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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
Appearances Deceptjve.

The other day there entered Broad
way car down town withered, skinny,
queer looking little woman of about 90
years, q perfect type of the shabby spin
ster as she is commonly imagined. A
member of a firm which publishes pa
per given over to the hottest and most
sentimental cheap fiction, who happen
ed to be in the car, greeted her with
great consideration and conversed with
her until she left the car up town.
"Who is that venerable antique?"
asked the friend who was with him
when she had departed.
"She is one of our contributors, " re-
piled the publisher.
"The editor of the ragbag depart.
ment?"
"Not exactly. Tho fact is, old man,
she is Miss ----, the author of -. "
And he strung off list of dozen or
moro of those high pressure, passion
palpitating, heart bursting serial 6ctions
dear to certain class of feminine read
ers. you'd never believe it, of course,
but it's SO, and we know il to the tune
of 81, 500 year, which is what we pay
her under our contract for her stories. "
New York Recorder
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
A Yearly NcMspaper.

What would you think of a yearly
newspaper-one that is only printed
once through the twelvemonth? There
are at least two such in the world, and
there may be more, One is called The
Eskimo Bulletin. 1t is issued every year
at Prince of Wales Cape, Bering strait,
on the arrival at that isolated place of
the yearly steamer. This brings news
from the outer world, and the paper
that has something to print besides its
local news, that everybody knows at
any rate. The other paper is printed in
Paris, and it comes out once year now,
just to preserve its name, The Twentieth
Century. Its publishers think that will
be very fine name for journal when
the twentieth century is actually here,
and for fear some one will get ahead of
them in it they will issue their paper
once year until 1900, and thus DO first
in the field. New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
Travellers Must he Content.

In some parts of the southern states,
where, happily for them, the people
are not in such ceaseless hurry as peo-
pie are in the nervous north, no one
thinks of exacting punctuality from
railroad trains They take them when
they come, and arrive when they get
there, and are content.
A fretful Yankee drummer, who, at O
country railway station, had been FUN
ing because train had not arrived an
hour After schedule time, received a
lesson in patience from an elderly coun-
tryman who came in with his gripsacls
and asked the station master:
"What time do the train fer Savan-
nah git here, boss?'
"Somewhar bout nightfall, answer
ed tho stationman.
''An what time do she git ter Savan.
nah?' ~
"Somewhar bout mawnin.
Then the countryman, perfectly salts.
fed with the information, folded his
legs in corner and settled down to an
hour or more of philosophical comfort.
Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
ABOUT TOBACCO.
Cynical Sentiments rs to Its Uses and
Abuses and Its Enemies.


Public sentiment is not unanimous in
regard to the healthfulness of using to-
bacco Everybody who saw the body of
negro upon whom hogshead of to-
bacco fell from the third story Of q New
Orleans warehouse conceded that to-
bacco taken in large quantities is in
furious.
Tobacco Is said by some to have de-
moralizing effect An Indiana man
taught mis- dog, very fine setter, to
chew tobacco Now the dog comes into
the house by the back door, never scrapCJ
his feet on the mat, never goes to church,
is careless at his meals, gets burs in his
tail, goes with lower grade of dogs
and is beginning to take an interest In
politics.
A goat, it is we'll known, is fond of
tobacco. but he freely gives away his
butts.
All kinds Of troubles and complica-
tions are ascribCd to tobacco. II is said
to cause tobacco blindness. Still we
have never found any friends of ours TO
be afflicted with it when we have in
cautiously left choice cigar exposed in
our vest pocket.
Ladies generally object to smoking,
but it takes an old smoker TO get up on
his ear and howl four bladed adjcctives
at the rufiian who is idiotic enough to
smoke bad tobacco. If womans hus
band smokes, she should not put him
out, but let him down as easy as she
would smoking lamp.
The smoker, on the other hand, has
many compensations If he should be
shipwrocked ON cannibal island, he is
comforted by the thought that his body
will be respected. The cannibals don't
relish the flesh of man who chews or
smokes.
The man who smokes is not molested
by mosquitoes. They can't stand smok-
ing.-Detroit Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14

