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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-11-24
Charitv's Visitino Oay.

Charity begins at home, but at
Thanksgiving time 1t ought to go visit
ing and help to make happy the lives
of those to whom turkey is only a
memory or q mockery.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-11-24
Don't Dscsivs Yourself.

Plenty Of people imagine they have
nothing for which to give thanks, but
imagination Is deceptive.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-11-24
p Patriotism.

u know a fellow remarked the
man on the car, who says that every
time he hears a band play Yankee
Doodle he can feel the goose pimples
creeping all over him, and yet it takes
a precinct committeeman TO drag him
to polls on registration day"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-11-24

lily celebration al
W avs started
with the morn
Ing service, while
the most depend
able grandchild
remained at home
to haste the tur-
key and keep the
FIRE up.
He had not long
to wait before
the old farm wag-
on drove up, and
1t was Christy
who helped his
mother out and
kissed the with
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-11-24

for an instant
The old lady looked up In surprise;
then. with glad little cry, she threw
her arms about his neck.
IL didn't recognize you-you looked
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-11-24
Mammals Still Inhabit African
Swamps, He Hears.
ASKS GREAT BRITAIN'S AID.
Charles Brooks Wants to Head Expe-
dition Into Northern Rhodesia, Where
Elephants Look Like Cats and Uni
eorns and Dragons Abound, Accord
ing to Native Guides.

If Charles Brooks, explorer, travel
er, scientist and hunter Of Johannes
burg, South Africa, is not an apostle
Of the late Baron Munchausen or Of
DR.. Lemuel CULVER, ships surgeon
and late captain Of many ships" the
diplodocus, the pterodactyl and other
prehistoric animals or their descend
ants still may be roaming the earth.
Mr. Brooks has written the British
government asking THAT an expedition
explore the Rhodesish swamps along
the southern borders of the Sahara
desert, where, he is convinced, ami
mais are yet alive that are the de-
scendants of those now known TO nat
uralists only as fossils; also, he says,
a strange tribe Of copper colored
people inhabit the interior Of the
desert
Brooks tells Of reports regarding
great animals which inhabit the
swamps, which never have been ex-
plored by Europeans and are Stunned
by the natives. The latter, however,
have seen or thought they saw vast
animals beside which the elephant
clocks like a small cat"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-11-24
Natives Tell Of Monsters.

NdIINcS Gil U W'OUShS'
Having seen the picture of the
eighty foot diplodocus now in the Paris
Museum of Natural History says
the letter, lit brings back to my mind
many stories l heard from natives and
pygmies while hunting on the southern
border of the great Sahara desert re-
garding monsters which are still in
existence; also of a copper colored race
of people who are living in the interior
of the desert near large lake.
The animals were described as be-
ing so large that | ridiculed the idea
and put it down to a stretch of the
imagination or u desire to induce me
to go in search of both animals and
people Since seeing Carl Hagenbeck's
report of what he had heard from the
same source | am convinced that the
monsters described are still in exist
ence, and it has proved an incentive to
me 10 renew my acquaintance with the
interior.
"The desert may still prove of i'm
mense value to whichever nation has
sufficient go to get there first and spend
money exploring it. ! think Hagen
beck was rather misinformed as
the region occupied by the "onsters
referred to with the exception OF one
as | have been all over northern Rho
desia. My own information, with the
one exception. pointed to the creatures
being inhabitants Of or Of the sur
roundings Of the lakes of the interior
of the desert. That the Rhodesian
swamps exist there is ample proof.
Unieorns and Dragons Too.
"The descriptions l received differ
slightly from those given TO Hagen
beck, but this may be due to my be-
ing able TO speak and understand the
native languages. There is absolutely
no doubt about the bloodthirsty saw
ages, as / have been in contact with
them myself, and the only marvel is
how we ever managed to escape with
our lives.
THE animals described to me are,
first, one like an elephant, but of enor-
nous size, the elephant appearing like
a small cat by the side of the other;
the second corresponds in every detail
to the pictures one sees in the Bush
mems caves throughout Africa Of the
unicorn and the third what we conceive
the dragon to be like.
This latter was in the swamps Of
what is now northern Rhodesia or on
the southeastern border Of the Kongo."
Brooks declares he is very anxious
to explore the country and to prove the
truth or otherwise of the stories which
he has heard and which also have been
reported by other hunters and explor-
ers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20

