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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27
Locating the Blame.

One Of Washington's amateur actors
has a profound faith in the efficacy Of
advertising. And it must ho confessed
that the public has given hin, reason to
feel that IL ia somewhat slow at making
discoveries. II was after the entertain
ment, and the chairman Of the commit
tee on arrangements was receiving his
usual measure Of reproof.
"Who got mp the programmed" asked
the young man.
81 did," replied the chairman of the
committee. ~ suppose you think that
your part Of the performance was not
given sufficient prominence.
"I don't care anything about the
prominence. But SO long as my name
was mentioned at all it might as we'll
have been done right"
II don't see that you ought to say
anything about the way in which we
called attention to you. The audience
didn't seem to know you were there"
"On the contrary, number Of my
friends told me I was first rate, especial.
ly when I sang that comic song"
II didn't hear anybody laughing"
''Of course not. And that's where I
say you are to blame. How could you
expect them to laughf You didn't state
in the programme that it was comic
song. Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27
GREAT GRAPE INDUSTRY.
Tho Shores Of Lake Chautauqua Supply
Half the Country.

Tho Shores Of Lake Chautauqua Supply
Half the Country.
The management Of the vineyard is
an interesting study and one which to
be successful requires technical knowl-
edge. In the large vineyards. a. a rule,
the owner himself gives personal super
vision to every detail Sometimes a
manager OF overseer performs these du-
ties. One Of the largest growers In this
section tells me that the most successful
grower IL the foreigner, who. with his
family Of eight or ten. comes and leases
or buys 36 or 80 acres Of land. each
member Of the family having his or her
part in the work to perform from spring
until picking time. while the winter Is
devoted to the making Of the baskets.
Thus no uP!deexpenditure is incurred.
and when the grapes are sold the pro-
ceeds return to tho family as the profit
ON the individual labor Of each mem ber,
quite in contrast with the large owner,
who is compelled to hire help to do each
little thing In addition to bnying his
baskets.
The Concord grape Is the oniy variety
OF any consequence raised in this region,
and some idea Of tho magnitude Of the
business carried on may be hsd when II
Is known that the shipments for one
year from Chautauqus county alone
will amount to $500 carloads. 3. 900
baskets Of 10pounds each In each oar.
These are taken from the grower by
some one Of the numerous gDowsEs' as-
sociations, whose business Il b to and .
market Strange ~ II may ssan, it IL
nevertheless true that thres-fourths Of
them 60 eopoints west Of Chicago. while
the other one fourth travels eastward.
The making of baskets 10 an impor-
tant item. Many factories are employed.
The price ranges from . to ~ oents per
basket. Thus the grower who would nnd
his businsss In any way prodtsbie must
In addition 70 the COST Of The basket,
realize at least cont per pound for his
grapes. while today It u . common
thing to md ten pound bas,rst on the
retail market slow sale at 10 cents.
Thus we and that tho utmost eare must
be taken In tho management Of . vino
yard to mako Il profitable. -Ohautau-
GUAM.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27
A Cheerful Liar.

"When WAS out among the hills OF
northern India, said the major, II had
IN experience that wonder didn't turn
my hair gray. was oamped all alone
on the side Of that historic stream and
had occasion to 30 for some water to
boil my beans in. First thing I knew I
stepped right into u quicksand. knew
what was up at once and knew that
was gone. And am willing to admit
that l was frightened.
"In fact, that is how came to es-
cape. As stood there with that horri-
bic sand dragging, dragging at me like
some living monster, turned colder
and colder. Do what could my teeth
would keep on ohsttering. though I
knew that every vibration Of my jaw
was shaking me farther down into that
ready made grave. And I grew colder
and colder. Suddenly noticed that
had stopped sinking"
''Struck bottom, eh?"
Certainly not. had grown 90 cold
ffom horror and fear-I may a. we'll
admit it-that actually frose the water
In the quioksand frozen the whole busi-
ness. sir. ."-Pearson's Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27

The announcement that the railroads
throughout the country will continue
during next year to grant half rates to
oiergymen hss been received with un-
1eigned satisfaction by majority Of the
members Of the olosh. But not by all.
A prominent and respected preacher.
commenting upon the matter. said: "I
had hoped that the railroads were finally
shout 10 wipe out tho semidsadhsad
privilege extended 70 the clergy. It 10 .
reaio Of the times when preaching meant
poverty, and under tha changed oondi-
tions II II not only unfair TO the rail-
wsys and the general travelling public,
but 1t Ia destructive of the self respect
Of its bene6oiAries. The railroads have
been chatting under the clerioal half fare
systsm for long time. and for several
years some Of them bsve been trying to
do sway with IL. Times have changed
sinoe the church was poor ssd preachers
underpaid. and the railroad people are
quite ssnsibls Of the fact "-Phiisdsl.
phia Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27
Musical Recitation.

