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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
FOresta md Human Vitality.

One has but to look back through his
tory to see how closely related Is the
forest to human vitality. 1t was in the
forests of Thessaly that the early
Greeks received their energy that later
fiowered into genius. 1t was the forest
dwellers of Germany that conquered
decadent Rome and later gave to Spain
the vigor that swept back the Moor
and brought under her flag almost the
whole known world. But today what
is Greece, what is Italy, what is Spain?
They have been stripped of their for
ests, those nurseries of vigor, and their
decay has set In. Everywhere the law
holds good. 1t Is in the forest that the
manhood is nourished which builds up
great civilizations. But cities arise,
trees are swept away, and the inevita-
BILE decline sets In. Forests once de-
stroyed cannot return, and over all the
sites Of ancient civilization are blowing
the desert sands.-Arthur Goodby In
New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
OCEAN LINERS IN PORT.
The work That Is Done by the Crew
That Never snils.

The captains authority over an ocean
liner, and equally, Of course, his respon-
sibility for her, extend only over the
time when she is crossing the sea.
Practically the responsibility ceases
when she approaches land on either
side, for the pilot assumes charge OF
her navigation as soon as he comes
aboard. When the ship arrives Mt her
pier, or as soon, to be exact, as she is
within hailing distance, the captain is
no longer In control. She Is then under
the authority of the marine superin-
tendent, who is in command of the
piers and tugs and harbor front equip
ment of the line and who takes charge
of the docking of all vessels.
To bring n giant liner TO rest at her
pier Is Il delicate operation. The flow
of the tide, the headway impaired by
her engines before they stop, the depth
of the water, must all be taken into
consideration. for the quarters are mar
row, and If she were TO ram the pier
II would mean bad smashup. But
with the skill of long experience the
superintendent, by voice and hand, con-
trolls the great vessel perfectly, and
with tugs helping her and cables draw
ing her she glides into her resting place
rs quietly and easily as tired child
slips beneath the covers at night.
Practically, from the moment when
the liner is made fast she is turned
over to the crew that never sails. Her
officers remain on duty, and their work
is as arduous and almost rs incessant
in port as at sea. But the law requires
that the crew of each vessel shall be
paid off and discharged at the end Of
every voyage. In the case of the liner
they are again signed Immediately, but
during the period while the vessel lies
In port they are not officially connected
with her, and the work which naturally
would fall TO their lot is performed by
the port crew.-Earl Mayo in Leslie's
Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
A Kind Action.

When you rise in the morning form q
resolution to make the day a happy one
TO n fellow creature, says Sydney
Smith. 1t is easily done-a left off gar
ment to the man who needs II, kind
word to the sorrowful. an encouraging
expression to the striving. Trines in
themselves as light as air will do 1t, at
least for the twenty-four hours, and
IL you are young depend upon it 1t
will tell when you are old, and IL you
ARE old II will send you gently and
happily down the stream of time to
eternity. BY the most simple arith-
metical sum look mt the result-you
send one person, only one, happily
through the day; that is 1856 during the
course of the year. And suppose you
live only forty years after you COM
mence that kind of medicine you have
made 14,G0O beings happy, at all events
for a time. Now, is not this simple? 1t
is too short for a sermon, too homely
for ethics, too easily accomplished for
you to say, IL would If could"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
BOY BATTLES.
Let the Youngster Learn to Stand Up
For His Rights.

Have you forbidden your son to fight
under severe penalties? And have you
sent him TO public school hampered
by this injunction? This is the infalli-
bic result: Either he will fight and
deny 1t to you, which is far more
blameworthy than fighting or he will,
II strictly obedient boy, refuse to
fight or to resent imposition, and thus
gain the reputation of a 'milksop" or
SISSY" and his school days will be
made miserable by the injustice of this
stigma and by the indignities and an
noyances to which he will be subjected
by his mates. If you find your boy
quarrelsome and inclined to impose
upon other and younger boys punish
him as severely as you wish. l am
fully in accord with you there, for a
quarrelsome. tyrannical bully is nui-
sance in any school; but as long as
there are schools so long will there be
quarresome, tyrannical bullies, and
you and l. my dear madam, wish our
boys to take these bullies In hand and
thrash them. Now, isn't that SO?
Do you suppose that Fatty was any
the worse for his fight with Fishy?
And when, in after years, Fatty be-
came one of the best football players
and cane rushers that Dartmouth col
lege ever boasted and one of the best
business men in New Hampshire is
there any doubt that this fight had
some influence--a slight influence, per-
haps but still an infiuence-in produc-
ing this development? And do you
suppose that he was any the less
gentleman and a good citizen from
having learned to stand up for his
rights and to resent improper interfer-
ence with his affairs? Let your boy
learn to box, to wrestle, to fence, and
so develop every muscle. l never yet
saw boy who knew how to box
strike with club, stone or n dan
gerous weapon. Judge Henry A.
Shute in Leslie's Monthly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16