They were standing ON street cor
ner waiting for car. She was Ameri-
can; he was English. She delighted in
proclaiming the glories of this new
world, but he only elevated his beastly
nose and answered every remark with
that irritating phrase ''In the old coun-
try" etc.
While they were waiting pair Of
bicyclers a man and a woman, wheeled
by. The woman was dressed decidedly
''up to date.
"Awi'' the Englishman remarked.
"Knickerbockers
The girl looked in surprise. "Do you
mean the woman in bloomers?''
eyes, but in the old country, ye
know, we call 'em knickerbockers. 4"
Miss America hardly knew how to
answer his know it all manner. She felt
it would be rude to change the CONVEX
sation too abruptly, so she simply said,
BY the way, do you call "a pair Of
knickerbockers' singular or plural?"
The Englishman glanced after the re-
treating bicyclers. Plural" he said,
''as applied TO men, but in the case of
women-singular. boston Budget.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
SPEED VERSUS SAFETY.
A Sea Captain Tells How and Why Tie
Must Make Quick Time.


Must Make Quick Time.
A passenger on one of the European
liners made "a iocose remark to the cap
tain one night as they were chatting
familiarly on deck.
"You sea captains" he said, "are
the only absolute sovcrcigns now left in
the world. When the ship leaves port,
your will is law. Every one ON board
foc0-nizo3 your supreme authority
From your decisions there ARE no ap-
peals. Every life is in your keeping
You are sea kings indeed. "
"No, we are bondmen of tho COM
pany managers, :" was the bluff old cap.
taii reply. eve are under obliga-
tions to mako fast runs, yet never TO
take any risks. II is no longer possible
for the captain Of first class liner to
exercise discretion.
"Why, ON my last run across the At
lantic," he continued, rapidly warming
mp, II had bad weather nearly all the
way. When the wind was not blowing
gale, there was dense fog and didn't
dare TO run at full speed. The ship was
36 hours behind time in reaching New
York"
The captain and the passenger were
intimate friends and talked without re-
straint.
az went to the main Office" the cap
tain continued, "and was received cold.
ly by the manager He told me that
had made n very poor run. | tried to
explain how bad the weather had been,
but he listened impatiently. He re-
minded me that other ships leaving
England on the same day had arrived
much earlier, although they must have
had similar weather. He said that the
day for cautious, old fashioned captains
had gone by. The reputation of a ship
for speed must be maintained, and cap
tains must be brisk and wide awake, or
their usefulness would be at an end
"You may have noticed, the captain
added after a pause, that we have been
running at full speed all day in heay y
fog. Your king has been profiting by
the reprimand which he received, and
he hasn't known comfortable moment
until the fog lifted an hour ago
$50 you see that the kings of the sea
are the managers bondmen. II they
are cautious and avoid risks, they are
considered sleepy and slow. If they are
venturesome and the ship goes wrong,
then they are condemned as foolhardy.
That's the tyranny of the sea, even if
we are kings on deck. philadelphia
Times
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
Force of Habit.

There are no tables in the houses of
the Eskimo, and the women are there
fore in the habit of placing everything
on the floor. A Danish lady employed
several Eskimo women to do some wash
ing. Entering the washhouse, she saw
them all bending over the washtubs
that stood ON the floor. To make them
more comfortable she had some stools
fetched and placed the tubs upon them.
BY and by she looked in to see how they
were getting on, and to her astonish-
ment discovered the women standing
on the stools and STOPPING still more la
boriously over the tubs, which still re-
mained on the fioor.-San Francisco
Argonaut.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
The "Autocratr Sometime. Nodde,

DR.. Holmes paid as little heed to the
dictum of the rhetoricians that sem
tence should not end with proposition
or other important word as did the 9TH
or author of work ON rhetoric who
laid down the rule, "a proposition
should not be used to end sentence
with" DIR. Holmes ended not only SEN
tencea but chapters, with propositions
and other insignificant words. For ex-
ample, chapter of elsie Venner"
ends with the words ATTEND to-" and
chapter 10 Of the same novel ends
with the words "die of. boston
Transcript
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14

Probably IL has como to be accepted
rs an axiom by most practical steam
engineers that in modern conditions Of
working superheating is useless or inn
possible. Some reasons for such belief,
arising out of difficulties experienced,
no doubt there are. But if engineers
generally had fully appreciated the
magnitude of the loss due TO condensa-
ton in the cylinder it Is difficult to
think that superheating would have
been abandoned with so little of strug-
gle TO overcome the difficulties, and
that, for so long, while every other
means of securing economy has been
tried, superheating has been neglected.
1t is sometimes said that the quantity
of heat in superheated steam in excess
of that in saturated steam is very small.
That is so, of course. But the earlier ex-
perience showed that this small guam
tity produced n disproportionately large
beneficial effect. w. G. Un-
win in Casters Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
5autlroao Ttimr Cables.
pUFFALO, ROCHESTER, & PITTS
~ BURGH RAILWAY.

