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The silver star., 1900-09-14

Some most astonishing facts have
been brought to light in the Jewish
world, concerning the number OF Jew
ish suicides IN the United States. 1,
appears that IN fI3 days no fewer than
sss Jews out OF 10000 killed them
selves. In England the proportion
averages eight in 10000. In Russia
81. In Austria sixteen In 100. COO. Nc
reason Is suggested FOR Jews in a free
country wishing to make away with
themselves at such rate.
The silver star., 1900-09-14

The unmarried woman is the only one
who has any liberty Of action h
France Quite recently. through the
long. persistent effort Of Nine
Schmahl, the right to use her own
earnings was secured to the woman
worker. But II she Is married she
cannot draw them out Of bank with
out the written consent OF her hus-
band If she & unmarried they are at
her free disposal
The silver star., 1900-09-14

When the Kansas State Board O.
Health recently asked the counties to
send in a list Of physicians and sur
s-ons within their borders Morton
county reported that It had none. The
state board Investigated and found
this 10 be t-1e and, as a reason, learn
ed that there had rot been a case OF
what might be called real sickness
there within two years.
The silver star., 1900-09-14
Uncover Plot. Of Aru,n.,do.

Washington. Sept. G.-The War De.
pnrtment to-dny made public n letter
OF Constructions purporting TO be signed
by Agulnaldo. which was in the rec.
ords captured by the American forces.
II directs n close witch over Fllipinos
friendly to Americans. promises pny
TO spies, orders amhushes and traps for
the enemy and gives detailed inf0rma.
ton on bow to surprlse and attack
The silver star., 1900-09-14

The board Of education of New
Brunswick, n. j., has decided to abol-
ish the vertical system OF handwrit-
ing taught In the public schools and
go back TO the method Of slantins
writing. The board adopted the YER
tical system two years ago as an ex-
pertinent
The silver star., 1900-09-14

President Loubert OF France II the
first Chief Executive OF that country
to take TO a bicycle He has been late
ly riding one more or less publicly and
several Partisan papers haye. in con-
sequence. criticised him as undignifed
The silver star., 1900-09-14

Richard Henry Stoddard, the blind
banker and poet, has given up dictat-
ing much of his copy and writes most
Of it. In spite OF his blindness he
writes a remarkably clear hand.
The silver star., 1900-09-14
YER STAR
4l-ub,ishsd wssklyl
Zoe Il pD WITT. Dditoe - ~
DOLORES, COLORADO
rsns: ne pr ysas.

1t IL unwise to keep an oil or gas
stove burning in sleeping room. as
thereby the pure air is vitiated and the
health of the occupants of the room
placed in jeopardy.
The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-10-20
FINE COURSE OF LECTURES.

The ladies of the Improvement
Committee of the Methodist Church
have secured three of the finest
lecturers now on the platform, who
will lecture in.this city at the fol-
lowing times, and on the themes
given below:
tiOn.
Hon. Bob Taylor, Ex-Governor of
Tennessee, on Thursday evening,
November 10, subject Fiddle and
the Bow"
Hon. Alf. Taylor, ex-Congress-
man (brother of ex-Gov. Bob on
Monday evening, December 3D., sub
ject Poetry and Pearls. "
These lectures will be given in
the Ball Room of the Capital
Hotel. Tickets for reserved seats
for the whole course, $l.50, or fifty
cents for single lecture. They
may be had at Barrett's News
Depot.
A rare series of lectures will be
given, affording delightful enter
tainment and at the same time
helping a good cause. I'd.
The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-10-20
PEAKS MILL.
Weather delightful.

Weather delightful.
Mr.. VIM. G.. Florian, OF Woodlake,
was the guest of his parents Mon
day, who have been on the sick
list.
Mrs. d. @. Tjmmons is visiting
Mrs. Eliza Penn this week.
Miss Nora Carter was the guest
of Miss Bessie Lee last Sunday.
The farmers are busy sowing
their wheat.
Mr.. John RambO has gone to
Fleming county, the guest of rel
atives.
Miss Lena Webster, our amiable
teacher. is getting along nicely with
her school.
Mr.. John Pearce, wife and daugh-
ter, Miss Agnes. were the guests of
Mr.. James Jenkins and wife last
Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Harrod was the guest
of her father on Sunday last.
BIIJE RTRD
The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-10-20
REPREHENSIBLE.

