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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
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THE WHOLESALE PRICES ARE GIVEN BELOW
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
WELCOME WORDS TO WOMEN.

Many times women call on their family ply
sicians, suffering, US they imagine, one from
dyanepaia another
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14

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The Washington times., 1894-04-08

a change Of the moral basis Of life, change
Of the moral properties out Of which ono
builds characters. All notions about saliva
tion as keeping out of one place and getting
into another are unsciiptural, irrehgious,
and immoral"
So it would seem there is vast debatable
ground between the position of our friend
Ingersoll. which seems to be that Of we'll
bred and well fed colt, in rich pasturage on q
June day, and that austere Journalism, that
sublimation OF selfishness, which sequesters
Its body or career, from contact with the
world for the sole purpose Of saving itself.
Well, be the ideal what 1t may, so long as
man clings to it he is travelling toward it,
whether 1t be sensualism or the selfishness OF
a perfected socialism. To be one of any
brotherhood one must have the heart Of q
brother. VETERAN.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
Loneliness of
Great Wealth.

Rev. Myron Reed in the Pittsburg Leader:
party of friends out our way. and among
other things he treated them to ride to the
top of Pixies Peak. Mr.. Gould, never robust,
did not feel that he could stand the trip to the
top of the mountain, so he remained at Mani
tou. The hours dragged wearily along, and
the millionaire became very lonesome.
He was pointed out to all strangers, and by
noon almost every man, woman and child in
the town had taken a squint at him. Ac-
customed, no doubt, as he was to this thing,
he paid little heed to it, but about or 8
O'Clock in the afternoon he grew very lone
some. He approached several people. but
they seemed afraid of him. At any rate they
did not collide with him, and at last he gave
up in sheer despair and wandered down to
the depot. where his beautiful train of cars
was located. The agent saw him coming and
made himself scarce.
By and by an old Scotch miner came out of
the foothills and, reaching the depot, sat
down on truck to rest. This seemed provi-
Dental for the amasser of immense fortune.
and he sauntered up to the mountaineer and
saluted him pleasantly. For two hours the
men sat on the truck and talked Mr.. Gould,
in a diplomatic way, drawing out the miners
story
1t wasn't much of a story. The Scotchman
had been for a dozen years trying to strike
it rich so he could go back to his native land
and marry the lassie of his choice, but fortune
had not come his way. He was almost dis
heartened, and told Mr.. Gould, with tears in
his eyes. that he never expected to carry out
his matrimonial intentions.
have no doubt the pathetic story touched
Mr.. Gould, for he wrote a check for $1,000
and gave it to the miner The mans sur
prise at the unheard-of proceedings was no
more than his astonishment to ascertain to
whom he was indebted for the splendid gift.
When Mr.. Gould told me about the affair
some weeks later he said:
"Of course the poor fellows yarn made me
feel sad. but think the relief l found in the
visit had something to do with that check"
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
The Wisdom of BaIzac.


All persons esteem those who scorn them.
Man. be he mediocre enough, can arrive at
anything.
Woman lives by sentiment where man lives
by action.
Gas you please" is the wife's first word of
Indifference
Talent, like the gout, sometimes skips two
generations.
Mediocrity wages ineessant warfare against
superior men.
There are few moral wounds that solitude
does not cure
hobby is the medium between passion
and monomania.
Money matters can always be settled, but
feelings are pitiless.
A man is strong when he admits to himself
his own weaknesses
There is nothing like the exercise OF power
for teaching you politics.
:. There are some men who are always DO
tte-they have gloved souls.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
Watchncn in the Bureau.

