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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25
A MEDFORD STORY.
Legend of the Phantom Ship and Its
Mad Pirate Captain.

Legend of the Phantom Ship and Its
Mad Pirate Captain.
The town of Medford, Mass, has
legend of phantom ship beside which
the Flying Dutchman is only peace
full merchantmen. The Mcdford story
runs that ship laden with rum and
gold and silver bars put out from that
place in the days when the Spanish
main was infested with pirates. 1t
was headed for a West Indian port,
but got into the doldrums and was so
long becalmed that water and provi-
sions gave out, and all hands perished
of thirst and starvation. When the
wind came up again the ship sailed
away with her ghastly crew, was seen
by buccaneer, chased and over
hauled
The pirate captain made fast to his
prize without firing single shot, and,
attributing the vessels nonresistance
first man to leap on board. But the
rope with which the captured ship
had been carelessly lashed to his own
parted under the strain of the seaway,
and he found himself rapidly borne
away from his comrades on what he
soon discovered to be floating coffin.
A stiff breeze filed the sails of the
derelict, and before his own vessel
could overtake it night descended on
the ocean, and the pursuing ship lost
sight of it altogether. Left alone in
pitch darkness on the grewsome craft,
the pirate went mad with terror and,
seizing the wheel, raced away before
the wind and, according to the legend,
was condemned to range the seas for
ever thus in command of his horrible
prize.
Woe to the ship that encountered it
scudding along by moonlight or in the
lightning's glare, manned by skeletons
and steered by shouting, gesticulat-
ing madman, and when on several oc-
casions it was sighted in the fog off
Medford 1t was considered as the her
aid of storm and disaster and the loss
Of many ships.-New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25
Ivory Jelly.

The Jelly was singularly pale. 1t al
most resembled junket.
''It Is ivory jelly" said the invalid.
"My English cousins sent me case
of it from Sheffield"
"But why Is 1t called ivory jellyT"
they inquired.
Precisely because 1t is made Of ivo-
ry. A third of England's ivory goes to
Sheffield, and in the process of grind
ing and cutting 1t for knife handles,
and so forth, lot of ivory dust re-
mains, fine dust, similar to the best
-four. OF this the Sheffield folk have
made Jelly for many years.
'The jelly for some reason is nour-
ishing, extremely so. The doctors pre-
scribe 1t for the anaemic. And of late
a Sheffield firm has taken to manufac-
turing 1t on large scale. Sheffield
ivory jelly is now on the market.
"Out of courtesy to my cousins l
tried 1t. To my surprise found II
good. My doctor, sampling 1t, found 1t
good too. He told me to take the whole
case."- Buffalo Express.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25
A BAPTIST ELDER
Restored to Health by Vinol

'T was run down and weak from in
digestion and general debility, also suf-
4ered from vertigo. saw a cod liver
preparation called Vinol advertised and
Needed to give it trial, and the re-
Eults were most gratifying. After TAX
Ng two bottles l regained my
strength and am now feeling unusually
well" Henry Cunningham, Elder Bap-
@st Church, Kingston, N. c.
,Vinol is not patent medicine-but a
Preparation composed of the medicinal
elements Of Gods livers, combined with
b tonic iron and wine. Vinol creates
hearty appetite, tones up the organs
bf digestion and makes rich, red blood.
An this natural manner, Vinol creates
Etrength for the rundown, over
Worked and debilitated, and for deli
bate children and old people. For
phronic coughs, colds and bronchitis
Vinol is unexcelled.
AL such persons in this vicinity are
Asked to try Vinol on our offer to re-
Fund their money if it fails to give sat
tsfaction.
Stoke & Feicht Drug Company
Reynoldsville, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25
Jennv's Quick Method.

Jenny's uncle, who was school
teacher, met her on the street one
beautiful May day and asked her If
she was going to the Maypole dance.
''No, I amt going"
"Oh, my little DEAR" said her uncle,
"you must not say I amt going You
must say L am not going,'" And he
proceeded to give her little lesson in
grammar. "You are not going. He is
not going. We are not going. You are
not going. They are not going. Now,
can you say all that, Jenny?"
"Sure, can," she replied, making a
courtesy. "There amt nobody going"
Ladies' Home Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25
PUMPKIN PIE.
Praise For This Culinary Triumph and
Gastronomic Delight.

