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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
Fog In PhOtOgraphy,

One serious and at the same time un-
suspected source Of fog in photography
is often due to the fact that the black
ing has slightly worn off the lens
mount and there is reflection which
results in loss of brilliancy in the
negative. Constant use and endless
cleaning of the lens in time wear tho
backing off, and this should be attend
ed to and all metal parts kept well
blacked. Where lenses are mounted in
aluminium still more care is necessary
in this respect, as, wherever in such
cases the blacking wears off, white light
instead Of yellow light is reflected into
the lens.
Sometimes diaphragms OF the iris
pattern are greatly at fault in this re
spect. By reason of its construction the
leaves or vanes in this diaphragm are in
constant friction while being set, and
thus become polished and reflective, tor
which reason some photographers avoid
having iris diaphragms in their lenses
Notwithstanding their convenience A
careful examination of the apparatus
will insure safety in this matter. Stops
of the ordinary pattern become in time
little better than bare metal, especially
at the edges of the aperture.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
CLOTHES SPECIALS.
Queer Pockets npd Things Taiiors
Have 10 Pat In Garments.

"No special
With that remark to the assistant
who took down the measurements the
tailor dismissed his patron and said
that the suit would be finished "sure'
on certain Day
What did you mean by saying no
special TO your clcrki" asked the Gus
toner
well. that means that you want
your clothes made all right and without
any crank things about them Pockets
are the great specials We have Gus
toners who want. besides the regular
pockets. places in their waistcoats for
pencils eyeglasses and all sorts Of
things Some pencil pockets are made
TO hold only one pencil and some for u
bunch Eyeglnss pockets are also or
dered in keeping with the shape and
style of the glasses. and pockets for
cigars are ordered for all sizes. from the
little half pencil shape to the great
big pcrfecto Freak pockets inside Of
other pockets, are also in demand, and
chamois lined pockets, which we usual
ly make for the watch side of the waist
coat. are ordered often for trousers by
men who carry silver trinko.s in them
Another class Of special customers
are those whose garments are made
with view to the wearer's health
Many men have an inner band Of red
flannel put on the waist Of their trou.
sers as cure for rheumatism, and som
driving coats are made so that sheets
of stout paper may be slipped between
the breast lining and the cloth when
driving against the wind
"On the whole. said the tailor, "a
man in my business has the best oppor-
tunity to find out the kinks and queer
points about men. not only as to their
persons. but their minds New York
Tribune
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
Concerning Appendicitis.

DR. H. r. Lemen of Alton. Ills, says
II often meet people who have such II
wholesome fear Of appendicitis that th"y
do not eat grapes. tomatoes figs or
fruits containing little seeds because cf
a fear that these seeds will lodge in the
appendix and cause appendicitis
whenever hear person say he
denies himself fruits because OF this
fear ] take occasion to assure him that
it is useless to take any such precau
tions If you like fruit. eat it. for ap'
pendicitis, seven in ten instances il
due TO other things than seeds Little
particles Of food Of any kind can lodge
in the appendix and produce append
citis. even a bread crumb being capable
Of 1t In addition, a great many cases
are caused by something entirely out
side the appendix. something causing
the inflammation.
"To all / would say. go ahead and
eat anything you like, for all precau
tions you may take are not going to
save you from appendicitis If you are
going to have It The inexplicable
things to which the majority Of cases
are attributable cannot be guarded
against and II is useless to fight the
minority
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01

Bilkins was seated in an easy chair
enjoying his paper while his wife was
busy with fancy work Bobby. the
4-year-old son Of the household. ON the
floor was fighting battle with tin sol
diers Presently the little fellow tired
of his play and exclaimed
'Mamma. won't you please tell me "a
fairy storyS'
81 don't feel like it tonight, Bobby,
said Mrs Bilkins 'Go and get your
papa to tell you what detained him
down town so late last night Ohio
State Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
sam HsaGkins' VIII.

