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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
pasaninps idea of the Sabbath.

An incident In the life Of Paganini
comes to us from Liverpool. The great
violinlst was visiting friends in. the
suburbs Of that city at the house of
lady whose religious ideas were severe
ly strained by her guest venturing to
play on the Sabbath day.
IVY" asked the musician, "eef re
Sabat mos be 80 holle that nosing mos
be done ut all, w does Proveedence
permit re leetel birds to sing on dat
day and re leaves of re forest to clap
zere hands for JOY. making re rustling
music. and re waters Of re great deep
to sound zeir mysterious harmonles2"
Paganini's stay at that house, we are
told. was brief.-London News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

Amos Cummings of New York used
to tell this story of his first assignment
as a newspaper reporter: He was sent
out to write up an accident where an
Irish hodcarrier was injured y a fall
from building He arrived just as
two officers were assisting the injured
man into the ambulance.
whats his namew asked Cummings
of one of the officers, at the same mo-
ment pulling out his pad and pencil.
The Irishman heard him and, mistak-
ing him for the timekeeper on the job,
exclaimed, with look of disgust COW
ering his face:
isn't it trouble enough to fall three
stories without being docked for the
few moments I lose going to the hos
pital?"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

j. ID. Rees. II lecturer on Persia, says
that the wells worn by Persian ladies
are more of II privilege than a punish
ment. Screened behind 1t woman may
walk wherever she pleases, and even
her own husband dare not question her
movements. Doubtless many Persian
ladies make the most of their opportu-
mites. The Persians, as a rule, do not
think II right to take wine. but as near
ly all their poetry Is In praise of the
flowing bowl 1t will be inferred that
they frequently do violence to their
conscience. Occasionally, however, they
are seized with remorse, whereupon
they destroy the wine of their Arme-
nian neighbors
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
WouId Have walked Too.

They tell this story in the commits
sioner's Office at Ellis island:
Two Irish immigrants just arrived
landing watching a dredger at work a
few yards away. Presently a diver,
full rugged, crawled painfully from the
channel slime up ladder to the deck
of the dredge. One of the Irishmen,
very much surprised. turned to his COM
panion and said:
look at that mon! Look at him!
Begorra, If I'd known the way over I'd
walked too!'-New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
Wart Cures.

Vinegar and cooking soda in solution
are said to make capital cure for
warts. II the wart is kept moist with 1t
for ten minutes several times day 1t
will disappear in the course of a week
or so In ordinary cases.
Another cure is to touch frequently
with acetlc acid or nitric acid, but one
must be careful not to irritate the sur
rounding skin by dropping either acid.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
THE MODERN NOTE.
II IL Not Sentiment, hut bravery
with . Dash Of Humor.

WIN = D4nm OF n numOfs
According to the modern notion, al
man should be something of an artist
In life. He should ut least appear to.
play his part easily. with dash and;
susto, like the acrobat who performs
each dangerous feat smiling. This Isl
Ia pannche, the feather In the cap Of;
courage-bravery with huinor added.
1t is the spirit IN which Lungtungpeni
was taken, in which Cyrano composed
his bnllade while he fought duel, for
Cyrano and Alan Breck, ITO less than
Mulvaney and Sherlock Holmes, are
very modern heroes.
Stevenson's whole life was one long
devotion to this ideal. He carried his
III health and penury bravely and wit
tily into far corners of the earth
through many strange adventures. As
he wrote to William Archer: THE
medicine bottles on my chimney and
the blood on my handkerchief are acci-
dents. They do not exist In my pros
pect.'
The melodramatic gloom of Byron,
the lachrynfose pathos of Dickens and
the shallow sentimentallty of Thack-
eray touch the source of our tears less
surely than the sheer gay heartedness
and courage in the face Of disease. diff
hculty or danger. This Is the modern
note. A clever woman told me that
every young man Of her acquaintance
when he reached certain degree Of In
timacy uuotpd these lines of Henlev,s.
Under the bludgeonings OF chance
My head Is bloody. but unbowed.
Claude Bragdon In Render.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

II is difficult in Germany for pro-
fessional rogue to enter a family as a
domestic servant There every servant
has a character book, in which the mis-
tress must enter the dates of the COM
ing and leaving of the servant. with
her character while in service. This
the girl is obliged to take to the near
est police station and have 1t dated
with the official stamp, thus preventing
the manufacture of bogus recommen-
dations.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
When Two Rninbows Are Seen.

