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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

The habits Of people In signing let
ters are receiving some attention, and
Interesting conclusions are drawn from
= study Of the different ways writer's
subscribe themselves. The curt
"Yours" and yours truly" are found
not only in business letters, but In per.
sonal notes as well, for there are plenty
of correspondents who don't believe In
gush, and who think that Yours truly"
or sincerely" means about all they
wish to convey. Opposed to these SEN
sible and essentially practical persons
is that class of writer's made up usual.
iy Of young and enthusiastic indlvid.
uals, as a rule of the gentle sex, who
throw words about as carelessly on pa.
per as they do In conversation. The
use of the word love by such people
is a distressing sign of emotional weak
ness, or carelessness, or of insincerity,
and possibly arises from the same i'm
pulse that prompts women TO kiss each
other indlscriminately. One Boston
girl, who is quoted by the journal, has
taken her own stand In the matter, and
at the risk of being considered cold
and thoroughly Boston she sticks to
1t. In her childhood she was taught to
sign "affectionately yours to her far.
away greataunts and second cousins,
some of whom she had never seen, but
all of whom she tried to like, because
of the claims of kindred, and the word
"affectionately" came to mean to her
nothing Mt all except polite and neces.
sary fiction. SO she signs affection.
ately" to people she is supposed to be
conventionally fond of, and when she
says anything more she means 1t. She
thoroughly approves OF Cordially
yours" and this, by the way, is seen
more and more frequently now in
notes between acqualntances who are
on distinctly friendly or cordial terms
After all, "Your friend" when It can be
used truthfully, is a simple and salts
factory way of ending friendly letters
Some people have the habit of not pre-
facing their names with any set form
of words at the end Of letters. They
stop when they get through, and write
their signatures without any frills.-
Worcester (Mass.) Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
Novel Plea For q Bill.

In the course Of speech in support
OF his ''foxscalp" bill in the Kentucky
Legislature Representative Hatfield,
of Pike County, said: II ask for the
passage Of this bill in the interests Of
religion and morals. If you pay no
bounty for fox scalps no one will kill
the foxes; II no one will kill them
they will kill the chickens, and whas
you have no chickens you have nd
preachers, and whAr you have nd
preachars ron have no religion snd no
morals" t"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
The Crusade Against Ruts.

Never allow pools of water to stand
on road. If n road is not properly
drained it cannot long remain good.
1t requires longer time and more
power to haul light loads over bad
surfaces than to move twice as much
Oh good roads.
Anything that facilitates intercourse
between people tends to civilize them.
Nothing helps so much toward this
end as perfect highways.
Two buildings were lately destroyed
by fire in an outlying ward of Cleve.
land, Ohio, on account of the depth
of the mud, which prevented the en-
gines from reaching them in time.
Common roads may be vastly i'm.
proved by being properly crowned
and thoroughly drained, and the work
of making and keeping them good will
be simplified if the traffic on them is
on wide tires.
The Governor of Massachusetts, has
recommended wide-tire law and the
subject is being taken up seriously.
Such o simple and effective means Of
improving poor roads and maintaining
good ones ought not to be neglected.
Nature Is not road-builder-she
never prepares artificial means of liv-
ing. But she furnishes ample ma
terial for every need, and science long
since learned to utilize what she offers
to meet the necessities of our COM
plex civilization.
The farmers along q road in Central
New York have donated twelve hum
dred tons of stone, picked from around
their farms, for road improvement
purposes, and neighboring stone
crusher has been rented to properly
prepare the material for use.
The ever-increasing tendency to
concentrate in big cities can be coun-
teracted by making country life at
tractive. But country life cannot be
permanently attractive to city residents
unless good highways afford inter.
communication and easy transit.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01


