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The Press., 1895-12-19

Handkerchief buying will not be the agree able occupation three weeks later that it is now. The counters will be thronged as Christmas draws near. Pure linen handkerchiefs, em- broidered, unlaundered handkerchiefs 15c. each, eight for s1.
 Plain hemstitched, fancy henstitched, lace edged, 95c Also ladies and gents initial hand kerchiefs neatly embroidered.
 Pure linen haDdkerchiefs, handsomely em- broidered in tasteful designs, 5Oc., 75c $1 s1e6, s1 .ss, sl.6O, s1.75, s1.s7 and upward.
The Press., 1895-12-19

Tnursday Evening. I'eoembsr 10 1885.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

1t may not be generally known that
locomotives intended for express trains
require as much training, in their way,
for fast running as do race horses. The
Pennsylvania Railroad company builds
its own engines, and those built for OK
press trains are known as class p. They
are very large and built, with slight va
riations, after the pattern of the big
English engine imported into this coun-
try several years ago, and which at that
time was a curiosity in its way. When
one Of these big engines is taken out Of
the shops to be placed ON the road in
stead of putting it to tho work it is in
tended for at once it is run for two or
three weeks on some one Of the local
branches in order TO train it, so to speak,
for faster running. BY this means all
tho bearings and journals connected
with the running gear become settled
TO their work, for should anything about
the new machine not work harmonious
ly there is ample time TO adjust the de-
feet. Usually tho new engine proves
troublesome on account of its propensity
to mako fast time, and at almost every
station the train is found to be little
ahead Of schedule time and must wait
for from ten seconds to minute. Phil
adelphia Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
Oddities of Marriage.

Half the weddings in the country are
celebrated ON Wednesday and Thursday
Saturday has more than the average
number. Friday Is not favorite, rs
few marriages are celebrated on that
day. Widowers are more inclined TO
marry than bachelors, and widows more
inclined than spinsters Both facts are
eloquently in favor of the comparative
advantage of matrimony. For one bache-
lor that marries between the ages Of 80
and 55 seven widowers remarry between
these ages. These are marriages out Of
an equal number Of each class. The ac-
tual number of bachelors married will
be greatest only in proportion as they
exceed by seven to ono the actual num-
ber Of widowers living at these ages.
Under the same conditions, for every
spinstor married between 30 and 65 two
widows are remarked. philadelphia
Times,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
MEERSCHAUM.
How It Is Mined and Dried and Prepared
For Market.

Meerschaum is extracted in the same
way as coal Pits from 90 feet to 125
feet deep are dug, and as soon as the
vein is struck horizontal galleries,
sometimes of considerable length, are
made, but more than two galleries are
seldom to be found in one pit. The
stone as extracted is called cham tash"
trough block aud is soft enough to be
easily cut with n knife. II is white,
with a yellowish tint, and is covered
with red clayey soil of about ono inch
thick. In this state the blocks are pur-
chased by dealers on the spot, not by
weight nor by measurement, but ao-
cordng to approximate quantity, either
per load of three sacks or per cartload,
the price varying from e5 TO $50 per
load, according to quality. These rough
blocks are dried and subjected to cer-
tain preparation before being conveyed
to Esl1i-Shehir. Some of them are as
small as walnut, while others attain
tho size of cubic foot. Those which
combine regularity of surface and size
arc the best. The manipulation required
before they are ready for expectation is
long and costly. The clayey soil attach
ed is removed and the meerschaum
dried. In sumner exposure for five or
six days to the SUMS rays suflices, but
in winter a room heated to the required
temperature is required, and the dry
ing process takes eight or ten days.
When we'll dried the blocks are well
cleaned and polished. Then they are
sorted into about 12 classes, each class
being packed with great care in sepa-
rate cases and each block being wrapped
in cotton wool.-Engineering and Min
ing Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
The Value of Ivory.

