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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21

trophcdon system of writing:
"When see merchant overpolite to
n eknt OF meht gniggeb .sremotsuc sih
little brandy and throwing his goods on
na sab nam taht sknlht ,retnuoc eht
Ak to grlnd."-St. Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21

the greatest variety at marvelously low
prices and out Of all sorts of material,
even to the seemingly impossible po-
tato
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21

When women like each other, they
kiss; when they love, they do one an
others hair.-Lady Evans in London
Mail.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
T IBEL IN DIVORCE.

Anna Elizabeth McGorty VS.. Charles Nc
Gorty.
No. 1s1, November Term, 1905. Pluries Sub
poena In Divorce.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, So:
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
To CHARLES MCGoRTY, GREETING
We command you, as twice before you were
commanded, that all matter of business and
excuses being set aside, you be and appear in
your proper person before our Judge at
Brookville, at our Court of Common Pleas,
there to be held on the second Monday of
April next to show cause, If any you have,
why your wife, Anna Elizabeth McGorty,
should not be divorced from the bonds of
matrimony which she hath contracted with
you the said Charles McGorty agreeable to
the Petition and Libel exhibited against you
before our said Court, and this you shall in
no case omit at your peril.
Witness The Hon. John W. Reed President
of our said Court at Brookville, the 22nd day
of January, A. ID. 1905.
Allowed by the Court.
CYRUS II. BLOOD, Prothonotary.
To CHARLES MCGoRTY, Greeting:
You are hereby notified to appear before
the Honorable Judge OF the Court OF Common
Pleas, at Brookville, Pa, on the second Mon
day of April next to answer as set forth in
the above subpoena.
GRANT SCHEAFNOCKER,
March 9, 1905. Sheriff.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
TOLD. THOMPSON. CREATING.

To J. d. THOMPSON, Greeting:
You are hereby notified to appear before
the Honorable Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, at Brookville, Pa, on the second Mon
day Of April next, to answer as set forth in
the above subpoena.
GRANT SCHEAFNOCKER,
March 8, 1906. Sheriff.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26
4 Noble Decision.

Mr.. Harry P. Deaton, editor OF Inc
Mooresville Enterprise announces that
if he can get a satisfactory price 1or
his paper he will sell it. He is max
ing money, but he has IAN obligation
which demands his personal attention
to give comfort and good cheer to
the old and infrm.' And behind that
is a story. A few years age this
young man went from Concord TO
Mooresville where he took charge OF
a pied up printing Office and set to
work to give the people Of Moores-
vile a good paper. In this he succeer-
ed by hard work and sonstant en-
deavor. The property was no account
when he took charge Of it. Now it is
in excellent shape, well equipped and
doing a profitable business. No town
the size of Mooresville has a better
paper. and few has as good a one. The
aged and infirm" to whom this young
man would give comfort and good
cheer, relinquishing a good business
to do so, is his mother, and she lives
at the old home in Concord. Mr.. Dea-
tons decision strikes us as a noble
one and the sentiment is that OF a
dutiful and loving son. All honor TO
this young nan of generous Impulse
Charlotte Chronicle.
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Our Farmer BOYS.

We are O given to Boosting but
we are proud of the farmer boys o.
this vincity. They are, with rare ez-
ceptions, a healthy, intelligent and
happy class Of young e We feel
like taking our hat clea rolf when We
meet them upon the streets. Too
many boys leave the farm where they
would have made substantial and good
citizens, and go to the city where only
one in thousand succeers in LIES
battle. There are farmers who fairly
drive their boys away. There is no
excuse for this. The farmer boy is
entitled to his vacations, good books,
magazines and his home paper. To
the observing one 1t is plain to be seen
that the old farm is the best place
in the world for the average young
man and never fails to bring a hap
pier and more useful life than the
city. Young men, you who till the
soil and earn your bread by the sweat
OF your brow. we are proud OF you;
and you win always have a friend IN
this paper.-Clinton Democrat
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The Conversion Of Sam Small.

