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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26

leaving the keel hanging in air, she
settled steadily. bearing more and
more heavily on the ways.
Soon her weight would start the
running ways moving down over the
sloping surface of the standing ones.
and she would go into the water with
rush, borne along as If on a pair
OF creased hard pine runners fast
ened under her bilge.
Nowadays we split the stern
blocks first and work gradually up
toward the bow, so that. when the
vessel starts, the men under her are
pretty near the stem. OF course
every vessel is launched stern first.
But 1t was an earlier custom in some
yards to split down from bow to
stern. The men on the last blocks.
therefore, rarely having time to get
out before the vessel started, were
obliged to let her pass over them.
thereby running no little risk from
flying timbers. The blocks of the
Semple were taken in this latter or
der. had helped wedge up, but
was not considered experienced
enough to take part in the splitting.
The band was silent. The only
music came from beneath the ship.
klang! king! klang! pealed the
sledges, as the tough fibred oak
cubes, hardened almost to iron by
months of increasing pressure, were
cut away. Slowly sternward moved
the ringing strokes; outside the WAYS
the lanterns kept them company.
mo sound came from the specta-
tors. Closer and closer to the rud-
der drew the hammering. She might
start any second. Suddenly she
moved two or three inches. The
crowd hurrahed. and the band began
Hail Columbia The music ceased
when they found she had stuck fast.
The block splitters, thinking that
she would move in a moment, scram-
bled from under her as fast as they
could.
Now and then rose the cry, There
she goes! There she goes!' But
she didn't go.
The crowd aboard shook the rig
ging and ran about the decks, trying
to jar her loose; but she wouldn't
bulge. Then somebody on the
ground suggested butting a timber
against the stem. Twenty men
picked up a big plank and struck
several blows; but even that failed.
The unsplit blocks beneath the stern
held her stock still. A panic seized
the gang who had left their duty un-
hnished; not one could be persuad-
ed to go under again. When she
started, she would move like a flash.
and the man who did the work would
be taking long chances.
The tide had already fallen two
inches below its highest point. Soon
it would be too late to launch that
night. The vessel was chartered to
load as soon as she was rigged; and
If she lost two weeks by waiting for
the next course of high tides, some
other craft might get the freight.
Mr.. Darlington, hat Off, came
running down toward the group un-
der the quarter. All the blocks had
been split save the last three, which
were in plain sight under the keel.
He waved his hand toward them.
Who'll split those blocks out
for ten dollars? he shouted. No
body stirred.
III make it twenty-fve!' cried
he, little louder. Two or three
men with sledges glanced at one
another, but didn't move.
Just then the band struck up a
popular air. The old man grew fran
tic.
Tell 'em to stop that noise!' he
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26
assassination Of Alexander H.. and
was hanged In 1881.

