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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16
JOHNSON AND BOSWELL.
The Biographer Shrewd Man, VIII,
Knew His Value.

It will be said, and truthfully said
Boswell was a great artist. SO in
deed he was, superb artist and a
self-conscious one. Nobody knew bet
ter than he what great subject good
luck had put in his way. He loved
Johnson with perfect sincerity. but he
also loved that James Boswell who
from his earlier days had been sim.
ply devoured with anxiety for literary
fame. Boswell saw his way to write
book the world would willingly let
die. But these considerations fail al.
together to reassure me; indeed, it is
just these very considerations that
fill me with alarm. | am dreadfully
suspicious of great artists bent on i'm.
mortality. Their one object, their
fixed and almost fierce determination
Is to make great and lasting i'm.
preston in the minds of men; and to
do this they know, else were they no
artists, that they must make great
sacrfice--they must leave some things
out--they must put other things in
the color must not be too bright In
this place or too faint in that. Much
has to be sacrificed ere you can pro-
duce either a great book or a great
picture. What If it is the truth?
Suppose, after all, the Johnson we
know and love is. indeed, only Bos.
wells Johnson. Something, of course,
must be allowed to the idiosyncraci IS
of the biographer Nobody sees any.
thing in exactly the same light as en.
other. Burke's Johnson, Levitt's job l.
son. were doubtless all different, each
from the other and from Boswell's
Johnson.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16
MRS. 4. sAILBR,
President German Relief Association,

President German Relief Association,
Los Angeles, Cal.
Q day at q time how / would feel the
next day. Five bottles of Lydia T..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
changed all that, my days became days
Of health, and have enjoyed every day
since--now six years.
"We have used considerable of your
Vegetable Compound in our charitable
work, as we find that to restore poor
mother to health so she can support her
self and those dependent upon her, II
such there be, Is truer charity than to
give other aid. You have my hearty
endorsement, for you have proven
yourself true friend to suffering wo-
men. ."-MRs. e. SAuER, 75e,S Hill st.,
Los Angeles, Cal. $4,000 forfeit " abovs tes-
Gnoniai Is not genuine.
No other perso on can give such
helpful advice to women who
are sick as can Mrs. Pinkham,
for no other has had such great
experience-hera address is Lynn,
Mass, and her advice free-if
you are sick write her-you are
Foolish If you don't.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16
A Curious story.

A curious story about the royal tour
comes from Portsmouth, England.
When the Ophir. with the Duke and
Duchess of Cornwall on board, was
nearing st. Helena, the signal was
made to tho attendant cruisers, St.
George and Juno. as II was desirable
to reach port before nightfall, Can
you steam another knotH and the
Juno replied, Yes, four II you please
This answer was regarded as imperti-
nent, and when the vessels reached
Portsmouth, as mild form of pun
ishment, the Juno was ordered to lie
up the harbor, while the more re-
spectful st. George came alongside
the dockyard. And the Juno is lying
at her moorings still.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16
Impoverished Blood.

Whether due to inheritance or caused
by'a depleted condition of the system,
is the cause of much agony.
Vogeler's Curative Compound,
when taken for this trouble is a means
OF salvation. 1t creates new fresh
tissues and pure red blood corpuscles
and by giving strength and tone to
the great vital energies of the body,
it enables them to perform their nat
ural functions. The reader should
not lose sight of the fact that Vogeler's
Curative Compound is made from the
formula of one of the most eminent
physicians.
Send at once to St. Jacobs Oil,
Ltd, Baltimore. for a free sample
bottle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16
Nkl1henen>rsBAEsslMS


which pleasantly laxative
With understanding of the fact that physical ills transient
condition
remember gratifying will
combination and also from the method of manufacture which that perfect purity and
from the Youngest the advanced use whenever laxative needed and
known value but possesses this advantage other ~ that acts gently
without disturbing
e quality substance TO beneficial effects always buy the
the full
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16
How's Thtsc

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
i. j. CHESEy & Co., Props, Toledo. y.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J Che
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tion made by their firm.
wEsr 4 TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Prico, Toe. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Any season of the year is planting tim.
with the undertaken.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16

, MRS MARY SHoRTiHY, 40 Court, Gosport Street,
Coventry, writes =" Several years ago met with an
accident through fall hurting my hand so badly that
was unable to use the same for five weeks tried
everything knew Of but did not receive any benefit.
after using the first bottle could move my fingers.
after the second bottle could open my hand and
hnaiy reganed the use Of my hand and all pain left
now able to follow my employment"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16
MESSAGES From Trains.

