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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14
A Wonderful Machine,

G.. NJ Spencer, whose inventions
some time a.o much simplilicd the
making of screw, has, with A. III.
T. ldv, President Of the Eddy Electric
Company, recently invented aud COM
p,ctcd machine which Is believed to
be ms far ahead of his other inventions
~ they were ahcnd of the old hand
machines. Tho new machine, says
the Hartford Comm Courant, Is IN
successful operation, aud every test Of
It has proved highly satisfactory. Ilu-
mun ingenuity, il would seem, can
develop screw IN chincry no further.
The machine will take the wire from
a coil, head the screw, cut the threads.
cut oil the screw from the coil and
make the slot. No machine hns been
invented before that will do all this.
IL doc, without any additional
handling of material what before this
present invention was always done by
two or three machines. Besides, it
separates the flashed screws from the
shaviugs, dcpositing them clean and
bright IN receptacle placed to re-
ccivc them. All other machines have
to be fed with the Strengthened wire,
the rods being about 10 feet long.
Tho last two or three inches Of every
rod are wasted. With thi, machine
the only waste is at the end Of each
coil, two or three inches, and the col
may be 400 or 500 feet long.
The advantage of feeding from a
coil is not only in saving of waste,
but also in the saving of labor. Pat
on coil of wire, start the machine,
aud it will attend to itself. The opcr.
ator can aitcnI to other duties ii he
ikcs, and when he returns he will
find lot of completed screws, the
little machine being sill at work anf
attending strictly to business.
Simplicity is the ruling feature of
this machine aud the impression pro.
duccu in watching il work is the won-
der that no ono ever invented il be-
fore. 1t is safely covered with patents,
of course. III other machines tho wire
is revolved rapidly against the tools
and die. In this the wire is held in
the same position throughout tho pro.
cess aud is carried by an arm against
the different instruments. which oper-
ate upon it until the completed screw
is turned out.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14

ha,cd British iac. Many causes con.
sp,red to Increase their dislike of British
rule. and during the years 1886 aud 1887
aver 10000 Of Them gathered together
their llpcks and herds and "trckkcd" TO
the NORTH.
Some ocnt to what nre now the
Orange Free State and the South Afri-
cun Republic Or Trlnsvaal. Others went
to Natal, ut that time unclaimed by any
European Power. In 1888, taking advan-
taee OF certain troubles with the natives.
England se.zed Natal, but Parliament
refused to appropriate money for its
government, aud it was evacuated year
later.
A lew months afterward the Zilus,
under their chief, Dingaan, III lrdered
treacherou,ly n large party OF Beers and
laid Natal waste. Hundreds OF the
Dutch were killed. aud many others
only escape by putting out to sea. Dur
bau was destroyed. But the Beers
finally rallied, defeated Dingaau in u
great battle and drove him from Natal.
They then bcg,n to make repIisals for
the rreacicrous murder OF their kin
dred.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14
The Gun Not Needed.

A certain doctor in northern Maine
is noted for his love of hunting, and
he is rcckoncd pretty good shot.
During an epidemic not long ago a
well-known lumbsrman (uow de-
ccascd) had the misfortune to have
several of his men quite sick, and one
of them being in dangerous coudi-
lion, the lumbcrman started in haste
for this doctor. Now our medical
friend Is sometimes quite slow In get
ting ready for his trips, aud on this
occasion, after being called. he was
unusually so. Suddenly the thought
came to him that he was to go SO fur
into the woods he might see some
game, and stepping to the door where
the nervous lumberman was impatient-
ly waiting, hc inquired, "Say, don't
YOU think l had better take my gun
along?" "Guny mol" was the excited
reply, rhe man will be dead enough
before you can get there. ."-[Lcwistou
Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14