assassination OF Alexander H., ana
was hanged In 1881.
Leo Deutsch, the revolutionist. has
record for repeated arrests and es-
capes which is probably without par
allel. Once he escaped through the
medium of bath. The Russian bath
Is a national institution. The author
ity which thinks nothing of freezing.
knouting and starving its prisoners,
never refuses a demand for bath.
All Russian prisons have their bath
ing establishments, where the prison.
ers are sent under the escort Of
guards.
Deutsch demanded to be taken to
public bath, saying he did not wish
to mingle with the criminals, and was
! allowed to go, with three soldiers as
escort. On arriving, two of the SOL
diers took stand before the two win
dows, and the third at the door.
Deutsch undressed, and handed his
clothing and purse to one of the SOL
| diers. The soldier felt quite safe,
thus holding the prisoners clothing,
for the cold was so severe there was
| no question of any one leaving the
bath naked. However, when Deutsch
entered the hot room he found a COM
rade, who by previous plan brought
him a bundle of ordinary civilian
clothing, which Deutsch put on at
once, and with an assured air
marched out of the premises without
any challenge.
None Of the guards paid any atten-
tion to the private gentleman leaving
the baths, and Deutsch easily escaped.
The soldiers waited long for the bath
er, and, on finding that he had es-
capped, could not explain how he got
away. Only long afterward did 1t
dawn on the officials that the prisoner
must have passed the guards in dis
guise.
In 1906 an audacious hoax was per-
petrated in Russian Poland which re-
suited in the liberation Of ten polit-
| ical prisoners who were condemned
to death. The friends who assisted
them knew that failure in the slight
est detail of their plan meant death
to themselves as we'll as to the "polit-
icals.'
The prison administration received
a telephone message purporting to
come from the chief of the city police.
saying that the Governor of Warsaw
desired the transfer of the ten pris-
oners from the Paviak to the citadel.
They were to be conveyed by an
officer who would bring his own
guard.
faith. One evening man In the uni
form of a gendarme officer appeared
at the prison and presented an official
| document ordering the transfer. In
the whole proceeding there was moth
ing to rouse suspicion. The officer
had brought six policemen with him,
and no other escort was sent. The
gendarme certified that the prisoners
had been delivered to his charge.
The prisoners were placed in the
carriage. The only prison servant
with the party was the coachman. AS
the prison van was being driven down
deserted street the coachman was
chloroformed, and the next morning
was found inside the van, while
around were lying prison clothes, uni
forms and swords. all that was left Of
the prisoners and their escort. All
efforts to discover the culprits were
unsuccessful.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26
The Wrong One.

A young man had been calling now
and then on young lady when one
night, as he sat in the parlor waiting
for her to come down, her mother
entered the room instead and asked
him in very grave, stern way what
his intentions were.
He turned very red and was about
to stammer some incoherent reply
when suddenly the young lady called
down from the head of the stairs:
Mamma, mamma, that is not the
one. e."-Ladies' Home Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26
The Woods of Idaho.

An example of the progress of the
science of forestry in this country
is furnished by the cooperation just
arranged between the University Of
Idaho and the United States Forest
Service for testing the timber grow
ing in the State of Idaho. The tests
will be specially directed to deter
mining the fitness of these timbers
for use as bridge stringers. railroad
ties and. paving blocks.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26
THE sLEEPY SONG.

As soon as the fire burns red and low,
And the house upstairs is still,
She sings me a queer little sleepy song
OF sheep that go over the hill.
The good little sheep run quick and soft,
Their colors are gray and white;
They follow their leader nose to tail
For they must be home by night.
And one slips over, and one comes next,
And one runs after behind;
The gray ones nose at the white ones tail,
The top of the hill they find
And when they get TO the top of the hill
They quietly slip away
But one runs over and one comes next
Their colors are white and gray.
And over they go and over they go,
And over the top of the hill
The good little sheep run quick and soft,
And the house upstairs is still.
And one slips over and one comes next,
The good little, gray little sheep!
l watch how the fire burns red and low,
And she says that fall asleep.
Josephine Daskam, in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26
Why the Preacher Should Know All
About Farming.
PY JEAN |. H. BAILEY, of Cornell University, .c =.
..ost Teacher and Writer on Agricu.tirr
Subjects in America

Every country preacher should take a course in
agriculture This is true The true preacher should
be leader He can not lead, without thorough
knowledge of the occupation of his people. We have
known three preachers in time, who had
able knowledge of botany, and to they the
most interesting preachers have known No
one can estimate the interest 1t would add to the lives
of rural people, to know the history of
all the plants indigenous to their SOIL 1t is remarkable,
the amount of ignorance along this line. 1t becomes
our preachers and teachers instruct people this
matter, as we'll the important matters of
crop growing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26
One Look Enough.

"Are you Nine. Bombazino, the
beauty SPECIALIST" asked the fair
caller.
"Yes, ma'am," answered the elder
ly square-jawed matron. What can
l do for your"
Nothing" said the caller, making
hasty exit.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26
The Tannery.