When a traveller in the grand duchy
of Baden, Germany, wants to send a
telegram while he is in the train he
writes the message on a postcard
with the request that It be wired. puts
on stamp and drops 1t into the train
letter box. At the next station the
box is cleared and the message sent
out
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16
CHANGE or LIFE.
Some Sensible Advice to We
men by Mrs. E. Sailer.

"DrAR Mns. PrNKHAN:-when /
passed through what Is known az
change Of life,' had two years suf-
fering, sudden heat, and as quick
chills would pass over me my appetite
WA variable and never could tell for
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16
,ion Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific Railroad officials
have created CONSERVATION in the
Boulder oil fields by announcing that
nearly all the deeds for property sold
during the past six years contain a
clause expressly reserving the miner
al on the land.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16

1t has been decided to found an eye
hospital and an asylum for the blind
as Ceylon's memorial to the late Queen
Victoria.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16

Terra Gotta sleepers are in use on
Japanese railways. The increased
cost is compensated for by the great.
er resistance of decay.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16

FITspermanentlyc cured. Nc its or nervous
ness after first days use OF DIR. Klines Groat
Nerve eRestorer. s2trial bottle and treatisefree
DR.. X. II. KLINE. Ltd, 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot-Esse.
A powder to shake into your shoes; rests the
feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Csllous, Aching, Sweating Feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens Foot Ease makes new
or tight shoes easy. At all druggists and
shoe stores, IS cents. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen q. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16

Three-fourths of the earth's surface
cannot be cultivated. owing to noun
tain ranges. swamps and barren
ground.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16

Vickers. Sons G. Maxim. the British
shipbuilders, have decided to erect a
motor GER menufactory.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16

All goods are alike TO PUTNAM FADELZss
DrEs, as they color all fbers at one boiling.
Sold by all druggists
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16

I do not believe Pisos euro for Consump-
tion has an equal for coughs and colds--JoHN
+. BoyRR, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16

Cancer causes 425i deaths annually in
London.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16

C B0L wS s Page Bee Be- Border dc - same PsT,S
piles free Ewing Wall Co.. Beaver Falls. Pa
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-16

Any season of the year is planting tim.
with the undertaken.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-27

Laura Kibbe, returned home with
her.
Napoleon Is not alone in his en-
ioyment Of the dainty communities
tions sent in by our falr "Estherite.'
Hope she accounts for herself often.
SABE.
TThe MERID1oNAL also wishes to
hear from this bright young writer as
often as she can spare the time to
give US 8 thought.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-27

Business is very quiet around the
justice Office in Henry. Good peo-
pie!
Arthur Trahan and Theophlle Prl-
meaux called at the postoffice q lit
tie on politics. Many are election
eering to captivate ar office; but Ma
paleon is electioneering TO captivate a
little girl.
NAPOLEON.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-27
Perry Piekings.

Editor MERIDIONAL:
John Nugier, of Abbeville, visited
Perry Wednesday.
w. P. Miller left for Patterson
Thursday.
Frank Haynes has returned from
Jennings.
DR.. C. j. Edwards passed through
our little burg, Sunday.
Langdon Eldredge is visiting Perry
this week.
DIR. j. E. Kibbe and Adolph
Derouen, Of Erath, visited MIR. and
Mrs. G. M. Derouen, Sunday.
Miss Lavinia Toups, q charming
young lady of Kaplan. visited here
SUNDAY, the guest of her aunt, Mrs.
! w. Stansbury.
Mrs. Percy Summers and Mrs.
Burt Warrington, were welcome Visi-
tors here Sunday, at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Scarborough.
Mrs. w. p. Miller accompanied
by her TWO interesting little children,
Rosebud and w. P. left Friday fol
Patterson. where they will visit the
family of Rev. John A. Miller for
week or two.
AVIS.
PERRY, La, Sept. "a. 1902.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-27

