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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17
CITY HORSES FROM MISSOURI.
Mounted Squad Has 800 Matched Bays Mostly
From That State.

Breeders of the State of Missouri
seem, according to Bitsand Spur, to
have monopoly In the matter of fur
nishing the type of horse demanded
for use by the mounted squad of the
New York police force.
There is nothing so exacting about
these horses that makes one section
of the country superior to any for
their production, and the fact that
up to this time this State has fur
nished them is more of tribute to
the enterprise of Missouri breeders
than it is to any special advantage
possessed by tnat State for the pro-
duction of satEts story horses for this
service.
These horstx, which have s'quired
an almost worldwide reputst,Vn. are
repaired to be bays, with black
names and tails, and to be about SIX
tGsn Ssnas ;tfs The 900 now In the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

city's service are practically all of
the same height, weight and color.
They are a higher class horse than
the ones used in the ca aIalry service,
and yet such horses mag be found in
all the horse breeding States. Intel
ligence and good looks are more es-
sential for the mounted police horse
than speed or high education as sad
die horses.
When it is considered that the fa-
nous mounted police squadron of
New York has been in existence less
than ten years and that its efficiency
is recognized as being one of the
greatest of modern municipal devel-
opments it is not difficult to see that
in the near future the demand for
the proper type of horse for this SER
vice will be such as to claim the at
tention of the breeders of every State
In the Union.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17
What They Did With Them.

An American who spends much OF
his time in England tells of cockney
who went to dealer in dogs and thus
described what he wanted. "Hi wants
a kind of dog about so Ugh an so long.
Hits kind of gr'y'ound, an yea 1t
amt gr'y'ound, because is tyle, Is
shorter nor any O. those ere gr'y'oufids,
an is nose is shorter, an e amt so
slim round the body. But still 'e's
a kind O. gr'y'ound. Do you keep such
dogs?" I'VE do not" said the dog
man. I'VE drown EN-"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17
The Nurses Opinion,

A nurse had been called as wit
ness to prove the correctness Of the
bill of physician.
Let US get at the facts in the
case,' said the lawyer who was do
ing a cross.examination stunt. Didn't
the doctor make several visits after
the patient was out of danger?'
mo, sir" answered the nurse. Il
considered the patient in danger as
long as the doctor continued his Wis
It's"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17
Seeking Comfort.

I've got long way to go and I'm
not used to travel" said the applicant
at the railway ticket office. Il want
to be just as comfortable as I can,
regardless Of expense"
"Parlor carr"
"No. / don't care for parlor fix
in's."
Sleeper"
mo. | want to stay awake an
watch the scenery"
Then what do you want?"
"Well, if it wouldn't be too much
trouble, wish you'd put me up in
one of these refrigerator cars I've
read so much about"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

ney Pills helped me right away, and
soon l was cured. I am better and
stronger than In years"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17
PIayinu the Market.

"Curbroke never pays for his meat
until a month afterward."
80 / hear. Prices in the meantime
go up, and he feels as though he'd
made somethlng."-Puck.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17
The Motive Power,

"a western editor says nobody was
ever hurt while taking Joy ride on
the handles of a plow."
That's where he's mistaken. Many
a good man has been kicked by Q
mule. e."-Birmfngham Age-Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

Life is two-thirds bluff, law is three
fourths tyranny, piety is nine-tenths
pretense. Be genuine and poor If you
would die respected.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

the kidneys were
weak and l had dizzy
spells. For a long
time / was unable
to attend TO my
work and was con-
fined to bed for
weeks. 1 doctOred
constantly to no
avail. Doans Kid
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17
She Knew the Worst.

Mistress (hiring servan)-I hope
you know your place?
Servant-Oh, yes, mum! The last
three girls you had told me all about
It.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

No matter how intellectual she may
be, sneers the Philadelphia Record, al
ter woman reaches certain age
! she feels that almost any man Is
match for her.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

The man who never tries to DO
things seldom feels the hammer OF the
"knocker," observes the Commoner.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

IN Pittsburg a man tickled mules
hind leg with straw to see II It
would kick. It did. but he has not
been able to tell the doctors yet
whether he saw It or not.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

Some people need only little hole
of observation to take in all the Inn
portant scandals of the age.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces in1amma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar
coated, easy to take as candy, regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bow
els. Do not gripe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

One of the first ways in which an
opportunity to earn money was open
to women came in the days before the
sewing machine, relates the Christian
Register, when hundreds of thousands
OF linen bosoms were sent throughout
the country to be stitched by hand for
the shirtmakers of New York City.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

At 10 a. m. every day the entire
Great Western railway system of Eng
land receives the exact Greenwich
time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

A store of Impractical piety In the
heart, warns the Chicago Tribune,
soon paralyzes 1t.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17
CONFINED TO BED.
RTdgway, Pa, Woman Endures TerrIs
BILE Suffering.

