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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
Nuns Are Shrewd shoppers.

Most people take it for granted that
when women enter convent they lose
lll sense of the value of worldly
goods" said member of a dry goods
firm in discussing the patronage of re-
ligious houses. "As a matter of fact,
nothing could he further from the
truth, and nuns are recognized every
where in the trade as shrewd purchas-
'rs. Hard buyers, the trade term,
might be applied to many of them.
Having taken the vow of personal pov-
erty, they are nevertheless as canny
as any business men when it comes to
a business proposition or an invest
ment of the moneys of their order, and
1t is well known fact that some Of the
most farsighted real estate investments
of the United States are made by the
superiors Of religious houses. Like
most feminine customers, nuns change
their minds, and we are frequently
called upon to take back or exchange
goods which have been purchased for
habits, wells or household supplies.
Some firms make specially of re-
ligious trade, and separate apartments
are fitted up where the sisters can
rest, examine the goods and trans
act business far from the madding
crowd New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
RECKONING TIME.
The Watch of the Man In the street
Is Set by the Stars.


Tire is a perennially interesting sub
ject. Before the chronometer in the
jewelers. window procession is con-
stantly passing. The banker pulls out
his 500 repeater compares it with the
chronometer and moves ON. The office
boy with just as much dignity consults
the dollar timepiece that bulges his lit
tie waistcoat. Both are equally under
the spell of time.
AS most persons know, England sup
plies the world with that valuable but
impalpable commodity, that purely ar
bitrary thing which we call time. The
meridian of the Royal observatory at
Greenwich is the point from which the
day of the civilized world is reckoned,
but in America the United States Naval
observatory in Washington determines
Greenwich time and distributes it by
telegraph.
In the end the watch of the man in
the street is set by the stars. Out of
the vast number in the heavens there
are some 600 visible either to the eye
or the camera, which are known to be
practically invariable. The astronomer
selects one of them. Through the
transit Instruments telescope pointed
at the meridian-he watches, telegraph
ic key in hand. On the lens of the
telescope are eleven hair lines. The
center one marks the meridian. As the
star crosses each of these lines the
operator presses his key, the wires of
which connect with an automatic re-
cording clock called a chronograph.
This shows at what time the star
crossed the meridian. Astronomical ta-
bles determine the time at which it
should have crossed. Comparison of
the standard clock with these tables
shows whether or not the clock is
right.
The time is distributed at noon.
Three minutes before - o'clock thou
sands of telegraph operators sit in ST.
lence waiting for the click of the key
which shall tell them that the master
clock" in Washington has begun to
speak. At one minute before 12 it be-
gins, beating every second until the
fifty-fifth Then. after the pause
comes single beat, which marks exact
noon, and for another day the world
knows that it has the correct time to
the fraction of second.-Youth's Com
panion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11

The development of n chick within
the egg is one of the most wonderful
things in nature. At the end of the
tifty-eighth hour of incubation the
heart begins to beat, two vesicles are
seen and few hours later the auri-
cles also appear. On the fourth day
the outlines of the wings may be per-
ceivcd and sometimes of the head also;
on the fifth day the liver is visible; on
the sixth other internal organs appear.
In 100 hours the beak is fully formed:
in 20U hours the ribs are clearly devel-
oped in 240 hours the feathers are Wis
iblc; in 26S hours the eyes appear; in
2SS the ribs are completed and the
feathers on the breast; in $50 the
lungs, stomach and breast have as
furcd natural appearance. On the
eighteenth day the first faint piping of
The chick is sometimes audible.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
Noisy Old London,

Modern cities are not as noisy as
those of other days For example, in
London in the time of King George II.
;hc streets were still cobbled and the
paci; horse of Elizabcthan memory had
been replaced by heavy carts and wag-
ons. Barrels of beer and heavy cases
We're dragged about on drays of iron
without wheels, and to add TO the tu-
mutt heavy signs in immense frames
Of ironwork hung out in front of shops
and houses and croaked interminably.
Street cries never ceased for moment
all day. All the smaller necessaries,
such as pins, thread, string, ink, straps.
fish, milk, cakes, bread, drugs, herbs,
matches, were hawked in the streets.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
An Old Family Society,

The Buchanan society as the name
denotes, is composed of individuals of
the name and clan of Buchanan and is
the oldest named society in Scotland.
1t was instituted in Glasgow so far
back as 1925. At a friendly meeting
of some Of the name of Buchanan held
there on March of that year the fol
lowing proposal was made:
THAT the name Of Buchanan, being
now the most numerous name in the
place, and many poor boys Of that
name, who are found to be of good
genius, being lost for want of good
education, fund might be begun and
carried on by the name, the interest
Of which in time might enable some of
them to be useful in church and state"
This society has since gone on with
almost uninterrupted success. 1t has
attained position of high Importance
and is Of great practical use.-London
Notes and Queries.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
What Was Taking Him.

