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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Miss Woude Morris

They do not realize that the back is
tire mainspring of woman's organism,
and quickly indicates by aching dis
eased condition of the female organs
or kidneys, and that the aches and
pains will continue until the cause is
removed.
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has been for many years the
one and only effective remedy in such
cases. 1t speedily cures female and
kidney disorders and restores the fe-
male organs TO healthy condition.
u have suffered with female troubles for
over two years suffering intense pain each
month, my back ached until it seemed as
though it would break, and felt so weak all
over tbsd did not find strength to attend to
my work but had to stay in bed large part
Of the first two or three days every month.
/ would have sleepless nights, bad dreams and
severe headaches All this undermined my
health
1--WE consulted an old family physician, who
advised that try Lydia f. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound began taking it regularly
and soon found that ] could sleep and eat
better than had done for months. Within
two months became regular and no longer
suffer from backache or pain. Miss Maude
Morris, Sec Ladies' Aid and Mission Society,
eb E. Hunter St., Atlanta, Ga.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Great Wealth.

1t is generally believed that Pro-
fessor Summers prophecy has al
ready been fulfilled, for John ID.
Rockefeller is credited with having a
billion. In this connection 1t is in
teresting to note, also,s that while In
the early part of the last century
there were only a few men of great
wealth, today the mllti-millionaires
scattered throughout the country are
to be counted in the thousands. In
other words, the proportion of very
wealthy men and women to those OF
moderate means is as much larger
as is the amount of money that Is re-
quired to make a great fortune. A
man with merely million today cuts
much less figure than did the man
with one hundred thousand dollars
half century ago. He is fairly well
to do, but is in no position to cope
with the kings of high finance. On the
whole, the term great wealth" Is
very indefinite. What would be con
sidered such by some would be re
garded as abject poverty by others
Perhaps the time will come when all
thrifty Americans will be millionaires
and only those with billion or two
will be classed among those OF grea,
wealth.-Hartford Telegram.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Bullet Struck Watch Charm.

A watch charm of the Masonic
variety, dented with a bullet, now
hangs in a window in the Kimball
House block, where it is under the
observation of all passersby who care
to see it. That piece of gold upon
which is carved the figures emble-
matte of the secret order saved the
life of w. r. Nash, we'll known
Georgian, a week or ten days ago
at Woodberry.
Descriptive stories of the duel at
that place, in which James Clark
used his pistol promiscuously, have
been printed. In the gathering when
lead was flying thickest and fastest
was w. r. Nash. A bullet from
Clark's pistol struck a watch charm
swinging in front of Nash's vest.
The charm gave the leaden pellet
detection, and instead of penetrat-
mig the body the bullet glanced to
the left and, clipping the flesh on
that side, went on it's course until it
found its way into a telegraph pole,
from which 1t was subsequently dug.
The charm was badly battered
and yesterday Mr.. Nash, its owner,
brought 1t with him to Atlanta to
have it replaced in its setting, from
which 1t had been knocked by the
bullet. He carried it to a Kimball
House block jeweller, from whom he
purchased it originally and by whom
it was placed on exhibition.-Atlanta
Constitution.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Oldest Waline Vessel.

An old time whaler, the Oldest in
the world, the ship Canton, lately
sailed on another voyage to distant
seas. She brought home on her last
voyage 2,200 barrels of sperm oil in
16 months-an exceptionally short
voyage for a vessel of her size. The
Canton sailed the whale grounds Of
the world long before the garish days
of kerosene. She struck whale in
waters almost unknown to the rest Of
the maritime world. And stout in
every timber, able as the day when
she was launched, with ribs so well
preserved that they chip fresh and
bright under the shipwright's adze,
she promises to carry her white and
blue house flag with the black letter
"W" on the white and red ball on the
blue field, the famous old pennant of
the wings Of New Bedford, around
the world for many years to come.
She was built more than half cen
tury ago, typical whaler of the far
off days when men built ships like
churches. She is about 250 tons
burden, but she has the appearance
of big merchantmen, for she towers
out of the water with bulky sides
and her fat bowsprit is almost as big
as mast.-New England Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Bird I'm the Hand.

