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Girl Corners Nut Market.

Bernice Bardine, a pretty Texas girl,
who is yet under 20 years Of age, has
displayed Judgment and business acu-
men of high order Last year Miss
Bardine and her brother, younger than
herself, made little money gathering
pecans. Since then she has beer study
ing the business and laying plans for
future operations. During the last
summer she carried on an extensive
correspondence, not only with mer-
camille establishments in various ci-
ties that handled pecans. but with re-
liable people who reside in regions
where the toothsome nut grows. In
this way she became thoroughly post
ed on the present crop.
Feeling confident that pecans would
command good price, she set to work
some weeks ago and quietly leased ev-
cry pecan grove and forest Of any
value in the Colorado valley. When
buyers appeared, startling the ranch
ers by Offering to engage pecans at
Z 1-2 cents per pound, those who make
a business of gathering the nuts were
astounded to discover that young
girl had cornered the crop so far as
this particular region is concerned. A
little Investigation showed that this
energetic woman is in fair way to
make fortune in a few months. 1t is
known that she got bargain in near
ly all OF her leases. AS a sample oi
her shrewdness, she leased one for
est for 500, in which there are sew
eral giant trees, that will yield 2C
bushels or $50 pounds Of pecans. Al
n low estimate the profits from this
single transaction will fall little short
of $4,000.
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stonecutter and modeller, an academl-
clan of the Pennsylvania Academy Of
the Fine Arts, fellow of the first
Society Of Artists, and an associate of
the Columbian Society of Arts. OF
which Jefferson was first President; so
that his position In the art world was
fully recognized by his contemporaries.
He was doubtless n German, as his
name Is found early spelled Muller.
He contributed TO the Academy exhi-
bition of 1918 portraits of Albert Gala
tin and Mrs. Madison, "modelled In
colors," and of Bishop White and other
persons of consideration to the exhi-
btions of the two succeeding years.
He died in 1919, and In the catalogue
for 1921 is entered likeness of the late
Talbot Hamilton, finely modelled in
wax by the late George Miller" The
bas-rellef of Washington is not cast.
but carved in low relief. and was the
property of the celebrated William
Bingham, who left this country In
1900 and died at Bath, England. In
1904. 1t was purchased at the sale of
his effects In 1907. and remained for
eighty-five years in the possession Of
the purchaser and his son. AS the
earliest notice we have of Miller In
Philadelphia is in 1T9S, this bas-rellef
must have been made when Washing
ton was last in that city, between No
vember and December II, 1I0S.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-18

returning at half-pnst 2. in time to
dress for dinner Mt 3. He was always
dressed with care for this meal. as on
all occasions of ceremony. He liked
plain dishes and was particularly fond
Of baked apples, hickory nuts and other
simple products of the country. 1t was
his custom to sit a good while at the
table after dinner. talking over his
hunts and his adventures while in SER
vice during the French war. His
usual toast was, "All our friends"
The evening was spent In the family
circle round the blazing wood FIRE, and
by 10 o'clock he was usually asleep.
Such was the ordinary life OF this Illus
trlous farmer at home. before his coun-
try called him to the field to defend her
liberties; and It was just the kind Of
life that was best fitted to prepare
him for the command of an army of
American farmers.
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The Man who "Never siopped over. -

Not n political seer like Jefferson,
nor great philosopher like Franklin,
Washington was pre-eminently the
good citizen. always equal to the de-
mands of his duty and always ready
to make the sacrifices 1t required of
him.
He represented the highest type of
the character resulting from careful
home-breedlng as distinct from that
produced by education in letters or by
travel. The education of the home
made him the most thoroughly self.
mastered man among his contempor-
aries and patriot of patriots. 1t Is
n well authenticated fact that he was
of sensitive, nervous organization
what was called I'm an old-fashioned
way "high strung"-but he had his
naturally hot temper under such thor
ough control that the impression he
produced was one of extreme mild.
ness.
The American humorist who said of
him that he never stopped over con
densed his character In phrase not
the less strikingly true because OF
the element Of the ludlcrous in IT,
New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-18
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

