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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
birds Are Mathemnticinns.

The English naturalist, Morris Gibbs.
devoted years of study TO birds nests.
their formation and their contents, and
asserts that birds lay their eggs in ac-
cordance with geometrical lines, so
that every inch of space is used to the
greatest possible advantage Birds
which lay many eggs arrange them in
circles, the pointed ends turned to the
inside. Others, whose eggs are elliptic
ally shaped, place them in longitude
nal rows. II an egg is moved out of
its original position by an intruder, 1t
will be found on the following morn
ing that the bird has returned it to It's
first position. Among the numerous
and often difficult cases which Gibbs
made matter of study, not one was
found which would not do credit to Il
mathematician.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
NUMBER II.
MAY DAY FESTIVALS.
They Were Celebrated In the Time Of
the Ancient Romnns.


For ages May day has been a time Of
general rejoicing. All over Christen-;
dom its advent is hailed with delight
The birds, the bees and the howersi
Join us in an annual celebration of the;
day. Nature has at last thrown Off the
snow quilt with which she has braved
the ravages of winter and glows re-
splendent in buds and blossoms. The
streams have broken their icy fettersi
and burst forth into joyous accompanLi
ments to myriads of bird chorlsters.
And humanity, overpowered by the
same glad spirit, seeks the woods and
the fields to revel in the wealth Of ver-
dure so lavishly spread out.
Among the Romans this feeling found
vent in their Floralla. or norea games,
which began on the 2Sth of April and
lasted several days. We read that
"nations taking more or less their orr
gin from Rome have settled upon the
1st of May as the special time for
fetes of the same kind. With anclents
and moderns alike IL was an instructive
rush into the fields to revel in the bloom
which was newly presented on the
meadows and the trees"
The barbarous Celtic populations held
a heather festival on this day, but we
are not told that 1t was in any way
connected with flowers. II was called
Beltein and was celebrated 10y kindling
fires on the hilltops at night. Within
the remembrance Of many the peasant
ry of Ireland, the Isle of Man and of
the Scottish highlands also held simi-
lar celebrations.-TableT Talk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
Cromwell and the specter.

The stories of the "White Lady" that
periodically visits the German royal
family and of the Little Red Man"
that frequently paid his respects to the
great Napoleon are tolerably well
known, especially that of the former
But few, perhaps, are familiar with the
story of Cromwell's "Giant Specter."
1t appeared to him one night when he
was wide awake and quietly resting on
his couch. In appearance the appari-
ton was a woman Of gigantic proper
tons. Approaching him she announced
In tones like thunder, within the year
you, my son, will be recognized as the
greatest man In Britain"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27

DR.. Wells. London physician, in
1918, in his published essay on dew,
was the first to draw attention to the
curious artificial production of ice in
India. Shallow pits are dug, which
are partially filed with perfectly dry
straw. On the straw broad fiat pans
containing water are exposed to the
clear sky. The water, being a power
full radiant, sends off its heat abun-
dainty into space.
The heat thus lost cannot be re-
placed from the earth, for this source
is excluded by the straw. Before sun
rise cake of ice is formed in each
vessel. To produce this ice in guam
titles clear nights are advantageous,
and particularly those on which prac-
tically no dew falls. Should the straw
get wet 1t becomes more matted and
compact and consequently better
conductor of heat, for the vapor then
acts as u screen over the pans, checks
the cold and retards freezing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
WAIT FOR AN APPETITE,
You should Never Ent simply For
the Sake of EatinR.

