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Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-01
WEATHER RECORD.

Mean temperature, so.
Max temperature, 81.
Min. temperature, AZ.
Precipitation OF inches.
Max. velocity Of wind, 22NE.
Deficiency Of temperature since January 1855
degrees. no
Excess of precipitation since January 1,-1.C6
inches.
W.C.C, Il. J. COX, Observer.
Note.-A minus sign II prefxed to thermom-
eter readings indicates temperature below zero.
A "I'' In connection with rainfall indicates
trace of rainfall too small to measure.
*Snow is melted and resulting depth Of water
not known.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-01

Buy a Hair Brush. 25c.
Whitmore's pharmacy, 812 Chapel.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-01
House Raided on olive street

A raid was made on the house at loo
Olive street, near the head of Green street
Saturday night by Sergeant Croker and
Policemen Gilligsn, Bowers and Werner
Patrick Degnan and Florence Schofeid
were arrested for lascivious carriage and
Ella Case was also arrested on the charge
of keeping the house
Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-01
VIM. Nicely 8 co.
NEW HAvKx, Monday, May 1, 1888
The aUeather to-aay--Rasn
TELEPHONE
No. S5.
LACE LUXURIES.

MS season brings inner
decorations for Baby Car
riages than ever before.
Cream, Beige and two-toned,
ranging in prices from SO
cents upward.
Laces in abundance.
Calias make-bright lustre
finish. Bourbon Laces, Net
Top and Point Guipure, all
with various matching widths.
Take delicate stitching on
Cambria or Nainsook and
you get truly handsome En-
broidery. The Edgings 4
to ~ inches are of that kind
and sell as low as S cents the
yard.
Now take a soft finished
cloth with artistic eOAorea
stitching. AS the. saying is,
some 60 almost wild over it.
Here are all fashionable tints
in wide and medium margins.
27-inch hemstitched en-
broidered Flounces, 25c. to
$3.50 the yard, The same in
24-inch soc. to $2.25 the
yard.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-01
A Dispute Over Cards.

John J. Brown hit Peter Kuhn whack
on the eye last night in dispute. The
two men were playing cards at the house
of Mrs. Clemens on Water street Officers
Donegsn and Wiser arrested Brown, and
Michael Keegan, who was present, tried to
prevent the officers from arresting Brown.
Keegan accompanied Brown to the station
and was locked up
Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-01
MEMS FURNISHINGS.

Quicker than thought the
weather will take a turn.
Suitable Underwear will nat
urally bring good prices.
You have talked the matter
over. Now act.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-01

To pay go, 70 or SOC for a pound of tea
when We sell az good, If not a better one,
Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-01
N Old Lady Ends Her Life,

An Old Lady Ends Her Life.
W1LL1MAkT1c, April 30-Csroline n.
Upton of this city, widow, aged sixty
four, committed suicide Saturday evening
by hanging herself to her bedpost. Mental
arrangement ia the cause assigned.
Death of william HI. Atmore.
William d. Atmore, who for many years
was connected with Clark Peck in his man
agement of old Music hall died at his home
on Wall street Friday after an illness of
three years.
The Richard Peck.
The steamer Richard Peck has changed
Its time of leaving NewYork from 8 O'Clock
in the afternoon to $3.50. The change in
time has been made to suit the people who
desire to spend more time in New York.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13
why Flowers sleep.

Why should flowers sleep? ass Sir
John Lubbock in "The Beauties of
Nature and the Wonders Of the
World We Live in" Why should
some flowers do so and not Others?
Moreover different flowers keep diff.
fcrent hours The daisy opens at
sunrise and closes at sunset, whence
its name, days eye" The dande,
lion (LeoniodOn) is said to open about
I and to close about 3; Arenaria
rubra TO be open fiom . 10 3; the
white water lily (Nymphra) from
about tOl; the common mouse-caT
hawkweed UIieracium) from 3 to 3;
the scarlet pimI (Anagallis) to
waken at and close soon after 2;
iragopOgon platensis to open at in
the morning and close just before -,
whence its English name, "John 90
to bed at noon" Farmers boys in
some parts are said to regulate their
dinner time by IL. Other flowers, on
the contrary, open in the evening.
Now it is obvious that flowers
which are fcrtllizcd by night.hying
insects would derive no advantage
from being open by day; and on the
other hand, that those which arc fer.
tilted by bees would gain nothing
by being open at night. Nay, il
would be distinct disadvantage, be
cause 1t would render them Liable to
be robbed Of their honey and pollen
by insects which are not capable OF
fertilzing them. / have yentured
to suggest. then. that the closing OF
the flowers may have reference to the
habits Of the insects, and it may be
observed also In support of this that
wind-rertilized flowers do not sleep;
and that many Oi those flowers which
attract insists by smell open and
emit their scant at particular hours:
thus HesperuS matronalis and Ly.
CHS vespertina smell in the evening
and Orchis bifol'a is particularly sweet
At night.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13

