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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
VOLUME 3.
Ratlroun Gtmr Cables.
BUFFALO, ROCH ESTER a. PITTS
~ BURGH RAILWAY.

The short line between Dubois, Rldgway,
Bradford. Salamanca Buffalo,, Rochester,
Niagara Falls and points In the upper oil
region.
on and after June nth, 1894, passcn-
ger trains will arrive and depart from Falls
Creek station, daily, except sunday, as fol-
lows.
I.2O 4. NJ. and $50 p. Accommodation
from PunNsutawncy and Big Run.
$3.50 A. M.-Buiraloan and Rochester mail-Eor
Brockwayvillc, Rdgway ,Johnsonburg, Mt,
Jcwett, bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo and
Rochester,; connecting ut JOhnsonburg
with L. & T.. train 3, for Wilcox, Kane,
Warren, Cory and Erie.
1O:b3 a, M.--Accommodation- sykes,
Big Run and PunNsutawncy
2:2O 4. M.-Bradford Accommodation-For
BecChtrcc BrockwnyvillC EllmOnt, car
mon, Rldgway, Johnsonburg, Mt. Jcwctt
and Bradford.
$40 T.. M-Mail-For Dubois, Sykes, Big
Run. PunNsutawncy and WHlston.
Passengers are requested to purchase tick
cts before entering the ears. An excess
charge Of Ten Cents will be collected by con-
ductOrs when fares are paid ON trains from
all stations where u ticket office l. maintained.
Thousand mile tickets nj two cents per
mile, good for passage between all stations.
J. II. MCINTYRE, Agent. Fails creek, Pa.
r, q. MATHEWS T., G.. LAPEY,
General Supt Gen. Pas. Agent
Buffalo, y. Y. Rochester n. Y
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
THEY ARE DEAD.
There was man who never told a lie

There was man who never told lie
But he's dead
Never said II was wet when the weather was
dry
Never said
He'd caught fish when he hadn't caugh, one,
Never said he'd done something that he hadn't
done,
Never scoldcd his wife, and never got mad
And wouldn't believe that the world was 80
bad,
A respecter Of men, n defender Of woman,
Who believed the divine, and in that which
was human.
Meek MS Moses-he never was UNDERSTOOD
And the poor man died Of being too good
And he's dead.
There was woman who never had gossiped n
bit
She's dead, too
Who hated nil scandal, nor listened TO Il.
She believed in mankind, took care of her cat,
Always turned deaf ear 20 this story or that.
Never scoldcd her husband-she never had
one;
No sluggard was she, but rose with the sun.
Never whispered in meeting, didn't care for n
bonnet
Or all of the feathers that ono could put on IL;
Never sat with the choir nor sang the wrong
note;
Expressed no desire 10 lecture or vote.
For the poor soul was deaf as u post-also
dumb.
You might have called forever, and she
wouldn't have come.
And she's dead.
-Jcannette Ia Elamboy in Outlook.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29

There is no denying that all the looms
ever Matched up to date have been
"artful dodgers" in superlative degree.
The question is often raised whether
they are quick enough to dodge bullet.
l once had a guide who drew q distinc-
tion quite too fine, as | thought He
claimed that loon could see the flash of
q percussion cap at the breech of muz-
zlo loading piece and could dodge, but
admitted that, with the rifle loaded like
all modern ones, at the breech, no loon
could escape shot rightly aimed. For
my part, do not believe the interval of
time between the fire at the two ends Of
the barrel TO be measurable by eyes Of
birds or men or anything short of u
chronograph.
AS to the question, however, it is
possible to reason with tolerable conf
dence. We know the speed of rife
bullet Call it / 400 feet second. I'M
agine your loon Mt that distance or
nearer. Then reflect how slowly bird s
head must move TO use up more than a
second in dropping few inches under
Wutcr' prhNity uloHc Wouiu carry io
farther than that II is easy to believe
that if the wary bird happens to be look
ing toward the hunter the rife flash
suggests danger. A half second would
give ample time to dodge, provided the
action began promptly 1t is safe to say
that it takes looms weight in lead to
kill him, and we may call it settled
that, il loon does not dodge bullet,
at least the lead goes down in the same
hole in the water. Boston Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
The Kamrs.