Senator and Mrs. Murphy Foster,
accompanied by their two charming
daughters, Misses Rose and Bessie,
left on Wednesday for quite an ex-
tended trip through California. DR..
Dixie Foster was also of the party
Franklin Banner.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-27

Died, at bis home in this place on
last Tuesday night, Sept. 18th, r.
Terrell. The remains were taken to
Missi ssippi City on Wednesdays
train for interment. Mr.. Terriers
death was q surprise and shock to all
who knew him. He had been suffer-
ing with a fellon and abscess on his
hand. Chloroform was administered
for a surgical operation, from the
effects of which he never rallied
Iberian.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-27
Electricity 10 Rice Culture.

GIeCtEiCiGy Az 4sAO0 O0AO0Ao
Vermilion parish, in addition to
being the largest rice parish in the
State will shortly enjoy the distinc-
ton of having the only rice planta-
ton operated by electricity.
Robert Guerard, manager OF the
Rushmere Company, a year ago, went
to Coleman, Malochee & Where, the
engineers, and laid out his plan.
The company has some $500 acres
of rice land ip Vermilion parish be-
tween Abbeville and Gueydan, and
this year are c~ultiyating about 1900
acres most successfully. They have
in their tract about 1000 acres OF
marsh land, and the plan is to cut q
drainage canal cross this property
| and down to the southern limits Of
the rather unusually formed tract.
| This drainage system will be oper-
ated by a system of pumps, and the
lands will be irrigated by a system Of
canals cut in a sciensific n and
supplied by a system of deep wells.
The machinery for operating both
the drainage and irrigation plant will
he operated from electric power gen.
Grated in the central power plant.
This power plant will also operate
the new rice mill and the electric
tramway which is TO be built through
the plantation TO haul the rice from
the far limits of the fields to the mill
and storehouses and to the railroad
depot at Kaplan.
For the first time in the history of
rice planting in Louisiana all the ma
chinery on the plantation will receive
its power from q central depot, and
for the first time electricity will be
!. used in all branches of the big estate.
The drainage system will be estab-
lished to reclaim several thousand
acres OF land winch is now looked
upon as marsh and useless. These
improvements are expected to make
the Rushmere Plantation the most
, complete in the rice section aud one
NJ the LARGEST.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-09-27
Esther Educti0ns.

-
ESTHER, La, Sept. %, 1902.
Editor MERIDloNAL:
Good rains to-day and looking
very stormy.
A lively noise is kept up by the
birdminders.
Rice planters ready for t%hrashing
are looking gloomy.
The tormenting mosquitoes are be-
sieging these parts again.
Those engaged in the cotton INDUS
try rush il to market as soon as picked
on account of the good price now
given.
Health record not SO promising
this week-there being several on the
sick list.
Miss Carter returned to her home
in New Iberia last Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. Scheduled, OF Is
Their. moved to Cow Island to-day.
Shirley Freese, Of Gueydan, made
another trip to Lower Vermilion last
week for his binder.
DR.. Mccain was down last weet
doing some dental work for MRS
Cab Pickett.
Mrs. and Mrs. Will Hall spent th'
most of last week in Abbeville.
DR.. C. A. Schilling, OF Henry
made two professional calls to on
part of the world last week. W. J
Morgan accompanied him Sunday.
We are sorry to state that Adolpl
Mia. one OF the most honored O
Lower Vermilion's old settlers
very sick.
Miss Lily Rice, Of Little Bayou, /
visiting her sister, Mrs. Ocie Whit
neal Abbeville, and we regret to lear
she has been real sick.
Mrs. H. burke visited Lower Yer
million last week. Her sister, Mis-
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-08-15
Mnn,a wonderful stomnch.

