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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05
DETECTIVE AND TRAMP.
Tho Oniccr Feeds n Famishing vagabond
and Gets No Thanks.

and Gets No Thanks.
There was in tho tramp's appearance
q suggestion of the lcthargy that follows
gorgng with free lunch and copious
lbations of beer that belied his piteous
story Of not having had anything TO eat
since yesterday morning The shades
of night were falling fast, and that may
have 10 some extent accounted for the
mistake Of the bum in selecting as the
object of his whining appeal McClusky,
one of the best known Of the Central
office detectives, who was "sleuthing
1t" along the Bowery.
"You are shy dinner and supper FOR
yesterday and breakfast, dinner and
supper today Come with me, said
McClusky, and he led the way into n
greasy little beanery from the door Of
which hung n dingy sign announcing
regular meals, s cents - Had the va.
grant known what was In store for him
he would have never crossed the thrcsh
old except under forcible persuasion
Give this man his Yesterdays dinner i"
said McClusky
A slice of boiled beef, boiled potato.
two slices Of bread and a cup of muddy
coffee were soon set up Slowly the
tramp attacked the meal, and McClusky
waited When the dishes were clean.
the detective beckoned to the waiter and
said.
Bring the gentleman last night
supper.
The order was repeated The tramp
began 10 suspect something. but hc
Thought IL the better to act his part
Perhaps his eccentric benefactor would
give him the price of bed Vain hope'
The supper disposed Of McClusky or
dered tho gentleman's breakfast -
Sec here, pardy, ! never eats but onr
meal a day" the latter demurred
1T is not enough Yon told me you
were starving, and Of al officer of tho
New York police force it shall never be
said that he allowed fellow man to
starve - And the detective displayed
his badge
''Snpposin won't eat?" said the
tramp snllenly
Then you take ride Seer'
The trapped bum saw and h; a,- his
breakfast. and then in great agony he
managed to dispose of his dinner Ma
tnro would stand no more
Sec here, pardy, ! couldn't eat any
more, not if ! got two years for it," he
pleaded in genuine distress
McCluslxy had had his fun. and he
excused his victim the supper AS tho
tramp rolled torpidly out of the place
he paused at the door, and with mur.
derous CLEAN in his eye said hoarsely.
I'm get even wild you for dis, you
big .-.-----r'--New York Advertiser.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05
WOES OF THE MlLkMAN.
Try His Best, He Never Succeeds In Getting
Back All His Bottles.
"The greatest trial of my Ina. !" SAWS

"The greatest trial of my life, " says n
millSman, lis bottles Yes, sir, bottles.
II it wasn't for bottles I'd want nothing
better Other people never think of bot.
ties actually dream of bottles It's
bottles, bottles, bottles-whos got the
bottles with me all the timel
The most perfect system of book
keeping even invented will not account
for bottles, When send out 100 bot.
ties of milk in the morning I'm dead
rertain to lose track of half q dozen
never look upon them bottles all again
Never again. sir The milks are cents
and the bottles are cents But the peo.
pei who would scorn to steal milk will
keep the bottles They think bottles
don't cost nothing, or they don't think
nothing at all
Some time ago a lady was behind
about seven bottles and hadn't returned
any for week ! know some people
get two or three days behind with their
empties, but ! couldn't account for all
of these While was thinking about II
and look over across toward her Hat
saw her maid chuck an empty out OF
the kitchen winder into the lot And.
don't you know. ! went over there and
found whole pile of broken bottles
and two or three whole ones They
didn't know any better Now. there
was n lady in the other day. and | says,
'Maam. says. l, I've got you charged
with five bottles here
" What's thatP says she ! haven
got any Of your old bottles You don,
suppose I'd steal milk bottles, do youi
When get to stealing, I'll take some
thing better'u old castoff milk bottles
don't like your milk anyhow It's
more'n half water. and I'm going &c
change.
And she did change, and ! lost q
good customer by the mere mention OF
bottles Some people keep their tea and
things in the bottles. You cant go and
search for them. You must take their
word for 1t that they amt got none
They are supposed to return their
empties the next day, and they'll keer
them for n week I'd have to have O
carload of extra bottles to suit them
Some of them just slap on their emptics
when the dumbwaiter comes their way,
and some other milkman goes off with
them They don't care. And then.
when you call up for their empties.
they get mad as hops and swear they
sent them down-whicb perhaps they
did, but not to us
And there's the servants that break
hotties and swear they returned them a
week ago, and their mistresses believ,
them. It's enough to drive man t.
inku--.New York Herald
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05
Cholera IN I.IlrOpe.

