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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-16
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
olimpses Of the People who are Passing
To and Fro.

0limpses Of the People who are Passing
To and Fro.
G. w. Palen was ut New Bethlehem
last Thursday.
Miss Lizzie Northy visited friends In
Dubois last week.
Miss Minnie Kelley visited at Trout
vile the past week.
S. T. Doughtery. Of Pittsburg, spent
Sunday in Reynoldsville.
G. w. Fuller has gone to Paola, Kan
sas, to remain for some time.
Mrs. f. Stephenson is spending
couple Of weeks in Beechtree.
Mrs. M. j. McEnteer, of Driftwood,
visited in this place day last week.
Mrs. G. B. Repsher, Of Johnsouburg,
spent Sunday with relatives in this
place.
Mrs. A. b. Weed has been visiting
Mrs. w. III. Karns at Oakmont the past
week.
l.. A. Jackson, of Pittsburg, spent
Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. II.
Alex Stoke.
A. b. Weed, train dispatcher in the
A. V. R'y Office at this place, was in
Pittsburg last week.
Rev. John NJ. Dean, pastor of the
Baptist church. was at Apollo, Pa, last
wppk nfficiatipo NJ a fupora1
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Hetrick, Of Big
Run, spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. II. Ford, in this place.
Miss Ella Cox. who returned last
week from a visit in Pittsburg is now
dangerously i'll with typhoid fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Shick we're called
to Maysvile last week by the serious
Illness OF niece, Miss Mamie Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Helmbold, Of
Curwensville, were the guests of DR..
and Mrs. w. b. Alexander over Sun
day.
Mrs. Annie NJ. Oberlin, of Richmond,
Indiana county, Pa, visited her brother,
d. b. Stauifer, in West Reynoldsville
last week.
Mr. and Mrs Benjamin Haugh we're
called to Falls Creek last week by the
serious illness of Mrs. Haugh's sister,
Mrs. NJ. j. Mccall.
VIII II. Bell, jr., proprietor OF the
large clothing store In the Bell block,
Main street, Is in New York City this
week buying spring stock.
Charles A. Dickinson, OF the Moore
e. Dickinson grocery firm, received a
message Sunday calling him to Sheffield,
Pa, to attend the funeral OF an uncle.
G. j. Corwin will leave here on next
Monday to attend the Photographers
State Convention at Bellefonte. He
will return on Saturday, the Goth. His
studio will be closed during that time.
Mrs. T. S. Neal and daughter, Miss
Salina, OF Indiana, Pa, were guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. b. Stauffer in West
Reynoldsville the past week. Mrs.
Neal is the wife of Indiana county's
sheriff.
Bion II. Butler, reporter on the
most enterprising daily paper published
In Pittsburg, The Times, passed
through Reynoldsville Friday noon on
his way to visit relatives at Dubois.
Mr.. Butler is one OF the best reporters
on The Times.
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B. G. Woodward Resigned.

B. G. Woodward, teacher of room
No. IL in the schools of this borough.
resigned to accept the principalship Of
Of the Foxburg school. Monday was
Mr.. Woodward's last day as teacher in
our schools. He left here yesterday
morning to take up the work at Fox
burg.
Il. B. Mitchell, teacher OF room IL,
has been given room IL to teach and
Miss Lulu Black, who has been supply
teacher, has been given room IL.
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Musical Concert.

An entertainment will be given in the
hall at Sykesville on Saturday evening,
February 10th. The proceeds are to go
to pay for the organ In the public
school. Entertainment will consist Of
solos, duets, trios, quartettes and .
chorus. A Hag drill and march will be
given by children. Instrumental music
will be furnished by strouse orchestra.
All are cordially invited TO attend. Ad-
misslon 10 and 10 cents.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-16

