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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
Tn Affrnrt Custom.

An ingenious device for attracting
custom was that of fruiterer in q
Midland town. Instead of the ordinary
plate glass, a large number of rough
magnifylng glasses formed the window.
Seen through one Of these panes an
orange looked as large as pumpkin,
and cherries as large as apples. A great
disadvantage attaching to this novelty
was the fact that at the distance of q
few yards from the window 1t was quite
impossible to see into the shop. Ev-
erybody knows that you must hold q
magnifylng glass close to the eyes to
see anything through It. Nevertheless,
for some time, at all events, the enter
prising proprietor did a rushing trade,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
TELEGRAPHlC TICKS

Frances minister OF agriculture has been
asked TO quarantine all foreign cattle on ar-
rival at French ports.
In freight wreck on the louisville and
Nashville railroad near Cincinnati. Eugene
Kelly, Kentucky horseman, was killed.
The British steamer Mineral loaded a.
payta. Peru, with petroleum for San Francis
GO, has been burned to the waters edge.
The i've vegetarian leaders in the mas
sacre OF missionaries at Ku Cheng were
publicly beheaded Mt Foo Crow Thursday.
Edward Lay and wife were instantly killed
at GAINESVILLE, Wis, by their runaway teams
crashing into trolley cur. Lay wus n pros
porous farmer.
The French government Is about to reopen
the question OF the Panama canal scandals,
and that 1t will prosecute prominent mem
ber Of parliament in connection with them.
Six negro prisoners escaped from jail nj
Winston, n. O., by knocking down con.
stable. One Of the fugitlves John McIver
Is charged with criminal assault on n woman.
William Hawkins, formerly of Rome, New
York, shot his wife twice and then killed him
self in Canasiota, n Y. II Is thought the
woman will recover. The cause OF the shoot
Ing Il unknown
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
BUILDINGS BLOWN UP.
MANY KILLED.
An Appalling Explosion in a Detroit
Newspaper Office.

At o'clock Wednesday morning one Of the
steam boilers connected with the Detroit
Journal plant exploded with terrible force
and terrible results. The boiler was located
In the southeast corner OF the building, No.
40 West Larned street.
The first noor was occupied by the Journal
mailing department, In which 10 men and
boys are usually employed. The second Aoor
was occupied by the Rogers Typograph Sup.
ply Company, employing or men, the
third floor by Killers book bindery, which
employed fully 25 girls and men; the fourth
by W. Kohlbrand, an engraver, and on the
NTH floor was the stereotyping department Of
the journal. Only three men were at work
In this department when the explosion oc
cured. =
The building No. As, occupied ty John T..
Davis n Co., grooers' supplies, like the other,
was completely wrecked. Only five or six
persons were AT work there, however when
the disaster occurred, and the loss OF life In
that building will be small
In an instant the buildings were mass OF
ruins, under which were buried many human
beings.
A dozen dead bodies have been recovered
a score Of persons were injured and more
than that number missing, with n certainty
that many more deal DO dies nre beneath the
ruins.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
COKE WILL ADVANCE.
Dun's Review Expects Friok to Fix tn
Price at Sc.

