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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
Indian Medicine Bags.

The medicine bags of Navnioes, Zunia
and Apaches, all kindred tribes in New
Mexico and Arizona, contain curious
powder, known as corn pollen or hod.
dentin. This powder, which is the pol
len of rush. and also of maize, appears
to be used as Il medicine. being eaten
by the sick and put on the hoad or other
parts to ease pain, but principally as
sacred Offering to the sun and moon
pnd as Il sanctifier of everything. A
pinch of 1t IL thrown toward the sun
and then toward the four winds for
help in war or the chase, is put on the
trail of a snake to prevent harm from
1t, placed on the tongue of the tired
hunter rs restorative, hung in bags
round the necks of infants as preserv-
ative and sprinkled on the dead. In
fact, every action of these Indians In
sanctified by this powder, so that, as
Captain Bourke writes in the ninth
volume of 1.-THE Report Of the Bureau
of Ethnology" (Smithsonian) "plenty
of hoddentin has come to mean that a
particular performance or place is sa-
cred."
Captain Bourke shows many analogies
to the use of this sacred powder both
in the east and among the ancient
Greeks and Romans, and it is clear that
similar practices with regard to "med-
icine"--thnt is, magic-have prevailed
everywhere and in all ages, for super
stition seems to be the universal heri-
tage Of man, so deeply ingrained in his
very nature that all the efforts of phi
losophors and thirteen" clubs will not
avail TO root it out Medicine bags or
amulets will continue to be worn open
ly or secretly not only by the wild In
dian and the Kaffir, but by many among
ourselves who cling to the beliefs hand
ed down probably from remote prehis-
toric ages. Chambers Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04

As an indication Of the popularity at
tanned very early in her life by Princess
Victoria it is interesting to hear that
great Indignation was expressed all over
England When it was known that the
child had not been present at her un-
cle's coronation in 1881. Some said that
the Duchess Of Kent was in fault. 9TH
ers blamed the prime minister, and
some asserted that Queen Adelaide was
responsible for the omission. Letters
and articles were published in all the
newspapers and the sensation did not
subside until the Duchess of Kent ex-
planned that. owing to a weakness Of
the ankles from which the little Victo-
ria was then suffering. it had been
thought wiser not to expose her to the
long standing which attendance at the
ceremony would have necessitated. -
Philadelphia Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
HAD NO FAITH IN PHYSlC.


Had She Taken Medicine.
OF the efficacy of physic Queen Eliza
beth had always been skeptical. Now,
10 or l2 physicians came to the palace,
eacI promising, with all manner of
asseveration," cher perfect AMI easy
recovery" if she would follow a simple
vain. Nor could the protests of council.
ors, divines and waiting women induce
her tu accept medical assistance. Her
melancholy was ''settled and irremov-
able," aud she had no wish to prolong
IL by lenptbening out her life. She only
broke silence to murmur, 81 am not
sick, feel no pain and yet l pine
away" She was asked whether she had
any secret cause of grief. She replied
that she knew of nothing In the world
worthy of troubling her. At length by
force (it is said) she was lifted from the
cushions and put to bed. Her condition
underwent 10 change. Gradually those
about her realized that "she might live
IL she would use means,' but that she
would not be persuaded, and princes, as
they tearfully acknowledged, cannot be
coerced. Nevertheless, until the third
week they looked forward to renewal
of her old vivacity and the dispersal Of
her lethargy. But during the week it
was perceived that the ground she had
lost could only be recovered by miracle.
On Wednesday, March 23, her coun-
cilors entered hor bedchamber to receive
her last instructions. She had none to
give. The archbishop and bishops offered
up prayer at her bedside and she derived
some comfort from their ministrations.
In the evening she sank into a quiet
sleep, such as she had sought without
avail for nearly month. She never
woke again. About 3 o'clock in the
morning of March "a she departed this
life, mildly like lamb, easily like q
ripe apple from the tree" When she
was examined after death, her ply
sicians reported that "she had body
of firm and perfect constitution, likely
to have lived many years" Death was,
in fact, prepared TO the last to bargain
with her for u few more years OF life
but his terms implied an enfee Element
of those faculties OH whose unrestricted
exercise her queenly fame seemed to hel
to depend. By refusing to be party t.
the truce she invited her overthrow
but she never acknowledged hersel
vanQuished. She made no will. she be
slowed 10 gift OH any Of the faithful at
tendants who wept beside her deathbod
and she declined to guide her council il
the choice of successor. -Cornhil
| Marazine
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
A bullet In His Heart.

