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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
DEGENERATE CAPTIvES.

Where waters tremblc into hillside lights
From rocky crcvices and shaded pools
Tho wild stag pauses, watch. fulwhile he
cools
His shapely limbs. His proud head lowered
the heights
tie lifts to look in contemplative mood
On his companions feeding freely there
From natures lavish feast, spread every
where,
And asking no mans friendship or his food.
Where men betake themselves in tacit shrifts
or city foulness runs deer glen girt
With close set barriers. Here, tame, inert,
The deer caress mems hands for paltry gifts.
Clara Dixon Davidson in Godey's
Seeking Fortunes In the Johnstown Ruins.
While workmen were taking sand out
of the river bed near the stone bridge
they found the skeleton of a flood vic
tim. A large number Of men are at
work every day and also at night in the
bed Of the river in q search for valu-
ables.
Local officers say that the craze has
reached such pitch that the river bed
Is seldom deserted at any hour of the
Gay or night now, every find of any
value being magnified until the fever
has caught every idler in the place and
several who have given up steady em-
ployment at sure'pay to seek their for
tunes among the remains of those who
lost their lives and belongings in the
flood.
Some valuable finds have been made,
two of them during the last "a hours.
One man came upon n crock buried in
the sand, with its cover on, in which he
found 1S solid silver spoons, 10 solid sill
yer forks and heavy silver cup inlaid
with gold. Another found package of
gold eagles mixed with some $5 gold
pieces, in all $3.50, wrapped in what was
either wooden cloth or an old stocking,
which was rotted to a pulp in most
places. Three prospectors, who have
been digging in partnership, have taken
out spoons, forks, silverware, jewelry,
vases and in several instances valuable
unbroken cut glass pieces, and have al
ready sold more than $500 worth of the
stuff to dealers in Pittsburg.
One Of the ghastliest mementos which
the finder is preserving as relic is
plain gold ring, close to the frame of
most Of the hand, from which the flesh
has long been gone, the ring being kept
on by the finger being crooked and the
joint not having fallen apart at the an
gle. There are three fingers on the hand
left, evidently those of lady, as the
ring would probably not have been worn
by a child, and the skeleton is too small
for man. .-Johnstown Cor. Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
NUMBER 20.
The Beauty OF wrinkles.

And now an authority inveighs against
steaming the face as preventive against
wrinkles, alleging that this is the swift
est and surest process by which TO pro-
duce them. "The second layer of the
skin becomes attenuated, and there Is a
decrease in bulk of the superficial lay
ers," is the technical explanation which
the laity will not understand and does
not need to. The simple fact is suffi-
cient. But why should wrinkles be such
a red rag to every woman2 They must
inevitably come II one lives long enough,
and barring the suppression of the habit
Of frowning and the avoidance of dan
gerous cosmetics 1t seems useless to fight
them.
Time was when we were taught that
they were the lines of character, and
time is when character, as shining forth
in the expression Of the face, makes tho
wrinkles forgotten. Watch the soul be-
hind the wrinkles. Take as much care
Of that as you strive to of the outer layer
Of cuticle, which is its external se,n-
blance, and the wrinkles will be lost or
overlooked in the serene and steady eye
and quiet but smiling mouth. "Think
lofty things" says preacher, land the
countenance will show the thought
New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27

THAT grave on the right hand of the
path as you go down to the porch door;
that heap of airth with no growth, not
one blade of grass on it-that's Will
Pooley's grave that was hanged unjust
ly."
"Indeed! But how came such shock.
ing deed to be done?"
why, you see, sir, they got poor
Will down to Bodmin, all among stran-
gers, and there were bribery and false
swearing, and an unjust judge came
down-and the jury all bad rascals, tin
and copper men-and so they all agreed
together, and they hanged poor Will.
But his friends begged the body and
brought the corpse home here to his own
parish, and they turfed the grave, and
they sowed the grass 20 times over, but
twas all no use, nothing would ever
grow-he was hanged unjustly."
"Well, but. Tristan, you have not
told me all this while what this man
Pooley was accused Of; what had he
done?'
Done, sir! Done! Nothing what
ever but killed the excise man!''-Rev.
r. S. Hawker.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
A Telegraph Line Before NIorse's.

