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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
BEAuTIFYING ROOMS.

SO much may be done toward beau.
tifying rooms by selecting suitable pic.
lures, yet so much depends upon the
proper hanging of them that it is no
wonder the result is not always satis-
factory.
Indeed, the hanging of picture
makes it great success or disas.
trous failure as decoration. Where
there is a blaze of light, for example,
either from windows in the daytime
or lamps at night, it is unwise to hang
pictures whose colors are vivid. and,
on the other hand, those same pictures
perceptibly brighten dark corners, hall.
ways. etc, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Small pictures should be grouped;
they gain style in this way. The ar
tistic plaster medallions also look much
better together than when distributed
at intervals about the rooms.
Much more interest is given n pic
ture If a portrait of its author hangs
near, and model music room had
numbers of good photographs of mu
sicians, framed uniformly, hung at q
regular height around its walls.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
The Crmsahe In Brief.

A special commission, appointed by the
Emperor reports that Intoxicating liquors
cost Germany last year s75O,OOO 600, or one.
eighth of all the population earns.
In Nova Scotia, through the operation
of the Scott act and a rigid provincial Ii
cense law, prohibition prevails in sixteen
out OF the eighteen counties in the prov
ince.
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles has
issued, at Washington, a document giving
his utterances at various times regarding
the army canteen. 1t is published in pam
ph.et form and will be sent to any who ap
ply, inclosing stamp.
A movement inaugurated by physicians
is now on foot for the adoption OF the
educational method against drink.
In Kansas the annual consumption OF
liquors per capita is less than two gallons,
as against nineteen in the country as q
whole.
An antitreating movement is making
considerable headway in Montreal, Que
bee. Members of the League pledge
themselves not to accept from nor Offer
to others Intoxicating liquors in any pub
lie bar, hotel, or club.
By decree of divorce granted recently
to Mrs. Daisy Hayes. of Kansas City, Mo.
James A. Hayes, the defendant, is re
strained from visiting their two children
within forty.eight hours after he has taken
q drink OF liquor or beer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
Electrical Fatality.

At Bingham. Utah, recently, Adolph
Jessen and Hugh Alfred, surveyors,
were accidentally electrocuted They
were running line for placer claim
on the hillside above Bingham Canon.
Nearly at right angles to the line were
strung the wires of the Telluride Pow
er Company, which supply the town
Of Bingham with light and power. At
the time of the accident lessen was
standing on the hillside, his feet be-
ing about on level with the wire.
Alfred was below the wire, his head
being lower than Jessen's feet. The
steel tape was stretched on the ground
between them. 1t became fastened
in a clump of bushes near the wire,
and in attempting to loosen the tape
Jessen gave it jerk. Instantly the
tape rose from the bushes and came
in contact with the electric power
wire. There was a bright flash at the
point Of contact, the two mems bodies
forming short circuit. lessen re-
celved sufficient amount of the 5000
voltage to cause instant death. al
though he stood on n rock. Alfred.
who stood on wet ground, received
the majority of the voltage.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
Cats "Under Fire.v

A lady who was in Port Arthur dur
ing the bombardment of Admiral To-
go's fleet has described the curious
effect on cats by the cannonade. II
was at my window during each bonn
bardment," she relates, but only
through the day, because at night
did not dare to stir out of bed. In
front Of me there was little roof on
which five or six cats of the neighbor-
hood collected. Each time there was a
bombardment the cats duly arrived,
and, having observed them, 1 on the
second occasion proceeded to watch
them. With my family we passed
the hours looking at them.
"At each gunshot the cats arched
their backs and stiffened their legs
and seemed both terrified and furious.
Then when kissing shell arrived IL
gave the signal for frightful battle.
They Jumped at each other, raging
like tigers. and seemed TO hold each
other responsible for what was taking
place. TIE effect was so comical that
we could not help laughing, although
the occasion did not inspire gayety,
After having fought, the cats retired
for awhile, as though bewildered, but
soon as the bombardment began again
they went through the same business
Each time it was always the same
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27

