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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
LIVES FULL OF HARDSHIP.
Unceaslne Toll and Suffering the Fate
of Middle Class Chinese Women.

Dr. Charles X. Roys, missionary
at Wei Hsien. China. in letter just
received by the Presbyterian board OF
foreign missions, throws some light
on the condition of the middle class
women of China He says:
I'VE have been employing Chinese
sewing woman for a couple of weeks,
and have been much impressed with
the cheerfulness and force of charac-
ter shown by these poor creatures,
condemned to hobble through life on
feet not much larger than sleeps
hoof. This woman can go up stairs
only with great difficulty; she can't
run a foot power sewing machine
without pain, so our little hand mach
inc is a boon to her. Although carry
ing any burden is very painful, in
their own homes women have to carry
heavy child around with them
while they do their housework. but
toning the child into the front of their
clothing to keep it warm through the
winter. Yet many of the women have
cheerful faces and kindly smiling eyes
very much like an old southern MAN.
my who has seen much trouble, yet
remains cheerful and content. This is
especially true of the Christian Chin
ese women. So much so that their
neighbors say some magic changes
their faces.
To-day passed some women wash
ing clothes in little stream in native
fashion, where they crouch for hours
in the bitter cold sousing the clothes
back and forth in the water-no soap
and no washboard-lucky If they have
| a mat or stone to sit on. Another
heavy task in the fall season is the
making of wadded garments for the
whole family. 1t is no easy matter
when added to all that woman is
expected to do. A woman near us
tried to commit suicide last fall be-
cause she was asked to make her hus-
bands uncle's winter clothes. These
| wadded garments are ungainly look
J ing. but are said to be very comforta-
bic by missionaries who wear them.
They are made Of two layers of muslin
dyed blue or black, with layer OF
cotton batting between them. Each
individual wears three or four OF the
wadded coats, and usually one pair
of trousers, the latter very loose and
baggy above, and very tight around
the ankle, where they are secured by
a strap. The accumulation Of coats
/ makes a man look as round as a bar
rel, while the little children are
spherical, and if they fall down have
hard work to get up again. The win
ter hat is a great hood Of wadded cot
ton like fisherman's sou-wester, fall
ing over the back and shoulders, and
in children ornamented with all the
colors of the rainbow. Special Cor
respondence of The Washington Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
ARMY OF 100000 LED BY PHONE.
Every Stroke Correctly Timed by
Field Marshal oyama UtiI-
ICES Up.to-Date Methods,

Among many things which the Jap
anese have done during the war which
they are now waging and which have
attracted the attention of the world,
their use of the telephone is one. AS
each advance was made or a trench
headquarters by telephone. Thus, not
only was all important information
transmitted Immediately to the com
mander, but fighting was directed from
the latter point by the same means,
The commander was able to direct
the fire of the guns and to order ad-
vances when the proper time arrived.
The telephone in this service has TAX
en- the place of the courier and does
the work better and more quickly.
By its ability to communicate instant
ly with many and widely separated
points not only are the armys opera
tions directed more effectively, but one
commander Is enabled to control a
larger force than was possible under
the old system. Could Field Marshal
Oyama have directed the operations of
100000 men and have timed his
strokes so exactly had he been forced
to depend upon orders carried by
horse? How could he have controlled
a fighting line hundred miles long?
Without the telephone the operations
would have been carried on by num-
ber of generals, each acting according
to certain plan, but depending large
ly upon his own judgment for what to
do and when to do it. That the fight
would have been carried on as bravely
none can doubt, but the telephone CO.
ordinated the actions of each division
and reduced the armies to one vast
machine. Nothing was left to chance !;
every stroke was correctly timed, and
the commander-in-ch was at once
informed of its result Even the fly
ing columns were followed by the en-
gilneering corps and the result ofevery
skirmish and the taking Of every vii
lage were known within short time
at headquarters.-Ele Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
EVeninu Fun,