In the following estimate of the
cost of laying stone roads some inn
portant items have been omitted.
The Indiana Farmer says that ".he
cost Of broken stone for building
roads is not so great rs many suppose.
1t can be bought at the crushers for
forty cents per solid yard, and the
railroad will freight it forty miles or
less, at about fifty cents per cubic
yard, making total of ninety cents;
but suppose we call it 81. Then if the
road-bed is nine feet wide and the
stone is piled on foot deep, cubic
yard will cover three feet linear at q
cost of 81, making one mile (1760
yards) cost as many dollars. But as
only about nine inches are necessary,
one-fourth of this amount, or $40,
should be deducted, making the ex.
act amount only 1920, which is cheap
enough for first-class road, the ma.
terial for which must be brought forty
miles by rail-"
Substantial roads can be built ut O
thickness of nine inches, but the
stone used is by no means the only
item of expense. The labor of hand.
ling, placing and rolling it must be
considered and, more important still,
careful grading and thorough drain
age must be secured. Hard roads car
be built much more cheaply than
formerly, but "frst-class" one can
not yet be laid at such low figures.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
GOOD ROADS NOTES.
AANAAaeksls


What is to be done under conditions
that obtain in many parts of the coun-
try? is the question raised by men,
ber of the League of American Wheel
men. He says:
1--WE have in this township assessed
roughly at $3.50, 900 some sixty miles
of road. We cannot spend $4,000,
$1,000 or even $500 per mile on these
roads. There is not enough money
in the township, all told, to do it, and
the law lin its the bonded indebted
ness. To select few miles of the
principal highway is not just to the
poor fellow who helps pay for it and
must drive five or ten miles to reach it.
"Much better work might be done
than we are doing, but it remains
that many miles must be attended to
with few dollars. What most is need
ed is careful consideration of existing
conditions-how best TO spend $1,000
or $500 on sixty miles of road, re-
serving 5000 or $500 of that for the
winters SHOWS. Teach us serviceable
lessons for communities of this sort,
and do not expect asphalt, macadam
or steel until the fellows from town
help to build them land they haven't
built their own yeti.
"No wonder the rustic kicks if the
road is to cost more than the entire
value Of all the farms through which
it passes. He appreciates good roads,
but must remember his slim pocket
book. He laughs little, too, at the
big saving heavier loads would make
for him. Nine out of ten of him at
that time of year have little to do for
self or team and are not crowded with
what they have to market. He would
rather make two trips than one, as he
and the horses both need the exer-
cise."
The tendency in such cases 10 this
is to underestimate the beneficial ef-
fects Of hard roads and to assume that
they are of value only during the win
ter. They are of enormous value then,
and of equally great value in summer
and the busy seasons, when the possi-
bility of hauling big loads is money
in the pocket.
In the past, the farmer has been left
too much to his own resources in the
care of the highways. Now, however,
State aid is rapidly being acknowledged
as the proper means of promoting the
good work, and the States are slowly
but surely falling into lire in adopting
it. Until it is generally in force, there
may be time for much good work to
be done, and the first steps toward
real improvement can be taken by Sc
curing careful grading, thorough drain
age and the adoption of wide tires.
In this connection the experiences
of two southern counties is right to the
point. In one, the loads average 2466
pounds and the tax is ten cents hun
dred. In the other the loads are but
800 pounds and tho tax twenty cents a
hundred. Improved methods reduced
the road tax one-half, and greatly i'm
proved the roads.
This county owns grader, plows,
carts, implements and six mules, and
superintendent and five men are
kept at work on the roads. The work
costs $55.17 mile and though the
roads are only plain "dirt," they are
kept in such good condition that three
times as much can be hauled as or
roads cared for in the old way. Here,
surely, is a cheap and easy way to be-
gin.-L. A. W. Bulletin.
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
Moods Pills cure biliousness, indigestion.
W. J. Mercer, dry goods editor Of