King Edward VII. has paid in all
seven visits to Ireland.
s. M. Bryan, who established the
mail service in japan in 1872, died In
Baltimore, Nd, the other day.
Professor Il. P. Lyon has been ap-
pointed temporary successor to DR..
Loeb at the University of Chicago.
Lord Strathcona, Chancellor of Nc.
Gill University, has offered to give the
last $4,000 required to construct q
gymnasium.
Mr.. Kipllng's home In South Africa
during some weeks to come will be the
house which in the past was lent to
him by Cecil Rhodes.
Miss Marie Wieck, the court pianist
and sister-in-law of Robert Schumann,
the composer, has just celebrated her
seventeen birthday in Dresden.
M. Macon, who died recently at the
nge of ninety-three. had been Mayor
of the commune of Maymels contin-
uously since 1854, forty-nine years.
Dvorak, the composer; vrchlicky, the
Czech poet, and Ferdinand Won Saar,
the Austrian poet, have been made
members of the Austrian House Of
Peers.
Samuel Smiles, the author, has just
celebrated his ninetieth birthday. He
Is still in fair health and manifests
considerable interest in current poll
tics and literature.
The Countess of Mimic, wife Of the
Governor-General of Canada, is at the
head Of a movement to prepare suit
able markings for the graves of Cana
dian soldiers who died In South Africa.
Mr.. Edison claims to be one Of the
hardest-worked men. When he can
steal away from his laboratory he
| spends the precious moments with his
prize poultry, some Of which cost 500
| apiece.
The Pope's income is 81, 400, 900, one
seventh Of which is guaranteed by the
Emperor of Austria. Another seventh
comes from vested interests, and the
remainder is derived from Peters
Pence.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-18
Graces of Manner.

Washington was grave In manners
but perfectly easy. There was a com.
mandlng air in his presence which
compelled respect and forbade too
great a freedom towards him, indie
pendently of that species of awe which
is always felt In the moral influence
of a great character. In every move
ment, too, there was polite grace.
fulness equal to any met with In the
most polished individuals In Europe
and his smile was extraordinarily at
tractive. 1t was observed to me there
was an expression in Washlngton's
face that no painter had succeeded II
taking.-Willlam Hazlitt.
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|MYAINeToN'S Lift. Y |
AT Nt ~
MOUNT VERNoNoAyG'|

riding about In his coach and six. and
with no near nelghbors to restrain,
censure. or outshlne him, was kind
of farmer-prince.
1t was fortunate for Washington
that he came to his wealth when his
character was mature. Being a
younger son, he had no expectations
of wealth In his youth, and he grew
up in very hardy. sensible manner.
on an enormous farm. not a fourth
part of which was cultivated. His
father dying when lie was eleven
years old, he came directly under the
influence of his mother. who was one
of the women of whom people say,
"There Is no nonsense about her"
She was plain, energetic, strong.
willed lady, perfectly capable of con.
ducting the affairs Of n farm, and
scorning the help of others. When
she was advanced In years. her son.
in-law offered to manage her business
for her.
"You may keep the accounts, Field
ing" was her reply, "for your eye.
sight is better than mine. but l car
manage my affairs myself"
On another occasion, General Wash
ington asked her to come and live with
him at Mount Vernon.
"Thank you. George" said she, "but
I prefer being independent"
And so TO the last she lived In her
own plain farmhouse. and superintend-
ed the culture of her own acres. When
Lafayette visited her he found her at
work in her garden. with her old sun
bonnet on, and she came in to see him,
saying:
81 would not pay you so poor n COM
pliment, Marquis, as to stay to change
my dress"
Being the son of such n woman. and
trained by her I'm simple, rational
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-18
Good.Natured Crowds.