Honor to the PIONEERS in the vast field
of science! Mr.. John Slime has published
at the Chiswick Press in pamphlet form
a very interesting memoir of Sir Francis
Ronalds. Twenty years before Wheat
stone and Cooke or Morse had patented
their improvements in the telegraph, in
deed while the first two were respective.
ly lads Of 12 and IA years of age, Ro-
maids had sent messages over eight miles
of overhead wires Of his own construc-
tion and had laid and worked service
able underground line of telegraph of
sufficient length to demonstrate the
practicability of communication by tele-
graph between long distances.
Details of his overhead telegraph wires
were published by him in 1923. Ro-
maids residence at Hammersmith, where
these experiments were carried out, is
the house now and for long past occu-
pied by Mr.. William Morris, the poet,
who has caused tablet to be placed on
the wall bearing the inscription, "The
first electric telegraph, eight miles long,
was constructed here in 1916 by Sir
Francis Ronalds, F. r. S." etc. An
autotype facsimile of portrait of this
father of electric communication ac-
companies the publication. - London
Telegraph.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
In Northern Alaska,

Juneau is the most northerly stopping
place on the regular Alaska excursion
route, and while it is not sufficiently
near the pole to meet the midnight sun
there is time during the summer season
of the year for good deal of light work.
What most troubles strangers is to
know when to go to bed. The sun is ap-
parently unwilling to pass and leaves its
halo behind.
Twilight waits for dawn, or if there is
an interval between have not discov-
cred it. 1t is not difficult to read ordi-
nary print at II o'clock, and sitting on
the deck at midnight (the ship keeps San
Francisco time) watching the shadows
cast upon the smooth water and the
snowcapped peaks at a few miles dis
tance is not uncomfortable with an over
coat.-Cor. San Francisco Bulletin.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27

Weeks before the royal wedding IL
was openly whispered that the Duke Of
York, gallant sailor and q gentleman
had made false step, had been forget
full of his princely and knightly duties
and obligations, and had, in fact, been
secretly married and involved himself in
q mesalliance, repugnant to his sense Of
honor and illegal in the eyes Of tho well
known statute law. That law is simple.
None Of our blood royal can legally con-
tract marriage without the consent Of
the reigning sovereign. Morganatic
marriages have been recognized as such,
and such love inspired sanctity as at
taches to these unions when faithfully
adhered to. The world knows all about
them and sympathizes with them. But
what said the quidnuncs, the tattlers,
the irresponsible, the chattering spar
rows who build under the caves of pal
aces2
Blankly this, that George Of Wales
was married; that the name of the place
and the name Of the lady, alleged to be
the daughter Of naval officer Of high
degree, were known, and both names
and places changed and Huctuated as the
price of scandal shares rose or fell in the
gossip market. Like i'll winds, the ugly
rumor grew apace over the dinner table
and afternoon teapot. Men talked of It
more shame to them-women mur-
INJURED It with giggles and innuendo; the
very outsiders" got hold of it, and all
the time the story was positively and alb
solutely untrue. Think you for an in
slant that the head of our church would
have married our prince and princess
had he not first satisfied himself, as we
have reason to know he did, that the
silly story was wholly untrue, absolutely
baseless9 The question carries its own
answer. We contradict it directly with
authority. Gentlewoman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
Tan Shoes.

The tan leather shoe is abroad in the
land, and no self respecting man, wom-
an or child is without pair or two.
They are worn with that charming lack
of discrimination that is one Of our ma
tional characteristics in matters of dress.
Their proper use is with neglige or so
called "outing" costume, but they are to
be seen on men wearing frock coats and
silk hats, and not long ago saw a chap
one evening on the street in dress clothes.
dinner coat, ETC., of most correct style,
terminating at one end in straw hat
and at the other in pair of russell shoes.
l really cannot see how we ever existed
without this most comfortable and use
full shoe. Only few years ago and the
tan leather shoe was unknown. Thus
speedily does luxury become neces-
sity.-Harpers Bazaar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
Experience with Lightning.

