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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

The Clearfield Republican, paper
published under misnomer, politically
speaking. as it is Democrat paper. be-
gins the new year under new manage
ment Geo. f.. Owens and Chas. Howe
are the new proprietors.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

We suppose there is no town, city or
country place that is without kicker,
and when the world comes to an end
there will still be kickcrs, and If some
of them don't kick through eternity, 1t
won't be for the lack Of having practic-
ed the habit while trcading this
,oundune snhprp
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY @, 1897,

One of the freaks Of nature that a
newspaper man runs up against every
|once III while in his meanderings is
the fellow who thinks that "a newspaper
should pitch into somebody every time
the paper Is published.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06
Notice.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders Of the First National
Bank OF Reynoldsville, for the election
OF Directors for the ensuing year. will
be held in the Bank Room on Tuesday,
January 18th, 1897, from 3 to 4 o'clock
p. M. JOHN ii. KAUCHER, Cashier.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The best salve In the world for cuts, Bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter,
chapped hands. chilblains, cOrns, and all skin
eruptiOns, and positively cures piles. or no
pay required. II Is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price %
cents per box For sale by ii. Alex. Stoke.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06
Total No. deaths - -',,.,...


On motion the right of way was
granted the Rcynoldsvilc Electric
Light, Heat and Power Co. to establish
an electric plant and the use of the
streets and alleys to erect poles. under
certain conditions, these conditions to
be made by committee and the solic-
itor. This committee are w. S. Stone,
A. Reynolds and DR.. b. E. Hoover.
Complaint was made about the side
walks on Third and Grant streets, In
front of the Ida Miller, George Mel
linger and G. G. Gibson properties.
Mr.. f. j. Black, president Of Hose
Co. No. /. III. Alex Stoke and G.. w.
Stoke, jr., came before the council and
made q statement in regard to the
members having the coats and helmets
at their places of business. Having
heard the explanation the council by
unanimous vote decided that the fire.
men could take care OF the coats and
helmets as they are now doing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

All persons knowing themselves in-
debted to mo are requested to cali and
pay indebtedness on or before Jan. 10th,
1897. All hills remaining unpaid after
that date will be left for collection.
j. @. FROEHI4ICH.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06
For Sale.

Draft team weighing 1900, also sleighs
for sale. J. G. KING & Co.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06
CLOTHING.

You will save money by
buying your clothing at
Hanau's. Mems all wool
cheviot suits at $50, worth
1000; mems all wool cheviot
suits at 500; mems clay suits
from $50 to $l4; youths
suits in cheviots, worsteds
and clay, all colors, at all
prices.
Boys and children's suits
from 75c up to 500.
A large line of laundried
shirts, white and colored,
from SOC to 1.25.
A fine line in neckwear,
hats and caps.
Please call in before buy.
ing elsewhere. No trouble
to show goods.
N. Hanau.
Subscrlbe for
The " Star,
II YOU want the News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

State OF Pennsylvania, County OF Jefferson, IS;
I, John II. Kaucher, Cashier OF the above
named bank, do soemnly swear that the
above statement Is true to the best OF my
knowledge and belief
john II. KAUCHER, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd
day OF December, 1896.
ALBERT REYNOLDS, Notary Public.
CoRRECT-Attest:
i. @. KING, }Directors
j. II. CORBETT,
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-25
ONE FOOL BILL UNKuLED

