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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30
PEARLS OF THOUGHT,
My ignorance knows it all.

Only ignorance knows it all.
Some folks would give poverty
gold toothpick.
Treating is civilized system of
swapping drunks.
Royal patronage gives ten cent
flavor to n five cent cigar.
Political quacks are eternally doctor-
ing effects instead of curing causes.
A man may be more careful about
the foundation that is under his honse.
than about the foundation that is under
his life.
Where You are is of no moment, but
only what you are doing there. 1t is
not the place that ennobles You, but
you the place.
TO live for others is greater than to
live for self; beneiactor is greater
than n despot; integrity is better
than gold or genius.
When man settles down TO do his
duty, and quits wasting time in idle
talk, he gets n reputation for being
either cross or bigoted.
1t is as dangerous for girl TO be-
come careless with worthless young
man as il would be to become careless
with stick of dynamite.
A good woman may believe that she
loves the Lord better than she does
her husband, bnt she isn't apt to brag
around the house about it.
man who boosts that ha nnvpr
changes his opinions either claims in
fallibility, or else comedies that he has
not sense enough to learn anything.
Not by empty protestations against
the pleasures of the world, aad cyni-
cal denunciations of its enioyments,
but by our superiority to its perishing
greatness, to its fading beauties, and
its impotent antagonisms, are we to
express our redemption from its power.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

again and dozen feet away from the
boat wet head popped out of the
water. Will shook himself, sputtered
and shouted:
'It's there, it's there; I touched il. 1"
Then he struck out for the raft,
dragging something along in his hand.
When he crawled out he laid an old,
worn, rusted musket on the logs. All
the boys were wild with excitement.
Dick insisted on stripping and making
a dive, and he, too, brought up mus
ket. Then Will went down with one
end Of u small rope in his mouth. This
he ran through the fork of the cannon.
A larger rope was dragged down, and
before dark the boys were on shore
ready to begin pulling in their prize.
But it would not stir. 1t was too deep
in the mud.
The next afternoon they came down
with Tom Fishers old white-faced
team, fastened it to the rope, and with
one strong pull the cannon came loose
and then it was no trouble to pull the
battered and rusted and wholly worth
less old piece of artillery out of the
water.
Somehow, in spite of all the boys
could do, the news spread about like
wild-fire, and every one in town came
out to see what Sullinger's Hole had
given up to the light of day. A
hundred willing hands dragged the
old cannon to the top of-the bluff, and
on Fourth of July morning it was
loaded with powder-but that is get
ting ahead of the story. For when
Griggsville heard what the boys had
done Will Spencer became the hero of
the hour, and the money for great
celebration was quickly subscribed.
And on the morning of the great day
Griggsville was out in her best with
flags waving and firecrackers popping
and anvils booming. The news of the
great find had spread, and men and
women and children came from all
over the country to help Griggsville
celebrate and to see Will Spencer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30
Indian plnythings.

An article on "Home Life Among
the Indians" is written for the Cen
tury by Mrs. Alice G. Fletcher, The
author says: Playthings are impro-
vised by the Indian youngster with no
small power of inventing, Fine war
bonnets are made from corahusks. at
the expense of much time and labor,
and everything that children see is
modelled in clay; dishes, pipes, ponies,
whole villages, show their initiative,
faculty, while coiins with bit 81
glass set in the lid covering piuched-
up baby indicates their keen oAserva-
tion of new customs. Dolls vary az
much as the children and their sur
roundings. Stone babies are not un-
common among the Alaskans, duh
enough in appearance, but evidently
responsive in the fancy OF the small
Northwesterner. Dollies male of
fawn-skin, with painted eyes and
cheeks aud red hair, having hands
with wonderfully tapering fingers, and
clad in gala garments and moccasins
fitting well their diminutiye feet, are
the delight of the children of the
plains. One woman who was skillful
in the manufacture of dolls ma lie
pair for me, but refused to duplicate
them, because she had already used
nearly all her own hair in the con
struction of dolls. Hobby-horses for
boys are as universal as dolls for girls.
The sunhower-stalk with one nodding
blossom left ON the end is a fayolite.
pony. In their races the boys ride
| one stalk and trail two or three others
after them as fresh horses" thus
increasing the dust and excitement of
the play.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

