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fectiye in the showy corner, which has
been selected for n standing place for
the lamp.
1t is snid that Mrs. Cleveland used
to do great deal of embroidery upon
her own gowns, and that she even
worked the wreath of orange blossoms
and leaves that bordered the train of
her wedding gown. However this may
be, it is certain that she can do very
fine embroidery, although she seldom
now has the time for anything SO elab-
crate as this.
One of the prettiest things she has
done of late in the embroidery line is
the outlining of n few large flowers
upon the lapels of n morning gown.
The gown is of light blue silk and the
lapels are of rich carnival velvet. The
flowers are a variety of the white lotus,
done in rather bold fashion.
Many of Miss Ruth's dresses are
stitched around the hem OF the skirt
in bright and pretty wash colors. And
the stitching is almost always done by
Mrs. Cleveland herself, while the
cloaks which Miss Ruth wears and
which have 80 often enticed the pen
of photographers, are outlined in white
silk down each side of the front, in
big, careless flowers. which are not
only the work but the design of her
pretty mamma.
A panel for q lamp-shade, n small
landscape scene for chair back and
several tiles for the dressing-table, are
among the pretty little things which
have been done since her marriage.
But of late Mrs. Cleveland has found
the growing cares of her little family
too absorbing to permit Of much work
so particular as brush work, and so
she has worked with the needle when
the demands upon her made pickup
fancy work possible.
HER SOFA CUSHIONS.
There is one variety of fancy work
of which Mrs. Cleveland's friends say
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A DARING ESCAPE.

DoyLEsrowN-Michal Dolan, aged p
years sentenced March - to three years
and three months in the Doyles,own Jail,
for attempting to shoot his father in Febru
AIRY, Mt his home in Solebury township, es-
capped from the Jail here by scaling the %
foot wall. Young Dvlan had been
working in the stocking knitting depart
ment and had secured enough yarn TO make
stout rope about twenty-five feet long
With this, together with three large hooks,
one of which was made from poker stolen
and which lie threw over the wall until IL
caught in the coping, he succeeded in get
ting to the top and dropping over on the
other side, escaped under cover of the night
and the heavy storm.
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cushions upon them and cushioning
the seats, until they are as comfort
able ss possible.
Like many OF the artists who hnve
apartments in tho studio buildings in
New York, Mira. Cleveland chooses for
sofa cushions fancy silks of all kinds,
and makes them fine by bringing out
the figures in the silks until they look
like richest brocades.
One Of her cushions recently COM
pleted she calls her 'Irish cushion. +"
II is of rich green silk with yellow
harps, thin outlines wrought in red
silk. Around the edge there is n broad
putting of light green velvet. The
Irish cushion is admired by every
body and is Mrs. Cleveland's favorite
as it lies tossed into roundpess in one
House.
Another cushion IS all bright red.
Mrs ClevclGnd's part in making it con-
sisted merely in sewing the red cover
upon the cushion and in placing il
where it would show to the best posi-.
BILE advantage with background o.
overhanging palms and ferns.
FANCY WORK ron cEARITr.
II is said that Mrs. Cleveland does n
great deal of work for charity fairs.
But she is sly to IN almost painful de.
gree about letting her deed be known,
even though the managers of fairs have
often pointed ont to her the very great
benefit which would result il she would
let the work be sold as her own. But
this Mrs. Cleveland will not do.
Last winter for fair which was held
at Sherry's, New York, and which was
for the benefit of the poor children,
many lovely little tides and embroid.
cred table scarfs and fine sofa cushions
were privately sold as Mrs. Cleveland 8
work and brought large sums, because
they came from her needle.
The wife of the President OF tho
United States has less time for fancy
work, or diversion OF any kind, than
does the wife of the ruler of any Other
country. American independence de-
mands that the Presidents wife shall
be included in the Presidents public
life and shall fulfill many public duties.
There are receptions, "days," din
ners and diplomatic entertainments
without number, to all of which the
Presidents wife must go or give n sat-
isfactory reason for her non-attend-
ance. But it is pleasant to know that,
in the midst of so much gayety and
with so many calls upon her time, the
Presidents wife still retains enough of
that which is domestic and homelike
to snatch few minutes from each day
for the use of so homely little house,
hold implement rs the needle. Aug
usta Prescott in Chicago Record.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.


