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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06
THE DRUG CLERK"


phthisic that will cure n case that's
chronic in the quickest sort OF style.
For while he was at college he absorbed al!
sorts OF knowledge with u keenness and
avldity that made his teachers smile.
He can tell you TO fraction, writing out the
full reaction, how much maltese is con-
. verted when you brew n pint OF beer.
For se mns N rsS
was never known to err.
He is up in mathematics, can explain electro
statics when 1t comes to pharmacognosy
=, he's perfect mine OF wealth.
He can analyze q water, and can tell you
what you ought to do to make 1t ft to
drink without iniuring your health.
He explains the metric system with an air of
sapient wisdom, he knows q little Latin.
on pinch "sprecht etwas Deutsch."
He reads the leading Journal, and his wit
springs ever vernal, and when discussing
politics he's never in the lurch
He can draw you soda water with an air Of
freezing hauter that quite precludes ne
cessity for having any ice;
Though when customers are pretty he can be
very witty. and the girls unite in saying
that he's everything that's nice.
Such bralny aggregation is quite fit to rule
a nation, yet he deals out pills and pow
:. ders, with n condescending air,
For n patry compensation that's n shame to
his vocation. and leave i to the public,
do you think that this is fair?"
Well, boys and girls, here we are
again after two weeks rest, trust
physically and mentally refreshed and
invigorated and ready to take up school
duties again on Monday next and labor
energetically for the next four months.
Study up on your weak points, so that
when the final examination comes on
you will be ready to meet it. You have
had good time during the past two
weeks, giving and receiving presents,
and now the time has arrived when we
must get down to business and resume
work to fit ourselves for the active du-
ties OF after-life. And now we will give
you few more 'don'ts" that we think
II you observe carefully you will profit
thereby:
Don't read tor the sake of getting rid
of a lesson. Careful reading will i'm
prove your memory and develop your
talent for oratory, If you have any.
Don't study one branch too much, to
the exclusion Of others. In order to be-
come learned it is necessary to study
them all.
Don't sign your name as II you didn't
care how it looked. How can you ex-
pect others to respect it II you don't
Don't think that writing a beautiful
hand will give you brilliant ideas. All
pretty satcllels do not contain pearls or
diamonds.
Don't think that you have finished
learning when you leave the school
room. You have only begun to learn
what it takes q lifetime to know.
Don't think that learning something
new will cause you to forget what you
already know. Learning is all linked
together and every new thing learned
is like an additional jewel to beautiful
crown.
Don't write poor hand for the sake
Of passing for great man. Americans
think man who cannot deaipher his
own scribbling is hardly fit to write on
great things. Wait, to write poor
hand, until you are ninety years old.
and then you might not be aBle to do it,
even II you wished to.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06
PRESBYTERIAN.

Rev. w. F. Reber will preach in the
Presbyterian church Sunday
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

We shall try to serve shoe patrons
with better shoes than ever-Rob-
inson's.
Mems, youths and boys suits go. In
Deemer's clearance sale.
Roblnson's shoes are always best for
the price. so. I
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06
Our Educational Column.
"unels william" Editsr.

Address all communications relative to this
department TO Editor Educational Column,
care of THE STAR.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

Don't forget the auction in the Star
building Saturday, Jan. 9th.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
The Plckpocket,s Death.

1t is an evident fact that the body,
when it has long been slave TO evil
passions, finds it next to impossible to
break its chains The mind may pas-
sionately desire righteous living, but
the abused nervous system, fallen into
iron habits, refuses the souls behest.
Canon Gore writes that he was once
present at the deathbed of pickpoclet,
a man who professed himself TO lie sim
cerely penitent and who believed III the
forgiveness of sins
He had said goodby to this world,
and the clergyman sat by his side wait
ing for his last moment to come. Sud
denly the sinking man exclaimed in a
hoarse and painful whisper:
Look out for your watch. -
They were his last words. He had
died in their utterance, and the clergy
mans watch was found in his lifeless
hand. He had not been able TO resist the
nearness Of an article that could be
stolen. His enfeebled will could not
prevent the muscles from falling into
their old habits, but his mind--his soul,
shall we say-protested to the last.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
The Adventure. Of a Picture.

