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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
The Ideal Schoolhouse.

To begin with, says Mrs. Whitman in
The Atlantic, the entrances of school
house should be made as inviting us
those of home If there be yard, no
matter how small, it should have, first
Of all, evergreen trees in il or some bit
Of LEAKAGE which, winter and summer,
wonld bring message from the woods
1t should have flowers in their season,
and vines should be planted wherever
possible. Within the school every color
shonld be agreeable and harmonious
with all the rest. Ceiling, floor, wood
work, walls, are SO to be treated as to
make a rational and beautiful whole
In entrance halls, for example, where no
studying is done, fine, pleasing red or
cheerful yellow is an excellent choice
In bright, sunny rooms u dull green is
at once the most agreeable color to the
eye and perfect as background for such
objects as casts or photographs.
In room where there is no sunlight
soft yellow will be found of admirable
use. The ceilings should be uniformly
of an ivory white tint, which will by
reflection conserve light and will be re-
fined and in key with all other colors
The treatment Of wood is study in it.
self. Briefly and for practical use, wood
can be treated in two legitimate ways
either it can be painted with relation to
the wall colors, or it can be stained to
anticipate the results of time upon wood
surfaces.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
TIE CAMEL'S HUMP.
The Latrss Scientific Explanation Of Its
Origin and Purpose.

Where did tho camel get its hump?
Be il known that camels did not
originally have humps OH their backs.
So says Professor Cattaneo of the Ital-
ian Institute Of Science. The prupf that
they did not and the explanation of
why they have them now is given by
this savant in recently published
monograph, which is the resuls of sci
entific study of the snbject
The llama is known to have been
used as a beast of burden centuries be-
fore the discovery Of the western hemi-
sphere, but il ! asserted that thousands
Of years bciuia lhe first llama carried
n load npon its back the camel had been
domestcated and was used for the trans
portation of burdens.
1t is upon this point that the Italian
savant rests his theory as to the forma.
ton of that animals hump. I'm the be.
ginning, lie says, the camel, like the
llama, was straight Of back, but 100
centuries, perhaps, of making pack
animal Of the camel have brought
about tsle change. At first the skin
grew loose upon the camel's back. Then
there ami upon its knees the skin grew
thick ard callous. Soon nature began
to pad this burdened part with fat and
muscle, then Tor countless generations
heredity did its work. Little by little
the hump grew, until it finally acquired
its present size.
The use of the camel in the desert
places Of the world also played its part
in the formation of this portion of its
anatomy. For, being forced to go with
out food for days at a time, nature came
to the rescue of the camel and provi-
IDENTIFY stored these humps with fat
which should rourish the beast through
its periods Of privation.-New York
Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
ALWAYS OPEN.
How Lake Michigan Is Made Navigabis
All the Year Round.

Navigation OH Lake Michigan is new.
er closed. Steamers run back and forth
across the lake and between the ports
of the west shore of the lake during the
eutire winter with remarkable regular
ity. The first attempts at winter navi-
cation on the translake routes were
made by the Detroit and Milwaukee
Railroad company and by the now de-
funct Engelmann Transportation com
pany many years ago, and the success
of winter ventures became established
as the character of the steamers was
improved and developments were made
in marine ersinery. Now winter navi-
cation proceeds almost uninterruptedly,
and the new ear ferries steam back and
forth with little regard for weather or
for ice. r. :.ccss Of the car ferries
on Lake -al and the car ferry
which de-. .,cr in tho Straits of
Mackil.. - hly the cause of the
annoul lr, Ct negotiations are in
progIc-s tu Tic construction of
ice brca'.il. . ,tt steamers that will
enable tn Il. ,-uCrs 20 keep them in
commiss.cn a tie Lake Superior and
4
The report !. V ithout foundation.
There is q vast difference between
the navicg ,sa of Lake Michigan from
one shore &. the other and along its
west shore, nd the navigation Of the
great lakes throughout their lengths
and through Tic iutcrlale channels. Ice
breaking Is expensive, and occasionally
the ice foes defy the crushing powers
of the bClt &C the so called ice breakers.
One of the car ferries was recently stall
ed by flee rcur Monominoc which de-
fed not only the steamer. but the ox-
| plosive power cf dynamite Tie trouble
of winter navigation cn the chain of
| lakes would occur in the intcTlake chan
ncls and in the canals. Owing TO the
! clCgging effects of the ice, it would be
almost imrc'aihlc to opciatc canals dur
ing midwintrr.
Another and very sorious bar to
general Lake navigation in winter is the
prevalence Ct suowstorms, duling which
nothing whatever can be scc;. Snow
Is more Obstructive to the sight than
fog, and during a driving SNOW storm
it il impossible to see anything ahead,
even in the daytime Winter naviga
tors OH Lake Michigan, who are never
out Of sight uf land for any great length
of time, experience their chief annoy
ance from tuowstorms. They manage
to steam into port when snow is fyini
thick because of their familiarity with
the route, but they occasionally get in
to trouble while they are wrapped il
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
FIGHT FOR A BlRDHOUSE.
riycatchers Driven out by Biucbirds.
wrens the Final yictors.

