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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-13
A WAR STORY.
Which Anybody May Believe il They
Want to Do SO.

Which Anybody May Believe III They
Want TO Do So.
The veteran had just finished a lee.
ture TO the Old Soldiers Club on
military exactness and had been ra-
ther severe ON some who were disposed
to be lax in their methods, particu-
larly a tall corporal with one arm of.
When he had finished the coporsl
stepped out in front ofthe soap box on
which he had been setting.
"May it please Your Honor, me said
mockingly, II have a story to tell
which may in some measure excuse my
fault. You see this arm," aud he held
out the stump. "Well that is the result
of two much exsctness."
The veteran showed his surprise and
Ssked how it happened.
"Well," went on the corporal, "n
was this way; Along in 1854 when I
was in the Army Of the Potomac | was
es you know cavalrymsn, and one
day 100 Of our regiment wero
orderei out to act as q
reserve for small sorti that was to
5e made to stir up the enemy. Every
officer we had had been so raked over
by our crusty old colonel for not bav-
ing everything just right that life on
duty was burden. A captain was
IN cnarge OF our force ana he had Nv
ranged mp in exact line az il we were
on parade and that too after the en- my
had begun to sling shells over our
way and man wanted To dodge in
spite of hims L. The captain o lIdn't
have it thoug,, and there We sat,
every head on line, everysody's hand
rs Straight with every other bride
hand down that line as if fixed by q
spirit level. II was hard tell you,but
IL didn't last long. for all at once q
gun over on our right that had evi-
IDENTIFY just got into po-
sition blszed away with
solid 20 pound shot and as stand
here holding up this evidence" and
the stump went up again $50 hel Up mo
gracious that shot swoopad right
down our line and shipped of so
hands as smooth as ii it had been done
by knife. Since that Ihaven't been
so confounded particular about being
so confounded exact" and the corpo-
raj sat down amid great applause aud
overwhelming confusion Of the veteran.
Detroit Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-13
In the Country

Sunshine for the robins sonl,,
Night for the whlppoorwllls
The morning hours
For the scent OF flowers
And joyous chirps aud trills;
And all the day from dawn till night
For war5ling birds and flowers bright.
Dark hours for thewhippoorwlll,
Light for the robins voice;
And all the time
For lilting rhyme
That makes the woods rejoice.
And all the time and all the hours
For song OF birds and bloom Of flowers.
-lS' Nicholas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-13

An English firm claims that with its
outfit of caskmaking machines cask
has been made from beginning to end
--staves, heads and hoops-and put
together in about Ave minutes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-13
Easy Electrical Experiment.

Take glass, expose it to the fire 20
that it shall be perfectly dry and piece
it upside down upon table. After
ward take tray, perfectly dry, and
place it upon the glass in such way
that it shall preserve it's equilibrium.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-13

Although Muley Hnssan, the Sultan
or Chief of Morocco, wields but a
nominal authority over the Rim
tribesmen, who have been ct war with
the Spanish colonial settlement of
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-13

Stanford University is the most
heavily endowed educational institu-
tion in the United States Columbia
stands second.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-13

bird-on-the-wing effect. More than
two are never worn. A gathering OF
viking bellies Mt fashionable dance
this season will suggest caucus of
idealized feminine Indians or flight
of rare and radiant birds.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-13

The Highland Agricultural Society
OF Edinburgh is the Oldest agricultural
club in existence.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-13

Two LITTLE maids were talking
about Santa Claus. -Hes . splcndsi
candy-maker," said one. ISN'T se."
said the other. why, last Christ
msA his taRy was so like that my
mother makes that I couldn't tel
EN- apart t'-Harper's Baxar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-13

J"wilder's Bri
gade." Ivy Capt
George s. Will
son, t2th U. s.,
he says:
"Up tothis per-
iod Of the war
(February to
April, 'g3) our
forces had, as q
rule, respected
the property
rights of citi-
zens. Now a
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-13
SOLDIERS COLUMN
VETERAN THIEVES"

A Counter Claim to the Honor of Being
First Hands at Stealing From
tho Enemy.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-01-06
scarfs That Demand a Pin

+ The scarfpin should always be worn
with the flat. madeup scarf. There is
place for its insertion, and by seeming
to hold it together it attains a utilita.
rian phase, in that it is an aid in gloss
ing over the percentage of madeup sug-
gestiyeness that is always more or less
associated with the initiative article.
The madeup fiat Or puff scarf, if worn
without scarfpin, discloses its arti.
ficiality in all the badness of it's me-
chanical inferiority 1t is a curious
paradox in the fashions, therefore, that
the scarfng that does not actually need
the scarfpin in reality requires it most
of all. u..
In the self tied De Joinville, or its
madeup reproduction, the scarfpin must
pierce the cross folds at the intersec-
tion. -Clothier and Furnisher.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-01-06
FOR THE WORLDS FAN.


