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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
AS Helpless AS a Child,
Rheumatism the Cause.
Finds Almost Immediate Relief in Uric o,
the Remedy Recommended Alone
for This One Disepse.

T. B. Singleton, 9l9 North Elizabeth
St., Lima, Ohio. ad dvises all who suffer
with rheumatism, no matter what form,
to commence at once a Uric.O treat
ment, and find In it hai mless, speedy
cure. He writes as follows
AFTER being striken down with
rheumatism for four years. In which
time spent over S400 90 with doctors
and treatments at sanitsriums, | have
found right here in my own town
remedy OF wonderful merit. Through
the recommendation OF Druggist Vort-
camp, have used two bottles OF Uric.
0, and can truthfully say that IL has
done me more good than all the other
medicines, baths and doctors combined.
was at times as helpless as child
and could not even dress myself. Since
taking Uric-O, | fell as active in my
limbs as ever. am again an able bodied
man.
Anyone suffering with this terrible
disease. should at once procure bottle
of this remedy.
Uric o is sold by your druggist at 75c
and LOO the bottle. Address for trial
bottle, the Smith Drug Co., 110 Smith
Bldg, Syracuse, N. Y.
Uric o is sold and personally recon-
mended by Stoke & Feicht Drug Co.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
Corporation law?"
GERMS IN Her SYSTEM
Every Woman Should Read This.

The number of diseases peculiar to
woman is such that we believe this space
would hardly contain a mere mention of
their names, and it is fact that most of
these diseases are of a catarrhal nature.
A woman cannot be we'll if there is trace
of the catarrhal germs in her system.
Some women think there is no help for
them We positively declare this to be a
mistaken idea. We are SO sure of this
that we offer to supply medicine absolutely
free of all cost in every instance where it
fails to give entire satisfaction or does not
substantiate our claims. With this under
standing, no woman should hesitate to
believe our honesty of purpose, or hesitate
to put our claims to test.
There is only one way TO cure Catarrh.
That way is through the blood. . You may
use all the snuffs, douches or like remedies
for years without getting more than tenn
porary relief at best. Catarrh is caused
by germ. That germ is carried by the
blood to the innermost part of the system
until the mucous membrane is broken.
irritation and inflammation produced, and
flow of mucous results, and you can prob
ably realize how silly it is to attempt to
cure such an ailment unless you take a
medicine that follows the same course as
the germ or parasite.
Rexall Mucu-Tone is scientifically pre-
pared from the prescription of an eminent
physician who for thirty years made his
specially Catarh, and with this medicine
he averaged oS% of cues where it was
employed. No other remedy is so prop
erly designed for the ailments of woman.
1t will purify and enrich the blood, stop
mucous discharge, destroy all germ matter,
remove all impurities from the system,
soothe, heal and strengthen the mucous
tissues, and bring about good feeling of
health and strength.
We want you to try Rexall Mucu-Tone
on our guarantee. If you are not benefit
ted, or for any reason not satisfied, simply
tell us and we will hand back your money.
Rexall Mucu- Tone comes in two sizes, soc.
and SI.oo.
Stoke & Feicht Drug Company Store
r. ynoldsville, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
BELLINrS BEST OPERA.
Norma" Was Kissed at First-The
COMPOSERS death.


Bellini. was born in Sicily. He died
at PuteauT, near Paris, under some
what strange circumstances, in 1885.
Baron Ayme dAquno wrote to a friend
81 rode out to call on him; but, as usu-
al, the gardener of his house refused
to let me in. Later on in the day there
was a heavy storm, and at about 5
o'clock l once again tried to see him.
AS no one answered the bell pushed
against the gate, and 1t gave way, so
got into the house. l found Bellini on
bed, abandoned by all At first
thought that he was asleep. When
touched his hand, 1t was quite cold, for
he was dead"
A curious letter is published, written
by him when his Norma" was hissed
at the first representation: 81 have just
returned from the Scala. Would you
believe It? Norma was hissed. l no
longer recognized the friendly Milan
ese, who received with enthusiasm and
delight the III Pirata,' La Straniera,'
La Sonnambula.' have deceived my
self. l have made a great mistake. All
my progenitors have been wrong. All
my expectations have been illusions.
But, assure you from my heart, there
are morsels in it that l shall be proud
If can ever excel. Did not the Ro-
mans hiss 'L'Olympiade' Of the divine
Pergolesi? In all theatrical produc-
tions the public is the supreme judge.
The public will reverse its judgment.
1t will recognize that Norma is the
best Of my operas. ."--Argonaut
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
THE BACK OF THE NECK.
Make It Proof Against Drafts and
Colds In the Head.

