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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-15

The girl who waits fer man to
come along and make love TO her after
the manner of a novel hero will remain
single to the end of the chapter
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-15
voracity.

Angler-Do the fish bite around
here?
Native-Bite? Say, stranger, we have
to muzzle EN- so they won't chew up
the inherent bystander. IN. Y. Sun.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-15
with some People.

A joke is not joke when you have
to listen to it instead of telling it,
N. " Press.
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SEVEN YEARS AGO

A Rochester Chemist Found a Singu,
Larry Effective Medicine.
William A. Franklin, of the Frank
lin & Palmer Chemical Co., Rochester.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-15

Enthusiasm won't carry you very
far without backing.
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HOWARD {. BURTON. Ass Z ! I : AND

specimen prices Gold. Silver, Lead, 81; Gold Sill
rsr;;,ssoct God ooc; zineor Coppersl Cyanide tests
sS envelopes and full price list sent on appllca.
u ., Control and Umpire work solicited aad-
viis~p Cotos Reference. Carbonate National Bank
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-15

For children teething softens the gums, reduces I'm
nammation allays pain, wind collie. Csc bottle
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-15

The craze for the colonial" has led
to boom in the junk business.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-15

QlSedSHS cOnc De-
fore Mrs. Pinkham every year, some
personally, others by mail. Mrs. Pink
ham is the daughter-in-law of Lydia E.
Pinkham and for twenty-five years
under her direction and since her de-
cease she has been advising sick women
free of charge.
Mrs. Pinkham never violates the con-
fidence of women. and every testimon-
ial letter published is done so with
the written consent or request of the
writer, in order that other sick women
may be benefited as she has been.
Mrs. Alice Berryhill, of 313 Boyce
Street, Chattanooga, Tenn, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"Three years ago life looked dark to me.
/ had liberation and Inflammation of the
female organs and was in a serious condition.
My health was completely broken down
and the doctor told ME that if was not OPP
Grated upon / would die within six months.
l told him / would have no operation but
would try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound He tried to influence me against
1t but sent for the medicine that same day
and began to use it faithfully. Within five
days felt relief but was not entirely cured
until used it for some time
Your medicine is certainly fine. / have
induced several friends and neighbors to take
it and know more than dozen who had
female troubles and who to-day are as well
and strong as am from using your Vege-
table Compound"
just as surely as Mrs. Berryhill was
cured, will Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound cure every woman
suffering from any form of female ills.
If you are sick write Mrs. Pinkham
for advice. 1t is free and always help.
full.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-15
IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.
Women Obtain Mrs. Pinkham's
Advice and Help.
she Has Guided Thousands to Health
pound Cured Mrs. Alice BerryhIn.

It is a great
satisfaction for q
woman to feel
that she can write
to another telling
her the most pri-
vate and confden-
tial details about
her illness, and
know that her let
ter will be seen by
"a woman only.
Many thousands
of cases of female
diseases come be-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28
DANGER IN HIGH SPEEDS.
The Force Developed by swiftly
Moving Automobiles.

