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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
Society Reporter at the Fire.

The regular reporter was taking a
vacation and the editor was busy in
the Office, so when it was learned that
on the previous evening there had
been a fire in remote part of the
city the young woman who writes the
society news was sent to bring in a
report of it for the paper. She came
into the Office an hour later with the
following interesting account
Quite number of people in this
part of the city attended a fire last
night at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Blank, in Thirteenth street.
Some went in carriages and buggies,
but a majority walked. The alarm
was sounded about $50, and many
who attended the fire had just re-
turned from church, consequently
they were already dressed for the oc-
casion.
Mr.. Blank was not at home, being
out of the city on business, hence the
affair will be quite surprise to him
when he returns. Mrs. Blank wore a
light percale kimono and had her
hair done up in kid curriers'.
"The firemen responded readily
and worked heroically to subdue the
seething flames. Most of them were
young and fairly good looking. They
were dressed in oilcloth coats cut
short, with trousers to match. Their
hat rims were narrow in front and
broad behind, and sagged down in
the rear. The chiefs hat was orna-
mented with an octagonal brass spike
which stuck up above his head like a
horn, giving him the appearance of
a unicorn.
When the flames broke out
through the second story and cast a
lurid hue over the surrounding build
ings the view was one never to be
forgotten. At late hour the sight
seers went home, and all felt that
they had passed an evening full of in
terest and excitement" - Nebraska
(Kan.) Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
The Philosophy of Tipping.

Is restaurant tipping necessary
and incurable evil, and does It per-
haps result in benefits to the patron
that he does not appreciate? Such
would seem to be the conclusion to
be drawn from an exceedingly enter
tanning article in the current Har-
per's Weekly, written from the stand
point OF the waiter. Suppose every
waiter" says this apologist, "got a
regular salary with no chance for ex-
tras. Do you suppose he'd be jump
ing hurdles for a lot of fussy people,
all kicking about better things than
they get at home? Do you think
he'd present the glad smile to those
he'd like to choke, break his neck
making everybody comfortable, and
then listen to their hard-luck stories
or more painful jokes? No, sir; he'd
serve the stuff just as he got 1t from
the kitchen. He wouldn't go back
and fight for tidbits and extra-hot
food. He'd be in no hurry to serve
any one and pile up work for himself.
The customer would wait because the
waiter wouldn't; and probably he'd
never come back, and that's where
the owner would lose. 'rhe stupid
waiter starves. Do you know that in
order to hold good walters the cheap
hash-slinging joints have to pay
higher wages than the swell restau-
rants? There's not the opportunity
for tips in the cheap places, and the
waiter must follow opportunity like
a bird of prey. He simply has to be
clever enough to get tips, and he has
no social standing to make him BASH
full. There are two methods; one is
to get them spontaneously, the other
to force them out. Most people tip
only because they're ashamed not
to-"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
Our oxerheatsd Housss.

That "colds" are due to catching
heat" Is another one of the curious
paradoxes due to the modern inves.
legations of disease, and by colds
is meant all the acute inflammations
of the respiratory tract, including
pneumonia. Eskimos never have
pneumonia at home, but they aearly
all die of 1t when they come to New
York. This disease is now the most
fatal one in the heat of Panama.
Peary states that none of his party
suffered from coughs and colds in
the Arctic, but after their return they
have all had such diseases. Tropical
colds" are the persistent forms of
bronchitis and so hard to "throw off,
or cure. 1t Is well to inquire, now
that the benefits of cold air are be-
ing recognized, whether our winter
colds are not really due to the un-
wholesome heat of our houses, which
are hotter in winter than in sum-
mer. If so, we do not "catch cold"
when we leave the house, but "catch
heat" when we enter it. Every
new fact seems to point 10 the neces-
sity of reform in our methods of
overheating our houses.-From Amer.
lean Medicine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
Savings Banks Insurance.

