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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
THE JAPANESE.
A. Clean as They Are Polite and rs Gen.
tie as They Are Brave.

Tho Japanese have many nice quail
ties. and some great ones. They nre
clean, they are polite, and apparently
they are very gentle and very brave
They are said TO be exceedingly neat,
too, and to be bountifully endowed with
that sense Of propriety defective de-
velopment of which accounts for much
of the rubbish in American streets and
most Of the disagreeableness of Ameri-
can street car travel. They certainly
beat us in good many things, and not
unreasonably their example is much held
mp to us nowadays for emulation. Intel
hgent foreigners who have observed us
closely have declared thatSXe arc the
rudest and the kindest people in the
world.
OF course it is pity that we arc not
more universally courteous; that our
children are not demure and orderly like
the japanese children that we throw
papers into the street and drop peanut
shells and orange peel on the floors of
our public conveyances. OF course it is
a pity that we are not more like the
Japanese in many particulars but, for
my part, l make bold to confess that
American manners, with all their de-
fects, are better suited to my American
taste than japanese manners, with all
their gentle projections.
American manners are not nearly as
good as they should he, not nearly as
good as one may hope they may become,
but that Japanning would profit them is
not so certain as it looks at first sight,
even If it did not involve much great
er amount of self repression or self OBJ
liberation, doubtless more apparent than
actual, than the American temperament
could endure or has any desire to attain
TO. The amelioration of our national de.
meanor must rather be sought in an in
creased and enlightened self control
Joined to a strengthened self respect II
we ever do become civilized, it will he
first at the heart and afterward at thC
rind.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
Historic Wheat.

Experts on tho subject of bread grains
say that wheat can be traced back into
the dim past across the line marked by
the advent of historic man into the dim
shades Of the stone age. 1t has been
known in Egypt and in the valleys Of
the Euphrates and the Tigris since the
timo when history ''runneth not to the
contrary" The prehistoric races which
formerly lived in the famous flake
dwellings," which were built on plat
forms supported by piles driven in the
lakes Of Switzerland, had their mealing
stones, wheat mortars, sickles and 9th
grain harvesting and fiourmaking appa-
ratus at least 1900 years ago. Wheat
found in ancient Egyptian tombs and in
the ruins Of the lake dwellings referred
to is identical with that which has so
bountifully blessed the husbandman in
the Mississippi valley in this season Of
1s95.--St Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
Frances One Guillotine.

There is only one guillotine in France,
all others having long since been de-
stroyed. The one Of Paris alone remains,
but 1t travels all over the country. In
the course of its peregrinations the in
strument is governed by local customs,
and according to their nature are exc
cutions painful or painless.
In some departments the condemned
is slowly taken TO the place Of execution
through the streets, and toilet details
depend on local precedents.
Not long ago a prisoner was taken to
early mass, and meanwhile the instru
ment of death awaited him by the church
door.
In Paris. only / 8 minutes intervene
from the waking Of tho prisoner to the
fall Of his head in tho basket, but in tho
country the hungry knife is sometimes
allowed to wait for its victim for hours.
The condemned is entirely in the keep
ing Of the jailer, who is responsible for
the mans life-that is TO say, it is his
duty TO deliver to the guillotine living
being
But as things are the prisoner is often
needlessly tormented by the timidity Of
the keeper, who, knowing to what pen
alties he would be subject, is often over
anxious to guard against suicide. Pear
sons Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
BUFFALO, ROCHESTER, 81 PITTS
~ BURGH RAILWAY.