of AGO, 900 natives, ij, 900 whites and
$4,000 Asintics. Durban has ~, 900
inhabitants, half white, the other half
Pretty equally divided between natives
and IIindus. These Hindu. ARE to Il
stranger wholly unexpected sight.
Natives he expects to see Of all kinds.
but not IIindus. The mn jprity OF these
are coolies, brought from India orig.
innlly as indentured servants, bound for
term of live years at moderate wages.
II they stay another five years they can
claim free passage home Mt any time
within the next three years. But few
take ad vantage of this. The majority
become thoroughly acclimated aud ,et-
tie down with their families as pcrma-
nent residents.
A small percentage Of the Asiltic clc-
mcnt consist OF Parsees. Sikha and other
high-castc Indian tribes. There arc
also many Malays aud natives of Java
aud Sumitra. These are popularly
known ~ Arabs, although they ARE
nothing of the sort. TIey are usually
merchants, peddcrs--Iat. greasy look.
ing fellows in dirty white gowns aul
turbaus, many Of them. All the Hindu,
wear their national dress. Every fashion
extant in India oin also be found in
Durham.
There are few negro wo men in Denbau,
nearly all domestic work being done by
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14

nc IrO men. The nnr Scmaids are nearly
all half.grown negro boys.
Coffee is served ut 4 o'clock every
morning all over South Africa, and IS
brought to you IN bel by negro men or
bows, irrespective of your sex. This
custom OF serving morning coffee is
practically universal, although no one
seems to know how it originated.
Natives are usually spoken of as kaf.
iirs, an Arabic name meaning "unbc-
lever" Their name for themselves is
Absutu, which simply means ''people."
The Katfirs are not the original people
OF Africa, but a comparatively late i'm
migration. The original possessors Of
the land were the Bushmen, probably
thelowcst aud most degraded set in the
world. Upon these people, centuries
ago, the Hottentots descended like a
storm, driving them TO the inaccessible
parts of the mountains and deserts. In
turn, the IIottentots were themselves
| overpowered and driven south by great
wave of people belonging to the Abantu
race.
When the Dutch settled Capetown in
| the middle OF the seventeenth century
1 the Hottehtot, still occupied what is now
Cape Colony and the Abantu held all the
land to the North, while the Bushmen
eked out a precarious existence by rob-
bling Abantu, Hottentots aud whites
with the greatest impartiality. In the
coursc of the last 200 years both Bush.
men arr Hottentots have almost died
out to-day the Kafiirs constitute nearly
the entire native population. Divided
into hundreds of tribes of varying sizes
they are yet all more or less closely re.
lated. Their customs are largely identi-
cal over the widest tracts of country
and the grammar of their language is
the same throughout its many dialects.
The Kaffir language is difficult one
at best. There are ten different ways Of
forming plnr,ls. The verbs are also
very complics,e There are four sounds
IN Kai'ir not found in European tongues.
Few whites attempt to speak Kafiir
grammatically, but nearly. every one in
Natal can speak kind Of dialect known
to all town Katiirs.
1 a. tpo ooS'pn'"S w 'he P'opSuN SSn-
tury there were about ninety-four tribes
of Kafiirs in Natal alone. The year
1912, however, saw the rise OF the great
Zulu empire. For sixteen years, Chaka,
the Zulu Napoleon, carried tire aud
spear lar and wide, and when quiet was
once more restored tfty-nine OF the
ninety.four tribes had utterly pershed.
The Natal native laws are very strict.
No Katfir is allowed out after . o'clock
at night without pass. Ii he ventures
out aud is caught he is arrested and
severely punished. No drink or iirearm,
can be sold or given to Kalfirs withou,
subjecting both parties to tine or I'M
prisonment. The Kafiirs are controlled
by native polce--a very useful aud ath'
letic looking body OF iuen, who. hos
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14

Portugal 10 discover whether u was
possible TO reach India by way OF II. On
Christmas Day he spicd broad and
shallow bay in about thirty degrees
south latitude, and put into il for water.
In honor of the day he named the ad-
jacent land Natal-Christmas
America aud Natal were thus dis
covered at practically the same time and
might have been expected to progress
together. But many causes conspired
to give America the preference, and 1t
wGs not until $50 years later that any
settlement ut all was made in South
Africa. This was Mt Cape Town, aud
nearly two centuries more elapsed be-
fore any permanent settlement was
affected at the Bay OF Natal. This was
in 1924. When il was nine years old n
townsitc was laid of and named Dur
ban, in honor of Sir ben jamin Durham,
Governor OF Cape Colony.
At this time the white population OF
Natal was very small and consisted al
most entirely of Englshmen. TIC next
four years were to witness the arrival oi
an overwhelming Dutch population.
The Dutch had settled the cape and
had never become reconciled to the Egg
lish taking possession OF it in 1SO5.
Many had at once rctreated to the in
terror. far beyond the reach of the Eng
lish flicials. But as England extended
the borders of Cape Colony most Of them
were once more brought back under the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14

