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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23
RELIC OF PAST AGE.
A Century Cid Newspaper That Is Re.
marknbly Well Preserved.

marknbly Well Preserved.
Mr. Glenn Brown, the architect, has
an interesting relic in the shape of an
old newspaper, probably one of the old
est publications to be found in this
country. 1t is The Virginia Gazette
aud Alexandria Advertiser published
in Alexandria The copy is dated Thurs
day, April 25, 1898. The motto of the
paper, which is printed under the title,
Is as follows:
thou by whose almighty nod the scale
OF empires rises OF alternate falls,
Send forth the saving virtues round this landl
There Is no mention made of the
names Of the publishers or editors, but
an advertisement, which Is inserted,
asks for rags old seines. fishing nets
and the like to be brought to the office,
SO that paper can be made from 1t.
From this it would seem that the firm
manufactured its own paper.
IL the rews columns, which form but a
small ror;;cn of the paper, the adver-
tiseiDcnts covering a greater part, is a
dispatch dated London, Feb. 25 pre-
yint3. giving an account of an insurrec-
cd Paine's reasons for preserving the
life Of Louis Capet. The plan Of the
Ecw French constitution is given and
: ::...-,-:.'hcr Ct dispatches from Paris ap.
pear
Gle Of the most interesting advertise.
meits IN the paper is that of a lottery.
1t states that it will be given by the
conmi 'zioner appointed to prepare the
public buildings, etc., within the city
of Washington for the reception of con.
Gicss and for their permanent residence
after the year 1900. Samuel Blodgett
was the agent for the affair in this city.
The capital prize was n hotel, with all
furnishings, valued at $50, 600. There
were cash prizes of 5000, the whole
sr. cnting to $3.50, 600. The lottery,
by iiie way, was never held, as much
opposition was developed against It.
san.u uel Blodgett was the one whose
heirs claimed a large portion Of the ma.
tic:sl capital
TL;re aTe several advertisements for
.Jnaway slaves, Offering rewards of
from 80 to SIG There is an offer Of q
rev ard of $40, which would seem large
cor, pared with those offered for the
runaway slaves, for eight bushels OF
clover seed, stolen from Mount Vernon.
Tho advertisement goes on to state that
the clover seed was stolen from the
granary and is supposed to have beer
taken by negroes. 1t is signed by An
thony Whiting, who was Washington I
oversoer.
There is an advertisement In the pa
per of the celebrated horse Eclipse, from
which many of the thoroughbred horse
of the present day have descended
There is also an advertisement OF tn
opening ot the city tavern ut the sigi
of the Bunch of Grapes" by Johl
Wise. The statement is made tina
northern and southern mails will arriv
at the office until Nov Oh Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 p. m.
On one Of the pa ges is song com
posed for Lodge No. 10 "of Charles
town, commonly called Portobacco.
Tho paper consists of four pages c
four columns each. The size of th
sheets is about IL by Is inches. Th
Paper was published Thursdays of eac
week. The SIS were all like rs. Th
paper has heen remarkably we'll prt
served.-W ashington Star
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

The Japanese government issues every
day three weather charts. which include
observations In China and tho Lin-Kiu
islands, enabling captaius to ascertain
the movements Of storms several days
IN advance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23
saving Hinself.

"WhatW roared Big Pete. ~ he -four
ished his wall eyed revolver. "Do you
pea to intimate that I'm crooked?"
"Not ut all, Hammered the lander
foot. Didn't ! jnst say that II Was
mighty strange how yon could win ten
straight Gamesi' Detroit Free Preaa
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

"Do you believe that honesty is the
best policy, Rodden?'
"Most assuredly. l make all my
money out of my honest customers -
Detroit Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23
Why He Thought So.

Mr.. Bright (reading paper)-I'm sur
prised to know that q married insx,
writes the fashion notes for this paper.
Mrs. Bright Why, dear. how do yoI
know such is the case?
Mr.. Bright-Only married man
could have penned this item, "Therc
will he no change in pooketbooks this
season. Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

Greece's national hymn, taken from
Dionis Salomo's Hymn to Liberty"
was first written and published in Lon
don. The first part Of the original poem
was eulogy of the land Of Washing
ton.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

Adelina Patti has superb collection
OF jewels, her diamonds alone being
valued at $375,00o. Sho has sung be-
fore most of the royalties. most all Of
whom have made her presents of jew
elry.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23
VOLUME s.
5aaiirrup gintr d5uhirs.