The appearance of cholera here and
there through Europe is exciting no
alarm, although the sanitary authorities
are expressing grave forebodings. Rus
sia seems to be getting general bacil-
lus scare. So much has been said there
recently about dangers from microbes
that in the city of Baku, on the Cas-
plan sea, an anti shaking hands society
has been organized in order to prevent
the exchange of bacilli by contact.
Members pay rubles year and wear
a button as sign of membership. They
are fined 3 rubles for each handshake.
The ladies of the city resent the prohi-
bition and recently sent large petition
to the governor general asking him to
suppress the society. London Letter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05
PENeUlks 7EEblNe.
The Transformation That Takes Place When
They Enter the Water.

The Transformation That Takes Place When
They Enter the Water.
Tho appearance Of the keeper, with
his pail of live gudgeon, Is the signal
for sudden and intense excitement in
the cages. The penguins wave their lit
tie hippers and waddle to the door,
whence they peer eagerly down tho
wooden steps leading to the pool The
cormorant croalis and sways from side
to side, and the darters poise their snaky
heads and spread their batlike wings.
At the waters edge the penguins do not
launch themselves upon the surface like
other waterfowl, but instantly plunge
beneath.
Once below water an astonishing
change takes place. The slow, ungainly
bird is transferred into swift and bril-
liant creature, beaded with globules Of
quicksilver, where the air clings to the
close feathers, and flying through the
clear and waveless depths with arrowy
speed and powers of turning far greater
than in any known form of aerial fight
The rapid and steady strokes of the
wings are exactly similar to those of
tit Nililt ltN lttt llOlb
out level with the body, unused for pro-
pulsion, or even as rudders, and as lit
tie needed in its progress as those of
wild duck when on the wing.
The twists and turns necessary to
follow the active little fish are made
wholly Dy the strokes Of one wing and
the cessation of movement in the, other,
and the fish are chased, caught and
swallowed without the slightest relaxa-
ton of speed in submarine fight
which is quite rs rapid as that of most
birds which take their prey in midair
In less than two minutes some 30 gud-
geon are caught and swallowed below
water, the only appearance of the birds
Oh the surface being made by one or two
bounds from the depths, when the head
and shoulders leap above the surface for
n second and then disappear.
Any attempt to remain on the surface
leads to ludicrous splashing and confu-
sion, for the submarine bird cannot
float. 1t can only fly below the surface.
Immediately the meal is finished both
penguins scramble out of the water and
shuttle, with round backs and dropping
wings, back to their cage to dry and
digest Spectator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05
TRUTH ABOUT THE POPE.
His Doctor Corrects Reports Which Are
Abroad About His Health.

The numerous reports regarding the
i'll health of the pope which have been
in circulation recently have induced DIR.
Lapponi to make the following state
ments regarding the condition of his
holiness.
"The health Of Leo XIII, " says the
doctor, sis excellent. Contrary TO re-
ports, his nourishment remains the same
as formerly and his appetite never fails
him. At s o'clock in tho morning he
takes cup of chocolate and bit of
bread. At 2 O'Clock p. m. his luncheon
is served. 1t consists of soup, one or
two courses of meat, fruit and glass
Of Bordeaux In the evening at 0
O'Clock Leo XIII again eats soup, meat,
fruit and wine. His stomach acts with
marvellous regularity. His sleep is long
and quiet. He cannot be said to be los
ing his powers. The pope has as great
powers of resistance as he ever had.
During the great heat of the summer he
has, of course, been affected somewhat.
To give an idea Of the strength pre-
served by this old man of "a years let
me say that Leo XIII takes pleasure in
going in search Of great books in the
library, some of them weighing as much
as 10 pounds, and carrying them to his
working desk. To those who say that
the pope cannot hold himself erect and
is obliged to allow himself to be carried
in litter we can simply reply that, like
all his predecessors, Leo XIII allows
himself to be carried in q litter when he
goes to the garden. He gets into the lit
ter in his office. But that is simply
rule Of etiquette. Every day, after once
reaching the garden, he walks for hours
at time, supported by his cane. He
walks more easily than number of per-
sons of his suit. In short, Leo XIII
walks, or at least stands up, for four or
five hours day. Only recently he con-
firmed 30 persons without feeling the
least fatigue"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05
To the North Pole,

To reach the north pole an architect,
M. Hauin, has proposed to the Geo
graphical society Of Paris the construc-
ton of wooden huts one or two days
journey apart. He considers Greenland
the most favorable locality for an ex-
pertinent of this kind. Each Of the huts
would become in its turn base Of sup
plies for the construction Of the next.
As the distance to be covered is about
900 miles, q score of huts would be
necessary to establish route to the
pole. ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05
HindoO Grades.