Although the Quakers. a. scot, do
not favor music. regarding 1t a. a profit
less amusement indulged In by the
worlds people, there are occasionally
stories told which show that the love Of.
music sometimes steals its way into o.
Quaker household in spite Of discipline
George Thompson. the famous Ensiish
abolitionist, while lecturing on the abo-
htion Of slavery In tho British provinces.
stopped one night with Quaker family.
He was q great lover Of music. and ~
that time was good singer.
During the evening he sang "Oft In
the Silly Night" which was listened
to With the closest attention.
In tho morning bis Quaker hostsss
appeared somewhat uneasy. She wished
to hear tho song again, but II would,
hardly do, she thought. for her to re-
quest Its repetition. At last, however.
her desire overoame her scruples.
George" she said. with faint mink.
color in her soft cheeks, twill thee re-
peat the words Of last evening In thy
usual mannerr'-Youth's . Coscpsniop.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27
VOLUME 5.
Eatlrpac @tmr Gables.
S~~~-~~N-NNO~rN~NO.~ O.~N0N~N~CoNoN~N0N1cO0ONO~
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 10. 1895.

Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division Time
Table Trains lfnys fEHsfWNR8 RyitiRESod'
g:0i n m--Train :, daily except Sunday for
sunbury, Harrisburg and intermediate sta
tions, arriving at Philadelphia 6;23 p. M,
New York 1898 p mi Baltimore. 500 p. MI
from Williamsport and passenger coaches
from Kane TO Philadelphia. ,,
1858 y. m-Traln ., daily except Sunday for
Harrisburg and intermediate stations ar
irving at Philadelphia i:30 A. Nj; New York,
1888 a. NJ. Pullman Sleeping cars from
naprisbnlg to phiadephia and Newt, New York, X
sleeper undisturbed until $3.50 A.. N.
9;35 p. m.--Train 4, daily for sunbury, Harris
E PSiaaeIphia, aeH e'se 6:ss A. NJ; % Sew YORK, S!sS
day; baltimore, $50 A. M Washington, $40
port to Philadelphia. Passengers in sleeper
Tor baltimore and Washington Will be
transferred into Washington sleeper at har-
Philadelphia and Williamsport to Balti-
more. -
7:21 a. m.-Train 1, daily except Sunday for
Ridgway, Dubois Cfermont and inter
mediate stations. Leaves Ridgway at 3;lO
$50 a. m.--Train .. daily for Erie and inter
6.sS p. m.--frain II, daily except Sunday for
ThRouGH Ros naH '"iisf'e TRAiSs FOR DRlFTwooD
FROM THE EAST AND SOUTH.
TRAIN II leaves Philadelphia $3.50 A. M!
Washington, $50 A. NJ; Baltimore, $3.50 a. NJ;
Wilkesbarre, 1915 A. NJ; daily except sun
day, arriving at Drftwood at 6:26 p. NJ. with
Pullman Parlor car from Philadelphia to
Williamsport.
TRAIN lenves New York at s p. m; phila-
delphia, 30 p. M; Washington, 10. 40 p. M;
Baltimore, $50 p. M; daily arriving ut
Driftwood at $3.50 u. m. Pullman sleepin 4,
cars from Philadelphia to Erie md from
Washington and Baltimore TO Wiiliamsport
and through passenger coaches from Phila-
delphia to Erie and Baltimore to Williams
port.
TRAIN leaves Remove ut $3.50 u. M, daily
except Sunday, arriving at Driftwood 7;2l
q. m. -
JOHNSONBURG RAILROAD.
DAILY except Sunday.)
TRAIN ~ leaves Ridgway at 800 a. M; John
sonburg at 9:3S n. m, arriving at Clermont
at 10:35 a, m.
TRAIN 20 leaves Clermont at 10:45 a. m. ar
riying at Johnsonburs at 11:4 a. m. and
Ridgwsy at 1900 a. m.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27
Bonny Bobby shafto.