w. J. Mercer. dry goods editor of
the New York Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin. recently de-
livered, at the rooms of the Merchants
Association. New York city, an address
on Cotton Industry in the South" At
the present time there are 100000 spin
dies in the South running on that class
OF goods known more particularly as
Fall River goods. The South main
tains that its progress so far in the
direction of fine goods is only an earn
est of what It is able to do in the fu-
ture. found nowhere in the South
spinning finer than Cos. nor weaving
finer than 4Os yarn. Taking the whole
South. which l visited, the average
week will not be less than 6S hours
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

me but to go under an operation.
In speaking with friend Of mine
about 1t, she recommended Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, say
ing she knew it would cure me. / then
SAINT for your medicine, and after talk
ing three bottles of 1t, the tumor dis
appeared. Obi you do not know how
much good your medicine has done
me. Ishnll recommend 1t to all suffer-
ing women.-Mrs. Rosa GAUM, 720
Wall st., Los Angeles, Cal.
The great and lunvarying success Of
Lydia 3. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound IN relieving every arrangement
Of the female organs, demonstrates
u to be the modern safeguard of wo-
mans happiness and bodily strength.
More than million women have been
hsnsflted by II.
( 1vsry woman who needs advice
n1iout har'hnalth Il invited TO writo 10
Nh R{ulhsn. at Lynn. Nasa
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
Expensive Mirth.

~Cheery words cost nothing"
'rhats where you are way Off. l
said two CHEEKY words yesterday and
they cost me ST."
"How did that happenr
swell, l slapped big man on the
back, and said, Hello, Fatty!"
"That was all right"
mo. It wasn't; he turned out to be a
man I didn't know, 80 we knocked
each other down and got into court
Rostop Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
on panserou. around.

Dick--I am convinced now that the
funny men are right when. they say q
woman can't understand a Joke.
Tom--Why, what's happened?
Dick--I called on Mrs. DartleIgh--
that sprlghtly little widow. you know
last night and just In Joking way pro.
posed to her.
Tom-Yes2
Dlck-well. It looks now as IL win
have to furnish very elaborate dIa.
gram to get her to see through It,
CIeveInnd Lender.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
Inexpensive Road Repair.

A correspondent suggests that the
system of continual supervision and
repair of road-beds used by the rail
ways would not be practicable on the
highways, because the railway section
foremen depend for their positions on
the thoroughness of their work, have
only short distances to care for, and
can make themselves thoroughly fami-
liar with them, while highway COM
missioners frequently know and care
nothing about roads, and have long
stretches with which they have little
time or opportunity to become &C.
quainted.
As long as present conditions OBJ
tain, and highway commissioners are
chosen for political reasons, and de-
vote little time and attention to the
roads, not much in the way of i'm
provement is to be expected. 1t is the
system which must he changed, and
it will be when the people realize the
Importance to the community of hav-
ing hard and smooth roads on which
to travel. IT is not necessary to al
ways build expensive roads costing,
perhaps, from one to ten thousand
dollars mile, but present roads can
be vastly bettered by giving them con-
stant care, together with proper grad
ing and drainage. This work has
been successfully undertaken in some
quarters and good results obtained,
as in the case referred to last week, in
which the expense was SO small that
the road tax hed been reduced, while
the roads had been improved.
As long as present methods prevail,
SD" thinks that the farmers, and those
living off the main roads should be
interested in some way in looking af.
teri the roads that pass their: own
doors, 30 that they would remove
stones, fill up holes and see that al
water ran off quickly, and suggested
that they could pay small part o,
their road tax in labor in this way
under the control of the road commits
sioner. The old plan of working
out road taxes has been complet,
failure, but it does not necessarily fol
low that something of this kind would
MOI work in some districts, especial,
il the people first become in som,
measure convinced of the Importance
of the step.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
He Tintoea Now.