The fool-killers in the legislature did
soma good work, but the fooI-bilIs came
so thick and fast that it is not sur
prising that some got away from the
hunters and now only await the gov
ernors signature to become the ukase
Of the state. Among them, chief Of
them, is the bill to rob the country dis
trict schools of their one redeeming,
invaluable feature and inject into them
the one feature of city schools that
of long terms, capable teachers, stead
lily continued and greater resources. It
is proposed to incorporate into the dis
trict school the cripling grades of the
city schools, so that the country lads
and lassies, now free to develop the
best in them, with the younger ones
enjoying the inestimable privilege of
opportunity to absorb all they can of
the overflow of instruction given their
seniors, are tC be boxed off in grades,
marshaled in platoons, and made to
progress mechanically through the
grades, in orderly procession delightful
to the eye of the educational martinez
who worships method and ignores ends.
Each township that can be enticed
by the sugar of $50 year, or dragoon-
ed into the scheme by grade-crazy fad
dists, may discontinue it's common
schools, sell its ''little red school hous-
es." and construct an imposing struc-
ture at the center, if it has one. There
the children are to be gathered from
the four quarters Of the township by
means not yet provided, but ultimately
by hired conveyances, and assigned to
boxes according to their ages or, pos
sibly, to their requirements. Then the
grand march begins, the eighth grad
ers in advance, the primarians in the
rear, the advance moving out and the
others moving up a box, excepting
those unfortunate ones whose defective
capacities have prevented them from
mastering all the studies taught in
their respective boxes, who must stay
back another year to have pumped into
them instruction they have slight or
no capacity to assimilate. The bill is
wrongly entitled. It should be "an act
to degrade the common district schools"
of the state. It should have been killed.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-25
HELP THE MONUMENT FUND.

We are glad to see that the ladies Of
st. Paul, with whom originated the
project to erect here a suitable SOL
diers' monument, have not abandoned
the idea, but are pushing it forward
with their accustomed energy and with
a business sagacity that promises the
best results. We publish elsewhere an
account Of the series Of entertainments
for which these ladies have arranged
from time to time, the profits Of which
are to go to the monument fund. The
raising Of the amount Of money re-
quired for a G. A. R. monument that
shall be worthy of the cause it COM
memOrates and an ornament to the
city is a task of considerable magni-
tude, and must be approached intelli-
gently and systematically. It cannot
be hoped in times like these, to secure
large sums by voluntary contribution;
but by patient and persistent effort the
funds can be secured by the method
that has been adopted. 1t speaks vol
umes for the true patriotism of the
women of st. Paul that they are as
enthusiastic over their project as at
its inception, and that they are willing
to undergo the vast amount of detailed
labor required to carry out their pres
ent plan. We ask for them the hearty
sympathy and cooperation of our peo-
pie.
The entertainments to which they in
vite the public are all of such at
traction and inherent worth that they
will more than repay in themselves the
small fee charged for attendance At
the same time, a portion of the money
now expended will be set aside for
monument purposes, and this, added
to steadily as the work goes on, will
grow to satisfactory proportions in .
surprisingly shnr+ - IS d. good
th IS Tor us as a community regardless
of the ornamentation of our city, and
proper expression of our pride in and
gratitude to the defenders of our coun-
try, that the attention of the people
should be diverted as often as may be
from business cares and that an ap-
peal should be made to that side of
human nature and life which lies too
often dormant in a commercial period,
and whose stirring into the fine flame
of patriotic self-sacrifice is the wonder
full compensation that war; otherwise
wholly hideous, has brought to all
peoples in all times Let the noble
work go forward, and let our people
join heartily in seconding and crown
ing with success the worthy plan
whose event is in no wise doubtful,
since it is taken up by such compe-
tent, energetic and determined hands
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-25

founded on freedom and enlighten-
ment, in the Southeast of Europe, and
the erasing Of a foul blot upon our
civilization. Instead Of that we have
the powers, ranged like policemen as
interested spectators Of an unequal
conflict, ready whenever need requires
prevent the weaker of the combatants,
physically and financially, from achiev-
ing the victory that it might win.
With this scene closes the first act
of the Graeco-Turkish war, and the on
looking millions bow their heads with
shame for the miserable creations Of
their hands which they call govern
ments. If it goes on to it's bitter and
humiliating end, if Greece is either
vanquished by the Turk or coerced by
the political servants Of the strong
boxes of Europe, it will but advance a
little nearer the day when the people
themselves, whose hearts are true and
whose impulses are noble, will find it
necessary to resume once more the con-
troll Of their own affairs, to shatter to
fragments the system that is trying to
force progress back into old channels
choked with foul abuse, and to see to
it that the onward march Of humanity
be not forbidden.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-25