looked at dim like madman, aboue
to spring.
"If you please. Mr.. Ramsay" said
Lue's voice in his ear, and her hand
gently guided him from the parlor into
the library, where, excusing herself
she left him and went back an instant
to Fred.
II meant to have made you own up
to being jealous in so many words"
the saucy girl said, stopping before
him, and crossing her hands behind
her In the most tantalizing manner,
but you're too obstinate, though you
will hardly be able to deny the fact to
me now"
Fred stared at her.
NO" he said, savagely, II won't
deny 1t. l should like to crush that
fellows handsome mug with my boot.
heel"
(which laudable desire will have to
remain unfulfilled for the present"
laughed Lue. Where do you suppose
your wife is?"
"Deuced If know or care. The last
| saw Of her she was riding down
Broadway with Ramsay"
"She was not doing anything OF the
kind. You saw me with Fays hat and
cloak on. Fay went to see Nurse Bag.
shaw early in the day. She's not ex.
pected to live, you know, from one
day to another"
'Lue, you're an angel" Fred cried,
in rapture.
You mean to say that Fay is, and
so she Is, to endure all she had to
from you the past week"
But Ramsay's been writing to her"
mot he. He wrote to me under GOV.
maid aunt of his. She's always poking
her nose into other peoples business"
And his call"
WAS for me. Naturally saw him
go down our steps that night, for he
came home with me from Duforge's."
"Lue, you are an angel! wish
Ramsay JOY of you"
Lue laughed.
Never say Jealous again. Fred
when I'm around. Hello! where are
you going?"
After Fay"
"Oh, she's upstairs with headache
Come in an hour and a half ago.
told her you were very much engaged
reading, and she said she wouldn't in
terrupt you"
Hump! you're baggage, Lue. I'll
pay you for this, if | live!" and Fred
vanished to make his peace with Fay.
which was not difficult matter. Low.
ing, little daisy-faced women like Fay
Dennard are not very implacable."-
New York Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20

| 81 said so, dear" meekly responded
Fay.
Used to be great flirt, didn't he?
Splendid-looking fellow. All the girls
are raving about him since he came
back from South America"
She rose as she said this, and saun-
tered out of the room, with a warning
glance at Fay, to which Fay respond
ed by getting redder roses than ever
in her dimpled cheeks.
Fred looked out of the window and
whistled ostentatiously, but as soon as
Lue was fairly out of the room he
turned to his wife.
When did you see Ramsay"
Il haven't seen him since we we're
married, Fred" Fay said, with a de-
gree Of earnestness that made her
husband frown again
He was not quite in the humor to
remark just then upon the oddity Of
her receiving parcels and sending mes.
sages to a man she had not seen for
three years, but he gnawed his mus
tache over and thought till lunch time,
and by certain lordly air toward
poor little Fay made her not only feel
like a culprit, but act like one.
The matter blew over for that time,
though Fred did not forget it. The
more sensitive he was about Ned Ram.
say, the more unwilling he was to own
to the same, and, rather to Fay's sur
prise, he did not question her concern.
ing the parcel, though he was in
agony, so to speak, to know all about
it.
Fired" said Lue, morning or two
after, why didn't you tell me Mr..
Ramsey was coming last evening?
might have made an impression, now
that Fay is beyond his reach"
Mr.. Ramsay was not here last even.
ing" exclaimed Fred, sharply. You
know very well was not at home my
self. | walked with you as far as Du.
forge's and spent the evening down.
town. OF course Ramsay wasn't here
or Fay would have spoken of it."
He remembered that his wife had
seemed rather earnest about staying
at home, though he had wished her to
accompany him to hear a favorite
singer.
Il don't know about that" Lue said,
with a mischievous glance at his
thoughtful countenance, but do
know that | saw him descend the
steps from our door last evening
little after ten"
You broke up early at Mrs. Du-
nrge's," was Fred's only remark. but
his face darkened:
He had not come home himself till
eleven. He sat in nettle of impa-
tience till Lue left the room, and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Nerves are as often as not think
ing you have them.
A splendid thing to reform would
be reform movements.
If man can't invent anything else
he always can deviltry.
Comfort makes a man q lot more
satisfied with himself than principles
do.
Having tact is being caressing
hand touch instead of the militant
hind leg of mule.
A girl can imagine romance that is
more real to her than steak and
fried potatoes are to a man.
The exasperating thing about mon.
ey is even if you don't spend it your.
self somebody else will for you.
A woman will always intrust her
daughters happiness to a man who
shows devotion to both of them.
A girl can be interested in most
anything a man wants to talk to her
about till she is married to him.
No matter how much a girl loves
man she likes him to think how near
she came to marrying lot of other
fellows.
The more a mans faith in q thing
turns out not to have been misplaced
the surer it is that it wasn't an in.
vestment
A woman's idea of an artistic pho
tograph is when it shows her very
young and 80 times as good looking
as she is.
If man had ten times as much to
do as he has his biggest grievance
would be that he hadn't enough time
to be bad.
Just as soon as you begin to give
anybody charity he begins to think
you owe it to him right along and a
lot more besides.
A woman always tells her friends
how much more her new clothes cost
than they did so as to strike fair
average with how much less she tells
her husband they did.-From Refiec-
tions of Bachelor in the New York
Pres~
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for ChildreA
tsething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ton, ayspain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
Lord Chamberlain.

