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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
WORD ORIGINS.
Some Old Meanings That Are Now
More or Less Obsolete.

MANY persons" says college pro
fessor, "elbow their way through the
world and yet cannot tell why their
own elbows are so named. They for
get that the syllable ELI was once our
name for arm and then for measure
Of an arms length, sense that is plain
still in the proverb, Give an inch and
he will take an ell In the light of
this obsolete meaning elbow is clearly
armbow, the bend of the arm. Finger
Is allied to fang and so means a
grasper, and hand has similar sense
because from the same root as hound
the game grasper, and with 'appre-
hend' Nail being from the same
root as nag teaches that nagging is
a figurative scratching with the ends
Of the fingers. Wrist is what wrests
or turns the hands and Is palmer when
we find that foot wrist was an old
name for ankle. 'Vertebrae' are also
turner's, the bones ON which the
body turns round horizontally, while
launches, literally bends analogous
to hinges, are what it turns upon up
and down. Instep,' If still spelled as
once 1t was, instoop,' would describe
itself as the foot's stoop or bend in
ward to the ankle.
Muscle which means mouse, takes
its name from its shape, and the ends
which stretch it are tendons, which is
Latin for stretchers. Beginners in Lat
In are pleased to learn that the uvula,
at the root Of the tongue, means a
grape cluster; that the clavicle, which
locks up the chest, means key; that a
certain vein is called jugular, meaning
pertaining to a yoke, because near the
yoke of the right and left ribs. Nos
triP Is nose drill, for it pierces the nose
as drills do rocks. Artery etymolog-
ically is an air tube and so perhaps
was once pronounced ARTERY. No blood
being found in arteries after death, it
was natural, since nature abhors a
vacuum, to think those empty vessels
to be air pipes or ducts for vital spirits
which were quite distinct from that in
the veins.
'Muzzle' is not q dignifled word for
mouth, but 1t has an origin and rela-
tions worth knowing. 1t means a bitter
and is cognate with 'morsep and re-
morse 'Muzzle' is bitter, 'morseP is
what is bitten and 'remorse is an
after bite Instead of transferring from
Latin the phrase 'remorse of con-
science Anglo-Saxons translated 1t
the again bite of inwit,' the title of an
ancient poem dating from the year
134O. Jaws would be a palmer word
If spelled now as 1t was in our Bible of
1611-that is, 'chawes'-I will put
hooks in thy chawes'"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20

The regulations for shaving observed
in the bench and bar probably come
down from Roman times, and the his
tory of the custom among that people
Is n curious one. Pliny says that
boards were universally cultivated as
a matter Of course till about 300 B. c.,
when Sicilian BARRIERS, who probably
acquired their art from Greece, first
came to Rome and Scipio Africanus
set the fashion Of shaving every day.
Thenceforward it became so much the
vogue in good society that the term
parbaus, outlandish, was long supposed
to mean bearded, in allusion to the un-
kempt hair Of uncivllized nations. In
creased accuracy in etymology has
shown the real meaning to be akin to
balbus, stammering, in allusion to their
uncouth speech. For three centuries
BARRIERS had it all their own way In
Roman circles. Then came the En-
peror Hatrian, who as Plutarch af-
firms, grew his beard to hide some
ugly scars, and forthwith 1t became the
mode. Lawyers and priests, even more
conservative in their observances than
other folks, continued to shave; hence,
1t is supposed, came the traditional
practice Of the English bar, through
the law courts of Italy and France
London Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
"Fakeo SnfIors A-plenty.