kOf II Allt. iNONtlIso lllN ~ IL l -
~ BURGH RAILWAY.
The short line between Dubois, Rldgwny
bradford, Salamanca, Bullalo, Rochester
Niagnrn Falls and points In the upper oil
region.
ON and after June nth, lsgi passen-
ger trains will arrive and depart from Falls
Creek station, daily, except Sunday, ns fol
lows:
lao \. NJ. and $50 y. m.--AccOmmodatlons
from PunXsutawncy aud Big Run.
500 "A. M.--BuilalO and Rochester mnil-FOr
Brockwayyllle, Rldgway Johusonburg, MI
Rpchester;. connecting at Johnsonburp
with u. Il ". train y, for Wilcox, Kane,
Warren, Cory and Erie.
IOib3 A. tiOn-FOr Sykes,
Big Run and punNsutnwncy.
2:2O u. M.-llrndfOrd Accommodation For
Becchlree, Brockwayville, Ellmont Car
mon, Ridgway, Julnsonburg, MI. Jewett
aud Bradford.
$40 J.. M.-Mnil-Fur Dubois. Sykes Biz
Run, punNsutnwnpy and Mnlstun.
Passengers are requested 10 purchase tick
cts before entering the cars. An excess
charge Of Ten Cents viii be- collected by cuu-
ductors when fares are paid on trains, from
ailstatiuns whCrr tlckut office i- maintained.
Thousand mile tickets at two cents per
mile, good for passage between all stations.
" u. MClNrYRr, Agent. Falls creek. Pu.
B. G.. MATHEWS E.C. LApEY.
General Supt. Gen. Pas. Agent
Buffalo, y. Y. Rochester n. y
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
A Dramatic Holduu.

Missouri Fireman--Give 'er air, Bill
Stop 'erl We're held upl
Engineer-I see-histi There's seven
Of them on this side
"Wearin masks, too, Bill"-
Robber with drawn sword)-And
dar-r.r-est thou insult me to my beardi
Marry 1t Is more than human that
p-r-r-ompts me thus to spare thy insig-
nificance-
Engineer-It's all right; let 'er goi
Fireman-Wh-what is it, Bill?
'Thee-ayter troop, rehearsin for the
next townp'
"What're they doin out here in this
dense swamp"
"Tryin to get to the next town. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
THE BEAR AND THE eRoNcHo.
Tom Buckley Lassoed Bruin and Then
Bolted From the Fight.

Tom Buckley Lassoed Bruin and Then
Boited From the Fight.
Tom Buckley was working on the
spring roundup in the employ of one
of the large cattle outfits in southern
Montana. While riding through clump
of bushes one day hunting cattle full
grown silver tip bear suddenly arose
and confronted him. The only weapon
at hand was his lariat, and with vi
sions Of juicy bear steak for the boys at
supper around the mess wagon that
night and fine rug for the pretty
schoolmarm he quickly loosened his
rope and threw 1t. A few turns over the
saddle horn, at the same time squirting
his horse, and the shock came. 1t was
very severe, for unluckily the bears
fore leg as we'll as his head was through
the loop Of the rope. Tom was about to
drop the rope like hot cake when the
horse suddenly put his head down and
started bucking In true bronoho style.
Thomas didn't last long He suffered
when he struck the ground, but he did
not linger in the vicinity to ascertain
the extent Of his injuries He started
for the top of butte close at hand, and
although an Indifferent sprinter he man.
aged to make very fair time
Looking back from his position Of
comparative safety, he could see that
both animals had become entangled in
the rope and were having it out in great
style, making frantic efforts to free
themselves. The rope finally parted, and
away they went in opposite directions,
or as he expressed it, "They quit the
country, hitting only tho high spots. I"
Chicago Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
A Woman's Argument.

He-You women have no right to the
ballot for the simple reason that in case
of war you would not be able to fight.
She-Then why do you allow man
who is crippled to vote?
He-Why-er-if that isn't just like
woman to ask some such fool question
% that. at.--Indianapolis journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
Ventilation.

Visitor to Public Institution-Isn' = 1t
rather close here? Don't you think there
IL need Of ventilation?
City Father-Ventilation3 Great Co.
sari No; there's been altogether too
much ventilation of the place already.
Boston Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
TIE lust Fear of God.

