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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-15

slowly and it was lilo when ne fin.
ished. The whisky was dying out in
the Pointers and they began to feel
sleepy and mean.
Say" said the leader, in an an at.
tempt to be friendly. "ain't that about
enoughw
"Dick," said Billy, II see he ain't
caught the points in the last chapter
Read it again."
There was no further interruption.
"Tom," said Billy, these felfers
missed the lesson tonight. They need
little Scripture, seein' it is Sunday.
Supposin' you read us Chronicle or
two" 1t was quarter past midnight
when he finished
The Pointers We're weary, fearfully
weary. They were sleepy, too, and
fifteen miles from their beds. They
looked around appealingly, but there
was no encouragement.
Now" said Billy, these young men
need little history knowledge. Alf,
you may read the Declaration of lnde-
pendence." 1t was finished at 1.3O.
The bench was very hard. One OF
the weary Pointers twisted in his seat.
Another dozed, but terrific jab in
the ribs from the elbow of one of the
guards brought him back with grunt.
"Give us the Constitution called
Billy.
1t was half-past = when the last Sec
ton was read.
"That'll do, Alf," said Billy. "Well
save Washington's Farewell speech till
the boys come agin. Guess we might
adjourn"
10 date, the Sarvis Point "shinin'
lights" are in the dark as to the con-
tents of Washington's Farewell Ad-
dress.-The Criterion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-15

Benzine is apt to ignite spontaneously
in chemical cleaning works at the mo.
ment when woolen materials are pulled
out of the benzine wash. The Ignition
is caused by electric sparks. The fires
are more frequent i'll the coldest
weather and more frequent in dry, pure
air than in damp, dusty air. Richter
has shown that electric sparks cause
the trouble, and he found that with
dry air and a temperature of minus
fifteen degrees Centigrade the danger
was greatest. He discovered also that
when 0.02 per cent. of magnesium
oleate was added to the benzine no dis
charges took place and no explosion
rccHrred
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-15
THR MOUNTAIN AND THE VALLEY.

hrdmy of
wondrou noun ainpeak plucky than the
al
chill ensek? he stands the
has
the world began far and wide
knowit
Mountain theCa wealth
behold
tuI1es to the sky;
called We Nbest that
alk that place weI); swiftly umbhng by.
the mountain stately home;
Happiness Honor beneath
dwell there satisfied. each gldd dome
w.
Here dwell
the esunis gbrght of letters
Tha apaths
the etopby night" achieved
amistob a obcurest the daily knowledge
he valley
sin dsmay them homage from below;
forgetting
should they too perseVere
backward They the summit
the Valley the Can't them whom they
he thought leave behnd slight accomplishment,
the elamean andb
ladde where will dwell when be
the Valley the Can't the Mountain the Can?
Gertrude Morton, in St. Nicholas
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-15

by getting their heads under it, and
by main strength pushing the wire up
ward. We overcome this trick by wir-
ing n heavy stone to the bottom strand
of The fence, between each two posts,
and burying this stone under the
ground. Ii holds the fence taut, and
is a good thing to use in any place
where the fence is likely to be roughly
treated. The illustration clearly shows
the indianapolis News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-15
Good Health and Fresh Air.

Good health and fresh air are the
only perfumes permissible to-day. The
time has gone by when it was consid-
cred elegant to breathe an overpower.
ing fragrance of musk or patchouli.
The woman who does it must lay her.
self open TO the charge of unrefined
taste. One instinctively draws back
from her. When great swish of
skirts and a wave of heavy perfume
passes one you may be sure TO lind
combined with them a loud, unframed
voice. And as for perfumed letter
paper, ugh! All this, however, applies
only to young women. There is a GER
tain type of clean white haired ladies'
who would not be themselves did not
their garments give forth an elusive
faint scent of orris or OF lavender-a
perfume so delicate that one wonders
if it is a real perfume or imaginary.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-15
HOG PROOF FENCE.

