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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21
ODD stnmps with nigh values

Many stamps attain fictitious value
on account of some accident in their
printing or publication. The story is
told that on one occasion number Of
stamps were sent into Wales without the
customary perforation They were of
the penny brick variety, common enough
in all conscience, but it is said because the
240 of them which composed the priced
pounds worth were the only specimens
ever sent out in such manner they are
now worth two pounds each, and the
same queer enthusiasm exists in France,
where the stamps used in connection
with the balloon post Of the great war
ot1870 are considered worth their weight
IN gold.-Million.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21
Dogs THAT Battle Regularly.

1t is only the petted and pampered ca
mines who have such dread of the surf.
The democratic ours Of the town and the
sensible old house dogs who have lived
here long enough to feel thoroughly at
home and who feel equal to the task Of
looking out for themselves under any
and all circumstances are Of an en-
tirely different frame Of mind, so far as
that is concerned. Plenty Of them go in
for their daily swim'as regularly and as
unconcernedly as the most enthusiastic
and inveterate bathers the town con-
tains, and plenty more wait only for the
barest invitation to so plunging in after
q stick or ball, to bring it out on the
strand, triumphant at the victory over
the watery element. = Philadelphia
Times
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21
Killed by n wrinring Machine.

Martha Davenport, colored, twenty
three years old, was killed, and Daisy
May Brown, also colored. aged eighteen
years, was injured, by tho bursting of q
wringer in tho basement NJ tho Empire
Laundry company's building. The
wringer had been In use about three
years, but was overhauled and new,
copper "baslset" put in about ten days
ago. This is said to be the first occa-
sion when any accident has happened to
q wringer since the laundry was started,
twenty years ago, and there are several
wringers in the place which have been
in constant use for over ten years.
The construction of wringer is not
intricate, and as no steam can enter 1t
there seems to be considerable mystery
as to how IL was possible for IL to ex-
plode. IL consists of u jacket made Of
cast iron, about = inch thick, A feet
high and 90 inches in diameter The
copper basket is about 1S inches in
diameter and nearly the same height as
the jacket, and so placed as to revolve
inside the latter Small holes in the
basket permit the water from the clothes
to pass out into the jacket.and thence
by spigot to pipe, through which it
flows Off. The basket and jacket were
burst into thousand pieces, but the
post which was meant to hold them in
place was left standing, and although
the pieces flew all over the room and into
the yard none of the other machinery
was struck.
Martha Davenport, the. woman who
was killed, was about fifteen feet from
the machine when it burst.
American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21

The latest system Of smoke prevention
involves the use of the combined appa-
ratus of two inventors. One invention
consists of fire clay arches Trough which
the combined air and gusts are passed,
and which, becoming incandescent,
cause the smoke to be consumed. The
other principle Is tho induction of low
pressure current of air by means of
steam jets, and the two devices COM
bined give very good result, more espe-
cially when applied TO steam boilern.-
New York Telegram.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21

Early one morning not long ago o
black boy going to his work was pass
ing along the Piercc's Mill road, near
Washington. Paying listle attention TO
what was before him he suddenly found
himself confronted by n large grizzly
bear. The boy did what almost any one
would have done under the same cir
tumstances-he turned and ran rs fast
hs his legs could carry him. Luckily
the bear did not follow, and he reached
house and gave an alarm.
The news soon spread that grizzly
bear had escaped from the geological
the news got abroad, because every one
was afraid TO go out of doors. People
barricaded their doors and windows and
kept their children in the house. The
schools in the neighborhood were with
out pupils.
The superintendent of the geological
garden heard, ut any rate, that his lost
bear had been seen on the Pierce's Mill
road, and accompanied by several well
armed volunteers he started in pursuit
of the animal.
They came upon him not far from
the place where the boy had seen him.
The bear regarded his pursuers indif-
ferently. The superintendent was led
to hope that he might be captured alive.
Lets surround him." said the chief
of the hunters.
They proceeded to form ring about
the grizzly. This proceeding infuriated
him at once, and he made II ferocious
attack upon one of the hunters.
But before he could reach the man all
the other hunters rushed bravely to the
assistance of their threatened comrade,
whereupon the grizzly, seeing himself
outnumbered, turned tail with growl
and ran to tree near by.
Once more the crowd crept upon the
bear, and then the animal rushed va
liantly at them all. This time several
men fired at once, and the young bears
brief period of liberty was brought to
an end.-Washington Letter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21
Cottages ut Ear IIarbor.

