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Visitor, Barred from the souaaa.


 Many persons have, since the reeou- quest of the Soudan. been desirous of making trips of curiosity to Khartoum and 0mdurman, but all endeayors to do so have been fruitless. The sidar will allow no stranger to enter ths cities, and the government refuses all applications for permission to cross the desert. Lord Kitchener is proceed ing with the work of planning out khartoum, and by the time that trav- elers are free to enter the city they will find very litte to show them what the eSy was like in Gordon's day. The reason for this action on Che part of the government is that the desert ia not yet safe for those who have p9s d military escort
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Barnum Knew How to Adyerti.s.

story of the late George Augustus Sala and Barnum is told by Tid-Bits A reception was given the American or the occasion of the last visit Of the famous snowman in England. MT. Sala presided. In the reeeption-room, where all were waiting to welcome the guest of the evening, MT. Barnum came in beaming, and. shaking hands with tho chairman, said with a strongly mark ed yankee accent; This is, indeed. a surprise to me "Did you hear that2'' MT Sala whispered. Why. he ar ranged for the dinner himself!s
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Rrlaee Nfads of Rsmhon-

recent British consular report from the far east describes a suspen- sion bridge of 300 feet span made Of bamboo. The cane is split mp into fbers and twisted together to form the cables. Considering it's span, the ma terial of the structure is quite remark able. The old tradition that almost anything can be made out Of bamboo receives here good illustration in tho field of engineering.
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Relieve Mlils Is Alive.

The police do not believe that c. $. Mills committed suicide by drowning himself in Lake Michigan recently, az was his expressed intention in letters te his wife. and to the proprietor O. MeCoy's hotel. While there has been no trace Of the man, the police thinir from the tone of his letters that they were written by one who desires to disappear for a time. rather than by one who intended to commit suicide.
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DOROTHY DREW

Dorothy Drew. Gladstone's famous grandchild. whose loving companion ship added so much to the happiness of his later years. Is the subject of q very interesting sketch in The Young Woman. We learn from it that before her 4th year her political views had become decidedly radical to her mind the house of lords was a most repre- hensible institution. and the house of commons was the mainstay of the na- tion. When the house of lords was spoken of in her presence as the "up- per house, she would retort. You mean the house Of commons." She visited the latter during her 3d year, and for a time thought herself iu church The frequent rising and sit ting of the members soon undecelved her, however, and from these move ments and the oratoricaI gesticulatious of the speakers. she fancied herself in a gymnasium an impression derived from previous visit to such a place. For some time after this the commons was the place where granddad goes 10 do his 'nastieS, or. on occasions, the place where granddad goes to do his lessons.
 Her visit to Queen Victoria was momentous episode in her young life and from the article above mentioned we quote the narrative of her delight full experiences:
 
 Dorothy relates how she went down the very loug corridor to put on her new white froct and her silk gloves. and how grand servant all dressed in red came to say that the queen was waiting. Tine Indian man whom the queen likes very much" was at the door. and the next moment Dorothy stood before the great queen whom her grandDapa had served for sixty years But Dorothy thought nothing of the vastness of the empire or of the length of the reign which all the world was celebrating. 1t was nothing to her that the kindly gray haired lady before her was mistress Of one-qnarter of the whole human race To Dorothy she was just another woman like grand mamma, with white cap on her head; and Dorothy coHrtesied and kissed her and told her her name was "Doraia.s that she called Mr Gladstone grand papa. that they all had pet names at the castle, and so on and so on. and many interesting pet names were re- Yeaied on both sides The queen put on her glasses and asked me to % to the other side of the room. so that she could see ma better Dorothy ex- plains, "and then she took litf1e Jewei-case and said, This is for you l opened it and saw a darling little brooch. with & diamond Y and dia mond R and a turquoise l. and A little crown at the top made Of red enamel ] courtesled and kissed her hand and said. Thank you very much. She looked very nfcs and kind. and I liked her very much. Then the queen kissed the little debutante again. and Doro- thy and her mother returned to town"
 kpling. who is numbered among the celebrities who have sought Dorothy.s acquaintance, tells an amusing story of their meeting. They had been in the grounds surrounding Hawarden for some time together when Dorothy's mother appeared, saying
 Now, Dorothy. l hope you have not been wearying Mr Kipling." @Oh. no; not bit." vas the frankly unconven- uonal reply eaIf Kiplng has been @earying me"
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scorehlng.

