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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10
TWO HOME-COMINGS.

Thursday; the maid already gone,
having left simple meal for two
ready to serve; Mrs. Ashley intent on
saving every possible minute for help
ing the little seamstress, who was
working at high tension on a gown
which Mrs. Ashley needed to wear
that evening; the telephone bell a
message to say that three friends
would drop in to luncheon-and then
Daughter Dulcie, slender, sixteen and
competent, walking quietly in, home
from her vacation twenty-four hours
earlier than expected.
What luck that / camel" was the
first thing she said on learning the
situation. Things to tell you? Well,
rather! But they'll keep till this cri-
sis is past. You sit down, mother,
and sew just as IL they weren't COM
ing. I'll make omelet and whole
wheat mullins and cocoa-don't you
give it thought. Isn't it good that
l saved a clean shirt waist and
brought 1t in my bag? And now l
know why l lugged that bunch of as
ters home-to have on the table at
our luncheon. oh, but I'm glad I'm
here!"
That evening, while Mrs. Ashley
was paying the seamstress, Dulcie,
close by, was exulting over the pretti-
ness of the finished gown.
Pretty? Yes, child" said Mrs.
Ashley, with look at Dulcie that
made the little seamstress suddenly
homesick for her own mother, "but
it's thanks to you that l have it ready
for tonight, isn't it, Miss Brown?
What would we have done If Dulcie
hadn't come to-day?"
Before that week was over the lit
tie seamstress, in another home,
found herself realizing, as the morn
ing slipped away, that there was still
two days work to be done before fin
ishing her engagement at Mrs. Brew
ster's that night.
"If l could have few hours of
help this afternoon, Mrs. Brewster"
she had begun, when cab rolled up
to the door, and the sentence was
never finished. Ethel Brewster, pret-
ty and high-keyed, had come back
from a summer jaunt.
Completely strapped. momsie!"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10
Nonsense Verses.

A bright boy, four years old, has
an uncle who teaches him nonsense
verses" not unlike those with which
the late Edward Lear used to amuse
English children. The nephew went
to Sunday-school, and not long ago
his teacher was telling the class about
the busy bees, and asked II any of
the children could tell her anything
concerning them.
waldo can" spoke up the little
fellow.
We'll, Waldo, you may stand in
front and tell us what you know"
And Waldo. rising proudly, steamed
away with these lines:
How doth the little busy bee
Delight to bark and bite.
To gather honey all the day
And eat it up at night
Trying to suppress smile the
teacher asked Did your mother
teach you that?"
mo, my Uncle Arthur did,"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10
Advantages of Electric Traction.

Sir w. H. Preece says that one
great advantage of electric over
steam traction on railroads is that it
impresses continuous and uniform
torque, or turning, on the shaft, while
the action of the steam locomotive is
intermittent The consequence is
that wheels driven by an electric mo-
tor get continuous "bite" on the
rails, as steam-driven wheels do not.
BY means of this constant grip, slip
ping on greasy rails is avoided. 1t is
also possible, with electric traction,
to apply the maximum torque at once.
and thus to bring railroad train up
to its greatest speed much more
quickly than is possible with steam
traction. This advantage is especial
ly valuable on city lines, where stop
pages are frequent and distances be-
tween stations short.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10
rooster" replied the anxious wife Of

