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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

Is good for person. Modern medical
science has given this idea its quietus.
II is said that "a man is as old as his
arteries" and when the ossification of
the arteries begins the end is not far
OFT. Science now holds that constant
indulgence In alcoholic liquor has
tendency to osslfy the arteries. II was
formerly held by medical science that
IL n person drank two drinks of whis-
key day It would be beneficial, for
this much liquor could be "digested,"
as 1t were, without any harm to the
system Now however, the habit of
regular drinking even in moderation
is condemned
II is fortunate that medical science
has reached this conclusion, because Il
Is bound to act as restraint upon the
practicing physician who has a fond
ness for drink. If there is any one who
has no business drinking anything at
all II is the family physician! and he
cannot very well continue to be a
drinking man In the face of the ban
placed upon alcohol by medical sci
ence. The minister OF the Gospel
urges every one 20 observe the Ten
Commandments but he would not re-
tain any parish long If II were known
that he was a persistent violator Of
one of them. The physician must be
held to a like account. If medical
science condemns regular drinking,
there is no excuse for the practitioner.
and unless he can curb his appetite.
he might as well retire at once from
his profession.
The conviction is becoming pretty
general that sobriety is the best pol
icy. and that drunkenness does not
Memphis tTenn) Commercial
Appeal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
A PLANETS MOUNTAINS.
Great Elevations on Venus Have Eeen
Discovered by an Astronomer.

The star gazers are continually see
ing new wonders in the worlds that
surround this one. OF course the great
mass of the public, having no means
Of verifying or disputing successfully
the statements of the men of science
are obliged to accept them as true.
With Mars and its intricate system
of canals. If not its actual inhabitants,
thanks to the delicate investigations
of late years, everybody is pretty well
acquainted. Now Herr Arendt, who
Is German and therefore not triiler.
announces the discovery of mountains
on Venus. To observers hitherto the
planet has seemed wrapped in an i'm
penetrable envelope of cloud. which,
when near the earth. is the cause of
its astonishing brilliancy, but Herr
Arendt, who has had the instruments
of the Urania observatory at Berlin
to work with, considers that he has
detected markings on Venus which in
dicate the presence of great elevations
seen from time to time through the
clouds surrounding 1t. Novel as the
suggestion is, it is but a revival of an
old idea. Long ago Schroter fancied
he saw evidence of mountains on
Venus in the raggedness of the termi-
nator-that is. the line where the light
and shade meet, such as the inner line
of the crescent moon. He went so far
as to measure them and announced
that they were 20 miles high. But
then no one had believed him.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
QJEeReST NAME OF ALL.
How Rich Farmer Reached Agreement
with Railway Conpnny.

now " fttch agreement
with Railway Company.
Indiana is full of towns with queer
names" said MIR. Herbert j. Sullivan, a
prominent business man of Indianap-
ellis, at the New Willard. but the
queerest of them all has so far been
left to languish in undeserved obscur-
ity. People who are acquainted with
that portion of darkest Indiana. which
lies in the neighborhood of Crawfords-
Vile. must have seen on the signboard
of little railroad station as they
rushed by on limited train this as.
tonishing name, H'town.'
Behind that apostrophe lies the
story of the joke a rich old Indiana
farmer played on great railroad COM
pany. The farmer in question owned
several thousand acres of land in one
body. When the railroad was built II
was found necessary to cut through
his land. The right-of-way agents
went to the old farmer and asked him
to set a price on slip a few hundred
feet wide running through the place.
He laughed at them and said his land
was not for sale at any price. He
didn't believe in railroads, any how
and didn't want one running through
his property. They offered him large
price for the land, for they had found
other property owners in the vicinity
reasonable and did not care to start
any condemnation proceedings unless
" was absolutely necessary. But the
cid farmer would not listen to them.
His income was twice as large as he
cared to spend, and he rather enjoyed
the position of blocking all of the eff
forts of a great corporation.
THE claim agents made up their
minds that they would have to start c
suit, and were about ready TO bring It
when they were very much surprised
to get a letter from the old farmer. If
you will let me name the town you are
going to build on my land he said,
I'll give you all the land you need
"They accepted his terms with
great glee. or course, they expected
his vanity would lead him to name the
town after himself, and they were
quite prepared for that emergency.
Bat he fooled them. A written agree
ment was drawn up and signed and
the deeds passed. Then they asked
him for the name of the town he had
selected.
"'We'll Just call it Helltown,' he
said.
"They argued with him until they
saw IL was useless They could not
back out. for the papers had already
been signed. Then they decided they
would get even in another way. They
left out the second, third and fourth
letters of the name and put in an in
nocent-looking apostrophe. And so
the name of the village is Htown to
this day. ay."-Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
Impoliteness Of Railway.

