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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17
J. B. HUTCHINSON, J.R, WOOD,
Gen. Manager. Cen Pass. Ag't.
BUFFALO, ROCHESTER, g. PITTS
- BURGH RAILWAY.

~ 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:
7.25 a IN and Lbs p m for Curwensville and
Clearheld
1000 n m-BuTalo and Rochester mail-For
Brockwayville, Ridgway ,Johnsonburg, Mt
Jewett Bradford, Salamanca Buffalo and
Rochester; connecting at Johnsonburg
with r. & +. train Q, for Wilcox, Kane
Warren, Cory and Erie.
1927 u m-Accommodation-F Sykes, Big
Run and Punxsutawney.
1928 a m-For Reynodsvlle.
LIS D m-Bradford Accommodation - For
Beechtree, Brockwayville, Ellmont, Car
mon, Ridgway, JOhnsonburg, Mt. Jewett
and Bradford.
1.25 D. m.-Accommodation for PunXsu-
tawney and Big Run.
4.25 d. m.-Mail-For Dubois, Sykes, Big
Run Punxsutawney and Walston.
7.40 p m-Accommodation for Big Run and
Punxsutawney.
Passengers are requested to purchase tick
cts before entering the cars. An excess
charge Of Ten Cents will be collected by con-
ductOrs when fares are paid on trains from
all stations where 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.
+. q. LAPEY, Gen. Pas Agent,
Rochester N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17

For waists, dresses and
trimming. Cheap Kaiki wash
silks in plain, stripes and
check. Plain, changeable
and fancy Taffety's brocades.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17
mo. Az

kNO' II
AN ORDINANCE granting to the
Reynoldsville Electric Light, Heat and
Power Company, the right to enter
upon the streets, lanes and alleys OF the
Borough of Reynoldsville, for the pur-
pose of laying and maintaining its wires,
cables, conduits, tubes and conductors
through, under and across the said
streets, lanes and alleys and for the pur-
pose of erecting poles thereon to support
and maintain its wires where not
buried.
Sec. /. Be it ordained and enacted by
the Town Council Of the Borough
OF Reynoldsville assembled, and it
is hereby ordained and enacted
by the authority of the same,
that the Reynoldsville Electric Light,
Heat and Power Company, corpora
tiOn created and organized under the
laws OF Pennsylvania, be and is hereby
granted the privilege and right to enter
upon the highways, streets, lanes and
alleys of the Borough Of Reynoldsville,
for the purpose of laying, placing, con-
structing and maintaining thereon and
therein, its wires, cables, conduits,
tubes and other apparatus necessary for
the conducting, conveying and trans
mission Of electricity for electric light,
power, current, telegraph and tele-
phone purposes, subject TO all the pro-
visions of general ordinances now In
process of passage before the Council,
being ordinances Nos. 80 and 40, and
being general ordinances relating to the
entry upon, use and occupation OF the
highways OF the Borough of Reynolds.
| Vile by any firm, corporation or indi-
NHA nj IN .f AL n.
telephone, electric light or electric
railway poles In or upon any street, lane
or alley or public square Of the Borough
OF Reynoldsville, and relating to the
erection, use, operation, construction
and inspection Of wires used for electri
cal purposes, providing for the inspec.
tion and supervision OF the same upon
streets, lanes or alleys and within build.
ings, and providing regulations pertain.
ing thereto, provided such company
shall within thirty days after the pas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-17
Spring Wraps

Ladies' misses and chill.
dren's coats and capes in
velvet, silk and cloth. Ladies'
coat suits and separate skirts
in all the new patterns. In
fants' long coats.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28
INVENTION DID IT.