Danger to drivers of automobiles
grows rapidly greater with each new
burst of speed. A correspondent of
the Scientific American develops the
theme as follows: "The danger in all
cases increases as the square of the
speed. Take three machines of the
same make, one going five miles an
hour, one twenty miles an hour and
one forty miles an hour. The second
has stored up in it, due to its rapidity
Of motion, sixteen times as much
energy as the first, and If it leaves the
road and runs into an obstacle, such
as a tree, stone wall or n ditch, it
will strike with sixteen times as great
force. In going around curve OF
turning corner it is sixteen times as
likely to upset, skid into the ditch or
strip q tire. When the power Is shut
off and the brakes applied it will go
sixteen times as far before it can be
brought to stop. If it comes upon a
pedestrian suddenly the latter will have
to exert sixteen times as much energy
to get out of the way in time and If
struck will be struck with sixteen times
the force. The third machine will be
sixty-four times as likely to get into
trouble in going around a curve as the
first.
"An object going five miles an hour
is moving with the same speed as it
would have attained in falling ten
inches. In moving ten miles an hour
it is going as fast as though it had
fallen three and half feet. Twenty
miles an hour Is generally considered
very conservative speed. Now, twen-
ty miles an hour Is the same speed
that would be obtained were the ma
chine to fall thirteen feet through the
air, thirty miles an hour Is equivalent
to fall of thirty feet. forty miles an
hour to a fall of fifty-two feet, sixty
miles an hour to fall of 100 feet and
12O miles an hour to fall of 4S0 feet.
"A person struck by an automobile
going twenty-five miles an hour re-
celves the same jar as though he him
self had fallen from height of twenty
one feet, or, say. from second story
window; by one going forty miles m
hour, as though he had fallen fifty
two feet, or. say, from the top Of lofty
tree; by one going 100 miles an hour, as
though he himself had fallen from the
top Of the Washington monument"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Nine-tenths of the failures intend to
do well.
If air castles were real, some people
wouldn't be satisfied
We are always meeting people who
recall incidents that we had hoped
they had forgotten.
When people do not enjoy doing the
things we do, we are apt to think they
do not have good time.
Your neghbor is funny" If you
throw his dog bone, he suspects you
of trying either to poison it or to win
its affection from him.
1t is interesting for man to lool,
through his Old effects il for no other
reason than he will see that he is not
as big fool as he used to be.
You may have such fierce admira-
ton for the under dog as to be unfair
to the upper dog. The upper dog is Of
ten compelled to fight to get his rights.
-Atchison Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28
BUYING VOTES.

When BritAh Electors Got Golden
News From the Moon.
Votes have been purchased shame
lessly and on huge scale in British
elections. An arrangement was once
made in the borough of Wendover by
which two candidates were to be elect
ed after distribution of $4,000 $780,
000) among the voters. The account
reads: This being settled, a gentleman
was employed to go down, when he
was met according to previous ap-
pointment by the ELECTORS about a mile
from the town. Sne electors asked
the stranger where he came from. He
replied. From the moon They then
as..cI, What news from the moonT
lie answered that lie had brought from
theIee $4,000 to be distributed among
them. The electors, being thus satis-
fed with the golden news from the
inoon, chose the candidates and recelv-
ed their reward"
At Hindon u man dressed fantastic
ally as the dancing Punch called at the
houses of the voters and left behind
him sums of 5 to 10 guineas (S25
to $50. Another device was to collect
the citizens at the inns and hand them
their reward through hole In the
door. For these ofrenses the house Of
commons passed resolution that Hin
don should be disfranchised, but so lax
were the morals OF the time-the close
of the eighteenth century-that the res
olution was never acted upon.
Again in 1859 the "man in the moon"
turned up in Wakefield. He went
about openly distributing money and
did not appear to be in the least
ashamed of his occupation. At Dub
lin in 1868 a hole in the wall served
the purpose of distributing center for
five pound notes, while at Shaftes
bury an alderman paid through hole
in the door of his Office Il sum of 20
guineas (S100) to each elector.-Chicago
News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28
A GIGANTIC GAMBLE.
Every step of t!se PenrI Fishery At
tended by Tickle Fortune.

tended By FicISlc Fortune.
The worlds most gigantic gamble,
prcgnantly fruitful with chance in all
variations and shadings, is unqueston-
ably the Ceylon pearl fishery. Com
pared with it any state lottery pales to
lnsignilicance. From the taking of the
first oyster to the draining of the last
vatful of matter" every step is at /;
tended by tickle fortune, and never is |:
the interest Of the people of Portugal
or of Mexico keener over a drawing of
a lottery, the tickets of which may
have been sold mt the very thresholds |;
of the cathsdrals, than is that of the |:
natives of Ceylon and southern India !
over the daily results of Manar fish |;
cry.
Each bivalve is lottery ticket It;
may contain gem worthy of place in I:
a monarch's crown. or be seed pearl
with mercantile value of only a few
rupees. Perhaps one oyster in hun
dred contains a pearl, and not more
than one pearl in hundred, be it
known has value of Importance.
Nature furnishes the sea, pearlng
banks, oysters and all therein contain
ed. The Ceyion administration con-
ducts the undertaking and for its trou-
BILE and trifling outlay cXacts "rake-
off" of two-thirds of all that may be
won from the deep. And mere man,
the brown or black diver, receives for
his daring and enterprise one oyster
In every three that he brings from the
oceans depths, and his earnings must
be shared with boat owner, sailors. at
tendants and assistants almost without
number.
For size of "rake-off" there Is no
game of hazard in the world offering
n parallel. The Ceylon government
used to exact three out of every four
oysters hr1r~ht in. the current tribute
Of two out Of three having become op-
erative only few years slnce.-Fred-
eric G. Penfed in Century
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28

