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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01
Too Prompt In His Application.

One of the most interested parties in
the late Connecticut River road deal was
a former superintendent of the Central
New England and Western. When it
was first reported that the River road
had gone into the hands of the consoli-
dated road this gentleman sat down and
wrote President Clark asking for the su-
perintendency of the new acquisition
After mailing the letter he bought u
newspaper and read of the unexpected
turn affairs had taken and the control OF
the road passing into the hands of the
Philadelphia and Reading, the company
that had ousted him once. Now he's
sorry he wrote.-Hartford Post
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01

In the beginning of September Il doc
tor went from small German town to
Hamburg to assist among the cholera
patients. Five days after arriving there
news reached his home that in following
his profession he had fallen Il victim to
the deadly disease. His previous thrift
less career was Immediately forgotten,
he was mourned as Il martyr and all
sorts of laudatory compositions were
dedicated to his memory. A lady to
whom he had been betrothed was among
the mourners.
A sensation has been caused in town
now by the news that the young mans
mother has received letter from Amer
lea in which the son who was supposed
to be dead informs her that he is very
well, and explains that while at the hos.
pital in Hamburg he had placed his card
in the pocket of man who had died of
cholera, and who, resembling him in
features, was buried as the Doctor
London News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ASTRONOMY.
without instruments AncIen, A.trono

without Instruments Ancient Astrono-
mers Kept Track OF the Heavens.
We find in the table at the Ramesseum
distinct references to the bull, the lion
and the scorpion. and 1t is also clearly
heliacally at the beginning Of the rise Vi
the Nile
This word heliacally requires II ittlr
explanation. The ancients who had no
telescopes and had to use their horizon
rs the only scientific instrument which
they possessed, were very careful in de-
termining the various conditions in
which star could rise For instance, il
star were rising ut the same time that
the sun was rising, it was said to rise
cosinically. hut unless certain very obvi.
Gus precautions were taken the rising
star would not be seen In consequence Of
the presence of daylight
II is quite clear that If we observe o
star rising in the dawn IL will get more
and more difficult to observe the nearer
the time of sunrise is approached There
fore what the ancients did was to deter.
mine n time before sunrise in the early
dawn at which the star could be very
obviously and clearly seen to rise The
term 'heliacally rising" was coined to
represent star rising visibly in the
dawn therefore before the sun. Gener.
ally throughout Egypt the sun was sup
posed to be something like 10 degs. be
low the horizon when star was stated
to rise heliacally
No And tba,, tb,t ,,,,. ,L., p nnn
years ago the Egyptians were perfectly
familiar with these facts. and the differ
ence between n cosmical and heliacal
rising was perfectly clear to them. But
the table ut Thebes tells us, moreover
that the suns journey in relation to some
OF the zodiacal consultations was per
fectly familiar 5.000years ago
These then are some of the more
general statements which may be made
with regard to the most important points
so far discussed by those who have dealt
with Egyptian astronomy and It may
lie added that all this information has
come to us III Hydrologic guise
The various apparent movements of
the heavenly bodies which are produced
by the rotation and revolution of the
earth and the effects of procession were
familiar to the Egyptians. however ig
norant they may have been of the causes.
They carefully studied what they saw
and attempted to put their knowledge
together in the most convenient fashion,
associating it with their strange i'm
aginings and with their system of wor.
ship Nineteenth Century
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01
Married at the Head of IA Coffin.

Mourners who gathered mt funeral
in Elmhurst saw remarkable sight. In
the coffin in the parlor lay the body of
Mrs. Lucy ID. Clay. Friends and rela-
tives were seated about. The Rev. Il. j.
Collins, of Scranton. was there to preach
tho funeral sermon. Just before the
time set for the services to begin A. b.
Clay, son Of the dead woman. walked
into the room leading Miss Lillian Sny.
der. These two were lovers, and they
there requested the Rev. Collins to mar
ry them. When young Clay produced
the required certificate the preacher con-
sented to perform the ceremony. The
bride and groom took their places near
the head Of the coffin and, with the
mourners for witnesses. they were pro.
nounced husband and wife Then the
funeral services went on.-Cor. Phil
adelphia Record,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01

