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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-25

Wisconsin Infantry. in October, 1861;
was severely wounded and for ten
weeks prisoner of war at Tyler, Tex.
In 1866 he was mustered out of service
with the rank of sergeant. Mr. Weber
has been mayor of Racine, and several
times alderman of the Sixth ward He
is u member and has been president of
nearly all the Catholic societies of Ra-
cine
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-25
Caught aLire wire.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22.-Two thousand
volts of electricity passed through the
body of Earle E. Frauenthal. instantly
killing him, yesterday. He received
the electric shock while attempting to
remove broken live wire of the La
clede Electric Light Co.. which was
dangling near some children at play.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-25
Accident at thn nalias Races,

DALLAS, Tex, Oct. 23.-In the first
half mile dash at the Texas state fair
race course yesterday, and just before
the grand stand was reached in the fin
ish. several of the field got into a
pocket.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-25
THE NEXT MAJoR-GENERAL.

Speculation IS to Who VIII BE Appointed
Gen. Ruger Thought to BE the Man.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-There is much
talk in army circles over what the
president may do about the selection
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-25
Campaign subscrfptions Not OblIpatr

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct GA circular
issued by Civil Service Commissioner
Roosevelt has been posted in the GUS
tom house and post Office here, notify
ing government employees that they
are under no obligation to make sub
scriptions for campaign purposes and
they caunot be molested for refusing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-25
THE JAPANESE COMMANDER.

On Account of His StrategicaI Qualities
Count Yamagate Has Been Called the Won
MOltke of Japan.
HIROSHIMA, Oct. 22.-The present
commander-in-chief of the japanese
army in Corea, is Field Marshal Count
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-25
Army REPoRT.

Brig.-Gen. Merritt Makes His A annual Re-
Report About HIS Department.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 22.-In his annual
report, just published, Brig.-Gen. Mer-
rift, commanding the department of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-25
GERMAN CATHOLIC vEREIN.
A Short Sketch of Adolph Weber, Its Newly
Elected President.

=, RAcISE' WIS., Oct. 23.-Adolph
Weber, the newly-elected president of
the German Catholic Verein of the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-25

a Passenger Train Looted by the Cook
Gang in the Indian Territory-A Show
man Perhaps Fatally Shot.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
Fruits and Vegetables.

Spinach is Persian plant.
Ounces came from Corinth.
The turnip came from Rome.
The peach came from Persia.
Horseradish is native of England.
Melons were found originally In Asia.
The bean is said to be native of
Egypt.
Damsons originally came from Da-
mascus.
The pea is native of the south of
Europe
The cucumber was originally tropi-
cal vegetable.
Aprcots are indigenous to the
plains of Armenia
Pears are brought from the East by
the Romans
Garlic came from Sicily and the
shores of the Mediterranean.
The onion was almost an object of
worship with the Egyptians 1000
years before the Christian era. 1t
first camc from India.
The tomato is native of South
America and takes its name from q
Portuguese word.
Apples we're originally brought
from the East by the Romans. The
crab apple is indigenous to Great
Britain.
The cantaloupe is native of Ameri-
ca, and so named from a place near
Rome where it was first cultivated in
Europe.
Lemons were used by the Romans
to keep moths from their garments,
and in the time of Pliny they we're
considered an excellent poison. They
are natives of Asia.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24

lived many years longer if he had
only abstained from tea, coffee and
marriage.
As If this were not convincing
enough, there is the case of Polly
Thompson, who departed this life not
long ago at the age of 1O7. She was
the Oldest English subject of Queen
Victoria, having celebrated her 107th
birthday last June. On that occasion
she received congratulatory letters
from the Queen, the Prince of Wales,
and the Duchess of York. In spite of
her great age, Polly was hale and
hearty old lady up to comparatively
short time before her death. She
never married.
Longevity is not held out in these
stories ms an inducement to neglect
matrimony, but as possible compen-
sation to those who are otherwise en-
gagged. New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
II Is WELL TO REMEMBER

