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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-12
PEARLS or THOUGHT

Small sins cause great sorrows.
There Is no river Of life IN tho land
Of death.
1, doesn't take any ability at all To
DO n growler.
Success anywhere requires single
ness Of purpose.
Tho moment you kill faith you
break nll the banks.
People who carry sunshine with
them ure always welcome.
A doubt is tho heaviest thing you
can pick up aud try to carry.
Trouble always runs TO meet the
man who goes out to hunt II.
One of Tho cnsicst things TO believe
Is II pleasing lie about ourselves.
Confession of sin ls impossible until
there Is II willingness to forsako II.
Tho woman who never takes any
interest In tho fashions needs incdi-
cine.
No man prays In earnest who does
not work with lust as much earnest
ucss.
The way to qualify yourself to do
grcnt things is to bc faithful In little
ones.
The man who leads other people il
the one who Is not afraid TO walk
alone himself.
IL you have never been In adversely
you havc never found out who your
real friends urc.
Tho best thing TO do when VIC can
not see In any other direction 10 to
'ooN '''"'s"' up ~
Tho man who thinks that maybe he
will run when he gcts into battle will
bc pretty apt to do 1t. -,
There isn't a sin on earth but what
brcaihos frccr when IL can get an ap-
porcn,ly good man 70 indorse IL. .
Every time the soldier handles his
musket In drill IL has somethii g to do
with tho way hc will handle IL In bat
Tie.
A dog disguised in lamb skin may
look like n sheep, but hc will tell you
what he ia the minute ho gets sight Of
abonc.-[lndianapolis (Ind.) Rams
Horn.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-12

" should leave my home and go away
To pass year and day
Mid other scenes, should | not early find
That had left behind
A portion of my life's felicity
which could not follow me7
And II, when the allotted time had passed,
turned my steps nt last
To enter 1t the old familiar door
Ofkin1y home once more.
Might | not not learn that what my heart
had sought
Win 5nck-turning thought,
Was missing siill--in homes sccurcst spot
And | could ilGd It not2
Might not vnlny wander to and fro,
Seeking ny in to know
That fond completeness ~ felicity
Which could not follow mey
Ah, ycsl And VI longing soul in heaven
Free passport might lie given
To come again and tread carih's weary soil
with feet unused To toll
To leave the converse of eternity
And linger lovingly,
Ger carth's poor haunts, the playground Of
thOsc years
Whose sml % were dinmcd with tears,
SO would II find that nothing here below
Was whnt Il used to know;
That all the peace which memory had east
Around the cherished past,
all the familiar kindly home delight
Had vanished from II quite;
Soon would II spread it. wings with sigh OF
Too thankfulto retain
The power of entering heavens open door,
And leaving ncvcrnorc.
Let us not weep, then, though we lose the
light
That made this earth 40 bright
Though oil the single sunbeams, one by
one,
lie gathered to the sun;
Assured that there, IN fulness rich and free,
They will restored he,
Aud home, the dearest name that we can
know
Or weary earth below,
Shall be n mother wholly reconcile,
To each desponding child.
-tCornhill Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-12

a window near which stood n young
maple troc. A flash of lightning
struck either tho girl or tree, or both,
and tho imngc Of tho trco was found
printed on her body. In another casc
boy wns climbing troc to stoal a
birds nest, when ho was struck by
lightning aud the trco with the bird
aud tho neat appeared upon his back.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-12
The Reason OF Ii.

Gay-I see they've been having a
celebration in tho town in which you
live. What was the occaslon?
Grimm-I don't know. l do not
live there now. l moved away a week
ago.
Gay-Oh! I understand. They had
the celebration six days ago. -[New
York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-12
With the Wagon Train.
tCornhill Magazine.