10 the Edltor OF lHE ZINES:
The present administration Is certainly on its
mission of reform with vengeance The watch
men employed in the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing were last week notified that on and
after April of this year their wages would be cut
down from $50 to s720 per year. Why the poor
est paid men in the government employ
should be singled out for such purpose is hard
imagine. An old employe of the government, who
at one time filed the position watchman in
the bureau states that during Chief Mccarthy 8
and allowe dtime and half time for SUM-
days and double time for holidays
Afterwards We were cut down TO 81. % per day
and no extra pay for Sundays. Buell., McPher-
son, Irish, Burrell Graves and Meredith served
as chiefs and still the wages remained the same
with the exception of Graves taking off 81 % per
during Mr.. Meredith's time, am told the watch
was allowed alternate Sundays off. Since this
lowed, and now 500 is taken from them. The
Inconsistency of this arrangement is shown
when the Treasury building watch are allowed
30 days leave and 30 days additional sick leave,
while no sick leave lis allowed to bureau en-
ployes.
In the bureau the watch are always engaged
as visitors cannot wander through that building
as in the other departments, and each and
every employe must have their passes ex-
amined, also must be marked for their tardi-
ness. The watchmen in the other departments
can sit and read, but no such time is granted in
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing But the
question in my mind is, Does not Congress grant
appropriations as asked by the Secretary of the
Treasury? and if so, how such amount be
taken from them, or what is done with it? AL
together it seems inconsistent that the hardest
worked force should be the first to have their
small salary reduced
Congress should pass law allowing the
watchmen in all departments the same salary
In some buildings they are given 81 600 per an
mum and in others $500, but now Treasury
watchmen get the Insignificant sum of S120; and
remember that this same watch is composed
only OF honorably discharged Union soldiers of
the late war, and not even protected by civil
service either. 1t certainly does not speak well
for our administration. ENGRAyER
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
JUST SAID IN FUN.

French way Of conplimenting the old lady.
"Ah, madam, You grow every day to look
moro like your daughter. ."-Tit-Bits.
II am troubled with insomnia. lie awake
at night, hour after hour, thinking about nv
literary work.
Friend-"why don't you get up and read
portions Of it. Brooklyn Life.
Judge-"Was there any particular mark by
which you could identify the dog which you
say this man stole?''
Sam Johnsing-'.Yes, yer honor. he had a
red spot on his nose jess like de one on yer
honor's. s."-Tit-Bits.
Mother-"To think that my little Ethel
should have spoken so impertinently to papa
to-day at dinner! She never hears me talk
that way to him.
Ethel el(stoutly) )-"well, you choosed hin, and
did'nt."-Brooklyn Life.
"One ofthem literary fellers" has written
sea-story in which "a rakish little SINGLE
masted schooner figures. The author ought
to come to the coast of Maine and try clam
diet for a while before writing further on nau-
tcal affairs.-Belfast Journal.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
The School Bill.
To the Editor of THE TIMES:


have been surprised that no one seems to
have given any attention TO Senate bill I717. to
authorize the appointment of three women on
the board of school trustees That is all right as
far it goes, but what is wanted is the bill that
passed the Senate in 1857, and which provided
for a board of three in each of the eight school
divisions, one of whom in each division should
be woman, n beard of twenty-four in all That
bill was prepared by the citizens committee of
one hundred, and was indorsed by Justice Carter
and large number of prominent citizens The
idea was TO have enough members on the board
and so distributed that they could give personal
attention to the matter, visit the schools, and
see how they were conducted. look after the
school buildings, their condition and surround
ings, as a school board ought to- as is done else
where, and was done here formerly
would make the number even larger. and
would not object at all to having the majority
composed of women, especially as the majority
of the scholars are girls and s3i out of the Si5
teachers are females Here are over 10000
pupils, occupying ninety-three schoolhouses,
scattered over the seyenty-four square miles of
the District, and a board of nine trustees How
much time or attention can or do they devote to
the schools, especially as several of them are in
the Government service, and. of course cannot
visit the schools during school hours? / venture
the assertion that, as rule, they seldom, if
ever, visit the schools, except on the closing
days. They simply meet once month. at even
ing, and pass upon the matters submitted to
them by the superintendent, who, in effect, runs
the schools
Now am not saying a word against the indi-
viduals composing the board some of whom
know feel deep interest in the schools but
do object strenuously TO the present plan, which
renders it impossible for the members to give
their personal attention to the schools. l need
not refer to the means by which this reduction
of the board from nineteen, when we had but
half as many schools. to nine with the present
number, was brought about, nor to the means
by which the passage of this bill of 1887 was de-
feated in the House Those of our citizens who
have taken an interest in our schools UNDER
stand those matters fully.
In Berlin, the national capital of the German
Empire, and where the schools are confessedly
among the best in the world, they have a school
board composed of near 300 persons, of whom a
committee of 2i0, of whom sixty-four are ladies'
have the supervision of the schools. 1t would be
a vast improvement If we had such or a similar
plan here W. C. DODGE
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
PIERCE'S
A FISH THAT FISHES.
The Fishing Frog and How 1t Secures Its
Food.

