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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
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WASPS---THE ORIGINAL
PAPER MAKERS.
Observation-Disclosures

or course, the writer knew that
wasps are the original paper-makers.
and long since pointed the way to the
use of wood-pulp for that paper
making which has so immensely in
creased in later years and is threaten
ing much of the literature of this
era with early extinction. But from
what particular objects was the pulp
gathered?
Now came a rare surprise. A few
feet beyond the old tree stood chest
nut telephone pole. While passing 1t
one day hornet was seen to alight
upon 1t. Eureka!-the mystery was
solved. For straightway the insect
began scraping off the surface with
it's jaws. Settling well upon the post,
1t fastened its open mandibles into it,
drew them together, thus removing a
particle of fibre, and backed down
little way. This act was repeated un-
til It had covered a space about three
fourths of an inch long, and one-six-
teenth wide, just the stretch of the
hornets jaws. Meanwhile tiny pei
let Of wood-dust had been gathered
and rolled and pushed beneath the
mouth; whereupon Vespa flew away.
In fact, her method of gathering
building material was just the reverse
of that used when giving it out in
construction.
Now the post was carefully inspect
ed, and 1t was found to be mottled on
all sides and to the top, about eighteen
feet, with streaks like that which the
hornet had just left, the fresh marks
upon the abraded wood showing dis
tinctly against the weathered surface.
The streaks were not all of equal
length; for, as 1t afterwards appeared,
the -gatherers seemed somewhat
fastidious in their selections, and
would shift their positions several
times. Sometimes, also, the scar al
ready made would be continued by
the same or another worker; and
often it would be overlaid. But, as
a rule, the space which measured the
amount of fibre removed at one visit
to the pole corresponded with the
amount of pulp laid on at one time by
the builders on the nest; and that in
both cases was determined apparently
by the carrying capacity of the Jaws.
The visits varied in length. Thus, of
| three noted, one was four minutes,
with seven shifts; one, two minutes;
| and one, three minutes, nine seconds.
Wishing to get some idea of the
number of visits made by the insect
p-gatherers, l counted carefully
the scars within several square inches
| of surface, and therefrom estimated
| the number within square inch
around the entire girth of the pole.
Thence l roughly calculated that at
least 10000 visits had been made for
wood fibre. Some of these we're made
by yellow-jackets and brown wasps,
but most of them from hornets by
| the study nest, as could be deter
mined by the direction of the insects
fight. One must also consider that
! in many cases the scraped surface
had been gone over more than once,
so that the estimate is probably below
rather than above that mentioned.
There were several similar poles in
the vicinity, all more or less thus
marked, the one nearest to the above
quite as freely. Even from this in
adequate estimate one can see the
enormous industry of our colony
DR.. H. c. McCook, in Harper's Mag
azine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
Thinks English Language May Die

English may be dead language in
1000 A. D., according to Prof. Fred
Newton Scott, of the University of
Michigan. In an article on "A Substi-
tute for the Classics" in the School
Review, issued by the University Of
Chicago press, Scott intimates that
Timbuktu will be the worlds capital
and that Bantu will be the common
language. English is superior to
Latin and Greek, but inferior to
Bantu, he declares.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
ALIVE IN CAPsIzED VESSELS.


A striking example of one among
the many strange accidents that be-
fall sailors was reported the other
day from Newcastle, New South
Wales.
The barkentine Kate latham
turned turtle in a gale, and one of her
crew was shut up in her hold. The
survivors, who had climbed on her
keel as she heeled over, naturally
took it for granted that he was
drowned. What was their surprise
therefore presently to hear faint
knockings from beneath their feet,
evidently made by their imprisoned
comrade.
Help was at hand, and a hole was
cut through the ships bottom, when
the man was hauled out, little the
worse for his terrible experience. He
had, it appeared, been kept alive by
the air which had been imprisoned
in the hull when the vessel capsized
and which, becoming compressed as
the water rose, had eventually
stopped its further encroachment. He
had used balk of floating timber to
support himself.
His Imprisonment lasted for two
hours, and in the cabled reports sent
to this country the incident is char
acterized as unparalleled This, how
ever, is by no means correct. There
are several cases on reco9d of men
having lived in similar circumstances
in the huks of capsized ships NOT
hours only but days, the most re-
markable authenticated instance be-
ing that of Captain Engallandt, of the
Erndte, who was rescued alive after
an entombment lasting altogether
eleven days eighteen hours.
During this period the derelict
drifting bottom uppermost, was sight
co by the masters of several vessels.
all of whom, however, passed non.
chalantly by, none imagining for a
moment that the semi-submerged and
capsized hulk contained, shutup in its
vitals, living man.
Eventually the Erndte drifted
ashore near Danzig, and Captain En-.
gallandt was taken out alive. al.
though greatly maciated.-Pearson' :
Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
CoIored Timber,