Twenty army wagons and their
drivcrs-iifty cavalrymcn from Troop
E-a pull of ninety miles across the
Indian country. Yes, we shall be At
tackled by the hoslilcs. They would
not let such an opportunity pass.
They can muster four to one, even {
we counted IN the ieansicrs. Colonel
Blank, ut the new post to which
We were bound, had written TO Cau-
tain White, who was in command of
the train:
"My wife is to come out with YOU
See That my previous instructions are
carried out. She knows what they
are."
And we had not marched an hour
when Captain White sent for me and
said:
"Corporal, you will act as a special
guard over the third wagon"
"Very well, cir"
"The Colonel's wife Is In that
wagon. as you probably know"
"Ycs, SIR"
'ln case the Indians arc too strong q
gor us they must not find her alive.
That's allw
rode back to tho third wagon and
placed my horse at the nigh fore
wheel, and lifted my cap TO the lady,
who had been provided with COM
Portable seat by herself. She was n
little bit of woman, not over 25
years old, and married to the Colonel
only two years before. She looked at
me out of her big blue eyes and
smiled, but she coul not steady hcr
voice as she leaned forward and in
CURED:
"Corporal, do you-you think wo
shall be attacked"
"Qnitc likely, ma'am. but we may
squeeze through"
"Aud IL attacked, and you can't beat
tho Indians oil. you"-
al have tho Captains orders,
ma'am!"
ayes; very WELL"
We both understood. l had boon
specially detailed to kill her il | saw
that we were to bo wiped ont! Tho
thought of 1t made me dizzy as rode
along. Now and then / glanced up
at her to find hcr face white and her
eyes anxiously searching the horizon.
had my orders and wa, thero 10
obey them, but could l do il? If l
was the last living man in that train,
could raise my carbine and become
her murderer?
At 2 o'clock on the afternoon of tho
second day ont We saw dozen
mounted Indians on ridge to the
right and closed up tho train. To the
left were succession of ridges, and
IL there was any force of hos,iles
about they were hidden behind them.
Tho Coloneps wife was ono of the
first to discover tho Indians at tho
right. She was looking at mo as
glanced up.
1--WE shall be attacked?" she
queried.
"Wishln ten minutes, ma'am."
"Well, y0u--you-"
NYes'm, but I hope We shall boat
them of"
The rodskIns on the right now be-
san 70 ride to and fro and whoop and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-12

had been given the day before TO keep
up the wagons had doubled the line,
moving two abreast. Tho lorsemen
fell into their places Mt once-iweniy
on a side, five In front nnd five In
rear. Some of tho tcam,tc had car
bincs, while all had rcvolvers. Half
mile beyond where wo had seen the
first Indian the attack was made, aud
il was bloody one. AS we came OPP
posiic valley running back into tho
ridges n hundred or more mounted
Indians camc charging down on ia.
Tho valley was Just about M wide ns
the train was long, aud therefore the
twenty of us on that side had u chance
at the reds ~ they came on IN mob,
shooting, shouting, and seemingly de-
tcrmincd to ride over us.
"Corporall'
IL was the voice Of tho Coloncps
wife, just us We were preparing to
fire.
"Ycs'm. | remember" replied NJ
! lowered my carbinc TO look up ut
her.
Wc poured the fire of our carbincs
into tho charging mass and checked
its rush. The Indians then passed to
our front and rear 80 IA to nssail us
on nll sides. There were fully 800 of
them mud had the train halted but for
II minute they would have had us
wiped out. A part of them had been
ordered 10 fire only at tine mules Mt
inclcd to the wagons. As they were
kept moving only ihrcc or four were
struck aud none disabled.
"Corporall'
There was fighting on front ami
roar and both sides, and the bullets
were flying about IA in spitcful
way. Five had passed though the
! cover of tho wagon beside me.
cit was tho Coloncls wife calling
to me. looked up into her whitc
face and she gaspcd:
Corporal, aro you going to
| to"
"Not yet we nrc holding our
ownp | replied. as turned to open
fire ngain.
We wcrc gradually getting out of
tho tap. Further on Tie ground was
open aud 10 our advantage. The In
dian always does his best fighting at
the start Here and there we had n
man wounded, hut thcrc was no con-
fusion-no halting. Whenever they
gathered rs IL 10 charge we opened
fire on tho spot and scattered them.
Our fire was rapid and wcll-sustnined,
and at tho end of n quarter of m hour
we had them beaten. Wc were Just
drawing clear of tho edge of the ridge
when bullet struck tho third wagon
ieamstcr in the shoulder, and he foil
forward on his saddle. 1t happened
right under tho eyes of the olonels
wife, and Nhc called 10 me:
Corporal. obey your ordcrs!"
She had her hands over her face so
that she might not soc mo as | raised
my gun. Tho next few seconds must
have been terrible.
"Bcg pardon. ma'am, bu. the reds
nrc drawing Off and tho victory is
ours."
She dropped her hands aud starred
at mo for minute as if she could not
comprehend. Then she fell back in n
dead faint, aud It was long half
hour before hcr blue eyes opened to
the sunshine again. A week later at
the new post, Colonel Blank called mo
in and asked:
"Corporal weren't you ordered to
shoot Mrs. Blank?'
"Ycs, SIR"
"Thcn why didn't you do ilp' he
siernly demanded.
"I-I was going to, but -"
"But what, sir?" 1t was gross dis
obedience of orders, and you are no
longer corporal.
But that was the old martinct's way
of promoting me to sergcantcy.
-GNew York Sun.
Doctor and Dentist.
A Ii discnsna Iylirh nro fnunllu a q, ,cI
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-29
The August Wide Awake