We have heard of the adventures or a
guinea. The story of a painting brought
to Rome by Queen Christina of Sweden
is not less interesting. The subject Is
Leda and her attendant nymphs attack
ed in bath by swans 1t was painted
367 years ago for the Duke Of Mantua,
and given by him 70 the Emperor
Charles V. Philippa III took il from TIA
ly TO Spain. 1t was bought there by the
sculptor Leone Leoni, who sold it to a
picture dealer for the collection of the
Emperor Rodolph ii. The Swedes took
it, with other spoils of the Seven Years
war; 20 Stockholm, where Christina
took fancy to it and with other treas
ures transported il 60 Rome She left 1t
90 Cardinal Azzolino, who died few
months after il was handed over 10 him.
It passed on TO his nephew, and was
sold by him to Prince Liyio Odescalchi,
who left iU 70 a cousin, Prince Bardas-
some OGcscalchi, who sold it to the Due
d'Orleans, regent Of France.
His son Louis, due Orleans, pious
prince, thought the head of Leda too
pagan, ana ltlti IL NNN bNt' Wy ~
bought the painting and painted in a
head from memory. He sold il to Pas
quin. a collector, who sold it at a large
profit to Frederick the Great. Marshal
Davout took it from a Prussian palace
and brought it back TO Paris 1t was
there restored ard given back 60 the
king OF Prussia IN 1919. The head fell
Oh the canvas on the way and new
head vcs inserted ty Schlcsirgor The
picture is now IN the possession Of the
German emperor. who is fascinated by
the swans As hc likes to think himself
a Lohcugrin, this is as it should be.
The curious thing is that the artists
name has not gone down to posterity,
though the picture has been famous for
so many centuries. Paris Cor. London
Truth.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27

About three-quartors of the garlic
used in this country is imported from
Italy. It comes in hampers containing
about 10 pounds each. Garlic is raised
in this country in Connecticut, in
Louisiana, in Texas and in New Mexico
All garlic, both imported and Ameri-
can, is put up in strings or lunches
something like the punches in which
onions were once commonly sold in this
country, but much longer American
garlic is shipped in crates and barrels
Some from the far southwest comes IL
long cylindrical baskets
Garlic is sold by the pound or by the
single bulb, which is sold for penny.
I'm its commercial form, whole and dry,
garlic does not yield the strong smell
for which it is famous I'm a wholesale
produce establishment, where garlic
was stacked up in quantities. there was
no noticeable odor from it, bt if one
of the several smaller bulbs OF which
each root Is composed, and which are
called cloves of garlic, be broken off
and broken in two, the powerful odor
becomes perccptible.
The aggregate consumption of garlic
in this country is large, and our exports
of it 20 South American countries,
which include American garlic and inn
ported garlic reshippcd, amount to
enough 70 be rccEoncd in tons. New
York sun
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
What Was Hurt.

Many stories are told Of the witty re-
torts made by certain judge who died
few years ago, and among them is
one which proves that his wit did not
desert him i'll the most trying circum
stances.
One day as he was walking down the
steps which led from his town house he
slipped, lost his footing and fell with
many thumEs ard bumps to the bottom
y passerty hurried up to the judge as
the latter slow ~ rose 20 LIS feet.
IL trust yo.r honor l. not seriously
hurt:' he said IN au@icu, !aqciy
My honor Is not ~ an Lu,t, ~.
turned the Judge with a r-eiul rorros.
sion, but ny ClirH,s aUd kuecs ara
can assure you. ''---.7- on 8 We, ly
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Senses sharpened In the wilds.