By Norwegian process, sap is
forced out of green tree trunks, and
dye is injected in its place This is
claimed to give colored wood for fur
niture and finish that will not warp
and is much more durable than ordi-
nary wood.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
size Of slberla.

Siberia contains one-ninth Of all the
land on the globe Great Britain and
all Europe, except Russia, together
with the whole of the United States,
could be inclosed within its boun-
daries.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
Cost. of EGGS.

Regarding the cost OF producing
eggs, Professor Graham, of the Con-
necticut Experiment Station, said that
figures one year were as low as seven
A-d 1ve-e.git-s cents per dozen for
the food only.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
'|l!; :lI|'s
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IANt:N.liI.'9jNE2e .

FROM PILOT III "SAMURAl. b
Money is being raised in Japan to
restore the monument of VIII Adams,
the first English resident of that
country and the founder of the Jap
anese fleet. No fiction of adventure
is more romantic and seemingly i'm
probable than is the story of this
Kentish pilot of the seventeenth CEN
tury. Mr. Lafcadio Hearn, in one of
his books on Japan, tells the tale of
the young Englishmans rise to for
tune.
In 1900 Will Adams arrived in
Japan in command of a Dutch ship.
Adams had partaken of many a sea
adventure, and had probably been
brought in contact with Hawkins,
Drake, Sir Richard Grenville and the
other celebrated voyagers of that day.
He says himself, in his account of his
life, that he SERVED for Master and
Pilot in her Majestie's ships"
On landing in Japan, Adams was
taken prisoner and sent to Osaka to
the great Emperor Iyesyasu.
"As soon as l came before him he
demanded of what countrey we were" "
says Adams. 80 l answered him on
all points He asked whether our
country had wares. l answered him
yea. He asked as to the way we came
to the countrey. Having a chart of
the whole world | showed him
through the Straight of Magellan. He
viewed me well and seemed to be
wonderful favorable"
The Emperor attached Adams to
his personal service, and later we
read of the late pilot teaching his
royal master geometry and under
standing of the art of mathematics.
Adams was well provided for, and
commanded to build ships for deep
sea sailing. Before long he was Gre
ated Samurai. and an estate was given
him
Surely no romance of that romantic
age was stranger than the rise of this
plain English pilot, with only his
simple honesty and common sense
to help him. He was in such extra
ordinary favor with the greatest and
shrewdest of japanese rulers that we
read in contemporary account:
"The Emperor esteemeth hym much,
and he may goe in and speake to hym
at all times when Kynges and Princes
are>Iept out"
Adams only cause for regret in his
elevation to fortune was the fact that
he was never allowed to visit his ma
tive land. His services were regard
ed as too precious to be spared. The
Emperor never refused him anything
but this one privilege, and Adams
did not dare to urge the matter too
hard, for, as he writes, when | asked
one too many times the Ould EN-
perour was silent"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24

Ny rest was broken by a troublesome
weakness and the secretions seemed
to buEDalike acid. was in an awful
condition and doctors did not seem
to help. Doan's Kidney Pills bene-
Ated me from the first and soon made
me,a strong and healthy woman"
For sale by all dealers. SO cents Q
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
Deepest Hole.