The Massachusetts, Legislature last
year authorized savings banks un-
der proper restrictions to enter the
life insurance business, and the first
bank to take advantage of the law
Is that of which Ex-Governor Douglas
Is President. The legislation was
urged both by organized labor and
by the representatives of capital, and
much is expected of the new idea
At time when various banking and
Insurance reforms are under discus
sion, it is interesting to note what
the Massachusetts law provides.
The act permits banks to establish
Insurance departments for the bene-
at of depositors, to issue policies for
not more than $780, and to make an.
nuity contracts not to exceed 5000
There are to be no agents nor col
lectors, and any profits to be divided
among annuitants and policyholders
The banks undertaking this line of bus
ines3, furnish proper guarantees, and
the State assumes general supervi
sion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
BRAIN POWER
Increased by Proper Feeding.

A lady writer who not only has
done good literary work, but reared
family, found in Grape-Nuts the
ideal food for brain work and to de-
velop healthy children. She writes:-
II am an enthusiastic proclaimer
Of Grape-Nuts as a regular diet.
formerly had no appetite in the morn
ing and for 8 years while nursing
my four children, had insufficient
nourishment for them.
"Uuable to eat breakfast l felt
faint later, and would go to the pan
try All eat cold chops, sausage,
cookies, doughnuts or anything hap
pened to find. Being a writer, at
times my head felt heavy and my
brain asleep.
when l read of Grape-Nuts I
began eating 1t every morning, also
gave 1t to the children, including my
10 months old baby, who soon grew
as fat as little pig, good natured
and contented.
within week I had plenty Of
breast milk, and felt stronger within
two weeks. wrote evenings and
feeling the need Of sustained brain
power, began eating a small saucer
Of Grape-Nuts with milk instead Of
my usual indigestible hot pudding,
pie. or cake for dessert at night.
"Grape-Nuts did wonders for me
and learned to like 1t. l did not
mind my housework or mothers
cares, for / felt strong and full Of
60. l grew plump. nerves strong,
and when wrote my brain was
active and clear; indeed. the dull
head pain never returned"
s'There's Reason"
Name given BY Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road 70
Wellville," In pkgs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
The Centenary of Anthracite.

The City of Wilkesbarre recently
celebrated the centenary of anthra-
cite. So common an article of COM
merce has this coal become that one
seldom stops to think that so far as
records go none of 1t was burned un-
til quarter of century after the
Revolutionary War. The saint of
the Wilkesbarre holiday was Judge
Jesse Fell, a Wyoming valley pio-
neer who exactly year and a day
before the birth of Abraham Lincoln
showed his astonished fellow towns
men how "stone coal'' could be
burned in an open crate. The old
CRATE where this important modern
miracle was performed is still intact
and Is an object of devoted pilgrim
age by the people of surrounding
towns.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
Duchess of Sutherland's Cipples
Trenthanl Hall, For Generations Show Place Eng
land to Be Turned Into Factory For Unfortunates


