davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
THE RAILROAD FIREMAN.
iuilding n Fire In n Locomotive IL
Not nm Easy job.

The average citizen manages to set
The house In an upronr every time be
has to make fire In the heater but
his job is trine in comparison with
what n railroad fireman faces when
new fire has TO be built In n locomo-
tive AS starter about 200 pounds of
wood are necessary to fire up the or
dinary engine. The wood used Is old
railroad ties cut into convenient blocks.
When the fire box has been lined with
wood II is drenched with oil, and the
match Is applied.
As soon as the fire gains heNlway
forced draft is applied, the operation
necessary being performed In the
roundhouse, where all apparatus for
quickly producing high temperature is
at hand. When good bed of blazing
wood has been produced the fireman
gets busy with his shovel, placing coal
In even layers over the flames. This
part of the work Is hard on the back,
and the aggrleved individual whose
woes are evident to the whole block
when he labors with the heater would
go down and out in the first minute at
It, Under the forced draft 1t Is only n
few minutes before the coal. has been
reduced to sheet of embers at white
heat, and by this time there is enough
steam pressure generated to permit of
the locomotive being moved under its
own power.
Continuous resort to the shovel on
the part of the fireman does the rest.
1t is only about once a month that
new fire is built in locomotive while
in service. The balance of the time the
fire is kept nlght by being banked
when the iron horse Is not on the road.
philadelphia Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
BITS FROM THE WRITER'S.

A brave man doesn't think; he acts.-
ii. Rider Hnggard.
Hurry, excitement, bustle-these are
not good for people. Let us go slow
and live long.-Frank 7. Bullen.
There is only one way in which a
man or woman can develop real
strength, and that is to fight unceas-
ingly and to stand absolutely alone
Gertrude Atherton.
To borrow ones mental fare from
free libraries is like picking up eata-
bles dropped by some one else on the
road and making ones dinner off an
others leavlngs.-AIarie Corelli.
To go a-fishing in the pond of the
past is pastlme not devoid of charm.
What old forgotten, faroff things can
be dragged up by the assiduous an
gler!-Ella Hepworth Dixon.
BY leading people to suppose that
you are as wise as themselves you lose
opportunities of obtaining useful in
formation. They won't tell you things
they think you know already.-Sarah
Grand.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
1.-THE BLOTTED PAGE"
. Defense In n London Paper Of
American Spelling.

A United States citizen OF consider
able scientific attainments was good
enough to give to a representative or
the Daily Graphic what may be called
the American view of British spelling.
81 see," he remarked, that some of
the correspondents of the Daily Graph
ic have been complaining OF the dis
fgurement of English books by Amerl-
can spelling. | should like to tell you
that we think our way Is right and
that your way Is wrong, and perhaps
your editor will not mind II venture
on n few remarks In defense of our
corrections. For example, we write
favor and honor Well. favor and
honor are nearer the Latin original
than favour and honour which have
acquired their unnecessary N by COM
Ing through the French"
"But II they have been spelled hon
our and favour for centuries, why
change them now?"
"Why not? They were as often spell
ed favor and honor I'm Shakespeare's
day as favour and honour You must
remember that spelling was extremely
uncertain in those Ellzabethan days.
whence we are believed to have drawn
the well of English undeflled. Ben
Jonson and Shakespeare, for example,
spell 'recede In four other ways-'re-
cead' 'receade,' 'receed 'receede.'"
"Let us leave honour How do you
defend 'centerT"
"Why should you spell 1t centre
when you write 'perlmenter' and 'di-
ameter' and when Shakespeare wrote
'scepterT BY history and analogy cen
ter is more easily TO be justified than
centre Then again." continued the
United States citizen. warming up to
his subject, ''you write 'criticise,' and
we write criticize but our version
harks back to the Greek original; you
write almanac but why don't you
write 'almanack, which is more ar
chalc? You blame us for program but
you put down dram without a scruple.
Many English people write tyre for
tire which any philllogist knows to
be n gross error, and almost every Eng
lshman, for no reason whatever, writes
Wagon instead of wagon You
know what Horace Greeley said when
he was reproached for making that
mistake. He said he had been taught
spelling In the good old times, when
people built Wagons heavier."-Lon-
don Graphic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
DURER AND LEONARDO.
Explanation of the Differences BE-
tween Their Work ms Painters.

