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The herald., 1894-11-25

DIED,
WERNER-In this city, November %, 1894,
Philip, aged % wears. He was a charter
memD.r OF the sons of Herman and eiso a
member of the Tnrnverain I'm anita, whe
together with friends, are invited to at
tend tn funeral.
Funeral this Sunday afternoon at O'Clock
from r-kid nee, no. 1431 Wrieht street.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
THE WORK or HER ENEMY.
And It Was Such an Awfuiiy Mean
Thing to DO Too.

"It was Miss Miggs; / know it was"
she exclaimed angrily "Sho is the only
girl in tho city who is mean enough to
do such q thing"
"Such thing as what?" asked her
dearest friend
GAS thatV" she cried, holding up n
letter and glaring at it, "It is an insult
"a disgraceful insult-but know that
he could not be Intentionally guilty Of
such an affront. She must have put him
up to it. D"
"Who is her" asked the dearest friend,
anxiously working to get at the story.
why. Roger McGurhan, Of course"
she returned in the same quick, excited
manner. "Who else should it be- Hasn't
he been calling here for the last thrco
months? Hasn't ho been almost on tho
point of proposing twice? Didn't have
everything arranged to catch him next
time? And now comes thisp
"What is it, dear? What is it?''
"Readw replied the haughty young
beauty as she tossed tho letter to her
friend. 1t was as follows:
"Mr Roger McGurhan presents his
compliments to Miss Daisybelle and
would consider it an honor to have her
company at the polls on registration day.
He will take pleasure in calling for her
at such time as will suit her conven.
ience.
'I'm sure that's very courteous of
him." said tho dearest friend "Why
should YOU
Courteous! CourteousW cried the
beautiful girl. "And only g years old,
as once told him Oh, some enemy
has done this!'-Chicago Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
.,Ian with the Branded uand.-

The person who became famous in the
annals of America as "The Man With
the Branded Hand was Captain jon
athan Walker. He was born at Ear-
wick, Mass, in 1899, and died at Lake
Harbor, Mich, on April 90, 1878. On
June 23, 1914, he attempted to steal
seven slaves from tho coast of Florida,
the intention beng to take them to Mas
sau, in the British island of New Provi-
dence. When only short distance out,
he was overtaken and captured by the
sloop Catherine and taken back to Key
West. At that place he was kept in Jail
until he could be removed to Pensacola,
where new trial was given. He was
sentenced to prison and chained by q
chain and ring bolt. He was kept for
some time imprisoned in that manner,
or until the time arrived to carry out a
further sentence, which read as follows:
Zone hour in the pillory, pelted with
understandable eggs; one year in prison
for each slave stolen; 5000 in money for
each slave, and all costs, and to be
branded upon the right hand with the
letters IS. S. (slave stealer) by q red
hot branding IRON"
That he lived through all this is at
tested by the fact that it has only been
16 years since his death. Louis Re-
public
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05

Mrs. Roier evidently indorses Marion
Harland's view of the 'tyrant potato. "
Says the former: Life is too short to
be spent in digesting potatoes. l never
eat them in any form. You might as
well put pieces of mica into your stom-
ach as fill it with Saratoga chips" 1t
is undoubtedly true that in many house
holds nowadays the potato habit is much
lessened. Time was when potatoes fried
for breakfast, baked for luncheon and
mashed or plain boiled for dinner was
the logical course Of table events in al
most every we'll regulated family. The
breakfast cereal has practically banish-
ed it from the first meal of the day, it
is often absent from the luncheon board,
and it is really only at dinner that it is
apt to be in perennial evidence. A
dish Of boiled rice or samp or baked
hominy will be found an excellent sub.
stitute for the berated Irish tuber, which,
while not perhaps guilty of all the in-
dictments against it, might we'll be rel
egated to an occasional rather than an
everlasting appearance. = New York
Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
DR.. HOLMES AND HIS PUBLISHER.
The Poet Was Very Careful and Exact II.
10 Ills Nnny.