made bold to say to DR.. Nansen that
thousands upon thousands of men who
We're not specially interested in arctic
work had read his book with delight,
and that to me the marvel was not that
he could do what he did in the field,
but that he could write such bool;
about his experiences.
'"rhe best thing in it, to my notion, "
l said, lis your description of your dra-
matte meeting with jackson on Franz
Josef Land, and the best part of that
was your reference to the manner in
which the wild mans sharpened senses
discovered the fragments of the soap
which the civilized European had used
in his morning ablutions -
ut is really true, " replied DR. Nan
sen, THAT | could smell that soap as
plainly as if it had been a strong per-
fume. Johansen noted the same thing
when he came up. In fact for several
days our sense of smell was wonder.
fully acute. As approached jackson s
hut thought | could smell everything
1T contained and give sort of inven-
tory of its stores without entering. In u
day or two this acuteness wore off and
we became quite normal in that as well
as other respects But | wonder if a
man were to live wild for few years
if his sense of smell would not become
quite as keen as that of an animal?''--
Cor. Chicago Times Herald
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
The Duel win Morgan o'Connell.

Alyanley's rare appearances in the
house Of lords made his best friends re-
greet that he did not take an active part
in politics. He showed himself a good
and effective speaker, with an excep-
tional knowledge Of Irish politics, on
which he wrote very able pamphlet.
An awkward question he pat to Lord
Melbourne led TO the memorable duel
with Morgan O'Connell The question
irritated O'Connel pere, and, with bis
customary truculcnt coarseness, he de-
nounced Alvanlcy in the commons as a
bloated buffoon. AS usual, there was
some truth in it TO give sting TO the in
vcctive, but in any case the insult must
have been followed by challenge. The
agitator declined 10 come out, and Al
vanley threatened personal chastise.
ment Thereupon Morgan took up the
glove on his fathers behalf in letter
characterized by his fathers scurility.
They met, TO exchange sundry shots
and to part scatheless, but without any
apology. Alvanley observed afterward /:
p" What "a clumsy fellow O'Connell must
be TO miss such a fat fellow as | am
He ought TO practice at a haystack to
get his hand i'll. "-Cornhill Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27

strength Of her guest and by that be
governed. A restful hour at noon and
alone, undisturbed, is boon to any Wis.,
| tor To entertain person all day II
inhuman. There are times for retire
ment which for both parties are re-
lief. In fact the city woman generally
considers herself exceedingly lucky II
her visitor is one who can amuse her.
self at least some hours out of the
"a, reserving, Of course, the evenings
for special pleasures in which the host
as well as the hostess joins in for the
amusement of their guest.
But with country entertaining the
art is quite on another plane There
good form is perhaps more difficult than
in town. Invitations booked for any sea-
son should be sent ont some three weeks
in advance, so that an acceptance or a
declination can be promptly received
Above all, let invitations state the day
and hour for arrival and let the time
also for departure be explicitly given.
This is only due to other guests who
generally make their preparations time
ly ones as far as visits are concerned.
AT all country houses the guestroom
should be fully equipped with the homo
comforts so necessary to Il guest, such
as the well appointed writing desk,
comfortable bath robe and warm slip
pers
Well bred entertainers at all times
allow their domestic duties to go on as
usual, believing that any guest admit
ted to the herthstOne viii be willing
to conform To the rules which govern
the home
1t is bad form TO urge a visitor to at
lend weekly or even Sunday services at
church, to insist upon long walks which
.he does not care to take or drives which
at certain hours INDUCED in are sure to
result in q bad headache. In all such
matters guests should do as they prefer.
There are times when hostess should
be deaf, dumb and blind. Ignore, if pos
sible, the peculiarities of all guests.
Unpleasant humors can be easily ward
ed off either by well maintained rigid
silence or a still preserved charming
manner.
OF course if the visit is protracted
one, after the scenery is exhausted and
when days follow days, the home rou-
tine naturally becomes dull. 1t is then
that the hostess wonders how a change
can be made. One infallible rule is sure
to mend matters, and that is the bring
ing in of some two or three young people
who will stir up the atmosphere and
help amuse your guests and themselves
without knowing it,
So, after all, the art Of entertaining is
simple, and the way that never fails is
to surround yourself with agreeable peo-
pie in whom there is an average diver
sity Of taste. And TO each and every one
let there be heartfelt sympathy, which
is really the cardinal virtue in good
breeding
Mrs. OLIVER BELL BUNCE
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
When Character Is Formed.