is now in vogue. At the same time,
in every human breast, that suffering
has a paramount claim upon our SYM
pathy and our help, without regard to
possibility of reward, that no man
dare deny it with 7frnpunity. Not only
will his associates not uphold him, but,
unless he be Of more stole fiber than
the rest of us, it is a memory that
he would seldom care to recall. We
believe that the instance which forms
the subject of this letter sent thrill
Of mingled horror and Indignation
through every reader 1t is not enough
to say that the fatal consequences of
neglect could not be. foreseen. That is
always true. No physician can tell
when the summons comes whether it
is from the victim Of yhypochondria or
whether in his hands rest the issues
Of life and death. His must be the re-
sponsibility. To the great credit and
glory of the profession of medicine be
it said that that appeal is so seldom
refused that single instance of it
becomes, as in this case, the subject of
general note and severe comment.
The physician, servant of humanity
as he is, dedicated to a profession that
looks not only to a hope Of compe-
tence, but to the inner satisfaction of
preventing human suffering and saving
human life, has honored notably his
grand calling. He has taken the conse-
quences and borne the losses. He has
right to complain, he has right to
demand that here should be a severer
standard of public responsibility, but
he has no right to deny, and never
will deny, that the first duty of man is
to man, regardless of even a just re-
ward. We should hold it an un-
happy day for the profession and an
unhappy day for humanity when a re-
fusal to respond to the appeal for med
ical aid should fail to evoke surprise
and Indignation
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-25
THE woRD MIST STAND.

DR.. Flint discusses, in a cOmmunica-
ton published this morning, the Incl
dent recently recorded where a physi-
clan refused to attend a patient unless
assured of his pay in advance and OBJ
jects to the application to it of the
Of the case, from the professional point
Of view. is not without reason and
force. That the physician is called
upon oftener than the member of any
gratuitously is not to be denied. The
need of. medical attendance in case of
illness is the most urgent that men
know. The doctors bill too frequently
is the last that men pay. They think it
the climax of inhumanity if mere pc
cuniary considerations should stand in
the way of the high and holy duty of
alleviating suffering, and perhaps saw
they do not recognize the correspond
ing obligation. They fail to appreciate
that the greatness of the service is a
measure of the sternness of the duty
that bids them recompense it fifty.
This is the common experience of
every member Of the medical profess
sion. That he has to give years Of his
life and expend a small fortune in fit
ting himself for practice, and that this
entities him to prompt payment, is
also held to be a minor consideration.
The average man feels that because he
is a man he has a claim, by the COM
mon bond of humanity, upon every
physician while there is no such sa-
cred responsibility resting upon him
to discharge the bill until 1t suits his
convenience. Admitting to the full all
the arguments on this side, and their
force, we still believe that common
public opinion, including the opinion
Of the medical profession itself. will
never be held to justify the physician
who declines a call unless his fee is
secured; or will refuse to attach to it
the offensive word that has excited re-
monstrance in this instance. 1t is a
part of the penalty. if we please to SO
put it, of entering the medical pro-
fession that a man must be prepared
to give certain portion of his service
gratuitously 1t is all wrong, we ad-
NIT The community that tolerates
the practice is at fault Yet the COM
munity cannot be held responsible. It
is obvious that no city government and
no association could hold itself charge
able for unpaid physicians fees. Were
that the case. such an organization
would resolve itself into a general free
medical dispensary. and would pretty
quickly have all the bills of all the
people on its books.
There is no other way Of exacting
pay for medical service than that which
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-25
AGAIN THE DEBT POWER.