"It is generally thought that man
cannot live very long after getting bull
let in his heart" said a South Carolin.
ian, "but there is an instance on record
in my state of man carrying bullet
in his heart five weeks before death.
The matter is fully authenticated, the
post mortem examination having been
made by DIR. Curran b. Earle, n nephew
of the late United States Senator Earle.
The wounded man was named Tom
Ferguson, and he was shot by rcrro
named Dock Chaney ut Greenville, S.
@. Ferguson lived five weeks, NJ d at
the post mortem examination 80 cali
ber bullet was found firmly iiubeddcd
in the exterior wall of the heart. The
cause of FergUson's death was the inun.
dation of the pericardial cavity, which
impeded the action Of the heart, which
in plain English means that the cavity
surrounding the heart was punctured
and flooded to such an extent that the
heart was prevented from beating. This
carrying bullet in the heart is a re-
markable case, hut the physicians were
not able to say, without tedious research,
whether it has q like in the medical
records or not. A patient, it is said,
may live several days with wounded
heart, and metaphorical wound. how
ever severe, may not shorten his life at
all, but the cases, il any, where one
carried bullet in this sensitive organ
80 long are few and far between. -
Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
"MC'S" IN PAST CABINETS.
Mckinley the First "Mc" In the Presiden.
tial Chair.

Major Mckinley was the first INC" to
be president, but MES" in the cabinet
are no novelty. Washington had ono III
his second cabinet, he being James Nc
Henry of Maryland, who was appointed
secretary of war Jan. 81, 1896. McHenry
was also secretary of war under Presi-
dent John Adams,
The next INC" to be chosen to cabi-
net position was John Mclean of Ohio
who was appointed postmaster general
by President Monroe June 26, 1928.
President John Quincy Adams contin-
ued Mclean as postmaster general dur
ing his administration.
Andrew Jackson, remembering his
ancestry, made a INC" secretary of the
treasury. This was Louis McLane of
Delaware. His appointment was made
Aug. IS, 1881. Two years later MAY
30, 1881 jackson made McLane secre-
tary of state, he succeeding Edward
Livingston of Louisiana.
In 1S4l President John Tyler went TO
Ohio for mo" for secretary of war,
choosing John Mclean, who had been
postmaster general in Monroc's cabinet.
ITtssdtus u
INC" for secretary of the interior. This
was Robert McClelland of Michigan,
who was appointed March 2, 1858.
March 2, 1865, President Lincoln ap-
pointed Hugh McCulloch of Indiana sec
retary Of the treasury, which position
he filled while Andrew johnson was
president.
The secretary of war under President
Hayes was a INC" This was George
W. McCrary of Iowa, who was appointed
March 10, 1877, and was succeeded by
Alexander Ramsey of Minnesota Dec.
IL, 1879.
The next INC" to sit in the cabinet
was Wayne MacVeagh OF Pennsylvania.
who was attorney general under Presi-
dent Garfield.
There have been four secretaries c,f
war whose names begin with NC, 1.-TWO
secretaries of the treasury, two post
masters general, one secretary of the
interior and one attorney general.
OF the letters following the "Mo"
three have been C's (three distinct per-
SONS, three different positions), two have
been HIS (the same person, same posi-
tionD, four LIS 1.-TWO persons, five posi-
tions), one V.-Salt Lake Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
A Franchise For Sale.