But Hal the Laborer Received Any of
the Benefits:
In the manufacture of boots ana
shoes the work of 500 operatives is now
done by 100.
In making bread boxes three workers
can do the work of thirteen box-maK-
ers by old methods.
In cutting out clothing and cloth caps
with dies one worker does the work OF
three by old methods.
In leather manufacture modern
methods have reduced the necessary
number of workers from 5 to 81 per
cent.
A carpet measuring and brusnlnS
machine with one operator Will DO inc
work of Is men by the old methods.
In the manufacture of -four modern
improvements save rs per cent OF the
manual labor that once was necessary.
In making tin cans one man ana
boy with modern appliances can 40
the work of ten workers by the oid
process.
By the use of coal-mining machines
100 miners In a month can mine as
much coal in the same time as 5OO MIN
ers by the old method.
One boy by machinery In turning
woodwork and materials for muslcai
instruments performs the work OF 20
men by the old methods.
The horse power of steam used IN
the United States on railways, steamers
and in factories and mines was in 1883
12,10O,O 900, against 100000 in 1850.
In the manufacture of brick improved
devices save one-tenth of the labor, and
In the manufacture of fire brick 40 per
cent Of the manual labor Is displaced.
In stave-dressing, twelve co-laborers
with machine, can dress $4,000 slaves
In the same time that the same num-
Der of workers by hand could dress e.
500 slaves.
In mailing on shoe heels, one worker
and a boy, with machinery, can heel
800 pair of shoes per day. 1t would
require five workers to do the same by
hand.
In the manufacture of carriages it
used to take one man IS days to make
a carriage. 1t is now made, by the
aid Of machinery, with the work OF
one man. in twelve days.
In the cotton mills in the United
States, the manual labor has been re-
duced about SO per cent. Now one
weaver manages from two to ten looms,
where one loom was formerly tended
by one worker.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28
Farmers After the Big Trusts.

The latest thing in trusts is the
Agyiculturists' National Protective AS
ISOLATION. Its ultimate object is the
control and marketing of all farm pro-
ducts and farm animals, and the farm
ers, it is said, are taking to it with
greater avidity than they have ever
taken to anything before in the history
of this country. Organizers are at
work in nearly every county in all the
states, and although the movement up
to this time has been conducted with
the greatest secrecy, it is claimed that
the membership already reaches over a
million. The plan is to raise wheat in
one locality, corn in another, oats in a
third, etc., and to erect warehouses,
from which goods will be shipped I'M
der the direction Of the national So
ciety. A scale for the division of pro-
fits is now under consideration by the
national board of finance, and the
method of distribution will be some
what after the socialistic plan, every
thing passing through the hands Of a
sovereign body. More and more Is the
gospel of the unity of forces commend
ing itself to all classes of people
Trusts and monopolies-evils, no
doubt, under existing social and eco
nomic conditions-are significant signs
of transition period, transition from
the iron age Of competition to the gold
en- age of cooperation. 1t is true that
industrial combination is in line
with evolution, and, therefore, in prin-
ciple, wise and good; but what we want
is not combinations for the benefit Of
the few, but combination for the benefit
of the many. In the truly Christian
commonwealth, which is Coming by
and by" the manufacturer and the
wage-earner, the farmer and the rail-
roads, will all combine to form the big
gest and most righteous trust" the
world has ever seen for every citizen
will be Gin It," A government actually
by the people, for the people and of the
people.-Union Signal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28
WHAT WOULD YOU Dor
Penniless and Friendless You Would
Become Tramp.

Penniless and Friendless You Would
Become Tramp.
II you are suddenly deprived OF
everything in the world what would
you do? Hunt for work? Every tramp
has done so, and you would do as he
did when the cravings of hunger be-
came unbearable; you would approach
some other human being and shame
facedly ask for assistance. And, after
getting it, you would continue your
search for employment, again recours-
ing to charity when your physical ma
ture Numbered it's demands. This
course would continue from day to day
and as the days grew into weeks and
you grew dirty and unkempt, your face
unshaved and spirits depressed by con-
tinual rebuffs, you would finally become
one of those nomads, who wouldn't
work if they could get it. All that pre-
vents you from being in that condition
now, gentle reader is that circum-
stances have favored forthcoming Ma
ton.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28
Insects Senses.

Darwin and other naturalists have
believed that the bright colors of flow
ers serve to attract insects, Professor
Plateau of Client disagrees with this
opinion, and thinks that the sense of
smell is the one chiefly concerned in
causing insects to frequent certain
flowers. He finds that the removal of
the brilliant petals Of flowers to which
insects are accustomed to resort does
not decrease the frequency of their
visits, and on the other hand, that
when honey is placed on flowers which
are naturally scentless, insects imme-
diately begin to flock to them.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28