Explanation of the Differences BE-
tween Their work as Painters.
Durer was born German, Leonardo
an Italian. This sums up much of the
difference between their work as paint
ers. The Italian race. under its sunny
skies, has an inf,orn love of beauty.
The German, in n sterner climate
"How | shall freeze after this sum-
wrote Durer during his stay in Italy,
to friend in neutrality-suspicious. to
this day the energy that carved its
way through the vast forests Of his
nance that haunted their dark shad-
ows. The German spirit Is character
lied by'a combination of the wild and
rugged with the homely and tender, byI
meditative depth. enigmatic gloom,
sincerity and energy, by iron diligenceI
and discipline" Very remarkable quail
tiles these. and to be found in Durer 81
work. which is the reason that we de-
scribe him as being so representative
of the Teutonic rnce.
But 1t was not only the difference of
race that helped to mold the genius OIL
these two men differently. Each was
q manifestation of the new BIRTH of
art and learning that was spreading
over Europe-Leonardo of the form Of
1t which appeared in Italy and Durer
Of that which prevailed in Germany
st. Nicholas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
AIexander's Palace.

The palace of Alexander the Great
was an imposing structure in its time.
and the wonder Is that any vestige of
1t stands today. 1t was built in man
Of today, though advocates of steel
construction claim that the modern
structure will defy time as long as
any of those built by the ancients.
Time alone will determine how much
truth there is IN this contention. On
nants of an ancient gateway frlnged
with weeds, and, vaguely knowing who
he was, the natives tell that this is all
that is left of the palace Of Alexander.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
Perfectly CongeninI.

Naggsby-When a man and his wife
think the same thoughts simultaneous
ly it is sign that they are exceedingly
congenlal. Waggsby-So? Well. then,
my wife and | are congenial all right,
for the other night when she said that
she wondered why I'd ever been such Il
fool as to marry her had been sitting
there in silence for half an hour Won
dering over the same Identical thing
Baltimore American
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
Trace Your Family Tree.

A pleasant pastime - literally = for
those who have no more pressing du-
ties and wish to get outside their en-
vironment at least in thought will open
up before her who begins to mount n
family tree. Tracing ones genealogy
may become-probably will become
a matter of absorbing amusement and
attention, for it entails thread gath
cred up here, dropped there letter
to write, a book to read, a register to
consult. To the self absorbed, the de-
spondent, the listless, one may recon-
mend this diversion as certain to suit
even rather morbid conditions of tenn
perament and yet as certain to gently
force the mind away from itself to 9th
er persons and things in opening up a
wider and wider field of reflection.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
SHAVING is ANCIENT.
The Custom Was Probably Followed
In Prehistoric Times. .>.


In Prehistoric Times. t.>.-
1t Is not improbable that prehistoric
man shaved, for curiously shaped
shells and flint fakes have been dis
covered which have been supposed to
be very ancient raZors. In remote parts
of China men have their chins scraped,
without water or soap, by instruments
very similar TO these, and the men of
the stone age would most likely find
out at a very early stage that to leave
hair upon their face was to give use
full handle to their enemies.
That, indeed, was the reason why
Alexander the Great compelled his SOL
diers to shave, and his order is among
the earliest definite instances of shaw
ing upon record although there can be
no question that the practice existed
long before his day.
The oldest Egyptian sculptures show
some men clean shaven, and others
partially so, with curled boards. 1t is
recorded In Genesis that Joseph, when
he went from prison to the presence of
Pharaoh, about 1900 r. O., Shaved
himself and changed his raiment."s
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
The GirdIe of Old.

