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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20
Rridae Made of Matches.

This is how to build q bridge of
matches spanning a distance at least
twice as long as single match: Place
match No. 1 on the table, and upon it
the ends of Nos. 2 and 3, and No. 4
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20
Last Of indian Tribe.

Kiankia, last OF the once great tribe
Of Delaware Indians, died a few days
ago In a little hut two miles from
Pennington, n j. He was 90 years
old.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20

Impossible to foresee an accident Not
impossible to be prepared for ii. DR..
Thomas Electric Oil. Monarch oVeF pain.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20

The elevator man does a lot toward
uplifting the race
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20

Fortunate is the actress who doesn't
depend on her wardrobe for success.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20

Happiness is never preserved in fam
lily jars
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20

For some people new money-maz-
ing scheme would be the old fashioned
way of earning il.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20

No man objects to being moderated
by the assessor.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20

Etc permanently cured. No nervousness after
III rs1 days OF Kline's Great Nerve Restor~
send for FREE 99 90 trial bottle and treatise
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20
auunuMl d ,lIslllll
OF PUBLIC INTEREST
NOTED BRITISH CHEMIST DEAD

Sir Frederick Augustus Abel Passes
Away at london
Sir Frederic Augustus Abel, the not
ed British chemist and eminent au-
thority on explosives. died at his home
in London last week. He was widely
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20
WHY rs TIE REsr

- because made by an entirely differ
emit process. Defiance Starch is unlike
any other, better and one-third more
for 10 cents.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20

Don't let the little ones suffer from eczema
or other torturing skin diseases. No need
for it. DoAn's Ointment cures Can't harm
so cents.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20

It's not the liberal judge who gives
the biggest sentences.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20

HIAwATHA ACADEMY OPENS. The
Hiawatha academy, whose endowment
has recently been increased $25, 900 by
Rockefeller and Brown county patrons,
and which is now under the control of
the Baptist educational association.
opened its fall term with good at
tendance. A large number of students
will enter during the first weeks ard it
is thought that all accommodations
win be crowded.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20

CHRISTIAN CHURCH CONVENTIONS
The convention of the Christian church
of Kansas, held at Topeka, elected the
following new officers: President,
Milton Brown; superintendent of mis-
sions, w. S. Lowe: woman's depart
ment, Libby F. Ingels; department of
Sunday schools, C. A Fink; depart
ment of young people, Il. A. Rosen-
stein; childreu's department, Eveline
Moore.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-09-20

AN OLD LISr-LocK.-George Carver.
of Wichita, has received from his
mother, in Ohio, an, old aint-locl1 rifle
carried by an ancestor Of his, in the
war of 1912. The gun is Y very frry,s heavy
and the bayonet is very very hong: IT'S in
good working order and loeRSl liz il It It
might dc execution even now, iqThe
stamp on it is simply the word 3.1ollio''
imprinted in the barrel.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14
Ccr.a My fIpla EatOry.

4 friend of mine, a Green professor.
who runs over here for his holidays, il
with Us Low. He got over-eXcited the
other day when the kilograms came
from Athens about the shindy over
some new tTanslations of the evenge!i-
cal books. Your people" said to
him, seen to be
Fighting like devils for reconcilia-
tion,
And hating each other for the Iowa of
Cod
That launched him into a torrent of
explanations and | had such Niagara
of words poured over me for 20 min
utes that | began eagerly to watch for
chance of changing the subject 1t
came at last The Greek language"
he said by way of interlude before
branching out again into theology, lis
a very exact language. We can express
our thoughts and ideas with the most
exact nicely" "Then tell me- | said,
what you think of Egypt. "In this
beautiful country he answered, you
have an apotheosis of nature and an
apodeikneusis of theopratic omnipo-
tence" | think l must relearn English
from a Greek professor. Anglo-Saxon
is played out.-Cairo EgypD Sphinx.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14
Wireless Telegraphy.