Zone spring" said n lover of birds,
there came to birdhouse in my gar
den pair Of great crested nycatchers.
had dozen birdhouses scattered
around. This particular one was about
foot square, with peaked Roof and
chimney at each end a doorway for the
birds to- 90 in and out and couple of
nugor holes bored Though tho back to
give the house light and air.
"This birdhousc, the summer before,
had been occupied by pair of blue
birds, who had left their nest behind
them This nest the great crested fly
catchers pulled apart and threw out Of
the house, every twig and straw. They
cleaned the house out conn lctoly and
then they brought in ever, thing new
and built nest Of their own and set
tied down comfortably for the summer
But in few days pair Of blue.
birds came along. and they made for
| this house. It might have been the
same identical pair cf b'uelirds that &C.
| curied 1t tho simmer lcforo. | don't
| know about that though | have no
doubt that robins and ether birds that
! have hcon south for the winter, hun
dreds Of miles away, do ccmc back in
the spring to the same places and to the
| same trees. Anyhow this u,ir of blue
/ birds wanted thar birdhousr. and they
| wee ready 10 fplt fer it, aud that is
what they did. IFc flycatcher'is q nice
| little l-.d and u pretty plucEy sort of a
| fighter, but not match iCr the llue.
bird. They had grand round up inside
the house, and finally the blucbirds
| pitched the hycctchcrs ont, and later
| they pitched OUT every stick of furni-
sure that the hycatchers had brought
in, cleaned the house out entirely and
then brought in fresh material and bnilt
Eow nest according to their own ideas,
and they settled Gown fer the summer.
well, few days after that pain
Of wlcrs came along, and they took q
fancy to that particular birdhouse too,
and they sailed right in and tackled the
blucbirts TN the spot You couldn't sec
the fight from the Pround but every
now and then You could sec straw OF
feather shoot ont of Tic front door oi
the house Th, bluChilu is good
SOUND fighter, but the w;cn il Il hct,oi
one, aud the upshot WAS that the wrcnS
fairly put the bluebirds out and tool
possession Of the birdbuusc themsnly es
And then the wrens did just what th,
others had done They pitched out cv
cry scrap Of stuff in tic birdhouse--jus
tnmblcd it cut Of the door, to fall oi
the ground-und then they brought il
rev stuff ard built nest for them
selves.
Nobody molesSed the wrens The,
staid there and raised their youn,
there, and in the fall they all flew
away and left the birdhouso again de
serted for the wiE,er New York Sun
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
NUMBER 10.
The Initiative Quality.

To chat far distant region lying be-
Boston bride and on the following Sun
day proudly led her to the seat Of hon
or in the little chapel. The congrega-
tion, to be sure, consisted chiefly of
converted Eskimos, but there were a
few English and American residents,
and the natives, as the story will show,
were not unappreciative.
The bride was dressed in the volumi-
nous fashion of 80 years ago. A gener-
Gus circle indeed would have been re-
guircd to outline her skirts, and CO.
quettish little veil shaded the upper
half of her pretty face.
Entranced sat the Eskimo women,
but with the call to prayer their heads
bent reverently in the customary atti-
tude of worship. Were they following
the earnest words of the minister? Were
their petitions rising with his? On the
contrary, all the women were busily en-
gagged i'll dragging forward to the tips
of their noses the nets which, after long
urging, the missionaries had induced
them to adopt to confino their flowing
hair. The veil of the bride had demor-
allied their religious devotion.
Such was the honesty of these Hud-
son bay Indians that never but once
did the missionaries lose any possessions
by theft. The week following this
memorable Sabbath the Americans
could not keep barrel for themselves,
even the one devoted to ashes falling
apart one night because its hoops had
been purloined. Where they went, how
ever, the former possessors had ahuu-
dant evidence ut the next chapel service
1t is not alone among primitive peo-
pie that tue initiative quality is proni-
nent After Fox made his brill.r
speeches in parliament it was the fash-
ion, even as far as Paris, to be q think
ing man, to think like Fox, while the
story Of some naughty Lazy lnoGCn or
Of wrecker of the west has ruined
many young follower. 1t is by imita-
tion Of what is trivial and false or Of
what is beautiful and good thas we
dcscc3i or mC-;.t few s,cps toward
the Likeness cf what we admire. -
Youth's Coz .licn.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
John BroMn,s Ancastor.

