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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-15
The Connoisseur.

Little Willie" Say, pa, what is a
connoisseur?"
Pa-"A connoisseur, my son, is an
eminent authority who admits that
anything you treat him to is the best
ever. Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-15
Knew Right Away.

Charlie Loveday Um-ah-er-
er-er! He! he"
Jeweler Ito his assistant) Bring
that tray of engagement rings here,
Henry. Spare Moments.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-15
Calves.
The annual report of the b,

The annual report of the bureau of
navigation shows that all records for
ship-building in the United States
were broken last year. The gross
tonnage built was 1,5SS,G27 tons of
which 304,739 tons were for the Great
Lakes
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-15
Innuendo.

"His contour" began one of the
politicians adherents.
"Do you mean his whirl around the
country" one of the opposition made
all possible haste to ask.-Washing-
ton Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-15
They Fell Out in 1t.

@Judith and l were swinging in the
hammock last night, when we fell
out"
"Out of the hammock"
"No, in the hammock. Chicago
News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-15

The New Marching Through Georgia.
Your tongues will feel like blotters, boys,
and closed saloons you'll spy,
And your anatomy will warp because it is
so dry,
Unless at druggists and at grocers you can
wink your eye,
While you go marching through Georgia.
New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-15
Accurate Figure.

VI tell yez, ne's smart feller. lie
knows thing or two"
That's about all he does know. -
Judge.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-15
Something Like That.

Stella-"Who is the temporary
chairman oi convention?"
Bella-"He Is the man who makes
the keyhole speech. New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-15
Spoiled 1t.

"The latest London play is called
The Thunderbolt.'
"By Jove!"
"No. by Pinero. ."-Clevelan Plain
Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-15
Placed.

Knicker-"Was he among those
who also spoke?"
Bocker-"No, he was among those
who said in part. New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-15
Correct. I.

Redd-"What is the first step In
automobiling?
Greene" Getting used to the
smell. Statesman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-15
Enough Said.

"Are you member of the Sunshine
Club?"
mo, sir. I sell umbrellas. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-15

DIR. L. L. MEANS,
DENTIST,
Office on second floor Of the First National
bank building Main street.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-15

DIR, r. DEVERE KING,
DENTIST,
ofilce on second floor OF the Syndicate build
Ing, Main street, keypoldsville. Pa.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17
HOW PETS SPREAD DISEASE.
Dogs and Cats Are Agents I'm the
transmission OF BaciI1i.

Dogs and Cats Are Agents I'm the
Transmission OF BaciIli.
1t may be said that the exaggerated
love of animals at times exceeds rea-
sonable limits and serious dangers may
result from this fact. NJ. 2. Remlinger,
director of the Pasteur institute in Con-
stantinOple, has recently demonstrated
that these animals may propagate many
diseases, says the Paris edition of the
New York Herald.
For the purpose of experiment he
soread bOuillon cultures of different
heterogeneous on the coats of dogs
and cats, from which he afterward cut
at regular intervals few tufts of hair
and sowed them upon appropriate nu-
tritive milieuX.
The results of these experiments,
analogous for the dog and the cat,
were as follows: On the seventh day
the bacillus of typhoid fever was found !;
on the twenty-fourth the bacillus Of
diphtheria, the virulence of which had
suffered no attenuation. AS for the
bacillus of anthrax, it's persistence was
underlined; it was found on the hair
after more than two months.
And it is not a question OF 1llusory
dangers. A child, an adult when enter
ing convalescence after an infectious
disease, an eruptive fever, may ask that
the dog or cat in the house should be
brought to amuse him. Caressed or
embraced by the patient, these animals
house In their coats on the mucous
membranes of their muzzle, the squam@
of scarlet fever, the scabs of small
box, the germs of measles, diphtheria,
whooping cough, typhoid fever, even OF
tuberculosis, which may be Inherited
by other people who caress them after
ward.
Daily observation teaches that at
long terms numerous infectious diseases
are transmissible by third persons who
remain healthy. With greater reason
one should suspect small animals whose
presence in the sick room constitutes
a real danger for the encourage OF the
patient, particularly when it is ques-
ton of an eruptive fever.
It is therefore advisable to banlsh
without pity dogs and cats far from
sick people until the habit OF em0rac-
ing them is lost.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17

