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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
The Miracle Of Self Confidence
By oRIsoN SWEET Maiden.

1t was said that Napoleon's pres
ence In battle doubled the strength
of his forces. Half the effectiveness
of an army resides in the soldiers
faith in their leader. When the lead
er doubts, hesitates, wavers the whole
army is thrown into confusion; but
his confidence doubles the assurance
of every man under him.
The mental faculties, like soldiers,
must believe in their leader-the un-
conquerable will. The mind of the
doubter, the hesitator. the waverer,
the man who is not sure of himself,
who thinks he is not equal to what he
has undertaken, is set toward failure,
and everything works against him.
There Is weakening all along the
line.
In an emergency, as in danger
man can often perform feats of great
strength which he could not even ap-
proximate in cold blood. Arousing
man multiplies his power tremen-
dously. Think of what delicate men
and women, even invalids, have ac-
complished when dominated by some
supreme occasion or mighty passion.
The imperious must" gives added
strength and unusual power to all the
faculties. So a great self-faith, an
unwavering self-confidence, braces up
the entire man, physically, mentally,
morally. 1t raises him to his highest
HI IL xx,tt
what would be impossible without
this wonderful stimulus.
An overmastering faith in oneself
often enables comparatively ignorant
men and women to do marvellous
things-feats which sensitive, timid,
doubling people, of far greater abil-
ity and much finer texture and nobler
qualities shrink from attempting.
know people who have been hunt
ing for months for a situation; but
they go into an office with a confess
sion of weakness in their very man
ner; they show their lack of self
confidence. Their prophecy of failure
is In their faces, in their manner.
They surrender before the battle be-
gins. They are living witnesses
against themselves.
When you ask man to give you
a position, and he reads this Ian
guage in your face and manner,
please give me a position; do not
kick me out; fate is against me; I
am an unlucky dog; | am disheart-
ened; have lost confidence in my
SELF" he will only have contempt for
you; he will say to himself you are
not man, to start with, and he will
get rid of you as soon as he can.
If you expect to get position, you
must go into an Office with the air of
a conqueror; you must fling out con-
fidence from yourself before you can
convince an employer that you are
the man h Is looking for. You must
show by your very presence that you
are man of force, a man who can do
things; with yigor, cheerfulness, and
enthusiasm.
II you carry with you evidence of
your power, the badge of superiority,
then you will not wander the streets
looking for situation very long.
Everywhere employer are looking
for men who can do things, who can
conquer by inherent force and ener-
gy.-From Success.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
Growing a Foot a Dar.

During the long drought of last
spring, in Mauritius, singular spec
tacle, amid the stretches of dying
and desiccated plants, was presented
by the white flowers of giant aloe
stems. which sprang UP on the noun
tains and over the waste lands with
amazing speed. At the time of the
towering, shafts as thick as a mans
arm shot up from the heart of the
plant, grew from twelve to eighteen
inches in twenty-four hours and
reached a height of thirty feet. A
cluster of aloes before the flowers ap-
pear resembles a gigantic asparagus
plant.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
HOW TO COOK WATER.

Few people know how to cook
water. The secret is in putting good,
fresh water into a neat kettle already
quite warm and setting the water to
boiling quickly, and then taking 1t
right off to use in tea, coffee or other
drinks, before it is spoiled. To let 1t
steam, simmer and evaporate until
the good water is all in the atmos-
phCre and the lime and iron and
dregs left in the kettle, that is what
make good many people sick ard is
worse than no water at all. A crit
ical taste will detect at the first
mouthful, if the nose has not already
demurred and given warning, the
faintest trace of dead water in tea,
coffee, porridge and many other items
designed for the stomach. More fire.
quently than otherwise the breakfast
kettle is set boiling with a remnant
of yesterdays supply in it; the coffee
urn has been neither washed, dried,
summed nor aired; possibly in the in
terest of rigid and mistaken econ
omy, some of yesterdays coffee also
is boiled over" and the partakers
wonder at their lassitude and dys-
peptic conditions. Whatever is neg
lected, the teakettle and it's associate
pots should be thoroughly cleansed,
dried and aired every day, and in no
case should water that has stood over
an hour in pitcher, pail or kettle be
used for cooking. II people will
drink tea and coffee, let them at least
have 1t as nearly free from poisonous
conditions as possible. That much
benefit may be derived by many peo-
pie from drinking hot water is not
disputed, but the water should be
freshly drawn, quickly boiled in a
clean and perfect vessel and immedi-
ately used. The times of using, the
adding of milk, mint, lemon or other
fruit juices is matter of preference
or special prescription.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
The Mediterranean.