AS long as men continue to talk about
the money power" as the great octo-
pus that has all industries in the grasp
of its rapacious tentacles, slowly but
surely pressing the life out of them, we
must continue to insist that the greater
power is the debt power and to re-
peat the instances that prove it. It
appears in every field. Banks crumble
under it, and it wrecks trading houses.
In private affairs it compels the cred
itor class to accept percentages of their
claims in liquidation in place of the
full amount the debtor agreed to pay 1t
is quite as ruthless in its exactions as
ever the money power was when it had
the upper hand, and it visits it's retri-
buttons with unsparing hand. But the
helplessness of the money power" is
better seen in the large transactions
where debt forces it to loosen it's grasp
and acknowledge it's antagonists su-
premacy.
We referred recently to the refunding
operation of the Lake Shore Railway
company by which it's bonds, amount
ing to some $43 200, 900, bearing and 6
per cent interest, had been taken up
with new bonds bearing 31A per cent.
Since then the New York Central has
arranged for the funding of it's bonds
bearing 4, 5 and per cent, amounting
to over $51,O00,000, at the same rate
In common parlance, these two COM
panies We're debtors to the money pow
er to the extent Of about $100,000,O00.
They proposed to this arbitrary, rapa-
cious, all-powerful power the alterna-
tive Of either taking payment of it's
bonds in cash or of extending the
bonds at a rate of interest about one
half that which 1t had been getting.
And the money power succumbed to
the debt power. Nor are these two all
the cases where, within a few years.
the dreaded money power will have to
accept the terms of surrender imposed
gives a, list of nine other companies
whose bonds, amounting to over $780,
600, ,000 will mature within the next six
years, and whose holders will have
either to take 31a per cent instead Of
their present 5, or z, or take their
money.
This shows, in addition to its dis
play of the debt power, the weakness
of the money power in its divisions.
It does not cohere, in spite Of the pic
ture usually drawn of it as a mighty
united mass: OF course these railway
companies have not the ready money
to pay off their enormous debts. 1t is
probable that they could not pay
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-25
state under the sanction Of our supreme

state under the sanction Of our supreme
court.
To the complaint of the attorney
general the defendant trust entered a
general demurrer on the ground that
the facts alleged did not constitute
cause Of action. The effect of a de-
murrer is to admit the truth of the
allegations, but to insist that they state
no offense, violate no law. The cir
cult court granted a preliminary in
from continuing their business, but, as
it seemed probable that the court would
grant the defendants motion to dis
solve this, the attorney general Sc
cured an injunction from the supreme
court. What were the subsequent pro-
ceedings in the courts we are not in
formed, but the result is the voluntary
dissolution of the trust. An Oshkosh
dispatch states that twenty-four mem
bers of the trust met on the 21st and
decided to disband. The president, in
reply to a question whether the litiga-
ton was the cause, ambiguously an
swered: II should not say it did" It's
continuance is undesirable" he said
With an injunction prohibiting it's con-
tinuance and with contempt proceed
ings waiting it's violation, we can un-
derstand why it was undesirable" to
prolong the operations Of the trust.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-25
ONE THING NOT MSo.v