"Sam Hodgkins says the Lewiston
Journal twas in his day and genera
tion much respected citizen Of Han
cock. and. like his son Dudley, better
known as Uncle Dudley, was well
known all over the eastern portion Of
the county An amusing story is tod
by some of his old acquaintance TO an
eastern Maine paper of how he once
made his will 1t happened to be done
at a time when the old man was in one
Of his happiest and most generous
moods, and. realizing no doubt the un
certainty of human life. concluded that
he would bequeath to his seven SONS
Dudley, Zachariah. Moses, Sam. Shem
Gee and Elliot-his worldly goods and
possessions
HE was very anxious that the will
should be legal, and was careful lest
any of his children might be left TN.
mentioned in some way. So the old
man drew up the instrument, in part
like this Half to bud. half to Zack
and all the rest to Moses, Shem is
blind. Sam is poor. Gee has moved to
the Falls Sullivan Falls) and Elliot is
the baby AS the will was never pro-
bated it answered the purpose just as
well as any
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
FiNERTY'S SERMON.
II BrosEht Praise From the Preacher
who Didst Deliver II.

Before ex-Congressman John Finerty
became famous as the great American
British lion tail twister he WAS one of
the best reporters in Chicago He was
on The Tribune. and one day n certain
city editor (best known to fame as the
man who always wore straw hat and
smoked u corncob pipe) decided that
Mr. Finerty should be disciplined
II was Saturday and some time after
midnight Mr. Finerty was assigned to
report the morning sermon of an oh
scure minister way down on the South
Side Finerty was the senior, and his
associates were thunderstruck They
expected an explosion. at least. but
Finerty remained calm and dignifed
although trihe pale Then he will
resign, they thought. but Finerty
walked out and made no sign. To the
surprise Of every one. he reported the
next day as usual and turned in an ab-
stract Of the sermon. Every one read it
On Monday morning, and 1t was Ger
tainly an eloquent and carefully report
ed sermon
That afternoon man Of clerical cut
called on the city editor and asked to
see the young man who had reported
his sermon the morning before Mr.
Finerty was introduced The man of
the clerical cut would like to see Mr.
Finerty alone for few moments Out
in the hallway he asked. "Of course.
You were not at my church yesterday
morningY'
mo, replied Finerty.
well, l simply stopped to thank you
for the sermon. 1t was far more elo
quent than the one preached "
Finerty had composed the sermon in
neighboring cellar beer saloon on
Saturday night. -Lippincott's Maga-
zine
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
A Wall Paper Trick,

IAN old fellow came along the other
day. says II Philadelphia restaurant
keeper. ''who gave me a pointer had
never dreamed of He came in and of
fered to patch up all the bad places in
my wall paper and so skillfully that |
couldn't find place after it was done
Well. hadn't any patching to do. but
l bet the old chap quarter and his
dinner that he couldn't do what he
said | tore "a patch. out of the wall
paper, and when he was through eat
ing he went to work.
"The first thing he did was to cut Il
piece Of blank wall paper big enough to
cover the hole and paste it over Next
he took brush and painted "a ground
the same as the other paper Then. kick
me if he didn't take other brushes and
colors and paint in the design of the
paper ! willingly yielded up a quarter
with the dinner and was satisfied when
| saw the alacrity and ease with which
the fellow did his work New York
Tribune
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01

We had come into the storeroom for
toipvloes at the Brooklyn navy yard
and the talk turned to high explosives
1--WE have to keep n sharp watch on
the gun cotton said one Of the gun
ners who were with me- ito see that it
does not get dry and does not get too
acid There is never day goes by on n
battleship but careful inspection il
made of the stores Of gun cotton Dip
in piece Of litmus paper and see II il
comes ont blue If 1t does. all Is well.
but beware if it comes out red That
means acid. and acid means danger
What do you do when it comes out
red2'' asked
"Neutralize the acid Yo1 see. gun
cotton deteriorates lot in an acid solu
tion
"Do you always keer the gun cotton
wet9'
Always That's one Of the first
principles When it's wet, it's safe.
when it s dry. it isn't Let it have all
the water it will soak up. which Is
about 30 per cent
Suppose you were to touch off SOM
gun cotton here on the ground. what
would happen?'
Nothing at all If it wasn't confined
You might burn ton of it ike cord
wood in "a bonfire But pack it in tin
box even a fimsy one, and you'll have
fun And. OF course. the stronger the
box the more fun You'll have. Dos
ton Globe
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
Resu.citntca the re, Kitten.