The Poet Was Very Careful and Exact 10
To Ills Copy.
When asked rs to his business ac-
quaintancowith Oliver WendollHolmes,
Henry o. Houghton said that IL hogan
with the first publication of tho first
volume Of Tho Atlantic Monthly, in the
initial number of which the "Autocrat
of the Breakfast Table" was published
in November, 1851.
''Ilis copy was always written on
common white lottor paper in clear
hand and most carefully prepared, with
very few interlineations, and these were
only put in after the greatest delibera-
tion. He used to bring his copy to the
office himself and would afterward
como and get the proofs, which he most
carefully and painstakingly corrected,
frequently making additional changes
and correction therein when line in
cold type did not exactly suit him.
''Our firm did not print Tho Atlantic
in those days. We only stereotyped tho
plates, but nevertheless we were brought
in contact with tho young poet frequent
ly. In fact, he was in the office every
few days.
He was very particular about his
copy, and so careful was he as to detail
and the exactness of his facts before let
ting matter go to press that ho caused
us very little trouble, and when any
thing was to blame he was far reader
to assume the responsibility than to cen
sure others.
''He was in every way one of the
most charming men have ever known,
of n very sanguine temperament, al
though occasionally sad and reminis-
cent.
"He said to me not long ago that he
felt that he was living in another age
and generation, and that all the people
of his time, with whom he had lived,
had gone and left him. "-Boston Her
aid,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
Japan Ahead of China.

Japan, in spite of her mistakes, stands
for light and civilization. Her institu-
tions are enlightened. Her laws. drawn
by European jurists, are equal to the
best we know, and they are justly ad-
ministered. Her punishments are hu-
name. Her scientific and sociological
ideas are our own. China stands for
darkness and savagery. Her science is
ludicrous superstition; her law is bar
barous; her punishments are awful; her
politics are corruption; her ideals are
isolation and stagnation.
In thousands Of Yamens throughout
China men are tortured every day, hung
up by the thumbs, forced to kneel upon
chains, beaten with heavy bamboos,
their ankles cracked, their limbs broken.
Every week men arc publicly crucifed
and hacked to death by the thousand
cuts" How is anybody to desire the ex-
tension Of the sway of the latter rather
than that Of the former without avow-
ing himself q partisan of savagery?-
Contemporary Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
LAST USE OF ARMOR,
II Was In 1900 aud wns n Picturesque and
DinbolirnI Scene.

In January, 1899, at the town Of
Aquilla, in the Abruzzo, then held by
garrison of 400 French troops, the
peasants broke into tho town, and,
though they were driven out by the
French, they continued to give serious
trouble. They even drove tho French
into tho fort and mado ready TO bonn
bard them with heavy guns. The French
were in AN awkward position
Boulort, the officer of artillery, ran.
sacking his brains for the means Of send
ing out men to spike the guns ON the
glacis, under the fire of the insurgents
from the noighboring houses, suddenly
remembered that ho had seen in his
magazine some suits Of plate armor, and
he proposed to try whether, protected
by them, men could not sally out and
work in security under the musketry
fire. He got together l2 complete suits
and dressed out l2 gunners and grena.
diers thus, selecting big men, be it re-.
marked. At n certain hour the garrison
lined tho covered way, and from thence
and from the fort opened u steady fire
VI IllFhflig y Unl vi uItltltI1 WI tno llHtS
OF tho insurgents.
Then out marched the 12 knights of
the eighteenth century, much in Da-
vid's state of mind when hc complained
he had not proved his armor The men
carried landspikes, hammers aud spikes.
Moving naturally slowly and awk-
wnrdly in their heavy steel mail, still
they succeeded in completing their work
under n hail of bullets from the insur-
gents. Tho scene is described, as we
can well believe, to have been most re-
markable and to have had something
picturesque and also diabolical about il.
As the mailed figures moved in ST.
lence among the guns, their handspikes
looking like maces, their silence and
the slowness of their actions seemed
unnatural under the steady hail of bull
lets. The insurgents were believed TO
have thought hell itself Ind sent forth
these extraordinary antagonists, ghosts
of past age, while tho French on the
ramparts, true to their nature, tho first
moment of anxiety over, burst into roars
of laughter. -Phipp's "Marshals of Ma.
pOleon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
NUMBER 30.
WHAT THE CHINESE EAT.
Their Brendstufs Seem Sad. solemn. Sod
den md Bilious.