II seems that John Brown of Ossa-
watomie had narrow escape Of not be-
ing horn, for Winslow tells how his
Mayflower ancestor, Peter Browne, the
carpenter, with John Goodman, van
dered off i'll the Plymouth woods one
day in January, 1921, and lost their
way chasing deer and We're out all
night, hearing the lions roar and al
most freezing their feet. Finally, sit
pleased God, from high hill they dis
covered" Saquish and Clark's island i'm
the bay, and so got back to the "rande
vous," as Winslow terms the fort oil.
Burial hill, faint with travel and
want of victuals and almost famished
with cold" Had they never come in
Kansas might now be slave state, but
it was otherwise ordered. Boston Let
ter to Springfield Mass Republican,.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
A Unique Defense.

In case some years ago where sur
viving relatives claimed $1,000 for the
loss of a mans life occasioned by the
runaway horse of the defendant the fol-
lowing defenses were put in: First-The
horse was a kind horse. and would not
have run away had he not been fright
ened, SO the party who frightened the
horse was to blame. Second-Even after
the horse started some person diverted
the horse from his course, without which
the defendant would not have been
knocked down, so the party who thus
diverted the horse was to blame
Third-The defendant had plenty of
time to get out Of the way and was
himself to blame. Fourth-The de-
fendant was pauper, not earning any
money, so his death was not a pecuniary
loss. but rather benefit to his family.
In this case the jury gave the widow Q
verdict Of $500. This result was OBJ
tained by putting down the amount each
juror was willing to give and dividing 1t
BY twelve. Interview in New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
A Lnnc Lived BIRD.

The following instance Of longevity
in bird may be of interest to your
readers: Ny cousin, Mrs. c., had a
siskin given to her in 1881. 1t had been
bought at Dealers in 1879. In the
autumn of 1884 it escaped ont of the
window while flying about Mrs. @. s
dressing room, as it had been in the
habit Of doing every morning. Every
effort was made to get it back, but it
could not he found. Mrs. g. went away
for the winter and did not return until
the following spring Her gardener then
told hr that during the winter siskin
had squeezed itself into Il cage Of his
which was hanging outside his cottage.
The siskin was sent up to Mrs. Q. and
evinced the greatest delight ut seeing
his mistress, III fact, there is no doubt
that it was her bird. From that day
until its death in September. 1896, it
could never be induced to leave its cage
though the door WAS often left open ON
purpose. London Spectator,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
GOVERNORS PAY.
From 81, 800 TO $1,000 Is the Range Of
Their Salaries.

Three states # the 45 pay $40, 900 a
year each to their chief executives, or
So, 900 more than is paid cabinet
officer. These three states are New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
All three states have increased the COM
pensation of their governors within re-
cent years. Until the present constitu-
tion was ai,,ide scnc years ago the
salary of The governor &c New York was
81, 600, and the Eo,Cucrs cf Pennsyl-
vania and Now Jcreoy received $4,000
each. At the gIc:c ti..r the governor Of
Nevada received &6,O10 and the gov.
ernor of Louisiana S8, 900.
In recent years there has been an at
tempt at adjustment of the salaries of
many governors So that these may con
form as far as possible to the impor-
tance of the duties of the Office. The
governor of Massachusetts,, for whose
Office there is an election each year, for
mcrly received So COO salary and now
gets SIS, 600 The governor of Louisiana,
for whose Office there is al election ev-
cry fourth ycar, formerly received &S,
600 and now gets "a ,OO0 The govern
or of Indiana gets s., 600 year for Il
four years term, or 500, 900 The gov
ernor of Ohio gets IS, 900 year for n
( two years term. Connecticut pays her
governor $1,000, and little Rhode Is
land pays SO 0O0
The New England states cf the north
border are not very liberal IN the COM
pensation Of their governors. The gov
ernor Of Maine gets 81, 500 year The
| governor of New Hampshire receives
| S2,0 000, and formerly got only $1,000.
/ The governor Of Vermont has 81 800 a
/ year. Now 81, SEQ is not large salary
for the governor Of sovereign Ameri-
can state, but it is as much as Vermont
pays or Oregon either. But the govern
or of Oregon has four years term,
whereas the governor of Vermont has q
term Of only two years. 1t has never
been established officially what, on o
certain memorable occasion, the govern
or Of North Carolina said to the govern
or Of South Carolina. 1t is supposed by
many persons that this mysterious al
lusion bore some reference to liquid in
toSicants, but more probable explana
tAoii vi NllN NNlAN'irtAtAiH IL lltlldllHs u
he found in the fact that tie governor
Of North Carolina, one of the oldes
and largest OF the original states, get
only $4,000 salary, while the governo,
of South Carolina, smaller and les
important commonwealth, receives S3,
500. The governor of Georgia receives
$4,000; the governor of Florida, SO, 500
Michigan pays Il governor S4, 900; Mon
tana, state of much smaller popula
ton, $4,000. In Kentucky the rate i
Sc, 500; in Missouri, $1,000; in Nebras
ka, $4,000; in Kansas, SO, 900. Mary
land pays 81, 500; Texas, $4,000; Ida
ho, $4,000; West Virginia. So, ZOO Del
aware and Utah have the same stand
ard Of compensation for their govern
ors, 81, 800. The governor of Alabam
receives the same salary as the govern
or Of Alaska. $4,000. Wisconsin pay
81, 500 and Colorado So, 600. New Yorl
| Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
MOST INTERESTlN BURYlN.
A story That Was Told In p South Caro-
lima Churchyard.

