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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-11
MRS. KERN IS SORRY.

Indianapolis, Ind, July I0--
 , Mrs. John W. Kern. wife of the
 Democratic nominee for Vice
 President, was notified by the, Associated Press of the nomina-
 ton of her husband at Denver. } She was at her home. 1886 North Pennsylvania Street. with her children. T had hoped" said she. you ,, would give me the good news that MT. Kern had not been nominated. I. appreciate the honor conferred. upon Mir. Kern.
 , but cannot understand what conditions at Denver have aris-
 en that caused him to accept the nomination. MT. Kern has. injured his
 health in past campaigns by his activities. and as he means vastly more to me than to any
 political honors, am sincerely
 sorry, although I suppose
 ! should not say sd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-11
WEATHER FORECAST.

washlngtOn, July 10.-FoP AIabanaas Fair and warmer Saturday and Sun- dayy Iish3 variable winds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-11

(Continued on Page Five,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
OLD CLOTHES IN AFRICA.
The Natives Often Make Dreadful
Mistakes With European Attire.

The ''or clo' man" l.; Il familiar figure
in American streets and one by no
means without picturesqueness, but no
American dealer in old clothes has es-
tablished business of such extent of
Interest as that of John Hyman of Lon
don, whose specially Is to purchase
SNOWY costumes and discarded military
and official uniforms for disposal in the
orient and Africa.
Even the retiring lord mayors of Lon
don have become almost by official ira
dtion his customers, and the cooked
hat, gold laced coat and knee breeches
Mt which during one season London has
gaZed with awe in the famous pageant
Of the lord mayors procession are
likely the next season to delight the
eyes of darkest Africa upon the proud
person of darkest African.
II have visited most of the great
oriental bazars and watched our goods
being purchased" says Mr.. Lyman. Il
have seen blacks soiemnly walking
around with waistcoats buttoned be-
hind instead of before and even men
wearing ladies' costumes. | have seen
enormously big fellows in clothes so
small | could Tot imagine for the life
of me how they got into them or how
they could get out again unless the
stitching gave way"
The Prince de Joinville when off the
Gabun coast once received on his ship
an official visit from two chiefs. father
and son, who must, one would think,
have been Mr.. Hymans customers.
They were known as Big Denis and
Little Denis, and each owned for cere-
monial occasions military uniform.
That of Big Denis was a French gen
erals, which his wives managed to get
him into. That of Little Denis was Il
hussar's and its intricate cut, numer-
Gus buttons, straps and buckles and
painfully small size proved quite too
much for him. He sent the prince Il
despairing message begging help, and
a relief party of delighted midshipmen
was sent to dress him and bring him
aboard.
AAiN! 'AiiiiAiNi Nliuhu' bulf VIII
the mischievousness of their kind, they
so tightened every fastening of his
overnight attire that the poor youth
was nearly bursting with combined
pride and suffocation when he arrived,
and it was evident he could never be
got out Of his unwonted finery by any
method less drastic than cutting him
out.
Still, no manner Of wearing com
plete costume ever equals in comic eff
feet some of the savages' combinations
of unrelated items. One venerable Af-
rican chieftain received his European
guests with an antiquated evening
shoulder cape of pink flowered satin
and spangles worn about his waist as
an apron, while his white wool was
martially crowned by a military he'll
met.
Still another conducted important
negotiations with an exploring party
clad simply and impressively in q
lady's large Gainsborough hat, a pair
of cavalry boots and a necklace of
glistening tin ornaments used to dec
crate Christmas trees.-Youth's Com
panion
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Church Work.

The national board OF church ex-
tension of the Christian church is try
ing to raise $1,0OO,OO0 by the end Of
next year.
The new buildings Of the Wesleyan
East End mission, In London, cover
one and three-fourths acres and are
the result of twenty-three years work
The first payment has been made on
the three and one-half acre tract of
land In Baltimore which is to be the
site for the Episcopal cathedral in that
city.
The summer vacation work of the
Episcopal City mission in Boston costs
about $1,000. being devoted wholly
to the care OF women and children who
neeI fresh air
There are about 1000 churches in the
missionary territory over which Rev.
G.. \. Wooddy acts as superintendent,
he being an agent of the Baptists in
Montana. Idaho, Washington, Califor-
mia. Oregon ard Nevada.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Facts From France.