Cautions have been issued by the i'm
perial health Office of Berlin with regard
to the use Of ice. Investigation has
shown that the ice of commerce sold at
Berlin contains micro-organisms that
are dangerous to health, and the con-
clusion has been arrived at that illnesses
frequently observed after iced drinks
have been taken have probably less to do
with the coldness of the drink than with
the disease germs contained in the ice.
The public have consequently been
warned to eschew drinks and food which
have become dangerous to health in the
manner suggested. Manchester
(England) Guardian.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01

The Springfield Republican has adopted
the disagreeable trick of spelling certain
familiar words ending in "gue" without
their full complement of letters In re.
viewing new book n few days ago il
says, for instance, The author excels in
bright and amusing dialog," etc. 1t al.
ways fatigs us to see such vulgar liber.
ties taken with our native tong. and we
think it as much of crime for liter.
ary man to cut off the end of word as
for rog to cut off the end of pigs
tail. for instance. Form is to all printed
language what brog is to the speech OF
the Irishman, and plag, we say. be on
the man who would deprive either of its
natural charms Charleston News and
Courier
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01
Sarah Bernhardt Is Disturbed.

Sarah Bernhardt is in great state ol
mind just mt present Her reckless son
Maurice, has squandered all of his owl
fortune and not little of hers al
baccarat, and as his independent little
wife refuses to support him any Longer
they have quarreled and separated
Then business has not been exactly sue
cessful of late with the actress. Several
of her ventures have not been rich in
results. Finally they have burlesqued
her Cleopatra. and represent the divine
as mildly dancing and singing "Ta-ra-ra
Boom-de-ay," and Sarah doesn't like it q
bit. One can fancy the choice but un.
translatable variety of French profanity
with which the great tragedienne dis
cusses this succession of misfortunes.-
Exchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01
The Worthy Novel.

The novel that is worthy of the name,
and which is calculated to render O
broader service than the pecuniary com,
pensation of its author, is the one which
takes the problems of life as they present
themselves to us all, and by the example
of the characters portrayed teaches us
the way to their proper solution; that
presents us with types of manly and
womanly character that may inspire the
reader to emulation of their excellences,
and that is withal a natural, helpful,
concrete story Of life of lives. Such q
novel is worth all the literary freaks
that ever have been or ever will be pro-
duced. d.-Donahoe's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01
women carry Daggers.

A prominent jeweler says that he sells
0 number of daggers annually to women.
These are not ornaments, but serious
weapons. They are just large enough
to slip easily inside u woman's gown.
Some women have these made to order,
when they are lavishly adorned and in
crusted with precious stones. They are
frequently carried in travelling, when
they are intended as weapons of defense.
They are preferred to revolvers, which
are likely to go off summarily and IN the
wrong direction. Jewellers Circular.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01
Dentistry and Diplomacy.

We notice that the United States lega
tion is doing duty as a dentists offic,
and consul generals court, This nc
doubt is another good stroke of business
which kills two birds with one stone.
But what If the White House were LET
out in part to a publican? The Ameri.
can legation is national property and
ought not to be converted into drug
stores or dentists offices. A sense of the
fitness of things or the dignity of the flag
is evidently unknown at the American
legation.-Siam Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01
Great Sport for Women.

I have followed many fascinating
sport, but If womankind desires pas
time that will intoxicate her brain with
healthy excitement, that will give her
carmine cheeks and make her heart grow
young once again, let me recommend to
to her, from most delightful expert
ence, the inimitable outdoor sport of ice
boating and let me also tell her that she
has not lived and therefore is not ready
to die unless she has had at least one trip
on a stretch of crystal at mile min
ute.-E. Pauline johnson in Outing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01

1t was either the precise telegraph
operator who objected to abbreviations,
or the intelligent compositor or telegraph
editor who filled in the omission Of the
unintelligent operator, but the Butte
1nter-Mountain the other day paraded
Mgr. Satolli before its readers as "Man-
ager Satolli. and thus set him forth in
heavy black display type at the head of
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01
AMERICAN BEAUTY.
COMPARATIVE MEASUREMENTS OF
GIRLS IN TWO CITIES.