Make It Proof Against Drafts and
Colds In the Head.
when was boy" said a doctor,
81 didn't believe In drafts. l thought
that they who imputed colds to drafts
were cranks. But one November
night at concert felt all the even
ing strong draft on the back of my
neck. 1t was so strong 1t resembled a
suction pump. Now said l to my
self, 'we'll see If this draft will give
yours truly cold.'"
He shuddered.
"For a week." he said, 81 was laid
up with so vile a cold that couldn't
breathe save with my mouth open.
And now l am satisfied that nine out
Of every ten colds are solely due to a
draft on the back of the neck.
81 know how to prevent such colds.
Hence l may practically say that /
know how to prevent all colds. 1t is a
fact that none of my patients, thanks
to my method, know what cold is.
"They learn from me to do this-to
bathe the back of the neck every
morning in cold water. Thus the spot
becomes hardened. 1t becomes draft
proof
"And when new patient peculiarly
sensitive to colds, visits me, my pecul-
lar treatment is to blow on the back
of his neck with bellows for several
days In succession. The bellows, in
conjunction with the icy douche, frees
him from all future susceptibility.
Thenceforth his winters pass without
that horrid winter pest, bad cold."-
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03

He came home in the small hours
Of the morning, and his loving spouse
confronted him with wrath in her eye
and telegram In her hand, saying,
"Here Is news that has been waiting
for you since supper time"
He blinked, looked wise and, braced
up against the hatrack, felt through
his pockets, murmuring, 81 left my
glasses down town"
"Yes," she replied, with scathing
irony, "but you brought the contents
with you"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
Who the Mound Builders Were.

Who were the mound builders Of
North America? The Rev. DR.. Bryce
Of Winnipeg has examined a large
number of these interesting struc-
lures and is Of the opinion that they
were built by the Toltecs and mark
ehe course of the Toltec immigration
from the south along the Mississippi
and Ohio to the great lakes and the
st. Lawrence, along the Missouri and
along the Mississippi proper to the
Rainy and Red rivers. This would
make the earliest mound date from
about HOO A. D.-Boston Herald
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
Too Much Quiet.

On one occasion the hustllng and
energetic archbishop of York, DR..
Maclagan, wrote to the vicar in an
outlying village suggesting that he
should lend his church for the purpose
Of giving the clergy Of the district a
"quiet day" for meditation and frater-
nal reunion. The witty vicar Of this
sleepy hamlet in the wolds promptly
replied:
My Dear Lord Archbishop-Your very
kind letter to hand. But what the people
in this village want most in their spiritual
life is not quiet day." but an earth
quake
London Standard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
Found Him Guilty.

Counsel Ito the jury)-The principal
fault of the prisoner has been his un'
fortunate characteristic Of putting
faith in thieves and scoundrels Of the
basest description. have done. The
unhapy man In the dock puts implicit
faith in you, gentlemen of the jury
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
An Appeal For Mercy.

Judge" said the prisoner, II sup
pose you're going to soak me-"
"You are habitual offender" re-
piled the judge; "were caught with the
stolen goods, and the court will have
to do its painful duty"
II don't want to seem unreasonable"
replied the prisoner. II don't mind a
long sentence. I'm used to 1t. But
say, Judge, cut out the lecture that
usually goes with 1t, won't you."-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
Another Wax.

A well known London physician was
invited out to the country for some
shooting; but, although he tried sew
eral times. he could not hit a single
rabbit.
"I'm very unlucky," he exclaimed.
"Tve killed nothing all day."
"Never mind" said his host. write
the rabbits one of your prescriptions.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
Foul.

