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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

Dor, where the rivalry in the feet
was increased by the eagerness OF
foreign ships to compete with the
English, an unfortunate French mid
| shipman went head first from the
mizzen cross-trees of the French flag
ship to the deck.
That numbers of accidents should
take place in sail-drill was not aston
ishing when one remembers that
spars measuring perhaps seventy or
eighty feet long and weighing two or
three tons were whisked about with
bewildering speed with nothing but
mems hands and brains to guide
them; hundreds of men crammed in
to space of few hundred square
feet, where nothing but the most
marvellous organization and discipline
could avert death on deck or aloft.
To the landsman, who understood
nothing of the difficulty in rapidly
shifting these great masts and yards,
or in reefing and furling thousands
of square feet of stiff canvas-per-
haps wet or half-frozen-the rapidity
with which it was done was perhaps
the chief wonder.
Ropes, running like lightning
through blocks that were instantly
too hot from friction to be touched,
had to be checked to within few
inches, requiring the utmost cool
ness and presence of mind; while the
officer in command had to superin-
tend what to the uninitiated looked
like tangled mass of cordage, but
which was in reality no more in con-
fusion than the threads in loom.
In an instant this officer might see
something going wrong; to delay a
single second meant a terrible ca
tastrophe. Every one, allow and
aloft, was relying on his Judgment.
"Belay!" Ease away"
The order came in an instant. The
boatswain's mates repeated it in a
particular call which this life-and-
death necessity soon taught every
one to understand; the shrill whistles
rising above the din of tramping feet
and running ropes, or the thunder
Gus crash of the great sails in the
wind, Death had been averted-or
not. If not, you looked up and saw
some unfortunate man turning head
over heels in the air. Your heart
stood still. Would he catch hold of
something, even if only to break his
fall? Or would he come battering
on the deck? 1t was mere toss-up.
If he was killed outright it generally
stopped the drill for the day. If he
was only seriously injured, the drill
went on, for this was part of the les
son that must be learned, that. in
peace, as in war, one must take his
chances.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19
Old English Slaves.

Before the Conquest, and for long
time after, at least two-thirds of the
people of England were denuded of
all the substantial attributes of free
dom. The lords had the absolute dis
posal of them; they might be attached
to the soil, or transferred by deed,
sale or conveyance, from one lord to
another; they could not change their
place or hold property; in short, they
were slaves under their obligation of
perpetual servitude, which the con-
sens of the master alone could dis
solve. The system was not fairly
abolished until the reign of Charles
H., and so late as 1875 men were
bought and sold in Scotland with the
estates to which they were bound.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

The increase of volume from the
heating and cooling of cast iron has
been the subject of many tests. and
1t has been shown that the swelling
may amount to as much as 40 per
cent. After heating in gas furnace
twenty-seven times, the highest tenn
perature reached being 1850 degrees
Fahrenheit, bar originally one inch
square and 14.S inches long was found
to have grown to one and one-eighth
inches square and sixteen and one
half inches long. This effect is sug-
gested as an explanation of the trou-
BILE given by cast iron fittings for SUI
perheated steam, which produces the
same alternate heating and cooling.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19
SHE COULD NOT WALK
For Notwithstanding Humor on
Ankles-Opiates Alone Brought
Sleep - Eczema Yielded to
Cuticurn

81 had eczema for over two years / had
two physicians, but they only gave Inc re-
lief for a short time and cannot enum-
crate the ointments and lotions / used to
no. purpose My ankles were one mass OF
sores. The itching and burning were so in.
tense that could not sleep. l could not
walk for nearly four months. One day my
husband said had better try the Cuticura
Remedies. After using them three times,
had the best nights rest in months un.
less l took an opiate. used one set Of
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills, and
my ankles healed in short time. 1t is
now year since used Cuticara, and there
has been no return of the eczema. Mrs.
David Brown, Locke, Ark, May Is and
July l3, 1907"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19
Unjust.

