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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
NUMBER 4e.
NOT AFRAID OF DOGS.
They Knew Just what to Do When n Big
One Came After Them.


was standing on tho railroad plat
form of small country town few
evenings ago. There were four men
grouped apart from where was stand
ing conversing among themselves. just
beside the edge Of the platform were
the grounds OF some private residence,
fenced in by an iron fence only 3 feet
high. Inside the fence, held by heavy
chain, was dog of the deerhound breed.
He was impatiently chafing against the
restraint imposed upon him and pulled
and tugged at his chain at great rate.
The four men were standing looking at
him and making comments.
II don't know why 1t is" said one,
THAT never have the least sensation of
fear of dogs. Why, If that dog was to
break loose and jump the fence, it might
be dangerous, but I'd be just as cool as
| am now."
i've had several narrow escapes with
ferocious dogs, said another, land I've
trained myself to instantly crush them
by looking them in the eye steadily.
Notice my eyer" The other three peered
into it. "Well, gentlemen, that eye has
cowed dogs that would take leg off
you at bite.
The third man, who had been for
some time trying to interrupt No. 3 in
order to get off his little tale, seized the
opportunity and struck in. IL simply
kick 'em," he said. "I've had dogs
come at me at lightning speed, gentle
men, jaws wide open and their eyes red
with rage. All I've done is to calmly
step aside and plant one tremendous
kick in their ribs as they went by. It
took courage, but l was always there.
/ never had one to come back at me
yet
The fourth man was just opening his
mouth to tell his little lie when the
deerhound over the fence got loose, and
probably not thinking of the four men at
all bounded over the fence to make good
his liberty. watched to see the man
with the wonderful eye get in his work,
and the kicker do his great kicking act,
and the man with the iron nerve stand
coolly with his arms folded, but none of
them was doing his specially that day.
Instead the whole one horse quartet
turned and jotled and bumped and
trod on each others toes in wild en-
deavor to get out of the way of that
deerhound. The head of the iron nerved
man bumped into the man with the
mesmeric eye and jammed his hat down
so that the luster of the eye was dim
med, and suppose that's why 1t didn't
work. The man who always kicked
vicious dogs did get in his kick, but 1t
was on my right shin accidentally, as
he rushed by me to save his life. But
the deerhound rushed over the fields
without looking at any of the heroes
Mount Holly Dispatch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04

ing wall, and after him. We toro
around the house twice and then down
the sidewalk to the next house, where
lhe burglar made break for the barn
in the rear. found him covering in
one corner of box stall, with hands
upraised, and as | stood over him with
leveled revolver the rays of my trusty
dark lantern revealed hired girl, wear
ing a wild, hunted look and dun col
ored robe de mutt made of outing fan
mel.
THAT was all. Silently and with
bowed, uncovered heads the girl and l
walked back home, where the family
awaited us, and after she had explained
in a fatigued way that, hearing the
racket | had kicked up, she had started
down stairs, and seeing me prowling
around the front hall had mistaken me
for burglar, we went to bed again,
and my wife felt greatly relieved. The
next morning when 1 went down town
saw my next door neighbor looking
curiously at the irregular splotches in
his driveway, where the hired girls
PINK voes had dug into the gravel, but ]
did not feel called upon to explain to
him. Grand Rapids Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
South American Politeness.

1t rather staggers the North American
traveller in Peru to see the prettily uni
formed young women collecting fares
on the street railways, but when he Wis.,
its the second city in Mexico, Guadala-
jara, and witnesses the refined courtesies
practiced by the male conductors on the
street cars there he is completely par
alyzed.
The manners of the Guadalajaran are
in keeping with the cheerfulness and
friendliness of this city. Imagine your
self entering street car in New York
or any city in the United States and be-
fore taking your seat bowling, hat in
hand, to your fellow passengers, none of
whom you have ever seen before.
Then suppose yourself arrived at your
destination. You rise, smile friendly
farewell to the car in general, shake
hands with the conductor, and with a
polite inclination of the head take leave
of the driver. The number of times !
have witnessed such exhibitions of po-
liteness convince me that it is one of the
customs of the country. York
Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
She Was Dyspeptic.

