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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-03
A NEW ZEALAND WONDER.
Unce rtain Whether to Glass 1t As an Anil
NAL or q Plant.

NAL or = Plant.
The most curious of all objects in
New Zealand, says Chambers Jour
nal, is that which the Maoris call
"aweto." One is uncertain whether to
call it an animal or plant. In the
first stages of its existence it is sim
ply caterpillar about three or four
inches in length, and always found in
connection with the rata tree, kind
of Towering myrtle. 1t appears that
when it reaches full growth it buries
itself two or three inches under
ground, where, instead of undergoing
the ordinary chrysalis process, it be-
comes gradually transformed into
plant, which exactly fills the body,
and shoots up at the neck to height
of eight or ten inches. This plant re-
semblcs in appearance diminutive
bulrush; and the two, animal and
plant, are always found inseparable.
One is apt to relegate it to the domain
of Imagination, among dragons and
mermaids; but then it's existence and
nature have been accepted by the late
Frank Bpckland. How it propagates
its species is a mystery. One traveller,
after describing its dual nature. calm
ly states that it is the grub of the
night butterfly. If SO, then the grub
MIST also become butterfly, or what
becomes of the species? One would
be ready to suppose that the grub does
really SO, and that some fungus finds
the cast-oT slough congenial quarters
for its growth. But as far as present
observation goes the grub never be-
comes butterfly. but is changed in ev-
ery case into q plant
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-03

Broadway. all morning and can't get
enough of it. Our women know how
to dress, assure you" smiled at his
enthusiasm, and accepted the compli-
ment in behalf of my countrywomen.
And why shouldn't we be glad and
gay? Isn't this the loveliest season
of the year, save, perhaps, the early
spring? Isn't it delightful to walk
out in the prettiest fall costume you
ever had in your life, with a great
bunch of roses in your hand,
making such a picture that even
the women smile at you in pleased
fashion as you pass? Isn't the
city fresh looking after the dry
and faded look you have seen the
country wear for SO long? Isn't the
touch of chill in the air the greatest
incentive to brisk walking? Don't
you come back with glow on your
cheeks and a glow at your heart?
Then, too, don't you rejoice that our
beloved country is once more prosper
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-03
WIDEST AFRICAN TRIBE.

Mashukiumbwe, Discovered by Living.
stone, Still Naked and Warlike.
In the course of recent address in
Great Britain on Africa, T. C. Selous.
the famous traveller and hunter, gave
many interesting particulars regarding
the country around the Zanbezi, and
especially of Matableland and Mas
homeland, in the latter of which he
had lived and travelled and hunted be-
tween 1852 and 1892, says the African
News.
He drew an interesting portrait Of
the Metabele chief Lobengula as he
knew him in 1872, and also mentioned
a chief, by name Meme, whom he met
in the Observation-Disclosures country. who
remembered DR.. Livingstone; and,
though that was about thirty-iive years
ago. the old chief spoke of it as if it
had happened only few months be-
fore. These Mashuklumbwe, he said,
were represented by DR.. Livingstone
as being reputed to be the most savage
people in that part of Africa, and that
characteristic Mr.. Selous showed they
still retained. They went naked, I'M
less they could call a porcupine's quill
through the ear garment: they trained
their hair until it became conical in
shape. often two feet in height. and
they always carried bundles of barbed
assegais.
In one of their villages, that of a
chief named Maneuga, Mr. Selous'
camp was treacherously attacked at
night, from which he barely escaped
with his life. Twelve of his men were
killed and five wounded. He himself
fed into the long grass, and the record
of his sufferirgs for the next fourteen
days in endeavoring to reach his
wagons was Of a thrilling description.
The climate he said was very suitable
for Europeans, and of the future pros
poets of this, the most recent of British
possessions, he spoke in the most hope
full strain.
It's mineral and agricultural resources
are reported to be abundant, and
await development.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-03


