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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13
An Honest Horse Trade.

'I'll have you arrested for making
false representations. bought that
horse of you only because you told me
he had record"
"very true. but the record Is bad
pne. You didn't ask me what kind Of
4 record he had"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13
Shooting stars.

The shooting stars are small bodies.
weighing ut most few pounds and
consisting mainly Of iron and carbon.
They traverse space in swarms and
also revolve around the sun in long,
elliptical courses. like the comets.
When these little bodies enter the
earth's orbit. they are DETECTED to-
ward the earth. and great numbers are
seen In a single night.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13
A Little GIuttou,

Papa-Tommy, you mustn't eat 80;
much. Everybody will be calling You a:
little "glutton." Do you know what;
that Is?
TOMMY suppose it's a big glutton's;
little oy.-Philadelphia Ledger
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13
Not Very smart,

"Theres no use In trying to make me
believe that Francis Bacon was very
smart man." said Senator Sorghum.
"Have you read any of his works."
mo, but his biography shows that
when there was little financial deal
on hand he wasn't clever enough to
keep from getting caught. Washing
ton Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13
Writes and Draws, =,

Kippax-And who is your favorite
author, Mrs. Softly?
Mrs. Softly-My husband.
Kippax-Pardon me. ! didn't know
he wrote.
Mrs. Softly-Oh. but he does, and 30
nicely-checks!-Tow and Country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13
Dividing Her weight

Don't stand on that delicate table to
bang the picture, Martha. It'll break.
You're too heavy"
"Oh, no. I'm not. mum. It'll bear
ne. Pm standing only on one FOOT
Philadelphia North American,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13

Eyes. dear. he caught me In bis
arms'-
"How shocking!"
-"and was Just going to kiss ne"--
"How awfully horrid!'
when ma came In the ROOM"
'Oh, how provokingw
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13
A Hard Problem.

A certain debating society Is discuss
Ing the question as to which Is the an
grier-the husband who goes home and
finds that the dinner Is not ready or
the wife who has dinner ready and
whose husband does not come home
It Is believed that the debate will end
in q draw.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13
Freely Admitted.

She-Women may gossip sometimes,
but they have better control Of their
tongues than men have.
He-You are right. Men have no con-
troll whatever Of w0men's tongues.
Kansas City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13
and Strawberries.

Mosquitoes and strawberries make
queer combination certainly, but that
is what the people in the neighborhood
Of Mount st. Elias can boast Of in a
region of perpetual Ice and snow.
Along the edge of the glacier, 1t is said,
is strip Of luxurious vegetation.
where strawberry vines cover the
ground for miles.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13
Quite different.

Tess-So she has fallen in love with
an English nobleman.
Jess-YOu don't tell me?
Tess-Surely you've heard.
Jess-No. l merely heard she was
engaged to marry Philadelphia
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13
In Doubt.

In Doubt.
Hes bald. believer
"Yes."
"What's the reasonf"
T can't say. don't know whether
Father Time or his wife got at him
st."-Chicago Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13

We have noticed that the man who
begins fight with velvet hand In
soon using club.-Atchison Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13
He-Everybody's. = Boston Herald.

Method IL like packing things In
,ox, a good packer Will get In half a.
much again as bad one.-Cecil.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-13

Some people are slow, but sure, but
it's different with clocks.- Philadelphia
Record.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29
Some Prices In 1915.

From an old journal that was kept
In 1915 by a merchant OF Oswego it
would appear that 1t cost the citizens OF
that city something to live In those
days. Anthracite coal was unknown,
and for Illuminating purposes candles
and whale oil were used. Salt In those
days was as much a necessity as now.
but it cost S1.25 per bushel. or S5.SS
per barrel Whisky was worth 81 a
gallon. rum S2.75 per gallon, tea 81 a
pound, corn 81 bushel. tobacco n
cents a pound, sugar 20 cents per
pound. loaf sugar 81 cents a pound,
cambric 81 yard, dimity 81 per yard,
molasses Sl.44 per gallon, raisins 80
cents per pound. shIrtihg SO cents per
yard, potatoes "A cents per bushel, rye
and wheat Sl.50 per bushel. red fian-
mel So cents per yard, oil 81 per gallon.
The drinker and the smoker had a
good time In those early days. and the
family man had il not nearly SO good.
Now. happily. whisky and tobacco cost
more and necessaries cost very. very
much less. Dress goods and foods can
now be used freely by those who, if
living in 1915, would have had calico
dress once in several years and had
sugar but very seldom. The "old days
were not as good as these.-Retail Gro.
GERS Advocate.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29
FOR WOMEN
Much That Every Woman
Desires to Know
About Sanative Antisep.
tic Cleansing
And about the Care Of the Skin,
Scalp. Hair and Hands