"Fow persons who finger their ivory
handled knives at dinner" says Cham
bers' Journal, think of the enormous
distances that have been traversed by
tho smooth, pleasant feeling material,
of the incalculable labor it represents,
and Of the suffering and p6chance
bloodshed which have marked its transit
since it fell with some mighty elephant
in a remote African jungle. Some who
know central Africa say that if it were
not for ivory the raiding and selling Of
slaves would soon cease. II this be true,
then this beautiful product of nature
stands in the civilized world as the rep
resentative Of the traffic in human flesh
which annually makes countless thou
sands mourn"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

by drawing the corks from 30 bottles
of beer and drinking the contents. On
the goth Of June, 1900, she passed
through Now York on the way to Bos-
ton.
Old Bet had been bought on the COM
munity plan by number of farmers of
Putnam county, N. Y, at the instance
of one Ludwig Bistadler, each mortgag
ing his farm and putting $500 into the
venture. They exhibited her under wag-
OH sheds at hotels by putting piece Of
side canvas up in front Of the shed. The
admission was 25 cents for adults and
1917 cents, or York shilling, for chill
dren. This gigantic geological institute,
as the caravan was called, travelled east
as far as Pawtucket, r. l., where the
elephant, in spite of its docile disposi.
tion, was shot and killed. As the Gin
stitute" contained no other attractions
the show closed. The same proprietors
then imported a second elephant, which
they also called Old Bet, and they en-
larged their exhibition by adding to the
collection lion and two horse cage
and one monkey in box strapped on to
the hind end of the lions cage. The
second Old Bet landed in 1888. Follow
ing her to these shores the next pachy
derm to arrive seems to have been Mo
gul, very big fellow with long tusks,
who was burned on the steamer Royal
Tar between st. Johns and Portland,
Me. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
Merry to the Last.

1t was the slst Of April, 1891. DR.. I.
p. Frank, the eminent governor Of the
University hospital, Vienna, lay on his
deatbbed and was expected every mo-
ment to pass away. Once more the eight
leading medical men of the capital
gathered round his couch. All at once
the patient burst out laughing.
"What is it that tickles your fancyf"
his friends inquired.
IA story has just come into my
mind" was the reply. "On the battle
field Of Wagram lay French soldier
and counted his wounds. 'Sacre bleu 7
he exclaimed, 1T takes eight bullets to
kill French grenadier. Gentlemen,
there are eight Of you too"
Thus he spoke and expired in fit Of
laughter. er.-Illustrirtes Sonntags-B -Blatt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
italian Superstition.

Superstition reigns tyrannically in
many rural districts in Italy. Lately Il
fortune teller prophesied to young
farmer and his sister, living near Noto
Sicily, that on the evening before GER
tain feast day both would die violent
death. This so affected the minds of the
poor dupes that they became insane and
rushed shrielSing through the streets, A
brother Of these unfortunates then came
somehow to the conclusion that the ca
lamity was due to the witchcraft OF
their stepmother, and in a fit of blind
rage he killed the poor woman with a
hoe. Philadelphia Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
Alligator Teeth.

In 1890 about $50 pounds of alligator
teeth were sold, hunters receiving from
81 to 50 pound for them. They are re-
moved by burying the heads and rotting
out the teeth. OF the best teeth about
20 make pound. The stuffing of alli-
gators and the polishing of tho teeth
give employment to 40 persons. Unfor-
tunately alligators grow very slowly.
At 10 years of age they are only 2 feet
long. A 10 footer may be supposed rea-
sonably to be 75 years old. 1t is believed
that they grow as long as they live, and
probably they live longer than any 9TH
er animals. Philadelphia Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
Watches and Their wearer..

Every matchmaker knows that the
human frame is an excellent magnet. A
man will carry watch for years and
be proud Of its accuracy. Then he will
fall ill. the watch will lie ON the man
telpiece or on the chest Of drawers and
will develop great inaccuaroy and unre-
liability. The only explanation given
is that the absence Of magnetism upsets
the time announcer, and the best proof
Of this is that when the man recovers
and takes his watch it soon gets right
again. No two men appear to have the
same magnetism in their frames, and it
is seldom that two can nse the same
watch satisfactorily.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
A Greek Devil Belief.

The Greek conception Of their devil,
whom they call Yama, makes that per-
sonage one of the most satanic of the
whole devil tribe. According to their
ideas of him, he is 240 miles high and
the hairs ON his body stand out like
palm trees on mountain side. He pun
ishes tho doomed beings submitted to
his charge by putting them in beds of
boiling oil, saving their bodies in two,
pouring molten lead in their ears and
such other little pranks as pulling out
their tongues, toe and finger nails and
gouging out their eyes. He is n heart
less old devil Of the most devilish kind
and has many other exquisite little tor
lures laid up for the helpless wretch
consigned to his chamber Of horrors. +"
st. Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
why Ohio's Governor Has. No Veto.