Dun's Review Expects Frick to Fix the
Price at Sc
Il has been n broken week, aud Just before
and after elections in the most important
States operations rarely have Significance.
Business may be largely affected IN time but
ns yet there Is scarcely any indication what
the effect will be. The controlling power at
present is the effort to readjust prices after
The remarkable rise OF last summer in i'm
portant materials and products, with the
struggle OF great combinations to prevent de-
clines.
The purchase Of competing interests now
gives the ii. c. Frick Company ownership OF
1855 out Of 1s, ,03i coke ovens in the Con
nellsvillo region, and practical control OF
more than three-qunrters. An advance in the
price of coke to 20 IL expected. as the Car
negie Company has been iuylng up supplies
mt low prices for months in advance. Yet the
price OF Bessemer pig Is lower (Sli75 at
plttsburg), and bilels are lower, because
there is scarcely any demand for rails at the
combination price. Structural contracts are
now few, and the demand for wire and wire
nails has been curtailed by the nail trust 3
advance OF prices l76 per cent In four months
Many woolen mills are closing to await
orders, although the demand is fairly salts
factory for some dress goods and wOrsteds,
and the Washington mills open clay worsteds
Mt 10 cents advance. Butprices Of these aud
most qualities OF woolens are still uncertain,
for manufacturers do not know yet what they
have TO meet The reaction from speculative
prices Of wool abroad, and the stiffness OF
speculative and country holders here. reduce
sales to 1921 .350pounds for the week. against
S,2l5 900 for the same week In 1892. but
stocks OF foreign woods here are very large.
Cotton mills do well, as the halt aud
hesitation In cotton does not stop buying
OF goods, and many believe goods safe
at current prices, even II cotton is not.
The market for raw cotton Is held at s.s1
cents, in spite Of a highly respectable esti-
mate OF only 6435,000 bales for tho year
Even at that the supply OF a,41O,O00 would be
more than enough, but other estimates are
much higher.
Wheat falls back with great reluctance from
its summer rise of 20 cents, but has declined
a cents for the week.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
DISASTER ON THE WATER.
Tug Sunk in Collision and Lake
Steamer Lost.

Tug Sunk in n Collision and a Lake
Steamer Lost.
During n dense fog of Sewell's Point. In
Chesapeake bay, the Norfolk and Washington
line steamer Newport News ran down and
sunk the tug Katie, belonging to Captain
John Twohy, OF Norfolk, Va. The crew OF
the steamer Louise, which was near the
scene OF the accident. heard the two vessels
crash together. and the cries of men IN dis.
tress. but the fog was so heavy that they were
unable TO render assistance. When they ar
rived at the scene OF the disaster they found
the bodies OF the cook and fireman floating
near the sunken tug. 1t is presumed that the
remainder OF the crew Of the tug were res
cued by the steamer, which proceeded to
Washington.
News :of the missing steamer Missoua,
which was seven days overdue, was received
at Saulte Ste Marie. Mich, when four OF her
crew arrived and told the stoy OF the wreck
The vessel foundered off Carbioo Island on
the North Shore. The laundering was caused
by the breaking of the cupboard shaft.
When II was found that 1t would be i'm
possible to save the steamer, Capt. Wilson
gave orders to abandon her and all the crew
escaped safely In small boats. Four we're
picked up by down bound steamer and
brought TO Saulte S;s Marie. The others are
now on the North shore. 100 miles from
Saulte Ste Marie. A tug left for them Fri
day morning.
The Missoula is owned by Capt. Thomas
Wilson. Of Cleveland. and was valued at $780,
900. Her cargo consisted OF 20, 600 bushels OF
wheat, valued at $50. 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
w0MAN's ENEMY.
PERIroNITIs SELDOM SPARES IT'S
VICTIMS.


when II Does She is But Wreck ---pby-
sicians Have Long Been Poweriess
---Tbc Experience of Bsiti-
nors Woman.
From he Herald, Baltimore. Nd
Mrs. J. P. Grove, marriel laiy with
grandchildren. lives AIT Plnkney Place
Baltimore. She would easily pass for
woman OF half her age, and owes her present
stnte of good health aud probably her life to
the use Of DR.. williams Pink Pills. A Herald
reporter called at the house few days ugo
and was informed thnt Mrs. Grove had gone
out for a walk and would soon be back. Tho
scribe was usherod into tho parlor to await
her arrival. The room gave every evidence
OF refinement and the care and attention OF
good housewife. Choice books lay around
giving proof OF the Intelligence OF the family
and the wills were decorated with many rare
articles OF virtu and bric-a.brac from South
America, Japan, and other countries. When
Mira Grove was announced the reporter was
nstonislied TO find hof such young looking
and healthy woman. She Is we'll educated and
is n fluent tnlker and interesting TO listen to-.
She, however declined at first 10 speak OF
the results she hal experienced from taking
the Pink PlllS ns, she snid, she did not like
to have her nnme appear in print In any way.
"However," she added. after some little hest
tatlOn, "the pills did mo so much good that
] might he doing wrong by not letting some
other sufferer know what they did for me"
Then she said. "Dr williams Pink Pills ure
certainly all the proprietors represent them
TO be. never had such relief from any
other medicine. A short time ago l had IN
niinck of perltontis which left me In such n
proslratei and nervous condition that / de-
spaired OF recovery. 7 could neither sleep,
eat or read with any degree OF pence or sat-
isiaction and life was absolutely n burden.
Having heard that others had been cured of
the same troublesby Dr. Williams Pink Pills.
secured several boxes and began to take
them. As " by magic | at once began TO
improve. They cured me, and now have
NJ symptoms OF nervousness or OF the disease
which so prostrnted me. Now that's enough"
said Mrs. Grove, in reply to another ques-
tion. She walked to the door as lightly as n
young girl AMI, with pleasant gooi morn-
ing TO the reporter. disappeared within the
portals OF her happy home with u little
grandchlld cllnglug to her skirts.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, In n con-
depsed form, all the elements necessary 10
give new life and richness TO the blood and
restore shattered nerves. Pink Pills are sold
by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on
receipt Of price go cents n box. or six boxes
for s2.50-ihey are never sold in bulk or by
1907, by addressing Dr. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady N. Y,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
A non Mo, Of W. 9. o,lber,.