The human stomach possesses most
wonderful powers of adaptation to cir
cumstances. When Lieutenant Bligh
and his eighteen men were cast off
from the Bounty by the mutineers in
an open boat, they subsisted for forty
one days on a daily allowance of one
twenty-fifth of a pound of biscuit per
man and a quarter of pint of water.
DR.. Tanner in 1880 tasted for forty
days, subsisting, it is said, on water
alone, and Succi and other fasting men
have since excelled this.
Kaffirs, North American Indians and
the fat boy In "Pickwick" may well
be quoted as fearful examples of vo-
racity, but even their gastronomic feats
are exceeded by the full grown Eski-
mo, who will daily eat twenty pounds
of flesh and oil If he has the chance,
while on the authority of Admiral Sar-
itcheff Yakut of Siberia has been
known to consume in twenty-four
hours ''the hind quarter of large OK,
twenty pounds of fat and quantity
of melted butter for his drinkv
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-08-15
His Sight Threatened.

"While picnicking last month my
11-year-old boy was poisoned by some
weed or plant" says w. H. Dibble, of
Sioux City, Ia. 'He rubbed the poison
off his hands into his eyes and for a
while we were afraid he would lose his
sight. Finally neighbor recon-
mended DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
The first application helped him and in
few days he was as well as ever"
For skin diseases, cuts, burns, scalds,
wounds, insect bites, DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve is sure cure. Relieves
piles at once. Beware of counterfeits
II. A. n. Todd
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-08-15
Ahonf waiting.

The old proyerb that all things come
to him who waits advances a very pref
ty and pleasant theory, but its literal
Interpretation makes it capable of great
misconstruction, for If it is in one sense
true its reverse is equally true. Nothing
comes to him who waits. Nothing comes
to him who waits and does no more.
There is nothing in the world that is of
any value that has not to be struggled
for, and those who sit down and fold
their hands, expecting fate and fortune
to bring them what they most desire,
will meet with the disappointment they
deserve.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-08-15
Tennxsonn TactIessness.

Several stories are told of Tenny-
sons thoughtless speeches. what fish
is this?" he once asked his hostess
where he was dining. whiting" she
replied. 1.-THE meanest fish there is, -
he remarked, quite unconscious that he
could have wounded any ones feelings.
Yet his kindness of heart was such
that when his partridge was afterward
given him almost raw he ate steadily
through it for fear his hostess might
be vexed.
On one occasion Tennyson was very
rude to Mrs. Brotherton, neighbor
at Freshwater. The next day he came
to her house with a great cabbage
under each arm.
Il heard you like these, so l brought
Them" he said genially. 1t was his
idea of a peace offering.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-08-15
The Giving of Tips.

Tips were always out of harmony
with the independence and self respect
of true Americans. Good pay for good
work, with no unearned gratuities, in
hotels, restaurants and everywhere else
should be the custom. Tips are degrad-
Ing both to giyers and receivers. and
the whole system Of tipping is unsound
and inexcusabIe. 1t cannot endure.
No club of any real distinction and
Importance permits the giving of tips
within its jurisdiction, and the prae-
tice Of distributing gifts for services
which have been amply and even gen
erously remunerated has no basis
which is wise and wholesome. Never
yet has there been an argument in
apology for this abuse which was
worth a moments consideration.-New
York Tribune
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-08-15
To My Friends.

1t is with joy I tell you what Kodol
did for me. was troubled with my
stomach for several months. Upon be-
ing advised to use Kodol, did SO, and
words cannot tell the good it has done
me. A neighbor had dyspepsia SO that
he had tried most everything. I told
him to use Kodol. Words of gratitude
have come to me from him because |
recommended it.-Geo. w Fry, Viola,
Iowa. Health and strength, of mind
and body, depend on the stomach, and
normal activity of the digestive organs.
Kodol, the great reconstructive tonic,
cures all stomach and bowel troubles,
indigestion, dyspepsia. Kodol digests
any good food you eat. Take dose
after meals H. A. N. Todd.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-08-15
Notice of Assessment.

Carson Valley Water Storage, Irriga-
ton aud Canal Company. Location of
principal place of business Gardnerville,
Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting
of the board of Trustees, held on the 9TH
day of July, A. d. 1902, an assessment of
capital stock of the Company, payable to
The Secretary ut the office of said corpor-
alton in Gardnerville, ON or before the
10Th day of August, A. D.1902, the same
being 30 days from the date of this notice.
The Office of said company is located at
the Douglas County Bank, Gardnerville
Nevada. II. CHRISTENSEN,
Secretary.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-08-15
It Needs a Tonic.

