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The Monitor-register., 1897-04-23
School of Methods

Since the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS con-
tanned a good report of the proceedings
of the recent convention held in Salem
on the 18th inst, we will not stop to CON
suit our notes but just draw a few items
of interest Owe trust) from memory's
indentations.
Not the least of which was this com-
munication into cur ear: sit certainly
does my heart good to see the bright
young women who are entering so heart
lily in this wv. G. T. W work" The
convention was full of them-these
young women. and if, perchance, there
were a few with silvered heads among
them, the reflection from the fresh young
faces smoothed away any lines of care
for the work, or of honest age that may
have noiselessly crept in. If age was
there, it was beautiful age,i llumined by
the grace of divine fellowship of the All.
Father. And such age is thrice welcome
10 our midst.
The young ladies who acted as pages
messengers for the day were an inspir-
ion in themselves, and we think these
young ladies will not forget Major Hill
toms repeated references to them as
doing, so quietly and gracefully and hap
PLY, their duties-as having been given
of the hand of God. This is but their
entrance into the beautiful field of work
that is opening out before them. 1t is
the inmost prayer of our heart that these
dear young people may be faithful unto
tJe-and unto DEATH-if needs be, in
carrying forth joyously the duties that
may come more and more to them as they
persevere in moving toraoard into it's
intricate leadings. Never SO intricate,
however, that the love of the ALL Father
does not penetrate every line of it. He
is our refuge and our strength, and will
ever aid us when we. call for His guild
ance, as We constantly must do if we
work well.
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NEW MAIIINGS-

Made for us, inspected by our own
expert before shipment from the
Orient. Wanamaker mattings are
best because we take steps to have
them best. AS a rule, the Japanese
and Chinese use same designs for
other stocks. We are thinking OF
quality, color of straw and wear.
Some very special lots
$50 rolls 40 yards in each), 10 patterns
seamless.China Mating at ST.
9j0rollS, 10 patterns, small figured, iointet
China mating at ST.
500 rolls, 20 patterns, seamless japanese
Mating at St.
700 rolls, IA patterns, China Mating al
So a roll.
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Is it not 80 ?

Creamridge, 4th Mo. Goth, 1897.
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GLEANINGS.

To our mind 1t ought to be the purpose
Of the journalist so to tell the story Of the
aoorld to dag that the World should be better
to. m0Tr0W.-FRANCEs E. WILLARD.
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Mems WISH everybody knew
Choac Shoes-it would be greatly
to their advantage and the
benefit of this shoe store. For the
shoe chief has no mysteries and no
tricks. Two new corners for mems
wear
Calfskin Shoes-chocolate color
and oX-blood.
They are in two of the new toe
shapes; they are good and good
looking. We had a seasons supply
made-or what we counted enough.
But the guess was poor. You'll
take the lots long before the season
ends.
$3.50 a Pair
Look around town for a better
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W $4,000
loaf will cost $500. So there is left
nothing to furnish nutriment in the beef
but the alcohol of which it contains, as 8
rule, from five to ten per cent. The
question then is, is alcohol of any value
as q food ?
Foods, for the main part, are of two
great classes, heterogeneous foods, which
60 to the building up of the tissue, and
~carbonaceous, which furnish heat and
force. Now all foods of the first class
must contain nitrogen, and this rules out
alcohol, as in it there is not a trace. DIR.
Hammond perhaps alone has ventured te
suggest that any aid can be given by
alcohol to the building up of tissue. He
says it may be possible that somehoa
it may enter into combination with the
products of tissue decay, and under GER
tain circumstances might yield the nitro.
gen which they contain to the construc.
ton of new tissue, This seems to me a
good deal like trying to start a good fire
out of clinkers, etc. Hammond else
where says: sit is not demonstrable at
present, that alcohol undergoes CONVEX
sion into tissue" Being thus ruled out
from among tissue foods, let us look to
see if it can find a place among the foods
which produce heat and force. Liebig
placed it the last in his list of foods OF
this class with an interrogation mark
following, Alcohol contains carbon, and
we know the law is that carbon and oxy-
gen unite to produce heat and give off car
boEic acid. A few years ago almost any
doctor would have said that the imbibi-
ton of alcohol gave warmth to the body.
SO that the late DR.. Anstie, Que of the
foremost advocates for the medical use
of alcohol, said: Until within the last
few years it was not even suspected that
the effect of alcohol was anti-pyretic or
cooling as it is now admitted to be-"
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London Temperance Hospital have en-
deavored to fnd another solvent than
alcohol to take its place in the prepare
ton of the tinctures commonly employed
in the practice of med cine and in 1893
announced that partly diluted glycerine
and about five per cent. of acetic acid
will serve as a solvent for forty six of the
sixty two tinctures commonly admin
istered, while the remaining sixteen be
ing nearly all gums or resins or essential
oils could be given as pills or powders or
other mixtures, and they state in the
Medical Pioneer that they find the medi-
cines thus prepared quite as reliable in
use as were the old forms. There is
another very important thing to be con-
sidered in relation to medical prescrip-
tion of alcohols. When the doctor pre-
scribes the dose or the dram how is he
going to know just how large the dose
or dram should be. Richardson tells of
a conversation with one of his medical
brethren on this subject. The friend
said:"I think the best thing you ever did
was in pulling us all up on the question
of the degree to which alcohol should be
carried in its administration, and in in.
sisting that it should never be carried
beyond the first stage or degree of it's
action. entirely agree with you, but
my friend. the difficulty with me lies in
carrying it out in practice. To do so |
must make a physical analysis of every
drink l prescribe, aud a mental ANALYSIS
Of every person | prescribe for"
DR.. Hunt says: "One of it's LEADING
defenders makes an ounce of alcohol in
twenty four hours the maximum
Another (Hammond) says: "a single
glass may be excess for some individ.
uals," and adds, sit is impossible to tell
what constitutes excess except by ner.
sonal experiment." Doesn't it look like
walking on thin ice when we enter into
any relation, medical or otherwise, with
alcohol?
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24