record IL n warrant to pay the sum of
f266 l3s. Id. to David Smyth, tho
Queens embroiderer, for side saddle
of black velvet richly embroidered
with gold and pearls, and the harness,
etc, of silk and gold
The saddle under the reign of james
l. became less elegant, but Charles I. +,
who attempted to revive knightly GUS
toms, returned TO the sumptuous snd-
die. His stnte saddle was gorgeous
affair, being of crimson velvet richly
embroidered, while the aaddle-cloth,
also of crimson velvet, was covered
thickly with seed pearls. The head
stalls, reins and stirrup.lenthers were
also luxurious and effective.
Oliver Cromwell used large, plain
Tapped saddle, very heavy and cum
brous, like the ponderous Flemish an
imal he bestrode. The next century
brought the type of saddle which, with
various minor changes influenced by
military requirements, has survived
unto the present day, and which does
not seem likely to be superseded in
the main lines of it's construction.
The saddle rooms mt Windsor Castle
contain the sumptuous trappings be-
longing to Tippo Snhib's war horse, of
crimson and green velvet, rich with
embroidery of gold and silver wire /;
the magnificent Turkish horse capari-
son, embroidered with gold on crim-
son satin, once the property of George
iii. n complete set of Indian adorn-
ments of red, green, silver and gold,
presented to the Queen by the Thakoor
of Moiri Persian chabraque of Grim
son silk covered with golden sprigs !;
the saddles used by the Queen for re-
views and public ceremonies, and the
two sets of state harness embellished
with coats of arms. The Empress
Eugene still preserves the black leather
harness, ornamented with the imperial
arms, which belonged to Napoleon ILL.,,
rs well ms the red velvet saddle, splen-
did saddle-cloth and golden stirrups
used by him in the disastrous cam
paign of 1870.
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CuriOsitics of Judgment.

There is good deal nf fun in get
ting up tests OF peoples lowers of
Judgment, or, rather OF their indlvid-
ual powers OF vision. One of these is
the familiar one or getting a number
of people to give their ideas upon the
size OF the moon. Some will say 1t
looks as large as hogshead; Others
that it is no bigger than a soup
plate.
Distance Is another thing which
people are apt TO miscalculate, il they
Judge by means OF their eycsight
City dwellers generally know that a
certain number OF blocks make a
mile, and plod contentedly along on
that knowledge without ever looking
far enough away 10 see how the dis
tance appears When they get into
the country the stretches OF fields
and hills are deceptive. A point five
miles away will appear but one when
seen across fiat distance and the
stranger will start OH on a short
walk which turns into long one. -
Bro oklyn Stansard Union.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13

manship of this branch of art was of
an elaborate and complex nature.
According to pictorial representa-
tions the saddles used by the Anglo
Saxons were of primitive order
mere shallow cushions or pads. The
horseman or rider sat low on the
horses back. The pad was frequently
decorated with fringe of tufts OF
hair, probably the tails of some an
imal. The ends of the pad were
slightly raised with foreshadowing of
pommel and cantle of later develop
ment. The Normans gave prominence
to pommel and cantle, which in their
hands rose to n considerable height in
a curvilinear form. Some excellent
representations of this type are seen in
the celebrated Bayeux tapestry, sup
posed to have been made by Matilda,
the wife of the Conqueror. We must
recall to mind that to the prominent
pommel of his saddle William the
Conqueror lost his life, for according
to the old historians his horse treading
on burning embers of the ruined city
of Nantes reared and threw his rider
upon the prominent iron pommel of
the saddle, which pierced his body and
caused his death.
The next change in saddlery oc-
Cured about the Thirteenth Century,
when jousts and tournaments became
popular in England, which method Of
warfare consisted Of combats between
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13

