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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02

influence, and when Seth had drank
two big cups of 1t. he began to look
around him. The little parlor had not
changed so very much in all those
years. and remembering how he had
landed In Grantly the night before. It
began to dawn upon him where he
really was. Then his eyes rested on
Miss Kate and he knew 1t all.
He buried his face in his hands and
sobbed. But the arms of a woman
were about the worn coat, and the
tired head was on her breast, and the
uncombei hair was anointed with her
tears.
Did they marry? What a question!
or course they did! Seth Gray was
not habitual drunkarj. He reform.
cd. and with reformation came health
and success. There never was bet
ter husband. and the happiest wife ia
Grantly is-Miss Kate. - waverley
Magazine,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02
FARMING IN JAPAN,
Crude Implement. sim Used in Cuiti
waiting the Soil.

waiting the Soil.
Twenty-seven hundred years before
Christ the Emperor OF China intro
duced a system of agriculture into his
country. The soil had always been
cultivated in an inferior way,
but this enterprising ruler saw
the need of other methods. and
made every effort 70 enforce their
general adoption. In order to
IMPRESS the matter upon the peas
ants he plowed small plot of land
and sowed it with the five most i'm
portant cereals. For this he was de-
fled after his death and MAIDS god of
the crops. For more than 1000 years
the rulers of the empire have followed
his example in the matter of plowing
and sowing.
When these new modes of cultiva-
tion had been well established. and
every hillside and valley were smiling
ready for harvest, the islands of Japan
became known to China and they sent
their missionary priest over to this
country. They took with them the
entire civilization of China-their arts.
sciences, philosophy. industries, and
among the later their well-tested
methods of enriching the soil.
The Japanese farmer had many dis
advantages that made the process Of
better cultivation very difficult. The
entire country is of volcanic forma-
tion. and only one.twelfth of the lani
is sufficiently fiat to admit of farming.
Added to this the soil itself Is natu-
rally of a very poor quality and re.
quircs special treatment both by ways
of enriching and irrigation. The great
est advantage of the farmer is the
fact that he has divided the land into
very small sections. Perhaps It
would be more accurate TO say that
extreme poverty makes It impossible
for a farmer to possess more than a
good-sized potato patch. At any rate,
the smallness of the farms has its
advantages, and the toll of the farmer
of today is not to be mentioned when
compared with that of his ancestors,
who took the virgin soil in all its pow.
erty and lavshed no end Of energy
and strength to bring 1t up to its pres
ent producing capacity. Yes. the
farmer of today has entered into a
rich heritage of hills already terraced
and plains finely irrigated, represent
ing the patient, steady toll of many
centuries.
The first turning of the soil on a
well-conducted plot Is done by a crule
plow harnessel to bullock or horse,
usually the former. A crooked piece
of wood forms the central feature OF
this ancient structure. To one end Is
attached sharp blade, and TO the
other a crossbeam, used for the double
purpose of lettering the bullock,
which is harnessed with indescribabie
rope trappings, and also furnishing
means by which the farmer may guide
the plow. After this sort of plowing
the soil is loosened by long-handled
spade and the process of planting be-
gins.
The crule manner of the prepara-
tion OF the soil is of little moment
when compared with the harvesting.
The sickle is scarcely larger than
curved breadknife. and upon this the
farmer depends for gathering every
thing that is not uprooted.-Spring.
field (Ohio) Farm and Fireslde.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02
MIL whistles UseIess.

The largest whistle in the state, it
is said, Is to be placed in an Indian
apolis mandatory. 1t is to be so big
as to be easily hearI all over the city,
a three-inch steam pipe furnishing the
noisemaking power. Why? Why
should 1t all be so? Why should there
be a whistle of this size or any size in
this factory or in any other? There was
time when whistles were as nee
essary as a bell on the farm is today.
But today it is poor man indeed that
has not some sort of timepiece. There
are a dozen ways in which the sup
posed need of whistle in an indus
trial establishment can be supplied.
Simple gongs in every department. to
be touched by electricity. would sup;
ply the place. Whistling by railroad
locomotives is forbidden in the city.
Whistling by factories ought likewise
to be forbidden.-Indianapolis News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02
speed of the Carrier Pi,eo,

