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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-02

The recent announcement in several
quarters that a new remedy for cancer
had been discovered in plasters made
from the common violet flower and its
leaves gives some interest to the true
therapeutic action of the latter. 1t Is
by no means new in medicine, having
been employed as domestic remedy
in ancient Rome. The whole plant of
viola odorata (the sweet violet con-
tains an acrid poisonous principle
named by its discoverer, Bouliay. in
1928, "violine." This poison is white
Or pale yellow acrid powder, somewhat
soluble in water and alcohol, and hav-
ing powerful emetic properties. Small
doses of the root act as tonic; larger
ones as purgative, and in doses Of
from 40 to 60 grains 1t is an emetic
The odoriferous principle of the flow
ers has not yet been definitely estab-
lished.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-02

During the year 1901, thirty-six as
teroids were discovered, all but one
of them at Heidelberg, by means of
photography The asteroid group Is
now known to have AIS members. No.
475 is especially interesting from its
great southern declnation when dis
covercd-6lIa degrees, for the large
escentricity of its orbit and for the
smallness of its perihelion distance
1.6 times that of the earth. TWAS dis
covered at the Harvard college station,
at Arequipa, Peru.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-02

Professor Forbes of Edinburgh has
for many years worked on the problem
of determining the position of a planet
more distant than Neptune. The point
of departure of his method Is the
theorum announced by Professor New
ton of Yale in 1879, viz: IL the par
abolic orbits of comets have been
changed to eclipse the changes can
only be due to the influence of planets,
and the aphelion of the new orbit is,
in all probability, the position that
the comet occupied at the time of the
change. In 1880 Professor Forbes
showed that seven comets have an
aphelion distance of about one hun
dred times the earth's distance from
the sun. He has recently found new
comet of this class. The comet of 1856
is identified by him with a comet re-
discovered in 1874. Its orbits had been
disturbed by planet with mass con-
siderably greater than that of Jupiter
at distance of about one hundred
times the earths distance, and calcu-
lation shows that the longitude of this
planet would be at present about 1Sl
degrees. The method followed by Pro-
fessor Forbes is necessarily difficult
and slow. 1t is likely that the extra
Neptunian planet, If indeed 1t exists,
will be discovered by the comparison
of Photographic plates OF the sky.
Several astronomers are now at work
on the problem.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-02

A Handsome Skirt.
Long trained skirts make essential
parts of correct bridal costumes. The
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-02
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Tungsten, worth eighty cents a
pound, is largely used in metallurgy,
and gives to steel qualities similar to
those impaired by molybdenum.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-02

Both Darwin and Sir John Lubbock
have expressed the belief that ants are
In the habit of planting the seeds
of grass known as ant-rice. for the
purpose of providing themselves with
a crop of the sedes for food. The fact
that the grass is often found growing
abundantly near their nests lends
plausability to the theory, but Profess
sor Wheeler says that all this is ac-
cidental. The ants store the seeds, or
rice. in their nests as food, and when
a grain begins to sprout they carry
1t out of the nest. To say that they
really SOW the seeds, he claims, is as
absurd as to say that a cook is plant
ing and maintaining an orchard when
she throws into the yard the stones of
the peaches she is using, and they
happen to grow into trees.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-02

The theory of sound is that It Is
caused by vibrations in the air, and
that when 1t passes through solid OBJ
ject, like wall, these vibrations are
impaired to the particles that compose
the object. 1t has long been believed
that lead is one of the poorest con-
ductors of sound, poorer. for example,
than glass; but experiments lately
made show that sound passes more
readily through q lead wall than a
glass one. These experiments were re-
ported at a meeting of the American
Physical society, the conclusion drawn
being that the medium that yields
most to steady pressure is the best
conductor. This it at variance with
the views generally held on this sub
ject. and will give rise, no doubt. to
much discussion and to further exEtri-
ments.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17