Mrs. Jacob Farr, 406 Broad street,
Ridgway, Pa, says: II suffered the
worst kind of pain through my back,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

In a speech in the senate on Ha-
waiian affairs, Senator Depew of New
York told this story: When Queen
Liliuokalani was in England during
the queens jubilee, she was received
at Buckingham palace. In the course
OF the remarks that passed between
the two queens, the one from the
Sandwich Islands said that she had
English blood in her veins. How so?"
inquired Victoria. my ancestors ate
Cook"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

Notes the New York Evening Globe:
China in her ruling classes is now
committed to progressiveness. Civ
ilization has won its victory. What
will it do with it? II not in a military
way certainly in an economic way
China must in the near future be
reckoned with. The Chinese are IN
dustrious and intelligent, and the un-
loosing of the latent force of its mil
lions will have effects now seen only
by men of imagination.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17
Fu1tz, Too, a Lawyer.

David Fultz, who played good ball
for the Baltimore, Philadelphia Ath-
letics and New York Americans, is
doing we'll at the practice of law in
this city. Fultz also shines as a
leader of prayer meetings and is a
very popular speaker. He never fails
to say good word for the national
game. In recent lecture Fultz said:
Baseball is usually undermined by
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

A school of matrimony," having
for its object the inculcation of "the
prime essentials of welded happi-
ness" has been instituted in Boston,
reports the New York World. To teach
a Boston girl how to be happy wife
seems like attempting to pajut the
lily, and there is reason to suspect
that the academy in question is form
of the educational philanthropy for
which the Hub is noted. A school for
wives is no doubt perfectly logical
extension of the widened scope of
modern education. In what school the
Roman Cornelias, the resolute matrons
WHO embarked on the Mayfiower and
the millions of happy American wives
of today learned the art it might be
inyidious to ask. But it is assumed
that the school is established in re-
sponse to a demand, and that being
the case it is eminently proper that it
should be opened at the country's
leading educational centre. 1t is true
that the proportion of wives, happy or
unhappy, is smaller in Massachusetts
than in any other American state and
the proportion of, unmarried women
larger. But this may be due merely to
an insistence on higher matrimonial
ideals. If theory and practice do not
agree in Boston, that is not necessar.
lily the fault Of the theory.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

Coffee was to Balzac an "indispen-
sable prerequisite to literary creation"
Three or four years before he came
to Passy he thus described the effects
Of the stimulating brown berry: Ev-
erything is thrown into state of ag'
itation; ideas move like the battalions
of a great army on the battlefield, and
battle occurs. Memories arrive on
the double quick with banners flying;
the light cavalry of comparisons
breaks into a magnificent gallop; the
artillery of logic arrives with its am
munition train; witticisms rush for
ward as skirmishers; figures of speech
stand ready to charge; the paper Is
quickly covered with ink, for the
night vigil begins and ends with tor
rents of black water, as the battle
with black powder. Yet it is only fair
to state than 10 years later Balzac
solemnly confessed that he was "siow-
ly succumbing to the weight Of some
$4,000 cups of black coffee"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-17

An ambitious barber, having I'M
proved his idle moments by studying
medicine and surgery, and having
graduated in that profession, opened
an office and waited for patients, re-
lates the Argonaut. The first one had
appendicitis. Deity the surgeon per-
formed the operation, then, after the
patient had recovered from the effect
of the anaesthetic, inquired, Wont
you have your leg cut off today, sir?
Looks as if it needed it."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-27

