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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-08
"Pink Tea"

The N. T. l.. Society, of the Presby-
terian church, will give "Pink Tea
supper at G. A. II. hall on Thursday
evening, Feb. 9th, for the small sum of
25 cents. Supper will be served from
five to nine o'clock. This society has
the reputation Of giving good suppers,
consequently we are safe in saying this
will be good supper. Try il and
know for Yourself.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-08
Her Reason Dethroned.
tPunxsutawncy spirit.l

tfunNsutaWncy SplritI
Mrs. Paul Feraco, a wife of respect
able, hard working Italian who was
employed in No. 2 mine, Horatio, has
been rendered insane by the sudden and
unexpected death of her husband.
Feraco was engaged in mining on
Tuesday afternoon when huge rock
fell on him, killing him instantly. The
rock was so large that it required the
united effort of seven men to lift II of
his body. The remains were placed on
stretcher and taken to his home.
While man was imparting the news
to the deceased's wife, the men carrying
the remains walked into the house.
The shock was too much for the poor
woman and she began to scream and
tear her hair, and becoming still more
violent attempted to commit suicide by
striking her head against the walls OF
the house. Instead Of becoming quieter
after time, as the people thought she
would, her paroxysms of grief continued
to become more violent, and fearing
that she would succeed in killing her
self, it was found necessary to restrain
her by force. The couple had three
children, the youngest being but a few
months old. A few days previous to
his death Feraco had taken out an
accident policy for two hundred and
fifty dollars. ''A' '"i "' '
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Robinson has mems fine shoes for
$l.25, lace and congress.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-08
Young Hoodlums.

The Punxsutawney Necs thinks that
the officials of Reynoldsville should
look after the mischievous boys of this
place. We heartily agree with the
NerS and gave expression to that fact
in the last issue of the STAR, that is so
far as boys molesting ladies and gentle
men who visit our town is concerned,
but when sled load of young scape-
graces, hoodlums, ill-bred, impudent,
uncivil, impolite imps with a super
abundance OF Indian war-whoops and
profane language visit Reynoldsville
and parade tho streets and make them
selves obnoxious to respectable people
and insult and molest the boys of this
town, then we say the quickest and
toughest way TO drive such young imps
out of town is the best way. A town
that sends out such uncouth lads had
better look after their own boys, and II
would be more consistent for the Ne,cs
to devote a little space in advising the
parents of Punxsutawney to bring up
their boys so that their actions away
from home will have a semblance of
responsibility at least.
We do not attempt to defend the
hoodlumism OF our boys who would be
guilty of annoying any one who visits
our town and acts in a becoming man.
ner, but the Punxsutawney boys de-
served all they got and still had some
coming.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-08
LOCAL LAC0NICS.