The evaporation from the surface
of the Mediterranean is much great
er than in the Atlantic Ocean, owing
to the heat coming from the African
deserts and the shelter which the
high mountains afford from the
north winds. 1t is in consequence of
this fact that it's waters are salter
than those of the Atlantic. 1t is a
mistake to suppose that the Mediter-
ranean is tideless. In the Adriatic,
as well as between that sea and the
coast of Africa, the tide rises from
five to seven feet.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
REMOVING STAINS.

Brass which is badly tarnished
should first be rubbed with salt and
vinegar or oxalic acid; wash this off
with soap and water and polish as
usual with good prepared cleanser.
Vinegar and salt will remove the
brown stains from the side of tea
cup. 1t is said, however. that dry salt
we'll rubbed in will be as efflcaclous
as when dissolved in vinegar, so try
this first.
When the bars of a crate have
burned red add a little lemon juice
to the backing and the CRATE will
look as good as new.
Remember not to put the stopper
In a bottle that has been washed out
until the interior is perfectly dry.
Otherwise the glass will be smoky
and streaked, and the stopper itself
will stick when any one attempts to
remove it.
Sliced raw potato and hot water
are considered excellent for cleaning
the inside of decanter in which wine
dregs have been allowed to dry.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
10 COOK EGGS IN THE SHELL.

To cook eggs in the shell, evenly
throughout, put them into deep pan,
cover them with boiling water and let
them stand for ten minutes or more,
where the water will keep just below
the boiling point. This prevents the
albumen from coagulating, but jellies
both white and yolk, making the eggs
more appetizing in appearance than
when at the ordinary soft boiled
stage, and at the same time easy of
digestion.-Boston Cooking School
Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
AN APO STROPHE.
-M-
BY DANIEL WEBSTER.


JHEN little children brought into the presence OF
\ Son of God His disciples proposed to send them
w away; said Suffer little children to unto
Me-" Me- did not send them first for lessons in
school of the Phaees to the unbelievng
read the preceps and lessons phylacered
of the Jewish priesthood He said nothing of
cashng docnes but He opened at
mind the everlasting fountain of living wates
only of eternal truths Suffer little children to
unto Me- And that injunction of perpetual oblga
to-day with the earnestness and
authority which attended its first uterance to the
Christian the ends of the earth 1t will
time always and everywhere sounding in
men, with emphasis which repetition
weaken authority which nothing superseded
"Sufer little children to unto Me-"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
THE ENCLOSED DOOR.

AS she went through the House Of Life she closed
All doors behind her-al only one,
And this she could not, though she srove
One door that her anguish and her shame
One door that opened to the wind and sun
From that still where she dwelt with Love
And 10, she died and in the House of Death
Even those doors she closed with her hand
Held her prisoner Long day by day
Before the hundred doors of Faith and Joy
She with with pleading with command,
To force but and win where Heaven lay.
And then One with pity in His eyes 49,
And said: "Was there door thou didst not closer
And she: "But one, that shame and sin;
Surely l not win to Heaven thus?"
Then, while she wept, He smiled and rose,
And through that door unfastened led her in!
-Theodosia Garrison, in Mnnsey's Magazine
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24

Leprosy Is not, in the ordinary
sense, contagious disease. Physi-
clans. nurses and missionaries min
lister to lepers for years without suf-
fering from the exposure.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
destruction of Famous English Oak.