The deepest hole in the world has
been bored in Silesia. 1t has reached
a depth of about 1000 feet, and passes
through SO beds of coal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24

ties, Mrs. A. S. Payne,
of sol Third Ave,
So, Columbus, Miss,
suffered for years.
She says: The pains
in my back. sides and
loins were so terrible
that | often smoth-
cred a scream. Every
move meant apOpv
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24

FITS, st. Vitus Dance, Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer 50 trial bottle and treatise free.
DIR. II. r. Kline, Id, ,03l Arch St, Phila., Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
LYDIA <. PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. VIII Young, OF Columbia
Ave-, Rockland, Me-, says:
81 was troubled for long time with
dreadful backaches and a pain in my
side, and was miserable in every way.
doctored until was discouraged and
thoughtI would never get well. read
what Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound had done for others and
decided to try it; after taking three
bottles l can truly say that never felt
SO well in my life"
Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl,
Pa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 had very severe backaches, and
pressing-down pains. could not sleep,
and had no appetite. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound cured me
and made me feel like new woman"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24

The back is the handspring of
woman's organism. 1t quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. 1t
tells, with other symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains in the
loins, weight in the lower part of
the body, that a woman's feminine
organism needs immediateattention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
and restores the feminine organism
to healthy, normal condition is
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupf for Children
teething, softens thegums, ,reducesintiamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, CSC a bottle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
tion, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24
ONE WOMAN's ENDURANCE.
Southern Woman Suffers Tortures
For Years.

Racked and torn with terrific pains,
nightly ANNOYED by kidney irregulari-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-24

Greenland has a population of H.
s95.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22
STOP The DEVILITRY.

the belief of that the heS
weeks have been OF an in
endiary origin guessed Citizens
pretty
with the police To
nut should be made OF
yhph nds / caught n
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22
MASS MEETING
IS DISCUSSED
MANY OF THE DEPOSITORS
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
THINGS.

There is much talk regarding the
holding of mass meeting of the
depositors of the State Bank and
Trust Company and the appointing Of
a committee to confer with Receiver
Frank l.. Wildes, says the Carson
City News, in regard to certain con-
ditions and to ascertain just what
securities the bank now holds. The
matter has not yet come to focus
but it will likely do so within short
time.
There is much that the depositors
of the bank are entitled to and no
doubt Mr.. Wildes, as receiver, will
willingly give them all the desired
information. Then, too, such COM
mittee, known to represent the peo-
pie whose interests are at stake,
would have considerable weight as 10
the policy adopted by the receiver
in handling the affairs of the institu
ton.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22
RUSH WORK ON
sierra TUNNEL

RENO, New, May 21.-The work
of construction of the tunnel, through
the Sierra Nevadas at Chilcoot will
be rushed with great activity by the
Western Pacific officials during the
coming summer. Slow progress has
been made this winter. but orde $
have been issued to increase the
force. and during the summer months
to rush the construction with all pos
sible speed This is the information
brought by J. F. Gilnaugh and j. G
Steele of Chilcoot and Spring Gar
den.
1t is estimated that the buildin.
of the tunnel through the Sierra
will take at least a year, but whe'
copmlteed the main work of thu
Western Pacific will be finished, AM
within two years the new road will
be running trains through Reno from
the Great Salt Lake to tide water il
the West.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22
SON KILLS To
PREVENT WEDDING

NEW YORK, May 21.-A family
estrangement which had driven one
of the members TO insanity ended to-
day in the murder of Geo. E. Sterry,
millionaire drug importer, by his
son, George L. Sperry Jr., and the
suicide of the latter. The elder Sterry
was shot down at the Pine street OF
flee of Weaver G. Sterry, Ltd, where
he had been closeted for a few mo-
ments with the murderer. The son
Immediately afterward shot himself
and both men were dead when others
of the firm hurried into the room.
The determination of the father to
remarry led to the tragedy. A letter
left by the son made plain that his
acts We're deliberate and the product
OF deranged mind.
The elder Sterry was ~ years OIL
and in addition to his drug interests
was president of the Bloomfield Mills
Company and a director in the Spring
Coal Company. He was socially very
prominent and active in religious al
fairs.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22
Respondent Man
COMMITS SUICIDRS