Too much stress cannot be placed on
the great value OF Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment and Resolvent In the antiseptic
cleansing of the mucous surfaces, and
of the blood and circulating fluids, thus
affording pure, sweet and economical
local and constitutional treatment for
weakening ulcerations, infiammations,
itchings, irritations, relaxations, dis
placements, pains and Irregularities Pc
culiar to females. Hence the Cuticura
remedies have q wonderful influence In
restoring health, strength and beauty
to weary women, who have been pre-
maturely aged and invalided by these
distressing ailments, as well as such
sympathetic Affections as anemia. chlo-
rosis, hysteris and nervousness.
Women from the very first have fully
appreciated the purity and sweetness.
the power to afford immediate relief,
the certainty of speedy and permanent
cure, the absolute safety and great
remedies the standard humour remedies
of the civilized world.
Millions of women use Cuticura Soap,
assisted by Cuticura Ointment, for pre-
serving, purifying and identifying the
skin, for cleansing the scalp OF crusts,
scales and dandruff, and the stopping Of
falling hair. for softening, whitening
and soothing red, rough and sore hands,
for annoying irritations and ulcerative
weaknesses, and for many sanative, an
tiseptic purposes which readily suggest
themselves, as well as for all the pur-
poses Of the toilet, bath and nursery.
SD thro1xhout the world Cu;irurs R<solven oe- dn
form Of Cnoeolass Coated Pills. 2e per val Of en- On
m<nt. &c. soap. 2e- Depots Loz1on. q Chzrtsrhoas<
sq- fAris. kus de In fsixs Boston. ~ Colune.z
-. Send or Book for Women"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29
Gem PeddIer- of cexIon.

I was sitting one afternoon on the
beautiful wide veranda of the Gale
Face hotel, Colombo, in Ceylon.
A light hand touched my shoulder,
and barefooted Cingalese stood be-
fore me
Would you like to buy some stonesf"
he asked In his pleasant voice.
These peddlers of gems are very nu-
merous in Ceylon. They are not al
lowed TO enter the hotels, and / once
saw one OF them actually beaten out
OF the Oriental In Colombo. Hence it
was that before addressing me my
Cingalese friend glanced furtively up
and down the long veranda to see that
he was unobserved by the minions OF
the hotel
Ne took from beneath his blouse a
bundle of white cloth, which he opened,
displaying about a pint of rubies. car
buncles. moonstones and catseyes- As
l had nothing to do, looked through
them after explaining to the sable mer-
chant that | had no intention of buy
ing. The collection must have been
worth many thousands of dollars, judg-
ing by individual specimens, but apart
from his merchandise the barefooted
vender costume and all, might have
been assessed at about shiliings.-Ex-
change.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29

In one OF the convict camps Of New
Caledonia timber Is brought down from
the hills 10 the sea by means of an odd
railway. When Mr.. George Griffith
visited Prony on his tour OF prison in
spection. he was invited to enter the
state car of this railway.
There was no engine. but fifteen blue
clad figures. each with a halter and
hook rope over his shoulder. came from
one OF the dormitories. A long chain
was shackled TO the front OF the car.
The human beasts Of draft passed the
halters over their heads and hooked to
the chain. seven on each side and one
ahead. At first the line was almost
level. but when we got into the hills
came the collar work. and our human
cattle bent their necks and backs.
For very shame's sake we got on and
walked whenever there was an excuse
and at last. 20 our Infinite relief. the
journey was over. In a distance OF q
little over four miles those straining
painting men had dragged us up l.5ot
feet. IL took an hour aud three quar-
fers to do IT,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29