"What building is that?" asked
a stranger of Willie Billfuzz, point
ing to the school-house.
That" said the boy. why. that's
the tannery." And he feelingly
rubbed his back as he passed on
Uncle Remus's-The HomeKagazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26

II raised my head. A thin smoke
cloud, smelling of scorched wood
and tallow. swan before my eyes;
and amidst a tumult Of bells and
whistles caught the strains Of the
Star Spangled Banner The snip
was Off. and l had escaped un-
harmed. From Youths Compan-
ion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26

The output of the Russian oil fields
in the Baku district has been greatly
increased by recent installation of
steam turbines to drive the electric
dynamos and for the pumping in
stallations.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26

There are 1875 miles of electric
street railways in Rio Janeiro. The
current is obtained from water power.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26

An electrically operated clothes
wringer is one of the latest inven-
tions for the domestic laundry.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26

The human system can endure heat
Of 212 degrees, the boiling point Of
water, because the skin is bad con-
ductor, and on account of the per-
spiration cooling the body. Men have
withstood without injury heat Of
800 degrees for several minutes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26

Experiments show that there is an
intimate relation between the color
of sea water and the proportion of
salt 1t holds in solution, the blue
water containing much more salt than
the green, the difference in the two
colors being entirely matter of
more or less brine
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26

Rabies is far more common dis
ease than is generally admitted; so
that DR.. E. c. Schroeder, of the Bu-
reau of Animal Industry, urges con-
stant observation OF dogs and their
muzzling in public places. Recent
progress has greatly lessened its ef-
fects, for, since Negri's discovery in
1903 of the distinguishing micro-or-
ganisms in the nerve cells, the disease
easily recognizable, and the Pasteur
treatment is effective in curing it.
The mortality of sixty and eighty per
cent. in untreated bits on hands and
head has been reduced to OTIS and
1.25 per cent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26

Fish contain three times as much
phosphorus in their composition as
Quadrupeds, and as phosphorus is an
essential constituent Of the human
brain and requires renewal in pro-
portion to the amount of work that
organ is required to perform, it fol-
lows that dish partly composed of
fish will be serviceable to such as
are engaged in severe mental labors.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-26

Thunder is just the snap that we
hear in our electric machines greatly
intensified, and 1t is no doubt caused
by the violent commotion in the air
by the rush of electricity through it.
Light travels enormously faster than
sound; consequently we see the flash
long before we hear the thunder, the
interval depending on the distance of
the lightning from us.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01
New York HighMaYs.

From observations of engineers and others interested in the subject of good roads 1t is more and more evident that serious damage results from the pass age of the rapid-moying automobiles over them. In New York State, where there are probably more automobiles than anywhere else in this country, the matter seems to have reached the alarming point. It has been made the subject of several reports by officials immediately concerned. In the past two or three years the increase in the number of automobiles and in their weight and speed has made their effect very noticeable. The fragments and powder formed by the grinding action of traffic, which serve as a necessary binder to the stone of the macadam, are lifted by the broad rubber tires of a rapidly-moving automobile and scat tered.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01
One 0f Me
 Essentials

of the happy homes of to-day is c vast fund of information as to the best methods of promoting health and happiness and right living and know. ledge of the worlds best products.
 Products of actual excellence and reasonable claims truthfully presented and which have attained to world. wide acceptance through the approval of the Well-Informed of the World i; not of individuals only. but of the many who have the happy faculty of selecting and obtaining the best the world affords.
 One of the products of that class. of known component parts, an Ethical remedy, approved by physicians and commended by the Well-Informed of the World as a valuable and whole some family laxative Is the well-known Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup O., only. and for sale by all leading druggists.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01