A Catholic priest of an eastern city
is fond Of telling story at his own ex
pense. 81 was coming out Of church
one day." he says, 'and directly In
front of me were two old women who
did not know that l was within ear
shot. And did ye' know, Mrs. Null
gan, that Father Blank was going to
EuropeY said one to the other. In
dade, / did not, thin, Mrs. McSwipes.
An what's tallin' him thereP was the
immediate query. My 10 cints and
your 10 clnts, Mrs. Mulligan, and that's
what's takin' him. replied the informa-
tive dame. vita significant toss Of her
gray head"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
A FEW DON'TS.

Don't be reckless. especially In your
lying.
Don't give to the Lord and then go
out and rob widow.
Don't acquire the borrowing habit, or
the day will come when you will run
out of friends.
Don't marry an indolent man expect
ing him to brace up, or you may have
to take in washing to pay for the
brace.
Don't be so mean minded that you
can see no good in man. He may
be the first to loan you money in time
of need.
Don't lay up everything for a rainy
day and go hungry all through life.
Besides, where you are going it may
never rain.
Don't spread butter on both sides of
your bread just because you have $3 in
your pockets. An earthquake may
come along and shake the change out
of them.-Denver News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
A Grecian Monastery.

A traveller in Greece tells how he
took shelter during snowstorm in
the mountains within an isolated mon
astery called Our Lady of the Defile:
I'VE looked and felt like scarecrows.
The monks piled high the wood fire in
the guest chamber and served us with
coffee and the liquor called masticha.
Nicolai, our boy guide, would not par
take. He stood in the doorway, far
from the fire. smiling. Once he laughed
outright. | was seated upon a couch
supported hy what imagined to be
heap of skins. Suddenly they moved,
and corpulent, black bearded monk
Ylowly rose from beneath me, rubbed
his sleep dazed eyes and started
around. Then he placed his hands
dolefully upon his stomach, sighed and
asked question, of which the inter
probation was: L am Ill. Is there
doctor here? l offered him cigarette,
and when ] added quinine tabloid he
sighed again and said, You place
burden of gratitude upon my shoul-
ders which all the years of my life will
be too short to remove"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11

Some pants, as the peach tree, send
forth their flowers before the leaves
have started
The stamens of the common barberry
will draw back when touched, as
though unpleasantly affected by the
sensation.
The flowers of many trees, like the
oak, elm and hickory, are so incon-
spicuous that they are popularity sup
posed to be altogether lacking.
In floral mythology red flowers are
supposed to be derived from sacred
blood. Thus the red anemone is said
to have originated from the drops of
blood which fell from Christ's wounds
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
The Modern Way.

"My dear you must really take Fred
dy in hand about the way he uses
slang Today he asked me what en-
tomology was, and l told him the sci
ence of bugs"
Well"
"Then he asked me If an entomologist
was crazy man."-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
Proved.

Stella-Professor Lee says candy is
cure for fatigue. Bella-Thats true.
y man who brings me chocolate never
makes me as tired as a man who does
not.-Harper's Bazaar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
A Good Answer.

A shopkeeper had for his virtues OBJ
tained the name of 1.-The little rascal"
A stranger asked him why the appel
lation had been given to him.
''To distinguish me from the rest of
my trade" quoth he, "who are all great
rascals. s."-London Mail.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
That AllY

Anxious Inquirer-Miss De Nude, do
tell me what is to be the correct thing
for summer wear at the seaside re-
sorts this season.
Fashion Authority-The usual coat Of
tan.-Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
Jumping Jack.

oh, Jack he said to fair Louise.
ITO love me will you try?'
And when she gave his hand a squeeze
high.
were
they
His spirits
But fair Louise she said to Jack,
my answer must be MOI"
And when she gave his presents back
His spirits
they
were
, 1906-10-01
. GREAT MENACE
TO LARAMIE PLAINS.

