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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
TRAINING WATCHDOGS.
The Method Thnt Is Used by n Ger
man Instructor.

Although It is generally believed that
watchd0gs are Ito the manner born"
II seems that certain amount of train.
ing helps very much to turn out n real.
ly good one. This system of training
has developed into n regular business
I'm Berlin. where one Herr Straus has
an academy from which watchdogs
are turned out by the hundred every
year.
His system is educational and Is ap-
piled to almost every kind of dog. He
first teaches the animal obedience by
training 1t to perform certain tricks"
at command and then trains 1t to dis
tinguish between II visitor and bur-
glar and what part of mans body
should be attacked to render the man
helpless.
. Outside of the gate the trainer places
a dummy representing the burglar. and
to the latch IL attached string. BY
means of the string the gate Is opened
slowly, until the head of the dummy
becomes visible, when the dog Is
taught to fly at Its throat. Herr Straus
is very particular about this. He makes
his dogs attack the throat or the upper
part of the body always. Sometimes
real man well padded takes the place
Of the dummy, and Of course he is well
paid for his services.
All dogs, 1t seems, may be made good
watchdogs, but the st. Bernards and the
Russian wolfhounds are the best where
property Of great value is to be guard
ed. For dogs not so fierce rs they are
a different system Of training Is used.
They soon learn to guard anything
committed to their care but are not so
quick to attack an intruder as the
fiercer dogs are.-Philadelphia Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
THE CRIMINAL CUCKOO.
lie Il the One Exception 20 the kind
lN Nnture of nIrtls.

BAD temper and cruelty are perhaps
the most obvious signs of mental de-
generation In the beasts. The larger
monkeys. for instance, become as bad
tempered as violent man when they
grow old. and many In their treatment
Of other animals arc cruel as we use
the word In regard to man. Among
the carnlyorous beasts the cat ainuscs
Itself by torturlng mouse, and the
weasel tribe kill for sheer love of kill
Ing. No such cruelty Is seen among
englcs or falcons. Fierce ms their tenn
pers are. they do not torment other
birds which they catch or kill for kill
ing's sake. Good temper IL general
among birds.
Except the cuckoo. such n thing as
an III tempered wild bird IL unknown.
Nowhere In the race can temper like
that Of the Tasmanan devil or the
wild hunting dog or the Cape buffalo
or the baboon he found. Even those
which In spring are thieves and egg
robbers nrc not mauvais coucheurs Mt
other times. Good temper and good
fellowship In society, a personal nffec-
tion to each other to which the beasts
offer no parallel, industry ana indie
pendence, intense devotion and fore
sight In tending their young, with 9TH
er very human and engaging traits Of
character, must all be credited to the
race of birds.
Among these kindly and simple ma
lures the cuckoo is a monster. Let
there be no mistake on this subject.
He untes In his life and character,
from the egg TO the adult bird. prac-
tees and principles to which the whole
race of warm blooded animals offers no
parallel. He is an outrage on the NOR
nj law OF bird life, something so fla.
grant and so utterly foreign 10 the way
OF thought OF these kindly beings that
II he did not exist he would he incon-
ceivable. II IL not merely that he Is n
supplnnter and chnngeling. His
whole nature In so evil that In the
world of birds he is an incarnation of
the principle of III. an embodiment of
vices which would IL understood or
adopted by other birds put an end to
the existence Of the race. - London
Spectator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08

No Navajo Indian will ever make n
campfire of wood from tree that was
struck 10y lightning or that might have
been. II such II fire is made by an ir-
revcrent white man, the Indians will
retire to a distance. where they cannot
feel tue heat or smell the smoke. and
they Will 20 to sleep In their blankets.
iircless and supperless. rather than eat
of food prepared on that kind OF n fire.
The Navajo believes that II he comes
within the influence OF the flame he
will absorb some of the essence OF the
lightning which will thereafter be at-
tractrd to him and sooner or later win
kill him. Up in the mountains more
than half the great pines are Scared
by lightning. but no wood from them Is
used Almost any old Navajo can mar
rate Instances where the neglect Of
this precaution has resulted disastrous.
ly. for men are sometimes killed by
lightning in region where thunder
storms are frequent, and II Is but n
step from the effect to the cause.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
THE PARACHUTE.
A Monks Experiments In Air Flight
In the Eleventh Century.


