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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.


LObU DOBs
"Speaking of watchdogs," said the
retired burglar, IT never owned
watchdog, but did once own a jolly
little mongrel dog that we called some
times Nibs, but mostly Nibsy, a lively,
sensitive little fellow, but no watchdog.
You might have played a brass band
outside, and he'd never hear it, but let
anybody that he knew walk across the
floor, and he d wag his tail in his Sleep
"well. after we'd had Nibsy a num-
Der Of years we lost him. He just disap-
peared one day and didn't come back,
and we didn't know whether he'd been
run over by train Of cars or strayed
away and got lost, or whether somebody
had picked him up and carried him of,
or what was the matter, but he didn't
come back, and we missed him very
much because we all liked Nibsy.
"Now, maybe you can guess what
happened. One morning early, about Q
or half past Q, some months after that,
as was moving slowly in the dark
across room on the second floor Of
house that I had called at some 80 miles
from where lived, felt the legs Of q
small dog thrown against mine. I
couldn't see the dog at all, but it was
standing on It's hind legs and resting its
fore legs against me, and could tell by
tho movement Of them that he was wag-
ging his tail violently. It was Nibsy,
Of course. He'd known my tread, soft
as it was, and woke up to receive me.
"Well, you know. glad as / was to
find Nibsy, I'd rather not have found
him right there, because he was almost
certain to make trouble for me. He be-
gan to whine with Joy the first thing.
and then he gave q little yelp. That
was Just what was afraid of. He didn't I
want to make any trouble for me, but
that one yelp was enough. A man in
the bed sits mp and pulls string and
turns on light and says:
"'Now, what's the matteri'
"And I puts up q great polar blum
and says. You swiped my dog. and I've
como TO get him..
"'Swiped nothing he says. 'I'll
swipe you In q minute, and he WASN'T
slow In getting at IL either. He Wal
getting ont Of bed and coming for me all
the time he was talking, and good
healthy. powerful looking man he wa
too. But Nibsy was bright. Nibsy
made Just one dive at the mans feet.
but that was enough to stop him until
I'd got turned and started. and minute
later I was going down the road. with
Nibsy coming on behind. New Yori
Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10
How to Cure a Cold.

Simply take Otto's Cure. We know
# its astonishing cures and that it will
stop cough quicker than any known
remedy.
II you have Asthma, Bronchitis, Con-
sumption or any other disease of the
throat and lungs, few doses Of this
great guaranteed remedy will surprise
you.
II you wish to try it call at our store,
on Main st., and we will be pleased to
furnish you bottle free Of cost, and
that will prove our assertion. Reynolds.
Drug Store.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10
School Improvement.

In the Federated Clubs Of Illinois the
women are working earnestly to i'm
prove the public schools of the state.
With this aim they take up different
phases Of school work, in the first place
visiting the schools not as critics but as
learners. 10 as to cooperate with school
teachers in securing improvements that
are needed. Certain members study the
hygienic conditions Of the schools; others
make IL their duty to watch all school
legislation and to learn something Of
the value of the best new methods Of
education,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10
Buildsd Better Than He Knew.

Mrs. Jackson-I thought you told me
you trimmed that hat yourself. I'm
sure 1t Ia just az stylish az II it had been
done by high priced milliner.
Mrs. johnson (complacently)-Yes. !
think 1t hes stylish look myself. You
zee, my husband sat down on 1t aoci-
dsntally after ! had got done and gave
II exactly the right twist. Boston
Oeurier.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10
Tnuaa.

When Mme. Albani was at the Nor
wich musical festival. she received o
bill from q tradesman with whom she
dealt. addressed Mrs. L Barney. Mis-
takes In artists names are, however, by
no means uncommon. The veteran con-
ductor Arditi-the story is not In his
reminiscences-onoe received letter
addressed "Signor r. Ditty." And only
last season gentleman in the stalls ct
Covert Garden gravely informed lady:
"The De Resskes are . remarkably
clever family. There are Jean do Reszke
and Edouard de Resxke and Paderew-
ski. "-H0usehold Words.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10
BUFFALO, ROCHESTER, & PITTS
~ BURGH RAILWAY.