That flannels should always be
washed by themselves in n suds pre-
pared for them; on no account be
rubbed on the board unless very
dirty.
That the suds should be pleasantly
warm to the hands, not too hot, and
no hot or cold water be added while
the hannels are in the tub.
That they should be rinsed in clean
water of the same temperature as the
washing suds, and as many waters
used as may be necessary to take all
the soap out, as the hannels will never
be soft with the soap left in them.
That they should never be blued.
That they should be pulled in shape
before hanging: undershirts being
hung from the shoulders.
That they should never be hung ont
of doors in freezing weather, but
quickly dried before the fire, or better
over the register, and pressed as soon
as dry enough.
That black wooden and cotton hose
should be washed by themselves $50 rs
not to get lint on them, pulled in
shape, hung on the line from the toes,
as then the drip will go down, instead
of remaining in the toes and shrink
ing them. -[Good Housekeeping.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
NOWADAYS WE SEE

Teagowns of light colored velveteen.
Petticoats of striped silk and velvet.
Handsome piano and banquet lamps.
Bolero jackets of black moire lamb
fur.
Jet and point de yenise lace bon
nets.
Black satin walking gowns made en-
suite.
Single gilt and enameled fancy
chairs
Jeweled rings for millinery trim
mings.
Light glace shaded velvets and MORE
for dress trimmings.
Jabots and tiny chemisettes of lace,
chiffon and fancy silk.
Pillow squares of hand-painted, en-
broidered and printed silk.
Bertha ruffling of chiffon trimmed
with rows of lace insertion.
Ermine collarettes with long or short
ends and high collar. -[New York
Advertiser.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
The Right Of WaY.

There was an Irishman who lived in
small cottage on an estate, and who
was in the habit of crossing from il to
another through the gateway of very
distinguished noble gentleman. He had
done this for twenty years, and when
the noble gentleman came into some
more money and hung two fine iron
gates between the posts, the Irish la
borer took crowbar and broke the
hinges on which they hung and
tramped over them on his way. He
was put in Jail for this for a month,
at the end of which time he went
after his crowbar and tore the gates
down again. When he had been in
Jail five times in six months, the peo-
pie round about took up his Gaze, and
the right of way declared Just one,
and the gates came down forever.
The Englishman will go further than
this-he will not only fight for his
rights, but he will fight for some
other mans rights; he will go out of
his road to tramp through a gentle-
mans property simply because the
people in the neighborhood are disput-
ing for right of way with him. l heard
of three young barristers when l was
in London who went on walking
tour, and who laid out their route en-
tirely with the view of taking in all the
disputed rights of way in the counties
through which they passed, and who
cheerfully sacrificed themselves for the
good of others by forcing their way
into houses and across private grounds
and by tearing down hedg / Harp
er's Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
WOMEN VINO EAT ARSENIC.

The majority of the female beauties
of Sydney, according to an English OBJ
server, have peculiarly delicate com
plexions, languid expressions, fragile
physique, and die-away look in the
eyes, which are more suited to the en-
ervated temperament of an old civili-
zation than the active vitality of new
world. 1t is easy even for novice to
detect that these ladies owed good
deal to their perrequier.
The mystery of this curious comb.
nation of premature badness and un-
usual delicacy of complexion was ex-
planned by the fact that these women
ate arsenic in order to produce the
aristocratic pallor and languor, and
found to their horror that another eff.
feet of the drug was to make the hair
drop out. yaluing their compilations
above their hair, however, they sacri.
feed the one to the other.
What woman will endure for her
complexion may be estimated by this,
and also by the fact that these arsenic
eaters rarely live past forty-ive. There
is no pleasure, moreover, in the con-
sumption of the poisonous drug. The
arsenic is made up into dainty looking
caramels, which fashionable danes
will produce from precious bonbon-
niers and suck quite openly, just as
the American girl chews gum or the
English girl chocolate. The arsenic
question, the Englishman says, was a
becoming quite burning one in the
antipodes. When man married a
young looking, lovely creature,
adorned with luxurious ringlets, he
was disgusted to find, after the cere-
mony, that she was really semi-bald,
prematurely enervnted woman, who
was shortening her life to please her
own vanity. Moreover, the suffering
which she would go through in any at
tempt to overcome this pernicious
habit was enough to make her break
down, if, indeed, she could be per-
suaded to bear it at all. = New York
Telegram.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
CalifOrnia's Queer Railroad.