Ernst Tobel, whose little girl Lizzie
was killed by lightning recently, is re-
covering. and to a reporter told how he
felt when the bolt struck him: 1--WE
were hurrying along the road and watch
ing the clouds that were coming up rap.
idly. IL hadn't begun to rain, although
few drops had fallen. All of a sudden
there was terrible glare of light in my
eyes, which blinded me so / could not
see anything. The crash of thunder
must have been very loud, though can
hardly remember hearing It. At the
same time that saw the light I felt as
though something had hit me terrible
blow on the back of my legs. The shock
was hard one, and went over on my
face. 1t seemed as IL my legs had been
knocked right out from under me.
must have been unconscious for time.
When l came TO myself, saw the others
on the ground, all except Mr.. Meyer.
II tried to get up, but somehow
couldn't stand on my legs. fell down
again and managed to crawl over to
where my little girl was lying. Mr..
Meyer ran for help, and lay on the
ground there until the ambulance came,
when I was lifted in and taken home. I
felt no pain then and haven't since, ex-
cept kind Of numb pricking In my legs
as II they were asleep. II makes me
very nervous and restless, but 1 do not
suffer. have no control over my legs
below the knee, but the doctors think
they will bring me round all right.
think my legs are not as stiff as they
were. They have been rubbed good
deal, and the doctor has put something
on them, and l guess will be all right
again soon. n."-Brooklyn Eagle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
Ristori's Dual Nature,

Ihave never met with more passion.
ate, fiery actress than Ristori, with one
possessed to the same degree by the
demon Of tragedy, Yet when she came
to Paris for the first time she was nurs-
ing her last child. Well, on the DAYS
she was acting she brought her baby
with her to the theater, put it to sleep
and went to give it the breast during
the intervals of "Myrrha," which is sim
ply the most monstrously passionate of
all dramatic works. Did the part of
nurse detract from the partof the tragic
actress? BY no means. Did the part Of
the tragic actress detract from the part
of the nurse2 No more than in the 9TH
er case. / am. no doubt, quoting an ex-
ceptional fact, which may be solely ac-
counted for by the strength of organiza-
tion possessed by Nine. Ristori, but La
Malibran also showed us numberless
contrasts of feeling altogether unlocked
for.-"Recollections of Sixty Years"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
more Haste, Worse Speed"

Of all the tournaments" l ever saw.
one among the dairy maids" at an agri-
cultural show was perhaps the last to
associate itself with that heroic proceed
ure which such word suggests. There
were about 40 of them armed with
"churns' and started at the same mo-
ment to make butter against time. Each
came provided with watch, and the
temptation was almost irresistible to
turn the handle of the machine as quick
ly as possible. But no, butter must be
"humored," not driven. The silent lists
were filed with the provokingly delib-
crate "hip, flop of 40 churns. One of
the slowest combatants won the race.
never realized more plainly that "most
haste is worst speed. Mag
aZine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
A Minister'S Scheme.

A Lewiston minister has accompanied
the riding of q bicycle with the study of
O rose colored scheme for attaching q
small sail to the front of the wheel and
for increasing the speed of the steel
horse to about that of the lightning ex-
press train. He has made one or two eff
forts to make the scheme work and is
sure that it will succeed. Some good
friend of the reverend gentleman ought
to see that his memory is refreshed with
the story of the fate of Darius Green be-
fore 1t is too late.-Bangor Commercial.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
A Woman who Got Along.

The ability of woman to get on alono
in the world is sometimes questioned by
her big brothers. But there are plenty
of instances where women have been
left in circumstances which would try
the powers of the stoutest hearted man
to the utmost and have come out tri.
umphant. One of these was mentioned
to a reporter the other day in connection
with rough side hill farm in remote
part of an inland town. "There." said
our informant, pointing to the place.
''lived Aunt Abby S. when her hus-
band died. She then had three small
children, and another was born soon
after. The farm was in poor condition
and had about all the mortgage it could
bear. Her husbands old father, feeble
and fussy, was left on her hands.
"Did she send the old man to the poor
farm, think your Not bit of it, She
kept him a year or two, and he was so
fussy she couldn't live with him. Then
she hired neighbor to take him, and she
paid his board 12 years, when he died.
She raised her children and brought
the farm into good condition. She paid
the mortgage, and when she died she
left good property free and clear of all
debts. The boys hadn't the old lady's
spunk, for there's mortgage up there
now, and nothing in the world but lazi.
ness did it. They had everything left
ready to their hands and amt had no
drawbacks, 'cept losin their mother, but
somehow the weeds have got the start OF
'em, and I guess they'll keep it."-Lew.
iston Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
Liquids During Meals,

If we bear in mind the whole mechan-
ism of digestion, it will readily be seen
that in cases of weakness or want of
tone on the part of the muscles of the
stomach, when every part of the food
cannot be properly presented to the ac-
hon of the digestive juices, the introduc-
tion into the stomach of a moderate
amount of water may be of no slight
benefit. The mass of food will become
more pliable and so more easily operated
upon by the weakened muscles. Youths
Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
- Genuine Knownothing.