Exhibited.
\ California Ii TO be honored by having a
section of one Of hef famous biz trees made
o prominent feature III the Government
building Mt the Columbian exhibition AZ
Chicago hepr9ject, the accomplishment
nt which is fully assured, Is a unique one.
The section Of the tree will be twenty.three
leet in diameter and thirty feet lon,.. This
VIII be divided into three parts, and these
Will be placed in their natural position.
one above the other, and so arranged as I'd
form something like a two story house.
The contract for The tree was made by Ii,
a. Taylor, Of the department of the In.
terror, with the Kings River Lumber COM
pany in the spring of this year, and the
company isnow at work getting il out in
their forest Of sequoia gigantea in the
Converse basin on Kings river in Fresno
county.
The contract called for tree 20 feet e
inches in diameter, but the tree actually
found will be three feet greaterin diameter.
There are of course larger trees in the
forest, but the requirement was that this
section should be perfect in all respects.
cylindrical, straight and without a burn
in the bark, and this was the largest found
to fill all these conditions. The tree select
ed, says the San Francisco Chronicle. ia
one known as the General Noble.n r.
measures thirty-eight feet in diameter near
the ground, but as the object was to have
the section of the same diameter at both
ends, as nearly as possible, piece is being
taken out of the tree at some distance from
the ground. To do this and to preserve
the section from harm by falling, as well
as 10 meet other requirements, has proved
to be work of considerable magnitude
The idea is not to send solid section. but,
rather, the rim Of the tree followed out
and cut into segments of suitable size, and
all to be numbered so that they can be
erected at Chicago so as to look from the
exterior like the solid section Of seouoia
thirty feet in height. The three parts into
which the section is being cut consist of
Two parts OF fourteen feet each, to be hol-
lowed out, and one two feet thick. which
Will serve as floor between the two stories.
as it were.
The work of cutting, lowering and box
ing the segments is being pushed forward
as rapidly as possible, and it is expected
that the tree will all be shipped by the end
Of October. To get the tree to point
where wagons can reach it required the
building OF a road twomiles long. The en-
IRE exhibit, including the work, will cost
he government several thousand dollars.
The tree when erected at Chicago will stand
iirectly under the great dome of the Gov
building.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-01-06
CHAPTER V.

am but poor equestrian and can only
speak upon such subjects with the difli-
dence which beseems me, but | have al
ways understood from those who ought to
Know that the hunting in our parts Is Of
nm inferior order The covert shooting
On the other hand, is fairly good, and that
belonging to the Staines Court property
may almost be called famous. Now Lord
Stalnes had left his covcrts untouched un-
u Christmas, being, as ! verify believe,
instigated to this act OF self denial by q
desire TO please his heir, who at that time
was one OF the best shots in England.
Great, therefore, must have been his sur
prise, and great also his disappointment
On finding that Dracknell preferred to fol-
low the hounds during his stay, and that
ne could not even be persuaded to take
his gun out Of Its case on non-hunting
days.
III seems to me- the poor old gentle
man declared IN my hearing, othat he
must have taken leave Of his senses. /
really can't account for bis behavior in
any other way.
4 could have accounted for it; though |
am not prepared to say that my explana-
lion excluded the hypothesis Of insanity.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-01-06
PeriIous Riding on the iron Horse.