By name Clallam. Size it. 8 in
 by it. in, made o. dry fir lumber 13s in. thick, size of glass in top of door 22 by 2S, double strength clear glass, our price only $2.45. Sold by | dealers generally from $3.50 to $40C per door.
 We have our own mill and we are among the largest makers and distrib utors of glass doors in the Northwest
 We have only ONE price, the lowest possible wholesale price, and we sell to anybody.
 Cross panel fir doors only $1.35, the worlds standard door. Two-light house windows, size of glass 24 by 2S, only $1.02. All our win dows are made of fir lumber, glass is silver clear.
 Send for our price lists, in which we illustrate and describe hundreds of diff ferent articles. We make shipments everywhere throughout the West, and guarantee absolutely safe delivery. Price lists mailed free, with informa. tion how to order. We have only one price. A thousand bargains. Write today.
 o. B. WILLIAMS CO.,, 1910 Western Ave. Seattle, Wash.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01
Steamed Peach Padding.

This excellent recipe comes from MT. Berrys Fruit Recipes" Mix we'll a cup of flour, two of bread crumbs and half cup chopped nuts, preferably almonds. Stir in the beaten yolks of three eggs, three-fourths cup sugar, a little lemon juice and two heaping cups chopped peaches. Lastly add the whip ped whites of three eggs. Turn into Q well-buttered mold and steam two hours. Serve with peaches pressed through a sieve and awAetened
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01

The Belgians border their roadside with apple and pear trees of the cider and perry varieties and they draw a profitable revenue from their elongated plantations. Thus the SOO,00O roadside trees of Belgium bring in an annual income of fl3.0OO-that is, little over 4d a tree, big and little; while they cost, including contributions to a 10. planting sinking fund, trine over Sd . tree.-The Car.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01
slOo Reward, Sl0O.

The readers of this paper will be pleased e learn that there is at least onedreaded dieseee that science has been able to Gufs iA eM atl Cure Is the only positive cdre known to the medical fraternity. Cstarrh being eeusatq- tional disease, required . constltuaenal trSst. ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucoul Iurlaces of the systeia, thereby destroying tho foundation of the disease, and giving the .pa. aud sssisting nature in doing its work. Tho 9roprietors lave 30 much faith in its curative bowers that they offer One Hundred Doalafl Tor any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for lita ' Edafess. E. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O Bold by druggists, 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01
Canned Pears.

To every three pounds of fruit allow one and oae-half pounds of sugar and q half pint of water. Peel pears and lay them In cold water to keep them from turning dark. When syrup Is boiling put in pears and cook until they are clear and e fork will go Into them easily. Have jars standing in pan of hot water, carefully All them with the fruit Pour syrup over them, filling to top. Seal at once
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01
SINKS AND DRAINS A ERE.
 OUEUT CAUSE 0f TYPHOID
Purify These and You Will Be
 Safe From ContaglOn
DISINFECTIKG THE ONLY PREVENTIVE
sorax, a Simple, Safe and Sure Method

Two tablespoonfuls of Borax in a pailful of hot water poured down the grease-choked pipes of sink. or flushed through a disease-laden drain cleanses and purifies 1t, leaving it clean and sweet.
 Bed clothing and clothes used in a sick room can be made hygienically clean and snowy-white, if washed in a hot solution of Borax water.
 Kitchen and eating utensils, used during illness, will be kept from all possibility of contagion if Borax is used when washing them. Pure as snow and harmless as salt, and be- cause it can be used for almost every domestic and medical purpose, Borax must be considered the one great household necessity.
 Local agents wanted. Write for money making plan.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01
Appeti.inx Fish Dish.

For an appetizing dish take the whit meat of "a chicken. and two sticks of crisp, bleached celery. Chop them to- gether fine, and season with salt pepper and vinegar. Allow this to stand . while. then squeeze dry. and add two tablespoonfuls of mayonnaise dressing and mix well. Over some buttsred toast lay two or three thin slices of bacon. and on top of this spread the chicksr If not objectionable. sprinkle chopped hives over the whole.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01
Quincs Jelly.