armed men, and dakait or dacoit, is
II member of such gang.
An assault by robbers In India diff
fers from one in Europe or America In
shat it always takes place at night
and is accompanied by tremendous
noisy people at all times, and in a rob-
berry with violence the robbers object
is to terrify their victims into panic;
hence whether travellers be waylaid on
lonely road or a wealthy mans
house be attacked in village the as
sault is always made suddenly, with
loud shouts and yells and in the case of
village with beating of drums and
waving of lighted torches. ...
The persons attacked below for all
they are worth, but rarely offer resist
ance, and the general effect is so terri
flying to the cowardly people that the
neighbors either fly or else barricade
their doors and lie still till the robbers
their plunder Even the shreliing of wo-
men under torture does not put heart
into one of them, for the men of a
house that is attacked try to bolt for
their lives If they can and leave the
women to the mercy of the robbers,
who apply fire to them and torture them
in more atrocious ways to make them
tell where the valuables are kept.-New
York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28
THE MANTO.
A Garment That All Chilean Women
Wear to Church.

A Garment That All Chilean Women
Wear to Church.
The Chilean women's most fetching
garment, wrap, or what you will, is
the manto 1t is of some kind of
fine black material and Is worn thrown
over the head. Sometimes flap Of 1t
Is drawn tightly across the forehead.
After being thrown over the head the
manto, by some means Which | have
a. yet been unable to C.scern, is cinch-
ed in close about the reck.
This cinching in at the neck makes
kind of hood around the face, and
this hood is very skillfully manipulate
ed by some of the women to cover up
moles and other defects and to con-
ceal the fact that their hair has not
been carefully combed.
From the shoulders the manto falls
down in front to the toes and behind
TO the heels. 1t IS held together in
front partly by pins and partly by the
hands of the wearer. 1t is usually, but
not always. worn over the street cos
tune
The wearing Of mnntos by all wom-
Ell, no matter Of what class, on attend
ing church is obligatory. This provid-
ing for uniform costume is quite rea-
sonable and is designed to eliminate
such things as our Easter bonnet COM
petitions and allow the mind to for
sake earthly and devote itself to things
spiritual.
1t also swells the attendance on:
many occasions, for some of the ladies,
when they arise too late to have time:
to dress for early morning mass, mere
ly throw on their mantos over their:
robes de mutt and, with the addition Of:
such head and foot trimming as Is;
necessary to give the impression of;
being fully dressed, trip demurely off;
to church, to all outward seeming as:
though they had spent hours instead of:
minutes before their glasses.-Los An:
geles Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28
Don't starve Your Bird.

1t Is common mistake to think that
pets can only be taught when hungry
and to commence birds training by
deprlvlng 1t of breakfast, dinner or
supper is a most unhappy beginning.
In reality the feathered folk are just
as apt and full of fun after a comfort
able meal as before 1t, and to starve,
scold or otherwise i'll treat the little
creature will usually render it too un-
happy to learn quickly If at all. Birds
are extremely nervous beings. They
love a low, quiet voice and gentle
movements-love to be talked to, coax
ed and made much Of. If the pet is
new one and seems specially excitable
or timid, you will have to teach 1t first
of all not to fear you. Any little games
he is to learn must be acquired after
ward.-Mary Dawson in st. Nicholas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28
PEOPLE or THE STAGE.
Theatrical Life Nns Few Joys and
Much I3itterness.

