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The Delta independent., 1909-05-07
The Man Who Walks.

Growing old gracefully is an art that
presupposes sound body and sound
mind. 1t is not expected that man at
II shall be an athlete capable of re-
markable feats. but the physical vigor
must be fairly maintained if the joy of
living is to continue unabated Edward
Payson Weston is above everything
else an example of the value of the
simple life governed by good sense,
thoroughly regulated will and cheer
fulness Weston has always worn
quiet smile that wouldn't come off, and
his qualities are kindly. In his depart
ment of sport he has always been
absolutely truthful. His miles are hon.
est measure and score exactly what
they are stated to be. He thoroughly
understands himself physically and
reached this knowledge before he went
into pedestrianism. In one respect
only can he be said to have tampered
with the laws of health, and that was
in such feats as walking $50 miles in
little less than 142 hours, defeating
lis English competitors over l0J miles.
But Weston, as a rnle, has confined
himself to a daily tramp with re
enough to keep up the reserve strength.
1t is forty-two years since Weston
walked from Portland to Chicago in
less than twenty five days Forty
years later he covered the 1926 miles
again iii less time by sixteen hours.
He has walked stretch of 100 miles
in less than twenty-five hours, and lis
miles without rest inside of twenty
four. For 100 days, resting only sun
days, he walked fifty miles day over
the country roads of England. He
distanced another noted pedestrian
200 miles by walking $500 miles in five
weeks. occupying twelve hours daily.
On March IA last he left New York
City bearing a letter from the post
master which he is to deliver to the
postmaster at San Francisco on July
next. The weather and condition of
the roads have been greatly against
him, but he is in touch with his sched-
ule and in good shape generally. He
HluSI CiliilD dCIOSS lHt nOChleS anu tue
Sierra Nevada in the last half OF the
journey and the grades as well as the
distance will tax his powers of endur-
ance, but the new scenes and commun-
tiles will be refreshment that counts
for something.
Weston holds that walking is a cure
for depression of spirits, which is but
a modification of the opinion that use
full occu a ion is the best remedy for
the melancholy that sits down and
preys upon itself. He says that when
he strikes bad road he keeps in the
middle and avoids the ruts, which is
not a bad tablet of philosophy Walk
ing has been the solace of innumerable
hard workers with the brain. Dick ems
was lifelong tramp and Darwin had
his little garden track where he kept
the score of his turns with pebbles.
Bayard Taylor walked himself into
literary fame, and Horace Greeley got
rid of some of his disappointment when
Zachary Taylor was nominated over
Clay by trudging alone all the way from
Philadelphia to New York. Weston is
one of the best contributors to the
Oser discussion, of which little is left.
for it was essentially nonsensical at the
start. Weston is fine illustration of
good habits, a genial disposition and
sincerity in endeavor.
Published bu Reouesf
The Delta independent., 1909-05-07

From all accounts the most re-
voting of all the dark deeds of
the dark continent were the
recent butcheries of Adana in
Turkey. In the Old Testament
ary times such things were done,
so the Bible states, but that they
can be done in this age is Ger
tainly blot upon advanced civ
ilization, and it is very little
credit to other nations to lay
back and do nothing merely be-
cause they do not regard it as
their affair. Those cut-throat
fanatics ought to be swept from
the face of the earth.
The Delta independent., 1909-05-07
For Sale.

Fifteen head of horses and mules
Seven sets of double harness.
Five 81 wagons two-wide tires.
One heavy spring wagon, 3 seats and
top; will carry ton and half.
One heavy spring wagon, two seats,
will carry ton.
All the above nearly new.
Call late in afternoon or early in
morning. DIR. o. p. MCCARTNEY.
The Delta independent., 1909-05-07

Yesterday died at midnight;
it has gone into the measureless
past. Today is the living, pulls
ing present, to be taken joyfully
into our hearts and made the
most of. Tomorrow is wonder
full opportunity yet unborn.
The Delta independent., 1909-05-07