In many homes older children make
the life of the smaller ones wretched
much of the time The writer knows
a family where there are three children,
the youngest about 2 years of age. The
older ones seem to find no greater pleas
ure than to tease the babe on every op.
portunity, for she occasions them much
merriment by her violent vocal and
bodily expressions whenever she is tor
mented beyond endurance. One does not
need to remain about this home long
before seeing plainly that this child is
being worried into an ugly disposition
Even at 2 years she has reached the
point where she is intolerable much of
the time, showing her unbalanced con.
dition by flying into passion over
every little thing that occasions her dis.
pleasure. The attitude of the older chill
dren serves to keep her in more or less
constant state of fatigue, and the ac.
tions performed in this condition are
rapidly forming habits, thus determin.
ing her character. Professor NJ V
O'Shea in Popular Science Monthly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Provincial breeding.

IL is row universally conceded that
the most undeniable mark of provincial
breeding is 10 open conversation with a
slight acquaintance-on meeting him
or her-wilh the remark, You do not
remember me, +" or II see that you have
forgotten my name. lie has been dis
covered that il was said by Lord Ches-
teriield, that prince of wits and most
polished noble of his day, that a
man must, indeed, have spent his
life in the country whose circle of ac-
quaintance is so small that he can put
a name 10 each member of il the instant
he sets eyes upon him. And the man
who feels himself of such vast impor-
lance that his name must impress itself
ind1libly on the memory of the nearer,
even when heard on more than one oc.
casion, displays an ingenious solf salts.
faction which reveals but slight knowl-
edge of the vasness and constant occu.
pations of the world of fashion and
breeding "A mans name, adds my
lord, lis of no consequence whatever
until his own charms and qualities have
made him an intimate, and even then
It's not his name that is remembered,
but himself "
1t is consequently absolutely proper.
in addressing any but an old friend on
meeting after even slight lapse of
time, that one should begin by saying
casually ones own name, as, for in.
stance, Il am Mr.. tor Mrs. } -; we
met at So-and-so's last week Tor last cen
tury). " The ease and grace with which
these opening remarks are made are said
to be the unmistakable stamp of the
caste of We're de We're American
Queen.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Thieves sat ON a Sofa.

A man who lives ON Vernon avenue,
Williamsburg, n. Y, told two police.
men that he had seen two burglars
climb into the back window of GER
tain house The policemen found that
the window had been opened. They
climbed in and CROPPED their way half
way through the house.
I'm going to light a candle, +" said
one
Take my pistol first said the other
Don't shootW walled two voices
out OF the darkness. "Our hands are
up"
Then the thieves howled for mercy
The lighted candle showed them sitting
side by side on a sofa, their hands lifted
in the air. A lot Of silver and clothing.
ready to be carried away. was on the
floor
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
A FORGIVING FATHER.
Deceived by His Daughter, but willing
to Stay Fat Calves

Deceived by His Daughter, but willing
to Stay Fat Calves.
Harold McKcndrick Waller, a promi.
nent young business man of Lawrence
burg, KY, and Miss Sadie Wither.
spoon, daughter Of a well known bank.
or of the same place, cloped to Lexing-
ton the other morning and were married
at the residence Of Mr.. j NJ. Corbin,
on East Third street, by Rev. Otis
Hughston at | 80 o'clock. Over the
Kentucky Central at o'clock in the
afternoon the couple travelled to Cincin-
natl to spend their honeymoon.
The parents Of the bride and groom
were notified of the wedding, and soon
after the following telegram was re.
ceived:
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Waller. Lexington, Ky:
Accept my congratulations. VIII give you an
interest IN the firm a wedding gift
f.. L. WALLER.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Pay of the Grecian Architect.

The French school at Delphi has late.
ly unearthed two slabs of limestone
which bear an inscription which is of
great interest, dating as it does from
the fourth century before Christ This
inscription, which consists of about 200
lines, gives the price of work for build.
ing operations in Greece at the period
named, and from it we learn that an
architect was paid at the rate of under
$50 per annum. This is not a great
sum, even if its purchasing power is
multiplied, as it should be. by five or
six Chambers Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Prizes For Amherst Freshmen.