TO LARAMIE PLAINS.
The Denver Republican Of Saturday
said:
Through eighteen reservoirs, a long
tunnel and innumerable bitches, the
LARAMIE Reservoir and Irrigation COM
pany of Fort Collins has joined the
Laramie and Poudre rivers, done away
with a repetition of the great Cache la
Poudre flood, which wrought immeas-
urable damage in Fort Collins and
neighboring country several years ago,
and will irrigate the entire sugar beet
country In hat section.
At the cost of $50, 900 the Laramie
company has driven a tunnel from a
point above Fort Collins on the Poudre
river to join the Laramie river and con-
dense the water supply which Will be
turned into the farms of Larimer and
Weld counties. Wellington Hubbard,
president of the company, has taken
up old claims of w. A. Link and A.
Aiken, filed in 1902, and claims of My
ron A. Aiken of 1904 filing and con-
densed them with a larger project. The
company, according to maps Of plans,
will take in fourteen large lakes, the
Rawah ditch and Skyline ditch. be-
sides the eighteen reservoirs and other
ditch system to add to the joint supply
Of the two rivers.
, 1906-10-01
DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES
TO COUNTY CONVENTION.

The following delegates were elect
ed by the democrats of the city to the
convention this afternoon: First ward,
James Stirling, Emil Thirkeldsen,
Charles Flair, Charlie Hegewald. N. E.
Corthell, Ben Patrick and John Baillie.
Second ward, Terry Logan, Walter
Hunt, Bernie Featherstone, A. n. Has.
erkamp, c. L. Patched, William B.
Parker, Charles Mast, D. N. Stickney
and William McClarey. Third ward,
George Phillips, Ed Murphy, Frank Da-
wilson, C. C. Gregory, John Lenihan,
John Blair, H. May, Ralph Lasher and
c. L. Fee.
, 1906-10-01
ORDERED TO
THE FRONT
MILITARY COMMANDMENT AT UNI
INTENT FOR SERVICE.
Captain Heavey Leaving Tuesday
Morning for Newport News to
Take Transport to Cuba During
Military Occupation of That Re-
pubIic-University at Sea.

Captain John w. Heavey of Com
pany X, Eleventh United States in,
fantry, military commandant at the
University, has been notified that his
regiment has been ordered to Cuba
for duty during the provisional goyt
eminent of the republic by the United
States, and was directed to report at
Newport News, Va, for assignment to
his command. The regiment has been
ordered to the front and Captain Hea-
vey will join it at the place of rendeZ-
vous for embarkation for Cuba. He
will take his young sons to Indiana
tomorrow, on his way to the front, and
leave them with relatives until his re-
turn.
Preparing for Trip.
The news came both to President
Tisdel and Captain Heavey Sunday
afternoon. Not two minutes before
the latter received the telegram he
had been speaking of the matter. He
at once began preparations for his de-
parture, and expects to take an east,
bound train Tuesday.
Officials Puzzled.
The ordering of Captain Heavey to
the front leaves the military depart
ment somewhat at a loss for a head
just at present. General" Tisdel, the
president of the university, is now in
command, and threatens to have the
first reporter court-martialed who
gives him a less title. He stated this
afternoon that he was not prepared to
say what would be the next step, hut
expects to communicate with the war
department to have Captain Heavey's
place filled until the latter is ordered
back. Two of the companies have been
partially ~reorganized, with the old Of
ficers in command, but the girls are in
less satisfactory shape.
As to the New Guns.
Contracts for the uniforms for the
boys nave Deen maze ana many Oh the
measurements taken. The new Krag
rifles have been received, but there is
some hesitancy in placing them in the
hands of the cadets, as at present nc
one is sufficiently drilled in the tactics
with the new arm to instruct the 9th.
ers. The tactics differ quite materially
from those for the Springfield rifles
just discarded by the cadet corps.
Students Will Meet.
General" Tisdel, Colonel" Gramn
and Lieutenant" Hebard have the
matter in hand. A mass meeting OF
the students has been called for 4
o'clock this afternoon, when actor
will be taken looking to a fitting trib
ute to Captain Heavey.
, 1906-10-01
CENTRAL COMMITTEE
EHTc OEEIC


Just before the republican county
convention adjourned Saturday after
noon, n after The Republican had
gone to press, Il motion was carried
that the candidates be allowed to name
the county central committee of seven
members, and that the committee be
given full power to fill any vacancies
both on the county and city tickets.
The candidates met at the jury
at the court house and selected as the
committee Messrs. Otto Gramm, N. C.
Peterson, Farley Mathison, Al Cook,
S. H. Campbell, Fred Cameron and N.
K. Boswell. The committee met later
at the office of Otto Gramm and Sc
lected the following officers for the
committee:
Chairman-Otto Gramm.
Secretary-N. c. Peterson.
The committee is now at work upon
its plan of campaign.
, 1906-10-01
ONCE LIVED
IN LARAMIE
DEATH AT COUNCIL BLUFFS OF
FORMER RESIDENT AND A
WELL BELOVED CITIZEN.
Robert Mckinley, Who Married His
Wife Here and Some of Whose
Children Were Born in This City,
Dies at His Home in Iowa Town
neutrality-suspicious. in Charge.