The California Young Maiden Is Claimed
to Be Nearer Perfect as to Form Than
Her Sister In New York -- Interesting
Comparisons rs to Feet.
A sculptor's ideal of beauty is evolved
on mathematical principles. A perfect
woman is Z or ~ or 8 heads tall; her
shoulders are two heads wide; her legs
are 80 to 30 heads long; her waist is .
heads in circumference But the size of
heads varies in women who are equally
perfect in shape; the head of the Venus
de Medici is nearly one-eighth less in pro-
portion than that of the Venus of Milo or
the Cnidian Venus of praxiteles which
was esteemed Ivy the ancients the most
perfect statue in existence. The Medici
Venus is slim. slender girl, whose pro-
portions resemble the statues of Psyche
Living reproductions of her are more
frequently seen in New York than here.
There fell into The Argonaut's posses
sion list of measurements of the pro-
portions of n young lady of San Fran
cisco, who is looked upon as being beau
tiful and having a fine iigure--in short,
typical California girl. With these we
have compared similar ground plan of
n New York girl which we secured at
the time Professor Sargent was collect
ing statistics concerning the young
women in eastern seminarics; likewise
the measurements of Ballow's well
known ideal beauty. They compare as
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01

A landslide at Stielacoom, WASH, is
said to have revealed q number of coins,
ranging in denomination from five to
twenty dollars. 1t is supposed that the
money was buried in the bank some
years ago by a man named John Lock.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01
A Season's Success.

"Mrs. Dovekin's trip to Scarborough
was a great success this year."
"Indeedl Has she got rid of her old
troubleY'
"No, but she has got rid of her old
laughter. r."-London Tit-Bits
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01
Statistical.

A stranger from Michigan asked cit
izen few days ago what crops were best
adapted to the soil and climate of this
section. The citizens reply was, "Rab-
bits. free niggers and mortgages are the
surest crops in this country."-vienna
(Ga.) Progress.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-01

A woman has applied for separation
from her husband on the ground that he
married her while she was under the in
auence OF hypnotism. M.a.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-07
IN 4 WATERY GRAVE.
A Triple Drowning Accident
Occurred at Grand
Forks, N. D.
Tw" 1ss,ys Lose Their Live. in u >wi,n.n.
ing Race and n Third l. brow ne.I
while Trying to save Them.

GRAND FoRKs. n. d.. Aug. ca triple
drowning accident occurred here this
evening b. which three boys. John Bull
gick. aged thirteen; Joseph BuIgick,
aged eleven. and Deloid Cote. aged
twelve. lost their lives. The boys were
swimming in Red Lake river nearly op-
posite the city. The two eldest started
to race to see who could swim the fur
thest. Both became exhausted and sank
nearly together. The younger boy tried
to reach them to help them and was
also drowned The alarm was given by
a boy on shore. and farmer who was
passing went to the rescue and soon
brought up tn" body Of John Bulgick
Heroic efforts were made To resuscitate
him. as he had only been under the
water two or three minutes. but they
We're unavailing, The bodies of the other
two have not yet been recovered. Young
Cotes father was killed a short time ago
in runaway accident.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-07
The Benefit Of Work.

Though we all welcome Il season Ci
rest. yet if we were never to have any,
thing in the way Of regular duties to
perform what "A purposeless. worrying
existence ours would become! The
cricket disportiny itself gayly through
the summer hours thinks that no life
can be rs pleasant or as sweet AS its
happy go lucky improvident hours Of
idleness spent under blue skies and in
the full glare Of the glorious sunlight
yet when winter comes and the lack of
thought for the morrow has proved dis
as;rous. then it wishes that there ka.i
been less play and more serious employ
ment that would have brought abou!
more worthy results.
Outside of the worldly benefit that ac-
crues from conscientious work. there are
other advantages that few realize unless
they have experienced them for them.
selves The blues speed away before its
helpful influence. time never drags. the
edge of sorrow is made less keen. and a
healthier mind and body stand forth as
examples Of the benefit to he derived
from having something to do beyond
idle gossiping. desultory fancy work or
round of dressing and dancing that
may seem blissful in contemplation. bur
is in reality not one.half ss satisfying as
the discharge Of regular duties that
make one feel that one has accomplished
something worth talking about.-Phila
delphia Times.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-07