had all expressed their intention of
going there often to fish.
The next night Will was handling
the drag rope. Suddenly it began TO
pull, and, assisted by Jack, he drew
It carefully in. At the end wes mass
of snags.
"what's that?" shouted Dick, sud
denly.
Will pulled the rope nearer and Jack
lifted out II long, narrow object. Vt
was gun barrel, rusted beyond
recognition The stock was wholly
gone, but it had evidently been broken
off in raising it from the bottom, be-
cause there were the marks of fresh
fracture.
Forgetting that lie was on raft
Will threw up his cap and shouted at
the top of his voice:
"We've found 'em! we've found
'emr'
But although they dragged an hour
they could bring up nothing else.
II don't see how we can ever get
the things up even if they are there, I"
said Dick.
olive" answered Will, quietly.
The other two boys looked at him
with horror. But when they parted
for the night Will had expressed his
firm intention of diving to the bottom
TO see il he could find the cannon
And the next day all seven of the boys
came back very much excited. The
finding of the gun barrel had reas-
sured them. Carefully they poled out
so as not TO make the water muddy,
and then Will stripped and stood
poised for moment ON the edge of
the raft. Dick had insisted that he
tie a rope around him. The word was
given, and, with look at the clear
sky above, Will splashed head-first
into the Sullnger's hole. They saw
his white body go down and down
through the water and then fade ont
of sight. No one moved nor uttered
sound; every muscle was strained
and every eye was fixed on the water.
1t was n critical moment. What would
Will find? Would he be sucked down
to his death "a Sullinger had been?
But the rope had ceased to spin
through Dicks hands. Then it pulled
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

they dragged or rolled n number of
big dry logs and poles down to the
edge of the pool. These they cut off
into equal lengths and fastened to-
gether in the form of huge raft that
would support dozen or more boys.
As early on the afternoon of the third
day as possible the seven slid quietly
out of the town and down the hill to
the pool. They carried with them
ropes and n crowbar or two anda num-
ber of long poles cut in the woods, be-
sides hammers and nails and other i'm
plements. On reaching the shore of
the pool they mounted the raft and
pushed it ont. They all whistled and
shouted and sung until the birds of the
woods, unused to being so disturbed,
flew away much frightened. Every
one of the workers felt just little
nervous in spite of the bright warm
sunlight and the clear sky overhead.
Once out on the pool they poled them
selves along until they were about
twenty feet from the shore.
One of the ropes with big iron
hook on the end was let down in the
water and dragged back and forth.
Suddenly it pulled against something
hard. Half shivering with excitement
Dick and George Merton pulled away
on it. The raft swayed and lurched,
aud the other boys came to help them.
At last big, dark object came to the
surface, and they saw that it was only
the limbs of big dead tree. As long
as there was light they poled about
the edges of the pond with their
drags, but with the exception of snags
and weeds and raud they could find
nothing ut all.
After two more discouraging after
moons of work "Lank" Everson said
he wasn't going to waste any more of
his time.
Three of the boys agreed with him,
but VIII Spencer was able to persuade
Dick and Jack to make one more
trial. BY this time they had got over
most Of their awe of the pool and they
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

Statistics show that the medical
profession is more prone to suicide
than any other. During the last three
years the number of suicides occurring
among physicians has been respec.
lively 45, 40 and AZ per annum, an
average of nearly one to 2000; or, as
the death rate among physicians is
about 25 to 1000, nearly one -fiftieth
of all the deaths in the profession have
been by suicide. 1t has been sug-
gested that an explanation of this
tendency may be found in the devel-
opment of morbid fancies in the mind
of doctor, on account of his constant
association with the sick and dying,
or Of an actual indifference to death,
or because he has the requisite knowl-
edge of how to die painlessly and con-
veniently. A medical journal dissents
from all these views, and holds that
the leading factor is the accessibility
of the poisonous drugs, which are al
most invariably used
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30
THE COWBOYS ROMANCE.
How u Sleepy Man Promoted II Texas En.
gngemcnt.