I
| Food.
From the Toledo BIadel
"would you think. Tommy, that fish
would be cruel enough to fish for Other
fshes?''
"why not. mother; he has got to make a
livingf"
"But why does he not catch worms and
bugs and snails and live on seaweeds, instead
of catching little fshes?''
"How does he catch them, mother, and
what is his name? / never heard of such a
| fish,
Zone thing at time. There are many
things, Tommy, that you know now that you
did not know year ago. 1t is a very silly
thing to say. as many girls and boys do, when
they are told anything. 1 never heard of
that beforen Why should they have heard OF
ii? If they don't inquire and read and use
| their eyes how are they TO learn anything
they did not learn before"
'Yes, mother, but do not many fish catch
and devour other tish?"
.'Yes, Tommy, but this fish that was about
to tell you Of is fisherman, and does not
chase fishes, but catches them as you do
what. does he so with a flshpole and an
angleworm to fish!''
Pretty nearly He is called the Lophius
or fishing frog, or by some the frog fish.
1t is a seafish, which is shaped like bull
head, or catfish and sometimes grows to the
length of two feet. but its head is more than
half the length OF the fish. Its broad mouth
is armed with sharp. curved teeth. and it
catches its food in a very curious way. 1t
will settle down at the bottom of the sea.
where the water is shallow, and lie in wait
with its mouth open.
"On the front of its head are antennR. or
horns, suppose you would call them. being
long. flexible spikes, shaped like a whip,
which end in silvery ornament like the
cracker on the whip. Then, as he lies there.
almost invisible in the mud, he sees with his
half-shut eyes. a small fish comes playing
along. like a boy going to school and looking
in the windows to fDd goodies"
Mamma, does he 90 to a school of fishes?"
Tommy. YOU must listen; when the little
fish sees this silvery bait dangling in tine
water he thinks it must be something good
to eat, and says to himself. % here is
chance to get my dinner eheaply' So he
plays about it awhile. as the Lophius or
'loafer.' as we had better call him, watches
the little fellow through half-shut eyes. Then
the little fish rushes at the bait and tries to
swallow it, when frog fish jumps forward and
catches the little fish in his big mouth and
devours him. while the mud stirred up at the
bottom spreads in yellow cloud through
the water and hic es the murder"
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
Pretty Iamp Shades

lamp shade, more easily made and more
simple in its makeup, is produced by the
transformation of a japanese parasol This
feat OF skilled workmanship is accomplished
by removing the handle and all the sticks
This must be done very carefully. so as not to
tear the paper. 1t is then placed on a round
OF wire top and bottom, the hole at the top
having been inclosed a tri1e This NAV be
decorated in any way that may suggest itself
to the maker. The paper shades used SO
much recently for luncheons and dinners are
going out of style. Still there are some yery
pretty ones to be seen yet And the most
elaborate range In price from ito GIG or sI7.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
Income and Honor

Pop. how are they going to collect the in
come tax when it goes into force?
They are going to leave it to everbody's
honor, Bobby.
Pep, will everybody that has an income
have honor?
Yes, Bobby, but in inverse ratio. The
bigger the income, the less honor they
will have.-ILife.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
Setting a Precedent

"Papa," said the Fiji Island maiden, as she
laid down her paper, Il have Just read that
ballroom dresses are daily becoming more
and more decollete. What does that mean?''
ut means, my child" replied her grizzled
warrior father, as flush Of pride struggled
with the Pacific tan on his brow sit means
that, uncivilized as they call US, we are not
beyond establishing precedent Life.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
Trees Useful In War

Miss Gush-oh, colonel, just look at those
magnificent elms. am sure you love trees.
Col. Blank-Dearly, Miss Gush. I learned
to love them during the war.-Life
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
At Sl.20;
For Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday only.