The governor of Ohio is the only ex-
eoutivo in the country who has not tho
power of veto. 1t seems that the Buck
eye State has done business without this
provision for years. The story of how it
was abolished is interesting. Years ago
Ohio governors derived big share Of
their income from marriages, for per-
forming which they were allowed so
each. In the early days that was large
sum, and tho executives counted this u
principal source of revenue. Finally the
fee was abolished by legislative enact
ment, but tho. governors salary was
sufficiently inctoased to cover the fees
thus lost. General Arthur St. Clair, who
was then governor of the territory, ve-
tood the bill abolishing the fees and
signed the one raising tho governors
salary. This performance, so the story
goes, so angered the people that they
soon afterward abolished the veto pow
or, and later took it out Of the constitu-
tion. --Buffalo Express.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
VOLUME 4.
SEPTUAGESlMA SUNDAY.

Genesis 4, 1, "In tho beginning God created
the heaven and the earth. First Lesson.
Revelation xxi, !, "And saw n new heaven
and new earth second Lesson.
The Epistle for the day speaks of the inter
vafas race or fight; the gospel, as day s
work In vineyard.
whence2 and whither7 cries the soul.
Here thy cradle, there thy goal.
Here they tell of mans first birth.
There they sing new heaven, new earth,
'Twixt the two race to run
Till thy earthly course be done.
Life Is battle; life IL toll
Man was born 60 till the soil
Who for fight the palm would bear
Plants his blows nor beats the air.
whatsoe'or the Master send,
Work unonvious TO the end
May they have who strive TO teach
Grace TO practice what they preachl
Made from dust and prone TO sin,
May they feel Gods breath withni
IF. Cornish In Week by Week..
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

An dderly Scotchman was trying ON
some spectacles which an itinerant op-
tician had with him for sale A pair
was selected, and tho latter suggested
that, to benefit the sight in old age,
rubbing the upper eyelids with raw gin
was valuable application. "Eh, mon,"
said the Scotchman, "I'm vera glad ye
said gin, for If ye had said whusky I
dinna think could have got it up so
high. "-Household Words.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
The Strength Of a Hair.

An interesting article was published
in a Paris paper recently regarding the
weight which a hair frcm the human
head can support. "Hairs," says the au-
thor, "have q force of resistance hard
to believe unless one has convinced him
self by experiments. Bichat does not
fear to say that nothing else, not even
excepting fibrous tissue, can support
so large weight in proportion to its
volume. Grellier, who shares this opin-
ion, has estimated that a single hair can
carry weight of 1904 decigrams (more
than 100 grams). According to Richter,
a blond hair can bear more than six
ounces, black one still more. One can
thus appreciate the great strength of the
ropes which the Carthaginians made of
their hair.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
Novel Pocket Scissors.

Anovel pair Of pocket scissors in Lon
don do duty as cigar and flower cutter,
gas pliers, ordinary pliers, wire cutter,
coin tester, paper knife, nail knife,
screwdriver, q inch measure, pinch
er and a railway key. London Stand
ard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
Acid Criticism.

Landlord-Did you ever taste any
thing to match this red wineP A
Customer--Oh, yesl Only the other
week stuck the wrong end Of the pen
holer in my mouth by mistake. LUIS
tige Blatter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

Lawyer--Tho cross examination
didn't seem to worry you little bit.
Have you had any previous experienceG
Client--Six children. Brooklyn Life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

Karl's Glover Root, the great blood
purifier gives freshness and clearness
to the complexion and cures constipa-
tlon, 25cts., 50cts., $l.O0. Sold by J
G. King g. Co.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-08
THE FERNS NARROW ESCAPE.
The United States Transport Near
Iy Destroyed by Fire.
GREW AND OFFICERS SCORCHED5
Many Hours Of Hard Fighting Re-
CURED to SaYe the Magazine
Where Tie Powder Was Stored.
a Stiff Breeze Augmented
the Flames.
Dy Southern Associate press.