Gastrononic Delight.
American literature is replete with
the praise of pie, and Harriet Beecher
Stowe says, The pie is an English
institution. which, planted in Amer
lean SOIL forthwith ran rampant and
burst forth into an untold variety of
genera and species" The average
American echoes, Let it run" He
has the same desire that possessed
Simple Simon of Mother Goose fame
when he met the pie man. But Moth
er Goose fourished before the pie
reached the acme of its glory. The
most famous pie of which she wrote
was a meat pie, for she said:
Sing song of sixpence, pocket full of
rye:
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in
pie.
When the pie was opened the birds began
to sing.
Wasn't that dainty dish to set before a
king?
A pie containing live blackbirds
sounds like fairy tale. but it is not,
as Venetian publisher of cookbook
printed in 1869 gave recipe for max
ing pies that the birds may be alive
in them and fly out when 1t is cut up"
The gay revelers who sat down before
such dish may have thought that the
very pinnacle Of culinary art had been
obtained, but the pumpkin affords gas
tronomic delights to every American
citizen beside which blackbrd pies,
ortolan pies, lombard pies or battalia
pies are and of right ought to be back
numbers. Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE

Estate of Joseph Kerr late of Reynolds
vile Borough Deceased
Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration on the estate of Joseph
Kerr, late of Reynoldsville borough,
jefferson county, Pa, have been granted TO
the undersigned, TO whom all persons in
NJ nyment, and those having claims or de-
mands will make known the same without
delay. O.. j. KERR,
Administration
Reynoldsville, Pa., Oct. 20, 49,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25

tie caIloused place. but corn, on, dear,
no! Sometimes in thin, lightweight
shoe I can fairly see the corns bunch
ing out under the leather, but have to
say automatically that the fit is not
good or that the customer has pc
culiarly sensitive foot or some other
nonsense, if l want to keep their
trade."-New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25
Jury at the Theater.

An unusual spectacle was witnessed
at the Theater Royal, Nelson, Auck-
land, when the jury, who had been
locked up three nights because they
could not agree to verdict in muir
der case, were allowed to witness a
living picture display. They had ex-
pressed a desire to attend the theater
as relief, and the judge consented
Auckland News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25
Never Touched Him.

Landlady Ito new boarder, crushing
ly)-Mr Newcome, that is the cream
and not the milk you are pouring on
your oatmeal. 1t was intended for the
coffee. Mr.. N.-Oh, never mind, Mrs.
Balkins. like 1t just as well.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25

Let those who would affect singular
ity with success first determine to be
very virtuous. and they will be sure to
be very singular.-Walter Cotton.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25
A Work Maker.

'Binks is weak financially. isn't hei"
HE hasn't much money, but he gives
employment to great many men,"
'Who are theyT
"Other peoples bill collectors.
don Tit-Bits. 4scturs."--,.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25

Silence is sometimes the veversst
criticism.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25
DR.. Tay1or's
F. G. z e M A
REM

rili not cure.
1t is the only absolute panacea for
I'll blood diseases and skin eruptions-
rNousand5 of testimonials TO show
you. "a
Send for photos Of recent cures.
Sold under absolute guarantees TO
ere or money refunded.
Not a single instance Of sa;ss,rc- !.
you would be cured get Il today.
Stoke & Feicht Drug Co., Reynoldsville, Pa.
Send for free illustrated booklet.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25
The Bachelors Button.

"What is a bachelors button|"
zone that aiu't there."-Cleveland
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-25

We challenge anyone to produce a
tase Of Eczema or other skin dis
sp That
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-27
GAVE LIFE FOR HER SON.
Warning Him of Danger, She Re-
ceived Shot Inended for Him.

While trying to warn her son,
Edward Meacham, that his life
was in danger, Mrs. Sarah NJ.
Meacham, forty-eight years old,
who came last June from Kokomo
was shot to deathSunday by her
son-in-law. William Delphi, who
emptied the contents of shot
gun into her back. The tragedy
took place in the farm yard OF
Englebert Topper. south OF West
vile. Ind. The shooting was the
sequel to a quarrel that had oc-
CURED an hour before between
DELPHI and Edward and George
Meacham and Mark Fighner
DELPHI and George Meacham had
been drinking and their endeavors
to induce the other two men to
drink resulted in the quarrel that
ended temporarily by DELPHI start
ing for his house with the avowed
intention OF getting a gun with
which to shoot Edward Meach-
am .Fighner and Ed Meachan
frightened by this threat. hast en-
ed to enter the Topper house,
Mrs. Meacham hearing Of Delphi s
threat hurried to the Topper
house to warn her son. AS she
was about to enter the house
DELPHI came up behind, leveled
shotgun at the house door and
fired. The charge entered Mrs
Meacham's heart and lungs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-27
LAWYERS AND FARMERS
Professions of Nominees for
Legislature Being Figured
Out.