Mushrooms, even cellar grown ones,
which are everywhere to be had In
large quantities. however good and
genuine they may be. may develop a
violent poison a few hours after they
are picked. They are generally SAFER.
however, than the wild mushrooms.
The latter, though the genuine article.
will sometimes absorb poison from the
spawn OF dangerous fungi which lie
in the ground they grow in and be as
deadly as any toadstool; in fact. u
great many OF the deaths reported ev-
cry year as caused by toadstools mis-
taken for mushrooms are caused by
the true mushroom which has absorb
cd poison. Out OF single field one
batch of mushrooms may be excellent
and others no; fifty yards away per.
fecily poisonous. Yet there VIII be no
difference In appearance. and both will
peel and show all the marks of the
genuine article. There Is one~ test
which is generally safe-put a silver
spoon among the mushrooms when
they are frying. and IL it turns black
reject them: also II they show a vel
low tint round the edges throw them
away.-I.ondon Standard.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29
A Breach of Etiquette.

In Holland a woman Is a secondary
considcrat ton. and a poor consideration
AT that. No Dutch gentleman when
walking on the sidewalk will move out
OF his way for lady. The latter turns
out invariably. however muddy or dan
gerous the street. Ladies' very rarely
make any requests OF the lords OF crea-
tion. An American woman asked a
Holland gentleman at a party TO bring
her certain book from a table. The
bewildered stare with which he favor
ed her convinced her that she had COM
mitted conventional offense. He
brought the book. but quietly Informed
her that a Hollander would never have
asked such q favor.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29

1t has been said by writer of nature
books that coon will amputate its
wounded foot and treat the stump in n
rational way 10 allay the Inflammation.
II one coon will do this. then all eoons
will do II under like conditions. The
same writer AYERS that he has seen a
wOOdeock with u broken leg mend the
leg with "A cast made OF clay and dry
grass. Then will all woOdcocks with
broken legs do the same thing. Excep-
tional intelligence OF so extraordinary
a character does not occur among the
animals. II one fox has been known tc
catch crabs with his tail. then will all
other foxes, under the stress of hunger,
where crabs abound. fish with their
tails. An animal will not do anything
which necessity has not taught its
progenitors to do.-John Burroughs In
Independent
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29
RabInstein'. Free Seat.

A pianist who was pre-eminently sue
cessful in his day was Rubinstein, who
Travelled nearly the whole world over
delighting people with his genius. He
was very much annoyed by requests for
complimentary tickets. but most Of the
time he maintained his composure. even
though justly irritated. 1t is told Of him
that just before one of his recitals in
London he was accosted by an old lady
In the entrance hall and thus addressed:
''oh. Mr.. Rubinsteln. 1 am so glad TO
sec you, have tried in vain to pur-
chase a ticket Have you a seat you
could let me haveZ"
Madam" said the great pianist.
there is but one seat at my disposal.
and that you are welcome to IL you
think fit 10 take it,
''Oh. yes. and a thousand thanks.
Where is it," was the excited reply.
AT the piano" smilingly replied Ru-
binstein.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29

markable thing She took deliberate,
careful aim and tossed into the tene-
ment window a bulky. oblong package.
For more than a week she had carried
that package back and forth every
day, waiting for this very opportunity,
and yet her arms felt strangely empty.
All day long between the woman
who writes and her work came the
proud mother light in those blue gray
eyes. Wherever she turned 1t haunted
her till her pen lost its cunning and
her heartstrings thrilled with a vague
longing and unrest.
When night came to her brilliantly
lighted parlors. where clever men and
women gathered to laugh at her witty
sayings and to drink the punch she
brewed with cunning hand, she was
the gayest OF them all. Never had she
looked more queenly in her clinging
gown OF scintillating jet: never had the
clever words come so easily to her
smiling lips. She would forget II all
the narrow. pinching life In the tene-
ment, the red geraniums, the ruffied
eurtains-yes, even that tantalizing
mother love in the other woman's eyes.
But when they had all gone, the men
who admired her and the women who
feared her, the memory of the blue
gray eyes came back with insistent
strength. She turned out the lights,
leaving only the dull crimson glow
from the tulip shaped lamp, and under
| that she sat long and silently. her
| broad. white forehead resting ON her
| jeweled hand.
When she rose. a pink flush was
creeping over the pearl gray heavens.
| The other woman was doubtless awake,
| too, intent on her husbands early
breakfast. The woman who writes
| glanced round the room. Here were
dropping roses. there three or four
empty punch glasses and yonder a
small bronze tray piled high with dull
white ashes Then she crossed to her
desk and wrote:
4 Ny Dear Robcrt-It has all been 9
wretched mistake. this thinking that We
/ could get along without each other.
Il have been a little slow in finding IL out
| but now am sure. Do not think i have
i scored failure and then have turned "a
i you. My work never looked SO promising
4 Dut. on. tne emptiness OF II All iou baiu
once / must come to you. Well. / am
i coming dear-coming because i cant
| stay away any longer. / am writing &c
Il mother to send Rob-your Rob and mine
Just think, I've not seen him for sls
/ months. and you've not seen him. oh. II
Il must seem like years I've been selfish
Robert, but never saw It that way-un'
I'll today. Cable me just one word
| Come" I will understand Yours.
| EMILY.
She addressed the letter with fever
Ish hand TO Paris.
When she threw open the window
she saw a workingmsn in overalis AND
blouse hurrying toward the city. Per
haps the little Englishwoman wa:
standing in her doorway watching hel
stalwRrt husband on to work. with hi:
kisses fresh on her lips and her bab'
Graded In her arms. And on the lips ol
the woman who writes trembled a hap
py smile.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29