= About $50 pairs Mems
Q Satin Calf Caters and
, Laced Shoes on new
, style pointed toes, with
, tip or common sense
, shape.
} About 900 pairs La
} dies Caulo Kid Button
} Boots, pointed toe, patent
} tipped, plain, narrow,
square toe, or common
} sense style.
} Nothing wrong with
} these goods; they were
} bought last Winter at
} hard-ti1ne-prices, and we
, could readily sell them at
} SI.5o or even So; but we
need Immediate room for
} several car loads of new
} Summer Shoes due here
within a few days I
} above-named special low
} prices will undoubtedly
clear the shelves. I
VIM, Hahn & Go. s
Reliable Shoe Houses,
$50 and $50 SEVENTH STREET,
1914 and 1916 PA AVE,
231 PA AVE S. E
The Washington times., 1894-04-08


Had this human nature of ours been more
simple structure the New Testament would
never have been. and the warning discussions
in regard to it would have been devoid of in
terest.
Why should so many people who ought to
think flock to hear a platform reiteration of
the Eternal No?' Is it not in itself the
strongest evidence of the existence of the
Eternal Yes in every human soul? 1t is the
war. more or less fierce, waged in every in
dividual consciousness between the ideal and
the actual; the temporary drug admins
tered to the fundamental question of conscious
being. Whence? Why? Whittier? Why
should one be anxious to be convinced Of
bankruptcy when he has neither money nor
credit?
Why should all men ask the one question
unless the Eternal Yes'' were prompting the
inquiry. as He alone is the final answer, all
intermediary conclusions being only tempo
rary halting places on the way to the knowl-
edge OF the only one. true cause of being
The simple condition of uncertainty, of
willingness to know the truth and abide by it.
is well expressed by Mcdonald in the prayer
he puts in the mouth of one of his primitive
characters, 20 God, if thou he God, have
mercy upon my soul, if 1 have soul.'
Ii money. clothes. abundant food and drink.
friends, relatives, applause, and good diges-
ton are entirely satisfying to any soul, it
would be fair to assume that very i'm
mature and diminutive soul were resident
In large and fully equipped temple.
But IN case all these satisfactory attributes
of the god of self should disappear? Then
find itself still resident in this temple, ali
the gaudily attired attendants gone, and in
their place want, hunger. friendlessness, the
windows and doors gone. the fire of self-satis-
faction gone out for want of fuel, What
then? All the there ever was is still there.
The thinker abides without any of these
things. Mr.. lngersoll makes the prime at
tributes of his God. 1t will not do. Fight
dogmatism and churchism and priestly
rule if you see the evil of them, but you. Mr..
1ngersoll, are only larger boy in the dark,
whistling to keep your own courage up. You
have discovered an ability to whistle so un-
usual as to draw crowds Of other benighted
about you.
II the Eternal No" is '.the be-alI and end
The Washington times., 1894-04-08


Another divine whose name stands high on
the honor roll of the church. Frederick W
Robertson: 1.-THE sacraments are honored
when they consecrate all the things and all
the acts of life. The commonest Of all ma
terials was sanctified to US in order to vindi-
cate the sacredness of all materialism in pro-
test against the false spiritualism which af-
fects to despise the body and the world, whose
impression is made upon the Senses and in
order to declare that visible world Gods and
the organ of its manifestation. The simplest
of all acts is sacramental, in order to vindi-
cate Gods claim to all acts and to proclaim
our common life sacred, in protest against
the conception which cleaves so obstinately
to the mind that religion is the performance
of certain acts, not necessarily of moral i'm
port, on certain days and in certain places"
The Brahmin says no form of religion is
truth, but one of the ways to truth.
A late writer declares: 1.-The Sermon on the
Mount is the science of society. 1t is treat
ise on political economy; it is system of
justice. 1t consists OF the natural laws which
proceed from the heart of God, and operate
in the creation and redemption of The world;
in the evolution of man and the progressive
development of society. The business of the
state is to adopt this social and political con-
stitution of Jesus as the spirit and life and
Justice of the people. and bring every activ-
ity into subsection to its authority. 1t
is not the mission of the state. to pro-
tect property as thing in itself
The state is the organization of the life of
man in unity with the life of God; its concern
is with human beings Again: 'If the
church that accepts Christ's name refuses to
bear mis- cross of social redemption it will
justify the statement that it is not Christian
institution. and God will regenerate civiliza-
tion without the church. One of Mazzini's
declarations can be made to the Church in re-
lation to the sacred crisis: Neutrality, that Is
to say, indifference between good and evil,
the Just and the unjust. liberty and oppression.
is simply atheism.
Salvation is not a change Of worlds, but
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-06
NEW BOOKS.
An Additional List 1t the Rock Island Il.
brary.