Reports complied by Carl w.
Riddick, secretary of the Repub-
lican state committee, indicate
that the next general assembly, il
controlled by the Republicans,
will be made up largely of law
yers and farmers. h,Te Republi-
cans have already nominated 19
lawyers and 10 farmers for the
house and nine lawyers and three
farmers for the senate.
In the miscellaneous list of pro-
LESSONS and occupations repre-
scented by the other Republican
candidates for the house are
three physicians, three mer-
chants, two contractors, one col
lege professor, one preacher, one
Justice of the peace, one manu-
tacturer. one money lender, one
lumber dealer, one insurance ag-
ent, one real estate agent, one
editor, one printer, etc.
The miscellaneous list for the
senate includes one physician,
one mine operator, one banker,
one merchant, one capitalist, and
one insurance agent. Various
counties are yet to be heard from.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-27

If one feels dull and spiritless, in
the spring or early summer, they call
it Spring Fever But there is no
fever-usually. 1t is the after effect
of our winter habits. The nerves are
mostly at fault. Tired, WORKOUT
nerves leave us langufd, lifeless, and
without spirit or ambition A few
doses of DR.. Shops Restorative will
absolutely and quickly change all of
these depressing symptoms The Re
storative of course won't bring you
back to full health in a day o. two,
but it will do enough in As hours to
satisfy you that the remedy is reach
in that tired spot" Druggists every
where are advising its use as splen-
did and prompt general tonic. 1t gives
more vim and more spirit to the
spoonful than any other known nerve
or constitutional tonic 1t sharpens a
failing appetite, aids digestion, frees
sluggish iivers and kidneys, and
brings new life. strength and amb.-
ton. Test it few days and be con-
WINGED. For sale by Tanners Drug
Store.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-27
CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
PETITIONERS ASK N. MICH.
IGAN ST. PAVEMENT
EXTENDED FROM
JAG ON TO
RTH
STREET

A petition asking that the brick
pavement on North Michigan
street be extendeh two blocks
north from Jackson to North
street, was presented to the city
council Monday evening signed
by L. ]. Hess, Monroe Steiner
Daniel Voreis, Joseph Anderson
and others. Petition was referred
to committee on streets and al
legs to report at next meeting OF
council.
Another petition signed by
Charles Turner, Chas. Mattingly
CD. Snoeberger and others
asked that a uniform grade be
established on Dixon and Thayei
streets, and that those streets be
paved with macadan. This peti-
ton, with one from P. 0. Jones
aking for a crosswalk on north
side of Charles street, signed by
Geo. Kleinschmidt, NJ. l.. Turrel
and others, were all referred te
the street and alleys committee
with instructions to investigate
and report at the next meeting
A cement license was issued tC
Forest f. Butcher.
The monthly report OF the city
board OF health was read anS
placed on file.
Bills to the amount Of $444. 81
were presented and allowed.
City Attorney Hess was in
structed to prepare an ordinance
for the constructing of walks by
the city before the properties o
the following list, Mrs. Mabe
Gary, A. E. Wise, Mrs. Gather
inc Speicofer, BENZ. Fetters, es
tate of John Pershing, Franz
Stansbury, Joseph Lacher, Ir;
Zumbaugh, George Mckinney
John T. Baker, Anna Holdori
Jacob McDufie, estate of JOSEPH
Reidinger and Jerry K1inger.
The Shearer sewer, which ha
been completed by the contract
ors Gordon and Neff, was &C
cepted by the council, the cos
amounting to $1495.35.
In regard to the matter OF re
curing watchmen on the l.. +. (
w and Vandalia railroad eros
sings, Councilman Tanner re
ported that he had conferred wit
railroad attorneys, who said the,
were willing to comply with wha
ever the council required. The,
thought one Waterman woul
suffice for both roads at Soutl
street crossing, and a watchmai
tor each at Jefferson street cross
ing. Further time was granite
the railroad companies.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-27
FIRST READING
FOR SNOEBERCER
CITY COUNCIL BY VOTE
OF 3 TO 2 DECIDE TO
GIVE TWENTY YEAR
CONTRACT TO
G. D. SNOE-
BERGER