"Your wife" 1t ran, Ny undoubtedly
afflicted with the monomania you men,
ton. Not a symptom is missing. Do
not make yourself uneasy, however; a
short term at private ssnitarium will
bring her around all right, unless her
case is unusually aggravated. Do not
excite her by speaking of 1t. The re-
moval must be"
This was the end Of the page. She
stared into the fire, holding the sheet
in her nerveless fingers. trying TO real.
ize, but before she succeeded she saw
her husband standing in the doorway.
She felt herself sinking. A moment
more and she would be croucbing be-
fore the fender.
Then every fibre Of her being rallied.
She must not sink like guilty thing.
She did not know which way to turn,
so fearful was she lest any move
evidence of insanity.
Vincent did not speak. He simply
stood there, frightfully tall, gloomy
and terrible. according to her dazed
distorted vision.
Was the physician behind him, wait.
ing?
Was some frightful conveyance wait.
ing outside?
And suppose she never succeeded in
proving her sanity!
A deadened, moaning cry was wrung
from her very heart as these thoughts
crowded upon her. She reached for
the mantel TO steady herself.
"Amelial Are you illi"
There was nothing in her husbands
tone TO indicate he was not speaking
to an utter stranger, though he came a
step nearer.
Dearest" she cried. IN overburdened
tones, every syllable threatening to be
the last Forgive me. am not in
sane. l have not been. Only foolish.
warped, oh, criminally sol l have just
found this frightful letter. Tell me
that you know me for my own old
self. never dreamed you meant 1t
when you said nine out of every ten
men would consider my mind unbal.
anced. Tell me that you did not!'
W iihN Napt NONlu lulAh Nutli NOu
have apparently regarded me rs an in.
terloper ever since your collection need.
ed all the room?" he asked, his arms
severely folded. though had she looked
up just then she would have seen a
twinkle in his eye.
"What can / do?" she sobbed mis-
erably.
''Be your own natural self and sell
Off about seven-eighths of your treas.
ures. or else work them off on your
frlends-or, better, your enemies" he
suggested.
And then may I-may I-stay?"
came with difficulty, as she peered up
through her tears.
"Hou may" he said. in his noblest
tone, drawing her to him till her tear
stained face was hidden in his breast.
New York News
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
TYING CoMFoRTABLEs.

If one has grass plot with over
hanging trees, secluded somewhere
from the public eye, a special JOY just
now is the tying of comfortables out
under the trees. This is the very
poetry of labor, especially when the
comfortable is one Of the pretty cheese
cloth ones, light, dainty and large
enough TO tuck in"
If the checse-cloth or challle is a
yard wide sixteen and one-half yards
will be required. Two rolls of cotton
batting and twenty-five cents worth
of Germantown wool to match the
color of the cloth are also needed.
Cut the cheese-cloth into five breadths.
having one length cut in two so as 10
give two and half breadths in width
on each side. Stretch one side on the
frames and catch in place. Spread the
cotton on the cheese-cloth in the frame
and cover with the remaining side.
Baste the edges together. then tack
with the wool, having the knots in
rows ten or twelve inches apart. This
can be done in few hours, especially
If there are several at it. After it is
taken Off the tie frames buttonhole the
edges together.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27

"They do things quickly at FL Paso.
Texas" said q commercial traveller
the other day. IL was on a train near
there on my last trip, when the porter
in the car was in scrap and hit pas.
senger over the head with poker.
The passenger drew gun and shot
the porter six times.
well, we took the wounded man off
the train at El Paso, but he died before
the ambulance arrived, and l was told
TO be at the inquest at 10 a. M. next
day, TO testify.
II got to the place little late-at
1910, to be eXact-and as was going
in met the officers coming out
"I'm here as a witnecs,' l said.
"'Too late,' they said. The passen'
ger was acquitted five minutes ago."
PHILADELPHIA Press,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
Chickens Reared by a Cat.