On Oct. 2S, A. D. 312, Constantine
the Great is said to have 'heard n great
and mighty noise above and to the
east of him" and upon turning his eyes
In that direction was astonished be
yond measure at what he there beheid."
Clearly outlined upon the blue sky
wRs cross OF pure white, and in the
halo which surrounded the top was the
Latin phrase, 'In hoe signo" ("By this
sign'D, in letters of deep scarlet. Mack
ey, the great historian. says that there
was second inscription In Greek. the
letters OF which In English would be
"En to nilSa."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
Nature md PInnts.

Dr. Andrew Wilson writes: "If we
assumed that flowers were merely
evolved to crafty human senses we
should be entertaining a woefully lin
tied view of nature. The botanist will
tell you that everything about flower
is meant to favor one end That end
is the production of seeds and the prop
agation of the species. The colors OF
flowers-nay, even the little splashes OF
hue or tint seen on a petal-are in
tended to attract insects that they may
carry of the fertilizlng dust, or pollen,
to other flowers of the same or near
species and thus insure sturdier race
as the result of cross fertilization. 1t
is to this end also that your flowers are
many of them sweet scented. The per-
fume is another kind of invitation to
the insect world. The honey they Sc
crete forms third attraction-the
most practical of all, perhaps. Then
the arrangement of the flowers on the
stalk, the times of opening and shut
ting of the flowers and the position of
the stamens and pistils are all so many
features whereby nature is giving each
plant help on the way"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
Servants Tn go0a

"Twice year, on April 90 and Oct
26," writes young Bulgarian woman
living in Sofia, "our streets are full of
servants, and people bargain with them
for service. During the winter season
they are very cheap, as the peasants
send all their girls to the city to be
hired, they having no work for them
ut home. The price paid differs. One
can get girl for her board, or pay up
to 20 lusor (S4) II month for one who
cooks, washes and irons. Girls are of.
ten thankful to enter n good family for
their board. For the men there Is very
little work, and the papers are full of
suicides on account, during the dull
seasons of starvation"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
EFFICACY OF THE ONION.
Apply IL Outside nnd Inside md Cure
a Cold.

The idea of an onion cure may not
strike the fancy of the aesthetic. How
ever, the experience of those who have
tried ii is that 1t works wonders In re-
storing a racked system TO its normal
state again. There are three kinds of
doses In the onion cure, or three onion
cures, as you choose to put it. One is n
diet of onions, the other is onion plas-
ters and the third is onion sirup.
1t is claimed by those who believe in
the onion cure that n bad cold can be
broken up If the patient will stay in
doors and feed on liberal diet of
onions. 1t need not be an exclusive
diet, but n liberal one. For instance,
an onion cure breakfast includes a.
poached egg on toast, three tablespoon
fuls of fried onions and a cup Of coffee.
Luncheon of sandwiches, made of Bos-
ton brown bread, buttered and filed
with finely chopped raw onions, sea-
soned with salt and pepper, makes the
second meal on the schedule. For sup
per the onions may be fried rs for
breakfast and eaten with a chop and n
baked potato.
The strange efficacy of onions is well
known to the singers Of Italy and
Spain, who eat them every day to i'm
prove the quality of their voices and
keep them smooth. Onion plasters are
prescribed to break up hard coughs.
They are made of fried onions placed
between two pieces of old muslin. The
plaster is kept quite hot until the pa
tient is snugly in bed. when it is placed
on the chest TO stay overnight. Onion
sirup is dose that can be bought of
any druggist and is claimed by some to
be unequaled rs a cure for cold in the
chest.
All this Is probably quite true. For
to be done up with onions. both inside
and out, would be enough certainly to
chase out any self respecting cold
Table Talk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
Prize Sentences.

