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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11

animation for medical practitioners In
Frelburg, Baden, and are said to be
the first to be admitted to the profes-
sion in Germany.
In Russia, on the other hand, many
women practitioners hold Government
appointments. The Poor Law Ser
vice, the County and City Medical Ser
vice, and the Municipal Ambulance
Service all have women on their staff.
Eighty-five women are practising med
icine in France. In Austria women
began to study medicine In 1897 and
within a year fifty women were regis
tered as students. In Italy there are
about twenty women doctors. One OF
them, it Is said, Is physician to the
queen. In Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
Holland, Switzerland, and the Slav
countries the labors or medical wo-
men have received appreciation and re-
ward. There are several successfully
practising in Turkey, Egypt, Persia,
and the East. An English woman is
reported to be court physician in Co
rea.
OF the opportunities offered to wo-
men in medicine on this side of the
Atlantic it is hardly necessary to
speak at length. 1t Is not difficult for
a woman to obtain first-class medi-
cal education either in the United
States or in Canada. The examina-
tions and degrees of all Canadian
universities are open to women, and
the Womans Medical College at To-
ronto has been available since 1883.
The number of appointments open
to American women is large, and IS
constantly increasing. In Massachu-
setts as far back as 1884 a state en-
actment made the appointment of wo-
men as assistant physicians in insane
asylums mandatory. New York state
provides many places for women ply
sicians. Until recently no city hos
pital admitted women internes, but
since Gouverneur took the lead others
will undoubtedly follow. The work
of DR.. Emily Dunning has been highly
spoken of at Gouverneur, where she
has served nearly two years. She took
her turn at ambulance duty, and per-
formed many difficult and not alto
gether agreeable emergency district
operations on the streets; the Gouver-
neur district including part of the
town noted for its casualties.
There are close to eighty names OF
women physicians in the business di-
rectory of New York. In the Greater
city there must be several hundred
women in practce.-New York Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11
A Scotch Eaule.

The other afternoon a full grown
golden eagle was captured in Rosshire
under peculiar circumstances.
Three surfacemen were employed at
section of new portion of the High
land line when they were attracted by
the appearance of an eagle in a field
three miles from Ardgay. On being
approached the bird offered a fierce
resistance with beak and talons.
The men threw their jackets over
1t, one holding its head enveloped in
the jacket while the others tied its
legs. The bird was secured alive
without much injury. 1t is Z feet /
inch from tip to tip of wings.
Eagles, it is said, cannot rise from
the ground owing to their immense
spread of wings and comparatively
short legs. They require pinnacles,
boulders or steep precipices ere they
can soar.-Westminster Gazetts.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11
A Mistaken Applicant.

An Episcopal clergyman had adver'
tised for butler, and the next morn
ing a well-dressed clean shaven young
man in black was ushered into the
study. Name, please?" asked the
clergyman. Hillary Arbuthnot, SIR"
"Age?" "Twenty-eight." What work
have you been accustomed to! 81
am a lawyer, SIR" The clergyman
started. This was odd. However,
as he knew, many were called in the
law, few chosen. But" he said, do
you understand the conduct Of a
household?" IN general way, yes"
murmured the applicant. Can you
carver" "Yes." Wash glass and sill
ver?" "I-er-think So" The young
man seemed embarrassed. He
frowned and blushed. Just then the
clergyman's wife entered. Are you
married?" was her first question.
That" said the young man, was
what | called to see your husband
about, madame. l desire to know if he
can make it convenient to officiate at
my wedding at noon next Thursday
week. k."-Bellman
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11
ENGLAND's RAYoNEr.
It Is New and Superior to Its Prede-
cessor as a Weapon.