The motherof adlsappointed young
woman was asked by friend wheth-
er the daughter had succeeded in
passing a teachers examination.
mo-" was the reply in a mournful
tone. jimmy didn't pass at all. May
be you won't believe, sir, but them
examiners asked the poor girl about
things that happened years and years
before she was born" - Harper's
Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19
BRITAIN's INDIAN SOLDIERS.

The GOODNESS and tenacity dis
played by the Khaibar Rifles at Mich
nikandao blockhouse on the night of
March 2, and by the Twenty-second
Punjabi picket at DarwaZagai, on the
night of May 16, are good examples
of the efficiency of the native troops,
and add lustre even to the records of
India. The Michni blockhouse, held
by Subadar Tor Kahn and fifty-three
riflemen, was attacked for several
hours by the main body of Afghan
invaders. A hail of bullets was
poured into it from all sides, and an
attempt was made to escalade it with
ladders, which are now the cherished
trophies of the garrison. The Sub
adar was abused by the enemy in the
usual style, and was cursed because
he, Mohammedan, fought against
Mohammedans. This, however, was
nothing new to the Subadar, for
eleven years before, a mullah had
come to him, Koran in hand, to call
upon him in the name of the prophet,
" oui hio poot. rOl ltply
Tor Kahn dubbed the mullah to
death. The conduct of the Twenty
second Punjabis at Darwazagai, was
equally meritorious. The picket was
commanded by Jemadar Mir Afzal
Khan, second senior in his rank in
the regiment, and already well noted
for proficiency in musketry and
transport duties. This gallant man
was twice severely wounded during
the night, but concealed the fact
from his men till he died. Naik
Jehanded, though wounded in the
head, took command of the picket
after the Jemardar's death, while the
signaller, Ram Singh, though also
wounded, stuck manfully to his work.
Such gallantry deserves to be made
known by a general order to the
whole army.-Afghan Correspond
ence London Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19
A Nacation.

According to some persons, a vaca-
tion consists in going to some place
which you do not know whether you
will like for the purpose of spending
money which you are certain you will
need later on-New York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

five months in a
hospital | was dis
charged as incura-
Bile, and given only
six months to live.
My heart was affect
ed, ! had smother
ing spells and some
times fell uncon-
scious. ! got so |
couldn't use my
arms, my eyesight
uaa imunirpd and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

the kidney secretions we're badly dis
ordered. | was completely worn out
and discouraged when began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. but they went
right to the cause OF the trouble and
did their work well. | have been
feeling we'll ever :ince."
Sold by all dealers. SO cents boz.
Foster-NilLurn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

The British naval authorities have
girdled the Isle of Wight with tele-
phone service. the Needles. the wire
less telegraphy station at Culver Cliff
and other points have been put in
direct communication with the sig
ual station at Portland dockyard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

The man that's goin' to the devil
always finds congenial company on
the road.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19
WOMAN PLUNGEs AFTER BABE.

Mrs. Gordon Kirby, of Snowville,
Va, learning that her little girl,
Oracle, had fallen into the mill race,
left a sick bed and leaped into the
stream in an effort to save the child.
w. T. Tigleman, who was crossing
a bridge over the stream, went to her
rescue. Both of them were on the
point of drowning when John Craft,
seeing the man striving in vain to
drag the woman to safety, went to his
aid.
Craft, being unable to swim, OBJ
tanned a long pole, which he man.
aged to twist into Mrs. Kirby's luxu-
RANT hair, dragging her to the bank
and the exhausted man with her. The
little girl was dead when taken from
the water.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

A single fruit company exported
last year 4O,O00,00O punches of ba-
nauas to England and the United
States from Central and South
America and Jamaica.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

1t is unpleasant to turn back
though 1t be to take the right way
German.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

A fool and his money are soon
parted, and If that doesn't justify the
fool to commercial generation, moth
ing will.-Puck.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19
WISE WORDS.

Not merely to appear good ought
man to care, but to be SO both pri-
vately and publicly.-Plato.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

Laziness begins in cobwebs and
ends in iron chains.-Spanish.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

There is no living without friends
Portuguese.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

What is the oldest lunatic on rec.
ord? Time out of mind-Christiar
Register.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

1t is no secret If three know it.
Irish.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

| expect to suffer thousand ills,
but none so great as to act unjustly.
Socrates.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19
FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.
Discharged Because Doctors Could
Not Cure.