The winner of prize of guinea
offered by the London academy to the
person who should select the three
most pregnant and felicitous sentences
from any authors, chose the following
three quotations. The first was from
Ruskin:
Fancy plays like a squirrel in Its
circular prison and is happy; but imag-
ination is a pilgrim on the earth-and
her home is in heaven" The second
sentence was taken from the works of
Mazzini: Encouragement is but dis
enchanted egotism." The third was
the following from Robert Louis Ste
venson: "The true wisdom is to be al
ways seasonable, and to change with
a good grace in changing circum-
stances. To love playthings well as a
child, to lead an adventurous and hon
orable youth and to settle when the
time arrives into a green and smiling
age Is to be a good artist In life and
deserve well Of yourself and your
neighbor."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
HORSE wHisPERERs.
serset Methods That Were Used BY
Irish Animal Tanners.


Ireland, as well as the far north Of
Scotland, had-possibly still has--its
"horse whisperers," though the "broth-
erings" which give such permanence
and gcnlality to the Scottish ''plow-
mans whisper never seem to have ex-
listed in the sister island. Irish 'whis-
perers" have been lonely men, whose
secret has generally died with them,
says the Golden Penny.
The most famous "whisperer" OF
modern times wns James Sullivan of
Dunhallow. No horse was ever
brought to Sullivan which he did not
permanently tame. Ordinarily restive
animals he would master in few min
utes. For exceptionally vicious horses
he took about half an hour, during
which time he shut the stable door and
forbade any one to open 1t till he gave
the signal. When the door was opened
the horse was still lying down and
Sullivan by his side, playing with him
ns child does with puppy. There
was no tying up of the foreleg or any
other visible means of coercion. How
his ascendency was obtained no one
could tell.
A successor of Sullivan named
O'IIara became almost equally famous,
and was often urged to explain what
was the secret of his influence. But
O'IIara treated his questioncrs as SAM
son did the Philistines, deluding them
with various and unsatisfactory an
swers. At one time, for instance, he
said the secret lay In rocking" the
horse-putting one hand firmly on his
crupper, and with the other grasping
his shoulder and then swaying him to
and fro. gently ut first and gradually
increasing the motion till you throw
him. At another time he protested that
his plan was to bite the animals ear.
Both these are well known jockey
tricks. The most stubborn horse they
say. will be wholly subdued by being
thrown twiN' or thrice, and If you can
get a vicious horses ear between your
teeth and bite hard you are his master
and he your submissive slave from that
time forward. As TO the idea that the
'whispercr" works by kindness, II
stands 10 reason that that method sup
poses the entire education of the ami
nal TO he In your hands. If you have
only half nm hour to do your work in,
you must show overmastering power
as well as kindly feelings. A horse
whose temper has been spoiled by
chronic bad treatment looks on all men
alike as tyrants and bullies.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
Harder Work,

When the clever writer and carica-
turist Max Beerbohm, succeeded
George Bernard Shaw as dramatic crit
ic of the London Saturday Review, he
was told by the manager that Shaw
was getting such and such play. "Of
course, being comparatively inexperi-
enced," the manager added. "You can
scarcely expect so much"
"Oh, yes, I SHALL" rejoined Mr.. Beer
bohm decisively. Indeed, l shall ex-
pect more. You see," he explained,
"as Shaw knows the drama thoroughly
1t was perfectly easy for him to write
about 1t. Whereas l know nothing
about 1t, and it will be shockingly hard
work"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
The Candieash of Puget sound.

Very queer fish are caught in the wa
tiers of Puget sound. One kind is called
the candlefish. 1t is dried and packed
In boxes like candles. We are told the
fishermen use them to light their homes
and that at one time all the boats on
the sound used them instead of sperm
oil lamps. BY putting the heads of the
fish downward in candlestick and
lighting the tail, which, In conjunction
with the backbone, acts rs a wick, 1t
burns like candle. They eat this fish,
and when cooking 1t is 80 fat 1t fries
itself
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
BABIES IN SIAM.
They All Receive the Same Name,
"Dang," at Birth.


All babies in Siam receive the same
name at birth. says Ernest Young, the
author of "The Kingdom of the Yellow
Robe" This name is Dang, which
means red, and Il is the only designa-
ton vouchsafed the newcomer for some
months. For several years they wear
no clothing, though perhaps a string of
beads or bracelets or anklets as orna-
ment. At childs birth a cord that
has been blessed by the priests is tied
around the outside Of the house, and
three balls Of rice are thrown In ''lucky
directions" by three old women, who
are always present at such time and
whose business Il Is to solicit for the
little one the patronage and protection
of sundry guardian angels. The cord
and the scattering about the premises
of certain kind of native fruit are
supposed 10 be efiicacious In preventing
the entrance of evil spirits. As n mat
ter of fact, what with the heat of the
climate and the cleansing fires" kin
died In portable earthenware stoves
and the presence of many people in the
small, low cellinged rooms, the atmos-
phere is so stifiingly hot and uncom-
Portable that It is doubtful whether
even evil wanderers from below would
care to stop there long.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
whittier and His Admirers.