Some thoughtless boys came near
causing serious accident to one of
our old gentlemen on Wednesday
evening. On Shelby street. near
Campbell. they stretched a stout
cord across the pavement, and in
the darkness the gentleman, who
was walking rapidly, struck the
cord and was thrown violently to
the ground, bruising him up con-
siderably, luckily no bones being
broken.
The authorities should look into
this, and punish severely those
found guilty. They certainly knew
it was wrong, and were careless as
to who was likely to be injured by
their meanness.
The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-10-20
TRUE AS GOSPEL.

OF all the love affairs in the world
none can surpass the true love of
a big boy for his mother. 1t is pure
and noble. honorable to the highest
degree in both. / do not mean only
a dutiable affection; mean love
that makes boy gallant and cour-
teous to his mother, showing TO
everybody that he is fairly in love
with her. Next to the love of a
husband nothing so crowns a
woman's life with honor as this
second love-this devotion of a son
to her. never yet knew boy to
turn bad who began by falling In
love with his mother. Any man
may fall In love with fresh-faced
girl, but the boy who is lover of
his mother in her middle age is a
true knight.
The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-10-20
A MONSTER DEVIL FISH.

Destroying its victim, is type of
Constipation. The power of this
murderous malady is felt on organs
and nerves and muscles and brain.
There's no health till it's over
come. But DR.. Kings New Life
Pills are safe and certain cure.
Best in the world for Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels. Only
% cents at j. w. Gayle's Drug
Store.
The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-10-20

Don't be humbugged or deceived
by people who claim the discovery
of some hitherto unknown herb or
root i'm swamps, or on some noun
tain or prairie, for the cure of kid
ney and bladder troubles. Any
doctor or druggist will tell you that
such claims are fraudulent. Foley's
Kidney Cure simply contains rem
edies that are recognized by the
most skillful physicians as the best
for these complaints, so don't be
credulous or foolish. South and
Longmoor, w. Mckee Hardie.
The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-10-20
1T HAPPENED IN A DRUG
STORE.

Zone day last winter a lady came
to my drug store and asked for a
brand of cough medicine that / did
not have in stock, says Mr.. G.. r.
Grandin, the popular druggist of
Ontario, n. Y. "She was disap-
pointed and wanted to know what
cough preparation / could recon-
mend. L said to her that / could
freely recommend Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, and that she could
take bottle of the remedy and
after giving it fair trial if she did
not find it worth the money to
bring back the bottle and / would
refund the price paid. In the
course of a day or two the lady
came back in company with a
friend in need of a cough medicine,
and advised her to buy bottle of
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. l
consider that a very good recon-
mendation for the remedy" The
remedy owes it's great popularity
and extensive sale in large meas
ure to the personal recommends
tions of people who have been cured
by it's use. 1t is for sale by j. w.
Gayle, Druggist.
Coal Oil only cents per gallon,
Saturday, October 20, at
LANGDON-CREASEY co.
The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-10-20
TT HEALS THE LUNGS.

When suffering from hacking
cough take a dose of Foley's Honey
and Tar. The soreness will be re-
lieved and warm, grateful feeling
and healing of the parts affected
will be experienced. South and
Longmoor, w. Mckee Hardie.
The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-10-20
A CARD.

The manufacturers of Banner
Salve have authorized the under
signed to guarantee it for burns,
cuts, sores, ulcers, tetter, eczema
and all skin diseases. Your money
back If it doesn't do all it claims.
South and LOngmOor, w. Mckee
Hardie.
New Rolled Oats cents per
pound, Saturday, October 20, at
LANGDON-CREASEY co.
II
The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-10-20
TO STOP A COLD.

After exposure, or when you feel
a cold coming on, take a dose of
Foley's Honey and Tar. 1t never
fails to stop a cold if taken in time.
Take nothing else. w. Mckee Har-
die, South and Longmoor.
Pint bottle best catsup only 8
cents, Saturday, October 20, at
LANGDON-CREASEY co.
II
The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-10-20
NEwSY NOTES FROM THE Y.
NJ. Q. A.