Eat Bon Ton bread.
Did you get valentine?
This is license court day.
Monday was Valentine day.
Last Saturday was Lincoln's Birth
day.
February term OF court convened
Monday.
Lent begins next Wednesday, Febru-
ary 23rd.
Eat Bon Ton jelly roll, made of home
made jelly.
Next Tuesday will be legal holiday
Washington's Birthday.
For neat fitting suit go to Snyder &
Johns. fashionable tailors
Try a pair of j. E. Welsh & Co.'s
heavy bank shoes for mining.
The pay car made its monthly trip
over the A. V. R'y last week.
Subscribe for THE STAR and get all
the local, county and general news.
We defy competition on $500 suits,
strictly all-wool-Hamblet & Swartz.
wanted-woman or girl to do gener-
nj housework. Wages 500 q week.
No baking. Inquire at STAR office.
Since 1t has become sure thing that
the silk mill will be built here most all
the new babies that come to town are
girls.
The Brookville Furniture Factory
was sold In Brookville Friday at Sheriff
sale for e4,16O.OO. The factory cost
$4,000.
Prof. Lowe will give children's en-
tertainment In the church on Tuesday
afternoon 1t gao, for the small sum Of
4 cents admission.
Tho Royal Arcanum supper at Franks
Tavern last Thursday evening was q
pleasant AFFAIR. Fifty-three tickets
vere cold for supper.
". J. Weaver desirss us TO state
thropGh IuR sFAH that the report
~ ~ in>on6s rsnlgniug " tesoher Of
o1 y + witbout iousdatlon. y
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only clothiers

in the town, and what is more,
our goods are not made In sweat
shops, but are all hand made, but
ton holes are hand made, and
there is nothing the matter with
the following prices:
Suits or Ovcrcoats for $4.00, 800, 500,
100, 500, 900, 1000 and up to $500.
Boys Suits from $500, to 1000. Child's
Suits for Sl.00 to 500. Mothers, see
the fine line Of Refers for your boys.
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. Ready for Bids.

Plans and specifications for the new
silk mill are now on exhibition at Fl.
Alex. Stokes drug store. where con-
tractors desiring to bid on the erection
OF the mill can examine the same and
mail sealed bids to the American Silk
Co., 80 Wall street, N. Y, on or before
Feb. 23rd at 200 p. M. The right TO
reject any or all bids reserved.
RIrII DINc COnnIuvpEI
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-16
Your
Figure

Is your popularity, and peculiar
tiles must be recognized. We
study the figures of our customers
and we fit them with absolute ex-
actness. Our figures also fit
our customers pocket-books to a
nicely. There is style about
, our Suits and Overcoats that
make them as fashions own.
What's more, the latest styles
were never shown in better goods.
These Suits and Overcoats go to
show that we are the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-16
Married Last Evening.

George B. Ayres and Miss Maggie
Mohney were married 1T the home Of
Wilbur Kline last evening by Rev. p.
w. Metzenthin. The bride IL sister
Of Mrs. Kline.
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THE BALLOTS DECISION !
NAMES OF CANDIDATES AND THE
VOTE PoLLED IN BOROUGH
AND TOWNSHIP.
The Hottest Contest in this Borough was
for School Directors.

Below we give the vote polled at the
election held yesterday in Reynoldsville,
Winslow township and West Reynolds
vile. Those with an asterisk (") before
their names were elected.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-16

Best shoes and lowest prices are found
In j. f. Welsh 4 Co.'S shoe store.
Angel-iood At the Bon Ton 25 cents.
The Dickinson press., 1898-12-10
women. sense Of color.

The differences between men and
women are we'll marked in many ways,
but it may not be generally known how
great this difference is in the matter Of
color appreciation, not to speak of color
blindness. A large percentage of men
are impervious to the sensation of color;
they neither notice nor appreciate it.
Women, on the contrary, like many
animals, r strongly attracted and re-
PEELED by color, which to the average
male mind remains a mystery. The or
binary man is quite satisfied if his help
mate dresses in black or in the proven
bially agreeable white muslin. Why she
should seek for harmonies and novelties
Of color, why she should arrange and
match and discuss various hues with
the seriousness he would give to a bust
ness matter. passes his understanding.
And just as color leaves a man cold,
60 does form a woman, which accounts
for her Indifference to statuary and her
frequent incapacity for drawing. Louisa,
marohioness Of Waterford, was an in.
stance of this. Her coloring was superb
and the envy Of artists, her drawing de-
feotive and poor, and when she tried
late in life to learn to draw she only
succeeded in spelling her fine instinct
for oolor.-London Graphic.
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Her Ready WIT.