RAWHIDE, New, May 21.-H. D.
Cochran, aged So, committed suicide
today shortly after noon at his home
on Balloon avenue, by firing bullet
through his brain Pointing pistol
toward the center of his head, just
above the right ear, he pulled the
trigger once without the cartridge eX-
ploding. His determination to eni
his life was shown by the fact that
he pulled the second time, the leaden
pellet penetrating the skull and pas :
ing clear through the head.
Cochran came here few days ago
from Rush, Arkansas. He was resi-
dent of Washington, D. c., where he
is we'll connected. He was mimi:
man of considerable note, and just
previous to his trip to Rawhide was
in charge of the Beulah mine at
Rush. He went on a debauch upo 1
his arrival and became respondent
after spending all the money he had
with him. In his clothes were found
several exceptionally flattering letters
of recommendation from prominent
people of the capital city.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22
NEVADA PIONEER
CALLED BY DEATH

FALLON, New, May 21.-Cran
ston Allen, the father of Lieut.. Gov
ernor Lem Allen, and the oldest mai
in Churchill county, is dead. Nh.
Allen was taken i'll Wednesday night
and Monday morning became uncon-
scious. All his children and grand
children and all the members of his
family were summoned to his bed
side and were gathered around him
when death claimed him.
Mr.. Allen would have been 80
years old July IA. 1908, having been
born in Otsego county, New York
July IA, 1876. He came to Nevada
in 1863 and settled on the place
where he breathed his last. the Aller
ranch, about four miles outside v
Fallon
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22
AMERICAN WOMAN
in ASSASSIN'S PLOT

CONSTANTINOPLE, May 2l.--
The recent discovery OF plot to as
;sassinate the Sultan Abdul Hamid
has greatly agitated the sublime
porte. Much mystery surrounds the
personality of Miss Mary Jameso \,
AN American woman, who is in prison
charged with high treason.
More than seventy-fve persons are
i'll prison. all supposed to have par
tieipated in the plot to blow up Yil-
.diz Kiosk and other institutions on
an appointed day. Most of them are
foreigners, or at least all of them
carry French. Russian, Bulgarian or
american passports. Five of them
are women-one French. two Bull
.Sarian and two Americans.
Just who "Miss Jameson is, ~
zone knows. She has passpor.
speaks English, claims to be a natur-
aIize1 American citizen, but Ministe;
Leishman has not appeared in her be-
half. Leishman says he never hear
tof her TIL she was arrested and his
interference would be an embarrass
ment 10 the Porte The people in TIN
1.evant look upon Leishman as :
rimld man and inclined to fiatter tn,
Turkish authorities to the discredi
all american prestige in the Orient,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22
BOYS CONFESS To
Being Thieves

Arlie Higgins and Emmett Lydon,
two boys, were in Judge BrisselPs
court yesterday morning charged
with stealing rifle and piece OF
bacon from a prospector. Both boys
have been arrested several times late
ly and have confessed to committing
number OF robberies in this yicin-
ity. They readily confessed to the
taking of the rife and food of the
prospector. and the court decided
that six months sentence in th1
county Jail would teach the youns
culprits lesson.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22
NATURALLY CURIOUS.

He-But why did YOU lead me on
ia propose If you had no intention Of
accepting me?
She-Oh. Clara told me how funny
YOU looked when you proposed to her
and wanted to see Tor myself. Chi
cage News,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22

that the Congressional Record is
fiction publication in the world
that delivered put are
in But with the Honorable
Williams heai
of the get his
thought fore
is outo Of
beginning to wonder
months
theyd ones. f. Chronicle
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22

Certificates OF location at this
office
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22

\ farmer who took much pride IN
the looks of his fattening pigs once
purchased pair from neighbor.
Upon delivery at the age of s weeks
they seemed to him rather small.
Eyeing them obviously. he remark
I'd. dryly. Guess had better keer
the cat shut up Tor few days. :"
Youths Companion.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22
VAIN REGRET.

But, Tommy" said his mother,
you asked for two cakes and gave
them to you. Aren't you satisfied?
mo, l amt" growled Tommy,
you was SO easy I'm kickin' myself
now cause / didn't ask fur four. -
Philadelphia Press.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
OUR CONGREssMAN'S GOOD WORK.