One of the first appointments made
by King George V was that of Earl
Darlington to be lord great chamber
lain. In this office Earl Darlington
will have charge of the arrangements
relating to the coronation of the new
king. There are some quaint privi-
leges attached to this office. Among
these are certain perquisites dating
from the reign Of Henry l. He will
by virtue of his office, be entitled to
have SO yards of crimson velvet from
the crown for his coronation robes.
On coronation day he will carry te
King George his wearing apparel, and
when his majesty leaves his bedroom
this noble servitor will be entitled to
take the bed, all the furniture, the
kings nightgown and any clothes
there may be, as his fee. He will
serve the king with water before and
after dinner on that day, and have
the basin and towels as his perquisite.
The velvet and the gilt basin have
been given at the last three or four
coronations, but the right to the bed
room furniture is compounded for
about G2,000.-Indianap News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20
When Wreckinu Was Good.

Natives of the Scilly Isles, where
the Minnehaha struck and sank re-
Gently, had in the old days a reputa-
tion for being inveterate "wreckers." /"
The wreclSing sometimes took on a
strange form. This story is told of an
islander who put ship on the rocks
in order that the SANDER might
profit: "a Scillonian (native of the
Scilly Isles) sailor was on board a
West Indiaman, homeward bound,
and the skipper got into a fog and
lost his reckoning Then he asked this
man If he knew the Scilly Isles"
Better. nor any book says the
sailor. Then says the skipper, take
the wheel In an hour crash went the
ship upon the rocks. D your
eyes!' says the skipper; YOU said you
knew the Scilly Isles!' 80 do says
the man; this is one of EN-
1.-The ship went to pieces ana nearly
all hands were lost; but the people
Of the islands had fine time with tie
fotsam and jetsam for good mai:s
days afterward. The patriot is buried
In the old churchyard." Chicago
News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20

Four, five, six o'clock, and still no
Mrs. Dennard. Mr.. Fred was in a
state bordering on distraction.
Dinner was served at the usual time,
but the wretched husband could have
swallowed pebbles as easily as NOR
sci OF dinner. His sister ate with a
relish, and with her usual cheerfulness
chartered away. calling upon Fred for
responses to did you know" and DO
you know" etc., till he felt like fling
ing dessert plate at her head.
In the parlor after dinner, Lue at
the piano, Fred pretending to read,
and getting paler and paler with every
effort.
you look i'll, Fred" Lue remarked
sweetly, from her perch on the piano
STOOL
We'll, I'm not" tartly.
About eight o'clock the doorbell
rang. Fred jumped as though some
one had shot him.
The servant showed in Ned Ramsay.
Tall, black-haired, jetty-whiskered,
just the splendid looking fellow Lue
Dennard had called him. he came in,
his handsome face wreathed in smiles.
Fred's face turned to the hue Of
ashes. Involuntarily his hands clInoh.
ed themselves. and. as Ramsay said Q
rather puzzled "good-evening.' he
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20