Howell quotes as familiar French
proverb. "Il quite sa celnture" (He
has given up his glrdle), which intl-
mated as much as IL he had become
bankrupt or had all his estate forfeit
ed, II being the ancient law Of France
that when any man upon. .some offense
had the penalty of coniiscation infict-
ed upon him "he used before the tribu-
nal to give up his glrdle, implying
thereby that the girdle held everything
that belonged to mans estate, as his
budget of money and writings. the
keys of his house, with his sword. dag
ger and gloves" The fact that the gir-
die was used as purse had much to
do with its Importance In general ap-
probation. We have an English prov
erb contirmatory of this appreciation.
1t is said, "Ungirt. unblest," and that
1t was In very common use Is clear
from the frequency with which the
phrase occurs in old out of the way
literature.-Chamb Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28

During Lord Roberts tour in South
Africa he CHANGED to be In Kimberley
on his seventy-second birthday, and
the people of that city presented him
with a pair of diamonds. One OF the
"siege babies" a boy Of four years
made the presentation speech. During
the siege Of Kimberley by the Beers
about fifty babies were born. Lord
Roberts had his photograph taken in
the midst of the "siege babies" on the
steps of the town hall. Most of the
"siege babies" bear names recalling the
war. Thus, while "French," Butler"
"Methuen," "Bobs" and "Kekewich"
were used, Rhodes" was even more
frequently used, and "Siege" seems to
have been most popular of all.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
A SEASONS PLEASURE.
wbnt II cost One woman In Pence
of Mind and Comfort.

Mary Makepeace sat down In her IA
vorite chair in her own room and
threw her head back, with long sigh.
"No words can tell how glad I am
that I've made my last visit for the
summer" slie said Now l shall have
some peace, not to mention pleasure"
MY dearl" said her mother reproach-
fully.
II mean It," returned Mary. "Of
course | like change of scene, but |
nm tired of adapting my whole life 10
others. as | am expected to do as Il
welcome guest"
"Aiy denr!' said her mother again.
"Think how kind everybody has been
to you"
"They meant to be-they were kind"
Mary said wearily, yet l feel as IL I
had barely escaped with my life, and
you will admit that is not just the
right kind of after feeling.
LET me tell you, mother" Mary
continued. "At the Fosters changed
my hours for rising, for retiring and
for eating my meals. At the Lanes
changed fnther's politics-for of course
| haven't any of my own-to please
Mr., Lane, and | had all I could do to
keep from changing my religion to
please Mrs. Lane.
AT the jenkins I changed all my
views about what constitutes diversion
to suit the family In general. At the
Pages entirely changed my point of
view concerning music and books. And
at the Nevins, where I was Ill,
changed my doctor and took stuff
which felt sure would poison me just
to please them.
II ate cheese, which abhor, and
gave up fruit, which I like, at the
Fisks'. slept with closed windows at
Great-aunt Maria's because she is
afraid of n breath Of air, and I drank
twenty-one pints of hot water the four
days was Mt Cousin Thomas to flush
my system
mo" said Mary in firm voice. "I
pay no more visits for months to come.
Home keeping youth may have homely
wits, but If / go about much more l
shall not have any wits at ALL
Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
TRUSTING TO FATE.
An Incident That Gives nm Insight
Into Russian Character.

A few years ago l was taking a
country walk in Kovno. The road lay
through dense forest, and the day
was oppressively hot. / arrived at last
at crossroad and sat down under the
shade of the trees to rest. A signpost
pointed its two arms down the con-
verglng roads. On one of them was In
scribed "14 versts to Janova," on the
other III versts to Shadowa." Present
ly the creaklng of wheels and the slow
''clop, clop" of horses hoofs ON the
road behind reused me. A cart piled
high with tinware was coming down
the road, with the driver perched on
the top Of the load.
Good day, brother" I called out as
abreast of me. The man returned my
salute, and the horse, glad Of any ex-
cuse to rest his weary legs, came to a
standstill in the middle Of the road.
(which way are you goingp asked.
ITO Janova. There Is market there
tomorrow"
But there is also a market in Sha-
dowa," l answered, "and 1t is a more
important place than Janova."
$50 it is, so 1t is," the driver replied,
with perfect Indifference.
'What have you for saleT'
'Plenty of good tlnware, as you can
see, brother. l have worked for six
weeks to make this cartload."
'Well, good luck to you and your
tinware," l said, pulling and eating the
berries within reach. "Will you take 1t
to Janova or Shadowa?"
The man picked up the bit of cord
which served as reins and prepared to
go on.
81 shall leave that to my horse" he
answered callously.
The numbering wagon moved of and
finally passed out Of sight down the
Janova road, which the horse had elect
ed to take.-St. James Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
NUMBER s2.
A GOOD WIDE YAWN.
D rs a Splendid Rc,ivcr For the
Whole BODY

