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SUMMER BOARDERS.

PRIVATE FAMILY, TWENTY MIN
utes' walk from D., L. & w. station,
Clark's Summit. Pure water, quiet,
high, bracing air, evergreen grove. Mrs
Dora S. Levisee.
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certificates. highest, Sl.lSA for cash; low
est, $l.l3 bid; shipments, 5i,7SS barrels;
average, 75,222 barrels; runs, S9,6l6 bar-
rels; average, sl,l21 barrels.
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Selected Patterns.

Our immense assortment of Ingram Carpets.
We are showing this season one OF the largest and
most selected stock of carpets that has ever been
shown i'm this city,
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PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Life without laughing Is a drenry
blank. Thackeray.
Wisdom and goodness TO the vile
seem vile Shakespeare.
Nature never hurries; atom by atom,
little by little, she achieves her works.
Emerson.
In most things success depends on
knowing how long It takes to succeed
-Montesquicu.
Words are bat lackeys to sense, and
will dance attendance without wnges
or compulsion. - Swift.
The world may bo divided into peo-
pie that read; people that write; poo-
pie that think, and fox-hun,ots. -Shcn.
stone.
The talent Of succ ss is nothing
more than doing what you can do well
without thought of fame. Long.
fellow.
Let us hope tha, science, commerce
aud labor will flourish; for the she'd.
ding of blood is thankless business.
Bismarck
II can not bc denied that outward
accidents conducc much to fortunes
favor opportunity, death of others,
occasion fitting virtue, but chiefly the
molding of n mans fortune is in his
own hands. Ia on.
There are two modes of establishing
our reputation; to be praised by honest
men aud to be abused by rogues. II
is best, however, to secure the former,
because IL will invariably be accom-.
panied by the latter. Cotton.
Man was born TO he rich, or grows
rich by the use of his faculties, by
the union of thought with nature.
Property is an intellectual production.
The game requires coolness, right
reasoning, promptness and patience
in the players. Cultivated labor drives
out brute labor. Emerson.
TO he entirely just in our estimate
of other nges is not only difficult, but
is impossible. Even what is passing,
in our prcsenccw see through glass
darkly. In historical inquiries the
most instructed thinkers have but II
limi ell advantage over the most illit-
crate. Those who know the most np.
proach least to argument. -Froude.
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explosions, and by tho flood OF our.
bonic acid and gas which follows them.
The statistics show that even In the
United States one miner II killed for
every huDdred thousand tons Of coal
mined, and those who are injured
number many lines this proportion.
The first coal found In America was
near OTTAWA, Illinois. II In mentioned
by Father Hcnncpin, French ex-
plorer, who visited there In 1879.
The first mines worked were about
Richmond, Va. This coal was dis
covered by boy while out fishing.
He was hunting for crabs for bait
in ANAL creek, and thus stumbled
upon the outcroppings OF the James
River coal bed. Our anthracite coal
fields have perhaps paid better than
any other coal fields OF the world.
They were discovered by hunter
named Nicho Allen, when George
Washington was President. Allen
encampcd one night in the SchuylkilI
regions, kindling his fire upon some
black stones. Ilo awoke 10 find him.
self almost roasted. The stones we're
on fire, and anthracite was burning
for the first time. Shortly after this
company was organized 10 sell nm.
thrncite coal. II was taken around 10
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the blacksmiths, but they didn't know
how to use il, and ii was very unpop-
ular. Some Of il was shipped TO Phil
adelphia by Colonel Shoemaker and
sold there. II was not at all satisfac-
tory, and "a writ was gotten out from
the city authorities, denouncing the
colonel as Il knave and scoundrel for
trying to impose rocks upon them M
coal. Still Philadelphia has largely
been built up by anthracite coal, and
so, 900, 900 tons OF this coal were taken
ont Of the Pennsylvania fields in 1896.
Since then 40 ne OF these coal lands
have been sold as high az $1,000 an
acre, and the Philadelphia and Read
ing Company, in 1871, paid $40, ,000,-
900 for 100, 900 acres of coal land in
this region.
IL is hard to estimate the enormous
amount Of money the United States
makes out of its coal. We get more
than three times as much out OF our
coal mines AZ out Of our gold mines,
aud the silver metal is not in IL with
the black diamonds. There is little
region in eastern Pennsylvania, about
n hundred and twenty five miles from
Philadelphia, and not more than two
hundred miles from New York, which
produces every year coal to greater
value than all the gold mines OF tho
Rockies, Canada and Alaska. II is
our anthracite coal fields which turn
out between 80, 900, 900 and 60, 900, 900
tons Of anthracite every year. We
have in addition TO this hundred and
thirty odd million tons OF bituminous
coal annually. We have, in short, tho
biggest and best coal measures on the
globe. It is estimated that our coal
east OF tho Rocky Mountains covers
1872, 900 square miles, and within the
past few years coal inns been found in
many parts Of the Far West. Colo
RADIO will eventually be great manu-
featuring State on account of its coal.
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in dirty villages, with narrow streets,
their houses blackened by coal smoke.
In many mining districts the houses
belong to the company owning the
mines. aud the miners pny rent for
them, so that when strike occurs and
they are out Of money they are given
orders to leave. Many OF the houses
have nothing more than two rooms
and kitchen, and in some places the
only stores at which the miners can
trade are the company's stores. With
all this the American miners ARE far
better of than the miners Of other
countries.
Have you ever been down in a coal
mine? II so, you can appreciate some
of the dangers Of mining. A coal mine
is like n great catacomb. IL is city
underground, the walls OF which in
many cases are upheld by timbers.
Now and then You come to rooms ont
OF which the coal has been cut The
coal is taken down with blasting pow
der, and there is danger Of the wall
falling and Of the miners being
crushed.
There is also danger from fire damp,
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A Msrriag, Made I'M Heaven.

