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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-07-31
A HINT FOR DARNERs.

Mothers who are confronted weekly
with tremendous holes in almost new
stockings, and it is remarkable what
two days wear by an active child can
accomplish in this respect, will do
well to follow the lead of one home
darner who has worked out her own
salvation in the matter very cleverly.
She takes piece of strong net, bastss
il over the hole, and then darns over
it, thus accomplishing n neater and
stronger darn than in the old way,
and in n shorter time. The same
method is successful in mending
woven underwear. st. Louis Star
Sayings.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-07-31

They say in France all that it lie
necessary to do in order to have a man
arrested and thrown into prison is to
accuse him of being German spy.
This appears to be the only accusation
that will produce such result, proof
and evidence being wanting. OF
course, when the arrested person
proves his innocence, he is released,
but there seems to be no way by
which he can get even with his ac-
cuser
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-07-31
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
A POINTER IN Wells.

Wells continue to be simple, with
an occasional novelty, which, however,
never seems to catch popular favor.
The thin meshes, with dots, or a
rather heavy mesh, perfectly plain,
are the favorites. Golden brown veil
ing, with an entire brown toilette Is
pretty, but in all other cases IL is black
alone that is worn with all sorts and
conditions OF the headgear. - New Or
leans Picnyune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-07-31

A railroad is building from Omaha,
Neb., to Salt Lake, Utah, of which
every employe must be stockhoider.
"There will be no strikes on that road
and little stealing" predicts Rams
Horn
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-07-31

pursuits, 944, 323; domestic and per-
sonal service, 1890, 500; trade and
transportation, 1895, ,9G2, and manu-
featuring and mechanical industries,
5,091, ,669.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-07-31
POPULARITY OF SHIRT WAISTS.

The continued popularity of the
shirt waists is proved by the deman d
for them, which is greater than ever
before, and they come in greater
variety. They are made of dainty
fancy shirtings, chambray, cheviot,
lawns, wash silks, nainsook batiste,
and linen. Pink, blue and yellow
are the favorite colors, and these are
made up with white linen collar and
cuffs or all of the same material.
Waists with starched fronts like shirts
for men are rarely seen, and softer,
more feminine waists are the proper
thing. Linen and ecru batiste are es-
pecially suitable for travelling waists,
and whether they are made of silk,
linen, or cotton, they all have the
pointed yoke in the back, full fronts,
and are buttoned with pearl buttons.
New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-07-31

"The woman who is continually
begging money of her husband" says
the Mount Vernon Philosopher, in
the Philadelphia Record, ''is not
likely to lose faith in the Biblical
statement that man is made of dust !"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-07-31

Justice Barrett of the New York
Supreme Court proposes law under
which 2, 500 of the leading business
and professional men of the commun-
ity can be drawn for jury service, from
which they cannot be excused unless
shown to be physically incapacitated.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-07-31

The Washington claim agents thina
that under the income tax decision
they can make the government give
up some $3.50, 900, 900 of income taxes
collected between 1863 and 1871. II
the scheme works there will be some
s35, ,000,0 900 for the agents. 1t is
worth trying for, they think.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-07-31

John y. Rockeieller's wealth in
creases, it is said, at the rate of Sl5,
100000 year. The Standard oil
magnate will soon have the $500, 900,
900 which it is his ambition to pos
uoau
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-07-31

A Russian economist estimates the
annual cost OF tho armed peace in Eu-
rope at 80, 900, 900, 900.
The herald., 1895-02-20
ppINCFSS IN DISGUISE

There is information that the Princes.
Eualie will be here in the summer unless
she is prevented by the condition OF her
husbands health, which has always teen
eicate.
The Princess has written to the Sran-
ish Minister here to see if arrangements
cannot be made for a visit by herself on a
somewhat less ostentatious scale than her
recent triumphal march through our
country says the New York correspond
ent of the Augusta Chronicle. The Span.
ish Minister himself is not at liberty to
reveal all he knows on the subject OF Eu-
lalies visit.
The Princess proposes to come incogni-
TIA, and her husband will, of course, ac.
company her. Her idea is to improve
her rather scanty idea of America; and
that she will be able to do this, provided
she is left alone, there can be no doubt.
As she comes incog., it will be impossible
for any one to take official notice OF her.
That she returns at all is a compliment
to our attractiveness. When she went
away she took charge of two children, it
will be recalled, whose relatives appealed
to her. On the voyage the Princess spent
many hours with the children, and drew
a picture for one OF them showing the
COW jumping over the moon.
The herald., 1895-02-20
The CONSUMPTION Panic