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A LLEGHENYV VALLEY RAILWAY
"A COMPANY, in effect Sunday,
December 10, 1884, Low Grade Division.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23
@ntsis.
HOTEL BELNAP,
REYNoLDsvILLE, PA.
J. @. DILLnAN. P90priet0r.

First class In every particular. Located In
the very centre. Of the business part of town
Free bus to and from trains and comm0dious
sample ero0ms for commercial trsveIers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23
STATIONS.

Tralns daily except Sunday.
DAVID MCCAR0O. GENT. SUpT.
JAS. p. ANDERSON GEsL PASS. A0T.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

TRAIN 10 leaves Ridgway at s:55 a. M; John
At 1000 q, m.
HRAIN 20 leaves Clermont at f040 a. m. ar
living at J0i,asonburg at 1s:30 a. m. and
Ridgway at li-50 p. m.
The herald., 1898-01-23
SUNDAY, JANUARY es. 1898.
TWO "oRGANS" AT ONCE

The Democratic city central commit
tee held meeting last night and
passed a series of resolutions which were
intended as a covert reflection on The
Herald and an open endorsement of the
feeble and disjointed Record of this city
and the DOODLE barking Republican Call
of San Francisco. A deal of log-rolling
had been resorted to before the meeting
and paid agents of the Call were the
ones most active in this work. Wig
orous protest was entered by several
leading members of the party who were
present, but this was of no avail against
members who had been totally preju-
diced and committed on the subject in
advance. The action of the committee
was entirely gratuitous and unjustified,
and as bit of politics was most absurd
If the Democratic committee wishes to
endorse the San Francisco Call as its
"orean," The Herald will not raise the
slightest objection. But the action ap-
bears trifle ridiculous on the face of it,
and we fear the relationship will be
neither lasting nor mutually beneficial.
The herald., 1898-01-23
FALSE AND MALICIOUS

The Herald is no apologist for the
water company, and does not seek to ex-
culpate it from blame where blame
Justly attaches; but The Herald likes
fair play and hates chicanery and mis-
representation, 40 matter against
whom it may be directed. The San
Francisco Call, following its sensa-
tional and lying methods, has two or
more columns of report relative to the
fire that destroyed the Pico Heights
school house last Thursday, and be-
labors the city water company at great
rate for not furnishing supply OF
water to meet the emergency. The fact
is that the Pico Heights school was To-
Gated in the district recently annexed
to the city. All of that section, we are
informed, is supplied by the West Los
Angeles sometimes called the Pirtle)
company. The Los Angeles Water
company's nearest pipes are mile and
a half from the scene of the fire, and
naturally that company cannot be
blamed for the shortage of water re-
ferred to. Let us give even the water
company devil his due. A newspaper
that laws hold of such falsehoods and
twists and perverts and magnifies them
in order to create a feeling of panic
among residents of this city is beneath
the contempt of decent people.
The herald., 1898-01-23

! II goes. There may be boys who at eight
years have asked and obtained q third
reading of Guy Mannering," but 1t
would be useless to force the book on the
next 999 boys of eight. And how much
better would the world be physically
or mentally if such reading was the COM
mon, ordinary mental recreation of all
| boys of eight?
The Times writer may not mean to
do so, but he conveys the idea that
Burns and Carlyle were made great be-
cause they read nothing but learned
books, and because they were extremely
precocious in their reading. The books
may have helped them, but the great
ness, or it's germ, was within them be-
fore they read the books. You cannot
make silk purse out of a sow's ear.
And how much did the "books of endur-
ing value" contribute to the morality Of
Burns, or to the fairmindedness and
amiability of Carlyle?
Individual opinions differ as to books.
Not everybody will class Little Wom-
en-" with the insufferable Elsie Dins-
more series. And why should "Oliver
optics" works be put under the ban?
Away with this writer who would make
old men and women of our boys and
girls! Let us have the fairy tales and
the Indian stories and the oliver Optic
stories just the same; let us not cram
juvenile brains with indigestibles.
And what shall be done with the self
ish hypocrite who would make 1t penal
offense to put children's books in the
hands of minors, yet who confesses that
these books are sometimes good for the
"grown-ups" because they recall our
own young dreams and help us to un-
derstand the strangely reticent heart of
youth?" What punishment will equal
his offense? Our own young dreams,
indeed! No young person who dotted on
Guy Mannering at eight years of age
ever had a young dream that could be
recalled by real juvenile literature.
The herald., 1898-01-23