A prolific cause of chronic Indigestion
Is eating from habit and simply be-
cause II Is mealtime and others are
eating. ~ eat when not hungry Is to
eat without relish, and food taken
without relish is worse than wasted
Without relish the salivary glands do
not act, the gastric fluids are not freely
secreted, and the best of foods will not
be digested. Many perfectly harmless
dishes are severely condemned for no
other reason than they were eaten per-
functorlly and without relish and due
lnsalivntlon.
Hunger makes the plainest foods en-
joyable. 1t causes vigorous secretion
and outpourlng of all the digestive llu-
ids, the sources of ptyalln. pepsin,
trypsin. etc, without plentiful supply
of which no foods can be perfectly di-
gested.
Wait for an appetite, If 1t takes a
week. Fasting Is one of the saving
graces. 1t has spiritual significance
only through its great physical and
physiologic Importance. If breakfast
Is a bore or lunch n matter of indiffer-
ence, cut one or both of them out.
Wait for distance and unmistakable
hunger and then eat slowly. If you
do this you need ask few questions us
to the propriety and digestibility Of
what you eat, and II need not be pre-
digested. ed.--Exchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
when nm Icebers Turn. Turtle.

Think Of sections bigger than Rhode
Island being torn from a glacier and
swept off into the ocean, to be ferrled
5000 miles on the bosom of the Lab
rador current until the heated waters
of the gulf stream cause them to van
ish from human ken. Then can one
form some idea of the immenslty of
the ice area discharged from the Green
land seas each year. Thousands Of
miles of valley are constantly emptying
their contents into the bays and fiords
of the north waters, whence the tides
hurry the detachments southwark to
cumber the wide Atlantic.
The disposition of icebergs to turn
turtle is one of their most dangerous
propensltes. 1t arises from several
causes. When they start out from
Greenland their bottoms are heavy
with the detritus gathered In their
glacial period. and this drops off at III
tervals as they move south, causing
their center of gravity to change and
the berg TO assume new positions. The
scientific theory of the formation of
the vast submarine plateaus which ex-
tend from Labrador to Fundy, and are
commonly known as the Grand banks
of Newfoundland, is that they are the
products of bergs during countless
ages.-Leslie's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
SHEEP IN INDIA.
They Are the Fnvoritc Beasts of bur-
den In Mountainous Regions.

They Are the Fnvorite Beasts of bur
den In Mountainous Regions.
In Tibet and among the mountainous
part Of India sheep are employed as
carriers. The mountain sheep of these
districts, true to its nature, is remark
ably sure footed and can carry loads of
twenty-five pounds, or even more, over
steep crags and precipitous paths
where hardly any other animal could
find a footing.
In the inner ranges Of the Himalayas
the yak COW and the hardy mountain
sheep are the favorite beasts of bur-
den. Sheep withstand the intense cold
Of the higher parts of Tibet much more
easily than the yak and can better face
the stony roads.
Sheep carrying from seventeen to
twenty-five pounds Of baggage and llv-
Ing entirely on the scanty grass found
growing by the way accompanied Main
Suteh, the famous Indian explorer, on
a journey of more than a thousand
miles. 1t is very common in the Him
alayas to load sheep, high up in tie
mountains, with borax and then to
drive them down to the plains, where
they are shorn of their wool and re-
turn laden with grain or salt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
English characteristics.

The Englishman is less social than
men of any other nationality; l mean
he is less conscious of the ties which
bind humanity together, his moral for
nation owes little to his relations with
other men, he scarcely troubles him
self about what they think, and If he
ever considers the matter at all it
makes no difference in his sentiments
and actions. In short, the Englishman
more aloof from the world in which he
lives and the neighbors whom he ell
bows than the men of any other
nationality. - Boutmy's 1.-The English
People"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27

Everybody pronounces Niagara
wrong" said philologist The accent
Of this beautiful Indian word should
not be put on the syllable 'ag,' but
on the syllable 'ar'-the penult-the one
before the last Niagara means 'harl
to the thunder It's accent should fall
on the penult because the Indians them
selves accent 1t there, because in prac-
tically all our Indian names of places
the penult is the accented syllable.
Think of the Indian names you know.
Don't you accent nearly all of them on
the syllable before the last? There are.
for instance, Toronto, Mississippi. Ale
ghany, Appalachlcola, Narragansett.
Tuscaloosa, Saratoga, Ticonderoga, Os-
wego, Conshohocken, Wissahickon and
Hochelaga. In all these names the ac-
cent is on the penult. Niagara is
Huron word, and If you can find a
Huron you will find that he accents 1t
as he does Saratoga or Tuscaloosa.
don't know how we have fallen into
the habit of accenting it wrong."-Chi,
cago Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27