A short marriage ceremony is
said to prevail in Arkansas,
where the justice simply says:
Stand up; jine hands; hitched-
five dollars!'
The Delta independent., 1909-05-07

There are a number of gentle
men in this healthy nook who
are nearly as big men as Presi-
dent Taft.
The Delta independent., 1909-05-07
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The Delta independent., 1909-05-07
OUR MOTTO:
Cleanliness and Prompt Service

Our stock is large and complete, and
we have everything in Green Vegetables
and Fresh Fruit that is on the market.
If your appetite is good come in and
get good things to eat.
If your appetite is not good come in
our store and you will see many good
things that are appetizing.
We respectfully solicit your orders for
meats and groceries.
kurz & Benz ediCt
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
By Huah s, Fullerton.

Nearly every baseball game is won
and lost on one play, play that comes
at the psychological instant. Among
the players, who do not study psy-
chology, the crucial moment is known
as "the break" phenomenon which
not one has analyzed and which the
players themselves do not understand.
Twenty men on the beach are watch
ing closely and intently every move OF
the pitcher, every swing of his arm.
The tide of battle rises, ebbs-and then
suddenly at the start of some inning
something happens, says Hugh S. Full
lerton in the American Magazine.
What it is no one outside the psychic
sphere of influence will understand, but
the silent, tight-lipped, watchful alert
fellows on the bench see something or
feel something and the mysterious
"break" has come.
Baseball is almost as much psyche
logical as athletic. Why one team can
beat stronger one regularly, and lose
to a weaker with the same regular
ity; why one batter can hit one pitch
er and is helpless before another;
why one pitcher is effective against a
strong team and at the mercy of an
other that cannot bat half as hard, are
psychological problems.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
An English Opinion!

The two motives which can most
deeply move the Irish party are faith
and whiskey, but of late the whiskey
has been getting far ahead of the 9TH
er inspiration. They can support the
budget and even keep quiet about the
faith until the bottle is touched; then
they stand up for the cause OF Ire
land like one man; and the govern
ment teetotallers give way to them
in various important concessions, in
cluding a reduction in favor of small
breweries." In return for the Welsh
teetotallers' generosity to the Irish
bottle the Irishmen help them to har-
ass the owners OF property in Great
Britain. No doubt, the poorer a COM
munity the smaller ought to be the
initial quantity that can be sold under
a license; but what appeals to the
professional patriots in Parliament is
that they cannot hold their seats and
neglect the bottle. Let them differ
from the publican and the priest, and
there is an end of the Irish Parlia-
mentary party.-Saturda Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
MAP. Elm /: (
RIamlnu the Newspapers.

The habit of shifting the burden of
any indiscretion or extravaganza on
the part of man of standing to the
shoulders of the newspapers is a very
general one; and an old feature of 1t
is that those who do so are uncon-
sciously committing the very fault for
which they chiefly blame the papers
setting down as fact what they
have not taken the trouble to YER
ify as true. Cases have not been
unknown in which an indiscreet utter
ance ascribed to a man of eminence
has been positively acknowledged by
him as authentic, and yet his admirers
or defenders have persisted in point
ing to it as a glaring instance of
newspaper fabrication. There is quite
as much looseness in peoples talk
about newspapers as there is in the
newspapers talk about people-New
York Evening Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
The INIT of Efficiencv

The Yale tradition spoken of below
must be of nineteenth century origin,
for the Connecticut divines of the days
when Yale was founded would hardly
have got to their secondly" in the
time allowed
President Hadley, a writer in the
Bohemian says, is as witty as he is
learned. The Sunday services at Yale
are conducted by prominent clergy
men of many denominations and from
many cities When these visiting
preachers occasionally ask President
Hadley how long they shall speak he
invariably replies
"There is no limit, sir, upon the
time you may preach; but there is a
Yale tradition that the most souls are
saved during the first 20 minutes
Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
A steam.Heatea Pond.