A little game that will make lots of
fun is called Fate" says the New
York Evening Mail. Write the name
of each boy guest on card with a
prefix Mrs" Then seal up the cards
in envelopes addressed to the boys,
but of course the prefix much not be
used in these addresses.
A girl now enters the room with a
black robe and veil thrown about her
and with her eyes blindfolded. The
envelopes are all handed to her, and
holding them under her veil she says
in deep, Impressive voice:
Il am Fate! Blindfold, see into the
future and will tell to each boy present
the name of his wife The fate of the
girls | cannot see! 1t is not clear"
Then, taking the envelopes out, she
passes them, one at time to another
girl, who hands them to the boys to
whom they are addressed. When all
have been distributed, a signal is Civ
en-, and each boy opens his envelope,
when he sees his own name with the
Mrs" before it. This will make a
great laugh, of course.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
The Fire.

Everybody had left Locust Dale for
the afternoon except Clarence and his
little sister M2dge, and Steve, the col
ored boy. In fact, Steve had been left
in charge of the place and of the two
little folk until Mr.. and Mrs Mallory
should get back from their long drive.
Even the cook had gone to the vii
lage, and nurse had taken the baby to
drive with father and mother.
Maybe you think Clarence and
Madge would be lonesome without the
rest of the family, and would wish
they could be driving, too. Not a bit
Of it. The little brother and sister
thought Steve the funniest person in
the world, and playing circus with
him much jollier than anything else.
But the game of circus did not get
very far that afternoon, for Steve had
just started to give his exhibition by
turning six handsprings at time
when his quick eye caught sight of
queer little blue line of smoke wrig-
Cling out under the kitchen roof.
Fer de land!" exclaimed the circus
performer, leaving the imaginary ring
in a great big hurry. Up the kitchen
steps he rushed, his two little charges
hurrying after, and there he found
the cooks room full of hot binding
smoke.
What was to be done? There was
nobody to do anything except our
merry black Snowman, and he soon
proved that he was fit for something
better than circus.
First of all he hustled Clarence and
Madge out to the lawn for safe keep
ing. Then he fastened the lawn
sprinkler on to the kitchen spigot, and
tugged the nozzle end up the steep
kitchen steps. Soon good stream of
water was sizzling through the hot
smoke, wetting walls and floor and
bed, spelling cooks Sunday clothes,
and making a big mess.
But, when the grown-ups came home,
the house was still there, and the tiny
fire was out. You may believe there
was a heap of fuss made over our
circus boy-a five dollar gold piece in
his pocket, and kind words of praise
worth more than gold.
Where do you suppose the fire came
from? When cook moved her clothes
press to clean up the room, there was
a half-burned mouse's nest under it,
made of chewed paper and rags, and
a double handful of burned matches
woven into it. There must have been
one unburned match among them, and
that had started the fire.
Just see, chicks" said father; shak.
ing his head at Clarence and Madge,
how much harm two little things can
dol"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14

ITS over now" he said; and Ahls
thin, white hand patted the counter
pane gently.
"Did you know | was engaged to be
married." he said, presently, "about
four years ago?"
Eyes, | had heard So" | muttered,
huskily.
I'VE were to have been married that
summer" he continued, gazing through
the window as though he spoke to
himself; but Bertha was seized with
illness-some spinal disease. The doc
tor said her only chance was to go into
a certain home for a few years, bat
that it would cost lot of money, as
she was not eligible for free treatment.
He stopped speaking for moment,
for his breathing was difficult. And
my eyes were red and swollen now, as
| knelt by the bedside.
I'VE managed it," he said, quietly,
in a minute or two. "and she seemed
place as attendant at the home, and
he used to bring me news OF my poor
girl. Then the doctor said that If she
would undergo an operation she might
be cured almost at once. 1t was q
very dangerous operation, and pain
full but she agreed, and it YVES fixed
for three days later.
"She died this morning" he added
with just a quiyer in his voice, and
his thin hand trembled.
/ don't know exactly what happened
next or how | got out Of the room, but
| wasn't the only idiot next morning
at the Office. Poor old Shylock never
really recovered his health, but we
did our best to make up for our past
unkindness, and | think the dear old
chap understood.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
Why He Didn't Go Overheard.