A rather sallow looking woman, well
dressed and refined, was at a table in
company with another lady, somewhat
her Junior in years.
"What do you wantp" said the maid.
"Oh, l don't know. Sometimes it
seems like had dyspepsy. And I've
done everything for it. Drank hot wa
ter in the morning and lived on milk
diet exclusively for a month. Then l
tried the raw beef system and took
enough medicine to float steamboat in.
Didn't do me no good, and just quit
thinking about myself and said If l was
sick | was sick, and I'd jnst give my
stomach something to think about So
quit fooling, and now l just eat any
thing please or want. Well, just or
der me a chicken salad, a piece of hot
mince pie and a cup of chocolate with
whipped cream. They won't hurt me
any more than crackers, beef tea or
toast. If my stomach doesn't last long,
it Will enjoy itself while it does last. ="
Cincinnati Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
Description OF n Village Choir.

DR.. Westminster Bridge, at the end
Of musical lecture in London, gave
an account Of his experiences of village
choir in Suffolk. The local talent was
thus described "A few boys who scared
rocks, a blacksmith whose tenor voice
was as metallic in sound as his anvil, a
boy alto who had in his youth, it was
reported, swallowed whistle, which
apparently had lodged in his larynx and
helped to produce sounds of most un-
earthly character, and miller who had
five low notes, and only five, which had
always to fit into the chant or hymn be-
ing sung and which made sort of
rumbling accompaniment, not unlike
the sound of his own millstones. The
rook boys came and went, though the
miller sang on forever. London Tit
Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
THAT TOO, TOO SOLID FLESH"
Fat or No Fat In an Antifat Diet Profess
sionally Discussed.


Speaking in paper on the subject OF
the various diet cures for fatness, the
eminent authority, DR.. Andrew Wilson,
says:
Doubtless starches and sugars, repre-
sented in such vegetable foods as bread,
rice, tapioca and the like, are fat form
ers. The living body has thus power
of making fat out of that which is not
fat. And along with this point is an
other--that fat itself does not go, di-
rectly at least, to make fat in the body.
Fat is, on the other hand, valuable
addition to the diet of corpulent per-
son because it has a power properly ad-
ministered of burning off food excess.
In moro than one system of body reduc-
tion fat is, therefore, administered as an
essential part and parcel of the diet
cure. 1t is said that when fat, starches
and sugars are all cut off reduction of
weight takes place much faster than
when fat ia allowed in the dietary scale.
This may be so, but I strongly question
the wisdom of the proceeding.
All we know about fat points to 1t as
an absolutely essential element of our
food. We can't live healthily without
it, and If decrease in weight rapidly
follows its elimination from the diet
the very rapidity of the reduction is an
argument against its safety. Besides,
starch and sugar largely omitted from
the food, with a moderate quantity of
fat allowed and slight increase of the
flesh foods, will accomplish all that is
needed more gradually, but also hold
more safely for the patient.
The lesson of physiology, therefore, to
us all is: Don't neglect the fats of the
food. They assist the assimilation of
other foods and are essential for the
body's nutrition. should not believe
in any system of ordinary diet or of
weight reduction which neglected fat on
the one hand or insisted that its absence
was essential for the cure of corpulence
on the other. New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
DENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT NOV. 10, 1893.

Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division Time
Table. Trains leave Driftwood.
EASTWARD
9:04 A M-Train =, daily except Sunday for
sunhury, Harrisburg and intermediate sta
tions. arriving at Philadelphia $3.50 p. M,
New York, 10:0S y. m. Baltimore, 7:2O p. M.
Washington s:35 p m. Pullman Parlor car
from WilllamsP13ir,t Il. and passenger coaches
3;Sq p. M.-Traln o, daily except Sunday for
Harrisburg and intermediate stations, ar
riving AT Philadelphia $3.50 A. NJ; New York,
1888 A. NJ. Through coach from Dubois to
Willamsport Pullman Sleeping cars from
Harrisburg to Philadelphia and New York.
Philadelphia passengers can remain In
sleeper undisturbed until 700 AM.
bury and Intermedlate stations, arriving AZ AZ
A. Baltimore, 6;2O A. NJ; Washington 1880
AN PSllman cars from Erie and Williams.
for Tor baltimore and washington " will sii'pb be
transferred into Washington sleeper at Har-
risburg. Passenger coaches from Erie TO
Philadelphia and Williamsport to Balti-
WESTWARD
1882 A. M.-Tran I, daily except Sunday for
Ridgway Dubois, Clcrmont and inter
mediate stations Leaves Rldgway at 1900
$3.50 A. M.--Trnin 3, daily for Erie and inter-
6:27 =. M.--Train H. daily except Sunday for
Kane and intermediate stations.
THRoTSH ,Ti TkAlNs en- F0k on l6Rl lp6RRlIFTwooD
TRAIN II leaves Philadelphia $3.50 A. M;
Washington, $50 A. M; Baltimore, S:45 A, Nj.
Wilkesbnrre, lQ;lS Az M; daily except sun
Pullman Parlor car from Philadelphia to
WillamspOrt.
TRAIN 8 leaves New York at p. M; Phia-
delphla, ll20 D. M; Washington, 1910 u. M.
Baltimore, ll:iO p. M; daily arriving at
Driftwood ~ g;50 q. m. Pullman sleeping
ears from Philadelphia to Erie and from
Washington and Baltimore to Williamsport
and through passenger coaches from Phia-
delphia TO Erie and Baltimore to Williams
port and TO Dubois.
TRAIN leaves Remove at G:35 u. m daily
except Sunday, arriving at Drlftwood 1882
q, IN,
JOHNSONBURG RAILROAD.
DAILY except Sunday.)
TRAIN 10 leaves Ridgway at g:40 II. m; John
sonburg at 9:55 II. M, arriving at Clermont
mt lO:45 a. m.
TRAIN 20 leaves Clermont at 1885 n. m. ar
rylng at Johnsonburg at 40 a. m. and
Ridgway at 1l:55 Il. M
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
RusI,in's Methodicnlness.