The legend of the New York Sun is:
IF you see it in the Sun, it's So" This
applies, Of course, only to statements
Of fact and not to editorial opinions,
although we believe Mr.. Dana wishes
his legend to be taken as applying to
those also. Usually the legend holds
good as to facts stated, but, as the
law Of compensation holds it's own, the
accuracy of facts is balanced by the in
accuracy of opinion. But Homer nod
ded once. and so does Dana once in
a while. For instance, imparting to it's
readers some pertinent information
about Greece" just now eclipsing Cuba
as the center of attraction, the Sun
says: Its present boundary limits (and,
in passing, are boundaries not always
imits?) were determined by arrange
ment among Great Britain, France,
Russia and Turkey, concluded at Con-
stantinople on July q, 1882"
The boundary then established be-
gan on the Gulf of Arta and, following
the crest of the Othrys mountain range.
terminated on the Gulf Of Volo. This
left the states or provinces of ancient
donia, within the Turkish boundary,
with their population, for the greater
part, speaking the Greek language. The
natural discomfort Of Greeks with
1NII1ly yic-L,
pathy in Greece, and she has long
waited the opportunity to add the an
cient states to her domniOns. When
the Russo-Turkish war broke out,
Greece dallied with her oportunity un-
til too late to be Of any assistance to
Russia, who might have aided her in
turn in securing a larger slice of Tur-
key in the dismemberment that fol-
lowed. 1t was not until Russia's army
was in San Stefano that Greece de-
clared war and crossed the border.
But when Disraeli invoked the pow
ers to interfere and upset the treaty Of
San Stefano in order to balk the Rus
sian and maintain the Turk. Greece
went before the representatives of the
powers in Berlin and asked that her
northern boundary be extended to in
clude Mount Olympus on the East and
portions of Albania and Epirus on the
West. Russia refused to aid her, but
the result was an extension to the
present line that begins on the Gulf Of
Arta, thence running northerly includ-
ing Thessaly and terminating in Plata
mona, on the Aegean sea, some fifty
miles further north than the terminal
on the Gulf of Volo, fixed by the treaty
of Constantinople. The boundary Civ
en- by the Sun in it's information is
one Of the things seen in that paper
that are not so"
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-25

fraction of them out Of their accumu-
lations Of earnings. They can only get
the money from such portions of the
money power as are willing to lend it
and accept the lower rate Of interest.
The instances cited show that they
have found money willing to get less
for its use than it has been getting.
The house is thus divided against
itself. It shows itself incapable of
united action and thus reveals itself as
being no power at ALL For what is the
use Of being power Of any kind un-
less it can do what it wants to? And
what does any money power want but
more money, more for the use of it's
money, higher rates Of interest? And
if it cannot compel that if it has to
take ever less, to sit by and see it's in
come shrink half, what an old humbug
it is
But there is neither money nor debt
power. The former is the creation of
distempered fancies played upon by
taking dennagogues. What is taken for
either is but the play upon each other
of those innate, irrepressible, antag-
onistic human motives, to get and to
save, which, like the forces Of nature
produce good when left free, and mis-
chief and injury when the attempt is
made to control or direct either by leg
islation. Some day this will be more
widely realized than now, and then the
demagogue will find his occupation
gone.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-25
EXTEND THE CYCLE PATHS.

All local wheelmen should turn to
heartily and assist in the work of ex-
tending and improving the cycle paths
about ST Paul. An urgent request is
made in our columns this morning to
riders of the wheel to send in their con-
tributions for this purpose. Col. w. p.
Clough, the president Of the local as
socfation, explains what needs to be
done, and furnishes a list of those to
whom contributions may be paid No
time is to be lost if the new paths are
to be put into condition for use this
year. Every one who loves the wheel
knows how great difference it makes
whether he rides over the ordinary
highway or upon a specially prepared
path. If the latter is built to connect
the various places Of resort, parks
and other beauty spots within COM
forable reach, the wheelman may spend
a day on his wheel without traversing
the same ground twice, and with
only the pleasurable effort that comes
from pedaling over a smooth and easy
surface
1t is not difficult matter to bring
this about. While the amount of
money required to complete a system
Of cycle paths in and about st. Paul
Is considerable, it can be raised without
difficulty by a small contribution from
each wheelman in the city. For the
expenditure Of a dollar every cyclist
can share in benefits that will add to
his enjoyment the worth of the cost
Of his wheel itself Other cities have
an advantage over US at present in this
respect, but nature has done so much
that all that we need is to complete the
paths according to the system laid out,
and even a century run might be-
made without having to ride over un-
even pavements or rough country
roads. We have several months Of
good wheeling ahead Of US, and the
construction of cycle paths cannot be
pushed too rapidly or too earnestly