ID BURGH RAILWAY.
Bradford, Salamanca. Buffalo, Rochester,
Niagara Falls and points in the upper oil
region.
On and after Nov. 18th, 1896, pxssen-
ger trains will arrive and depart from Falls
Creek station, daily, except Sunday, as fol-
lows:
Clearield.
1000 a m-Buffalo and Rochester mail-For
Brockwayville, Ridgway ,Johnsonburg,M Mt.
Jewett. Bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo and
Rochester,; connecting at Johns0nburg
with p. 4 r. train 3, Tor Wilcox, Kane,
Warren, Corry and Erde.
1922 q m-Accommodation-F Sykes, Big
Run and Punxsutawney.
1923 q mFor Reynoldsviile.
LIS m-Bradford Accommodated - For
Beechtree Brockwayville, Ellmont, Oar
mon, Ridgwsy, JohnsOnburg, Mt Jewett
1.2y p. m.-Accommodatio for Punxsu-
tawney and Big Rum
as p. m.-Mail-For Dubois. Sykes, Big
Run Punxsutawney and WalstOn.
7.l0 p m-Accommodation for Big Run and
Punxsutawney.
Passengers are requested to purchase tick
cts before entering the cars. An. excess
charge OF Ten Gents will be collected by con-
ductors when fares are paid on trains, from
allstations whore ticket Office is maintained.
Thousand mile tickets at two cents per
mile. good for passage between all stations.
j. II, MCINTYRE. Agent, Falls Creek. Pa.
Rochester NY.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10

The unicorn was one Of the tabled
monsters of antiquity. It was, accord
ing to a summary of the opinions Of
several Of the old time writers, beast
about the size Of q common horse, but
with very short legs. The people Of the
middle ages believed in the existence Of
three kinds Of unicorns--the magnificent
white unicorn. which had purple face
and blue eyes and single horn yard
In length; the eglisserion. which re-
sembled gigantic deer and had very
sharp horn growing from the middle Of
the forehead, and the monoceros, or com.
mon unicorn. The white unicorn's horn
was Of three different oolors-white at
the lower part, black a. ebony in the
middle and red at the point. Common
unicorns were said to have had horns
about lS inches in length. but SO strong
that they could easily kill an elephant.
-6t. Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10

A LLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY
"A COMPANY commencing Sunday
November 20, 1895, Low Grade Division.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10
Encouraging.

she--Will you tell fae u secrsts
= Ho---W WJly?.
she--They say can I kccpo ore. and
want TO try. Pick Me Up.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10

During the tenth century. when wars
between the noblemen and the king
were continual in almost every country
OF Europe. all ranks Of the nobility as.
sumed = sort Of crown or coronst In or
der 70 assert their equality with the
king. n
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-10
DIDGwAY & CLEARFIELD r. r.

DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19
STOMACH CANNOT BE
FREIGHTED


With greater trash than violent dras-
tic purgative. True, such a medicine re-
lieves constipation for the time, but at
the expense of great injury to the intes-
final canal, which it both inflames and
weakens, thus uniting it for the per-
Torrance of its proper functions. Wide
ly differept is the action of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, a tone aperient which
produces effects prompt, indeed, but new
err violent and convulsing. The purity
of its botanic ingredients, its unobjec-
tionable flavor, its genial influence upon
the mind, and the thoroughness of its
remedial action in cases of constipation,
liver complaint and dyspepsia, com
bines to render it most desirable fam
lily specific. 1t increases both physical
vigor and substance, tranquilizes and in
vigorates the nervous system, and gives
an unwonted relish for the food. A
wineglass three times daily is about the
average dose.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19
LOWERING THE WATER MAIN.

The remarkable hydraulic engineering
feat that has just been successfully ac-
complished in this city by Mr. Alex Nc
Pheeters is causing much comment
among civil engineers and deserves more
than a passing notice. The grading of
lower Fayetteville street required it to
be lowered for two squares three feet
This brought the main water pipe so near
the surface as to cause danger of break
ing or freezing. 1t was therefore neces-
sary to lower the pipe thirty inches. To
lower a twelve-inch pipe without cutting
off the water is both difficult and dan
gerous, and the water superintendent
of several of the cities said it could not
be done. After ten days of close mathe-
NAUTICAL calculations Superintendent Nc
Pheeters said it could be done and that
he would attempt the difficult and dan
gerous job. Over one million gallons of
water pass through this pipe every TWEEN
ty-four hours, supplying over twelve
hundred consumers. To cut the water off
for twenty-fOur or forty-eight hours
would cause great inconvenience and
discomfort this hot week, beside the dan
ger from fire. AS stated in the News and
Observer, the work has been accom-
plished without cutting off the water at
all and too much praise cannot be given
to our energetic and working water SUI
perintendent for this job.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19