A well known East End doctor tells
"a story Of his experimenting days when
he was at college A girl whom he
knew and admired had pet kitten
that in frislsing around broke one of its
hind legs The fair mistress was in de
spair and in extremity asked her med
ical student admirer to try his skill on
the pet He consented and took his
fathers messenger boy, who was used
to the surgery. to apply the anesthetic,
The doctor made the amputation and
was sewing up the flap beautifully.
when the boy gave n yell and said the
cat was dead 1t had been chloroform.
ed to death
The doctor knew that the demise Of
the pet would kill his hopes with the
mistress He had only one alternative.
artificial respiration, and seizing the
forepaws he set to work In ten min.
utes he saw he was saved. for the kit
ten began to breathe II was restored.
minus one of its clawers, to the girl, who
never knew how near it came to being
buried in the back garden. .-Pittsburg
DISPATCH
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
A shoemsker's Accounts.

There was shoemaker | met not
long ago. says writer in Chambers
Journal who had most elaborate
the wall Of his workshop he had large
board erected. which he painted black
Into this board he used TO drive hob
nails tacks. brass and steel rivets and
other nails uscd in his trade to repre-
sent work done For instance, the sol.
ling of pnir Of boots woud be repre-.
sented by small piece Of leather tack.
ed on 60 the board by means Of brass
rivot. but II the boots were hobnailed
then hobnail was used instead of the
brass rivet A steel rivct indicated II
patch ON the sole. and n patch on the
upper was shown by the addition of II
piece of thin leather New boots were
shown drawn in chalk. ns were also the
hieroglyphics representing the custom
ers names
Some popularity Of manner. dress or
surroundings was chosen to indicate
whose account IL was The parson 3 ne
count was placed under.the rough draw
ing of church the curate. who wore
glasses, was represented by a sketch Of
them couple of circles, one blank
and one with dot in the center stood
for the postmnn who had lost one eye
A beer barrel was the innkeeper's sign
the village pump did duty for the mill;
man. while the schoolmaster was per
sonated by the drawing Of cane The
old man was great wag, but he never
had his accounts challenged in spite Of
their quaintness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
The F,r., John Jacob A,,or.

Although MIR Astor had led life
mainly devoted to business interests
he found great pleasure in the society
of literary men says Mrs Julia Ward
Howe in The Atlantic DIR Cogswell
made his home with us for some years
after the closing of his famous school
but finally went to reside with Mr. As
tor. attracted partly by the latter's
promise to endow public library in
the city of New York This was accom-.
plished after some delay, and the doc.
tor was for many years director of the
Astor library He used to relate some
humorous anecdotes of excursions which
he made with Mr. Astor In the course
of one of these the two gentlemen took
supper together at n hotel recently
opened Mr. Astor remarked. This
man will never succeed
why notH' inquired the other
Don't you see. replied the fnan.
cier. what large Jumps of sugar he
puts in the sugar bowly'
Once. as they were walking slowly to
pilotboat which the old gentleman
had chartered for trip down the har
Dor. DR. Cogswell said. MIR Astor |
have just been calculating that this
boat costs you 25 cents minute MIR
Astor at once hastened his pace reluc
tant to waste no much money
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
Bismsrck and the French.

Bismarck had no great opinion of the
French He believed that they are too
easily swayed by popular catchwords
Talk to Frenchman about liberty
equality and fraternity, tell him that
his nation is the greatest in the world
and You can do anything with him
You can impress the French more than
any other people if you tell them it is
done in the name of freedom
Asked his opinion in the case of a
certain French spy, he said "It's a
sad case You've got to hang him, but
do it with the utmost politeness, so as
not to hurt his feelings Exchange
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
Underground Paris.