Over in Alameda county the South
ern Pacific railroad has a branch line
that is operated in novel manner.
This branch connects the town of Cen
terville with the main line of the mar
row gauge at Newark. II is three
miles in length and traverses beauti-
full valley that affords considerable
traffic. The rolling stock is the same
az that used on the main line, with the
exception of the passenger car, which
is small affair constructed especially
for use on this branch. Each train
consists of two freight cars and the
passenger bus, and the motive power
is furnished by two horses harnessed
tandem. AS the road has very little
grade horse power is much cheaper
for operation than steam. Regular
trips and close connections are made
in this way.
All classes of freight are handled
without breaking bulk, merchandise,
lumber, hay, grain and fruit being
hauled over the road in considerable
quantities. The road has the UNIQUE
honor of being the smallest railroad
in the world, and for the amount of
freight transported will take first place
for inexpensive operation. The entire
operating force consists of one man,
who is superintendent, conductor,
engineer, fireman, brakeman and
station agent combined. The name
of this railway Pooh-bah is H. H..
Burdick, who does not appear to be
oppressed by the cares of his many
Offices. He usually uses clod when
he desires to put on more steam,
although he rarely puts his train to q
dizzy speed.
1t is MIR. Burdick's boast that he has
never had collision or an explosion
on his line. Indeed the most serious
accidents that he has had to encounter
have been broken swingle-tree or q
horse falling lame. He claims the
honor, therefore, of being the model
railway superintendent. .-[San Fran
cisco Examiner.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
How the Liberty Boys Did II.

1t will be remembered that dozen
or more of the collisions between the
British and the Liberty Boys of New
York just prior to the active outbreak
of the Revolution grew out of the
posting of incendiary bills and broad
sides.
The manner in which these bills
we're posted is curious According to
the diary of John Parks, written in
l775, the work was accomplished in
the following manner:
''The method lately used in New
York to post up inhammatory hand
bills was the same used in England at
the time of the Pretender. 1t was
done by man who carried little
boy in box like magic lantern, and
while he leaned against the wall, as if
to rest himself, the boy drew back tn g
slide, pasted on the paper, and, shut
ting himself up again, the man took
the proper occasion to walk off to an
other resting place. - New York
Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
sPINsrERHooD AND LONGEVITY.

1t is said often and sadly that mat.
rimony isn't as popular as it used to
be. This is, of course, to be deplored /;
but in order to show the possible sill
yer lining to this dark cloud the fol-
lowing instances of single blessedness
are submitted:
Miss Eliza Work of Henrietta, N. Y.
expects to celebrate her Tooth birth
day very soon. Rendered somewhat
garrulous by this proud event, she has
at last given out the secret of her lon
gevity. She says that it is because
she never drank tea or coffee, and,
above all, because she never got mar
ried. Miss Work is housekeeper
for her nephew, and she scorns
to keep servant. She has done big
days work every day for ninety years,
and expects to do good many more.
Her brother lived to be 101 years old,
but Miss Work thinks he might have
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
FASHION NOTES.