A prize of $500 is offered to the men,
Der of the freshman class of Amherst
college, classical division, who gives
evidence of the best preparation for the
college, and a prize of $500 is offered
to the best prepared member of the
scientific division of the freshman class
this fall.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
TIE NEW WOMAN.
Heroic Battles She Has Won and Is still
Fighting.

Heroic Battles She Has Won and Is still
Fighting.
The wars women wage are not fought
with sword and gun. The victories they
win are not celebrated with the firing
of cannon and the ringing of bells. The
progress of "A fight is not noted in the
daily newspapers. Sometimes when u
victory is won the papers give it line
i'll their news dispatch The great daily
papers are owned and edited by men.
Their columns are taken up with great
questions, like the spoils of office or
whether Il Democrat or Republican
shall doctor the city poor They have
no space for such little matters as the
battles fought and being fought by the
mothers of men. Yet always this quiet
warfare goes on. Early in the present
summer the warriors won victory. 1t
was the opening of the Chicago College
OF Physicians and Surgeons to lady stu
dents. Inch by inch the women fought
every step Of the way till they gained
the day. They had to contend with an
opposition as brutal and ignorant as
they first proposed to learn to read and
write. The Chicago College of Ply
sicians and Surgeons had been made n
department of the state university
Among the trustees of the university
there were two women. These labored
like heroes and obtained the ruling that
since the medical college was under the
nf th.N
could not forbid women students to at.
tend. Thus, because they cannot helm
themselves, certain of the ungracious
students and professors who opposed the
girls will have to submit and younp
women VIII listen to the lectures and
be matriculated. Those who favored
their cause are to be congratulated. An
other similar fight is now on among
the brave women Of Georgia. There is
lamentable lack of higher institutions
OF learning for women in the south
The women Of Georgia are therefore
making earnest effort to have the state
university opened to girl students at
every step they have been rebuffed Old
preJudices and superstitions have reared
Will hO'Vus iihc scIpentS ana Missed out
venom. AS yet the devoted women have
not won. While the southern mrn is
chivalrous to women in some WAYS in
other ways his soul is as hard and Ht+,e
as the head of black pin. Hc never
thinks of what women desire and reed
for themselves. He only thinks of what
his own old fogy prejudices aud the ira.
ditions of thousand years ago dictate.
But those Georgia girls are bound 70
win their fight
Mrs. Emily Verdery Battey, who WIS
Tor Ia years ON the editorial staff Of tba
New York Sun, has opened in New
York city her school of Journalism
None is better qualified by actual ex.
perience ON the press for this work
Mr.. Charles A. Dana said of Mrs Rat.
tey that she made herself eminentlv
useful on his paper in whatever depart.
ment she was called ON to represent
These departments included renort;nn
corresponding and editorial writ;n9
she will conduct her teaching both bv
correspondence and by private lessons
she will fit young women and men not
Only for naxyspa,,ar ,,-a~i. -,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Poor Gait

Professor-Margaret. please take the
cat out of the room cannot have it
making such a noise while | am at
work Where is it,
Margaret-Why, sir. you are sitting
ON iti"-London Fun
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27

French statistics show that there are
now 2, $50 women in France who earn
their living as authors or writing for
newspapers, while there are only go
painters and sculptors of that sex.
Among the writers are 1, 900 novelists,
200 lyric poets and $50 who publish
children stories and educational works.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27

Pilgrims to the shrine of Maria Rad.
ma, at Temesvar, in Hungary, have re-
ceived permission from the bishop to
make the journey on bicyclea
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27

make them broadly useful. She doc.
not believe everybody can write for a
newspaper and will frankly say so when
she deems the applicant unsuited to the
work. She will not get places on news.
papers for aspiring young candidates for
journalistic honors, but she will thor.
oughly prepare them to get places for
themselves if their talents liein that
direction. Possibilities of much good
are in her undertaking.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27

Kisses are Gods swcetmeats, and
they are not appetizing when they
come to you soiled by the devils
hands, says Ethel Davis in her story
in The New England Magazine