Is a veritable vacation number, es-
pecially noticeable for short, practical
papers on out-of-door doings: How j
Botanic" Annie Sawyer Downs; Star.
board and Port" Capt. julius A. Palm
err, Jr.; Lets Have a Fire" Willis
Boyd Allen; How Not to Get Lost, y
Prof. Charles E. Fay; Hints for
Trampers. Charles NJ. Skinner; ''How
to Put Paddles on Rowboat," Vesper
L. George; and such summer articles as
'Sport in the Water" by Alexander
Black: "a Mountain Pageant" by Mrs.
A. q. Lewis. There is a capital story
of camping out, French Leave" by
Gertrude Adams: Margaret Sidney has
striking and dramatic story of life in
the ''Sl1y Country" of North Carolina,
''Trypheny's Bicycles" Robert Beverly
Hale contributes ''In a Thunderstorm
to the Fair Harvard Series of stories;
Willis Boyd Allen has a characteristic
story of life and adventure on an ocean
steamer, 1.-The Crimson handkerchief
and the serials-Kirk Munroe's 1.-The
Coral Ship" and Kate Epson Clark's
THAT Mary Ann are equally absorbing
Price 20 cents number, g. a year,
On sale at news stands, or sent postpaid
on receipt of price, by D. Lothrop Com.
pany, Publishers, Boston.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-29
DISCOVERY OF AMERICA.
How Colanlbus Kept His Sailors on Their
tFs Mission.

Columbus, whose keen eye saw signs
of rising mutiny, took steps to meet it.
The men who were timid he encouraged
with kind words. To the avaricious he
spoke of the great wealth they would
find in the new countries. Those who
were openly rebellious he threatened
with the severest punishment. Thus,
By managing the men with tact, he
kept them at their posts of duty till
September IS, when, from certain favor
able signs, every one grew hopeful that
land was near. The sea was now calm,
and, as the ships sailed close together,
waited westward by gentle breezes,
Martin Pinzon, who commanded the
Pinta, cried out, Land, landr' and
forthwith began to chant the ''Gloria
in Excelsis." But he had been deceived
by a ridge of low-lying cloud. For a
week following, from many favorable
indications. all on board We're confident
that as each day drew to close land
would be discovered on the next-and
with each morning came bitter disap-
| pointment This state of feeling con-
! tinued till October :, when as the Nina,
! ing the waves ahead OF the others, she
suddenly hoisted flag and, as signal
! that land had been sighted, fired gun,
I the first ever heard upon those silent
waters. But the ships sailed on; and
/ no land came in view.
| The high hopes of the sailors now left
/ them. The golden countries promised
! them seemed TO recede as they APP
preached. They became firmly resolved
/ that they would give up the search after
( phantom lands and return to their
I homes. Columbus had exhausted his
/ powers of persuasion. lie now boldly
/ announced that he would continue his
] voyage to the Indies in spite of all dan
/ gers. Doubtless he knew he could not
/ much longer control his turbulent, hot
/ tempered followers. But the 18th of
/ October, the day after he had come to
! an open rupture with them, brought
/ unmistakable signs that land was near
such indications as fresh weeds that
| grow near running water, fish that
were known to live about rocks, limb
| of tree with berries on it, and Il carved
staff. Every eye eagerly scanned the
horizon. Night came on, however, and
land had not been discovered: but the
eager men were too happy to close their
eyes in sleep. About 10 o'clock Column
bus saw light in the distance which
moved to and fro in the darkness; and,
shortly after midnight, sailor on the
! Pinta made the welcome announcement
! that land could be seen. The ships now
! took in sail and waited for the morning.
As the 18th of October dawned, and the
light of the sun dispelled the soft morn
ing mists. Columbus patience and I'M
tagging zeal had their reward. He could
! plainly see land; and he tells us it looked
like garden full of trees" twas an
island belonging to what is now the Ba-
! hama group.-St Nicholas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-29
ANOTHER HOLIDAY.
The President Proclaims the Four Hun
dredth Anniversary OF the Discovery OF
America National Holiday.