Levi P. Brockway. s. Second Ave.,
Anoka, Mimi, says. After lying for
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-19

If you wish to reach the highes
begin at the lowest.-Syrus.
The Washington times., 1908-08-26

Brown letters, written by a girl half
ignorant and out of a heart wholly de-
spairing, or this one sentence from a
slip Of a girl too young to be a Mag
dalene and too innocent, and we are
brought s''''o-'- to realize that after
all what we do is the least part of life;
the greater part depends upon what we
are at heart.
And what we are at heart does not
upgrow from the money we make, or
from social leadership, or from intel
lectual power. It's source is elsewhere,
and it has been described in words the
least religious of us are not likely soon
to forget, words it is not impious to
quote with those from the hand of this
poor little unfOrtunate
"Suffer little children to come unto
me" He said. "and forbid them not.
Verify l say unto You, who
soever shall not receive the kingdom OF
God as a little child, he shall not enter
therein"
The Washington times., 1908-08-26
Cig@makerS Refuse
GOmperS' Plea for Funds

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Aug. 2s.-Pol-
uicians and labor leaders are wondering
today what effect the precedent set last
night by the local cigar makers union
IN turning down Samuel Gompers' re-
quest for campaign funds. will have
on the labor bodies IN this State
At their meeting, his communication
asking for funds for the political cam
paign started a hot fight which result
ed IN the letter being consigned to the
waste basket. and the appointment Of
a committee 70 draw up resolutions TO
be sent TO Gompers. telling him the local
cigar makers are not in accord with
his policies.
Though several ballots among local
organizations have shown Bryan. Com
pers candidate, TO be favored bv labor
IN Lhls section. several politicians here
protessed today 20 see In the cigar maxi
ers action straw showing the direc-
uon or the wind IN labor circles.
The Washington times., 1908-08-26
Federation'S Organ
To Outline Campaign

The advance proofs Of the Federation
list. the official organ OF the American
Federation Of Labor viii be issued TO-
morrow.
President Samuel Gompers. OF the
Federation. editor Of the magazine. IN
dicated TO intervlewers today that these
proofs are going 20 be right good read
ing He declined TO tell what thew Uou1d
say but made plain that labor's plans
Tor participation ia the national cam
palg1 viii be outlined in rather more
detail than heretofore.
II is reported also that this number
VIII give some ideas as TO the success
OF the labor leaders in holding their
people in line for the program Of poll
tical activity. The Republicans have
made strong efforts TO break the force
OF the labor movement, and reports are
conflicting as 90 the extent 70 which or
ganizations have given their indorse-
ment to the political invasion.
The American Federation has about
perfected Its plans for it's stumping
campaign, and geenraI organization
work, in favor of the Democrats. Two
purposes VIII be borne in mind one
viii be to help Mr. Bryan IL possible.
and the other which It is understood
VIII De pursued with quite as much
earnestness, viii be to defeat fust as
many congressman as possible who
have been antagOnistic to labor and its
demands from Congress. Speakers will
be sent into many States to sneak
against Taft and also against Congress
siOnal candidates who have not obtain
ed tine approval of labor. In this regard
the Federation plans a very active and
general campaign.
The Washington times., 1908-08-26
A Little Girl and Her Mother.