Richard Bagot deals cleverly, though in con-
troversial tone that is not always convincing,
with the significance of some aspects Of the
Roman Church.
There is intuitive handling Of character.
though there is not a very effective story in
Miss Alice Browns Margaret Warrener" a
novel of Bohemian Boston OHoughton. Mtin &
Coz, and, on the other hand there is a more
ingenious, if somewhat meIodramatic plot. with
less persuasive touches of characterization, in
Mr. Basil Kings Let Not Man Put Asunder"
Harper & BrosD. Mr.. Levett-Yeats latest
book The Traitors Way Frederick a. Stokes
Company. is a French historical novel, with
coward for a hero In spite of that handicap
it Is brisk story. with an edge of novelty
The Portion of Labor Giarper 4 Bros). by
Mary +. wilkins, wants strong controlling
motive. wants form and balance. but the author
holds our attention through the knowledge and
accuracy with which she draws the physog-
nomy of a New-England manufacturing town
The late Frank r. Stockton's last book, Kate
Bonnet" Cd. Appleton & Coz, is a character
lstically whimsical story of piracy and love. In
"A booksh and minutely historical vein. with
much psychological analysis and subtle inter
probation of eighteenth century manners, Is
The Valley of Decision" Charles Scrihner's
Sous). Mrs. Whartons novel of Italian life and
politics in interesting period of transition
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnetts two books
The Making of a Marchioness' Frederick A
Stokes Company and The Methods of Lady
WaIderhurst" (same publishers have the same
heroine an ideal English gentlewoman OF OLD
fashioned Victorian aspiration. who is, perhaps.
too fine a Crea ture for human natures daily
food but is nevertheless charming. and passes
through exciting adventures whlch are
very happily related. Miss Mary Johnston is
weak in the portrayal of her herone's character
in Audrey" QIoughton. Miftin & Coz, but has
better fortune with some of the subsidiary
figures gives a good plot and picturesque
BACKGROUND, and. on the whole we'll maintains
the modest and creditable standard which she
fixed in her two earlier novels The Old
Knowledge" CThe Macmillan Company. a novel
of Irish life by stephen Gwynn, is captivating
In its acute Interpretation of feeling and in its
weird atmosphere Dorothea Gerard's The
Million" CDodd Mead & Coz is a pathetic ser
mon on the folly and wiCkedness of pursuing
only material ends. a piece of apt, earnest and
suggestive moralizing. The Pines of Lory'
d.ife Publishing Company. by ]. A. Mitchell.
is a delicate and entertaining little romance,
original in conception and i'm treatment Mr..
Elliott Flowers policeman Flynn CThe Cen
tury Company is an amusing book about a
droU type in New-York life. "Melomaniacs'
(CharIes Scribner's SOnsl is a collection of short
improvisations by Mr.. James Huneker, packed
with brilliant discourse on music, and abound
ing in flashes of insight into human nature;
work singularly individualized, and one of the
most readable published by an American author
in years.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17

Australian bushrangers and ordinary people
in a quiet English neighborhood are the actors
in "A capital dramatic story by Mr. E w. Hor-
nung AT Large Charles Scribners Sons). Mr..
II G. Chatield-Taylor tells a thoroughly inter
esting tale of the Franco-Prussian War in THE
Crimson Wing" CHerbert S. Stone & Coz. The
author Of The Assassins' (Henry Holt & Coz.
Nevin Myers Meakin, finds his inspiration in the
time of the Crusades, and exploits it with great
deftness. The book is absorbing. The hero of
THE Conqueror" CThe Macmillan Company. by
Gertrude Atherton, is Alexander Hamilton. who
is most sympathetically and effectively por-
trayed. Spindle and Plough Dodd, Mead &
Coz. by Mrs. Henry Dudeney. though failing
TO fulfil the promise OF the authors first book.
is still very well done The Beau's Comedy
CHarper & Bros.) by Beulah Marie Dix and
Carrie A. Harper is a spirited piece of fooiing.
invincibly gay from the first page to the last.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17