At recent wedding all went mer-
rily until the bridegroom was called
upon to produce the wedding-ring.
In vain he felt in his newly y-creased
trousers pocket for the indispensable
trihe. Nothing could be found except
hole through which the ring had
evidently fallen. What was he to do?
Suddenly happy thought struck the
parson.
'Take your shoe off," he said.
The suspense and silence was pain
ful. The organist, at the clergyman's
bidding, struck up voluntary.
Tho young man removed his shoe.
The ring was found, also hole in his
stocking, and the worthy minister re-
marked, evidently with more than the
delay of the ceremony on his mind
'Young man. it's high time you
were married"
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MINES.

the life is not an alluring one. The
pay is small, the work hard and the
dangers still many. The only really
pleasant way to be connected with a
coal mine is as the owner of one.
Our Appalachian coal fields alone
could supply the world with fuel for
centuries. They are tho. largest and
richest known, and they are so situ-
ated that the coal can be shipped from
them long distances by water. From
Pittsburg coal can be carried for
eighteen thousand miles on navigable
streams, AMI the CRATE fires of the
s 7uth blaze with the rays from the
black diamonds from Pennsylvania.
The Ohio River is the great coal chute
for the Mississippi valley. The coal
is carried down it IN great barges,
pushed by little steamers, and 80 fast
ened together that a single ste amer
will push acres of coal. Loads OF
twenty thousand tons are taken. A
vast amount of coal is carried on the
canals and the great lakes from one Of
the CHIEF highways Of the coal traffic.
The amount of coal carried on the
railroads is almost beyond conception.
The Philadelphia aud Reading has
more than fifty thousand coal cars,
which are dragged by nine hundred
coal locomotives. These cars are kept
busy in carrying anthracite coal. The
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-12-20
swiss schools Of Agriculture.

