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The La Jara chronicle., 1909-12-10

{ troubled with indigestion, constipation.
no appetite or feel bilious, give Chamber
lain's Stomach md Liver Tablets a trial and
you will be pleased with the result These
tablets invigoraie the stomach and liver and
strengthen the Digestion
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
ClocI, That Tells Much.

One of the most wonderful clocks
in existence is now in the possession
of Louis Desoutter, who has had the
honor of taking it to Buckingham
Palace for inspection by the Queen.
Her Majesty showed great interest in
its beautiful mechanism.
The clock is fixed on a Louis Seize
stand and has four faces. Besides
marking the hours, it shows the tides
at six different parts of the world, the
mean time and the solar time, the
age of the moon, the movements OF
the planets, all eclipses, and is a per-
petual calendar. 1t was made by jan
vier, of Paris, in 1889 for the French
Academy, and took eleven years to
manufacture; the workmanship is
gniflcent.-London Evening STAN
dard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
Artificial Ewes of Ancient Orluln.

Artificial eyes were known long BE-
fore spectacles were discovered. They
have been found on the faces Of Dgyp.
tian mummies, literally on, for tho
eyes were pasted onto the face and
not inserted in the eye socket. The
practice was to paste the half OF Q
marble onto a piece of flesh colored
cloth. The marble was then painted
to resemble an eye, and the whole
was pasted onto the face over the ~
cant eye socket. One well may imaH
Inc that the result was not untirelr
artistic, but the mummies do not ap-
pear dissatisfied with the artificial
optics. Gold eyeballs came later, and
these we're in turn followed by glass
eyes. The art OF making artificial
eyes has progressed so greatly that
opticians can now supply eyes which
the wearer may move in his head In
a manner perfectly natural.
There are two classes of artificial
eyes, those kept in stock and those
made to order. The former are made
largely in Germany and the art Is con.
fined to comparatively few families.
It is handed down from father to son.
The made-to-order kind are found In
this country as we'll as in Europe. The
patient goes to the shop and sits by
while the artisan fashions an optic
which is an exact match for the natur.
al eye in size and coloring. He makes
It from a small glass tube. When the
work is done the patient pays from
S25 to $50 for the job.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
ElYing and Kite TrndC.

ave are not taking the interest in
fight that we should" said an avia-
tor. France, where the Wrights arc
established, to our shame, leads the
world in aeronautics, and in conse-
quence the French kite business has
grown like an i'll weed.
"Kitemakers have sprung up every
where in France. Their little shops
are full of long bamboo poles, bolts
of scarlet silk and blue muslin, and in
show cases lie folded kites that are
as big, outspread, as an aeroplane.
SIN studying the air, one must be-
gin with the kite, as in studying
mathematics one must begin with
arithmetic. The enthusiastic and in
telligent French know this, and many
an automobile, halting far out in the
Landes or Var country, discharges a
young student and a folded kite that
measures, when opened out, eighteen
or twenty feet across.
"Yes, the French kitemaker is
prospering nowadays, and clever he
is, too, with his bamboo frames and
curving planes of tightstretched scar
let silk. ."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
A Unique "Dry, Aruumen,.

The following offer, printed on q
blotter and signed by dozen grocery
firms OF Delaware, o., has been scat.
tered by the thousand: ANY one
who drinks three glasses OF whisky .
day for one year and pays 10 cents .
drink for it, can have in exchange at
any of the firms whose names appear
on this card three barrels OF flour, %
bushels of potatoes, 200 pounds a
granulated sugar, one barrel of crack-
ers, one pound of pepper, two pounds
Of tea, 90 pounds of salt, 20 pounds Of
rice, so pounds Of butter, 10 pounds
Of cheese, 25 pounds Of coffee. 10
pounds Of candy, three dozen cans Of
tomatoes, 10 dozen pickles, 10 dozen
oranges, 10 dozen bananas, two dozen
cans OF corn, 1S boxes OF watchers, half
bushel Of beans, 100 cakes Of SOAP
and one package Of rolled oats for the
same money and get $3.50 premium
for making the exchange in the expen.
ditures. New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
BIG BUSINESS MEN EASY MARKS
Make Losses in Bad SpecuatiOnS as Often or
Oftener Than Average Citizen.