rooster" replied the anxious wife OF
the sick man.
''Send out some o. yer youngins to
chast It down an fetch me three or
four of its tail feathers"
Several of the numerous Lewis
children ran out to give chase to the
surprised rooster, and he was soon
deprived of a number of his shining
tail feathers. Ma'am Pike took these
feathers, poured some liquid from a
yellow glass bottle over them, NUT
tered some jargon, and calling for a
fire shovel with some hot Goals on It.
burned the feathers under the sick
mans nose.
II think that'll fetch him round
all right" she said. ''If it don't, Wen
bleed him leetle more an put cou-
pie o. blisters on the soles of his feet.
There! See that man ridin' by on a
white hoss? That's sure sign he'll
git we'll I never knowed It to fail.
A stranger ridin' by house on a
white hoss is sure sign that the sick
man will git we'll. If 1t was black
boss, it'd mean that nothin' could
save the sick person"
The sick mans sufferings seemed
to increase, whereupon Ma'am Pike
ordered his feet soaked in water "as
nigh b'ilin' hot" as he could stand It.
While this was being done she took
tin box from her satchel. This box
contained a blue salve. Spreading
this salve thickly on strip of cloth
Ma'am Pike wrapped it around the
patients neck, saying as she did so:
"That'll be good fer him, no mat
ter where the pain is. I guess he bet
ter take this internal. 1t won't do
him no harm, anyhow"
She brought forth a brown pill al
most as large as marble. 1t nearly
choked the patient, and he called
eagerly for water to take away the
awful taste"
During the next hour Ma'am Pike
administered three more different
kinds of medicine and tried another
charm" The sick man was now too
much exhausted to do more than ut
ter feeble groans, and his doctor went
away saying that she would return in
the morning and "go at him agin" If
he were not better.
When she had gone my uncle pre-
vailed upon the sick mans wife to al
low new doctor who had recently
moved to a town four miles distant
to be sent for. He was a very intelli-
gent young man, who declared that
the man was suffering from nothing
but a sudden attack of collie, which
had been much aggravated by the
medicines Ma'am Pike had given him.
Ma'am Pike never forgave my un-
Gle for what she called his "meddle-
someness," and she threatened to
work charm" that would blast his
crops and bring all sorts of disasters
on his family. Her efforts were as
unsuccessful as her treatment of her
patients had been, and it was a good
thing for the sick of the neighbor-
hood when she concluded to depart to
some locality in which, as she ex-
pressed it, folks want willin' to
reesk their lives in the hands of lot
o. young snipes o. town doctors that
don't know beans when they got their
heads in the bag. YOUTHS Compan-
ion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10
A WISE MONKEY.

In Barbados the monkeys fre.
quently injure the sugar cane. AS a
general thing, however, they are in-
offensive creatures, and the average
planter regards them with good-nat-
ured tolerance. Once in while,
however, they commit little too
much damage on the growing cane.
and an example has to be made of one
poor culprit by shooting member OF
any particular troop of monkeys that
may be found near the scene OF de-
struction. Exposing the dead body as
warning is usually sufficient, and
the cane is no longer attacked.
On one occasion great damage had
beer perpetrated, and the planter
Clarence Agard, now residing In st.
Lucy, Barbadoes-went out with his
gun to act as executioner. He sue
ceeded in isolating one stray simian
in tree that was detached from all
adjacent shrubbery. The poor ami
NAL, realizing that 1t was trapped,
rushed up to the topmost end of the
branch and looked in the most ap-
pealing manner at the man below.
The latter finally raised his gun, and
was on the point of pressing the trig-
ger when the monkey suddenly took
little infantile replica of itself from
its back and held it out in the most
supplicating way conceivable.
The planter, who is fond of AMI
mails, had his heart quite touched,
and he promptly lowered his gun. A
companion, however, in his endeavor
to see what else the poor simian
would do, raised his gun, and appar-
emily once more it's life was in dan
ger. Then ensued a most striking
exhibition of animal reasoning. The
monkey at once grasped the fact that
her first claim for consideration had
apparently failed, and the only reason
her intelligence could suggest for the
failure was that the infant simian
was not regarded as her own genuine
offspring.
What was to be done? How could
she convince these two human brutes
that she really was sad and dis
tressed mother? A happy thought oc-
Cured to her. She plucked leaf
from the tree. held it close to her
breast and then pressed the breast till
few drops of milk eruded. Then
she dropped the leaf, and again held
up her baby to the gaze of the as
founded men below. Needless to say,
she escaped with her life.-Londou
Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10
ON SHIPBOARD.

The funniest experience had was
on recent trip where there was on
board little girl of about twelve
years of age, writes a purser on an
ocean liner in the Tourist Magazine.
She struck up warm friendship
with me, and would walk the deck
for miles II would only accompany
her. She fell very i'll during storm
and refused to be comforted. Her
mother asked her If there was any
thing she could do which would ease
her suffering, and the young imp
(she was an American child) said
there was. If she would only
"skidoo," and let the purser read a
book to her she would feel better.
And the indulgent mother came to
me, stated the case, and-well, l COM
piled with her request, and read to
the child for little while each day
until she was we'll enough to come on
deck again.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10
Mr.. Doolcy on the Power of Printers
Ink.