around, meeting in point in front
There white knot catches it. then the
embroidered band is carried down over
to the right side and fastened. Thence
two widening streamers OF black vel
vet fall almost to the feet. Streamers,
capes and collar are all edged with fur.
Another is made of three cloth capes,
very short, just saved from fiatness by
slight undulation, each edged with a
double row of plain GALLON. These
do not reach so far as the elbow, and
are caught away entirely just in front,
fastened at the shoulder, to a broad
velvet stole in black. astrachan edged,
that falls nearly to the feet 1t is very
striking.
Then there's beautiful three-quar-
ter length wrap in heavy faille, with
delicate passementerie bands running
down the front, which broaden out at
the bottom into large corner pieces.
Fur edges the bottom of the wrap.
At the neck there is, first, velvet col
lar that slopes off into plain shoulder
cape, without a wrinkle; secondly,
cape beneath that falls in pretty CO.
DULLES, ending in sharp points that
hang at each side of the embroidered
bands.
An exquisite little garment of black
plush has one cape falling to the waist
at back and sides, gradually widening
at the front, and falling in soft cas-
cades. Over the plush cape very
short one in heavy white silk falls, en-
broidered beautifully at the edge.
Then great double ruche of velvet
forms the collar.
A cape in rich golden brown cloth
has big sleeve rufles of black velvet,
bordered with the brown; has beau
tiful pointed plastron of falling jet,
headed with broad jet band touched
here and there with astrachan, and is
alternated with astrachan tails. An
astrachan boa forms the collar.
A beautiful opera cloak of old rose
silk is lined with slightly duller
shade of satin. A cape of terra Gotta
velvet falls over, edged with old rose
silk. At the back the cape is caught
down by passementerie of the same
color, with fine bead fringe falling
from it.
One coat that I saw seemed to meet
the exigencies of this year of graces
for the sleeves appeared very large,
even to eyes long accustomed to am
plitude. A fat, sloping collarette fell
over the shoulders, bordered with two
rows of tiny braid, which took down
ward course at the front, and then ran
back over the hips. A ruffle was added,
at the bottom of the coat. A big as
trachan collar sighted pointed was at
the front.
But let me lead you gently out of the
wilderness of style in which we have
been wandering. Let me point you to
these sign posts that lie along the way,
and perhaps they will guide you into
straighter paths. For they state that
the 1880 slope of the shoulders will be
accentuated by every new rever and
every new collarette; that velvet and
satin will vie with each other for as
cendancy in trimming this winter; that
combinations of material will be not
only the opportunity of the careful
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-03

ing, that that troublesome silver lined
dispensing? That the faces of hus-
bands and fathers and brothers have
ceased to look anxious?
Why, when we stop to enumerate
our reasons for being glad, we find
that we are in need of more fingers
upon each hand.
But what is the gay throng made up
of? Mostly. smart fall costumes, with
a suggestion ot the tailor. and of the
fur below as well, and made sufficiently
warm by the addition of revers, hip
ruffles and shoulder ruftles.
1t may come to pass that the coat. in
its forte of protecting and warm keep
ing. will be outdone by these numer-
Gus appendages that futter and fall
about us. For what need have we Of
other shoulder covering when the big.
full rutfie falls there? And how can
chest grow cold beneath bretelle
and rever that spread so protectingly
over? Besides. the coat is sure to in
terfere with all of our big sleeve ar
rangements. That is why the cape and
the dainty wrap and mantle will be so
popular this winter. They are more
yielding, and lie more gently over our
eccentricities and vagarieS
The new garment is either compound
or complex-never simple. IL takes
some time to analyze; but is worth the
trouble. The first thing that you viii
note viii be the long effect OF the
front in contrast to the short effect of
the back. 1t is a popularity of most
of the new capes- A beauty in black
velvet has two short, full ruffies that
do not reach even TO the waist line,
and that are gathered on plain yoke
A high collar, slanting of into long
points that run down the front. covers
the yoke completely. Between the
collar and the cape q long -rever OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-03
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
Some Rich Garments That the
Fall Win Bring Forth.
VIII the Coat Disappear from Our Midst
-Increasing Popularity OF the Man.
tie, Cape and Wrap-Some of the
Very Latest Described.
lcopYR1cHr. 1881

COPYRIGHT. 1898.
Lovely autumn has fairly dawned.
Never was sky bluer, never air more
exhilarating, never sun shone more
brilliantly, never was fashions throng
in happier and more blithesome mood.
On clear days Broadway is literally
thronged with gay promenaders and
busy shoppers. How they come and go
in their bright attire and with their
punches of fall flowers! My flying trip
down the crowded avenue was sudden
ly interrupted by How do you do?'
and traveller in distant lands stood
before me. II am just back from Lon
don and Paris" he said, land, you may
take my word for it, there's no place
like New York. I've been walking
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-03
A Little Mistake,

Mrs De Fashion-Bridget says she
overheard you talking awfully about
her to Nelly Nexdoor
Little Daughter-We wasn't talkin'
bout her at all We was playin' keep
house, an Pretended we had servants.
and was maxim s'ciety call.-Good
News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-03
Felt Better for the Ride.