1t Is said that the scent shave idea
was started by commercial traveller
rushing into New York barber shop
and calling for railroad" shave, says
the Midland mechanic. The surprised
barber asked him what that was, and
was told it was "a shave up one side'
down the other and across the chin IN
three motions. minus bay rum and
conversation"
In exactly one and one-half minutes
the job was done and the traveller,
bleeding some, dropped dime on the
desk and seized his grip. The barber
gave him back nickel, observing that
honesty was the best policy An ap-
prentice was fired" that day from the
shop for total incompetency, and az
once started tonsorial foundry, wnere
you got railroad" shave with no
talk for cents-bay rum extra. Inis
was the beginning Of the scent siausn-
ter pen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28

Eeen broad-casted with private palaces
tricked from the d les of infancy and
womanhood
1t is time for d new reformation.
There is crying demand for little old
fashioned honesty as to wages. II Is
no more respectable to steal labor than
to steal money. Sooner or later this
truth will be recognized, and then Will
come the end of combines and blacklists
and settlements by bayonet. The ques-
ton of wages is question of ethics. he
who offends here will find that he can
not buy himself off in the final account
ing, though he build half-million-doi-
lar church or endow -million-doi-
lar university.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28
They Lied and They Knew 1t.

TIE Republican press and politicians
lied to the people when they told them
good times would come as soon as the
election returns gave capitalists assur-
ance of sound currency.
They lied when they told them 1t
would come when Mckinley took the
throne.
They lied when they told them It
would come when congress was con-
vened.
They lie when they say good times
will come during McKinley's admins
tration.-Appeal to Reason.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28
We VIII BE Heard.

We will speak out we will be heard
Though all earth's systems crack;
We will not bate single word,
Nor take letter back.
We speak the truth, and what care we
For kissing and for scorn,
While some faint gleamings we can
see
OF freedoms coming morn.
Let liars fear; let towards shrink;
Let traitors turn away;
Whate'er we've dared to think,
That, dare we also say.
Lowell.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28

The constitution endows the govern.
ment with the sole and exclusive right
to create money. This has been so de-
eide. by the Supreme Court of the
United States. The law makes it a
crime for any other power to create
money. The spirit of this law is vio-
lated in the issuing of bank currency.
The states are denied the right 70 max.
and issue paper money, then why
should that power be delegated to the
banks ?-Denver Facts.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28
NOTES BY A POPULIST.

Every man ought to be provided
with opportunity to earn comfortable
living; and no man should enjoy bet
ter living than he honestly earns, re-
CARELESS of whether his father was a
bob or nabob, says the Hamburg Qll.)
Popocrat. Wrong; he should not be
provided with an opportunity" ma
ture has already done that; but he
should be permitted to avail himself
of that opportunity, which the law now
prevents him from doing.-San Fran
cisco Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28
Such times as these are the very best
for education and organization.
PERCY PEPOON.


We don't understand this. Will
some one please make the matter plain
to our possibly dull comprehension?
The papers tell us that American CAPT.
tAlists have secured three new railroad
concessions in Mexico and will begin
the work of building without delay.
Why should these capitalists of a gold
standard country go to poor. depreciat-
ed, silver standard Mexico to invest
their accumulated surplus? Are they
financial IDIOTS? or perhaps the silver
standard is not as bad as they told us
it was a few months ago.-Texas Farm
and Ranch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28

Miss Jolliet-It isn't true, Mr., Cynic-
us, that woman cannot keep secret.
Cynicus-I agree with you; but the
trouble ~ that she cannot disguise the
fast that she is keeping one.-New
York Tribune.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28
Give Us Growth.

Government has been fossil; 1t
should be a plant.-Emerson.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28

A hundred years ago our ancestors
made a living for their families-and
they were not afraid of raising big
families, either-by working ten hours
or so day. Since that time their chill
dren have invented new appliances
that create, on an average, twelve
times as much wealth per day. There
fore If labor is twelve times as produc-
tive, and it is, why can not a laboring
man make as good living in one hour
a day as his ancestors did in twelve?
Quite a nut for you to crack.-Appeal
to Reason.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28

The people feel under special obliga-
lions to Mr.. Benjamin Harrison for ap-
pearing before the federal judiciary in
the capacity of attorney for Wall st.
corporation to battle against three-cent
car fares. Mr.. Harrison has solved an
important problem and the spectacle he
affords of retired chief magistrate
earning his living in the simplicity of
an Industrious old age as counsel for
the Central Trust Company of New
York and the Citizens Street Railroad
company, Of Indianapolis, is flattering
to our democratic instincts.-Twen-
tieth Century.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
UNION WORKMEN.
The Wage Question Is an Ethical One
Labor Must Get Its Share of the
Profits and Until 1t Comes the Prob
lem VIII Remain Unsolved.
Self Dependence.