Frank Beard on the 22nd.
This is the first day of Lent. It ...
Always bargains at Robinson's.
''Pink Tea" tomorrow evening.
Have you seen Reeds $l.5O line of
shoes? F... ...
'Little thinkers are apt to be big
takers" ...
Ladies heavy shoes cheap at Robin
sons shoe store.
The revival services in the NJ. f..
church arc well attended.
''The men who are against excitement
in religion, want more of ii in politics.
Additional local and items from our
correspondents will be found on the Sth
page.
There will be four tickets to select
from at the Borough election on the
21st inst.
Dan. Stratton, of Dubois, and Annie
B. Marshall, of this place, were married
at Esq. +. II. McGaw's Office last Thurs
day evening. .......
An excellent supper for twenty-five
cents at the G.. A. r.. hall tomorrow,
Thursday, evening. Served by the n.
T. l.. society. r. ............
The Commissioners statement Of the
finances of Jefferson county for the
year 1892, will be found in this issue of
the STAR. Peruse it.
The rains and warm days of last week
caused the Sandy Lick creek TO get out
OF its bed and run over some of the low
lands along the stream. ... ....-.U
John Braund coal miner, had his
right hand badly injured between car
and large lump of coal in the Big
Soldier mine on Monday. 10
James Moore's name was omitted
last week from the Building and Loan
notice for the election of officers. He
Is a candidate for director.
The Prohibitionists will hold u caucus
in Centennial hall at $50 p. NJ. on
Thursday, Feb. 9th, for the purpose OF
nominating borough ticket.
DIR. Sterley, of Reading, Pa, who is q
property holder here and who visits the
town annually, broke one of his legs
near the hip joint week or two ago.
p. f. Clune, proprietor of the Curtin
House at Driftwood, fell down stairs
several weeks ago and received injuries
from which he died on Monday Of last
week. .tnr t'.Ya H o4i
The Western Division of the Clearield
Baptist Association held a meeting al
Sykesville last Thursday. About thirty
people from Reynoldsville attended the
meeting.
Two years ago Ninian Cooper sole
clover and timothy seed at $3.50 PEI
bushel, this year he will ask about
Sl1.OO per bushel. Quite an advance IL
two years. .,..p .,....t-,
On Monday and Tuesday the streets
and sidewalks were covered with ice 81
that it was difficult for pedestrians tt
sustain their equilibrium, and many die
take an ungraceful tumble.
Ladies' clean your kid gloves will
Mousquetaire glove cleaner, for sal'
only by ]. B. Arnold, the leading hous'
in town, for dressed and undressed kit
J gloves in all the most desirable shades
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-08
The First Leather.
IFalls' Creek Herald.l

The first car load Of leather ever
shipped from Falls Creek was loaded at
the Proctor tannery Thursday and sent
to Boston Friday of this week. IT has
been considerable over a year since the
tannery at this place was started, and
during all this time money has been OK
pended but none received. an Nnf b fa
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-08

Robinson has mems fine shoes for
I.25, lace and congress.
Mems Ar.'cs H1e. o. Rohins,l,'e.l.tl
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06
Forest Planting.

In the coal regions of Pennsylvania
nearly every piece of available timber
has been cut away to form props for the
archways and for various other uses in
connection with coal mining Nearly
every stick and every piece of plank
used in these regions now all have to be
brought from "a distance. The Girard
estate has endeavored to solve the pro-
blem by making some. small plantations
as test. Eight years ago large num-
Der of larches and Scotch pines were
planted; plow burrows were simply
driven through the underbrush growing
up where the old forests had been cut
away, and one-yearold Seeding larches
and pines planted. The larches now
average some seventeen or eighteen feet
high, and are particularly healthy and
thrifty. There can be no doubt. from
these experiments, that forest planting
in these regions would be an undoubted
success.
1t may be noted that the larch was
the most popular of forest trees in the
early planting on the western prairie
but the leaves were attacked by a fun
gus; the timber therefore did not prop
erly mature 1t finally fell into dis
favor for forest planting. On these early
experiments the larch has suffered much
in reputation but it must be relnem-
bered that the western prairies furnish
unfavorable conditions for the larch.
It is mountain tree one thriving in
comparatively pear sells, and. she low
altitude and rich earth Of western prai-
ries were entirely foreign to its nature.
The Girard paintings are some 400
or !, 800 feet above the level Of the sea;
these are the conditions of it's own home.
and the remarkable healthiness Of these
trees shows that they appreciate the pc,
sition in which they find themselves. -
Meehans Monthly.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06

Chicago Inter-Ocean: While the
year of 1892 was one Of unprecedented
prosperity in, the United States.
Harold Frederick, London correspond
sent Of The New York Times, says it
was one Of great hardship in England,
where investors lost more than
$500, 100000 in 1892 and " $4OO, OOO,-
600 in 1891. These are good figures
for the Democrats to study before
repeating the Mckinley tariff law ii
they want to legislate for this country
and not for England and all the
outside world. The law gave this
country unexampled prosperity, and
the free traders have to admit it in
looking at the record Of the year. The
campaign is over, and they must lool
the facts in the face now and shoulder
the responsibility for keeping then
where they are or changing them fo1
| the worse. You can not eat you
cake and have it is a good maxim fo
! the Democrats at this time.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06
From the Romans.