The funeral was over, and a few
personal friends were taking dinner
with the bereaved widow.
Wont You have some more Of the
roast beef, Mr.. SMITH" she asked
Thanks replied Mr.. Smith. II be-
lieve / will. The ride to the grave and
back has given me quite an appetite -
Texas. Siftings.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-03

ASCoMARcA. Peru, is 16. 600 feet above
the sea. and the highest inhabited spot
in the world
NEWFOUNDLAND is without reptiles
No snake, frog, toad. or lizard has ever
been seen there.
ALI. along the Atlantic coast there
Is excessive reduplieation OF English
ald Scotch and Irish names of places
TROUGH Labrador was probably the
first Of the American mainland visited
by Europeans. yet il TOW contains the
largest unexplored area On the CONT
nent
Is some parts OF Central and South
American a single freely gives so much
light that it Eliminates whole room.
The English residents catch them n
order to sd the match boE or Lamp
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-03
Attorneys Pocket Docket.

The Lawyers "Vade Necum, can be used IN ar
State aud in any court The most complete an
convenient pocket docket ever published, with tw
indexes-an alphabetical index and diary indeI
shows at glance just what date lawyer has a Gas
in court keeps complete record of of the cas-
Handsomely bound in flexible back convenien
size to carry in the pocket Endorsed by attorney
everywhere Price of Docket S1OO By mail pos
paid to any address upon receipt Of g. "a.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-03

economist but the necessity or the
reckless spendthrift: that jet bands
will be greatly in vogue: that the boa
craze shows no symptoms Of decay;
that you are permitted to elongate
your last years cape by velvet ruffie
to match; that if you will have novel
arrangement of rufle they must start
in modest width at the front, and
broaden ont into alarming proportions
at the back; that your fall gown may be
a continuous ruffie. and still be fash
ionabie: and lastly. that silk will be
seen more frequently in New York
streets than ever it was before.
EVA i. SCHUBERT.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-29
IN EFFECT NOV. 10, 1893.

Philadelphia 4 Erie Railroad Division Time
Table Trains leaye qN NsIy pTiity9od'
9:W A M-Train Z, daily except Sunday for
Sunbury, Harrisburg and intermediate sta
tions, arriving at Philadelphia $3.50 y. M,
New York. l0;0S y. M; Baltimore, 1920 y. M;
Washington, s:T y. m. Pullman Parlor car
from Willlamsport and passenger coaches
from Kane to Philadelphia.
$3.50 ?. M.-Train 0, daily except Sunday for
Harrisburg and intermediate stations, ar
riving at Philadelphia 4;3O A. NJ; New York,
!:B A. NJ Through coach from Dubois to
Williamsport. Pullman Sleeping cars from
Harrisburg to Philadelphia and New York.
sleeper undisturbed until 200 A. NJ.
9;35 7. Miriam 4, daily for Sunbury, Harris
burg and intermediate stations, arriving at
AM; Baltimore, $3.50 A. NJ; Washington, 1880
AN. Pullman cars from Erie and Williams
port 70 Philadelphia. Passengers in sleeper
transferred into Washington sleeper at Har-
risburg. Passenger coaches from Erie to
Philadelphia and Williamsport to Balti-
more. -
7:2 A. M.-Train l. daily except Sunday for
Ridgway, Dubois, Clermont and inter.
mediate stations. Leaves Ridgway Mt $500
$3.50 A. Miriam ., daily for Erie and inter-
6:27 p. M.--Train II, daily except Sunday for
THRoTTSSpHn TSpn TIS TRAINs s FOR BRENTWOOD
fhOM The EAST AND SOUIH.
TRAIN II leaves Philadelphia $3.50 A. M;
Washington, $50 A. NJ; Baltimore, s:45 A. NJ;
Wilkesbarre, 10:15 A. NJ; daily except Sum
day, arriving at Driftwood at 1927 p. NJ. with
Pullman Parlor car from Philadelphia TO
Williamsport
TRAIN 3 leaves New York at s p. M; Phila-
delpha, 11:20 y. M; Washington, 10 40 a. m; 4;
Baltimore, 11:40 p. M; daily arriving Mt
Driftwood at $3.50 a. m. Pullman sleeping
cars. from Philadelphia to Erie and from
Washington and Baltimore to Williamsport
and through passenger coaches from Phila-
delpha to Erie and Baltimore to Williams
port and TO Dubois.
TRAIN leaves Remove at 6:3j q. M. daily
except Sunday, arriving Mt Driftwood 1852
n. m.
JOHNSONBURG RAILROAD.
DAILY except Sunday.)
TRAIN 10 leaves Ridgway at $40 u. M; john
sonburg at 9:55 Il. M, arriving at Clermont
at 10:45 n. m.
TRAIN 20 leaves Clcrmont Mt 1885 n. m. ar
irving at Johnsonburg at 11:4O n. m. and
Ridgway at 11:55 n. m.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-29
Good News,