The Paris Gaulois says that Tafts
nomination. is due to Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth
In the little town Of Venauson, in
France. Il man named Gulgo has been
elected mayor, his brother clerk and
his six sons municipal councillors.
Although France has had compul-
sorry education for about twenty-five
years. the percentage of illiterates
reaches the high figure of forty per
1000 men and sixty per 1000 women.
The former residence of the Cath
Ollie bishop at Marseilles, France. is
now used as police station. while his
chapel is used for an assembly room
for the officials. this being one Of the
odd turns brought about through the
expulsion of the church from France.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Current Comment.

The most dangerous of the revenue
cutters is the tax dodger. - Atlanta
Journal.
Eight men who were Tilted by q
Chicago girl have formed club. Graf
itude has strange ways of manifesting
itself Buffalo Express.
I'VE are not" says DR.. Wiley of the
department of agriculture, "a nation
of rascals.' We are glad DR.. Wiley
has confirmed supposition that we
have entertained for a long time
Reading Herald.
Some one has invented a clock that
will run year with one winding
Now invent something else that will
remind the owner once year that it
is time to wind the clock. - Boston
Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Soldiers In Battle,

Those who have taken part in a bait
tie have confessed that were it not for
the shouting and the noise they would
lose their nerves and run away. There
is always an interval Of cowardice in
the soldier, but it is quickly overcome,
and he fights grimly, unmindful Of i'm
pending death. Bands were, Of course,
invented to raise the spirits of SOL
diers. Martial music, whether from
the drum or the bugle, has done a
great deal in saving campaigns. No
body can fight in cold blooded man.
ner, and in the excitement Of gen.
eral engagement the most nervous Of
fighters recover wonderfully.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
They Own the Soft Impeaohment.

In an address to the Canadian club
in Montreal, Mr.. James Bryce said:
81 do not think it would be advisable
for me to say much, for / have the
good fortune to be Scotchman my
self. won't pursue the theme of
what contributions Scotchmen should
be able to make to Canada's litera-
ture and science, for the very simple
reason which was given by a friend
of mine, who said, I never argue with
Scotchmen that they are great ma
tion-they admit it,"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
A MANS HAT.
Why Is It Always Regarded as Fit
Subject For Jokes?

Il wonder why it is, says a young
gentleman who spends most of his lei
sure time studying human nature at a
populous street corner, that a mans
hat is always regarded as fit subject
for jokes? Anything that happens to
his shoes is Il serious matter, and, al
though his vest, especially if it is out
of the usual in design or color, is
sometimes made the subject of pointed
remarks, disaster to any other garment
is regarded as a matter of sympathy.
But if he goes to church and puts
down his hat at the end of his pew,
where somebody kicks dent in it
and knocks it five feet down the aisle,
or if he places it carefully beside him
in lecture room or theater and a
preoccupied young woman comes in
and sits down on it people laugh with
out seeming to feel the slightest SYM
pathy for him or his sky piece.
"a man chasing his hat through the
street on a windy day will always at
tract grinning, unsympathetic crowd
ready to lay bets on the distance the
hat will travel before he catches up
or on the amount of damage it will
sustain before it is finally recovered,
and so irritated does the owner be-
come when he finds his vicious dabs
and grabs at it greeted with ironical
applause that he generally forgets to
thank the man who stops it by stamp
ing on it and hands it back. 1 be-
lieve Joe Miller perpetrated jokes about
chasing the hat, but the heavy felts
and cooked hats of Miller's time did
not lend themselves readily to joking
purposes, for when those old fashioned
headpieces were blown off they drop
ped to the ground and stayed there.
A panama, stovepipe or even a derby
may run and fly by turns from Broad
way to the postoffice and attract as
much attention as a runaway team
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Plays and Players.

'The Alaskan" is to be revived next
season, opening in Chicago.
1t is said that an American company
is playing Uncle Toms Cabin" in
Japan.
Rose Stahl has played Patricia
O'Brien in "The Chorus Lady" nearly
700 times.
During her Australian tour Margaret
Anglin will produce a new play by
Percy Mackaye called Mater"
W. II. Thompson is to appear in "Wa-
terloo," the playlet by Conan Doyle
which Henry Irving made famous.
Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske, who is
well known for her love Of animals, is
one Of the ardent supporters of anti
vivisection.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
BULLETIN
FOUNDERS WEEK, PHILADELPHIA.