An early version will be found in
Bells Rhymes Of Northern BardA"
page 2sS. and Sir O. Sharp's Bishop
rok Garland, page 81. The latter ruas
- follows;
DSbby ehafto's gone 10 SEA,
SILVER buckles ct his knee.
Fell come back and marry me,
Benny Bobby shafso.
1S6by Shsfto's bright and fair.
Ooznbtng down his yellow hair.
- my sdn for evermatr,
Benny Bobby 6hafto.
According to Sir @. Sharp, the song
was used for eleotiooessins purposes in
1851, when Robert Shafto Of Whit
worth. Esq.. was the favorite oandi.
date and was popularity CALLED "Bonny
Bobby Shafto." His portrait at Whit.
worth represented him a. very young
and vcry handsome and with yellow
hair. Aiss Bellasyss. the hsirea Of
8saneepeth, II said 20 have died for
love Of him. Notes and Queries.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27

The fine old English custom of dis
carding the initial "h'' is said to be go.
ing ont of use. Some writers are i'm
dulging in "reminiscences Of men to
whose conversation it gave picturesque
ness
At the celebrated election in 1866, at
which Mr.. Gladstone lost hin seat for
Oxford university, his opponent was
Mr.. Hardy. The practice then-and,
for aught to the contrary, it may be so
still at contested election--was for
each elector to record his vote by word
of mouth before tellers for each party
sitting in the convocation house or some
other suitable place of meeting. The
late Professor Henry Smith was acting
as teller for Mr.. Gladstone. when an
uncouth country parson entered. and to
the usual question for whom he wished
to record his vote replied in confusion,
"I vote for Mr.. Glad--I mean for
'Ardy." al claim that voee," quietly
put in Professor Henry Smith. "No,
no, protested the old clergyman, II did
not finish the name" "You didn't even
begin the other" was the professors
dry retort
A story is told of al eminent legal
practitioner who was afflicted with q
similar difficulty in pronouncing his
aspirates many years ago He had a
particular dislike to late learned lord
chancellor who had published book
upon hymns. Upon seeing his rival en-
ter che court on one occasion he was
heard to mutter, "Ere g comes, 'um-
ming 'us 'ymns; oily old 'umbug, 'ow
do ate 'iml'-New York Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27
Domestic Life In Bethlehem. In JudDa.


went to Bethlehem several times.
returning usually toward dusk. con.
stantly met the Bethlehem men," as
they are called-mecbanics masons,
carpenters, Understanding on foot
from their long and hard days work in
Jerusalem. The hours of labor in the
east are from sunrise to sunset, and
these men would leave Bethlehem early
In the morning, and, after walking the
pix miles to their daily task, work oil
day and walk back at dusk to their late
and scanty supper. The younger men
looked worn out. The older men seemed
TO have lost all strength, and their eyes
frequently looked dull and almost
glazed.
I was invited to visit family in
Bethlehem. Their home was on the Sec
ond floor Of building. Il consisted Of
q single room, about 10 feet square,
with concrete floor, and not single
article Of furniture save tiny charcoal
stove. It was clean. There were plenty
Of windows, and the window sills were
low and broad and were used instead Of
chairs. There we're little oupboards
built in the walls, which held the food
and the few dishes. At one side Of the
room was larger recess, perhaps . feet
deep. 8 feet high and 8 feet long. Here
were piled blankets, rugs and quilts,
neatly folded. At night the rugs were
spread on the floor and the family slept
on them, using the blankets and quilts
for covering. On great occasions little
circular table, about feet across and 1
foot high. was used as dining table. -
8. s. Mcclure in McClure's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27
RUFFALO, ROCHESTER, & PITTS
~ BURGH RAILWAY,

RUFFALO, ROCdESIEt ~ PITTS
~ BURGH RAILWAY.
The short line between Dubois, Radgway,
bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo, Rochester,
Niagara Falls and points In the upper oil
region.
On and after Nov. 18th, 1896, pr ,en-
ger trains will arrive and depart frG-. Falls
Greek station, daily, except Sunday, as fol-
lows:
7.25 a m and Las p m for Curwensrille and
Clearfeid.
1000 a m-Buffalo and Rochester Dail-For
Brockwayville. Ridgway j ,Johnsouburg,M Mt.
Jewett, Bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo and
with p. 4 e. train 3, for Wilcox, Kane,
warren, Cory and Erie.
1927 a m--Accommodation-F Sykes. Big
Run ana Punxsutawney.
10.2s q m-Ror Reynoldsville.
l.15 p m-Rradford Accommodation - For
mon. Ridgway, Johnsonburg, Mt. Jewett
and Bradford.
lbs p. INSTRUMENTATION for Punxsu-
tawney and Big Run.
AS D. m.-Mail-For Dubois, Sykes. Big
Run Punxsutawney and Walston.
740 p m-Accommodation for Big Run and
Punxsutawney-
Passengers are requested to purchase tick
ats before entering the cars. An excess
charge Of Ten Gents will be collected by con-
ductors when fares are paid on trains, from
allstations where's ticket Office is maintained.
Thousand mile tickets Al two cents per
mile, good for passage between AL stations.
j. H. McIHTYRE, Agent, Falls Geek, Pa.
NO. Rochssss< NY.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27