"Put your right foot foremost" is a
piece of advice that has been offered to
most folk, young and old, in the course
of their lives. 1t is generally equiva-
lent to saying, "Now's your chance: do
your very best and show what you are
capable Of" Like great many COM
mon phrases this expression has an old
origin. In the days Of ancient Rome,
when people were usually the slaves Of
some superstition or other, it was
thought to be unlucky to cross the
threshold of house with the left foot
first. Consequently a boy was placed al
the door of the mansion to remind Wis
itors that they were to put their right
foot foremost. The use of the phrase in
the wider sense soon became obvious
Lewiston Journal.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06
Logging Operations.

D. H. Freeman, OF the firm of Free
man & Gray, lumbermen. Of this city,
returned last evening from the north
ern part Of the state where he has
spent the past ten days in the firm g
camps on Deer, Pine and Bear rivers.
Mr.. Freeman reports that the work
is progressing very satisfactorily.
Some OF the lumbermen got into the
woods late but all expect to cut as
much or more than last year. There
is enough snow although the last
fall did not reach as far north as the
camps.
Last Saturday Freeman & Gray
had five million feet cut and before
the close OF the season expect to make
the amount twenty million. They
have three camps and employ $50
men.-St. Cloud Times.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06
The Right Man.

Papa-Dear me! My watch has run
down, and can't make it go again.
Willie-Div it to me. I'll div it to
cook, an she'll div it to the Waterman
when he tums.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Origin of Profanity.
Swearing, it is presumed. came ia
with the original man. for as Adam was
an agriculturist it is not presumed that
he was free from the trials andtroubles
vexations and weaknesses of other farm
ers. The old Greeks and Romans were
most proficient and picturesque swear
ers, and were accustomed to rattle up
their gods in the most finished style
when things weren't coming their way
To speak colloquially, it was cold day
when the Olympian deities did not hear
their names taken in vain by the i1npa-
tient mortals who pursued their ordi-
nary duties or paved the way. to classic
textbooks for future generations. This
reprehensible practice has prevailed in
the Latin countries to the present day,
and the French woman says mon
Dieu," and the Italian or Spanish woman
swears by the sacred properties with as
little conjunction as Octavia or Corne-
liza would have emphasized the name of
Jove or coupled the altar Of Vesta with
an ordinary statement Of fact. New
York World.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06


1.-THE pessimisln Of some men is sim
ply astounding. said visitor in the
city. "Why. know fellow who actu-
ally insulted another man for saving his
life. The way it happened was this:
"A devilish. bright but knockabout
sort of chap named Whitaker was one
day sitting OH the veranda Of country
hotel in southwestern town chatting
with a number of friends Some one
happened to call him by name. and an
old white whiskered gentleman stand
ing near by came waltzing up to the
crowd, and holding out his hand to Whit
taker said: + ..:,
"'ls your name Whitaker
"'Yes, was the reply:
"'Ain't you little Willie Whitaker
of Balesville. Arlz.T
eyes, again.
"'Well, don't you remember the time
you fell off tiatboat into the river about
twenty years ago. and how you'd a got
drowned if hadn't dived in and saved
your '''''' ''s' e.
"'Yes, Whitaker said, i do, you old
fool What good did at'do' I've been
playing poker for twenty years and never
won cent I've been KICKED and cuffed
over fourteen states. and I'm out of a
job now. Goodby And the really in
dignant Whitaker stumped off down
the steps, leaving his innocent bene.
factor aghast with surprise st. Louis
Republic. !4
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06
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A Famous Expression.