Patrick McCabe, lately a section
hand on the Frisco road at Wichita,
Kan, is suing that corporation for
damages for injuries received while in
its employ. His plea is that while
working the foreman spoke to him "in
a loud, profane and very boisterous
manner, thereby causing this plaintiff
to be nervous and excited and there
by causing him to place himself in a
position of great bodily danger, and to
greater degree than he otherwise
would have done" The orders were
given "in very loud and boisterous
manner. backed up by many oaths
such as BE smart BE quick and
Move YOURSELF etc" Kansas section
hands seem to be sensitive plants
Ex
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

sirable effect, and that remedy is Pcruna
This remedy strikes at once to the roots OF
catarrh by restoring to the capillary YES
sells their healthy elasticity. Peruna is not
temporary palliative, but radical cure.
Send for DIR. Hartman's latest book,
sent free for a short time. Address The
l'eruna Drug Manufacturing Co., Column
bus Ohio.
Ii you do not derive prompt and satsfac-
tory results from the use OF Peruna write
at once to DIR. Hartman, giving full state
ment OF your. case and he. will be pleased
to give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of Tie
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
New York's Indifre erence to Tragedy.

At 10 o'clock on election night a
prominent restaurant In Madison
square was packed with people, drink
ing, laughing, singing, so that, with the
blasts of the orchestra, one had to
yell to his neighbor to be heard. Sud-
denly a frightful, big-volumed roar of
ominous sound belched forth outside
1t was so big that even above the din
IL told Enthusiastically of some casualty.
One woman's face stiffened, a few
heads turned interrogatively, and that
was all There was not an instfnt's
cessation in the babel of resonant
gayety. Yet an appalling explosion
of fireworks near by had scattered
death and physical disaster among
scores Of the holiday throng. 1t was
New York insenslbility to the tragic.
New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

Seventy-four years in one Office ia
the record of Postmaster Roswell
Beardsley, who lies dead at North Ian
sing, N. Y. Mr.. Beardsley was ninety
three years old when he died and was
the governments oldest employe in all
senses or the term. He held his first
commission from President John Quin-
cy Adams. He had served under twen-
ty presidents and thirty-four postmas
ter-generals.
North Lansing is not great town
Its whole population could be slowed
away in a modern apartment house in
this city. But its distinction through
1.-The oldest postmaster" has become ma
tional.
When Mr.. Beardsley took Office in
1928, there were about 300 postoffices
in the country. Now there are 1854
The postal department expenditures in
1880 were 81, ,932, ,7OS. In 1901 they were
s115 ,O39 ,6O7. Mr.. Beardsley's share OF
the growth in the service lay in O
gradual increase of salary from s1953
his first years pay up to almost 5000
his last years due.
Mr.. Beardsley was postmaster twen-
ty-five years before the stamped envel.
ope came in. For six years he saw let
ters posted at rates running from six
cents for transmission not over thirty
miles up to twenty-five cents for dis
tances over four hundred miles. His
career has covered all that is marvel
GUS in postal development--New yori
World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
An Epithet to Re Avoided.

Judge Henry Lumpkin said recently
to a friend:
Il will not congratulate you on be-
ing well-preserved man. used to
think that was complimentary thing
to say to one of increasing years and
silvering locks, but one day | met Gen.
eral Evans, and found him quite puz-
zled because some one had remarked
that he was well-preserved! He said
1t sounded too much as If he had come
to the period where he needed pre-.
serving. Constitution.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
No Place for a Lazy Cat.