When two rainbows are sometimes
seen Mt once, one outside the other, the
inner or primary bow, as 1t Is called,
is always the brighter, and the red
band of color is always on its outside.
The outer or secondary bow is much
fainter in color, and the red band is
always on its inside. This Is because
in the primary bow the suns rays are
only reflected once, while In the sec
ondary bow they are reflected twice,
which makes .hem fainter in color and
turns them upside down. In one rain
bow we see the rays of the sun enter
ing the raindrops at the top and re-
flected TO the eye from the bottom.
while in the other we see the rays en-
tering the ralndrops at the bottom and
reflected from the top, whence they
reach the eye.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
ACTING WITHOUT ORDERS.
General Grants Tribute to General
Sheridan's Judgment

Senator Hoar In his "Reminiscences"
says that at dinner where General
Grant and other distinguished men
were present Commodore Alden re.
marked that there was nothing he dis
liked more than n subordinate who al
ways obeyed orders. "What is that
you are saying. commodore" 2" said Pres
ident Grant across the table. The COM
modore repeated what he had said.
There Is good deal of truth In what
you say" said General Grant Zone of
the virtues of General Sheridan was
that he knew when TO act without or.
ders. Just before the surrender of Lee.
General Sheridan captured some dis
patches, from which he learned that
Lee had ordered his supplies to GER
tain place. I was ON the other side of
the river, where he could get no COM
muncation from me until the next
morning. General Sheridan pushed on
at once without orders, got to the place
fifteen minutes before the enemy and
captured the supplies. After the sur
render was concluded the first thing
General Lee asked me for was rations
for his men, issued to them the same
provisions which Sheridan had cap
tured. Now, II Sheridan, as most men
would have done had waited for orders
from me Lee would have got off," SEN
ator Hoar adds this comment: II lis
tened with wonder at the generous
modesty which, before that brilliant
company, could remove one of the
brightest laurels from his brow and
place II ON the brow of Sheridan"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
A Nice Light Business.

"Oh, yes, I've opened an Office" said
the young lawyer. "You may remem-
ber that you saw me buying an alarm
clock the other day."
"Yes," replied his friend. "You have
to get up early these mornings. ehT
"Oh, no. l use 1t to wake me up
when it's time to go home."-Philadel-
phia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
breaking II Gently.

His CousIn-We sent off the dispatch
to stop your model coming. But you
had put one word too many. so we
struck 1t out.
Real Artist-Oh, indeed! What word
did you strike out?
His Cousin-You had written, HE is
not to come. as have only just discov-
cred | cannot paint today" So we
crossed out to-day" Punch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
Easy Reading For Infants.

lie proposed, conformity with his IA.
ther and brother, to blast the stone as
the most expeditions mode of gaining
access to her arcana, and this In the
open daylight, in order that any tute-
larry protection she might be disposed
to extend to her favorite haunt might
as she was Il thing Of darkness and
night. be effectually countervailed.-
Extract From Child's Fairy Book.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
Brought Trouble.

White-What is the matter with
Plunger's head?
Green-Yesterday was his wooden
wedding. and he gave his wife n rolling
pin for present, and when he return
ed from celebrating the event she re-
turned the present with a speech suit
able to the occasion.-Butte Inter-
Mountain.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
Information nt Hand.

The Rev. Dr. Fourthly-I confess that
this particular passage in the book of
Revelation has always been somewhat
obscure to me.
The Rev. X. Mowatt Laightly-why,
cleared that all up in the first sermon
ever wrote. shall be glad to let you
read 1t some day.-Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
why They smoke.