Whoic BOdy.'
A good, wide, open mouthed yawn Is
n splendid thing for the whole body. A
yawn Is natures demand for rest.
Some people think they only ynwn be-
cause they are sleepy. but tits is not
so. You yawn because you are tired.
You may be sleepy also, but that is not
the real cause of your yawnlng. You
are sleepy because you are tired, and
you yawn because you are tired.
Whenever you feel like yawning Just
yawn. Don't try to suppress II be
cause you think II is impolite to yawn.
Put your hand over your mouth If you
want to, but let the yawn come. And
IL you are where you can stretch Mt the
same time that you yawn just stretch
and yawn This Is natures way Of
stretching and relaxing the muscles.
Don't be afraid to open your mouth
wide and yawn and stretch whenever
you feel like II. Indeed, II you are
very tired. but do not feel like yawn-
ing. there is nothing that will rest you
so quickly as to sit on u straight back
chair. and, lifting your feet from the
floor, push them out in front of you
as far as possible, stretch the arms,
put the head back. open the mouth
wide and make yourself yawn.
Those tense nerves will relax, the
contracted muscles will stretch and the
whole body will be rested. DO this two
or three times when you are tired and
see what It will do for you.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
Memorial to N Robber,

In the little town of Forlimpopoli,
near Bologna, there is memorial tab
let in the Municipal theater to the men,
ory Of famous robber chieftain named
Passatore. The reason why the the
alter is the home Of his memorial Is
that in it was performed his most ia
nous exploit. In September, 1854.
while one of Rossini's operas was be-
ing performed in the presence of all the
local beauty and fashion, Passatore
and his band "held up" the audience
and robbed them Of all their valuables
to the last penny
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
THE HAIR COMB.
II WINS In Remote Times Used Tn
Religious Ceremonies.

Religious Ceremonies.
1t would be curious to know what
mystic meaning our forefathers at
tached TO the simple act of combing
the hair. We learn from old church
records that the hair of the priest or
bishop was combed several times dur
ing services by one Of the inferior cler-
gy, but what such a queer proceeding
signified no one knows. The comb Is
also mentioned as one of the imple-
ments used during high mass, but only
when sung by bishop. Mass combs
of the precious metals are still reckon
ed as the most valuable possessions of
some European churches, though they
are of no use In modern ceremonies.
Besides the gold and silver combs, the
poorer churches had them of ivory,
iron. horn and even wood. Combs espe-
chilly known to antiquarians are those
of st. Neot, st. Dunstan and st. NAL
achas. That formerly belonging to st.
Thomas. the martyr of Canterbury, Is
still kept In the church at Thetford;
that of st. Cuthbert "the woman hat
err mt Durham cathedral.
From sundry references In old leg
ends to the use of the comb In divina-
tions and from its appearance In COM
blnations with pagan emblems on rude
ly sculptured stones In many of the old
countries, it seems probable that 1t
was u widely known pagan device and
one that was highly venerated.-Lon-
don Standard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28

Although DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes
never practiced medicine, those who
knew him intimately say that he
cheered more sinking invallds, cured
more sick people and did more good,
even from medical standpoint, than
many of his young physician friends
The secret of his power lay In his over
flowing cheerfuness and kindness of
heart. He scattered ''Aowers of good
cheer wherever he went With him
optimism was creed. "Mirth is Gods
medicine" he declared. Everybody
ought to bathe In 1t. Grim care, mo-
roseness. anxlety-all the rust Of life
ought to be secured Off by the oil Of
mirth."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
Painful Points Too.