Ermine collarettes appear on some
of the new long skirted coats of black
cloth.
The deep warm yellow shade called
Toreador is most becoming to dark
women.
Mustard-colored gloves with black
stitching are fashionable in Paris and
London.
Ruches of colored crepe are used to
head lace founces on satin or watered-
silk dresses.
Mink tail borders and narrow edg.
ings are most fashionable and moro
expensive than they have ever been.
Point d'Angleterre has been brought
to perfection and is wrought into
bridal wells that are as a soft evening
cloud.
Some pretty bureau drawer sachets
were simply made of quilted satin,
lined with plain China silk and en-.
broidered with the initials.
Fancy muffs made of velvet and
other rich materials are rivals of the
palmer drum muffs of fur. A fur lin.
ing is now frequently put in.
Mink is as popular as ever, both for
garments and trimmings. Many fash.
ionable capes and jackets are made OF
Persian lamb or black marten.
Beautiful dancing toilets are made
of changeable satin brocades and
trimmed with lace insertion and edg.
ing, with skirts of accordion -pleated
crepon set to yoke of the brocade.
Combinations in suits are the rule.
1t makes very little difference how
many materials are put into one gar.
ment, always provided they are artis.
tically managed and not put together
so that the colors will quarrel.
One of the prettiest hats of the sea.
son is made of very fine black cloth.
A circle has the edges pinked out, and
upon this is plated strip of the ma
terial also pinked upon both edges.
Then the brim is rolled up at one side,
and bows and loops of velvet with q
wing and an sigrette are added.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
TURKISH BURIALS.
Mortuary Customs of the Otto.
man Empire,
Graveyards are Picturesque, but
Sadly Neglected.

There are burial-grounds attached
to many of the mosques, picturesque
little places filled with diminutive
graves and irregular tomb-stones and
thickly overgrown with shrubs and
rose-bushcs. 1t is not the custom in
Turkey to keep graves in repair, and
the monumental stones, being tall
and slender and generally cylindrical
soon fall ..out of the perpendicular,
leaning in every direction and lend
ing the cemeteries a wild and fantastic
appearance. Until Mnhmud intro
duccd the fez, the headstones of men S
graves were surmounted by carved
representations of turbans, but since
that time the fez is in universal use,
painted scarlet when new, with blue
tassel. Upon the column below the
cylinder there is frequently long in
scription, beginning with an invoca-
tion to God or verse from the Koran,
and followed by short account of the
dead mans life. The tombstones of
women either bear no symbol at all, or,
as in the great majority of cases, are
thing in the nature of an arabesque or
plant. The inscriptions on them are
almost invariably in verse. In very
rare instances persons of great i'm
portance have elaborate monuments,
which are usually ugly in proportion
as they are intended to be beautiful,
and like the others are allowed to
fall to ruin. In most of these small
cemeteries there are narrow, well kept
walks Mt lower level than the
graves themselves, and contrasting
oddly with the wild growth
of trees and shrubbery on
each side. Persons reputed to have
led holy lives are often buried, es-
pecially in the country, in solitary
graves surrounded by elaborate graf
ings and covered by roofs or domes,
and ii is not uncommon to see them
brightly illuminated at night with
votive lamps, like the tombs of saints
in Catholic countries. For Mohamme-
dans not only reverence the memory
of the dead, but believe in the efficacy
of their prayers and intercessions. 1t
is common thing, too, to see the
shrubs about the graves of sainted
personages covered with hundreds and
oven thousands of scraps of rag, torn
by pilgrims from their garments and
stuck on the bushes in the belief that
the offering will preserve the individ-
ual from sickness. .-[Scribner's Maga-
Zine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
RECIPES.

Lemon Sauce. One cupful of sugar,
juice and rind of one lemon, one table,
spoonful of cornstarch, one dessert
spoonful of butter, ole-half pint of
boiling water, the yoke of one egg.
Stir up but do not boil. just before
serving add the beaten whites of the
eggs.
Cream Pie. -One-half pint of milk,
one-half cupful of sugar, yoke of one
egg, one tablespoonful of cornstarch,
pinch of salt, flavor with lemon; boil
up. The crust should be first baked,
then the mixture added. Frost with
white of one or two eggs and brown
slightly.
Fried Caulihower. Blanch the
caulifowers by first immersing them
in hot water and then plunge them in
to cold water. Tie in cheese cloth and
boil in salt water until partly done,
about twenty minutes or a little long
er. Remove from fire, drain and set
in punches, and dip in batter made
with tablespoonful of -four, half a
pint of milk, well beaten egg, salt
and pepper. Dip the punches in the
batter and fry them carefully until
richly Drowned. Serve dry, garnished
with parsley or celery sprigs.
Lambs Tenderloin. 1t is the ten
der little bit found under the bone of
loin chop, and half a dozen such
chops, stripped of their "tid bit" will
furnish a delicate little meal for an in
valid while the chops are still availa-
BILE. This is the only economical way
of obtaining very tiny dish of them,
or piece of the loin of lamb for
roasting might have the fllet or ten
derloin taken out whole; it is about
eight inches long, and, in fine lamb,
might be as thick as q sausage. 1t
runs between the bone and the kidney
tat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
MENDING.