1--WE had known each other slightly"
said Miss Envy Waite but never to
speak to until one day while out skat-
Ing fell down quite near him, and
"Ah. yesr' replied Miss Peppery.
That broke the Ice. of course."-Phila-
delphia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
THE MAN WITH THE ADJ.
Wonderful Accuracy of His Aim at
the uutcber's Block.

the uutcber's Block.
outside butcher shop twenty or
thirty persons stood watching man
at work with an adj. He stood on
large onken block, such as meat Is
chopped on, which he had taken from
Its legs and placed on the curb. sloping
toward the street. The surface of the
block had become SCARED and rough
ened from use. With clean. accurate
strokes of the ADJ the man soon made
1t as smooth as n mahogany table. 1t
was the wonderful accuracy of his aim
that made passersby stop to look at
him. He paid no attention to them. A
single false blow would have ruined
the block. When the job was done. the
man helped the butcher mount the
block. collected 50 and went off to
keep another appointment.
at has taken me twenty-three years
to learn to chop like that" he said to
reporter. "My charge Is from So to
so. according to the size of the block.
A block requires evening off In that
way every three or four years. | have
customers now that l had when first
began business, twenty-five years ago.
In all that time have spoiled only two
blocks, and they were during the two
years of my apprenticeship. The butch
ers can get their chopping blocks put
In condition by sending them to the
sawmill. But II Is more expensive. and
they can't spare them so long from the
shops There is enough work Of this
kind in New York to keep myself and
half dozen others busy."-New York
praco
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
His DinnnnaarinR Pulse,

"Myw exclaimed the doctor. you've
hardly any pulse today"
"Well, don't you remember doctor"
replied the patient, you took 1t when
you were here yesterday T-Yonkers
Statesman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
A Little on.

Really" said Mrs. Oldcastle. your
little dinner last night was quite
recherche"
"Oh, dear" her hostess groaned. ~
lust knew that new cook would make
4 botch Of 1t some wayr'-Chicago Rec
brd-Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

Dean Everett used to say that parish
committees had no more ability choos-
ing minister than minister showed
in buying a horse.-Boston Christian
Register.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
A scotch sentence.

Lord Braxfield admitted the abilities
OF Il criminal who was undoubtedly an
accomplished murderer. for the Judge
said. "Y're a clever chiel, but VII be
name the waur Of a hanging, my man."
Hard Scotch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
More ThrillinR.

Ruyter-Tm writing a sequel to my
book How to Live ON Five Hundred
a Year,"
scribbler-What do you call the Sc
quel?
Ruyter-"How to Get the Five Hun
dred. Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
Shorthand md Mental Discipline.

The mental discipline which may be
derived from the practice Of stenog-
raphy Is permanent. Speed may be
lost. word signs may slip away, but
the power OF concentrating the a;ten-
ton persists. Nor is the Increased pow
er of analysis confined to the analysis
of spoken words. II IL brought into
play In all kinds of mental work. Pos
sibly the truth may be that only per
sons with minds naturally analytic can
become expert stenographers and that
the faculty Is n cause rather than an
effect of such proficiency. However
that may be. the man who has a mind
of that sort can select a topic at ran
dom, analyze It rapidly into Its natural
subdivisions and make II speech or
write an essay on II while the other
men would be CROPPING around for an
introduction. The value of this sort of
discipline to lawyer or preac cher or
writer Is obvious. Mathematics Is the
only study that can be compared to
scientific system of shorthand for the
development of analytical powers
The World Today.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

To live In the presence Of great
truths and eternal laws, to be led by
permanent ideals-that Is what keeps
a man patient when the world ignores
him and calm and unspoiled when the
world praises him.-Honore de Balxac.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
What She Meant.

Didn't hear your wife refer to You
as the human mince pie?" said the Curl
GUS person.
yes" answered Mr.. Sirius Barker.
us that compliment"
mot exactly. She means that never
agree with anybody" = Washington
Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
Keeping Up Appearances.

Wife-There was n man around to-
day selling big brass burglar alarm
bells to put on the front of the house.
30 l ordered one.
Husband = What! You know we
haven't anything worth stealing.
Wife-I know that. but 1t will make
the neighbors think we have.-Phila-
delphia Ledger
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
Three Men.