The four grades of society among the
Hindoos are the Brahmans. or sacerdotal
class, who are said Mt the moment of
creation to have issued from the mouth
of Brahma; the Kshatrya. or Chuttseo
or military class. sprung from the arm
of Brahma; the Vaisya. or Bais, ~
mercantile class. from the thigh of
Brahma, and Sudras. or Sooders, or serv
lie class, from the foot Of Brahma
The business of the Sudras is to serv"
the three superior classes more espe
cially the Brahmans Their condition IL
never to be improved; they are not to
accumulate property and are unable by
any means to approach the dignity of
the higher classes These divisions nro
hereditary, impossible and indefeasiblc
brooklyn Eagle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05
clRCUMSTANTlAL EVIDENCE.
A Young Lady who Had a Narrow Escape
From Conviction.


From Conviction.
Stories of conviction on circumstan-
tial evidence arc rife in the lawbooks
and have afforded the plot of many n
novel" said J S, Haberling Of New
York "A very sad case, not of con
viction, but almost ms bad in its results.
occurred in New York recently a
young lady of refinement. a stranger in
the city, obtained employment rs gov
erness in gentleman family. One of
her pupils, n girl Is years old, lost q
diamond ring. II was found in the
desk of the govorness. She declared
she had not seen it since it was last on
the girls hand, but she was hustled off
to the Tombs, and unable to give bond
was kept there several days, exposed to
the companionship of the most depraved
of her sex. She was taken to court in
the Black Maria with negress and u
white woman, both convicted felons. go
ing to be sentenced She was kept in
the pen waiting for her case to be called.
exposed to the impudent gaze of the
horde of courtroom loafers
'When her case was called, the court
appointed lawyer to defend her, as she
was penniless. The prosecuting witness
and her father told the story of the find
ing Of the missing ring. The presump-
tion that the accused had placed 1t there
was more or less strong until the law
yer began to cross question the owner OF
the ring. Guessing at the truth. by
adroit questioning he drew from the
unwilling witness the fact that she had
often pried into the desk and dressing
case drawers of the governess, and that
she had been so engaged an hour or so
before she missed her ring. and the fur.
ther fact that the ring fitted loosely
The judge dismissed the case promptly
and the accuser's father apologized, but
the young woman. being of highly
strung and nervous temperament. was
completely prostrated by her terrible
experience in the Tombs. and the i'll
effects will. it is feared, be permanent. 4"
st Louis Globe. Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05
Tho Woman In RIack.

'One Of the most mysterious cir.
cumstances connected with the keeping
Of national cemeteries is woman in
black who visits them all. +" said E. G.
Trindle II was in charge of ono of
these cemeteries for several years, and
this woman made two visits that know
Of She never comes during the day,
and it is purely accidental when we
learn that she has been there at all
Hiring carriage at midnight, she will
come to the wall, and climbing the in.
closure will search the entire cemetery
by means of dark lantern for tho
grave Of some relative She has never
found 1t. but every year she makes tho
round Of every national cemetery in
the country in the vain hope that some
day she will learn where her loved one
lies buried. "-Cincinnati Enquirer
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05
THe DRUMMER WILIep.
~ 900 Ante IT. a Senatorial tn,u- W.
Too Rich Foo His Riood.

$1,000 Ante IT. Senatorial Game Was
Too Rich Foo His Hio"d.
A group of millionaircs were playing
what was probably the stiffest game of
pokor ever played in the United State
IL was at Chamberlin' in Washin
ton, i'm the winter Of 1881 and t8H
The.exact list of the players will nev
be known, hut Senator Wolcott of G.,
orado and OK Governor Hansen Of Mon
tana were in it, and Senator Farwell pi
Chicago was in the room.
About midnight swell drummer TO,
a Chicago dry goods firm sent up his card
TO Senator Farwell The senator went
down to SEQ him and brought him mp 20
the room where the game was going Oh
He introduced him to the other players
Have yon any objection 10 my play
ing?" asked the drummer.
Well" said Senator Wolcott IL
have no objection bnt--er-well yon
see, the game is pretty steep. "
'Ha, har' laughed the drummer
That is the kind of game like.
Ex-Governor Hauser remarked that
IL he could stand il the rest Of the
crowd had no objection With q wink
at Senator Farwell. the drnmmer sat
down, pulled ont "wad." peeled of
aSl, 200 bill and said to Governor Han
ser, who was dealing:
GIVE mo some chips''
Then he locked around the table AZ
mach as to say
No flies ON me. eh9'
"Give the gentleman one white
chip" said Senator Wolcott Govern.
or Hauser passed over the chip without
q smile and remarked.
Jack pot for 81. 600 Pnt MP you,
money"
The drummer sat aghast for an in
stant; then he picked mp his oopey and
said:
TOO rich for my bloodi''
1t is currently reported that one man
won over 800, 600 that night Chicago
Times
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05
A SHOWER OF FROGS.
Thrifty Farmers Welcome the visitors and
Eat Them For Supper.