The Kafiirs are great philosophers.
II an OK should die. the owner never
grieves, but remarks: Nov ! must go
TO work for master (all white men who
treat them we'll are called masters), and
in six months he will give me COW.
1t will have calf. II it is bull calf,
in year III have pair of oxen. but
should it be heifer calf I'm all the
richer. for the next year I'll have two
calves instead Of one. New York
Trihune
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
Ordained o Pastor,

On June Mrs. Hannah M. Mullenix
was ordained pastor of the Congrega-
tional church at Grand Meadow, MINI.
After the examination was satisfactory
ly concluded Rev. @. d. Wright of Aus
tin offered prayer; Rev. J. E. McCon-
nell of Northfield gave the right hand
of fellowship and the charge; Rev. Mr..
Brown Of Rose Creek gave the charge
to the church. In the evening sermon
was preached by Rev. d. @. Reid of
Spring Valley, and the benediotion was
offered by the new pastor.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
Couldn't Smell In the DARK.

An old gentleman too impatient for
his hot water and light to be brought
rushed into the kitchen, seized hold of
the first pan on the stove and dashed
away with it to his dark room. On
plunging his hands into the wash
hand basin he was amazed to find that
it contained something thicker and
stickier than water-that he had, in
fact, spoiled the first course of his din
ner by trying to wash in the soup.
Boiling over with passion, he began
to upbraid his wife, and on her suggest
ing that he might have smelled it was
soup he thundered, "How in the name
Of fortune could I smell in the dark?"
London Answers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
Wanted Her Reformed.

Mamma-Wky did you pray that God
should stop yoar sister from telling sto-
ries?
Small Son-Because she promised me
she wouldn't tell that took the cakes,
and she did tell Good News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
THE FAMILY DOESN'T MIND.
A Peculiar Domestic Scene In German
Saloon In New York.

A Peculiar Domestic Scene In German
Saloon In New York.
There is a popular German restaurant
and saloon on upper Third avenue which
is much frequented by families living in
the neighborhood. The saloon is sepa.
rate from the restaurant proper. The
cooking is very good, and the prices are
very reasonable, and as result the pro-
prietor has grown wealthy
An odd and interesting feature Of this
resort is the family dinner, which oc-
ours about o'clock every evening. The
family consists of the big, broad shoul-
dered host; his small, angular wife; a
jolly sister-in-law; three little girls, a
small boy, and governess whose fea-
lures clearly indicate her New England
origin. They all sit down together at q
long table, which is placed not in the
restaurant, but in the center of the sa-
loon. All around are tables at which
sit jolly jewellers, and frequently during
the dinner hour crowd stands leaning
against the bar.
The family does not seem to mind the
saloon surroundings, and in fact, rarely
does any one of them glance up from
the table. The only interruptions are
when some of the habitual frequenters
come up to talk with the host or his
wife. The children chatter and carry
ON just as though they were in a phi
vate dining room. 1t gives homelike
and domestic air to the saloon which
probably could not be duplicated in any
other hostelry on Manhattan Island
The only person who seems to be i'll at
ease is the Yankee govorness. New
York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
Part of the Rird.

The Young Housewife-Have you any
nice chickens?
The Poulterer-Yes. ma'am
The Young Housewife-Well, send
me couple in time for dinner. and
want them with the croquettes left in,
do you understandH-Chicago Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29

Johnnie <seeing his twin cousin for
the first time)-Isn't it funny. mamma?
Mamma--What, dear?
Johnnie-Why, this baby is philo-
pena Chicago Inter Ocean.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
DENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT NOV. 10, 1898.

Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division Time
Table. Trains leave Driftwood.
EASTWARD
9:O4 A Miriam $, daily except Sunday for
Sunbury, Harrisburg and intermediate sta
tions arriving at Philadelphia $3.50 y. M,
New York, iO;OS p. M Baltimore, 7:20 D. M.
Washington, S:J1 p. nj Pullman Parlor car
from Wlllinmsport and passenger coaches
1880 p. NJ M-Train ., daily except Sunday for
Harrisburg and intermediate stations, ar
riving at Philadelphia 4:3O A. NJ; New York,
7:y3 A. NJ. Through coach from Dubois to
Willamsport. Pullman Sleeping cars from
Harrisburg to Philadelphia and New York.
Phlladelphla passengers can remain In
sleeper undisturbed until 7:o0 A. NJ.
0:35 =. M.-Train T. daily for Sunbury, Harris
burg and intermediate stations, arriving at
Philadelphia, $50 A. NJ; New York, p:30
AN; Baltimore, $50 A. NJ; Washington 1880
AM. Pullman cars from Erie and Williams
Tor Baltimore and Washington viii he
transferred into Washington sleeper ~ llar-
Philadclphla and wiliiamsport to Balti-
more. -
7;s2 4. M.-Traln 1 daily except Sunday FOR
Ridgway, Dubois, Clermont and Inter-
mediate stations. Leaves Rldgway AZ 300
$3.50 A. M.--Tran 3, daily for Erie and inter-
0:s7 r. M.-lTrain II. daily except Sunday for
Kane and intermediate stations.
THROUGH TRAINS FOR DRIFTWooD
u
TRAIN II leaves Philadelphia $3.50 A. M;
Washington, $50 A. NJ; Baltimore, S:45 A, Nj;
Wilkesbarrc 1918 A. NJ; daily except sun
day, arriving at Drftwood at 6:27 p. NJ. with
Pullman Parlor car from Philadelphia to
Williamsport.
TRAIN leaves New York at s p. M; Phila-
delpha, ll;20 D. MI Washington, lO;4C II. M;
Baltimore, 1ll0 p. M; daily arriving AT
Drftwood at $3.50 u. m. Pullman sleeping
cars from Philadelphia To Erie and from
Washington and Baltimore to Willlamsport
and through passenger coaches from phila-
delphia to Erie and Baltimore to Williams
port and To Dubois.
TRAIN leaves Remove AT G31 a. M, daily
except Sunday, arriving ut Driftwood 73
u. M
JOHNSONBURG RAILROAD.
DAILY except Sunday.)
TRAIN 10 leaves Ridgway at 9;l0 II. M; John
sOnburg at 0:55 u. M, arriving at Clcrmont
at 10;45 IA. m,
TRAIN 20 leaves Clermont at l055 "a. M ar
rivng at Johnsonburg at l1:i0 u. m. and
Ridgway at 1l:55 n. IN.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29

The manuscripts of Tasso, which are
still preserved, are illegible from the
immense number Of erasures. changes
and emendations.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29

A large part Of the works of Ben JON
son were destroyed in manuscript by
FIRE which burned his house.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29

Bigamy is only misdemeanor, not o
crime. according to the laws Of New
Jersey.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
PIDGWAY & CLEARFTELD r. r.

DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
SOUTHWARK. NORTHWARD.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
STATIONS.

Trains daily except Sunday.
DAVID MoCARGO. GEE'L. suPT.
JAS. p. ANDERSON, GEN'L. PASS. AaT.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11

If we should ever reach that stage
where the food could be 50 prepared
for either man or beast that all would
be digested, and no coase fodder intro
duced into the stomach, the results
would be anything but satisfactory.
The stomach requires coarse material
mixed with the fine to digest it, and
the proper ration is one where the
food and the fodder are properly bal
anced. This is the great and only
purpose that fodder is fed to cattle
for. It is not to fatten or to strength
en-, nor to furnish milk, but simply to
dilute the rich food in the stomach SO
that the juices can properly digest it.
-Colman's Rural World.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11

The French mode of conducting
auctions is rather curious. In sales
of importance, such as of land, houses,
ETC., the affair is placed in the hands
of notary, who, for the time being,
becomes an auctioneer. The property,
whatever be its nature, is first exam
ined by competent judges, who fix
upon it price, considerably less than
its value, but always sufficient to pre-
vent any ruinous loss by o precon-
certed plan or combination of bidders.
The property is then offered with the
fixed valuation stated. The auction
eer is provided with q number of small
wax tapers, each capable of burning
about five minutes. AS soon as bid
is made one of these tapers is placed
in full view of all interested parties
and lighted. If, before it expires, an
other bid is offered, it is Immediately
extinguished and a fresh taper placed
in its stead, and SO on until one
fiickers and dies out of itself, when
the last bid becomes irrevocable. This
simple plan prevents all contention
among rival bidders and affords a
reasonable time for reflection before
making higher offer than the one
preceding. By this means, too, the
auctioneer is prevented from exercis-
ing undue influence upon the bidders
or hastily accepting the bid OF favor
ito
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
The Boy and the Judge.