ures foreign to the old methods Of con-
Quoting primaries. 1t was established
for the benefit of the people and in the
interest of honest politics, but 1t will
not work automatically; the people will
have to do their share.
The Importance of the primaries is
beginning to be recognized, but the rec
ognition was long time coming. The
oretically the old primary system was
adequate to meet the popular need, but
the masses of the voters did not do their
duty. They left the primaries to the
professionals, and out of this grew the
abuse of bad nominations. The people
were forced to vote for bad nominees or
to stay at home.
Thus upon the new law is placed the
responsibility of safeguarding both.
against the remissness of the people ana
the designs of the unscrupulous. How
we'll this double duty will be performed
remains to be seen. The law should be
an instrument in the hands Of the mass
es of the voters of all parties to restore
the purity and wisdom Of the primary
system. Let the people have something
better to vote for than choice of evils.
The Democratic party, which is the
party of reform, should be first in the
field to indorse and support the operation
of the new primary law.
The herald., 1898-01-23
"GoLD WHERE YOU FIND 1T"

The first influx of gold-seekers to CAL
ifornia occurred in 1S49. In 1853 was wit
messed the Pixies peak excitement and
the discovery of the Comstock lode. The
Black Hills episode is credited to 1859.
The discoveries in the Coeur d'Alene
and at Leadville were made in 1879. The
richest discoveries at Aspen We're made
in 1889, and that was the year of the dis
covery Of the marvellous wealth of the
Cripple Creek district.
Miners, like sailors, are superstitious
and see in these condolences an unex-
planned significance. They point to them
with confidence in support of their con-
tenton that, however large the hegira
to the Klondike this year, the real ex-
odus will be reserved for 1899. Stronger
grounds for this conviction may be
found in the fact that present operations
are confined to placer mines, a resource
which, considering the very limited size
of claims under the Canadian laws and
the large number of people who will go
in this year to work them, must very
soon be exhausted. When this is DONE
if not before, systematic exploitation
of the mountain ranges from which the
gulch gold has descended will take place
and the mother vein will be uncovered
Then will begin the new era of permanent
mining in Alaska. Until that time the
extent and value of it's gold resources
will be an unknown quantity, and one
mans guess will be practically as good
as another's. Gulch gold discoveries
have preceded almost every important
find of true fissure veins in the history of
mining in this country. The precious
metal was not originally deposit in the
beds of the streams, but found its way
| there through the geological changes of
the ages. The gold mines of Leadville
are located on the high mountains over
| looking the rich argentiferous sands of
California gulch. The gold producers of
| Gilpin county overlook the once famous
placers of Clear creek. The headwaters
of Cherry creek, source of the Pixies peak
excitement, are now yielding rich ar
gentiferous values Lode mining is slow,
laborious and costly 1t is undertaken
only when alluvial deposits refuse long
er to yield adequate returns. The real
value of Alaskan mineral resources yet
remains to be demonstrated.
The herald., 1898-01-23
AWAY WITH HIM!

An editorial writer in the literary sup
plement of the New York Times would
entirely suppress juvenile literature Sc
far as the Juveniles are concerned. He
would not allow boys and girls to read
it at all, if he could have his own way
He says:
Not many months ago. in a SYM
postum of mothers, a gentlewoman was
brave enough to say: Il am sorry to be
obliged to be sorry that Miss Alcott
ever wrote" 1t seemed a hard saying,
but it was a wise one. 1T was a very
unfortunate suggestion" says Mr..
Warner, that there needed 10 be books
written for children" Take the biogra-
ply of any man or woman who has
achieved greatness and see upon what
books the dawning intelligence was fed.
Can we imagine Macaulay brought up
on "the Henty books" or George
Eliots girlhood devoted to the inter-
minable Elsie Dinsmore" series? Can
we think of Tennyson "nourshing
youth sublime upon "Oiver Optic?"
The few volumes accessible to Burns
and Carlyle in their peasant huts were
books of enduring value.
The writer's idea is that by the great
alone in literature are mind and sou
nourished. That is very good so far as
The herald., 1898-01-23
THE SOULS GUIDES