Rev. William T. Bailey, of Baltimore.
Rev. Charles L. Thompson, d. D., of
New York.
Rev. Zephaniah Meek, D. D., of Ken
lucky.
Rev. Erastus Rowley, of Kentucky.
Rev. Father A. Quellett, of New
Brunswick.
Rev. A. X. Sanford, of New York.
Rev. II. l.. Cranlenard, of New York.
Rev. r. y. VIM, of New York.
Chronic rheumatism, kidney affections
.ano nervous exhaustion do not come like
a thunder-clap without warming All
these blood and nerve disorders cast their
shadows before them in the shape of in
termittent aches and pains and days Of
melancholy and depression. People who
allow these disorders to become chronic
have themselves to blame when so many
trustworthy people confidently assert
and insist that Paine's celery compound
will permanently drive all these diseases
out of the system.
Paine's celery compound sweeps the
blood clear from impurities and danger
Gus humOrs. No other remedy answers
the purpose with anything like the thor
oughness or sureness or promptness Of
this remarkable remedy.
Be ashamed of poor health.
Every case of neuralgia, rheumatism
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19

and dyspepsia is a case of neglect 1t iS
shame to waste ones life half-sick and
depressed by ailments that might be
quickly driven out of the system if one
would only rouse ones self and build
up the general health of the body by
Palne's celery compound.
Paine's celery compound taken now will
do more permanent good to tired, nerv-
Gus, hstless men and women who feel
the dragging-down effect on the nerves
of over-work or debility than months of
absolute rest later ON. 1t positively and
permanently cures nervous debility and
exhaustion, neuralgia, sleeplessness,
melancholy, hysteria, headaches, dyspep-
STA, rheumatism, kidney troubles. con-
stipatiOn and diseases of the blood, kid
neys and liver, because it purifes the
blood and feeds the exhausted nerves and
tissues
Paine's celery compound is guaranteed
by hundreds of men and women whom
you know either personally or sufficient
ly well by reputation to leave no doubt
in your mind of their sincerity and good
judgment. 1t has cured innumerable
cases of salt rheum, eczema, and other
skin diseases, rheumatism and neuralgia,
and prevented as many more from nerv-
Gus prostration who were on the quick
road to breakdown at the time of using
this great invigorator.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19
PANTHER BRANCH AGAIN.

Panther Branch seems to have a
''cinch'' on prizes for early crops. Mr..
James A. Higgs last year offered half a
dozen or more prizes for the first of
various crops and Panther Branch farm
ers won them all. This year it seems
as if it is about to do the same
thing. Mr.. Ned Shepherd, of that town
ship, yesterday brought in the first oats
(six feet high of the season and received
from Mr. Higgs prize of 81 Some
weeks ago Mr.. r. o. Jordan, of the
same township, was given a similar
prize for the first peaches of the season.
Other prizes offered by Mr.. Higgs are:
ST for the first watermelon; 81 for the
first cotton bloom; SO for the first bale
Of cotton; 80 cents for the first peck
of sweet potatoes, and so cents for the
tallest stalk of corn.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19
THE REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.

Mr.. c. r.. Bailey, who has been ap-
POINTED delegate from this State to the
National Republican League convention
of the United States, says the League
in this State will be organized within
the next thirty days. The following COM
mittee has been appointed to push the
work of organization: E. G. Duncan,
Beaufort; Ell. l.. Grant, Goldsboro;
Robert Hancock, Newbern; G. T. Bailey
Raleigh; Robert Dick Douglas, Green's
boro; Gen. A. d. Cowles, Statesville;
H. G. Dockery, Rockingham; Fred. Rice,
Wilmington; Spencer Blackburn, Jeffer-
son: S. f. Shore, Shore; G. NJ. Moore.
Asheville; III. G. Ewart, Henderson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19
HARD ON THE TRIBUNE.