"What quiet man your husband is.
Mrs. Ridley. and it's surprising. too.
Before Ae was married he was one Of
the noisiest young men I ever knew.
How did you break him of itf"
II didn't break him Of 1t. The baby
did 1t. 1t didn't take him long to learn
the value Of silence utter little Alfred
cama"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
A Contractors Difficulty,


wonderfully relieved and was satisfied
thar the pills were putting me on the road
to recovery. I bought two more boxes and
continued taking them.
"After taking four boxes OF DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People nm restored to
good health and feel like new man.
I am now capable OF transacting my
business with increased ambition.
"Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are wonderful medicine and anyone that
is afflicted with shortness of breath, pal
pitation OF the heart, nervous prostration
and general debility, will nnd that these
pills are the specific. HERMAN II. EvELER."
Subscribed and sworn to before me, o
Notary Public, this Gath day OF May, 1897.
ADAM PoUrszoso. Notary Public.
Mr.. Eveler will sladly answer any In
quiry regarding this II stamp is enclosed.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cure people
troubled with the after-efYscts OF the
grippe because they act directly on the
impure blood. They are also specific for
chronic erysipelas, catarrh, rheumatism
and all Diseases due to impure or impov-
arished blood.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
Reauty ia Rlood Deem.

Clean blood means clean skin. No beauty
without IL. Cascarets, Candy Cathartic clean
your blood and keep 1t clean, by stirring up
the lazy liver and driving all impurities
from the body. Begin to day to Danish
pimples. bols blotches. blackheads, and that
sickly bilious complexion by taking Cas-
carets, beauty for 10 cents. All druggists,
satisfaction guaranteed. i0c, aDc, 25c, 5Oc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

There could not possibly be whittier
city than Cadiz. unless 1t were built of
snow. AS you near the coast you see
I'm front of you a white mass which APP
pears to be floating upon the water.
The first thought for foreigner Is that
he is in sight of an iceberg.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
A Boston prisoner, arrested Tor drul

A Boston prisoner. arrested for drum
kennes, was summarily discharged
when he said that be was the father Of
twenty-four children. And he had been
gone an hour before the court remem-
bersd that the prisoner bad testified
that he was % ysass old.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
Thrilling.

He-That must be very Interesting
book you are reading.
She-Oh. it's awfully exciting! The
heroine changes her gown six times 10
the first chapter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

A hunting horn Mt a sale in London
fetched $500 guineas. 1t is an ordinary
cows horn beautifully enameled. the
subjects depicted being hunting scenes.
1t is about $50 years old.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

A. NJ. Priest, Druggist, Shelbyville, Ind,
says: Halls Catarrh Cure gives the best OF
satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonials,
gists sell IT. 15c
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

A New York paper says that "the ex.
pectation that electricity would destroy
the demand for horses has not yet been
realized" Why, of course not; It is i'm.
possible to eat an electric battery.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

J>e ".
blcd with an
ovarian tumor,
each year
ing worse, un-
til at last L
was compelled
to consult with
. physician.
He said
nothing could
be done for
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

This is an off-year with the sea SER
pent along the New England coast.
The competition of Spanish war ships
has driven him out of business.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

Fits permanently cured. No ftsor nervous
ness after first days use Of Dr. Klinc's Great
Nerve Restorer. s2trial bottle and treatise
free DIR. III. KLINE Ltd. .03l Arch St.Phila., Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

ST.vITUS' DANCE. SPASMS and all nerv-
Gus diseases permanently cured by the use of
FREE Si.0O trial bottle and treatise to DIR.
r. II. Kline, Ltd, 03l Arch Street, Phila., Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

Artificial legs and arms were in use
in Egypt as early as B. G. 700. They
were made by the priests, who were the
physicians of that early time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

Some Hindoos wear mustaches and
boards. but all wear whiskers, which
are shaved off at once when an adult
relation dies. The shaving off of
Nhiskers Is thus q sign of mourning.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
Don't Tobacco spit and Smoke Your Life Away

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
Bac. the wonder-worker, that makes weak
men strong. All druggists, 5Oc or 81. Cure
Sterling Kennedy Co. Chicago or New York.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
AN OPERATION AVOIDED.
Mrs. Rosa Gaum Writes to Mrs.
Pinkham About 1t. She Says:

DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:--I take pleas
ure in writing You few lines to in
form you of the good your Vegetable
Compound has done me. l cannot
think you enough for what your medi-
cine has done for me; it has, indeed,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

In Florida wine is made from to-
matoes, which is superior to orange
wine
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarcts.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever.
10c 25c. II G. G. G. fail druggists refund money.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
II G. @. G. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

teething, softens the gums, reducing In
fammation, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c.
n bottle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

Most spiders have eight eyes, al
though some species have only six.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

P1atonic love is a sort OF prologue to
the real thing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

For wbooping Cough, Piso's Cure is q sue
cessful remedy.-M.P DIETER, " Throop Ave-.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

city, Mo.
When Ia grippe visited this section, about
seven years ago, Herman ii. Eveler, of 81
W. Main st., Jefferson, NO., was one OF the
victims, aud has since been troubled with
the after-effccts of tho disease. Ho Is a
well-known contractor and builder, bust
ness requiring much mental and physical
work. A year ago his health began to fail
alarmingly, and that he lives to-day Is al
most "a miracle. He says:
81 was troubled with shortness Of breath,
palpitation OF the heart and general de.
bility. My back also panied me severely.
81 tried one doctor aftcr another and
numerous remedies suggested by NV
friends, but without apparent benefit. and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

The entrance TO the beautiful val
Icy Of the Ramspo is at 6uffern, N.
Y. The county in which the town
lies has many natural advantages, but
4 unable TO obtain benefit from them
because Of the roads through which
~ psoyie "stil Aoundsr n the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

The United Hebrew Charities of New
York spent last year 100000 In benevo-
lent work.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

sent FREQ, Klondike Map
From Gold Commi ssion's official survey. Ad.
dress Gardner Il Co., Colorado Springs, Colo
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

began to give
U p hope,
Then I saw
DR.. Wnliams'
Pink Pills for
Palo People
extolled in 9
ST. ~Ld ID
ppistSsSr;nyss.Asis.
CATION. do
cided to give
them q trial.
"After us.
ing the first
box I felt
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 5Dc, 81. All druggista
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. MI
Druggists refund money ifitfails TO cure. Soc'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01

For years / was trou-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
How Relief Came.

From Cole County Democrat. Jefferson
Citu Mo.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-04
IN JUSTICE JOHNS REALM.
The Gar Feeds IA Number Of sinners
on Nutritious Justice.

There were number OF unmportant
cases before the Car Of the white region
Yesterday morning, and they were dis
posed OF entirely satisfactorily 10 all ex-
cept the sinners themselves.
Percy White. a colored individual was
charged with breaking into the house OF
Sarah Bracket and stealing lot OF fe-
male wearing apparel. and was sent on
10 the grand jury. He did not tel MS
Honor what he was going 10 do with me
dresses he had in his possession when -
ran "afou" of the valiants.
G.. A. Miles and William Godsey, two
knights OF the road, were charged as
such. and sent down for sixty days.
They said that they were from Norfolk
and were on their way 10 Newport
News 10 look for work"
In the case OF James Hitter (colored).
charged with stealing buggy robe from
w II. Cosby the accused was sent down
for four months.
BENJAMIN williams received thirty days
on the charge OF stealing coal from the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
IL is becoming quite fad for the DOWN
east darkies TO be caught stealing coai
from this corporation They try TO Walk
off with a lump Of coal sufficient TO Keep
them warm for about an hour, get caught
and are kept warm and fed az the citys
expense for thirty days or more.
Frank Mason, charged with entering
the house OF James ". Green and steal
ing a lot of wearing apparel. was turned
over to the county authorities.
Henry Cooper. a gentleman Of the col
ored sort, was fired $40 for beating his
wife When Justice John pronounced TINS
sentence a smile danced out on Sergeant
Thomas's lips for the first time