ever, have no power 20 arrest whites un-
der any circumstances whatever.
The natives are wonderfully honest.
Not one per cent. OF the houses In Dur.
ban are locked at night, nearly everyone
leaving the back door open to admit the
servants In the morning. yet theft IL
almost unknown. There II no poverty
In Natal--at least one never sees beg.
i,nr or heats Of one.
Contrary to the general impression In
the United States, this country, and in
fact all OF Africa south Of Delagoa hay
is very healthy. The death rate IN Dur.
ban is only ten in a thousand, and that
Of all Natal is even less. One reason Of
this is that there are comparatively few
children here and the list Is not swellcd
by the infant mortality that cuts such
figure in other parts OF the world.
Durham Is the principal city OF Natal.
II Is laid oil on the longitudinal plan,
nearly everything Of importance being
situated on one Of two long streets.
which run west from the landing place
and lose themselves in the wooded height,
oi the Berel, some five miles distant.
The Bcfca Is a long ridge running north
and south. aud thickly dotted with the
villas Of the richer people. During the
summer or rainy season II Is very beau
tilul place. In winter, however, II is
! rather dusty.
OF course, being in the Southern
hemisphere the seasons here are diiIer.
ent from those of America. Christmas /,
midsummer day and June is the dead of
winter. The climate varies with tho
distance from the sen level and conse-
qucnt elevation. Durbans winter cli-
mate Is much like that of Southern CALI
fornia. while in summer the heat IL very
great, the thermometer al ways standing
above 100 degrees in the middle of the
| day.
Peter Maritzburg, the capital of Ma
tnl, is only seventy three miles from
Durham by train and less than fifty IN u
direct lire, Jus its elevation is 22l8 feet
and its climate consequently much colder.
At Charlestown, lS0 miles in direct
line from Durham, the elevation is nearly
JIOO feet aud the win,ct IL very cold.
Tncre is some wonderful engineering
In Natal. The country, besides being
sharply ascending one, ~ cut by broad
transverse valley, nccessitating many de-
scents in grade. The result ~ that in
running IRON the coast to Charlestown,
at the edge of the Transvaal. 30t milo,
by train, every pound Of freight is lifted
vertically two miles aud half. The
railways and telegraph lines all belong
to the Government.
Natal is governed by a legislative
council OF thirty-one members. twenty
four elective, five sitting by virtue of
their official positions aud two appointed
by the Governor. All nigh officials are
appointed by the Queen. Really the
council has very little power. The al.
ministration is not responsible in any
way to the people, and can do pretty
much what il likes. Still, the council
has very handsome Parliament build
ing at Peter MarltzJurg and gos,
through the motions OF governing with
great imrressiyere,s. San Francisco
Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14
A Watch without Works.

A peculiar form Of pocket dial is here
illustrated, which is used by til. peas
ants OF the French Pyrenees.
This instrument has a movable head
holding piece Of metal, which move,
on JOINT like the blade Of knife. For
convenience in carrying it is turned
down, as in Fig 2, aud placed in the
cylinder. When ia Use the metal IL
turned outward, as in Fig. I, and the
instrument suspended by the ring at the
top. so that the shadow of the style |,
thrown vertically upon the cylinder. The
extremity OF the shadow falls upon the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14

When chimneys no more music hold,
For that the swallows all are gone;
When winds be salty. blowing cold
From sailing ships aud the wet dawn;
When briers where the rose was bold.
ON backenej twig, show berries sere.
Then oh, my love, aud hey, my love,
The closing o. tie year
When gust, die down aud lanes grow still.
And the cold weather comes once more;
When stin'cn'ug stalks begin TO thrill,
And twisted bougl,s bud ut the door;
when for some sweet space on the hill.
White as long since the thorn-bush blows,
Then oh, my love aud hey, my love,
The year is al the close.
-lfizctlc Woodward Reese
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14