On cabbage patch owned by a
negro in Southern community Oil
was found. Spectators offered the
negro 100000, which was accepted
without waiting to consider another
proposition, said to be worth 100000.
What is this about your cabbage
patch?" inquired a neighbor Of the
negro. II understand you have sold
it for s2O,OOO?"
"Yas, that's true, boss" replied
the negro. "You see, men come
picking round my place, an dey say
dar's oil heah. Dey say, We glib yo'
100000 / say All right"
II am told if you had waited day
or two you might have sold 1t for
$4,000"
"Yas, dat mebbe so, but bird in
the hans tn mobiles work of God!"
Boston Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Chinese Treatment of Animals.

They never punish; hence mule
that in the hands of foreigner
would be useless or dangerous 10
those about it becomes in the pos
session of a Chinaman as a iamp.
We never beheld runaway, 1lplng
or a vicious mule or pony In China
mans employment, but found the
same rafting, cheerful pace main
tanned over heavy or light roads, by
means of tur-r or cluck-k, the
beast turning to the right or left, and
stopping with but a hint from the
reins. This treatments is extended to
all the animals they press into the
service. Often have I admired the
tact exhibited in getting a large
drove of sheep through narrow,
crowded streets and alleys, by mere
ly having a little boy lead one OF
the quietest of the flock in front;
the others steadily followed. Cattle.
pigs and birds are equally we'll cared
for.
We met in Paris, in 1869, Mr..
Rurlingame, who was then our Min
lister to China We asked him wheth-
er a society for the prevention OF
cruelty to animals ought not to be
formed in China. His reply was
that there was no such thing in
China as cruelty to animals; the
Chinese were about the kindest peo-
pie in the world in their treatment
of them.-Geo. T. Angel, in CGr
Dumb Animals.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
British Autopsy of an American Joke.

Out of the American packing in
dustry springs one of the popular
banterings of the Briton who cannot
see joke. What he does not see is
really the American turn of phrase.
One of the usual anecdotes. for in
stance, turns upon the strange
phrase, "he put for the door," and
the Englishman never sees the point,
but then he does not know the
idiom. The packing joke is this: A
Briton, admiring the enormius pro-
duction Of fruit in California val
ley, asks how so much is disposed of.
We'll" replies the American, 1--WE
eat what we can, and we can what
we can't" The inquirer is bewil-
dered, but only because he would
have said Tin" instead of eau" In
some versions he is represented as
repeating the sentence with "tin" for
"can." as a specimen of American
humor.-London Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
BOYS TERRIBLE ECZEMA.
Mouth and Eyes Covered With Crusts-
Hands Pinned Down-Mirac-
ulous Cure by Cuticura.


Hands Pinned Down-Mirac-
ulous Cure by Cuticura.
when my little boy was siz months
old he Lad eczema. The sores extended
SO quickly over the whole body that we at
once called IN the doctor. We then went
to another doctor. but he could not help
him, and in our despair we went to .
third one. Matters became so bad that
he had regular holes in his cheeks, large
enough to put a finger into. The food
had to be given with q spoon, for his
mouth was covered with crusts as thick
as finger, and whenever he opened the
mouth they began to bleed and suppurate,
as did also his eyes. Hands, arms, chest
and back, in short, the whole body, was
covered over and over. We had no rest
by day or night. Whenever he was laid
in his bed we had to pin his hands down,
otherwise he would scratch his face, and
make an open sore. think his face must
have itched most fearfullv.
I'VE finally thought nothing cou1d help,
and had made up my mind to send my
wife with yhe c''ilG to Europe, hoping that
the sea air might cure rim, otherwise he
was to be put under GOOD medical care
there. But, Lord be blessed, matters came
differently, and we soon saw miracle. A
friend Of ours spoke about Cuticura. We
made q trial with Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment and Resovent, and within ten days
or two weeks we noticed = decided inn
provement. Just as quickly as the sick
ness had appeared it also began 20 disap-
pear, and within tea weeks the child was
absolutely well, and his skin was smooth
and white as never before. Y. Hohrath,
President OF the Z. l.. uohratb Company,
Manufacturers of Silk Ribbons, to 20
Rink Alley, South Bethlehem, Ps. June
8, 1906"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Old Book, just Come to Light,
Tells Stirring Stories of Old Days
When Women Pirates Were Abroad