Some years ago Grifflt made some
observations (recorded in the Field.
February 10, 1881 in a closed gallery
on the speed attained by "blue-rocS"
pigeons and English pheasants and
partridges. The two first mentioned
flew at the rate of only 1928 miles per
hour, while the partridge made but 2S.4
miles. and these rates were all con.
siderably In excess of what they made
in the open. The carrier pigeon Is
rather a fast-Hying bird, yet the aver.
age speed is not very great. Thus, the
average made in eighteen matches
(The Field. January 22, 1881 was
only SO English miles an hour, al.
though in two of these trials a speed
OF about 55 miles was maintained for
four successive hours. In this coun.
try the average racing speed is appar
emily about 80 miles an hour, although
a few exceptionally rapid birds have
made short distance flights at the rate
Of at from As to SO miles an hour. The
longest record flight of carrier pig
con was from Pensacola. Florida, to
Fall River, Mass. an airline distance
Of 1883 miles, made in 15 1-2 days, or
only about 76 miles day.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02
rEARLS OF THOUGHT.

True boldness never busters.
The wrost getting is that which
hinders giving.
Most men may be known by the way
they use money.
Fleeing from responsibility is hid.
Ing from reward.
Comon sense is often but common
sympathy with all.
Suffering fails when 1t does not
teach us long-suffering.
To get accustomed to evil is to be.
come assimilated to II.
Crystalized virtues are apt to be
cutting rather than kind.
The frivolity of fashion is the soil
In which corruption fourishes.
When a man wears his success with
pride 1t is often made of paste.
When prosperity falls on the evil
heart 1t but nourishes its weeds.
Time will not make the great man.
but he cannot be made without it.
You may know mans principles
by the things he has an interest in.
Not pain but right pleasures is the
best cure for the love of wrong ones.
Put your stumbling block where 1t
belongs and it will become a stepping
stone.
When your kindness is only intend
ed for Goals of fire 1t will certainly
burn your own ingers.-Ram's Horn
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02

When the late ameer of Afghanistar
was troubled with a bad toothache he
sent for his European dentist in open
court. The dentist examined the
tooth, which was nothing more than
an old stump, and advised that the
ameer should take laughing-ga and
have 1t out. The ameer inquired into
the effect Of the gas and replied:
Il can not risk being a dead man for
five seconds, much less five minutes. "
So, while the whole Afghan court
surveyed the operation, the dentis,
struggled with the tooth, and the stout
Old ameer never moved muscle.
The quality of common sense which
characterized this ruler once averted
a war between England and Russia.
A representative Of the ameer told
him that the Russians had taken
Afghan territory. but as England had
guaranteed him against aggression he
could easily depend ON England to GO
to war II he said the word.
The ameer sat quietly for few min
utes, stroking his beard, and then
called for a map of Afghanistan.
When 1t was brought he asked the
representative to show him the ter
ritory that had been seized Then
tracing the little fringe OF country,
and sweeping with his finger the great
space that stood for the rest OF his
kingdom, he said:
ut is so little that it Is not worth
making great war about."-Youths
Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02

Anent Mr.. Rockefeller's declaration
that honesty, perseverance AMI indus.
try are the essential requisites for
business, light on the accuracy of that
contention may be cast by the follow
ing facts: In a British colony close
to the newest of our insular posses
sions there lives a certain Portuguese
person who is a sugar planter, and
who has made remarkable business
success. While his neighbors have
slowly driftej down from wealth into
something desperately close to hope.
les ruin, this man has prospered, he
has added estate to estate, and. de-
spite the competition and barriers, he
has gone on steadily piling up money.
He began life as plantation laborer
without shilling; he is so illiterate
that he cannot sign his name or keep
even the rudest of accounts. His
neighbors admit that he performs his
contracts. but they credit him with no
remarkable honesty, and neither his
industry nor his perseverance is at all
beyond the ordinary tropical standard.
The fact Is that he had a natural
genius for raising sugar in that par
ticular island, and fate was kind
enough to carry him to what is prob
ably the one place in all the world
where his special ability could be fully
developed. The world is full of Just
such cases. and side by side with them
are other cases. of men honest, indus
trious, and persevering. who haven't
the knack of making lots of money.
They are good men. but they are not
good business men--and what real
difference does It make II they are
not! Certainly It doesn't prove that
they are failures. nor does 1t give rich
men the right to enrage them by de-,
claring that men get rich by the exer-
else of honesty. industry, and perse-
verance when they don't do any such
thing. no matter how honest. industsi-
Gus and persevering they may be, ex.
claims the New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02
The Exploration of Kentucky,