The President Proclaims the Four Hun
dredth Anniversary OF the Discovery of
America National Holiday.
WASHINGTON, July 23.-The president
has issued the following proclamation:
Whereas By joint resolution approved June
%. Isa2. il was resolved by the senate and house
Representatives of the United States Of Amer
lea in congress assembled, that the president
of the Cuited States he authorized and directed
10 issue a proclamation recommending 10 the
people the observance in all their localities of
the four hUndredth anniversary Of the discov-
cry OF America on the 2lst day of October, 1872,
by public demonstration and by suitable eXer-
cises in their schools and other places Of assem-
bly,
Now. therefore. I, Benjamin Harrison presi-
dent OF the United States in pursuance of the
aforesaid joint resolution, do hereby appoint
Friday, October y, 1872. the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of America by
Columbus, as holiday for the people of the
United States. On that day let the people, as
far as possible. cease all toll and devote them
selves to such exercises as may best express
honor 10 the diScoverer. and their appreciation
of the achievements Of the four completed cen
turtles Of American life. Columbus stood in his
age as the pioneer of progress and ealighten-
ment The system of universal education is in
our age the most prominent and SalUtary feat
IRE OF this piece of enlightenment and il is
peculiarly appropriate that the schools be made
by the people the center OF the days demon
stration Let the national flag float over every
school house in the country, ana the exercises
be such as shall impress upon our youth the
patriotic duties of American citizenship In
| churches and other places of assembly of the
people, let there be expressions Of gratitude 10
Divine Providence. for the devout faith OF the
| discoverer, and for the Divine care and guild
snce which has directed our history and so
! abundantly blessed our people.
TSi-ned.l
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-29
FORTUNES FROM SEA WATER.
Can the Gold and silver In Suspension in
the Ocean he Saved?

Can the Gold and silver In Suspension in
the Ocean BE Saved?
The researches of the past on the
practicableness of extracting the pre-
cious metals from sea water have been
supplemented recently by careful in
vestigation made by Scandinavian,
Herr Munster. According to his method
sea water was taken from the Chris
tiania Fiord. and about twenty gallons
were evaporated to dryness, giving three
and half pounds of residue. This was
divided for convenience in treating,
and. after being mixed with litharge,
potassium-sodium carbonate, and car
bon obtained from starch, the quantity
of silver and gold was determined. The
result was quarter of a grain of silver
and tenth of a grain of gold per ton
of average sea water.
Considering the extremely small
amounts of precious metals present
Herr Munster considers that no method
of precipitation in tanks can possibly be
successful He is of the opinion that
this must be effected by the sea itself,
where the water is continuously re-
newed by natural current, and he
points out that the copper sheathing OF
vessels has long been known to precipi-
tate silver under these circumstances.
He proposes that 4 channel sixty yards
wide should be selected for an expert
ment, where the current passing be-
tween two small islands would be well
sheltered from the sea and wind. Across
this channel sixty plates of galvanized
iron should be arranged, and an electric
current passed through the series to
precipitate the precious metals. The
power required theoretically for this
purpose he calculates at one-half
horsepower. The large anodes needed
could, Herr Munster says, be cheaply
prepared from wood, impregnated with
graphite and tar, and carbonized, high
conducting power not being required
for so weak current.
If all the precious metals passing
through these plates were precipitated,
it is estimated that there would be 4
net yield of Sl,50O,0OO per annum, and
if only the one-hundredth, or even the
one-thousandth part of this amount
were obtained substantial profit would
accrue, in view of the low cost OF work
, inU-St Paul Globe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-29
FOREIGN MISSIONS.

Andrew ID. White to Go to Russia and n.
l.. Snowden to spaiu-Other Appoint
ments.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-The President
sent to the senate the following nomi-
nations:
ENJOYS extraordinary and ministers
plenipotentiary-Andrew d. White,
of New York, to Russia; 4. Lou
don Snowden, of Pennsylvania NOW
envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Greece, Roumania
and Servia) to Spain; Truxton Beale, of
California, now minister resident and
consul general of the United States to
PERSIA 10 Greece, Roumania and Servia.
Consuls of the United States: John
A. Barnes, of Illinois, at Chemnitz;
barley r. Brush, of South Dakota, at
Messina; Cyrus w. Field, jr., of New
York, at Brunswick; Charles August
Vortriede, of Ohio, at Bergen.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-29
coERcINe CANADA.
The House Passes n RetaIiatory Bill-Ca-
madam Vessels TO BE Restricted In Nav
igating American Canals.