After some years Of experience with
woven wire fences we have found best
results from those woven in squares
rather than in the diamond mesh. The
square mesh is much easier to stretch,
and does not sag in the middle in the
exasperating way the diamond mesh
wire does. We nave also found that
the hogs get the better Of wire fence
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-15

The new docks in Gibraltar are large
enough to hold the biggest vessel in
the British navy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-15

=M EFT me think a minute-wait
= mn a minute. You think that
IIIIl Japan has become a world
lllH power?" Count Okuma
VI leaned forward. "A world
The evening world., 1905-12-12
ONE MORE TANGLE
| IN HEARST CONTEST
Justice Giegerich Signs Order
Enabling Lawyers to Have
| Discrepancies Corrected,

Justice Glegerich, IN the contest be-
tween the Hearst lawyer and their OPP
ponents on the protested and void bal
lots" in the 1,126 Manhattan and Bronx
election districts, signed a final order
this afternoon.
iNe difficulty over which the lawyers
Nransled arose out NJ the discrepancies
Hetween the number of void and pro-
tested ballots fouTd in the envelopes
ahd the number certified IN tho returns
and indorsed m the outside OF the en-
vel5pes, ard also in the omission of the
Inspectors in many cases to indorse on
the back Of each Of these ballots
whether it was a void ballot and not
douRted. and why, or was a ballot
hunted against the protest of n watch
a so that nobody could tell which was
Which.
Tammany lawyers contended that
all Justice Giegerich could do was to
sign an order that such and such bal
lots should be counted and such others
Aould not,
bJustlce Gieger.h sided with the
hearst lawyers, and his order, served
Oh the Mayors counsel IN advance,
leaves TIE door open TO them to man
damus Board OF Election Inspectors In
half the election districts TO come to
court and straighten out the discrepan-
cies and properly ndorsc the ballots In
uhu envelopes.
tThls woud consume weeks, and New
York would have an Acting Mayor
until Il was finished.
The evening world., 1905-12-12
PLAN To CUT OFF
nth AVE. TRACKS
Schemes for Doing Away with
Railroad Death Trap Pre-
Sented to Mayor.

The death trap maintained by the
New York Central Railroad Company
In Eleventh and parts OF Tenth ave-
nues must go, So says a sub.commlt-
tee OF the Committee OF Fifty appointed
by the citizens of the West Side 70
see that the Objectionable tracks were
removed. The subcommittee appeared
before the Mayor this afternon. Father
Chadwick. the former chaplain Of the
Maine, now rector OF st. Ambrose
Parish, was chief spokesman for the
committee. Niles NJ Dawson Its chair.
man. was also present,
The other members who appeared and
made arguments were Mrs. Harry Hast
inss. President Of the League OF Wo-
mems Clubs, L. j. Callahan. who has
bsen prominent In the movement ever
since The Evening World commenced
the agitation, Senator Martin SAKE,
Senate.
A list OF accidents was produced by
rather Chdwlck showing that during
tne last nVe years more than a thousand
--yN''NS Hu'V bStl Ndhetl ny tihlnS
running over these tracks, Many OF the
accidents resulted In death Most of
the dead are children or old people.
Two pans were proposed BY the sub
committee. These are Incorporated in
two bills, one pf which will oe intro.
duced into the Legislature by Senator
sake al the forthcoming session.
Inc nfst bill provides for the con-
O uimnation and entire removal OF the
I acks, This. will involve payment by
: city. to the New York CeutraI for
I % tracks and franchises to be taken
Ly condAmnatlon proceedings II
adopted the city wouli be called upon
I pay very large amount OF money
at once The Mayor did not seem 10
lvor this plan. He seemed 10 favor
i1e second proposition. This is aiso
embodied in a bill. It provides for t6e
Tstruction OF a subway in Eleventh
ard Tenth avenues by the RapiI Tranl
$ commission to be leased 10 tho Nsrr,
J ork Central Railroad COMPANY rndor
c1ndI'ions provided bv the law now in
force regulating subway leasing ~" IA
The Mayor distinctly intimatei .o-do,
tnaL he would not favor any actioc ,ta.
would cur,pN tle borrowing nou,os s''aS a.
the city. Either biz would he actor,
able II II c0utd be SO framed as "a -.
a provision for raising the nesoss,--y,
money. without encroanhing t,no, ~
IIrt OF borrowing for general purposes
A pdolr hearing Will be held nv ~
mayor IN tle near future
The evening world., 1905-12-12
MASKED MEN
| WITH DYNAMITE
| BLOW UP HOUSE
Band After
! Holding lip Train De-
stroy Snuff Factory.