A remarkable freak of nature is re-
ported from Wadebrldge, in Cornwall.
where a cat is successfully bringing
up brood Of chickens. The cat and
chickens are the property of a Mrs.
Williams. of Trenant.
1t appears that the cat recently had
kittens. and in due course the latter
were drowned. The cat, while look
ing for her offspring. found an old hen
with q brood of chickens only re-
Gently hatched. and decided TO take
charge of the chickens and bring them
up as her own family. The cat at pre-
sent carefully nurses the chickens by
the fireside. and carries them about in
her mouth, just as she would her own
kittens.-London News
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27

Alcohol vitiates the blood. inhames the
stomach, overtaxes the heart, destroys the
kidneys, hardens the liver and softens the
brain.-Norma Karr, III. d.
Alcohol is a noison. 1t kills in large
doses, and half kills in smaller ones. It
produces insanity delirium. fits, It poi.
sons the blood and wastes the man.-Pro.
lessor James Miller. NJ. ID.
An experience OF more than twenty
years-sometimes under exceptionally try
ing circumstances--ha proved to me that
the daily use of alcohol. even in small
quantities, is preiudcal in cod climates.
DIR. Rae, Arctic Expedition
How | wish that the truth-that alcohol
Is not a food. not n sustainer OF the living
energies, and that all hablc-producns
drugs and drinks subvert the integrity OF
the human nervous system-could be en-
graved upon the hearts and lives of every
man. woman and child in our land.-Cor
della A. Greene, NJ. ID.
The beer drinker may be the picture OF
health, but in reality he is most incapa
bic OF resisting disease. A sight injury,
severe cold, or shock to the body or mind
will commonly promote acute disease end
ing fatally Compared with ineArates
who use different forms of alcohol, he is
more generally diseased. Scientific Amer.
lean.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
eLecralcItY in THE LABORATORY
Professor Morse's Furnace and Its Many
Advantages.

Professor Morse's Furnace and Its Many
Advantages.
Harmon V. Morse, professor Of an
slytical chemistry at the Johns Hopkins
University and adjunct director of the
chemical laboratory, has invented and
recently perfected an electric furnace
which, IL is believed, will revolutionize
practical laboratory Nork in chemistry.
says the Baltimore Sun. The ordinary
copper oven is encased in box doubly
lined with asbestos, with air space be-
tween, the whole covered with alumni
ium paint, which Is not affected by
high temperatures, is very poor heat
radiator and preserves th. asbestos
from shredding. This arrangement
practically prevents any loss of heat by
radiation.
The source of heat Is in the stove,
which is placed within the copper oven.
The construction of this stove is the
ingenious part oe the apparatus, and
requires the hiyhest type Of expert
mental skill. II Is constructed of a
number of parallel slabs of soapstone
coated with graphite, the soapstone
being unaffected by the heat. The
graphite must be evenly distributed
over the slabs of soapstone. In order
that the heat may be developed uni.
formly over the surface. The oven It.
self is not so difficult of construction
but the making Of the heating appara.
tus within. through which the electric
current is passed, has formed the great
stumbling block in the way of former
| investigators. This electric furnace
can be operated at cost of less than
one cent c day. A constant tempera-
ture of $50 degrees can be obtained
for eight hours at stretch at a cost
! OF reefourths OF a cent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
YNouSE
~ ReclPEs". :

Tumbler Cake-Two tumblers brown
sugar, two eggs, one tunbler butter,
one pint of raisins, one tumbler mo.
lasses, one cup currants, one tumbler
sweet milk, five tumblers -four, two
tablespoonfuls soda, one tablespoonful
each of cloves and nutmeg.
Cranberry Conservative pounds or
cranberr!es washed and cut in halves,
five pounds of sugar, five oranges
seeded and cut into small bits, and
two and half pounds Of seeded rails.
ins. Cook till thick as jam. Put into
jelly glasses and seal while hot.
Maple Ice Cream-To one cup OF
maple sugar add beaten yolks OF -four
eggs. Cook in granite dish until il
boils. stirring it all the while. Strain
through a sieve and cool. Beat one
pint Of cream, add stlfiiy beaten white
of eggs, whip syrup until light. Mix
all together and freeze.
Breakfast Stew-Chop fine whatever
cold meats remain on hand; add pint
or more OF good soup stock; season
with salt pepper and small pinch OF
ground cloves. Thicken with Drowned
flour, and pour boiling hot over little
squares of nicely toasted bread. Gar
nish with slices Of lemon, and serve al
once.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
A PRETTY DOOR WEIGHT.