There are three sorts of men In the
world-three, and no more. And Of
women only one. There are happy
men and there are knaves and fools.
Hybrids I don't count. And to my
mind knaves and fools are very much
alike.-"Love and Mr. Lewlsham."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
Ingrown Apprecintion.

Wealthy Patron-This portrait doesn't
resemble my wife particle-not par
ticle.
Artist-No; 1t doesn't look much like
her, but, oh, dear sir, the technique, the
technique!
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

(which would you rather marry,
Ethel. brains or money?"s
"Money, of course. I can get along
without the luxuries, but must have
the necessities. ."-Brooklyn Life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

when looked at this picture last
week ! failed to observe those goats
down In the corner"
Probably they butted In since them
Kansas City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
A Critical summary.

"what do you think of that writer's
work."
"Oh." answered Miss Cayenne, 'he
has said two or three clever things and
several thousand others. Washington
Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
The Time to Think.

Clara-I suppose oryht to stop and
think before l accept A. |;
Maud-Oh, no. You'll have plenty Of,
time to do that afterward = Detroit'
Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

Kindness is a language that even the
dumb brute can understand; like 81
lence It is golden and touches the heart
OF every animate thing in CREATION
Maxwell's Talisman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

The man who becomes his own doc
tor has a fool for patient as truly az
the man who acts as his own lawyer
has fool for a client.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

Ten men have failed from defects in
morals where one has failed from de-
fects In intellect.-Mann.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

The PhotoErapher's Good Work.
"Maud's latest photograph is just
lovely"
"Is itr
Eyes. l had to ask who It was."--
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

He who has no vision Of eternity will
never get true hold Of time.-Carlyle.
Arizona silver belt., 1904-06-23
KNOX IN THE SENATE
 AFRIEN0 OF THE TRUSTS

Henry Llomis Nelson, Washington correspondent, says:
 "Att0rneJ General Kuox's appoint, n,nt Go the United States senate will N-sngthsu the senate ntellectually and iu character. It will also give to the great corporations and the favored interests an advocate of good deal of ability.
 In undertaking to forecast Mir. EaDy's attitude on the subj sc of trusts, as a legislator, it must be remembered that he approves of com oinations, and that his political principles are those Oi the party leaders in Pennsylvania of Quay, ot PenroSe, and Of the great industrial, manufacturing and tra"S- pJrtatiOn interests Of the state. He believes in the communism by which Pennsylvania has prospered more than any other state of the union, If he did not SO believe he could not have been appointed attorney general, and he would not now be appointed as MT. QayS successor in the senate. He i, a protectionist, and will doubtless worEnOt only to keep upthe tarid, but UprUmUte Mir. Griscomb's ship subsi. dy scheme for the benefit of Pennsyl. y,nia steamship interests.
 NIT. Knox believes in the continu. ancs Of the partnership between the government and the protected private interests, and no man who thus be- Ileyes will ever do much to put an end t0nduStrial and manufacturing com OnationS, He has probably performed biS last act against what are called the trusts, and he will always be found iD lhe way Df those who desire to put an end to the corrupt influences of cor poniiOuS by putting an end to their clnectiOn with the public treasury
Arizona silver belt., 1904-06-23
Cause of Miners Consumption

The question of the causes produc- ing miners phthisis is again to the front, and 1t is well that it should be so. Both on humanitarian and eco- homie grounds this ailment of those who use rock drills underground war rants the most thorough investiga- tion. Medical men appear to concur in the view that the sharp edges of dust, especially when derived from crystalline igneous rocks. cut the tis- sues of the lungs so as to reduce their vitality and dispose the miners to attacks of the tubsrcle bacillus. The effects are similar to those of steel par ticles in file works aud dust in the stone mason's trade. Acute miners consumption has only assumed prom thence since the introduction of power drills, which produce a far greater amount of dust than when the work is done by hand. Engineering X Min ing Journal.
Arizona silver belt., 1904-06-23
Tabloid Philosophy