Senuine knownothing.
"Well, see congress has met"
"She hasf'
eyes"
whats congress?'
Don't you knowf"
"Ain't asl1in your
"Why, you know about the money
stringency?"
"An what's 'stringencyY"
"The devil!7
"Hit is?'
"My friend, there was war in this
country at one time"
"WhereaboutsT Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
lust Like N Business Man.

Kunnifus lin fruit store)-Which is
correct now, "these peaches are a cent
apiece" or "those peaches are a cent
each!''
Fruiterer-Neither is right. Those
peaches are 30 cents dozen, or cents
If you only want but one.
Kunnifus-That's just like you, Bald
win; never can sink the shop.-Boston
Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
The Five Great Oceans.

The following are the latest estimates
Of the five great oceans; Pacific, n, ,OOO,-
900 square miles; Atlantic, $4,000, 900
square miles; Indian, 2s,OO0,OOO square
miles; Antarctic, $500, 900 square miles;
Arctic, 4,50O, 900 square miles. st. Louis
Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
The Champion Cantaloupe Farm.

Buck Anthony, colored, of Early coun-
ty, Ga, is said to be the best cantaloupe
raiser in the state. His methods are thus
described: "He fertilizes them with moe
casins, adders, coachwhips and such
other snakes as he can conveniently
catch in the spring, which imparts to
them the finest flavor imaginable. He
also raises the most delicious rattlesnake
watermelons."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
Striking For q Raise.

"If," said Mr.. Tenaweek wearily as
he came out of the proprietors Office and
walked sadly to his place behind the
handkerchief counter; IF an injection of
gold will cure the liquor habit in all its
forms, why will similar judicious use
of whisky or like beverage not be
sure cure for heartless miserliness and
hard listed penury?'-Boston Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
They We're Not Voting.

Foreign Visitor-Ah, you have beau
tiful country and a noble system of gov
ernment-every man freeman and all
equal. What is that great crowd about
that hotela Are they voting for and
against some new law2
American Citizen-N-o--ahem-a prin-
cessis stopping there. York Week
y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27

IF fishes knew enough to live In the
ground instead of water,p remarked
Frank, "they could get all the worms
they wanted without hooks In them."-.
Harper's Young People. MN
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27
NIaine's Loss From Forest Fires.

A million dollars is not large esti-
mate OF the damage already done in
Maine by forest fires this summer. No
county has been spared. Jour-
nal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-27

"Have you had good season." asked
q tourist.
"Naw," replied the seaside landlord.
"Why even the mosquitoes have nearly
starved to death. ."--Philadelph Press.
The Progress., 1893-09-02
NOTABLE PEOPLE.

Mrs. Charles Stewart Parnell is to
publish a selection of the private poll
tical documents and correspondence Of
her late husband.
John Ruskin received about $40, 900
from the sales of his works between
1856 and 1892. And yet we talk about
the decline OF taste in this age.
TIE ex-Empress Eugenie is said not
20 put trust in French medical men.
When she fell ill of sore throlt in
Paris not long ago, she telegraphed tc
England for physician TO attend her.
Mrs. John Vinton Dahlgren has
erected convent of the Sacred Heart
in the grounds of the Georgetown uni
versity at a cost of $4,000. The
chapel is in memory of her first son
who died in infancy.
The Progress., 1893-09-02

IF, as Lord Rosebery said, England
and France were nearer war over the
Siam episode than they have been at
any time since Waterloo. the fences
between peace and war in Europe are
not higher than the Roman wall
which Remus contemptuously jumped
over. II two great Christian nations
that have been on the most amicable
terms for more than half a century
are liable to fly at each others
throats over a little bottom land
along the Cambodia river. what hope
is there for permanent peace in Eu-
rope when perplexing questions of
ten times more import arise, ques-
tions that are nearer home than the
antipodes? The Siam incident is
proof emo Ugh that the time is not yet
ripe for beating swords into plow-
shares and spears into pruning hooks:
The Progress., 1893-09-02
SeIfishness In a Barber shop.