BosroN, March Fire started ON
board of the United States transports
Fern during her trip from Philadel.i
pha to tho ioston Navy .yard, where
sho arrived last night, and it was only
by many hours of hard fighting on the
pntt oi officers and crew that the flames
were kept from the magazine, where
iuO pounds Of powder were stored.
Tuesday night the Fern was OFF
Highland light, noar Cape Cod, when
NJ 10 O'Clock ilames broke out in the
chpiain's cabin. The fire spread 80
quickly that In n few minutes after tho
alarm was given the entire cabin was q
mass OF flames. Almost ell the crew
were Ill their hunks in the forward part
OF the vessel. All hands were called
nnd systematic fight against tho
ilnmes Was begun. The stiff breeze
that was blowing, augmented by the
motion of tho vessel, cnused q heavy
draft through the cabin and the flames
continued to spread. The powder
magazine, i'll which was stored 400
pounds of smokeless powder, was eitu-
nted directly below the cabin.
Lieut.. Commander Bicknell and hie
officers realized that it was fight for
their lives. Oilicers and crew were
baaten bnck again an again, but rallied
eaoh timo III the lace OF the fierce
hames. a heavy sea was running, and
the rocking OF the vessel added to the
difficulty OF iightingtt fire. The
hre burned through tho upper deck.
and the flames, famed by the wind,
leaped many feet into the air. It was
several hours before the flames were
under control and almost every one Of
the officers and crew WAS more or less
scorched by the fire.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-08
TREAsURERS IN ARREARS.
Statement From the American Church
Missionary Society.
BY Southern Associated Press.

NEw York, Marsh 7.-Gen. Wagner
Swngne, president OF the American
Church Missionary Society, made the
following the official statement today
coaccrning the dispensing by TINT so
ciety with the services of Henry a .
Oakley ns treasurer aud lev. VIM, A
Nowbold as assistant treasurer and sec.
rotary:
"Ihe ground of the committees nc.
ton were ns To each of them u separate
accountability for moneys with which
the other Was not involved. Action
was taken only after repeated and solic.
ltous conference with each of them. ex
tending over considerable period, and
with every opportunity and invitation
TO each OF them to relieve himself and
the committee from the sorrowful con.
ciusion to which tho committee must
otherwise be driven by the facts"
The deficit amounts 10 some Si9. OOO
and the chairman of the Finance Com.
mlttee, George G. While, made fl
statement this afternoon in the matter
When he concluded 1t he declined TO
say whether or not proceedings would
be instituted against tho alleged Of.
fender.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-08
STEAMERS CRASH TOGETHER
The DanviIIe of the Bay Line Runs
Into the St. Mary's.
FOG 'HINDERED THE LOOKOUT.
That Serious Loss of Life Did Not
result is Marvellous. No Warning
TO Passengers. All Confu-
sion. A Hole in the ST.
Mary's Side.
BY Southern Assoclatoi Press.

BALTIMORE, March THE Bay Line
steamer Dnnvlle crashed into the ST,
Mary near Fort Carroll tins evening,
and that serious results did not follow
Is little short of miraculous. The Dan
WHO was bound out for, Norfolk with u
large passenger list. Tho st. Mary's
was bound from up river points with
10 passengers.
The heavy fog prevented the lookout
from seeing tho lights and the vessels
were not sighted until too lato to avert
collision. Fortunately the vessels
were proceeding slowly. Tho pilot of
the st. Mnry's threw her head to port
aud the DanvIlle crashed into her side,
Ihe shock was the first intimation the
passengers had of impending danger
aud instantly all was confusion.
The officers of the ST. Marys quickly
discovered Tint the glancing blow Of
the Danville did not seriously iniure
the vessel and rcassured the excited
passengers. The Danvilie stood by
until informed that the St. Mary's was
In no danger of sinking and proceeded
on her trip to Norfolk.
1T Is not known to what extent sho
was damaged. The ST. Mnry's came TO
her berth without assistance, large
hole IN her side near the wheel.housc
Indicating what Ii narrow escape she
had from going to the bottom. Two
thousand dollars will cover the dam.
age.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-08
Fire in the Nnpnrin,u.
BY Southern Associated Press

BosroN. March Fire was dis.
covered last night in the main hold of
tho Brltish steamer Nnpnrima, Capt.
Gruchy, which arrived here yesterday
afternoon from Cnrdcnns and Matanzas
and anchored In tho strcam. a stream
OF water was directed into tho hold by
Tue tugbont William III. Hnllison. The
damage III not known ut present, but
Is thonRht thnt the cargo of sngar is
seriously Injured by water, whilo the
uamhBe 10 tho vessel is thought to bo
slight. Her cargo is valued at 8l25, 900.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-08
TELEGRAPhIC BRIEFS.
Many Items licked From All Parts of
the World