Pirates and petticoats on first
blush do not seem to blend, but his
tory, nevertheless, records the fact
that less than 200 years ago there
were real women pirates.
Only the other day an old book
detailing the daredevil adventures
of Mary Read and Anne Bonny was
knocked down for $50 in an auction
room at the sale of the library of
the venerable comedian, William j.
lie Moyne.
Just "Robbers' Whims."
Captain Johnson, the author, was
an old English sea rover. The facts
recorded he personally gathered
from the participants and their as
sociates. His recital has all the di-
rect simplicity, the indelicate truth
fulness of scriptual narrative of
early Elizabethan drama. No pirate
knew our waters better than this
blunt old sea dog.
The account of his own capture,
detention and ransom by the In
dians on the Ohio River in 100 is
now scarcely, less valuable American
than his masterpiece, for which he
apologies in the preface for calling
it a history, since he tells us ITS
nothing but the actions of a parcel
or robbers"
This parcel of robbers is the quar-
ry from which Marryatt, j. Clarke
Russell, Pyle and hots of lesser
writer's are said to have builded their
sea romances, while Robert Louis
Stevenson had more than passing
acquaintance with the record. How
Mary Read and Anne Bonny escaped
their nets seemed strange. In bold
ness and daring, no less than self
sacrificing courage, these women pi-
rates were not surpassed by any of
the picturesque freebooters with
whom their fortune was cast and
whose deeds are enshrined in song
and story.
Externally these first and only re-
corded women pirates had little in
WIFI tlc Sdlly Ndpui
feminine pirates of polite romance
or comic opera. Despite the donning
of real breeches, Drawing every hard
ship and peril known to the twenty
heroes of Johnsons history and with
not few of whom they fought hand
to hand with sword or pistol, Mary
Read and Anne Bonny were genuine
women is not perfect ladies'" They
would have gone to their graves
their sex unsupported by their fierce
and bloodthirsty companions had not
Cupid found them out.
AS with not few of their tinsel
counterparts, the little blind god was
their undoing. Both were tried for
their lives in Jamaica in 1920 and
condemned to death, but escaped ex-
ecution. Both died in prison.
"As to the lives of our female pi-
rates, we must confess" says the
author, that they may appear a lit
tie extravagant, yet they are never
theless true. AS they were publicly
tried for their piracies, there are liv-
ing witnesses (1724) enough to testi-
fy to what we have laid down con-
cerning them.
"If there are some incidents and
turns in their stories which may give
them a little air of a novel, they are
not invented for that purpose; 1t is
kind of reading with which this
author is little acquainted, but as
he himself was exceedingly diverted
with them when they were related to
him, he thought they might have the
same effect upon the reader"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
OUTDOOR LIFE
Will Not Offset the Ill Effects OF
Coffee When One Cannot Digest 1t.
"A farmer says:

"A farmer says:
"It was not from liquor or tobacco
that for ten years or more / suffered
from dyspepsia and stomach trouble;
they were caused by the use Of cof-
fee until got so bad / had to give
up coffee entirely and almost give up
eating. There were times when j
could eat only boiled milk and bread
and when l went to the field to work
had to take some bread and butter
along to give me strength.
'T doctored with doctors and took
almost everything I could get for my
stomach in the way Of medicine, but
Il / got any better 1t only lasted a
little while until / was almost a
walking skeleton.
Zone day read an ad. for Postum
and told my wife would try 1t, and
as to the following facts will make
afldavit before any judge:
II quit coffee entirely and used
Postum in its place. have regained
my health entirely and can eat any
thing that is cooked to eat. ! have
Increased in weight until now !
weigh more than ] ever did; have
not taken any medicine for my stom-
ach since l began using Postum.
Why, believe Postum will almost
digest an iron wedge.
my family would stick to coffee
ut FIRST, but they saw the effects II
had on me and when they were feel
Ing bad they began to use Postum,
one at time, until now we all use
Postum" Name give by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Ten days trial Of Postum in place
Of coffee proves the truth, and easy
and pleasant way. There's a rea
SON"
Look in pkgs. for copy of the
famous little book, The Road to
MELVILLE"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Aluminium Books.