The list OF English memoirs includes some OF
the most diverting books of the season. Mrs.
Charles Bagots Links with the Past" Oong-
mans, Green Coz gives, in the most agreeable
form, the recollectons of an English woman,
Who' as the daughter of an admiral, the wife
OF a popular court official, and the relative of
various distinguished people, was in the way
OF seeing and knowing all that was most in
teresting IN English politics and society in the
nineteenth century Mary Boyle: Her Book"
(E. 7. Dutton & Coz is charming souvenir Of
wise and witty woman Of the same period as
Mrs. Bagot in English society the friend OF most
Of the cleverest Of her contemporaries There
is much London gossip. also. blended with felci-
tous portraiture of a noted author in Mr.. Tuck
wells "A w. Kinglake: Biographical and
Critical Study (The Macmillan Company.
Lord Ronald Sutherland Cover preserves in his
old Diaries" charles Scribner's Sons) the rec
ord Of close intercourse with scores OF notabili-
ties In the period from 1881 TO 1901 Mrs.
Gerald Gurney, in little book, THE Childhood
OF Queen Victoria" (Longmans, Green & Coz.
describes the early education of her illustrious
Friend in minute detail giving information de-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-29

to England and accept the crown. William was the grandson of Charles l, who lost his head. Mary was the daughter or James IT, who had forfeited the crown. Mary was nearer the throne than he, according to the old rule, but neither had any title to it, which still subsisted either in James II or his son James, then an infant, afterward known as the "old pretender."
 When William and Mary landed in Eng land they were met by the Parliament with the declaration of rights, afterward turned into law as the bill of rights. By this law the crown was con ferred upon them and new line of sue cession fixed. First, William and Mary were to reign jointly; then the survivor. Then the crown was to pass to their heirs of the body of Mary; failing such heirs, the royal dignity was to pass to the heirs of the body of James II, on their failure to the heirs of Williams body. After that the common law rules of descent were to prevail. The title, how ever, was purely parliamentary.
 But it soon appeared that the throne would again become vacant this time, not because of the misconduct of the King, but because of the failure of issue Mary died leaving no children. William was dying, Anne's son, the Duke of Gloucester, who was looked to to per- petuate the succession as marked out in the bill of rights suddenly died. Anne herself was approaching middle life and would have no other children. On her death there would he a claimant" for the throne in the person of the young Prince of Wales, the son of James II. and no Protestant Prince capable of opposing him.
 Accordingly in 17OO the act of settlement
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-29

Edward Boltwood in The Independent.
 Young Bruce was not the sort Of man to notice trihes which were none Of ms particular business, but he could not help thinking, as he stared moodily at Tod- Crackenthorpe across Judge Farrell's dim ner table. that the big mans pudgy cnln was not a nice one. When Tod-Cracken- thorpe looked at Miss Pearson, sitting besides him, his chin had mean set to II.
 Perhaps this notion of Dick Bruce was due to the fact that his nerves that even ing were quivering like telegraph wires in a high wind. You take young man In love, place him for twenty-four hours in a chattering house party at New England country place, where Is also the girl uf his heart to whom said heart IS unrevealed, impose upon him the neces- sity of leaving the next morning TOT years job in Arizona, setting up smelters -and then see where his nerves Will pc. Nor was this the worst of 1t. Tod-Crack- enthorpe was favored by circumstances and, apparently. by Miss Pearson her self.
 Bruce had accepted Mrs. Farrelrs invi- tation because, having visited there otten, he knew that the Pearsons had country house nearby. and because he hoped tnae the walking and driving and rldlng Wou!n give him the chance to speak to Mildred But the valley was half flooded by the spring freshets, and out-of-doors was a muddy impossibility. The house party
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-29