to her purchase by an English official,
who was engaged in gathing n small
herd to export to England. At that
time, il is asserted, there was not an
elephant in tho United States. The
agent from America conc eived the idea
that he had found tremendous card
for his menagerie. He purchased
jeanette for $4,000. The purchase
was tho talk OF London.
The next thing to do was to get
jeanette to the United States, and that
was no trifling matter. The year
1923, it must be remembered, was far
in advance of the ocean greyhound,
and the voyage across the Atlantic for
even a human being was considered
an event. The agent, however, was
equal to the emergency, and one juno
day when n clipper ship sailed from
Liverpool she had aboard OF her, snug
ly slowed in the hold, the bulky form
OF the comparatively youthful
jeanette. Detail is lacking as to how
jeanette enjoyed the voyage, but she
reached New York with but few
abrasions of the skin and n sour TEN.
per.
Naturally Jeanette created q sensa.
tion in Gotham. People came from a
great distance to see her lodgings not
far from Battery Park. Then her
owner placed her in a tent, because
the lodgings were not large enough to
accommodate the people who came to
see her. Ho made money rapidly and
Jeanette waxed fat and strong. At
ter a while patronage began to slacken
a bit, however, and Jeanette's owner,
who had long ago given up the idea OF
placing her in any menagerie except
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24
Bismarck Is Bored.

A sadder utterance can hardly be
imagined than that said to have been
lately made by Prince Bismarck, now
near the end OF his life, after having
occupied the position of dictator of
Europe:
"l feel weak and languid, but not
ill. Ny illness is want OF the Joys of
life. NY existence is no longer of
any use 1 have no official duties, and
what see as an onlooker gives me no
pleasure. Should / live longer it will
still be the case. feel lonely. I
have lost my wife, and as regards my
sons, they havo their own business.
With growing ago I have also lost in
terest in agriculture and forestry. L
rarely visit the fields and woods, since
| can no longer ride and shoot and
move about as like. Little by little
politics begins to tire me"
The faculty of retiring gracefully
from active labor and responsibility
when years become burden and
others can do the work better, is ono
Bismarck has not learned. He has no
such resource as Gladstone has in
other interests than statecraft. He
finds nothing to do but to meddle and
complain. The knowledge that he
created strong empire gives him lit
tie comfort, 'or he has not faith that
anybody but himself can keep it
strong. When Milton was old, and
had for "this three years" lost the
sight of his eyes, he could say:
''What supports me, dost thou ask?
The conscience to have lost them overpied
In Liberty's defense, my noble task. -
But liberty is better work than
empire. New York Independent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24
lie Surprised the Drill Sergeant.