From October 4 to 10 Philadelphia will celebrate the
225th Anniversary of the Citys founding by series of
remarkable events.
On Monday afternoon\ $4,000 soldiers, sailors and
marines will parade The Police and Fire Departments will
parade Tuesday afternoon depicting their development
from the early times Wednesday afternoon witness one
the greatest industrial parades seen in this country
EOver 100 floats will illustrate the evolution of the Ctys
industries great river pageant will be given Thursday
afternoon which 500 vessesincudng United States and
foreign warships will participate Fifteen thousand uni
formed Red Men with historical floats will parade in the
evening On Friday the first great historical pageant ever
given in America illustrating by 40 floats and 5000 cos
tuned characters the history of Philadelphia, will be the
grand climax Of the celebration The P. O. S. of A. will
parade in the evening. Saturday will be devoted to
athletics races, and Knights Templar parades.
The city wibe specially illuminated every night and
sicahistorca philadelphia will be given every
evening on Franklin Field.
~ Special tickets to Philadelphia will be sold October
to TO- good until October 12 at reduced rates;
minimum rate $1.O0 See Ticket Agents.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Cost of Courtesy.

The adage Courtesy costs nothing"
would if true offer sufficient reason to
insure its observance by practically
every member of the commercial COM
munity, 1t being fairly obvious to most
of US that courtesy is an excellent
lubricant for the machinery in busi-
ness. To be always courteous in busi-
ness, however, requires very consid..
cradle expenditure of mental effort,
which very few Of us are capable of
sustaining at all times.-Magazine Of
Commerce.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
The DEVILS Advocate.

In connection with the Roman Cath
olic ceremony of canonization there is
an official called "the devils advocate"
When the church is ready to proceed
with the steps preliminary to the can
onization, an able man is appointed to
assail the memory Of the candidate
and to bring against him all possible
charges, which the other side must
satisfactorily dispose of. This accuser
is known as the devils advocate"
and not until he is silenced by the dis
proof of his charges can the canoniza-
tion be accomplished.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
SHOOTING THE SUN.
Simplest Way Of Locating a ships
Position at Sea.


The average Transatlantic. traveller
displays very little interest In the nav
lgation Of the vessel beyond watching
the ships officers, sextant In hand,
making observations, says writer in
Travel Magazine. Very few have any
idea of the process by means of which
the modern navigator is enabled to ac-
curately place the ships position at
a stated time on the chart. Out Of
sight Of land a ships geographical po-
sition is determined either by keeping
a careful record of the course steered
and the distance run, known as dead
reckoning, or by the combined use of
chronometer and sextant-that Is, by
observation of the heavenly bodies.
The operation of finding the latitude
and longitude of observation can be
performed In a number of ways, of
which the simplest and most conven.
lent is by measuring the altitude of the
sun above the horizon at noon. as is
indicated on the vernier of the sextant
and spoken of at sea as shooting the
sun" An arithmetical computation by
the aid of logarithms is thus quickly
made which shows exactly how far
the ship is north or south of the equa-
tor or, in other words. the latitude.
Finding the longitude, however, Is a
somewhat longer process. An observn-
tion is made either In the forenoon or
afternoon, the chronometer time of the
horizon contact of the suns image be-
ing noted. A calculation is then made
which gives the exact time at the spot
where the ship happens to be, and, as
the chronometer carried aboard shows
the exact time at Greenwich, the prime
meridian of longitude, the difference
between the two expresses in hours
and minutes easily convertible into
degrees and niles the distance east
or west of Greenwich.
Having thus, roughly speaking, found
the latitude and longitude, a dot placed
on the chart at the exact point where
the lines of latitude and longitude
cross denotes the ships position.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
A CHEMICAL FURY.
Fluorine Is Rabid Gas That Nothing
Can Resist,

Sd1 hSSlots
The fury of the chemical world is
the element fluorine, although, strange
ly enough, it exists peacefully in COM
pany with calcium in fiuorspar and
also in few other compounds.
Although this element was known
and named a good while ago, it long
resisted the efforts of chemists to iso-
late it-that is, prepare it in pure
state, unmiXed chemically with other
substances-for the instant the COM
pound containing it was torn apart
the free fluorlne attacked and combined
with whatever substance composed the
vessel containing it. 1t was finally
isolated by the great French chemist
Moissan.
Fluorine is rabid gas that nothing
can resist 1t combines with all met
ais, explosively with some, or if they
are already combined with some other
nonmetallic element it mercilessly
tears them away from it and takes
them to itself.
In uniting with sodium, potassium,
calcium, magnesium and aluminium
the metals become heated, even to red
ness, by the fervOr of its embrace.
Iron filings slightly warm burst into
brilliant scintillaticns when exposed to
1t. Manganese does the same Even
the noble metals which at melting
heat proudly resist the fascinations of
oxygen, succumb to this chemical siren
at moderate temperatures.
Glass is devoured at once and water
ceases to be water by contact with this
gas, which, combined with its hydro
gen, at the same moment forms the
acrid, glass dissolving hydrofuoric acid
and liberates ozone.
Even hydrohuorlc acid eats into and
destroys every known substance eX-
cept platinum and lead.-EXchange
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Smoothing Il Over.