printers ink! A dhrop iv it on
wan little wurrud in type" says Mr..
Dooley, will blacken tn fairest name
ir Christendom, or make star to
shine on tn lowest brow. 1t will find
its way into millyons iv homes an
hearts an memories; it will go thru
stone walls, an will carry some mes
sage that may turn tn current iv ivry
life it meets-fr'm tn Imperor iv
Chiny to tn baby in tn cradle in
Hannigan's fat" he says.
ut may undo thous' prayers or
start millyon. 1t can't be escaped.
1t could dhrag me out iv me parish
house to-morrah, an make me as we'll
known in Pekin as l am in Halstead
shtreet-an' not as fav'rably. To-day
tn Pope may give me no more
thought thin he gives Kelly, tn rowl-
ing-mill man. To-morrah he may be
readin' about how great or bad l am
in tn Popylo Romano. It's got death
beat mile in lev'lin' ranks.
Eyes, sir" says he; 9TH hand that
rocks tn fountain pen is tn hand that
rules tn wurruld. TIL press is f'r tn
universe what Mulligan wuz FIR his
beat. He wuz the best poleeshman
an the worst I liver knew. He was a
terror to evildoers whin he wuz sober,
an terror to iv'rybody whin he wuz
dhrunk.
Martin, I dhrink to tn la-ads all
over tn wurruld who use tn printers
ink!! May they not put too much iv
tn fred stuff in it, an may it niver
go to their heads"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10
IDEAS OF A GIRL.

would take trip over to Asia
and see the Himalaya Mountains, the
highest in the world, IL 1 had $1,000
900.
then would like to join q club,
and have pony and cart, which I
could use in going to the club.
would have to buy food for the pony.
would have house with about
ten rooms in it, and have 1t all fur
nished, and all the nice clothes l
wanted.
I then would want to see Pixies
Peak and the Garden of the Gods and
Great Salt Lake and learn how to
swim. They say you can not drown
in Great Salt Lake. I would go South
and see them how they pick the seeds
out of cotton. l would give the rest
of my money to the poor.-Dorothy
Wiegand, in the New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10
OOSo 90 O O o O o
SsFor'the. Children2lzsoa R
HOW IT HAPPENED.

HOW 1T HAPPENED.
"Here is pair of brand new Gloves"
Said my mamma, one day;
l put my. fingers in their rooms
And said, you'll have to stay"
Then l put on my hat and coat
And went out in the park,
And soon my fingers cried, eve won't
Stay shut up in the dark"
They made some pleasant windows right
At every finger end;
And there were five big, dreadful holes
For my mamma to mend!
Philadelphia Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10
The Editor is a Busy Man.

. j. A. Atwood, of Stillman Valley,
ILL.,. is an editor, undertaken, justice
Of the peace, township supervisor.
assessor for thirty years, president of
the school board and for the last two
years trustee of the Geneva Girls
fpme.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10

mutually advantageous exhalation
would cease and with it all life.
Were those who worshiped the
sun ignorant of these things? or did
they realize that it was the source of
both food and air?'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10

A Hoboken man accused of giving
his wife only s22 in twenty-five years
declared in justification, that she had
never asked for more
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10

A FABLE FOR OLD AND YOUNG.
Once a child who thought we'll of
herself was walking along the street,
and saw another child, who was poor
ly clad.
"How wretched it must be-" she
said to herself, "to be poor and
shabby like that child! How thin
she is! And how her patched cloak
flutters in the wind so different from
my velvet dress and cloak"
Just then an angel came along.
"What are you looking at?' asked
the angel.
AZ was looking at that GIRL" said
the child.
$50 was l." said the angel. "How
beautifully she is dressed!"
what do you mean?" said the
child. "I mean this one coming
toward us. She is in rags, or at least,
If her clothes are not ragged, they
are wretchedly thin and shabby"
"Oh, no." said the angel. "How
can you say so? She is all white, as
CledT DIS lTOSI. NEVER sdW any IHlHS
so pretty. But you, you poor littk
thing, you are indeed miserably clad.
Does not the wind blow through and
through those flimsy tatters? But us
least you could keep them clean, my
dear, and mended. You should see
to that"
"I don't know what you mean!"
said the child. "That girl is a ragged
beggar, and my father is the richest
man in town. I have a white dress
and coat, trimmed with expensive fur.
What are you talking about?"
"About the clothes of your soul, OF
course!" said the angel, who was
young.
81 don't know anything about
souls" said the child.
81 shouldn't think you did," said
the angel.-Laura E. Richards.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10
THE CULTURE-CRAZED.