please punish him for my sake and
for your sake"
It IS the cry of little girl, a child
only thirteen years old, written amid
the tears and sobs that accompanied
the preparations to take her own life at
a time when it had only just begun to
bloom She was a victim of a boarder
in her mothers house, a man thirty
four years old, and the shame was more
than her girlish strength could endure.
For her sake and her mothers! That
Is not the only account the law has t.
settle with such a man. It must weigh.
also, the purity of every other little
girl, the danger to every other woman,
the wreckage of the offenders own life.
the shadow on the heart of this child's
loving mother. Some one viii Object
that he may not be guilty. The law is
concerned only to find out if he was the
man. Whoever 1t was, there can be
no question of consent OF enticement
in a girl whose nature had only begun
to unfold into womanhood.
There Is a wonderful pathos in that
phrase-"FOr my sake and for your
sake" It comprehends all the womanli-
ness, all the sacrifice, al the mute inter
dependence that bind together a mother
and her daughter. On the one side.
fearsome watchfulness; on the other.
ignorant dreams of great things ~ he.
on both sides, hope And now only sor-
row and heart-heaviness and failuret
In all the world there was no one to
understand so well as this ehiId's
mother-and no one TO suffer so much.
We 60 out into the roafing day. we
grown-up men and women, with a fee!-
ing that business success, or social dis
tinetioB, or intellectual achievement.
are the worlds largest concerns. Then
along comes something like the "Billy"
The Washington times., 1908-08-26
"CHILDE ROLAND. ="

Vou set the slug-horn to your lips and
blew.
And after-what came after7 Did IL
fade.
The round squat turret. ana some
deeper shade
OF evening drench to blackness the
CUrst view2
or did some sinister strange thing,
some rue
OF shape unspeakable. come forth.
that made
You fetch quick breath, and grasp
the loose-slung blade,
And pray at last your soul prove not
untrue?
That there was fight there. tauntings
face to face,
Hells hatred matched against one
proud souls scOrn-
We guess, but not how went the
fights disgrace
Yet, 30 our fancy is the wonder borne
That you came forth unscathed. and
left the place
airing with the shrill mocking OF
your horn,
-A2pleton's.
The Washington times., 1908-08-26
COUNT Won GOETZEN
MAY BE AMBASSADOR
CONTINUED from First Page)

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life once gain. The other two men
are not known IN person, but are re-
garded here as high types OF Germany's
diplomatic corps.
The chief objection held against Won
GOetZeu-in Germany. not. OF course, IN
the United States-is the fact that he
is considered TO be a very young man
for such great post Won G0etzen is
but tOrtystWO years old. and By many
Of tie Kaiser's advisers this may be
regart' ed as too young
The Emperor Is not likely 10 forget
when ne names hts next ambassador TO
Washington, that on March 4 next The
odOre Roosevelt. the young man, the
strenuous man. the athlete, steps down
and out, and either William il. Taft or
William j. Bryan VIII be the next Pres
ident OF the United States. Neither OF
these two men, be knows, as well as
any American knows. Is Of the Rgoso-
Welt type or stTenuOsity Neither is 50
young as is the present Chief Executive.
All these facts win have much 70 do
with the decision of the Emperor, and
while IT Is possible that the 1ge OF Won
GOetzen would have decided that ne
come II Mr.. Roosevelt were to continue
IN office II IS just as probable that the
same age VIII keep him away from
Washington when one Of two older men
is to come into power.
Won ReiChenau is also a comparative
ly young man. while Won Schwarzn-
such high regard for this post and
has evidently thought so much Of the
work done by Won Sternburg, that he
viii certainly spend some time and con
sideratiOn IN the choosing OF a sue
cessOr to the latter.
The Washington times., 1908-08-26
THE NATIONS HEALTH

The only thing the Federal Govern
ment has ever done directly FOR public
health is to enact a pure food Iav--
which is not a small item of advance
legislation, and to provide for the ex-
clusion Of diseased and afflicted iranli-
grants. These acts should now be sun
plemented. II IS believed, BY a counre-
hensive act creating a department OF
public health. whose head shall he a
member of the cabinet. It should he
and sickness. Its work would be az
1lrmatiVe, as is that OF the Department
or Agriculture. As the latter deDarr-
ment every year tends TO make the
crops better and mere diversified so
the department of health would end
every year to increase the average
longevity Of the human factors Of ma
tional strength, besides making thoss
factors more efficient by decreasiEa
siekness.-M Minneapolis Journal.
The Washington times., 1908-08-26
Even the Railroads.