Irate Individual-I'm going to square
matters with you right now! You've
been telling it around that lie!
The Other Man-Nothing of the sort.
All have said about you is that you
are habitually unveracious.
Irate Individual Calming down)-Oh,
I don't mind that, If that's all. I ac-
knowledge 1 do get that way once In
awhile. But how can fellow help 1t
when everybody insists on treating
him ?-Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Rismarek,s Love of Nature.

Speaking of the country and the
long walks he took daily, Bismarck
said he loved nature, but the amount
Of life he saw awed him, and it took
great deal Of faith to believe that
an "all seeing eye" could notice every
living atom when one realized what it
meant. "Have you ever sat on the
grass and examined 1t closely? There
lie enough life in one square yard to
appall you," he said.-Lady Randolph
Churchill.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Glaciers,

1t has been demonstrated that the
glacier does not move in one block,
but flows, accommodating itself to the
channel in which it moves. Professor
Tyndall planted a row Of sticks in a
straight line across a glacier, and after
n few days the line had become
crescent, with the concavity upward,
showing that the middle Of the glacier
moved faster than the sides, just as in
a river the stream is stronger in the
center.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23

Some people only believe half of
what rhey hear, and then invariably
select The wrong half-New York Tel
egram.
Some men are so optimistic that they
expect to get into heaven on their
wives church record. Washington
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Not Really Necessary.

Weeping Relative-Oh, my dear. the
doctor says he doesn't expect you to
live much longer! Stubborn Invalid
Yes, but won't you please pause and
think of how long have lived already
without any expectations on his part?
Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
A Scrap of History.

General Washington, the soldiers
Of the Continental army are men OF
iron," exclaimed the Marquis de La
fayette In admiration.
"And as a consequence" remarked
the great commander with a sly twin
kle, "they are hard at work pressing
the coats."-Woman's Home Com
panion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Her Mild Ambition.

"You expect your boy to become a
good manY
The mothers face fell.
"He is not brilliant child" she
made answer doubtfully. "No, 1 think
! shall have to be content if he attains
only a moderate success-becomes a
very rich man, say, or something like
that."-Puck.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
A Scratch,

"How does Mrs. Sleigh get on in the
clubT"
"Oh, she always comes up to the
scratch
"Of course she does-the catr'-Kan-
sas City Newsbook.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Poor Eood

Fond Mother-To be quite frank. doc
tor, the poor girl has been eating her
heart out. Brusque Old Physician-Ha!
When will young people learn to eat
prudently? (He leaves four kinds of
medicine. PUCK
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
At the Barn Party.

'eThese country dances are enjoyable
. after all, aren't theyT
II tell you, the old fashioned. dances
are the reel thing."-Ba1timcre 4mer@
ican.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
Proud,

80 you enjoy seeing your boy play
football"
II should say do" answered Farm,
er Corntossel. "It makes me right
proud to see him out there an realize,
that he is the young feller I was oncel
able to whip."-Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
A DMINISTR ATOR'S NOTICE.

Estate of Wilder M. Boyle, late Of
Wius.ow Township.
Notice is hereby given that letters of
jefferson county, Pa. have been granted to
the undersigned, to whom all persons in
debted to said estate are requested to make
payment, and those having claims or de-
mands will make known the same without
delay. L. II. BOYLE,
Administrator
Reynoldsville, Pa, Aug. 80, I0S.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23

Actions are the raiment of the man,
-Herodotus.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23
FIippant filings.

Fit is not sinful to dance, there is no
particular reason why anybody should.
Nashville American.
Alfred Austin has written a poem
about Mozart, but as Mozart is not
likely to hear of it there may be no
trouble over the Washington
Post.
1t does seem unreasonable to expect
a man to 60 through summer without
friends for the small salary paid q
baseball umpire. Pittsburg Gazette
Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23

Honor the tree TINT gives you shelte,
Danish.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-23

We challenge anyone to produce
case OF Eczema or other skin dis
case that
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1908-09-22
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berrI6enben Se5iebungen.
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slmcrifaniid,c SeeBciben.

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