Switzerland was the home of the
philanthropist and educator Fellen-
burg. His school, established in Ho-
pyl in 1906, was a philanthropy in aid
Of the peasantry, concerning whom
he said that, possessing nothing but
bodies and minds, the cultivation Of
these was the only antidote for their
poverty. At least three thousand pu-
pills received their education in agri-
culture here. The Federal Polytech-
nic School at Zurich is the nations
pride. Out Of six courses OF superior
training which it provides for its one
thousand students, forestry and agri-
culture count as two. Five universi-
ties and numerous special schools
furnish aid to agricultural education.
w. Il. De Ricmer. in Appletons'
Popular Science Monthly.
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PRESERVATION OF FOOD.


The Method Now In Vogue wns Invented
sixty Years Ago.
In early times the only methods of
saving perishable pabuum for any
considerable length of time was by
drying it in the sun or at fire, or by
smoking or snlting il. The Indians
ierkod their venison; they dried the
flesh of builaloes, reduced IL to pow
der, mixed IL with meal and then
bake d 1t for keeping. The Pcruvinns
gave M the word 'jerked" lin this
meaning) from their word 'chnrqui,
which signifies prepared dried meat.
The buccaneers derived their name
from n peculiar method of curing beef
which was termed "buchnnning.
There was regular trade between the
native coast tribes of America and
those of the interior in dessicated
oysters, clans and other shell fish.
Snvages and barbarinns of all coun-
tries had similar customs, aud some
still maintain them. The general
fashion in our rural regions Of drying
apples, peaches and other fruits IL ia
milinr, as well as the smoking of
bacon and hams, the pickling OF
meats and the sailing and smoking of
fish. A method of preserving vege-
tables that has long been exteIsively
used in America is by boiling them
for proper time and transferring
them to cans or bottles and sealing
Immediately.
But the method of sealing cooked
provisions in alright metallic cases,
which is now so largely in vogue, is
of comparatively recent invention, and
has been brought into use only dur
ing the present century. In 1910 Aug
ustus de Heine took ont patent in
Great Britain for preserving food in
tin and other metal cases by simply
exhausting the air by means of an air
pump, but it was unsuccessful. 1t
was followed by number of other
efforts by various persons, all of
which were more or less failures I'M
til Werthenner's patents, which were
three in number, from 1889 to 1S41.
BY his plan the provisions Of what
ever kind are put into metal cases and
closely packed, and the interstices
| filed in with water or other appro
pirate liquid, such as gravy in the
case of flesh food. The lids are then
soldcred on very securely; two small
periorations are made in each lid, and
the cases set in water bath in which
muriate of lime is dissolved; then
heat is applied until the whole boils
and the air is expelled through the
small openings in the lids of the
cases. When this is complete the
small holes are quickly soldered up
Self Culture.
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The Amdrup Arctic expedition,
which has returned from East Green
land brings back some stories OF grue
some finds among extinct Esluimau
colonies.
1t appears that all the east coast of
Greenland from 90 degrees 35 minutes
TO 81 degrees % minutes must have
had at one time or other Esquimau in
habitants, but the colonies are now
all extinct, though ruins of the towns
and relics OF instruments, weapons
and household articles abound. The
Amdrup expedition has brought back
many specimens of these finds.
At the furthest point north reached
by tho expedition was found large
aud well preserved dwelling house,
containing skeletons of about thirty
Esquimaus. 1t is probable that these
were PEOPLE who emigrated from Ang-
masalik about the middle of the CEN
tury.
1t is imp, ohable that they starved
to death, seeing that the explorers
also found remains OF whale and seal
iesh aud skeletons OF dog, bears,
whales and other animals. = Copenha-
gen dispatch to the London Chronicle.
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II took Jury at Butler Just 30 seconds
TO find Joseph Collingwood guilty OF the
charge oi shooting his wife with intent
to kill, and the verdict was reached
without leaving the box.
Gov. Stone has appointed a. c. Hop
kins, of Lock Haven, member OF the
state forestry commission. TO fill the va
cancy created by the resignation OF {.
NJ. Schwab, oi piusburg
The man named Cohen, in Chicago
iail charged with forgery committed at
Tyrone, has been identified as Harry
Cohen wanted at New Castle on a
similar charge.
Mayor Loar OF Grccnsbufg, has de
tcrmincd 20 close up all the fruit, drug
and cigar stores on Sunday.
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,oJDoO0o Observation-Disclosures
, life IN A COAL MINE, ;
|, now cur Bincis Diamonds Are Dug
, From the Earth.
aoocCoaoocococooooooocoe,:
THEaccompanying illustrations
/ give fair idea Of the method
| of living aud working in u