In the Eleventh Century.
Credible accounts exist OF an English
Bcnedlctlne monk, Oliver OF Malmes-
bury. In the eleventh century having
tried TO fly by precipItatIng himself
from the height of n tower with the as
slstance of wings attached to his arms
and his feet. 1t Is said that having
gone along a little way he fell and
broke his legs. lie attributed his accl-
dent to failure to provide his apparatus
with tail. which would have helped
preserve his equilibrium and made his
descent a gentler one.
In the sixteenth century Leonardo da
Ninci first demonstrated that bird,
which Is heavier than the air, sustalns
itself, advances In the air. "by render
Ing the fluid denser where II passes
than where 1t does not pass" In order
to fly II has to fix its point OF support
on the air. Its wings In the descend
ing stroke exert pressure from above
down, the reaction of which from be-
low up forces the center of gravity of
Its body to ascend at each instant to
the height at which the bird wishes to
maintain II. Some sketches which
have come down to us prove that Leo
nardo occupied himself, like Oliver of
Malmesbury, with giving man the pow
er to fly by the assistance Of wings
suitably fixed to the body.
We owe to Leonardo also the inven-
tion of the parachute, which he de-
scribed in the following terms: ''If
man had pavilion each side of which
was 10 braces wide and II braces high.
he might cast himself from any height
whatever without fear Of danger" 1t
may be said, too, of Leonardo da Vinci
that he was the first to suggest the
idea Of the screw propeller.-Apple-
tons popular Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
The Name gi0ux.

The Indian name Sioux. as II ap-
pears In such town names az Sioux
Falls. Sioux City and Sioux Rapids. is
usually pronounced $780," but some
times, In the east chiefly, that simple
pronunciation is not known. A COM
mltteeman not long ago visited school
In New England, where he heard the
pupils say "Si-ox" with complete as
surance. At favorable opportunity
he quietly spoke to the teacher of the
error, saying, you know, 1t Is $780,"
whereupon she asked the attention OF
the school and solemnly announced:
"Yor have all been pronounclng this
word wrong. II is not 'sl-ox.' but 500
DIX" The committeeman lacked the
courage to pursue the subject further.
Exchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Philadelphia g. Erie Railroad Division
In effect May 2s, 1900. Trains leave
Driftwood as follows;

EASTWARD
300 m-Trnin IL, weekdays for sunbury
Wilkesbarrc, Hnzicton, PottsviIIe. Scranton
Harrisburg aud the intermediate sta
tions, arriving at Philadelphia G:2a y. m,
Wrwh shngto forn "'% r m; bppi,iiimore' eg p. M;
from Willlnmsport to Philadelphia and pas.
senger conches from Kane to PhilndelJhia
and Williamsport to Baltimore and Wash
3:5s y. m.-Train o. daily, for Har-
rsburg and intermediate stations, ar
yl"s at r,iIIsGeTsls ,,dIsImapn Az Neg York
l05 A. ". Pullman Sleeping cars from
Harrisburg. to Philadelphia and New York.
Philndelphiu passengers can remain In
sleeper undlsturbed until 7.3O a. NJ.
i0;l2 pm.---'rran s,dally for Sunbury, Harris
bury 66ug and intermedlate stations, arriving at
"%el ~ on %eeh days G; A. And H Ioa new xorR g;
day; Baltimore G:35 A. NJ: Washington, 7:l5
An Pullman slcepers from Erie. Bufralo
n1 9a WWpIP9rt nd to phil@wdeRhia ~ and But
senger coachcs from Erie TO PHILADELPHIA
and Buffalo to Washington.
WESTWARD
4:s n. m.-Train y, daily for Buffalo. win
Emporium, aud weekdays, for Erie, Ridg-
way, Dubois, Clermont and principal inter
mediate stations.
a;Il a; m.--Train B. daily for Erie and inter-
5;l5 p. m.-;Train 10. weekdays for Kaao and
lnterInedlate stations.
THROUGH TRAINS FOR DRIFTWOOD
FROM THE EAST AND SOUTH.
TRAIN leaves New York 5:55 D. m, ,Philadel-
phia $3.50 y: M; Washington 7:i5 y. m,, Bal
wood i:,is a. M, witt, Pullman slecpers
from Philadelphia to Erie weekdays and
from Philadelphia and Washington to Buff
falo Via Emporium daily Passenger coaches
from Philadelphia 10 Erie weekdays. and
Washington to Buffalo daily.
TRAIN leaves NewYork at 1855 p. M; Pbila-
Baltimore, ii:4i p. M; daily arriving at
Driftwood nt 9:H "A. m. Pullman sleeping
cars from fhila. TO Wllllamsp't, and through
passenger coaches from Philadelphia to
Erie and baltimore TO Willamsport. On
Sundays only Pullman sleeper Philadelphia
to Erie.
TRAIN 6 leaves Philadelphia $40 4. M.
Washington, 7.45 A. NJ; Baltimore, S:45 A. NJ;
Wilkesbarre, l0:55 A. NJ; weekdays,
arriving at Driftwood NJ 5:45 p. NJ. with
Pullman Parlor car from Philadelphia to
Williamsport and passenger coach 10 Kane.
Connections via JOhnsonburg X. X. and
Ridgway & Clearfeld II. II.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
Ruff. choate's Rad Writing.