QUEEN vrcTonIA is skilful knitter, and
works Mt 1t indefatigably.
FonD MADDOX BRowN, the English painter,
died few days since in London at the age
OF seventy-two years.
SEVEN HUNDRED live larks constitute the
queer present lately sent by the King OF
Italy to the German Emperor.
SENATOR WoLcoTr, OF Colorado. has tho
reputation OF being the gourmet par excel
lence of Congress. and his tips are so gener-
Gus that the walters grow rich on them.
The late Arthur Elder Nelson Is said to
have made about $4,000 year writing dime
any OF II on pistols and bowie knives to 90
hunting bears and Indians.
THE Queen of England has approved tho
appointment OF the Earl OF Elgin as yiceroy
OF India. The new Yiceroy Is the eldest son
OF the eighth Earl OF Elgln, who was ap-
pointed Governor-General OF India in jan
uary, 1862, and who died IN Office November,
1854
The youngest judge In this country h said
to be Henry w. Scott, Associate Justice Of
the Supreme Court of Oklahoma He is
twenty-eight years old. At tthe age oftwenty-
two he was Register Of the and Office at
Larned, Kan. Ee has written several legal
works.
DENNIS FLYrS. Delegate In Congress from
Oklahoma, has staked claims in half a dozen
States, practiced law In Iowa. edited paper
In Kansas, acted AS Postmaster at Guthrie
and narrowly escaped getting shot several
times during the whoopful, early days of tho
Territory.
RoDEnr LOUIS STEVENSON Is said to be a
most laborious writer. He rewrites his
manuscript to such an extent that at the end
OF the day scarcely one OF the original sem
tences remains unchanged. Occasionally he
spends three weeks on "A single chapter and
then throws 1t away.
THE Duke OF York must be acquiring a
considerable library, for it Is said that he is
preserving oil the newspaper references
touching on any part OF his life. Now, of
course, he has added those about his bride.
The volumes are handsomely bound, and
have solid gold clasps, which display the
Dukes initials beautifully engraved.
Six members Of the United States Senate
have passed the SEVENTEEN year OF their age
Mr.. Morrill,, OF Vermont, heads the list with
his eighty-three years. Next comes Mr..
Palmer, OF Illinois, who is seventy-six. Mr..
Harris, Of Tennessee, Is seventy-fve; Mr..
Pugh, OF Alabama, is seventy-three, and Mr..
Sherman, OF Ohio, and Mr.. Hunton, OF Vir-
ginia. are each seventy years old.
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He advised the throwing overheard of
all freight, and we succeeded In throw.
ing overheard some three or four hun.
dred tons of freight which brought the
leak up out of the water, with only the
washings ofthc sea to overcome, and
that was no small item; but we finally
got the upperhand. The storm having
partially broke we removed the GOV
ering from over the smokestack, and a
small force OF steam was gotten up,
steam pumps finally got in their work,
and with our one wheel, the port one,
gong against helm hard.aport we
made headway like a crab.
Toward evening on the 23d . tug.
boat sighted US, hitched on. and final.
ly landed us in Norfolk at 10 am. Oct.
"a, 1868, the most God-forlorn subjects
you could put you eyes on.
BY the time she was tied up at Nor
folk wharf our men and officers and q
few civilian passengers, gradually
made their appearance. A sorry lot
they were-pale, emaciated, ,unwashed,
unshaven, with big, sleepy eyes and
disarranged apparel.
Now, me and my two Swiss friends
time of service was up on the Cd Of
November. Another war steamer was
sent for per telegraph to come and re-
ceive US, and try to land US on Dry
Tortugas.
was not willing because Of few
days more to undergo any more such
experience where 1t was against all
reason. We only had six days more
to serve.
went aft and had an interview
with Lieut.. Klapp, in which he agreed
to make out our discharges and final
statements, but lie wanted to see us
after we had been up and got our
money from the Paymaster.
We were very sure we had seen SER
vice enough Tor while anyn ow. and
this last straw was enough. SO that
Ivy the time we had our final state
nents cashed we went on board the
boat for Baltimore and the same even
ing we bid farewell forever to Battery
NJ without observing the ceremony of
farewell call on our worthy First
Lieutenant. who surely will excuse
this If 1t, by any chance, reaches his
eye. He is n Cap ain in the 9th Art.
nov and good riliccr.-CARL HART
MANN In Y t.Nn Trinuna
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Making Thimbles.

