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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
CAUTION IN THE MINT.
They Almost Strain the Air to Save
Particles OF Gold.

Particles OF Gold.
1t has been aptly said that no mlsel
guards his treasure more relgiously
| than Uncle Sam watches over the pre-
cious metals that pass through his
mints. Then. too the precautions
against waste are almost innumerablp.
Every evening in each of the mluts
of the United States the floors of the
melting rooms are swept cleaner than
a New England housewives kitchen.
The dust Is carefully put aside and
about once In two months the SCOT
scraped from every tlue is transferred
to the same precious dust heap. This
is then burned, and from its ashes he
government derives no inconsiderable
income. The earthenware cruciblpS
used In melting are employed no nlgre
than three times. They are crushed
beneath heavy rollers, and In their
porous sides are found flakes of the
precious metal.
In the melting room when the cast
ers raise their ladies from the melting
pots shower of sparks fly from the
molten surface of the metal. For the
most part they are bits of incandes-
cent carbon. but clinging to the car
bon Is often minute particle of met
al. Lest such particles should escape,
the ashes and clinkers below the fur
naces are gathered up at night. This
debris is ground into powder by means
Of a steam crusher aud then Is sold to
a smelter. like ordinary ore, at price
warranted by the assayer.
The ladies' that stir the precious met
al, the big iron rods, the strainers and
the dippers. all are tested in Il most
curious fashion. After considerable
use they become covered with thin
layer of oXidized silver, closely resem-
bling brown rust. The implements
are then laid in baths of a solution of
sulphuric acid, which eats away the
iron and steel and leaves the silver
untouched.
Gradually the ladle, or whatever the
implement is. will disappear, and in
its place remains hollow silver coun-
terpart of the original. delicate us
spung glass These fragile casts repro
duce the ladle with perfect accuracy
in all its details, although their sur
faces are perforated with innumerabe
little holes. Scarcely have they been
nodded. however, before they are cast
into a crucible to become in time dol
lars, quarters and dimes.
In one corner of the melting room
there is large tank into which new
ly cast silver bars are dropped and
left to cool. Infnitesimal flakes of sill
yer scale off and rise to the surface of
the water, which acquires the metallic
luster of stagnant pool. Here is
silver that must not be lost, so be-
meath the pipe through which the tank
is emptied is banked a thick layer
Of mud. AS the water filters through
it the mud retains the precious resi-
dunn. Four times year this mud
is removed. and each experiment dis
closes the fact that some $50 has been
saved.-Baltimore American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
THE SETTING SUN.
When Vulcan Sailed It Round the
Ocean So II Could Rise Again.

When Vulcan Sailed 1t Round the
Ocean So It Could Rise Again.
The ancients had some queer theories
whereby they sought to explain the
rising and setting of the sun. They
thought the earth to be fat and were
greatly puzzled to know how the same
sun which plunged into the ocean at
fabulous distance in the west could
reappear the next morning at an equal
ly great distance in the east. A num-
ber of remarkable theories were ad-
vanced. and every one of them was
wrong.
Mythologists of old asserted that
after the sun had dipped in the west
ern ocean at sunset 0he lberians and
other ancient nations actually imagined
that they could hear the kissing of the
waters when the glowing globe was
plunged thereinD he was seized by Vul-
can and placed in golden goblet
This strange craft, with its astonishing
cargo, navigated the ocean by q north
erly course so as to reach the east
again in time for sunrise the follow
ing morning.
Among the more sober physicists of
old, as related by Aristotle, it was be-
lieved that in some manner the sun
was conveyed by night across the
northern regions and that darkness
was due to mountains which screened
off the sunbeams during the voyage.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
"ANoTHER's SHOES"
A Phrase That Had Its Origin In an
Ancient Custom.