George Ticknor. the historian of
Spanish literature, was once called as
a witness In case In which Rufus
Choate was engaged, and, being seated
by the eminent counselor, was attract
ed by the notes which he had made of
the evidence. After eying them with
interest, he remarked that the writing
reminded him Of two autograph letters
In his possesslon-one Of Manuel the
Great Of Portugal dated 1912 and the
other Of Gonsalvo de Cordova, the
great captain. written a few years
earlier. (Any one who has glanced
over these remarkable specimens Of
chirography will marvel that It was
possible to make out syllable Of such
illegible scrawls)
'These letters" Mr.. Ticknor assured
Mr.. Choate. "were written $50 years
ago. and they strongly resemble your
notes of the present trial"
Choate instantly replied. Remark
able men, no doubt; they seem to have
been much In advance Of their time."-
Caroline Ticknor In Truth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
A PARTIALLY oBeYED ORDER
The Reporter Returned. but the Mute
Mns u TnlnI l.nAn.

Harmon w Brown of Ohio. who held
responsible place on the stnif OF Gen.
eral I,awIiis during the civil w Z. tells
the following story OF the generals
treatment Of an Intrusive reporter:
"Unc day before NIckslurg the cor.
respondent of n certain paper went to
General l,nwllns for news
"rhr general pondrred moment and
took me one side.
Take this young man. he said, up
to the top of those trenches within a
stones throw of the enemy. Take him
up there and lose him don't care
what luppens. UndersiandT
81 said did aud we started through
the lines. Both of us were mounted. I
pointed out crest overlooking the en-.
emy and told him he could get good
view from that point.
"'Ain't you coming with meT he
asked.
mo. | replied. I know all I want
TO know.
80 he started alone. AS soon as the
top of his hat aud the tips of his mules
ears showed above the crest there came
n volley of musketry ten yards wide
that cut the air like big knife blade.
The crown of his hat was sliced OF M
with shears. He managed to drop to
the ground In safety. but the perscver.
ing mule was literally filled with lend.
After the firing ceased the correspond.
ent crawled to the spot where ! was.
"'Dld you learn what you wanted 10
known asked.
"EhY gnsprd the correspondent.
wiplng his face and looking at his
hands to sre whether they were bloody.
What wanted to knowI oh. yes. OF
course. The enemy are over that ridge
all right
"When we returned to headquarters.
General Rnwllns saw us and hailed
me. ! went inside his tent.
81 thought ! told you to lose that
confoundrd reporter somewhere. he
said testify.
"'I did the hest ! could. SIR | an
swered lie came back hut ! have
the honor TO report the mule a total
loss. Saturday Evening Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
What JOseDh Was.

The Sunday school teacher had been
telling the class about Joseph. particu-
larry with reference to his coat OF
many colors and how his father re-
warded him for being good boy, for
Joseph. she said. told his father when
ever he caught any Of his brothers 10
the net OF doing wrong.
"Can any little boy or girl tell me
what Joseph wasT" the teacher asked.
hoping that some of them had caught
the idea that he was Jacobs favorite.
81 know" one Of the little girls said.
holding up her hand
"What was hep
"a tatlletale"' was the reply.-Bal-
timore News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
Sweet and Low,

A young man named Sweet engaged
to marry young woman named Lowe.
a few Sundays previous to the we'd
ding the happy couple attended church
together. and as they walked along the
aisle the choir began singing the song
"Sweet and Low" entirely unconscious
Of the musical pun that was being per-
petrated. sand all this happened In q
city In Michigan."-Choir Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
soWN BY eUNpowDER.
A Curious way of Covering ~ Rocky
Crsg with PANT Life.