''Saw you coming ont Of the bsrbsr's
this morning" Gid the sooiabls hoard.
q.
~ went In o. business connected
with purely personal ends" replied As
bury Peppers with much dignity.
"Oh. beg pardon. r.
"Thst 10 TO Say. got my hair sat
end my shoes shinsd. "-Oinoinnati En-
ouirsf.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27

Mr.. Bluh-Look here. young man;
you're always going sboat with nv
daughter. and I wsat 10 know whst
your inssntsons are rssasdins hsrf
Young Aan-I really have no inten.
tions, sir.
Mr.. Bluff (ansrily)-Thsn. what do
you mean BY amusing yourself at my
dsughter's expsnssi
Young Man (airily )-I'm not anus
Ing myself as yosr daughtsr's expense,
sir but 1t my own expense. always
pay for the tAeatsr tickets and refresh.
mena. .-Pe~rsru's weativ
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27

Atilla. the king Of the Huns. war
called the Soourse Of God. The desolx.
tion he wrought In Europe cann0s hs
read even VI this day without the Ut
most horror.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27

A LLEGHENYvALLEY RAILWAY
IA COMPANY commencing Sunday
November 20, 1895, Low Grade Division.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27

Ruaaa produces eight bushels a.
wheat 70 the acre and might produce
twice O. three times that quantity #
the cultivation were ~ careful aud sys-
tematic ~ in Germany or France
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27

The white lily In the south Of Europe.
particularly IN Italy. 10 IN emblem At
sweetness. light and life. In some Of
the country districts Of the Italian pe'
ninsula lilies are always placed on The
oo6ans Of young gisla
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27

II roe that you are your own washsr-
wonan." said xsa spitsly, who wss
leading hsr poodle past The placs.
"Yss. " rstorssd NrA spaply. but
thank goodness. I'm not reduced TO
playing nurssgisl for . dog. "7~Dstroi1u
Txee Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27

The first United States piano was
made In Boston iu 1899.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27
Cheerful People.

Ono 10 always rsfreshsd By Tie prss-
enos Of cheerful people The thousht
ought 30 teach ~ . salutary Lesson 70
b always cheerful ourselves. Ths
ohssry person. who has pleasant smile
for ali. genial word for every 60
qusintancs. . happy sxpssssion for the
world. 10 The persoa whose oonpanton.
eh!p u sought whose presence 4 indis.
Densable ct party or dinner and whose
Absence 10 always noted Exchange.
The Dauis "bsrleycorn." in loug
measure. arose from the use Of thi,
grain ~ measure of distance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27

Philadelphia& ReadingR X. AT Jersey Shore
with Fall Brook Railway, Al Mill
Hall with Central Railroad Of Pennsylvania. :.
and htoponS phiIpsbnrr & psySe Sonneetins r r.
Al Clearfeld with Buffalo, Rochester &
Pittsburgh Railway. At Mahatfey and
Patton with Cambria Il Clearfeld Division
OF Pennsylvania Railroad. At Mahaffey with
Rnnsylvania & North Western Railroad.
A. G. PALMER, +. h. HERMAN,
Superintendent. Gen'l Pass. Agt.
Philadelphia, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-27
DIDGWAY Il CLEARFIELD II. r.

DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-04-02
The JEWISH SOUTH.