We are mad for cultivation
And refining information,
Mnd we're drinking pretty deeply at the
pure Plerian streams,
Whether eagerly or dourly,
Were absorbing culture hourly,
And we're getting quite conversant with q
quantity OF themes.
Oh, we're breakfasting on Hegel and we
dine on Socrates,
We serve Professor James and Kant at all
our formal teas,
And we spend half an hour
Glancing over Schopenhauer,
Noting Nietzsche's "Will to Power"
u his subtler theories.
~ Criticizing Aristotle,
Mrs. Wharton, Emory Pottle,
. our favorite avocation, aud we're able to
indite
Themes on Arnold versus Pater,
Demonstrating which is greater
Or To write dissertation on the fossil
trilobite.
CHORUS.
On, It's eulogize Beethoven, show the in.
wardness of Liszt,
Ahhc nIIle Wndch dU w NdgneT, anu SNOW
where Verdi missed.
Do not ask why that sonata
Sounds like Lewis Carroll's halter,
(After ALL it doesn't NATTER.
Whats the next thing on the list?
When it comes to Botticelli
We are very sure to tell che
Was affected quite profoundly by the early
Renaissance"
And we like D. G. Rossetti,
For we never can forget he
Mas produced his soulful shadings with the
most minute nuance.
CHORUS.
Oh, IT'S pass along the Hauptmann and it's
rush that Maeterlinck,
Condemn Pinero, Shaw and Wilde-don't
try to stop and think.
At the sea of cultivation
And Of MISREPRESENTATION
There's no time for rumination
Nor for trembling at the brink.
Irene Louise Hunter, in Saturday Even.
ing Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10

she announced gaily, at the threshold.
Didn't have car fare. That's why I
took the cab, counting on your pock-
etbook at this end. Yes, I'm later
than l said, but we found there was
faster train with chair car, SO we
waited. The laundress? oh, NOM
sic, l utterly forgot what you wrote
about having engaged her to do up
my things to-day! Been here all the
morning? Such shame-for every
dud l have needs washing. 1 could
have brought those things in my suit
case instead of my trunk, just as we'll.
And that isn't. the worst See this
frightful trap-door, right in front of
the only good skirt l have left-and
school beginning tomorrow"
BY this time there was a veil on
one chair, pair of gloves on another,
hat on the table and a coat on the
couch For the rest of the day, while
the little seamstress remolded the
torn skirt and Ethel pervaded the
house, pouring out continuous tales
of the good times she had been hav-
ing, her mother was following her
about, picking up and putting away.
When Mrs. Brewster paid the little
seamstress that night, she said, with
weary kindness. "It's not your fault
in the least, Miss Brown, that you
couldn't finish my dress. II it hadn't
been for Ethel's coming to-day"
There she stopped, and the little
seamstress went away, thinking. She
was going home to visit her own
mother the following week.-Youth's
COmnaniou
The evening world., 1909-02-19
LEGISLATURE To END
death AVENUE" MENACE

ALBANY, Feb. l9-Publ.c interest IN
the Death avenue" track problem has
convinced the majority leaders OF the
Legislature that II would be futile to
sdetrach the bill providing immediate
relief, They have decided to adopt the
measure TO compel the Public Service
Commission to begin proceedings for
the removal OF the Eleventh avenue
tracks, At conference to-day they
agreed TO have II reported tavorably
within week or so.
The bill in question provides that the
Public Service Commission shall try TO
come TO some understanding with the
New York Central with regard to the
removal OF the Eleventh avenue tracks,
and that II II falls condemnation pro-
ceedings shall be instituted.
The evening world., 1909-02-19
To-Day'S Leader Is No. so,
Who Received 10000 Votes
Yesterday.
LIVELY FINISH OF RACE.
No Coupons viii Be Received
by Evening World After
Tomorrow at Noon.