Tt says here, said the boarder who reads the war news, that the Chinese in the Philippines are going to the front with shooting irons. Welt remarked the bachelor bo%rdsr, as ne ruefully surveyed his so0rcasd oossm' there aiu't any change hers, Tat on'- neae of Chicago are stiil going to tss front with burning irops --Cnicsa' &sxx.
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Versified Excuses.

Bill Blue of Number Two" the en- gineer who made rhymed report of an aecident-as told in a recent Com panion-reminds a correspondent of a freight conductor who dropped into poetry when his own train was in trouble. Number Eight is the fast est east-bound train on one of the great trunk lines. Nothing is D,are an- moving to the authorities of the road than to have this train delayed. even for five minutes, by inferior trains. But it happened that it was once de- tained for fifteen minutes at Friend ship. N. r., little town on the Ale gheny division, by west-bound freight The delay was, of course. re- ported by the conductor of Number Eight to the superintendent at Hor- nellsville, and the superintendent i'm medtately telegraphed the guilty freight conductor, asking why the flyer had been detained. The freight conductor, wag with turn for rhyme, sent back the following re- ply:
 TAo wind was high, the steam was
 low;
 The train was heavy and hard to tow; The coal was poor; twas mostly
 slate
 Hence the detention of Number Eight
 But the conductors poem did not save him from doing pensnee-ten days of duty, without pay.
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They Flnctnsts.

T saw statement in the paper that a German manufacturer has sold an aggregate of 100000 thermometers. !" said Mir Manchester. He must be very rich Tt depends upon when he sold, added Mir. Birmingham. How is that?' Tn the winter thermometers are down, while in sumner they are u2. "-PittsbHrg Chroniels-Telegraph.
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The Bench and the Bar.

Judge-Your face is familiar. I've seen you before. Prisoner-Yes, your honor, quite often. Judge-Ah! What was the charge the last time l saw you? Prisoner-I think it was 15 cents, your honor. l mixed a cocktail for you. belieYe.-Catholic Standard and Times.
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PASTOR MUST LEAD HIS FLOCK
de should Not Come Down tn Fhslr
 Level.

ss should Not Come Down tp Their LsxsI
 The minister should be given to understand that his congregation ex- )eets to share in the ripest knowledge
 he possesses, and will appreciate hia
 most careful thinking writes Ian
 Mselaren-gR the Ladies, Home Journal
 When es rises to his height on any
 occasion and breaches a great sermon,
 [ does not matter whether every per
 ion has understood every word or
 iome of them only about one-half. He @ ,ught to be told that all the members
 of his church are proud of him and
 thank God for him, and that even if
 he were beyond them this was not bs-
 cause of obscurity but becau.e of ele=
 gation. and that they are pleased to
 have a minister who lives at such @ level. He must not come down to
 hem, but they must strive to rise to
 him 1t is miserable business for a @ preacher to repeat the commonplace # ef his people in a showy form so that @ the man in the street goes home con # graduating himself because he has s# heard his paltry ideas tricked out in # showy dress. It is the function of the Z prophet to lead his flock onward, 8 even though the march be somee.mes @ through the wilderness, and they ought @ 10 follow close behind him and tell him # that they are there. and that they will
 aot cease to follow till he has brought # them into the fullness of the land Of Z promise. Under those conditions # man ssfiI feel bound to read the best # books and to think out every subject # to it's very heart; he will srudge no ga labor of brain. no emotion of soul to # meet the expectation Of thoughtful, # broad minded people, and if he come "a It last to be leader of thought whose
 words fly far and wide. then to this | congregation will the credit be due & who believed ill him. and demanded # great things of him. and made ot him s more than he. in his most ambitions. # moment, could have imagined.
 A Mercifui Emperor.
 This ane~dote is related of the Aus # trian emperor. A sentence had been pronounced in q criminal court, and the document was brought in to the 8 emperor for his signature. He had just commenced writing his name when tear fell from his eye, plotting out the letters. The emperor folded the paper together and handed it to his secretary, saying: Tears wipe out allguilt. l cannot subscribe the judg- mknt My name is obliterated; de- stroy the paDer and let the guilty one live"
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he Daily Graphic
 Six M onths
 For S6. 50
EvidentlN AIislake.