The country now called Kentucky
was well known to the Indian traders,
many years before its settlement. 1t.
however, remained unexplored by the
virginians till the year 1863, when
Colonel Daniel Boone and few oti.
ers, who conceived it to be an inter.
esting object, undertook a journey for
that purpose After long, fatiguine
march over mountain wilderness in
a westerly direction. they at length ar.
rived upon its borders, and from the
top Of an eminence saw with pleasure
the beautiful level of Kentucke."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02
Rnssinn Metlinha.


Persistence may be a good quality,
but Judgment is better one,
and the young American in the follow
ing story, told by Frederick Palmer,
evidently became convinced of it:
An American drummer fresh from
our direct methods of business, called
on Monsieur de Witte, the Russian
minister of finance, to get certain in.
formation necessary for the sale of
his goods. The minister refused it..
The young man persisted. The minis
ter still refused. Then the young
man declared:
"You are the only man that can give
me what / want. I'm not going back
to my folks and tell them that
couldn't do any business. I've got to
know. l could get the same thing in
two minutes in America. and I'm not
going to leave the room until"
The minister pressed an electric but
ton. In walked two guards. The min
lister spoke to them in Russian, and
directly the young man found himself
walking down the Nevesky Prospect
with an uncongenial escort
AS he thought the mater over in jail
he concluded that his hand was not
strong enough. as he put it, to bluff the
whole Russian empire. Within an
hour he was led back into the presence
of De Witte, who told him that a de.
cent apology would save further trou
BILE. After the young man made it, De
Witte gave him the information, and
with 1t reminder that it was not wise
to be rude, even to ministers of state.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02

The story is told of a New England
er, about 20 years old, and apparently
a vegetarian, who, having learned that
Henry Van Dyke, author of "The Rul-
ing Passion" made occasional expeii.
tions to Canada and elsewhere in
search OF big game, recently sent to
him a pen drawing made by himself
of a stag-a charming piece of work
for a man of such years-ani under.
meath placed This motto, in large let.
ters: "Thou shalt not kill" DIR. Van
Dyke. in acknowledging receipt of the
drawing, thanked his friend for his
kindness. and suggested that under Ger.
tain conditions a more appropriate
text would be Acts x, 1S; Rise, Peter,
kill and eat"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02

An Atchison business man refuses
to keep an engaged girl in his employ;
as soon as she begins to display en-
gagement symptoms by doing care
less. absent-minded work, he gives her
q wedding present ami pays her off,
Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02

Who can set bounds to trolley ex-
tensions in these days? Within
wonderfully short time surface elec-
trio cars will be running without
breaks, it is claimed, between New
York City and Boston, Washington
and other large cities. No one of
these lines, however, should be per-
mitted to ruin the boulevards and
pleasure drives in suburban districts.
The trolley companies should pur.
chase the right of way, as the steam
railroads do, contends the New York
Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02

General Joseph Wheeler told a boys
brigade in Philadelphia the other night
that his earnest hope is that we shall
never have another war, and he added
that there will never be any necessity
for one 'if all persons will be good"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02

Asia Minor suffers as greatly from
earthquakes as Mexico, perhaps more
so. The calamity which has now
overtaken Shamaka, over near the
Caspian sea, was paralleled at Achal.
kalek about two years ago. About 900
people were killed at that time. Only
few months before 1900 lives were
lost in the province of Smyrna, on the
Mediterranean. Shamaka has been
particularly famous for such shocks.
but in spite of them was long a place
of official residence, and even now is
the centre of large silk industry.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02