Bar Harbor is rapidly becoming u
colony of cottageys. Three of the larg-
est hotels and several of the smaller
public houses are closed this season,
while cottages re'springing upon every
hand and there are none to spare. Two
weeks ago one large hotel had forty-two
guests and ninety-six employees; an
ther twenty-five guests and ninety-two
employees. Life in private houses is en-
joyable for some peopleat Mount Desert,
but the hotels as a rule are wretched
places in which to pass the SUMNER
Bar Harbor Letter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21
The Hop Crop in washington.

Washington hops are of high grade,
and the yield, averaging 1000 pounds to
tho acre, is almost threefold that of tho
fields of England, Germany and New
York state. The hop louise has now
made its devastating presence felt in
western Washington, and must be
fought there as it has long been fought
elsewhere. On account of this pest tho
Puyallup yield was reduced to so per
cent. of what had been expected last
year, and since the price was low, it
was thought that the revenue from hops
would not be above Sl,000,0 600. Hops
have fetched more than a dollar pound
in the past; Of late the prices have run
from twenty cents to thirty cents. To
produce them costs less than ten cents
pound in Washington. n.--Julian Ralph
In Harper's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21
Underground Wires Made Useless.

The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone company is meeting with consider
able trouble withits underground system
in various parts of the city, and have lost
great many wires. The principal
trouble lies in the grounding of the
wires. that is, the wires become barred,
the insulation being penetrated in some
way or other, and the dampness causes
the current TO leak into the earth, caus-
ing what is known in electric parlance
rs ground This prevents the use
of the wires beyond the point where the
ground occurs. Six or seven cables,
containing from 1870 to 100 wires, have
been affected within the past few weeks.
All of the cables affected have been re-
placed with new ones without the sub
scribers discovering that there was any
thing wrong. g.-Baltimore American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21

Among the various exhibits secured
by Chief Smith, of the transportation
department of the Worlds fair. during
his recent visit to Europe, is small brass
pocket piece, resembling an ordinary
baggage check, which is worth n great
deal more than its weight in gold. II is
of octagon shape, and on one side is
stamped the inscription, IL. Sc S. Rail-
way, Bagworth, No 90" On the OPP
posite side the number is repeated. The
relic represents the kind and form of
tickets in use in 1882 for "open carriage
passengers on the Leicester and Swan
ington railway. The distance covered
by the main line was triHe over six.
teen miles, and the passenger fares
charged were IA pence mile. There
was one class only, and the passengers
stood mp in an open carriage, generally
known as tub, which was nothing bet
ter than a high sided goods wagon, hav-
ing no top. no seats, no spring buffer.
These brass tickets were used to the
various stations, the guard of the train
carrying letter bag something in the
style of n collection box, having eight
separate divisions, one for each station.
At the end Of each passengers journey
his ticket was taken mp, and placed in
the bag by the guard, to be returned,
recorded on the books and again used.-
New York Recorder.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21

As an old bathman--my father and
brothers having kept the New York
Salt Water Floating Baths" at the Bat
terry and Mt the foot of Desbrosses street
for half n century, and being myself one
of the first superintendents of the pub
lie baths of New York city-I cannot
refrain from adding few words of ad-
vice not only to surf bathers, but to all
who bathe, either Mt the seashore, in the
pond or even the bathtub, as there is
danger in all to an inexperienced person.
In the first place, never bathe after a
hearty meal; always before, and early
in the morning or late in the evening IL
possible. Never go in the water while
perspiring freely; cool off n little and be
sure to wet the head first. Dive in
head first if you know how and the place
is suitable for SO doing. If not, wet q
towel and use that on the head, as it
drives the blood down and not to the
brain, and above all do not stay in the
water over twenty minutes. and your
bath will do You good and not weaken
you, as it will If you stay in too long.
AS you truly say, the good swimmer
is apt to be reckless and careless, for
getting the treacherous "undertows," /"
''sea pnsses' and the fatal cramps, but
no man should go in bathing while in
liquor. Every one ought to learn how
to swim, for it is an accomplishment
and very handy to have with you as you
journey through life either by wind or
by wave.-Cor. New York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21
sIsters Die on thc snmo nnr.