Eat Them For supper.
A curious phenomenon occurred in
the northern portion of the county
Thursday afternoon. Shortly after 8
o'clock shower of live frogs began fall.
ing. Theshower of living creatures con-
tinued for five minutes and covered a 10
acre fieldon the farm of Ezra Willburn.
The frogs fell only on Mr.. Willburn's s
farm, and at tho time they fell the sky
was cloudless. Mr.. Willburn's small
son was the only person who witnessed
the shower, and after recovering from
his surprise at such astrange occurrence
ne informed his father of the affair.
The Willburns at once began catching
the largest Of the frogs and enjoyed q
regal repast of delicious hams for sup
per. The neighbors were also literally
supplied. The cause of the shower is
somewhat a mystery, although it is said
that the frogs could have been drawn
from a distant pond by strong whirl-
wind and carried through the air to
point over Mr.. Willburn's field.-Mun-
Gle (Ind.) Cor. Chicago Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05
NUMBER II.
CHANCE AND CHANGE.

"Thcrc was rose by your cato last year.
Good neighbor, tell INC now," he said,
Have the frosts of the winter left IL serel
Or blooms 1t yet IN your garden bedY'
Two for one
Have the red buds blown.
Two for ono that there used TO be-
For .hcrc's many day
Twict May and May,
And many change IN n year." said she.
And there was a Girl meath your roof
last year
Good ncighbor. tell me now" he said
"Does her foot fall light In the cottage
near,
Or is she woocd and Is she wed?"
She lies apart
With n pulscless heart.
broken heart, meath the rcd rose trcc'
For there's many u dag
Twixt May and May,
And many change IN ycari" said she.
Kate Z. Osgood In Good Housekeeping.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05
Kept the Crown.

Orleans House, Twickenham, where
Louis Philippe lived when duke of Or
leans, is in the property market. In
later days, staying as an exiled king at
the Star and Garter, Richmond, he
walked one day to Twickenham for the
purpose, as he said. of seeing some Of
the old tradesmen who had served him
when he resided there. The first person
to recognize him was an old man, who
doffed his hat and hoped his royal high.
ness was we'll. The recognition, how
ever, was not mutual. Perhaps" " said
the old man, your royal highness will
remember me when tell you that
keep the Crown"-an alehouse close to
the entrance Of Orleans House "Do
your" said Louis Philippe. LET me
congratulate you. You are able to do
what am not. London News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05
The Pottery Tree of Para.

One Of the curiosities of Brazil is a
tree whose wood and bark contain so
much silica that they are used by pot
ters. Both wood and bark are burned,
and the ashes are pulverized and mixed
in equal proportions with clay, produc-
ing a very superior ware. Tho tree
grows to a height of 100 feet, but does
not exceed a foot in diameter. The fresh
bark cuts like sandstone, and when dried
is brittle and hard. d.-Demorest Maga.
zine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05

Some one is said to have invented a
substance that can be seen through more
clearly than glass. We don't know
what 1t can be unless it is q mans ex-
cuse to his wife for not returning home
before Q a. IN.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05

Indian corn, or maize, never has an
uneven number Of rows Of grains, be-
cause 1t has opposite radicals Of growth
from the cob center.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05

The French Congo region covers 250,-
900 square miles The population is
estimated at 1000, 900, but there are
only 800 Europeans in that number.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-09-05