Washington has only to study tn,
experience Of other cities, or to scar
its OWL history during the past thirty
years, TO realize that in one respect it
government of today has a leyerag,
where other municipalities slip theil
hold. In Buffalo the railroads seen
70 own the city. In Cleveland they
have heaped obstruction on delay in the
matter of union station and a decent
regard for the Lake front. In Chicago
they run their trains everywhere, toot
their whistles and ring their bells in
imPudent disregard Of everyone within
earshot, and laugh at talk of correction.
But in Washington the law is being en-
forced, such as it is, against the rail-
roads as it would be enforced against
any other subjects.
All this Is apropos of the payment
made recently TO the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad By order of the District
Commissioners. The sum involved was
Sl,500,0O0, payable half and half from
the treasures of the District and the
National Government. The only cOndi-
tion precedent was that the railroads
should complete" the new Union Sta
tion and viaduct. The Commissioners
held, rightly, that the railroads could
not complete" their terminals without
fulfilling every condition as to the re-
cession TO the District of land which
was abandoned for the new service or
without correcting every sign OF leakage
and dampness in the walls OF the via
ducts. In government as in business
the time to get what you want Is be-
fore the money IS paid.
The Pennsylvania railroad went into
court and obtained an order for its
Sl,50O,O0O- That happening is likely to
be cited as proof that here, too, the
railroads are beyond the Government.
The exact opposite is the only fair in
ference. No matter that the Pennsvl-
vania did not fulfill all the require
ments set forth by the Commissioners;
no matter that the railroad did not
maintain the high position taken by its
late president when he adopted the sug-
gestion Of the company's architect and
withdrew voluntarily from the Mall; it
Is yet true that a process of law, not
a demonstration of influence, was re-
quired to procure this money.
In both these cases, then, the rail
roads have undergone an experience rea-
sOnably calculated TO make them realize
that the enforcement of the law-what-
ever may be said Of its enactment-is
in this jurisdiction as impartial as to
them as 20 the poorest tramp who
walks the streets of the Capital. That
is more Of distinction for the present
government of Washington than it may
seem.
The Washington times., 1908-08-26

stroy the project, an it was only after
Two failures that the church was finally
established.
me church was organized November
II, 1865. and three days later if vas
Critically recognized by the church coun-
ell Two previous attempts had been
made, the first in 1871, and the second
IN le92- With these two failures staring
among them many who had been inter
ested IN the two pl'evious efforts. met
IN smaE hall ard the organization
was completed
Meetings were al first held in the
ola Unitarian Church, Sixth and D
The Washington times., 1908-08-26

eraI question Of revising the national
bank laws should be taken I'D. Ac-
cordingly this was given consideration.
and suggestions were asked from the
Treasury authorities.
The report is ulat "A huge volume Of
proposed amendments were sent for
ward What has beer or will be done
with these is not known. Their details
likewise ere not known. But II is de-
finitely understood that thev look 20
Better and more accurate supervision
OF national banks by the Government
and II enacted would increase greatly
The security which such institutions
would give To customers. These are in
the main. administrative amendments.
now proposed: but none the less they
are declared to be of the grea- est i'm
portance. Members of the monetary
commission frankly declared that they
would not have dreamed that the na-
tiOnal banking laws cOuid need so many
ard important amendments.
The Washington times., 1908-08-26
SOCIETY WELCOMES
GAY SALOME DANCE
Blue Blood Colony at Pelham Bay
to See Gertrude Hoffman
Whirl.

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-It's here-the
SalOme party. Ever since New York
first began TO applaud the gyrations of
unclad whirlers in limitations OF Lon
don's madness over the altogether" Of
Maud Allan. the Salome party has been
inevitable and now comes c. Livingston
Waterbury, a social light of the blue
blood colony at Pelham Bay. with in
vitations TO a party IN which Gertrude
Hoffman viii whirI and sway clad prin-
cipally IN the air
At the Waterbury residence. which Is
one of the finest in Pelham, the lawn
is TO be laid out to resemble the garden
Of HerOd and between Obelisks the un-
clad representative of Herod's daugh-
ter viii frisk and turn Whether or not
the society OnlOokers will also adoDt the
altogether has not been decided.