A clipper-built man of 80 or there
about enlisted in one OF the troops of
the Fourth Cavalry mt the Presidio of
San Francisco n few years ago. When
he was asked by the recruiting officer
if he knew anything about horses, he
replied, "Not very much" The day
after his enlistment the troop drill SER
gcant gave the recruit II horse and
took him out to the 'bull ring" to
give him his first whir at riding horse
back. The recruit laborcd into the
saddle with great apparent difficulty,
aud for 10 minutes his nwkwardness
taxed the resources of tho drill SER
geant's vocabulary. Then, with n grin,
he sprang to the ground. quickly I'M
cinchcd the horse, and threw off the
saddle. Starting his saddleless horse
around the ring on II dead canter, he
leaped upon its back without the use
OF his hands, and standing with his
boots upon the horses glossy back,
he rode around the ring for n few
times. Then, the horse still at a swift
lopc, he stood on his head on its back.
He followed this up with monkey
drill that almost give tue drill SER
gennt apoplexy. When, II few days
later, the recruit got first serGeant's
stripes, it came ont that he was one of
the best-known circus riders in the
country. and one of the most unre-
liable, on account of his prediction
for liquor. He kept struight in the
army, however, ana at the close OF his
enlistment started riding school in
San Francisco, which he is still man
aging with immense success. New
York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24

eyes had that peculiar lacklustor ap.
pearnnco which always accompanies
decrepit old age. jeanette had passed
through tho hands of SO many show.
men that TO anyone of these her entire
history IL practically unknown. She
cnmo in possession of her last owner
in 1885. Previous to that time, IL il
estimated by those who know scraps
OF tho aged elephants career, she had
been owned by at least forty different
persons. She was of African birth and
was sold for II bagfnl OF gold. Anyone
who saw her. and was familiar with
elephants, would know in an instant
that she was an African. Her ears
were of the enormous, umbrella"
kind, which make elephants look not
unlike huge foxhounds.
The first that was known of jeanette
in this country was IN 1923. At that
time IN agent OF an American menag.
erie was IN England, and there saw the
elephant, in company with n number
of others just arrived from the Cape,
rs Africa is termed in Britain. She
had been employed as II working ele.
phant for some time in Africa previous
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24

In the heart of San Francisco is tho
city's principal cemetery, where are
buried the bodies of her famous dead,
and where loom up in the sky the
grand mausoleums of her millionaire
mining and railroad kings. A move.
ment to bisect this cemetery with o
new street has aroused much opposi-
tion, yet it is by NO means certain
that sooner or later the whole cemetery
will not be moved to n quarter whore
the dead would cost less in real estate
and taxes. 1t seems that when grave
yards were started the founders of
cities did not know where to place
them. For years in Boston the old
graveyard on fremont street showed
that some OF the most valuable prop
erty in the city was occupied by dead
heads.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24

Nansen invented the model of tho
Fran, making her hull round and slip
perry, like au eel, with no corners or
sharp edges for the ice to seize upon.
She is the strongest vessel ever used
in Arctic exploration. He said that
pressure would simply lift her on tho
ice, aud so her bottom, near the keel,
was made almost fiat in order that she
might not eapsize while on the ice
surface, and her screw and rudder
were also ingeniously protected. The
many experts who said her design
would not save the Fran from instant
destruction wore mistaken, for she
met these resistless ice pressures, and
they merely lifted her out of her era
die, and she rested safely on tho sur.
face.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24
The ..Tippecanoc" Inauguration.