There's manga slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip" is very old saying, and
was first uttered to the king of Samos,
an island in the Grecian archipelago.
This king, AncBus by name, planted q
vineyard and treated the slaves who cul.
tivated it SO badly that one of them told
him he would never live to taste the
wine made from it. When the wine was
ready and cup of it poured out for the
king he sent for the slave who had
prophesied his death, and asked him
what he thought of his prophecy now.
The slave replied, :'There's many a
slip 'twixt the cup and the lip" and just
as he had spoken the words Anc@us re.
ceived warning that wild boar had
broken into his vineyard and was ruiz,
ing it. Putting down the wine untasted
he rushed out to attack the boar and
was killed.-Harper's Young People.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06

We have the most extensive and
complete railway system in the world.
It is worth to us as nation ten times
its cost. The subsidies granted by the
national and state governments
enormously stimulated the con-
struction Of railways, and was money
wisely expended. We should never
rest until our commercial marine, like
our railway system, is the most
extensive and complete in the world.
If a SUM equal to-the national and
state subsidies granted to railways is
expended in aiding our shipping
interests, we shall in the comparatively
near future rank first among the
nations of the earth as shipbuilders
and owners. We cannot attain t,
the commercial supremacy Of the
world without ships. TO extend our
foreign trade we must have rapid,
direct, regular and permanent commu-
nication with foreign ports. We
cannot gain control of the trade of
South America if We rely upon tramp
ships, while England maintains
regular, direct and reliable commu-
nication. We have men, money, skill
and material for the construction of
great merchant marine. Congress
should by subsidies induce capitalists
to invest in ships.
"Our success in naval construction
has aroused a great interest in ship
building. A few great merchant
steamships, equal to any aAoat. built
and successfully launched in this
country will excite the ambition, pride
and energy of the nation, and private
capital will BE- invested in ships with
the same energy and liberality as has
been shown in railway construction.
Francs W. Glen, in Seward.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06
Last Of the Seine Swimming Baths

Last Of the Seine Swimming Baths.
The great floating baths which from
their large number form so conspicuous
a feature of the Seine in Paris will be.
fore very long cease to exist Under an
order Of the project, dated some years
ago, they are gradually disappearing.
No new ones are allowed to be built, and
the old ones must not have any substan.
tial repairs done to them. but must be
broken up when no longer, if the term
may be permitted, seawerthy.
The largest of all is called LA Samar-
itaine," and as this does not seriously
impede river traffic, and it is owned by a
number Of small shareholders, whose in
terest in it is being gradually extin
guished, the new rule about repairs is
less rigidly enforced than in some other
cases. La Salnaritaine is, moreover, con.
sidered as in some sort a public estab
lishment, inasmuch as it grants tickets
at greatly reduced rates to children in
public schools and to the poor of Paris
London News.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06
Thinks He Has Struck Iron.

County Commissioner JOS. Scheelur
thinks that he has discovered iron
ore on his farm in the town of Maine
Prairie. Some time since he had
surveyor running lines between his
land and that of Mr.. E. H Atwood
The compass refus ed to work proper
ly, however, and the surveyor, NJ. P.
Noel, declared the cause to be the
presence O. iron. This week an ex-
pert was at the Prairie and said that
he had no doubt of the presence of
large quantities of tn, ere on the
land. The neighborhool is quite ex-
cited over the find.-.JOurnal Pr .ss.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06
No Anticipated, No ShelfWorn, No Mot1Baten Goods,
But Clean wellassorted, stylish stock of goods

We are not throwing out few bats to catch the unwary
but just what say. W. have been before this
public for twelve years. and have to acknowledge
tried to deceive and certainly don't intend to try
But the fact of the matter u.s. that between and jan
uary M have realize $4,000 in cash out of these goods
and much prefer to give the people of this community
the benefit of this great sacrifice We will give them the first
chance at these unavoidable bargains Want of space pre-
vents from quoting you many prices but will neverthe
less give you these few for comparison:
good unbreached Cotton, SO inches WIDE worth CENTS
for Il cents.
good heavy imported Fable Silk "a inches wide worth
81 rs, for 81 cents.
good heavy imported Peau de Sole Silk worth 81 49,
for SO cents
good Lace CURTAIN p yards long by 80 inches wide
worth so cents, for So cents.
good Lace Curtain, 3 yards long by 36 inches wide
worth 81 .25, for 50 cents.
All kinds of black and coored dress goods annels under
wear blankets, etc., at enormous reduction.
This sale is to be strictly cash. deviation from it. not
even for one day. will continue in the past to accom-
modate our friends but we want it understood that if we
charge anything it will be at regular prices
mn Everybody invited AND everybody will be served alike
These bargains not limited to few yards each
err, but you get all you want long as it lasts
Respectfully yours,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06
STRUGGLE. over.