"Lothair" will remember his descrip-
tion of Brentham, that splendid Eng
lish place, IAN Italian palace of free
stone, vast, ornate and in scrupulous
condition" Brentham is really
Trentham Hall, one of the seats of
the Duke and Duchess of Suther-
land. 1t Is beautiful estate, but
that is of no great significance, for
there are many beautiful estates in
England. What is of significance,
however, is that this home of titled
men and women is to be turned into
workshop for the unfortunate of
the earth-for those who are handi.
capped by some deformity.
The Duchess of Sutherland Is at
the bottom of the movement that has
brought this about She is very
democratic for a peeress, though not
so pronounced a socialist as her half
sister, the Countess of Warwick. So
democratic is she, however, that she
took her sons away from the fash
ionable institution of learning where
they were and sent them to a parish
school with the sons of the farmers.
1t was a socialist, Miss Margaret
Macmillan, who first turned the at
tention of the Duchess of Sutherland
to the need of practical work among
the "Potteries''-the "Potteries"
being that part of England comprised
in the counties of Staffordshire and
Worcestershire where the interests
of the Sutherlands lie. AS the name
Implies, poetry making is one Of the
chief industries there. The duchess
attended one of Miss MacMillan's lee
lures, and afterward, without reveal
ing her identity, she had long talk
with the lecturer-with whom she
formed friendship that has en-
dured ever since. Soon after that
talk large party of crippled chill
dren were invited by the duchess to
Trentham Hall. Then and there a
guild was formed. The first venture
was in artificial flower making, after
the methods of France A teacher
was secured from France, and this
teacher visited the homes of the
crippled children and instructed
them. Then a room was hired, and
the work began really to grow. In
two years the industry was so big
that building was leased in the
town of Hanley and other handi-
crafts were taken up. At the Provi-
dence Works, in Wilson street, Han
ley, to-day, there are cripples of both
sexes who are skilled as enamellers,
jewellers, printers, bookbinders, die
stampers and metal workers-about
three hundred workers, paid at union
rates and making, the fast workers,
quite as much as il they were able
bodied men and women in the thick
of the outside world.
But the guild, at first supported
and managed by the duchess almost
without assistance from any one else,
grew beyond her. There was a staff
of instructors and a business staff,
but the duchess, as president, had to
look after the business personally.
The demand for the goods manufac-
tured by the cripples increased, and
the founder of the guild, who hither-
to had navigated only in social
waters, found herself adrift on the
great deep of the trade world. With
out the training of business woman
she found herself in charge of an
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04


were exhausting. She was on the
verge of despair, when a friend came
to her assistance well-known edi-
tor. This man visited the workshop,
went into the fullest details-and he
decided and told the duchess that the
only way out of the difficulty was to
make the guild regular business
concern.
1t was done. The name was
changed from the Potters' Guild of
Handicrafts to the Duchess of Suth-
erland's Cripples' Guild, Limited. The
shareholders have agreed to apply
their profits to the training school
and the charitable work of the guild.
Within few minutes the capital of
the company was subscribed. The
duchess was chosen chairman.
But more workrooms and better
workrooms were needed, and so the
Duke of Sutherland came forward
with his splendid offer He trans
ferred Trentham Han and the estates
surrounding it to the company, free
of rent. True, Trentham for several
years had been abandoned as a ducal
residence, because lhe River Trent,
which runs through the grounds, had
been so polluted by the factories on
It's banks. But though impossible
for residence now Trentham would
bring a great deal of money If sold
for manufacturing purposes. So the
dukes offer is none the less gen.
erous.
In the days when Trentham Hail
was used by the duke as a residence
the park and grounds were free to
the workers in the districts round
about. And beautiful grounds they
were and are. The garden front, 1t
is said, is almost unrivalled in Eng
land. Then there is the lake, almost
mile long, with wooded islands here
and there. On one side of the lake
rise the hills, on the other stretch
the green fields. The hall itself was
built from designs by Barry, and
cost s750,000 in the days when labor
and material cost less than half what
they do now. For generations
Trentham Hall has been one of the
show places of England. To have
1t transformed into factory for the
handicapped to work in is like So
cialist dream come true.
Trentham Hall is such an immense
pile of buildings that it will accom-
modate a small army, and several
thousands crippled workers can be
employed now, therefore, instead OF
bare three hundred as at Hanley
The workshops will be--as the
smaller ones were-equipped with
the best tools and machinery of the
highest grade. The cripples all work
the regulation hours at their trade
except for such time as Is devoted
to lecture and instruction. The ma.
terial is all supplied them. Some
work from patterns, but the more
gifted execute original designs. The
workers are like one big family, II
is said, though the working rules
and regulations are absolutely bust
nesslike. All the meals are supplied
the workers, in addition to their pay
by piece work, and abundant recrea.
ton, consisting of games, of reading
aloud by one of the staff, and of mu.
sic, is furnished them.-New York
Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
ECZEMA FOR FiFTy-FIVE YEARS.
Suffered TOrmcnts from Birth-In
Frightful COndition-GOt No Help
Until Cuticura Cured Him.