Several years ago. while was out
West, ! figured, though rather indis-
creetly, as the promoter of what | hope
was happy marriage. | had been
riding all one day and at night arrived
travel-stained and weary at Il dirty,
broken-down little tavern in the midst
of II settlement of equally dilapidated
huts and shanties. ] gave my broncho
into stableman's hands and. after
hearty meal, retired for the night.
My quarters were back of the living
room, II combination of bar and parlor,
and were consequently noisy. Grad
ually the sounds grew fainter as the
cowboys dispersed for the night, and
finally everything was quiet save for
the low murmurings of husky voice,
| took out my Navajo blanket, rolled
mp in it and lay down on the dingy
bed to get my much needed sleep. But,
alas no sooner was | settled than
the dull, monotonous voice made itself
| heard.
"Now, SAL" it said, ''won't yer
marry me? You'll never be sorry and
I'll make yer good husband" "
Then a woman's voice, raised in
| protestations and clumsy attempts Mt
coy refusals. | should say this was
kept up for an hour and half. the man
pleading, the woman refusing, until /
was well-nigh distracted. Finally, rs
the won't yer marry me, Sal?"
smote the air for the five-hundredth
time / jumped up and put my mouth
to the keyhole. ''Sal," yelled, ''for
the love Of goodness say yes to that
man, so can get little sleep,'
Needless to say not a sound followed,
and the rest of the night I spent in
peace.
The next morning l was about to
start off when out of the inn came II
tall cowboy followed by lank, raw
boned Texan girl; red-haired and
freckled. She stood shyly IA the
background, and he came up to me.
stranger" he said, holding ont his
hand, 81 am mighty happy man.
Sal has said yes, and it was your
words as helped her aloHg to that de-
cision. l owe you my everlastin'
thanks. ."-Twinkles.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30
Costly Displays of Fireworks.

The cost of finely managed dis
play of fireworks is no small consider
alton. At the Presidential inaugura-
tion Mt Washington March 4, 1885,
$4,000 was paid to one company for
fireworks, and 1 was shown one check
for $l1 1000, which was given for n
similar but more extensive display at
the Centennial of Washington's in
auguration, April 30, 1889. Paris and
London have always been exceedingly
lavish in this regard. As early as
1897, 100000 were spent in London
on fireworks to celebrate the peace Of
Ryswick. In 1914 an even larger
amount was spent to celebrate in st.
James Park the Tooth anniversary of
the reigning family; and at Crystal
Palace, where fireworks are frequent,
three tons of quick match are some-
times let off in single evening.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

Farms laid out for republics, upon
which to make model citizens of idle
boys, are being rapidly popularized,
says the Boston Globe. When cities like
New York turn $4,000 boys into the
streets for want of school accommoda-
tions, something must be done to Off
set the danger Of rearing a horde of
idlers and criminals. The farm re-
public makes a good citizen to order
by making him self-sustaining and
even self-governing under proper limi-
tations,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

According to the New Orleans Pic
ayune, hard times have set nearly
everybody trying to get federal APP
pointments, and senators and repre-
sentatives friendly to the administra-
tion have not as yet been able to catch
up with their correspondents, Clerks
in the postoflce department at Wash
ington have to write more than 100,
900 letters to ambitious people to
notify them that their applications
have been received.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30
The PrisOners, Holiday.