A crusade against the adulteration
OF milk has ben started in Paris, in
the hope of decreasing the great NOR.
tality of infants, which is attributed to
this cause.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02

The foreign born element in New
York City numbers 1,270,O69, of whom
Great Britain has contributed 65,452.
Scandinavia, 49,061; the Teutonic
countries 397,642, the Latin races 161..
SOC, the Slavonic countries 245,144,
and Asiatic countries 1904.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02

Brooks Adams believes that wars,
financial par cs and revolutions are
the efforts of society and readjustment
after its equilibrium has been de.
stroyed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02
Par,Iaments of the british.

There are nineteen parliaments In
the British empire-ten in British
North America, seven p Australasia
and two in South Africa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02
INDlVlDUALlSM.

Each man, n world-to other ,rlds half
known
Turns on n tiny axis OF his own;
His full life orbit Is n pathway dim
To brother planets that revolve with him.
William II. Hayne, In McClure's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-04-02

japan has acquired the American
dining car system at a jump without
pausing at .he railway sandwich stage
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-14
Saves Two From Death.

Our little daughter had an al
most fatal attack of whooping
cough and bronchitis" writes W.
k. Haviland, of Armonk, N: Y,
"but when all remedies failed we
saved her life with DR.. Kings New
Discovery. Our niece, who had
consumption In an advanced stage
also used this wonderful medicine
aud today she Is perfectly we'll.
Desperate throat and lung diseases
WELD to DR.. Kings New Discovery
as TO no other medicine on earth.
Infallible for coughs and colds. SOC
and S1.oo bottles guaranteed by D
A. Henderson,. Trial bottles free
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-14
Rrain-FoOd Nonsense.


Another ridiculous food fad has
been branded by the most compe'
tent authorities. They have dis
PEELED the silly notion that one
kind Of food Is needed for brain,
another for muscles, and still an
other for bones. A correct diet
will not only nourish a particular
part of the body, but 1t will sustain
every other part. Yet, however
good your food may be, Its nutri-
ment Is destroyed by indigestion or
dyspepsia. You must prepare tor
their appearance or prevent their
coming by taking regular ,oses D
Green's August Flower, the tavo1
lite medicine of the healthy mtllio -.
A few doses aids digestion, stinu-
lates the liver to healthy action,
purifes the blood an ; max IS YOU
feel buoyant and vigorous You
can get DR.. Green's reliarl' an :
dies at D. A. Memberships.
Get Green's Special Almara
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White Man Turned yellow.

Great CONSERVATION was felt by
the friends of M. A. Hogarty, of
Lexington, KY, when they saw he
was turning yellow. His skin
slowly turned yellow, also his eyes
and he suffered terribly. His NAL
adv was yellow jaundice. He was
treated by the best doctors but
without benefit Then he was ad'
vlsed to try Electric Bitters, the
wonderful stomach and liver rem
edy and he writes: "a trial proves
It's matches merit for all stomach,
liver and kidney troubles. Only
soc. Sold by D. A. Henderson,,
druggist.
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THE OIL MARKET.

Its reported that the well on
Buck Run, on the A. L. Buck
farm, Is now making 3 barrels OF
oil a day. This we'll Is located on
the lower part of the old VIM. Kim
BILE farm.
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Homeseekers Excursion Rates.

To points west, southwest ana
northwest will be on sale the 1st
and ard Tuesday of each month via
Illinois Central Railroad az about
one fare plus 81 for round trip with
stopover privileges. Write today
for FREE descriptive matter and
full particulars to E. A. Richter,
Trav. Pass. Agent Ill. Central r
r. Park Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-14
Aim straight for Us in Our New Quarters.
AncoRM1CK 81 90. Opposite Bank
AT Panama, Columbia. by Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and D1arrhOea
Remedy.

lain's Collie, Cholera and D1arrhOsa
Remedy.
DIR. Chas. H. Utter, a prominent
physician. of Panama, Columbia, In
a recent letter states. Last March
I had as a patient young lady six
teen years of age, who had a very
bad attack of dysentery. Every
thing prescribed for her proved in
effectual and she was growing
worse every hour. Her parents
were sure she would die. She had
become so weak she could not turn
over in bed. What to do at this
critical moment was study for me,
but 1 thought Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and
as last resort prescribed it. The
most wonderful result was effected
Within eight hours she was feeling
much better; inside of three days
she was upon her feet and at the
of one week was entirely we'll"
For sale by c. w. Grier'
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Scald Head and Salt Rheum.