then he went upstairs, three steps at a
time, and burst in upon his wife in a
startling manner.
why didn't you tell me Mr.. Ramsay
was here last EVENING"" he demanded,
excitedly.
Because he was not" Fay
said, boldly, but blushing like the
sensitive thing she was, partly at the
name, perhaps for the sake of old
times. and partly at Fred's strange We
hemence. 81 was not well last even
ing. Don't you remember told you |
went to bed by eight o'clock? If Mr..
Ramsay called, did not see him"
The clear, soft eyes, the truth-telling
voice. Fred Dennard did not doubt
them for an instant.
"Lue was mistaken" he said to him.
self.
But on the way out an hour after
he asked the boy who generally an.
swered the door.
Who let Mr.. Ramsay in last night,
Jim-you?"
Yes, sir" answered the boy; and
Fred shot past him into the street,
muttering:
$50 he was here, after all! should
like deuced we'll to know what It all
means"
On the way home In the afternoon
he overlook the carrier at his own
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20
A Negro on Neqro Suffrage.

l know any number Of negroes in
the South whose influence Is so strong
because of their character that their
wish or word expressed to a local or
state official will go almost as far as
the word of any white man will go.
There is kind of influence that the
man exerts who is prosperous, intelli-
gent and possesses high character, a
kind of influence that is intangible
and hard to define, but which no law
can deprive him Of / do not mean
to suggest that the sort of personal
influence | have described is in any
way a substitute for the ballot, or can
be expected to take its place. 1t
ought to be clearly recognized that, in
republican form OF government, IL
any group of people is left permanent
ly without the franchise 1t is placed
at serious Observation-Disclosures 7.
Washington.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20
MATRIMONIAL BELT LINE.
Oddities of a Little Railroad on the
Tennessee-ViruiniaR Border.

Tennessee-Virginla Border.
Charles H. Warner, the sugar re-
finer of New York, and Colin II. Llv-
ingston of Washington are part own
ers of a street railway system which
in one respect has no rival. In fact
Benjamin F. Dulaney, coal opera
tor who owns Black Mountain, Vir-
ginia which aside from its mineral pos
sibilities has achieved fame by being
selected by John Fox, Jr., as the
scene of two of his novels, asserts
that the railway is the most remark
able in the world.
Bristol, Tenn, is where the road Is
situated, and some people out there
call it the Matrimonial Belt Line. For
a mile and quarter the track strad
dies the Virginia State line so that
man may be riding in two States
at once.
Parson Burroughs, clergyman,
owns hotel and meets every car, an6
neighbors say that if two strangers of
opposite sexes arrive together the par
son promptly asks them If they wish
to get married. Frequently they do,
so the parson gets into the car with
them and conducts them to his hotel,
though not infrequently the ceremony
takes place in the open, the bride
standing in one State and the BRIDE
groom in the other, while the officiat-
ing clergyman straddles the line. Par
son Burroughs admits having joined
more than 1900 couples in wedlock.
You can drink on the Virginia side
of the line, but not in Tennessee, and
1t often happens that one side Of a
street car is parching with thirst,
while the other is very wet indeed
New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20
HOPE ON.

There a day misty and gray
That the blue not somewhere above itt
There is never mountain top ever so bleak,
That some little flower does not love II.
There q night dreary and dark
That the stars were not somewhere shining;
There Is a cloud heavy and black '
That 1t has not a slvery lining
There is never waiting time, weary and long,
That will not some time have ending;
The most beautiful part of the landscape is where
The sunshine and shadows blending.
Into every life shadows will fall,
But heaven sends the sunshine Of love-
Through the riffs in the clouds may II will,
See the beautiful blue above
Then let hope though the way be long
And the darkness be gathering last;
For the turn in the road Is little way on
Where the home lights will greet at last
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20

virtues and values of Munyon's Paw
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being the best laxative and cathartic
ever compounded. Send us postal or
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and Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia. Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20
THE ONE MOVE THAT WINS.