Once year, on the Fourth of July,
the prisoners at the Wisconsin States
prison at Waupun have n half-holiday.
They are let out of their dark cells in
to the prison yard. They can't have
firecrackers, but they are so glad to
get out that the time goes away quick
ly. They have boxing, wrestling,
running, races, ball playing and all
kinds of games. On the Fourth two
years ago one old man, who was lit
tie bit crazy, wanted to make a stump
speech, so he got on top of an old
windmill tower and began to shout.
He was very much excited, and some
of the men turned the hose on him.
He was wild with anger, and could
think of nothing more to say.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

I guess most boys think all the fun
of the Fourth is to light tirecrackers,
but the writer had dog named Demo-
crat who had lots of fun putting out
firecrackers as they exploded. He was
pluck- bull-terrier, and earned the
title of 'four-legged fire-extinguisher'
in this way After nn exciting day
with him, when he had put out many
crackers with mouth and paws,
we were on the lawn, watching the
fireworks, when the thin dress of a
child caught fire from smolder-
ing cracker, and Democrat saw the
blaze and put it out before the older
people had noticed it.
We first discovered his taste for fire.
fighting when he jumped and took o
lighted match from my fathers hand.
He finally burned his throat while put
ting out blazing paper, and died,
much missed by all the boys in the
neighborhood. Chicago Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

Says the Minneapolis Tribune: All
over the world there are Audu-
bon societies named for the great
American ornithologist Their object
is to protect the singing birds and to
protest against the wearing of their
plumage and also of heron's aigrettes
on ladies' hats and bonnets. The Earl
of Stanford presided at the last meet
ing of the British Audubon society in
Manchester, aud urged the sending
forth Of IN appeal to all women to sac
rifice vanity to mercy, and set their
faces against the slaughter of the
winged songsters for their personal
adornment. The decline of the trad Q
in stuffed birds was noted as an en-
couraging fact at this meeting, though
larks and lapwings are still being
slaughtered, and the passion for
heron's aigrettes shows no abatement
The Civitas club of Brooklyn, N. Y,
is now holding in the interest of the
local Audubon society an exhibition
of trimmed hats and bonnets which
show exquisite taste and beauty, but
whose only feather decorations are
ostrich tips.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

The Novoe Nremya says that the
Russian census gives population for
the empire of one hundred and twenty
seven millions, exclusive of the Grand
duchy of Finland. which takes its own
census, Some other figures have still
to be added from the uttermost parts
of Siberia, as well as the nomad tribes
of the Steppes and the mountaineers
of the Caucasus, where an exceptional
snowfall delayed the work till the
spring. The full total is expected
not ito be under hundred and thirty
millions.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

1t is said that young woman once
asked Chief Joseph il he had ever
scalped any one. When the question
was translated to him Joseph looked
at the fair questioner intently, then
walked around behind her and viewed
the knot Of hair only half hidden by
her bonnet. ''Tell her." he said to
the interpreter, "that I have nothing
in my collection as fine as that"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

set off firecrackers and have balloon
ascension, with fireworks in the even
ing. Quite the contrary, for the
Fourth of July in the past had always
been the greatest day of the year.
Griggsville had thought it all over, re-
membering that crops were bad, that the
times We're hard and that taxes were
high, and had come to the conclusion
that it would need all the money it
could get for winter fuel and buck
wheat -four and bacon.
All of the older folks agreed with
this decision; not without many mourn
full shakes of the head, but the boys of
Griggsville were much displeased.
''It's what call burning shame"
shifted Jack Morris when he heard the
news.
Yes" chimed in Ruddy Wilson,
"Alden's Mills and Norcross and
Simpsons Landing and nearly every
town in the county is going to have a
celebration, and now Griggsville has
backed out"
Course all of our games are off,
remarked Dick Lansing, disconsolate-
ly; ''no team will come here to play un-
less there is something going on
Dick was the manager of the Griggs-
vile Baseball Club and he felt the dis
appointment deeply.
For moment all the boys were ST.
lent, as if the weight of the affliction
was too great for expression. Presently
Will Spencer blurted ont:
Lets have celebration anyway.
I've got a few dollars I'll put into it
and we can get enough more among
the boys to make something of show
at least--and we'll leave the old folks
ont of it, too"
'That's all very WE'LL" returned
Dick, "but it's easier said than DONE"
and there the matter dropped.
The next day when the boys met at
the ball field Will came rushing up the
street, evidently much excited. As
soon as he was within hearing he
shouted:
'I've got it, fellows, I've got it,"
'Well, out with it, old man; don't
keep us in suspense" replied Dick,
who didn't think much of Wills many
plans. For Will had only lived in
Griggsville short time and Dick was
little jealous of his popularity.
As soon as Will recovered his breath
he unfolded his scheme. 1t was to go
down to Sullinger's Hole and find the
cannon and muskets that were sup
posed to lie hidden in its depths. Dur
| ing the war the part of Missouri in
which Griggsville is located had been
overrun by rowing bands of marauders
belonging to both the Confederate and
Union armies, and it was ON one of
these raids that the Southerners had
| pounced down upon quantity of
stores and ammunition held at Griggs-
vile, and, being unable to get entirely
away with their plunder, they had
dropped it into Sullinger's Hole. All
this had been long known to the boys
of Griggsville, = whose fathers and
mothers often told of the wild daypof
the raid, and pointed out the bullet
furrows in their homes. And they
knew, too, all about Sullinger's Hole.
1t lay at the end of tangled path
among the hazel brush and prickly ash
at the bottom of the bluff which shell
tered Griggsville. 1t was quiet,
CLASSY pool with harmless little
stream trickling into it, but no outlet
that any one knew about. Grass and
weeds and few yellow water lilies
grew close around its edges, but at its
centre. 1t was said. no one had ever
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