FIKToN. KY. Dec. 1.-THE tobacco
= hantory hare owned bv Mrs NJ. b
y Penyck and operated- by the American
J, sniff Company, was blown uD bv dyna
mite early to-day, There was no loss
Of life. but the faCtory was completely
destroyed. There was no insurance on
the plant.
Tue force Of the explosion WAS ielt
for great distance. Several houses In
the vicinity and the railroad depot were
damaged,
The conductor OF passenger train on
the Elkton and Guthrie Railroad stated
Eiis morning that late last night as his
t'sin was making the return trip from
Guthrie to Eliton he was Jagged at
iBradshaw's, a amall station two miles
sopth Of here.
When the train was stopped the en-
fne was boarded by masked men, who
Instantly covered the engineer with re-
Folvers and told him tD do their bid.
Ding.
While this vas going on about 10
pon, all heavily masked boarded the
Tain about forty of them marching
fom one end to the other with drawn
rsvolvers.
lThe leader o6 the gang told the pas
dengers not to get excited, as they were
OILY bklng for tobacco buyers. After
4 thorough search Of the train had been
nade all the men as far as the con-
ductor knew, left the coaches and the
engineer was ordered 10 proceed. The
V'a,n then moved on 10 Elkton.
For a long time there has been
trouble between different factions
pnong the tobacco men OF this section,
and this is believed TO have been the
dhuse Of the destruction OF the plant.
lt was learned to-day that a tobacco
Hctory at Trenton, Ky. controlled by
DE Italian Regie contractors, was
tlrned several nights ago The FIRE is
thought to have been inoendiary.
The evening world., 1905-12-12
HIS NIGHTMARE
ENDED IN ROBBERY
=
Popkin Awoke from Dream
to Find Thief Getting
Away with Cash.

At she CLIMAX OF a nightmare, In
which be was dreaming the hoSIse was
falling down and he was about 10 be
crushed, Louis Popkin, a diamond sales
man, from Kansas City, staying at the
boarding. house OF Harry NJ, DurSky. at
No. ile clinton street, awoke to-day to
find he had bsen robbed Of $l.ooo In
cash.
He had in his room money beit
containing s2,SOO and a satohel contain
ing 81, ,OoC worth Of diamonds. Clad oniy
In his night clothes, he jumped from his
bed and ran through the door, which
had been forced, into the hall, and
downstairs TO the street.
He heard some one hurrying down
stairs before nm and ran outdoors.
and at the corner bumped into Patrol
man Little, Of the Delaney Street sta
ton,
IAtue, when he recovered from his
astonishment, learned what had excit-
ed PopkIn, and persuaded him to so
clothes Then the salesman and po-
liceman, searching for traces Of the
robbor, found $500 In bills scattered
on the floor. The robber evidently
dropped this money in his hurried
flight, but he got away with 81, 900, Pop
kin Is sure, for that amount was miss
ing from tie money belt.
Pcpkin had placed the belt under~hls
pillow and the movements of the burg
lar In stealing It probably gave Pop
kin the nightmare sensations he expeIi-
enced, The satchel OF diamonds which
was in a drawer OF the bureau in the
room, was untouched
Later Little arrested Max Adler,
twenty-five years old OF No, 1863
Broome street on suspicion, and MaEts-
trate Walsh In Essex Market held. him
for fiirthAr examination
The evening world., 1905-12-12
BEEF TRUST TRIAL
STARTS WITH CLASH
-
Special Pleas of Packers Heard
as Preliminary and
Counsel Wrangie.

