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The broad ax., 1901-09-21
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN.
what Census Statistics show About His
Qualities

what Census Statistics show About His
Qualities.
Henry Gannett has divided the cen
sus totals by 76.OOO.OOO and discovered
the statistical average American. In
EverybOdyis Magazine be gives a con-
else description OF this interesting be-
INK. He finds that he Is an Octoroon
with a dominant Anglo-Saxon strain.
Through all the mixture OF German.
French. Irish, Scandinavian, and the
nations Of Southern Europe, the an
cient Anglo-Saxon holds the mastery
Physically. this average American
bear In mind be Is the statistical aver
age-is iVe feet eight inches in height.
has a chest measurement OF thirty-six
inches. and weighs $50 pounds. He prob
ably looks over the heads OF all Euro
Dean peoples. being nearly an inch
taller than his English cousin and
more than an inch taller than the
German However, both Englfshmen
and Germans are heavier. He is 81
years old. He expects TO live thirty
years. more than a year longer than
his English and German cousins. His
wife is IS years old. Ave feet four
inches In height. and weighs 126
pounds. She expects to live a year
longer than her husband. He lives on
a farm near Columbus. Ohio. He Is
worth about 5000. having an annual
income OF $3.50. lie pays taxes on 40
per cent. Of the real worth Of his prop
erty. His annual tax bill is $3.50. The
family--there are three children-live
ON the fat OF the land. n they lived
In Europe they would be considered
eGtraVagant They use not only do
nestle products. but imported goods
They consume 1.250 pounds Of wheat
-four. COO pounds Of cat and corn
meal, $50 pounds Of meat. OF about
two pounds a day; $50 pounds Of po-
tatoes. 100 pounds OF butter. and 300
pounds Of sugar. This family drinks
more coffee than any similar family
on earth, one pound a week being
consumed. Tea is not popular. about
i've pounds q year sufieing. The cost
OF this menu is about SIC a month.
The average American has vices. He
uses twenty pounds OF tobacco a year,
or one ounce q day. Despite the fact
that his father and grandfather used
the weed. Il does not appear to have
hurt him. he IS not a total abstainsr.
His family, Of which he is the major
portion, consumes seven and q half
gallons Of spirits and wine and not
less than seVenty-hVe gallons Of bear.
He uses less spirits and more malt
liquors than did his ancestors. For
clothing the annual bill Is about 800. |
Il is ready made. as are the shoeA
His wife keeps no servant. and Is a
20 her husband. He is
The greatest newspaper and magazine
reader on earth. He is alive to his
opportunities. has a clear head, and |
aims 70 become the typical Americas.
he man who win rule the world.
The broad ax., 1901-09-21
BEltaIa,s Tar... Nm.


The tallsst men in Great Britain an
% Be found IN the district OF GalIowav.
N the south Of Scotland. eomprivi6e
the counties Of Wigton ana Rirkcud-
bright. where ths records Of. s,asurs
give an average height OF 5 feet iols
inches without shoes; while TIE NORTH
ernmost or border counties Of Eurlan6
have a decided superiority over -
rest q England and wales WIN -
spect 70 the British Islss. the order a.
superiority in stature Is: scotland
es.7l inches. Ireland. ESQ inebel,
Hngland. s715 inches. ana wales ssGs
Inches Ths shortest stature is sound
in Wales. TIE welsh border counfiss
and the southwest of England. -
midland and eastern counties. occu0iss
by people u more purely saxon ss-
ecent. are Of medium siEo.
The broad ax., 1901-09-21
ne Choorful elv,,.

There was a very rieh man who
vent 1bout sajoying himself He pos
Sessed magnificent palaces. and his
stud costs him hundreds Of thousands
ol dollars q year. One day, after lis
horses had made a particularly me
showing On the traek. this man threw
so to people IN ths street Who vers
soliciting Tor charity. Then there WaS
. fprora- Long reports Of the act we're
tslesraphed 70 al parts Of the coun-
~. The mans portrait was hunted
up for publication IN q hundred pa
perR Editorlals we're written n ~.
praiss. and - wss referred o as .,ons
of natnre's noblsmen.S Meanwhils
amer giving % charity, he entertainsd
g few friends a. a littls dinner, which
cost hin es5o Il isn't the Lord ai6ns
Who loves = cheerful Efvar-Chieaeo
Record-Hsrald
The broad ax., 1901-09-21