And three great spirits with the spirit OF
man
Go forth to do his bidding. One is free.
And one is shackled, and the third un-
bound,
Halts yet a little with broken chain
OF antique workmanship, not wholly
loosed,
That bangles and impedes his fortnight
way.
Unfettered, swift, hawk-eyed, implacable,
The Wonder-worker, Science with his
wand,
Subdues an alien world to mans desires;
And Art, with wide imaginative wings,
Stands by, alert for flight. to bear his lord
In to the strange heart of the alien world,
Till he shall live in it as in himself.
And know its longing as he knows his own.
Behind little, where the shadows fall,
Lngers Religion, with deep-brooding eyes,
Serene, impenetrable, transpicuous,
AS the all-clear and all-mysterious sky,
Biding her time to fuse into one act
Those other twain, mans right hand and
his left.
For all the bonds shall be broken and rent
in sunder
And the soul of man go free
Forth with those three
Into the lands of wonder;
Like some undaunted youth
Afield in quest of truth
Rejoicing in the road he journeys on
AS much as in the hope Of journey done.
Richard Hovey in Poet Lore.
The herald., 1898-01-23
The Cry of "Wolf"

In the Garden of Eden. lons ago
In fact before the fall
A serpent. hanging by it's tail,
Gave unto Eve "The Call
And softly whispered in her ear:
II am not so straight, or tall.
But when it comes to deceiving God.
I'm the worst deceiver of all"
In modern days it's about the same.
DE push" has plenty OF gall"
And when they need to cover their tracks,
They find friend in The Call;
AS. when honest men associate,
To take out of rogues " a fair
And expose a few of their thieving tricks,
Why, the rogues find friend in The Call.
The cry of Wolf is old, old, old.
It won't serve the rogues at all.
'Tis very stale political dodge,
An we're "onto'' the tricks of The Call.
Jay.
The herald., 1898-01-23
A MENACE

Friday night man threw an iron
coupling pin through the show window
Of a local jewelry store. The window
was filled with the usual display of dia
monds jewelry and ornaments common
to a jewelers. stock, but the man did
not seize anything. He simply stood
still until someone came to arrest him.
He had committed the crime in order to
be assured of food and a warm place to
stay in.
1t was not the first time he had been
arrested. 1t is fair to presume that he
had become a confirmed tramp. But
how did he arrive at that miserable
condition? Was he an honest, unfortu-
nate man unable to obtain work, or
worthless specimen of humanity willing
to degrade himself in order to force the
state to support him in idleness?
Such incidents afford food for reflec-
ton for thinking people. Whether the
one explanation or the other is the true
one, there is slipped cog somewhere.
1t is trite to say that there is something
wrong when such things are possible,
but the fact remains, and how shall we
correct our mistakes and our evils if we
do not call attention to them?
The condition of society that forces
the unfortunate man to commit crime
in order to obtain the necessaries of
life, or which permits the worthless
vagrant to destroy property in order
that society may be forced to maintain
him in degraded comfort, is a menace,
The herald., 1898-01-23
BRYAN TO THE CoLLEGIANS