"Did you ever ride on a locomotiyeYs
asked 0. G. Haskins. ~ tried II once
and have no desire to repeat the expert
ment. 1t was out in Colorado. where
you sometimes run SO close to bottom.
less chasms that you could drop yonr
hat into them, and make turns 50 short
and sudden that it nearly disioints your
spinal vertebra. The master mechanic
was an old friend Of mine and gave me
permission to ride over the road on the
engine of the lightning express. The
engineer did not appear to fancy nv
presence much, but treated me civilly.
We. were behind time, the night was
black as Erebus, and terrific thunder
storm was raging. The engineer was
deterninedto to go in oil time. and tie
way he rushed around those curves and
across canyons was enough to make 4
mans hair turn gray.
'The peculiar thing about these noun
tain engines is that they do not take 4
curve like any other vehicle. They I'd
plunging straight ahead until YOU feel
sure that they are clear Of the track and
suspended in midair, and then shoot
around and leave you to wonder BY what
miracle you have been saved. The
trucks take the curve in the orthodox
manner, but the superstructure il 80 nr-
ranged that it consumes more time ii
the turn, With the lightning
playing about the mountain peaks and
half disclosing the frightful gorges and
swollen torrents, the greatiron leviathan
'waying and plunging along that slip-
perry, serpentine track, | first realized
he perils of railway travel and The re-
'ponsibility of the sullen man who kent
MS hand on the throttle and his eve 81
ihe track. lstood with my heart in nv
'hroat, admiring his nerve, but not envy
ng him his Job. At the first stop /
'lambered back into the coach and staid
here."-St. Louis Globe Democrat,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-01-06

A lady of fine artistic taste has dis
covered that at church parade her
prayer book, by its incongruous color,
entirely ruined the effect of carefully
conceived costume. 1t struck discord
in an otherwise perfectly harmonious
dress. This has been remedied by hay-
ing cover to her prayer book which
shall be perfectly in accord with tho
leading tone Of her garments. The
prayer book cover will heneeforth re-
ceive as attentive consideration as the
bonnet, the gloves and the sunshade,
and no Earring note Of color will be In
trodnced by means Of volume bound
in blue velvet Or in scarlet morocco.
London Graphic,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-01-06

epd, Weshpll pst wNh yoa soon after o'clock
tomorrow nioi1iins
ffo'ir a'iestiSnase aaneeatct'
4 ilfA illfA i'sAcKSEtt
\ can lestlty that the above i q strictly
literal repfoaleF.on, because wrote it
down Wofd ios Wofa, Immediately after /
ned read ", tAinS!ag y worthy Of semem-
,nrance as 2 curiosity n tle way q episto-
iary eoInRoaitloF- Never, ! imagine, was
2 treacherouo ticl ayowcd with more Gym
ical eiirontery, Ihc writer seemed to have
iorgotteh altogether tnGt slle had been
engaged 70 30 married N the course Of b
ieW dAy9 'o aA honesl mai, who had the
lolly 70 adore sher. Ore can't think Of
everything, and suppose she was fully
absorbed BY tie important considerations
set forth in her letter She was anxious
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-01-06
SUCCESS.

II 70 some theme tits thy intent to rise,
Thou must attend how best to tune thy Tyre;
Else will disdain thy well picked notes inspiro.
Herein the secret Of true triumph lies:
When thou would'st rear work Of mighty aize.
Advance but slowly as q growing fire,
Scan well thy path lest hasty action tire,
Or like flame thy ardor's impulse dies.
Proceed with hope; believe the goal In view
Let not mere failure prey upon thy heart;
Great oaks, remember, from small acorns grew.
Though it be trivial, well perform thy part;
And perseverng till thy labor's through,
Full crowned success will into being start.
Edward K Cowing in Detroit Free Press
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-01-06
Religious Differences,

In the greater concerns of life there
are wonderful illustrations Of the con.
Aicts of opinions. There are something
over 100000 900 of human beings in
the world. Among these are six va.
rieties of religious belief; three of these
are said by one class to be false, and by
others three are said to be the true re-
igion. And yet every religionist, every
sectarian claims that. he and she alone
are right. What our Chinese neighbors
say is true" we say is false" We call
them "heathens' they class us as tout
side barbarians.'
What we English speaking people
think is the right and the true religion
is in a startling minority in human be-
lief or religious creditor there are
only some 350,O00,00O Christians in all
the world. There are some 6.0CO 900
Jews, and they have clung with singular
persistency in all ages to their religious
belief; it is seldom a Jew renounees his
faith; it is more seldom that @ Chris
tian embraces Judaism. There are
more than 4OO,000,0OO people who are
pagans and Mohammedans. Detroit
Free Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-01-06