Robert Mckinley, formerly a resi-
dent of this city, his wife being the
elder daughter of Mr.. William Nal
smith, ST, and the sister Of James Mai
smith, William Naismith, George Mai
smith, Mrs. c.. H. Harris and Miss Eff
fe Naismith, died at his home at Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Ia, Saturday afternoon. Mr..
Mckinley was n of the early mem
bers of Damon lodge, knights of Pyth-
las, of this city, and the lodge was
notified of his death. Chancellor Com
mander James Christensen at once wir-
ed to the officers of the lodge at Coun-
Gil Bluffs to take charge of the remains
and give them Pythian burial. Rela-
tives here were notified by Mrs. Nc
K1n1ey of the death of her husband.
Mr.. Mckinley went from here to Oma-
ha and some time ago removed to
Council Bluffs. The Council Bluffs cor
respondent of the Omaha Bee thus re-
ferred to the death of Mr.. Mckinley
in the issue of that paper for Sunday:
Paper Speaks of Death.
Robert NJ. Mckinley died yesterday
afternoon at his home, 1902 Third ave
nue., aged 81 years. He was foreman
OF the Union Pacific wrecker, and had
been with the company for twenty
years. He leaves, besides his wife, two
sons, William H. and Arthur, and W
daughters, Efie and Margaret McKin-
ley, all of this city. Deceased moved
from Omaha, where he had resided for
twenty years, to Council Bluffs in the
fall of 1904. The funeral will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock from
the residence, and burial will be in
Prospect Hill cemetery, Omaha. Rev.
Marcus P. Mcclure, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, will conduct the
services"
Was Machinist Here.
For several years Mr.. Mckinley was
a machinist in the shops here, being
well thought of at all time. He was a
good husband and father, the family
being noted for its strong family ties.
Not a word can be said against him.
His brother members of the knights OF
Pythias have asked that every atten-
ton be given the family at Council
Bluffs by the members of lodge No. IT
at that place, which will have charge
of the funeral. Mr.. Mckinley and Miss
Naismith were married in this city,
some of the children having been born
here.
, 1906-10-01
MEETING
ON MAIN
PROPOSITION FROM RAILROAD
COMPANY SUBJECT OF CONFER
ENCE OF CITIZENS TODAY.
Mayor and Council Committee Meet
Citizens at Office of W.. H. HolIi-
day and Believed That Agreement
Will Be Ratified - Committee
Named to Meet Forester.

At a meeting this morning, at the
office of w. H. Holiday, of the special
council committee and Mayor Mckee,
appointed to have charge OF the prop
osition of the railroad company to lay
a new main on Grand avenue, with
citizens Of the city, w. E. Chaplain
was made chairman and Harry Con
den secretary. There was a large
gathering of prominent citizens to
meet with the committee, and the mat
ter was fully discussed. There was
not a dissenting voice to the PROPOSE
ton in the main, and 1t is practically
assured that the committee and the
is brought to the attention Of the
council, can readily and speedily agree
upon a plan satisfactory to both. There
is hardly difference enough 10 to war
rant mentioning the matter.
Has Firm Supporters.
Among the most ardent supporters
of the plan are Messrs. Holiday and
Corthell, both of who pronounced it in
every way acceptable, and both urged
that it be adopted as the joint plan of
the city and the railroad company.
Will McMurray and Mr.. Arnold, at
torneys for the city, made copious
notes, and when the committee makes
report to the council, they will be in
position to greatly aid that body in ar
irving at a finality in the matter. 1t
is probable that a special meeting will
be called of the city council, when
Judge Lacey, Superintendent Ander-
son and Division Engineer Merriam
will be invited to be present, in the
full expectation that before the con
ference adjourns an agreement will
have been arrived at and signed by the
parties in interest.
Company Will Lay Main.
Readers of The Republican are ia
mliar with the matter, this paper hav-
ing given Judge Lacey's letter to the
council in full a few days ago. The
company will build a water main from
the springs to the railroad track, put
ting in all necessary rs, crosses and
valves, so that the city will have moth
ing to do but connect the water sys-
TEN with the main. The matter of the
recouping the railroad company for the
expenses of the main is in the form
of tax rebates, making not a cen of
outlay for the city.
Timber on Forest Reserve.
The meeting also named a commit
tee of five, consisting Of W. H. Holli,
day, Otto Gramm, N. z. Corthell, Fred
A. Miller and NJ. n. Grant, to take in
hand the matter of cutting timber on
the Medicine Bow forest reserve, about
which The Republican had some init
nation of a protest to the interior de-
partment some days ago. The commit
tee will discuss the matter in all its
phases. Clifford Pinchot, the chief for
ester of the interior department, is
coming this way shortly, and Mr..
, 1906-10-01