A student of human nature can GER
tainly ask no better entertainment
than to ride in a crowded elevated
train between and o'clock in the
evening. In spite of the great discom-
fort to which the passengers are con-
stantly subjected, the disposition of the
crowd seems to be always absolutely
good natured, and in spite OF being
packed in like sardines in box you
seldom hear an ugly remonstrance.
One of the most aggravating things
to happen to one while hanging on like
grim death to a strap is when with
great effort you move to one side to
allow some other human being to pass
to have said human being quietly plant
himself in the space you have thus
made.
It is in such ways as this that the
disposition is sorely tried. and the
good nature referred to is therefore all
the more remarkable.-New York Mail
and Express.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-18
Dead Sea Dryinq up.

The Dead Sea, whose size is dimin-
ishing, Is about 46 miles long by 8
wide. and is only 10 feet deep in its
southern part. The surface is consid-
erably below sea level. while 1t re-
ceives the drainage of salt, sulphur
and asphalt mines. The density of the
water is about IL as compared with
distilled water, that of sea water being
only 1927; and a recent analysis by
C. A. Mitchell shows more than "a per
cent of solid matter. including 8 per
cent of magnesium chloride. $50 OF
sodium chloride. and $40 Of calcium
chloride. A bather becomes instantly
covered with LAYER of salt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-18
LEPRosY.
Some Facts About This Most loath.
some Disease.

some Disease.
OF all the diseases which desolate
humanity leprosy is perhaps the one
which produces the most terror among
all peoples, and II is with the greatest
satisfaction that we learn that this ter
rible evil has just been the object Of
an admirable effort on the part of DR..
Filaretopoulo, PROFESSOR in the faculty
OF medicine at Athens For the past
six months he has studied the leper in
the very hotbed of the disease, the
leper houses of Crete, returning full of
hope and courage.
II Is too generally believed that the
leper has disappeared, II not from the
world, at least from our own land; but
1t is not necessary to go very far to
find him. and this suffices to justify
all the measures which are taken
against him. These measures are Of
general interest, more general than
one thinks, for IL is nearly certain that
leprosy Is but an aggravated form Of
tuberculosis, and that that which de-
stroys the one will surely lessen the
other. DR.. Filaretopoulo has come with
his figures, and he tells us that at
present there are 100000 lepers in the
world This figure is very much low
er than the actual number, for it rep
resents only the certain cases, and the
statistics for the Orient, where the dis
ease has full sway, are of doubtful ac-
curacy.
Have not these figures a terrible elo-
quence, and does not every one feel,
In considering them, the necessity for
| prompt and energetic action? This is
all the more the case since, according
to DR.. Filaretopoulo, If the disease is
taken at its commencement it is cura-
BILE. it's slow evolution-fve to six
years in general-permitting contin-
uous effort to arrest its progress.
| Leprosy is hereditary, and probably
contagious, and however great the re-
strictions the lepers contaminate 9TH
ers. IL is this contagion which 1t is
first necessary to do away with. DR..
| FHaretopoulo states that the danger
proceeds from want of care in the
pesthouses wherein lepers are kept;
they go out when they so desire. beg
in the villages. tend sheep, and SON.
times marry healthy persons. Al
though DR.. Fliaretopoulo has noticed
some cases IT, which the patients i'm
prove, there does not seem at the
present time any positive cure. At the
same time, 1t is necessary to state
with scientific brutality, that this par
ticular point has only relative inn
portance, for when the house burns II
is better to protect the movables close
by than to attempt to save some brok-
en-legged chairs. The leper Is to be
| pitied, he is to be cared for; II he can
be helped one should not hesitate tc
do so; but every effort should be di.
rected to establishing around those in
fected rigorous defensive Gordon;
for If in the present state of science II
is not possible to uproot the evil we
must prevent its germ from spreading
La Vie Illustree.
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which he had in common with his
mother, who was said to be as good q
judge Of horses as any man in Virginia.
Nothing was more common than for
him to mount his horse after breakfast
and ride all day, only dismounting for
a few minutes at time.
On these great plantations, far from
any large town, and worked by me-
groes, the master was often obliged
personally to superlntend any opera
ton which was out Of the ordinary
routine.
There were balls occasionally at
Alexandria. and we find Washington
attending them. and entering into the
humors and gayetles with much spirit.
The usual course of day at Mount
Vernon was something like this: The
master rose early. shaved and dressed
himself, except that his queue was ar
ranged by a servant. His first visit
was to the stable. 1t is recorded of
him that he once applied. with his own
strong right arm. stirrup strap to
the shoulders Of a groom who had Ill
treated a favorite horse. After a light
breakfast Of corn cake, honey and
tea. the General would tell his guests,
IL he had any. and he usually had. to
amuse themselves In their own way
till dinnertlme. Offering them his
stables. his hunting and fishing ap-
paratus. his boats and his books to
their choice. Then he would mount
his horse and ride about his farms,
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smithy for repairing tools, his own car
penter shop, looms, and he built scores
or houses and cabins for his slaves.
His five farms ranged from 1000 to
1000 acres, and each farm had its
overseer and its allotment of slaves
and stock.
Some idea of the extent of Wash
ington's farming operations may be
formed from the following facts:
About the beginning of the Revolution
Ne had one year $50 acres in grass.
4NQ acres in oats. 200 acres In wheat,
500 acres in corn, with several hun
dred acres in beans, buckwheat, pota-
toes Nnd tobacco. His live stock con-
sisted of 40 horses, 112 cows, 226
working oxen, steers and heifers, 800
sheep and over 800 hogs running in
woods and marshes. He constantly
employed 250 negro slaves and kept a
gang of plows going the entire year
when the state of weather and ground
would permit. One year he killed 15C
hogs for the use of his family and the
slaves dependent upon him. All these
operations We're carried ON with n per.
feet method.
General Washington was very rich
man; his wife was very rich, and hei
three children We're heirs to great
wealth. He had little principality tC
govern. Besides the farms about hi.
own residence on the Potomac, with
several hundred slaves upon them. ht
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-18
NEWSY CLEANlNCS.