In the making of thimble there
are several operations, the blank pass
ing into the cup and then the rolling
on of the band, says Hardware. Then
the thimbles, which have assumed n
form warranting the name, are carried
to the factory proper, and after burn
ishing the more interesting process of
knerling is performed. This knerling
is the forming of the little indenta-
tions which receive the end of the
needle and assist in pushing the point
through the fabric. The cup is placed
in a lathe and the operator, with n
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have once been red, but which had
faded and grown worn. But the
President found it comfortable, 30
Mrs. Cleveland set to work to make it
pretty,
The frs thing she did was to com
mission friend to get her large
square of the stuff known as "shaded
denim, " which comes in pretty tones
of blue, yellow and rose. The friend
selected rose, and then had it marked
with u simple pattern of pink flowers.
This, with many shades of red silk,
was sent to Washington to grow into
beauty under the deft fingers of the
pretty mistress of the White House.
When the pattern was all done the
square was lined with silk to give it
frmness, and was finished with cord
Of pink silk.
A cover like this did wonders for o
faded chair and reduced oil to q har-
mony of tint which easily passed for
studied color.
The New York craze for fine linen,
stitched or drawn or embroidered, has
spread to Washington and is shared by
Mrs. Cleveland, who has almost pas
sion for every little nicety in linen,
whether it be dolly for the table, a
cover for toilet stand or one of the
little round mats which are now
placed under bottles of cologne, combs
and brushes and silver pin-trays.
FIGURED WITH vIoLErs.
One set of these little round mats
just completed is called violet set.
Mrs. Cleveland made it while she was
at Woodley. There are only three mats
in the set and these are perfectly
round--as round as a sugar box-and
about eight inches across. All around
the edges of the mats there are violets
embroidered and outside of the violets
there Is little fringe Of the linen.
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suitable tool, knerls the end of tho
thimble.
During the operation a peculiar and
by no means unpleasant musical sound
is emitted with varying tones. The
point of the thimble being reached q
fiat knerler finishes the side. and with
a sharp-edged tool the polished cutting
at the sides of the band is performed.
Then on another lathe it is placed in
n hollow block aud the inside burn
ished. All the oil and dirt are then
removed, and the thimble is polished
and made ready for the market.
Thimbles are made of various metals,
those of gold naturally being priced
highly, while one on exhibition ut the
Worlds Fair, of colored gold studded
with band of forty diamonds, is fit
for princess. A monstrosity at the
same exhibition is thimble nine
inches high and seven inches wide,
the maker having at one time somo
idea of teaching an elephant the art Of
sewing. -Picayune.
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something like $4,000. Nor is it mad
expenditure of time or labor, like the
pieced coverlids with 90, 900 different
"blocks" in them, nor the crocheted
things Of terrific color and endless
labor.
Mrs. Cleveiand's pickup work is
always something simple and very
often it is for direct and practical use,
like the fitting out of the little lunch
con table in the nursery, or trimming
of the big chairs, which the President
fancies and into which he loves to sink
when there is time for few minutes
rest at homo.
AN ARTISTIC oAAIR-BAcE.
One of the prettiest pieces of work
which Mrs. Cleveland has done since
her return to Washington last March
is chair-back for one of the old-time
sleepy-hollow chairs in which the
White House abounds. The chair it.
self was an old gray color which might
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-25
Bread Made With Soap.

From q communication read to ths
Association of Belgian Chemists, it
seems that Continental bakers are in
the habit of mixing soap with their
dough to make their bread and pastry
nice and light. The quantity OF soap
used varies greatly. In fancy articles,
like watiies and fritters, it is much
larger than in bread. The soap is
dissolved in little water; to this il
added some oil, and the mixture, after
being well whipped, is added to the
-four. The crumb OF the bread manu-
factured by this process is said to bC
lighter and more spongy than thai
made in the ordinary way.--New Yorl
Dispatch.
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The design is an old-fashioned one, ms
If n string OF violets had chased each
other round the edge OF the cloth.
There is no attempt n. grouping.
These little mats were all ironed on
the wrong side and we're made wash
ablo by being shrunk before the work
was done.
Like the late Mrs. Harrison, Mrs.
Cleveland works little in oils, but
like the Princess May, she is backward
ABOUT showing her handiwork, and
most OF the products of her brush are
kept hidden in the boudoir into which
few people are invited to penetrate.
A pretty little bit of her painting was
shown to friend just before she went
to Gray Gables. IL consisted of y
glass top for dresser, upon which
there were sketched pnnsies, Mr..
ClevelGnd's favocite flower, and vine
os morning g,oras.
Another cushion has tiny four-leaf
clovers upon il, which she has out
lined to bring them into prominence,
aud which seem 20 say Good Luck"
to the Mistress OF the White House
when her eyes fall upon them in mo-
ments OF leisure.
EFFECTIVE HYDRANnEAs.
A rather elaborate lamp shade is
also among Mrs. Cleveiand's show
pieces of work. II consists of pink
and green and white hydrangeas, firm
ly fastened upon frame of wire COW
cred with pink silk. Around the edge
there hangs a deep fringe of lace of n
very fine pattern. The hydrangens
are OF paper, but they are very deli
cately put together and more than eff
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-25
THEM MARRIAGE LIoENsE LAW,