The Paris of the pavement. gay
bright and exhilarating is fairly IA.
miliar to us all but underground Paris,
dark. solitary and damp extending for
miles is comparatively unknown a
part Of this area is devoted TO the cata
combs---a valley of dry bones. garden
of the dead the rest garden still more
vast. provides for the wants. or rather
the luxuries. of the living-it is devot
ed to mushroom culture These subtor
ranean gardens extend for some 20
miles under the gay capital and are
from 30 feet to 1850 feet beneath the
surface
II is very difficult to obtain permis'
sion TO visit them. and even when per
mission is obtained il requires some
courage to avail oneself Of it, for the
only entrance is circular opening like
the mouth of well. out of which Il
long pole stands Through this pole
fastened at the top only. at fairly long
intervals, sticks are thrust This prim
tive ladder the base Of which swings
like pendulum in the impenetrable
darkness below. is the only means of
reaching the caves Here. again
cried our guide with burst of cheer
fulness. 'see this door On the other
side are the catacombs as full Of bones
as this place is Of mushrooms. We
smiled We were not afraid Of bones
with an iron door between them and
us--Strand Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
BUFFALO, ROCHESTER, & PITTS
- BURGH RAILWAY.

On and after January |, 1912 passcu-
ger trains will arrive and depart from Falls
Creek station, daily, except Sunday, ms fol-
lows
For Dubois Big Run and Punxsutawncy,
1912 a m, l.iD, 3.55, 500 pm.
For Dubois, Curwensville and Cleariield, 52i
I'm, 140 sos m.
For Rdgway, Bradford and Rochester, I0ll
I'm.
For Ridgway, Bradford and Buffalo, LIS y. m
For Reynoldsville, lO.35 a M AZ p m.
ARRIVE.
From punxsutawney, Big Run and Dubois
100, tOIl u m, 1.15, 4l2 p m.
From Clcarfcld, Curwensvillc and Dubois
1875 a m, 1s.t5, AZ, 7.53 pm
From Buffalo, Rochester, Bradford and Ridg-
way, 3.5j p. m.
From bradford and Ridgway, io.32 m, 3.55
pm.
From Reynoldsville, LOS, 8 OF y. m.
Passengers are requested TO purchase tick-
cts before entering the cars. An excess
charge of Ten Cents Will be collected by con-
ductors when fares are paid ON trains, from
all stations where a ticket office is maintained.
Thousand mile tickets good for passage
over any portion OF the b., II. & =. and Beech
Creek railroads are on sale at two ~ cents
per mle.
For tickets time tables and full informa-
tlon apply to
+. q. DAVIS. Agent, Reynoldsvlle, Pa.
e. q. LApEy, Gen. Pas. Agent,
Rochester N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
A Bush WON n n.

Close to the wagon we met bush
woman. one Of Indowyokn's people. re.
duced by starvation to the most ENACT
atcd and pitiable condition Her hus
band had been killed by lions some day.
before. though she herself had escaped
with her life On her back and shoul.
dcrs were the marks where the same
lion had ripped away great strips Of
flesh Long clots Of blood had dried on
her body the wound. had not even
been washed | gave her some meat
which she seized upon and NJ once ate
ravenously The bones were almost
through her filthy skin her little beady
eyes set close together under low re-
treating forehead. her tlattened nose
and large protruding lips conc,aling
what little chin SHE possessed gave her
look most uncanny and repellent
Altogether more like an animal than
human being. she seemed to me the
lowest type of womankind that II has
ever been my fate to look on There are
numbers Of bushmen and their wives
who live in this miserable condition
wandering through the veldt with no
other means Of subsistence than such
trash as wild roots and berries Some
of the men have guns aud ammunition
and they spend their whole time in
shooting When they kill II buck within
reach of water say ten miles the
whole family congregates on the spot,
sits round the body and xorges itself
until every scrap of flesh and skin has
disappeared. Blackwood's Magazine
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
she Loves Birds.

The dowager empress of China is de-
voted to birds Of all kinds, and innu.
merable bird pets are kept about the
palace, She is reported to have wept
copiously about the death of favorite
nightingale not along ago. Upon being
told Of q Chinese girl who had COM
planned bitterly of the dreariness of life
this exalted lady remarked sagely that
a woman ought to take so much pride
in her home that it could bo heaven
to her adding, "There are always birds
and flowers. She is a clever artist aud
delights in painting from nature
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
NUMBER 36.
A SONG OF FORGETTING.