A new use has been found for alum
lnium in the making of books for the
blind-books which are read by pass
ing the fingers over the embossed
letters printed upon the pages. 1t
is said that these books are much
easier to read than the best paper
books, especially by those who have
become blind late in life and whose
fingers are not very sensitive
Chambers Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

of little use to me for years. The
constant flow Of urine kept my sys-
tenn depleted, causing nervous chills
and night sweats. After trying seven
different climates and using all kinds
of medicine l had the good fortune
to hear of Doan's Kidney Pills. This
remedy has cured me. l am as we'll
to-day as was twenty years ago, and
my eyesight is perfect"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
n. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
castina Shoe After Bride.

Casting an old shoe after the bride
is an old custom in England and
Scotland, symboizing the fact that
the parents gave up all control over
their daughter after her marriage.
This practice is said to have origi-
mated in the custom among the an
cient Israeltes of delivering shoe as
a testimony in the transference of a
possession. In Psalms, TX, 8, are the
words. "Over Edom will / cast out
my shoe,' when reference is made to
the custom of throwing shoe as a
token of new ownership.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

Mary Read was an English girl.
When Mary was four years old her
mother put her into boys clothes,
and, taking her up to London, Mary
and her mother fell into dire dis
tress. She was told at this crisis of
her sex. She was now thirteen and
handsome as a picture. She hired
out as a footboy to French count
ess. But conventional life soon
wearied her and she enlisted on a
man-of-war. After spirited engage
ments she left the service and went
to Flanders.
There, as a cadet, she carried
arms in a foot regiment and won
praise for bravery, her sex never
being suspected. While deserving a
commission, she could not obtain
one, as they were bought and sold,
and this feminine soldier of fortune
was penniless. Spelling for new
fields to conquer, she quit the foot
regiment and Joined a horse guard,
where her bravery and good behav-
Tor won the esteem If the officers.
Her advance was assured when she
fell in love with her messmate, a
handsome young fellow named
Fleming.
Sailed With Pirates.
When but few days out the ship
was captured by pirates. Being the
only English person aboard, the pi-
rates kept Mary, together with the
ships plunder. She sailed with the
pirate crew for some time, until the
Kings proclamation pardoning all
pirates who voluntarily surrendered
was taken advantage of by her cap
tors. All went ashore and lived in
apparent content until their money
gave out. Hearing that Captain
Wood Rogers, governor of the island
Of Providence, was fitting out pri.
vateer to cruise against the Span
iards, Mary Joined the crew.
They had not sailed far when the
crew, Mary included, turned against
the commander and took up the old
trade Of pirating. Mary Read always
declared she abhorred the life of q
pirate, and only followed 1t under
compulsion. Men who sailed with
her, however, swore under oath al
the trial for her life, that there was
no pirate afloat more resolute in
undertaking hazardous ventures
than Mary Read. In one of the
fiercest conflicts with q manof-war,
none kept on deck but Mary Read,
Anne Bonny and one other.
Eloped With Pirate.
Anne Bonny's father, when she
was five years old, put her into
boys clothes, installed her in an es-
tablishment, giving out that she was
a relatives child whom he intended
to educate to be his clerk. Losing
his business and repute soon after
the father left for new parts where
embarking as a merchant, he ac-
cumulated money, bought vessel
and sailed for the American coast.
In his North Carolina plantation
Anne, who had resumed petticoats
was much courted. She was widely
sought, and her father had great
matrimonial expectations for her
But Anne was captured by worth
elss spendthrift, who, when he found
her father disowned her, shipped
with her to the island of Providence
In search Of work. There Anne
Bonny fell in love with the dare
devil Captain Rackam, and, discard
ing her husband. donned trousers
and eloped with the pirate.-Bostor
Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Serpent Mound.