The author dropped into the opera
bax OF a parvenue friend one evening
when "The Magic Flute" was on the
bills. After asking him who wrote the
music, the woman said: Mozart? Mo-
zart? Never heard of him before. He's
immense! Why isn't he here? Why
isn't he doing something else? Why
isn't he composingT"
because he's decomposing, my dear
lady," answered Gilbert.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
StO0 Reward. 800.

The readers of this paper viii We pleased TO
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
stages, and that Is catnrrh. Halls Cntarrh
Cure Is tho only positive cure now known TO
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being con.
stitutional disease, requires q consti tu tional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Ia taken in
ternaliy, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease, and
giving tho patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that IL fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
+. J. CHESEY & Co., Toledo, O.
tN Sold by Druggists, zoe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
Pennsylvania Complete.

The result Of the election In Pennsy 'vanis
on Tuesdoy is as follows: For State Treas.
urer-Haywood. Republican, ASS, ,966; Meyers
Democrat, 2si ,524; Haywood's plurality ia.
442i For Superior court judges-williard
Republican, 457 ,293; Rice. Republican, 457,.
7s2; Beaver, Republican, 455. 9S2; Wickham,
Republican, ass. 7s3; Reeder, Republican,
454, III; Orlady. Republican, 1887; Smith.
Democrat, 2S6. 1903; Yerles Democrat. $50, $50
Noyes, Democrat, 275, 100; Bechtel. Democrat,
3,906; Moorehead. Democrat, 73,325; Ma
gee, Democrat, 276, ,769. Smith 10 thus elect.
ed as the seventh iudge,he having o. ,264 votes
more than Yerkes. tho next highest Demo
cratic candidate,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

No set OF men in the world moro apIy H.
lustrate certain important point than
prize fighters. The point Is with regard to
the punishment they give aud have to take.
Whether victors or vnnquished, they come
out OF u contest bruised from head 10 foot.
Tint such men should be seen with all the
blue spots cured seems marvellous. until we
know that they have usei st. Jacobs Oh.
Every one knows the virtue OF the great
remedy and that IL will cure bruises. aud the
moral is all can profit by the example. II
the fighter knows he can he so easily cured,
II Is lesson TO all subject TO hurts; III win
lose no time from work II they use II.
=. ,.s-.,.A-. a. -. . ...u a.. a.. A..
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
A ROYAL GIFT RECEIVED.

The Magnificent Carnegie Library Form
ally Given TO Pittsburg.
Andrew Carnegies 81 ,OOO, 900 gift, with Its
sl,0O0,O00 endowment, has been formally
given to the people OF Plttsburg. With
came the announcement that the phllan-
thropic iron king will add to his public BEN
elces until he will have spent SO. 600 900 with
In the district embraced by the Greater Pitts
burg for the good Of the people.
The gift and announcement were received
with the plaudits OF 1880 Of the most repre-
sentative people OF the city. who assembled ut
the opening on Tuesday evening
The dedication of the splendid library. art
gallery, museum and music hall was an event
marking an epoch In the history OF the city
Distinguished men in public and private life
honored the occasion with their presence.
Addresses we're made by MIR. Carnegie,
Hon. observation-disclosures Hastings.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
Spilled 40 Tons of Molten Glass.