Every one knows what the tontine s,s
tenn Of life insurance is. A number Of
people pay equal sums of money into a
pool. the amount is put out at interest
and the surviving subscriber takes the
accumulated sum. Similarly every mar
of letters gradually comes to be joint
owner with other persons of mass Of
valuable literary material which cannot
be used by any Of the joint owners SO
long AS the others survive. But If he
outlives the rest it all becomes his. and
he can do what he will with it, without
fear Of hurting any ones feelings or dis
closing anything that would work in
jury to the living o. to the memory of
the dead. Who is there that writes and
is still under so who will not admit that
the stories he knows the best and are the
best worth telling are those that he can
not tell because of the score of people
still on earth who would strip the dis
guises from his characters and read as
biography what he designed to have pass
rs fiction? Which of us does not think
he might do a magnum opus if there
were no lives in being to hinder?-Scrib-
uer's
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-07

Rock RAPIDS. Ia. Aug. ). A hail
storm of unusual severity struck this
county near George. last night. Hail
was four inches thick on the ground.
and one could pick up hail stones as
large as marbles yet this morning. The
storm knocked down all the corn and all
the wheat not cut in path which was
two miles wide and five miles long
The storm continued about an hour
and hail and rain never fell harder in
the same length Of time. The greater
and not damaged much.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-07
ACbur.,, -, ~ l,eN.

The chapel car Emmanuel, appropriate
ly termed 'tha church on wheels" ar
rived at the Northwestern depot yester-
day and left three quarters of an hour
later for Denver. via the Northwestern.
in the special Baptist train from Boston.
As the title would indicate. the car is
used for disst minating the gospel among
railroad men whose limited time pre-
cludes them from church attendance.
The car Is the second one built for this
purpose. the first. the '.Evangel," having
been designed by John d. Rockefeller
and by him and his associates presented
to the American Baptist National asso.
citation. The new car is 20 feet long and
10 wide. with IA seating capacity of l5o.
II embraces chapel room. study and
sleeping and dining apartments. The
interior is beautifully finished in antique
oak. \ handsome lecturn and costly
organ. both the gifts of the manufac-
turers. further enhance this missionary
palace.
In charge Of the chapel are the Rev
and Mrs. E. Il. Wheeler, Oregon evan
gelists. and il is their intention to make
the Pacific coast their field of operation.
Oregon. Idaho, Washington and Cali
fornia will be their objective states.
The regular routine of the sanctuary
is to be followed at every stopping place.
Sermons. Sunday school and song serv-
ices and prayer meetings will be com
bined. Where possible. churches will
be organized and left as evidences of the
chapel's work In addition to the evan
gelical work thus described the car will
in due time contain complete library
Of the Baptist creeds. and Bibles and
tracts will be distributed in profusion
therefrom The roads haul the car free.
and the express and telegraphic COM
panies frank all business connected with
the service.-Chicago News Record.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-07
A Hihif tn WaterlOn.

NJ. Jules Claretie. the administrator ~
the Comedie Franchise. paid visit
shortly before his arrival in London to
the battlefield of Waterloo. It was IS
years ago that the battle was fought, yet
NJ. Claretie was still able to CLEAN some
thing in the locality from actual eye
witnesses Of that mighty historic event.
In the little wineshop called the Belle
Alliance" where Wellington and Bluch-
er. according = an inscription. met and
salnted after their victory. he found two
old women engaged IN darning stock
ings. They appeared to take very little
notice of the strangers, but on being
questioned theeliler Of the Two declared
that she was over 30 years of aga. II
was la years old" she said. lat the time
OF the battle. ] was living with my
parents at plancepoit.
We took refuge all of US on the Fri
day in the woods with the cattle. 1t was
ON Sunday they fought 1t was jus,
after my first communion aud on the
day of st. Donnat. saint i'll whose honor
there is pilgrimage in the neighbor-
hood. When all WIS over. we went out
and saw dead bodies everywhere. At
night after the hattie there was storm.
The bodies became swollen through the
rain. and there were fears of apestilence.
They were buried in heaps. with dry
branches between each layer and then
the branches were set fire 10 or quick
lime was poured in the trenches. Lon
don News
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-07