Fake Sailors" said q naval officer,
work more harm to the reputation Of
Jack ashore than the real man-of-
wars man is able to overcome by the
strictest regulation of his conduct
when on land. The navy is popular,
and its sailors are popular, and, realiz-
ing this, there has sprung up a pan
handlers contingent whose regular
business is the impersonation of
Uncle Sans bluejackets.
Somehow they manage to get pos
session Of castoff naval uniforms.
Sometimes, falling that, they go even
to the expense Of having uniforms
made after the naval pattern. Dressed
in these, they do a profitable business.
Their ship has just sailed without
them, and they want money to join her
at Newport or they will be court mar
tailed. Some want only enough money
to get to the navy yard, where they
must report at once. And so ON with
all sorts Of plausible stories. When
you see a man in navy uniform beg
ging, take my word for it he is a pam
handler and not man-of-war' man."
New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
The Paris Frotteur.

Almost every one who has lived in
Paris at some time or other made the
acquaintance of the frotteur, whose
sole business 1t is TO polish oak floors.
The typical frotteur is quite charac-
ter. He Is urbane and patronlzing. He
confers an immense favor upon you by
condescending to beeswax your floors,
but he has tact enough not to make you
uncomfortable, and so long as you
show proper respect for the profess
sion of which he Is a member he is
politeness itself. He never falls to
take q great interest in his customers
and knows all about their friends, their
income and their private affairs gener-
ally. Idiosyncrasles of the Paris frot-
teur have their drawbacks, but, on the
whole, the corporation Is made up of
very useful members of society, for
whom their customers generally enter
tain kind Of amiable weakness
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
A PUEBLO LEGEND.
The story of the Great Flood and the
Monster Turtle.

The children of the Pueblo Indians
have Noah's 9rh of their own, and
some of the animals 1t contains are
very curious indeed-such animals, in
fact, as civilized young people are not
acquainted with. Among them are
mountain goats, queer creatures Of the
cat tribe and prong horned antelopes.
All of these animals are made out of
clay and baked like pottery, after
which they are painted in quite an
artistic and lifelike fashion.
Like most other peoples, the Pueblo
Indians have tradition of a great
food. The catastrophe occurred long
ago, when they lived In the ancient
land of their forefathers. One day the
earth began to shake and strange
rumblings grew louder and louder un-
til at length an opening yawned in
the middle of the central square of
the town. Out Of the opening gushed
a mighty stream of water overwhelm-
ing the houses and flooding the val
ley, so that the inhabitants fled with
their live stock to neighborlng noun
tains.
Presently there rose out of the hole
In the earth the head of a gigantic
turtle, which lowered to the very roof
Of the sky. Everybody was terror
stricken, but the chief man of the
town, whose name ought to have been
Noah, pliIcked up the courage to ask
the great reptile what it wanted. The
turtle replied that 1t was hungry and
that its appetite could be appeased
only by the sacrifice of a young man
and young woman. There was moth
ing to do but to obey, and so a hand
some youth and beautiful girl were
delivered up to the turtle, which took
them in its mouth and sank with them
through the hole. Immediately all of
the water flowed away, and in the
place where the reptile had appeared
there rose up large black rock, which,
according to the myth, may be seen to
this day, testifying to the truth of the
story.
Unfortunately, the deluge left things
in such damp and uncomfortable
condition, aTter desLl 1ylrg all of the
houses and most of the portable prop
erty, that the people thought 1t wisest
to go away. So they started on
journey northward, the whole tribe of
them, and the crane, which is a sacred
bird, flew ahead to pick out the drlest
route. At length they came to the re-
gion which their descendants now in
habit and which Is so extremely dry
that the water supply is always sub
ject of anxiety.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
Meals In Java.

Breakfast proper is served from Z to
0 o'clock, but the Dutch have no idea
of breakfast, and 1t is a very inferior
meal in the hotels, at any rate, con
sisting merely of bread and butter,
both bad slices of cold meat left from
the previous nights dinner and eggs.
The chief meal Of the day is ''tiffln,"
which is composed of dish peculiar,
to Java-the rice table or "rys-tafel."
This is a thing to wonder at. 1t COM
mences with a soup plate full of boiled
rice, which Is handed round in large
bowls and served with u wooden ladle.
From ten to twenty dishes, all put on
the table at once, are then handed
round and some of each put into the
rice or on small plate beside the soup
plate. These dishes include fish, fowl,
meats of various kinds, curried eggs,
fried bananas, shrimp fritters, omelet
and curry, finishing up with chutneys of
all sorts served in a large round dish di-
vlded into many compartments. This
concoction is then mixed up and eaten
with spoon and fork. 1t is followed
by beefsteak, almost raw, and fried po-
tatoes, and this, again, is succeeded by
dessert
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
NUMBER 10.