A costly accident occurred the other
morning at the Marion Ind, fruit jar
works. The bottom of a large tank sud.
denly fell out, spilling and running O
mass of molten glass Weighing 100
tons. Since the accident four streams
Of water have been playing constantly
upon the molten mass, thus preventing
what might have been disastrous fire.
The factory was compelled to shut
down two weeks
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
Thirty Seven Victims.

The dead body OF James b. Thomas, a
machinest, was taken from the ruins OF the
Detroit Journal building Friday evening.
This IL the thirty-seventh body recovered and
according to the list OF missing was the last
body left In the wreck. Thomas NJ. Thomp-
son. engineer Of the building, was arrested
and is ut Grace hospital under custody.
Two bodies were taken out during the
morning. They were those OF Lizzie Weld
busch. employed In Killers bindery, and
Charles Lind, aged 20. also an emplOye Of the
bindery.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

A new shoe for soldiers ia being test
ed In Germany. 1t consists Of kind OF
paste Of llnseed oil, varnish and iron
filings with which the soles of new
shoes are painted. 1t is said to keep
leather flexible and gives the shoe
greater resistance than the best nailsl
Already, in many regiments, the usual
iron nails have been exchanged for
nails of aluminium
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

People overlooked the Importance Of perma
nently beneficial effects and were satisfied
with transient action, but now that II is gener-
ally known that Syrup Of Figs will permaneut-
ly cure habitual constipation, well-informed
people will not buy other laxatives, which act
for a time, but finally niure the system.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
Reoov sring he Dead.

The work Of recovering the bodies Of the
Victims Of Wednesday 3 boiler explosion In
the Detroit Journal" ofics was continued
had Lsep found.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

Or. Kilmer's SwAMP-Roor cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and consultation free.
Laboratory Binghampton, NY
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

The oldest watches bearing inscribed dates
are OF Swsss make and the date is i4S4.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

Between the ages OF sixteen and
twenty a girl terribly overworks the
word "enviroDment."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

believe Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my boys life last summer--MRs. ALLIE DOUG.
LASS, lie Roy, Mich, Oct. 20 1894,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

FITS stopped free by DR. KIINE's GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and s2,ON trial bot.
tie free. DIR. Kline. G3l Arch St, phila., Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

The pope has hxsd November as a. the
date OF the next secret consistory, and no
ysmbss 70 for tho next public consjssory. "
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
FOrcibly Reminded.

Did you notice what heavy dews
they had at the seashore ,his season.
No: but my banker did.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

The "cat" has been ordered In 67 cases IN
England since February. 1894.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

1fafflicted with sore eyes use DIR. Isaac Thump
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at PIC per bottle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
Six Burned to Death.

Fire started on the first floor OF tenement
house, No. Gil Van Brunt street, Brooklyn,
shortly after o'clock Toursday morning In
which family Of six persons lost their lives.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

Bulgaria proper has $1,000 square miles,
about the size OF Indiana.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

A dry heat of $50 degrees destroys germs
OF Infection.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

Paris is thinking of getting its water from
the Lake of Geneva
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
BAD PLACE FOR POWDER.
A Foolish Boy Stored Some Powder in
Stove.

Walter A. Lindsay, son OF David Lindsay
near Oakland Cross Roads, put powder
horn full OF powder and bottle with powder
in It in the parlor stoye some time last sum
mer for safe keeping. II kept safe enough
until one cold day recently. when Mrs. Lind
say filed the stove with coal and wood and
Ared It, after which she left the room for n
moment and then returned to see how the
fire was burning. just as she opened the
door the powder exploded, blowing the stove
10 pieces and every window out OF one side OF
the room. Ii was narrow escape for Mrs.
Lindsay, but che was not injured.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
In Olden Times

1t is said that it takes snail IA days to
travel mile
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

Every colliery and coal stripping in /
Lehigh region, which were forced to 81
down and have been Idle for two weeks, o
ing to tho drought, resumed work Mond
morning, employing nearly 5000 men. RAJ
tain streams.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