AN Ao0itiouai List X the HOck Island Il.
The following new books have been
received at the Rock Island library:
abb Constantin, by Ludovic Hal
ivy; Achievements in Engineering
During the Last Half Century, by
Swenson Harcourt; Francis Vernon
Afar in the Forest. by w. H. G.
Kingston; American Electoral Sys-
tenn, by Charles A. O'Neil; Applied
Mechanics, by Gaetano LAMA; Aunt
Rachel, by David Christie Murray;
Beauchamp. or the Kentucky Trag-
cdv, by William G. Simms; Chemis-
try of Photography, by Raphael Mel
d0la; Cuore, an Italian School Boys
Journal, by Edmundale Amocis;
Dangers to Health Domestic SAM
tary Defects. by L. p. Teale; Elec-
trical Measurement and the Galvano-
meter, by Thomas ID. Lockwood:
Elm Island Stories. by Eliza Kellogg:
No. l. Lion Ben of Elm Island; No.
2, Charlie Bell, the Wait of Elm ISL
and; No. 8. The Ark of Elm Island;
No. A, Boy Farmers of Elm Island;
No. 5. Young Shipbuilders of Elm
Island; No. 6, Hardscrabble of Elm
Island; England under Gladstone. by
Justin Mccarthy; Handbook of Elec-
trical Testing, by Harvig Robert
kempe; Heat-Science of Warming
and Ventilation of Buildings, by John
II. Mills; Hints and Practical Infor-
nation for Cabinet Makers, Uphol-
sterers and Furniture Men Generally,
In Direst Peril, by David Christie
Murray; In the Eastern Seas, or Re-
gions of the Bird of Paradise, by W.
II. &. Kingston; In the Wilds of AZ
rica. by w. Ii. G. Kingston; In Vary
ing Moods, by Beatrice Harraden
Iron Master, or Love and Pride, by
George Ohnet: Manual of Steam
Boilers, by Robert Henry Thurston
Margaret, by Sylvester Judd; Melli-
champs. Legend of the Santee. by
William q. Simms; Molly Bawn. by
Margaret Angles; Oliver Cromwell,
by Samuel Harden Church; On the
Old Frontier, by William o. Stod.
dard; Pembroke, by Mary f. Will
kins; Perlycross. by Richard ID.
Blackmore; Pictorial Effect in Photo
graphy. by H. z. Robinson; Photo
engraving. photo-etching and photo.
lithography, by W. L. Wilkinson
Photography for Amateuers, by L. c.
Hepworth; Practical Carpentry, by
Frederick I. Hodgson: Raiders, by
S. r. Crockett: Salem Witchcraft, by
Caroline f. Upham; Story of Austria
! 1alia nv Greyilla Trera than. Stor,
of Margredel, by Storrar ID. Medium
Under the Red Robe. by Stanley j.
Weyman: Utopia, by Sir Thoma.
Moore; Ventilation and Heating, by
John Shaw Billings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-06

The Rock Island High School alum
nj has adopted the following:
Whereas, Death has again invad-
ed our association and taken from us
another of our valued friends, Miss
Constance Mulack, therefore be it
Resolved, That in her death the
alumni of the Rock Island High
school loses one OF its most honored
members, and the class of 'SS a true
and loving companion. whose inilu-
ence was always strong for the right.
Resolved. That while we sincerely
mourn her early death, we cannot
but realize that what is our loss
here is her gain yonder, and that she
has graduated into the higher and
divine school of learning.
Resolved, That these resolutions
be published in the city papers. a
copy be sent to the bereaved family,
with whom we deeply sympathizc,
and one be kept in the records OF
the association. COMMITTEE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-06

Axel johnson. of Moline. was
fined 500 and costs by Magistrate
Schroeder yesterday afternoon.
Ed Eerman and Adolph Wand Berg.
the two Belgians arrested at Sears
yesterday, were fined So and SC and
costs. respectively.
Fred johnson, the man arrested
for throwing stones at the man who
chose to work in his place when he
quit, was bound over in 5000.
The case of Herman Schwecke VS..
Alfred Baker for larceny of a pool
ball. was settled yesterday evening
on Baker paving the costs and also
paying for the billiard ball
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-06
Young
G. MCCOn7bS
Spot Cash
Department Store.
Matchless Merchandising.

slider well the price we quote be-
fore purchasing elsewhere. We
carry full line of dinner ware,
full line Of chamber sets, full line
CT Haviland china, full line of
Carlesbad china, full line of Eng
lish semi-porcelain ware at price
that deiies competition. A COM
plete fancy decorated Tea Set,
semi-porcelain, at $2.65, warranted
not 10 craze.