have visited the former residence OF
Victor Hugo to see tooth of that ce-
lebrity which is kept in small glass
case with this inscriptions: "Tooth
drawn from the jaw of Victor Hugo
by the dentist on Wednesday, Aug. H.,
1871, at Vianden, in the gardens at
tached to the house of Nine. Koch, at
o'clock in the afternoon"
In the year 1916 tooth of the ia
nous Sir Isaac Newton was sold at auc-
ton by u relic monger of London and
was purchased by an English noble
man for a sum equal to S3,650 in
United States currency. The buyer
had a costly diamond removed from a
favorite ring and the tooth set in its
place.
The wig that Sterne wore while writ
ing "Tristram Shandy" was sold at
public auction soon after the great
writer's death for the sum of $4,000,
and the favorite chair of Alexander
Pope brought 1000 at sale in 1922.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
A WELL KEPT SECRET.
How the Keeper Managed the Church
and Town Hall Clocks.

The old matchmaker of small town
In the west of England recently re-
tired, and the contract for keeping the
church and town hall clocks In order
was given to his successor. Unfortu-
nately from the start the new man ex
perienced difficulty In getting the
clocks to strike at the same time. At
last the district council requested an
Interview with the watchmaker
"You are not so successful with the
clocks as your predecessor" he was
told. ut is very misleading to have one
clock strike three or four minutes after
the other. Why, before you took them
In hand we could hardly tell the two
were striking. Surely you are as COM
petent as Mr.. H."
every workman has his own meth
DDS, gentlemen" replied the watch
maker, land mine amt the same as
HIS were"
"Pm decidedly of the opinion that 1t
would be for the general good If they
were," remarked one Of the councillors.
every well, sir; In the future they
shall be-" came the reply 81 happened
to write to Mr.. II. last week about the
trouble | had with the clocks, and
but perhaps" he added as he produced
a letter and handed 1t to the chairman,
you'd like to see what he said"
Dear Sir iran the letter}-About
them clocks. When you get to know
what a cantankerous lot of busybodles
the council consists Of you'll do the
same as l did for fifteen years-forget
10 wind up the striker of the town hall
clock, and the silly owls won't be able
to tell that both clocks amt striking
together Tit-Blts.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
Higher Chinese Education.

Many of our people think of China
as land of ignorant coolies who are
80 inferior to ourselves as to rise
scarcely to the plane of human beings.
The fact is that China contains great
er number of educated and cultivated
people than any other country in the
world. Their culture is not like ours,
but it is based upon long study of lit
erature, ethics and philosophy, and 1t
has been transmitted through many
generations. The Chinese have not
well learned how to act together. 9th
erwise we should never have dared to
treat them recklessly and unfairly
Review of Reviews.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
A Way Some Women Have.

l have heard that women are dis
honest In the way of sending to mil
liners for boxes Of hats on approval,
keeping them for a week, and, when
they return them with a note to say
that none suits, the owners find that
each has been worn once, If not sew
eral times, and this fact is betrayed
by innumerable pin holes. certainly
myself have known women who are
not above sending for clothes on ap-
probation, carefully taking the pat
tern and getting them copied by a
cheaper dressmaker. = Lady Henry
Somerset in Black and White.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
A SmuggIer.