The short line between Dubois, Ridgway,
Bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo Rochester,
Niagara Falls and points in the upper oil
, region.
On and after June 18th, 1894, passen-
ger trains will arrive and depart from Falls
Creek station, daily, except sunday, as fol-
lows:
30 p. m. and $50 D. INSTRUMENTATION
from PunNsutawney and Big Run.
$50 a. m.--Bufralo and Rochester mall-For
Brockwayville, Ridgway ,Johnsonburg,M Mt
Jewett, bradford, salamanca, Buffalo and
Rochester,; connecting at Johnsonburg
with =. & r. train 3, for Wilcox, Kane,
Warren, Cory and Erie.
1888 n. m.-AccommodatiOn- Sykes
Big Run and PunXsutawney.
2:2Op. m.-Bradford Accommodation-For
Beechtree, Brockwayville, Ellmont, Car
mon, Ridgway, Johnsonburg, Mt. Jewett
and Bradford.
$40 D. m.-Mail-For Dubois, Sykes, Big
Run Punxsutawney and Walston,
Passengers arc requested to purchase tick
cts before entering the cars, An excess
charge of Ten Cents will be collected by con-
ductors when fares are paid on trains, from
all stations where a ticket office is maintained.
Thousand mile tickets at two cents per
mile, good for passage between all statiors,
J. II. MCINTYRE, Agent, Falls creek, Pa
r. 6. MATHEWS +. @, LAPEY,
General Supt. Cen Pas Agent
Buffalo N. Y. Rochester n, Y
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
HORSE FOLLOWED FUNERALS.
a Louisville steed That Caused His Nj
tresB Deep Modification.

tresB Deep Modification.
"Some years ago." said Alderman
james G. Gilbert to a reporter, 81 had
q tenant down town who died, leaving
n wife and helpless family, Their only
property consisted of an old mare and
more to oblige them than anything else
bought the horse. She was gentle and
my wife adopted her for her own driv-
ing and was much pleased for awhile,
as the old mare was so gentle that my
wife could drive her about town herself
at seemed, however, that the marc
had once belonged 60 an old lady over in
New Albany who had a mania on the
subject Of funerals and made point
never to miss one. The old mare's
principal occupation for years had been
TO follow funeral professions TO the
cemeteries. One day my wife was driv
ing down the street, when she suddenly
encountered u negro funeral, followed
by n number Of societies with all tho
paraphernalia Of an imposing cortege
"'The old mare recognized the process
sion at glance, and calmly turned in
to the line Of the parade. In vain my
wife tugged at the reins and tried TO
turn out. The old mare knew her bust
ness, and with head hung down solemn
ly followed close behind the mourners
Occasionally they would meet an ac-
quaintance of ours, and they looked
with surprise at the tribute which my
wife was apparently paying to the de-
ceased, until my wife was frantic with
modification and anger.
"At every crossing she would appeal
to bystanders to stop the old mare, but
they didn't seem to understand, until
at last they passed a policeman, who, in
response to my wifes fearful appeals,
stopped the old mare and dragged her
out of the procession, much to her sur.
prise and disgust. OF course l had a
good laugh over it, but it was no laugh.
ing matter with my wife, and had nc
peace till sold that old mare and got
her out of sight for good. louisville
Courier-Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
Anecdotes or Unrcy mcuee.

Mr.. McGee informed us that one day,
when ON a railway train at station, a
little boy with telegram for him ran
through the car shouting, sis Darky
McGee here?" Mr.. MCGEE said that he
beseechingly called out, "Soften the c,
my boy" Mr.. MCGEE, as we all know,
was Of very dark. rich complexion.
He also assured us that in an election
contest between Mr.. Dorion and him
self they together visited negro settle
ment near Montreal, the votes of which
were an important quota in the election
He (McGee) said he maneuvered and
got Dorion to first address them, which
he did in long, stirring appeal, and
then he (McGee) arose, and, opening his
mouth from ear to ear and glowering at
the negro audience, shouted, 'We are a
downtrodden race" and then resumed
his seat. "And," said Mr.. MCGEE, "they
voted for me to a man. "-Canadian
Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
HOMEMADE TRUNKS.
The Scheme OF Chicago Man to Beat the
Railroads on Baggage.