There are times when your liver
needs tonic. Don't give purgatives
that grippe and weaken. DeWitt's
Little EARLY Risers expel all poison
from the system and act as tonic to the
liver. w. Scott, 53l Highland ave-,
Milton, Pa, says: 81 have carried De-
Wits Little Early Risers with me for
several years and would not be with
out them" Small and easy to take.
Purely vegetable. They never grippe
or distress. III. A. N. Todd.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-08-15
Few otfieeholders ever resign and
few politicians ever reform.

Mrs. Mollie Allen, of South Fork,
KY, says she has prevented attacks of
cholera morbus by taking Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets when
she felt an attack coming on. Such
attacks are usually caused by indiges-
ton and these Tablets are just what is
needed to cleanse the stomach and
ward off the approaching attack. At
tacks of bilious collie may be prevented
in the same way. For sale by 2. c.
Wilder & Co.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-08-15
A STORY OF CESAR.
lAAe Quality of Mercy ne Exercised
by the Great Roman.

aHAC QuAl1ly OF mercy 8e ExEEE1HG0
by the Great Roman.
Caesar travelled with the retinue Of q
man of rank, and on his way to
Rhodes he fell in with an adventure
which may be something more than
legend. When he was crossing the
Egean, his vessel is said to have been
taken by pirates. They carried him
to Pharmacusa, an island off the Ca
rian coast, which was then In their pos
session, and there he was detained for
six weeks with three of his attendants,
while the rest of his servants were
sent to the nearest Roman station to
raise his ransom
The pirates treated him with polite
ness. He joined in their sports, played
games with them, looked into their
habits and amused himself with them
as well as he could, frankly telling
them at the same time that they would
be hanged.
The ransom, very large one, about
10000, was brought and paid. Caesar
was set upon the mainland, near Mi
letus, where, without a moments
delay, he collected some armed vessels,
returned to the island, seized the
whole crew while they were dividing
their plumber, and took them away to
Pergamus, the seat of government in
the Asiatic province, where they were
convicted and crucified. Clemency was
not Il Roman characteristic. 1t was
therefore noted with some surprise
that Caesar interceded to mitigate the
severity of the punishment. The poor
wretches were strangled before they
were stretched on their crosses and
were spared the prolongation of their
torture.-James Anthony Froude.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-08-15

My boy when four years old was
taken with collie and cramps in his
stomach, sent for the doctor and he
injected morphine, but the child kept
getting worse. then gave him half a
teaspoonful of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and
in half an hour he was sleeping and
soon recovered. L. WILKINS, Shell
Lake, Wis. Mr.. Wilkins is book
keeper for the Shell Lake Co. For sale
by P. G. Wilder & Co.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-08-15
Lightning,s Marks on the Body,

A curious and not uncommon effect
of lightning is the formation of certain
arborescent or treelike marks upon the
body. BY early observers they were
believed to be due to the presence of
neighboring objects, which were pho
tographed upon the skin. Various ex-
plantations were offered by different au-
thorities. Richardson has shown by ex-
pertinent that the blood is the best cleo
trieal conductor of all human tissues
and that these marks are merely the
Impressions of the blood vessels on the
skin, due to the action of the lightning
on the blood in the Exchange.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-08-15
Not OYer-Wise.

There is an old allegorical picture of
a girl scared at grasshopper, but in
the act of heedlessly treading on a
snake. This is paralleled by the man
who spends large sum of money
building cyclone cellar, but neglects
to provide his family with a bottle OF
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy as a safeguard against
bowel complaints, whose victims out
number those of the cyclone hundred
to one. This remedy is everywhere
recognized as the most prompt and re-
liable medicine in use for those dis
eases. For sale by P G. Wilder & Co.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-08-15

Fear causes more disease than do
microbes, more deaths than famine,
more failures than panics; it costs
more than war, is always failure and
is never necessary. Fear weakens the
hearts action, induces congestion, in
vites indigestion, produces poison
through decomposing foods and is thus
the mother of autopoisoning, which Ell
Their directly causes or greatly aids in
the production of quite 90 per cent of
all our diseases.-G. f. Meacham, NJ.
D., in Health.