A member Of the English parliament.
Florence O'Driscoll, has lively pnper
in Tho Century describing life aud street
scenes in Canton Mr. O'Driscull says:
Tho food purvcyors mado most
striking display; the fruitercrs exposed
on fiat trays bananas pineapplcs, mel
Ons, figs, pears (tho latter beautiful 20
the sight, hut hard and tasteless), to-
gcthcr with many Chinese fruits, whose
shapes and tastes were familiar TO me,
but whose names | knew not. Some uf
these fruits were most artistically pool
ed, pineapple peeling being quite an art
A great variety Of vegetables was Offer
ed for sale Among thom were the white
shoots Of the bamboo, which seemed TO
be favurite article Of diet But 90 what
use indeed may not this wonderful grass
be put? From IL Cinnamon make almost
everything conceivable--hats, cloaks,
sheets, carpets, roofs, buildings, baskets,
chairs, carrying poles, fishing tools; tho
list might bc prolonged ad infinitum.
And then they eat IL as well.
Preserving ginger in many forms was
noticeable trade Tho roots woro
washed and left in water as AN English
cook treats potatoes before boiling them.
A number Of men and women holding
two pronged fork i'm each hand sat
around n table with tho tubs Of peeled
ginger beside them. They picked ginger
roots out Of the water, and laying them
on the table pierced them all over very
rapidly with both forks until quito soft.
Tho pierced roots were then put into
another tub, where they were boiled in
sirup. Tho ginger went through various
other minor processes until eventually
IL was packed in the earthenwaro Jars
in which il is sold in European shops.
The whole process was certainly "A clean
one, and tho smell Of the aromatic root
in preparation was both grateful and
pleasant.
In tho bakers shops l saw nothing
corresponding to our European loaf.
Solid looking little yellow pattios, slabs
Of nabby brown cakes, omblematio OF
concentrated dyspepsia; scones or an
equivalent, apparently OF fried batter,
and great flakes of milk white, slippery
looking paste not above an eighth Of an
inch thick--to be rolled up and deftly
sliced with a cleaver shaped tool into
long strings like macaroni These foods
were to bo seen everywhere in the city,
but nothing light and open. To my eyes
tho breadstuffs seemed sad, solemn, sod
den and bilious.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05

Among the most exquisite of tortures
are headaches that proceed from over.
taxing the eyes. Much of this trouble is
due to imperfect curvature of the ccrnea.
However slight this imperfection may
be, the pain from the strain is intense.
The muscles become sore and irritable,
and the constant tension is likely to
create chronic ailments of the nervous
system. Eye strain and extreme irrita-
bility of temper are frequently associat-
ed. 1t is often the case that the eyes
are not suspected as cause of headache,
but the proper glasses give relief at
once. New York Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
The Poverty of the Bonapartes.

Some time before the death of his IA
ther General Marbeuf had married, and
the pecuniary supplies to his boy friend
seem after that event to have stopped.
Mime. de Bonaparte was left with four
infant children, the youngest, Jerome,
but 3 months old. Their greatuncle,
Lucien, the archdeaoon, was kind, and
Joseph, abandoning all his ambitions,
returned to be, if possible, the support
Of the family. Napoleon's poverty was
therefore no longer relative or imagina-
ry, but real and hard. Drawing more
closely than ever within himself, he be-
came still more ardent reader and stu
dent, devoting himself with an indus
try akin to passion to the works Of Rous.
seau, the poison Of whose political doc
trines instilled itself with fiery and
grateful stings into the thin, cold blood
Of the unhappy cadet. Professor Sloane
in Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
NAPOLEON AT BRIENNE.
d. Had Great Dimcuity In Learning to
Sprni French.