The greatest monument of the
mound builders, not only in Ohio, but
in the entire country, is the Serpent
Mound, in Adams county. This i'm
mense mass of earth, probably piled
up for purposes of worship, has had
a curious history in respect to changes
of ownership in recent times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Empcror Wants Clean Tea.

The Emperor of China's tea is
grown in a garden surrounded by
high walls, so that none but the cul-
tivators can approach it. The pickers
must battle three times daily, wear
special gloves and abstain from eat
ing fish lest their breath should spoil
the leaves aroma.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Egg and Bottle.

Take a boiled egg, remove the
shell, have bottle with large neck;
add a piece of paper to the neck and
light it. When in blaze put the egg
on it, point down, and the heat will
pull the egg with great force inside.
Now put again blazed paper in the
bottle and manage to have the egg
In the neck point up, aand the heat
will push out the egg with an eX-
Decentralization Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Oldest Postmaster.

Warren Belcher, for SO years post
master at Winthrop, Mass, has re-
signed to be succeeded by his son,
David Belcher. In time of service he
was the Oldest postmaster in the
United States.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

Austin, Texas,
writes: II was
afflicted 70 r
years W l t h
pains across the
loins and in the
hips and shoul-
ders. / had
headache also
and neuralgia.
My right eye,
from pain, was
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
An Old Document.

The original commission of Thomas
Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, was
found several days ago at Winchester,
Va, among some old relics and docu-
ments bought by DR.. Charles Won
Witt of that city. 1t is elaborately
engraved on parchment, dated in
England, April. 1888, and is in a fair
state of preservation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

FITS, st. Vitus'Dance Nervous Diseases per
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. S2 trial bottle and treatise free.
DR.. H. r. Kline Id, 93l Arch St, Phila., Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens thegums, reducesinflamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25ca bottle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
UTTERLY WORN OUT.
Vitality Sapped by Years of Suffering
With Kidney Trouble.

Capt. ]. w. Hogun, former post
master of Indianola, now living at
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
What is a Backache?
n IS NATURES WARNING TO WOMEN
Diseases Of Woman's Organism Cured and
Consequent Pain Stopped by Lydia E.
Plnkham's Vegetable Compound.

at seems as though my back would
brea'S." Women utter these words
over and over again, but continue to
drag along and suffer with aches in the
small of the back, pain low down in
the side, bearing down" pains, ner-
vousness and no ambition for any task.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

OF all cities Rome has most frequently
been in the hands of enemies.
The Irish standard., 1906-09-01

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University LII
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The Irish standard., 1906-09-01

manders are directed by commit
tee of revolutionary veterans in
Havana. This practice will be broken
up and several arrests are expected.
Capture Rebel Leader.
The government announced tho cap
ture of ex-Congressman Carlos Men
dieta, the leader of the insurgents in
Santa Clara province. He had $4,000
on his person when caught. This
capture has been authenticated from
other sources. 1t occurred in the city
of Santa Clara. Colonel Amanda who
was with Mendieta, also was taken
prisoner. The capture Of Mendieta is
of great Importance.
Insurreetion 10 Growing.
1t was learned that several new
bands had taken to the brush. The
growth of the insurrection certainly
seems to keep pace with the prepara-
tions for suffocating it. Next to the
progress of the combatants, the most
interesting question seems to be how
to end the war without fighting.
Around the discussion of the ques-
tion centers a great deal of Grim
ination and recrimination from both
liberals and moderates, each side
bringing accusations against the 9TH
er as to the responsibility for precip-
itating the rebellion.
On one phase Of the controversy