Never has man been more method
ical in his work than Professor Ruskin,
nor more precise in obedience to the
rules he has laid down for his guidance.
His working hours have always been
from in the morning until noon, and
on no account whatever would he ex-
ceed the limit. Within those five daily
hours has all his work been produced
books, lectures and business, public and
private correspondence. Work in the
afternoon has always been by himself
forbidden, unless 1t took the form of
reading. His earlier works, of course,
were written at Herne or at Denmark
Hill or while on tour ON the conti-
nent. His later ones have been wrought
in great part at the flower decked table
of his study, overlooking Coniston lake.
A wonderful room, that long study Of
his, with his Turner's upon the walls
and ranged in ranks in the great Turner
cabinet upon the floor, with its book
cases of wonderful missals and manu-
scripts and early black letter books and
the original manuscripts of half dozen
of Scotts novels, with its superb Lucca
della Robbia Virgin and Child" over
the fireplace at one end and the mineral
cabinet at the other. With what pleas
ure did Ruskin show them to me ON my
first visit-the unrivaled collection of
agates and the equally perfect collection
of gold ores and the rest. Mcclure g
Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04

Barber-Poor jim has been sent to an
insane asylum.
Victim lin chair)-Who's Jimp
Jim is my twin brother, sir. Jim
has long been broodin over the hard
times, and I suppose he finally got
crazy"
Hum! Not unlikely"
"Yes, he and me has worked side by
side for years, and we were so alike we
couldn't tell each other apart. We both
brooded good deal too. No money in
this business any more"
whats the matter with it?"
"Prices too low. Unless customer
takes shampoo or somethin, it doesn't
pay to shave or hair cut. Poor jim! !
caught him tryin to cut customers
throat because he refused shampoo,
and so l had to have the poor fellow
locked up. Makes me very melancholy.
Sometimes ] feel sorry didn't let him
slash all he wanted to. 1t might have
saved his reason. Shampoo, sirT'
"Y-e-s, New York Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
AuOdd Verdict.

We sometimes hear odd stories or
funny verdicts by country iuries, but it
is not often we really come across one
in the realms Of fact. A Hawkhurst
jury which sat on poor old Iaborer pro-
vides us with Kentish sample of sharp
wit. The surgeon who made the post
mortem gave it as his opinion that death
arose from powerful irritant poison.
The jury had their own ideas and gave
verdict that death was due to the in
clement weather We have not heard
whether the case has been placed in the
hands of the county analyst, but it is
certainly new that cold weather and ir-
ritant poison are Synonymous. .-Roches-
ter and Chatham Engla Standard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
Chief Ouanal Parker.

Chief Quanal Parker of the Comanche
Indians possesses some odd traits Of
character. He occupies, with his FIVE
wives, handsome house of 80 rooms
near the reservation, and whenever he
leaves for journey he turns his wives
out of doors because they "have no more
sense than to let the house take FIRE and
burn down in his absence" Quanal is
AZ years old, very rich and inclined to
adopt the ways of civilization to the ex-
tent of wearing its cloths, driving a
team Of fast horses and serving on his
table the best that the market affords.
New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
An Interesting Region.

