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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-07
The wonders of the Sky.

The Professor (enthusiastically)-Ah,
Miss Nomer, astronomy is grand
study Look now, for instance, at Orion.
Yonder is Mars, over there is Jupiter,
and that beautiful blue star is Sirius.
Miss Nomer deeply interested)-Oh,
professor How wonderful But tell me,
how did you astronomers ever find out
the names of all those stars?-Answers
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-07
More Important.

Reporter-There is a story just come
to the office that your daughter has
eloped with your footman. Is it true?
Banker--Yes. sir, it is true. And you
may add that the rascal has taken with
him brand new snit Of my livery
New York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-07

The ancients took great pains to orna-
ment their favorite volumes. Propertius
speaks Of tablets with gold borders.
Ovid mentions manuscripts with red
titles, and other authors mention pres
entation Of copies of which the cover
was overlaid with precious stones,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-07
Overheard ON the River,

"You are nothing but big bluff. I"
remarked the river to the bank.
''Is that soP" retorted the bank. III
take notion to come down ON you,
your name will bo mud. ."-Indianapo-
liz Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-07

Goldfish are Of Chinese origin. They
were originally found in q large lake
near Mount Tsientsing and were first
brought to Europe in the seventeenth
century. The first in France came a. o
present to Mime. de Pompadour.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-07
Thursday. November rs, 1904

Thursday, November rs, 1904,
Al Two o'clock y. NJ, the following described
real estate. the property of the estate OF said
Sarah A. Wayland, deed, to-wlt:
Bounded on the north by lands of John
Smith and james NJ DCcmeF, ON the east by
lands of G. Mitchell, on the south by lands Of
X. H. Douthet and VI. Hartman, and on the
Alexander, containing one hundred and six
ty-twO acres and one hundred and fOrty-Onc
pcrchps; about eighty acres cleared, fenced
and I'm good state Of cultivation, the bal
anCc timbcrud with hard wood; good orchards
of apple, peach aud other fruits; good springs
OF water; having theron erected good new
bank barn nny-tWO 10y forty feet, shlngle
roof; one frame dwelling house eighteen by
forty-fOur feet with 7 attached eighteen by
eighteen feet, twenty feet high, weather.
and other necessary Outhuildlng-.
situate on the public road leading from
RCNuOldHNillc 20 IuuN-utuWuCy, about two
miics from kcynQldsYlic, aud iOca,ed IN
the iscynOtdsViltc cori held. and near
tu coat mtncs nUtY operated.
Also, ut The same time and place, one other
piece Of land containing hfty acres, bounded
ON the north hy lands OF Joseph SIuu-c, ON
the Upet hy lands of ID. Cyphret and Broom
hauah, ON the south uy thc I've acre tract
Of Mary \. Wnyland well timbcred with hard
wOod no improvements.
Terms OfSnlci Ten per cent. Of the whole
amount Of purchase money ut time Of sale,
aud the balance, equal 10 uuc-thitd Of the
whole amount Of sale, ON confirmation there
Of ana the other two thirds IN two equal
annual payments with interest from date of
continuation of sale, TO be secured by bond
and mortgage on the premises or paid In cash
at the option Of the purchaser,
". q. GOUWLrlY, Trustee.
October 10, isoi
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-07
VRUSTEE'S SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE!

by virtue of an order of the Orphans Court
of Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, to me di-
rected, In the partition of the real estate OF
Sarah A. Wayland late of Winslow township,
In said county. decd, No. T. February Term,
1891. .. G. p. ~, | will expose TO public sale or
eI..t al
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
Trying the Mind Cure.

A New York merchant is reported
by the Tribune to have found his
Office boy weathering one of the ter
ribly hot days of last summer highly
philosophical, and therefore worthy
in its spirit, at least-of general imi-
tation.
1t was dull day, with nothing go
ing on. The boy had taken of his
coat and vest, and would have taken
off his collar but that his employer
objected. BY and by the merchant
saw him writing-putting down a
word or two and looking out of the
window alternately.
The merchants curiosity was ex-
cited, and he stepped up behind tn e
boy and looked over his shoulder. In
front of him lay foolscap sheet half
filed with words like these:
"Ice-cream, icebergs, ice cold soda,
North Pole, Greenland, Iceland, and
so on.
The merchant took the hint, and
began to feel more comfortable i'm
mediately.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
MIAMI GRAVE.