Mrs. Ann Scott Maulsby, of Washing
ton, widow Of George Maulsby, medical
director United States navy, died at FL
beron, n. j., wheve she had gone for the
summer, Saturday. On the same day
occurred the death at her home, at
Mount Airy, near Philadelphia, of her
sister, Mrs Emma Lovett Breese, widow
IF Commodore Breese, United States
navy. Mrs. Maulsby and Mrs. Breese
were the daughters Of the late Colonel
Lovett, the purchaser. of what is now
the Kolorama Heights property from the
Bowford estate, He lived there with his
family before the war and until the time
mis- property was confiscated by the gov
srnment for hospital purposes. He then
removed to Philadelphia, where the
family. except Mrs. Maulsby, has since
resided. Washington Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21
An Interrupted Fight.

Burt Revier and Charles Lemont, of
Dundee, Mimi, were both in love with
the same girl, and they agreed to settle
the matter Of rivalry by fight in the
presence of the young woman. She was
watching the battle from a buggy, when
the horse took fright and ran, throwing
her out and causing fatal injuries.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21
Bny Feve. from the Ooldenrod.

You who are lovers of flowers possibly
do not know that you can be poisoned
by goldenrod, but it is so despite the
fact that it came near being the state
flower. Any one afflicted with hay fever
Chat is, a species of catarrh,) should be
very careful how they handle this flower
when covered with pollen dust.-Al-
bany Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21
RUFFALO, ROCHESTER, & PITTS
- BURG RAILWAY.

The short line between Dubois, Rldgway,
Bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo, Rochester,
Niagara Falls and points In the upper oil
region.
On and after May I'D, 1902, passen-
ger trains VIII arrive and depart from Falls
Creek station, daily, except Sunday, as fol-
lows:
7;1O A. M.-Bi1dford Accommodation-Fo
points North between Falls Greek and
Bradford 1:l5 n. IN. mixed train for
PunNsutawney.
5A.M.-BufIalo and Rochester mail-For
Brockwayvillc, Ridgway ,Johnsonburg, Mt.
Jewett, Bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo and
Rochester; connecting at Johnsonburg
with II. x u. train ., for Wilcox, Kane,
Warren, Cory and Erie
1890 A. M.-Accommodation-Fo Dubois,
Sykes, Big Run and dPunNsutawney.
1;2O i. M-Bradford Accommodation-For
Bccchtree, Brockwayville, Ellmont, Car
mon, Ridgway, Johnsonburg, Mt. Jewett
and Bradford.
I:5O p. M.-Mail-For Dubois Sykes, Big
Run. punXsutnwney and Malston.
7:Jb P.M.--Accommodation Dubois, Big
Run and PunXsGtawney.
Trains Arrivc-7:lO a. NJ, Accommodation
PunNsutawnoy; 10:05 AN, Mail from Wal
ston and PunNSutawney; 1855 A. NJ Ac-
commodatlon from Bradford; l:20 L. NJ,
Accommodation from punNsutawncy; 1850
u. NJ, Mail from Buffalo and Rochester;
1:h5 y. NJ, Accommodation from Bradford.
Thousand mile tickets at two cents per
mile, good for passage between all stations.
j. II. MCINTYRE Agent, Falls creek, Pa.
GEO. W. BAnTLETT Il. q. LAPEY,
General Supt. Gen. Pas. Agent
Bradford, Pa. Rochester, n. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21
Mistakes Occur.