The expression stepping into an
others shoes" like many another COM
mon phrase, had its origin in AN an
cient custom.
The old Morse law required that
person to be adopted must step into n
previously prepared Shoe This shoe
was made from the skin taken from
the right hind leg of "three- winters
old bull"
The skin was flayed from above the
hock and out Of this the shoe was
made. The person to be adopted step
ped into this shoe, taking into his
arms one at a time, 1t is presumed, the
younger sons of the man making the
adoption. If there were also sons who
were of age they stepped into the shoe
afterward, by this sign showing their
consent to the adoption.
A man In this way could adopt an
illegitimate son, making him his law
full heir, but In that case the father
was obliged to step into the shoe first.
If there were any full grown sons,
they stepped into the shoe afterward;
il there were no full grown sons. then
the next Of kin did the stepping, and
without his consent, by the way, this
special adoption could not be made.
Witnesses to the ceremony in the
use of the shoe were required to es-
tablish its legality.
1t will be seen that this was con-
sidered an important ceremony, and
since so much "shoe stepping was
done 1t is not strange that the express
sion as now used passed into common
speech.-Chicago Record Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
DIDN'T KNOW HlM.
Hs Was Not In the colored Porter's
Hall Of Fame.


A southerner noted for the llberalty
of his tips stopped at Baltimore ho-
tel where negro pOrters predOminated.
His name'was speedily known to every
member of the serving fraternity and
his every wish anticipated. Soon after
his arrival he sent his card to a friend
who made his home in the hotel, but
whose temperament happened to be
quite the opposite of that of his open
handed caller-retiring, not given to
clipping" or any other form of socia-
bility and who therefore lived almost
unknown to those about him.
The old darky who received the card
studied 1t for full minute.
"'Scuse me. colonel" he said, "but |
don't b'leebe nobody by dat name come
here dis mawning."
"This morning" returned the other.
"Of course not! Mr.. Blank has lived
here for months. You know my name
well enough, and | haven't been here II
day. Do you mean to say you can't re-
member man who has made his home
here since some time last winter?'
"Scuse me, colonel, sah," began the
old man deferentially, "but you must
know, sah"-as if uttering the subtlest
compliment-'dat dere's gemmans what
can make demsels more notorious in
one day, sab. dan odder gemmans does
In a year, sahr'-Youth's Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
His 6 2cond Thouqht,

A politician named Blank got a place
for clerk during one of the sessions
Of the legislature of his state. The
clerk was very grateful, says the Sat
urday Evening Post. At the end of
the session he came around to Blank
and said: "Mr. Blank, want to tell
you how much l am indebted to you
for your kindness in getting me the
place l have had. 1t meant more to
me, Mr.. Blank. than you may think. 1
thank you from the bottom of my
heart. Also want to say, Mr.. Blank.
that if there ever comes a time when
can do anything for you-anything at
all-you are to command me. will do
anything you may ask me to do. l am
at your service"
Blank thanked the man, and he
started to go. AS he reached the door
he turned and said, "Of course, Mr..
Blank, would prefer that it should be
something honorable"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
OSTRICH BATTLES.
The Great Birds, as Strong as Horses,
Box With Their Feet.


Ostriches battle for supremacy with
as much ferocity as stays, bulls, buff
faloes and other animals. An ostrich
fight is amusing, inasmuch as it
amounts practically to boxing match
with the feet, wherein the combatants
lightly dance around each other.
There is. however, this difTerence-if
any human boxer could hit as hard
with his hands as can an ostrich with
its feet the championship would be
decided by a single blow. In sparring
the ostrich stands on one foot, with
the other foot and the wings raised,
the bill wide open and the neck dis
tended. He strikes with the force of
a trip hammer.
Sometimes on an ostrich farm a
keeper will become involved in such a
mixup, in which event it is not infre-
quently the case that the human
emerges from the scrap with broken
leg, arm or head.
Under modern training an ostrich
equals a horse in power and indeed
can perform many of the stunts
whereof his equine colleague is capa-
BILE. In one respect, however, he ex-
GELS the horse, for by the aid of Its
wings the ostrich can leave behind
the swiftest running thoroughbred. In
harness an ostrich has at Hot Springs,
Ark, paced in about horses time
Harper's Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
His UnluckY Day.