was not particularly prominent in any way.
and when l felt bored l made my escape
rom the rest and called upon her. l came
to know the old lady very well. and l re-
ceived very definite Impression that she
clever well beautiful. Yes moro
than that. even brilliant. She was a wom-
to be classed with Dumas's ducnesses.
And I cannot emphasize sufficiently that
she was beautiful. She was plump. with
out being stout, her lines were graceful.
her face was sweet and FULL her eyes
vivacious and full of temperament. Her
hair exquisite. white snow and very
luXuriant, and soft perfume seemed to
detach itself from it, you perceived
when helping her into her wraps. she
soon became the nucleus OF the society she
had entered Every one did homage to
her. and the men shamelessly neglected
the other women for her sake. The trans
fer to Budapest had been worth her while.
She had completely captivated her envir-
onment. She had completely taken the
town by storm.
One day. however. she appeared in our
midst with much perfumery about her
person that everybody was aShast.
How remarkable"
That was the consequence Of everybody
having complimented her continually upon
her youthful appearance. 1 am not ad-
dicted to exaggeration. and am truthfully
describing the situation to you when
to believe that she more than
twenty years old. And that was the tragic
part of the matter.
Why
Because in a little while worse was to
follow. She laid IN stock of new gowns.
Her old dresses, which she had brought
with her from the Provinces. were dresses
such all respectable, well-dressed ma
irons wear. The dressmakers of the Prov
inces not clever. But they breathe
the same conservative atmosphere as the
ladies for whom they sew and tailor.
and the dresses that they produce for
their customers suit them admirably. They
adapt their modes suit the age of each
particular customer. But OF all this the
fashionable dressmaker OF Budapest, who
was responsible for my old lady's
gowns, was blissfuIly ignorant The Gre
ations which she evolved for her new Gus
toner were uniformly hideous."
What was the matter with them
They were too youthful-exaggerated
bosom. attenuased hips-and her new
dresses were all ridiculously tisht-ht,ing.
In the funniest places they were fairly
skin tight! And they rus,Ied! HOW they
rustlec!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-27
The Unusual but Effective
Method Which a ChiCaiO
Priest Has Adopted to Keep
Youths Off the Street
and Away from
DeteriOratin& Influences.

preached the prizes: while that man WAS
in his sancturn In the parish house. ana
said:
Say. heard you fellows got .
poolroom IN your church Don't you
war; Sood fellow to take care OF Dc
tables. don't suppose any OF youss
guys knows much about keeping taeleA
do you
II dom. know as We DO" repiieA
the digniaed priest. What dinerenes
does tina, make to your
The youth replied:
Well. YOU see. I used TO 40 work
for Kelly's poolroom round the corner.
He nred me to-day and I'm looking
for - Job Can't you take me inr l
haven't got any place to sleep. ana X
could Get the place I could sleep
here"
The ..raiEhtforward plea caught the
sympathy OF the priest and no hissa
the boy At a small salary. That WAS
during the nrst few months OF the sx-
,,.enee Of the pooiroom- To-day the
BOY Is In charge of the room 10 .
student Of the ST. IGratius College. ana
Is studying TO be q lawyer. Not only
has tho boy turned on, much different
than was expected. but he has been
influential In bringing IN other boys
who were in q like position. and alto
ke,her he has recruited twenty-seSsn
new members for the church.
Father Nolan says the billiard ane
pool tables are the greatest mediums
for showing the better side OF life He
asserts that you can never get to learn
the boy or young man until you learn
his social side. and the only way u
learn that 10 to get down to the bet
tom Of his heart and md out his tav.
orite form OF pastime.
billiard and pool tables have
brought moro young men into my
church than all the preaching that
ten priests could do for ten years" he
said. II wouldn't let the tables b
taken out for anything in the world.
The influence they bring 70 bear o.
the young men. ana particularly the
boys, IL Q thousand fold. Why. Pc
fore tho tables were installed very feu
want to come. and We sometimes have
difficulty in handling the crowds. Blu,
we want more and more to come. II
gives US q better chance to study theil
shortcomings. II they have any:
what he wants. you get to his sccia
side. All boys have their social sides
1t must be discovered, and the only
way to discover II Is to md out Wha
the boy desires. All boys want to play
forms Of playing. Perhaps 1t 10 out
door sport. We have that too. Ou
boys can have all the outdoor spor
they want. But most OF them prefer
the indoor games. Billiards and poo
are their most amusing pastimes."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-27

"Y'; ': :; +: that you wasted your
And you consider that so
deplorab1e a thine?'
world"
one can see that you still! very
young Believe me. an old man, when l
tell you that there are things far more
more bitter than that, for instance. vast
ing ones old age"
How can do that?"
"Assuredly one can. And 1t is nv Gus
tom to tell all who complain to me of
their wasted youth the story of an old
woman whom knew who. after wasting
her youth. had attained old age in con-
tentment. respectability and peace and
who then. within brief two months,
ruthlessly wasted her old age. Do you
attend the races?
No"
Then you do not know her. 1t was a,
the races that met this lady for the first
time. She from the Provinces and
settled in Budapest with her husbands
man Of no Importance They were wealthy.
had nc children, and one fine day they
packed their belongings and came to Buda
pest to grind down the balance OF their
days in this noisy merry mill. They
rented a pretty little dwelling in the very
heart Of the city and launched themselves
upon a life of feverish gayety. The wife
very beautiful woman"
How old she:"
She about nifty. Imagine a woman
Of medium height. neither stout nor
duly thin, nifty years of age and looking
barely thirty-siX. Such was she. She was
woman of whom the used to say.
She is an alluring old woman. She was
wonderfully we'll preserved. The air of
the country, where she had lived all her
life is conducive to such preservation.
Life In the Provinces impregnates the
eoul-life OF women with some great har-
ruony and the pure country air maintains
and their physical perfection. Her
beauty remarked by every body. and
the men in the society in which she now
moved commented upon it; the women were
enchanted with her. and the young girls
were one and all in love with the beautiful
old woman, which was quite natural. for
the first love of a young girl is never a
lieutenant high school boy, the
mediocre German novelists would have the
world believe. but always some beautiful.
brilliant mature woman.
Well. and what them"
II associated in the same set she. I
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-27