George--Suppose a fellows best girl
gets mad when you ask for kiss?
Henry-Take it without asking.
George-Suppose she gets mad then?
Honry-Then you've got some other
fellows girlI-New York Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21

1t is stated that in the last six months
100. people have been killed by cars in
Chicago, and 450 persons were perma-
uently disabled from the same cause.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21

In the twenty-four hours from am,
July 20, to 5a.m., July "a, the rainfall at
Minneapolis was 7.s0 inches-the great
est fall of water ever recorded by the
weather bureau, and probably the heav-
lest ever known here. Minneapolis
Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21

An anticancer leagu ~',een organ
lied in Paris, its purpo' penlg to seek
means of relieving hg -sahity of Of
its most dreadful scourges. NJ
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21
The Racket Store

=
and you will most likely get it, and you
will be surprised how cheap. People
wonder how | can pay rent and other
expenses, sell so cheap and live. Easily
explained, my friends, just like this;
Buy for cash, sell for cash; | sell for
net spot cash and | get bargains by
paying net spot cash for what buy.
consequently am enabled to give you
bargains for your cash. Come IN and
look over my stock; no trouble to show
goods whether you buy or not. Goods
bought from me and not satisfactory,
and returned in good order, and reas-
enable time, money will be cheerfully
refunded If desired. Remember,I i posit-
lively state that | have no old shelf
worn goods, no shoddy goods, but ss
clean cut "a line of every day goods as
you will find in any store in Jefferson
county, and oh, how cheap. Come in
Ladies and take look at my line OF
beautiful Laces, Wrappers, Waists,
Aprons, Gloves, Mitts, Night Robes,
Stockings, Baby Carriage Robes, Calico,
Robes, Shifting bleached and unbleach-
ed Muslin. might go on mentioning
the lots of bargains but would take too
long, step in and take look for your
selves. Gentlemen, come in and buy
one of our beautiful paintings, a0x36,
gilt frame, only Sl00, are gUing like
hot cakes; II you want one como quick.
| also have mems Hose, Shirts, Hand
kerchiefs, Drawers, Under Shirts, White
Shirts, Linen Collars and Cuffs, Gloves
and an endless number OF other things
for gentlemen. Come in and look for
yourselves. | viii only be 10 GLAD to
show you my stock. have IN stock
hundreds of articles for Ladies, Gcntle-
men and Children, Boys, Girls and
Baby's that would ill our town paper-to
mention them all. This advertisement
is written in the plain American A.B.C.
language SO everybody that can read
can understand every word Of it.
M. J. COYIE, a
The Racket Store.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21
COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
BROOKVILLE, PA,
TtS II IJnIED Dan,,,.:,,o,,

Sample rooms on the ground floor. House
heated by natural gas. Omnibus to and from
all trains.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21

A LLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY
"A COMPANY commencing Sunday
July 10, 1892. Low Grade Division.
EASTWARD.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21

No old shelf-worn goods, but all new,
clean, salablo stock and. more OF them
for the same money than you can buy
at any other store in the town. you
are looking for something you cannot
find ut any other store, come TO
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-21

STATIONS Mol, Nos, No 0. IOl 100
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-10-27
AN UNUSUAL STEP.

Members of Chicago Unions VIII Pur-
chase Goods Only OF Union Clerks.
The trades assembly OF Chicago
have taken an unusual step in
requesting all members OF the various
trades unions of the city to require
every clerk in the ndreds Of CLOTH
ing stores TO EXHIBIT a union card
before purchasing goods OF any
description from such clerk. Many
of the clerks are inclined to resent
this project as an unjust kind Of
espionage, and claim that, were the
same plan carried out to its logical
limits, untold inconvenience and
annoyance would result in almost
every branch of business. The
employers sympathize with the views
of the clerks, and at the sane time
are afraid TO declare themselves
opposed to the assembly's scheme for
fear of boycott. The probabilities
are, however, that before another
month every clothing clerk will be
wearing a badge indicating member
ship in the union. Then the same
course will be pursued with street
car conductors, butchers, bakers,
shop girls, and men and women in
almost every line of business.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-10-27
THE Boys OPPORTUNITY.