A caller dropped into the Brightside
fat and found Mr. and Mrs. Brightside
and their wise little terrier, Ming, all
assembled in the kitchen. Mr.. Bright
side was busy boring holes with an au-
ger in the end of n good sized packing
box, while Mrs. Brightside and tho dog,
seated side by side on the floor, regard
ed him with intense though possibly
hypocritical admiration. Near by stood
another packing box with four holes in
each end, through which loops of strong
rope had been so fastened as to make
good, serviceable handles.
"This is about the greatest crisis Of
my life," observed Mr. Brightside.
"How do you suppose l got that rope in
without opening the boxp just figure on
1t now."
As tho caller belongs to the sex which
has never produced n great epic poem,
discovered continent or voted for the
governor of Illinois, she gave up the
problem with q cheerful meekness born
Of centuries of acknowledged incapaci-
ty. Mr.. Brightside, having finished bor-
ing, produced q bent wire and piece
of string, one end of which was fasten-
ed to a few feet of rope. With the wire
he proceeded to insert the string into
one hole and wiggle it cut another. BY
means of the string the rope was then
towed into position, the whole process
ending triumphantly in another pair of
handles.
"But what are you doing IL forY"
"Hes making trunks" explained
Mrs. Brightside. "It's his latest spe-
cialty."
"The only trouble with me, said Mr..
Brightsidc, with apparent irrelevance,
"is that I'm lazy"
"But what on top of the prairie are
you making trunks out of packing boxes
for? Cui bono, you know"
"To save freight I'm sending them
to friend in Wisconsin, you see. I've
got some other friends starting out there
tonight, and if these things have han
dies on they can take them MS baggage
Otherwise the railway company won {
let them. Can your female mind assim-
ilate that fact? Taking it by and large, F"
he added modestly, "its beautiful
piece of work. -
The caller joined the intent audience
ON the floor and contemplated Mr..
Brightside with wonder, love and praise.
1t was pleasing to find any one clever
enough to get ahead Of railroad COM
pany. Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
Fair Boxing Not n Brutal sport.

There is not anything brutal about it.
1t is a business with the young fellows
who sit there with naked backs and
clean, white, hard flesh and easy mus
cles, who are being rubbed and famed,
and who are having their tongues scrap
ed with "strigil' and pressed with
lemons. There is nothing ugly about
them. They come up to each other smil-
ing and sometimes take each others
hands in both their own to show they
feel no i'll will,
When you have seen it all, and even,
perhaps, one of the contestants bit
"groggy" at the end, you haven't seen
anything immoral or bad or brutal. You
have only been seeing part of the life
that is explained by the word athletic.
You haye only been interested in those
things that make for physical superiori-
ty, the power of which shall never cease
to be admired. d.-Scribner'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
Dog Fanciers and Deafness.

"It is peculiar fact, said Edwin
W. Fiske of Mount Vernon, N. Y, who
is one of the best known dog fanciers,
especially in the spaniel line, in the
country, "that almost invariably O
man who is dog fancier and follows
bench shows with any degree of regu-
larity is deaf.
"The best known dog men in the
country have their hearing more or less
affected. 1t is caused by the incessant
barking and bowling which one always
finds in a bench show. A cont .ous
noise of itself would not necel arily
cause deafness, as men in rolling mills
and factories have to stand noise Of
much greater volume and of more
shocking nature than you can find in a
dog show. But the barking and bowling
of dog seem to have an unexplainable
effect upon the ear drum. OF course to
affect the hearing it takes long time,
so that only men who are old in the
business are affected. You take the
principal owners of dogs exhibited here
and you will find my statement veri-
fed. ."-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
Artificial Marble.

"Nine.tenths Of the marble topped
tables and 80 on-what might call fur
niture marble--seen In this country are
made Of artificial MARBLE" said q man
In the trade.
Thousands Of tons Of this mock mar
BILE are made annually, and even men
In the trade can scarcely tell the differ
ence between the real and the false ar
ticle, for the markings or markings go
wholly through the block and are not
merely superficial The basis of the
whole is a combination of limestone and
chalk, which, chemically treated, can
be made of any shade desired. The ar.
tifcial marble in the rough is placed in
water bath, and upon this is sprinkled
sort Of varnish, consisting oAsesqui
oxide of iron, gum and turpentine, and
all manner Of marbled designs are pro-
duced when the turpentine is broken up
by the addition Of water.
Any pattern Of marbling can be pro-
duced to order. Once such pattern ap-
pears, the air is expelled from the block
and the colors are fixed by the INNER
sion of the stone in sulphate and warm
water baths, and then another bath Of
sulphate and kinc so closes up the pores
and harlens the stone that it acquires
the density Of the natural article and
can be cut and polished in the same
manner. Atlanta Constitution.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
NUMBER 2e.
General n.