At the regular meeting OF the
city council Monday evening, il
was decided to grant the electric
light franchise and contract to c.
ID. Snoeberger, on his proposition
B, namely twenty year franchise
and twenty year contract. An
ordinance to that effect passed
the first reading. The matter was
disposed OF in a hurry. When
that part of the unfinished bust
mes was, reached, Councilman
Tanner moved that the council
accept the bid of c. d. Snoeberg-
er, as shown by an ordinance
which he presented. Upon vote
the councilmen were arranged as
follows, Deeds, Tanner, Ness ay
Buck, Mccoy no. Before the vote
was taken Councilman Buck re-
marked that as the granting of a
franchise was an important mat
ter he wished that the councilmen
would show the public by
what methods of comparison OF
bids their decision was reached.
Nothing was forthcoming how
ever
To become in force, the ordi-
nance must be passed on three
readings. The outcome at the
present looks doubtful. A suit is
pending in the Marshall Circuit
court, brought by the opposing
bidders EVERY and Clizbe, in the
name of FIVE citizens, asking a re.
straining order against the coun-
Gil VIM. EVERY states that he
will fight the case to the finish,
believing the council is not act
ing fairly. The new franchise if
granted, will 60 into effect Feb.
10, 1910. The ordinance provides
that one year be given the suc-
cessful bidder to prepare for full
filling the terms of the contract.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-27

1t is astonishing how great a change
. few years of married life often make
in the appearance and disposition of
many women. The freshness, the
charm, the brilliance vanish like the
bloom from flower which is rudely
handled. The matron is only a dim
shadow, faint echo of the charming
maiden. Few young women appreciate
the shock of the system through the
change which comes with marriage and
motherhood. Many neglect to deal with
the unpleasant pelvic drains ard weak
nesses which too often come with mar
riage and motherhood, not understand
ing that this secret drain is robbing the
cheek of its freshness and the form of
its fairness.
AS surely as the general health suffers
when there is arrangement of the health
of the delicate womanly organs, 50 surely
when these organs are established in
health the face and form at once witness
to the fact in renewed comeliness.
More than a million women have found
health and happiness in the use of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Itmakes
weak women strong and sick women
well. Ingredients on lAbel-contains
no alcohol or harmful habit-forming
drugs. 1t is made wholly of those
native, American, medicinal roots most
highly recommended by leading med
ical authorities of all the several schools
of practice for the cure of woman's
peculiar ailments.
For nursing mothers, or for those
broken-down in health by too frequent
bearing of children, also for the expect
ant mothers, to prepare the system for
the coming of baby and make its ad-
vent easy and almost painless, there is
no medicine quite so good as ~Favorite
Prescription" 1t can do no harm in
any conditions of the system. 1t is a
most potent invigorating tonic and
strengthening nervine, nicely adapted
to woman's delicate system by a ply
stefan of large experience in the treat
ment OF woman's peculiar ailments.
Bad Symptoms. The woman who
has periodical headaches, backache, sees
imaginary dark spots or specks floating
or dancing before her eyes, has gnawing
distress or heavy full feeling in stomach,
faint spells, dragging feeling in
lower abdominal or pelvic region, easily
startled or excited, irregular or painful
periods, with or without pelvic catarrh,
is suffering from weaknesses and de-
rangements that should have early at
tention. Not all of above symptoms are
likely to be present in any case at one
time.
Neglected or badly treated and such
cases often run into maladies which de-
mand the surgeons knife if they do not
result fatally.
No medicine extant has such . long
and numerous record oil cures IN such
Gases as DR.. Piercee FavofIte Prescrip-
ton. No medicine has such 4 strong
professional Endorsement OF each OF its
several ingredients-worth more than
any number of ordinary non-profes-
sional testimonials. The very best in
gradients known to medical science for
Che cure of woman's peculiar ailments
enter into lie composition. No alcohol,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-27
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only on e way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is infamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed, Deaf
ness is the result. and unless the in
flammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to it's normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catsrrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure Send for circu-
lars, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-27
LEGISLATURE UNABLE
TO WIPE TOWN OFF MAP
Owensville Lively Corpse for a
Place That Was Officially
Killed.