Mr.. Joseph d. Bishop contributes
an article on "Inauguration Scenes
and Incidents" to the Century. which
is an "Inauguration number" Con-
cerning the Inauguration OF General
William Henry Harrison. Mr.. Bishop
says: A magnificent carriage Ind
been constructed by his admirers. and
presented to General Harrison, with
the express wish that he ride in it to
tleC,pitol but he declined to do so,
insi ting upon riding horse instead.
The crowd of visitors along the avenue
was the largest yet seen in Washing
ton. Tho procession created such en-
thusiasm That the novel cxpedient was
put in operation of having IL march
aud countermnrch several times before
leaving its hero at the Capitol. For
two hours it went to and fro in the
avenue before the spectators were sup
pOScu 10 nave thclf MI OF ". Mf.
Adams, who saw it from his window,
under which it passed, describes IL in
his diary mixed military and civil
cavalcadc, with plntoons of militia
companies, Tippec,noe clubs, students
of colleges, scbool-boys. n half-dozen
veterans who had fought under the old
hero in tho war of 1911, sundry awk-
ward and ungninly painted banners
and log cabins, aud without carriages
or snowy dresses. The coup Doll,
he adds, was sh howy shabby; and he
says of the general: "He was on n
menn-looking white horse, in the cen
tre of seven others, in n plain irock
coat or surtout, undistinguishablo
from any of those before, behind, or
around him." The day was cold and
bleak with chilly wind blowing.
General Harrison stood for an hour
exposed to this while delivering his
address, and at its close mounted his
horse and returned to tho White
House with the procession ngain ns an
escort.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24
The ~Ears1 of Insects

The naturalists have not as yet been
able to answer tue burning question,
"Can bees here?" but their researches
along that line have resulted in many
queer discoveries. Simply because a
bee has no ears on the sides OF his
head, it is no sign whatever that he is
wholly without some sort of an audi
tory nerve. This last assertion is
proven by the fact that grasshoppers,
crickets, locusts, aud file, all have
ears situated in queer places under
the wings, on the middle of the body,
and even on the sides of their legs.
The common house hy does his hear
ing by means OF some little row $ of
corpuscles which are situated on the
knobbed threads which occupy tho
places which are taken mp by the hind
wings of other species OF insects. The
garden slug, or shell.less snail, has his
organs of hearing situated ON each
side of his neck, aud the common
grasshopper has them on his broad,
fiat thighs. In some OF the smaller
insects they are at the bases OF the
wings, and in others Mt the bottom of
the feet. st. Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24

his own, put her IN a wagon that was
considered triumph OF architectural
skill, and with just enough other
things to justify him in calling his
outfit menagerie started out to tour
the east.
Jeanette's fame spread far and wide,
and after exhibiting her until he had
made his fortune her owner sold her
to a menagerie. How often she
changed hands after that even the
best posted menagerie and circus man
refuses to estimate, beyond the fact
that it was at least forty times. 1t is
certain, however. that there has been
no prominent menagerie in the coun-
try in the last half century which has
not had claim on Jeanette mt one
time or another. When elephants be-
gan to be common Jesnette's fame
faded. She was probably the most
travelled elephant the world ever
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24

Instead Of resenting the action OF
this country in restricting foreign
pauper immigration, the Italian gov.
ernment has recently adopted meas.
ures preventing the idle hordes of
that country from emigrating to the
United States. In Italy, says the
Philadelphia Public Ledger. the dis
tinction between worthy and unworthy
people is broader than in almost any
other country, especially in the class
that furnishes the most of the emf.
grants. The Italian peasantry is
largely composed of thrifty, industri.
ous people. such as may be seen any
day in our own city, who are willing
to work hard for small wages and con.
trive to save enough out OF their
scanty earnings to provide for old
age. Such people form valuable
addition to tho population. But it
also contains a class of vicious idlers,
who will not work, who have no re.
spect for law. whose passions are eas.
lily reused aud, when reused, are never
restrained, and who make "A profession n
of crime. From this class the Malta
and the brigands are recruited. and it
is this clnss that the government
agents are obliged to keep at home
under heavy penalty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24
Tie Ballot Here and Abroad.