What is to be used in keeping open
doors in place. Get good, strong
cigar box, fill with pebble sand. nail
the cover down and paint the exposed
sides with melted glue. While hot
sprinkle coarse sawdust over the en-.
tire surface, pressing down into the
glue TO cause it to adhere. A small
portion at time should be finished
in this way, as the glue may set before
the sawdust is applied. Set the weight
aside until the glue is entirely cold
then paint the roughened surface with
liquid gliding or prepared gold paint
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
Some Good From Finland.

The classification" or Finland, cru
ell, heartless and per6dious as it has
been. has had one good result, accord
ing TO Harold Drage. 1t is not de-
cade since Norway manifested every
sign of restlyeness under Swedish
predominence, and in particular de-
manded the right to manage her own
foreign affairs and to be separately
represented at foreign courts.
The treatment which Finland has
experienced from Russia has since
served as an object lesson to Norway
and that country now recognizes that
her only defense against Russia llei
In q cordial union with Sweden.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27

June was the month which the Ro-
mans considered the most propitious
season of the year for contracting
matrimonial engagements, especially
If the day chosen was that of the full
moon; the month of May, on the con.
trary. being especially u be avoided
as under the influence of spirits ad-
verse to happy households.
Hence the June brides.
All these pagan superstltlons were
retained in the Middle Ages, with many
others which belonged more particu-
larry TO the spirit of Christianity.
The best man." by the way, used tc
cut quite an important part in Sweden.
In ancient days II was I reath the dig.
nifty of n Scandinavian warrior to court
n woman's favor by gallantry and sub
mission. He waited until she had be.
slowed her affections on another and
was on her way to the marriage cere-
mony. when, collecting his faithful fol.
lowers. they fell upon the wedding cor
tege and the stronger party won. To
favor this practice. marriages were
usually performed Mt night.
A pile of lances Is still preserved be-
hind the altar of the ancient church of
Husaby, In Gothlnnd. into which were
fitted torches and which We're borne
before the bridegroom 10 give light and
protection.
1t was the province of groomsmcn,
or "best men" TO carry these. and the
stoutest and strongest of the bride
groom's friends were chosen for tho
duty
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
Evu Effects of Alcohol.

A recent official report shows that more
alcohol per capita is consumed in France
than in any other country. Last year the
French drank 4.sl gallons OF alcohol per
head, as against 2.4i in Germany, 2.35 in
Great Britain, $50 in Switzerland and 1877
in the United States, In France there is
AGA, $50 saloons in the whole country 1t is
shown, also, that the evil effects OF drink.
ing are due not to adulteration, as is so
commonly affirmed. but to the alcohol con-
suIned.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
EMBROIDERY,

For ironing embroidery or raised
work of any sort the board should
nave very heavy covering of flannel
nnder the muslin; all the ironing must
De done on the wrong side TO throw up
the pattern, says The Housekeeper.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27

Heaping Goals of fire on your enc.
my's head is just as effective now as
1t was when the old saw was invent.
ed, and 1t makes him feel just as
small. and mean and foolish now as
IL ever did.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
A WILD APPLE.
BY JOHN MCCARTHY PLEAsANTs.

Fool that I am! for blind
Longing drifts into my mind
TO share, like hungry child,
His apple wild!
just for a space to escape
From the human aspect and shape,
And, creature hairy and slim
Commune with him!
All, to turn backward the page,
This hour, to the Golden Age!
To speak to him, touch him, and be
Sinless as he!
All, but TO drop for a while
All life's pretences and its guilel
Its heartache of loss, and its vain
Triumph of gain!
Here in the wood to be freed,
This hour. from all envy and greed,
And, couched in the grasses dried,
Rest satisfied
Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
A GOOD BRUSH.

A strip of carpet glued TO piece OF
wood will remove mud from boots
quickly and without the slightest In
jury TO leather. 1t is far better than
the usual brush.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
CANDLE SHADES.