Few poets had more admirers among
women than Whittier had, and this ad-
miration frequently took personal form.
One day his sister, in her slow, Quaker
fashion. was describing these erup-
tions. "Thee hast no idea," she said,
''of the time Greenleaf spends in trying
to lose these people on the streets.
Sometimes he comes home and says,
We'll, sister, had hard work to lose
him, but l have lost him." To this
Whittier pathetically added. But can
never lose her."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
The value of une.aet,nT Occupation.

Engrossing occupations frequently In
jure the mind by the semi-importance
they are apt to produce, and still more,
perhaps, by rendering 1t unfit for those
leisurely side glances on the world
about us, in which the best experience
of man is gained. Even the poets
highest thoughts. even shakespeare's
finest reveries, seem to be not the fruit
Of hard study, but of those careless
flashes Of insight which 1t is the best
effect Of unexacting humdrum occupa-
tions to promote.-London Spectator
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
A FLIGHT FROM RUSSIA.
lwbatTennyson's Father Knew About
Emperor Psurs Assassfnstfon.


Emperor Pnu1's Assassfnstfon.
Shortly after the assassination Of
Emperor Paul of Russia Tennyson, the
father of the poet, dlned with Lord St
Helens, the British ambassador, In
Moscow. Several Russian officers OF
high rank whose names he did not
know were also guests. During dinner
a guarded reference was made to the
emperor's death "Why do you speak
so gingerly about matter so notori-
ous?" cried Tennyson impulsively, lean
ing across his neighbor, q Russian
whose breast was covered with orders.
1--WE know very well in England that
the Emperor Paul was murdered.
Count Zoboff knocked him down, and
Benningsen and Count Pahlen stran-
gled him." There was strained ST.
lence; then the ambassador abruptly
changed the subject. As the guests
filed out into an adjoining room Lord
st. Helens drew Tennyson aside.
Don't go into the next room," he
whispered, "but fly for your life. The
man next you, across whose breast
you leaned, was Count Pahlen, and
Zoboff was also at the table" He gave
n few hurried directions, and Tenny-
son rushed Off, threw his clothes into
portmanteau and fled behind fast
horses to Odessa, still in evening garb,
though the cold was intense. lie lay
hidden for weeks and at last, in the
disguise of a servant, was smuggled
on board an English frigate.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
Physiological Error.

"It says In dis paper dat feller wot
broke out Of jail was shot trough de
y-i-t-a-l-s. Wot does dat mean?'
through de victuals. Dey must n
plugged him in de stomach"
"But dey had chased him two days
an he hadn't had not'in' to eat"
"Den de papers wrong. 1t oughter
said he was shot trough de appetite" :"
kansas City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
An Ancient Work on Angling,

The greatest work of antiquity ON
angling is said to be the "Halieutica" of
Orphan, Greek poet who fiourished in
the time of severus, A. ID. 1893, from
which we learn that many artifces in
fishing thought to be modern were
known to ancients. We also learn
from Atheneus that several other writ
ers u written treatises or poems on
fishing some centuries before the Chris
. tian era.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16

"Yes. ] know it's an expensive and
useless habit" said the old smoker,
lighting n fresh cigar with the stump
OF the old one, "but you can't think
what a solace 1t is"
"A solace for what?" asked the other
man.
why, for the-er-discomfor and
craving you feel when you're not smok-
Ing, you knOw."-Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
HIS "Turnout.o

Clerkley-Isn't this earlier than your
usual time for going home?
Barkley-Yes, but my wife said If I
came out by the 3:45 she'd meet me
with the carriage.
II didn't know you kept horse and
carriage"
"Er-er--it's baby and carriage"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
He wanted the shoes.

Here, waiterv' said Mr.. Meddergrass
to the attendant in the city cafe where
he was breakfasting. II see you got
some fried soles on this here bill O.
fare. Bring 'em on. think them was
the uppers got fer griddlecakes a
minute ago."-Judge.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
His Choice.