discovered small alley leading to the
right, and by the whisk of horses
tail us !. disappeared around the cor.
ner saw at once how the General and
escort had. disappeared.
Immediately dashed the spurs in
to my horse and made dash for the
opening, but before my horse had made
five jumps saw that the road ahead
ofme was full of mounted rebs ad.
vancing toward me.
go 1t, old fellow" I said 10 my
horse, as bent over hi; neck to escape
the bullets. ~ believe we are going
to get there first" says I. as | saw sew.
eral ofthe rcbs ride out ahead of their
ranks TO head me off when they saw
where was making for.
"IIalt you ----Ya Yankl-haltlh halt" I
could hear from dozen voices, "Sur.
render, or we will blow you up"
mot " ] know IL" SAID | through
my clenched teeth. and an instant
later swept around the corner. with
n yell, amid n storm Of bullets, one OF
which struck my horse on his should.
er and caused him TO make such leap
that he nearly threw me from the sad
die. and the sting Of it made him fair.
ly angry, and of all the outlandish
gates, jumps and jerks never had
such n ride on horseback ns I had tho
next five minutes.
When ] again got control of my
horse there were no rebs in sight but
had merely caught up to mbble of
blue coats who were just being got in
20 shape ry their officers. As I rode
up and took my place in the escort I
heard the General say:
us this all have left Of all those
we started out with this morning7"
A few minutes afterward, while ex-
pecting the appearance Of the enemy
in pursuit, we noticed solitary blue
coat ride out from the town towards
us. Everybody admired his nerve
riding away from the enemy 50 leisure.
ly. We watched him across the fields
until he rode up TO the General, mndc
his salute and said: General, Mai.
Way wishes 10 know how long he shall
hold the town.
"What town."
Nhy,thut town over theie-Orangc
Courthouse replied the man, who,
by the way, had list Mich, Cav" on
his cap.
The General looked rather bcwIld
cred for a moment, until the man vol
unteered the information that after the
head of the column had got demoraliz-
ed and out of the way the rebs had
rushed into the town and when Mai
Way,at the head of the 1st Mich. Cav,
had charged down the road he took
them completely by surprise, and 80
our folks had captured the town and
n lot of prisoners, and were now wait.
ing for orders.
1t was worth small fortune 10
watch the Generals face; he seemed to
grow two inches taller and expand in
proportion. The wrinkles and worried
look departed from his face.
A few rapid orders and we were on
the back track toward camp with our
heads up, anxious to get back and tell
of our victory.-E. NJ. WATSON, in
National Tribune"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13
TIPPo sAHIB's SADDLE.

While the trappings of the horse
have been growing simpler in the
western countries, the Oriental taste
has remained the same during a score
of centuries. From Constnntinople to
Bagdad, and from Bagdad to Delhi, the
traveller becomes familiar with horses
proudly caparisoned with panaches,
tassels and bells in profusion, richly
colored housings and furniture in pur-
pie or crimson satin with braid fgold,
applique work, and frequently deco
rated with jewels. Everything gay and
glittering, but never out of harmony
with the picturesque surroundings. =,
Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13
RECORD OF RIDING.
HOW THE SADDLE HAS DEvEL-
OpED FROM EARLY TIMES.
Way In which u Was Fashioned by
Different Nations Some saddles
Arc Very Richly and Curl
ousiy Ornamcnted.

u VERY Nation brings new
II. saddle To increase our cntn-
logue--th the Mnmeukc, his of
crimson velvet; the Tartar,
polished wood the Persian, painted
gilt and inlaid with ivory the Moor,
scarlet velvet; the Sicilian, gaudy
bead; the Soudanese, sewn with
gnzclle sinew and covered with croco-
dile hide; the Mexican, leather richly
decorated; the Bokhncnn, painted
wood intcrsct with bone; while from
Bombay and the Punjnub come those
of purple and silver; from the South
Sen Island, saddles decorated with
iowrie shells, and Iceland sends II
species of chair covered with repousse
brass.
Some idea of the Importance of sa1
dlcry will be received when il il said
that England exports to foreign ports
annually an amount of snddlery and
harness that is valued Mt half million
of pounds. None of this comes to this
country, where it is believed that
American lenther is the best in the
world. All saddles nre made on the
Mcclellan model, used alike for civil
and military purposes. This consists
of two straps of beachwood, which
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13
An Expensive Egg.