In the wine cellars at Limehouse in
London are 20 miles OF lanes, lined
on each side by huge casks of wine.
They are paradise for rats and the
only way in which the pests are kept
within reasonable limits as to numbers
is by employing a small army of 300
cats. These cats must catch rats or
starve and the result is that they are
probably the most skilled force of rat
catchers in the world. AS soon as a
cat becomes old and lazy she is re-
placed by a young ald active one, so
that the morale of the force never
suffers from bad example.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

There are plenty OF people who have be-
come depressed and discouraged, because
that Try. hacking cough hangs to them
continually. They have taken much medi-
cine, mostly OF the advertised quack sort,
nothing like DR.. August Koenig's Hamburg
Breast Tea the discovery of then noted
German physician so years ago. We do not
say that this will cure case where the
lungs are badly diseased, for it will not,
and up to this date there is nothing that
will cure under these conditions, but on
the other hand il the lungs are not hard
hit, the patient should take DIR. August
Koenig's Hamburg Breast Tea, cup full
every night on going to bed, have it hot.
drink slowly, then every other night rub
the throat and top portion of the lungs
with st. Jacobs Oil. cover with oil silk, let
it remain an hour, then remove. Eat good,
plain, nourishing food, live in the
open air a.. much as possible. By all means
sleep as near out of doors as possible, that
is, windows wide open, except in the very
severe weather. Take cold sponge bath
every morning; then Immediately rub the
body vigorously with coarse towel. Take
DIR. August Koenig's Hamburg Drops every
otht, day according to directions. One
can buy the three remedies for l.25 OF any
reliable druggist Begin the treatment at
once, and see how much better you will be
almost within weeks time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
Catarrh Poisons.

Catarrh is capable OF changing all the
life-giving secretons of the body into
scalding fluids, which destroy and inhame
every part they come in contact with. APP
can do little good save to soothe or guiet
disagreeabe symptoms. Hence it is that
gargles, sprays, atomizers and inhalants
only serve as temporary relief So long as
the irritating secretions of catarrh CON
tnue 10 be formed so long will the mem
branes continue to be innamed, no matter
what treatment is used.
There is but one remedy that has the de-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
HUMOROUS.

Overheard at the musicale: ~.gg-
Wagg-Execution! Why, it's simply
murder.
NIack-Was the girl Hlbee married
considered a good match? Robins-I
imagine so. She fires up at the least
provocatlon.
Nell-When Charlie proposed she
says she quite lost her head. Belle
Yes, and when she found 1t 1t was on
Charles shoulder.
"The trouble with the men who
would make ideal husbands" says
the boarding house spinster, "is that
they are all married.
That said the elder mermaid. "is
one of those ocean greyhounds. "Grac-
ious!" exclaimed the younger one,
how It does tear along. suppose 1t
has hydrophobia.'
Blobbs-I told him to his face that
he was the black sheep of the family.
Slobbs-And what did he say? Blobbs-
He merely exclaimed: "Bah!"
Jones-Did Lieut. Orlofsky marry
for love or money? Brown-Why, I
really never heard just what form of
delusion he was laboring under.
Have you read my pathetic poems?"
asked the melancholy bard. II have"
said the friend; but where does the
pathetic part come in?" when | try
to sell them"
Sillicus-I have proposed to her IL
times. and each time she has refused
me. Cynicus-Dont do Il again. Re-
| member that 13 is an unlucliy number,
and the next time she might accept
you.
Emmelne-Alfred / am very fond
of you, but | doubt if love you well
enough to be your wife. Alfred-Em-
! incline. give me. oh. give me the bene-
fit of the doubt. Emmeline-l WILL AL
fred. Henceforth all is over between u.s.
Hoax-I hear Peckman is married.
Whom did he marry; do you know?
Joax-No, but she must be a regular
tartar. Hoax-Why? Joax-You remem-
Der how proud he used to be of his
bushy head of hair? Well, he wears it
close-cropped now.
Father-You don't mean to say you
spent that dollar-the first you ever
| earned, too? The Boy-Sure! didn't
want to save II, cause II | did, first
| thing | know I'd be writin articles
about how | made it, an be givin'
| away libraries.
81 suppose" said the stone-cutter,
'you will want 'Requiescat in pace on
| your wires monument" NO" replied
the bereaved Mr.. Henpeck, Make it
| 'Requiesco.' "That means 4 rest in
peace. doesn't it?" "Yes, and you're to
| sign that Husband
Briggs-Do you believe that the
| world is divided into two classes
| those who borrow and those who lend?
Griggs-No. sir! My experience is
that two other classes are much more
prevalent-those who want to borrow
and those who won't lend.
Miss Kostique-Did 1t ever occur to
you what bad form it is to say don't
fawncy? Snappy-But you use queeah
expressions, too. You nevah hear me
say | don't think; that's slangy. Miss
Kostique-It may be slangy, but it
would be at least truthful If you said It,.
He Gndignantly)-Wha You want
another bonnet? Outrageous! She
(coolly)-Console yourself with the
thought that have only one head. He
Not at all. 1t would be consoling IL
you had two heads. I'd put you in a
museum and let you earn the price of
your millinery
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
An Animal Enujneer.