Thrilling scenes are marking the
progress of the revival in Atlanta.
The converts are making restoration
of stolen money; Christians are get
ting up and declaring publicly that
they will henceforth give up theatres,
card parties and dances; and hun.
dreds are being stirred to go out
seeking and saving the lost at almost
all hours Of the day and night.
One evening recently the most thrill
ing and dramatic scene Of the cam
paign thus far occurred. DR.. TOrrey
had just concluded a sermon on THE
Judgment Day." and had made a
call for those who would accept
Christ to stand up, Only a few re-
sponded, and there vas a silence as the
evangelist pleaded in vain for others
to start the Christian life. The meet
ing was about to end when a gray
haired man sitting at the reporter S
table on the platform stood up and
asked DR.. Torrey to pray for him.
AS he did so a thrill ran through
me house for the man was Sam
Small, who as a minister of the gospel
has held audiences spell bound by his
eloouence all over the United States.
He was once one of the most famous
evangelists in the country; his name
was a household word, and he led
thousands to a knowledge Of Chris
He wandered away from God, however.
and for many years has been a back
slider. He had gone into all sorts Of
schemes. and had held various posi-
tions. Atlanta Journal.
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MARK COTTON DEAD
Victim of Shooting in Conspiracy Affair
Succumbs Il His Injury.

Mark Cotton died at st. Leo's Hos
pital yesterday afternoon. Deceased
was the negro who was shot through
the lung by Alex Landers ten days ago.
His life had hung in the balance ever
since the shooting with alternate hopes
and fears as to the result of his
wound.
Accorying to the story which Cot
ton gave the coroner as his dying
statement, his wound was received
from a pistol ball that was intended
for Policeman Skeene in carrying out
a plot in which four negroes were con-
cerned to take the officers life. The
other three negroes are now in jail on
a charge of conspiracy as to Mat Holl-
is. and Will Carter. LanderS is under
sentence to work on the county roads,
but he is also held to await the result
Of COtton's wound. The charge against
him, Of course, will be murder. 1t is
supposed that if the conspiracy charge
holds good the other prisoners will be
held responsible, as we'll as Landers,
for the murder, as the death Of Cot
ton resulted from a criminal act COM
mitted in pursuance of an alleged Grim
inal conspiracy to which all of the
~DrisOners,.as we'll as the deceased ne
gro. were parties.-GreensbOrO Tele-
gram.
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A June Luncheon,


With long days comes summer heat
and in planning little meals foI
friends or our families we try to give
them an impression Of GOODNESS and
daintiness. The menu for today is
light in character yet sufficient to sat
isfy the appetite.
Potato Soup with Whipped Cream.
Bread Sticks
Fish Timbales. Tomato Sauce.
Drowned Farina Balls,
Lamb Chops, Peas.
Shrimp Salad, Cream Cheese,
Waters,
Frozen Strawberries,
Angel Cake,
Coffee.
For a table spread for six take three
potatoes, pare and boil them. In fhe
meantime scald a pint and a half of
milk in a double boiler. Rub together
4 tablespoonful of butter and two of
-four. Drop this pastry lump into the
hot milk and stir gently until it melts
n slightly thickens the liquid. Add
a stalk Of parsley and ten drops OF
OpiOn juice, W and let cook for ten
minutes. Mash the potatoes, blend with
them a part of the thickened milk.
Press this through a sieve, blend with
the remainder which is in the double
boiler. Season well with salt and pep
per, Ccver and OcOk for five minutes
longer. Have ready two-thirds OF a
Cupful Of heavy sweet cream which has
been whipped to a solid froth. Fill
cups twO-thirds full of soup and on
a G drop a heaping tablespoonful Of
the cream then dust with the merest
dash Of paprika (this adds a dash of
COLOR.
Bread sticks can generally be pur-
chased from the baker. When one pre-
ferS them home made take a cupful of
bread dough; work into it the slight
~ beaten white of an egg, a little
more -four if needed and let rise again.
When very light roll out with the
hands in long sticks the size of a Lad
pencil. Lay an inch apart on fiat
creased pans, brush with cold water.
When light again bake in a very mod
crate oven until pale brown and we'll
dried out. These are used either cold
or =
A pound and a half of halibut, cod
OR any solid white fish will be su1fi-
cient for the timbales. Cook gently In
salted water Ito which is added q sprig
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4 Glow to" Graduate,

Nov. my dear said the young hus-
band after TIE cook had left in wrath,
Il viii so ard get 4 nice rib roast and
some Potatoes and things, and / know
you can prepare u dinner that will be
lit for a king"
Il could get up a luncheon, darling.
but not a dinner"
why. you took first prize at cooking
school!'
Eyes, but only studied the branches
that taught how to get up a dainty
luncheon from the cold meats and
scraps Of yesterdays dinner. Oh, I'll
tell you. You go somewhere and get
some scraps and I'll make the dearest
croQuettes you ever tasted."-Judge.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26
The WifeS ReprOach.