Only two savs remain in which votes
may be sent in for candidates in The
Evening Worlds American Beauty Con
test for places in Charles Trohman's
musical comedy production, The Dollar
ijinccss," and az the closing Of tho
battle of the ballots approaches. it would
seem that friends OF the aspirants have
held back great patches OF coupons. and
will spring 3 few surprises at the end.
There are several changes in the rela-
tive positions of the contestants in the
first twelve places in the list this morn
ing Beauty No. 90 who received 1906"
votes yesterday has again crowded NJ.
% back 20 second place, and No 81. who
held fourth place has been topped by
Nos. 20, - and st. Beauty No. 10, who
was twelfth, is now fifth. having made
sensational gain YESTERDAY
The evening world., 1909-02-19
ANNUAL BALL OF coRkMGN

The Corkmens Association will hold
Its annual reception and ball at Suffers
Park, one Hundred and Twenty-seventh
street and Second avenue. Tomorrow
evening. Reel. Jig and exhibitions OF
Gaelic dancing are some features OF
the attractive programme.
The evening world., 1909-02-19

outside cities. among them Cincinnati.
PitsbnrE. Boston, Philadelphia and
Minneapolis.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28

about twenty-five feet deep
and in a few days the great
turbine will be tested, the
company have their transmits.
sion cable constructed to this
city and are now erecting a
building near the old electric
light plant for the placing of
their transformers. The un.
derstand'ng if everything goes
we'll, the main current will be
turned on by the middle of
February.
Should anyone become af-
fected with the feeling that a
newspaper contains but little
reading matter, just take some
paper and pencil and copy for
the paper a few columns of
home news. And if you have
a little spare time just drop in
a print shop and set it up in
type, take proof of it, read
and correct the proof. make up
the forms, PRINT, mail and fold
the papers. If your time is
not completely gone just wash
the forms and throw in the
type again. If you like, you
might look around for next
weeks issue, it won't take you
long to chase it together, only
80 you don't miss any nor get
any of it's shades incorrect and
above all to please everyone.
You'll have lots of fun.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28
LOCAL NEWS.

Frank Herman spent Satur-
day in Christine.
Geo. Buscher was a Fair
mount visitor Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Herman return.
ed from Mooreton Friday.
Geo. Myhra returned from
Fargo Friday after pleasant
visit.
Licence were issued Jan. 25,
to Andrew Ercink and Miss
Mae Honl.
David Davis of Seaforth,
Canada is a visitor at the home
of Mrs. Bell.
Miss Pearl Chapel returned
home after several weeks stay
at Abercrombie.
Mrs. Garfield of Muscatine,
Iowa is visiting at the home of
John Richard, Jr.
NOTICE-If in need of a
girl to do general house work.
inquire at the Times.
Mike Chernich of Mooreton
was bus mess visitor here
several days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Drew en-
tertained some of their friends
at cards Tuesday evening.
LOST-A Roman gold brooch
set with amethyst. Finder
please inquire at this office.
Michael Newman of New
York was a visitor at the Fligel-
man home the first of the week.
"Bismarck"-best wines and
liquors by bottle or gallon, all
kinds of bottle beer. If.
Why pay rent: l have a six
room house and lot on monthly
payments. A. A. Aspin wall. st
The Magazine Club was en-
tertained at the home of Miss
Bertha Bauer Saturday eve
Mtg.
A. B. Case of Kinley, Canada
is a guest at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. H. b. Sleeper and
family.
Mrs. Toney Kuhn of Lakota
is a guest at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John Richard this
week.
The Norwegian Lutheran
Ladies Aid Society will meet
Feb. 18th with Mrs. N. F. Sim.
merson.
Mrs. Holijack of Brushvale
and Mrs. Lewis Christinson of
this city were Fargo visitors
Wednesday.
Licence were issued Jan. % %,
to Carl J. Brun of Wahpeton
and Miss Martha Kirkerud of
Grand ForAs.
Mrs. Geister will entertai n
the w. II. c. sewing circle at
her home Tuesday, Feb. 2. All
are cordially invited.
FOR SALE-3O bushels of
timothy, took first prize at the
County Fair. Inquire of Henry
Holthusen. Wahpeton.
Mrs. Elmer Chezik was taken
to the Breckenridge Hospital
Sunday suffering with an at
tack of typhoid fever.
Mr.. Hodel who h as been
visiting the past two weeks
with his family in this city re-
turned to Finley Monday.
The dance at St. Wenceslaus
Bohemian Hall Tuesday was
we'll attended and every one
present reports a good time.
Mrs. Britton who has been
visiting the past week with
friends in Breckenridge return
ed to White Rock Wednesday.