But here England stepped iu. She
had not been much troubled by the Zulu
atrocities; she was now horritied by the
Dutch reprisals. She ordered them to
be stopped. The Beers paid no atten-
ton to her demands, and in lSi3 she
re.ezed Natal and has held it ever since.
The Beers resisted vigorously, bu, were
forced to yield at last. Fate, however,
worked out its revenge pretty well.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14

II must have been about one o'clock
IN tho morning when some one SILENT
ly entered the house of oil Bill Bum.
constable. This some one entered by
the back door. went stcalthilv iuto the
room where Bill aud his wife slept,
ruininagcd about few minutes, aud
then emerged from the house. II was
II woman, aud she had something IL
her hand.
Sam Toms was awakened. little
after this, by nraitling, .iarripg sound
lilo sprang up, just IT. the big onken
doors swung bncT and revealed tho
figures of woman aud two saddle.
horses.
al come f'r yc, SAM" said tho wo-
man, with a sob. al donc brung both
ponies an ou' clos. Les go, sam;
we en- git 'cro.t tn rivah bcio' maw-
MIN Comet"
lie claspcd her IN his arms. nnd they
clung To each other little while.
Then Mat said, more steadily:
Come, Sam. Less go ovah [ Mex.
ico--an' mcbbc we en- try n do bet
ovoh thar"
Aud they rode forth in tho bright,
free moonlight, down toward the Rio
Grande-in,o u new I'll better life. -
-rThc Argonaut.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14

Nearly forty years after, at Isaudlhwnps.
these very zulus whom England had
protected from the vengeance Of the
Beers almost annibilatcd an entire Brit
ish army. killing all but score out OF
1900 men.
In 1886 gold was discovered in the
Transvaal, and Stree then South Africa
has everywhere progressed with great
rapidity. Natal has now population
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14

curved line denoting the hour. The in
strument must he adjusted for every
month in the year, which is accomplished
by turning the movable head till the
style corresponds with the vertical line
denoting the month.
Such dial is not very accurate at the
best, but it doubtless serves tue pur-
pose OF the French mountaineers, to
whom the loss or gain OF lew minute.
is OF no importance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14
CHRISTMAS LAND.
NATAL SOUTH AFRICA. WAS MS.
COVERED ON DEC EsiBEi, 2J.
why Its Growth Has Bccn Retarded
-Conflicts Bctween the Natives,
the Dutch and the English
Curious Gust ons.
1N n..a..l...

Y December, li97.
little more than i've
years after Colum-
bus had discovered
America, Nnsco lie
CANA. the great
Portuguese navi-
gator, was sailing
with three small
ships along tn e
southeast coast Of
Africa. The Cape
Of Good Hope had
been discovered
and rounded only
nine years before,
and DE Cana had
now been sent by
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14

n,m apr 1.o,o ,na,t To soino ,iis-
tuko.
The big strong man finally began 10
realize IL nll. ilc lay down on the
bunk aud cried himself to sleep, like
"a child.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14
Journal.

A young man who los, both his legs
year ago while saving girl from
being run over at a station on n French
railway Is about to marry the girl,
daughter Of wealthy silk manufac-
turcr.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14

The Car Of Russia is the largest in
dividual land owner IN the world. The
area OF his posse ss,ons is far greater thau
that OF the snIns republic ol France.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14

There was n Jail at the cross roads;
it was a primitive affair, but solid aud
substantial. 1t was dugout in the
side hill, and had Il heavy oak door
and great steel hinges and lock. 1t
was plenty strong enough 10 hold u
dozen men, NIL anxious to escape, aud
Sam Toms did not try to escape. lilo
only sat still in tho low, damp, dark
some room and tried to understand
how it had al happened. 1t must be
II drunken drcam-but no, he was
almost sober, aud knew where ho was
and how and why he was there. But
he could not understand. Had Mat
was it really Mat who had given
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14
What He CIT For Christmas.

"Did you get anything for Christmas,
Billyi"
"Yes, Dad Civ me two lickins, an
Didn't hang up no stockin' for them
neither !'-Liie.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-11-23
EVANS AND soNrAG CAPTURED.
In Chains ct Wadsworth.