Admiral Caps, in an address 10 a
temperance society, told how drink
had once caused the downfall OF a
brave soldier.
In the course Of the sad story. he
said:
Sometimes, after a debauch, the
man would De repentant, humble. He
would promise his wife to do better.
But, alas! the years taught her the
barrenness of all such promises.
And one night, when he was get
ting to be an old man, a prematurely
old man, thin limbed. stoop shouldered
with red trimmed eyes, he said to his
wife sadly:
you're a clever woman, Jenny: a
courageous. active, good woman. You
should have married a better man than
I Inn.
"She looked at him, and, thinking OF
what he once had been. she answered
In a quiet voice:
Y did. James,"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26
. NEW ISTHMUS ROUTE
Tehauntepee Railroad Makes a Differ
ence OF 1900 Miles to Transpanama
Trade.

Mexico is about to take a 1900 kink
out of the line Of the International
commerce which has been using the
Panama route, says the Worlds Work.
BY the end of the year the new rail-
road across the Isthmus Of Tenuante-
pee is to be opened to in~ter-oceanic
traffic or a large scale.
The railroad, beinng 600 miles north
some time and is in operation for
local traffic. It IS only awaiting the
completion of its terminal ports to
begin handling ocean freight. These
ports though they will not be fully
completed in less than two Dr. three
years, will Don be sufficiently advanc-
ed to be used by vessels of any SIZE.
The railroad, being 600 miles north
of the Panama Railroad. is that dis
lance nearer the natural line of the
worlds east and west commerce. It
will bring New York and north At
lantic ports 1900 miles, and New Or
leans and Gulf ports 1.400 miles near
er to San Francisco. Japan and China.
The sailing time from New York TO
CoatZacoalcOs, the Atlantic terminal
port, will be six or eve days, two
days less than to Colon, the Atlantic
port of the Panama Railroad. Cargo
from a vessel landing at Coatzacoalcos,
say of 1000 tons, can be aboard an
other vessel in the harbOr of Salina
Cruz in four or five days.
In an emergency the trans-shipment
coah be accomplished in thirty-six
hours. The same freight could not be
transferred across the Isthmus of
Panama in less than three weeks,
possibly longer. At Salina Cruz, the
Pacific port, the vessel is two days
nearer San Francisco than 1t would
be at Panama. This serves to illus
trate what the new route means in
saving time.-ExchaDge.
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1 OF parsley, a tablespoonful of vinegar
and a slice Of onion until the flesh
separates from the bones. Drain, cool
n flake. Make a rather thick white
u with n cupful and half OF milk
heaping tablespoonful Of butter.
two tablespoonfuls Of -four, a scanr
teaspoonful Of salt. a half teaspoonIdi
OF white pepper, a tablespoonful Of
lemon juice and tiny pinch of mace;
keep covered until cool. Add the fish
n the well beaten yOlks Of six eggs.
Fill well buttered molds, stand in i
pan partly filled with hot water and
cook in a moderate oven until firm in
the centre. The sauce served with
these requires a pint of cooked and
strained tomato, two scant tablespoon
fuls of butter, two tablespoOnfuls Of
flour and a high seasoning Of salt, pep
per and onion juice.
While lOin chops are preferred by
many rib chops make the best appear
ance at a formal meal. Broil them
and serve prettily garnished with
parsley or watercress. A quart Of
shelled peas will be ample for six. In
a saucepan melt together two table
spoOnfuls of butter. a scant teaspoon
full of sugar. Turn the washed peas
into this, cover and shape over the
hottest part of the fire for five Mn
utes; then add three tablespoonfuls of
boiling water, cover again and draw
to one side, letting cook slowly until
tender; if young from twenty-five 10
thirty minutes will be ample. More
water may be added from time to time
to keep them from burning, but they
should be almost dry when done.
Canned shrimps may be used when
the freaA ones cannot be obtained.
Open them several hours before they
are needed to let them aerate well.
rinsing thoroughly, then draining and
drying on a cloth. Cut them in half
inch bits, marinate with Il Frenci.
dressing and let stand on ice half an
hour then serve on a bed of lettuce
and pass a good mayonnaise with
them.
- Hull and wash q quart Of berries
then mash and mix them with Il cup
full Of granulated sugar and the juice
of a lemon. Let stand for two hours,
stirring occasionally. In the mean
time boil together for five minutes one
pound of sugar and G pint of water.
Strain and cool. Rub the fruit through
a sieve, mix with the cold syrup and
freeze. When firm pack down in the
can, repack with ice and salt, owe
and set away for two hours o ripen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26

Strange Tale of Gem stuffed Idol i'm
Philadelphia.

