of some feiiows."
"Wb't n great, big automobile!"
-Ho -rrmer?tefl presently, looking out
it b,ls rnr where It stood by the gate.
I've alway wanted to ride In one.
(t fun"
"Oh. great!" he exclaimed eagerly,
rpn-o on out with me now and we'll
nl:e a lime snin.
ill
a Climax
'Oh, I couldn't!" she gasped.
shrinking back in her chair. "And
besides, I have to Btay here till my
cousin till Miss Darton comes back.
There's no one else at home, and
there are some groceries and things
coming and "
Then will you come with me this
evening please!" be begged. "I'll
have the car up here by 8 o'clock.
"But don't you think hadut you
better take MIbs Darton? You came
to see her, you know." v
"Oh, well, this Is different. Why,
your cousin probably cut her eye-
teeth In an automobile, aud has lived
In oue ever since, lt'd be no novelty
to her. I want you to come."
'Very well, then," she agreed, II
you think if you're sure she won't
mind."
'Don't believe she'd come If I
asked her. She must be more or less
done up after careering round the
country for three years. Do you ever
long to travel?"
'Oh," she sighed, "more than any
thing else I can think of. And to see
New York and all those beautiful big
cities! Didn't you hate to leave It
all to come out here?"
Her shyness seemed to vanish in a
wave of eager enthusiasm.
"Well, yes I did hate It Just at
first, but now well, I'm really be
ginning to get fond of the plane.' But
you you must certainly come East
sometime."
He wondered to himself If the East
would spoil her, shy little fluttering
thing that she was, with her vague,
golden dreams of the big world out
side. What Joy it would be to tako
her around, to watch her wonder and
bewilderment and delight. She must
certainly come. He would talk to
Miss Darton about It
In his eagerness to strengthen her
desire he launched Into a vivid de
scription of the amazing Joys and
wonders of the fnr cities; he told her
of the Immense buildings, the crowd
ed streets, the marvels that met one
at every turn.
Indeed, In his sudden enthusiasm,
and Just to watcn her eyes grow
round and big, he called on all the
arts of his Imagination and added
many awesome touches of his own,
described strange happenings un
known to man or beast, and added
thrilling talcs of wild enchantment.
At last, realizing that the Bun was
slipping down behind the trees and
the shadows growing long across the
grass he roBe hastily, apologizing for
htB thoughtlessness. . v
v At that moment the woman he had
met on the road turned In at the gate
and came slowly up the path. She was
less frumpy seen at close range,
Philip decided. He sprang down the
steps to meet her.
"Miss Darton," he exclaimed. "I am
dreadfuHy ' Borry to have missed a
chat with you. I've been waiting an
hour or more. I'm Phillip Malvern,
you know. My father "
"Oh, yes. Indeed," she responded
cordially, "your father wrote me
about you. And I am srrry, too, but
I'm glad you found Ellso. Your father
was anxious that you two young
people should meet: He thought it
might make it pleasanter for both of
you."
"Why er yes, of 1 course," he
Btammered, out of his perplexity.
"She I that Is "
Miss Darton looked at him In as
tonishment
"Hasn't Elise been good to you?"
she asked, smiling somewhat anx
iously. "She can be very provoking
and willful, I know. I haven't chaper
oned her around Europe fcr three
years without realizing that." .
He stared bewlldercdly.
"Elise then she pardon me. I
thought you were Miss Darton," he
stammered, an awful conviction surg
ing through him."
"I am," she laughed; "our names
are the same. We are cousins, you
know. Now what" a- light was be
ginning to break In her eyes "what
has that young minx been up to?"
"Nothing nothing at all!" Phillip
assured her hastily. He glanced back
Indignantly, at the porch. It was
empty. With a somewhat abrupt
leavetaklng he strode out of the gate
and began viciously to crank his
machine. Shy, Indeed! Timid little,
fluttering thing! His tales of the
glowing east! A hot wave rushed
over him from head to foot. What
must she think of him?
He leaped into his car and whizzed
off down the road, with-a reckless
and evergrowing violence of speed.
Suddenly a memory, like a flash
of white light Illumined the dark
depression of his mind. His expres
sion changed. He brought his car
ton an abrupt halt.-
"By Jove! Eight o'clock this even
Inc. She promised!"
Seizing the wheel once more he
proceeded onward, at a staid and
decorous pace.
"I won't, sma'h myself up quite
yet," he decided.
Pa's Ultimatum.
"Our Thursday. Saturday and Mon
day morning' papers have checked up
shy for the last three weeks regular
ly."
"Do you believe they are being
stolen, par
"I know Kitty's beau calls Wednes
day. Friday and Sunday nights. I
want him to go home earlier or to
step taking onr paper with him."
&Ae HOME
DEPARTMENT
MAKE CANDY AT HOME
80ME SIMPLE ' RECIPES FOR
WHOLESOME SWEETS.