London policemen patrol 2445k miles
Of streets.
Third-class railway fare in India is
less than half cent mile.
The dam in the Nile at Assouan will
throw back water 40 miles.
More than $50 books on the war in
South Africa have been published.
The Kansas Legislature has tabled
bill that proposed to dlsfranchise the
negro.
In Berlin S33 public buildings are
owned by the state and 407 by the mu-
nlclpality.
A lock OF the Duke of Wellington's
hair brought $50 at a London auction
the other day.
The Russian military barracks just
completed near Warsaw are the larg.
est in the world.
France is discussing the advisability
of inaugurating Supreme Court after
the American plan.
The Paris Figaro may publish an
| American edition at the Exposition In
st. Louis, Mo-, during 1904.
There Is an authenticated record Of
ninety-six sheep being killed by a sim
| gle lightning stroke In Colorado.
1t Is proposed to license all music
teachers In Illinois through a State
Board appointed for that purpose.
The British Board Of Trade is at
work on the improving of the consular
and commercial representative SER
| vices.
| British Guiana is enjoying diamond
boom. In 1901-02 the number of stones
found was 91,206, against 4oS1 in the
preceding year.
German shipyards in the past year
built 227 steamers. of 212,2S3 tons, a
decrease of three steamers and $4,000
tons in comparison with 1901.
Forty of the 240 public school teach
ers in Washington County, Maryland.
have resigned their positions within a
year because of the small salaries that
were paid to them.
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possessed wild lands in most of the
best locations then known, as well as
shares In several Incorporated COM
panies. He derived an important part
OF his influence from the greatness Of
his wealth and the antiquity of his
family-things which were then held
In much more respect than they are
now. Washington's estate was worth
three-quarters Of million dollars; but
It gave him far more personal conse-
quence In the country than twenty
times such a fortune could at present.
The rich planter of that day. living as
he did on a wide domain of his own.
the owner OF those who served him,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-18
New Postage stamps.