In the head Of an antique AMI
hiGeous stone idol, the whereabouts
Of which - pulling the Philadelphia
police, is believed TO have been
smuggled into this country gems val
ued al 5000, 900.
The image was discovered in a stable
Of a furniture firm in West Phliadel
phia, and placed in a store show wind
ow as a decorator.
Shortly afterwards the members of
the firm Were warned in an anony-
nous letter not TO give away or sell
the image, a reward being promised
II it should be replaced in the stable
The firm did not wish to part with
il, however, and notified the police
and their employees to prevent its be-
ing stolen.
Notwithstanding all precautions.
says the Star, the image mysterioUsly
disappeared. Policemen outside the
clerks within had been on the watch
all evening. About s o'clock, when
one Of the clerks turned to look a.
n idol in the window after having
been engaging in another direction
only a few minutes, the mage was
gone.
On Wednesday the promised ex-
PLANTATION came. 1t was a tale of ad-
venture in strange lands and of an
ingenious method OF smuggling stol-
en- jewels into the country.
According to the story told by the
letter tho writer &c an italian uha
after various vicissitudes in earning
a living in Europe was sent by his
employer t South Africa TO assist
in the selection Of diamonds. After
arriving in Cape Colony he made the
acquaintance Of Cecil Rhodes, and
by the assent of his employer went
to work for the magnate.
Leaving him in after years, he fell
in with Barney Barnato, and went
with him to the diamond fields 1T
Kimberley. Here he fell in with an
other man, whose name ne does not
give.
"Kaffo," as the writer called aim
self, and his friend secured a'lot OF
diamonds.
The climax came in a thunder
storm, in which his friend was killed
by lightning. Kaffo was stunned,
but soon recovered end unearthed
the precious stones accumulated by
his friend and prepared to leave
country.
His great problem was to conceal
the stones, so as TO smuggle them
out Of the country. His eyes fell CT
the idol. The head of the image
was hollow, it had been used as
d water cooler.
He dropped the diamonds in
through the eye holes and stopped
the holes by cementing paste dia-
monds in them. He came to Philg-
delphia, where a fellow countryman,
whose acquaintance he made at Il
boarding mouse, appeared to be fas-
cinated by the image. One day this
new friend and the idol were both
missing.
The friend he found q adyng cond-
dition in a hospital. He confessed to
stealing the mage, and told where he
had concealed it in a stable. This
was a month after it disappeared. The
neXt night KaffQ went to the stable,
only to find that the idol was gone.
On November IL he saw a picture
Of the idol in a Philadelphia paper.
Then came the correspondence and the
theft.-EXchange.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26
Deadly SeEpent Bites

r as common i'm India as are stOm-
ach and liver disorders with US. For
the latter, however, there is a sure
remedy: Electric Bitters, the grea.
restorative medicine, of which S. A
Brown, OF Bennettsville, S. c., says:
They restored nay wife to perfec,
health, after years of suffering with
dyspepsia and a chemically torpid liv.
or" Electric. Bitters cure chills and
fever, malaria, baliousness, lame back,
kidney troubles and bladder disorders
Sold on Guarantee by r. r. Bellamv,
druggist. Price Soc.
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Happy Pair.

THE Arnolds are a very happy cou-
pie after all these years. How do you
account for itT'
well, he can't get over the idea that
he married a mighty good woman and
spends some time each day to prove it
TO her."-American Spectator.
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Judge Clark and the Lieutenant Colo
neIcy.