In one important department, un-
molested by public criticism. the ad-
vertlscrs have even now established
tastefulness as the underlying essential
principle of their competition. This
is In window dressing. vital part of
advertising. The beautiful. not the
bizarre; the attractive rather than the
startling; the alluring and interesting
are now sought In the window effects
Of every shop, from the great depart
ment store TO the little candy kitchen;
from the basement lights of a modest
florist to the long plate glass front Of
a shoe emporium. Salaries of several
thousand dollars year are paid In
cities to the artists" most skilled I'm
window dressing, and their requisl-
tions for plants or ribbons-totally ir-
relevant as these may be TO the stock
on sale and designed merely to add
to the beauty of the window picture
are honored ungrudgingly. In effect
the merchant says, "Give me a beau
tiful window that people will stop
and look at, and that yet shall indicate
generally the sort of goods l handle,
and l do not care what 1t costs."-
Charles NJ. Robinson In Atlantic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27

The British navy can produce fine
samples Of red tape as well as the ar
my. Not long since an admiral took
the trouble to write long minute on
the back of an ordinary routine paper
submitted to him to the effect that the
margin on the left hand side was fully
one-eighth Of an inch too narrow. We
all know that genius is an infinite ca
pacity for taking pains, but ] hardly
think that the genius Of Blake or Mel
son is likely to be exemplihed in an
admiral who goes over his official pa
pers with tape measure In order to
see that the margins are the right
width.-London Truth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
THE DIAMOND.
IL Was Probably In Its Original State
Vegetable Product.

Originally the diamond was probably
a vegetable product exuded from some
ancient tree. Positive evidence ON the
subject is not forthcoming, but the con-
currence of such authorities as New
ton, Brewster, Jameson and Lavoisler,
who trace 1t to vegetable source.
must, in the absence of decisive mega
tive proof, make this hypothesis prob
able
The crystalline form of the diamond
is undoubtedly due to the action of
heat, and the occurrence of these stones
In igneous rocks and mica slate, espe-
cially at the Cape, lends coler to the
view that they have been metamor-
phosed, as has been the case with
graphite.
This complete change may have been
directly or indirectly due to the inter
nal heat of the globe or may have re-
suited from volcanic action. Indirect
ly 1t would be accounted for by the i'm
mense heat evolved in the crumbling.
fracturing and grinding together of the
earth's crust in the attempt to adjust
itself to the cooling and contracting in
terror. Directly II may have been the
result Of a change in the direction of
the internal heat, causing n fusion of
the rocks of the crust, the diamond and
other crystals being formed when they
again cooled.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
We Mean Well.

Heaven send that no friend with n
pocketful of pebbles be tempted by the
shine and glimmer of our glass houses.
for indeed we meant well! Here it is
the knowledge in which imagination
must take root If stone throwing is
ever to go out of fashion and the world
become pleasant place to live in
namely, that most everybody else
means well too. The creed of the I'M
aginative and kindly heart which will
not throw stones is brief:
There is so much good in the worst Of US.
There is 30 much bad in the best OF US.
That 1t Ill becomes any one of us
To talk about the rest OF us
unless we can do 1t with truth and
sympathy-in other words. with imag-
acknowledgement Deland in Harper's
Bazaar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
A Good Recommendation.

An Irishman was charged with pet
ty offense.
Have you any one in court who
Will vouch for your good characterT
queried the judge.
Yes, sorr; there is the chief con-
stable yonder," answered Pat
The chief constable was amazed
why, your honor, don't even know
the man." protested he
Now, SORT" broke In Pat, II have
lived in the borough for nearly twenty
years, and IL the chief constable doesn't
know me yet, isn't that character for
yezY
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
CASTING LOTS.
A Curious Military Custom That was
Once In Vogue In Europe.