The hours ms playthings were-ah. mel
And laughter lived In every word
What time that love was young and glee
In every pulsing heart throb stirred
The Wild plum blossomed In the glen.
The rabbit raced across the plain,
And frightened birtllings fnrried when
Our hounds and horses tramped the grain.
Down IN the grove beside the spring
We rested when the race was won.
And listened TO the wood bird sing
A lullaby when day was done
But. sh, you wandered from my side
And paved the long lone lane ~ years
With memory stones and loss too wide
For sobs 20 soothe with memory toars
And now you come-comc back TO mo
To fll. a. then. the old time place
Where II the magic Of your plea7
What change has come upon your faceS
oh, friend. to lose and still love on
To live on chaif instead Of grain
ls better than 90 feel love gone
Forgetting Is the keenest pain
AAtautn Constitution
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
Sweetest roses of the year
Strow around my Roses bier.
Calmly may the dust repose
OF my faithful, pretty Rose.
How 90 DIssect a Mosquito.

A needle held in the left hand is
passed through the thorax. the legs and
Wings are pulled off, and. il necessary
the scales of the body brushed off with
a camels hair brush. The tail is then
lowered into drop of water, salt sola
tion or weak formalin placed ON glass
slide, and with another needle held in
the right hand the last two segments OF
the tail are partially separated and held
down upon the slide The left hand is
then moved in such manner as 70
draw away the insect Major Ross |
NJ. s., in Indian Medical Gazette
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
Our "IIOIy city,

One of the serious things told in Mark
Twain's "Along the Equator" is that
formerly all that people in India knew
of the United States was tho name of
George Washington. Now they know
also the name "Chicago, the holy city" 4"
where the congress of religions was held
in 1893. Boston Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01

BY the howls emanating from it. we
judge that the baby is not cutting teeth.
but that the teeth are cutting the baby.
--Philadelphia Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01

Germany has a superabundance ef
race horses and an insufficiency of
heavy horses The latter are annually
imported in large numbers, while the
others are drug in the market
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01

Figures have been collected in
suburb of Berlin showing that A per
cent of all the children work two to
three hours at home before school hours.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
A Limit to Trust.

"She said she would trust me forever
with her heart.'
"Well, that was satisfactory
"Yos. Then we foil out about who
would carry the pocketbook. "-Detroit
FREQ Press
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
when Ro.ette Died.

Horace Walpole is great lover Of
dogs too Patapan. Tonton and Ro-
settle (the last the legacy of Nine. du
Deffand) are certainly the most spoiled
Of the species, aud run all over Straw.
berry after their master, to the detri-
ment. one would have thought. of the
prim gardens and the vertu
When Rosette dies presently, Horace
sends the most touching epitaph ON
dog ever written. perhaps. to my Lord
Nuneham 1T has no merit, he says
''for it is an imitation. but it comes
from the heart if ever epitaph did, and
therefore your dogmanity will not dis
like it
Sweetest roses of the year
Strow around my Roses bier.
Calmly may the dust repose
OF my faithful. pretty Rose.
The opening lines at least have the
oldest unlikeness to the popular concep-
tion of Horace Walpole. if they have
some affinity with the man who is the
friend and playfellow of little children
and can't find it in his heart to turn
off an old servant or to give up an old
ally. .-Lonsman's Magazine,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01

Bamboo pens still retain their hold in
India, where they have been in use for
inore than 1000 years
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01

Trains aud Sunday only. All other trains
daily except Sunday.
DAVID McCARGO. GES'I. supT.
JAS. =. ANDERSON UEN'L PASS. Nor.
pTTTSBTRG PA.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
CREEK RAILROAD.

New York Central & Hudson River R, R. Co., Lessee
CONDENSED TIME TABLE.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
L. M. SNYDER,
Practical hOrS6-ShO6r
And General Blacksmith.

HORSE CLIPPING
Hnve just received complete set OF ma
chine horse clippers Of latest style '9s pattern
and am prepared to do clipping In the best
possible manner AZ reasonable rates.
jackson st. near Fifth, Reynoldsville. Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
FREAKS OF MEMORY.
QUEER FRANKS FOR WHICH we're
is NO ACCOUNTING.

Some Instances Of the singular Ef-
fects Produced Upon the Mind by
Gnzing Steadily at n CrystaI-For-
gotten incidents Recalled.