One of the seven fine old oaks in
Salcey Forest, Buckinghamshire, has
been burned to the ground. 1t is sur
missed that visitors to the forest made
a picnic fire in the hollow trunk, and
the result was the complete destruc-
ton of the tree, which is said to be
500 years old. Salc'y is the second
great royal forest and has belonged
to the Crown since the Conquest
London Daily Mail.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24

The base of most of the chewing
gum used is a by-product of petro-
leum, scented and favored according
to the various tastes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
THE WONDER
OF THE WORLD

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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24

John Burns is said to have the
best working library Of any member
Of the English House of Parliament.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24

Steel freight cars are being extern
sively used in South America.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24

Bad sight is given as the reason for
men going wrong. Defective vision
has been proved to be the cause of
lack of self-control, alcoholism and
drug taking.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24

men going wrong. Defective vision
has been proved to be the cause of
lack of self-control, alcoholism and
drug taking.
Subject to the action of liquid air,
lead becomes elastic and can be made
to rebound or serve as spiral spring
during the continuance of this low
temperature.
In recent campaign of the
French in Madagascar $4,000 men
were sent to the front, of whom
twenty-nine were killed in action and
over 1000 perished from preventable
diseases. In the Boer War the Eng
lish losses we're ten times greater
from disease than from bullets.
"A specially constructed derelict-
destroyer has recently been launched
from Virginia shipyard. The ves-
sci is nominally revenue cutter, but
its work will be the destruction of
oCi CiiCto anu CthCl utCiuthtdi OD-
structions to navigation. For this
purpose the vessel has been designed
with great coal-carrying capacity
and the ability to keep the open sea
in all weather.
A possible vision of the future,
when tall towers near great cities
may indicate the location of wireless
telegraph stations. is suggested by a
project now on foot to connect New
York and Philadelphia in that man
ner. Plans have been filed for a
tower 200 feet high, and thirty feet
broad at the base. to be erected on
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, as a
sending and receiving-station for tn e
aerial messages. A similar tower is
to be built in the environs of New
York. The plan is to distribute mes
sages from the stations by telephone.
Sir Norman Lockyer has recently
announced the discovery of the
strongest spark lines OF sulphur in
the spectrum of the bright star RI
gel. These lines have not previously
been traced in the spectrum of any
celestial body. Certain sulphur lines
which behave in an abnormal manner
in spark. and vacuum tube spectra
are not found in the spectrum of
Rigel, but they do occur in stars of
the type Of Bellatrix and Epsilon
Orionis, which represent higher
stages of temperature THAI do stars
of the type of Rigel.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24

Subject to the action of liquid air,
lead becomes elastic and can be made
to rebound or serve as a spiral spring
during the continuance of this low
temperature.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-23

IOIaI sdIts IOT IHe Jay, I,43b,4UU
shares.
Bonds were weak: total sales par
value, $4,142.000.
United States bonds were un-
changed on call.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-23
Chicago BOARD OF Trnde.

Chicago, Sept. 22.-Bradstreets
worlds visible statement showing an
increase for the week of S.224.000
bushels was mainly instrumental in
lowkerlng wheat prices v a. Y today.
Corn held its own on a bullish report
by the Illinois Grain ealcrs' associa-
ton and oats were steady sympathet-
ically. Provisions eased off at 10c
The market for corn started easier
but a god demand developed and sell.
ing pressure fell OFF The Illinois Grain
callers association made public re-
port claiming that this years crop OF
corn In Illinois would he only 22l,-
5O0,O bushels as against 342. .756. 900
bushels year ago This factor sent
prices up with December reaching
SIS u or ss over yesterdays close. The
wheat weakness. however, was not to
be ignored and the close was at last
nights level.
Trade in oats was limited and the
tone comparatively steady December
ranged within " all day and closed
only shade down.
The provisions market received
some support from packers but the
wheat weakness coupled with commits
sion house liquidation was against
the price and closing figures wer" ~
Z u @l0 to Is cents to l7M cents low
er!
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-23
FINANCE AND
COMMERCE
Wall Street.