It's the early worm that catches the fish.
 Prosperity makes more fools than diversity.
 Even a reputation may be lost in the shade.
 He scoffs at de a tists who never had t0othache.
 The more temper d man has the oft ener he loses it.
 Cherish no ideals if you would not be disappointed.
 A barefaced lie is often old enough to have whiskefs.
 Parrots and imitators are not all as green as they look.
 It's hard to be popular and econom. icdl at the same time.
 It is generally the sure thing on which man gees broke.
 In the race for happiness, marriage naturally results in a tie.
 A little change will vary the monot- ony of even an empty pocket.
 The girl who craves excitement should marry man to reform him. The undertaken will tell you that some men die hard, and others are dead easy -Phila. Record.
Arizona silver belt., 1904-06-23
ltWIS0HN'S GREAT GIFT TO
 COLUMBIA SCHOOL MINES

Aaolph Lewisohn, of New York, "l1 made portion of his fortune out o' the Old Dominion mine, situated al d,oOe, this territory, has just do. mated the sum Of S25O, 900 to CJlum bia "'NefsIty to enable the university to oIIl and equip a s,h1Ol of mines oNIding The building will comprise .'e stories and basement, 57 by l50 'S7'' and will be furnished with labor ''''les and all the equipment which s' Io make up modern school of ~'ue5 and tO educate properly the ''uoenlS who intend to become min 'og engineers.
 Nt' LswisOhn explains that his gift made In appreciation of the won- '''IuI mineral resources of this coun- "! and the need of technical engi- ",7S' instruction in the science of 4'"'ug has long been one of the valu- D''o IeatureS of Columbia, but there "" DO department named for the u'Dlng industry. Instruction in min os mas been included in the depart Voi applied science.
 n me school of mlnes," announced rn ,'S.' Nicholas Murray Butler, of Co "''d dl the alumni luncheon last r,,., .H, than which no part of this uni "y Is more deservedly famous-a n,, n," that was pioneer, aud is still ,l "'uer of all schools of it's kind I; a p''o' to which students come from b. Saud aud Germany, Holland and n,,' '' Mexico and the Argentine Re s.s ,hIS school is to have a digni- pr all adequate building of it's own.
 's"Ioi $l50, ,O0O, Adolph Lewisohn
Arizona silver belt., 1904-06-23
PARKER PICKED TO WIN
..lty Says Bryan and Hearst VIII r., no Figure In Convention

N ,,uiam F. Ilarrity, of Phil adel- NJ chairman of the democratic ma. a.l committee from 1892 to 1896, N is one of the party of Pennsyl ni,ps who accompanied the Liberty m mn,o St Louis believes Judge Alton \ parker will be the choice of the ,,ocratlc party for the presidency, ,,. uarrity declared that he was talk ,rittle active part in politics, as his % Fire time was occupied with busi-
 affairs. To a GlObe-Democrat
 ~sn he asserted that neither Bryan
 a, Hearst, nor both of them united,
 would control one-third of the conven- tion.
 ,,.lared Mir. Harrity, according to ,1,se in whose judgment have the ,twoSt confidence He represents the .oossryatiye business interests. As ,,rditionS now exist in the race, he ia h, ahead of any other candidate, and
 ,,,ssS changes are rapid will receive ,bs nomination. Mention of German, p,,pcis or any other person as the hair of the Parker strength is alto ,,atber premature"
 ,you ask of vice presidential tim bs, 9 continued Mir. Harrity, well, that depends largely upon the repub- r,sos. It is customary to select the ,ropipv mate for the president from .i,her a southern or a pivotal state, and this custom will probably be fol- hUqd this year. Indiana, Illinois or Obil will be debatable ground, and if ms republicans select Roosevelt $ run rtpg mate from Indiana, it is not i'm nrobable that the democrats will name man from the same state. Mir. liar. rfty left last night with Mayor Wea- vfr and his party for the east.
Arizona silver belt., 1904-06-23

The achievement of Marconi on the Cunard liner Campania in publishing a daily paper every morning during the trip from Liverpool to New York marks new stage in the practical employment of wireless telegraphy. Though the paper had it's defects, and though some of it's news appears to have been garbled in transmission, it is fair to anticipate such rapid i'm provements in the service that before long every large liner will be able to keep in continuous contact with one shore or the othsr during the entire time of it's voyages.