El Paso Tex, Feb. 19.-(Special)-The
following telegram, received by a gentle
man here from DIR. Amick, the Cincin-
natl specialist has created a sensation
among consumptives:
"Cincinnati o., Feb. Is, 1895, 5,-Yo ours
received. Consumption is not con-
tagious. If authorities place any re-
straints upon or interfere in any manner
with the liberties of your son or any OF
our patients, wire us and we will retain
attorneys to protect them. Have shipped
medicines. DR.. W. X. Amick.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 19.-(Special)-
DIR. w. r. Amick has authorized Attor-
neys johnson & Levy to associate with
them, in his legal battle against the hos.
ptal authorities to prevent removal OF
consumptiyes to the pesthouse, DIR. o Sui
livan, the great medical jurisprudence
specialist of New York DR.. Amick is
moulding public sentiment by mailing
free to all applicants extra copies of the
Tribune detailing the fight, also charts
covering his full theory.
The herald., 1895-02-20
THE VALLEY RAILROAD BOOM
Dollars by the Thousand Going
into the Fund
STOCKTON is DOING NOBLl
San Jose is Speaking in a BusinessIike
Manner
A Monster lass neeting to Be Held IN the
Garden City New Names to the
Subscription List

San Francisco, Feb. 19.-The subscrip-
tions in aid of the San Joaquin Valley
railroad project have reached ~, 2o3, 900.
Today's increase amounts to $l3l, 500.
Among the big subscriptions were:
Lloyd Tevis $50 900; the Sharon estate,
$25, 900; the Stockton Lumber Company,
$40, 600; William f. Dean, $40, 900.
Stockton, Feb. 19.-The Stockton com
mittees appointed by the Business Men s
Association tonight reported subscrip-
tions to the new railroad fund amounting
to $72, 500. They will have 100000 be-
fore the close OF the week The subscrip-
tions are for stock in the corporation and
range from 500 to $4,000. Ross c. Sargent
made the largest individual subscription,
5000. These subscriptions are made
under the provision that the railroad will
run through Stockton and that construc-
tion be commenced here.
San Jose, Feb. 19.-The greatest popular
demonstration ever held in San Jose will
occur tomorrow night the occasion being
the big mass meeting in the interest OF
the project to secure branch of the San
Joaquin Valley railroad. Delegations will
be here from San Mateo, San Benito and
Fresno counties and leading citizens of all
these places will make addresses and il
is expected the subscription list will be
started with big boom.
The herald., 1895-02-20

when the mariners of Prince Henry the
Navigator first made their way cauttousiy
down the west coast. 1t is, at any rate,
upward of four hundred years since cotton
cloth was brought from the coast OF
Guinea and sold in London, as a strange,
barbaric product. Whether the plant
travelled to the Blight of Benin. from the
land of Prester John, or from the land OIL
the Pharaohs, or across from the Mozam-
bique coast, where the Arabians are sup
posed to have had settlements and trading
stations in prehistoric days, who can now
say? But it is curious enough that when
Africa was discovered by Europeans, the
Dark Continent was actually producing
both the fiber and the cloth, Tor wnlch
African labor and English skill were AFTER
ward to be'needed. The cotton plantations
of southern America were worked by the
negroes of Africa in order that the cotton
mills of Lancashire might be kept run
ming. And yet both Africa and America
made cotton cloth from the vegetable
wool long before we knew OF 1T otherwise
than as a travellers wonder.
Even in Asia, the natural habitat OF the
cotton plant, the story has been curious.
Thus, according to the records above
named. cotton has been in use for CLOTH
ing for three thousand years in India, ana
India borders upon the ancient and ex-
tensive Empire of China. Yet cotton was
not used in China for cloth making until
the coming of the Tartars, and has been
cultivated and manufactured there Tor
only about five hundred years-Chambers'
Journal
The herald., 1895-02-20
Los ANGELES nnRA1o MORNINGS