No other Medicine in the world was
ever given such a test Of its curative
qualities, as Otto's Cure. Thousands of
bottles of this great German remedy are
being distributed FREE OF CHARGE, by
druggists in this country to those afllict-
ed with Consumption, Asthma, Group,
severe Coughs, Pneumonia and all
Throat and Lung diseases, giving the
people proof that Otto's Cure will cure
them, and that it is the grandest tri-
umph of Medical sciene. For sale only
by w. b. Alexander. Samples free.
Large battles 25 and soc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-29
THE TOLEDO WEEKLY BLADE.
And book containing all the Nasby
Letters for One Dollar.

In answer to general demand from
all parts of the United States, the
TOLEDO BLADE has published in one
colume, cloth bound, all of tho "Nasby
Letters" ever written by the late ID. r.
Locke ommitting perhaps few unim-
portant letters on local or forgotten
topics. Only few of these letters were
ever published in book form. Every
body has read some Of them, but who
has read all Of them? The book con-
tains over 500 large pages, and all the
Nasty Letters written during a period
of twenty-five years; also portrait OF
ID. r. Locke from his last photograph.
II would sell at one dollar or more, but
will never be placed on sale. One
hundred thousand copies are now being
printed and bound and one copy will
be sent postpaid by mail free to every
person who this winter RENTS one
dollar for the WEEKLY BLADE one
year. Everybody invited to send for a
specimen copy of the WEEKLY BLADE,
which will give full description OF the
book "The Nasty Letters"
The TOLEDO WEEKLY BLADE is the
best and most popular weekly newspaper
published in this country. 1t has the
largest circulation of any weekly news
paper, and goes to every State, Territory
and nearly every county of the Union.
Only one dollar year, including the
above mentioned book free. Send
postal to THE BLADE, TOLEDO, OHIO,
for free specimen copy of the paper.
Send the addresses of your friends also.
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Two for One.

We are making a special offer to each
of our readers paying years subscrip-
tion to the STAR in advance, and to all
new subscribers paying in advance, we
will give them the best local paper in
Jefferson county and will give them
free, either the Womdnkind or Amert-
can Farmer, for one year. The two
papers above mentioned are excellent
monthly papers and the subscription
price of each is $l.00 year. This offer
is made only to those in Pennsylvania.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-29

Have you ever noticed how few women
stand straight? The majority are in
clined to be round shouldered with
narrow chests. A well developed figure
and good carriage very often make a
plain-faced woman fine looking; and as
naturally, woman likes to be attractive,
it is surprising that she devotes so
much time in that line, to the head and
face only, rather than to that which
will beautify and strengthen her entire
self
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-29

Cold weather carries with it at least
one blessing. 1t destroys the occupation
OF the street fakir who sells patent
nostrums and worthless jim-cracks.
The street fakir, with his rolicking
rigamarole and lying protestations
reaches the long ear of the public which
Honesty cannot catch. People will
rush up to him and hand him their
quarters and half dollars for something
that an honest man in their own town
would sell them for a nickle. They
want to be humbugged. The prefer
natural nimbus of quackery charms us
and makes us love to be humbugged.
II some one with whom they were well
acquainted would give utterance to the
rhodomontade, the people would simply
laugh at him. But stranger, with an
air of mystery about him, will catch the
gudgeons every time. If you do not
really care to be humbugged, patronize
your own people.-Punxsutawney Spirit.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-29

The drawback to domestic felicity often
lies in the fact that we get too familiar
with one another. There should be a
certain reserve even in the most inti-
mate relationships. Members OF the
same family have no right to burst into
one another's rooms without knocking.
Wives have no more right to search
their husbands pockets than they have
to do the same little service for a dis
tant acquaintance. You have no more
right to rob the baby's bank than to
force the vault of the First National.
You have no right to read the young
persons letters without permission, al
though you have right to her conf
dence, so that she shows her cores
pOndence freely. You have no more
right to obtrude your conversation
upon your wife, nor she hers upon
you. when either is in the midst of a
thrilling story than you or she would
have to interrupt the Queen of England
at her reading. An "Excuse me" If a
mother is obliged to interrupt her chill
dren's prattle is quite as good way to
teach etiquette as out of book. The
man who gets up and slams to the ven-
tilator in a crowded car to suit his own
convenience, or the woman who throws
open car window regardless of the
comfort OF her w-passengers, is nc
ruder shan Bess is when she ignores
brother Toms comfort at home, or Tom
is when he pounces on the biggest
orange on the plate when only Bess and
he are at the table. When they make
discourteous remarks to one another
they sin against the true code of eti'
quette more than when they are impo
lite at party or boisterously unkind to
casual comrade, on the principle that
he is more criminally careless who
pounds a piano to pieces with hammer
than he who merely dis6gures and mars
the pine case it was delivered In.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-29