Even the least superstitious are often
struck by the misfortunes which at.
tend some persons on certain dates. A
large firm In the city has In its en-
ploy a living instarce of the fact. On
June u an employee lost his left arm
by coming In contact with machinery.
The accident disabled him for his then
employment, and he was given that
of messenger. On another June IL
he was run over in the Strand while
on an errand. Result, broken leg
The next accident was fall on the
stairs in the firms buildings-again
June 12-the right arm broken this
time. The fourth mishap on another
anniversary broke three ribs. The
firm took the case into consideration
and issued an order that in future the
employee was to take holiday on
that date. an order with which he has
now complied for several years.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
His Text.

The three-year-old son Of Metho-
dist minister was with his mother at
gathering of ladies'. At the proper
time he was given cooky. He ate it
in short order and asked for another.
The hostess said:
"I'll give you another If you will
sing for u.s.
Cant sing" was his reply. but l
know something can say"
''That will do all right" the lady an
swered, expecting to hear "Twinkle.
twinkle, little STAR" or some other
nursery classic.
But the little fellow drew himself up
in real Sunday school fashion and said
his piece:
"God loveth cheerful giver."
The lady gave him the cooky, and
the whole company seemed to be very
cheerful about it.-Harper's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
What West Point Does For Its Cadets

What West Point does for its cadets
Is precisely this: 1t takes its youth at
the critical period of growth; it iso-
lates them completely for nearly four
years from the vicious influences that
corrupt young manhood and from the
atmosphere of commercialism; it pro-
vides absorbing employment for both
mental and physical activities; it sur
rounds them with eXacting responsible
tiles, high standards and exalted ira
ditions of honor and integrity, and it
demands rigid accountability for
every moment of their time and for
every voluntary action. 1t offers them
the inducements of an honorable ca
reer and a sufficient competence as
reward of success, and it has impera-
tive authority for the enforcement of
its conditions and restraints.-Colonel
Charles w. Larned in National Maga-
zine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
Worthy of
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Our Most Reputable
Con. erns

We pay for all the medicine used
d,ring the trial, if our remedy fails
to completely relieve you of con-
stipation. We take all the risk.
You are not obligated to us in any
way whatever, if you accept our
offer. That's a mighty broad state
ment, but we mean every word of
it. Could anything be more fair
for your
A most scientific, common-sense
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If you suffer from chronic or
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10 cents; SO tablets % cents.-The
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,Lukr ~ n lcn Drug Company
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
TERMS:

The following must be strictly complied
with when property is stricken down:
]. When the plaintiff or other lien credit
ors become the purchaser, the cost on the
writs must be paid. and a list of liens, includ-
ing mortgage searches on the property sold,
together with such lein creditors receipt for
the amount of the proceeds of the sale or
such proportion thereof as he may claim
must be furnished to the sheriff.
*See Pufdon's digest, 9th, Ed, page 446.
sSmiths FORM Page 1884.
2. All bids must be paid In full
All sales not settled Immediately will be
continued until two o'clock D. M, OF day OF
sale Mt which time all property not settled for
will again be put up and sold at the expense
and risk of the person to whom first sold. All
Nrits staid after being advertised, the cost of
advertising must be paid.
A. Il. GALBRAITH,
February 2, 1910. sheriff
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
Her ONLY Course.

Lady Anne Lindsay. the author of
the old poem Aud Robin Gray" was
not only delightful conversationalist.
but she was great story teller.
This gift made her not only well
come guest abroad. but valuable
member Of the home circle. for it is
related in "A Group of Scottish Wo-
men" that at a dinner party which
she was giving to some friends an old
manservant caused some amusement
by saying In perfectly audible un-
dertone:
my lady. you must tel another
story. The second course wont be
ready for five minutes"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02

Il give you my word, the next per-
son who interrupts the proceedings"
said the judge sternly, will be ex-
PEELED from the courtroom and ordered
home"
"Hoorayw cried the prisoner.
Then the judge pondered.-Judge.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
Knew What She Was Doino.

Pastor-I was sorry for your wife
during the sermon this morning. doc
tor. She had such dreadful fit of
coughing that the eyes Of the whole
congregation were fixed upon her.
Doctor-Don't you be unduly alarmed
first time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
Could ELL the Bill.

Superintendent-W we want is Il
night watchman that'll watch, alert
and on the qui vive for the slightest
noise or indications Of burglars, some
body who can sleep with one eye and
both ears open and is not afraid to
tackle anything. See? Applicant
see, boss. I'll send my wife around
Lippincott's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
Silver Service.