The Bartlett and feoF
TO be bringing successful issue
n Bartlett chairman
in The House and as such was epo
of the bill 1t long Deen th9
States to have representation
while under the direction OF the sec
Yg4ry OF a in he right direction
champion in Mr. Bartlett
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-22
PUZZLE: WHAT STYLE

Has she adopted new fad? She
carries her head tilted TO one side
now"
That's no tad It's a habit she
has fallen into in consequence 81
having TO go through SO many marrow
doorways with that new spring hat
of hers. Chicago Tribune
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-07-07

II every voter in South Carolina
will read carefully the opening speech
of Hon. Cole l.. Rlcasc in his cam
pal"n f"r governor il will not only
be beneficial to the political inter
rStS Of MIR. RlcaSc, but the voter will
fmd much in it to cnlightcn and ell
terrain hnm. 1t is an able speech,
containing valuable information. ter
Scly stated. and best of all il is flat.
footed ON every issue of the day.
Even Mr. hl"aSc'S political cncmirS
admit that his plat form is Il strong
one. and admire his courage in taking
definite positions. without amy fence
Slralllnu.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-07-07

Some OF the newspapers that start
cd out making a joke Of The cand-
dacy Of Senator BleaSc for governor
are seeing that their little plan would
not work. His platform contains SO
many strong planks, his speeches are
$" well delivered. his cXproSurcs
the cXtravaGanccS Of the Anstl adj
mniStratlUn are so well stated. that
HE p""plr ar" >hnwin" cridcmcr; that
they ar" thinking For themselves.
Therefore, these once ",iokin" news
papers are beginning to sling mud al,
hr. HlraSc. They forget that they
have bccn declaring for clean cam
palen.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-07-07
THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY,
Conference Perpendicular of a
Baby-Pcrsonal and Other
Happenings

Prosperity. July G.-~-Rv request Of
Pastor Wr>>inyrr the meeting ct the
Sunday school convention has been
changed from The ~ and - OF .mly
/" Jnlv 3Ist, and Aug. lSt. Sunday
schools viii please take notice.
Miss Hart l[ohn. Paul FrllrrS and
r.. j. Myers, Of Columbia. came UP
for the 4th and spent the time with
Mr. a. II. Kohn.
Misses Lizzie ad Ruth McCracken
are visiting Nellie Kohn and Mary
Lizzie Wise
JAS. d. Luther, Of Columbia, came
up on the 4th to he with the home
folks for couple d...s
Mr.. Y. ID. and Mrs Copeland, Of
Clinton. were in town last week ut
the home OF Mrs. Copeland 5 parents
Mesdamcs Maggie Frllcrs and G.
+. Hunter and children have gone on
visit 10 relatives at Westminster, S.
{.
Ihc cue given on the .tth, was well
attended. Dinner was over before
the rains came.
Miss Eula Ray Sli2h. Of st. Paul s.
iS visiting Miss Many willis.
Don't forget that the NrwbcrrN
Conference $. S. has been postponed
for one week, to July 3l-Ang. lSt
Program in last week 5, Tuesday :. is
sue Of Herald and News.
We learn that Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man WcriS have been bcrcavcd by
the loss Of their little baby. II wa,
laid 10 rest on Sunday. Our svmpath,
goes oul to them in their loss.
Mrs. Roinrst, Of ST.. Paul 5. is visit
ing Prof. e. O. Counts.
Miss Myrtle Dennis, Of Ncwbcrry
spent few days with Mrs. C. NJ
Harmon
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-07-07

The daily newspapers are publish
ing such Scant reports of the scna-
torial and State campaign meetings
that il makes it almost absolutely
necessary for YOU TO attend these
meetings, that ynu may see the can
didaics, Gel their views on public
questions, and there determine for
whom YOU should cast Your ballot.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-07-07

Two things ought to attract large
crowd to the campaign meeting here
on The 18th. The meeting will be
held in the new courthouse, and one
"f Ncwbcrry's distinguished citizens,
Colonel George Johnstonc, will ad-
dress his fellow citizens
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-07-07
Tuesday, July 7, 1908.

Ncwbcrry college and all the
friends Of Ncwbcrry college and all
the people of Ncwbcry hope that Dr..
Schcrcr will see his way clear to re-
main with Ncwbcrry college, notwith-
standing the offer which he has re-
ccivcd Of the presidency Of Throop
institute.