Boro Carbol Salve will cure scald
head and salt rheum when all
other ointments have failed. It
allays the itching at once, acts like
a poultice and gives instant reliet.
This Is a new discovery and Is the
only remedy sold on positive
guarantee-No cure, No pay, price.
IS cents per box. For sale by D.
A, Henderson,.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

By virtue of a deed of trust exc
cuted to me as trustee on the 10th
day Of January, 1902, by Jennie
Caruthers and recorded In the
county court clerks Iofice in trust
book No. 10, page 379 In trust to
secure to R. M. Clendenning the
payment of the sum of two hun
dred and fifty dollars and interest,
evidenced by two certain interest
bearing notes bearing even date
with said deed, drawn by said
grantor and payable to the order of
said R. M. Clendenning In six and
twelve months after date respective
ly at the Farmers and Producers
National Bank of Sistersville,
w. Va. each of said notes
being In the sum of one hum
dred and twenty-five dollars, and
default having been made In the
payment of the note aforesaid first
falling due In the said sum of one
hundred and twenty-five dollars
and having been requested by the
beneficiary. R. M. Clendening, so
to do, will at public auction on
Tuesday, August ~, 1902, at
Nine O'clock
of said day and at the front door of
the City Building In the City of
Sistersville, W. Va, offer for sale
by the way OF public auction to the
highest bidder all OF the leasehold
rights arising under and by virtue
of a certain indenture of lease made
and executed by J B. Mccoy to w.
P. Mcdonald whereby he leased
that certain lot or parcel Of land
lying and being In Lincoln District,
TYLER county. W. Va, and LOW
within the limits of said City of SIS
tersville, described as follows: That
parcel OF land lying between the up.
per and the lower pike roads near
Sistersville, w. Va, bounded on
the east by drain running from
the upper to the lower pike road
and on the vest by lire drawn
parallel 70 the east end CT John
Reedy's stable and eastwardly ten
feet thereirom. together with the
rights and privileges arising under
and BY virtue of said lease and the
buildings and Improvements on
said lot erected, the lease hold
aforesaid having been transferred to
the prantor In said deed.
TERMS OF SALE, cash as to
the costs of sale and an amount to
pay off and discharge the note first
above mentioned OF SIPS 90 with
interest thereon from Jan'y. IS,
1902 10 date Of sale the remainder
payable January 18th, 1908, and
secured by lien upon the proper
ty above described. ALB. HUNT,
21ot Trustee.
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business and suffering they cause. Hap
piness as we'll as health is restored to
the woman whose diseased condition is
cured by the use of DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription.
After eight years of suffering and two
fruitless operations, three months use of
wFavorite Prescription restored Mrs.
Moser to perfect health. This great
remedy for womans ills, establishes
regularity, dries weakening drains, heals
Inflammation and liberation and cures
female weakness.
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
1908 large pages, in paper covers, is sent
free on receipt of 2I one-cent stamps to
pay expense of mailing only. Address
DIR. r. v. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
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Baltimore IL Ohio Railroad Excur'
stons sO:Atlantic City.

Cape May, Sea Isle City and
Ocean City, N. J., Ocean City, Md.
and Rehoboth Beach, Del, at very
low rates, Thursdays, June 19, July
II and 81, Aug. "a and 90, and
Sept. a, 1902. Tickets will be good
sixteen days, including date Of
sale, For full information concern
Ing tickets, stop.overs, time Of
trains, sleeping and parlor car &C
commodations, cali on or address
nearest Ticket Agent, Baltimore &
Ohio R. R., for full information.
Sept. S.