In the armies of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries the custom of cast
Ing lots to decide what soldiers should
be punished for the offenses of all was
common. At Winchester, England, In
1G45, complaint was made that after
the surrender there had been unfair
plundering. Six soldiers were tried
and found guilty, and 1t was decided
by lot which one of the six should be
hanged. At Tangier in 1868. and
again in 1865, two soldiers had to cast
dice on a drumhead and he who threw
the least was executed. Thomas Mays
translation of Barclays Icon AMI
morum" gives a curious story of this
sort. Speaking Of English courage. he
says that during the war in the Neither
lands some soldiers of the Spanish
party were taken prisoners by the
Dutch, who decided to make reprisals
for the previous cruelty of their en-
emies. Out OF four and twenty men
eight were to be hanged. There were
lots, therefore, thrown into helmet"
says May. "and the prisoners were
commanded to draw their fortunes
whoever should draw a blank was to
escape but whoever should draw
black lot was to be hanged presently.
"They were ALL" says May. possess
cd with a great apprehension OF their
present danger especially one Span
lard. Their pitlful wishes and tears In
some of the ISLANDERS by did move pity,
In others laughter. There was besides
in that danger an Englishman, a COM
mon soldier. who, with a careless coun-
tenance, expressing no fear of death at
all, came boldly to the helmet and drew
his lot. Chance favored him; it was
safe lot Being free himself from dan
ger he came to the Spaniard, who was
yet timorous and trembling to put his
hand into the fatal helmet, and receiv-
ing from him 10 crowns he entreated
the judges-oh. horrid audacity-that,
dismissing the Spaniard, they would
suffer him again to try his fortune"
May further relates that "the judges
consented to the madman's request,
who valued his life at so low a rate,
and he again drew a safe lot" May
seems rather to regret the second es-
cape of the foolhardy Englishman,
whom he denounces as "a wretch un-
worthy not only of that double, but
even of single preservation, who so
basely had undervalued his life."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
First Person Cremated In Americ.


The first white person lawfully Gre
mated within the present limits of the
United States, according to wishes and
desires expressed by himself, was Colo
mel Henry Laurens, one Of the Revo-
lutionary patriots. He was born in
Charleston, S. c., in the year 1924, and
died on his plantation near that place
on Dec. 8, 1892. His will, which he
had requested them to open and read
the next day after his death, was sup
plemented with the following: 81 sol
emnly enjoin it upon my son, as an in
dispensable duty, that, as soon as he
conveniently can after my decease, he
cause my body to be wrapped in
twelve yards of towcloth and burned
until it be entirely consumed" The
request was carried out to the letter
and was the beginning Of cremation in
America.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
WOMAN.

What is woman? Only one of ma
lures agreeable blunders.-Bulwer.
A beautiful woman is the only tyrant
man is not authorized to resist.--Victor
Hugo.
Unhappy is the man to whom his
own mother has not made all other
mothers venerable.-Richter.
The best thing know of is a fust
rate wife, and the next best thing is a
second rate one.-Josh Billings.
A beautiful woman is a practical
poem, planting tenderness, hope and
eloquence in all whom she approaches.
Emerson.
They govern the world. these sweet
voiced women, because beauty and
harmony are the index Of a larger fact
than wisdom.-O. w. Holmes.
A good book and good woman are
excellent things for those who know
how to appreciate their value. There
are men, however, who judge of both
by the beauty of the covering. - DIR.
Johnson.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27

The ceremonies at the creation of a
knight have been various; the principal
were box on the ear and stroke
with a sword ON the shoulder. John
Of Salisbury tells us the blow with the
naked fist was In use among the an
cient Normans; by this it was that
William the Conqueror conferred the
honor of knighthood on his son Henry.
1t was afterward changed into a blow
with the hat of the sword ON the shoul-
der of the knight.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
Spanish Etiquette.