II we work upon marble, it will
perish; IL we work upon brass, time
will efface it: il we rear temples, they
will crumble into dust, but if we work
upon immortal minds, if we Undue them
with principles, with the just fear Of
God and love of our fellow men, we en-
grave on those tablets something which
will brighten to all eternity. Daniel
Webster.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14

The teachers Of cooking in the Boston
public schools are paid $46 for their
first years work. with an annual in
crease of cas- until the maximum of
t744 is reached The director Of the
cooking schools Is paid $1,000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14

The Saulte Ste. Marie was 10 named
10 distinguish 1t from many other saultes
or leaps. The Indian name was Paw.
ateey. water Falling Over Rocks"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
DENNsYLvANfA RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT NOV. 10, 1893.
Philadelphia 6 Eric Railroad Division TimJ
Table. Trains leave UrftWuud.
TNGTW Ann

Philadelphia 6 Eric Railroad Division Time
Table Trains leave Drftwuod
EASTWARD
o:o VI Train 8, daily except Sunday foi
Sunbury, Harrisburg and Intermediate -iu-
tions. arriving at philudplphin $3.50 %. fu
NCw York, lO:Os y. M; baltimore, 1:2O D. f1 .
Washington, $3.50 %. m Pullman puflur oHI
from Nillinmspult and passenger cuuruD.
from Kane To Philadelphia.
$3.50 y. M.-Ifuin q, daily except sunday Con
Harrisburg aud intermediate stations, %.
irving nt Philadelphia 1850 4. Nj New York.
1888 4. ~. Through couch from Dubois to
Wlllamsport, Pullman sleeping cars ON
Harrisburg 20 Philadelphia and New Iu k.
philadclphia pnssengcls- citn remain n
sleeper undisturbcd until 1900 AN.
0;3j T., M.-rrain T. daily for Sunbury, Harris
burg and intermediate stations, arriving
Philadelphia, $3.50 4. NJ; New York, $3.50
A. NJ; Baltimore, $3.50 A, NJ; Washington, 1880
AM. Pullman cars from Erie and illiams-
port TO philadelphia Passengers In sleeper
for baltimore md Washington will be
transferred into Washington sleeper at lIar-
rlsburp. Passenger conchos from Erie to
Philadelphia ana WlllIamsport to Balti-
WESTWARD
7ia2 A. M.-Train !, daily except Sunday for
Rldgway, Dubois, Clcrmont and Inter
mediate stations. Leaves Rldgway at 800
T.. N. for Erie.
$3.50 a, M.--Traln 3, daily for Erie and inter
6:27 =. M.--Train II, daily except Sunday for
Kane and intermediate stations.
lllkolhh TRAINS tOh DHlf lNtOll
FROM THE EAST AND SOUTH.
TRAIN II leaves Philadelphia $3.50 A. M;
Washington, $50 A. NJ; Baltimore, s:i5 A. ~;
Wilkesbarrc, 1915 4, NJ; daily except sun
day, ARRIVING M Driftwood at 6;27 p. NJ. with
Pullman Parlor car from Philadelphia to
Williamsport
TRAIN leaves New York at p. M; Phila-
delpha, il:20 p. m; Washington 10.i II. M;
Baltimore, ll:i0 y. M; daily ARRIVING at
Driftwood at $3.50 n. m. Pullman sleeping
cars from Philadelphia to Erie and from
Washington and Baltimore to WilliamspOrt
and through passenger coaches from Phila-
delpha To Erie and Baltimore to Williams
port and to Dubois.
TRAIN leaves Remove at G:3j Il, M, daily
except Sunday arriving at Driftwood 7:5
"a. m.
JOHNSONBURG RAILROAD.
DAILY except Sunday.)
TRAIN 10 leaves Ridgway ut 9:4O "A. m; John
sonburg at p:55 II. m arriving at Clermont
Mt 10:45 n, m.
TRAIN 20 leaves Clermont at 1855 II. m. ar.
ri,lng Mt Johnsonburg at 1li0 II. m. and
Ridgway at 1855 II. m.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
A Dog Habit.

Have you ever thought why it is that
q dog turns around and around when he
jumps up on his cushion or starts to set
tie himself anywhere for a nap? Now
that you are reminded, you can recall
that you have seen a dog do it many
times, can't youp This habit is about
all that is left to our tame little doggies
of the days long ago, when they were a
race of wild animals and lived in the
woods. Their beds then were matted
grass and leaves, and it was to trample
enough grass and properly arrange tho
leaves that tho dog always trod around
a narrow circle before he would lie
down. The dog of today keeps up the
same old habit, although there is no
longer any need for it, and of course the
animal has no notion why no does it,
New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.