A railroad company. that operates
coal mines in Pennsylvania recently
prsvented its striking miners from in
tsrtering with non-uniOn Worhmsn,
Who were employed In pumping water
out Of mines, by building a barbed
wire fence seven feet high about the
pump house and dynamo plant and
thna charged It heavily with electric
itT.
The broad ax., 1901-09-21

AooIding - the Medical Record. 4
Eang of sWindlars has been playing .
dcoatls trick on numerous phsrma-
Cl1s a Brooklyn. A nan goes to 4
G1uE E0ors With simple prescription,
has 4 mads up, ana cakes ths mix
tuo aEay Hith him. u "a hour or
tU6. a. tha foiI1Wing day, ths pur-
cta1ar returns with tie medicine
Wtich hs saya hs gave 20 IFS wife or
eslld. - tie case may Be, and t1at ths
rrlens Wns nearly killed by poison
Etich va there through TIE blun6er
g lls s0mr1under. he says HIS phy-
cllh hsa anal7zei TIE mixture and
lratsd ths preosnos of poison.
md 80 allows the druggist 70 tsst &
fhen and thsra Ths poison q. a.
c1Fle. loand Is tie sWindlsr has
cllel lt Air1self. anl hs thefc16on an
n1rhe Die detsrnlnalion 70 11e tie
tz-lt tor damagea b na0ne for tie
relllia of hls alleged blunfeT. II ths
,rlocl1t hecome5 frIzhtaned a. the
llla q 8 saii for dan1sees. anf thlrts
g nay - possible tlaf 3 1istrls Ens
teal made. ~ nay acospt 1he aurEes-
1 1 ne hIalI11aiIer % aoI1e "a
1le cut cf corrts zhe smonnt - ert-
cnt s ssid % Fary ncn 80 4,
The broad ax., 1901-09-21

A hm0us entomologist says that not
Ons mosquito In four hundred ever
tastss human blood. To know how to
aEoid making the acquaintance Of that
one g the important thing, and on
that problem the scientists seem 10 be
making good progress.
The broad ax., 1901-09-21

ssYe1ty-fvs mIllicn peaches. one
Deach lor every nan. woman ana chnd
- ne DATED StataS This IL TIE con
trsbncion Ehieh TIE Ozark fruit bsli
csntaIlng s. Howell and orcson coua-
ties. has made b fhs worid's psaeh
crop q ieo1-st Lonis Pnst-DispsteA.
The broad ax., 1901-09-21

C0mmandsF-in-Chief Frederick St
George de Ia Tour Booth Tucker Of the
Salvation army, Is now q citizen Of the
United States. The commander has
secured HIS final naturalization papers,
having been in the United States the
reqNired Eve years. He win vote at
the coming election but win not say
what ticket he win indorse.
The broad ax., 1901-09-21

By the win Of the late Jacob H.
ROEsrs. the locomotive builder, the
bElk Of his fortune, possibly eight mil
hoa dollars, Is left to the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art, New York, as an en-
dOWn0nt fund, the income to be used
for TIE purchase Of objects Of art. This
win place the museum on a splendid
f0Oting.
The broad ax., 1901-09-21

Ihs Esbraska State Game Warden
haa eorbidden the farmers to fight the
gra9hopgeEs longer with poison, say
Ing that tie loss Of birds and game is
TOO costly g price to pay for the de-
BtruOtion Of comparatively few insects.
The broad ax., 1901-09-21

WOrds That Begin VIA -A.v
ID atty years the words and phrases
Of the English language lexiconized
under the letter "A" have increased
from 1000 IN number 70 nearly 5000.
Science and invention requiring new
tsrms are largely responsible
The broad ax., 1901-09-21
one Nswspapsr In Greenland.

one NoW1PaPer n Greeninnd.
There Is only one newspaper IN
Greenland. The proprietor not only
edits and prints It, but puts on his
snowshoes and distributes It 70 bis sub
seribers, not q few Of whom he has
taught to read.
The broad ax., 1901-09-21

a fossil skeleton of q samctherium
has bsen discovered e the Greek VI
lsgs q Pfksrmi. thus proving nat the
fossils are gsolosieally of ths nams
taaS e thsss found n samoa
The broad ax., 1901-09-21

Stout Gent-Wel, CIR, Pm q self
made man. began life e 4 barefoot
"a boz. min Gent-Wsn. q Tar Is I
can make out wasn't born With
.ho.l q. ether.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06
BIG NEW ENGLAND FAMILY.