One thousand dollars for egg is a
large sum even for collector to pay.
Yet this appears to be the market price
of perfect specimen of the egg of the
gigantic fossil bird Epyornis. The egg
is several times as large as that of the
ostrich, but is not otherwise beautiful.
But then it is rare, which is not sur.
prising, since the Epyornis lt ft offlay-
ing some thousands. or perhaps hun.
dreds of thousads, of years ago. M.
Hamelin can get them if any man can,
and he promises to put one or two on
the European market. He is going
back to Madagascar, notwithstanding
the fact that having unfortunately got
q chief, who was his "blood-brother, =
killed in his service, he has had tc
take over all the deceased gentleman'i
family, including his wives. The or.
chid-seeker sees, and does, strange
things. James's Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13

Mrs. BASNtNG, OF ConnelIsville will bring
suit against the Cambria Iron Company 10
recover $4,000 damages Il is alleged that
the company has mined most Of the coal
under her ITO acre irnct and coked IL.
A CLEAEFlELD pensioner who signed a
patent medicine testimonial, certifying that
he had recovered his health through use
OF the preparation finds his pension stopped
on the strength OF his certificate.
MANY families at Beaver Falls are desti.
tute aud starving The Ladies' Aid Sucic.
~ has issued a call asking Tor money to
assist them Closing OF the mills has caus-
ed the distress.
TnE State is pretty we'll of for ready cash.
When State Treasurer Morrison balanced
his booRs August 81 he had A., ,2iS, ,372 % in
the States money box deposited IN various
banks
FfRE bugs burned Abram Browns barn
near walnut Hill niOntuwn and destroy
ed 600 bushels OF wheat n large quantity OF
hay and feed, The loss is siOOO.
WAsnINGToS IL without u burgess, owing
othc incumbent being sick and the meth.
od taken ny councils to till the place cannot
go into effect for ten days yet
THE residence of David Newinham, La.
trobe, was entered and the inmates ch hloro.
formed, The thieves got So and some
CHAMBERS MITCHELL, Of Ligonier. while
threshing Wednesday night, lost an arm by
tc,tlng caught in the wheels OF the thresh.
ing machine
THE Morrison & Cass paper mill at Tyrone
employing several hundred men fired their
boilers and resumed their daily output OF
~ tons
BuNK TARRADUM was shot ami seriously
wounded tuesday night by q Slay, whose
melon patcn he was 70 Jbng near Union
town.
a SHOE button was removed from the
nose OF the little child OF Seth Humes Of
Beaver Falls after 1t had been there two
years.
JAMES HrLINes, of Clarion, stepped oTs
train while II was on the Doe Run trestle.
lie tell 90 feet and crushed his skull
THE American sheet mill at Phllipsbur'
is idle owing To the puddlers having struck
against II reduction Of IS cents a ton.
A 3.YEAE OLD child of Bernard Mcdonald.
oi Manown, drank u quantity of concrn-
trated lye on Saturday ami viii die.
TnIEvISG has become 81 common in Bull
skin township, Fayette county, that farmers
now camp In their fields at night
THE ) year old son Of John Allgold Of
Hou,Idale got too near bonfire and was
burned almost to crisp Tuesday,
CHAs f.. ScnADE died on Saturday at
Harrisburg frOn blood poisoning induced
by an insects sting.
THE new $4,000 Lutheran church at
Bellefonte was dedicated on Sunday.
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,snowER or srosgs EtGIr iScur, IN crncus.
FEnEHcT stLxScE rHR OLDEST
fSuApirANr."
MouHr PLEASANT. About 7;3) o'clocR
Thursday evening hail stones burst here,
and the oldest inhabitant' hasn't word
to say for hail stones measuring eight inches
In circum ference were rs common as flies
In summer. There is not whole $ y
light in town while broken windows appear
on every hand. Much damage was done.
EpEssBUR0-A terrific hail storm passed
over here about 8 o clock Thursday after
noon, breaking window glass throughout
the town and cutting fruit trees and vines
as II by knives. Some Of the hailstones
were over nh inch thick. II was one OF
the heaviest st orns here for years.
CorsicA-Ihe M ost destructive hail rnd
rain storm ever experienced In this locality
passed over here ab out I o'clock Thursday
afternoon. TIE gr ound was covered with
halstones some as large rs hen eggs, which
fell with terrific force destroying almost
every window pane in town. Much dam
'ge was done TO corn and fruit
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13

form skeleton or frame, strength
ened by iron braces, and over this II
covering of tanned pigskin is stretched
while stirrups hung to the same stout
leather complete the structure. The
difference betweed this war saddle and
that of the Thirteenth Century
portrayed by Violet le Due, supplied
with II high and pointed cnntle, against
which the knight was propped, while
he held his lance before him in firm
and straight attitude, is as great MS the
contrast drawn by Sir Walter Scott
in ''Tho Talismnn" of the two knights
that met in the desert-Sir Kenneth,
of Scotland, mounted on massive
Norman war horse and the Sultan on
his agile Arab steed.
The art of horsemanship dates from
remote antiquity, but it il not known
when saddles came into existence, and
for centuries only cloth separated
the rider from his horse. While
plumes rose above horses heads and
bits and brides were of solid gold,
while flowing tassels strcamed from the
harness, bells made music for the
necks and the richest embroidered
cloths covered the horses sides, the
Egyptians, Assyrians, Persinns and
Greeks, despite these elegancies, rode
on simple pads or cushions similar to
those still used by the Bedouins of
Asia. The Scandinavians, however,
used the saddle as far back as the Iron
Age, and the bronze pommels and stir
rups now to be seen in tho museum in
Copenhagen, prove that their work
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13