nolds puts it: Josephine is the only
man about the house."
when Josie was a little GIRL" said
Mrs. Reynolds, "she met a schoolmate
one day and he told her that he was
making 5 cents an hour shingling the
roof for one of the local carpenters.
She asked him If his employer would
give her a position, and the little fell
low said that she might ask him, which
she did, with the result that the next
day she donned pair Of overalls, and
to my surprise, when passed the new
building, / saw her out on the roof
mailing shingles.
"Her work was so satisfactory that
her salary was raised to 10 cents an
hour, and every afternoon after school
she would don her working clothes and
go to her self-appointed task, seemingly
the happiest girl in the village.
"Our house being in need Of repairs,
and more as a joke than otherwise, l
offered her % cents an hour to put our
house and grounds in good shape.
ITO my surprise, within two weeks
Josie had papered several of our rooms,
had mended the flooring Of the porch,
the balustrades of the stairs and the
fence in front of our house with such
skill that 1 was convinced that my
daughter, who had always been more or
less of a TOmboy,' was in reality a
genius.
"Since that time we have had no
need for calling in carpenter, paper
hanger, electrician or plumber. Josie
has done it all, although she has never
had any instruction in any Of these
trades"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17
Gets Hint In whiting.

Here is an instance of showing that
obedience to the whiting conscience Is
still a cause of invention: III. s. Hop
per was driving through one of the
southern swamps some time ago when.
he cut down a reed, which he used for
a whip. 1t followed, of course, that he.
cut off a chip from the end Of the reed
and used it for toothpick.
He noticed that the chip was hare
and durable and yet pliable and for the
purpose was much better than the
article commonly for sale. Acting on
the suggestion, he has designed an auto
matte machine which makes an excel
lent grade of toothpicks from the reeds
of the southern swamps. A factory has.
been built at Bowers Hill, Norfolk
county, Va, and the business inaugu-.
rated
A reed is cut into suitable lengths
and a set Of radial knives is made
to split the tubular reed into pieces the
size OF a toothpick. Before splitting
the ends Of the tubular sections of the
reed are reamed out by tapering ream-
ers, which remove the pith or soft in
terror so that the splitting forms tooth
picks with tapering ends Of hard,
tough material.-Sc Scientific American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17
Scattering Bottles.

The bottle containing a Christmas
message to his wife which a Grimsby
fisherman threw overheard $50 miles
from land, and which has just been
washed ashore in Lincolnshire, is
short distance compared with many Of
it's predecessors. Some years ago 4
bottle was thrown up by tae sea at
Shetland which had travelled all the
way from the Bermudas, nearly 5000
miles distant; another bottle, which
had been flung into the sea off Nam
tucket shoal, was recovered on the
coast Of Argyllsnire, 512 days later,
after a journey of 1851 knots; and
third bottle, thrown overheard from
the steamer Sutherland, drifted 1000
knots in 181 days, the average, daily
drift being 221 knots. Other bottles
have covered 1900 miles in % days,
1000 miles in TS days, and 100 miles
in 6 days, the quickest on record.
Probably the longest drift of all was
that Of a bottle recovered on March &C.
1898, after covering 400 knots In 16
months, while good proxime accessit
was a bottle thrown into the sea in
September, 1894, and recovered in May,
1897, after sailing $500 knots at an
average of Az knots a day.-Dundee
Advertiser.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17
A PECULIAR VERDICT.
An Occasion When Walt Whitman
Was Tried for Assault.

An Occasion When Walt Whitman
Was Tried for Assault.
One of the favorite resorts Of Walt
Whitman, the famous poet, in his
younger days was pond that formed
the boundary between his fathers
Long Island farm and that of family
named Carman. Young Ben Carman,
1t seemed, formed the mischievous
habit Of annoying Walt by throwing
stones toward the boat where he sat
angling, and soaring off the fish. Walt
endured this interference with his pas
time for some time in patience, until
one day he lured the youth within
reach of his fishing pole, when he ad-
ministered to him a sound castigation
and sent Ben home crying.
In. his usual asy-going fashion Walt
thought no more of the matter, but the
elder Carman, in rage, swore out
warrant for Whitman's arrest before
Justice Joel Harris, Of Huntington. In
those days Babylon was a land Of
rum and romance" and an event like
this important arrest aroused univer-
Sal interest. when the constable pro-
duced his prisoner before the magis-
trate all Babylon had flocked to the
court room. Gen. Richard Udall, after
ward member of Assembly from Suf-
folk, prosecuted the case, but Whitman
pleaded In his own defense. He did not
dispute the evidence offered by Gen.
Udall, but he told the jury the facts
In the case. He admitted that he had
trounced young Carman, but pleaded in
justification that Carman had inter
fered with his vested rights and made
himself a nuisance. This nuisance,
Whitman said, he had abated.
Then the jury, headed by John Ed
wards, stubborn Englishman, filed
out. They were out but few minutes
when they filed back again, and in re-
Spouse to his honOrs question said
they had agreed upon verdict, which
was, 1--WE find e did not 1T i'm ard
enough" That verdict the jury could
not be persuaded to alter by the mag
iStrate, and it stands to-day in the
case Of "The People against Whit
man." one Of the most celebrated YER
diets ever rendered in the merry old
South Side."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17