This incident told Of Mophy player
ing picture of youth playing chess with doomed
all inevitable defeat Morphy
chess and with changed thought to be
certain failure into positive triumph.
Does problem impossible?
discouraged vision inevitable? game
of life that keepeth watch above own
single bring you glorious winnings Shall
confidently believe both his skill wilngness?
D L. Williams.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20
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The best Stomach Q a
Liver Pills known and
a positive and speedy
cure for Constipation.
Indigestion. Jaundice.
Biliousness, Sour Stom-
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ailments arising from .
disordered stomach or
sluggish liver. They
contain In concen-
trated form all the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The water front of Brooklyn is 33
miles in length.
Rockway Beach is about 20 miles
from Manhattan.
There are about 26,SOO worms to
an acre Of cultivated land.
Lavender and rose perfumes are
said to be fatal to microbes.
It Is estimated that the earth now
has a population of 1,52O, 10000.
Peanut cake seems to be supplant.
ing cottonseed cake as the preferred
food for Swedish cattle.
Washington is fast becoming the
city of beautiful homes of the coun.
try. Its growth is marvellous.
There are SO breweries in New
York, They annually have an output
of beer valued at s4O,1O5,S37.
The Carnegie Steel company pays
about one-seventh of the entire taxes
collected by the city of Youngstown,
Ohio.
In rs years the American Bible so.
ciety has distributed 54,233,712 copies
of the Holy Scripture in all parts of
the world.
More than 1000 killed and nearly
$4,000 injured is the record of the
American railroads for the closing
quarter of 1909.
Bellevue hospital has an operating
room that is considered among the
best in the world, with a seating ca.
pacity for 1000 students.
The pickpockets are said to have
made at least half million dollars
out Of the great crowd that attended
the funeral of King Edward.
The building occupied by the assay
Office is the oldest in Wall street, hav.
ing been erected in 1923 for the
Branch Bank of the United States.
The Rev. Angus Bethune, vicar of
Seaham, England, who has died at
the age of 81, discharged his clerical
duties to the last. He was 67 years
clergyman in the diocese of Dur.
ham.
Affection for children is an Indian
characteristic" says DR.. Charles s.
Moody of Idaho. II have never seen
an Indian mother or father punish
child, nor have ever seen an Indian
child cry"
That tips are wages has been de.
cided by the appeals court of England.
The case came before 1t in a claim
made under the workmen's compen.
sation act, in behalf of waiter who
was accidentally killed jp dining
car.
Seemingly New York is not such
night-hawking city as has been inti-
mated. The day and night. bank"
started there some time ago. has de-
cided to discontinue business after
midnight. as it does not pay to keep
open after that time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20
What News Is.

A Toronto paper in endeavoring to
describe what news is says:
Some people never can understand
what news Is. Let us define it. Al
daily paper will never publish an ex-
ira because of Maltese cat eats q ca
mary. But let the canary eat the cat,
and see what will happen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20

Prussia's laws at one time inflicted
penalties for smoking, not only in rail-
way carriages, but in any public place.
In 1910 the prohibition was so far re-
laxed as to allow cigar smoking in the
streets, provided the lighted end of the
cigar was protected by kind of wire
cage, which was supposed to obviate
the risk of fire from flying sparks
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20

Over eight thousand gardens are cul-
tivated in connection with Austrian
schools, the pupils receiving expen
tuition in horticulture.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20
Bounty for Wild Pigeons.

The American Ornithologists' I'm
ion, New York City, offer $4,000 in
prizes for finding the nests of wild
pigeons throughout the country. The
finder of the first nest will receive
$1,100. Leaflets have been prepared
giving nesting habits and descrip-
tions and large finely colored pic
ture showing the male, female and
young of these pigeons. These will
be sent to any address, together with
complete list of the rewards to
date, and what to do to get them, for
&c in stamps to defray postage and
clerical work
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20

For Red, Itching Eyelids, Cysts, Styes,
Falling Eyelashes and All Eyes That Need
Tubes, Trial Size, 25c Ask Your Druggist
or Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20
FRED DENNARD,S LESSON
By Helen Con0in Pierce.

611nGna1rH 61nna3rGH2GfG111&GtS02I r1rr20rStS116fnn6
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-20
An Easy One.

Her Father-"Blanche. why doesn't
Mr.. Linger go home earlier?"
Rlanche-"pm why, dad!-Puck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Window Screens. in eight
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