HE LOST HIS TEMPER AND CDFFED The
LAD soUSDLY.
his mirth ar1 picking up the golf bags
from the grass. He stood at respectful
attention.
Ii was n bad day for Hinkley all
around. At the third stroke he broke
his driver short of just above the wind.
ing. and when he heard the youth be
hind him chuekling he lost his temper
completely and. turning. cufied the lad
soundly.
You blooming cad" muttered the
stickbearer TO himself as two great
tears forced themselves from his blue
eyes and ran down his sunburned
cheeks. I'll cook YOU for this
Hinkley wonld probably have gone
for the tad again had not Bateman In
terfered.
"Let him alone" he called. He'll b,
leaving MS IL you don't stop monkeyine
| with him"
And. indeed. he was too valuable S
caddie 10 lose. He found every bal
that they lost and was always ON hanc
with the right clubs. but he showed 4
snoSt unUtSoHiahS ihNeieSA ih the NoN'S
sation OF Hlnkley.
Bateman called the attention of hi:
| friend TO this fact later in the after
noon and advised him to be more care
full what he said before the boy. Hink
ley had Just finished another emphati,
| denial OF any tender feeling towar,
Miss Van Trees. IF can only get m!
hands on q few blocks OF the Little An
ME stock. it's all l ask"
| Even so. you needn't mount to tn
treetops and shout 1t to all the world
I've ssen this little shaver caddying 10
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29
CQddie
And Cad
BY HARLE
OREN CUMMINS
Copyright, 1901, BY Fl. o. Cummfns
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Batemsn smiled to himself as he saw
Hinkley striding angrily up and down
the course His companion was not
noted for an angelic temper, and the
nonappearance Of the caddie, whom
the keeper had promised to send them
by 3 O'Clock. evidently irritated him.
He particularly wanted to get in good
afternoons practice at driving, his
weak point, for he had an appointment
at the links the next morning with
Miss Van Trees. and he wished to
| make the best possible appearance. To
| use slang expression, Hinkley had
designs" on the young lady.
The previous winter, when he had
been trying TO repair a sadly depleted
| fortune at Monte Carlo. with the usual
result. he had met Mrs. Van Trees and
daughter. who were passing through
Monaco. During their short stay in
the little principality he had been a de-
voted attendant. and when they left a
few days later he prided himself that
be had made decided impression.
He had been very busy trying to
straighten out his financial difficulties
soon after that and had gradually for
| gotten all about the young lady, till
| this summer he found she was staying
at the same watering place. when he
had Immediately presented himself.
1t Is not to be imagined that he was
In love with Miss Van Trees. as. in
fact. he had just been telling Bsteman.
who attempted to rally him on bis
melancholia. attributing II to lovesick-
ness. No. indeed. II was no question
Of sentiment. Personally he consider
ed Marcia Van Trees rather dull and
uninteresting. Perhaps the fact that
Pater Van Trees owned controlling In
terest in the Little Annie gold mine in
Arizona. which was paying semian-
nual dividends of . per cent. had some
thing to do with his devotion.
Morally Hinkley was about as fit for
a young girl to honor and obey as the
snakes in the grass: but. as he was re
markably good looking. dressed in the
perfection OF taste and was something
of q conversationaiist. be trusted thai
with enough time he would easily bs
able TO add one more victim TO his Ions
string OF conquests.
Just as they were about to start around
the links alone q round. freckled faced
boy slowly made his appearance oyel
the brow Of the hill.
Where in hades have you been sincs
3 o'clock:' exclaimed Hinkley. snap
ping his watch together viciously
We've been waiting for you nearly al
hour"
He OF the freckled face smiled slowly
and expansively. as il enjoying som'
joke from which the other two wer,
excluded. He seemed about to max,
some excuses. then apparently changed
his mind.
Sorry to have kept you gents wait
ing" he observed at last. choking dowl
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29
NUMBER 26.