Been through the buryin ground9 l
known about most all the fine monu-
ments, volunteers the boss after the
church has been inspected. He Is
dressed in full suit of blue jeans. He
is healthy looking, long legged and
gaunt, and broad brimmed felt hat
aud dropping black mustache seem in
keeping with his swinging gait and odd,
drawlirg accents He fairly beams upon
finding that his services as guide are ac-
ceptablc.
''rhis IL mighty tasty stone, " he
comments, laying his brown hand on
marble shaft. "They give out that it
cost 800 It's tolerable plain for that,
but, then, the Griggscs mostly has
things plain. They say Miss Griggs
wanted harp OH it, and it wouldn't
have cost no more either, but old man
Griggs he iist shut up like II steel trap
at the notion of harp. He lowed they
could git this monument with a stress
on the "mcnt') or none mt all. Twas
Miss Griggs' sister what died. She took
heavy cold long about March.
II take it that that there grave is the
most intercstin buryin 'mongst the
whole lot" he goes on, leading the way
to spot between two tall pines, where
the ground is thickly covered with
brown pine needles "That was a dr,l
The fight came Off toward sundcwn, ~
in the mountains, and this fellow was
hauled here in II wagon and Lmici
quick, after 12 O'Clock ut night. You
see, it was against the law then in them
way back days TO fight, and the one
what did che KILN he and the seconds
was anxious To git across into Georgia
before the business leaked out dirc.
member the names now, but they were
big people One was governor from
up here by Greenvillo snmowheres. The
dead man was brought along on com.
mon wagon, aud there wasn't time fol
no funeral nor nothin. Some pine tops
green, fresh broke pine tops, wa'
throwcd ON top cf the wagon body, {,
make thin lcck better. After tht
grave was ii. ed up in their hurry like
| but not lil,ih to leave it with no mari
to know it hy they took two of the pint
tops and stuck en- up, one TO th'
| head ard one tn the foot. These twt
trees is them same pine tops Seem
like the Lord Almighty let em grow
purpose to keep that sin cen mind -
What WAS the cause of the quarrcly'
he is asked.
at amt exactly knowed for sure
Some holds out it was about bounde"
line 'twixt two plantations. and l.
heard it said it was old olectit
squabble. Anyway, the dead man wa
fixin to marry soon, and his sweethear
never did git over it to enjoy herself IL
more. New York Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
LADIES WHO STOLE.
strange Tales Are Told OF Our Ancestovs
Of Waehington's Time.


We naturally have very exalted
opinion of the aristocracy of our coun-
try and can scarcely be convinced that
the ladies of society i'll the early days Of
Independence conducted themselves in
any but the most dignified manner. An
deed some of their descendants woslld
feel highly clared to know that they in
any wise resemble their supposed conrt-
u ancestors. II is to be soped that they
are not kin tn the personages referred to
in the following complaint:
One of our early statesmen actually
complains that between tippee beaux
and fashionable bellies an honest fellow
will stand gopd chance of being fieeced
by the politest tissue of mistakes con-
ceivable The gentleman will help HIM
self very casually to yonr hat if if is
better than his take up your umbrella
with the most absent air imaginable,
bear off your loose coat without once
perceiving his mistake and pick up your
gloves, they so much resemble his.
And now for the ladies' part in this
proceeding;
''Ihe lady will borrow your penknife,
very accidentally put your pocket hand
kerchief into her muff or playfully take
your ring from yOnr finger or breastpin
from your bosom, all as innocently Is
though it was the very thing you called
upon her for. so that between ladies
and gentlemen you will stand a good
chance Of being turned out. stripped of
all your possessions, according to the
newest rules of etiquette "--Philadel-
phia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
sautlruur 0rinr Cables.
~~-O-N.O~ONN-~N~~~o
DENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT JUNE %, 1897.

Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division Time
Table. Trains leave DIiitwood
EASTWARD
o'9i WnTrain daily except ,amioSS snnd@S'
Harrisburg and the intermediate sta
tions, arriving ut philadelphia dis5 ~ M.
Wnshingion 7:i5 nm Pullman purlur car
from Williamspuit tn lhiladelphia and pas
-engcr coaches from Kane io Philhdglphlh
and Wiliamspou to Baltimore ana Wash
l:oS D. m-Train &, daily except sunday for
Harrisburg aud Intermediate STATIONS, ar
1893 A. ". Pullman sleeping cars from
Harrisburg to Philadelphia aud New York
phlladelphin passSemGerris S,ri ..sn S@n remain W
p;:I5 p. m.-Train I, daily Tor HunburN, Harris
burg and intermediate stations. aniying u
Philadelphia, G:j2 \. "; New York, A;ti
day; Baltimore 500 A. NJ; Washington, ':iO
An. Pullman cata from Erie and Williams
port TO Philadelphia ana Nillan~iorl
10 Washington. Passengers in slccpc,
FOR Baltimore aud Washington will he
transferred into Washington sleeper - VIII
Transport. Passenger coaches from Erie 10
Philadelphia and Williamspor io Baiii-
"''''' WESTWARD
1921 a. m.--Train /, daily except sunday for
Kidgwuy, DuBOis, ClcrmOul and Inter
mediptG stations. Leaves Ridgwuy M a;io
p. NJ. for Erie.
$3.50 n. m.--Troiu >, daily iur Erie ana ih'ti-
mediate points.
j;45 y, m.--rrain -, daily except sunday 10.
Kane and intermediate stations,
THROUGH TRAINS FOR nRlfTNOOb
FROM TIE EAST AND SOUTH.
TRAIN Is leaves Philadelphia S'3n \. M.
Washington. T5O \. NJ; Baltimore, s:'0A. NJ;
Wlltrsbatrc. iu:lj 4. "; daily except Sau-
day. arriving az nrifiWuOd ut 5.l1 =. u. with
pulhnau par'or ear from Philadelphia tu
Miiiiamsport and passenger coach 10 Kane.
TRAIN lenlC~ NcWN1rk g, 'l@ %. M Ph.ll-
deiphia, II go p. IA: Nashingl luu, 1870 70. in ;
Baltimore, 1850 y. M; daily nritv,ng 80
Il
ears from phiadclphiu to Eric ani
through passenger coaches from Philu-
dclphia 10 Erie and Baltimore 20 Williams
mort.
TRAIN leave, Rcnovo at $3.50 q. M. daily
except sunday, arriving at Diift"ood ,:.i
a. N,
JOHNSONBURG RAILROAD.
DAILY except Sunday
TRAIN 10 leaves Nidgwny at N:l5 u. m; John
sOnhurg at 1888 a. M, arriving nj ClcrmOnt
at l0:3c a, m.
TRAIN 20 leaves ClcrmOnt ~ l0:41 a. m. ar
rising AT ,lohusonburG at ll:3G q. m. aud
Ridgway ~ If :Aj Il. m.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
Cranky.

Tho following conversation. which
occurred in one Of the city ticket offices
few days ago, is q sample of the
pleasant occurrences which ticket
Keller experiences in the course of his
career:
give me time table, said short
man with a straight, hanging beard to
the clerk. -t
Where do you wish to go?"
None of your business, was the
curt reply, "A copy of the time table was
passed tothe man, and he took his leave.
That's one Of those fellows who
would complain of conductor if r.
failed to say Please when asking for a
ticket" remarked the clerk. True
Flag.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
Point Not Well Taken,

She-John, you are perfect bear
about the house.
He--Maria, that assertion WON'T
stand the test of science single mo
ment. A bear sleeps all winter. He
doesn't have 10 get out of bed before
daylight every morning to stir up the
fire and call the hired girl. Try some
other metaphor, Maria. Chicago Trib-
une.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
UnbreIlaa.

An umbrella dealer cautions against
the double use for sun and rain of a
rain umbrella. Silk wears, he says, as
long as its oil lasts, then it splits and
cracks and is gone. The sun dries out
the oil, hence its harm. A folding UNI
brella is to be found at some of the
shops which will pack in an ordinary
IA inch satchel. New York Post.