Richmond Parsons paper, the Ashe-
vile Gazette, whose Republicanism is
not questioned, thus pays its respects to
the defunct Tribune, of this city:
well, if the Raleigh Tribune has real
ly never been dead, it is to be hoped that
while passing through a seige of sus-
pended animation, it has at least learned
a lesson in common sense and common
decency. There were never q greater
aggregation of political jackasses gather
ed together to conduct newspaper than
the men charged with the responsibility
of conducting the Tribune. We would
have said this much months ago, but
for the fact that we have had too much
self respect to invite controversy with
a clustering, braying idiot"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19

President Mckinley is a church-going
man.
He is a regular attendant at the Met.
ropolitan Methodist church in Washing
ton, of which the Rev. Hugh Johnston,
d. D., is the pastor.
DR.. Johnston is but one of many able
clergymen who have publicly advised
the use of Paines celery compound,
basing their recommendations on the
benefit they themselves have derived from
its use.
Not only among clergymen, lawyers
and physicians, but among all classes
of thoughtful, intelligent people Paines
celery compound is the one reliable rem
edy for building up the system when it
is run down. 1t is the greatest nerve
and brain invigorator the world has ever
known.
Dr. Johnston says of this great remedy:
Wells, Richardson & Co.:
Gentlemen:-Having used your Paine's
celery compound as a tonic, can cheer
fully bear testimony to its value in res
tOring wasted energy and inducing sleep
when one is restless and fatigued.
HUGH JOHNSTON.
Strong recommendations have been re-
ceived from
Rev. Henry A. Perry, IL. D., of Chi
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19
JOHNSON'S
CHILL AND
FEVER TONIC
Cures Fever
In One Day.
MARLBORO HOUSE ARRIVALS.

A. p. Mcpherson, Sanford; Joseph
Mullen, Baltimore; E. w. Grigg, Balti-
more; J. G. Cunningham, South Carroll
ma; w. J. White, Warrenton; r. n. Mus
grove, Portsmouth, Va; Jerry Jarnagin,
Middlesboro, Ky; G. X. Cooke, Louis
burg; Arthur White, Mebane; J. o.
Byrd, Greensboro; 4. J. Waller, Con
necticut William A. Guthrie, Durham;
Herman Wilson, r M. S.; e. W. Tim
berlake, North Carolina G. e. Thomas,
Cincinnati; o. T. Smith, r. B. Hines, P.
e. Chambers, P. w. Smith, North Caro-
lima; w. III. Morehouse, Savannah, Ga;
Fl. S. FulIwood, Herman Heller, North
Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19
NORTH CAROLINA MONAZITE.

The News and Observer is in receipt of
a small bottle of North Carolina mona
zite, with compliments of Prof J. A.
Holmes, State Geologist. Monazite, it
will be remembered, is the rare miner
al used in the manufacture of the new
Welsback gas burner. 1t is found prin-
cipally in Western North Carolina, where
it has been found more profitable to
gather ut than to hunt for gold. 1t is
much heavier than ordinary sand and
is therefore easily washed out of the
soil. 1t has a greenish-gold color and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19
MARKET TO CLOSE AFTERNOONS
Nothing Will be Sold There From Il to
4 O'clock During Hot Weather.

Nothing Will be Sold There From Il to
4 O'clock During Hot Weather.
During the extreme warm weather
this summer the market house and meat
stalls will be closed from II to o'clock
every day. All the marketmen, with the
exception of two or three hucksters, have
agreed to this arrangement and it will
go into effect Monday.
During the hot weather there is little
or no marketing during this time Of the
day and it will, it is believed, not only
add to the convenience of the market
men themselves, but they can much bet
ter preserve and care for their meats,
fruits and vegetables.
Remember, after to-day both the mar
ket-house and the Crawford meat mar
ket will be closed from y to 4 o'clock
in the afternoon. Those who have mar
keting to do should govern themselves
according to these hours.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19
THE SCHOOL FUND INTACT.
There Will be no Trouble About Paying
the Township Assessments.

Treasurer Worth yesterday received
the following letter from DIR. +. X.
Davis of Bryson City:
1.-THE commissioners have called an
election to vote on the school tax. If
they vote the tax, / want to know if the
State will be able to pay its proportion
ate part as prescribed by the new law"
The Treasurer has replied to Mr.. Davis
as follows:
Eyes, the State has made provision to
pay all or any part of the $4,000 au-
thorized by the last General Assembly.
The State will pay the same amount that
any community will assess itself within
the limits of the law"
1t will be remembered that at recent
meeting the State Board of Education
made arrangements whereby $4,000
could be borrowed from the General
Fund for the School Fund to pay these
special township school assessments.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19
SIGNS OF GROWTH IN RALEIGH.

To the erection of new buildings and
the making of new Improvements in
Raleigh there seems to be no end, and
it is to be hoped there will be none. The
sound of the saw and the trowel is
heard upon almost every street daily. 1t
is estimated that not less than two hun
dred new buildings are now in course of
erection. In addition to this many old
ones are being repaired, remodelled or
otherwise improved. Raleigh s(not On
a boom, but it is steadily, substantially
growing.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19
AN INCREASE IN PENSIONS.