Another notion that is prevalent
but erroneous is that successful men
make no fool or bad investments.
The world in general don't know
about the foolish or bad investments
made by successful business men.
The man with n little money who
dabbles in speculation and loses is
apt to go around to his friends be-
wailing his hard luck, but the sue
cessful business man keeps his losses
from bad investments profound Sc
cret as a general rule. This is partly
because he is ashamed to acknowl-
edge that he made mistake in his
judgment of an investment and part
ly because it is some damage to a
business man TO have it known that
he has sustained losses. When a re-
port of that kind does get out it is
generally exaggerated just as the
wealth of a rich man is generally
supposed to be good deal more than
it actually is.
However, II YOU get right next to
the average business man you will
find that he has frequently invested
in speculations of one kind and an
other. and that he has lost on those
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
AN OLD TIMER
Has Had Experiences.

A woman who has used Postum
since 1t came upon the market knows
from experience the wisdom OF using
Postum in place OF coffee II one val
ues health and clear brain. She
says:
"At the time Postum was first put
on the market l was suffering from
nervous dyspepsia, and my physician
had repeatedly told me not to use tea
or coffee. Finally l decided to take
his advice and try Postum. got Q
package and had it carefully pre-
pared, finding 1t delicious to the taste.
So continued its use and very soon
its beneficial effects convinced me of
its value, for 1 got we'll Of my nerv-
BUSINESS and dyspepsia.
my husband had been drinking
coffee all his life until it had affected
his nerves terribly, and l persuaded
him to shift to Postum. 1t was easy
to get him to make the change, for
the Postum is so delicious. 1t GER
tainly worked wonders for him.
I'VE soon learned that Postum
does not exhilarate or depress and
does not stimulate. but steadily and
honestly strengthens the nerves and
the stomach.
ITO make long story short, our
entire family continued to use Pos
tum with satisfying results, as shown
in our fine condition of health, and
we have noticed rather unexpected
Improvement in brain and nerve pow
er."
Increased brain and nerve power
always follows the use Of Postum IN
place of coffee, sometimes In a very
marked manner. There's Rea-
son.
Look In pkgs. for the famous lit
tie book. ''The Road to Wellville."
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full Of
human interest.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
AMERICAN PEOPLE
THE MOST UNHAPPY.
" You've Prospered You Are
Miserable, Says Prof. Small, OF
Chicago University.

According to Professor Albion w.
Small, head of the Department of So
ciology of the University of Chicago.
every one is miserable who is pros
porous. He told this to the Woman s
Club.
1--WE modern Americans" he said,
'are the most unhappy people that
have ever lived on the face Of the
earth. Why?
Because we are the most prosper
Gus people.
Because we are the freest people.
Because we are the most highly
educated.
Misery does not make people dis
satisfied as much as prosperity. 1t Is
not those who are the most miserable
nor those who lack the most of social
or material wealth whose dissatisfac-
tion over their condition breaks out
into revolutions for reform.
Take the great revolutions of
modern history-the French Revolu-
tion or the Civil War, for example
and you will note that the respective
countries in which these agitations
developed were not ripe for reyolu-
tion until they had come to certain
degree of prosperity, which devel-
oped the idea of personal rights and
liberties.
"The main reason why, in my judg-
ment, there will be no revolution in
10 10 q
fact that the common people of that
country are so miserable that they
have been, and will long be, unable
to develop a dissatisfaction acute
enough to break into forcible resist
ance.
"In the same manner freedom and
education make for unhappiness.
They bring serious responsibilities.
They make the individual feel and
see the actual inequality of men.
"They flood society with problems
that tax the mind and scar the heart.
So various are the appeals which they
make to our intellects and our feel
ings that we reach for a remedy and
then, lobster like. we travel backward
to find how near it fits the disease.
"Our American forefathers hit upon
political democracy as the remedy for
all social wrongs. We have tried It,.
We have twisted it and stretched it
and revised it and have in the end
found that it has brought us graft,
corruption and social unrest. The
longer we have handled it the more
complex and the more distressing
have our political and social problems
become.
Now we have new doctors in the
field. Social democracy is the cure
all they would have us swallow.
But let us beware. We have been
sorely disappointed in political dem
ocracy; may not social democracy
bring Just as many and just as trying
complications?
let us not despair. The talent
for misery is the fountain of progress.
It is only when men can picture to
themselves what they think and what
they want and can work up enough
genuine dissatisfaction to get them
selves into action that they accom-
plish anything worth while"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
RAISING DUCKS.
Case In Point Where They Did Better
Without Water.