Testimony on educational matters is
found I'm strange places. The Bureau
OF Water Supply of Philadelphia, I'm its
dry routine of business, offers informa-
ton for educators to ponder and pat
riots to deplore. In letters received
during the month of July "hydrant"
was spelled in ninety-three wrong ways
-higherdereant, idron, halfdrant, hi
dent, high drain, hodran, idrand, n.y.
drine, hiderun, hyran, hidone, hydunt,
hyderen, hidran, highdun. There are
many -lOre, some of course showing the
phonetic influence of foreign languages,
and altogether so remarkable in varie-
~ as to prove not only the illiteracy of
the writer's, but their ingenuity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17

1t is one of the perversities of human
nature that everybody is "agin" some
thing. When the automobile was rare
and disobedient most of us were in
clined to throw stones at 1t. Since then
there has been time for a class of pro-
automobile outlaws to grow up, who
try to defeat the cunning hand Of the
law. The officers set traps for over
speeding cars, and the lawlesS lurk out
tide the traps to warn the drivers. Some
Of these warmers are secret agents of
automobile associations, paid to give
the warning, but others are merely
specimens of chronic opposition; they
take pleasure in beating anybody, even
q jealous town constable. Soon there
will arise another opposition of warn
ers to warn the conStables when the
warmers are warning the automobiles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17
THE FAMILY oPr1M1sT.

His Opinions Not Much Respected,
but Hc Is Well Thought OF.
''They may not think much Of my
opinions where 1 live" said the head of
a family, to a New York Sun writer,
''but think they think well Of me per-
sonally. They call ME the family op-
timist.
"rm the man that always thinks it's
going to clear off. The clouds may be
thick and heavy and black, with the
rain pouring down steadily and heav-
lily; to people Of gloomy turn OF mind
there may be every indication that it
will continue that way for three days
and nights at least, but always think
it's going to clear off, and while my
folks may not think much of me as
weather prophet 1 think they like me
for predicting fair weather.
"oAnd it's just the same about many
things besides the weather that come
up to bother us about the troubles and
difficulties and worries Of life, the vari-
Ous passing clouds that, it may be in
reality but most likely in fancy, hover
over us; always think it's going to
clear off. l look habitually, constantly
AMI all the time on the bright side I
think should cultivate the habit if 1
didn't have 1t, but am built that way
censtitutionally. Whatever clouds may
hover, 1 always predict clear weather.
"M'm-don't 1 ever worry, myself,
about anything? Mm-well, 1 do some
times find care squirting at me a little
around a corner, but if do just stare
it right out of countenance. 1 f1nd
that worry has bad effect on me. 1t
Gisturbs me and incapacitates me, and
so don't permit myself to worry! 1
habitually, persistently and all the time
look on the bright side and try to get
the folks to do the same.
when things come up to worry them
1 say, What's the use? It's bound to
come out all right And while they
laugh at me, good humOredly and call
me the family optimist and they don't
take much stock in my opinions, still
| think they are glad to have me
around, aud think am some help to
them"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17
PRETTY GIRL BUILDS COTTAGE.
Telephone Operator Spends Leisure
Hours In Making Summer Home.

Telephone Operator Spends Leisure
Hours In Making Summer Home.
Miss Josephine L. Reynolds, pretty
20-year-old brunette, who lives with her
widowed mother in Nantasket avenue,
Surfside, is to-day the talk of this little
town, and for the last few weeks the
cottagers and early summer boarders
have been pointing her out and describ-
Ing her as the "smartest woman on the
beach," says a Hull (Mass.) dispatch
In the Boston Post.
She does not care snap Of her deli
cate little fingers, however, for the no.
toriety that has been thrust upon her,
and goes about the streets here as
though unconscious of the stares Of the
public.
4 delicately reared girl, Miss Rey-
nolds has chosen for a pastime the
strenuous labors which, up to this time,
were supposed to have been without ex-
ception monopolized by men, those of
carpenter and builder.
Formerly postmistress at Surfside
and at present employed as telephone
operator at the Nantasket exchange, she
has found time during her spare hours
to build a summer annex to her moth
er's home, which will be ready for occu-
pancy within a week.
Miss Reynolds has never attended a
school for the study Of carpentry, nor
has she ever devoted any time to the
study of architecture, but there is not
one in town who will not say that the
serious. dark-haired maid cannot plan
or build a summer cottage with as
much skill as the most experienced
craftsman. At present the young lady
can be seen any afternoon at work on
the little cottage in the hear Of her
mothers home.
She started work on the building
about three weeks ago, and since she
dug the first post hole has had no as
sistance except that of her sister, Grace,
who saved her many steps up and
down the rickety ladder while she was
shingling the roof. After the main
building has been completed Miss Rey-
nolds intends to build a porch all
around the snug little house, after
which it will be rented to the first
conner for the season.
1t will contain three rooms, all of
which will be papered by the 'boss
carpenter" and the hardwood fooEsWill
be covered with mating. The whole
thing is the sole idea of Miss Reynolds.
and although she has expended quite a
sum for the purchase Of lumber and
other building material, she is looking
forward to the time when her ''little
cottage" as her mother calls it, will be
adding dollars to the family treasury
Her father, who was a carpenter,
died fifteen years ago, and as Mrs. Rey-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17