About 500 descendants of Robert
Fletcher, who came from England to
Concord in 1880, gathered in Lorimer
hall, fremont Temple on Sept. 4, to
celebrate the quarter centennial of the
organization of the Fletcher family
union
The president, Austin B. Fletcher of
New York City. presided and intro
duced Rev. Mr.. Staples of Lexington.
who. in brief prayer. evoked the di-
vine blessing on their deliberations. In
brief address the president told of
William and Mary, sovereigns of Eng
land. having sent TO the colonies in
1899 Benjamin Fletcher to govern New
York. and said that the Fletchers have
since then been found in gubernatorial
chairs from Missouri to Vermont He
spoke of the advantage of unions of
this kind in bringing together long
separated relatives and strengthening
family ties, and said that this fact
had been emphasized during the quar-
ter century's existence of the union.
Prof. William |. Fletcher of Amherst
college followed with few words of
greeting, and indulged in humorous
"reminiscences of past meetings which
he had attended. lie described at some
length the branch of ine family to
which he belonged and then passed
Oh to a more general consideration. He
said there Is now tendency to wor-
ship an ancestry, as is shown by the
desire to study family and town his
tories.
Photographs of houses still stand
ing, originally occupied by members
of the Fletcher family as early as 1868
and 1896. were shown and passed
among the audience. 1t was announced
that the oldest person present was
Mrs. Maria l.. Noedham, aged S5. and
the youngest Master Charles Warren
Fletcher, aged year. The oldest mem
ber of the union is lady 9S years
old. whose infirmities prevented her at
tendance. A letter was read from Sen
ator Redfield Proctor of Vermont, "A
member of the family, whose absence
was due to the presence of Vice-Presi-
dent Roosevelt in that state.-Boston
Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06
.GEA AHoUgEiHoAD
,1Rd EEfWEs
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SEa1>

Orange Sauce-Cream One-half cup
full of butter. Mix one saltspoon of salt,
lalf a saltspoonful OF paprika. four
tablespoonfuls of orange juice, one ta-
blespoonful of lemon juice and one
half cupful of water; stir into the well
beaten yolks of two eggs and cook over
hot water. stirring constantly. until
thick and smooth. Add the creamed
butter and serve at once.
Lemon Rice-Boil sufficient rice in
milk till soft, sweeten to taste. then
pour into a mould to COOL Peel a
lemon very thick, cut the peel into
half-inch lengths, cover with water,
boil for few minutes. pour OFF water.
cover with cupful of fresh water. add
juice, and sugar to sweeten. then stew
gently for two hours. after which allow
to cool. when it will be a thick syrup.
Turn the rice into glass dish and
pour the syrup over IT,
Sweet Potato Fritee-Boil three me-
uium sized sweet potatoes with their
skins on until done. then remove the
skin and cut each in half; place them
in a shallow baking dish with tea
spoonful melted butter over each one.
sprinkle with sugar and set in the
oven to bake until they have obtained
fine golden brown color. Salt is
omitted. as some do not wish it with
the sugar; half teaspoonful, how
ever. sprinsled evenly over the hot po-
tatoes as soon as they are peeled will
remove all fiat taste.
Preserved Pears-Peel, halve and
,ore six pounds OF pears. dropping at
once into cold water to keep from dis
coloring. Put in a preserving kettle
four pounds of sugar, two cupfuls OF
water, the juice of two lemons and
rind of one cut in strips and an ounce
OF ginger root. Boil together 80 min
utes, drain the pears. put in the syrup
ard boil about 15 minutes, or until
tender Take them out. lay on plat
ters and boil the syrup until thick.
Put in the pears once more. let them
just come to boil, and can.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