New York, Sept. 22-The disorder
of the transactions at the sstock eX-
change today during the demoralized
break in prices was not greater thar,
the excessive confusion and contradic-
'tion OF the opinions held as to the
cause of the collapse That il was
proof amounting to a demonstration
of the fictitious and excessive nature
of the previous advance was agreed
TO without dispute. There has been
general admission of this fact, how
ever, for weeks past and also general
agreements to the responsibility of
groups of powerful capitalists for the
advance. The sensational collapse
which prices have undergone has not
altered the conviction as to the source
of the operations which advanced
them previously, but the motives
which prompt the abandonment of the
previous position offer subject for
the most divergent opinions. Nothing
indicates urgent necessity for liquida-
tion with surplus reserves of the
banks still above 50,000,000 in spite
of the inroads made upon them and
with call loans easily procurable at
one per cent or slightly above. This
strengthens conviction that the
leaders of the recent speculation must
have been interehanged with supplies
of credits which would have protected
them from pressure of lenders which
would precipitate any such urgent
selling on the market as is now seen.
That the bitterness of the revived
agitation against corporations and
the public resentment against the sup
position of CORPORATION influence i'm
politics has proved shock to a feel
ing Of security which had grown w
among groups of very wealthy capital
lists Is an Interpretation of the present
market decline much heard. The pro-
l0nged rise in prices was accomplished
almost continually by public express
sions on the part Of prominent finan.
aciers that public sentiment toward
corporations was changing and thai
the hostility had spent its force. The
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-23
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE
Road Tax Now Duo.

nO00 lax NOW Duo
The law requires every able bodied
nan, between the ages Of twenty-One
and sixty years. to annually pay q
road tax of three dollars or, In lieu
OF such sum, to labor on the public
read three days. Sec. 8, Cahpter So.
Acts Of the S7th Legislative Assembly.
The supervisor of Road District No1
8, comprising Precincts Nos. IL and
26, which precincts include the City
of Albuquerque, accepts the office
without compensation and is devoting,
time and energy to the discharge of
the duties OF the office to the end
that proper use be made OF the road
fund and that we have good roads,
The character Of roads to be built
and the line Of work are determined
~ the Good Roads Association.
Mr.. s. NJ. Porterfield Is authorized
to receive payment OF the road tax
and for the convenience of the public
will make calls when he can do so OF
payment can be made at Porterficld
and Co.. 216 West Gold avenue. The
law will be strictly enforced.
w. H. GILLENWATER,
Supervisor.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-23
NAT GOODWIN
SUES FOR DIVORCE
Actor Takes Up Home in Reno and
stars Proceedings Against Maxine
Elliott.

Reno New, Sept. 22.-Nat c..
Goodwin, the well-known actor. has
filed In this city suit for divorce
from his wife. Bessie Hall Goodwin,
better known on the dramatic stage
as Maxine Elliott.
The complaint for divorce was a
sealed one. and the allegations on
which the suit Is based will not be
known until the case Is brought to
issue and the papers IN the case un-
sealed in court. Mr.. Goodwln's at
tOrneys refuse to- discuss the case in
any way Mr. Goodwin arrived in
Reno about three days ago and the
papers In the case were filed late yes-
terday. II Is believed that Mrs,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-23
81 Touis wool

St. Louis. Sept. 22.-Wool-Firm
Medium grades and clothing, lea zoe;
light fine, 16@16hc; heavy fine, l / a
12c; tub washed 21@21c.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-23
OF FIGS FOR
DISPLAY
Valencia County Will Exhibit.
Several Varieties as Will.
Ranches de Atrisco and
Other Places,

.H
The description of the figs raised In
this city by Thomas Hughes. Jr., has
brought out the fact that there arc all
sorts OF ngs m the Rio Grande valley
and that Mr. Hughes has no monopoly
of the fruit, Eugene Kempenich tel
ephoned from Peralta yesterday that
several varieties OF fine figs will be
included In the Valencia county ex-
hibit at the Irrigation congress and
that this fruit is raised with the great
est success In that part Of the valley.
Pedro Garcia. farmer from Ranches
de Atrlsco. yesterday brought into the
Morning Journal office some splensid
specimens OF figs raised across the riv-
er and II Is likely that other localities
will be heard from. That figs and al
monds can both be raised to great ad-
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-23
Miss EllIOtt Declines 10 Talk.