Some years ago tame long haired
goat formed part of the regular crew
of passenger steamer on service be-
tween an English port and conti-
mental one. After a time the customs
authorities discovered that it wore a
false coat many sizes too large for it.
The goats own hair was clipped very
close. Round its body were packed
cigars, lace, ETC., and then the false
coat was sdllfully put on and fastened
by hooks and eyes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
HIT BY A SHELL.
A Writer In IL Boer Engagement De-
scribes His Feelings

Soon their gunners got our distance,
and shells were screaming and burst
ing over the convoy, says Robert Nc
Cav in "a Prisoner With De Wet" in
the National Magazine. Several wag-
ons in front of us We're blown up and
the oxen scattered in writhlng masses
on the road The Kaflir who led our
team took fright and bolted, the oxen
swerved as shell burst in front of
them, and the wheels suddenly going
into a deep rut, the heavy wagon
turned completely over, grinding me
beneath its weight. My head bursting,
l was falling down through blackness
in the midst of thousand crimson
serpents. Somebody held my heart
in his hand, was squeezing it, and
then Thank heaven, this is DEATH
Ages after there was roaring Of
waters far beneath me. Then it thun-
dered on my naked brain A faint
star was shining somewhere. 1t rushed
toward me, growing bigger and big
ger, until | was swallowed up in it
and my eyes were open. The wagon
was righted. l was dripping wet, for
the drivers had thrown water upon me.
heard the boom of the guns and the
crash of bursting shells. | tried to
rise, but my head seemed to float away
from me and | felt myself striking
the ground, but | did not feel myself
falling. They lifted me on the wagon,
and the oxen moved off. My head and
face were sticky with thick blood and
dust, and l was in such pain that did
not know where the pain was.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
READ A GOOD BOOK OFTEN.
But Let the Intervals Between Read
ings he Fairly Long.

But Let the Intervals Between Rend-
ings he Fairly Long.
SO great has been the affection of
readers for the books that have given
them delight that literature is full of
proofs of gratitude toward noble books.
There have been countless comparisons
and metaphors used to make clear the
relation between the book and the
reader. Perhaps the most original was
hit upon by Coleridge, who compares
an excellent book to a well chosen and
well tended fruit tree. He SAYS, 1--WE
may recur to it year after year, and 1t
will supply the same nourishment and
the same qualification if only we our
selves return to it with the same health
full appetite" But, though his simile
pleaSes the fancy, it does not quite
satisfy the Judgment. While the fruit
of tree must yield much the same
flavor always, the qualification we ex-
peclence from reading must always
differ according to the condition of
mind Of him who reads II has been
said that traveller can brins home
only what he takes with him, which
means that the pleasure derived from
travelling is entirely dependent upon
the capacity of the travellers mind.
Ones taste may change and ones abil-
ity to understand and appreciate is con
stantly changing, all of which points
the moral that it is an excellent thing
TO read good book often, provided the
intervals between readings are fairly
long.-St. Nicholas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20

He makes me so angry" remarked
Miss Butte, 'he's forever remarking to
me that beauty is only skin deep,
"And when you get angry" remarked
<lss Chellus, ''it just shows him how
thin skinned you are.".-Phiiadelphia
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
OLD FAMILIES.
One of Them Claims to Reach Back
Beyond the Flood.

one or Them Clh1ms 10 he1ch DUCK
Beyond the Flood.
The most ancient family in France,
In so far as the tracing back of the an
cestry in an unbroken line Is con-
cerned, is the royal house Of Bourbon,
which goes back to Robert lie Fort, in
the year S61. Next in point Of antiqui-
ty comes the Rohan family, which for
the last century, however, has been set
tied in Austria, the so called Rohans
in France being not really Rohans, but
merely Chabots, their only connection
with the house of Rohan being by mar
riage.
Then comes the house of Narbonne-
Pellet, the head of which Is the Due de
Narbonne, who can trace his lineage
back without interruption to the year
910. OF course, In making this asser-
ton, | do not take into consideration
the somewhat mythical claim of the
Duke of Levis-Mirepoix to be descend
ed in direct and unbroken line from
Jacobs son, Levi. He has among his
family pictures one old painting in
which the Holy Virgin is represented
as requesting the former Duke of
Lewis Mirepoix to put on his hat which
he had doffed In salutation, she being
depicted as uttering the words
"Couvrez vous, mon cousin" Another
picture represents an ancestor of
the Duke of Levis-Mirepoix navi-
eating a small boat on the waters
of the deluge, he being too exclusive
and high toned to share the ark with
the Noah family and Its belongings
London Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20