A curious present for a deaf person
has been introduced in Germany-a fan,
deftly concealing tiny ear trumpet in
tts end stick.
The morning call., 1894-05-04

number of IL. 900 in the district indicates that
nearly all of the Chinese complied with the
law. or the number registered about 5000 are
III Washington and Alaska.
SANTA BARBARA, May 3.-The last day OF
The Chinese registration law there were only
six applicants for certificates, as most OF the
MOngoans had registered at an earlier date
For the three Counties OF Santa Barbara San
Luis ObiSpo and Ventura 1926 registered, of
which 543 were in Santa Barbara City and the
near vicinity. So far as known all registered.
BAKERSFIELD, May 3.-Chinese registration
closed ths evening. just 1416 registered in
this county.
SAN DIEGO, May 3.-The work of the regis
trati0n OF Chinese was completed this morning.
Up TO the time of closing the books to-day GA
had registered, leaving but six or seven Chi
neSe in The county who lave not avail-d them.
selves OF the opportunity.
In San BernardinO County 6S5 Chinese regis.
tered, and 397 were recorded in Riverside
County. making a total of 1904 in the three
counties.
The law requiring registration also applies TO
Chinese women, and nf the fourteen in this
county only eight registered. These with the
six seven men will soon be depoIied.
HELENA, Mont, May 3-Chinese registra-
tiQh closed to-day under The amended Geary
acr. Reports up to tie close of business snow
that in this district. composed of Idano, Utah
and Montana, 4469 registered. 1t is esti-
mated that 200 or 250 papers are on the way
in the mails. The total Chinese population of
The district is 5000.
The morning call., 1894-05-04
EASTERN BASEBALL.
Cleveland Beat the Colonels by the
Lake i'm a Walk.

CLEVELAND, May 3.-The opening game be-
tween Louisville and Cleveland was won by the
latter as they pleased. Attendance 60OO.
Score: Clevelands 8. base hits IL. errors l.
Louisvilles 2, base hits 8. errors 8. Batteries
Young and O'Connor. McAfee and Grim. Um-
pire-Swartwood.
NEW YORK, May 3.-New York's lead was
lost In the ninth inning when Westervelt went
To pieces and was batled hard. Attendant {,
45G0. Score: Philadelphias z. base hits 10,
errors 6. New Yorks 4. base hits IL, errors
D. Notwithstanding and Grim, Westervelt
and Doyl". Umpire-Lynch.
BALTIMORE. May 3.-Mullane pitched a m as
terly game and was at his best when base 8
were occupied. He had good support. At
tendance 5000. Score: Baltimores 8, base
hits 13, errors 2. Brookyns 3, base hits 9, err.
rors l. Batteries-Mullane and Robinson,
Gastright and Daily Umpire-Hurst.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-NichOls proved too
much of puZZle for the Washingtons TODAY.
Score: Washingtons 8, base hits 6, errors 2.
Bostons 10. base hits II. errors 1. Batteries
Stockdale, Esper and Mcclure, Nichols and
Ryan. Umpire % ORourke.
PITTSBURG. May 3.-The first championship
game OF tile season, played here to-day was
won by Pittsburg by punching their hits in the
fifth inning. Score: Pitt>burgs 6, base hits 6,
error 3. ST. Louis 2. base hits 6, errors 2.
Batterirs-Gumbert and Mack, Bre!tenstein
and Buckley.
The morning call., 1894-05-04
8 Narrow Escape.
WANTED TO BE SAVED.
A Maniac InvadeS Archbishop Corri-
gan's Residence.

NEW YORK. May 3.-ArchbshO Corr-
gan's servant responded to a ring at the
doorbell to-day and found a man on his
knees In the vestlbule. II want to be for
given," shouted the stranger, who
clutched his hands spasm odically, kissed
the floor and made all sorts Of gesticula-
tons. The servant looked at him mo-
ment and the maniac made spring for
the inner door. II want to see the Arch
bishop in his study" he cried. The
servant resisted him and policeman ran
up and seized the crank, vino was subse-
quently committed and will be examined
as TO his sanity.
His name is John 81. Fell. formerly a
member of the firm of Fell & Vanness,
furniture-dealers. He shows unmistak-
able evidence of religious mania. Il gave
up working for the people down here to
work for the man ab9ve," he said to the
Justice who examined him. He added
that he would see Archbishop Cerrlgan If
it took him lifetime. Two or three court
officers tried to stop him singing hymns in
court. but failed.
The morning call., 1894-05-04
FATHER MALONE'S FRIENDS.
reetings Held in Every Catholic
Parish in Denver.

DENVER. May 3.-Indignation meetings
were held to-day in every Catholic parish
in the city on account of the suspension of
Rev. T. II. Malone. pastor Of ST. Joseph's
Church. by Bishop MaZ A petition to
Monsignor Satolli to reinstate Father Ma
lone is in circulation, and friends Of the
deposed priest claim that it will be signed
by nearly all the Catholics in the diocese.
Should the friendly suit brought against
Father Malone to disprove the Bishops
charge of shortage in his accounts he dis
missed on the Bishops claim that it was
not authorized By the trustees, who figure