Dempsey's Philadelphia tug Peerless
came into Norfolk with the liveliest
sensation aboard which has been on a
ship hereabouts since the Spanish
war. Capt. Robert Freburger, com
manding the tug, reported that as he
passed Old Point yesterday morning,
outward bound. the iron-hulled tug
struck some obstruction which made a
laundering noise and gave out metal
lie sound. The concussion felt. he
said, as though the tug was about to
be torn to pieces.
The nervousness aboard when the
obstruction was struck was nothing
to the shivering which began when the
tugs chief engineer, Capt Herbert
Groome, reported to the captain of the
lighthouse tender Jessamine that the
Peerless had struck something which
he thought might be a wandering
buoy and was told that the thing was
a torpedo.
'If I'd a-known that when we hit it,
said Capt. Freburger, I'D a.gone over
board right then" The captain of the
Jessemine Gained the tug men to
some extent by explaining to them
that the mine they struck is not ex-
ploded by contact, but is one Of those
connected by wire with Fort Monroe,
which are blown up by electricity at
the will of the artillerymen in the fort
Baltimore Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
A lauahina Plant.

There is a curious plant that grows
In Arabia and is known by the name
of laughing plant" This name comes
from the fact that any one who eats
its seeds cannot control his laughter.
The natives Of the district where this
funny plant grows dry the seeds and
reduce them to powder. A small dose
Of this powder, says the indianapolis
News, makes those who eat it act very
much like the foolish people who drink
more liquor than is good for them.
The soberest person will dance, shout
and laugh like a madman and rush
about, cutting up the most ridiculous
capers for an hour.
At the end of this time the reaction
comes. The dancer is exhausted and
deep sleep comes upon him. After
nap Of several hours he awakens
with no recollection of the antics he
has performed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
White Rabbits as Pets.

what do white rabbits most like
to eat?" Almost everything. They are
not in the least fussy as to diet. For
that reason, and for their attractive
appearance and playful ways, they
make excellent pets. Always have an
amply supply of good, clean hay and
oats before them. Good green food
once or twice day, and only in guam
titles that will all be eaten If at
any feeding they do not eat all you
give them, omit the next feeding, and
then give less thereafter. They are
fond of almost any kind of grain or
vegetable-in fact, anything that a
COW or a sheep will eat; and they will
devour almost any wild plant, except
poison-ivy or wild parsnip. Among
the favorite delicacies of the summer
are clover, dandelion, plantain, black
berry briers and blackberry leaves.
Give them water once or twice a
day. Some dealers and breeders may
tell you not to do this; but if you
love your pets, pay not the slightest
attention to such advice. 1t is cruel
treatment. Hay should be kept in a
rack on the side Of the hutch; oats,
in a "self-feeder" or in a firm dish
that will not tip over easily. Clean
the hutch frequently, and cover the
floor with a light layer of sawdust or
fine shavings.-St. Nicholas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
for grown-up dolls.

allowable for grown-up dolls. or
dolly may affect a classic style, her
wavy tresses being drawn sedately
around at each side.
Dolls halrpins are to be had in all
sorts of sizes and kinds In gilt they
are quite stunning.
For a big ornamental hairpin the
small imitation She'll ones at few
cents each do admirably. This fair
ly amounts to an ornamental comb.
One little mother has made an
evening wreath out Of some tiny pink
rosebuds from her-big sisters old hat.
1t clasps dolly's coiffure in horseshoe
shape.
A filet of pearls Is easily arranged.
One little girl managed 1t by buying
a tiny string for quarter in partner
ship with two others. These tiny
beads made three beautiful headdresses
for as many dolls.
Doing dolls hair is as instructive
as 1t is amusing, and one little moth.
er tries every coiifure which the hair.
dresser does for her mamma upon her
grown-up doll She often discovers
something quite new on her own ac-
count.-Philadelphia Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
Named for Great Men.