"The biggest thing ever had ON
tap" said citizen Of Alabama.
twas when l first realized that IL was
necessary for me to go out and do sume-
thing for myself. Before came face to
face with this emergency had been
abroad and was impressed with the
way they must make money at Monte
Carlo. It WAS mathematically q sure
thing and plenty Of it,
"After had interested two friends
we all went to Mexico, and by lavish
promises sucoecded in getting fran
chise from tho government and were to
conduct mammoth gambling institu-
tion under It's protection. Not the least
promising feature was sottery, and
there were to be all the other allure
ments that attract the Sevotees Of
chance.
''It was no trouble to interest all the
capital we wanted. Men OF the east ad.
vanced the money, with the one proviso
that they should not appear in the
transaction. We imported some of the
wisest gamblers of the west, and Of
course they went through their PAGES
just to show what they could do when
the vast enterprise became active. One
night we three proprietms took hand
to familiarize ourselves with the sports.
By sunrise the gamblers had every dol
lar that was to go into our Monte Car.
10, and we put i'll five years working in
silver mine to reimburse our hackers.
We have the franchise yet. Detroit
Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
Trains daily except Sunday.
DAVID MCCARGO, GENT. SUPT.
JAS. p. ANDERSON GEN'L PASS. A0T.
BUFFALO, ROCHESTER, g. 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 Nov. 18TH 1896, passen-
ger trains Will arrive and depart from Falls
Creek station. daily, except Sunday, as fol-
lows:
Cleariield.
1000 u m--Buffalo and Rochester mail-For
Brockwayville Ridgway ,Johnsonburg, Mt.
Jewett, Bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo and
Rochester,; connecting at JOhnsonburg
with p. 4 r. train g. for Wilcox Kane,
Warren, Cory and Erie.
1927 O Observation-Disclosures Sykes, Big
Run and Punxsutawney.
l02S q m--F0f Reynoldsville
LIS D fn--Bradford Accommodation = For
Beechtree, Brockwayvile, EllmoEt, Car
mon, Ridgway, Johnsonburg, Mt Jewett
and Bradford.
1,25 y. m.-Accommodation for Punxsu-
tawney and Big Run
as D. m.--Mail-For Dubois, Sykes, Big
Run Punxsutnwney and Wulston.
Z@O p INSTRUMENTATION for Big Run and
1Punxsutnwney.
Passengers are requested to purchase tick
cts before entering the cars. An excess
chareRof Ten Cents VIII be,collected by con-
ductOlB when fares are paid on trains, from
ell stations where q ticket Office Is maintained.
"a Thousand mile tickets at two cents per
mile. good for passage between all stations.
j. H. MoINrYRE. Agent. Falls Creek, Pa.
Rochester MY.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
MY LADY'S SECRET.

My lady always smilcd-not much to do,
But when the hours and days increase in
care,
And drcariness and wearncss pU-suc,
When youth and love grow dim IN backward
view,
And life ~ but TO bear and still royhcrr,
All, then, hcr gentle swcc ,ness, u1deilled
BY years of bitterness, shonc forth. Size smiled.
My lady always smiled, in life and Death
Some cnvicd her life thut scc,lc... ! smile
And some cried out or caught asObuinR breath,
Self pityinp, and God und man i' ;iic3,
But some, to sorruws burden rccOnciivl,
We're glad the gladncss Of AUr face To sta
Through toll and care and hear loss apathy.
But When they laid my lady with the flowers
To sleep, where wake n thousand smiling
springs,
A solitary father, praying hours
Beneath grand arch and grave cathedral
towers,
Thanked, for my lady's rest, the King of
kings.
He knew her soul had ycarned weary while
To sleep and rest the burden of a smilel
-Pcarson's Weekly
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
A PLACE FOR FIFTY.
A Statesman Who Found . Use For th,
Earping~ OF His Pen.

A 'Stntesmsn Who Found . Use For the
Earning~ Of His Pen.
81 recall pleasant incident in the
life of the late Representative Harter If
Ohio" said an Ohio man the other day.
81 was at his apartments one evening
at the hotel where he lived during his
first term in congress and was in the re-
ception room with several friends while
he was working in his Office at the far
end of the suit cf rooms Presently he
came out among us laughing and hold.
ing in his hand "A check.
"'Oh,' he SAID to us, Il am literary,
as we'll as you are, and here's check
for $50 have Just got frona maga-
zine for an article that wasa't expect
ing to get anything for
II told him was not that literary,
for couldnx sell one article for $50,
and we laughed and chatsed awhile
about II, Mr.. Harter insisting that he
wasn't writer for money, hut for the
sake Of presenting his visws to the
world.
"'I don't fcnow what to do with the
check he said and turned to his wife.
DO you need it?' he asked her.
''She told him she did not, though
most women would have had use for it
quick enough, and he stood irresolute
for moment with the check in his
hand, then ne smiled radiantly.
"'I know somebody who does want
it, he said, lsodding at his wife as II
she never wouh see it again. Il received
letter from the pastor of little Lu-
theran church-Mr. H. wns q jealous
Lutheran-away out in Missouri, who
is having very hard time to get along
and keep body and soul together, ask.
ing me il l couldn't do something. !
can send him this check. And he danced
away with it as jcyously as a schoolboy
with plaything. and in a minute or
two the check, duly Endorsed and ac-
companied by letter, was waiting for
the postman to start it ON its mission Of
charity, and I have often wondered
what the business manager of that mag
azine thought when he found that check
to the order of M. ID. Harter coming
back to New York from u little country
bank in Missouri. Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
Women May Yet Have Boards.