LONDON. T. Tho navy estimates for
the ensuing year nre SIS. T0i, 900, being
II, 33i, 800 III excess OF the estimates
for 1891
LoNpoN, THE Bankruptcy Court
to-day decided that many OF the liabi!.
ties of the firm of Wynue n Son, solic.
ltors, whose failure for from $500, 900
To A1OO, 900 wns announced on Tues.
day, are breaches Of trust. Criminal
proceedings may follow.
SHELHlviLLE, Tenn, THE Height
Hotel burned early this morning. All
the furniture was destroyed and the
guests had marry escape. Loss, 81
800; insured.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Three hundred
and ten negroes left Memphis this
morning on special train for Sayan.
nah. There they expect n steamship
To carry them to Liberia. The negroes
were gathered from Arkansas to Misss.
sippl. The craze Is spreading III the
Southern cotton countries.
ALBANY. n. Y, I'm the assembly
to-day nssemblyman Blake's bin abol.
ishing capital punishment was lost on
final passage by q vote OF nyes, 46;
noes, IS.
FALL RIVER, Mass. 7.-The Mule
Spinncrs Association las voted to con
solidate with the Carders Union and
the new move opened up new era in
trades unions in this city.
TRENTON, n. j., 7.-Ovot three.
fourths of the 700 employees in the
WOODEN mills of Samuel X. Wilson.
quit work last night because their en-
ployers had not restored the second
tel per cent reduction to which thew
were subjected last summer.
New York, The directors of the
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
decided at their meeting on Tuesday to
issue $1,000, 600 additional stock. A
meeting Of the stockholders Will be held
March 2Sth to authorize the issue.
RACINE, Wis. Z. After an illness
OF several dnys, OTIS Il. Johnson, the
lumberman ana capitalist, died here
yesterday aged 50. lie leaves an
estate crtimated ns high us $40, 900. 600.
lie was II partner OF the late Sen.
ntor Stockbridge, Gen. Il. a, Alger q
Co.
KALAMAZOO, Mich ,7.-Alfred Minos.
OF Cold Water, now Lieutenant Cover
nor of the State, WAS to-day nominated
ns the Republican candidate for Con.
gress iu the'T iird District.
JACKSON, 7.-Maj. j, a. Shingleur.
one of the most prominent citizens of
the city, died at his residence IN this
city this morning. He was the head of
the big cotton firm OF j. a. Shingleur
x Co.
BosToN, 7.The directors of the
American Sugar Refining Company to.
day declared quarterly dividend OF 3
psr cent.
RIcnMoND, IA Lexington, Va,
special 70 the Dispatch says: The
grand jury has indicted &. NJ. Figgait,
the fugitive bank cashier, Il. X. God
WIN, assistant cashier, and c. w.
irvine, the last named for using money
knowing the same TO be embezzled aud
stolen.
LONDON, An examination Of the
estimates submitted to the House OF
Commons for the operation Of the
british Postal Telegraph Department,
Tor the year ending March 3lst, 1885,
shows growing deficiency. The actual
deficiency for the previous year was
about 80, 4G0.0
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-08
Nn,.rt of AnnrnI..
by Southern Assoclntol Pross.

KIciMoNp, Va, March Tho fol.
lowing Yves the business IN the State
supreme Court OF Appeals to day:
Stuart and others VS. Commonwealth.
Argued by Il. Taylor Scott for tho
Commonwealth aud Col. j. Il. Wash.
lugton for plaintiff in error, and sub.
mitted.
Anderson vs Commonw wealth and Tny-
ior vs. Commonwealth. Dismissed Tor
failure to print
Commonwealth vs Wexford, Judge.
Passed.
Robinson VS. Commonwealth. Argued
by Judge A. Brown Evans for plaintiff
III error.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-08
ncmtouror Robbery.

The dry goods store OF Spratley Bros. g,
under the Academy of Music, was
robbed Wednesday night by Richard
Doles, "a Young negro, who entered
through the skyiiglit. The negro was
seen by Officer Walker gong to At.
lantic City, soon after the robbery.
with the goods lie had stolen and was
arrested and taken to the station. Tho
goods were valued at about 500. He
was wenring, when arrested, coat
which belonged to Mr.. Spratley, which
was taken from the store, and for this
ofiencu "ns given thirty days in jail.
For the store robbery lie was sent ON
to the grand jury.
The residence of Capt. Jesse Ewcll,
corner Avenue and Third streets, At.
lantic City Ward. was entered Weiues.
day night and robbed of $40 In money.