Miamis, logs were split and followed
out, the dead placed within and the
log securely dashed together and left
to remain where it was originally
placed. In some cases pen was
built over and around It, The
Miamis sometimes closed this log
coffin and confined it to the ground
with crossed stakes. Occasionally a
hollow low was used by closing the
ends.
Burial on scaffolds is much In favor
with some American Indians These
scaffolds are from eight to ten feet
high and made of four forked posts
planted firmly in the ground, one at
each corner, and then placing Others
across, so as to form a floor, on which
the body is securely fastened. Among
the Teton Sioux, IL the family can
possibly afford it, one or more horses
are shot and placed under the scat
fold. Valuables of all kinds,
weapons, ornaments, pipes and locks
of hair cut from the heads Of the
mourners are always bound up with
the body, which is tightly swathed
in blankets or robes, or both and
wound all over with thongs made Of
the skin of some animal, and laid at
full length on its back.
Tree burial is common among the
North American Indians, and was
not uncommon among the nations
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
BURIAL OF SAVAGES.
HOW THE WILD RACES DISPOSE
or THEIR DEAD.
The African Chief Takes His Wife with
Him-On soafFolds. In Canoes and In
Hollow Logs the Kindred of the Amer
loan Indian Find Rest


Those who look upon the beautiful
cemeteries and trinity kept resting
places of the dead of civilized ma
lions stop to wonder how the dead OF
uncivilized and primitive peoples are
disposed Of, or even to remember
that they also possess q silent major
ity, whose words and customs remain
to influence the living, who cling to
wild superstitions and strange usages
because their fathers did so before
them.
The commonest mode of interment
has always been In the ground,
though many tribes make but shallow
graves, and place wild brush, logs, or
stone over them In order to protect
them from wild beasts. The Pima
Indians of Arizona dig a perfectly
round hole about two feet In diane
ter and four or five feet deep, then
hollow out one side OF the bottom
into kind OF vault large enough to
contain the body, which Is bound by
ropes into a sitting position. The
grave Is then filed to alevel with the
earth, and pieces OF timber and poles
heaped upon 1t. 'i'
Surface burial was practiced to a
limited extent by some American
tribes. The Seminoles, of Florida,
are said to have placed their dead In
upright POSITIONS In hollow trees. BY
some Eastern tribes and among the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

u progressing quite safIfactorily, ara
that the Indians show greater VIII
lipgness than heretofore to avail
themselves Of tho school advantages
offered by the government.
The Chicago Herald says that the
father of the Weather Bureaus Ser
vice was Increase A. Lapiznm, o mod
est and retired, but ripe scholar, who
lived In Milwaukee. He was the first
to note by telegraph the progress Of
the wind currents and storms, and to
predict their appearance In specified
neighborhoods. On the strength Of
a weather dispatch from Omaha, In
1869, or whereabouts. he announced
the first storm ON Lake Michigan that
ever was heralded twelve hours in adj
vance OF It's arrival. The first work
bf the Weather Bureau was under
his charge in Chicago. 1t was on tho
small beginnings of DIR. Lapham that
the entire system of the Signal Ser
vice was based. DR.. Lapham was
a native Of Palmyra, N. Y, and be.
gan life as O stonecutter for canal
locks, but went in 1886 to Milwaukee,
where he became register of claims
and real estate dealer. He was en-
inent in many branches of science a
botany, conchology, geology and
archaeology and he contributed
nearly fifty papers to scientific pub
LEGATIONS. AS the result of the OBJ
servation Of many years, he was the
author Of work on the Antiquities
Of Wisconsin," published by the
Smithsonian Institution. He and
Congressman H. X. Paine, of Wis
consin, framed the law of 1870, un-
der which the Weather Bureau was,
established, but Cleveland Able, who
had already begun sending out wealth.,
,er reports from the Cincinnati OBJ
servatory, is also entitled to large
share of the credit for originating the
system. DR., Lapham died An 1875.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