Mildred. "oh. that tournament! How can we stop it?''
 Leave that to me" commanded Bruce, already with the masterful air of her
 Tod-Crackenthorpe overlook them in the vestibue Dick called him asids' while the house party gave Mildred the burlesque welcome home of an African explorer.
 ''Listen. Tod-Crackenthorpe. said DICK. Miss Pearson wants this bat put Tn con, dition. Sec how loose the parchment Is: Take 1t into the billiard room and hold it in front of the fire
 "I'll do it," he agreed. ' say, Bruce, you needn't repeat what l said about MSS Pearson and me. you know.
 My lips arc sealed from th!s moment, Dick assured him solemnly
 Dick was scraping the mud from his clothes in Judge Farrelfs smoking room when the tiny report of an explosion. fol- lewed by mild shriek of d smay from Mrc. Farrell. informed him that disaster had fallen on the pingpong bat.
 That thlck-headed chap has spoleo the tournament again announced BoDoy Austin poking his head in at the door.
 ''The fat vilia!n!'' said Richard Bruce, complacently.
 So Mrs. Farrell and Emily Austin and Bobby wero compelled to entertain the company with an impromptu concert from the last comic opera. and Dick and Mii- dred sat on a divan in dusky corner, and the evening passed very pleasantly, indeed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-29
BY FIRE AND FLOOD
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was weather-bound. and Mrs. Farrell, in despair, had sent for Miss Pearson to come over and help entertain her discon- solate prisoners.
 der the same roof with Mildred, and yet she might as well have been in the next county. During the afternoon everybody had played pool and Miss Pearson had supervised charades; in the evening there was to be a pingpong tournament, which was Dicks last straw, for it would de- mand constant and universal attention until bedtime; in the morning at 2 he was to take the westbound express and Miss Pearson knew it and seemed indif- ferent. Anybody who has wished for an important tete-a-tete under such hopeless conditions will appreciate DicKs desper- ate humor as the ladies retired into the drawing room after clnner.
 Hardly had the gentlemen sugared their coffee when something popped across the hall, like a muffled and miniature tor pedo.
 "Of all the vexatious things Mlldred." cried Mrs. Farrell. on the other side of the portieres. Bobby Austin just now went into the billiard room and found one of the pingpong bats, with the horrid
 Why. both the bats were all right moment ago." said Miss Pearson. "I was in there playing with Ambrose"
 Ambrose Farrell. aged 6 was allowed to stay down stairs for dessert on Sat urday nights.
 -'Aelt, II Sulneu HOW, dHur tHN uedT, what shall we'do?" contInued the hostess. We can't give up the tournament. It's our one resource.
 Bruce pricked up his ears.
 Haven't you got d child's battledore In the nursery?' suggested MT. Austin, a long-necked youth who left the table because he couldn't use tobacco "A battledore is the same thing, you know. Got one. Ambrose?'
 No. we ain't," replied the infant.
 "Tll tell vou," said Mildred, raising her voice a little, as Dick thought. We have pingpong bat at our house. I'll run over and bring it.
 ''Teleo onone to Old Father Michael. your butler" advised Emily Austin Hell fetch it.
 No one could find it but myself" in- sisted Mildred, and besides our tele- phone's out of order, and useless. Re ally. I shan't be long The moon Is out and the rains storped, and it's only d step across the footbridpe. Lend me your Scotch cloak, Mrs. Farrell, and I'm off.
 By this time Bruce was on the threshold of the dining-room door. sterniy dsre- garding Judge Farells faVorite story of the ocasion when Gladstone spoke to him in Westminster Abbey. Dicks heort was fiuttering like mad. If he could go out Into the night with Mildred-and' just then he heard Bobby Austin'S siCkening draWl
 May I escort you, Mss Pearson?
 No. no. no, was 'the girls hesitating reply from the folds of a great plaid cloak. Nobody shall escort me-pOsitiVe- ly nobody 1 insist on going alone Good bye"
 She flung back her head and looked around the edge of the hood Dick caught the glance she threw in his direction. Was there the faintest signal of reproach in it--or what? He turned plumped into Tod od-Crackenthorpe al his elbow, 1and then joined Ambrose. sitting solitary in front of the open fire in the empty billiard room.
 You do It." demanded the boy, offering to Dick the uniniured pingpong bat.
 Do what, my son?"
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was passed. This law provided that upon the death of William and Anne the crown and royal title was to go to the Princess Sophia, youngest daughter of Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia. This Elizabeth was daughter of King James I. Sophia was her youngest daughter, and even If Eliz- abeth herself had reached the throne by descent, according to the old rule, Sophia would not have inherited. But she was the only one of Elizabeths children who was Protestant and at that time the re- ligious question was the burning issue The crown was then limited to Sophia and the heirs of her lady being Pro- testants.''
 Sophia died before Anne. Hence. when Anne died. Sophia's grandson. George the next in succession. according to the law, ascended the throne of Great Bri- tain as George I. He was succeeded by his son, George II. followed by his grand son, George III, who was grandfather of Queen Victoria.
 The next King was George ". After him came his brother, William ". Upon his death without children. his younger brother. Edward. Duke of Kent, being already dead. the crown passed to the latters daughter, Victoria who was the next in succession.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-29
HOT WEATHER
 FASHIONS