A certain judge who is blessed with
a tremendous head of hair, which is
generally in state of wild disorder,
was questioning a youthful witness.
to make sure that he comprehended
the character and importance of the
oath he was about to take. "Boy,
he said, with his severest and most
magisterial manner, "do you feel sure
that you could identify me after six
months? Now be careful. Think be-
fore you speak.
Well, your honor" replied the boy,
after prolonged survey of the
judges portly figure and rugged fea-
lures, II amt sure, but | think !
could if You wasn't to comb your
hair. "-Argonaut.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11

fortune to be little more than fable,
and he set his face again toward home.
The ship was burned ON the voyage
Herr Schneidereit lost his wife and
his two children, but was himself mar
velously rescued and carried on board
an English ship to Calcutta.
There he quickly spent the small
remnant of his property, and found
himself utterly without means of live
lihood. SO the venturous man resolv-
ed that he would walk home to Aust
ria. He travelled on foot across India,
Afghanistan, Persia, Turkey, the
south of Russia. Bulgaria, Roumania,
and Hungary, into his Austrian father
land. The journey on foot occupied
him nearly the whole of two years.
We are inclined to think that he may
fairly claim to have beaten the record
in pedestrianism. If this wonderful
walker were an author as well as a
printer, he might make capital book
out of his experiences as a pilgrim
from the East to the West. London
News.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The young frog has n special breath
ing organ in its tail.
Roots of hair penetrate the skin
about one-twelfth of an inch.
Russian locomotives and stationary
engines use crude oil for fuel.
The "Bad Lands" of Wyoming
were ages ago the beds of lakes.
More than 1000 forms of snow crys-
tails have been observed and copied.
Water standing in room is a good
disinfectant, as it absorbs all impuri-
ties.
The application of electricity to the
smelling of iron is being experimental
with in Sweden.
No one can breathe at greater
height than seven miles from the sur
face of the earth.
The tongue RECEIVERS from an injury
more quickly than any other part OF
the human system.
indianapolis, Ind, has resolved to
try cedar and asphalt, in combination,
for its street paving.
The brain of an idiot contains much
less PHOSPHORUS than that of the per-
con of oyaro rro ~, to1 ,,nwarc
A tuning-fork does not sound in q
vacuum because there is no air to con-
vey the vibrations to our ears
The heaviest rains occur in the trop-
ical regions because the heat and
evaporation are greatest there.
Falling snowfakes bring with them
all the floating dust of the air, leaving
the atmosphere extremely pure.
There is SO little dew at sea that
sailors can discover their approach to
land by observing the moisture on the
ships deck.
The woodpecker exerts force with
his bill against tree equivalent pro-
portionately to that of twenty-ton
trip hammer.
The poison of malaria, which orig
mates in rapidly drying soil, is some-
times carried by the wind over the
tops of mountains.
The brain of the adult male will av-
erage about fifty ounces in weight,
that of the adult female about forty
ounces. The maximum weight of the
healthy brain is about sixty-four
ounces, the minimum about thirty
one
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
Love VIII Find a Way.

The Detroit Free Press says that
business man of that city has very
pretty daughter, with whom one of his
Office staff is hopelessly in love. As
the young man is not invited to the
paternal mansion, and the young wo-
man has been notified to keep away
from the paternal office, the course OF
their love does not flow very smoothly.
They have hit upon the following ex-
pedient: When papa enters the office
in the morning he hangs his hat on
certain nail among the row of other
hats and proceeds to business. Then
the interested clerk, while the head of
the firm is reading his morning mail,
takes that hat from the nail, looks IN
side, slips his hlnd un Ter the lining
and takes out a tiny missive, which he
at once conveys to his pocket, and the
contents of which delight and amuse
him all day. At night, when papa re-
turns home, his pretty daughter slips
into the hall and makes raid on that
hat, always finding there an answer to
her missive of the morning.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
A NEW FORAGE CROP.

Rape is attracting increased atten-
ton, and farmers are waking up to its
value as a forage crop. The plant is
hardy and 30 may be made of the
greatest value to the farmers of our
more northern states. 1t can be kept
green and nutritious we'll up into the
winter, supplying good fodder for a
long time after our common grasses
and corn fodder have gone into the
sere and yellow leaf, 1t would be
difficult to find better plant for fall
and early winter pasturing, and we
hope to see it moro extensively taken
care of.-Courier-Jou ournal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
FOOD AND FODDER.