Foul tactics" declared the halfback.
whats the trouble now?' demand
ed the referee.
81 tried a kick for the stomach, but
this fellow blocked it with his head."-
Kansas City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
Not Graspinu.

"What grasping fellow you are
Hawkins. You've bothered me about
this bill fifty times in ten days"
"You wrong me, farley. I'm not
grasping. I've bothered you about the
bill, l admit, but haven't been able
to grasp anything yet"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
His Strona Point.

''It is true,' said a friend, "that you
have amassed great fortune. But
your grammar
"Never mind the grammar" said
Mr.. Dustin Stax. This is an era Of
specifications. l may be weak in
some branches, but I'm an authority
on the possessive case."- Washington
Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
Good Behavior.

Employer-Why were you discharged
from your last place? Applicant-For
good behavior. Employer-What do
you mean by that? Applicant-They
took three months off my sentence
Cleveland Leader.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
A DMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE.

e.
Letters OF administration on the estate
of Mrs. Catherine Foltz, late OF Winslow
township, Jefferson county, Pa, having been
granted to the undersigned, all persons in
debted to said estate are required to make
immediate payment to the administratrix,
and those having claims against the same
will present them, properly authenticated
for payment. LYDIA 8. DEEMER,
Administrative.
S. NJ. McCreight, Attorney,
Reynoldsville, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
FEEBLE OLD LADY
Has Strength Restored By
Vinol

Mrs. Michael Bloom of Jewistown,
Pa, who is so years Of age, says: "For
a long time have been SO feeble that
I have had to be wheeled around in
an invalid's chair. I had no strength
and took cold at the slightest provoca.
ton, which invariably settled on my
lungs, and cough would result. My
son learned of the cod liver prep
aration called Vinol, and procured a
bottle for me. 1t built up my strength
rapidly, and after taking three bottles
l am able to do most of my work, and
I can walk quarter of a mile easily.
Every aged or weak person who re-
quires strength should try Vinol. am
delighted with what 1t has done for
me-"
AS body builder and strength crea-
tor for old people, delicate children,
weak, rundown persons, and after
sickness, Vinol is unexcelled II 1t
fails to give satisfaction we will re-
turn your money.
Stoke & Feicht Drug Company
Reyno1dsville, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
Writing For Money.

Green-I hear your wife is an au-
thoress. Does she write for money
Breen--I never receive letter from
her that she writes for anything else.
Town Topics.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
She Had to Mend Them.

Benham-I believe In putting my
best foot forward. Mrs. Benham-I
have noticed that your toe always
goes right through your stocling.-~
New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
An Old Timer,

"He's an old newspaper man."
"About how old?"
"Well, he can remember when they
only issued extras when something
happened. d."-Louisville Courier-J Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03

"Yes, this room is dark, damp and
positively uninhabitable. 1t is sup
piled for your wife's mother, II she has
one."
"She has. I'll take the fiat."-Boston
Traveller
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03
A Tremendous Task.

80 you are going 10 STUDY law
"Yes."
Going to make speciality of crimi-
nal lawp
mo"
Corporation law"
mo. Both are too easy. What l
want is to be accurately and reliably
Informed as to what months in the
year and days in the week it is per
mitted to shoot certain game in the
various sections of the country
Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03

To make luminous paint, mix small
quantity Of calcium sulphide with or
dinary white paint.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-03

Europe is less than one-fourth as
large as Asia.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-26

about the very language Of his inco-
herent confession and his manner in
making it that told me that Mason
was not the thief.
What more do you want?' Mason
breathed. 4 did 1t, l tell you, and I
shall be convicted of 1t. | can't re.
store the stamps and the money-order
book because 1 have destroyed them,
but here is the money, every penny Of
it.
"He threw a roll Of bills in my lap
and continued:
"'My confession Is sufficient to ON
vict upon. l will repeat it in court
and / want you to arrest me and get
me away from here just as oon as
you can
Gust at this juncture the depot.
agent entered the office with a tele-
gram for me. 1t was a cipher mes.
sage from the department. Taking
out my code book, l translated 1t in a
moment and the contents of it, in the
light of Mason's confession, was moth
ing less than unnerving.
without a word l wrote the mes
sage out and passed it over to Mason:
Money orders being passed Waco and
other Texas towns.
"'What does 1t mean?' he cried.
Before l could answer him, Miss
Lundy came into the office. With a
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-26