The fall interest is awakening
along all lines of work, and every
department is preparing for better
things.
The gymnasium classes which
were begun on Oct. 1st, are grow
ing. Mr.. r. f. Klien, recently of
Cincinnati, has charge of the class
work, and he is proving hislknowl-
edge of practical gymnastics.
4 The new bath rooms are about
completed. This means that the
Association is now able to accom-
modate more members. This de-
partment alone is worth triple the
membership fee.
A debating club. in the near
future, is most probable. All in
terested should be at the Associa-
tiOn rooms tonight. A literary club
is also assured. The club was or
ganized Thursday night.
The library is popular, but it
needs some additional books. The
friends of the Association can rem
der much help by making dona-
tions to this department.
The standing committees of the
Association have been appointed
and in the near future some inter-
ested friends will invite the active
membership to meet in their home
for social evening.
The mems Bible Glass, which
meets on Friday evening at 7:9O, is
becoming more interesting and
much help is being derived.
The mems Sunday meetings con-
tinue to grow in interest. DR.. J.
W. Tyler, of Richmond, spoke last
Sunday to an appreciative number
of men. The service tomorrow
will be one of special music and
song. 1t will be interesting 10 very
man.
Mr.. Knox. the General Secretary,
spent last Sunday in Eminence,
KY, where he assisted i'm Y. M.
G. A. meeting. Considerable inter
est was manifested, and it is not
unlikely that an organization will
be formed there.
The board of directors met Thurs
day afternoon and discussed and
adopted plans for improving the
Association.
The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-10-20

New Pickles only cents per
dozen at
LANGDON-CREASEY co.
1t.
The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-10-20

Feelings of safety pervade the
household that uses One Minute
Cough Cure, the only harmless
remedy that produces immediate
results. 1t is infalible for coughs,
colds, Group and all throat and
lung troubles. 1t will prevent con-
sumption. South d Longmoor, w.
Mckee Hardie.
The Frankfort roundabout., 1900-10-20

Coal Oil only 8 cents per gallon,
October 20, at
LANGDON-CREASEY co.
Middletown transcript., 1900-04-14
Prayer of a Snnhreffe,

The people who live In stageland
have the strangest ways. | sat In a
box In one Of the theaters one evening
and I could see into the wings on the
prompt" side Of the stage. A comic
opera was on, and saw one Of the
leading women come and take her
stand there In the wings, waiting for
her cue. could see her quite plainly,
and watched her with curiosity, won
dering II she were not cold In the tights
and thin gauze Of her scant costume.
The comedian began the long speech,
the last word Of which was to call her
on. She bowed her head, her lips moved,
and thrice she made the sign OF the
cross with devoutness which left no
room for doubt that she was actually
praying. An instant later she had
frisked out on the stage with a laugh
and dance step and a wink that was
anything but pious. Nobody seeing
her could have dreamed that just the
moment before she was actually pray
ing-praying for guidance in her work,
praying for strength to succeed, as
earnestly and with just as much faith
and reverence as IL she-well, as IL she
were anything In the world but dane
ing girl in comic opera.-Washington
Post.
Middletown transcript., 1900-04-14
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Value of ConRulRhius.

young man." said a noted Illinois
congressman In the house restaurant
at the capitol, when you get a chance
to be consul for the United States
select smoky city, one where there
are many factory chimneys. Do not
try for the fashionable capitals. Leave
them for the ambassadors. Go where
the air is murky, for there business ia
lively, and many a consignment is sent
to the United States. This means fees,
and fees mean good income for the
consul"
In the course Of his chat the con-
gresham made the general statement
that consuls who are making the most
money from fees are the Quietest, most
unassuming, uncomplaining employees
Of the government. ''They do not set
up claims for a salary instead Of fees"
he said. "Oh, no; but like the wise
boy where the raspberries are thick
they let the world forget, SO far 90 pos
sible, that they are on earth. Let d
consular Office be changed from the fee
to the salary system, and 1t at once
becomes alluring to voracious lot Of
aspirants. Some one finds out per-
haps that the political support Of this
particular consul is weak, and then in
fuence is used, and soon there is q
change.
"One Of the most profitable consul
ships Is that Of Liverpool. The salary
is $4,000, but the fees bring the emolu.
ments up to several times that amount,
and generation ago the income OF the
consul at Liverpool was $4,000 q year.
This has been reduced by abolishing
ees."-Pittsburg Dispatch,
Middletown transcript., 1900-04-14
The kentucky Mountafneers