He who makes a practice OF decelv.
irg others Is often the worst fooled
man in the crowd.
The grave of each conquered sin is
an earthworlS behind which we can
fight and conquer greater evil.
A debt paid when needed Is doubly
thanked and Needed but debt too
long delayed Is oft but half way paid
Those who dislike us serve us in
certain way. for they put us on our
Mock modesty, like patch, Is used
TO cover hole, place where the in
tegrity of the cloth or character is
broken or wholly lacking
When good mothers teachings
leave manhood's best lessons unlearned
and his self respect failing. no wife,
however loving, can reform him.
Misfortune Is tide that sweeps
small souls under and browns little
minds and bears great and brave ones
on TO noble and generous heights.
Bad manners soil fine clothes from
within worse than contact with the
world does from without, and courtesy
and Kindness win where force fails.
We seldom forgive those we have
injured. and the effort to Justify our
selves makes us willing, aye, eager
to believe any false or evil rumor we
can place between them and our CON
science.
Our enemies do MS little vital harm
IN speaking evil of us. for the friend
ship that crumbles under the lash of
IN evil tongue Is best put away as
good riddance OF bad rubbish, with
thanks to those who unconsciously
saved us from lavishing the best in us
on an unworthy object.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06

In n months time quite szabe
heap of nubbins accumulates. We sort
the bathing soap from tho household
brown article. Melting the latter in
some boiling water, we bottle the solu-
tion and keep It TO use in an emergency
wash, particularly of flannel and wool
en- goods. With the better soap we
do noble things. We pick out the un-
scented pieces, and to a cupful add
three cupfuls Of boiling water, dissolv-
ing thoroughly and adding lastly
cents worth of salts of tartar. The
ielly-like resultant is absolutely unri-
vailed for cleansing rugs and carpets.
Scrub IL into the article to be cleansed
and then scrape perfectly dry with a
smooth stick To the scented bits of
soap add boiling water In the same pro-
portion and small lump of washing
soda. This mixture will also jelly and
makes an invaluably convenient sham
200. One member of the family, fad
dist. saves her bits of soap to dry to
chips when she pounds them to pow
der and mixes IL with bran to make
q bran bath Another member phil
anthropic keeps on hand a decoration
of soapsuds and glycerine. treating the
children to an occasional bubble party.
Alice Judson, in Good Housekeeping.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06
FlJlAN FIRE CEREMONY.
Natives WHO Walked Over Red Hot stoncs
with Impunitv.

Two New Zealand medical men, Drs.
Hocken and Colquohoun, recently Wis
tied Fiji, where they had an opportu-
nifty of witnessing the now rare fire
ceremony of the natives. 1t is so rare
that the power is now confined to a
single family living on an islet 20
miles from the Fljian metropolis,
Su,a. These people are able to walk,
nude and with bare feet. across the
white-hot. stony pavement of huge
oven.
An attempt was made on this occa-
sion to register the heat, but when the
thermometer had been placed for a
few seconds about five feet from the
oven it had TO be withdrawn. as the
solder of the covering began to melt.
The thermometer then registered 2S2
degrees, and DR.. Hocken estimates
tnat the range was over 400 degrees.
The fire walkers then approached,
seven in number and in single file
walked leisurely across and around the
oven. Heaps of hibiscus leaves were
then thrown into the oven, causing
clouds of steam, and upon the leaves
and within the steam the natives sat
or stood. The men were carefully ex-
amined by the doctors before and af-
ter the ceremony
The soles of their feet were not thick
or leathery. and were not in the least
hlistered. The men showed no symp-
toms of distress, and their pulse was
unaffected. Preliminary tests failed
to show that there had been any spe-
cial preparation. Both doctors, while
denying that there was anything mi
raculous about the experiment, ex-
pressed themselves as unable to give
any scientific eXplanation.-London
Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06
A stitch In Time.

All housekeepers who look well to
the ways of their households appreci-
ate the value of n stitch in time. The
principle inculcated by the proyerb
may be carried 20 all departments OF
the house. The household belongings
which are kept continually in order by
being mended as soon as they need
mending cannot suddenly give out and
need to be replaced. Prudent house,
keepers keep n pot of glue ready to be
melted when needed, cement bottle
for china and once a month or once
q week. as IL may be convenient, they
repair breakages in china or in furni-
ture It is more trouble to learn to
use a soldering iron. but this can be
done, and when necessary a hole in
tinware or in almost any common met
al can be mended. Usually all that is
necessary is to stop a leak in time,
so 1t will grow no larger
1t is an excellent practice to keep a
list of everything about the house that
has gone awry. and every six months
at least. If not oftener. see that it is
made right. The best time is just after
the spring and fall housecleaning. II
this is done the house can be easily
kept in order, and at much less cost
than when every repair needed is left
until it has become necessary to the
comfort of the home that IL should
be attended to.-New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division
In effect May 26th. 1901. Trains leave
Driftwood as follows:

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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06