loud "cAug!' or turn nirfiaps in the air after the pleasant little way of automo- biles Anyway, it's great boon to the beauty doctors now that the seorcher. $ hump and the bicycle jaw have gone out of style.
 All this auto talk reminds me: At one of the most fashionable of June weddings which I attended last week the bride whirled cup to the church door in the snlartest If smart automo5ilos. don't know, but l think horses would have been moro appropriate The "chooky- chook. cf cfookv-chook" of the machinery rather detracted from the romance of the occasion in my eyes.
 It was at this wedding that one of the guests wore charming little gown. In the first place, I must not forget to tell you that the girl had auburn hair be- cause that's important as regards the color scheme. The dres was of soft white null, and if was trimmed with narrow
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-29

tinct, the family of Edward WITS eldest daughter, Louise Victoria, Duchess of Fife, will be preferred; then the family of Maud Charlotte. his youngest daugh- ter, lately married to Prince Charles Of Denmark. All in all. thera are more than a dozen lives between the crown and EmpCror William.
 An impression prevails that sovereign prince of fore ga country would not be adm fitted to the British throne This is an error. Should d dynasttc accident cast tho crown upon William CT any of his family, there is nothing in the Act of Settlement to prevent. But possibly should such ansfevent be toreseen as probable a new Act of Settlement would set up new line and bar the Hoheuzol- ferns, for it must he kept in mind that Parliament is supreme in this as in other matters.
 King Edward VII, although the blood of Eghert the Saxon. William the Nor man and Malcolm the Scot runs in his veins. does not derive his title by descent from these kings.
 His right IS purely parliamentary. It rests upon the act of settlement Of l"o' whereby the succession to the throne was fixed in a new line, the nearer heirs be- ing set aside and forever barred.
 In the year 100 1t became certain that through failure of all the frotestdht lines, and to prevent a return of Catholic princes the Parliament passed the act which d few years after brought in the new Hanover line. In doing this. they did not go outside the royal family to get a King They simply excluded m terms all Catholics and then conferred the crown upon the nearest Protestant, It was kept in the family, though the poor relations obtained it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-29
THE BRITISH THRONE.
And the Laws as to the Heirs and
 SucceSs sion.

Following the death of Victoria some question arose about the claims of Elm peior William of Germany to the British throne Here Is law of the succession:
 Upon the death of Edward VII the crown will descend, according to the or- dinary rules, to his sen, the present Duke of York, and from him to his el lest son. But if the Dukes sons should all be dead. the crown would go to his eldest daugh- ter and her issue. Failing her. to the second daughters and so on. Thus 1t ap- pears that the crown is tolerably safe in the line of the Duke of York. This is because the English law steers q middle course between the SaIic law. which ex- cludes all females, and the opposite, which admits male and female alike. Commenting on this, Blackstone says: Our law does not extend to the total exclusion of females; it cnly postpones them to males. for though daughters are excluded by sons. yet they succeed be- fore any collateral relltions." and again, the rule of succession Is that the daugh- ter of son shall be preferred to the son of daughter
 So, when Yock's family becomes ex-
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The Maine Democracy on Trusts.

Boston Post.
 The Democrats of Maine have struck the right note in their platform with re- gard to the course to be pursued in re- ieving the people from trust eXto7tion. They demand the immediate abolition of all tariffs upon truss-made articles.' Such laws as we have for he restraint and regulation of trusts should be vigorously enforced and if the law is not strong enough. 1t should be made stronger. But to reach the root of the evil the protec- tion which the Republican tariff gives these nonopolies must be withdrawn.
 pertinent example of the working of the present system Is given in this plat form. We ask," say the Maine Demo- crats. ''why it is that the Maine Con gressmen permit the steel trust to charge the shipbuilders of Maine $1 .65 per hun dred for the same material which they sell to the English builder for 95 cents. thereby crippling one of our States lead ing industries"
 This Is d question which a Republican plurality of 25,OOO does not answer. It is something beyond party politics. and the day may come when even in the State of the late MT. Dingley, whose name is the trade mark of the trust tariff, the people will wake up and enforce upon their Con gressmen this demand for an accounting.