"Can I get the silver service for the
fire Department." inquired a young
man at the free library.
"The what?" asked the girl at the
desk.
"The silver service for the fire de-
partment-the questions they ask you
when you take the silver service exam
nations. you now."-Newark News
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
His Stroke of State.

She-I'll wager you have told lots of
other girls that you loved them. He
Well. If such has been my misguided
career 1t is now in your hands to put
stop to 1t.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02

He that plants thorns must never
expect to gather roses.-Pilpay.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02

More than we use is more than we
need and only a burden to the bearer.
Seneca.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02

Without foresight judgment fails by
It's own weight Horace.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02

4
Hy.u have anything to sell, try
our Want Column
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02
CHERIFFs SALE.

BY virtue OF writ of Fieri Facns, etc , IL.
sued'uut of the Court of Common Pleas OF
Jefferson county, Pa and TO me directed,
will expose TO public sale or ontcry at the
rnmLL hLm-n In hrnnkville. Pa. ON
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-02

sroKc " F.lcn Drug Company
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-10
NINE. RIVE.KING COMING
She viii Be the Attraction at Concert
at Dedication Of Stones
New Hall.

Nine. Julie Rive-King, once esteem
ed as favorite piano soloist in the
older days Of the Theodore Thomas
orchestra, will be the star attraction
at the concert which is TO serve as the
ceremony to mark the dedication OF
the roomy and beautifully appointed
new music hall In the new building
which Is now the home of the stone
Music Co. This concert promises to
be an event Of unusual musical inter-
est
Nine. Julie Riye-King was born in
Cincinnati, o., of French parents. She
inherited musical genius from her
mother, Nine. Caroline Rive, and emf
nent singer, finished pianist, and ex-
perienced teacher, from whom she OBJ
tanned her early musical training. SO
marked was the development of her
musical faculties, that she was permit
ted to appear in public at the age of
seven as genuine prodigy.
Having mastered the preliminary
studies, she continued her musical ed
ucation under William Mason and s..
B. Mills in New York city, and later
with Blassman in Dresden, Rubinstein
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-10

the park last Sunday afternoon. the
programme concluding about an hour
preceding the arrival OF Mr.. Roosevelt
In Fargo. In any programme there are
numbers which stir the enthusiasm Of
the listeners and there were several
hundred OF them in attendance at this
concert. The numbers which were
well received were. a selection from
The Arcadians; descriptive fantasle,
A Vision Of Salome; cornet solo by
Mr.. Rudd from whom an encore was
demanded: and the sextette from Luz
cha, played by Messrs. Rudd, Was
shausen, Simmons Helseth, Breseth
and Rudd. 1t was an arrangement by
the director in the original key.
On Sunday evening the band, sug-
gested by the men themselves, ten
dered Colonel Roosevelt a serenade in
the front of his hotel, the Waldorf.
Two or three times the former presi-
dent appeared on the balcony and
waving his appreciation with the re-
quest, will the band play some more"
and not one among the thousands Of
listeners paid closer attention, or dis
played more pleasure than did the coll
onel.
At the Fargo college, Monday morn
Ing, the proceedings opened with the
march, The Crusader, introducing the
church hymn, Duke Street; overture
Fest by Leutner and as Roosevelt rode
up. The presidents march, Hail to the
Chief, closing with the national anthem.
In the evening, the band serenaded the
Gardner, the Metropole and the Wal
dorf hotels.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-10
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