CHICAGO, Dec. u Attended by an
imposing away Of legal salient and
crowds OF spectators the last prelimi.
nary to Vhe formal trial OF the Beet
Trust cases began here to-day before
Judge Humphrey. in the United states
Court,
The issues 70 be tried were on ten
special pleas raised by the packers, and
which must be settled by a jury trial.
before action is taken on the indict.
ments returned by the Federal Grand
Jury,
The case had scarcely opened before
the Government and the defense clashed
in a mild way. Attorney Miher, acting
for the packers, demanded without quail.
ilcation that the charges against Sam
uel A. MoRoberts, Of Armour & Co, one
OF the defendants oe dismissed at once
District-Attorney Morrison. for the
Government, asked for one day's time
IN which to consider the matter. He
admitted that Mr. Nc Roberts had tes-
titled before the Grand Jury which re-
turned the indictments.
Attorney Miller declared that IN view
OF that fact, although the defendan, had
entered special pleas under the law.
McRoberts must be dtscha rged
Judge Humphrey said that he under.
sto d the law to be as stated by Mr..
Miller, whereupon the Dstrict-Attor.
ney entered a nolle PROSE- qui dismiss.
ing tho case against McRoberts.
james r. Gar1ieH. Commissioner OF
Corporations, upon whose testimony
much OF the Governments case de.
pends, was among those IN the court,
he having been subpoenaed as wit
ness, Five men from Mr.. Garfelds de.
partment will be here Tomorrow 70
give evidence in the case. Considerable
time was consumed IN the selection et
Jury, and Il was late IN ths day be-
fore the flrst Witness was called 70
the stand
The evening world., 1905-12-12
MARRIED, NOW A DEAD ONE"

Tina dead one FOR getting married "
was the excuse given in the Jefferson
Market Court to-day BY Tony Joseph
Ferenzak, OF No, SoS Greenwich street
mr. acting queerly and for hanging creme
on the front door Of his house,
FerenzaK was summoned 70 court by
his wife, bride Of tv,, weeks Sbe
told Magistrate Nahle that she couIdn' ,
be bothered with such actions and asked
that Joe be ordered TO keep away
from her.
Magistrate Wahle so ordered, After
telling Fe-enzak that he must pay Ms
wife g per week, and inStructing Patrol
man Foley, of the Court Squad, TO see
that his orders wore carried out.
The evening world., 1905-12-12
MANY AT SLOANE FUNERAL
Delegations from Many Institu-
lions Attend the Obseauics.

Many prominent persons attended the
funeral Of John Sloane, president Of
W g. j. sloane, carpet manufacturers.
to-day at the Brick PRESBYTERIAN
Church, Fifth avenue and Thrty.sev-
tnth street. The seryicsi were con-
Quoted by the Rev Dr. Richards, pastor
During the services special hymns were
Aing by the choir.
The ODsequies We're after led by dele
CATIONS from the Chamber of com.
merce ST. Andrews Srcip,y Second
Natrnal Bank, Union Lclgua. Union,
New York Yacht an1 Iawl ers' Clubs
American Surety Company. Morton
Trust Company, Fifth Avenue Safe De.
pOsit Company ana other institutions
N which Mr. Slrara had boe7 con.
ne'ted. All the employeu Of the sloone
arm were present an. during he SER
Woes the Sloane establishments and Tlf-
fany g. Co.'S iewelry store were closed
The chief mourncls were the widow
and her son art laughter Mss Evelyn
Sloane. his brothers. Henry r.. W and
y Sloane, and niece, Mis- Jessie sloane
- 'a''fA'''
The evening world., 1905-12-12
TREMENDOUS STRIKE IS A MENACE
TO THE CITy.-.WHy NOT ARBITRATE?
PREVENT SUFFERING, SAYS CARNEGIE.