Though he had long adored her IN
secret-worshiped, In fact, the ground
she Msssed beneath the soles Of her
dainty little No. 8's-he had never yet
been able to screw mp sufficient courage,
70 put his fate to the test. Poor fellowl'
He swas q Of those shy, modest, self,
5depreciating sort Of chaps that are grow
ing rapidly scarcer, or he would have
stumblsd months ago to the TACT that he
had only to 60 In and win. Gertrude
Alicia knew the state Of his feelings
right enough, but it had pleased her
hitherto TO keep him dangling in at
tendance. AT last, however, she made.
up her mind to land her fish as soon as
. favorable chance presented itself.
And the opportunity came at the
6mythingtons' little soiree, when the
bashful swain, entering the conserva-
tory, discovered his inamorata looking
her loveliest amid the palms and flowers.
"Are-are you alone?" he questioned
timidly.
In a moment the fair. and ready wit
ted girl saw her chance and took it then
and there. "a loan, Hen-er-Mr.
Finnikin," che said, with lowered eye
lids, "a loan? Certainly not-I'm a
gift"
And 10 minutes later, when they
emerged from their retreat, Henry was
asking himself how he could have been
such a Juggins as to postpone his hap
piness 90 long.-Kansas City Journal.
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woman,s Laugh.

A feminine laugh has to be deoora.
tive, and 30 it should be the laugh Of
gayety rather than of humor. There can
hardly be a question as to the sweetest
laugh to be heard among nations Of wo.
men-it is surely the Frenchwoman's
She has the softest MARBLE of all. II
doves were not SO serious, they might
remind us of Partisan women laughing
together. The Italian laugh is happy
enough, but it is not quite SO independ-
emit Of the subject Of laughter. It has a
jollity all its own. It is somewhat IN
civilized, but needs no civilizing. But
its principal characteristic is the con.
tralto tone proper to the woman who is
to the last somewhat Of a peasant.
The laughter Of English women is too
various for any brief description. For
English women laugh not according to
their race, but according to their caste,
as caste has lately been revised and re-
distributed. II may be said that in caste
also the treble note, the ready, the inn
mediate, fits up to its own place-the
top-and is audible there, for all its
slender quality.-Collier's Weekly.
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The English Ina.

s-H. fL.Y.--s Ns H1tMHH=EE
The cheap place in which to live IL
like the typical old English inn that.
my American friends are continually
asking me to find for them. I found it
the other day, and, as the point of this
incident lies entirely in its truth, / give
names and addresses.
] oysled my American friend over the
hills from Croydon to the little hamlet
of Little Warlingham, and there we
ran into the courtyard of an inn named
the Leather Bottle, which designa-
ton had an old world flavor that de.
lighted the man from New York. We
had there a most excellent lunch, and
the charge was 18 pence instead of the
usual half crown.
Ny friend was enthusiastic and re-
solved to have the %innkeeper up and
compliment him on the ohoiceness and
cheapness Of his viands. I begged him
not to do this, as he might raise the,
price, and a lunch at one and.six isfR
boon to a literary man, but my advice
was unheedeS. The proprietor whenShe
came received the praise of the Ameri.
can calmly. !
"Well," said the innkeeper, II guess
I ought to know how to set out:ai meal
to suit u from the States. For five
years I was steward on w. K. Wander.
bilt's yacht. ! was on her at the time
she was sunk at Newport"
You may imagine the collapse of my
western friend, who had fattered him.
self that he was several centuries away
from New York and Newport. Robert
Barr in London Outlook.
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How to Win on a Toss.