One of the jokes arising from that
particularly fertile source of funny stor-
les. Englishmen's Misunderstanding of
Americans and Americanisms. is told in
the words of Sir Edgard Fitz Wales:
"You Americans aw so charmingly
thoughtful, We know. After you've had
your own summer, you know, you have
an Indian summer for the pooah natives,
| suppose"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-29

or the 100000 appropriated by
Legislature to pay Pennsylvania's ex-
pensos at the Worlds Fair, the amount
yet in the hands of the treasurer Of the
State Board is $3,43S.s6. There was
expended on the Pennsylvania building,
including maintenance, 1884, 1896. 33.
The expenses of committees, were s97,-
do n
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-29
Pennsylvania has 200 OOO farms, which

Pennsylvania has 200, 900 farms, which
produce over s2OO,OOO,OOO in crops.
There are 100000 live stock. The
state produces nearly 100000 tons of
iron in the anthracite furnaces, nearly
100000 in bituminous furnaces and
1000 tons of charcoal iron. Over 62S,-
100000 tons of anthracite coal have
been mined in the state, and one oil
field has yielded $50, 900. 900 barrels.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-29
Aatiroan 0tms Gables.
RUffAE0, 0ffEsTER & PffTs,


- BURGH RAILWAY.
The short line between Dubois, Ridgway,
Bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo, Rochester,
Niagara Falls and points In the upper oil
region.
On and after June 4th, 1893, passen-
ger trains will arrive and depart from Falls
Creek station. daily. except Sunday, as fol-
100 A. M.-Bradford Accommodation ion-For
points North between Falls Creek and
Bradford. 7:15 "a. m. mixed train for
Punxsutawney.
1O;O5A. .M.-Buffalo and Rochester mail-For
Brockwayvillc, Ridgway ,Johnsonburg, Mt,
yewett Bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo and
Rochester; connecting Mt Johnsonburg
with u. & f. train ., for Wilcox, Kane,
Warren, Cory and Erie.
1888 A. M--AccOmmodatiOn-F Dubois,
Sykes, Big Run and Punxsutawney.
lao =. M.-Bradford Accommodatlon-For
Beechtree, Brockwayvillc, Ellmont Car
mon, Ridgway, Johnsonburg, Mt. Jewett
and Bradford.
$40 p. M.-Mail-For Dubois, Sykes, Big
Run, Punxsutawney and Walston.
S;22 P.M.-Accommodatlon Dubois, Big
Run and Punxsu.awney.
Si2O a. M.-Sunday train-FOr Brockway-
Vile, Ridgway and Johnsonburg.
8i13 P.M.-Sunday train-For Dubois, Sykes,
Big Run and Punxsutawney.
Thousand mile tickets nj two cents per
mile, good for passage between all stations.
J: II. MCINTYRE. Agent Falls creek Pa.
j. ii. BARRETT T.. &. LAPEY,
General supt. Gen. Pas. Agent
Buffalo, N. Y. Rochester N. Y
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-29
Ancient Statfoners.

In medieval times the stationarius, or
stationer, held official connection with q
university and sold at his stall, or sta
ton, the books written or copied by the
librarius, or book writer. Such is the
origin of the modern term stationer, one
who now keeps for sale implements of
such service, and not usually the pro-
ductions of literary persons.-Harpers
Bazaar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-29

Edward Bellamy has written the
story Of 'How l Came to Write Look
ing Backward for The Ladies' Home
Journal. He will tell in connection
with the history of the book itself, how
the idea of Nationalism first suggested
itself to his mind.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-29
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that the firm Of J. A.
Welsh Co., doing business under the above
name, was dissolved, by mutual consent, on
the 4th OF January, 1893, John I. Silver retir-
ing. The business Will be conducted by j. A.
Welsh and all accounts due the firm on date
of dissolution will be collected by ia Welsh.
Reynoldsvile, Pa, ]. A. WELSH,
Nov. 10, 1893. JOHN 4. SILVER.