Animal instinct often gives a valua-
Bile hint to human reason The beav-
er does not build his dam straight
across the stream. but with an arch
against the current, his instinct tell
ing him that in this form 1t will better
resist floods and the impact of float
ing ice. This hint from the little ami.
NAL has been acted on in many cases
lately, notably in the building of the
Great Bear Valley dam in California.
Engineers as rule, build dams
straight across the stream. chiefly,
perhaps, to save material, but the
arched dam is the more economical in
the long run.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

Nv local applications as they cannot reachths
diseased portion OF the ear. There Is only one
way to cure deafness. and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by nn
innamed condition OF tho mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is in
famed you have rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing. and when Il Is cntiroly closed
Deafness is tho result, and unless the innam-
NATION can bo taken out and this tubo re-
stored TO its normal condition, hearing will
he destroyed forever. Ninc cases out OF ten
are caused by catarrh. which Is nothing but nn
inflamed condition Of tho mucous surface.
We will give One Hundred Dollarsfor any
ease OF Deafness (causod by catarrh) tina.
cannot be cured by Halls Catnrrh Cure. Cir-
culars sent free. F.J.CugSEr& Co. Toledo, ..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills arc the best.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

ne gray buzzard is said to be the
eaviest bird that flies. the young
males when food is plentiful Weighing
nearly 40 pounds. The bird Is al.
most extinct.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

Maryland President
United Minister England,
wye IA ever
In arecente romlo + w, Mr.
8
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

TITSpsrmauentlv CURED. No its Or nervous-
heesaftsrars days nse OF DR.. lllins's Gro,:
NsrvoRestorer. s2trlalb ottle and treatiseirse
DIR. n. II. KLINE, Ltd. 9ji Arch st.. Phlla., Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

Twenty years ago England imported 29.-
600 horses annually now the number is
$4,000.
In German universities about onc-fourth
Of all the young men study medicine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

II is difficult sometimes to draw the line
Between contentment and egotism.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

Mrs. .winslow S Soothing Syrup for children
Nsthing, soften the gums, reduces innam ma.
tcn, ,allays pain cures wind coltc. 25c. alb ottls
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

The musical composer Is not the only
Fellow whose notes go to protest.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
A no.r,n, c,,,naar ror 81, c.n,..

II you want one OF the handsomest ca,.
endafs you ever saw. send cents postage
D the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., Calendar
papt., 0 Murray St. New York. 1t is l0x
80 Inches, printed in u colors, and per.
feet beauty There arc lots OF calendars
vold for 90 cents nowhere near as pretty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
p.,m,.. c,ruo, ", Cur.d

The happiest people are those who are
ssa;tv Hattered
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

Jam sure Piso's Cure for Consum ption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THOMAS Ron
BINS, Maple St., Norwich. N. Y, Feb. II, 1900
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

Taking the United States Ms whole the
census shows that one person in every
forty has telephonc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24

It's because courtship is such pose that
marriage is often such failure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-16
P,J. FARRELL.

Teacher Of Mandolin, Violin and
Guitar, the greatest care given each
pupil regarding correct position, prop
er wrist movement, power of tone ex-
preston, etc. Instruments free to-
beginners. Lessons at studio SOC, at
residences, 75c. Studio 10 IL Main
street, Smart Building.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-16
IF WOMEN ONLY KNEW.
What Heap Of Happiness It Would
Bring to Pine Bluff Homes.