Spinning a silver dollar and then
guessing heads or tails is a favorite
medium for small wagers among the
crowd in the alley behind the Cotton
Exchange. The other day a young bro.
ker mystified everybody by producing a
coin that invariably settled down heads
up no matter who did the spinning. It
wal some little time before this pecul.
iarity was observed, and then there was
q general demand for the secret. Some
suggested that the piece was loaded,
which was secuted as a self evident inn.
possibility, and close scrutiny failed to
reveal anything unusual about 1t.
''I'll tell you how it's done, boys"
said the owner at length, ''but keep the
scheme dark. All that is necessary is to
pass a file a few times around the edge,
so as to put on a slight bevel. It can't
be seen, but the coin will fall on the
beveled side every time as sure as fate.
lisa good idea, by the way, to have
two in your pooket-one fixed for heads
and one for tails. A steady run is al
ways suspicious, you know, and you can
shift 'em occasionally. New Orleans
Times-D Democrat.
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Mulberry sellers.

One day while Mark Twain and
Charles Dudley Warner were walking
together they happened to begin a dis
cussion Of the modern novel, and one or
the other suggested that it might be a
good plan to burlesque it. Later while
journeying together to Boston this sug-
gestion took definite shape, and on their
return. the work was begun, one author
writing a chapter; the other taking up
the threads Of the story the next day,
and both critically examining the result
each evening and asking the opinions Of
their wives as to the success of each
stage of the undertaking. Finally they
collected all the manuscript, Of which
there was too great q quantity, and
jointly condensed it. It was owing to q
suggestion by MI. Warner that the
chief character in the tale was called
Colonel Esohol Sellers, and it is a fact
that the man whose name was taken-a
man supposed to be long dead-made a
fiery demand for satisfaction, visiting
Hartford'for that purpose. IN later edi-
tions OF the story the name "Esohol''
was changed: to "Mpiberry.'-Ladies'
Home Journal. 4
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A Cemetery For old clothes.

A Cemetery For Old Clothes.
In the north Of London there is a lit
tie plot Of ground where old clothes are
buried and afterward exhumed for a
curious purpose. II is q fiat, barren and
destitute piece. of ground and presents 4
very melancholy spectacle. Little wood
en- stumps, bearing numbers, mark the
graves
There is a paper mill near by, which
finds 1t rather difficult to get suitable
material for the manufacture of q special
paper.
The ordinary old rags are no good.
The rags themselves have to be manu-.
featured. Old coats, old trousers and
old dresses are covered with wet soil,
and after q few weeks ro.tiL; are ex-
humed.
A corner is set aside for old linen
goods. The linen is placed in layers in
a box, with soft rich soil L..ween each
layer, and then buried.
Limewater is then sprinkled over
the grave, and after a fortnight's rot
ting the linen Is reduced to a mere
skeleton, which is taken ont Of the box,
laid fat in a warm blanket and rush
ed off to the paper mill.
Though it is only the size of a foot
ball ground, it contains 1000 graves,
which are marked by 1900 wooden
stumps, each bearing q number.
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-
y Renewal aekson at-Chsseltspec.
The infantry snfferssd terribly. i was
impossible to advance along the narrow
track. and when the guns were ordered
upsthe situation wa In no way better.
cd. Nearly every horss was killed d.
wounded q deep ditch, cut across the
road, htbd6E1a effective action, and the
only posiHoasNhere reply to the enemy's
arAwassp6G1fble lay beyond this obata.
ola. D6illpdlte the losses Of his command,
5JacksoGlSSmrtaHlged to lift one gun across
~ 6andsaRn6fhis men became demoral-
lied. They left their posts.
The example Of their lieutenant,
walking up and down on the shot swept
road and enchanting calmly: '"There IL
no danger, seef I am not hit, " failed to
inspire them with confidence. Many
had already fallen. The infantry, with
the exception Of q small escort, which
held it's ground with difficulty, had dis.
appeared, and General Worth, observ-
ing .Jackson's p~erilous situation. sent
him orders to retire. He replied It was
more dangerous to withdraw than to
stand fast, and if they would give him
80 veterans he would rather attempt
the capture Of the Observation-Disclosures
derson's "Stonewall jackson and tho
Civil War"
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Uncle Toms Cabin Chair.