Pipes have been placed SO that
steam can be injected all winter into
them from the Northern California
Lumber Company's mill pond at Hit,
near the Oregon line. No ice will
be allowed to form, no matter how
low the thermometer falls. Fully 200
men, who otherwise would be out of
employment, will now be kept at
work in the saw mill and logging
camps and on the railroad to the tim
Der. During the day engines will ex-
haust steam into the mill pond, and
at night dry steam will be forced into
the water. There will be no shut
down at Hit on account of freezing
weather. She saw mill will run a day
shift throughout the season.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

There is a tendency to give individ-
uality to pets. If you merely go in
for dogs and cats, which may be de-
scribed as commonplace pets, these
creatures must be made different in
some way from those of your friends.
Either they must wear costly collars,
or bangles, or rich ribbons of one par.
ticular color, or their baskets must
be luxuriously upholstered; but, II pos
sible, bird, beast, or reptile of un-
comfortable character is now affect
ed by many women. Even the wasp
has not escaped attention, and in
fant bears are very popular.-The
Queen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
Fact and Fun.

Samples of air at height of nearly
nine miles have been recently obtain
ed and examined for the presence of
the rare gases. The collecting appa-
ratus, carried by large balloon, is
q series of vacuum tubes, each drawn
out to a fine point at one end. At
the desired height an electromagnetic
device, connected with each tube and
operated by barometer, breaks off
the point of the tube, admitting the
air. A few minutes later, a second
contact sends a current through a
platinum wire around the broken end,
melting the glass and sealing the
tube. All the samples obtained show
argon and neon, but no helium was
found in air from above six miles.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
MOSTLY IN THE STATES
Nearly Three.Fourths Of Worlds
Telephones In America.

Telephones In America.
OF 9,500,00 telephones in the world
1000, 900 are in America, 100000 in
Europe and the other 100000 scatter
Cd over the remainder of the planets
surface. Commenting on these re-
cent estimates and their probable
correctness, the National Telephone
Journal of London says:
poor q figure in comparison with
America Is that four or five of the
most civilized and populous countries
are extraordinarily backward in tele-
phone development. France, Austria,
Hungary, Belgium, Holland and Italy
I'm the first four of which the tele-
phone Is entirely In the hands of the
government-may be instanced. In
the whole of France there are less
than 100000 stations, and in Austria
and Hungary combined there are
actually fewer telephones than in the
city of Chicago.
Ancient cities OF universal renown,
counting 100000 or 100000 inhabit-
ants, and moreover of greater COM
mercial Importance, such as Lyons,
Marseilles, Naples, Antwerp and
Prague, are far behind American
towns with $4,000 to 100000 inhabit-
ants, such IS Peoria, st. Joseph, Day
ton ana Norfolk, Va, which few Eu-
ropeans have ever heard Of; while
Vienna, with a population of nearly
100000, has not so many stations
as San Francisco, with 100000 souls.
II the countries of central and west
ern Europe were as well developed
telephonically as even Great Britain
and Germany, to say nothing of Scan
dinayia the comparison with Amer
lea would be vastly more flattering"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
CAREFUL DOCTOR
Prescribed Change of Food Instead
of Drugs.

It takes considerable courage for a
doctor to deliberately prescribe only
food for despairiDg patient, instead
of resorting to the usual list Of medi-
cines.
There are some truly scientific ply
sicians among the present generation
who recognize and treat conditions as
they are and should be treated re-
gardless of the value to their pockets
Here's an instance:
-Four years ago | was taken with
severe gastritis and nothing would
stay on my stomach, so that | was on
the verge of starvation.
II heard of doctor who had a
summer cottage near me-a specialist
from N Y, and as last hope, sent
for him.
After he examined me carefully
he advised me to try small quantity
Of Grape-Nuts at first, then as my
stomach became stronger to eat more.
x II kept a. 1t and gradually got SO
could eat and digest three teaspoon
fuls Then ] began to have color in
my face. memory became clear. where
before everything seemed a blank.
Ny limbs got stronger and could
walk. So | steadily recovered.
Nov after year on Grape-Nuts
I weigh 1853 lbs. My people were
surprised at the way | grew feshy
and strong on this food"
Read the little book. THE Road to
Wellville." In pkgs.
"There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
sre genuine, true, and full Of human
interest
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

cannot describe my suffering from
terrible bearing down pains. dizzy
spells, headaches and periods of par
tial blindness. The urine was full OF
sediment. | was in the hospital three
weeks. Doan's Kidney Pills were
quick to bring relief and soon made
me well and strong again"
Remember the name-Doan's For
sale by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-MilburD Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
Towing With Auto.