There are dresses nowadays OF which
one must not say that they rustic
rather that they whisper. sigh. whine de-
precatingly. sob with Observation-Disclosures
pathos translated into the language OF
silks and satins. and which. by the way.
despise with all my heart Well. our old
lady now became audible whenever she
appeared And the penetrating perfume
which she now affected followed in her
Wholesome impossible new connection OF
violets. And every day she changed her
perfume. and one by she essayed all
the perversely scented odors which dirty
fingered chemists produce from all sorts of
bitter herbs-kadeura de Japon. Luxus
dore, Quintessence de Katalpa. Primrose
Extraessence-shall l express myself bru-
tally? My old lady smelled.'
And then?
Then everybody began TO laugh at her.
And she did not realize this in the least.
On the contrary, she believed that her
popularity growing. One day she ap-
peared wearing hat which I would like
to entitle 'hecatomb OF oirds Green
yellow. red and blue birds were assembled
in scandalous numbers upon this h--t. SO
that II reminded one OF the famous noun
tain of birds Of which Otto Herman tells.
that its innumerable protruding rocks COM
pletely sheltered the myriads OF birds that
nestled there. And now the saddest thing
Of all came to pass"
This. The beautiful white hair OF our
old lady suddenly became rejuvenated- 1t
turned yellowish. and as the days went by
1t became friRhtfully. obstreperously yell
low. For four days after this hap
pened our old lady was in retirement.
When she finally emerged her hair had
assumed a shade OF even more aggressive
yellow. Then again she became invisible
for four days. and at the end OF these four
days her hair had turned brown. and here
after ii travelled brownward steadily. like
a reliable meerschaum pipe.
by and by we saw . hideous caricasure
Of q woman She began powdering her
face after having IL massaged. and on GER
tain state occasions painted her lips and
her cheeks The mask was now complete
tho mask of the rejuvenated old woman
And everybody laughed about her. except
ing a few Of US. who sometimes still dared
think for ourselves. And we pitied her.
Poor beautiful old woman-but / have
still to tell you the end"
rs there more follow
Yes. The young girls ceased adorins
her. ou. the high school boys began to
rave about her. Everybody knows that
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-27
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the love Of . high school boy 10 the most
contemptible condition through which .
man passes In my estimation. the leve
Of the most extreme realist 10 less deoas.
ing, less humiliating than this calf-love.
The climax reached when q boy OF
the seventh grade wrote = some: TO the
old Iady-a sonnet which. OF course. was
her aesthetic obituary. / was % aneenseo
one evening. a. 1 revolvsd all this in ny
mind In walking home. that the advis.
ability occurred to me OF making crsma-
ton obligatory once persons OF either see
had passed . certain age. We would thus
at least he prevented from ending our
lives in q needlessiy revolving manner
But how did the matter endT
with insults Some one made . mall.
cious remark; the person to whom IL was
made repeated IL: then there was dis
agreeable occurrence at Q reception: there
followed . quarrel. impertinent notes ana
letters OF apology were exchanged: the
husband OF the old lady almost became
began excite disgust. ana. having con-
summated her rejuvenation. she became
impossible. II over"
II perceive that after all. she was not .
clever woman"
"On the contrary. she vas clever. But
she had been hypnoti.ed into believing
that she was young once more. Am
these various absurd changes. she Woul1
easily have maintained the supremacy she
had attained among As II fell out.
there Was nothing left for her to do but -
return to the Provinces We Will leave
her reception there TO the Imagination
she broke down completely. wore moth
ing bu, gray henceforth. took TO eye
RIa0ses and drank coffee Last year she
died. She had wasted her old age. This 10
the story OF the beautiful old woman. and
1 tell 1t to everybody who bewaiis his or
her wasted youth. II carries with IL .
consolation. . terrible. bitter consolation.
It Is true-still . consolation.
We have Old age to look forward to.
and life II not over by any means when
the hair changes color There follows
something which stili have the power
to Life 10 long As human stu
pidisy. Does that offend you! Then let
US put Il this way: Life Is too short 70
bring US wiAdom Remember the story Of
the beautiful old woman. and when you
about = commit some folly think OF
my tale Hha. is what do. But to speak
truth. Unjust reluctantly admit that re-
nembsfing It does not help me In tbs
Ieast