that same young lady before you ar
rived"
When, couple of hours later, tired
out and ready TO go home, Hinkley Of
fered the caddie some money, strange
to say, that youth refused it, merely
remarking as he disappeared over the
brow of the hill where they had first
seen him: You'd better keep it. You'll
need it all yourself when the other,
scheme fails
What do you suppose he meant?"i
asked Hinkley, unable TO understand
either the action or answer.
Didn't take your money because yea
hit him, l suppose" answered Bate
man. And as for his remark, he
probably heard the scheme you were
publishing broadcast in regard to the
young lady. Profit by it and plan in
ternally after this
That night at the dance given at The
Breakwater, Hinkley met Miss Van
Trees dressed in such bewitching style
that for the first time In his life he ac-
tually admired her. Great was his sur
prise, however. to be treated with the
full, she said, and she even went so far
as to cancel the engagement for golf
next day.
Completely mystified and in no pleas
ant frame of mind, Hlnkley sought the
broad veranda and remained there the
rest of the evening with some of the
men.
About 10 O'Clock as he happened to
glance up he saw standing in the hotel
doorway Miss Van Trees, while by her
side and playfully tickling her neck
with a fan was-no; it could not be!
| He rubbed his eyes and looked again.
Yes, as sure as he was a living man,
| that youth. dressed in a natty tuxedo.
with hair plastered smartly down over
his forehead, was his freckled, round
| faced caddie of the afternoon.
] Hinkley turned to the nearest man.
plucked him by the sleeve. and, point
I ing toward the two in the doorway, he
| suffered, "W-w-ho-who-the-
is that kid?'
"Oh. that" replied the man careless
| ~, looking toward the sunburned lad in
the doorway-"that is Miss Van Trees
| younger brother Tbomas-'
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29

at was after a tract of coal land in
Tennessee said the lawyer, "and I
had every reason to believe the owner.
who was poor and shiftless. didn't
know the value of it, 1 expected to pay
SIS an acre at the highest and was
therefore much surprised when the old
fellow said:
Stranger. I'm askin' jest 500 an
acre fur my land, and nobody kin have
II fur cent less
But how do you get any such val
ueg | asked.
81 git ii by figgerin'.'
"'How do you figureg
Easy as grease. sub. I've bin over
every foot of il and counted the trees
Yes. but the trees are worth very
little
And I've counted the holes in the
ground
"'But the holes are no good
Counted the trees, sub. and counted
the holes, suh.' he went on, and whar
thar's trees thar's possums, and whar
thar's holes thar's woodchucks, and
It's 500 an acre or you kin hunt your
own meat"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-29
FROM WINDOW
TO WINDOW
By CICILY ALE N
Copyright. 1901. bv 4. S. Richardson

The woman who writes was not
obliged to go TO the office every day.
She went principally because she liked
the great. noisy building. with its rush
of hurrying feet, the dramatic en-
frances and exits of newsgatherers and
even the hammering OF the stereo-
typers. This was her life. and it helped
her to forget.
She lived far up on the heights in n
white stone apartment house, whose en-
trance was gorgeous In upholstery and
palms and whose windows overlooked
the glistening river. The elevated
trains whirled her through the tene-
ment life OF the great city. and she al
ways laid down her morning paper
when she reached the point where the
windows of the dull brick houses almost
touched the iron railing of the road.
So It happened that there came a
morning when the woman who writes
leaned forward I'm sudden wonder. In
one OF the dullest. dingiest tenements a
window shone out like solitary star
in an overcast sky. 1t had been washed