The most. extravagant instance of
literary relic worship on record is
said to be that Of well known Eng
lisbman, who constantly wears, In a
small locket attached to chain
around the neck, portion Of the
charred skull Of Shelley.
or late years great. many persons
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20

How do you get along with your
new chief of Department.
"Oh, only SO so. He causes us many
sleepless-office hours"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20

1t was a reporter with some humor
who stated that at the end of local
party "the guests went home and the
ncighbors went to sleep"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20

Mary Ann--Tve come to tell you,
mum, that tn gasoline stove has gone
out. Mistress-Well, light it again. II
can't. Sure, it went ont through tha
toofw-Exchange
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20

Be not the fourth friend of him who
had three before and lost them.-Lava-
ter.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-10-28
Nabrnnssmittsl= xmsteamms
Grfreut ii@ rieiisen Seiu9s.

Cine gepaltigs Meni9enmenge
ordnets unb woste eeItern in Der Som=
Union 0aQe auf unb nie6er um bic
Tabrun9smittel. .ausfeauns in Gugen.
f6ein 3u nebmen. 90 Musiteller be-
tbeiligen fi9 on Der @a4e uno aller
Irt @sssnitdnoe fnb bsrtreten. Sn
elmer abtbsiluns ssigte iemano. wie
cine beifimmte Ofen=Yolitur am pOr=
tbsilbafteifsn angemanbt nerben tonne,
I'm bem Diem geb6sigen @lan3 sll ge.
ben; gIei93sitis muroen tIsine prObe'
fai9en Der politur frsi. umionif. for
nothing" bsrtbeilt. 9aneben tDaren
ale GrtenWasi9aIen ausseHeat. miiteIif
oersr ni9t nur bas ridtige @emi6t,
iOnoern au& slei83eitig Der su aablenoe
preis fsftssitslt iperbsn tann.
Weiterbin gemabrte oas Muge elm
Mbtbsilung. In msl&sr gOuillOn ausses
itsllt mar, unb ieoer Durifige wuroe
befrieoiqt; tuer aber Sbee pOraos,
tonnte nsbenan cine S4ale bieies eolen,
ertra fsin subereiteten @etrdntes er=
balten, Dbne in bic $aiae greifen 81
maRen. Wen bies nidt befriebi9te.
fonnts au& 9afee bsfommen, prd4tig
ouftenb unb fein idmsdeno. Da3u
gab ss slsid um bic gde in elmer anoe'
rem Mbtbsiluns ale Sorten feinffer
SUDDEN unb Bisauits.
Wer absr fur iol9e ShBi9feiten
ni9t eingenommen mar, brau3te nrlr
Elm wenis weiter su geben, no ibm
8obnen, ib6n 3ubereitet. auf tleinen
8eaer9en ierbirt purbsn, uno @urten,
iiibe. faurs unb seial3ene basu; ni9t su
pergehen Der beri9ieoenen ObltIdfte
unb bes @efrorenen.
@as aber ni9t meggegeben muroe.
mar elm bhbi9er ponp. Der, bor Elm
ib0nss Wdgsl9sn geipannt. nabe be,
Sribtine ffano. Eerienige, Der am
genauefsn ratbst, tuie piele 26rn&en II
sinem 3.pfuno. 3affee.padet entbalteu
finb, erbdlt bas @eipann.
giele anbere Sebenswtiroigteiter
waren nod gu eriaauen uno Rouns's
Damens Or9efer lisferte cine prd4tig'
WuFt.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-10-28
Gin Brief non Sammo Seiler.