Among the many things associated.
with the memory Of Harriet Beecher
Stowe is the chair occupied by her while
writing the initial chapters Of "Uncle
Toms Cabin" Mrs. Stowe, accom-
panied by Rev. Lyman Beecher, her IA
ther, was a visitor at Batavia, O., many
years ago, at the home Of Judge Owen
+. Fishbaok. During all the hours Of
her visit and while writing she always
occupied this plain poplar chair. After
Mrs. Stowe rose to fame with her book
the chair was preserved and handed
down as a part Of history from Mrs.
Fishbaok to Lou Buerkle, in whose
possession it now remains. The back Of
the chair has become broken of, and
all the Stats are broken out Of the back.
The color Of the chair was black. They
relate all the historic points now con-
neoted with this plain and nnassuming
old time piece Of Observation-Disclosures
kee Sentinel.
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Hov M,,,...... n.....w

FfN"HA
How Miniatures Are Destroyea.
The chief agent in the destruction Of
. miniature is perhaps sunlight. The
direct rays Of the sun should never be
permitted to fall upon the portrait,sand
especially should il be remembered that
the glass Tor Gystal) covers to the
miniatures, and the glass Of the cabinet
in which they are kept, all help to in
crease the powers Of the sunlight and
to give to its feeblest rays ability to ex-
ercise destructive force. Very many
lovely old miniatures have been prao-
tically ruined by light.
Hung upon q wall or in a case, they
are exposed to full sunlight, and the
carnations quickly fade. the value Of
all the oolors is reduced and whitened
and the paler and more delicate tints
vanish altogether. II the exigencies Of
space demand that a wall opposite a
window (the worst position in a room
for miniatures) must be used, then q
blind or curtain should be supplied to
the cabinet containing the treasures,
and as often as possible the window op-
posite the cabinet should be shrouded,
as to prevent the light falling upon
the. cabinet and its contents -''Portrait
Miniature" by g. @. Williamson.
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The Mote ana the beam.

When Lord Morris was chief justice
Of Ireland, a young Junior barrister'
arose in his court one day tosmake his
first motion and spoke in the hard
brogue of the north Of Ireland. n
"Sapel, said, the judge in a low
voice to the registrar Of the court, ''who
Is this newcomer?''
Ellis name is Clements, my lord"
"What part Of the coonthry does he
hail from in the nameof all that's wun-
dherful?" asked the judge.
County Antrim, my lord" was the
reply.
"Well, welll'' said the Judge. "Did
you liver come across sich4a froightful
aocint inHthe whole ooorse Of yer born
loife?0 90 ~ e..
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ianciIGk Fefon.

Dr. stivers Of New York5had . large
~dispensary clinic. and rarely ~ day
passed that one or more cases OF feion
did not appear. sit won't hu-t, was
always his comforting assurance to the
patient IL the latter made any outory.
"Put your finger down there" indicate
ing the edge Of the table, land keep
stilll' he commanded, and patients, as
q rule, made little fuss. DR.. Stivers once
had q felon on his left foreinger. He
poulticed it for about a week, and
walked the floor with pain at might. At
last he went to his assistant surgeon.
who said gravely, "That ought to have
been lanced before"
"Possibly-but''- said Dr.. Stivers,
and then, with a long breath-"per-
haps you'd better lance it now"
Certainly, said the assistant sur
geon. "Put YOUR finger on the table,"
Oh. Stivers complied, and with a face
al white as paper watched the knife.
"Be gentle" he cautioned. "That's an
awful sore 1lngerp
"1t won't hurt, - remarked the as
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sistalnt surgeon. and the sharp steel ae.
soended. There was howl Of agony
from Dr.. Stivers, and with his finger
inshis other hand he danced about the
room crying, "Oh, oh, ohl"
"Why," remarked the assistant sur:
geon, 81 have heard you tell patients
hundreds of times that 1t didn't hurt to
lance a felon."
"No doubt, no doubt you have"
groaned Dr.. Stivers, ''but that depends
on which end Of the knife a man isat."
Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1898-12-10
Scrofu1a, a Vile
Inheritance.