White lace handkerchiefs make
charming shades for candlestlck
lamps. The tiny centre of cambrlc
must be cut out 20 make place to
stick the lamp chimney through.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27

Can II be that nobody knows
Where the wild apple.tree grows,
Clasped in the creeper's embrace?
This is the place.
Soft! The fight of birdY
Il felt it rather than heard.)
"A fairy coming this way?
A rabbit gray!
Hide me, ye branches! oh,
For a leaf.sewn dominol
DO me, some friend in the wood,
A turn so good!
He sees me not, for his nose
Asearch in the grasses goes;
He has found an apple small,
A mere windfall.
Is IL not hard that note,
Stified, half in my throat,
Should set him scampering, effrayed,
Out Of the glade?
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27

Professor Ernest Rutherford, instead
Of accepting the scientific tradition
that the earth Is a molten mass, which
has been cooling OFF for millions OF
years, suggests that radium is the
source OF heat and Is not only in the
atmosphere, but In all matter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27

A Chicago physician is of the opln'
ion that under proper and fitting eli
matte conditions, ninety per cent. Of
all cases Of consumption can be cured.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27

HOMEMADE FURNITURE POLISH
A good furniture polish may be made
by mixing two parts of crude oil to
one of turpentine and applying 1t with
soft cloth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
Mrs. Stones Mistake.


BY Ell L A WILL s o N Z.

RUTEw breathed Vincent
stones wife, as he rushed
angrily out of the house,
and then, nibbllng at a bit
of toast, she picked up the
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-03-10

according to directions on the bottle. |
and the cold is sure to pass away |
without leaving any bad effects.
Unless this is done the cold is almost |
sure to end in the second stage of Ca
tarrh. which is making so many lives |
miserable. If Peruna was taken every |
time n has a cold or cough, chronic |
catarrh would be practically an I'M
known disease.
Miss Elizabeth Uber, No. 81 Bassett
street, Albany. N. Y, writes:
81 have always dreaded unsettled
weather because of my extreme 1iabilityto
catch cold, when a catarrhal trouble would
quickly develop through my entire sys-
tenn, which it would take weeks to drive
away. I am thankful to say that since I
have taken PERUNA I do not have any
reason to dread this anymore. II I
have been at all exposed to the damp,
or cold weather, I take a dose or two
Of PERUNA, and it throws out any hint
Of sickness from my system."-Miss Eliza
beth Uber.
Mrs. NJ. J. Brink, No. $40 Michigan avenue,
Joseph, Mich, writes:
"This past winter during the wet and cold
weather 1 caught a sudden and severe cold
developed a catarrhal condition
through my entire system, and SO affected my
general health that I was completely broker
down, and became nervous and hysterical
and unfit to supervise my home. My physi.
clan prescribed for nee, but somehow his med.
did me no good. Reading of PERUNA
I decided to try it. After I had taken but
three bottles 7 found myself in fine health
M. J. Brink.
Siby1 A. Hadley, Is Main street, Hunting.
Ind, writes: "Last winter after get
ting my feet wet I began to cough, which
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-03-10
OWN A HOME.

The Park Heights Land Company
are now offering for sale home sites.
Their property is most desirably To-
Gated, fronting the Odd Fellows Or
phanage, and those in this commun-
ity who may not own a home but
whose hope in this direction inspires
to energy and gives purpose to thrift,
should not be slow in availing them
selves of this opportunity Of provid-
ing the first essential Site on
which to build. The citizen who
owns his home in a community feels
that he IS a part Of that community,
and that its development means his
own advancement. Any city which
is built up and maintained largely
by home capital will develop a
healthy public spirit and a helpful
local pride. Men who own their own
homes in a community feel more
settled, and look farther ahead. They
make better citizens as a rule, and
are more loyal to the general welfare.
They feel that they are part and par
Gel of the community, and thus are
willing to do more for it.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-03-10
MISS SARA McGAHAN.

help me and cough remedies nauseated me-.
Reading an advertisement of what Pc
RUNA could do, I decided to try a bottles7
and you can imagine how glad I felt when
it began to relieve me in a very short time.
In less than two weeks I was completely
cured. "-Sibyl A. Hadley.
Miss Sara McGahan, No. 197 3D. street, AL
bany, N. Y, writes:
"a few months ago I suffered with a severe
attack of influenza, which nothing seemed to
relieve. My hearing became bad, my eyes be-
came irritated and feverish. Nothing seemed
right and nothing I ate tasted good. I took
PERUNA and within two weeks I was per-
fectly weIl.'-Sara McGahan.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once t DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case. and he will
be glad to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus, O.