There are no more strikingly inter-
esting people in America than these
isolated mountaineers, who make their
homes generation after generation
among the Businesses Of the eastern
section of the dark and bloody
ground" The waves Of civilization
which swept westward along the St.
Lawrence, the Erie canal and a dozen
other routes seem to have found at this
point In the Appalachians an insur-
mountable barrier and rolled back,
leaving the descendants Of the pioneers
Of century and half ago with many
Of the same habits and customs and
forefathers.
A man who knows the whole country
as a child does his first picture book
told me that If any person took the
trouble to 60 through a copy Of Shakes
peare and pick out all the obsolete
words he would find nearly all Of them
In common use among these mountain
folk. In their phraseology we find
"holp" for "help," "hit" for "it'' and
other words which, far from being cor
ruptions, are the pure old Anglo-Saxon.
Even their ballads are memories Of
ages gone by, and | know Of one man
who, after riding 200 miles through the
mountains for the purpose, finally pick
ed up, from hearing the women sing
them, the full Is verses OF an old
Scotch ballad which proved to be iden-
teal with those recorded In a diary
bearing the date 1665.-Internationa
MAGAZINE
Middletown transcript., 1900-04-14
Test For a Weak Mind.

Two men In a cafe were discussing
gift by a noted millionaire Of q large
sum Of money to found college chalI
Of psychology.
What is psychology, anyway ask
ed one.
It's the study Of the mind. Of the
soul" said the other.
"What's the good Of that?" asked thu
skeptic.
"A great deal Of use" answered his
companion. y have studied 1t TO some
extent myself aud can detect weak
minded man from strong minded one
by very simple test. For instance. II
] can make you say fourteen agalns,
your will you lack will power. Will
you let me try It on you? believe
can make you say it,
"NIake me say fourteen against my
will? You can't do 1t. Fire away"'
And this is the way the test worked:
Allow much are six and four!
B.-Ten.
Allow much are eight and three?
B.-Eleven.
Allow much are nine and seven?
B.-Sixteen.
A. (triumphantly)-Aha. There, you
said 1t. ! knew you would.
B. Gndignantly)-S what?
A.-Sixteen.
B.-But fourteen" was the word we
chose for the test.
A. (coolly)-Well, you've said II now,
anyway.-New York Tribune.
Middletown transcript., 1900-04-14
Actresses Paint Their Faces.

1T is mistaken idea that actresses
are as general rule handsomer on the
stage than off," writes Franklin Fyles
In The Ladies' Home Journal. 'The
reverse is as likely to be true. Never.
theless all theatrical faces have 70 be
painted. 1t may be assumed safely
that none Of the complexion is genuine,
An exceptionally clear and pink skin
may require no falsity. A dark one
may chance to suit the character to be
assumed. But these exceptions to the
rule are rare. The glare Of artificial
light would make most faces CHASTITY
white or unpleasantly sallow If bright
hues were not laid on. The art Of col
orfng p etty visage just enough and
not overriding 1t Is one which all ac-
tresses should learn. Many do not,
and 50 we see beauty disfigured in
stead Of enhanced. Others are very
expert. There are two distinct proc
esses. One makes use Of colored pow
ders applied dry: the other mixes the
same powders with grease. making a
substance called grease paint"
Middletown transcript., 1900-04-14
The Crack Tn the Mirrop.


Sir Noel Patton, the painter, enjoyed
almost as wide celebrity as joker
as he did as an artist. An encounter
he had with physician in Yorkshire
with whom he was on the most init.
mate terms, Is an instance In point
Sir Noel was the physicians guest,
His drawing room boasted Of a mag.
nificent mirror, which reached from
floor to ceiling Of the lofty room.
One morning while the guests were
assembled In the room one OF them no
ticed large crack near the top OF the
mirror. The physician was horror
stricken and asked question after Ques-
ton In an effort to discover the culprit.
Perplexed and sorrowful, he stood
looking at the shattered glass when
Sir Noel asked that a stepladder be
brought that he might examine it more
closely.
Mounting, he drew a rag from his
pocket and hastily ran it across the
supposed crack, when, 10 and behold,
it disappeared! He explained that,
having come down earlier than the
rest Of the guests, he procured lad
der and bar Of soap and inflicted the
seemingly irreparable injury.
Middletown transcript., 1900-04-14
"A CONFIDENTIAL CASE.
Ts Brought 0ut mn Honest Confessions
Ahnuf a Stolen HOG