The postoffice department has sent
out circulars describing the new
stamp designs that will be engraved
on the new envelopes. The one cent
stamp will bear the picture of Frank
lin in a green coloring. The two cent
envelope will bear the likeness of
Washington In red. The likeness of
Grant will adorn the four cent stamps
In brown. Blue will be the color of
the five cent stamp. Lincoln's like
ness will adorn them.
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manner, George Washington was pre-
pared TO enjoy the lot that fell to him,
without being spoiled by 1t.
with all his wealth he was not ex-
empt from labor. Cultivating large
tract of country, he spent much of his
time in riding about to visit the differ.
ent farms, to consult his overseers and
superintend his improvements. 1t Is
computed that he spent about one-hali
of the days OF his life on horseback
Like all out-of-door men, he was ex
ceedlngly fond of n good horse-a taste
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-18

To economize time In memorlxing .
poem 1t should be read as a whole;
that Is. entirely through each time.
Tests made in psychological laborato-
ries show that to memorize one verse
ct time takes one-fourth longer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-18
Pneumatic.

Mrs. Malaprop-No wonder he's got
rheumatism. I understand he has them
kind of tubes In his Office.
Mrs. Brown-What kind Of tubes?
Mrs. MISUNDERSTANDING
tslphia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-18
One Indian FamIIy's Means.

Thirty-four of the Choctaw Indians
who arrived at Ardmore from Merid-
Ian, Miss. are of one family. T. B.
Griffin. eighty-four years old. was the
father or grandfather OF them all.
Bach one of them gets the equivalent
Of $1,000. Including 800 acres Of land.
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No Relatives Present.

None Of George Washlngton's rela-
tives were present at his funeral; his
death was so unexpected, the means
of communication SO slow. Mrs.
washington did not see his body laid
in the grave; she remained in the
house. George Washington Parke Gus
tis was present. Nellie Custis Lewis
Inv Ill in an upper chamber.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-18

BY applying glucose or glycerine
to their roots q French scientist de-
clares that he has been able to stim-
ulate the growth Of plants.
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bIEEPINU KOOM, MOUNT NEKNUNs
but soon after he came into possession
he added 10 1t $500 acres by purchase
which gave him ten miles of river
front. Then began the system of i'm
provements and cultivation which sub
sequently made Mount Vernon the
most valuable landed property in Vlr-
ginia. He drained the land wherever
needed, he rotated crops, got the best
farm implements then in existence,
built and repaired fences, had his grist
mill, his own distillery, had his own
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-18

From the original bus.rellef In gyp-
sum. in the possession Of the writer.
Size. four and a half by SIX and half
inches. George Miller was a potter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-18

WASHINGTON IN 1904 AGE sIXrYrwo-PAINTED BY wERTMUI.
portrait PHILADELPHIA
by twenty-five inches Adoph Uric wertmu
49, 15
Is the old
Washington upulousy
pictures certainly dgndd
Itself good likeness carefully signed "A Wertmu
Philadelphia 1704"
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- ASHINGTON inherited
I-V Mount Vernon In 1I59
from his half-brother,
WV Lawrence Washington,
i who died In 1T57. This
brother had daughter.
esSSSS Sarah. who was heiress
$$$$$$ TO the estate. but she
died two years later, and
the property then revert
ed to George, who was then just
fwenty-seven years old. The estate
then comprised less than 5000 acres.
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THE JEFFERSON
SUPPLY COMPANY

Being the largest distributor Of General
position to give the the best quality Of goods.
fts aim 10 not to sell you cheap goods but
when quality 10 considered the price Win al
ways be found right.
Its departments are all well filled, and
among the specialties handled may be men
toned L. Adler Bros, Rochester, N. T.,
Clothing, than which there is none better
made; W. L. Douglass Shoe Co., Brockton,
Mass, Shoes; Curtice Bros. Co., Rochester,
N. Y, Canned Goods; and Pillsbury's Flour.
This is fair representation of the class
ofgoods it is selling to its customers.