THE determination Of Judge Hill
ton to finally wind up the firm that
succeeded to the business Of A. L.
Stewart & Co., of New York, is an
incident that will set the pens Of
reminiscent writers going furiously.
Judge Hilton was great lawyer and
one of the most successful admins
traitors known to this generation
successful for Hilton, but as dry
goods prince he was never glitter
ing triumph. It wasn't his game.
With the disintegration Of Hilton,
Hughes & Co. there passes out OF ex-
istence the last remnant of what was
In its day the great st dry goods es-
tablishment In America, representing
the personal fortune Of unique fig
ure Ia the business world, the pio-
ueer Of modern merchandising, a
character quite as original and force
full in his way as Commodore Van
derbilt, Jay Gould, John d. Rookie
Teller, Baron Hirsch, p. d. Armour,
or John A. Mackey.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

Commissioner she was his secretary
When he died she assumed and full
filled the duties Of his Office for time.
She served as Pension,Agent at Chica
go during thet administrations OF
Grant, Hayes, Garfield aud Arthur,
and was the first woman appointed to
disburse money for the United States
Government. ~ 20,
In woman's work in Chicago Miss
Sweet has taken an active and promi-
nent part. She has been during the
last four years at the head OF the gen.
eral club committee on compulsory ed
ucation. She raised fund for the
Women's Bui dings at the Chicago
University.
For ten years she has worked to OBJ
tain separate quarters for arrested
women and girls in the police stations
and the appointment of matrons. She
raised the monev to build the first am
balances used by the Police Depart
ment, and In many ways she has been
a friend to the poor, the suffering and
the distressed Miss Sweet. since 1889,
has conducted a pension claim Office In
Chicago with great success.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
What . Maniac Can Stomach.

One Of the medical officers of the
County Asylum, Lancaster, contrib
utes to the London Lancet an account
of an operation upon lupatic from
whose incoherent statements it was
suspected that he had swallowed
some nails. Forceps passed into the
stomach having failed to extract any
foreign bodies, though they could be
felt from the outside, it was decided
to attempt to relieve the man by OPP
GRAFTON. On incision, the stomach
was found to be occupied by mass
Of rusty nails, many of them nearly
three inches in length, and some very
sharp, bent, and twisted. Their re-
moval, naturally, was very tedious,
as many of them could only be ex-
tracted one at a time. A piece Of
matted hair, nearly two inches in
length, was also found. In all, there
was removed from the stomach 1872
nails, (the majority being two and
half inches in length, and many even
longer), half screw nail, piece OF
brass wire, carpet tack, several
small pieces OF sticS,,a button, and
the mass of hair already mentioned.
The whole weighed one pound nine
and one-half ounces, Several pieces
Of wood were found in the patients
intestines. but no nails. !.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
More Elegant.

At the flower market in Washing
ton are many interesting occurrences
which have nothing to do with buy
ing flowers, for there, as at any place
where all sorts Of people gather to-
gether, human nature expresses itself
In odd and varying ways.
A lady from the North, who was
in the habit Of frequenting the mar.
'ket to see what new floral treasures
would appear from day to day. one
morning spied flower she had never
before seen.
what Is that?" she asked of the
old colored woman who had brought
1t in.
"rhat, miss?" was the reply.
that's Dutchman's brooches"
Now the lady had heard the name
before, and was quite aware that
there was nothing funny in IT, New
ertheless, there was something about
the present moment that amused her,
and she laughed. just then a gen.
tleman came up, and the same flower
attracted his attention.
whats that?" he asked OF the
woman.
She hesitated, and looked dis
tressed. Evidently there had been
something wrong about the name be-
fore, and now she was asked to say 1t
again. -l@ss
aIt's-it's-" she stanfmered, sits
Dutchman's pantS.n ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

Of antiquity. The Colchians, ancient
Tartars, and Scythians enveloped
their dead In sacks OF skin and hung
them to trees. Vancouver saw, at
Port Discovery, baskets suspended to
the trees containing the skeletons of
young children. The Clallam and
Twanas formerly buried their dead
in canoes, which they placed In trees.
They now inter something after the
manner of the whites
Canoe burial is practiced by many
tribes of the northwest coast. In
cases Of chiefs, or men OF note, much
pomp and ceremony was used. The
conoes were the war canoes of the
deceased. Frequently two canoes were
used, and in one case noted. the body
was placed in small canoe inside a
larger, and covered with a third.
Among some tribes, slaves were
killed, according to the rank or
wealth OF the deceased. In some In,
stances they were starved to death
or even left bound to the dead to die
horribly.
In some parts of Australia the ma
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
RICHES OF NORTHERN SWEDEN.
Vast Iron and Lumber Country Opened
Up by q New Railroad.