A LLEGHENYV VALLEY RAILWAY
IA COMPANY commencing Sunday
May q, 1894, Low Grade Division.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14
Culpable Ignorance.

She tseverely)-Henry. what's a poker
chip?
He (frankly)-It's chip off a poker,
suppose. Did guess it?-Exchanga.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14

Better Goods than you can
buy any place else.
The same Great Reduc.
ton i'm
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-14

Brandenberg never was
sold less than 20 to 25c. per
yard; will sell you now for
12a.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-15

features, Is pretty much the same the world
over. This is well illustrated by n curious
criminal case that was brought to light
last year in Turkey, not far from Constan-
tinople.
During a festival of the Mohammedans a
well to do merchant named Funduckn
dressed his child, boy of g. in his finest
costume, which included silk velvet cap
ornamented with number OF gold coins
The child was always I'm charge of faith
full slave, an old negro woman, who had
been his attendant since his birth.
The woman, being called into the house
on some business, left the child seated in
the open court, which in Turkey, rs i'll
southern Spain, is peculiar to the better
class of residences. On the return OF the
nurse the child was gone, and although an
immediate search was instituted no trace
of the little fellow was found
! In his sore straits the heartbroken father
| applied for help to the scraskier, or military
commander of the district.
The officer on reflection came to the con
/ clusion that the child, on account of its
/ cries. could not have been taken far, and
that some of the neigbbors were response
bic for the abduction.
Without communicating his suspicious
to any one the officer directed a member
of his staff to enter the neighboring mosque
that evening ut the hour of prayer and in a
| voice that the worshipers could hear To
summon the iman or priest, to come I'M
mediately to the military palace.
Though very unusual proceeding, the
priest obeyed When he came into the sol
dier's presence he received this order anc
was more puzzled than ever:
Come back here in the morning anc
have for me the name of the person whit
first came to ask you why had sent TO
you"
The Turks are, as rule, as wanting Il
curiosity as the North American Indians
Consequently ON returning to the mosqu
only one man came to the priest TO ask tn
reason for such an extraordinary summons
The priest gave an oracular reply and re
ported the circumstance to the officer s.
commanded.
With the promptness of a man now sur
of his ground, the scraskier sent soldiers t
arrest the inquisitive man. He was brough
into the commanders presence and charge
with the murder of the child. Stoutly an
swearing by the holy name of the prophet
the accused denied his guilt.
Meanwhile other soldiers who had bee
making search of the mans house put |
an appearance, having with them the bod
of the murdered child that had been foun
buried under the stairs in the house of til
man who on their return was swearing
~ his own innocence.
1t is only in Turkey, where legal method
are arbitrary, that detection could hay
come so quickly, and it is only in sue
lands that the penalty follows close on tt
: heels of the crime.
y Within one hour the culprit was triet
sentenced and drowned in the waters of Il
4 sea of Marmora.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-15
A Witty Irish Priest.

Father Healey of Bray, one of the very
few avowed Unionist priests in the dis
tressful country, has been in great form
lately. Known for a long while past as
one of the greatest Irish wits, he has fair
ly eXcelled himself during the last few
weeks. The other day an ardent politi-
clan asked his reverence: "What do you
think now, fatherY Mr.. Tim Healy will
be in the first irish parliament, lord chan
cellor, attorney general or WHAT" "Shure,
he will be a very old man" was the re-
ply. At Corless' restaurant the other day
Father Healey's attention was drawn by
the proud proprietor to the fact that Miss
Corless had gained some great distinction
at the Milan Conservatoire of Music. "And
what are you going to do with your daugh-
ter after all thisl" asked the priest. "Oh,
| shall hope to see her on the operate
stage soon, " replied Mr.. Corless, who is
| the owner Of the most extensive oyster
beds on the Irish coast. "You want to
turn her into an oyster Patti, thenY' said
| Father Healcy, without a moments hest
tation. Paris Herald.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-15

Contentment.
He that holds fast the golden mean,
And lives contentedly between
The little and the great,
Feels not the wants that pinch the poor,
Nor plaques that haunt the rich mans door,
Imbittering all his state,
-Cowper.
Trust not TO each accusing tongue,
AS most weak persons do,
But still believe that story false
Which ought not TO be true.