The House Passes n Retaiiatory Bill-Ca-
madam Vessels to he Restricted In Nay
igating American Canals.
WASHINGTON. July 22-The most inn
portant legislation passed by the house
yesterday was the bill to enforce recip-
rocal relations between the United
States and Canada The president has
sent two messages to congress on the
subject, and yesterday the house passed
the measure without division and sent
it at once to the senate. 1t was laid
before that body just before adjourn
ment and placed on the calendar. This
promptness indicates that congress is
very much interested in this matter,
that the president will be heartily sup
ported and the great interest involved
protected. tgt LLatt
When the bill was called up in the
house, Mr.. Blount, of Georgia, said that
the president had in two messages
called the attention OF congress to the
fact that, notwithstanding treaty
rights, citizens were Disseminated
against in the matter of transportation
through the Welland, ST. Lawrence and
/ other canals. A rebate was accorded to
| the Canadian vessels which was not ac-
corded to the American vessels This
bill was designed to require that this
discrimination should be abolished and
/ that the treaty rights of American citi-
zens should be preserved. The bill was
| passed without division.
The bill provides that when the pres
| ident shall be satisfied that the passage
/ through any canal or lock connected
with the navigation of the st. Lawrence
river. the great lakes, or the waterways
| connecting the same, of any vessels OF
! the United States. or of cargCes or pas
! sengers, in transit to any port of the
United States is prohibited, or is made
difficult, or burdensome by the imposi-
! ton of tolls or otherwise, which he
shall deem to be reciprocally unjust
and unreasonable, he shall have the
power to suspend the right OF free pas
sage through the st. Mary's falls canal
! so far as it relates to vessels owned by
| the subjects of the government discrim'
! mating against the United States.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-29
LYNCHERS RELEASED.
The fancy County Tragedy Ends in a

The fancy County Tragedy Ends in a
Farce.
SPRINGFIELD, No. July 23.-All the
fancy county lynchers who shot and
killed Deputy Sheriff George T. Will
liams and hanged John Wesley Bright.
his insane prisoner. at Forsythe on
March y last are now free.
In the circuit court of fancy county
at Forsythe the cases of the twelve men
were called and Judge Hubbard over
ruled the motion of the state for con-
tinuance. whereupon Prosecuting At
tornev J. /. Davis and c. i. Sharp, his
assistant. entered nolle prosequis and
the prisoners, who have been in jail
since their arrest last May, were set at
liberty.
1; is said that this action was on ac-
count of the fact that the state could
not get its witnesses and that the court,
sheriff and twenty-four of the forty
men summoned from which the jury
was to be selected We're all former
members of the Bald Knobbers' organi-
zation of fancy county and IN sym
pathy with defendants so that it was
impossible to secure Il conviction under
existing circumstances.
1t is also reported that the prosecu-
lion will. after the next election when
a new judge is on the bench and an
other sheriff mas been elected by the
people, secure the reindictment of all
the accused and convict them of the
crime with which they are charged
One OF the officers said that the state
had plenty of evidence to convict all
the men Just as soon as the witnesses
could be gotten into court to testify.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-29

DETROIT, Mich, July 22.-James Cock
burn came from Glasgow, Scotland, on
the Anchor line steamer Furnesia and
reached Detroit six weeks ago. Sunday
night he died very suddenly of what
was really an aggravated case of cholera
morbus, but which presented all the
characteristic symptoms of Asiatic
cholera The remains turned complete
~ black. Had cholera been epidemic
here the doctors would have pronounced
it case of that dread disease, and the
fact that Cockburn was a recent immi-
grant added to the fear. Health Officer
Duffield called it case of spopadic
nhcla,..
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-29
OIL Works In Flames.

ST. LOUIS. July 2S.-At l1:1O this
morning two alarms called the fire de-
partment to the city depot and distrib-
uting works of the Waters-Pieree Oil
Co. one of the branches of the
Standard company. A fire, caused, it
is supposed. by spontaneous COM
bustion, had started with a slight
explosion in the north end of the
ground floor where some oil had
dripped into the sewer connection. The
flames spread rapidly. destroying the
entire plant. except two tanks of gaso-
line. The loss is about $500, 900; insur-
ance about 500. 600.