f.
Why II d f0iuipf Ike man
Fitting hts loeklnEs aII he CAM
The farmer hpesi iiis beats III rows; VA
The other fellow beats his ilose
Why is q groref very like IN
A boy who hasa drum 10 strik y t5
The grocer Weighs d pound. they 4,
j Tho little fellow pounds away s,
Why does d wlnning Jockey bold
Resemble onv whu has d roIdf
The Jockeys horse II sound, Of course.
The otherfellow's sound Is hoarse
Why is a man who has dispersed
His cold Ike one who eties your thirstf
The first mans cold h well, we're told;
The second fellows we'll Ii cold.
Why ~ q boss who apger shows "
Like any lad who swimming goess
Cross az q, bear must be the boss,
The happy iad's bare al cross
Why is the dude ashamed to show
His sunbnrn like a tanner, ~
one hides hls tan from foolish pride,
The other always tans his hide
Why does storm stayed sailor quite
Resemble one who has no sightg VI
One cannot go to sea, you know
The other cannot see to 60
Why is a berry picking lad
Like he who buys them, good or badf
The one gets all he can, he BETS
The man who buys cans ell he gets
A letter writer, why Is he s8g
Like one who will marriage see.
One writes a note; the other might.
II interested, note a rite
Why is a suiter answered mo, =
Like one who doesn't have 10 gof
The first, alas, may miss kiss
The other-Ol may kiss a miss.
H @. Dodge in Detroit Free Press
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-01-06

Visitor at School, Little boy, you can cipher
remarkably well.
lAftle Humphl you oughter SEQ ms
sat-F Fargo Argus
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-01-06


Essex county, Mass, has been noted I
not only for its legal lights like Rufus
Choate, Caleb Gushing, Judge story
and Others, but also for its deputy
sheriffs, some Of whom have served
many years
VI one OF these men, Daniel Potter.
many amusing stories have been told,
AT one time he entered d newspaper
office in Salem, and addressing the only
scribe who was in sight said: #
Il thought ! would tell you that to.
morrow l shall go where | never went
before and can never 90 again"
The scribe, knowing his caller
promptly "gaye 1t up" and then NH
Potter said:
"lt is into my eightieth yeario
some years ago these old deputies had
gathering at the home Of d certain "
Of their number in Gloucester. w
they We're roaming about the hs
host called the attention oshis
an Old clock, great fas
He told his friends q
ment to this ancient n n
cutie pathetic at eel
remarks, which he s5
by ~ ing in a voice.
Gentlemen, F
clock every nig
years.
He had evidently
on his visitors, VII
who had been caref
clock, turned the
by the story BY sns
sWell, Is "
n"
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-01-06

Mr Anson, who is your favorite nithorF
asked q basehallist Of the Chicago captain.
"tielding,a was the prompt reply. New
York Sun.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-21
HaWks-TimberIake.
Especial to The BALTIMORE sun

SrAUNroN, VA, Nov. 15-Mr.
Wells J. Hawks, n young newspaper
man of Baltimore. was married this
morning to Miss Lorena NJ. Timber
lake, daughter of Mr. Rufus NJ. Tim
herlake, of Staunton. The Wedding
was a quiet home affair, and took
place at the residence of the brides
parents. Only a few relatives and
intimate personal friends of the bride
and groom were present. The cere-
monY was performed by Rev. DR.. A.
ii. Frazier, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church. The bride wore a
travelling dress of dark green camel's
hair cloth, with hat and gloves TO
match. She carried a bouquet OF
American Beauty roses. There were
no ushers, the only attendant being
the best man, Mr. Harold +. West,
also Baltimore newspaper man.
Immediately after tie ceremony Mr..
and hrs. Hawks left for u trip to
Washington and New York. On their
return they will stop and make their
home with the groom's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. w. Hawks, at lois
Hopkins avenue.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-21
Hoods Pills cure Nausea, Sick Headache,
Indigestion, BLIiouSness. Sold by all druggists.
Resolutions of the Vestry of
Zion Church.
[From The Southern Churchman.l