Benjamin Franklin leaned pensively
on the shelving shore and tossed bits
of birthstone into the Styx.
Wireless telegraphy." he observed,
land they say it is modern invention.
Rot"
He sent fiat stone hurting out over
the wavelets, and it skipped eight times
before it finally plunged beneath the
surface.
Rot" he continued, rot Were
there any wires about my kites? Didn't
I telegraph to the skies without the aid
or consent of any wire trust on earth
Those fellows are always claiming
originality for what they do" And
again ne heaved chunk of birthstone
viciously at the unoffending waves.
But, after ALL" he added, thought
fully, Il don't know as l have any
right to thank God that l am not as
modern men. My predecessors gave me
a great deal of assistance, with nv
original sayings in Poor Richards AL
manac." And rising with grunt he
busted off his long-tailed coat, lighted
his pipe on the atmosphere and trudged
putting up the bank.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14
FORCE IN A YEARS WiNKS.
How the Life of t:.e Ordinary Man Is
Diyi.ei Cp.


man with a mania for figuring and
not enough to do to keep him out OF
mischief, has been making calculations
regarding the manner in which the life
of the ordinary man, who both works
and plays, is divided up.
When such a man has reached the
age of co ne will have spent his time as
follows, according TO the statis.ician:
Twenty years in sleep, three years and
nine months in eating: seventeen years
six months in working; seven years
and six months in the pursuit of pleas
ure; six years and tree months in
walking and other exercise; two years
and six months in making his toilet,
and six months in doing absolutely
nothing. The item for toilet he sub
divides into seven months shaving
eleven months washing and one year
dressing.
Persons automatically inclined can
find flaws in these figures-if there are
any-most people will be content to
take them on faith. This remarkable
dissecter of human life by the mathe-
matlcal process has also discovered, he
says, that the average man speaks H.,
100000 words year and shakes hands
1,200 times, thereby using up energy
enough in fifty years to lift $500 tons.
The amount of force man uses up
in winking is truly appalling. Our
statistician calculates that the average
man in single year opens and shuts
his eyes no less than 95,000O00 times,
and in doing this uses force enough al
together to raise an electric car filled
with passengers. Consequently in so
years he develops enough force to wink
sixty trolley cars off the track. This
is the moderate, average, sober, re-
spectacle man mind you, not the friv-
olous person who winks at all the pref
ty girls he sees. The "wink-power'
developed by a flirtatious man probably
is enough to run the new subway sys-
tem.-New York Press.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14
LAPSE OF MEMORY.
aIomentary Forgetfulness That
Upon an Orator.

Upon an Orator.
Some Westerners were telling stories
of political campaigns in the lobby of
the Hoffman House.
Il heard good one on Senator Will
liam Fl. Stewart of my state" said a
Nevada man. You know, Mr.. Stewart
coesn't spend much of his time at
home-he only goes out there once in
every six years, when it comes time to
have himself elected back to the SEN
ate.
In the course of his last campaign
he presided over mass meeting in
Virginia City, and as chairman he had
to Introduce each speaker in turn. With
complimentary praises he presented to
the audience the first three, and then
he arose to introduce the fourth
Gentlemen said the senator, I
have the distinguished honor of pre-
senting TO you my boyhood's friend,
man | have always known as
stanch follower of our national prin-
ciples and as a speaker of conspicu-
GUS ability. Rarely has it been my
pleasure to sit on the same platform
with him in recent years, but | know
of old the ringing notes of his voice
and the sterling sense of his words.
introduce to you the Honorable-the
Honorable-the Honorable
"The senator paused. His memory
had forsaken him, and it was not a sit
uation in which quick wit was al eff
F,,l
pause, he turned to the chairman of
the campaign committee and whis-
pered:
"'What did you say the feller's name
was, Bll?'"
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14
His Prospects.

An old farmer, three score years and
ten, one day entered the village store
and asked for a pound of birthstone.
The storekeeper, a rather eccentric
character, was wont to charge unrea-
sonable prices for his goods, owing to
lack of opposition.
After receiving the birthstone the
farmer rendered shilling in payment,
and as he received the change remark
ed that he could get it at half the
price at the neighboring market town.
The storekeeper glarcd at his GUS
toner for second and then replied:
Yes, lad, SO tha' might, and some
day tha'll git it for now't."-London
Spare Moments.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14
The Religious Lady Sees Fen Hur.