Booth, to whom Henry E. Abbey
would cheerfully have paid $1,000
night for l50 consecutive nights, was
one of the most unhappy men on the
face of Gods earth. He hid buried
two wives, been through the mortifica-
ton of bankruptcy and so far as world
ly wealth is concerned, so far as the
comforts of settled home go, had yet
to make the one and secure the other.
This being the case, what - you sup
pose is the fate of minor people? The
fact is that they work hard, are under
paid, never play the parts they prefer,
pay much, BY far the g, ater portion of
their salaries, for stage costumes, in
variably have gang of hangers on
who eat the bread they earn, are out of
engagements most of the time and
ninety times out of hundred die so
poor that they are buried at the ex-
pense of their fellows. In the first
place, it is extremely difficult for them
to obtain a position, and, having
position, how few its advantages.
They have to rehearse at inconvenient
times; they go out in all kinds of
comforts or home desires; they dress in
outlandish places, either wet, damp
and chilly or overheated. They are at
the capricous mercy of speculative
managers, and having found by ex-
perience that there is very little sym
Nit hot I,ol,
the footlights, they wrap themselves
in garment of mental Indifference to
appearances, which Is utterly misun-
derstood by a cynical and suspicious
world.
know Of girl who was called to
Sunday night rehearsal. Her father
was very ILL., but the rental of their
rooms, the fees for the doctor and mon
ey for the drugs depended upon her at
tending to her business. 1t was imper-
ative that she should be in the theater
at 7:30 O'Clock. Having arranged the
room as women only can, having placed
upon the table by the bedside of her
father his medicine, she kissed him
goodby and, with loving touch, prom
sed to be back as early as possible.
You know what Sunday night rehears-
ais mean. They mean /, 2, 3, o'clock
the next day. That is what this one
meant. The girl fastened home. The
candle light had gone. the cold gray
of the early morning Vas in the room,
the father was dead upon the bed
Boston Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28

What competent critic today doubts
the general trustworthiness of Froudes
History of England" in writing which
he was obliged to transcrlbe from
Spanish masses of papers which even
& Spaniard would have read with diff
Guilty? Yet what sweeping charges Of
inaccuracy were long made against
him, Writing in 1870 to a friend, the
historian says: Il acknowledge to five
real mistakes in the whole book
twelve volumes-about twenty tri1ing
slips, equivalent to rs not dotted
and 'ts' not crossed, and that is all
that the utmost malignity has discover
ed. Every one of these rascals has
made dozen blunders of his own
while detecting one of mine. ne."-Success
Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28

The singer at the end of the practice
aria painted heavily.
81 sang 1876 notes that time" he said,
without once taking breath"
Indeed. That must be record"
mo. The record is held by Courtice
Pounds. Pounds sang 316 notes with
out respiration in 1893. The record
previous to that was held by Farinelli,
with 300 notes. Norman SalmOnd has
sung 2S7 notes in this way.
at is wonderful what lungs trained
singers have. The average man could
hardly sing fifty notes without breath
ing. whereas to the singer 200 would be
nothing. ng."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28
A RAZOR'S EDGE.
Results That Come From stropping
and Long Use.

and Long Use.
Very thin is the edge of a razor blade
Its thickness has been estimated at
about one half millionth of an inch.
A writer says of this wonderfully thin
bit of steel, when seen under a power
full microscope: THE extreme edge of
the section is distinctly bent to one
side. This is nearly always seen in
razor edges. The actual bend repre-
sents the effect of the last stroke on
the strop which this blade has received.
Now, this bending of the metal quite
near the edge, minute us it is, has some
very i'm: 4 mt practical consequences.
If the r.s-br be used in such way
that the bend is toward the skin there
will be tendency for the edge itself
to burrow downward into the skin, in
stead of sliding easily over the surface
and merely cutting away the project
ing hairs. If, on the other hand, the
blade be applied to the face in such a
way that the bend of the edge is away
from the skin the edge will slide much
more smoothly, with less tendency to
cut or scratch the skin, while it will
act upon the hairs in slightly upward
direction and thus tend to pull them
tight while cutting. The direction of
the bend of the edge can be regulated
by the last few strokes ON the strop.
This minute amount Of bending I'M
dergone by the metal near the edge of
razor blade has another practical re-
suit We all know that piece Of wire
which will quite easily stand being
bent double will be broken If it be bent
backward and forward many times.
What really takes place is that tie
metal, which was strong and ductile
to begin with, is gradually made hard
and brittle and then finally breaks Off.
Now, the metal near the edge of a
razor is being subjected to very similar
treatment. Every turn on the strop
reverses the direction of the bend near
the edge, and, although the amount Of
bending. is too slight ever to bring
about actual breakage Of such an
elastic metal as hardened steel. It Is
yet sufficient to bring about change
in the metal which renders 1t less
elastic and able to stand the strain.
This is why razor which has been
used long ceases to cut well or to hold
good edge.
"Now it has been discovered that
steel which has lost its proper elastic
qualities by such process of fatigue
as it is called, is capable of recovering
its good qualities under favorable cir
cumstances. 1t will recover in this
way if left ut rest, though this is n
comparatively slow process, which eX
plains the fact that n tool which has
become useless through continued use
will be rs good as ever after prolong-
ed rest. But recovery will fake place
much more rapidly if the steel be
warmed, so that few minutes expo
sure to the temperature of boiling wa
ter will bring about recovery TO nm eX-
tent that would have required several
days rest Mt the ordinary tempera-
lures. This fact explains the advantage
to be derived from the familiar prac-
tice of steaming' razor before use"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28