The resignation of the Rev. Dallas
Tucker, as rector of Zion Church,
Charles Town, to take effect on the
10Th of the current month, having
hcen presented to the vestry, with
the assurance that it was offered af-
ter mature consideration, and must
he taken as final and conclusive, he
having fully decided to accept ser
vice in another field of labor, and
his resignation having therefore been
accepted, the vestry of Zion Church
desires to express its esteem for the
Rev. Dallas Tucker, both as a Chris
tian gentleman and rs n minister of
tE.e Gospel.
The varions outlying agencies of
church work of which this church,
under his rectorship, has become the
centre, are living witnesses of his
ability to organize, and of his Chris
tian zeal, and untiring labor. 1t is
with sincere regret that we have
been called upon to sever this rela-
ton of pastor and people so pleas
antly sustained through the ten
years of his ministry among us.
We hespeak for him the confidence
of those to whom he has been called,
and we pray for Gods blessing upon
himself and his family always, every
where.
1t is resolved that n copy of this
testim onial be presented to Mr.
Tucker, and that the same be spread
upon the minutes of the vestrY, and
be printed in the Southern Church.
man and Church Ne,rs.
II. L. ALEXANDER, Registrar.
CHARLES TowE, Oct. 10, 1898.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-21

CD. Forrest w Brown. Of Jefferson couutg.
j. said 20 lac already in the field a. a candidaf
for he Democratic nomination for Governor
three years hence. Here ,vc have M, carl,
bird sure enough but would not the Co!oucl
do weli 10 allow the present incumbent to b.
comfortably seated before he ouc.is his cam
paigu? Boss Ge think that the people arc
ready. even at this early day 10 think Of :,
Executive? Don't hurry. Colonel. Let Tho
Governor wear Lis hOnOrs in peace for sea-
Green6'ier' IadeIet9eih
Our esteemed contemporary, per
haps unwittingIY, does Col. Brown
a rank injustice in the above, as he
has not "opened a campaign for
this OF shy ctIer position. Those
best acquainted with the colonel
know him to be of uniformly modest
disposition. If, however, his emf
nent fitness for this or some other
prominent position, coupled with his
deserved and general popularity
throughout the State, prompts some
prominent journal TO speak of him in
complimentary terms and endorse
lin for governor, congressman Vr
something else, we do not see why
it should call down upon his head the
wrath of an old true and tried Dem.
ocratic organ like tie Greenbrier
Independent. Get acquainted with
Col, Brown, brother, and you will
find him young, able, fearless and
populsr-just the timber for a good
Democratic Ie&der in any position
the people may cal him-and you
will not be surprised that he has
hosts OF admiring friends, and even
many among the West Virginia edi-
tors,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-21

Chairman Wilson, of the ways and
means committee of the House of
Representatives, hopes to present the
new tariff bill to the Republican
members of the committee by the
latter part of this week, so that they
can have their minority report ready
upon the meeting of Congress in De-
cember. He is not in favor of a
party caucus to pass upon the bill,
hut believes that it should he fairly
considered by tue House as presented
by the committee. This was the
course With the Mills bill, and no
caucuscs were held until debate be-
gan under the five-minute rule on the
separate schedules. Mr.. Wilson be-
Iieves that the bill will be more sym
metricaI and consistent if taken MP
as it comes from the committee, and
that general debate in the House will
solve some of the problems which
might cause an interminable discus
sion in party caucus. ~
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-21

Judge Boreman handed down n
very important opinion at q rec ent
term of The Writ Circuit Court. In
the case of the State vs.. Il. b. Ora
ham and others, indicted for bribery
at the municipal election held in
Elizabeth in April of the present
year the indictments were drawn I'M
der section s, chapter ), of the code,
and charged the defendant. R. B.
Graham, With having conveyed GER
tain real estate in the town of Eliza
beth, containing about twenty feet
square, to some twenty odd persons
under an agreement aud with intent
that AT said election they would vote
for Stephen Merrill for mayor. and
f. P. Dotson, I. r. Clinton and Ed
ward Shiffett for councilmen. On a
motion to quash the indictment,
Judge Foreman held that the indict-
meut was good in form, but that sec
tion of chapter > did not make it
an offense to give bribe and only
made it an offcnse to receive the
same, and entered judgment quash-
ing the indictment on that ground.
In doing so lie held that there was
casus omisSls in the statute in not
providing a punishment for the Civ
ing of bribes. If this decision is
law it is no offense for persons to
use money or other things of value
TO influence voters to vote for any
particular candidate or on any par
ticular side of any question 10 be de-
cided at any election.