"My landlady," said young man.
who lives in a Spruce street boarding
house, lis very religious. l don't think
she has been inside theater more
than five times in her life. One of
these occasions came off last week,
when l gave her couple Of tickets l
had bought and couldn't use, an unex-
pected business engagement prevent
ing. The next morning at breakfast
some one asked her how she had en-
joyed the performance. "Oh, it was
grand, simply grand" she exclaimed.
There was a chariot race, and men in
kits, and it was just, like the Bible.
And we had such fine seats" Where
were your seats?" asked one of her
boarders. "They were in the best
place" she replied. "They were in the
third pew back from the d.'-Phil-
adelphia Record.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14
Relics In Roman Churches.

There are many ghastly relics In
st. Peter's-the skulls and teeth of
several of the apostles, the blood of
several martyrs in little crystal
globes a finger of st. Peter covered
with rings, lock of hair from the
Virgin Mary, the arm of Lazarus,
whom Jesus raised from the tomb,
and, in the Church of the Cross of .Je-
rusalem, is crystal reliquary contain
ing what is claimed to be milk from
the breast of the Madonna.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14
Metal Railroad Tics,

Metal railroad ties have been tried
several times in this and other coun-
tries, but they have not given as good
results as the wood ones.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

ut requires something more than
nerve to be Q successful beSgar," said
the old crippled man. The asking
for aims is the least part OF the profes
sion. People think because We ask
every passerby for something that we
expect each TO contribute. This is the
reverse of the story. We know pretty
well as soon as man or woman
heaves in sight whether we can look
for lift or not. We study humanity.
We get so we can tell from the face
what the inclination of the person is.
As not every cynic looks sour, so every
benef1cent person does not wear his or
her heart on her sleeve. In fact, we
get more from the sour-looking peo-
PIE than from those who are gay.
Those who are gay are usually broke,
and II they are not they are too busy
figuring on having a good time with
their money to help beggar out
Business men are generally easy
marks, because they would rather give
up than be detained with the harrow
ing details of how the arm or leg or
eye was lost in terrible wreck. Grab
one when he is in a hurry and he will
part with coin nine times out of ten
rather than miss the engagement,
even If it be lunch appointment.
Children, contrary to general belief,
are poor givers. In the first place,
their nickels are few and far between
as rule, and in the next place they
aye usually in a rush to get to the
arrest candy store and spend it.
Women, too, pass us by. Whether
they expect the men to do all the Civ
ing. or whether they dread contact
with suffering, l know not, but I do
know that few women contribute.
But by far the bulk of the money
which is given to beggars comes from
the middle classes, and this, perhaps,
is due to their knowledge of, and ac-
quaintance with suffering themselves
Most of them have had more of the
ups and downs than come to the very
rich, and they have fellow feeling
for us. They are the ones who stop
and listen to the story we have fixed
up We reach them at once, and very
rarely fail to land them.
by the way, if the man is a good
artist at his story and knows the
game, begging is not such an unprofit-
able business after all. AS means
of earning living it beats several of
the trades all hollow. The proceeds
do not seem large to the casual OBJ
server but when you figure up at the
end of day beggar who cannot
average from 81 to $40 day is not a
good hand at the business. I have
made as much as $40 day for months
at time. My family lived well, and
i managed to do SO at the same time.
During gala days and carnival times
we sometimes clean up as much as $50
a day. 1t has run higher than that
The big crowds now in the city have
helped things considerably. All of the
visitors have money, they have come
here to spend it and if it does not go
one way it will another and so they
turn it loose without a struggle. A
man cannot be proud and be a beggar.
but he can sometimes afford to put his
pride in his pocket for a while If he
is making money. When he has the
money he will find that his pride is
all right."-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

One man should not pay attention to
another according to the point of view.
but according to the impulse Of the
heart.-"Orloff and His Wife"
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

When woman is frightened she has
palpitation' Of the heart; when a man
is scared he has palpitation of the
knees.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14
SUCCESS In BEGGING.
STREET MENQIGANTs WHO MAKE
- THEIR WORK AN ART.

Some Net Much rs $50 Day
Average Inrome Is Much More Than
Can BE Made by Working at a
Trade
The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-14

II you wait to laugh last generally
ynu won't have anything to laugh at
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-24
Students OFF for College.