Scrofula is the most obstinate Of blood
troubles, and is often the result of an
inherited faint in the blood. 8. 8. 8.
is the only remedy which goes deep
enough to reach S~crofula; it forces out
every trace Of the disease, and cures
the worst cases.
With Scrofule, and he suffered 80 that IL ma.
The Dickinson press., 1898-12-10
Dividends Out Of Life.

The fools who give the "a hours to
business and boast of it may c~ritioise
the man who can expel business from
his mind and enjoy his books, his
friends, his club, the theater, the opera,
the dinner N the dance, but the cheer
full man gets dividends out Of life where
the other gets trouble.-Chauncey M.
Donaw.
The Dickinson press., 1898-12-10
An Appropri.te SYMBOL.

"snagsby is a member Of the vege.
tartan club, isn't he?''
II guess he ia I notice he wears an.
- carat badge" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Dickinson press., 1898-12-10
still the Boss.

They had been ohums during their
s%chooldays, but had drifted apart.
Years after they met again.
"What became of that auburn haired
Jones girl that used to be the boss ten
mis- player in our set?''
II married her." replied the other.
"And does she still play tennis?''
queried his friend.
"No," was the reply, and a look Of
sadness stole over his face, "but she's
still the boss. Chicago News.
The Dickinson press., 1898-12-10
Some Yerdiots.

A Kansas jury Of inquest found that
deceased met his death at the hands
Of his saddle horse"
An Arkansas verdict over the body Of
q man who died on board a boat is that
deceased was taken of ten minutes
after he was taken on."'-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1898-12-10

Some Chinese and Japanese can stiu
draw pictures with their finger nails
IN art once hold In high feputa The
nails are allowed 70 grow tota length OF
10 inches and dipped In vermilion or
Ky. blue ink.
The Dickinson press., 1898-12-10
Co,mnercial Ze.l.

Claudia, 10 the young man indus.
trious to whom you are engagedf"
.slIndusttious? ..Why,spapa, he intend
ed, to propose to me . month ago, but
WASH too busy. Chicago Record.
The Dickinson press., 1898-12-10
Knew nd. Rnaine...

Hoax-You know Schneider, the bot.
tler, who recently became a magistrate7
Joax-Yea
well, he discharged a prisoner yes
terday who was charged with stealing
a dozen bottles of beer"
"So?"
eyes. Schneider said that wasn't
enough to make a ase ."-Philadelphia
Record.
The Dickinson press., 1898-12-10

It rains on an average Of 20S days in,
the year in Ireland, about 100 In Eng
land, at Kezan about 90 days and In
Siberia only 80 days.
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DICKINIoN N. D.
South
This Winter

For the prescntswinter season the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad Company has improved
its already nearly perfect through service Of
Pullman yestibuled Sleeping Cars and elegant
day coaches from Cincinnati Louisville, St.
Louis and Chicago, to Mobile, Now Orleans and
tho Gulf Coast, Thompsonville, Ga. Pensacola,
Jacksonville, Tampa, Palm Beach and other
points in Florida. Perfect connection will be
made with steamer lines for Cuba, Porto Rico,
Nassau and West Indian ports. Tourists and
Homo Seekers excursion tickets on sale at low
rates. Write C.P Atmore, General Passenger
Agent, Louisville, KY, for particulars.
The Dickinson press., 1898-12-10

Central African natives mine, suslt
andfashion iron avery didllfuily