ter what the consequence may be to the
preservation of the general decency and
quiet. Now, on six days OF the
week the majority of men have but few
hours to be idle and comparatively little
money to waste; but with the return OF
each Sunday, with time hanging ON their
hands and with cash in their pockets,
their temptations are doubled, and the
efficiency OF the saloons as manufactures
of misconduct and misrule is increased
ten-fold. So far as the civil law is con-
cerned, this is the only reason why the
saloon is to be dealt with more strictly on
the first day of the week than on the
seventh. The question what a man shall
or shall not drink on Sunday has nothing
to do with it. That belongs to the do
main of conscience and of religion. The
question of discrimination between classes
has nothing to do with it. The poorest
street-sweeper in New York has, in pro-
portion to his means, as many facilities
for supplying himself with liquor for pri
vate consumption on Sunday as the mil
lionaire of Fifth avenue.-The Church
man (Epis. }, New York.
The herald., 1895-02-20
A DENTAL STUDENTS STORY
Edward GOOdsell on the Stand in the
Hayward Case
He Had Been Companion of the Alleged
Murderer and Often Saw Him,
Gamble

Minneapolis Feb. 19.--Edward Good
sell, Chicago dental student, was
put on the stand in the Hayward muir
der trial today for redirect examination.
He testified he usually had been Harry
Haywards companion when he came to
Chicago to gamble and had seen him lose
$1,000 at time Frank Erhart, who was
summoned by his brother when the body
was found, swore he found in the dirt
near where the body lay a heel mark and
even toe mark of lady's shoe. There
was also trace where a foot dragged to
where the body lay. This evidence showed
that Miss Ging's body was pushed out of
the buggy feet first instead of head first
as Blixt testified. George Grindall was an
important winess for the defense He
was standing on First avenue north,
between Fourth and Fifth streets at 7
o clock or thereabouts, on December Sd,
the night of the murder. Standing a short
way from him was a man Like that
man there" said the witness, pointing to
Attorney Sweeter. Grindall saw Miss Cling
drive up. The man he had seen waiting
there entered the buggy with her and
they drove away. The description given
by Grindall of the man who joined her
does not at all fit Harry Hayward. There
was wordy quarrel between the lawyers
over Grindall's testimony, each side in
timating that the other was manufactur-
ing evidence.
The herald., 1895-02-20
A CLEVER COUNTERFElTER
Made Money That Banks Took Without
Question
Capture of One of the Most Scientific Makers
of Bogus Money in the
World

San Francisco, Feb. 19.-Detective Har-
ris of the United States Secret ~ervice,
returned from Suisun today with the plant
of Giovanni Montelbaum, counterfeiter
who was captured at Vallejo week ago.
Montelbaum, who is Sicilian, made
counterfeit that all the banks of Solano
county took without question.
He selected a cabin a couple of miles
from Suisun on the side of gulch for
his habitation, and prepared a cave on
the other slope of the canyon for his
workshop. The cave was difficult of ac-
cess and the entrance was so arranged
that it would have been hard to find it,
even if one had known of its existence.
1t was reached through hole which had
lid covered with earth and grass The
cave had furnace with a chimney, the
outlet of which was in clump of brush.
The counterfeiter was so careful in his
work that he did not even keep his plant
in his cave. When he had done with it
he took the moulds and metal and buried
them at different points and also buried
his counterfeit money. This was so
abundant that Harris brought back $40 in
unfinished dollars, quarters and dimes. A
bag of the stuff was found at the foot of
nearly every bush in the vicinity of the
cave. -Four plaster of Paris molds of fine
make were found with the ladies and
metal. The compound used was of anti
mony, tin and glass. The molds COM
pleted the coins, even to the milling, and
the pieces needed only polish and a silver
bath, and then they were ready to deceive
even an expert.
Montelbaum was liberal with the pro-
duct of his mint. He lost money at
poker without murmur and paid high
prices for Solano provisions and liquor
with good grace.
Though Montelbaum worked alone it is
thought he had accomplices to aid him in
circulating his spurious silver. The Sc
cret service detectives are now on the
| trail of these.
The herald., 1895-02-20
Daniel Webster at Fifty-seven