In spite of the interest long felt in the
cliff dwellers Of the west there are still
some fine examples of their work in
eastern Utah as yet unexplored. The
approach from this side is over the
ranges and high mesas of western Colo
RADIO, country most difficult to traverse
and peopled chiefly by miners too eager
for gold and silver to give much time or
thought to ethnography. This may ex-
plain the fact that SO interesting re-
gion remains neglected. Chicago Her
aid,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
HOE YOUR OWN ROW.
II Is a Proftiess Proceeding to Carry Goals
to Newcastle.

II Is Proftiess Proceeding to Carry Goals
to Newcastle.
There are more ways than one, my son,
of carrying Goals to Newcastle, and in
almost every case it is a profitless pro-
ceeding on the part of the person engag-
ed in it.
Therefore, my son, have nothing to do
with that kind of trafiic-that is to say,
do not encroach upon another's preserves
except to admire. Do not attempt to
stock them with your own game.
When a man is salesman in dry
goods store, do not attempt to instruct
him by the ventilation of ideas Of your
own. If he be an actor, do not intrude
upon him any Of your amateur notions.
If a clergyman, refrain from Scriptural
citation and exegesis when in his compa-
n.y. If professional humorist, resist,
as it were the evil one, all temptation to
facetiousness and paronomasia. If ame-
chanic, do not presume to give him points
In his calling.
But, on the other hand, my son, do not
attempt to interfere with his speaking or
his calling, profession or speciality. So
long as you listen you make no mistake,
and the wing of friendship molts no
| feather.
Give ear to the story of his experiences
at the counter, but interject none of your
own; listen TOT and applaud his spoutings,
but spout not yourself; receive with be-
coming reverence his interpretations of
holy writ. but meddle not yourself with
that which the lay mind is not supposed
to be able to cope withal; listen and
laugh at his wit and whimseys, but
hazard no joke of your own; attend
ments, but vaunt not yourself in the
same line.
1t is common mistake, my son, to
suppose that because a man delights in
talking about certain something in
which he is proficient, he loves to hear
every babbler that falls in his way des-
cant upon the same subject; that because
it pleases him to exalt himself in given
direction he likes to hear others in the
same direction exalt themselves.
When man knows thing thorough
ly-or thinks he does, which amounts to
the same so far as he is concerned-he is
quite ready and willing to instruct others,
but he brooks no incursions by others
into his peculiar domain. When he has
finished the exposition of his wares, it is
time for You to show up yours, provided
of course they are of an entirely differ
ent line.
There must be reciprocity in the COM
merce of conversation, an exchange of
complementary commodities. Each must
give what the other lacks and receive in
return that in which he is wanting, else
there can be no trade, no harmony.
You would not ship oranges to Flori-
da, ice to Nova Zembla or hot air fur
naces to Sahara. Then why carry Goals
to Newcastlep
Therefore, my son, let each man pad
die his own canoe as it best pleases him.
Admire, applaud, if you willard it is
your best hold-but don't put in your
oar, though he be swamping. Boston
Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
Negroes Speaking Irish.

The Irish language still fingers in the
Bahamas among the mixed descendants
Of the Hibernian slaves banished by
Cromwell to tho West Indies. One can
occasionally hear, it is said, black sail
ors in the London docks, who cannot
speak a word of English, talking Irish to
the old Irish apple women whom they
meet and thus making themselves in
telligible without a knowledge of the
Saxon tongue. London Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
Railroad Dangers.

When the Liverpool and Manchester
steam railroad was projected, all sorts
of objections were made. THE smoke
would kill all the birds" THE sparks
would set the houses on fire." "Pas-
sengers could not breathe in a train
moving so rapidly" 1.-The railroad
would kill all the game" Thousands
of coachmen would be thrown out of
employment. 1.-The English spirit of
independence would be totally destroy
ID. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
A Reminder.

New Father-in-law-Well, sir, the
ceremony is over, and now that you are
the husband of my daughter | want to
give you little advice. What would
you do II You should wake up some
night and find burglars in the house?
Bridegroom should tell them that
my father-in-law forgot to give my wife
a wedding dowry, and they'd go away.
London Punch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04

An English paper gives the following
sentence as the perfection of bad gram
mar: "Them Sleeps is yourn." How
about the famous reply of the Yorkshire
children when ''Dr. Syntax" told them
that their mother was calling them?
John Leech, we think, reported and H.
lustrated it years ago: "Her amt a-call.
ing we. Us don't belong to she, "--Bos-
ton Pilot.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04

II don't see your husband with you
so much as when you were in your hon.
eymoon, said the clergyman as he met
an occasional attendant at his church.
Has he grown coclp'
mot II what you preach be true, "
she said coyly. "He is dead. Toledo
Blade.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
SENSIBLE HINTS.