cessor as weapon.
The ordr for the manufacture of
$4,000 new bayonets recently placed
by the war Office is one of the most
important given for some time. AS is
well known there has long been dis
satisfaction with the type of army
bayonet now in use, which, 1t Is said,
is lacking in thrusting power and is
generally inefficient as a weapon of
war A glance at the new and the
present pattern will show at once the
great gain in thrusting power which
is obtained by the new style. Apart
from an additional five inches in
length it is a more formidable and
useful instrument from almost every
point of view than the present knife
bayonet.
One consideration which no military
expert can leave out of his calcula-
tions is what may be called the fa-
tigue of bayonet. In addition to the
grim purpose for which it is mainly
devised a bayonet should combine,
bersomeness, a maximum of useful
ness for cutting away brushwood and
other rough hacking work. Here again
it will be seen that the swordlike
shape of the new weapon is infinitely
more practical than the daggerlike
form of its predecessor. To some ex-
tent the latest bayonet is a reversal
of the old triangular bayonet pattern
and resembles the bayonet used by
the Japanese and French infantry.
Undoubtedly it is the best bayonet
of any European pattern said a
manager of the firm before referred
to, when seen by representative of
the Globe yesterday. "It is a longer
pattern blade and the design is an ex-
ceedingly good one. Its manufacture,
moreover, involves the most highly
skilled workmanship, as the harden
ing tempering and grinding of the
steel is a very careful performance.
No, have not the slightest doubt that
it is a far superior article to that
which is about to be discarded.
1--WE shall get to work on the order
in the next two months, and | should
say it will keep us employed until the
new year. 1t will mean the regular
employment of 200 or 300 men at our
razor and bayonet department at our
works at Acton.
"Yes, the bayonets are Of English
manufacture throughout. 1t is not
true that orders for weapons for the
British army go abroad. The steel for
these bayonets comes up from Shelf
field in lengths of about "a feet, and
1t leaves our factory in a finished
condition. Before the final stage is
reached each blade goes through no
fewer than 200 operations. London
| Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11
aoop.NieHr TO DAY

The long gray beach with its spur OF
rocks
sprinfled with pearly spray,
With u face upturned to greet the Sky
Is wooing the last OF day.
And the stormy waves toss up their hands
And echo their moaning cry,
And scream of the guhs is harshly heard
AS home to their nests they ily.
Leave us not" cries the sand the waves,
Leave us not Golden day"
But flush my children" replies the sun,
For ucw | must speed away
The lonely traveller bows his head head u,.
And is bathed in the days last light,
And the sun bends down to kiss the earth,
Good might, she murmurs, Soou-
night"
And her streaming locks of red and gold
Tinge the sky with a glory bright,
And she pulls nights veil across her lace:
Good night" she says, goodnight
And the lighthouse keeper folds his hands,
Dear God" he murmurs low,
"Save thy children throughout the night
Whom the waves toss to and FRO.
And lol as the earnest keeper prays,
There CLEANS n radiant light,
And Gods lamp to guide his children safe
Is shining through the night.
One by one the stars peep out,
And the ocean rejects their light,
And the sands and the sea and the BIRDS
and men -,
Cry, "Good-nlght, o world, good night"
All night long from the lighthouse tower
Flashes a steady light,
And Gods own lamp, the moon and stars
Are watching on earth tonight.
So fear not ocean. nor birds. nor man,
For God will make all things right;
And with perfect trust in him and az,
Murmur "GoOd-night, goodnight
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11
"A man by ihe name of Ieryls-Ionn

"A man by the name OF Jervis-Jonn
B. Jervis, think 1t was-was chief en-
gineer, John Hampson was the fire.
man, and John Clark, the fellow they
called resident engineer acted as con-
ductor They didn't have regular
conductor. | remember that they filled
up the boiler when we started, but at
what they called the halfway house
we had to stop at tank and take on
water to carry us through.
by the time we'd left the half way
house she was getting right down 10
her work, and it did look to me as If
we were going at a terrible special
though guess about eighteen miles an
hour was the best time we made.
Il saw some of the passengers turn
pale and clutch their seats like grim
death when we rounded the curves;
and others of them, solemn old fell
lows, looked at each other and shook
their heads, as If they knew that going
at such a rate as that was almost wick
etd, aud that they surely were tempt
ing fate But | wasn't a bit scared.
The faster we went the better | liked
it. The engine couldn't go too fast to
suit me.
People all along the way ran out to
look after the train as dumbfounded
as If it had been an airship or comet,
and the horses and COWS and pigs and
chickens took to the hills, bawling
and quawking as if they thought the
very fiends were after them"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11
Turtles as Fishers.