A. Brandt, in his writings ON the
human beard, proffers an opinion di-
rectly opposing that of Darwin, that
the beard is hereditary remnant of
animal growth. According TO Brandt,
it is an acquisition, SO that even the oc-
casional beard of women has prophet
10 significance, for as man has over
taken woman in his whole organiza-
tion, SO it is the case also with reference
to the beard. But slowly women arc
following, and now 10 per cent of them
show a stronger growth. The woman
of the distant future would then like
wise be adorned with beard. Die
Umschau,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
NUMBER 12.
@. A. r. Encampmcn,, Buffalo.

For the National Encampmeut Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, ut Buffalo,
August %, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell special tickets from
all points on its system 10 Buffalo and
return at rate of II single fare for the
round trip. These tickets will be sold
and will be good going on August q to
% and good to return not earlier than
August ~ nor later than August 81,
1897
The best in town-bicycles at Stokes.
More improvements, more good features
than any others.
Subscribe for THE STAR and get all
the local, county and general news.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
Shirt Signs.

SIN Brooklyn the other day." said a
resident of Manhattan borough, II saw
in the window of furnishing goods
store this sign: Shirt Constructor ;
There is furnishing goods store in
New York that displays, among other
signs, one marked Shirter. There nsed
to be another furnishing goods store in
this city with sign reading, as re-
member it, Shirt Builder, but Shirt
Constructor is now al far as ! know. :"
New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
The New
Furniture
Store,
Opposite Hotel Belnap,
under Centennial
Hall, and next door
to Robinson & Nun.
dOrff's Cash Grocery.
CT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

While | have placed confidence in the
people of Reynoldsyille and vicinity, 10
place before You an opening of such
goods as may be of interest TO you, /
trust that you will favor me with por-
'ion OF your patronage.
| did not come here expecting to sell
all the furniture that is being sold in
Reynoldsville-by no means-as my
worthy competitors have been here
long before l came to serve you. 1t
certainly would be an absurd idea to.
think of discommoding them in their
business. But there is always room for
one more and it gives you more of q;
variety in town to select from; and as.
competition is the life OF trade, it VIII
encourage you to certain extent to
buy your goods at home and save YOU
the disadvantage of going elsewhere.
So when you are in need OF anything in
my line | would cordially invite you to
come in, inspect my goods, get my
prices and buy your goods where you
can obtain the best goods for the least
money. That is the way I do. ! buy
for cash, sell for cash and divide the
profits with my customers. Life is too
short to sell goods at old time prices
and to sell on "tick" at 100 per cent.
profit, at such prices that it takes an
ordinary man his lifetime to pay his
bills and then die poor man, and to
make price 10 cash customers with
percentage to make up for bills un-
paid AS expect 10 do cash business
certainly will be onabled to give YOU
the lowest possible prices that can be
obtained anywhere. My stock con-
sists of Feathers, Pillows, Rugs. Mat
tresses, Couches, Iron and Wooden Bed
steads, Bed Room Suites. Rockers-
Dining and Kitchen Chairs, Stands and
Tables Cots and Springs, Pictures and
numerous articles usually kept in
first-class furniture store.
make speciality of framing pictures
in all sizes and styles at the lowest nos.
sible prices.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04

The little viscount is receiving few
friends in his bachelor quarters. Among
them is Boireau.
The latter, having allowed his cigar
to 60 out, throws it without ceremony
on the carpet. In order to give him a
lesson in good manners the little Wis
count stoops to pick it up, but Roireau.
feigning to misunderstood his intention.
interposes:
"Oh, leave the butt. my dear fellow
Take fresh cigar.
And he hands him the box.-Paris
Figaro.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
Dodging the Question.

1t is dangerous to possess a reputation
for superior knowledge or wisdom. II
is hard to live up to it. Next in impor-
tance to knowing everything perhaps is
to be ranked the ability to conceal one Is
ignorance.
Brown" said Jones, Smith and l.,
here, have had a dispute and have
agreed to leave the decision to you.
Which is right-'Tomorrow is Friday,
or Tomorrow will be Friday?'"
To-day is Saturday, isn't it?" said
Brown, after some reflection.
Eyes. -
'"Then neither one of you is right"
And he waved them aside. Youths
Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
Gay Wall Papers.

The shops of the decorators show a
decided return to gay effects in wall
papers and seem to indicate that the
reign of negative backgrounds for rooms
is seriously interfered with if not fin
ished. A yellow figured paper, that is
almost an orange tint, hangs next to one
Of deep red. which, in its turn, gives
place to rich and vivifying green.
These are, any of them, to be used fash
ionably with white woodwork.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
llu,lrnun 6-tur 6rbirs.
DENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT JUNE 20, 1897.

Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division Time
Table. Trains LEAVE Drftwood
"ct @Tran snnrry daily except snndSE
Harrisburg and the intermediate sta
tions, arriving at philadelphia 0;23 p. m,
New York, g:;l0 D. m. Baltimore, G;O0 u. M;
Washington. 5:i5 p. m Pullman parlor ear
from Williamsport To Philadelphia and pas
senger coaches from Kane TO Philadelphia
and Williamsport TO Baltimore and wash
4;o5 p. m.-Train 8. daily except sunday for
Harrisburg and intermediate stations, AR
riving at Philadelphia 4:30 A, NJ; New York,
harrisburg to Philadelphia and New York.
.snnsr rs,Sae,pndIa nS Son Ten"n
B:35 p. m.--Train 4, daily for sunbury. Harris
burg and intermediate stations, arriving NJ
A. N. on Week days and io.3s NJ. on Sun
day; Baltimore, 6:20 A. NJ; Washington, 5:iO
Am. Pullman cars from Erie and Williams.
10 Washington. Passengers in sleeper
for Baltimore and Washington will be
transferred into Washington sleeper ~ VIII
Transport, Passenger coaches from Eric TO
Philadelphia and Wiliamsport to Balti-
more. -
Ridgway, Dubois CIcrmoni and inter
mediate stations. Leaves Ridgway at 3:i0
$3.50 a. m.--Train ., daily for Erie and inter
mediate points.
5:45 y. m.--Train ID, daily except sunday Tor
Kane and intermediate stations.
THROUGH TRAINS FOR DRIFTWOOD
FROM THE EAST AND SOUTH.
TRAIN Ii leaves Philadelphia s:30 A. M!
Washington, 80 A. NJ; Baltimore, $3.50 A. Nj;
Wilkesbarrc, 1O:i5 A. Nj; daily except sun
day, arriving AT Driftwood nt 5;45 p n. with
Pullman Parlor car from Philadelphia to
williamsport and passenger coach To Kane
TRAIN leaves New York ~ 7;55 p. M; Phila-
deiphia, 1l:20 y. m; Washington, 10, 40 y. M
Baltimore, 1850 p. M; daily arriving at
Driftwood at $3.50 u. m. Pullman sleeping
cars from Philadelphia to Erie and
Through passenger coaches from Phila-
delphia to Erie and baltimore to Williams
port.
TRAIN leaves Remove at $3.50 u. M, daily
except Sunday, arriving Mt Driftwood 7:2l
~ m.
JOHNSONBURG RAILROAD.
daily except Sunday.)
TRAIN 10 leaves Ridgway at 9:i5 u. M; John
sonburg Mt g:33 a. M, arriving at Clermont
at 10:p n, m.
TRAIN 20 leaves Cleamont ut 10:4O II. m. ar
riving at JohnsOnburg at 1l:36 n. IN. and
Ridgway at l:55 a. m.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
Tried to BE Cheerful.

The Minister'S Wife--I'm afraid Mr..
Skinfiint does not realize that the Lord
Oyes cheerful giver
The Minister--Oh, l don't know.
The less he gives the more cheerfully
be gives it.-Brooklyn Life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
Mozart.

Mozart lived 81 years. His first mass
was composed when he was less than
10 years of age, and the enormous
quantity of his compositions was the
work of the succeeding ~ years. Mo-
zart wrote Al symphonies, 10 masses,
over 80 operas and dramatic compost
tions, Al sonatas, together with an i'm
mense number of vocal and concerted
pieces in almost every line of the art
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04

A fancy dress ball is given once
year by the lady artists, sculptors, sing
ers and actresses of Berlin. No males
are permitted at this ball, and about
one-third of the attendants go in mascu-
line costume.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04

The yield of wheat in France, owing
to the cafeful cultivation of the soil and
the large quantity of guano and other
fertilizers employed, is II bushels per
acre.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04

The eggs of a grouse vary from to
IA aud are of reddish white ground
color, almost entirely covered with
largo spots of lumber brown.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-04
J. H. HUGHES.

WANrED-FAlrHFUL MEN OR WOMEN
lo travei for responsible established
housc IN dehnsylvana, Salary $40 and OK
Renses. Position perinanent Reference.
lrii lTrihcin,e n sell addressed stamped envelope.