"After some time they called to me.
Between the two Of them they ex.
planned everything, They had long
been lovers and. with the aversion that
lovers have for the Gathering of vii
lage gossips' merciless tongues, they
had succeeded in keeping their attach
ment a secret. They had been en-
gagged for some time, and 1t was their
custom to meet at the home Of a kind.
ly old widow lady of an evening, she
alone knowing of their engagement.
On the night of the robbery they had
spent the evening together at the wild.
ow's.
"She and Mason had left the wild.
ow's about ten o'clock and Mason had
left her at the gate. After leaving her.
Mason had taken a long stroll and.
about midnight, had passed the post.
Office in returning to his home. AS he
approached the building he had seen
a lady leaving 1t, closing and locking
the door after her.
Next morning, when he opened
the safe he discovered the robbery.
His suspicion of Miss Lundy had then
come upon him.
1T was a pretty tangle. The lovers
had Strengthened 1t out to their own
satisfaction and, while l knew that
neither of them had any guilty knowl-
edge of the deed, l was far from being
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-26
/MOXEM CIHZZX-

sons were a and a man and
that they had taken the pains to adj
wise me of what they had seen by
"The situation puzzled me more
than ever and l didn't fall asleep until
late that night, having tossed away
many restless hours upon the instru-
ment of torture which did service for
a bed in the stuffy room of the no.
tel. Involuntarily, next morning, l
as soon as my eyes opened. 1t was
there, a third note, on the same pa.
per, in the same hand and of the
same purport as that Of the morning
before. The only change was in the
wording of it.
Why don't you arrest Mason? He
robbed the ~postoffice. Ask him IL he
didn't break the window-glass. He
won't deny 1t.
Il worried through the morning
somehow, never trusting myself to
show up at the post-ofice. At noon l
was forced to go back to the hotel, as
it was the only place of public enter
tainment in the village. headed
straight for my room. expecting to
find a fourth note on the table. l was
not disappointed, for there it was, as
big as life. the exact counterpart of
the day before:
Miss Lundy Is tho robber.
More than ever puzzled, / strolled
over to the ~postofice after lunch. Ma
son was there and alone. Miss Lun-
dy had not returned from her dinner.
The postmaster's face was piteous to
behold. He shrank from me as l greet
ed him and put his hands over his
face. His hands shook like a mans
with the palsy. Before l could find a
seat he arose and wen into his pri-
vate Office, reckoning me to follow.
Il seated myself and watched with
patience while he strobe back and
forth across the limited space OF the
office. Suddenly he stopped squarely
before me. and bracing himself with
a painful effort, blurted out tumble
of words, confessing that he had
robbed the safe. / was struck all OF
a heap. but never for an instant did
l believe him. There was something
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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-26

woman's intuition, she saw that some
thing was wrong. A look of terror,
which smote me to the heart, swept
and stepped between Mason and me,
who stood staring at each other like
wooden images.
"'Oh, Capt. Dickson she sobbed,
don't you believe him. He didn't have
a thing to do with 1t. l did 1t myself.
The money is in my trunk. l have
burned the stamps and the money-or-
der book
"'She didn't do it, Capt. Dickson
ranted Mason like a man demented.
She knows nothing about it. I alone
am guilty and she is merely trying to
save me from prison; she is my af-
fianced BRIDE
"'Hold on there I cautioned, you
are a pair of sentimental young limo.
cents, and while l am willing to give
you my blessing, although 1t is a bit
out of my line, l am not going to be-
lieve a word either Of you say about
this robbery and don't either Of you
dare to breathe a word of such
absurd nonsense to any one
else. know that neither OF
you robbed the safe and you
couldn't convince me of 1t II you talked
a thousand years and produced the
charred remains Of that money-ordei
book itself. Dry your eyes. Miss
Lundy; shake yourself together, Ma
son. and let's get down to serious tall
and clear this thing up. See here
continued. producing the four notes
that had been left at my room, 'honol
bright, now, you wrote these notes
didn't your
Il didn't stay to hear more but beai
out Of the office as II the furies were
at my back instead of two lovers hap
py beyond expression In the knowl
edge that their doubts we're unfoundet
and that there was happiness still re
naming for them. l wasn't going t,
take chances on their being disturbed
so ! took possession on the porch be
fore the p~ost-office door to head on an,
persons who might feel inclined to In
trude upon their privacy.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-26