Judge Clark and the LleuteTant COLO
nelcy.
The following self-explanatory let
tiers would appear to settle the ques-
ton as to whether Justice Clark can
justly lay claim to the title of lieuten-
ant colonel, says the Washington COZ.
respondent of the Charlotte Observer
Plymouth, N. c., May %, 1905 ,
Major General F. C. Ainsworth, the
Military Secretary, Washington, j..
c..
Dear Sir:-I was born February g,
1916 in Plymouth, N. G. and on De-
cember 7, 1864 was made a l%feutenan;
colonel in the Provisional Army, Con-
federate States and assigned to duty
with the Second Regiment Reserves,
which afterwards was made the Seven
ty-frst North Carolina troops.
Until the history of North Carolina
Troops, 1861-t5," edited by Walter
Clark, lieutenant colonel of the Seven
tieth North Carolina troops, was issued
by the State of North Carolina, | en-
jOyed the honorable distinction Of hay
ing been the youngest officer of ny
rank in the Confederate army.
To establish my claim, beyond a
doubt, to this distinction, l write to
ask you to give me the status of Wal
ter or W. Nick Clark as it appears i'll
the records of the Confederate States
in your office.
| especially request the record of an
election held either on the 4th or 9TH
of July, 1864, when the First Regiment
Reserves, Seventeen North Carolina
u-o- o,-~,ni7oI with thu o,I0.rararr Z
on the same and the orders relating
theIRto.
II Walter or w. Mex. Clark was a
lieutenant colonel, he was the young
est officer of that rank in the Confed-
crate army and for the honor of nv
state and the qualification of his chill
dren, it will afford me great pleasure
to concede uniS honor to him.
Yours with great respect.
". F. BEASLEY.
War Department the Military Secre-
tary's Office, Washington,-May %,
1906.
Respectfully return to Col. W. S!
Beasley the Cecil, Baltimore, with
the following information:
Are port on the file in this Office
udlCu JuIN 4 1Co1s = III 10 SASh'
ed by F. 5. Armstead, %lietenant colon
ell, commanding defense of Weldon.
N. c., shows that, on July, 1864, the
following named field officers were
elected to positions in the First North
Carolina Reserves: G. w. Broadfoot.
colonel; w. Nick. Clark, lieutenant
colon; N. A. Freagory, major.
Across the face of the paper bear"
ing the foregoing names there is writ
ten in red ink the following remarks:
This list Of elections is pronounced
null and void by order of Lieutenant
General HOlfeS."
Nothing has been found Of record to
show that any appointment, or COM
mission, as lieutenant-colorel was ever
issued for w. NICK. Clark, or that he
was eve recognized as an officer of
that grade during the civil wal.
(Signed F. G. AINSWORTH.
Military Secretary.-Raleigh Times.
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You cannot induce a lower animal 70
eat heartily when not feeling wen
The stomach, once overworked, must
have rest the same as your feet or eyes
stomach. KODOL DYSPEPSIA takes
up the work Of your stomach. digests
what you eat and gives II q rest Puts
1t back In condition again. Ton can't
feel good with q disordered stomach
Try Kodol. Sold - \ b. Be2lAmy
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26
An Alarming situation

frequently results from neglect "
clogged bowels and torpid liver, until
constipation becomes chronic. Tnis
condition is unknown to those who use
DR.. Kings New Life Pills; the best
and gentlest regulators of Stomach and
Bowels. Guaranteed by R. r. Bellamy.
druggist. Price 25c.
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Durable.

Mother-Why are you crying, dear.
Daughter-Boohoo. I made Henry
some crullers, and he was tickled to
death.
Mother-Why, my child, then you
should be laughing instead of weeping.
Daughter-No. He said he was
tickled because they would make such
beautiful brown rings for the curtain
poles.-Chicago News.
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Brains on the Increase,

Redd-They say there are fewer peo-
pie betting on the races now. Do you
suppose that means money is getting
s~carcer?f
Greene-No; it only means that brains
are getting more plentiful. - Yonkers
Statesman.
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About Right.

Ragson Tatters-What does desc So
ciety papers by a man about
town."
Weary Willie-Well, Ragsy, that's
nothin' in the world but a hobo that
always manages to have the price
Detroit Free Press.
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4 Chilly Comparfson.

(Which is better, brains or money!
well" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax.
Il hate to say it, but it seems to me
that people with brains always have
to have money, while people with
money can, on a pinch, manage to get
on without help.".-Washington Star.
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The Point of View.

How differently things may be view
ed. From a monetary standpoint 1t
takes ten mills to make a cent, while
from a pugilistic view Ii takes hun
dreds Of pounds to mike one MILL
Baltimore American.
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Dummies.

Gunner-They r complaining be-
cause that fraudulent insurance com
pany had too many dummy directors.
Guyer-I should think they would be
complaining because ii had too many
dummy policy holders.-Detroit Trib-
unp
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"Wfl You think Of me when I'm
gomez he asked.
II win for awhile" she replied. my
foot's terribly sore where ron stepped
on il at the dance the other night
Denver News.