The shortest name in the world is de-
veloped by the war between Japan and
China. Il is that of General /, Tartar
commander, who has perhaps distin-
guished himself above other Chinese
generals, having conducted campaign
though losing one-of some effect
iveness.
The French are supposed to have an
exclusive monopoly of surnames which
consist of one letter. A considerable
number of such names have been cited
in the French press from time to time.
Mile. o, for instance, keeps grocer's
shop ut Louviers, and Monsieur A is a
guard in the department of Cote dor.
A family named Y is the pride and joy
of n small Belgian town.
In the United States given names--
they could hardly be called Christian
names-consisting of single letter
have not infrequently been bestowed. A
western business man bore the given
name of Pho more, no less--through
long life, and certain New England
boy is named j.
No name so short as that of General
has yet been discovered, however, as I
is certainly the thinnest letter in the
alphabet. Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
Better Than n Sleeping Drnft.

The soul of a Brooklyn electrician
has been sorely tried by the nocturnal
song Of cats. Night after night his we'll
earned rest would be broken by the solos,
duets and choruses which were given by
the feline congregation in his back yard.
One night, while he was lying awake
vowing deep and summary vengeance on
his tormentors, an inspiration came to
him. He had heard that the cat, like the
skylark, does not sing on the ground. It
must climb fence to find inspiration
for the outpourings Of its musical soul
The electricians back yard is surround
ed by high fence which would invari-
ably be studded with dim silhouettes far
into the night, but they are there no
longer. The overweight sufferer con-
ceived the idea of running wire through
which he could send powerful current
around the top of the fence, the switch
bar being close to his hand. He says the
sweetest moment of his life was when
the first cat bumped its back against the
wire He joyously pressed the button.
There was ragged, alternating current
kind of howl and an instantaneous
whisking of % furry mass, and all was
still. Within week not cat would
come within ten rods of that fence, and
the ingenious Brooklynite now sleeps
peacefully. .-Exchange
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
Haddoclx Marka.

Why do haddocks carry those peculiar
black "finger marks" near the head?
Some tell us that they are memento
of the pressure Of st. Peters fingers
when he went fishing for the tribute
money. On the Yorkshire coast they say
the devil once determined to build a
bridge at Filey. His satanic majesty did
not start the bridge for the convenience
Of the people, but for the destruction
Of ships and sailors and the annoyance
pf fishermen in general. In the progress
of his work old Nick dropped his ham,
mer into the sea. Snatching at it hastily,
he caught haddock, and all haddocks
carry the imprint of his black fingers to
this day.--London Fishing Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
The Georgia Method of Eating Melon.

He is already without the inoum-
brance of n coat, and rolling up his shirt
sleeves to the elbow he poises the melon
high enough aboye stone or stump
to break tho rind without dushing it
open. A watermelon is like fruit cal;e
II should be broken, not cut. Inserting
his fingers into the crack he pulls it open.
One half is left comparatively empty,
all the heart remaining in the other side.
To this latter half, which is practically
the whole melon, the epicure now de-
votes himself.
Setting it down upon the ground,
with its great crimson heart bulging up
ward, he plunges one hand down inside
the rind on either side and lifts the en-
tire heart out in one solid lump as big
as his head. Leaving what remains in
the rind for the pigs or tho pickaninnies.
he seats himself in the shade and bites
from tho cool, crimson heart Gs boy
would eat large pear As ono sugary
mouthful after another carries delight
TO the inner man, and the wealth OF
juice trickles down chin and elbows, all
earthly ills are for the time forgotten,
and that Georgia cracker is happy
Augusta Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
Iaatirpun Gttmr Gables.
O~N~~~OO~-O.NrN~N.NN N.NNN-N-N-0-N~0~0O0~0O0~N
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT MAY 10, 1895
Philadelphia S Erie Railroad Division Time
Table. Trains leave DriftwOod.
EASTWARD

Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division Time
Table. Trains leave Driftwood.
EASTWARD
9:0i n m-Train g, daily except Sunday for
sunbury Harrisburg ana inIermeniyate sya sta
New York, 0:23 p. M; Baltimore, 6;i5 p M;
Washington, 7;;i0 pm Pullman Parlor car
from Williamsport and passenger coaches
from Kane TO Philadelphia.
$3.50 p. m.--Tran 9, daily except Sunday for
Harrisburg and intermediate STATIONS, ar
S;B 4. " Pullman Sleeping cars from
Harrisburg 20 Philadelphia and New York.
phlladelphia pnssSengeis pSg - can remain IN
0;35 p. m.-Train T. daily for Sunbury, Harris
burg and intermediate stations, ARRIVING at
Philadelphia, 6;52 A. NJ; New York, O;'b
A. NJ. on week days aud 1923 NJ. ON sun
day; baltimore, $3.50 4. NJ; Washington, 1880
AN. Pullman cars from Erie and Williams
port TO- rhi9delphi9 IasSSemgsrs in sI1eper G
transferred into Washington sleeper at Har-
risburg. Passenger coaches from Erie to
Philadelphia and Willamsport to Balti-
WESTWARD
7;26 2. m.-Traln l, daily except Sunday for
Ridgway, Dubois, Clermont and inter
mediate stations. Leaves Ridgway Mt 300
p. NJ. for Erie.
$50 a. TRAIN 3, daily for Erie and inter-
e:25 p. m --Train II, daily except Sunday for
Kane and intermediate stations.
THROUGH TRAINS FOR DRIFTwOOD
FROM TIE EAST AND SOUIH.
TRAIN II leaves Philadelphia $3.50 A. m.
Washington, 7.50 A. NJ; Baltimore, s:53A, NJ;
Wilkesbarre, 1918 A. NJ; daily except sun
day, arriving at Driftwood AT 6:27 p. N. with
Pullman parlor car from Philadelphia to
Williamsport.
TRAIN leaves New York nj p. M; phila-
delphio, ii:20 y. m; Washington, 1910 u. M;
Baltimore 1850 p. MI daily arriving ut
Driftwood nt $3.50 u. m. Pullman sleeping
cars from Philadelphia to Erie and from
Washington and Baltimore To Wlllamsport
and through passenger coaches from phila-
delphia TO Erie and Baltimore to Williams
port.
TRAIN leaves Remove at $685. n. M, daily
except Sunday, arriving Mt Driftwood i;2j
a.. m.
JOHNSONBURG RAILROAD.
DAILY except Sunday.)
TRAIN 10 leaves Ridgway at $3.50 n. M; john
sonburg at 9:i5 n. M, arriving at Clermont
at 10:i0 n, m.
TRAIN 20 leaves Clermont at 1880 q, m. ar
irving at Johnsonburg nj ilii a. m. and
Ridgway at 1900 n. m.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
Value Of ArtesInn Wells.

In many parts of the country artesian
wells may be bored and will furnish
running streams at the surface. This Is
due of course to the formation of the
under strata of the earth, and if one is
fortunate enough to strike good vein
the supply will be abundant. In por-
tions of the south artesian wells have
been bored to tho depth of 1,200 feet.
One of these wells was finished in less
than three weeks, striking 4 vein Of wiz
ter 200 feet below tho surface that fur
nishes an outpour sufficient for the
towns uses. 1t is not an uncommon &C.
cuTence that one must drill tho second
time into we'll TO secure n permanent
supply of water It il curious fact
that after one has reached certain
depth piping is unnecessary
A we'll in New York state was dug to
depth Of f50 feet and furnished rea-
sonable supply of water by pumping.
After the second season it gave ont en-
tirely, when the drill was put in and
nearly 200 feet more were cut through
before water was reached. For tho first
100 feet the pipe went down, but after
that the water rose through the cut i'll
the earth, there being consistency and
firmness enough in the soil to make pip
ing unnecessary. New York Ledger
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-06
She Formerly Taught Greek.

It is not generally known to tho many
who hayo had the pleasure of seeing
Mr.. and Mrs. Beerbohm Tree that this
charming actress was formerly Miss
Maud Holt, professor Of Greek and He
brew Mt Queens college. Her ability
and charm as well rs her linguistic
capabilities arc notorious, besides which
she possesses n voice delicate as thread,
in truth, but workable thread of gold.
When the young compile started life to-
gethor, every one was interested in
them because they brought gifts to the
stage which too rarely adorn it--namo-
", those of education, character and good
breeding. Theirs was love match,
originally developing during the anna
teur thoatricals in which they met. and
which lod to tho discovery Of their own
and each Others talents. Since the day
Of their marriage husband and wife have
rarely played apart, and they have re-
maincd sweethearts on the stage and
lovers in their own home. -Englishwo-
man.