The statemt mt is true, but misleading because 1T is
not completed truth. Take the descendant of such
a Jew only one generation removed from the Tamud,
and he is most liberal and radical.
A large percentage of Jewish youth in Germany, it
is said have fallen away ON Judaism In lesser
degree thisis holds true other countries Yet
the German border millions of people suffer in simple
faith for the very ideals which these German Jews
throw careessy aside-an unparalleled contrast.
If unbelief and nhlism be consequent of enancpa-
ton there might be seriousness in proposition
to go back to the Ghetto At least then five could
not advance, would not fall back
Is it quite right, then to determine priori that
the Jew of to day is much better than his grand
father OF the Judengasse? Let look into Jewish
life find it and note few of It's salient charac-
terstcs. There is upon this subject great scarcity
Of authority. l speak particularly of Jewish life in
America We have fewnative scholars able willing
to grappe with problem large, compli-
Gated and vague. Foreign scholars have touched
the question only incidentally mot always with
the best results) have Stunned it altogether Yet
there should be and are certain Well-authentcated
tendencies of presentday Jewry which not in
doubt, though lack the of statistics 1t
cannot be any harm to make known impressions when
fair warning that they only impressions is given.
Ifnot of intrinsic value, at least teymay have sug-
gestve value.
Physically, the Jew has, of course, improved, and
breathing fresh air again, he is slowly acquiring
of the vgor of fresl-ar plants. The weak,
ciated is giving way to robust, muscular
type, an the two may be in America at the
timetne Russian Jew, fresh from the pale typifying
the former Whet her facial characteristics chang
ing, whether we are slng that Jewish look which
many profess to find upon countenances, whether
environment witch free play for development and evo-
luton will make us look like neghbors, are ques-
tions which ltatng great scientists. But who
specialists, may say that the ndeinabe some
thing called the Jewish look is certainly declining
in intensity; for it is the product Of the restricted
Jewish life with all it's entailment OF suffering hard
ship and suspicion, and of that finer, a-perva1ing
religiosity which has always marked the Jew So far
this 'look is the product of the first circunl-
stance, it is happily passing from the Jewish face.
The hunted gaze, the stare ofconstant suspicion
not live in q country where men deemed created
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-04-02
Some Uenoencies Of Jews.
Bp Isaac bassler.

their past fraught though that be with great
ries The present of the Jew the burning question
which consumes all Others in the fire of it's impor-
tance Are we holding we backsid-
ing? Are making onwards or downward to-
wards oblivion and perhaps disappearance? know
what answer the average Jew will give to this. To
him fhe thinks about it at ALL, there is danger
of Jewish humiliation. He finds conclusive proof in
the thousands of years of our existence. I'VE
as old as the Nile and the Dead Sea. We have out
lived all the contemporaries OF our youth. The world
has never been without us, the worll will be
without u.s." This is egotism that does not take
note of events and conditions We can well under
stand how Jewish solidarity has been heretofore pre-
served.
But we have not, as Judas Maccabeas had, armies
to fight battles even if war not out of date
in this age of arbitration and machine guns. Neither
do we study Talmud, stronger still than armies
That was left in the Ghetto when the gates opened.
We at least many of u.s. out at last in the bright
world quaing eagerly at the worlds Intoxicating
fount and do mot find the old rabbinic pabulum
in vogue in polite circles, forsooth have discarded
it.
But with our two former defences gone, how it is
pertinent to ask may we be of ourselves and
our Judaism Some one will answer: Because the
laws of man have gnized in equality with
tellowmen; because religion is free to be OBJ
served and to develop and its adherents can
longer be oppressed on account of it." Does it
occur to that this boon may bear with it the seeds
of great danger? No is so foolish 20 deny
the justice the good of bringing the Jew out of his
narrow quar- into the broad avenues of the world
yet we must not wander into the co nmon error of
supposing that Ghetto life without its nober
features. Read the word-pctures of Zangwi and
learn how the sunlight offamily love and pure
home life beati6ed the squad houses. We think of
the medieval Jew vile object, cringng and bent
But these the shadows of the picture. We must
paint in some of the high white lights wherein see
the Jew at home father and husband. Is not the
whole Ghetto great sacrifice of people for faith
Withal the is something navey sublime about the
Ghetto Jew. But let concede, everyone must
that emancipation good thing for the Jew.
How have his descendants profted byit? Have they
proved themselves strong enough stand the
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-07-31
JOhnSOn'S
Chill ana
Fever
Tonic
Cures Fever
In One Day.
aszst5a-szarmxxarku, Asnsn.
The old favorIte photograph with
new music Is at the Acme.

Mr.. Isaac Horner, proprietor of the
Burton House, Burton, w. Va, and
one of the most widely known men In
the state, was cured of rheumatism
after three years of suffering. He
says: 81 have not sufficient COM
mand of language to convey any idea
of what | suffered my physicians told
me that nothing could be done for me,
and my friends were convinced that
nothing but death would relieve me of
suffering. In June, 1894, Mr.. Evans,
then salesman for the Wheeling Drug
Co, recommended Chamberain's Pain
Balm. AT this time my foot and limb
wers swollen to more than double their
normal size and it seemed to me my
leg wonld burst, but soon after | be-
gan using Pain Balm, the swelling
began to decrease, the pain to leave
and now | consider that l am entirely
cured. For sale by druggists.