II had an itching, tormenting eczema
ever since l came into the world, and ! am
now man fifty Five years old. tried all
kinds of medicines heard of, but found no
relief. was truly in frightful condition.
At last ] broke out all over with red and
white boils, which kept growing until they
were as big as walnuts, causing great pain
and misery, but l kept from scratching as
well as / could. / was so run down that
l could hardly do my work. used Cuti-
cura Soap, Ointment, Resolvent, and Pills
for about eight months, and can truth
fully say am cured. Hale Dordwell, Tip.
ton, Ia, AUG. II, 1907"
81 cheerfully endorse the above testi-
monial. IT is the truth. / know Mr.. Bord-
well and know the condition he was in.
Nelson Il. Burnett, Upton, Ia"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
WarbIers and CaterpiIIars.

The enormous number Of insects
that breeding warblers must secure
to feed their young may be inferred
from the fact that each young bird
requires fully half its own weight of
insects each day. AS the young are
fed very largely on caterpillars, and
as they are reared at time when
these insects are most plentiful, there
is no doubt regarding the restraining
influence exerted upon the increase of
such insect life throughout the North
Temperate zone by family of birds
so abundant and widely distributed
as the warblers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
Macaroni Wheat.

Salzer's strain of Macaron or Kubanka
wheat is absolutely pure and is from seed
obtained from the Department of Agri-
culture. Our strain is Dakota grown
which laughs at droughts and elements
and positively mocks black rust that ter.
rible scorch and would be ashamed Of
itself if it did not return from 40 to so bu.
of the finest wheat the sun shines on per
acre in good H., Ia. Mich, Wis, Ohio,
Penn, Mo-. .Neb., Kan, and other lands,
and 40 to 90 bu. per acre in arid lands. No
rust, no insects, no failure.
JUST SEND l0c AND THIS NOTICE
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis.,, and they will send you the
most original seed book published, to-
gether with free samples Of farm seeds
such as Macaroni Wheat, Billion Dollar
Grass, Victoria Rape, Sainfoin, the dry
soil luxuriator, Bromus Inermis, the des-
ert grassifier, Emperor William Oats, moro
original than the Emperor himself, etc.,
etc, etc.
And if you send lac they will mail in
addition package Of farm seed never be-
fore seen by you. John A. Salzer Seed Co..
La Crosse, Wis. A. G. l..
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
The Trouble With Carr.

Il rather like your friend" Mrs.
Page said, graciously. after Carr had
gone home. He is good looking and
agreeable, but you can't call him a
brilliant conversationalist. The Law
ton girls talked all around him."
unfortunately" replied Mr.. Page,
Carr cannot talk on a subject unless
he knows something about it,
Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
Public Speaking.

Eloquence is the child Of knowl-
edge. When mind is full, like a
wholesome river, 1t is also clear.
Confusion and obscurity are much
oftener the results of ignorance than
of inefficiency. Few are the men
who cannot express their meaning
when the occasion demands the
energy; as the lowest will defend
their lives With acuteness, and
sometimes even With eloquence.-
Lord Beaconsfield.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
Nornans and Saxons.

Norman" is the contraction OF
"Northman," applied first-to the peo-
pie of Scandinavia in general and
later specially to the people of Nor
way. The Normans were of the same
blood with the Saxons, whose island
they invaded under the Conqueror.
English, Nowegians, Swedes, Danes,
Dutch and Germans all belong to the
"Germanic' or "Teutonic" Lranch of
the human race.-New York Ameri-
can.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
Army of Postmasters,

Uncle Sans biggest army Is the
fourth-class postmasters, who number
more than seventy thousand, exceed
ing by twelve thousand the officers
and men of the regular army of the
United States. The extension of
the rural free delivery has occasion
ed the discontinuance of nearly 1000
fourth-class post offices during the
last year, and the new offices created
do not Offset the losses.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
STATE OF ONO, Cry OF TOLEDO, G,