THE AMESDMEST DOES NOT 90 r.ro EFFECT
UNTIL ooToBEB 1. 1895.
HARRisBuRG--rhe State Department Is
daily in receipt Of inquiries from the clerks
of the courts Of the several counties, as to
whether an error does not occur in the
pamphlet laws of 1893 in the net of May I.
1893 amending the law relative to marriage
license so as to permit marriages to be per
formei outside of the county in which the
license is granted. The law as printed makes
the law operative October 1. 1895, but many
clerks of courts think it misprint. The
original bill, however, does not differ from
the law as printed
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.

THERE are $4,000 blind people In England
and Wales.
GREAT BRITAIN makes over 10000 bicy-
,les year.
A WOMAN has been nominated for Coroner
In Leavenworh, Kan.
NEW churches built in America last year
numbered nearly 10000.
A FINE OF 800 Is the penalty for sending
3 false fire alarm In London.
THERE Is a premium offered on the Colum-
bian postage stamps in Europe.
wAsHrSoroN's hop crop this year is one OF
the largest and finest ever known.
Boston has more electric trolley cars run
ning In its streets than any other city In the
world.
The houses OF tho leading milionaires
OF New York are mostly guarded by secret
police.
BRooKLYS's population, according to the
census OF the Bureau OF Vital Statistics, Is
100000
THE expenses of carrying on the city gov
eminent OF New York next year will be
s36, ,000, 900.
The wheat yield OF Kansas Is 24.ss1, ,44s
bushels, an increase OF 100000 over the
September estimates.
PATRICK COLLINS, who brutally murdered
his wife, was arrested while praying In o
Gan Francisco church.
Miss OLLIE CLINE, one OF the trough
riders" who got lot In Perry, Cherokee
Strip. has sold her claim for $500.
CANA Is about to establish postal system.
beginning with tho seaports. II Is hoped
that within ten years It will be extended
throughout the empire.
A DISPATCH from Clyde, Scotland, says that
John Jamison, owner OF the yacht Iverna,
will build u yacht and challenge for the
Americas Cup next year.
.1n ss CIV 81 81 Ss.So lion n9sr EapS
using tho exhibits sent by Mexico to Chi
cago, has been abandoned.
EXPERIMENTS with the importation OF
fruit from Cape Colony have proved 20 suo-
cessful that Londoners expect soon TO get
not only apples but peaches and mangos
from Afrlcs.
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JAMES DUYwrrrIE, aged s, and James
Boyce. apei 4, wandered from their homes
near Greenburg, Monday. after cows
and IL is feared they persisted in the
Chestnut ridge, as nothing has been heard
OF them.
WILLIAM CREE's horses, frightened at the
cars at Huntington. and ran away Cree
was thrown to the ground, the wagon pas
Ing over his stomach, killing him instantly.
lie was 70 years old.
NEAR Lock Haven John o. Deise's heifer
stood on the Beech Creek railroad and stop
ped train. Her mother. u COW. was fast
ened in cattle guard further down he
road.
GOVERNOR PArrIsoN has fixed December
II for the execution OF Henry Hurst OF
Adams county, who killed fellow wood
chopper through Jealousy over girl.
JACOB f. SHaFFER's bonded warehouse,
containing 1900 barrels of whisky. in Lam
caster. was destroyed by fire Sunday night.
Loss $50, 900, insured for SO. 600.
CHARLES WALL. apainter, fell from the
dome OF the county court house, a distance
OF 120 feet, at Bradford, and was killed, He
res ded in Buffalo.
JoHS MCMAHON. aged 80, and Andrew
Drist, sged 80. were killed at Homestead by
the caving in Of deep trench they were
helping to dig
YOUNG Calvin Dean. one OF IA Lewiston
nutting party slipped headftremost down u
hill against big snake that bit hiin in the
arm.
SAMUEL HoLLISGsHEAD, nged 70, rail-
roader for 40 years. was struck and killed by
the Pacific express al Huntington.
A NEW school house at Aroma, was wreck
ed by the storm Saturday night causing
$500 damage,
THE employees OF the wire nail mill at
New Castle have accepted 10 per cent re-
auction.
EiGHTY-YEAR-oLD Mary Rentzheimer OF
Hellertown works a farm OF seven acres
and has cut and shocked. unaided, all the
corn in her field this fall
GEoRGE HoLLINaswoRrH's three children
found lot OF poke berries near their ONE
at New Brighton and ate heartily and their
lives were barely saved.
MRs. ALICE SrAUB, Of Beaver Creek, died
Sunday from poisoning, caused by drinking
water from q spring into which poisonous
laurel leaves had fallen.
THE weight OF Ernest werners bggest
pump<in, grown at Doylestown, is 10l
pounds.
THREE OF the leading grocers OF Beaver
Falls have refused to give credit any
longer.
HENRY OLMER was fatally crushed by O.
fall OF coal in mine near GIeensburg
TnERK ore about 100 cases Of smallpox at
Reading.
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MRS. CLEVELAND.
TnE PRESIDENTS WEE Is 4
CLEVER NEEDLEwOMA An.
Ero'v Shc Maaes the White House
Eomcllke With soft Cushions.
rrctty Lampshades ant:
Embroidery.
n rs. CLEVELAND is one of