ga stitch in time saves nine," is n
trite proverb, but it is none the less
true. Moreover, have found that n
stitch before time saves many time s
nine. To explain: The family mend
ing is made much easier by lining the
parts of the garment where the most
wear comes with the same Tor if the
material is very thick, with thinner
cloth of the same color.) 1t is but
little more work to make garment in
all one has to do is to cut away the
worn part, turn in the edges and fell
down. This plan avoids the necessity
of bright new patch on an old faded
garment. My little boy has a blue
flannel overcoat lined with blue denim
Cthe best parts of his papa's old over
alls) and though he has worn it every
day for three winters, it still looks
quite we'll, though mended and darned
in many places. Over the shoulders
and wherever extra warmth is re-
quired, instead of wadding 1 use old
wooden cloth of the color of the coat.
No quilting is necessary, and the coat
is easily mended.
For children who ''romp" great
deal las country children shouldD blue
denim makes serviceable aprons as it
does not tear like calico or gingham,
therefore requires less mending,
Stockings will last two or three
times as long if the heels and toes are
run with yarn before they are worn.
The knees of childrens' stockings
should be served in the same way.
When the children are put to bed
at night every little hole in their
clothing should be mended, then there
will be no necessity for an immense
mending basket.-[Farm, Field and
Fireside.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
Pats Reply.

The butcher was shovelling a big
drift of snow from the walk in front
of his shop when Pat came along and
asked for the job. The butcher re.
fused. Pat persisted.
''No, said the butcher. "How will
I get exercise if let you shovel?"
eating your meat" rejoined Pat,
as he shouldered his shovel and
marched on Utica Observer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
HOW FASHIONS ARE MADE,

A Partisan hairdresser, who was n
great favorite with the fashionable
world, boasted one day that clever
mind and hand could succeed in maxi
ing almost anything fashionable. Sew
eral boon companions of the speaker
took him at his word and proposed
that he introduce n coiffure composed
of vegetables and make the same
fashionable. The hairdresser took
the bet and succeeded in persuading
one of his ultra fashionable clients,
the Marquise of Lesdiguieres, to per-
nit him to arrange her hair in a new
way, adorning it with caulihower, car
doons and radishes The lady was so
we'll pleased with the innovation that
she showed herself at once in one of
the salons of her friends. The result
of it was as predicted by the hair
dresser, the beau-monde of Paris was
for time devoted to coiffures com
posed of fruit and vegetables.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
Winter Skies.

Bright skies and light skies,
And skies a-beam with blue;
And fair skies, and dear skies,
The same that Summer knew.
Though winter chill
May frost the hill,
Bend DER us still
Bend DER us still
Dove skies, and love skies.
And skies that dream of Spring;
And old skies, and gold skies
That make the whole world slngl
Though Winters will
Blight vale and hill.
Bend do'er MS still
Bend DER US still
Atlanta Constitution.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
BRIDES AND GLOVES.

1t is the prescnt-day whim of fash
ion for the bride to go ungloved to
the altar The rule of no gloves for
the men of the wedding party has often
been enforced, but this is new de-
parture, adopted in the first place by
high churchmen, and from them
spreading among others, although not
very far as yet Brooklyn Citizen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24
A PrOsy Existence,

Little Dick-"T don't believe I'll
learn to be sailor after ALL"
Little Dot--"Why not?"
Little Dick-'I talked with an old
man today who had been sailor for
80 years and never got shipwreeked
sn desert island yet"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-24

When the King Of Siam is dressed
in his official regalia, he looks like a
jewelry exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
The gems on his hat alone are worth
q million Of dollars.