Gramm Of the committee will try to
induce him to stop off here and meet
with the committee.
Sale of Marketable Timber.
The proposed sale of the marketable
timber on a large tract of the reserve,
thus depriving, according to their view,
large numbers of the mine owners of
that section the right to cut timber for
their own use, was the cause of the
proposed protest. 1t is believed a So
luton of the differences can be Sc
cured by the action of this committee.
Sale Is Postponed.
The proposed sale of the timber on
the district described has been post
poned until the 9Th of October. II is
believed the only bidder will be the
Carbon Timber company.
, 1906-10-01
, G Q Q G g ooo0oooo c
, OBEYS THE LAW. c
Union Pacific Complies With Safe ;
ty Appliance Regulations.

9 Washington, Oct. attorney G
. General Moody has brought suit g
@ against $50 railroads to recover c,
9 penalties for violation of the safe 9
9 ty appliance law. The Denver and Q
9 Rio Grande, the Rock Island, the .
s. Colorado and Southern and Col 6
. orado and Northwestern are G
9 among the defendants in the west. 9
9 ern section. The Union Pacific .
6 has obeyed the law. 9
g o G 0G00
, 1906-10-01
HOMELESS MISERY
AWFUL IN MOBILE
BIG RAIN ADDS TO DISCOMFORT
AND MAKES DIFFICULT THE
RECONSTRUCTION WORK.
Three Small Buildings on Dauphin
Island and Many Negroes With
Nothing but Coffee Sacks for
Clothing-storm IN Lake Erie.

Mobile, Ala, Oct. 1.-The suffering
of Mobile today is terrible. A big rain
storm set in last night and continues
this morning. The downpour makes
reconstruction difficult. The misery Of
the homeless people is awful.
Negroes Almost Naked.
On Dauphin island 500 people are
crowded into three small buildings.
Hundreds of negroes have nothing but
coffee sacks to wear. The number of
dead by last weeks storm in this vi
cinity will reach $50.
, 1906-10-01
President Bound for Washington.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Oct. President
Roosevelt and his family closed Saga
more Hill this morning and left for
Washington, and will reach the ma
tional capital at 5 O'Clock this evening.
Cabinet Meeting Called.
The president has called a cabinet
meeting for tomorrow morning. All
the cabinet officers will be present
with the exception of Secretary Taft.
Root Home From South America.
Secretary Of State Root arrived from
his long trip to South America yester-
day.
, 1906-10-01
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
HAS SHORT SESSI

The democratic county convention
was called to order this afternoon by
James Stirling, chairman of the county
committee, who was made temporary
chairman, with c. L. Rauner as tenn
porary secretary. A credentials com
mittee, consisting of N. e. Corthell, A.
N. Hasenkamp, George E. Phillips,
George Chapman, G. w. Penn, H. May
nard, c. L. Rauner and J.. F. White,
was appointed and the convention took
recess until 1880 this evening.
, 1906-10-01
ANTELOPE scARcER
THAN FEW YEARS AGO.

Hon. Edward Ivinson and Charlie Oh
son have returned from their hunting
trip to North park and other sections,
without having secured any antelope.
Mr.. Ivinson remarked that a few years
ago, about this time of the year, he
returned from a similar hunt with a
psrty with thirty-fve antelope. Civil.
cation is driving the beautiful Great
ures further n further back,
, 1906-10-01
PREPARING TO START
CEMENT BLOCK PLANT.

Niles Callahan is preparing to erect
bis cement block plant ear the rail
read track, north of the city, for the
manufacture of a large number Of
kinds of cement blocks, fence posts,
sidewalk blocks and for other pur-
poses. He received the first carload
of cement this morning and hopes to
have the factory going in a few days.
, 1906-10-01
WARRANTY DEEDS FILED
FOR RECORD TODAY.

The following warranty deeds were
filed for record today: Catherine Car
penter to Charles E. Carpenter, dated
May 10, 1902, for lot 5. block 206, for
81, love and affection and other val
liable considerations. The same lot
was conveyed to Judge Carpenter for
$3.50 by the Union Pacific Railroad
company. w. e. Chaplin and wife to
Henry G. Knight, lot 2, block 209,
s225.