II was mentioned at recent meet
ing of the California state board of
equalization that there was n school
district in Kiowa county in which the
Missouri Pacific paid $500 in taxes.
The only family in the district lived in
dugout, and they had only one
child They kept the school in the
dugout and drew the $500.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

And Dick Lansing's ball team won
two games.
About the old cannon? When it was
fred it split from end to end, but
Griggsville still keeps it as proud
trophy. And she is probably cele-
brating around it to-day, for Will
Spencer made the dive which brought
him fame all over Missouri many
years ago. Chicago Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

Explorer Nansen, who was recently
appointed professor of zoology Mt
Christinnia, is collecting funds for
carrying ont his next plan, which is
to construct six vessels on the plan of
the Fran and let them drift toward
the North Pole from different points.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30
A GENTLEMAN OF '76.

lie cut gallant figure
In bonnie buff and blue;
A goodly sight his buckles bright
And primly powdered queuel
more courageous quester
Neer served Sultan nor Shah
Than he, my brave ancestor,
My great -great-grandpap
And then in his elation
Did my foreiather gay,
Speak out the word he'd long deferred
For fear she'd say him Nay"
And when he saw how tender
Within her eyes the light,
He cried: "ln your surrender
read we win the light!'
And when the freedom-pwan
swept, surge-like, through the dells-
A might clang whose echoes rang
From Philadelphia bells
Loud from stern old steeple
He hurled the proud hurrah,
The joy-peal to the people,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

A jury in Russia is said by the Lon
don Law Notes to have allowed q
burglar to 30 free because the man
whom he had robbed had refused to
lend him money. "This, in the opin-
iou of the jury was a direct incentive
To rrimn "
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30
Incentive,

"AIrs. Cumso is II shrewd woman"
"What makes you think SOP"
"She attached cyclometer to the
lawn mower aud gave Cumso IL tin
medal every time he scored acontury."
Omaha World Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

My great t-great- t-grandpapa.
He held the brutal Briton
4 thing" beneath his scorn;
A Tory he conceived to be
The basest caitiff born:
Aud not n neighbor wondered
He looked upon them so
Torsooth, that was one hundred
And twenty years ago!
How true the happy presage!
In faith, how leal and true.
Thy whole long life of love and strife,
Thou saint in buff and blue.
Beyond all touch of travail
With great great -grandmamma.
Now flooding time. slips by in rhyme
For great-great-gran
Clinton Scollard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30
GRIGGSVILlE'S CANNON.
4 Fourth of July Story.
RIGGSV T.

~ Il ~ ~ - i ~ IL u 4
was very sorry,
indeed, but it
didn't see how it
was going to have
a Fourth of July
celebration. Not
that Griggsville
v-asn't anyini1e IN
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-30

Stop, traveller, and weep for him
Who's lying here below.
lie filled his cannon to tho brlm--
That's all you'll ever know.