From the Chicago News Funston says he hasn't gall enough to ask for the kind of political office he would he willing to accept" Then that re- port must have been wrong" What report?a The report that he was born in Ohio.
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ALTER.
supposed stiH the |,
OF THE PHILIPPINES.
cir Redeemins Feature is Their
 Personal Clsaniiness.


 cets wb,a Personal Cleanliness.
 wer tb.s The aristocratic Philippine matFon elers =. md her daughters indulge in no When wos. greater bodily ercise, If they can help tioDal mft than that required for driving or onsists :. shopping But the peasant woman 3cb m.s shares her husbands work whatever osev Y 1t may be, laboring at the blow behind 2 withs an ungainly carabao (water-buffalo) in e rine the paddy field, helping to pole two ,s huge lorcha or cocoanut raft up or
 down the river, besides attending to T beques l qoiilessls o4ies t,. Ana eaKe pleas on by bs .sotors ,7. =, sta+ta,, 'so pI .ni Ss@ Philippine nipa hut is invariably
 ess pQ Marvel of neatness and cleanliness as SITS tb it's interior; far superior in this re- gum spect to the average dwelling-aouse s-a Aov be 1t that of a merchants clerk or that aot ef the governor general. So far as the Is aatter are concerned d decent servant ' 'ecal girl. such as are employed in America l saplsl And England, would not be content to :, .-s o oe Femain in one ttwo days. Hundreds of -sSIe q girls are employed in the great cigar
 Factories and others in the conyeuts
 labor to weave the far-famed pima lace lg raines of the Philippines, several at a time has squatting on the floor around single 9ufagene frame, picking and manipulating with Hfe at N# deft hngefs the tnttnteaimaIly delicate s ruined ibers Sometimes they work for hip eAu months to complete a single mantiIla fashion, Tor handkerchief. These native women box for are rarely employed by the European sdding residents as domestic servants except Q same in the capacity of ladys maid or cal- It ma dren's nurse, and even these positons haped are often occupied by boys They are tside very unreliable and the utter absence cake e of the sense of gratitude so character I one istic of the entire Philippine race ren- ,eariDgI ders it an almost hopeless and very ex- degroo asperating taxk to attempt to train 1se of them as servants Their only redeem n apdS ing feature Is their sense of absolute in ths personal cleanliness, but in spite of ,ed no this many European women prefer to and go to the expense and trouble of i'm yer porting Chinese anna from Hong als :. Kong or Canton rather than to intrast
 her children to the care of a native
 girl; although when in her own ca i'm pacty as mother the FAipina so far . w. as observation goes, leaves nothing to 'bifo I be desired Woman's Home Compan- sn5 ion.
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YAousands have tried from time imme- morial to discover some cfiicacious remedy sor wrinkles and other imporfcctions of the complexion, but none had yet suc- ceeded until the Misses Bell, the now fam 0us Complexion Specialists, of 7S Fifth Avenue, New York City, offered the pub C. t.!.e;- wonderful Complexion Tonic. The reason = many failed to make this discovery before IS plain, because they have not followed the right principle. Balms, Creams, Lotions, etc, never have tome effect upoa the skin, hence the failures.
 Yhe Misses Bells Complexion Tonic has amost exhilarating effect upon the cuticle, absorbing and carrying off all impurities which the blood by it's natural action IS constantly forcing to the surface of the Skin.l It is to the skin what 2 yitalizing sonic Is to the blood and nerves, kind oi new life that immediately exhilarates and strengthens wherever applied. US ,onie e.4ect is felt almost immediately and 1t sneedily banishes foreye. rom the skin, freekles, pimples, blaakh ads moth matches. wrinkles, liver sfo,s, roughness. oiliness, eruptions, and discolorations of any Kind. e4, l.. their Great Discovery, tAe Misses Bell will, auring the present month, give to all call
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nss. Carry Market Ea.kat..