In the grounds Of the Duke of Athol
and near Blair castle. England stands
high. rocky crag named Cralgirbarns.
II looked grim and bare In the midst of
beauty. and It's owner thought how
much prcttier II would look " only
trees, shrubs, etc, could be planted IN
It's hooks and crannles. II was consld.
cred impossible for any one TO scale It's
steep aud dangerous activities. and no
other way was thought OF to get seed
sown.
One day Alexander Nasmyth. father
OF the celebrated engineer, paid II visit
to the dukes grounds. The crag was
pointed out TO him. and he was told of
the desire OF the duke regarding II.
After some thought lie conceived how
II could be accomplished. In passing
the castle he noticed two old cannon.
He got few small tin canIsters made
TO fit the bore OF the cannon and filled
them with variety of tree, shrub and
grass seeds. The cannon was loaded
In the usual way and fired ut the rock
from all sides.
The little canlsters Oh striking the
rock burst, scattering the seeds In all
directions. Many seeds were lost, but
many more fell into the ledges or
cracks where there was little moss or
earth. These soon showed signs OF
life. and In few years graceful trees
and pretty climbing plants all sown by
gunpowder were growing and flourish
ing In nearly every recess OF the for
merly bare. gray crag. clothing 1t with
verdant beauty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
Periodical Famines Expected.

Since the first great famine of which
there are records devastated the land
in ITO, when 100000 perished in
Bengal alone, India has scarcely pass
ed decade free from scarcity of grain
in one district or another. The British
government expects a drought about
twice in every nine years, q famine
once in every II or - years and a
great famine about twice In a century.
Review Of Reviews.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
Tobacco.

Numerous observations prove that
the use of tobacco is potent cause of
disease of the eye. Total blindness
from degeneration of the optic nerve
has been traced to this cause. Recent
observations point to tobacco and alco-
hol as the great causes of co2er blind,
ness. and this accounts for the fact
that 1t Is much more common In men
than In women.-Health Culture.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
A Brute.

The Father-You two had better
have quiet wedding.
The Lovers-Why?
The Father-There'll be noise enough
and to spare after you're married.
Syracuse Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
Trees md Land.

Do not buy land on which the trees
are small and of not very thick growth.
You will see that men who are expert.
enced in buying farming land always
go on this principle. Land thickly GOV.
cred with timber indicates good land,
where the trees are scattered and not
very tall indicates poor land.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
A Mersur. NJ succe..

Friend-Oh, by the way, have been
curious to know whether you were sue
cessful with that strange patient you
were treating last winter.
Doctor-I was, partially. He has
paid almost half of his bill.--Philadel-
phia Catholic Standard and Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08

The Abysslnlans make tea from
the leaves of certain plant which has
such stimulating qualities that to chew
n single leaf will produce all the ef-
fects of strong cup of tea.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08

A stray chimpanzee from Central AZ.
rica sometimes goes az far north a.
Morocco. whore It 10 looked on "a "a
hairy man with four hands,"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
Tho Way to sueeeaa.

The Elderly Gentleman--Thet true Sc
cret Of success IL to t1nd out what the
people want
The Younger Man-And give It to
them, eh?
sNaw. corner it."--lndianapolis Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08

Calves are never killed in Morocco
because Of popular notion that II de-
prived Of them the cows would cease
to give milk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
pUFFALO, ROCHESTER, e PITTS
- BURGH RAILWAY.

RUFFALO, ROCHESTER & PITTS
~ BURGH RAILWAY.
TINE TABLE.
on and after May 2sth 1900, passen-
ger trains Will arrive and depart from Reyn-
oldsville station, daily, except Sunday, as
follows:
2.20p. m. Week days only. For Falls Creek
Dubois, Curwensyllle, Clearfed, Punxsu-
tawney, Butler, Plttsburg, Brockwayville,
Ridgway, Johnsonburg Mt. Jewett and
ARRIVE.
LEO m. Week days only. From Clearheld,
'ufF TFRhfNs sSsr GEATE lRq FALfs CREEK
SOUTH BOUND.
2.5i n. m. Daily. Night Express for punxsu-
tawney, Dayton, Butler and Pittsburg.
7.l3 "a. m. Week days only. For Big Run,
Punxsgtawney. Butler pittsburs and in
1854 a, m. and 1.43 p. m. Week days only. For
Dubois, Stanley Sykes, Big Run and Punk
24l D. m. Daily. yestibuled limited. For
Punxsutawney, Dayton. Butler and Htts-
burg.
Pa q. m. Daily; Night Express for Ridgway.
Johnsonburg, Buffalo and Rochester.
7.2s "A. m. and $50 p, m. Week days only For
Bfockwayyllle, kidgway, Johnsonburg, Nit.
Jewett and Bradford.
1852 D. m. Daily. Vestbuled limited For
Ridgway, Johnsonburg. bradford, Buffalo
100 p, m. Week days only. Accommodation
for Reynoldsvllle.
Trains for Curwensvlle, Clearfield and inter-
mediate stations leave Falls Creek at 7.2s a.
m, 2.40 ands.i 10 d. m.
Thousand mile tickets good for passage
over any portion OF the r., r. 4 p. and Beech
Creek railroads are on sale at two 90 cents
per mile.
For tickets, time tables and full informa
tion apply to
r. @. DAVIS, Agent, Reynoldsvlle, Pa.
T.. q. LAPEY, Gen, Pas. Agent,
Rochester N Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08