Miss Elizabeth Davis goes to Phila-
delphia tonight to take up the second
years course in the Philadelphia Col
lege of Pharmacy.
Miss Elva Coleman returned to Buck
nell University at Lewisburg last We'd
nesday afternoon.
Paul Riston will go to Philadelphia
tonight to enter the University OF
Pennsylvania. When he graduates
from that institution he expects to have
M. ID. attached to his name.
Raymond Elliott Brown leaves to-day
for Ithaca, N. Y, to take up his studies
In Cornell University.
Will G. Smith will go to Carlisle Pa,
the latter part of this week to enter
the Dickinson Law College.
John Ward, jr., started for Washing
ton, d. c., this morning to attend the
Bliss College OF the Capitol City. 1t is
an electrical school, John expect be
an electrician.
Joseph Kirkwood went to Lewisburg
last week to attend Bucknell University
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-24
Try Strictly Home Players.

The editor Of Punxsutawney RepuJ-
licdn, who accompanied the hand ball
players to Reynoldsville last week, in a
write-up of the contest says, "We were
clearly outclassed from the very start,
but took our defeat good naturedly,"
but he persists in prevarlcating about
the whist games played last fall when
Punxs'y was not sin it," The RepuJ-
licdn further says in same article: Grey
noldsville never amounted to anything
at baseball, and it has been several
years since they have even attempted
to support team" That may be so,
but If the Republicans town will pick
out team strictly Punxsy's boys, not
salaried players, Reynoldsville can pick
out a strictly home team that will give
Punxsy warm game, If not defeat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-24
BRILLIANT HOME wEDDINo.
L. L. Gourley and Miss Mayme Sutter
the Happy Contracting Parties.

the Happy Contracting Parties.
The marriage of Miss Mayme Sutter,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Sutter, Of West Reynoldsville, and l..
l.. Gourley, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. s. M.
Gourley at the residence OF the BRIDES
parents at 400 p. m. Thursday, Septem-
Der 1s, 1902, in the presence Of almost
one hundred invited guests, was brill
liant affair. Rev. w. Frank Reber,
pastor Of the First Presbyterian church
Of this place, performed the ceremony
Miss Iona Neif of Hastings, was maid
of honor, and Lyle o. Gourley, brother
OF the groom, was best man. Miss
Myrtle Smith, of Driftwood, played the
wedding march from Lohengrln, and
during wedding ceremony and congratu-
lations she played Hearts and Flowers"
The window curtains were down and
the parlor was illuminated with crimson
shaded lights. The corner of room
where ceremony was solemnized was
draped in white, trimmed with smilax.
iBO Builio NcIC dloO OOhopiSoObos
The brides gown was white silk tissue
over white silk, trimmed with en-
brodered chiffon and silk. She carried
a bunch OF brides roses. The brides
maid was in pink chiffon over pink silk.
DR.. W. A. Henry and Miss Ella e.
Seelcy received the guests.
An elegant luncheon was served on
the porch and lawn. Colored walters
from Brookville served the luncheon.
1t was fashionable and elegant we'd
ding all the way through. The bride is
handsome and charming young lady
of the blonde type, and the groom, who
is foreman of the Reynoldsville Volum-
teer, is promising young man.
The wedding presents were beautiful
and valuable, consisting of china cabinet,
| cut glass, silverware, china, linens, &c.
Mr. Gourley and bride left here on
| the 6.15p. IN. train over the p. II. r.,
and never has bride and groom re-
ceived such shower OF rice as did this
couple. ID. B. & w. B. Stauffer, gro
| cerymen, whose store Is hardly the
passenger station, sold over sixty
pounds OF rice and no doubt some of the
party got rice at other stores. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gourley stopped off at Falls Creek
until midnight "nyer" on B., r. g. p.
and went north on wedding trip. They
will be absent ten days. For a time
they will make their home with the
brides parents.
THE STAR joins their many friends in
wishing them unlimited happiness in
LIES meanderings.
The bride was member of the Pres
byterian Book Club and the member Of
that club gave her 'kitchen shower"
the evening preceding the wedding.
The 'kitchen shower" consisted Of
about fifty pieces of tinware.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-24