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is
senior partner OF the firm of +. }. CHENEY Il
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay thesum of ONE HUNDRED Doll
that cannot be cured by the use of HALLE g
CATARRH CURE. FRANK }. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. d.,
1855. A. w. GLEASON,
sEAL. Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. 4. j. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, y.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
Tests for Neath,

A Harvard professor is the author
of a bill now pending in the Massa-
shusetts Legislature, providing for
ten tests to be applied to every sup
posed dead person before burial
certificate is issued. 1t is probably
based on the theory that man has
as many lives as cat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
Movement Of a Carriage Wheel.

MoVemeht OF CdrrIage wheel.
The top of a carriage wheel In
passing along the road moves more
quickly through the atmosphere than
the bottom. This sounds foolish,
but 1t is absolutely sound. It is due
to the movable axis, or axle. The
top of the wheel has forward motion
plus forward revolution. The bot
tom of the wheel has the same for
ward motion minus backward revolu-
tion.-London Saturday Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
Reduced Colonist Rates.

One-way tickets at special low
rates on sale daily throughout March
and April, from all points on the
North Western Line to San Francisco
Los Angeles, Portland and Puget
Sound points.
Daily and Personally conducted
tours in tourist sleeping cars via the
Chicago, Union Pacific & North
Western Line. Double berth only
$780, through from Chicago. For
full particulars write S. A. Hutchison
Manager Tourist Dept, 212 Clark
St, Chicago, ILL.,, or address nearest
ticket agent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04

A beautiful Celtic cross, 20 feet high
high, has been erected at Rangihoua,
Bay of Island, where 93 years ago
Samuel Marsden, the Apostle of New
Zealand" landed to hold the first
Christian service in that section.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04

According to an English labor pa
per more steel was used during the
past ten years in the manufacture
Of pens than in all the sword and
gun factories of the world.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
Sneaker Is Ieft.Handed.

Most of the cartoonists picture
Speaker Cannon as swinging his gavel
with his right hand, when as matter
OF fact the speaker is left-handed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
American Trees for China.

A Chinese alumnus of the Univers-
ity of California has been made d.
rector of an agricultural station
maintained by China at Mukden. He
Is arranging to introduce American
trees and shrubs into China.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
What Causes Headache.

From October to May, Colds are the most
frequent cause Of Headache, Laxative
Bromo Quinine removes cause E. w.
Grove on box. CSC,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04

Digestive difficulties? Headache? Sallow
complexion? The remedy is simple, Gar
field Tea, the Herb laxative. Write for
samples. Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04

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 q woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
and restores the feminine organism
to a healthy, normal condition is
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04

Paper manufactured from the fiber
OF trees began to be a commercial
product in 1857, but did not assume
great Importance until 1890.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
His Watch.

1t is great relief to a man who
dreams that his watch is gone, to get
up and find 1t going.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04

Many Old People Suffer From
Bronchial Affections, particularly at
this time Of year. Browns Bronchial
Troches give immediate relief.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04
Marriage a Journey.

Marriage is journey-and many
time the brides father has to send
her money for ticket home
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04

Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure nny
Piles in to IA days or money refunded. SOC.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04

Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolfords
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails At druggists.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupf for Children
teething, softens thegums, ,reducesinfamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04

The master ringer of Lincoln Cath
edrel has in so years made record
Of $4,000 steps ascended, and hopes
to complete the million.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04

One pound of Sea Island cotton can
be spun into 4.770 miles of thread.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04

Only One "Bromo Quinine'
That il Laxative Bromo Quinine Look
for the signature of L. w. Grove. Used the
World over to Cure Cold in One Day. 25c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04

FITS, St. Vitus' Dance Nervous Diseasesper
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. II. r. Kline, Id. ,93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-04

In Cuba the State Telegraph Offices
have been combined with the Postal
Department.