Vast Iron and Lumber Country Opened
Up by a New Railroad.
The northern part of King Oscars
realm has often been called "Sweden's
America" because of the richness OF
the land, although 1t is still unculti-
waited, says the Stockholm correspond
emit of the St Louis Post Dispatch.
The poorer class prefer to emigrate
to the United States instead Of seek
ing new homes in Nordland, because
that part of the kingdom lacked
means of communication by land
with the capital. The coast cities
suffered In the winter when ice COW
cred the sea as much as the interior
settlements suffered the year round.
When IL was discovered that there
were great hidden riches there for
the Government, IL decided to grant
money for the building Of railway.
The Northern Trunk Line is now CON-
plete, and has been opened by the
king. Heis Sweden's ablest orator, and
he made the speech of his life. I"
The festivities surpassed anything
ever seen here. The new railroad
connects at Boden, near the Gulf of
Bothnia, with the northernmost rail-
road In the world, running from the
seaport of Lulea up to the Gellivara
iron mountains, forty-seveD miles
north Of the polar circle. This road
has been In operation two years. 1t
may be considered the end piece of a
continuous line OF railroad about
1,25O miles long, reaching north and
south the whole length OF Sweden.
The completion of this line, 1t is be-
lieved, will materially check immi-
s-ation to America. Nordland con-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

If Andrew Anderson, Of Chester
ten, Ind, be not dead doubtless it
will be interesting to him to know
that the law says he Is; II, on the
other hand, he be dead it is probable
that he does not care even little
bit what the law says about 1t. The
law and the learned judges have been
trying to settle the question OF An
derson's existence for some time, but
as long as Anderson declines to make
affidavlt to either his life or death
the law and the learned judges can
not be sure of the absolute justice Of
their decision. 1t is not right to
kill a man even legally II he be not
dead, and IL he be dead, of course 1t
is not necessary to kill him any more
But Anderson went away from Ches-
terton In 1884, and will not come
back even to get the money that Is
due him from his fathers estate.
Consequently he is declared legally
dead, and quite likely with some
show of justice. II cash will not
bring the average man to a semblance
of life 1t is generally safe to consider
him not only legally but really dead,
and IL Anderson be not already in
the hereafter he would better hasten
or some one else will get the legal
benefit
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

A WOOL expert explains that the
terms "fne," medium" and coarse,
as applied to wool, have reference to
the diameter Of the fiber, and that
determines the market grade. The
division of woods into grades is not
done by exact measurement, but is
dependent on the sorter's Judgment
The "fine wooded" includes the Merino
and its various families; the "me-
dunn wooded" breeds are the South
down, Hampshire, Suffolk, Shrop
shire. Oxford, Dorset, Exmoor and
Cheviot; the coarse wooded" are the
Leicester, Lincoln, Cotswold, Rom
ney Marsh, Lonk, and Blackfaced.
In general, this classification is &C
curate.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

IT is announced that ships loaded
with wheat from the Argentine Re-
public and with barley from Russia
are on their way to New York, and
this bit of news has been made the
basis of predictions that the United
States is to become an extensive i'm
porter of grain. However, it appears
that wheat has teen brought into
this country for many years previous
ly and that the importations do not
prevent the exports Of large quanti-
ties also. In 1892 the exports Of
wheat were about ten times the i'm
ports. Still it cannot be denied that
a very short wheat crop would COM
pei the United States to seek else
where for a part Of the wheat supply.
1t may not be many years before our
fast increasing population may find it
necessary to import considerable
part of their grain in years when the
crop falls below the average. In
that event the grain brought In
would doubtless be mostly the cheap
South American wheat which could
be used for feeding purposes, while
our growers would still continue to
export the choice, hard wheat of the
Northwest. Our own cheap grades
of wheat are likely to be exported In
constantly decreasing quantities, as
the home demand increases. and as
the farmers come to use wheat more
and more extensively for feeding farm
stock and beef cattle
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