Every bee carries his market bas- ket round his hind legs. Anyone ex- amining the body of a bee through 9 microscope will observe that on the hind legs of the creature there is fringe of stiff hairs on the surface. tho hairs approaching each other at the tips, so as to form sort of cage This is the bees basket, and into if. after successful journey, he will cram enough pollen to last him for two or three days.
 American Women in ths PrOfessions.
 Statistics show that during the last thirty years the number of American women engaged in all kinds of pro fessions formerly held by men has in creased enormously. In 1870, for ex- ample, there were only 1 architect, 67 clergy ladies, 24 dentists. 8 journal ists, lawyers and 527 doctors There are now 5 architects, 1,522 clergy ladies, Ar dentists, ,436 journalists, 47t lawyers and 6,SS2 doctors. The corresponding figures for some outer calings are; Actresses, 692; artists, 412; writers, 159; musicians, 5,753; as against actresses, 3, 1862: artists. 15,340s writers, 3,164, musicians. 47,310
 Horn in Cabin.
 Miss Virginia Fair, who is soon to wed William K Vanderbilt, Jr., wss born in a rough two-story wooden shanty in Virginia City, Nev., where her father was hard working miner. The Fair children played with ths other miners children and shoued slight promise Of future prosperity.
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CTS at their parlors one trial bottle of theiH Complexion Tonic absolutely free: and in order that those who cannot call or who live away from New York may be bene- ited, they will send one bottle to any ad dress, all charges prepaid, on the receipt of 2 cents Stamps or silver) to cover cost of packing and delivering. The price of this wonderful tonic is $100 per bottle, and this liberal offer should be embraced by all.
 The Misses Bell have just published their new book, "Secrets of Beauty" This valuable work is free to all desiring it. The book treats exhaustively of the importance of good complexion; tells how woman may acquire beauty and keep it. Special chapters on the care of the hair how to have luxunant growth, harmless methods of making the hair pre- serve its natural beauty and color. even to advanced age. Also instructions how to
 ,ani.E superAuous hair from the face. l,et.. and arms without injury to the skin. This book will be mailed to any address on request.
 FREE Trial Bottles of Wonderful Com plexion Tonic free at parlors, or 2 cents (cost of packing and mailing) to those at q distance.
 Correspondence cordially solicited. Ad- dress q
 Ls 7S Fifth Avs~ New York csss'
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Thomas ". Martin. Chancellor in the P1Fapki c,-.4
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'he custom h the JeVisb sga5.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-15
Shot a Dead Owl.

Four or five OF Sykesville's prominent
citizens were out hunting recently and
among the number was Daniel Weis,
ex-proprietor of the leading hotel at
Sykesville. Mr.. Weis was inexperi-
enced in hunting and the other fellows
had some fun out OF 1t. The first thing
was to tie dead owl ON the limb of a
tree and then get Weis to shoot at it..
Then they got a big load in his gun,
got him on a stump and chased rabbit
in that direction. When Weis saw the
cotton-tail coming towards the stump
he got very much excited and yelled
for some person to come and shoot the
rabbit, but no one ran to his assist
ance and he raised the gun and banged
away at the rabbit. Whether the rab-
bit was blown into kingdom come or
escaped uninJured will never be known,
for Mr.. Weis, after two or three somer-
saults, found himself full length on ter
ra firma more alive than dead. The
pesky gun played mulish trick on him.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-15
New A. v. Schedule.

A new schedule is to go into effect on
the A. " Ry next Sunday, Nov. 10,
which will give better passenger SER
vice on that road than has ever been
given before. On the new schedule q
person can leave here at 8.35 a. M, ar
rive In Pittsburg at l1.00 a. m. and
have six hours in Pittsburg and get
home at at 9.I5 p. m. There will be
three new day trains, and one night
train will be taken off-the 1925 p. IN.
train for Brookvile. Trains Nos. and
2, that will arrive here about LOO and
200 p. m. and train No. I, 9.15 p. M,
will be ''fyers." These trains will only
make two stops between Reynoldsville
and Redbank-that will be Brookville
and New Bethlehem. The three new
trains will not run farther east than Du-
Bois. Trains on the new schedule will
arrive In Reynoldsville about as follows,
giving four trains each way between
Reynoldsville and Pittsburg every day
except Sunday-two each way Sundays:
Westbound-No 8, $50 a. M; No. g.,
s.4s a. m. No. 2, 200 p. M; No. IA, 500
p. M; No. 10, Brookville accommodate
tion, 7.5S p. m.
Eastbound--No. o, Driftwood accom-
mediation, 6.53 a. M; No. 10, 11.05 a. m.
No. |, LOO p. M; No. 5, $50 p. M, No.
I, 9.l5 p. m.
The Sunday trains will arrive at
same time as they do on the present
schedule.
The Pennsylvania Company will put
on two new trains between Falls Creek
and Ridgway.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-15
Local Institute.