They were wild, woody and chained,
when Chief Natchez brought them into
Wadsworth to-day under good security.
Shortly after being released from contine-
ment their actions caused a large crowd
to gather on--street and the thorough
fare was blocked. Evans took his chain
in his mouth and went up a cottonwood
tree in a jify; while Sontag sat on a
cushion and took in the crowd. They
were not the famous outlaws, but a pair
of black bear cubs which were part OF a
legacy left G. N. by his deceased sister,
Sarah Winnemucca. He brought them
into town to leave with w. Ii. A. Pike
and C. w. Browning for y few weeks.
Evans will clean Out the Reception
and Sontag will go to Carson when the
legislature meets, and when not occupy
ing the Speakers chair with Pike, will
tell the Solons how they will knock
him out a livelihood il they allow the
present fish law to stand,
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-11-23
Old Acquaintance.

VIM. Molen, operator in the Superin-
tendent's Office at Wadsworth, had a pet
water snake upon which he spent a good
deal of his time in training, and as it
was quite lively he named it sontag.
Willie always wore open front shirts
and tasty neckties. Sontag's favorite
place when with his master was behind
the doors of the ~latter's shirt and this
suggested u brilliant idea 10 Willie.
RE had a hemstitched hole made in his
scarf where he used to wear a three
carat diamond, and when Sontag crept
into his nest Willie buttoned up the
shirt and when tSontag woke up and
wanted to see if there were amy bugs
OH the wire, he poked his head through
the hemstitched hole and served
Willie as a charming pin while gaping.
one day Jim Townsliar was passing on
No 4. he wanted to send a message to
Judgelyne and Willie stepped up to
take it. Jim finished it and looked M
just rs Sontag came OF and it dilh't
take them long to make each Others
acquaintance. A stranger might have
expected to see James collape--but
he didn't. He simply said: "Be, n
expecting you now two Gays, where
helenblazes o been.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-11-23
TAKES FOR THANKSGIVING.
Choice Cuttings For Cooks.

Ouoicp OuilluSb LUZ OVohf'
We may live without poetry, music
and art;
We may live without conscience and
live without heart
We may live without friends; we may
live without books;
But civilized man cannot live without
oooks.s
oTATo LAD
Slice cold boiled potatoes and pour
the following dressing over the potatoes.
y pint heated vinegar, a little pepper,
Tablespoon -four, a little salt, Is table
spoon sugar, n teaspoon mustard,
Jour tablespoonsful melted butter, one
onion chopped fine, let dressing boil a
few minutes and pour over your pre-
pared potatoes.
VEGETABLE SOUP.
Boil a good soup bone five hours in
four quarts of water, :, strain and set
away until the next day; skim off the
lat and pour into the pot to avoid
settings. When boiling odd one carrot,
one onion, one parsnip, one turnip, one
beet and four tomatoes and q cup of
rice. Boil half an hour.
DEyILED cRAB.
One boiled crab, take out the meat
carefully and pick up fine. Add n small
cup of grated bread-crumbs. - cup each
of butter and sweet cream, salt spoon
of salt, y spoon OF black pepper. a light
sprinkle OF cayenne, mix all well to-
gether, clean the shell and put in the
mixture. Serve hot q very dilicious
dish.
HOW TO COOK A B~EEFsTEAK.
Have your griddle very hot, put in
the steak and turn. Keep turning
until cooked-not too welt, salt and
pepper, place on a hot platter, spread
with butter, place in oven for q few
moments and serve very hot.
TURKEY DRESSING.
Two quarts of bread crumbs or cracker
dust well soaked, eight well beaten eggs,
ore pint of fresh oysters, one teas 0
sage, n teacup chopped celery, salt
and pepper.
LEMON PIE.
Four level teaspoonsful of -four,
Butter the size of an walnut, one lemon.
juice and grated rind, half a cup of water
mix -four and sugar together, add yolks,
butter, water, and lemon, lastly the
beaten whites,
BETSY BoBBrrr
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-11-23
In order to close them out we vii
SELL

Ladies' felt Sailor hats at rs cents.
Boating caps from so cents to $1.0o.
Little boys Jack Tar hats, rs cents.
Girls felt hats, trimmed stylish and
pretty, good value at two dollars.
All shades of wool f~ascinators, childrens
hoods and caps at Reduced Prices.
Only a few days more in which to Sc
cure a chance for our elegant hat that is
to be ratified at 6 O'Clock p. m, Thanks
giving Day.
MIS-, PHILLIPS M LINTON.