living women. At one end woman
Is placed on her hands and knees,
and upon her back the dead chief,
covered with his beads and other
treasures, is seated, being supported
on either side by one Of his wives,
while his second wife sits to his feet.
The earth is then shoveled In upon
them, and all the women are buried
alive with the exception Of the Sec
ond wife. To her custom is more
meiciful than to her companions, and
grants her the privilege of being
killed before the huge grave Is
filled In. This being completed, a
number of male slaves = some
times forty or flfty-are slaugh-
tered and their blood poured
over the grave; after which the river
is allowed to resume its course.
Smaller chiefs are buried with two
or three wives. and few slaves only
are killed that their blood may be
shed In the grave; while one of the
common herd has to be content with
solitary burial, being placed in sit
ting posture, with the right forefln-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

THE Trade Bulletin of Montreal
claims that the railroads have de-
stroyed the -four trade Of that city by
discriminating rates. 1t says that
formerly a sale of 10000 barrels Of
-four was not considered extraordi-
nary; while now such sale would be
thought phenomenal, although II
made it would only represent half the
money that it would have done In the
halcyon days before the railroads di-
verted traffic. 1t also complains that
there are too many needy millers
now to make raise in flour prices
possible in Montreal, as the country
millers are in the hands Of banks
Another doleful plant is that Amer
lean millers are taking consider
able portion of the Newfoundland
trade by selling a straight roller flour
for So. so and $2.55 per barrel, while
the Ontario straight rollers cost
s2.S5. These two tales hardly hang
together, or else the American mill
ers must be more desperately hard up
than their Canadian rivals.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
irs sHELLiTs FORT.
How q Tortoise Whips q Number
Of Rats.

Of Rats.
A tortoise which was q most
unique attraction years ago at Par
kersburg, w. Va, has returned after
nearly three years absence. 1t is
about six inches in length and almost
perfect ellipse in shape, A day or
two ago the tortoise was picked up
uptown, and was identified by
series of dates-the latest one 1891
carved into his shell. The tortoise
has proved ono of the local attrac-
tions for the sports.
The tortoise was presented to a
local merchant four or five years ago
by some one who picked him up in
the forest. His new owner set him
down in the yard in the rear Of the
store, and he was forgotten until one
day few days after his arrival, when
one of the clerks heard terrific
squealing in the yard, and looking
through the window, saw a, strange
sight. A big rat had attacked the
tortoise and was biting and scratch
ing at him, but with all his attempts
the rat failed 90 make even an in
dentation in the armor of his enemy.
The unique sight soon attracted the
clerks and customers, until standing
room was at PREMIUM
The big rat climbed all over the tor
toise and tried all points of vantage,
but his sharp teeth merely slipped
from the smooth shell. While all
this was going on the tortoise lay
with feet closely gripped to the
ground, while his head had been
drawn in out of sight, Presently, in
climbing over his antagonist, the rat
stood with his hind feet in front of
the place where the tortoise's head
ought to have been, and it was. there
yet, for in O second the head and
neck shot out and the horny mandi-
bles closed with a snap on the rats
hind legs. When the rat felt the
grip it twisted about with squeak
Of pain and rage and tried his best to
get at his enemy's head, but the
shrewd tortoise had withdrawn not
only it's head but the rats hind leg
between the upper and under shells
out of it's enemy's reach. Fight and
struggle as it would, the rat failed to
move the tortoise an atom. 1t then
turned and tried to break loose, but
that was equally as Intellectual for
minute, when it broke away, but with
one leg as clearly amputated as
if cut with knife. The rat bled to
death.
After this battle almost every day
q similar one occurred. Sometimes
the rats double-teamed on the scaly
gladiator, but the result was always
the samoa leg amputation, tail
abbreviated, disk OF hide and flesh
clearly cleft, or an almost severed
neck always ended the battle. The
clerks and young fellows enjoyed the
unique departure in sport, and when
ever a battle was on they filled the
windows and doors and excitedly
made their bets on points. The tor
toise never paid any attention to the
spectators, and the rats after getting
fairly excited paid all of their atten-
ton to their enemy. This sort of
thing continued for months, until at
last it appeared as If the rats had
caught on and quit for good, as they
entirely disappeared from that To-
cality. Some time after the rats
ceased to appear, the tortoise, prob
ably ennuied from lack OF sport and
exercise, disappeared, until he was
found a day or two ago. Philadel-
phia Press.