There are more Grant townships in
Kansas than any other kind. Twenty
eight bear this name. The fact that
Grant was doing things and making
news when the townships of Kansas
we're being named is chiefly response
BILE for this. The name of Lincoln is
a close second. There are twenty
seven Lincoln townships in Kansas.
Other statesmen are well represented.
There are twenty-three Logans, twelve
Shermans, eight Harrisons, nine jack
sons. six Blaines and four Clevelands.
Many townships are named after
states. There are six Ohio townships
and four Illinois townships.-Kansas
City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
sparrows as samaritans.

The sparrow has never been noted
for its good works and kind deeds, but
the following little story throws a
new light on these despised little
scrappers:
Last spring a young robin was found
foundering about a gentlemans lawn.
1t was unable to fly and had evidently
fallen from its nest. Fearing that the
cats might devour it in the night, the
gentleman took the bird to the rear of
his yard and placed it in an enclosure
covered with a wire screen. While
dressing the next morning he looked
out of his window and was amazed at
the action of a couple of sparrows that
were carrying worms to the young
robin in the inclosure. They would
fly away, only to return few moments
later with worms, which they dropped
through the screen into the upturned
mouth of the captive. They kept up
this charitable feeding until the rob
in was liberated, and even then they
lowered around like self-appointed
tiardians.-lndianapo News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
rhe nnveil.ng Of a monument to the

rhe unveil!ng of a monument to the
memory of Gambetta at Bordeaux was
a tardy recognition of the claims OF
that great Frenchman upon the graft
tue of his countryman, states the
New York Times. That Gambetta had
defects OF temperament and even OF
character is only too true, but he rem
dered two great services TO France.
More than any ether one man he sup
piled France with the political organ
ization that made the republic pos
sible after the fall of the empire, and
more than any one man he developed
the constructive policy by which order
and security were obtained under the
republic and the popular longing for
a strong man" was replaced by
sense of safety under representative
institutions.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14

Hospitality may be considered as
one of the characteristics of not only
the Veis, but of the whole African
race. 1t is considered the duty Of
every citizen to entertain strangers
without the smallest compensation.
Places of rest stand always open, and
when these are found occupied by
strangers, man goes and tells his
wife, who will send her servants with
water for the strangers to wash their
feet; for, as they wear no shoes, they
naturally need such accommodation.
Afterward rooms and cloth wrappers
are given them, food is brought from
all quarters, or they are invited to
eat with the people.-The Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
A single honor acquired is surety 4

A single honor acquired is surety for
more.-Rochefoucauld.
Opportunity, sooner or later, comes
to all who work and wish.-Lord Stan
ley.
The man who does his whole duty
has precious little time to critlcise the
work others are doing.
Enthusiasm is the genius Of SINGER
ity; and truth accomplishes no victor
les without it.-Bulwer Lytton.
A great many people have a habit
Of expressing surprise at the exposure
of corruption that they were cognlzant
of all the time.
If we could read the secret history
of our enemies, we should find in each
mans life sorrow and suffering enough
to dlsarm all neutrality-suspicious..
In dreams the will and the reason
are feeble, but the desires and real
nature of the soul have full play and
discover themselves. Hence, as man
dreams, so Is he.-Dr. Frank Crane.
One of the most massive and endur-
ing qualifications is the feeling Of a
personal worth, ever afresh brought
into consciousness by eifectual action; I;
and an idle life is baked of its hopes
partly because it lacks thls.-Herbert
Spencer.
In all the chief matters of life we
are alone, and our true history is
scarcely ever deciphered by others.
The chief part of the drama is a mon
ologue, or rather an intimate debate
between God, our conscience. and our
selves-Ruskin.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
Chats for Little Mothers.

Dolly's hair must be done as nicely
as her little mammals.
Fancy combs and hairpins are to be
iad for Mrs. Dolly.
Little girl dolls often have their
hair parted on one side and tied at
the opposite side with a pretty bow.
For a pretty dolly whose hair is
parted at the centre lock may be
caught up at each side. Narrow rib
bon serves for these two bows.
A school girl doll will look very
we'll with her hair in braids. One start
ing from the crown of her head with
straight-across bow, the other at
the nape of her neck, where it is
caught with another bow.
All sorts Of Pompadour excesses are
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
The World of the Window seat.