over Henry's tomb in Westminster
Abbey, was originally resplendcnt with
blue velvet powdered with golden heur
de lys, possibly in memory Of Agin
court Tho saddle is twenty-seven
inches in length. Many magnificent
examples of the snddlcr's skill in thc
Sixteenth Century still exist. A fine
collection in the Royal Museum OF
Dresden contains one specimen owned
by the King of Saxony, the bows oi
which are ornnmented with elaborate
representations of battle scenes, grif-
finf, sea monsters and rich folirge,
some of these being in repoussc, others
in intnglio and chasing. There is u
splendid collection, too, of these mr.
mored saddles in Madrid, made in the
same century. Some of these are of
velvet, mnssively embroidered in
precious metals, Damnscened or chased
in gold with designs of spirited and
beautiful workmanship.
In the Calendar of State Papers"
for the year 1870 there is description
of II saddle used by Queen Elizabeth,
who was especially fond of riding The
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13
How Gold Rings Are Made.

Gold rings are made from bars nine
or fifteen inches long. A bar fifteen
inches long, about two inches wide
and three-siyteenths OF an inch thick
is worth about G200. 1t would make
three or four hundred four penny
weight rings. A dozen processes and
twenty m nutes' time are required to
change the bar into merchantabls
rings a pair OF shears cuts the bars
into strips. BY the turn OF a Wheel
one, two, three times, the guillotine-
like blade OF the shears cuts the bar
into slices, one, two, or three six
teenths OF an inch wide. A rolling
machine presses out the strips and
makes them fiat or grooyed. Each
strip is then put under the blowpipe
and annealed. The oxide of copper
comes TO the surface and Is put inio
pickle OF sulphuric ac.d, the bit OF
gold Is stamped with its quality and
the name OF the maker, and is put
through a machine that bends 10 into
the shape OF ring, the same making
a ring OF any size. The ends are SOL
dered with an ll,oy OF inferior fine-
ness to the quality OF the ring,
Many people imagine that rings are
run in mold because they can't see
where they are soldered. The ring
spins through the turning lathes, Is
rounded and pared, and polished first
with tripoli and then with ste,l-
filings and rouge.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13
BURIED IN A MINE.

THREE MrN PERISH NEAR rusxsurAwHEY.
PuNxsrrAwNEY.-- Moses Hughes, Aaron
Hughes an John Hughes, father and sons,
lost their lives in the Berwind- White Coal
Go npany's mine, four miles from here. The
mine caught fire and the men were unable
to escape The fire company from this
place and one from Altoona put out tho
flames and the dead bodies OF the 8 men
have been recovered.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13

horsemen armed with long lnnccs,
whose object was to lumber their an
tagonists out of the saddle. The "tilt-
ing saddle" then became necessity.
This consisted of n plain seat with II
raised padded back, extending round
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13
srATE nANKa snI.fn.

H,nrrsnrRG, State Superintendent OF
Ban ing Krumbhaar snys tho state banks Of
Pennsylvania show Themselves on examina.
ton TO be In sound and satisfactory STATE.
He considers the hardest times now over,
aud says the banks are feeling much
easier.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13
COLU MN
aEN. cRAwFoRp's ESCORT
Comrade Tells About tho Taking OF
Orange Courthouse.

o N T. morning
Gen. era wford or.
dered out n bri-
gade OF cavalry
for n reconnois-
sance, and took
the road TO
Orange Court
house. He had a
pleasant day, aud
the road led
through n pretty
iair country. The
General rode at
the head of the
column out of the
'dust, a company
of the 5th N Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13

The oldest English saddle in exis-
tence is that of Henry ", representing
the examples in use in the Fifteenth
Century. All that remains OF this is
the saddle tree, which is of oak, and
still retains the padding Of hay cov-
cred with canvas.
This historical relic, which is now
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-13
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
A TERRIFIC HAIL STORM.

,suowER or sroSgs EtJur iScuE, IN CIRCUS.
FEagHcT stLgScE rHR "oLDrsr