Take about fourteen Quinces and tw, pounds of sugar. Divide Quilces into four parts and put into kettle nearly covered with water and cook until ten der. Pour juice through q cloth. This will make one quart of juice. Clarify sugar, pour over juice of Qulnces and cook for fifteen minutes. Skim the juice. Then pour Into Jelly tumblera
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01
~~~N~~~~N.

Tn London there Is one clergyman to every 2,OO0 persons.
 New York City Is now spending on education s120,s73 each school day.
 Government experts are Investigating seaweed with the object of determining It's economic value.
 The production of oeeomargarine In the year ended June 30 last rose to 6S,- 0SS, $50 pounds over 1900. The Govern ment derived an income of s6S7, ,641 from its tax on the article.
 From the figures which have just been published of the census taken in November last 1t appears that Greece has a population of 2,63l.952, an in crease of nearly 100000 over the pre-. ceding year.
 At a recent municipal celebration in Covina, Cal. in which a barbecue wns given to mark the advent of an electric railway, coffee was served from an urn holding 25O gallons or 5.O0O cups beans were cooked in a pot holding 200 gallons.
 The increase in population through out Canada Is slow at best-the Domin- ion had only 5,371. 1915 people In 1901, or many less than the total number of those who live in Greater New York and in what Is known as the metro politan district" combined.
 The Automobile stare" Is becoming noticeable in New York City. It is the vacant, faraway, apparently unobserv' ing look that comes into the face of n chauffeur when he crosses streets re- gardless of the pedestrians, turns the wrong corner or guides and speeds hls vehicle regardless of the rights of oth. CTS.
 Outside of the officials and engineers there are 2,90e f1remen in New York City, who are divided into four grades. There are 1,So4 of the first grade, get ting s1, 400 per annum; 204 of the sec ond grade. getting $l,2oo; SIS of the 'hird grade, getting S1,000, and 4D5 of tho fourth grade and on probation, get tirg $500.
 Lorraine. Ohio. is boosting of the largest fresh water dry dock in the world. While there is something of a conflict in the assertion. 1t appears to be amply borne out by the facts. The dock is 745 feet long and 125 feet wide, which is within few feet of the di- mensions of the new dry dock at the League Island navy yard
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01

A new agency for the sale of the standard makes of American watches has been established in Seattle by the Seattle Watch Go.
 The direct sale of watches through advertising is the method of this con- cern. MT. A. B. Jones, manager of the Seattle house, is watch specialist and a man of long experience in the business. He believes that the devel- opment of the business in the North west is simply matter of letting the people know of the advantages of buy ing watches in this way.
 American made watches are not ex- celled for reliability and time keeping qualities.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01
Harmony Club, Too.

Jack-It is strange how the attend ance at the Girls Harmony Club keeps up these warm nights. No one member misses a meeting.
 Myrtilla-They are afraid to miss a meeting. The absent are always knock. ed unmercifully.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01

That man who makes tomatoes and potatoes grow on the same plant is aw- fully wasteful. He ought at least to use the leaves for lettuce. the blossoms for violets and the stalks for bamboo canea.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01
Satisfied.

The elderly man gave his consent "But my daughter always insisted that she wanted husband with a title," ne added.
 "Well, showed her my two," replied the young man. "One was to a town house and the other to a place In the ry."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01
It Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot Ease is a certain cure for hot. sweating. callus. and swollen. ach- ing feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't accept any substitute. Trial package FREE. Address Allen S. Olm- sted. Le Roy, N. Y.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01

ETC St Vtus' Dance and Nervous Diseases illo permanently cured by pr. Kline | Great Nerve Restorer Send for FREE S2.OO trai
 bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. Kline Id. sSl Arch St. Philadelphia Pa.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01

Mothers will dud Mrs. Wfnsiov's soothial syrup the pest remedy to use for tAeif chlorel auring the teetAing period
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01

We cannot help wondering how many extra steps King Alfonso has taken since the new boy arrived.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-01

AS work Of art me seIr-made mar isn't in 1t with the seif-made woman.