Agent-Yes, sir; / will guarantee that
this Is the most concentrated food you
ever ate.
Consumer-But / don't want that,
kind. ! want the kind that'spreads all
over my system.-Life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
Natural Inference.

'It was very affecting when I asked
old Binks for his daughter. Why. /
wept myself"
ibid he kick as hard as all thatr--
Chicago Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
Explicit.

Van Quizz-where does young Chip
ston work?
Fitz-Bile--In wholesale grocery con-
Germ.
Van QuIxz--I know, but for whomf
Fitz-Bile--Oh, for gambling house.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division
la effect May 25th, 1903. Trains. leave
Driftwood as follows:
EASTWARD
EASTWARD

EASTWARD
9:Ol m-Train IL, weekdays, for Sunbury,
Wilkesbarre, Hazleton, Pottsville. Scranton,
Harrisburg and the intermediate sta
tions, arriving at Philadelphia 6:23 y. M,
New York O;3O p. m; baltimore, 600 p. m.
Washington, 7:l5 y. m Pullman Parlor car
from Williamsport to Philadelphia and pas
senger coaches from Kane to Philadelphia
instOn.
l2;50p, m.-rraln s, daily for sunbury, Har-
rlsburg and principal intermediate stations,
arriving at Philadelphia 1892 y. M, New
York 1923 p. M, Baltimore 1880 p. M. WASH
lngton s:35 p. IN. Vestibuled parlor cars
and passenger coaches, Buffalo 10 Phladel-
phia and Washington.
rlsburg and intermediate stations, ar
7.l3 a, M; Baltimore, 2.2O II. M; Washington
3.3O A. NJ. Pullman sleeping cars from
Harrisburg to Philadelphia aud New York.
Philadelphia passengers can remain In
sleeper undisturbed until 1850 A. NJ.
II :O5 p.m.-Train 4daily for sunbury,. Harris
burg and intermediate stations, arriving ut
Philadelphia, 1;22 a. NJ; New York, 9:33
day; Baltimore, 7;l5 4. NJ; Washington, $3.50
a. NJ, Pullman sleepers from Erie,
and williamsportt, to Philadelphia, and
Willlamsport To Washington. Passenger
coaches IRON Erie TO Philadelphia, and
Williamsport TO Baltimore.
t2;27p,m.-Train II, daily for Sunbury, Harris
burg and principal intermediate ttlons,ar
riving at Philadelphia 7:22 n. m, New York
1888 Il. m. weekdays, ll0.iJ IA. M, sunday
Baltimore 7;I5 a. NJ, Washington, $50 IL IN.
Vestbuled buffet sleeping cars and pas
senger coaches, Buffalo to Philadelphia and
Washington.
WESTWARD
1898 ~ m.-Train :, daily for Buffalo via
Emporium
t.,bs A. u.--rTin ., daily tor Erie, Ridg-
way, aud week days for Dubois, Clcrmont
and principal Intermediate stations.
1850 IA; m.--Trlin ., daily for Erie aud inter
mediate points.
J:I5 p. m.-lihln l1' dhlly Tor BuHhlo VIA
Emporium.
5:ttp m.--Train 81, weekdays for Kane aud
intermediate stations.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
Much Denandn.

Joey-Yes. Pietro; in whist playing a
good deal depends on your luck.
Pietro-Quite 30. And your luck de-
pends on good deal, Philaxiel-
phia Bulletin.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16

Trnin gi2 Sunday leaves Dubois $40 D. m.
Falls Creek I.l1, Reynoldsville 4.30, Brookvllle
500, Red Bank $50, Pittsburg p.O p. IN.
Trains marked run daily;s daily, except
Sunday; flag station, where signals must be
shown.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
Wedding Invitations artistically
printed at The Star Office.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Il BUFFALO & ALLEGHANY VALLEY
DIVISION.
Low Grade Division.
Effect May "a, 1903, Eastern Standard Tine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16

The state of New Hampshire gets
more than $5,0O0000 each season from
summer boarders.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16

First we teach the baby to,talk and
then to hold bis tongue -smsrt Set.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16

Evil often ttumphs. but never con-
quers.-Roux.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
EASTWARD.


Train g0l Sunday leaves pittsburg a.OJ "a. IN.
Red Bank II 10 Brookyille III. ~, Reynoldsville
ia, Falls Creek i,2g, Dubois ..55 p. m.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
JoHsoNBURG RAILROAD,

RIpGwAY x CLEARFIELD RAILROAD
and Connections.