GARY Of myself,
and sick of ask
ing
What / am and
what / ought to
be,
1t the vessels
prov I stand,
which bears me
Forw a r d, for
ward DER the
starlit sea.
And a look of pas
sionate desire
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28

Not solitary law can be passed in
the interest Of the people but that 1t
is fought by the corporations in the
courts. The Indiana legislature passed
three-cent fare law; conductors in In
dianapolis refused to accept less than
five cents, and elected a number of pas
sengers A case is pending in the fed
eral court, and ex-President Harrison
is retained for the company. The only
way out is municipal ownership, though
that would be fought similarly. The
broader remedy is anti-constitutional-
ism, thus taking away from the courts
any other function than defining the
application of law. Something should
also be done to prevent the federal
courts from usurping any Jurisdiction
they see fit.
The new Populist administrations in
Nebraska Kansas and South Dakota
all found the state treasures stripped
of the last dollar by Republican loot
ers; but the Republican press is entire
ly silent upon that phase of the situa-
ton.
Such times as these are the very best
for education and organization.
PERCY PEPOON.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28

Upon analysis Populism will be
found to be simply common sense. Our
theory is that each human being has a
right to the products of his labor. To
secure men in this right 1t is necessary
to abolish monopolies which control
production and distribution and divert
into their own treasures the products
of the labor of the millions.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28

The best citizens" as we'll as the
dangerous classes of Boston are learn
ing something, and, with their unriv
aled opportunities may fairly be ex-
pected to learn more. The most prom
inent of the Bostonese are advocating
the public ownership of street railways
and why not? Every argument that
can be offered in favor of public rather
than private ownership of streets will
be found to apply as we'll in proving
the justice and practicabi,ity of the
public ownership of sire t railways.
No Bostonian would thinl of advocat-
ing private monopoly of the city's
streets, and it is equally absurd to
support the private monopoly of the
only practical means Of travelling over
the streets.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28

Ger the sea and to the stars l send;
Eye who from my childhood up have
Gained me,
Calm me, ah, compose me to that
end"
"Ah, once more" cried, I'VE stars, we
waters,
On my heart your mighty charm re-
new;
Still, still let me, as l gaze upon you,
Feel my soul becoming vast, like
you"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28

All monopolies should be operated by
the public for the public benefit; other
wise they will be operated by private
parties for their own private benefit,
and in the operation the masses will
be obliged to surrender the products of
their labor without receiving an equiv
alent therefor.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28

Even the "best citizens" of Boston
are becoming vociferously in favor OF
public ownership of street railways.
Perhaps the Boston Brahmins do not
know that this is a populistic measure.
The Atlanta constitution., 1897-12-06
Union Pacific Road Shoots a Train Through
10 EVade q Fine.
THREE ENGINES WERE IN USE
Actual Average Running from Chey-
enne Was over 62 1-2 Miles Hour.
HUNDRED MILES IN as MINUTES.
Besides Making All Regular Stops
the Train Lost Several Minutes
by kir-Brake Trouble.

Omaha Neb., November 29.--The Union
Pacific road has made another record for
fast ruining. A mail train has been shot
across the country from Cheyenne TO-
Council Bluffs, 5l9 miles, in $50 minutes
This is actual elapsed time, and includes
all stops. Engines were changed twice AID
two engineers were relieved. All the regu-
lar stops were made and one extra, when
air brake hose burst and had to be
repaired at the expense of several minutes
of time.
A burned out bridge near Medicine Bow
Wyo., delayed the mail five hours and thir-
ty minutes. The train reached Cheyenne
five hours late. 1t was necessary 10 reach
Council Bluffs on time or pay heavy
fine to the government. 1t was a most re-
marka BILE run against time. Cheyenne to
Sydney. 1872 miles. was made in lOl minutes
Engines were changed and the run from
Sydney to North Platte, 1913 miles. was
made in 11S minutes On this run Il stop
was made at Julcsburg to gcJ the Colorado
mail From North Platte to Grand Island,
13S miles. the time was made in lof minutes,
engineers being changed at Lexington and
other stops being necessary. From Grand
Island to Council Bluffs, 1856 mics, the time
was 1G5 minutes, including a stop of over
five minutes TO fix a burstcd tank hose, reg
uIar sta ion stops. a delay by a Missouri
Pacific freight train entering the Omaha
yards ana other annoyancos.
The mail was landed in Council Bluffs
with thirteen minutes to spare, the actual
average running from Cheyenne being u
little more than siXty-tWo and one-halI
mics an hour.
The most wonderful burst of speed was
shown on the hundred mile stretch be
The Atlanta constitution., 1897-12-06
Our Young Folks Page