in Berlin, Reinecke in Leiusic. and RI
nally with List In Weimar
After scoring great successes with
the EuterDe and Gewandhaus orches-
tras In Leipsic, she appeared in other
musical centers Of Europe. she has
played In all large cities in the Unit
ed States and Canada, appearing over
zoo times with the Theodore Thomas
orchestra, 20 times with the New York
Philharmonic under seidl's baton and
on innumerable occasions with other
eminent conductors.
Nine. Rive-King is especially noted
Tor her brillianey, vigor and great
power. Her playing is extremely mas
cuiine, her tone broad and noble, her
conception mastery, and her interpre-
tatton superb, especially adapting her
TO the task Of Interpreting works OF
magnitude--concerto and sonatas. she
was therefore rightly the first to play
In America the Saint Saens concerto
IN @ minor with the Thomas orchestra,
and the Paderewski and Tschaikowsky
concertos with the Boston Symphony
orchestra under Nikisch.
Nine Rive King has not only dis
tinguished herself as pianist but also
as a composer and arranger of CLASH
cal works. Her programmes include all
the well known classics in the roper
torres Of the great virtuosl together
with many novelties of the modern
schools.
TO give an idea of Rive King
programme here is one she played in
one of the large southern cities at
close of last season:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-10
DR. puTNAM,s ZANE CONCERN.
Splendid Concert Given Preceding Ar
rival of Colonel Roosevelt.

A prominent feature during the re-
cent visit to Fargo OF Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, ex-president of the United
States, was the music supplied by the
Putnam band. 1t is general comment
that 1t was the best ensemble of band
musicians DR.. Putnam has ever
presented in this city and that is
saying a great deal for Fargoans as
their visitors from over the state have
been given on different occasions some
very good martial and concert music
by this organization. There was a reed
section of eighteen players, the best
balanced and most proficient ever in
Fargo, outside the big concert bands
touring the country.
TO arouse the patriotism of the peo-
pie the band gave an exceptionally
fine programme on the grand stand in
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-10

a valuable service for 1t set some OF
the young folks to looking up things.
The return of Edmond Clement for
a season of concerning in America is
an announcement of more than ordin-
airy interest. At the Metropolitan
operahouse and in the Opera Bouffe
at the New theatre, the French tenor's
singing last season made a deep i'm
preston. Clement is one of the best
opponents of the fine style and meth
Cd of the French school, and In Paris
he has taken high rang for many sea-
sons. London Charlton will manage
his concert tour.
In a personal letter to this depart
ment A. J. Stephens wrote: This
summer I purchased a fine violin,
Joseph Guarnerins, made in 1885, and
certainly do enjoy playing on it;
such a pleasure after the American
made violin that I've been using. 1t
has a powerful tone and will be a
great help in the operahouse work,
where there is only one violin against
he rest OF the orchestra. Am ex-
oecting 70 have a fine chorus this year,
and If they will take hold with a will
christmas. Singers of Fargo and of
Noorhead will be invited to sing and
hope to give Fargo even better choral
,inging than it heard last spring"
During the summer Mr.. and Mrs.
\. j. Stephens have been associated
With the Sinclair Orchestra, connected
with one of the swell hotels in the
White mountains of New Hampshire.
The following request, programme
was given by the orchestra. Sunday
evening, Aug. ID:
Overture-Poet and Peasant. . Suppe
Arioso .........~.......... Frey
Trio-Romance ........... Marschner
Mr.. Gardner, Mr.. Stephens and Mr..
Kelsey.
Songs-Elegie (cello obbligato) $3.50.
.............'....... Massanet
Mattlhata Tostt
Carmena OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Wilson
Mrs. Nita E. Stephens.
Berceuse .......o.....r.-.. KJerulf
Selection-Carmen ...... Bizet
A young musician Of this city whose
future is being watched by his friends
is Master Paul Graham, who lis MAX
ing encouraging progress with his vio-
lin. Last Sunday he was heard at the
Bijou in a concert programme, and his
remarkable gifts we're such. as TO at
tract attention. He is studying for
the present under the leader of the
Bijou orchestra.
The receipt is acknowledged Of a
copy Of a new catalogue Of the Da-
kota conservatory. The twenty four
pages are full of information concern
ing the institution, list of the faculty,
details of the course of study and the
pages are embellished with vIgnette
pictures of the director and his as
sistants. The fall term opens next
Thursday, in a suite of rooms which
form the second floor Of the new Floyd
building on Eighth street south.
The new pipe organ for the Pres
byterian church arrived in the city
last night and the work of erecting IL
will begin on Monday and pushed for
ward as rapidly as possible. The
builders say it is an especially fine in
strument.
Speerh is silver HIT IL is inst aa