Without Water.
in a small way for three years we
cannot satisfactorily say whether 1t is
profitable to raise ducks without CIV
ing them access to water. This year
we raised them without letting them
have access to water, excepting for
drinking purposes. During the sum-
mers of 1906 and 1907 we raised 200
Mammoth Pekins and the youngsters
took to the water within eighteen
hours after being taken from the in
cubator or within twenty-four hours
after the old hen came off the nest
with them.
The water, small stream, was
within 800 yards of the Matching
place and every duck, with one ac-
cord, took a bee line for it, says a
writer in Farm and Home. We had
good luck with them. This year we
kept watch of the youngsters for sew
eral weeks, keeping them away from
the water. In few weeks they
WOulu range dTDuDu IHe lepu WltniH
twenty PAGES of the brook but have
never taken swim. We have the
Pekin and the Indian Runner breeds,
and for the past sixty days or more
they have srazed in the pasture,
often going almost to the edge of the
brook.
They seem to be perfectly healthy
and content and we have not lost a
duck by disease, nor had any sick or
ailing. After eating, they go through
all the motions of q swim, dipping
themselves and going through the
motions as If they were in the water.
We like ducks because they are so
healthy and so easily controlled. We
aim to market the Pekins at ten
weeks old and expect such ducks to
average fully five pounds or over. To
reach these figures they must not
have too much range or too much ex-
ercise. 1t seems to me that the
breeding ducks should have free ac-
cess to water. I believe the eggs
will be more fertile and the ducks
healthier and stronger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14

ventures as often or oftener than the
average citizen The fact is that de-
sire to gamble is in most of us. Some
times it manifests itself in one way,
sometimes in another. Most business
men fortunately are too cautious to
invest great amount in speculations
and consequently do not cripple their
legitimate business. Once in a while
a business man can not resist the
temptation to plunge, and if he loses,
which he generally does, his business
becomes involved. If he is where he
is intrusted with the money of other
people he is apt to yield to the temp
tation to use the trust funds, thinking
that he will get ie all back again. The
speculation fails. He is defaulter
He covers up the defaulcation for 4
while, but 1t is found out after time
and then there is the public exposure,
flight, disgrace, or may be conviction
and the penitentiary-or suicide
The Merchants Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
"Adam and Eyes"

The papers referred recently to the
erection of shaft" as memorial to
Adam, dwelling on the fact" that it
was the first monument to the first
man. That may be SO, but in Dublin,
Ireland, there have been two ediiices
raised not to Adam alone but Adam
and Eve.
In the end of the seventeenth CEN
tury saloon was opened in Cook
street, THE Sign of Adam and Eve"
So popular was the sign that when
the Franciscan Friars opened a
church near by their prior, Father
Francis Walsh, adopted the name
to draw the citizens to another kind
of spiritual consolation. 1t was an
ill-fated building, though, for in IVA
it fell, bringing death to vast crowd
which had assembled to hear a
famous preacher, Sylvester Lloyd,
bishop of Waterford.
The church was rebuilt through the
efforts of Bishop Lloyd, and from
time to time additions have been
made, till now it stands one of the
finest Franciscan converts in Ireland.
Some busybodies not approving of the
quaint old title had 1t officially
changed a few years ago into "The
Church of st. Francis of Assist" but
the Irish are no lovers of new things,
so the old cognomen stuck, and to
Dubliners all over the world it is
still old Adam and Ewes From a
Letter in the Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
Advertisement as a Gelmicidc,

Advertisement is expensive. The
first thing an advertiser needs to
make sure Of Is that the wares he
offers are worth the cost of offering
them. Sometimes they are not, and
still the advertisement may be profit
able because of the vast supply of
folks in the world who are ready to
be persuaded and do not know when
they are fooled 1t is a reasonable
presumption, however, that commo-
dities that are advertised impressive
ly and long are worth advertising,
because shrewd adventurers in trade
are loath to spend good money in
recommending bad goods. This pre-
sumption, unfortunately, does not ex-
tend to the persons upon whom adver-
tising is forced. They may be super
latively worthy of attention or quite
unworthy of it. Their examples may
be directly profitable as examples to
follow, indirectly as examples to
avoid, or Improbable because they
possess garish attraction which mis-
leads the foolish. 1t Is all one to
their advertisers, whose only aim is
to find profit in satisfying public
curiosity and who are as ready to do
it by exposing the folly of the foolish
as by expounding the wisdom of the
wise. The best that can be said of
advertisement of this sort is that pub
licity, like sunshine, is great germi-
eide and that some of the most per-
nicious social germs are blighted by
it.-E. s. Martin, in The Atlantic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
He Coultln't Lose,

All flushed and breathless, the well
dressed young man picked up the hat
he had been chasing down the street
and leaned against lamppost to rest.
Another, also breathing heavily,
came running up and took the hat
out of his hand.
'I'm much Obliged" he said.
"For WHAT"
"This Is my hat"
"Where's mine. then?"
Hanging behind you at the end
of string"
Then for the first time the young
man remembered his hat guard
Success Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
WOMEN OF KOREAN COURT.
Great Reduction in Their Number
Influence They Once Exerted.


lhe WISH Oh three Korean court
iaules 10 japan is an ihuica'ioh oi the
strlking changes that nave resuiteu
from the Japanese Occupation vi 'he
hermit hihguom. Two years ago
Nnere were no lewer thah low iau,es
at Maitihg' now 'here are ohiy ioo,
ms Who'esaie reuuc'ioh ,aturaiiy
created cohs'erha'ioh' ana .here was
ihuch iahehta'ioh among 'hose wnose
services were uispehseu Will iheir
io'' hoMe'eI' uosS no' seem u pa'e
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14

According to the New York Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, the cost
of food per chick, to weigh one pound,
on ground grain, is three cents; on
whole grain, three and seven-tenths
cents. After making repeated tests
in feeding, this station says the
ground grain ration proved consider
ably more profitable than the whole
grain ration for the growing chicks;
and the same was true of capons OF
equal weight and age, fed alike be-
fore caponizing. No difference was
noticed in health or vigor of chicks
or capons fed either ration.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14

the door of the poultry house is
opened, If anything is wrong in the
hen house and the alarm is given, O
man can close the door OF the hen
house while standing on the veranda
by pulling the wire which is attached
to the bell. During the day the wire
can be unlocked and thus relieve the
bell from duty.
If desired, suggests Prairie Farmer.
the bell can be placed outside in a
box, which will make 1t sound louder.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14

ih the hips. Throbbing headaches
took all the go out OF me. lost ap-
petite and weight and grew weak.
The kidney secretions became scam
ty and dropsy set in. I suffered SO I
hardly cared what became of me, but
the first box of Doans Kidney Pills
made me better, and used the rems
edy faithfully until all symptoms left
me and | gained IA pounds"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a boz
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
The Mysterious Tunnels
of the Alamo.

made their headquarters in San An
tonic.
An exploration and rehabilitation
OF this ancient system of tunnels
might lead to many interesting dis
coveries, 1t is thought. In the imag-
inative minds of some persons the
| treasure room of the Franciscan
monks Is situated at some point on
the line Of the underground passage
way, and perhaps It may still contain
| store of vast wealth.
The Mexican inhabitants of the lit
tie villages situated adjacent to the
missions have a superstitious dread
| of the mysterious tunnel None of
| them could be induced to enter the
dark and gruesome passageway. Old
| Don Pedro, as he Is called, the vet
| eran Mexican who is in charge of
| Conception mission, Is voluble as he
shows the visitor through that an
cient pile of stone and mortar until
he comes to the entrance to the tun-
mel.
Anu, pray, Mlldl Is lHlo. lAt III
quiring sightseer may ask
Don Jose shrugs his shoulders and
raises his hands as if in mute suppli-
cation that he be spared from further
questioning. II the visitor persists in
his efforts to learn something about
the tunnel, Don Jose protests that the
mysterious passageway could have
served no good purpose in its time
and that its construction was prob
ably the work of the devil.
''It be full of s-p-e-e-r-i-t-s," he
will say. "How came It there nobody
knows. Have l not heard the rumb-
lings OF the s-p-e-e-r-i-t-s when the
night is dark? Do they not hold high
revelry in their dark home when the
world above them is quiet and at
rest? Perhaps they may be clamor-
ing to be released from their impris-
onment in the underground cavern,
but It is not for me to do this. They
might spread sickness and misfortune
among us; 1t Is best that they remain
where they are" and Don Juan turns
away from the spot and quickly leads
the way to the outside of the crumb-
ling edifice, where food of sunlight
destroys the depressing effect of his
recital. The superstitious belief of
Don Juan may be assumed for the
benefit of the tourists whom he es-
corts through the mission, but it is
shared by many of his people in the
village.
The Franciscan Fathers who estab-
lished these missions also taught the
Indians how to cultivate the soil. One
of the oldest irrigation bitches upon
the continent extends along the river
valley adjacent to these missions.
This mother ditch" as 1t was called,
is still in good condition, although it
has been more than a century since 1t
was used. Another relic of these
missionaries is a stone aqueduct,
which is situated near the San Jose
mission. 1t spans the San Antonio
River, and is still in use, although it
was built two centuries ago. Search
has been made from time to time for
an opening into the tunnel that is be-
lieved to exist in the stone abutments
beneath this ancient bridge, but none
has ever been found-San Antonio
Correspondence of the New York
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
Trouble With BowIeggcd Men.

''It wouldn't be so bad If people
were merely bowlegged," said tall
or over in the arcade the other day,
"but what makes trouble for the
tailor is that no two legs are bowed
just alike. One knee will be bowed
out further than the other.
1.-The tailor has to draw special
plans and specifications for each trou-
ser leg before he can so ahead to cut
the goods. .''-Clevelan Plain Dealer
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14

The times are full OF strange ror-
tents. A swarm CT flying ants at
Bloomfield, N. j., and combined
plague of 1eas and aurora borealis in
Waterbury, Conn, are taken to uean
either that it is going to be a good
year for fishing or Mars is trying to
signal us.-New York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
Alarm For Poultry House.

BY arranging a wire to pass from
the hen house door to bell on the
veranda of the house, after the man.
ner shown in the accompanying illus
tration, warning will be given when
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
Good Morning Feed.

Two parts oats, two parts cracked
corn and one part wheat, make a
good morning feed to be thrown into
litter. Feed what they need to keep
them busy till noon-about a quart
to ten fowls. amount needed varies
with different breeds.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
Similarity.

Gunner-The latest creation in fem
thine gowns is covered with 500 but
tons. What would you call such .
dress as that?
Guyer-Whew' think I'd call II
the Contribution ."-Chicago
News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease,
powder for the feet. 1t makes tight d
new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Hot, Smarting and Sweating Fest
and Shoe stores, rs cts. Sample sent Free.
Address Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14

The beginner finds many stumbling
blocks in the artificial methods, but
experience shows the trick of how 10
easily step over them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14

most rigid truth h
telling OF my expsr-
fence with Doan'o
Kidney Pills, and
will be glad to give
corroborative evi.
dence to anybody. a
catch or stitch In my
back was followed
with dull, constant
backache and pain
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14

The worlds gold production last
year was the largest in history,
s409. 100000. against 100000. 0.0C0
In 1907 and ss9O.000, 900 in 1906.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14

Europe has nine museums for ex-
hibiting the dangerous parts OF ma
ehinery.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-07-14
THE RIGID TRUTH
And Confirmation to Any Kidney SUD-
ferer Who Asks II.

Mrs. w. H. Cobb, Nicholasvills,
Ky.. says: II will keep strictly to the