They wanted an original closing cpl
sode for the great melodrama. Ordi-
narily the bafied villain walks away
with the f1ippant sheer and the sheriff
meets him ut the left upper exit. But
this was. old and crude. So the play
wright set his wits to work with the
following result:
Just as the villain uttered his fare
well curse, the low-comedy servant
rushed forward and after shifting him.
over the head with suet pudding, vio-
lentIy pushed a custard pie in his face.
"Waste no sympthy on the wretch,
NV darling" the hero remarks to the.
rescued heroine, 'he has received only
his just deserts! !"
Quick curtain.-Cleveland Plain,
Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17

after the transfer Of control. He rose
to responsible positions In India until
he was called home as Secretary of the
judicial Department of the India office.
He was made one of the members OF
the Council of India in 1893, the body
which advises the Secretary for India
In the Cabinet, in his administration Of
the Indian Empire. All other men who
had been employed by the old company
had disappeared from the India office,
and for the last nine months Of his ten
ure Sir Philip was the sole surviving
servant of the old regime. Although
its political power ceased in 1853, the
East India Company itself did not 60
out of existence until 1874.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17

After q glance at the record OF
Fourth Of July accidents that has been
printed in the Journal OF the American
Medical Association one might draw
the conclusion that all the agitation
for the sane Fourth has given a fresh
impetus to the insane Fourth. Certain
1y there has been no such Improvement
as has been hoped for, and the reason
Is not far to seek. In States IN which
the abuse of the day is of long standing
no really serious attempt is made to
enforce the laws. There Is a great
storm of words preceding the Fourth,
the day comes and goes as usual, the
preaching begins again and people who
presume on the license Of the past pre-
pare to violate statutes and ordinances
as OF old. We may illustrate the way
our kind Of law enforcement works by
reference to the use of firearms. Fire
arms, it is said, caused 481 accidents,
including thirty killed and three cases
of lockjaw. All this shooting was con-
trary to law, and Of course there was
much more Of it that did not result in
personal injuries. Now, is it credible
that with an alert, active and ener-
getic police supervision such q state
of affairs could exist? One day In
which vigorous campaign of suppress
sion should be carried on would be
worth more than a year Of advice and
eXhortation. Good results have been
accomplished in Toledo simply because
the authorities of that city have SET
out to make prohibition a fact. And
with the laws just as they are in many
communities 1t would be possible for a
reSOlute administration to bring about
striking reform. Proclanations are
not taken seriously because the prece-
dents encourage disobeditnce and be-
cause too often they are weakened by
sham patriotic talk In official quarters
which encourages boys to be boys and
adults who have very limited amount
of wisdom at any time to act like GRIM
inal imbeciles. Manifestly the first re-
presSive measures should be directed
against the manufacturers Of explo-
sives for the Fourth Of July trade.
They and the dealers who buy from
them should be given to understand
that there will be no general market
for the more dangerous kinds Of toys.
And all throughout the year we should
have a persistent effort to enforce the
ordinances relating to deadly weapons.
These will be helpful preliminaries, and
If the work on the day itself shows that
the authorities mean business the les
son thatis taught will be rapidly learn
ed. 1t is noticeable that the Southern
States cut very little figure In the re-
turns. If we OF the North had such a
record as is credited to them there
would be no need Of campaign to pre-
vent Fourth of July accidents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17

The last trace of connection between
the famous East India Company and
the government Of India disappeared
when Sir Philip Hutchins retired from
membership in the Council of India on
July 81, this year-fifty years, within
two daysafrOm the date Of the passage
OF the act transferring control of East
Indian affairs to the British crown.
Sir Philip entered the old company in
1867, and was employed in its civil ser
vice In Madras. where he continued