There are those who affect to believe
that William ]. Bryan is a mere man of
wind and words; that he talks merely
for the sake of talking; that he is man
of one idea-if they admit that he has an
idea at all.
Mr.. Bryan visited Minneapolis last
week and upon invitation addressed the
students of the University of Minnesota.
Among other things he said:
I remember that one to whom I look
with veneration laid down this propo-
sition, that a man could afford to be
in minority if he were in the right,
but a man could never afford to be-
wrong.no matter how many erred with
him. This is true whether you are dis
cussing questions of politics in the mar
row sense, or questions which affect
any of the matters with which We are
concerned as inhabitants of this coun-
try. The first thing, in my'judgment,
for a citizen to do is to try to find
out what is the right thing. In our
form of government there is a perfect
faith in the ultimate triumph of every
good idea. Take from us that conf
dence and we have nothing to inspire
us to action while we act, and nothing
to teach us patience while we wait; but
while people believe that in every de-
partment of society the good is being
evolved from conflict then We can be-
lieve that any deai we have is correct.
that If any idea we have is- worthy TO
survive, 1t will survive; and then we
ought to be patriotic enough to hope
that every idea that we have that is
not good enough will be overthrown.
No man without brains, no man I'M
possessed of high principles, no man
who does not love his country and be-
lieve in it, could have uttered those
words. Mr. Bryan concluded his briet
address as follows:
The great thing that we have to hope
for in our country is that people will
think upon the great problems which
press for solution. If were asked what
is the most important thing for the
American people to do, l would answer
that 1t was not to believe any given
idea, but TO think and if asked what
was the next essential, following the
line presented by the great orator of
ancient times, L would say think"
and If asked what was the third essen
tial, would say think" because if the
peopla think they will surely, on every
subject, reach u correct solution at last.
If they do not think they can never
reach a correct solution on any sub
ject.
Who shall say that these words di
not have helpful, inspiring effect upo
the thousand and more young men VIII
heard them?
Some there be in this age, when tn
tendency to plutocracy and aristocrac
is actively antagonistc to the estab
lished principles of a free people, VIII
declare that it is a mistake, if it is nc
a crime, to allow the common people t
think. 1t was but a few weeks ago tha
an American college professor recon
mended that the affairs of governmer
be placed in the hands of highly edu
Gated few, the masses of the people t
be kept in comparative ignorance,
a state that would prevent them frol
thinking and having aspirations.
Under which leader would the Amer
can people march?
The herald., 1898-01-23

do not feel fiattered that he should be
singled out for political honors above
all others, and they do not consider that
he fairly represents the party.
If Patton now thinks that he can build
up his fortunes or his reputation on the
dubious outcome of libel suit he is
welcome to try. The Herald is ready to
meet him on any and every proposition.
The herald., 1898-01-23
PATTON AND HIS SUIT

H. w. Patton has commenced an ac-
tion for libel against The Herald Pub
fishing company, with damages assessed
at the modest sum of $4,000. The suit
is based on an editorial which appeared
in these columns a few days ago, sug-
gesting that the appointment of the said
Patton to the position of bank ex-
aminer would be serious mistake.
The reasons given for this We're: First,
that he is not competent to perform the
exacting and RESPONSIBLE duties of that
office; and second, that he is not a
creditable representative of the Demo-
cratic party of Southern California. The
reason why he is not creditable repre-
sentative was assigned to the charge
that Patton sold out his Democratic
nomination for congress to the silver
committee during the last campaign,
and received money therefor.
Patton has had a chance to deny the
accusation of perfidy, and in fact, has
published a statement in his own paper,
but he does not attempt denial of any
An interview published in the Record
last evening, which plainly bears Pat
toms finger marks, tacitly admits that
he received one thousand dollars "to
cover his campaign expenses" AS Pat
ton made no campaign at all, it is hard
to see where such heavy expenses could
come in.
So far as The Herald is concerned, it
welcomes this suit, and would as soon
fight out the campaign on this line as on
any other. The fact is, Patton has
been Democrat for revenue only" for
long time. He began his political ca
reer as lobbyist at Sacramento, and
has never ceased to boast of the funds
he distributed then and the profits ac-
cruing to him therefrom. He has con-
nubiated with the push" on both sides
of the political fence, and was a close
ally of Hervey Lndley during the palmy
days of that worthy. He has enlisted in
the defense of Walter Webb, the Repub-
lican boodler now under investigation
for school board infamies, and in so doing
he has impugned the characters of some
of the best citizens of Los Angeles, Dem
ocrats and Republicans alike.
In short, Patton represents a push
element which has brought discredt
upon the Democratic party of Southern
California, and which has seriously ham,
pered it in it's efforts. If the party
expects ever to command the confidence
of the public, it must free itself from
such entangling alliances.
In spite of his we'll known character
as political connubiator, however
Patton has been the recipient of repeat
ed official favors. Not long since he
held no less than three public offices al
one time-one federal and two under the
state administration. Whether he could
possibly perform the duties of all three
of these offices and attend to the bust.
ness of running a weekly newspaper be
sides is left for inference. And now HI
aspires and claims to have the promis,
of another office for which he is NOR,
eminently unfit than for any of tht
others.
Patton is altogether too much of
Pooh-Bah to suit the better elements o.
the party in this end of the state. They