On New Years day, 1870, tho Bo-
napartcs arrived at Autun. For three
months the young Napoleon was train.
cd in the use of French Prodigy as Inc
was, the difficulties of that elegant and
polished tongue were scarcely reached.
II was with most imperfect knowl.
edge of their language and sadly de-
iective pronunciation that he made his
appearance among his future school.
mates at Bricnne. There were l5O Of
them, although the arrangement and
theory of the institution had contem.
plated only 1870, of whom half were 10
be foundationcrs. The instructors were
Minim priests, and the life was as &c.
we're as it could bo made with such a
clientage under half educated and in
experienced monks. In spite of all ef-
forts TO the contrary, however. the place
had an air of elegance. There was a GER
tain schoolboy display proportionnte to
the pocket money of the young mobiles
and very keen discrimination among
themselves ns to rank, social quality
and relative Importance. Those familiar
with the ruthlossncss of bows i'm their
treatment Of ono another can easily con.
coive what was the reception of the
newcomer, whose nobility was unknown
aud unrecognized in France, and whose
means were of the scantest.
II appears that the Journey from Cor.
sica through Florence and Marseilles
had already wrought marvellous change
IN the boy. Napoleon s teacher at Autun
described his pupil MS having brought
with him n sober, thoughtful character.
He played with no one and took his
walks alone. But he was apt and vain
of his aptitude. In three months he
learned the rudiments of French, to use
common phrases with some fluency, and
to write easy exercises.
The boys of Autun, says Able Chardon,
on one occasion brought tho sweeping
charge of cowardice against all inhnbit-
ants of Corsica in order 60 exasperate
him. "If they had been but four to
one" was the calm, phlegmatic answer
of the 1O.year boy, "they would
never have taken Corsica, but when they
were 10 to - "But you had a fine
general-Paoli," interrupted the mar.
rator "Yes, SIRE" was the reply, ut
tered with an air of discomfort and in
the very embodiment of ambition. 81
would much like to emulate him" The
description of the untamed faun as
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
Convinced.

''You aver" said the black browed
bandit, that you are the celebrated
cantatrice, Nine Squallkina. Prove it,
and you are free. Never shall it be said
that Cuttaweezanda would offer in
dignity to an opera soprano. tits against
all the tenets of the profession.
"How shall I prove my identity?"
asked the captive.
''By singing, of course"
What? Sing in this cave? No
bouquets? No steam heat? And not q
cent in the box office: Neverr'
Gentlemen" said the bandit. lit is
evident that the lady is what she claims
to be. Escort her to the nearest village
and set her free. indianapolis Jour-
nal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
A TUSCAN PICTURE.

A cool, mysterious chamber, whore the glow
OF wintry sunshine from the small barred
square
Picrccs white radiance through the dusty air,
And In the midst, with patient step aud slow,
The white OK trcads his round, with head bent
low
Beneath the yoke, talking his ample share
Of labor The revolving whcpl lays bare
The trough wherein it turns and where they
throw
Black olives Go bo crushed 20 this rich mass
Which fills tho hcmpcu baskets meath the
press
Whore, ns the screw turns and the pile grows
less,
We see the oo2y shining tricllc pnss,
The rich reward Of so much caro- and toll,
Symbol of grace and glndncss-prcciouso oil
E. G.. Townshcnd In Temple Bar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
to his broker, and which he had taken

to his broker, and which he had taken
advantage of. F"
Most of the Wall street brokers seem
to regard this sort of speculation among
the messengers as "smart" ara legiti-
mate There are several largo bucket
shops along Broad street which are re-
sorted 20 by messengers Of low degree
who have tips" but no money to
plunge with. In some Of these bucket
shops you can make deal with $40.
Most of them, however, will not touch
anything below 100 shares.
'There is no messenger speculation in
this place, said Mr.. Henry Clews. 81
have never yet seen messenger who
could afford it. Some of them have
come in here with orders from reputable
firms, which have been honored by me,
but | would not allow any messenger
employed on tho street TO open an ac-
count with this firm, you can depend
upon it. In fact, | do not believe all
these stories about messenger specula-
ton"
Several of the messenger tribe deal
with up town bucket shops in order to
keep their situations in Wall street.
Altogether the business is u very inter.
esting one, and to many of those having
inside information it is vastly profit
able. New York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
A STICK OF lICORICE.
Where the Plant Grows and How II IL
Prepared For Consumption.