There's n little lndde across the street,
Who sees the world from window seat.
There he must stay the livclong day,
For he's too small 10 go out TO play,
And mothers too careful to let him stray,
And quite too busy to take him away.
So all his world Is Il piece Of sky
And street where the noisy tennis go by.
Yet he plays and laughs and life Is sweet
Though he sees the world from window
seat. -lrdanapolis News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14

If the greatest study Of mankind is.
man, the next greatest study is the
soil; for upon the soil depends the
preservation of man, says Cyril G.
Hopkins. If it is true that American
agriculture is the fundamental sup
port of the American nation, it is
equally true that soil fertility is the
absolute support of American agri-
culture. If he who makes two blades
of grass grow where but one grew be-
fore is a public benefactor; then he
Who reduces the fertility of the soil
so that but one ear of corn grows
where two have been grown is pub
lie curse.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
Music in the Air.

"Did you ever see one of those mus
cal rocking chairs ."
Did 1? Well. guess did! used
to own one.
"You did?"
Il certainly did"
"How did you like it?'
Like it? Say, the first night after
bought it | went home and fell
over it in the dark; took all the skin
off my shins, nearly broke my nose,
put one eye out of business; and
when | picked myself up, blow me If
the pesky thing wasn't playing Home.
Sweet Home '"-Yonkers Statesman
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
WOODLAND VOICES.

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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14

After a recent storm amber worth
s15O4 was picked up on the beach at
Newkburg, a German village on the
Baltic coast.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

A Missouri paper claims that farm
ers nowadays walk and stand much
straighter than they did 80 or 40 years
ago. Improved machinery and more
scientific methods of farming are cred
tied with this result.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14

Children born between September
and February are. some authorities
state, not so tall as those born in the
summer and spring months, and the
growth of children is much more rapid
from March till August.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
A Girl EyanueIist.

Miss Myrtle N. Parke, who has
been called to the pastorate Of the
Christian Church at Ramsey, ILL.,, is
noted as an evangelist. She is but IS
years Of age.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14

The two sides Of a persons face
are never alike. according to the In
dianapolis News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
SMITH NJ. McCREIGHT,
ATronNnY-Ar-LAw.

Notary Public and Real Estate Agents. C(.
lecttons Will receive prompt attention. Onrb
"a the ReyuoldsvlIe Hardware Co. Buildid,
Main street, keynolisyiIln, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14

AIpleb Dbl .''ss... ................ss 2
Potaioes-Fancy white per bu...
Cabbage-per ton................. 49,
Onions-per barrel. q
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14

The British mint has been busily
engaged in coming farthings. Until
very recently farthings have been al
most unknown coins in many, perhaps
the majority, of the British posses
sions. They are only coined to en-
courage thrift in the colonies.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14
PlTTSBURG.
Grain. Flour and Feed.
Dairy Products.
Poultry, Etc.
Fruits and Vegetables,

Hcns-per lb...,.............-..
Chickens-drcssed
Epgs-Pa. and Ohio, fresh.......
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-14

SionS. They are only coined to en-
courage thrift in the colonies.
The two sides of persons face are
never alike, according to the Indian
apolis News. The eyes are out of line
in two cases out of five, and one eye
is stronger than the other in seven
persons out of ten. The right ear is
also, as a rule. higher than the left
A barrel is nailed to tree on a
barren island in the Straits of Magel.
Ian on the southern coast of South
America, and used as postoffice.
Ships passing there drop their mail in
the barrel and it is taken out and for
warded by the next ship which comes
along bound in the direction of the let
ter's address.
Bad fathers are rare among birds.
Usually the male rivals his mate in
love for their children. The carrier
pigeon-in fact, so do nearly all birds
feeds his mate while she is on the
nest. More than that. the crow, the
most dismal of birds. often sits on
the eggs in the nest in order that Mrs.
Grow may have an hour or so of re-
taxation and gossip among the other
Mrs. Crows of her acquaintance. The
blue marten the black-coated gull,
the great blue heron and the black
vulture all do the same.