Arbitration in tho matter Of the trsened conflict between en-
poyes employees the building earnestly
be desired particularly this Of the which should be
wrought with happiness Tor the bone The
nothing against the suffering which
prolonged would among fames the hundreds
thousands Of workmen who would be thrown OF employment
arbitration let Cancellation prevail toward the end that the
threatened strike may DO avoided.
ANDREW CARNEGIE.
The evening world., 1905-12-12

You can get as good a cigar to-day for a
The evening world., 1905-12-12
A NEW CREMO

These mode,n scientific methods haze been
APPLIED to the Creme Cigar II new Creme wW
soon be placed on the market This Neav Creme
aiN be a Prominent demonstration of The great
Improvement in quality MADE POSSIBLE only BY
reason of the manufacturing system used excla-
si0eb BY tie Amer,can cigar COMPANY.
MISUNDERSTANDING
Cigar smokers are warned against substitution.
We are constantly discovering and prosecut-
ing unscrupulous cigar dealers and manufacturers
who are trading on our reputation
The cigar dealer who sells from stuffed boxes
robs you on every cigar he sells
We caution cigar smokers to see that the
goods they buy are genuine.
Aiuays look J6y the Triangle "A" merit
mark
9: c.. :''::::' c.: a.: g: :: 9: i: :
THE AMERICAN CIGAR co.
MANUFACTURERS
The evening world., 1905-12-12
Why should you take
chances?

You should not allow your prejudice or your
indifference to interfere with your getting the best
cigars you can possibly buy for your money.
You cannot afford to ignore the better quality
that is yours if you ask for and demand it.
The evening world., 1905-12-12
Is that a square deal?

How much longer are you going to put up
with it?
Isn't your part of the 5000 100000 year
worth more consideration by the manufacturer
and by the dealer' Why don't you demand
some guarantee of reliable quality?
The evening world., 1905-12-12
Here's HOW and WHY

The American Cigar Company was organized
to manufacture cigars that would win the patron
age of smokers solely through their merits.
The supremacy ofMe Ame'zcan Cigar COM
bany to-day is a,h0At ate TO its recognition Of the
"Sqnav Deal" bnncibA.
Guided by the combined knowledge Of the
greatest cigar manufacturers in Cuba and the
United States the American Cigar Company set
about to perfect new and better processes in cigar
manufacture and to provide an equipment that
would bring about the much-needed improve
ment in cigar quality without increase in cost.
Thus with the knowledge of what to do, and
with the capital, equipment and disposition to do
it, the American Cigar Company is to-day man
ufacturng cigars that are in every way better than
any other cigars offered to the public
That you may have reliable guarantee
sure sign by which you may identify the product
of these latter-day methods wherever you buy,
whenever you smoke-the American Cigar Com
pany has placed this "A" triangle A. mark Of
merit on the boxes of the best cigars of various
brand names.
The evening world., 1905-12-12
SlOO,0oo,oooin Contracts
Involved in Pend
ing Trouble.

II ever the principle Of arbitration had
fair fed 70 work In, II has now
when the welfare OF al last 10000 per
sons In this city depends upon the out
come OF tas trouble that II brewing BE-
tween the American Bridge Company
ana the union 30 which lbs men belong.
Twenty-Five msn. discharged by ths
company, can, unless wise colnsels
prevail, throw st least 5000 men odt q
employment m this city alone while q
general extension OF TIM trouble 30 the
various trades allied with tho bridge
builders and iron workers, means Idle
ness for hundreds OF thousands OF mea
all over the country.
Here in this city q strike such as the
one threatened means untold sunerlhss
for thousands Twsnv-nve thousand
workers means at least 10000 persons
to bs atrscted on the very verge OF .
winter that promises to b . long and
hard one.
The evening world., 1905-12-12
Arbitration 10 the Solution.