Hard to do housework with an aching
back,
Hours Of misery at leisure or at work.
If women only knew the cause;
Bachache pains come from sick kid
neys,
Doan's Kidney Pills will cure it.
Pine Bluff people endorse this:
Mrs. c. E. F@her, (Mr. c. E. Fisher,
carpenter in Cotton Belt r. R. shops,)
residence 1904 East 9Th avenue, says.
'Doan's Kidney Pills procured at
Mann Tankersley Drug Co. have been
used in my family and very satisfac
tory results were obtained. l had
symptoms of kidney trouble and few
doses drove them away My little
daughter had considerable tronnle
with her kidneys and the treatment re-
lieved her in very short time | oa.
pleased to recommend SO. valuable a
remedy as Doan's Kidney Pills
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, NJ
y, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no substitute. IL
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-16
Giving Study to Labor.

An anonymous citizen of Balti
more has given money to Johns Hop
kins university to be devoted to a
systematic investigation of the his.
tory, activities and influence of labor
organizations in the United States.
The sum of $500 is given for the i'm
mediate purchase by the university
library of additional books, journals
and reports relating to this subject.
The further sum of $1,000 is made
available to meet the expenses Incl.
dent to carrying on the inquiry for
the next academic year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-16
LAND FLOWING WITH HONEY,
Old Settler Tells of the Early Days
in Georgia.

III SCOJS'ds
II. Jacob kumm is now So years
IL age. but has comparatively good
use OF himself says the Milledseville
(Ga.) News. Mr. Gumm's father was
one Of the first settlers in this sec
ton. He was a major in the United
states army, and was stationed with
some troops at Mount Pellar Hill,
near McCombs Mount. At that time
there was considerable opposition to
the presence of the troops in this
section, and Mr. Gumm, Sr., resigned
his commission and purchased the
and around the fort, thus becoming
one OF the first landowners and tax
payers of the county, and he and his
descendants have been taxpayers here
ever since. Mr.. Jacob Gumm entered
the Indian war of 1897, at the close
OF which he returned, and has resid-
ed here ever since. He says he re.
members when what is now Milledge-
vile was a great forest, h}led prin-
cipally with large poplar trees, many
Gf which were over four feet thick.
These trees drew many bees, until
there was so much honey that it
would dip from the large trees on
the underground below and thus spoil
your clothes as you walked through
the bushes. Everybody had more
honey than he could consume.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-16
Cures Eczema, itching Humors

Especially for old, chronic, cases
take Botanic Blood Balm. 1t gives a
healthy blood supply the affected
parts, heals all the sores, eruptions
scabs, scales; stops the awful itching
and burning of eczema, swelings, sup
purating, watery sores, etc Druggists
81. Sample sent free and prepaid by
writing Blood Balm Co, Atlanta. Ga.
Describe trouble and free medical ad.
vice sent in seled letter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-16
"a
Rears the 4 The Kind You Have Always 6oughl
s'':::''' ss':; :; ''' U<&;;z.27;z:z;;:z;8;:: 4:
Bear More Of an Attraction.

Bear More of An Attraction.
Parson (who has just arrived for the
first time at his new country living)-
l say. porter, my arrival seems to have
caused a great deal Of excitement in
the village. Porter-Yes, sir; but it's
nowt to when the dancing bear was
here yesterday.-London Tit-Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-16
Most's Ideas on Prisons.

Herr Most, the anarchist who has
enjoyed an international experience Of
prison sums it up in the epigram,
~Tae freer the country the worse the
jail II was first he says, "impris
oned in Austria. There l was treated
like gentleman. In Germany they
set me to work at bookbinding. That
was easy. In London they made me
pick oakun. That was very E&fd. The
first time was imprisoned in America
| had to FIRE furnace. That was
;lades.''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-16

$14.25 Kansas City, Mo-, and Return.
Via the Iron Mountain Route.
Tickets on sale October 18th to 22d
inclusive. with final limit of October
q, 1902.
IN. ATWOOD, Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-16

Hurry Emery's big production of c..
T. DaZey's new play, The Burglar and
the Waif,' which comes to the new
Elks' theater next Friday night There
is the usual love story with the beau
tiful "waif'' as the heroine. the deep
dyed villain. the good young man,
enough sentiment to make it play
of the healt, with comedy and special
ties naturally blended.