w hNihb "h' winning ~ !"
Pennsylvania coal mine,
thousand Of feet from pure mir and
sunshine. The human workers at
least get small share Of both these
requisites, but the minn mules have
mch breathing spells. The ami
shown in one Of the illustrations
mas not been in the open air for five
years, aud he has not been prisoner
nearly no long as many Of his fellows.
The life of coal miner has improved
vastly of recent years. Many Of the
features that used TO shorten his life
aud make il one Of extreme hazard
have been eliminated, or at least greatly
reduced in danger. The air IL purer,
the danger of that greatest Of terrors
fire damp-has been reduced to q
minimum through more intelligent
methods than those of former days
aud the introduction of improved ma
chmery, the greatest factor in the
workman's safety being tho non.ex-
plosive Davy lamp, with which n miner
may fearleasly enter pocket full OF
explosive gas.
But with all these new safeguards
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Senate.
NINTH DAY.


Whether Admiral Dewey, acting for
the United States Government, formal
ly or informally recognized the Philip
pine Republic at Manila is a question
which Mr.. Pettigrcw, of South Da-
kota, desires the Navy Department to
answer He introduced a resolution
Tuesday, directing the Secretary OF the
Navy to supply the Senate with infor-
nation on the subject, but Mr.. Chan
dler OF New Hampshire, objected to its
immediate consideration.
TENTH DAY.
Senator Lodge, Wednesday, introduc-
ed a bill to provide for telcgraphic COM
munication between the United States
Of America, the Hawaiian Islands,
Guam, the Philippine Islands, Japan
and China, and to promote commerce.
1t authorizes the postmaster general to
contract with an American Gable Com
pany for the payment by the United
States OF not exceeding 100000 year
for 20 years for the electrical transmits
sion of official messages of the United
States to Honolulu, Guam, Manila,
Hong Kong and some point in Japan,
The cable must be in operation by jan
uary I, 1908 The bill further provides
for a duplicate line OF cable, in order
that there shall be no interruption OF
communication. The amounts received
by the cable company from the United
States shall be used only for repairs and
renewals OF cables, etc. The company
| must at all times be capable OF fulfilling
| its contract or forfeit the payments by
| the United States, and il the company
| fail to transmit the government mes
sages during a period of two years, the
government obligation shall cease. Az
| ter 20 years government messages shall
| be transmitted at half rates forever. In
| case of war the government may take
possession OF the lines and stations o
| the company.
At The beginning OF the session o
the Senate, Mr. Gallinger IN. c. pre-
sented a bill for the codifcation OF the
pension laws. 1t is proposed that the
| commission shall consist OF jurists ant
members OF the c. A. r.
ELEVENTH DAY.
The Senate Thursday by a decisv,
vote and practically without discussion
laid on the table the Pettigrew resolu
ton OF inquiry as to whether or no
United States forces had recognized tn,
Filipino insurgents flag and had turn
ed over the Spanish soldiers to the in
surgents. 1t agreed to the house reso
luton 20 recess from December 20 tc
January 3, and agreed to meet to-mor
row to receive reports on the compost
ton OF its committees for this Con
gress.
TWELFTH DAY.
Friday the practical completion OF tn
i Senate committees OF the Fiity-sixtl
Congress was announced officially. b.
Senator Aldrich, Of Rhode Island
few vacancies in the minority represen
tation will be disposed OF later. NJ
other business OF importance was trans
acted BY the Senate.
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or the union of the gases OF the mine
brought together by the light from
lamp or candle. This causes a great
explosion. II comes like stroke of
lightning, and with clap Of thunder.
AS the explosion occurs roaring
whirlwind Of flame goes through the
tunnels, pulling down the timbers and
caying in the walls. II burns every
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FlFTY-SIXHT CONGRESS.
House.
TENTH DAY.