satisfied and felt that my work had
just begun.
with my suspicion of Mason set at
rest, I could confide more fully in him,
SO / set out with two clews, the WON.
an visitor that Mason had seen and
the pin with the glass head. There
were many in the village that
fitted the description in a general way
ard that was a hard clew to follow, SO
I fell back upon the pin. There were
none of the kind for sale in the village
nor had there ever been, so l knew
that the pin must be an imported one.
This was some progress, but 1 was
still far from shore.
II don't know that l would ever have
run the thief to earth If it hadn't
CHANGED that l met a lady one after
noon who wore a flower pinned upon
her breast. A glance showed me that
the pin which held it was the twin
brother to the n / had found. The
lady, l learned, had been in the vii.
lage some four or five months, teach.
ing a dancing school with great sue
cess. No one knew where she came
from.
1T was an easy matter to clear up
the robbery after this. She was an
old timer in criminal deeds and as
slick a crook as ever wore petticoats.
She had easily learned the careless
methods of the p~ost-ofice and, when
she deemed the occasion ripe. had SO
lected a skeleton key from her stock
and pulled off the robbery, a neat job
except for Mason's untimely p
ance upon the scene. She had most
OF the stamps In her possession, but
she had sent the money-order book to
her husband, who was then operat-
ing in the profitable field of the south
| west.
How about the lovers, did you
say? They were married in due time
and I had the pleasure Of officiating
as best man."
Copyright, 1909. by w. O.. Chapman.)
Copyright in Great Brittany
Some tropical daisies measure \ foot
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-26
sh. Had reeted the ovster.

Dora, the pet of the household, was
very fond Of oysters, and after eating
her lunch Of oysters and crackers she
thought Of her dear mother busy at her
sewing machine. She selected a nice
large oyster, put It in a plate and car
ried 1t to her mother, who, pleased
with her little daughters thoughtful
ness. ate the oyster and said:
1T is most as good as my little
grille"
YES" answered Dora. 81 know 1t Is
good cause l licked 1t all the way from
the The Delineator.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-26
A Pin for a Clew
BY an Ex- Operative of the Secret Service
Capt, Dickson illustrates a De-
teCtiVe'S "NoSe for Details"

sage of the same character as the
mornings note. 1t was, but there was
a decided conflict in the news it con-
tanned. In a cramped, disguised writ
ing, evidently a woman's, were five
words:
Miss Lundy is the robber.
Frankly, l didn't know what to
think. Suspicion and these mysteri-
Gus notes pointed to the postmaster
and his handsome assistant. The let
tiers were written by different persons,
and it was easy to imagine that Ma
son and the young lady had robbed
the safe and that each of them had
been seer by a different person as
they left the building; that these per.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-26
Breaking the News Gently.

A good example Of the extremely
courteous In public correspondence
was the notice sent to Charles James
Fox that he was no longer a member
OF the government Of George the Third.
1t read thus: His gracious majesty
has been pleased to issue a new COM
mission, in which your name does not
appear"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-26
Bank Balance and independence.

Business women have evolved the
idea of saving, and the thrifty incen-
tive was not inspired by their broth
ers, but rather envelopes the girl with
%pendence which evolves thu girl with
5000 or $500 to her credit and spurs
her on to ada more and m-re to the
reserve.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-26

Thousands of country people know that
in time of sudden mishap or accident
Hamlins Wizard Oil is the best substi,
it is so often found upon the shelf.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-26

Women would have no use for mir
rors that would enable them to see
themselves as others see them.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-26

Some tropical daisies measure . foot
In circumference.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-26

HAT do l consider
the most important
thing TO notice when
first investigating a
crime?
Capt. Dickson, a
retired secret serv-
ice officer, had re-
peated the words of
my ouoetiOp