How to Make Delicious Chocolate
Caramels, Peanut Nougat, Cocoinut
Creams, Sweet Popcorn, Old-Fash-loned
Molasses Candy. y
Chocolate Caramels. Two table
spoonfuls of butter, one-half cup of
milk, one-half cup of sugar, one cup
of molasses, four squares. of chocolate,
one cup of walnut meats broken In
fine pieces. '
Put butter In a porcelain saucepan
and when melted add milk, sugar and
molasses. When these are at the boil
ing point add chocolate, finely grated,
and cook until brittle when tried in
cold water. Stir often to prevent mix
ture from sticking to pan. Remove
from the fire, beat four times, and
then put In the nuta and two tea
spoonfuls of vanilla and turn Into a
buttered pan. When cold cut In
squares and wrap each In paraffin
papqr.
Peanut Nougat: One pound of su
gar and one quart of shelled peanuts.
Chop the nuts fine, and sprinkle them
with a little table salt Put the sugar
In a smooth granite saucepan, and
when It Is on the fire stir constantly
until melted to a syrup, taking care
to keep the sugar from hardening on
the sides of the pan. Add the nuts,
stirring them well through the sugar,
and pour at once Into a warm, but
tered tin and mark the squares. The
sugar must be taken from the fire
the moment It Is melted or this candy
will not be a success.
Cocoanut Creams. Two cups of
Bugar, two-thirds cup of milk, two tea
spoonfuls of butter, one-half cup of
shredded cocoanut, one-half teaBpoon
fill of vanilla. ' Put butter In a gran
ite saucepan; when melted add sugar
and milk. Heat to boiling point and
stir until sugar Is dissolved and then
boll gently twelve minutes; remove
from lire, add cocoanut and vanilla
and beat until creamy and mixture
begins to sugar slightly around edges
of saucepan. Pour them Into a but
tered pan, cool slightly and mark off
In diamonds.
Pralines. One and seven-eighths
cups of powdered sugar, one cup of
maple syrup, one-half cup of cream,
two cups of hickory nuts or pecan
meats, cnfT In pieces. Boil first three
things until, when tried In cold wa
ter, a soft ball forms. Remove at
once from fire and beat until creamy;
add nuts and drop from tip of spoon
In small blobs on buttered paper.
Old Fashioned Molasses Candy.
Two cups of Porto Rico molasses,
two-thirds cup of-BUgar, three table
Bpoonfuls of butter, one tablespoonful
of cider vinegar. An Iron or copper
kett'e with round bottom Is best for
making this. Put butter In, place
QUAINT PLATE DECORATION
Common Plate Ornamented With
Postage Stamps Makes Pretty
and Unique Effect
A very quaint and effective decora
lion for hanging upon the wall or
placing upon the mantel-piece Is
shown In the accompanying sketch, In
the shape of a plate ornamented with
old poBtage stamps.
A common plate, one of those little
white plates that may be purchased
for a penny, for instance, will quite
well answer the purpose.
Any paper adhering to the stamps
should be carefully removed and the
greater the variety of stamps used,
the more effective the plate will look
when finished. 1
With a little Ingenuity a great many
different designs may be worked upon
the plates, and it is an easy matter
to gum the stamps in their position,
until the plate Is entirely covered.
When complete, it should be varnish
ed with some transparent, varnish, as
it will preserve the stamps and also
enable the plate to be cleaned when
occasion arises.
Bags for Dresses.
Basra to nrotect light dresses are ft
help to people who live in smoky,
'dusty cities. Make them of calico as
long as the garment and run a tape
In the top. Slip the gown on a ham
per and put it In the bag, draw the
tap and -hang up.
over fire and when melted add mo
lasses and sugar. Stir until sugar ll
dissolved doing this well when the
candy Is nearly done lest It burn.
Boll until the mixture becomes brittle
in cold water. Add vinegar Just be
fore tnklng it from the fire, and then
pour Into a well buttered pan. When
cool enough to handle, pull until light
In color and porous In quality; do
this with the tips of the fingers and
thumb. Cut In small pieces with
greased shears, and then arrange on
slightly buttered platters to cool.
SOME SIMPLE COMBINATIONS
Nainsook, Jap Silk, or Fine Calico
May Be Used In This
Garment
Nainsook, Jap silk, or fine calico,
might be used fnr the simple comblna-
tlons Illustrated'Vere; the front Is
trimmed with groups of tucks and
strips of insertion, then the edge Is
finished with beading and lace; this
also trims the armholes. Tucks are
made at the waist to cause a good fit
The legs are finished with frills of
material edged with Insertion and
lace; ribbon bows are sewn at the
side.
Materials required: 2V6 yards 38
Inches wide, IVi yards beading. 4
yards lace, 3 Mi yards insertion, 3
yards ribbon.
TWO SIMPLE MADE-OVERS
Tailored Shirtwaists Are Easily Made
Over for House Wear in
Morning.
Did you know that you could make
over your old tailored shirtwaists for
house wear In the morning? Cut out
the neck at the collarband and the
sleeves at the cuffs. Supply instead
plain percale low collars and turn
back cuffs of some contrasting color.