Mtontan.'s Legislature. At Peace-The
fsss Fight for Senator.
HELENA, Mon, Jan. >5.-The great
legislative blizzard his blown COM
.pletely over AtfWedhesday's session
Of the house the Republicans, to show
that the developments of the past
twenty-four hours had not hurt their
feelings, voted with the Democrats and
Populists on all political questions. The
minor Offices of the house were divided
between the Democrats and Populists.
The Democratic canvass for senator is
very lively. The Clark men are obvi-
ously the best organized and the long
est on the ground, but the Hauser men
are hard at work and probably have a
slight lead in the number of votes.
The general impression is that the con.
test between Hauser' and Clark will be.
come so bitter that either Dixon OF
Maginnis will win tho toga.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06

The total exports and imports for
November, 1892, were S170,941,714.
Suppose the freights to be S5,0O0,0O0,
Of this we received about 100000
one-tenth being carried in American
ships. We ought to have carried
70 per cent. or more to and fro, and
thus American citizens would have
been paid $3,5O0,0O0. That's the
way the money goes to other lands.
Build up our merchant marine, do
our own transocean carrying. Keep
the money at home and pay out the
larger port of it to labor ut h,me.-
American Economist.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06

and by noon the party numbered about
oOO to 600 men. Feeling ran high and
after few speeches the posse decided
to avenge the sheriff's death. Another
battle took place shortly after noon in
which at least twenty-five more men
were killed. What will be the result
no one here can tell, but troops are ex-
pected. .---...
Cause Of the Trouble. ~
The facts which led to the terrible
lynching ARRAY were as follows: Aaron
Wiseman and Calvin Snypes were part
ners in an illicit dlstillery in Mitchell
county, North Carolina, and had told
William Osborne and Isaac Osborne,
where the distillery was situated Will
lam Osborne reported the distillery to
the officials at Bakersyille, N. c., and
helped to destroy it. Wiseman and
Snypes suspected Isaac Osborne as the
reporter. On the night of Aug. ~,
Snypes and Wiseman, armed with Win
chester rifles, went to the house of Isaac
Osborne and called him up. Mr.. o.
borne came to the door and the culprits
opened fire, almost Kidding him with
bullets. >Wiseman and Snypes were
arrested, but sufficient evidence could
not be obtained against Wiseman and
he was released. Snypes was bound to
the superior court on purely circumstan-
tial evidence. He. was placed in Jail
and after being confined two weeks con.
fessed to the killing in the manner above
related. I<.%
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-06
THE MISTAKE OF THE STRIKERS

Are we any nearer reconciliation
between capital and labor than we
were decade ago? So far from it
there is apparently greater antago-
nism than there ever was, or rather,
should say, there is greater display Of
antagonism. Why is it so? Ger
tainly men are improving in inte!li-
gence. Is it because the problem is
unsuitable? This do not believe.
There are several reasons why the
progress has been so slow. The first
and greatest-is the acton Of the work
men themselves in resorting to vic.
lence and annoyance in order to gain
their ends. By w,rkmen I mean all
those who contribute to material pro.
ducts by the labor Of their hands
alone, whether they be called labor.
ers, wage-earners or operators. These
f rm a large class in themselves
though they are minorioy, and q
small minority. of the whole popula.
ton. Their great mistake has been
as nave said, in resorting to violence.
Rare must be the occasions, in any
civilized country when violent meth.
oas can serve a useful purpose in the
redress of wrongs. But here, where
manhood suffrage prevails, everything
can be obtained by law, so far as it,
within the domain Of law. So large
body Of voters as the wage-earner:
will be sure to obtain by the suffrage
I'll that suffrage can force from til,
government of the country. Violenc.
is therefore unnecessary. 1t is more
over impolitic, because, instead 0
compelling the majority to accede II
their claims, it alienates this majority
From industrial Corperation," b,
David Dudley Field, in North Amer
lean Review for January.