According to an act passed by
the General Assembly of Indiana
i'll 1925, the town of Owensville
does not. exist in name. The act
reads as follows: BE it enacted
by the General Assembly of the
State of Indiana that the town
Plat OF the town of Owensville,
which is located at the forks of
the New Harmony and Princeton
Public Road in Gibson county,
in the State of Indiana, be and
the same hereby vacated"
The law was unconstitutional,
but it was never repealed. AT
that ancient date Owensville
gave promise of becoming the fut-
ure county seat of Gibson, and
some lawmakers from the 'Pock-
ct conceived the idea that
Owensville could be legislated
off the map and he succeeded in
getting the above act passed by
the General Assembly. Notice OF
the action OF the Legislature was
posted in different parts of town,
The people of the little town
held an indignation meeting and
several animated speeches were
delivered byC citizens. The
"skidoo' order from the Legislat-
ure was bitterly denounced
However, there is no record ia
show that any actual move was
made to vacate Owensville and
erase its name from the map. The
town is still holding down a good
slice of Gibson county. soil. 1t is
growing much faster than it was
in 1925.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-27
SPIKES ARE
BEING TESTED
E x P E r I'M E N 7 S BEING
MADE HERE BY COL
LEGE PROFESSORS
FOR ENLIGHT-
EMINENT OF
RVS.

The Warsaw Times gives the
following account OF the expert
ments which were being made at
Warsaw, and now at Plymouth
on the Pennsylvania railroad.
In addition to the speed test on
the Pennsylvania railroad, it is
also a test to determine the i'm
pact of trains, running at differ
emit speeds, with the rails. SINH
lar tests have been going on foi
about two years under the direc-
ton of the American Railway
Engineering and Maintenance of
Way association. Roads on
which tests have been made are
the Sante Fe, Rock Island. Bur-
lington, Illinois Central and the
St. Paul systems.
During the test at this point, a
heavy engine, sometimes two,
drawing a passenger coach, has
been speeding UP and down the
railroad through the city. The
stretch OF track is level for about
two miles and the speed has been
from 100 TO as low as five and ten
miles an hour. Besides the test
ing train, observations have been
made with the eighteen hour fly
er between Chicago and New
York. The speed is measured
with spedometers attached to the
locomotives and stop watches
and the impact is being determin-
ed by a number of instruments
fastened to the steel bridge
which spans the Yellow river.
The test is under the direction
of Prof. F. f. Turneoure, dean OF
the school of engineering of the
University of Wisconsin; Prof.
c. f. Crandall, OF the railway en-
gineering department of Cornell
University; F. NJ. Graham, of the
Pennsylvania lines, and several
others who are recording the re-
suits of the tests. The railways
on which the tests are being con-
Quoted are furnishing the trains
for the purpose. The report OF
the American association will be
made by prof. Turneoure. 1t
cannot be determined until the
results are known what Will be
done with the knowledge after it
is obtained, the chief effort at
present being directed to deter
mining what the impact amounts
to, but it is thought that the in
formation will be of inestimable
practical worth to the railroad
engineers when it is all figured
out.
]. c. Bland, engineer of bridges
on the Pennsylvania, is also as
sitting in making the series Oh
tests and inspections of bridges
on the lines which compose the
northwest sytem, and is assisted
by Supt. ]. B. McKin, Train
master ]. F. Patterson, Engineer
of Maintenance of Way Graham
and some Of the other heads OF
departments. The objects OF the
test are also to determine the eff
fects OF the blow on a bridge de,
livered by an engine and train
running at various speeds, from
the slowest to the highest
1t is not generally known. bit
it is nevertheless a fact, that the
Pennsylvania Railroad company
requires that all of its equipment
be thoroughly Inspected before
being placed in commission; even
railroad spikes are given chem
ical analysis and other tests.
Paints anil all other material used
ny the company comes under the
same rigid investigation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-27
Detective Assn. to Meet.

The Marshall County Detec-
tive Association holds its annual
meeting at the Court room in
Plymouth. On Saturday Sept. 5
1908 at 2 p. m, for the purpose
OF electing officers for the coming
year. Let all members be pres
ent at this meeting.
Sherman Orr, Secy.