There is canny reptile fisherman
which makes effective use of the bait
which he carries in his own mouth
This Is the alligator swapping turtle,
a giant, among reptiles, known to at
tain maximum weight of 144 pounds
with length of shell of about twenty
eight inches. 1t haunts rivers flow
ing into the Gulf of Mexico, including
the Mississippi, where is it common.
In appearance and actions it is an
enlarged duplicate of the common
swapping turtle. Its pale brown hues
well match the soft, muddy bottoms
on which it lies motionless, angling
for fish with the decoy. The bait is
attached inside the lower jaw, close
to the tongue, and is a we'll developed
filament of flesh, white and distinct
from the yellowish mouth part While
waiting teh turtle keeps this grub in
motion, giving it the aspect of crawl
ing about in small circular course.
It's mud-colored shell, often covered
with growth of fine, waving moss,
looks like a great round stone, and
close to 1t is q second smaller stone,
the head. Close to this smaller stone
crawls the plump white grub. A fish
sees it and makes natural mistake
only to be seized by sudden snap of
the powerful Jaws. The jaws are re-
markably powerful. The common snap
per, which attains only third of the
size of his larger relative. will bite a
finger clean off, and the alligator snap
per could bite through a wrist or foot.
Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11
A Wall from the West.

Every woman greedily reads the
hints for economical housekeeping in
current publications, but have yet to
see any such articles addressed to
men. We women are told how to feed
hungry families with mock-duck, use
milk when we are accustomed to
cream and dye last years fineries.
why not cheaper brand of cigars
less clubs, or perhaps more whiskerr
and a smaller barber's bill? And
too. why not paint the auto another
color and skim the gasoline ?-TIar
per's Bazaar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11
iSFOR BOYS hnD GlRSI
The Rannvdoils.

The Raggydolls are funny folks,
ne, Ihey live In Nursery Glade
ihey use small mallets to crack Jokes;
Their tears are lemonade.
Their breakfast food Is sawdust dry,
VI which they eat lot;
A handker- chiefs their ruler high;
Each eyes neat French knot.
They haven't got single hair
Upon their little heads
But each Is covered with Its share
Of fimsy silken threads
Ihey had a party yesterday
II was dandy treat
And when they finished with their play
Ihey got these things to eat:
Some ging-- ham sandwiches quite thick,
:. Some calico coanut pie,
Some taffetaffy on a stick,
Some ribbon bons, and my!
A great big. cambria of Ice cream,
Some sablemuff-ns, too.
y dear! l really wish | was
A Raggydoll! Don't you?
Sunday Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11
Not So Easy AS II Looks.

Put a coin on tables edge, with
half the coins edge overlapping. Move
three yards away and close one eye;
now advance, and try to knock it OIL
with one finger, keeping the one eye
shut all the tlme.-Home Notes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11

A veterinarian found tooth grow
ing in the ear of a colt. the property
OF Cloud Pyle OF Mortoryille, Pa
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11

In the kitchen Of house recently
unearthed at Pompeii was found fire.
place with a kettle on its crate just
as 1t was left by some Pompeiian
housewife over $500 years ago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11

Lewis D. Hollenbach, of Jordan, Pa,
has a pig which he offers to match
against any hound in the state as a
rabbit hunter. He says the pig can fol-
low a scent with any dog living.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The famous Maelstrom whirlpool is
four geographical miles in diameter.
Sheep used as beasts of burden In
North India carry twenty pounds
weight apiece.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11

A botanical clock, very pretty
flower. has been discovered in the
isthmus of Tehuantepec. In the morn
ing it is white, at noon it is red, and
at night blue; and the changes OF
color are so regular tnat the time of
day can be told from the tint of the
flower.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11

The amount of salt used annually in
the curing of Gloucester (Mass.) fish
production has been about thirty-two
thousand tons, most all of which have
been imported from Trapani by local
dealers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-11

If the sun were hollow it could hold
five hundred thousand globes the size
of our earth, and an eye capable of
viewing ten thousand square niles an
hour would require ffty-fve thousand
years to see all its surface.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-05-29
he difference is radical, irrecor