We commonly use the words food
and fodder as interchangeable terms,
but there is really a vast difference
between the terms. We might term
as fodder all that an animal eats,
whether it be meal, corn stalks, hay,
straw or ensilage, and no matter how
small part of it is digestible and as
similable but food proper should be
limited to that part of the fodder that
is digestible and easily assimilated.
We will understand by this that about
half or three quarters of the articles
that the animals eat consist of fodder,
and have little to do with real food.
We sometimes make the mistake of
increasing the amount of fodder, but
not the food, and then wonder why
the animals do not show better results
1t is only by discriminating between
the real food value of articles that We
can arrive at any satisfactory system
of feeding.
If we simply wish to feed the ami
mails to increase the size of the manure
heap, it is cheaper to feed them fod-
ner and no food. If we wish to feed
the COWS for milk and cream, the
swine for good pork, the sheep for
salable mutton and wool, and the
steers for good, heavy weight beef, we
must pay more attention to food and
less to fodder But little fodder in
the stomach is essential to good health.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11

Herr Schneidereit, an Anstriah
printer, boasts that he has just COM
pleted one of the longest walks ever
made by man. He has marched on
foo, the whole way from Calcutta to
his native town, Rathenow. In the
wear 1892 he was informed that kins-
man. who had lately died in Australia
had bequeathed him a consiaerapio
fortune, and 80 he set out WIN hiS
wife and children to take possession
of his inheritance in the English COL
onv When he arrived he found the
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
Met n Six-FOOt BlackSnake.

A six-foot blacksnake once ran a
bluff on me. l kept trying to kill
him with stones; and he just kept
right no toward his hole as slowly as
if was throwing the other way, and
l saw him disappear unharmed, very
much to my chagrin. A while after
that 1 went back there and he was out
again, and when he saw me he up with
his head about eight inches OIL the
ground and came right for me. 1t was
a cool bluff, and it would have work.
ed three times out of four, too; only
this time l was good and mad, and
picked up bit of stick about an
inch thick and foot long, and L met
him half way and hit him crack over
his neck that knocked the fight out OF
him as completely as if l had hit him
with baseball bat Forest ano
Stream,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
GROWING RADISHES.

It is almost impossible to grow
radishes in heavy clay soil. They
like warm light sand, or loan. the
former being best. Select some con-
venient spot for your work. Cover it
three or four inches thick with sand
and work it thoroughly into the soil.
If this does not give you good radishes,
give it more sand another season. A
little wood ashes, in addition to your
cial fertilizer, will improve their quail
ity. The turnip type is easier grown
than the long ones, being less attacked
by worms. American Agriculturist.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
FARM AND GARDEN.
SPRAYING FOR APPLE sCAB.

The most marked effect of spraying
for apple scab is to be seen on the
grounds of the Geneva experiment
station. Professor Beach took GER
tain number of rows in the apple or
chard and sprayed them thoroughly
with Bordeaux mixture, at the same
time leaving an equal number not
treated. The rows treated are entirely
free from any evidence of the disease,
while the others are filled with it.
Good practical work for the stati on.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
KEEPING MILK IN THE CELLAR.


Most farmers, for the want of more
suitable place, keep the milk and cream
in the cellar If suitable and we'll
ventilated shelves be provided for the
pans, the cellar be properly ventil-
ated, and the mir kept cool and free
from odors, then the cellar-set milk
will produce quite as good butter as q
pooly attended creamery and at one
half the trouble, unless cool, running
spring water is available for cooling
the milk, and maintaining it at the
proper temperature. To keep Gel
lar cool in summer it is very neces-
sary that the direct rays of the sun
and warm currents of air should be
excluded, and this can only be done
by heavily shading the windows and
keeping the doors closed from sunrise
to sunset, when they may be opened.
During the sultry nights of midsum-
mer, the doors should be opened only
for an hour very early in the morn
Ing. Always remember that you can
not reduce the atmosphere by admit
ting warmer air from the outside.
Hence, ventilate only when the out
side air is equally as cold or colder,
unless fresh air be desired. American
Aoriculturist.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
NJ. Carnot and the American Boy.

One of M. Carnot's most amiable
traits, and one which he shared with
Mr.. Gladstone, was habit of "tip-
ping" schoolboys on almost every
available occasion. A friend Of mine
once saw him in the waiting-room OF
a French railway station carrying on
an amusing conversation with small
American boy whom he had casually
met there, who was minding his SIS
ters' luggage. The boy, after the
manner of American youths, was
charmingly candid in his remarks,
and informed NJ. le President that he
didn't care for Frenchmen, adding,
''they want the EARTH" an American
colloquiallsm which convulsed Nj.
Carnot. When they parted he patted
the boy on the head, and gave him
gold coin, which young America ac-
cepted with the remark that he
"guessed he'd go and make himself
miserable" thus giving the President
further food for merriment. London
Figaro.