Mn 6errn Safob 26per, Sefret1r
oes Werbanbes 9suti4er 8ereine bon
Snbianapolis, Lief fOlsenoes s6reiben
aus Nsm Orleans elm:
v@rIauben Sic mir, Sbnen unb
bur4 sic Sbrsm berebrIi9en Werbanbe
fiir bas mir ausgeiproGene gebauern
meinen ber3li&fm Sant ab3ufatten.
Gu4 i4 beoaure isbr, bab .s mir ni6t
m6gli4 NOR, Ger Nationolconbention
bei3umobnen. Sd bin erff felt 3usi
Sagen aus Der dratli&en BsbanbIuns
entlafen wOroen uno bhrfte au9 isbt
eins 10 lange unb anifrengenoe &eiie
nod ni9t unternebmen.
Sab bic 6erren SsIesatsn bel bisism
GnlaRe meiner ssba4ten unb mir ibren
GRUB entboten. babe i9 als cine arobs
gbre empfunben unb als cine aufmun-
terung. meine gemhbunssr i'm Snter.
ehs aller beuti&en geiirsbunssn fort.
suieben. Seien sic nerfi9srt, bob id
ales. mas In meinen 2rdftsn fsbt.
tbun tDeroe, um bas beborifsbenbe 80.
Nationale Bunbes-Sdnssrfeif, bas ae.
mib ein &ubmesblatt In Der gei&i9ts
bon Snoianapolis tuie aud bss Noro.
ameritanii&en ednaerbunbes tperber
uiro, 3u f6rbern.
Sbnsn no4mals bonfenb. Sin i'd
nit meinen befen Whni9en
Sbr ergebenfer
s. 6anno Seiler,
prdfbent bes decentralization
Gdngerbunbss.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-10-28
8. s.. 8alomtn & 60.
SIM neien 9aSen.

6eute, 6amfag, ben %. October,
finbet in 18 uno 20 g1pro penniplpania
Str. Die grOffnuns bes neuen galeuin
2abens ffatt.
Sas publifum III freunoli6ft sur
Befi9tisuns eingelaoen; oas @ef9dft
bietet manhe bsrlofenoe Offerten. Sis
arrangements limb 10 getrOfen, bab
bas faufenos publifum riat N 3mei=
fsl blsiben tann tber bas adssuwdb=
lenbe Yiano.
QuBsr ben bsffbsfanntsitsn pianos
bnt bas 8albmin @si9dft mod eins
bsfonbere Nrt bon pianoautomaten
ausaefsl1i.
Die prddti9e Nusfattung bes neuen
2aoens iii i90n an f9 zines geiuGss
werib uno fOlte Ssoermann @ini6i
BON oemielben nehmen.
6eute an gr6ffnungstage ipiell
Nadmittaas uno abenbs elm 9utss
Or9sfer. Sd6ns Soubsnisrs.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-10-28
Gim ,tmaasemebmer &anoe.

Ben perrp, 2016 Columbia Moe.,
ben bic &aelsr Mstin 'uno Duncan
seffern Mbenb perbafteten, iuuros unter
bic antlase bes WOroansriffs gefsllt.
Ben iOl in anseouieltem 3ufanbe in
Wattir &afsrifube an Der Voro Dsla-
mare Ctr. eri9ienen iein uno F1 bort
in unssmein anif6Biser WeiIe auf ben
Raferfablsn berumseflsselt bahen, 10
baB benz BeRber bic Galle tiberlief.
Der Sobn bsRelben, Cigar Wattor
Der benz Wann 8Orwtrfe ma@te. er.
belt fhr feline ginmiidung In gsn's
as9ts sinen Wsferitt& i'm @enid. geu
ma9is fi9 oann baran 3u perbuften,
muroe aber bon orn ibm na9iptrenoen
Rablsrn fefsenomnisn uno unter ST.
600 Bargf@aft gefeat.