1t is said that the name of Nome
was the result of an error made by
some Engishman in writing letter.
He evidently intended to write the
word "home," but the makers Of the
maps read it Nome, and thus the name
Nome belongs to history and the great
district of Alaska. Some authorities
claim that the word Nome Is a corrup'
ton of the Indian phrase or word
Knoma, meaning something like 81
know it."-National Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28
Greek Burial Custom.

1t is the custom in certain parts of
Greece to carry bodies to the grave in
collins which allow the face to be
visible. The fashion is said to have
originated when the Turks dominated
the land. At that time arms and am
munition were being constantly dlstrib-
uted to the Greek populace in way
which baffied the Turkish officials un-
til coffin which was being escorted
by an apparently mourning procession
was found to contain not body, but
weapons. An order was then promul-
gated that bodies were to be borne to
the grave only on open litters or in
coffins without lids.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28

"Are you fond of musicr' asked a
stranger of the young man at the con-
cert who was applaudng vigorously
after a pretty girl had sung in very
painful way.
Not particularly" said the young
man frankly. "but I'm exceedingly
eond of the musician"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28
Old Timex In Now York.

Old Times In New York.
In 1TS0 New York city maintained an
Official who would whip servant,
ci.i.ar free or slave, for the master,
charging Il shilling for the job. Petty
the 'ei were branded for life with d
"T' on the cheek. Mrs. Johanna Young
and another woman convicted of grand
larceny We're driven all over the city
in an open cart then stripped to the
waist and given thirty-nlne lashes
apiece in public and then banished.
'Wl ercupon," says the record, they
vert to Philadelphia"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28
The Tender Hearted Butcher.

ut must have been very tender
hearted butcher who killed this lamb"
said the cheerful boarder, pauslng in
the saving of his chop.
'Why?" kindly asked the inquisitive
man.
"He must have hesitated three or
four years before striking the fatal
blow."-London Tit-Rits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28
SMOKE PROOF

The feed door on this stove is guaranteed smoke
proof and does away with the escape of smoke SCOT
and gas into the house. Side feed doors used on
other stoves discharge cloud of gas and soot-lad-
ened smoke into the house and scatter SCOT and
ashes over the carpet when opened.
Another point: In feeding coal into side feed
door it has to be thrown into the stove, which
usually results in scattering much of it over the
floor. With our ceanly smoke proof feed door
tine coal is poured into the stove even to the dust
in the bottom of the hod without particle being
spilled on the floor
This clean and economical stove burns the gases
which often escape into the rooms with other
stoves. The annoyance and dirt from kindling
new fires is dispensed with, as the are heat
ed up for two or three hours each morning with
the fuel put in the night before and the Fire is
Never Out. COLES ORIGINAL HOT
BLAST is the cleanest stove made and will more
than save its cost in fuel each winter
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-28

If you cannot be happy in one way,
be in another, and this facility Of dis
position wants but little aid from phi
losophy, for health and good humor
are almost the whole affair. Many
run about after felicity, like an absent
minded man hunting for his hat while
1t 10 In his hand or on his head.