Where the Plant Grows and How II IL
Prepared For Consuinptio
Black licorice is made from the juice
of the licorice plant, mixed with starch
to prevent it from melting in hot wealth
er. The lioorice plant grows for the
most part on the banks Of the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers, which flow
through immense treeless prairies Of un-
cultivated land. The climate of these
great plains is variable. Half the year
it is mild and pleasant, but for three
months it is very cold and for three
months in summer hot winds sweep
across the country, raising the tempera-
ture to 104 degrees for weeks Mt time.
The lcorice plant is shrub three
feet high and grows without cultiva.
tion in situations where its roots can
reach tho water. The usual time of col
lecting is the winter, but roots are dug
all the year round. At first the root is
full Of water and must be allowed to
dry, process which takes nearly q
year. IL is then cut into small pieces,
from six inches to foot long. The good
and sound pieces are kept, and the rot
ten ones are used for firewood. The lic-
orice is then taken in native river boats
Of Bassora, whence it is shipped in
pressed bales to London.
As the valley Of the Euphrates con-
tanned one of the earliest civilizations
in the world, it is probable that licorice
is about the oldest confection extai t,
and that the taste, which pleases nearly
all children today, was familiar to the
little brown boys and girls Of Babylon
and Nineveh 5000 years ago Pitts
burg DISPATCH.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
Egyptian Geometry.

The Ahmes papyrus doubtless repre-
sents the most advanced attainments of
tho Egyptians in arithmetic and geom-
Atry. 1t is remarkable that they should
have reached SO great proficiency in
mathematics at so remote a period of
antiquity. But strange indeed is tho
fact that during the next 1000 years
they should have made no progress
whatsoever in it.
All the knowledge Of geometry which
they possessed when Greek scholars Wis
tied them, six centuries B. c., was
doubtless known to them 1000 years
earlier, when they built those stupen-
dous and gigantic structures, the pyra-
mids An explanation for this stagna-
tion of learning has been sought in the
fact that their early discoveries in math-
ematics and medicine had the misfor-
tune of being entered upon their sacred
books, and that in after ages it was
considered heretical to augment or mod
ify anything therein. Thus the books
themselves closed the gates to progress.
History of Mathematics. 4" Cajori.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
A Kind Girl.

"Have You got any waterproof pow
aer?" she asked the druggist in whis-
per.
"Any-what? Er-beg pardon.
Waterproof powder. I'm sure he is
going to propose this evening, and I've
got to refuse him, and II shed few
tears 1t will be easier for the poor boy"
Indianapolis Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05

General Richard Montgomery, who
was killed at Quebec in 1775, is remem-
bered In the name of the Alabama city.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05

Louis Napoleon was taken prisoner
by the Prussians Sept. ., 1870. and i'm
prisoned in German castle until the
close Of the war. He was then allowed
to depart, and, going to England. took
up his residence In Chiselhurst, where
he lived quietly until his death. Jan. 8.
1879
The Washington times., 1894-10-18
REV. DR.. ToDD's TRAVELS.
He Tells His Congregation of Things
BE Seen in the Italian Alps.

He Tells His Congregation of Things to
BE Seen in the Italian Alps.
Members of HamIine LIE. Church and their
friends took a trip through the Italian Alps
last night, under guidance of their pastor,
Rev. E. s. Todd, and with him reviewed the
history of the Vaudois. those hardy noun
taineers who for centuries kept the beacon
light of religious liberty ablaze in their Alpine
pastures for all the world 10 see.
Mr.. Todd has returned recently from an ex-
tended European trip, and he gathered the
facts for his lecture among the Vaudois them
selves. The lecture was copiousy illustrated
with stereoptican views, and was delivered to
a large audience. under the auspices Of the
Epwortn League. The proceeds will be used
in the repair and renovation OF the church.
Mr.. Todd reviewed the Naudois exhaust
lively. from their early struggles for liberty
through the repeated religious prosecutions
by the French. the Italians, and by the Duke
OF Savoy. to the final consummation OF their
freedom by the decree OF the King of Sardinia
in 154S
In the course of the lecture he said: ''The
Roman church was in darkness and its perse-
cutions of these unfortunate children OF free
dom were terrible. But in that day the Prot
estant church was in darkness also, and the
pages Of its history have been stained by the
persecution of those VINO differed from it.
I'VE are in the light now, and let US not
say that because of any mans belief he shall.
in this broad land of liberty, be debarred
from public preferment, or from any of those
rights which are his as an American citizen.
Let US say to the Roman Catholic you shall
have all the rights which are yours, and we
as Protestants, shall have the same rights
and neither of US shall have more, to the
detriment OF the other. But both. as Ameri-
can citizens, shall act together to the further
ance OF liberty, both civil and religious, ard
for the upbuilding of our common humanity" Z"