Cut oft also the skirt sections which
are usually torn by pinning and sup
ply a belt of the percale. This belt
will fasten over the skirt; thus, all
you will need to complete your toilet
when dressing hurriedly In the morn
ing will be a pin to hold your collar
closed.
Another made-over Is the apron
which was originally a lingerie blouse,
Use the front, cutting a bib of one
sleeve and tie-ends of the other. The
back will make the belt and face the
lower edge. With a little ribbon-run
beading and a lace ruffle, here la an
apron you will not be ashamed to
pour tea or do embroidery In.
Long Velvet Coats.
Long velvet coats, such as were
worn twenty-odd years ago, are re
turning to favor. A few are plain and
untrimmed, but the majorltyjire dec
orated with fur. For example, there
will be a huge shawl. '
Later on we shall see hats of the
opossum in a rather close turban
shape trimmed with a single flower,
such as a polnsetta, an orchid, or ca
mellas, white and red.
The Australian opossum is the pre
ferred fur, and a large muff to match
usually accompanies a coat on this
order.
For Dainty Jabot and Belt
If you get tired of eyelet work and
lace Insertion in linen collars and
Jabots, here are a few hints of what
can be done - in that line: French
laid, padded dots, 'Wallachian, Vene
tian ladder, Italian cut work, soutache
braiding, cable stitch. Every one of
these is aeen in modish collars, Jabots
and belts, and can be used by the clev
er needleworker who la tired of "the
same old-thing."
xby WILBUR D NLPDIT
A Rebellion
I've locked the door upon them all)
they're waiting- on the walk "J'-'''
The man to teach me how to breathe,
the one who preaohee talk, i ..
The one who guarantees to live a grace
ful, stay gait.
And all the other specialists; I'll leave
them there to wait
I'm tired, .tired, tired and their, books
are on the shelf.
And for today I'm going to be my aim
pie, awkward aelfl
I shall not draw my breath Just so anal
hold It while I count;
I do not care how much I breathe, nor .
measure) the amount
I'm elmplx, going to take my breath ee 1
that It gete Inelde; .
The yearning of my muecles for a reet
won't be denied.
O, what relief to draw a breath and not
i think of the rules
jFor breathing from the diaphragm, a
ordered by the schoolal
Today I ahall not talk Just so I shall not
place my tones
Bo that I feel a tremor In the little Dual
' bonee;
I'll vocalise to suit myself; I'll turn my
larynx loose
And let It shuttle up and down and elm
ply raise the deuce .
The elocution teacher isn't here upon the
watch
And I Intend to have a spree a Ungual
debauch I
Today I will not hold my ehln at Just
the right degree
Nor keep my belt-line gathered In and -balance
from my knee;
I'll walk 1 Just any .way I please, flat
footed, pigeon-toed.
Or any way I feel Inclined that Isn't a
Ml
hat, Isn't a
them, I' C
to tell the ,
la mode.
I'll drag my feet. I'll shuffle
step on toe or heel
And would that I had words
thrill of Joy I feel!
I'm Independent for a dayt I will no,
hold the thought,"
I will not worry my poor brain by think.
Ing as I ought,
I will not plumb my consciousness, not
turn my ego on
Aha! I looked outside and saw mj
teachers all had gone!
I'm tired, tired, tired and their book
are on the shelf.
And for today tat leant I'll be my elm.
pie, awkward aelfl
How He Lost His Job.
"Mr. Nossltt," said the new man,
who had been engaged as a literary
adviser In the publicity department of
the railway, "it seems to me that when
we designate a man as traveling pas
senger agent, we are tautological, at
the least."
"We are what?" asked the superior.
"Tautological. What does a travel
ing passenger agent do?"
"He goes around and gets people to
ride over our lines, of course."
"Yes. He gets passengers. Why
call blm a traveling passenger agent?
Of a necessity, a passenger must be
a traveling passenger."
"How's that?"
"I say a passenger must be a travel
ing one or he isn't any good to us
In fact, he cannot be a passenger at
all. A passenger Is some one who
travels. The statement that we send
out an agent to get traveling passen
gers is absurd on the face of it, and "
"You may convert yourself Into a
traveling paasecger to the street, with
a stop-over at the cashiers' office long
enough to get what Is due you to
date," snorted the superior, whirling
back to hia desk.
Argument for Monogamy.
"The idea," she said, "of men hav
ing four or Ave wives, as they do 1d
some countries. It la Impossible for
a man to love more than one woman
at a time. Why, It would be Just aa
sensible If a woman were to have Ave
or six husbands." '
"But," he commented, "there never
was a woman who could be Jealous of
five or six men at once without losing
her mind."
Strange.
"It Is the hand of fate," glgha the
twain.
Disconsolately he gazes at the mi
slve he has received and repeats:
It is the hand of fate."
Odd, for he has received the mitten.
And It is empty.
Not Available. j
"Ah, Miss Shoppln. I wish you would)
let me be your Christmas el ft I
"You, Mr. Deddun? Why, really J
O, I never could exchange yen fori
anyuung: