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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26
Gloom Spread by Book Agents.

when l was a small boy, living in
Huntsville, Mo-, an early day book
agent came up from st. Louis by
steamboat and flooded our country
with a narrowing volume entitled
Agnes; the Key to Her Coffin Ev-
erybody bought the thing and every
body wept over it," remarked we'll
known resident of this city. ats in
fluence descended upon the communi-
ty like q nightmare. 1t reeked with
shrouds, funerals and graveyards.
For long time The Key to Agnes
Coffin was the sole diversion of cer-
tain portions of the populace; they
seemed to take pure and chastened
joy in the awful weight of woe that
oozed out from between its lids, and
it made them feel better There were
not many books in the country in
those days, and this sagacious agent
had sized the communitys taste up
about right The book was supposed
to be very consoling to the distressed,
in that it told Of worse troubles than
their own. Macon Republican.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26
Old Musllet Buys a Spring.

The seventh generation Of family
which has done nothing since 1888
because it owned spring is repre-
sented in A. B. Kicker, guest at the
Fairmont, whose great-great-gre
grandfather traded an old musket for
Poland Springs, Me-, in the year
1888. The spring has kept on flowing
and the family has been bottling it.
Kicker has been looking around at
California's multitudinous springs
and says of them:
"The owners of these places are
to be envied. In time all of them will
be bottled and every drop of the prec-
ious outflow will be shipped away to
the cities. A good spring is better
than any business, because you never
face failure, the money market does
not trouble you at all-all you have
to do is bottle it."-San Francisco
Bulletin,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26
A LESSON IN "SHOP TALK"
Why the Cattleman Dilated SO Particularly
About Steer Skinning.

the dinner was entirely at an END.
These legal "Johnnies" might know
something about the law, but what
he did not know about cattle was not
worth knowing.
When the diners had arrived at
that comfortable, informal period
where chairs are pushed back, the
eminent judge who was the guest of
the evening turned to his neighbor
and said:
II want you to introduce to me that
young fellow who has just impaired
to us so much useful information
upon the subject of cattle-raising.
should like to congratulate him upon
the reproof he has so tactfully admin
istered to us all.
"In future, at legal banquets,
shall certainly do all in my power to
keep the table from talking Shop
which is dull enough in all conscience
when only lawyers are present; and
when there are outsiders who cannot
join in the discussion, it shows lack
of good taste, BESIDES"
So the man with the bright eyes
and bronzed cheeks became the hero
of the evening.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26
MR. GRn1NnRs CHEAP AND SATISFACTORY SCRATCHING SHED.

greenhouse glass and some tarred
paper. The boards on hand Chem
lock- were twelve feet in length, so
| concluded to make the shed twelve
by twelve feet. The north side is
boarded up tightly. The east end is
four feet high. The south side has
door and two glass sections, the
glass being set in between the upright
boards, without frame, and held by
cleats. The middle rafters, which
give support to the oiled muslin for
the roof, are strips about an inch and
half square, of which l also had a
quantity on hand, they being waste
from the mills. At first used several
hotbed sashes for part of the roof
They leaked good deal, however,
in the rainy weather we had so often
last winter, and finally | took them
down and replaced them with oiled
muslin. l bought the heaviest un-
bleached muslin could get, and after
sewing four breadths together, so as
to have the whole in one piece, l
soaked 1t in raw linseed oil, wringing
it out we'll afterward, and then
stretched 1t over the rafters. The
floor is the ordinary earth floor, cov-
cred with six inches of cinders and
coal ashes, we'll smoothed over and
packed down.
This floor was kept covered all the
time with dry litter, sometimes shaw
ings, sometimes chaff or cut straw.
The grain rations were scattered over
this litter, and the hens had good
time scratching in 1t all winter long.
Even now, when we have long or
heavy rains, the hens get their rations
there, and have good time digging
and scratching. paid nearly IS for
the muslin and about $3.50 for lum-
ber. The cost of the oil, nails, tar
paper, etc., ran the expense account
up to about SO. For this amount
have the very best shelter during cold
and wet weather for good sized
flock, with floor space of 144 square
feet. Here are kept the hoppers con-
tanning grit, oyster shell and beef
scrap. The window in the east end
of the roosting and laying room and
between it and the shed is taken out
and replaced by a muslin curtain.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26

1t was at dinner given by the
members of a certain English circuit
in honor of an eminent judge. The
legal element predominated, and the
conversation from the first ran in a
legal channel. Those among the COM
pany who did not happen to be bar
risters or solicitors sat silent, listen
ing with vacuous smiles to the ex-
change of learned opinion which was
being carried on round them. One
only among this dumb minority, says
H. G.. Brown, in the Conclusions
of an Everyday Woman" seemed i'm
patient and ill at ease.
He was big, jolly, loosely-made
man, wearing clothes which some
how did not seem to set naturally on
him, the conventional dress suit ap-
pearing less appropriate to his hand
some figure than would have been,
say, the loose shirt and riding
breeches of cowboy or colonial
squatter. His cheeks were bronzed,
and his bright, clear glance spoke
eloquently of an outdoor life.
AS the dinner advanced and the
conversation plunged deeper and
deeper still into the profundities of
legal erudition, he became more and
more restless and perturbed. At last,
however, one of those lulls occurred
which may happen occasionally at
even a professional dinner, and it
was then that a resounding voice vi
brated through the room, causing the
learned brethren assembled there to
forget for an instant their profes-
sional imperturbability.
Nov / am going to tell you all, "
doomed the voice, "how we skin
steers down in Texas!"
All eyes were turned in the direc-
| tion of the perpetrator of this amaz-
ing announcement, our friend, OF
course, of the bright eyes and bronzed
cheeks-who, nothing daunted by
their icy stares, proceeded to enlarge
upon the technique Of his business
that of cattle-breeding, and continued
his uninterrupted monologue until
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26
LIGHT BOOZE
Do You Drink It?

A minister's wife had quite tussle
with coffee, and her experience is In
teresting. She says:
During the two years of my train
ing as nurse, while on night duty,
became addicted to coffee drinking.
Between midnight and four In the
morning, when the patients were
asleep, there was little to do except
make the rounds, and it was quite
natural that I should want good,
hot cup of coffee about that time. 1t
stimulated me and I could keep
awake better.
After three or four years of coffee
drinking I became a nervous wreck,
and thought that | simply could not
live without my coffee. All this time
I was subject to frequent bilious at
tacks, sometimes so severe as to keep
me in bed for several days.
after being married, Husband
begged me to leave off coffee, for he
feared that it had already hurt me al
most beyond repair, so | resolved to
make an effort to release myself from
the hurtful habit.
II began taking Postum and for
few days felt the languid, tired feel
ing from the lack of the stimulant,
but l liked the taste of Postum, and
that answered for the breakfast bev-
erage all right.
FINALLY l began to feel clearer
headed and had steadier nerves. Af-
ter years use of Postum now feel
like new woman-have not had any
bilious attacks since I left off coffee"
There's Reason" Read "The
Road to Wellvill'e, in pkgs
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, 1909-05-26

we should and with proper rotation
of our crops. One of the strong ar
guments of the Western advertiser
is the soil content of potash, which
enables the Western farmer to grow
abundant crops of alfalfa; yet here
in the East, upon land once consid-
cred worn out absolutely, have seen
during the past few years as luxuriant
growth of this valuable plant as l
ever saw in the West, simply by the
application of generous quantities of
the element potash, combined with
the two other Indispensable plant
food elements, phosphoric acid and
nitrogen in lesser amounts. Both
potash and nitrogen are greatly lack
ing in many sections of our Eastern
States. Experiments have proved
this: Let every man experiment for
himself and thus determine the needs
of his soil; apply the fertilizer needed
in sufficient quantities and he will be
in a position to rafute this story
about abandoned Eastern farms, the
fertility of which is exhausted" If
the crops show the need of potash,
supply it; If either phosphoric acid
or nitrogen seem deficient these as
well as the indirectly available ma
terials are easily obtained. There is
no necessity for leaving the great
markets and the familiar surround
ings, to obtain the supplies of soil.
From the American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26
SfOO Reward. 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis.
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being con-
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cureis taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up. the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work The proprietors have so much faith
in its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials Address
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26

This AFFORDS additional ventilation for
the room where our fowls have to
pass the night. Later on, when our
young stock get too large to remain
in the coops and brooders, they will
be given temporary shelter under this
shed or tent, where they can pass the
night in safety until room is made
for them in the regular henhouse or
until they are otherwise disposed of.
Altogether, | am well pleased with
this cheap structure. We get good
returns in health of fowls and in eggs.
1t is a good many years since we had
as good supply of eggs, from the
same number of birds, as we had this
last winter and as we are having at
the present time.-Tribune Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26
ROBINSON CRUSOE NOW
A FELLOW CITIZEN.
He Was Rorn in Norway, Was a
Seafaring Man and Now He
Can Vote in Boston.

Judge Dodge, of the United States
District Court, was at his desk the
other day when William II. Fraser,
secretary OF the Seamens Union, and
the Rev. George L. Small, of the Mar
iners' Home, came in, conducting q
weather beaten sailor, who wanted to
be naturalized, says the Boston Tran
script. The sailor laid his paper be-
fore the Judge, who glanced at the
name, then looked again and then
smiled.
do l understand that your name
is Robinson Crusoe?" said he.
Eyes, sir; Robinson Crusoe."
Further questioning brought ont
that he was born in Wardo, Norway,
forty-four years ago, and that he is
mariner, engaged mostly in the
coastwise vessels on United States
shores. He first came to this country
in 1897, landing in New York on the
ship Jason, although not the Jason
of the Golden Fleece expedition.
Crusoe did not know how he got his
name, as he had it so long, but he
was called Andorf in Norway. In
spector Moore asked him various
questions, to which he answered diff
fdently. He thought President
Roosevelt had been farmer in the
country and that If he died "some-
body" else would be President. The
Judge had to admit the correctness of
the reply, and Robinson Crusoe is
now a full fedged citizen of the
United States.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26
For ROup.

Mix five cents worth of permanga-
nate of potash with one quart of wat
er, and put one tablespoonful in a
bucket of water or milk and use as a
preventive. prefer milk. The birds
that have the disease take one table,
spoonful of the permanganate and
water mixture to one pint of water.
Give one teaspoonful three times a
day and wash their heads in weaker
solution. When I am giving the
treatment I smoke my chickens until
they begin to choke for breath, either
with pine tar or sulphur. This is a
good disinfectant and is also good for
mites and lice.-Mrs. G. Ungeheuer,
Cutterville, Kan.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26
The Last Resort.

In answer to the returned summer
visitors question as to the welfare
of Mr. Macomber and his where
abouts, Mr. Davis replied that Jake
was teaching at the little red school
house on Bowen's Hill.
"But thought
"Well, he is," admitted Mr.. Davis,
understandingly, IAN he gets more'n'
more muddle-headed all the time.
But what else could we. do? We
had to put him in schoolmaster to
keep him off the town.
1--WE amt goin' to pauperize a
man." he added, loftily, 'if we can
find anything for him to do"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26

are just common cold storage stuff
They bring fifty cents a dozen,
though, on account of the stamp!
Never set duck egg over a week
old. They lose fertility quickly.
A $40 rooster is generally cheaper
than So one. The good blood will
tell the second year.
White China geese are very gentle
They are also good watchers in the
poultry yards, as any unusual disturb.
ance is soon told by the noise they
make.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26
Notes of the Poultry Yard.

The man who said "the best poul-
trymen on most farms are women"
knew what he was talking about.
Eggs brought forty-fve to sixty
cents per dozen in the big city mar
kets all winter. You can get these
prices, buyer to pay express charges.
If you go about 1t right.
In Chicago, companies with big
names sell eggs stamped Guaranteed
Fresh," Pure Fresh Eggs" Just
Laid" and so on, but most Of them
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26
Not a Hero to His Wife.

Jack the Giant Killer doffed his
seven-league boots.
yes" he said, ."my wife always
makes me wipe off when come in
the house."
Thus we learn that even magic
doesn't help a fellow out in domestic
life.-New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26

The foundations are being laid for
the deepest canal lock in the world
on the line of the New York barge
canal at the lower end of Moss Island,
near Little Falls. This lock will drop
boats forty-two feet from the barge
canal into the Mohawk river. The
foundation for the lock is in the pres.
ent bed of the Erie canal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26

/ want every person who suffers with
any form Of Kidney ailment. no matter
how many remedies they have tried, no
matter how many doctors they have con.
suited, no matter how serious the case, to
give Munyon's Kidney Remedy a trial
You Will be nstonlshcd to see how quickly
1t relieves nll pains in the back Ioins
and groins caused by the kidneys. You
viii be surprised to see how quickly
II reduces the swelling in the feet and
legs. also .pufliness under the eyes, after
taking a few doses of this remedy. You
Will be delighted to see the color return
Ing to your cheeks and feel the thrill of
yigor md good cheer. II your Urine Is
thick or milky. II II Is pale and foamy. II
It contains sediments or brlckdust. II IL Is
highly colored or has an offensive smell,
u you urinate frequently. you should per.
flst in taking this remedy until nil symp-
toms disappear We believe this remedy
has cured more serious kidney ailments
than all the Kidney medicines that have
been compounded. Professor Munyon be-
lleyes that the terrible death rate from
Bright's Disease and Diabetes is unnec-
essary and will be greatly reduced by this
remedy
Go at once TO your druggist and purchase
bottle of Munyon's Kidney remedy. IL
II fails to give satisfaction l will refund
your money.--Munyon.
For sale by all druggists. Price 25c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26

time and again, there is no better
paying branch of agriculture to-day
than that of poultry when in the
hands of competent people,"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-26

British capital is to start a steel
foundry at San Diego, CAL, using
British Columbia ore.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-06-11
DR.. ]. H. POLHILL
PASSED AWAY
YESTERDAY
FORMER WELL-KNoW BRUINS
WlcklAN DIED AT FITZGERALD
YESTERDAY MoRNlNG-HE HAD
TYPHOID FEVER.

News was received in the city yes
terday announcing the death OF Dr. J.
II Polhill which occurred in Fitzger-
aid at an early hour yesterday norm
ing, after an illness OF some time
with typhoid fever.
The death of Dr. PolhiH viii come
as a shock to his lany Brunswick
friends, as it was only few weeks
smce that he was here on a visit Al
that time he WAS enjoying the very
pest Of health and spent three or fou~
days mmglins with his friends. He
was taken i'll in Fitzgerald several
days ago but his condition was not
thought to be SO serious at first A
sinking srell came Wednesday, how
ever, and the attending physicians
gave little hope of his recovery. and
he fingered all Wednesday night,
passing away yesterday morning
shortly after O clock
Or John II. Polhill was a resident
of Brunswick for a numbe. of years
and was pcpular among a large circle
Of friends. He was proprietor of the
drug store at the corner of Newcas-
tie and Gloucester streets. now known
as Fearrington's drug store. Several
years ago he disposed Of his business
and removed to Fitzgerald, where he
engaged ia the drug business until
recently disposins OF his drug store
to enter the automobile business. He
was one of the leading citizens of
Fitzgerald and was prominent in all
sections of the state.
No funeral arrangements had been
made up to a late hour LAST night
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-06-11
HIS CREDITORS DID
NOT KNOW HE
WAS GOING
PROPRIETOR OF ROYAL CAFE
LEAVES THE CITY WHILE HIS
BoARDERs WAITED FOR EARLY
BREAKFAST.

Regular boarders at the Cafe Royal
We're somewhat disappointed when
they went to the restaurant yesterday
morning for breakfast. The place
was locked up tight. the cooks and
walters were waiting for the arrival
of the proprietor W. B. Stebbins. and
the boalders wondered what had oc-
CURED during the night. as they had
teen TO the restaurant for supper as
usual They waited on the proprie.
tor. but he failed to show up, and
up to the present he has not put in
his appearance and his whereabouts
are unknown-by a number OF credi-
tors who would like to locate him.
Stebbins came to Brunswick from
Douglas about two months ago and
has been managing the restaurant.
His customers were all satisfied and
it was thought that he was ENJOYING
fairly good business. He succeed
ed, however, in establishing a credit
in the city, and when he left so sud
denly he forgot to go around and set
tie his accounts. One or two butch
ers, grocers, a packing house in Sa-
vannah and others are among the
losers.
Stebbins. with his wife, it was
learned yesterday, left the city on the
5.S5 train yesterday morning. He did
not intimate to any one that he in
tended to leave, but quietly folded
his tent and left, taking only his wife
and what few things he could get in
his trunks. He left the restaurant
just as it was closed Thursday night.
1t is thought that Stebbins has gone
to New York.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-06-11
BUTCHER FIRM
Is IN TROUBLE
ARNHEITER BROS. WERE CLOSED
YESTERDAY UNDER A
cHATTEL MORTGAGE.

The firm of Arnheiter Bros, COM
posed OF Albert and Charles Arnhei-
ter, doing business at the corner of
Newcastle and Monk streets, was yes
terday closed under a mortgage fore
closure.
The necessary papers were served
by Sheriff Berrie, who assumed charge
OF the business of the firm. The
store will remain closed until the courl
directs some disposition It is likely
that it viii be sold at public outcry.
The mortgage was in favor of Mrs.
G. AInheiter, mother of the two mem
bers OF the firm, and amounted to
$500 The firm Of hrnheiter Bros,
succeeded c. Arnheiter shortly after
his death, the business being pur-
chased from Mrs. Arnhe'ter. mort
gage being given to her by her two
sons
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-06-11
WHAT CONGRESS
DID YESTERDAY
VERY LITTLE BUSINESS, AS
USUAL, WAS DISPOSED OF
BY LAWMAKERS.

Washington, June 1O.-The work OF
congress today cfn be briefly summed
up as follows:
In the senate the fight on the wooden
schedules was resumed by Senator
Dolliver, but the forces of Senator
Aldrich remain in full control of the
situation.
The death Of Rev. Hale, chaplain OF
the senate, called forth deep ex-
preston Of regret from senators and
representatives, who held him in the
highest esteem
In the House.
The house met at l o'clock Th4
secretary was instructed tc
report on the unexpended balances for
river and karbor Improvements
One or two other matters Of minor
importance were disposed Of The
next session Of the house will be held
next Thursday
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-06-11
National Banks
Make Fine Showing

Washington. June TO- During the
current fiscal year the national banks
of the country have received in ind
yidual deposits $4,826,OG0,3S4. which
is more than a billion dollars ia eX-
cess OF the entire outstanding money
supply of the United states. The
year which will close with tine pres
ent month has been one Of exceptional
prosperity for national banks. Since
May IA, 1908, there has been a net
increase Of 155 in the number of ma
uonal banks.
Notwithstanding the unusual mum
ber Of banks Withdrawing from the
national system the aggregate capt
tai surplus ana profits Of the banks
reporting On April 2S. 1909, amounted
to $1,729057 010. an increase Of $5S,-
586,42S during the year The loans
and discounts increased $434 763.993
deposits $513.4O3. .594, and total re-
sources $774261,145.