Nj those women who like al
Nv ways to be busy with some
e thing which is to contrib
ute in some way to the comfort or
beauty OF her home
Whether she is nS her official resi-
dence at Washington, or at Woodley,
the pretty little summer home where
tho President lives when il is too
warm to pass the days and nights in
the city, or at Gray Gables, "thc
home by the sea-" there are always
scattered about where they can be
easily picked up artistic bits of fancy
work upon which the wife OF the
President busies herself Mt odd mo-
mems when she must entertain her
husbands callers or wait for him to
take drive or 90 for the walk which
is so necessary TO the well being Of one
laden with official cares.
Mrs. Cleveland's fancy work is never
anything Yery fine. II does not par
take OF the costly elegance of the tap
cstry which was recently designed for
the needle OF a Fifth avenue belle and
which, when completed, will cost
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In ancient armies the srchers were
placed in advance as skirmishers, and
when the conflict grew warm they re.
tired to the rear Of the heavy armed
troops.
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DATES FOR FARMERS INSTITUTES.

HARRrsBURG-Dates for farmers insti-
tutes in the western part Of the state have
been fixed by the state board of agriculture
as follows; Greene county, Waynesburg.
November II and Is, Carmichael, November
49, Mercer county Greenyille November
29and 80 Dates Of I2 institutes have been
fixed, 10 will be held in December, II in
Move l. Der and 10 in January.
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WE did not
like Ill No,
most emphat-
ically, no. But
what would
you do' II was
an order from
the War De-
partment and
that settled II.
Ayi but any
man whe serv-
ed in the army
knows how
we felt when
this order came
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-25

A CHILD was horn at Polo, No, few
days ago at the birth Of which thsrs were
present five generations The child, the
mother, the grandmother, the great grand
mother and the eai.grand-1noth,r.
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-THE Italian government is taking steps
to declare martial law over all Sicily and
extirpate brisandage ION the island. Tha
work will bs dous by i2oO0 troops.
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LIMITING TILE nOYA.

BELLEroNTE.-Now that the cows have
been penned up. Bcllefonte is TO take a step
hip pher. Councils uncovered an old ordi-
nance which they again adopted that boys
Il years of age or under shall hereafter not
be allowed On the streets after s p. m. The
police have been given instructions to arrest
and lock up for the night all boys found
abroad after that hour
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SOLDIERS COLUMN
HARD TIM Es.

How Battery M, 5th U. q. Art, Went TO
Dry Tor uga'.
The Washington bee., 1893-08-26
Barbarous Arabs.

Three or four days ago five of the
Bedouins appeared before Director
General Davis and complained that be-
cause they demanded their wages from
the managers Of the Midway Plaisance
they were kicked out Of the show.
This bred a mutiny in the Arab camp,
and just before sunrise Sunday three
BedOuins, taking out one of the horses,
liked upon it a short harness. with a
long rope dangling behind. Then they
went 10 the tent in which HaStab
Abahd slumbered. They pounced up
on him, and before he was fairly
awake had bound and gagged him.
One of the thongs was passed under
his shoulders, forming a loop at the
ela. Through this the rope was
passed and securely fastened Then
the animal was lashed into q mad race
about the enclosure. Abahd was fear
fully tortured, and would have been
killed had not a dozen Arabs come to
his rescue. The three Bedouins de-
Tended themselves with lance and
sword, and a fierce combat ensued. liz
which four men were severely injured
The disturbance was finally quelled
by the police, and the Bedouins ar
rested.