Thomas Benton Mckee, of Soldier,
who was Familiarity known as "Bent"
Mckee, died suddenly from neuralgia
OF the heart between LOO and 200 a. m.
Friday, September 10, 1902. Mrs. Nc
Kee was sick and her husband got up
between 1900 and 100 a. m. to give her
medicine and then returned to bed
without complaining about not feeling
well. About an hour afterward his wife
heard him groan and spoke to him but
he did not answer her and she tried to
raise him up, but dissolution had taken
place. The doctor said his sudden
death was caused by neuralgia OF the
heart The deceased was farmer, but
worked In the mines occasionally. He
had been working In a country bank
near Soldier and on Thursday he re-
marked to q fellow workman that he
had not felt better in years than he had
that day His sudden death was great
shock TO his wife and family and SUR
prise TO his numerous friends.
Funeral service was held at his late
residence at 1.30p. IN. Sunday, conduct
ed by Rev. Perry A. Reno, pastor Of
the Reynoldsville M. e. church. In
termont was made in Beulah cemetery
beside son and daughter who preceded
the father into the Great Beyond.
Bent" Mckee was SO years old. He
was a son of Mr.. and Mrs. David Nc
Kee and was born near Punxsutawney
Was married to Emma Belle Pantall,
of Punxsu tawney. He moved to Soldier
20 years ago and was well known in
this section and had numerous friends.
He was the father of nine children,
seven of whom, with widow, survive
him. The names of the children are:
Carl S., Roy T., Mary Olive, Malcolm,
Fannie, Bion and Annie
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-24
Baptist Convention.

The Bible School and b. Y. p. U.
convention held at the Baptist church
on Wednesday and Thursday of last
week was grand success. The pro-
gram, as printed, was carried out with
but few exceptions. Eleven pastors
were present and fifteen delegates from
the various schools. One of the features
OF the Wednesday evening session was
an able sermon by Rev. ID. Percy
French, of Plumvile, Pa, of the In
diana Association. His theme was
1.-The Unchangeableness OF Christ"
The B. Y. p. U. convention elected.
Rev. DR.. A. j. Meek, Of Reynoldsville,
delegate, with expenses paid, to the
National B. Y. p. U. convention, which
meets in Atlanta, Ga, lin 1908. The
convention adjourned TO meet In Dubois
In June next.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-24
"Mr. Plaster of Paris. "

"Mr. Plaster Of Paris" a musical
farce comedy, as its name implies, with
just enough plot to hold the laugh pro-
voking incidents together, will be the
attraction at the Reynolds opera house
tonight, Sept. 20. The comedy deals
with the suspicious and their attendant
rediculously funny predicaments of one
Abindiah Binks, who has married the
beautiful, dashing young widow, Mrs.
Plaster, relict of the late Mr.. Plaster Of
Paris, who is supposed to be dead, but
is very much alive, and who, through
the aid of Abel Sigh, an Oklahoma di-
vorce lawyer, succeeds in mixing things
up in general, which necessitates the
utmost endeavors of both mind and
muscle of Nels Nelson, a Swede, to
straighten out. The comedy is one OF
the best of the many farces before the
public and is presented by company o:
funny players all Of whom are artists.
The music is of the catchy kind, dances
are graceful and the many specialties
delightful The scenic arrangement is
brilliant, and carried special, that a
detail production of this laugh making
play may be made everywhere. Tickets
on sale at Stokes drug store.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-24

There will be public sale on John
M. Syphrit's premises in Winslow town.
ship on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at which
time horses, farm implements, &C., will
be sold.
John II. Doubles, the butterine deal
or, has began business again at the old
stand, second door east of No. 2 hose
house. Price 20 cts per pound,
Dorothy Dodd shoes. You will be
pleased with style and price. Bing-
Stoke Co.
The best 25c fleeced-lned underwear
In the state at Millirens.
See our new fall styles In suits for
men and boys. II. w. Eason & Co.
New hosiery In deece-lin ined cashmere
and all-wool for ladies', misses and child
rem at Millirens.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-24
Had Another Hearing.

The Slavs who took part in the riot
at Sykesville, September ID, when
Jacob B. Sykes was badly injured, were
given a hearing before Squire Asa
Sykes, son OF the man who was almost
killed, and because he bound them over
to court there seemed to be a doubt in
the minds OF some OF the illegal lights"
defending the Slavs about the legality
OF the Sykes court in this case, and the
whole gang were given another hearing
before Squire AL. Baur in Brookvile
Monday forenoon and he put them all
under $500 bail for their appearance at
court. Some Dubois parties gave bail
for all the Slavs. Jacob Sykes was able
to attend the hearing at Brookville and
give in his testimony.