The school teachers OF Winslow town
ship will hold local institute in
the public school building at Big
Soldier next Saturday, Nov. 18th, be-
ginning at 900 a. m. Following is the
program Devotional exercises, Rev.
Palmer; organization and opening;
Unity in Glass Reciting," Eta Sykes,
r. G. Wilson; personal Contact" Mary
Muir. Russell Rudolph; "A Plea for
the Dull Pupil" Myrtle Dean, Edith
Kuntz; "The Teacher in Social Circles"
Roy Mcdonald, Jessie Smeltzer; "What
are the Essential characteristics of a
Good History" Anna Davis, G. M.
Shaffer; "Should Drawing be Adopted
in our Course OF STUDY" Lille Len
kerd, Roy Nupp; "The Pupil Who
Don't Care, Whose Parents Don't Care, "
Alex. Robertson, A. G. Powell; address,
Prof. G. w. Lenkerd. The program
will be interspersed with music and
other miscellany. Program committee,
]. w. Syphrit, Martha Snedden and
Meta Coax.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-15
DIR. F. H. BECK DEAD.
Formerly Presiding Elder Of Clarion Dis
trct-Well Known Here.


DR.. Francis II. Beck, OF Randolph,
N. Y, who had been at Dubois several
weeks for medical treatment, died at
that place last Thursday. His demise
was shock to his family and friends,
as he was improving in health. His
death was caused by paralytic stroke,
which occurred about nine o'clock
Thursday morning. and In the evening
he expired. DR.. Beck was a consistent
christian and noble man. The de-
ceased was born In Philadelphia fifty
nine years ago last August. He joined
the Erie conference In 1863 and
his first appointment was at Ridgway.
DR.. Beck filed number of good APP
pointments in the conference, including
Dubois and Brookville. He was pre-
siding elder Of the Meadville district
four years and the Clarion District six
years. His last appointment was at
Randolph, N. Y, where his family now
reside. He was secretary Of the Erie
Annual conference seven years and was
a delegate to the General Conference of
the M. f. church in 1892, which was
held in Omaha, Neb.
One paper in making mention of his
death said: "Dr. Beck was one OF the
strong men of his denomination, because
OF his sensible understanding of Chris
tianity and his nobility as man. He
was spasmodic In nothing and method
ical in everything. He was very pains
taking in business matters, and just as
free from superficial notions In religion. q
Funeral services were held in the
Dubois M. f. church Friday evening,
conducted by Presiding Elder r. G.
Smith. DR.. A. r. Rich, pastor of the
M. f. church, three pastors from other
denominations in Dubois, Rev. Perry
A. Reno, of Reynodsville. and Rev. d.
A. Platt, of Brockwayville, assisted In
the services, and all paid glowing
tribute to the departed, The remains
OF DR.. Beck were taken to Randolph
Saturday, on Monday funeral services
were held in the M. e. church at tina,
place and yesterday interment was made
at Conneautville, Pa.
DR.. Beck was the father OF F. H. Beck
chief bookkeeper In the j. & c. G. &
Co. Office at this place.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-15
Give at Least One Potato.

The boys and girls should not forget
that the Woman's Relief Corps OF this
place has made an appeal for donation
for the Memorial Home at Brookville.
II each scholar of the public schools Of
the two boroughs will contribute one,
or more, potatoes, onions, &C., it will
make large contribution. This is the
last day for the contribution, and II you
have not already given, don't forget it.
This donation is not confined to boys
and girls, but is open for all. Leave
your Offering either at Couplings store,
Mrs. Gorseline's store, Grand Army
hall, Reynoldsvllle, or Woodring's store
in West Reynoldsville.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-15
Apologetic.

Two weeks ago we said In brief local:
"The Reynoldsville STAR is out In a
column article for w. o. Smith for con-
gress. 1t is understood that II Smith
gets to congress Stephenson is to get
the postoffice." We have learned since
that both Smith and Stephenson felt
hurt over this item, taking quite seri-
ously what we said lightly, with no
thought of serious import. They seem
to have looked upon it as suggesting a
business understanding between them
or even an ante election bargain. We
want to say very distinctly and unequiv-
ocally that we had no such thought
when we wrote the item, nor when we
published it. We intended no imputa-
tion Of wrong In any sense to either
party. While we differ from both Of
them in politics, we would not inten-
tionally publish anything that would
reflect on their characters as gentlemen,
or that would put them in wrong
light before their friends or the general
public. We had heard no suggestion of
any bargain between them OF any sort,
nor did we mean to accuse them OF such
thing. SIT is understood" as used by
us meant nothing more than the every
day expression, "they say" used by
thousands of persons. We hope our
apology will be accepted as it is intend
ed-in perfect good faith.-Brookville
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