II justice ruled, what a shifting of
Jobs there would be.-Milwaukee Jour
nal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08

surprised.
McSwatters--W Where are you goingf
McSwitters-I'm going south for my
health.
NcSwatters-How did your health
ever get so far away as .hat?-Syra-
cuse Herald
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-08
A LLEGfENY VALLEY RAILWAY
"A In effect Sunday, May 81, 1900.
Low Grade Division.
EAsrwAnp,

:. N NaTNs MTF, M.TF. N ~ NJ
Train u Sunday leaves pittsburg gi0 a. M
Req Bank 10 Btuokyll!e ig.if, Reynoidsvllic
III. falls Creek i.jj, Dubois i.20 u. M.
NOTE-Trnin Z on sundays Will make All
stops between Red Bank and Dubois
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-25
RUSSIAN MUSIC.

Cathadine II Q762-1796) may be reck-
oned to have given the first real impe-
tus to this national school of music. 1t
is true that the various musical posts
of honor connected with her court were
bestowed upon Paisiello. Cimarosa and
other distinguished foreigners. At the
same time she by no means systematic
ally ignored native talent, after the
manner of her predecessors. Opera
was the favorite distraction of this re-
doubtaGle sovereign. Between her con-
slant chickering's and diplomatic schem
ings with her neighbors, she found time
to dabble personally in art, and wrote
several libretti which were set and per-
formed with eclat by native musicians.
AS a result of this encouragement, over
sixty Russian operas were produced
during her reign. One of them, An
nette" is quoted as the first wholly
Russian opera extant, composer, libret-
fist and theme all being of native ORR
gin. The five years rule of Catharine's
fantastic successor, Paul, was too brief
and troubled to witness any very APP
probable advancement in art. After
Paul came Alexander /. During this
monarch's supremacy the central figure
in Russia's musical life was Catherine
Caves. an Italian who settled at St.
Petersburg in 1898. For over forty
years Caves was immense popular at
the Russian court, his pliable Italian
nature helping him to thoroughly iden-
/ tify himself with his adopted country,
so much so that many writers accept
ed him as a Russian, spelling his name
with a K and a Slavonic termination
Kavoos. He was a most industrious
manufacturer of opera, employing both
Russian text and Russian subject. His
best known effort, Ivan Sussanin,
dealt with Michael, the first Car OF
the house Of Romanov, and his wars
with the Poles.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-25
DIFFICULTIES OF
THE FRANC FAMILY
Mrs. Franc Sues for Divorce
and Charges Extreme
Cruelty.

Mrs. Antonio de Cruz Franc has had
enough of welded life and yesterday
she began suit in the Circuit Court
against her husband Joseph Franc for
absolute divorce. In her libel she re-
cites that she was married to Franc in
Honolulu by Father Matthias on May
End. 1896. and since then has been
living with him. There is now living
one child, boy twenty months old.
For the past two years, Mrs. Franc
says, her husband has been continually
guilty of extreme cruelty to her by
beating, striking and wounding her
and by calling her vile names and ac-
cusing her of infidelity with all manner
of persons. In February last, Mrs.
Franc goes on, her husband brutally
assaulted her causing such injuries
that blood flowed from her nose and
mouth and caused her to be confined to
her bed for fifteen days. For two years
past Franc has been guilty, she
charges, and two months ago he de-
serted her utterly and had since failed
I to provide for her, nor has he provided
for her for year past. She asks fol-
divorce and the custody of her child
/ Chas. Creighton is her attorney.