Leather possesses such excellent quail
ties for the many purposes to which it is
put that it would seem idle to seek
substitute Nevertheless there are
many persons who. while they find that
leather serves AS All effectusl protective
covering for the foot, find also that it il
often obstinate III adapting itself TO tine
requirements Of individual feet or to the
uore ol less physical abnormalities to
which 10 many are subject. In such
cases. if comfort is to be expected. only
the most supple and yielding quality
should be worn. At the same time of
course, it should he waterproof and
durable. These qualities. 80 far as we
have been able to judge. belong in sat.
isfactory degree to an interesting and
new material called "Aexus fbra" It
appears to be fax derived material.
suitably prepared aud oiled. so that t.
all appearance it is leather. II is par
ticularly supple and flexible and takes
a polish equally we'll with the best kinds
Of calf.
We have recently had occasion to weaI
boot Of which the ''vamp" or cut front
section consists entirely of fexus libra
and have purposely submitted it to some
what undue strain, in spite of which nc
cracking Of the material was perceived,
while the sense of comfort to the foot
was very evident. F1exus libra, being a
material of vegetable origin. Is calculated
also to facilitate free ventilation and
thereby to obviate the discomfort arising
from what is called drawing" the feet
London Lancet.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-07
The World. Fair-What It Means.

1t means that from May lst until
Oct. 3lst there will be on exhibition in
Chicago the triumphs Of all the ages.
The rarest and choicest specimens OF the
handiwork of man from the nations of
the earth will be there to instruct and
delight,
That for six months Chicago will be
the most cosmopolitan spot on the globe.
That the American people will have
the wonderful opportunity Of mlngling
with and observing the habits and
characteristics OF the people of every ma
tion in the world.
That villages" Of the different foreign
countries. constructed by and made up
entirely Of people direct from sucq
countries. will be most interesting
feature of the fair.
That the American citizen. Of what
ever foreign birth or parentage. may
carry himself back again to the land of
his origin by visiting and studying these
foreign villages"
That few days or weeks spent at
the Worlds Fair will be worth years Of
travel.
That this is the grahdest opportunity
the American people have ever had for
interesting study and pleasure. and
that trip to Chicago during the next
six months would be the event Of life
time.
The Chicago. Milwaukee i st. Paul
Railway offers the best and most FIRE.
quent train service from ST. Paul and
Minneapolis to Chicago. The only line
lighting it's trains by electricity. The
most perfect dining service and the
best sleeping cars in this country. Ask
your agent for tickets via The Milwau-
kee--the Governments Fast Mail
Line. or. address
j. I. CoNLEy,
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.,
7 ST. Paul, Minn.
NorE- Write for e. NJ. L ST. Z.
Worlds Fair folder. It gives full par
ticulars as TO how 10 visit the Fair and
and what il will cost,
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-07
Il have il complaint to make"

Indeed. she responded haughtily.
Yes. you gave me piece of misin
formation. You said that on yesterday
would receive a letter containing good
news. All got wasa dun
.'Go to. son of darkness and ingrati.
tude. You have forgotten TO thank me- :
.'For what
FOR not giving you tip on tn.
races. ."-Was,lington Star.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-07
Deserving Praise.

We desire to say to our citizens. that
for years We have been selling DIR
Kings New Discovery for consumption
DIR. Kings New Life Pills. Bucklen's
Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters. and
have never handled remedies that sell
as well. or that have given such univer
sal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to
guarantee them every time. and we
stand ready to refund the purchase
price. il satisfactory results do not fol-
low their use. These remedies have
won their great popularity purely on
their merits John Wright, Druggist
Statesmen. to sell our choice
and hardy nursery stock. Many special
varieties to offer both in fruits and orna-
mentals. and controlled only by us. We
pa. commission or salary. give exclusive
territory and pa. weekly. Write us at
once and2secure choice Of territory.
MAY BROTHERS.
Nurser.men. Rochester. \. \.