The currency debate in the House
lasted until 1880 Wednesday night. The
House adopted resolution for holi-
day recess from Wednesday, December
20, 10 Wednesday, January g.
Mr. Lacey Oa) IN supporting the
currency bill said he was astoundcd to
hear MIR. DcArmond declare that the
Republican triumph OF 90 was won by
the purchase Of Democratic votes.
Does the gentleman contend that
Mckinley could have won without the
recalcitrant gold Democra,s?' asked
Mr.. Berry (Ky).
I'VE won perhaps with the aid of
those whom the gentleman denominatcs
rccalcitrant Democrats" replied Mr.
Lacey But they were not bought or
scared"
Mr. Benton (Mo.) said he stood with
the Democratic and Populist parties in
never ending opposition to extending
the powers OF National banks.
Mr. Fox (Miss) argued that the en-
actment of the pending bill would in
crease the value of all obligations, pub
lie and private.
MIR. Pierce (Tcnn) read from a
speech OF Mr.. Mckinley when n candi-
date in 90. declaring that there was no
purpose To Withdraw the grccnbacks
from circulation, and then challenged
the other side to deny that the pending
bill would in effect impound and retire
the prcenbacks. lie dcnominatcd Gro
yer Cleveland the arch enemy OF silver
and ol the Democratic party. "Ile per
yertcd the principles OF his party said
Mr.. Pierce, "and prostitutcd men high
IN It's councils with promises OF peli and
power"
ELEVENTH DAY.
The debate on the currency bill in
the house Thursday was tame and pro-
sale. MIR. Sibley (Dcm., PENN, who
has publicly announced his change OF
views on the money question, made mo
speech. Though iavoring many things
in the bill he stated he would vote
against IL because of the parts he dis
approves. Mr.. Thayer, Massachu-
sets Democrat, was the only member
OF the opposition who made a speech for
the bill
TWELFTH DAY.
The closing day of the general de-
bate on the Financial Bill proved to be
one OF exceptional interest. At the out
set n dispute between Representatives
Wheeler and Berry, OF Kentucky, over
the recent Kentucky election and the
charges growing out OF it. Considcra-
bic feeling was shown.
Later in the day, Mr.. Bailey, of
Texas, until recently the Democratic
floor leader, made a speech vigorously
presenting the Democratic view
In marked contrast with Mr.. Bailcy's
utterancc, Mr.. Scudder, of New York,
who followed him, announced that as
a Democrat he believed in the gold
standard and would vote for it.
Mr.. Payne, of New York, and Mr..
Dalzell, Of Pennsylvania, also spoke
during the day.
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sey carries about five million tons Of
anthracite coal everyyear. More coal
Ia handled at New York than Mt any
other place in the world except Lon
don, more than fifteen million tons
being used or transshippcd at that
point annually.
The coal miners live as poorly as
any other class of workmen In the
country. For the most part they are
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There are thousand vessels which
cross the Atlantic Ocean regularly
every month, some Of them twice :
month.
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Pennsylvania Railroad employs more
than seventy thousand cars for the
movement OF its coal and cots trade.
aud the Central Railroad Of New Jsr-
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thing within reach. Miners are
blinded, scorched and sometimes
burned to cinders. Hundreds have
often beer killed At time by such
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:
II. Sutherland, of Oil
D was run down and kill
kalls on the Pittsburg &
oad has been identified
!, OF Youngstown, O.
of the Hotel Rochester
othing store of Ewing
hester. were robbed ol
from $Ioo to 5000.
rtzel and George Roth,
were arrested, charged
TO defraud Mrs. R.