The use of the Roentgon rays on the
human body hes been open 10 the OBJ
lection that modification of the sliih
often followed the operation. This
tendency of the rays effect has been
overcome by n French physician. who
has found that the tubes worked by
alternate currents of high frequency
and high tension never produce erythe-
ma. but that. on the contrary. the rays
so obtained possess the curative prop
critics recognized in electro-therapeu-
tics.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06

Americas latest invasion has dis
rupted the ancient glass-blowing in
dustry OF Belgium. An American firm
has paid $4,000 600 for the principal
ss-blowing business in that countr"
Consequently there is a new impetus
against American methods, and the
I;elgian parliament has been asked to
keep the rascals out The decline
in the glass industry in Belgium, and
its wonderful facilities for continuing
it. led the American investors TO save
il.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06
The Murderer and Captain Bvrnes.

MCGloin was a young rufIian who
had murdered saloon keeper at a
midnight raid on his place. He was
the fellow who the night before he
was hanged invited the chief of de-
tectives to come over for the wake:
they'll have a devil of a time" For
six months Byrnes had tried every
thing to bring the crime home to him,
but in vain. At last he sent out and
had McGloin and his two pals arrested,
but so that none of them knew of the
plight of the others. McGloin was TAX
en- to Mulberry street and orders were
given to bring the others in at a GER
Byrnes put McGloin at the window in
his Office while he questioned him.
Nothing could be got out of him. Az
he sat there door was banged below.
Looking out, he saw one of his friends
led across the yard in charge of po-
licemen. Byrnes, watching him mar
rowly, saw his cheek blanch; but still
his nerve held. Fifteen minutes passed;
another door banged The murderer,
looking out, saw his other pal led in
o prisoner. He looked at Byrnes. The
chief nodded.
"Squealed, both"
1t was lie, and it cost the man his
life. THE jig is up. them" he said.
and told the story that brought him to
the gallows.-Jacob Rils, in The Out
look.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06

From France and not America
comes the latest novelty in insurance.
says a London correspondent of the
fittsburg Dispatch. Up to the pres
ent the Yankees have led the way in
innovations, and many of them have
been so popular that they have been
grated on to English and French sys-
TENS, but so far no American COM
pany has been bold enough to insure
a candidate for parliamentary honors
against risk of failure at the polls. \
French company, however, has under
taken this work.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06

Since 1875 the whale fisheries have
fallen OFF from 100000 barrels of oil
to 10000 barrels, while whalobone has
fallen from 100000 pounds TO 100000
pounds. Petroleum accounts for the
decreased output in the former and
steel stays have taken the place of the
latter i'm women's corscts.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06
so,ncthinr Abon,t Starch.

Something About Starch.
II sounds contradictory to advise
making cold starch with hot water;
but those who have once tried II find
its results most satisfactory. This does
not necessarily mean that the water
must be boiling hot, but comfortably
warm.
Starch made in this way works much
better than that made with cold water
A little salt added to cold starch Is an
Improvement. preventing IL from stick
ing to the iron.
i, is always better 10 let clothes re-
main rolled some time after starcbin;
them. az they will then iron mucl
better. If after these precautions you
find the starch inclined to sticl; to
the iron, 1t is because it Is too tlfr.--
The Ladies' World
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06

The number OF Arctic expeditions
now in the north seems to indicate Il
disposition on the part OF the explor-
ers to discover the pole by means of
the human chain device.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06

The pines in southern forests have
been destroyed 50 rapidly for a mum
her of years that much anxiety has
been felt by these who realize the i'm
portance Of preserving broad stretches
ct woodlands
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06

Young Lochinvars in Kentucky go
about with downcast looks. for Indi-
ana's Gretna Green is under a ban.
For generations it has been easy for
eloping couples to cross the river and
get married with great expedition be-
fore irate fathers could bar the sud
den rates. But the majesty of the law
north of the Ohio is wrinkling its
awful brows, and warnings have been
given to ministers and to local Off
cials near the border that indecorous
haste and disregard of the provisions
of the statutes as to parental consent
in the case of minors and concerning
licenses must be sternly repressed.
Hence the melancholy countenances OF
many a lovelorn swain and many a
tender hearted maiden in the state of
fair women and fast horses.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-11-06

There are now 1924 miles OF irrigat-
ing canals in Nebraska, which have
cost Si.T73.OSi. and which water / sos,
S3l acres of land.