The first successful towing of canal
boats by automobile was accomplish
ed on the Lehigh canal. Owing to the
liability of the towline to snap in an
effort to start George B. Plummer, a
Camden automobile expert, equipped
a seven ton motor truck of 45-hourse
power with spiral springs. Six barges
with 800 tons of cargo we're taken
from Allentown to Bethlehem in an
hOI,r
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
VITALIZER
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nan IL like q clock run down. MUNYON'S
VITALIZER will wind him up and make
him 20. II you are nervous, IL you are
irritable, II you lack confidence In your
self, II you do not feel your full manly
are rs VfTALIzER tablets In one bottlei
every tablet Is full Of vital power Don't
spend another dollar on quack doctors or
spurious remedies, orall your system with
harmful drugs Begin on MUNYON'S
VITALIZER at once, and you will begin
to feel the vitallzing effect of this remedy
after the first dose. Price, 81, postpaid.
Munyon, 53rd aud Jefferson, Phila, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
$1,o25 Paid for Burns Poems.

Robert Burns Poems Chiefly in the
Scottish Dialect" rare octave print
cd by John Wilson at Kilmarnock in
1856, was purchased at the auction
sale of the private library Of the late
John Brown, a publisher, by George
Clark OF Kilmarnock, Scotland. The
price paid was s1,025. Mr.. Clark lives
in Burns old neighborhood.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
Distenper

In all its forms, among all ages of horses
and dogs, cured and others in the same
stable prevented from having the disease
with Spohn's Distemper Cure. Every hot.
tie guaranteed. Over 100000 bottles sold
last year. Soc and sl.OO. Good druggists.
or send to manufacturers. Agents wanted.
Write for free book. Spohn Med. Co..
Spec. Contagious Diseases. Goshen, Ind.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
His Inspiration.

Scribbler-How did you get the in
spiration for the poem about watch
ing the dying embers?
Scrawler-I wrote it one cold night
last winter when the janitor of our
apartment house turned off the steam
heat.-Philadelphi Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

ness, headaches
tired feeling, urin-
airy troubles. Doan's
Kidney Pills cure
the cause Mrs
Virginia Splitter
BuenG Vista, Va.
says: For thirty
years | suffered
everything but death
with my kidneys. |
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

The last available statistics show
that in one year in Germany the sum
Of about $30,OOO,000 was paid to invalid
workmen to the number of S71 600, in
the form of old age pensions,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

The German Empress has started
many phianthropic organizations in
Berlin and one of the latest and most
useful is known as the Central Asso-
citation of German Actresses.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

Goldsmith was writing the Desert
ed Village"
"How would New York after the
celebration do?" we asked.
Figuring on only a couple of mil
lion left, he started in.-New York
Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
WHY PEOPLE SUFFER.

Too often the kidneys are the cause
and the sufferer Is not aware of It.
Sick kidneys bring headache and side
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

II. II. GREENS Sons, of Atlanta, Ga, are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the
world See their liberal offer in advertise
ment in another column Of this paper.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
The Old. Old story

Tell me the old, old story" sim
pered the heiress.
WELL" said the duke, Il owe about
two million dollars" - Louisville
Courier-Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

Constipation causes and aggravates many
Driops diseases. It il thoroughly cured by
pr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favorits
kmily laxative.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

Mrs.. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

The District of Columbia holds the
record for density of population Of all
the states and districts.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

The petroleum area of the United
States is $3.50 square miles and the
gas area is 1855 miles.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

The fleet of the Dead Sea consists Of
only one boat, and this single vessel
does not amount to much.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

There are 100000 acres of irrigat-
ed land in this country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

Itch cured IN 80 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never tails. At druggists.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

Ten to one it's your own fault If
luck is against you.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

The first motor exhibition was held
in England In 1896.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

The wasp can cut its way through
4 seashell.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

Receipts from the New York post
office of one day now equal those
from the entire country 80 years ago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The wasp can cut its way through
q seashell.
The first motor exhibition was held
in England In 1895.
There are 100000 acres Of irrigat-
ed land in this country.
The petroleum area of the United
States is $3.50 square miles and the
gas area is 1855 miles.
The District Of Columbia holds the
record for density of population Of all
the states and districts.
The fleet of the Dead Sea consists OF
only one boat, and this single vessel
does not amount to much.
Receipts from the New York post
office Of one day now equal those
from the entire country 80 years ago.
The Indian population of the United
States at the present time is a little
over 100000. This includes all the In
dians in the reservations.
The largest transmission line in the
world is that of the Niagara-Syracuse-
Auburn Line, which transmits 10000
horsepower over distance OF 162
miles. Parts of the line are calculated
to carry $4,000 horsepower.
On its through trains one of the
Eastern railroads has installed a
sanitary system of supplying water to
passengers. In every car a slot ma
chine is installed, which supplies par
affine drinking cups for l cent apiece.
Although not the largest or longest
river the Amazon is the most wonder
full river in the world, with a mouth
150 miles in width and with a force OF
water that repels, or at least overlays,
the ocean to a distance of more than
80 leagues.
The old lady had had severe Ill
ness, and she was relating its vicissi-
tudes to a friend or two in the groc-
er's shop when the minister came In.
"Tt's only by the Lords mercy" she
piously declared, that I'm not in heav-
en- tonight"
The skin of a fish does not suggest
itself as a suitable material for the
making of clothes, yet it is used for
this purpose by tribe of Tartars in
Manchuria. They inhabit the banks OF
the Peony River and live by fishing
and hunting.
In some parts of the world the wo-
men are not often allowed to pray.
Certain Hindoo congregations deny
their women this privilege, and among
the Ainus women can pray only In
very rare cases as the deputies of their
husbands.
A conductor and a brakeman on
Montana railroad differ as to the prop
er pronunciation of the name Eurelia.
Passengers are often startled upon
arrival at this station to hear the con-
ductor yell, You're liar" You're
a liar!" And then from the brakeman
at the other end of the car, "You real
ly are! You really are!'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

A FLAVOR that is used tho same as lemon
or vanilla By dissolving granulated sugar In
watcrand adding Maploinc, p delicious syrup Ia
made and syrup better than maple. Maploins
Is gold by grocers. Send &c stamp for sample
and recipe book. Crescent Mfg. Co.. Seattle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

The Indian population of the United
States at the present time is a little
over 100000. This includes all the In
dams in the reservations.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

Homer B. Keller, former tin
worker of New Castle, was killed by
the cars in Pittsburg last Thursday
night. The deceased, who was quite
we'll known in New Castle, was run
down and killed by a train on the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad, his
remains being found about 9 o'clock
at niglil and removed to the Pittsburg
morgue, where a letter signed Sarah,
1876 Morris street, New Castle, Pa,
was found on his person. AS there
was no other means of Identification
the Pittsburg authorities communicate
ed with Chief Of Police Gilmore of
New Castle, in order TO locate the
relative of the deceased. The Sarah
referred to was Miss Sarah jones.
She gave all the information she could
to the officers, Mr.. Keller having
been employed in this city ever since
the strike in the tin mills. He has a
brother living here.
Mr.. Keller had not worked in New
Castle for about four years. 1t was
while here that he met Miss Jones
and after he left New Castle they
continued to correspord. After re-
signing his position IN New Castle,
Mr.. Keller secured a much better one
at South Sharon. He had worked at
That place until the tin mill strike
in July. when he came to Pittsburg.