Have you ever noticed the man, !"
said the philosophic barber, "wno
sits down in the chair to be shaved
with the only illustrated paper in
the shops in his hands, throws back
his head where he can't see the paper
for the life of him, spreads that paper
over his knees. and lies back hanging
on to it all through the shave. while
a half dozen men are waiting their
turns with nothing to look at but the
bare walls, the rows of mugs. and
the fy-specked mosquito netting over
the looking glass? That's what
call selfshness. You see lots OF
human nature in a barber shop. Bay
rum, sirP''-New York Times.
The Progress., 1893-09-02
OUT OF THE CITY.

Out OF the city. how blue the sky
And dreamy deep, like m lidcl's cyel
SPRINGS the rass with its vivid rreen;
Darts the wing with its April sheen
Purles the brook DER its pehblel bed
Mods the fowl with its spOtleSs head.
Out OF the city. how the breeze
Lisp~ ana laughs in the tossing trees,
Cools its win S in the crystal lake.
Borrows odor OF bloom and brake!
Ont of the city's smoke and SCOT
Hasten pill rims on w.ug anu foot
Lit birds from the parks and towers,
Lads and lasscs to athcr flowers.
Where's the heart that can answer nay
To the whis cred Come.' of an April day:
q. the Ion Ing o' nature born
To trDsh the dew anu To brc jtlc the morn.
To plum g the lips s some clid.n brook,
And lie fun len Tn in a sunny nook.
II ,ppy he of the childiikc heart.
Whom n Iture wins with her artlcss art;
Who fain Of the Woodland folk would hc,
And speak the LAM ua-e OF brook and tree
Youth, Companion.
The Progress., 1893-09-02

THERE are a thousand problems
concerning the terra incognita left
for the young Columbuses to solve
There are islands north of the do
minion of Canada that only have a
vague, unsatisfactory outline on the
map. There are thousands OF square
miles in our own territory OF Alaska
never yet touched by the foot Of
man. The world Is ignorant of the
wealth OF mineral that may lie along
Me shores OF the great Yukon. Pro-
lessor Heilprin shows in his admira-
Bile article that Livingstone and Bur:
ton and Stanley have but just opened
the doors to interior Africa, have
just whetted the appetite OF the
world for more knowledge OF this
great unknown. What is there on
the cast coast OF the. Andes in Pat
aeonia? Who knows whether Mt
Everest does not have some noun.
tain peak towering above it? What
is the nature OF the country in the
Brazilian territory called Matto Gros
so, in parts OF Para and Amazonas,
where half hundred tributaries tc
the Amazon rise? viii some future
California with its rich placer mine.
be located la that territory?
The Progress., 1893-09-02

The last case against farmers In
New York state for dehorning cows
did not come TO trial. The com
plainant withdrew his complaint.
On the day appointed for trial a large
number OF farmers appeared as inter
ested spectators, though it was at a
verv busy time OF year Three OF
them had especial reason for their in
terest in this question, as each had
lost an eye destroyed by the horn OF
some unruly animal Even if the
COW be not vicious, her horns are
liable 10 destroy eyeslght as she sud
denly whisks her head in summer to
brush away the flies.
The Progress., 1893-09-02

A demure-looking little man ap-
preached the naughty clerk in a
grocery store and meekly asked II he
had any coffee to sell.
'Cert." said the young man. 1--WE
have ground coffee"
mo other kinda"
Nope. This is the best ground
coffee on the market"
but don't want it." and the lit
tie nan braced up IL got some
sugar here the other day with sand
In It. and | don't want coffee with
ground in it. You must think want
the earth"
The Progress., 1893-09-02

THIS is good year for peaches,
and it will delight the public to know
that many medical men a cribe val
liable medic i properties to the fruit.
They say peaches are a tonic. an
aperient. food and drink. good for the
digestion, the complexion. the blood,
redness OF nose, wounds without
cause. sciatica. gangrene, Georgia
itch and housemaid's knee. All poll
ticians should keep them in the
house
The Progress., 1893-09-02

THE worlds fair hotel rates have
taken a tumble. There were more
hotels than patronage and conse-
quently those which were getting lit
tie business have at last become des-
perate Il is row q grab game for
yhst there is in sight.