PhlladeIphla, Sept. 2z,-Maxlne Ell
llott, who Is appearing here in MY
self Botina," through her manager to-
night declared that she had no knowl-
edge of the suit for divorce filed by
her husband, Nat Goodwin, at Reno.
New. 1t was emphatlcally stated that
no papers In the suit had been served
on Miss Elliott. The actress declined
to be seen In person
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-23

vantage In this valley will prove Of in
terest TO the visitors at the congress
who are investigating the possibilities
Of the valley.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-23
EagIe CarrIed Awar ChIId.

Seattle. Sept 22. The little
daughter OF David Chrisholm. Of
Eagles Nest, Alaska. was carried
away by huge American eagle. the
middle of last July, and three weeks
later its torn and mangled body was
found In the eagles nest. and the
bird was captured. John Kalem. OF
Seattle. bought the bird and recently
shipped II to this city. where 1t haa
been on exhibition in his store. Today
state Game Warden Henry Reiff or
dered the release OF the captive bird.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-23
Boston Wool.

Boston, Sept 22.-The local wool
situation steadily improves with buy
ers actively in the market and good
inquiry in all lines. Prices hold steady
with firmer tendency. Territory: fine
staple 56m 5Sc; medium staple, $50
Csc; fine clothing, 45@D4 4Sc: fine me-
dunn clothing, 43G 45c; half blood. 55
a n5Sc; c-eights blood, 4SM50c;
quarter blood 43@45c.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-23
The Metals.

New York, Sept. Chopper was
lower at ESQ, 2s Cd for spot and ESQ,
lis, Cd for futures in the London mar
ket The local market was weak and
rather unsettled with lake quoted at
$13.25M $50; electrolytic $4,000 "a
1926 and casting $12.75m13,00. Lead
declined to f13, Is, Sd in London The
local market was duh and unchanged
at $4.47k4.5O. Spclter was higher
at E20 In the London market The
local market was duh at $472h %
477H.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-23

Goodwin will contest the suit, as II
was recently understood that she
was about to begin proceedings for
n lanai eanurnflnu
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-23

recent tone of the political campaign
and \the sensation created by the
Archbold Foraker correspondence has
shaken this confidence among capital
lists. In connection with this element
of the situation there was the openly
expressed suspicion on the stock ex-
change floor that the disorder in the
market was a deliberate purpose of
forces which had fostered the previ-
GUS advance with the object of point
ing warning of the dangers to be ap-
pretended from revival of political
activity against corporations and
wealth.
The closing tone of the market gem
orally was feverish and excited, with
the shorts still covering heavily.
Amalgamated Copper .. 71k
American Locomotive 45
American Locomotive, pfd. ....10I
American Smelling and Ref'g... SLY
Amer Smelling & Ref'g pfd,. 1O1 Y
American Sugar Refining. ...127$
Anaconda Mining Co .... 40&
Atchison ..... ..... ....... S5%
Atchtson pfd. ....s. ..... 93h
Colorado Fuel Il Iron ... 31h
Colorado & Southern .... 36%
Colo. & South. 1st pfd. ........ 64K
Colo. & South. % pfd. ...... 57h
Denver & Rio Grande ....... 25
Denver & Rio Grande pfd. -. IS
Kansas City Southern ...... rs
Kansas City Southern pfd. .59@62
Missouri Pacific ............ so II
Missouri Kansas and Texas. ... 30
Missouri Kansas and Texas pfd. SO
Rock Island Co. .....r.. 17h
Rock Island Co MD Q1A
st. Louis and San Fran. I'd pfd. 25h
Texas and Pacific .......... 22h
Union Pacific ....",.........152 h
Union Pacific pfd. .......... IS Is
United States Steel ... 42h
United States Steel pfd. ......107 *
Wabash pfd. ....... 80. "a
/ Total sales for the day, 1,436,40O
! shares,
Bonds were weak; total sales. paI
value, S4,142.000.
| United States bonds were un-
changed on call.