the difference is radical, irrecor
ciliable.
The Bryan of 1896 was a bold,
brilliant, enthusiastic tribune of
the people-a Rienzie IN eloquence,
courage, and devotion to lofty
ideal. In that year | could stifle
my own feeling of humiliation,
subordinating self.interest to pa
triotism, and stump Nebraska for
Bryan, successfully, adding to
the glory of Bryan, adding moth.
ing to the credit given Watson.
But the Bryan Of 1904, it was
impossible to defend, follow, or
admire. The tribune weakened
into the party hack. The patri'
otic reformer shrank into the cal
culating politician. Party reg
ularity" had to be maintained,
for Bryans own future interest.
Popularity, eloquence, magnetic
presence, personal influence, all
had to be given to cause which
Bryan himself had said was un'
worthy; and thus God-given tai
ents and a glorious opportunity
were misused in order that per-
sonal ambition should keep its
feet in the beaten road of politica
promotion.
The time may come when some
dauntless aud consecrated leader
of the people will have to wear a
crown OF thorns-but it will not
be w. J. Bryan. The time may
come when heart-broken fol.
lowing may look through the
mist Of weeping eyes and see theil
beloved champion nailed to the
cross, but the victim will not b,
the orator of Nebraska.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-05-29
Taft Ahead of Bryan.

For some time there has been
growing sentiment in both of
the leading parties in favor of
the passage of a bill by congress
requiring publication of cam
paign contributions.
The positions of Secretary
Taft and Bryan and the influence
thus far cXerted by each of them
in favor of the passage of such
a law, illustrates the quiet way
of the secretary in doing things,
and of the demagogue on the
other hand, who always pro-
claims with brassen trumpet his
own action,
On May 26, he sent the follow
ing telegram to Mr.. Taft:
Il beg to suggest that as lead q
ing candidates in our respective
parties, we join in asking con
gress to pass a bill requiring
publication of campaign contri-
buttons prior to election. If
you think best we can ask other
candidates to unite with us in
the request.
WILLIAM j. BRYAN"
Upon the receipt of the tele,
gram the secretary loo k d
through his files and wired MIR.
Bryan copy of letter, which
he wrote Senator Burrows on
April 30, which is as follows;
"My Dear Mr., Burrows: | sin,
cerely believe that it would
greatly tend to the absence OF
corruption in politics if the eX
penditures for nomination and
election of all candidates and al
contributions received and eX
penditures made by politica
committees could be made pub
lie both in respect to state anC
national politics. For that rea
son | am strongly in favor o
the passage of the bill which i,
now pending in the senate anC
house bringing about this resul
so far as national politics ar,
concerned. mark this lette
personal because | am anxious
TO avoid assuming an attitude il
the campaign which it is quit
possible | shall never have tn
right to assume, but so far a
lmy personal influence is con
The Falls City tribune., 1908-05-29
Good Reading For Democrats.

Fairness in politics is virtue
10 be commended. 1t is often
thought that the views of polit-
ical opponents are so colored by
party feeling that they are very
often unfair. For the benefit of
those who take the views of Re-
publicans concerning Mr.. Bryan
as too partisan, we quote the fol-
lowing from Mr.. Bryan's running
mate Tor the presidency in 1896.
Mr. Watson went down to defeat
with Mr., Bryan III 1896, The
views expressed by him are from
a friend of Mr.. Bryan's and from
one who will not be classified as
Republican.
In the Jeifcrsouian Magazine,
Mr.. Tom Watson SAYS:
Now, as to Mr. Bryan what
has he said or done that was so
extraordinary?
The only thing that he ever
said, in all of his oceans of talk,
that people remember was a quo
tation. The crown of thorns'
sentence was borrowed, without
credit, from some one else.
In all his voluminouS writings
where did you find the expression
or the thought that will live? His
letters from foreign countries
Syndicated by the newspapers
were in many instances not mucl
more than transcripts from guild,
books.
Let any man who would size III
Mr.. Bryan as thinker, states
man, and leader study his book
The First Battle y
In 1904 he did the very thing
which in that book he most hotl,
denounced; and he utterly faile,
to follow the patriotic cours
which he marked out for himsel
in the book. Between his presen
position and platform and tha
proclaimed in The First Battle
The Falls City tribune., 1908-05-29

We notice that $50, 900. 90 worth
of bonds OF Drainage District No.
l of this county, are offered for
sale. 1t is to be hoped that a
ready sale will be found for them
as many people are anxious to see
the effect which Strengthening the
channel may have in preventing
overhows of the Nemaha. If the
plan proves to be success, many
thousands of acres of land which
is now comparatively worthless,
will be transformed into a garden
SPOT.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-05-29

cerned | am anxious to give it
for the passage of the bill.
Very sincerely yours,
WILLIAM II. TAFT"
Mr. Taft further indicated that
he favored such a bill and had
SO declared pub licly.
This little incident illustrates
the character of the two men.
One does his work quietly and
without display. The o t h r,
acting the part of a genuine
demagogue, undertakes to pro
claim from the house tops tn at
he favors so and so.
SO far the secretary is in the
lead.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-05-29

What comment have you to
make on the dog nuisance? 1t
seems that the number of dogs in
this town should be reduced to
the number permitted by the stat
ute and city ordinance. They are
certainly a nuisance when they
are permitted to run at large and
to congregatc in numbers upon
the streets and sidewalks.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-05-29
Baptist Church.