tion with the effect that the situation
has appealed to men OF Influence ana
every effort In being made to submit
the entire matter to arbitration bW
this purpose The Evening World ana
other Influences have endeavored TO
enlist the OWE Federation In the mat
ter,
Remarkahle as II may seem, ac-
cording TO an authority, there is no
person or body OF persons, ofhcialy
contrived or otherwise, that has enough
influence 70 prevent the strike Il the
American Bridge Company. Of Nc
Keespor;, Pa, the firm directly con-
cerned. insists on holding out against
the union workers Secretary Samuel
b. Donnely, a member OF the General
Arbitration Board OF the New York
Building Trades. and a member OF the
National Civic Federation, stated to
reporter for The Evening World to-day
that there appears 10 be no influence
in existence powerful enough to pre-
vail upon the AUltIlNdi DAiNbN SSl'-
pany to prevent strike"
Fate In One Firms Hands.
Nlr. Donnelly said
u do not know that there Is anything
10 arbitrate. or that the Civic Fedora
ton. Of wh.oh | am a member. has
hem asked to lnrercede, II there is
to b. a strike and the building trades
IN general are affected, that would, in
deei, be senous matter and one for
the Civic Federation 70 take an Inter-
e.. In II would be most unfortunate.
AT preseat the situation is not so
serious as at first glance appears.
The whode game is up 10 the Amer
lean Bridge Company, BIT there ap-
IcaIE TO 10 no pets0n or body OF per-
sons with enough influence TO reach
taat big concern. II there were per-
haps the impending strike might be
ayoidei. We are awaiting develop
ments"
The evening world., 1905-12-12

You are paying your part of this 5000, o,ooo
Where such a stupendous amount Of money
is involved, isn't it worth thinking twice about
whether you are getting the best value for your
money!
You've bought cigars with no guarantee of
their goodness, no better assurance of their value
than the recommendation of an unknowing re-
tailer-in total ignorance of who makes them,
how they are made or Of what they are made
and with no guarantee of their real value.
You have kept on paying 10 cents for cigars
that under proper manufacturing conditions
should not cost you more than half as much.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19
AN EGG EATING SNAKE

Various reptiles have the power of
enlarging their mouths to q surprising
size They make use of this faculty
when they wish to swallow some ami
NAL which is many times larger than
themselves. Travellers assure us that
the boa constructor will dispose in this
way of an OK, a deer or a sheep. The
ordinary ringed meadow snake will
gulp down a toad as large as ones
fist, though the normal diameter of its
throat is not much more than two
inches. A boa or python, which strang-
les it's prey before swallowing it, will
draw it out and crush it's legs to-
gether, so as to absorb it with the
least possible difficulty.
A little creature was recently pre-
sented to the Paris Museum of Ma
tural History, whose capabilities in this
direction were the wonder of all oh
servers This snake is about the
thickness of mans finger and was
caught in the act of swallowing a
ducks egg. The question is. how does
it manage to get down it's throat such
a thing as a ducks egg, not only so
much larger than ITSELF but hard and
perfectly smooth? A probable SUPPOSE
ton is that a couple of membraneous
folds which have been discovered, one
on each side of the mouth, lay hold
upon the shell like cupping glasses and
thus work it into the throat. But
after the egg has passed through the
distended jaws ii would seem as If it's
bulk and solidity- when lodged in a
comparatively inelastic portion of the
digestive tube, whose juices were un-
able to dissolve the shell. would prove
fatal to the animal. This snake has
no teeth, but so-called gular teeth
are present, being really the tips of the
long inferior spines of the first eight
or nine vertebrae protruding through
the esophagal wall. When the shell is
broken by the gular teeth it is elected
and the fluid passes into the stomach.