you're queer looking thing to
want to fight with me-" said the young
bulldog contemptuously. you're not
In my class"
'Perhaps not" replied the porcupine
quietly. "but / think l can give you a
few points. ."--Philadelphia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
Identf6e

"What has become" asked the oc-
easional guest, "of the pretty black
eyed girl who used TO wait at that
table over in the corner?"
"What pretty black eyed girl?" frig-
idly inquired the young woman with
the snub nose and prominent chin.
IF remember rightly, she had a
little bit of mole on one cheek"
"Oh. that girl with the bl0tch on her
face? think somebody married her" !"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
The Patients Idea.

DIR. Price-Price (diplomatically)-l
don't know whether sent you a state
ment of what-er-you owe me. Mr..
Knox-Neither do |. DR.. Prlce-Price-
All, you didn't get it then? guess
didn't send you a statement Mr.. Knox
oh, yes. but it looked more like a
statement of what you think / pos
sess.-Catholic Standard and Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
SnNed the TrOnhIe.

She--They say that the best hus-
bands are always thoughtful in little
things. Are you that way, Mr. Smith?
Smith-No. don't have to be. My
wife always calls my attention to them
before ! have chance to think.-De-
troit Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
The Exnct Amount.

Yes" said the man who had been
generous with his friends, i've lost
faith in humankind to some extent"
ITO what extentT'
''Well. to the extent of about 81 200
in blocks of $5 and $40 at a time."-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
A Burning Mistake.

Bilkins-I never knew Coclzshure to
acknowledge that he had made a. mis-
take Pilkins-I did once. Bilkins
How did it happen? Pilkins--He put
the lighted end lof his cigar In his
--<~--<u@ e,-.--s - r------'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
The Dfmculty.

The Wife-I fully realize that I
ought to economize. Jack, but The
Husband-But what? Don't you know
where to begin? The Wife-Oh. yes;
but can't decide ON the time. Town
Topics.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-28
ny Constant Use.

Eyes. she's n woman Of few words"
"And. mercy, how frayed she ksepe
them iooklngv -'-r'--~
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-08
NEW YORK FASHION LETTER

Ito whom even a cab is a luxury, should
not be tastefully and as fashionably
frocked as her richer sisters, although
in materials less exepnsiye and less
deliberately made, and she may have
but one gown to fifty or more owned
by her Weather sister.
As the season advances velvet be.
comes more and more conspicuous in
the best modelled frocks The wonder
fully soft, pliable chiffon velvet, which
can me shirred and plated and draped
to perfection, is used in many of the
most attractive frocks. Next to the
velvet and velveteens the exquisite
glossy, smooth-faced cloths, like broad
Pcloth, supple cloth and face cloth are
we'll TO the fore. These materials are
trimmed with braid and fashioned into
smartlooking tailored street frocks.
The skirts are generously plated and
flare, with a braid or velveteen bind
ing. The jackets are either three
quarter length and tight-ftting, made
with doube-breasted or single
breasted vest or they are made in
the basque coat style, showing an
elaborately embroidered silk or kid
vest Sometimes the fronts are cut
rather long, in the form of two tabs
or two points, which necessitates the
basque portion starting a trife farther
back. Then again, the little basque
shows itself all the way around. When
it is SO full that it ripples, a smart
little fashion touch is given by lining
it with some rather dashing color.
Lightweight broadcloths, cheviots
and those fine tightly-twisted mixed !
suitings that men held n first mortgage |
on for years, are among the first cloths
to be made up, partly because of their
beauty, but mostly because they're so
staple. Styles are extremely varied
Ever since the keynote of individuality
of constant change-was struck n
couple of years ago, designers and dress
artists have been producing a hundred
styles TO one Of other years. Walking
suits lead, but walking suits that are
dealized in comparison to the ones we
have known. Odd touches have crept
in from almost every period of history
hat has left its mark upon fashions.
sometimes two or three periods meet
N a single suit-but, instead of seem
ng incongruous, add a little bizarre
harm that is permissible only in dress.
skirts show decided tendency to.