moments are swiftly passing he says. "Oh.
how | wish had taken heed 10 what my
moor mother said" He wishes he could re-
turn to those days, but alas. he cant i've
his youth again, so now, young men,
take heed, and shun the deadly liquor
Tooksie Williams, Warm Springs, CD
Dear Junior: Warm Springs, OF Meriweth-
er county, Georgia, on the north side OF
Pine mountain, with it's high altitude, 1900
feet above sea level. delightful climate,
beautiful scenery and magnificent bathlnS,
has for many years been the iaVor!te
summer resort OF the south hii2h;ic H Inu
gulf states. | have been working in IN"
Midget office this summer. setting type
and helping print The Midget. Our school
will begin in January. have thrfe hd, p[oIn, roll
name is Henry Grady. My papa mas pcoh
taking The Constitution Tor several years.
I send cents to the Grady hospital
Mark s. Rouzcc. Middleton Ga--Dear
Junior: | don't agree with the three Texas
boys in last weeks paper. | have nothing
10 say against the girls. but why should
thcy be superior to the boys2 some OF US
can cook. milk, dress chickens and do
housework gcICrally. Mamma says | can
do as we'll on that line my sisters, aud
| do any work on the farm that the otherS
do. | am Just getting up from iohS spell
of fever and mamma is very sick with 1t
now ! send cents for the Grady hospital
Ruby Agnes Davidson, Kossc. Tex
Dear Junior: ] am six years old and get
my sister TO write rny letters. ECard sister
read Governor Bob T2yIor's lectures, and
l enjoyed it very much. | always read the
Junior department. | Thought the picr"
Aunt Susie wrote about the little room
was so nice. Sometimes | help mamma
Set in wood.
Fannie Ellis, Zion, s C.-Dear Junior:
am eleven years old. Mamma takes The
Constitution and papa takes lots of other
The Atlanta constitution., 1897-12-06

to try before giving up. and if We try in
You hear some boys say they can't give
up smoking cigarettes; now that is a mis-
take, for If their will is strong enough
they are sure to succeed. The same rule
will apply to girls who sit around idEpS
away their precious time while their over
burdened mother silently bears the bur
hard lessons, and think it is impossihie
10 learn thom but just sit down and 30
to work in earnest Now | Wouid IKE l"
saw mat I always live by these rules but
I must confess | fall far short of them il
most cases | would like some corr"-
sponden,s over seventeen years Of age.
Inclosed find 10 cents for membership
i'm the Grady Hospital Club.
Matte Matthews, Yorkvile, Ga-Dear
Junior: I have just been reading your
nice letters. / live in the beautiful Mt
tie village of Yorkville. / have NOT any
pets, except two little br"thcfS. MY @ hi"'''-
ma is dead Does any OF your papaS
raise apples2 Mine docs This fall wv"
wears ago we gathered 600 bushels ana
this fan 400 bushels. ] wish you al were
here to help me eat apples
NV papa has been taking The Consdtu-
ton ten years or more. | am always Gi'u
fn,, THURSDAY to come for that Is the oay
yn aet tho paper [ would like for al
fhe Cousins to give me a letter parry tne tne
9lth Of November. 1 mean LOT All tl'
cousins to write to me SO | W'l gel 'lGil'
IN" 18th think letter parties wouin ,,,d, p9
Vow n,rn don't YOU? | will ask a que"-
lion for the girls and boys tha[ s'u"N ~
tory: Who discovered thG l,f,'''I I,n}s send
" '"'n ,.,,ty 70 ioin The Grady Hospital CIup.'
age fifteen.
1orona smith Ladonia Tex.-Dear Ju-
,,tnr. am nine years old | live in the
,o,,ntrv. NV father is a farmer p cke1 ckl1l
,.0tton vcrv near all the fail. | picked f''