The Auditor is expecting very large
increase in the pension lists this year. A
large number of applications are being
received, larger than ever before. Bun
combe county asks for 100, Nash rs, and
various other counties for smaller num-
bers. These requests come, too, after
the regular number of blanks-two dozen
has been sent out to each county. The
State Pension Board, composed of the
Governor, Attorney General and Audi
tor, will meet in September to pass
upon these applications.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19
A NEW TELEPHONE LINE.
1t is Now Being Built From Raleigh to
Smithfeld and Pine Level.

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Raleigh is soon TO be connected by
telephone with Garner, Auburn, Clayton,
Wilson's Mills, Selma, Smithfeld and
Pine Level The Pine Level, Smith
field and Selma part of the line is now
being built. Work on this end will be-
gin as soon as that is completed. 1t is
a private enterprise, the expense being
borne by Mr.. Will Wynne, of this city,
and Mr.. Ed. Egerton, of Selma. Mr..
Wynne is now engaged in selecting the
finest long-distance instruments made.
No expense will be spared to make it
one of the best long-distance lines in the
South.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19

the single crystals are extremely beauti-
full. 1t has attracted much attention at
all the expositions and the Worlds Fair.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MALT NU-
Urine.

Is the ideal fesh-builder; pure, palatable
and invigora ting. Invaluable to nursing
mothers. At all druggists.
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27

mand. She can't have any admir-
ers''
why should she look so hs2sy3"
the younger. who spoke OF Art and
Missions with capitals in her voice.
would ask "She can't regard being
secretary to that lawyer as noble
calling"
And the wives OF the boarding
house used also to puzzle over the Old
Maids Joyousness, for she has DO
husband" they said. "and at her age
can hardly hope to get one"
But ! never marveled at the gentle
spinster's radiant face after we had
heard the Singer. not because hear
ing his voice was enough to provide
his hearers with fund OF inner Joy
for the remainder of their days, but
because Of the song he sang
Now. the Old Maid had lived so long
In the clearinghouse on the square
that IL had become second nature for
her to choose the less tarnished spoons
in the holder and TO avoid Instructive
ly the top slices of bread on the bread
plate. She was familiar with all va
rieties OF clearinghouse servants.
and she knew that all alike despised
her as -the fourth foor front" She
knew by heart the landlady's stories
OF pressing present need and of past
affiuenee. She had nothing to learn
in the matter Of substituted gas tets.
and her feet were trained 10 skip the
torn spots in the stair carpet Alto
gether there was nothing In the Old
Maids position in her boarding house
20 account for her serenity.
Downtown the Old Maid was a ste
nographer in a law Office. where pret-
tiness was at a discount as hindrance
TO unremitting toll. She did not real
ize that her chief attraction TO her
employers was the lack of distracting
features and complexion. Long as she
had lived in the sordid but educating
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27
phy.,c., prxeneo.e, 10 i,.l,.

The widespread misery aud want that pre
vail In Italy appear 20 he exercising siis
sstrous aud dcxenersttng Influence on tn
populatiou- According 20 Official stAtisties
lust issued by the war department at Rome
ont Of every thousand young men OF twenty
years Of age liable FOR military service
which Il as obligatory In Italy a. In Gef-
many and Austria, 80. or more than half
were rejected by the medical authorities a.
physically disqualified for service "a TIE
arnsy,--Sr=- York Tribune.
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27
III. Tree clsek.-

A Glasgow man has in his garden
what he calls tree clock. Fir
trees are planted in such positions that
one of them will shade portion ef
the house at every hour Of sunlight,
For example. at O'Clock In the morn
Ing the % O'Clock tree" shades the
dining room. while. a. The sunlight
changes. the 10 o'clock tree" shades
the room above or the room adjoining
IL, and so on through the day. on a
sunny day this tree clock" insures a
succession OF shady places souud the
house.
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27
snl,Ia.II, ,l,naea AnlmaI..

Herring and other hsH's have
sought death by rushing ashore In my
riads, regiments Of ants by deliberate
ly walking into streams. swarms Of
rats by migrating in the face ot their
deadly foes, and even butterfiies by
fyIng in immense clouds straight out
to sea 1t would be interesting to
learn The causes OF this apparent
wholesale ard deliberate self-dsstruc-
tion.