Ii was Benjamin Harrison who
said, Il believe also in the American
opportunity which puts the starry
sky above every boys head and sets
his foot upon a ladder which he may
climb until his strength gives away"
This is the height Of wisdom to give
every one the same chance and then
let the best win. But to get the best
o 1t of every one, something must lie
taken for granted. For instance tie
first requisite of success is gooc
health. When two persons arc
striving for the same object the one
who has the most endurance vii
anally come out victor. More peOplt
fail i'm life because they break dow
from nervous strain than from an!
other cause. This brings on some
form of pulmonary trouble usual!
beginning with a slight cough whicl
leepens gradually until the victim j.
told that he has consumption. If h,
will get a bottle of
REDS GERMAN CoUGn AND KIDNEY
CURE
he a save himself from all of thi'
misery and be restored to health
The small bottles are PC and tn
arge ones soc. Get them Of an
lcaler,
SYLVAN REMEDY Co,
Peoria, III.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-10-27
EXPRESS Companies Beaten.

The supreme court of South Dakota
last week handed down the most
important decision ever given In It's
history. 1t is in the case OF the
American and Adams Express Com
panies VS.. The State Board OF Equal
ization. One year ago at the annual
session OF the board it arbitrarily
raised the assessed valuation Of those
companies from about $4,000 to Soo,-
600: that is, from the returns made oy
the companies. The Adams company
brought suit in the supreme court to
compel the board to reduce the assess
ment, all parties agreeing that the
evidence and judgment in the one
case should be the same to all. Inc
courts opinion was given and is IN
favor OF the board. The court holds
that it has no power TO control q
Judgment of the board; that the
action Of the board was neither In
excess OF its jurisdiction nor an
irregular exercise of its authority
and consequently 1t could not DC
interfered with by ~certiorari.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-10-27
A Solar Felipe.

A most important astronomical
phenomenon of the year will be the
partial solar eclipse on the Goth inst
II the day be clear the partial eclipse
will be visible throughout the whole
of North America, except the extreme
west coast of Alaska and that portion
of the continent which lies west of a
line drawn from the northwest
corner of California to the north shore
of the bay Of Tehuantepec, in South
ern Mexico. The eclipse cannot be
total anywhere, as the moons umbra
does not intersect the earth. AS
seen from Washington the eclipse
will begin Oct. 20. ii hours 81 minutes
~ seconds a. m. and end at D hours
81 minutes AZ seconds p. m. mean
time mot standard time), which is 8
minutes and IL seconds later. A
little more than three-fifths of the
SUMS diameter will be obScured.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-10-27
M,KINLEY ON WILDCATS.
He Has a Word or Two to Say About
State Bank Notes.

He Has a Word or Two to Say About
State Bank Notes.
Governor Mckinley in a recent adj
dress spoke briefly of the Democratic
proposition to return to the use Of state
bank currency and said:
Let me give you In the briefest man.
ner possible the condition of state bank
money on Dec. /, 1859, as shown BIZ
Peterson's Philadelphia Counterfeit De-
tector and Bank Note List, to which |
10Y refer. The first announcement that
greets You is with respect TO the coun-
terfeit sos and zoos Of the Philadelphia
bank" with this warning in bold type,
Look out for them Then follows the
announcement, "Seventy-uine new coun-
t~erfeits have been put in circulation
within the last month, three being of
issues of Pennsylvania banks" On the
LIST of December, 1859, Philadelphia had
twenty-one banks, all at par with the
exception of the Bank of Pennsylvania,
which was at a discount of GJ per cent,
and nearly all, if not all. of their issues
were counterfeited.
There were e~ighty-one country banks,
so called, in the state of Pennsylvania.
OF these the notes of only twenty-one
were at par, those of one being unstable
and those OF the other fifty-nine at a dis
count ranging from a half of l per
cent. to 80 per cent. In respect to
the state of Arkansas the statement is
made that all the banks are uncertain"
In Alabama there were seven banks. six
at a discount of 2 per cent. and the
other at l per cent. In Delaware
there were ten banks, nine at par and
me at a half of | per cent. discount.
In the District of Columbia there were
six banks, five at a half of l per cent.
discount, and the other at ] per cent.
discount. In Georgia there were thirty
one banks, all Of them at a discount
ranging from a half of / per cent. to
10 per cent. One of them is quoted
with the warning Don't buy" and the
notes of two are unstable.