There is curious story Of how the
Duke d'Aosta, when king Of Spain,
told a muleteer to whom he was talk
ing to cover himself, the sun being
hot, forgetting that by so doing he
made him a grandee. Marshal Prim.
to prevent this catastrophe, knocked
the mans hat out Of his hand, and ac-
cording to some the muleteer had
something to do with the assassination
that followed few days afterward.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
Modest Able DeIiIe,

IL Is said that the French Able Delile
once had in his household very quick
tempered relative, with whom he some
times had animated disputes and who
sometimes went so far as to throw
books at the abbe. The abbe must
have been person Of great amlabil-
ity and self control. Once, when n
particularly large and heavy volume
was thrown at him, he caught 1t grace
fully and said:
My dear friend, must beg of you
to remember that prefer mailer
gifts"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27

During many years Of scorpion hunt
ing ! never remembered to have seen
two individuals living together in
amity, and even their more tender re-
lations are tainted at times with the
unamiable habit of cannibalism The
males are decidedly smaller than their
mates, whom they approach accord
ingly with the utmost caution. If the
fair inamorata doesn't like the LOOKS
of her advancing suitor she settles the
question offhand by making murder
Gus spring Mt him, catching him In her
claws, singing him to death and max
ing n hearty meal off him. This Is
scarcely loverlike. On the other hand,
IL dubious wife, the female scorpion
Is devoted mother. She matches her
eggs in her own oviduct, brings forth
her young alive-unlike her relations,
the splders-and carries them about on
her back, to the number of fifty, dur
ing their innocent childhood, till they
are of an age to shift for themselves
In the struggle for existence.-Cornhill
Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
THE PENGUIN.
II IL Awkward on Land and n GYM
mast In the Water.

mast In the Water.
A kind OF penguin, the adele, is a
laugh provoking bird. Adelics are
most inquisitive and at times are in
such hurry to follow up clew that
they will scramble along the ice on
the belly, pushing with their legs and
using their flippers alternately like the
paddle of canoe. They get over the
ground at an astonishing rate, and ii is
hard work to overtake penguin when
It takes to this means of locomotion,
especially when II doubles In tie
water the penguin is perfectly at homo,
diving and steeplechasing in grand
style. 1t can jump clean out of the
water and pop down on the Ice exact
ly like some one coming up through a
trapdoor on the stage and dropping
on his feet. The penguins collect in
enormous numbers and are sometimes
seen marching about like a regiment
Of soldiers in Indian file all acting in
unison.
A much larger penguin, the emperor,
weighs sixty or seventy pounds and
stands well over three feet high. II
possesses the most extraordinary mus
cular powers in its flippers. When pre-
sented with the end of the skee stick
the emperor gives 1t such smack that
ones hands tingle. At the same time
1t utters an angry cultural exclama-
ton.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
Money Thrown Ayyay.

80 that city doctor helped we right
smart, did he, Silas?" asked Mrs. Giles
on her husbands return from a weeks $
visit to specialist in a neighboring
town.
well, / guess he did! I'm feeling
fine as fiddle now, an he says
won't likely have any return of it If
just keep ter what he tells me-"
what did he say was the matter
with YEP inquired the wife eagerly.
Il forgit now what he called it,
but
"Silas," she cried, I'VE don't really
mean ter say ye paid out all that
money an didn't git no good of it after
bnp-Exchange
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
Too Suggestive.

"The health officer advised me to ask
every man with whom we had domestic
dealings If he was careful to boil the
water he used in his business"
"Yes."
"Well. asked the milkman first And
what do you think? He got mad and
wanted to lick me" ."--Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
Not That Kind.

"What did you think Of Phlladel-
phia?"
II never was more imposed on In
my life" answered Colonel Stilwell
Of Kentucky. "They told me Phlla-
delphia was famous for its mint, and
all they showed me was Il place where
they make money! Washington Star.