The Frick Coke Company has purchased
the plant OF the Fairhaven Furnace compan,
at Fairhaven. The holdings Of the furnac,
include the plant Of 14l ovens and 1900
acres of coal lands, about Fairhaven, and th'
old Springhill furnace tract
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

The water we'll completed by d. W. Crar
for the managers OF the Morganza reiori
school proves gusher, and yields 40 barre
an hour. The managers will now have
number Of wells drilled, and put in a wat,
system of their own.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-11

the fact that this decision would work
a change only In connection with the
bills passed at the close of the short
session of every second congress. As
there Is no constitutional time limit
to the length ,of long sessions there
Is no rush of bills In their closing hours
The end of the other short session ter
inmates with the term of the president,
and of course no president would want
to give his successor an opportunity
to defeat legislation which he favors.
But this 4th of March marked the end
of n short session in the middle of n
presidential term. Had President
Cleveland wanted. therefore, to take
advantage of the Mott decision he could
haze signed such of those 100 bills as
commend themselves to his Judgment.
An appeal is said to have been taken
from that decision, but 1t stands as
good law until reversed and there Is
no question as to its soundncss upon
this particular point. Every one of the
measures just defeated by pocket vetoes
could have become law with the APP
proval of the president, and that with
out compelling him to sign single one
of them under pressure of time or with
out full consideration.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-11
rnK srarE OF UrAm

Globe Democrat. Utah Is arranging mat
ters so that she will be In the union OF
states early enough 20 add her quota TO
the republican candidates big total In tho
electoral college in 1895.
New York World; A more important
point Is the fact that Utah ranks third
among the silver-producing states. coming
next after Colorado and Montana Her two
senators will accordingly be found on the
silver side in the coming financial struggle
In population Utah will rank above Della
ware, Idaho. Montana. Nevada, North Da-
kota and Wyoming.
Minneapolis Tribune: The Utah conven.
tion to form a constitution for the new
state is In session. and is said to contain
a majority Of republicans. This may be
nominally true, but the statement is some
what misleading. For policy's sake, the
Mormons divided up, some acting with the
democratic and some with the republican
party, but before all else they are Mormons
Thus the Mormons have a three-fourths
majority in the convention, which is nom
inally republican by ffty-seven to forty-five
The republicans can hardly be held respon.
sible for the action of the convention upon
matters affecting the peculiar Mormon doc
trines.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-11
PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Senator Shoup Of Idaho saved his ''h" by a
scratch.
There is nothing unusual in putting up the
price of whisky. The trust deals largely in
high wines.
In the Pennsylvania house speeches are
limited to five minutes. The state cans its
tongue for export to Washington.
The sultan of Turkey treated the visiting
Americans to cigarettes. Still our relations
with the sick man continue peaceful.
The expenses of the Princeton college foot
ball team last year were $23 900, exclusive of
private contributions to the paint fund.
1t is computed by an international observer
that if South American republic had on its
hands congress like our Fifty-third 1t
would average a revolution a week.
A member of the Fifty-third from
Missouri confesses he was not cut out for a
congressional career. His constituents ex-
pressed a like sentiment at the polls last No
vember.
The progressive territorial legislature of
Oklahoma believes it is good policy to run
things wide open. 1t has declared for suf
frage regardless Of sex, divorces while you
wait, and now proposes to legalize prize
fighting
Great chunks of CONCEALED harmony are
clingng to the whiskers of the democracy of
Missouri. representative of the party organ
at Kansas City recently serenaded Governor
Stone and was doused with a shower of
expletves that would rout the famous army
OF Flanders.
The Navy department complains that the
men-of-war sent to Panama to protect the
property Of the Panama Railroad company
an American corporation, taxed the govern
ment three prices for coal. Tnat is character
istic. Corporations protected when driven
into a corner usually exact compensation for
anxiety of mind"
Thomas w. Hall of Philadelphia. whose
Tooth birthday has just been celebrated by
his friends, does not appear to be more than
70, and is in full possession of his faculties
He has lived under all the presidents of the
United States. has been republican from the
beginning of the partys existence, and took
an active part in the Underground Rail
road"