lie Brought 0ut mn Honest Confessions
About d Stolen Hog.
1T has long been matter Of argu-
ment." said the old lawyer, who was
In a reminiscent mood, whether q
lawyer should defend man that he
knows to be guilty. There Is an argu-
ment on both sides, and I do not sup
pose it will ever be settled to the satis-
faction Of all.
"A good many years ago had case
that set me to thinking, and haven't
yet determined what my duty was in
the matter. At that time / had O.
small practice in a little town in the
western part Of the state. Upon my
return to the town one day, after hav-
ing been away few days on matter
Of business, was called upon to de-
fend a worthless character who had
been arrested for hog stealing.
eat that time every one kept at least
one hog to be killed in the fall and
salted down for use In the winter. One
of my neighbors had butchered a hog
a few days before, and the party that
I was called upon to defend had been
charged with theft Of it.
1.-THE case was about to be called
when l arrived, and l asked for lit
tie time in which to consult with my
client. This was granted, and taking
him to one side / said:
"'Now, see here, the best thing that
you can do is to make clean breast
Of the affair to me, and then ! will
know just where stand. Whatever
you may confess to me | will treat as
sacredly confidential, and ! will do my
best to clear you
"F didn't steal his hog protested
the prisoner.
"'Then where did you get the car
cass that was found in your posses
sionY / demanded.
From your back porch, boss he
answered with a grin.
"'Then l remembered that just before
going away | had left orders to have
my hog killed, and | could only gasp.
However, | went to work and cleared
my client Of the charge he was under
and took the carcass Of my own hog
as payment for services rendered, but
had hard work treating what he told
me as sacred and confidentia
Middletown transcript., 1900-04-14
A Rapid OhaerYaP.

Here is story with d moral: A
countryman had just returned from q
journey to Paris. One of his cronies
asked him what opinion he had formed
Of the Parisians.
Delightful people," he replied, ''but
frivolous, changeable and altogether
incapable Of forming an attachment
Of any duration"
How long were you therer' asked
his friend.
''Three days."-Chicago News.
Middletown transcript., 1900-04-14
Il Fiece of Pura Luck.

4
The discovery OF the famous Trojan
mine I'm Calaveras county, Cal, Is curl
GUS as an illustration OF pure luck and
doubtless has heartened many q dis
couraged miner. In January, 1865,
Henry Becker, q German, and John l..
Trimmer. Connecticut man, two poor,
ragged, discouraged mining prospect
ors. went into the mountains Of Gala
yeras county to cut oak wood for fuel.
They expected to make something like
$50 or $40 each per month during the
winter by the sale OF the wood. They
made their home In an old abandoned
miners cabin. A heavy fan Of snow
had covered the ground to the depth OF
two or more feet.
One day the two men built o great
bonfire Of brush. The heat melted the
snow and left an area Of hot earth.
Becker determined to make an oven
out Of the hot ground, and. securing o
haunch Of deer meat, he began the
digging Of a hole In which to bake
IL. At the depth of two feet he
came upon bed Of rock. He had been
a prospector too long to resist the temp
tation of examining the rock, and, ac-
cordingly, before placing the meat in
the hole he broke of a piece Of the
rock.
Then, after the venison was buried
and roasted. he examined the broken
bit Of rock carefully by the light of his
cabin candle. To his very great aston
ishment, 1t proved to be what miners
call live rock. assaying 5000 to the ton.
For several months Becker and Trim
mer kept their great find secret, In
the meantime gathering information
concerning the dip angle and length
and breadth Of their new discovered
ledge. Within a year from its discov-
cry this mine had made Becker and
Trimmer rich.-Philadelphia Times.
Middletown transcript., 1900-04-14
The Sharks Mouth.

Nd doubt the sharks mouth ia placed
20 much beneath the projecting mug
Ele, under which also the nostrils lie,
that It may serve its proper purpose in
the best way. In all records Of the
habits of the fish we are told that 1t
can and does bite out large chunks Of
flesh from the dead bodies Of whales
and even from living victims Of Its at
tacks, and 1t Is easily seen that IL Its
mouth was like that Of other fishes the
necessary leverage would be lacking.
A further reason seems to be that the
shark by this peculiar position Of its
mouth Is compelled to turn upon its
back to strike and Is thus able to de-
liver its onset from below with more
deadly effect.
This formidable strength Of jaw is
backed up by most terrible array OF
teeth, Of which In some species there
are as many as six rows all around.
Each tooth Is saw edged and pointed,
and some Of the largest are as much as
two inches in breadth at the base.
These lie fat against the jaws and can
be raised by separate muscles at will,
% that, as the shark darts upon its
prey, they spring on end, as cats
claws are stuck out from its paws.
This arrangement will not allow any
thing once bolted to return, SO that
sharks mouth Is veritable death trap.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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