washington, Jan. 49, 1S39.-Friday.-
l am this day 81 years old. My brothers
and sisters have all died young. | was by
much the most slender and feeble of the
family in early life, but have yet outlived
them ALL and no one of them, think, at
tanned my present age; although | am not
quite certain how this may have been
with my half-b brother David Webster, who
was older than myself by ten or twelve
years, and who died in Canada some
years ago, but at exactly what time [ do
not know.
MY father died at 81. His constitu-
ton, naturally very strong, was evidently
affected by the hardships and exposures
of his early life.
MY uncle, Benjamin Webster, lived to
a great age, / believe about so years. He
died in Cabot, or the adjoining town, in
Vermont.
"Uncle William Webster went to Sails
bury with my father. He died several
years ago, being then much the longest
resident in the township, and being, |
think, something more than 20 years of
MY paternal aunts lived, as far as l re-
member to be 70 or more
mother, Mrs. Jerusha Fitz, whom ] well
remember, died in my fathers home,
about June, 1876, aged about 80 years.
My own health, from the age of 25,
has been remarkably good; and for little
occasional illnesses, | have too often been
able to see obvious causes, in want of
proper care and discretion.
''If | were now to strike out of the
number of my sick days those which have
been occasioried by want OF proper eXer-
else, by unnecessary exposure, and by
some degree of intemperance i'll eating
and drinking, | should make very great
deduction from the whole list. For this
uncommon health, and for all the happi-
ness of life which has been so far ex-
ceedingly happy, desire to render the
most devout thanks to Almighty God.
thank HIM for existence; for the pleasure
and glory of rational being; for an i'm
mortal nature and for all the gratifica-
tions, the joys and the means of improve
ment with which he has blessed my
earthly life; for the time and the country
in which have lived, and for those OBJ
iects of love and affection whose being
has been entwined with my own.
The herald., 1895-02-20
THE JOURNEY ON WHEELS
Another Chapter of Mishaps at the CycIist
Convention

Gan Francisco, Feb. 19.-rChe second
night of the bicycle tournament proved to
he much worse than last night as regards
accidents. There was hardly heat but
that some one was hurt. Frank Fuller,
of the Olympic Club, was so badly in
jured in the fourth heat of the mile class
A handicap that he may die. The acci-
dent occurred in the last lap and three
men were riding falriously when Fuller lost
control of his wheel and cd'llided with
a post. He struck head foremost, break
ing the post from its faste'nings. His
nose was broken, six teeth knocked out,
his upper lip cut badly and his shoulder
bruised. He also sustained internal in
ternal injuries. The results:
Quarter mile, class b, scratch-Ulbricht
won, Terrill second, Wells third; time,
OBS.
Half mile, class A-Battles won, Barlow
second, Byrne third; time, ! :09 As.
Two-mile, class B. handicap ended in a
running race for second and third places
between Ulbricht and Terrfll, who fell.
Terrill got second prize, Ulbricht third,
and Osen, who rode in from scratch, won
first place in 4:56.
II is probable that tomght's accidents
will put stop to the tournament, as
almost all the men refuse to ride further.
The herald., 1895-02-20
Romance of Cotton.