Don't complain
About the weather
For easier 'tis, you'll find,
To make your mind to weather
Than weather to your mind.
Don't complain
About "thc sermon"
And show your lack OF wit,
For, like boot, sermon hurts
The closer IL doth fit.
Don't complain
About your nelghbor,
For in your ncighbor's view
His ncghbui is not fautless--
That neighbOr being you.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-04-04
An Affecting Tale,

Barber-Poor Jim has been sent to an
insane asylum.
U.a@,,,, h..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-19


don't some tino ago, was decided In
favor OF tho mill company Saturday.
At tho conclusion OF the evidence and
the argument tho court instructed tho
jury 10 fluid for tho defendant.
Tho mines in this city and vicinity
arc now all in operation, buttho miners
arc not all employed, because Lhcrc IL
not business enough. Tho Belmont
Coal Company is not running half Il
force.
Tho entertainment given at tho Elys-
ian theatre by tho Catholic school Sat-
urdHy evening had acrowded house and
was quito interesting. Tho exercises
were appropriate for st. patrick's day.
j. L. Blackburn, tho Republican nom.
moo for city treasurer, returned Satur-
day from u business trip. Ito Is ono Of
the beat hustlura, both in business and
politics, In tho city.
No nominations can bo certified to the
supervisors OF election after this datG.
Tho law rGqniruI all certificates to DO
filed at least fifteen dnya prior 10 the
election.
The uchool board will determine upon
tho tImo for tho spring vacation This
week. 1t will probably be the first
week In April.
Charles Roascr sent n lot OF teams and
men to Moundsvillo yesterday evening
to begin work OH Il street paving col.
tract this morning.
4 littlo daughter Of Frank Francis
wNs painfully hurt by n fall OIL tho brick
paving. A projecting water plug caused
tho fall.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-19
THE sKalING RACE.
Arrangements For a Zig Crowd-Ilankc's
Record.

Arrangements Tor a Zig Crowd-Ilankc's
Record.
The roller skating race between L. F.
llanke and L. G. McClolland next
Thursday ut the North Eua-rink prom
ises to be Il holly contested one. Both
men are hard at work training. and are
skating very fast. The rink people arc
making arrangements TO accommodate
1900 people. IIankc give8 the follow
ing sketch oihiscarcGr as arollcr skater:
~ began skating i'll 1885 at the North
End rink, and seeing that l could make
II fust 1kater by having proper training,
went TO Pittsburgh, where 1joinod Al.
Smith; he first took Inc 10 Canton,
where We remained three months.
While in Canton ! defeated several top.
notchcrs, including John J. Bell. In
Cleveland ! was matched against W.
Mathews and T.. Crooks to skate n three
mile race for the championship Of
America, best two out Of three, for n
purse OF $500 and a belt. | won two
straight races, making the fast time OF
S minutes and u seconds Tor three
miles. In Boston l entered the three
and five mile seriea, winning both,
skating fvemiles in l5:47t in the largest
rink in the world, six laps to the mile.
From Boston We went to Montreal and
all over Canada, skating all the best
skaters. The best man l ever skatcd Is
John J.. Bell, OF Cleveland. Mr.. Bell
and l skatcd the finest race that was
over skatcd in this city, at tho Alham-
bra. Rink in 1856, skating five miles in
l6 minutes, which is wonderful time in
that rink. We were not over two yards
apart through the whole race.
"In regard to my race with McClelland
noxt Thursday, | think | will win. l
have notska,ed for %thteeyears although
| am in tirst-class condition to skate n
fast race. This is a bona tido affair and
tho best man will win, and | will
promise one OF the finest and fastest
races ever skated here. The proprie-
tors OF tho rink have put in n fine skat-
ing surface, rs fine as any l aver skated
on. Al. Smith also authorizes INC to
challenge any skater to skate n three
milo race for $500 and up, 4 largo rink
to skate the race on to be selected;
national roller skating rules to govern.
McClelland received his new racers on
Friday, and Immediately tested them,
and after skating for three hours it was
all his trainer could do to make him
quit. McClelland stated that this would
probably be his last race on tho rollers
and he will use every effort 10 win the
race and show his many friends that no
can skate just as fast, il not faster than
no has done ut any time in his long
career.