In the United States there is one
voter to every four and half persons;
in Great Britain one to every SIX per-
sons; in France one to every three
and half persons; in Italy one to
every ten persons.
The United States cast IS, ,923, l02
votes in 1896.
Great Britain casts 6.4l6. 900 votes.
Scotland has $50, 900 electors.
Ireland has $50. 900 electors.
France has 10, 900, 900 electors.
Germany has 10, 600, 900 electors.
Austro- Hungary has $500, 900 elec.
tors.
Italy has 3, ,006, 600 electors.
In 1892 out OF 3,006, 900 qualiicu
electors only 1900, 900 voted in Italy
or about five per cent. of its tota!
population.
Belgium had 100000 voters ten
years ago, but since then has increased
its suffrage SO that some citizens have
several ballots.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24
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THE FUNERAL.
everyone who ever had anything to do

everyone who ever had anything to do
with her.
Although possessed OF this good
nature, shc was resentful of fanciod
or real injuries, and If she once took n
dislike to n person woe betide that
unfortunate individual il he ever
ventured within reach of her trunk.
Jeanette had an antipathy 10 n
painter named Fraser, which seemed
to turn her against all painters Once
she broke loose ard discovered gang
of painters outside the gate on their
way from work to dinner. She gave
sbrill warning and thundered after
them. They ran as fast rs they could,
but Jeanette gained SO rapidly that
they were forced to take refuge IN n
barn, the great doors OF which swung
right open. Jeanette pressed them
so hard that they climbed up into the
haymow. and there the elephant kept
them until their cries for help brought
aid.
Jeanette was not large elephant.
She weighed only three tons. Sho
had Il persuasive way, however, when
ever she took after anyone. To tell
the complete story of her escapades
would be an almost endless task. The
greater portion of them we're good
Datnred, snd she was never known to
really hurt anyone who mad not in
Iurcd her. 1t was favorite pastime
of hers whenever she broke loose in
the imenagerie tent to make for tho
lemonade vendors, put them to flight
aud drink all their lemonade. This
she seemed to consider most delight
ful treat. The same method Of treat
ment was applied to the men and boys
who dispensed candy, and Jeanette
appropriated so much of their stock
that they grew to be afraid to venture
near her.
The people Of Peru mourn for Jean
cite. She was one of the sights of tho
town during the winter season, and
was friend of two thirds of the popu-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24

The town of Fairfield, 'cnu.. has n
large contract on hand. The records
Of the town have not been indexed since
1900. The selectmen nre now consid-
ering the best method of beginning
the large undertaking. The records
comprise seven large volumes, and to
index those will require at least
years labor and an expense of between
s., 900 and 5000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24

American cotton is rapidly super
seding that of India in the markets OF
Japan because of it's superior length
aud strength, and u representative of
the Japanese government is making
m investigation into the methods of
cultivating and handling the staple in
Texas and other southern states, from
which valuable results are likely to
follow.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24

II is said that more than ninety per-
cent of the railway passengers in Eng
land travel third-class. They con
tribute about eighty-threc percent OF
the receipts. A goodly portion of the
remaining seventeen percent. it is
safe to say, is contributed by wealthy
American tourists, who are conspicu-
Gus patronzers of the lirst.cla car
riage during the summer months.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24
AMERICAS FIRST.
WAS THE PIONEER
ELEPUhNT OF AMERICA.
Death of the Ola Beast Said 20 Have
Come 60 This Country In 1923
and TO Have Had Forty
or More Owners.

7 EANETTE, an elephant which
most showmen believe to have
~ been the oldest in the United
States and the first ever brought
to America, is dead at Peru, Ind. Her
age is known to have been IG years.
The Chicago Times Herald says she
has been tenant of menageries in
this country since 1924.
Jeanette really died of old age. Her
skin was wrinkled and drawn and her
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24

DIR. Seneca Egbert of the Mcdico-
Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, says
that rheumatism often results from
drinking too little water, and that the
cures wrought at watering places are
TO be attributed to the free imbi bing
of that fluid. rather than to the min.
erals contained therein.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-24
THE ONE GIRL.


little laugh; eat least nothing of i'm
portnncc. ] will come down pres.
entity"
In very short time she was in the
drawing aud Herbert Cnste-
ford, as he looked at her, thought he
had never seen her so beautiful. He
had loved her for years, but he had
received SO little encouragement from
her that he had not spoken; but to-
night he hud determined to put his
tate to the test, while poor Mysic,
with II pnn at her heart, was snying
TO herself that if Godfrey could forget
so easily, why, so could she.
And SO it came about that few
hours later she returned to her room,
having pledged herself to Herbert
Castlcford. Instead of the little hoop
of pearls she had never worn she pos
scssed handsome diamond ring, aud
the dead flower aud the pearls were
put fur away out OF sight, to be for
gottcn--if possible.