Evangelist c. Z. Hills will
preach his farewell sermon in the
Baptist church next Sunday even
lug, This will conclude one
month of special, Evangelistic
meetings and the church has
called Rev. Geo. +. Reichel of
Liberty, Mo-, as regular pastor
to begin Sunday, June 9TH.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-05-29

Mae Wood failed in her attempt
10 hold up Senator Plat for a
large portion of his wealth. The
supreme Judge lost confidence in
SeI story and concluded trial of
Mae for perjury was the proper
step. There is a vast difference
between procuring S25,000 in a
divorce suit and getting nothing
except an opportunity to look out
from behind prison bars.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-05-29
Auxiliary Meeting.

The Ladies Auxiliary to the
Steele Cemetery association will
meet with Mrs, ]. w. Holt at 2:30
Monday afternoon, June 1st. All
who are interested in keeping up
these meetings are earnestly re-
quested to be present,
Mrs, f. c, MORRIS,
Secretary.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-05-29
Awakening an Interest In Road
Dragging.

Dragging.
/ have been dragging the road
along my farm to the extent of
one and one-fourth miles for five
years. with the result that it never
becomes so bad that fairly good
team could not haul ton load
over it.
OF this road only one half mile
was between my gate and my
market town, seven miles away.
| seldom travel in any other direc.
ton, and when l leave my road l
am in the mud the other six and
one-half m lies. Discouraging,
isn't it? After waiting five years
for the force of my example" to
induce the other fellows to drag,
and finding it didn't t induce, l set
my gray matter" to work and
evolved another scheme. l reas-
oned that the farmers interest
was almost wholly in the road
between his gate and his market,
and that he cared very little for
what was beyond him ; that if |
could get him to keep his road in
the same way, and that the place
to begin my work was at the cor
poration line of our market town.
! also reasoned that the farmer
close to market did not need the
road as much as we who are far
ther out, and because of converg-
ing travel it would cost him more
to keep it in good condition. i
took a day off last week to test
my theory. l began as indie ated
with the farmer next to town,
and was prepared to pay for a
part or all of the work for the
first two miles, intending to pass
the hat for funds. Fortunately,
my first man was a road dragger
himself, but had become discour-
aged. When / explained my plan
he said You can count on me
for my part, and little more y
The next three being progressive
and liberal men, were easily in
duced. This took me out two
miles and assured success. When
| approached a farmer with the
statement that ! had arranged to
have the road dragged all the
way from town TO his line if he
would only do his part, like Crock
EFT S coon, he had to come down"
AS a result, ! induced thirty-five
farmers to sign a written agree
ment that they would drag the
road along their farms as many
as ten times during the next year
if necessary, and that they would
keep the bitches and culverts
open, This means the continuous
dragging of fifteen miles without
a break. The work was much
easier to accomplish than | ex.
pected. All were alive to the
advantage of a concerted move
ment and only lacked a leader
and organization. Th e usua
comment was, Good! Why didn'r
you think of that before?'
AS to how many will act il
) good faith time alone will show
but they are all if anything abov,
the average citizen and they al
signed the agreement. Besides
all the county papers will publish
the agreement with their names
The Falls City tribune., 1908-05-29
Attention A. @. u. w.

Our memorial day will be Sun
day, June 18th. Arrangements
are not fully made, but will give
tull particulars in next week s
paper. o. p. HECK,
Master Workman.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-05-29
W. 0. W. Memorial.

The w. O. w. and Circle will
hold their memorial services at
the Christian church the first
Sunday in June. Rev. Dunkle-
berger will preach the sermon.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-05-29

The Nemaha and the Muddy
rivers have been attracting more
than their share of attention of
late. The ditch man and the
steam shovel should be m or e
prominent and prevent some Of
this Nemaha and Muddy motor.
iety.