At the beginni g of the Christian era we
find cotton in cultivation and. i'll use in
Persia, Arabia and Egypt-but whether
indigenous to these countries or conveyed
westward during the centuries from India,
we know not. Thereafter the westward
spread was slow; but the plant is to be
traced along the north coast of Africa to
Morocco, which country it seems to have
reached in the ninth century Moors
took the plant, or seeds, to Spain, and it
was being grown on the plains of Valencia
in the tenth century, and by the thir-
teenth century it was, as we have said,
growing in various parts OF Southern
Europe.
Yet although the Indian cloths were
known to the Greeks and Romans a cen
tury or two before the Christian era, and
although in the early centuries Arab trad
ers brought to the Red Sea ports Indian
calicos which were distributed in Europe,
we find cotton known in England only as
material for candle-wicks down to the
seventeenth century. At any rate, Me-
Culloch is our authority for believing that
the first mention of cotton being manu-
factured in England is in 164l; and that
the English cottons" OF which earlier
mention may be found, were really wool
lens.
And now we come to a very curious
| thing in the romance of cotton. Column
| bus discovered--or, as some say, re-dis-
| covered-America i'll 1492; and when he
reached the islands of the Caribbean Sea
the natives who came off to barter with
him, brought among other things, cotton
warn and thread. Vasco da CANA, few
years later than Bartholomew Diaz, in
| 1497 rounded the Cape of Good Hope and
reached the Zanzibar coast. There the
natives were found to be clothed in cotton
Just as Columbus found the natives OF
| Cuba to be, as Pizarro found the Mexi-
| TbpGp Enrnnpnng nrpppp1inp from
| the Iberian Peninsula east and west
found the peoples of the new world
| clothed with a material of which they
knew nothing Cotton was king in Amer
/ ica, as in Asia, before it began even to be
known in western Europe.
E, been cultivated in Africa at the time
The herald., 1895-02-20
FAVORITES BEAT THE FIELD
A Good Days Sport at the Bay District
Racetrack
A Bookmaker Weiches on a Good Sized Bet
and 1t Looks Like Case of No Money
to Pay With

San Francisco, Feb. 19.-Favorites held
the upper hand again today, four out of
five winning, the bookmakers losing
heavily in consequence.
The combination book run under the
name of the Carlos Club weched on a
ticket calling for 1915. The proprietors
are Italians They gave out that they
had plenty of money down town and
promised to pay the ticket tomorrow.
Five furlongs, selling-Lark won, Sole
dad second, Lizzie Hampton third; time,
1:03.
Six furlongs, selling observation-disclosures
won, Repeater second, McLight third !;
time, ia.
Six furlongs, selling-Abi P. won, Joe
Cotton second, Sligo third; time III 3-4.
Mile and half hurdle-Bell Ringer
won, Goodbye second, Relampago third
time, 3:42 ID.
Six furlongs, selling-Robin Hood II
won, Duke Stevens second, Ledala third
time, :15 3-4.
The herald., 1895-02-20
TURNER MADE A FIGHT
He Made Two Highwaymen Skip Out in
Quick Time

A daring but unsuccessful attempt was
made early yesterday morning to waylay
and rob william Turner manager of
Kohler & Chase of 233 South Spring
street.
Mr. Turner resides at South Pasadena
and being detained in the city on Mon
day night did not take the train until
If 80 O'Clock.
Upon leaving the train at Pasadena he
noticed two rather tough looking charac-
ters but had no thought of an attempt
being made to rob him.
He walked rather briskly, to-
wards his home and was suddenly
startled by command to thold up your
hands and be quick about it," Instead of
complying Mr. Turner drew his revolver
and refused to obey, whereupon one of
the highwaymen undertook to throw him
from behind. Mr.. Turner, being OF
athletic build, threw his assailant off and
fired twice at the fleeing forms.
Whether either shot took effect is mat
ter of conjecture. The matter was not
reported to the police as the gentleman is
fully prepared for all future attacks.
The herald., 1895-02-20
FRUIT GROWERS COMBINE
A Conference to Be Held With the
Railroad Company
Cheaper Rates Wanted by the Shppers---A
Reduction of Twenty-Five Per Cent
to Be Asked.

San Francisco, Feb. 19.-Tomorrow a
Committee from the Fruit Growers and
Shippers Association will have confer
ence with the Southern Pacific officials
and will submit several propositions.
Ata special session of the Fruit Grow
ers' and Shippers Association held to-
night the following committee was ap-
pointed to represent the association at the
conference: H. Weinstock, II. P. Stab
Ter, r. H. Buck, G. D. Kelloggg, J. u.
Anderson, B. Walton, W. W. Motheral
d. S. Fowler and George p Chapman.
AT present the rate on fresh fruit is 81. 25
a hundred pounds to the terminal
points in the state to Chicago.
The growers say this rate is much
higher than it ought to be ana reduction
of from Is to 20 per cent will be requested
The principal grievance of the growers
however, is the slowness and uncertainty
of delivery on the part of the railroad
The herald., 1895-02-20
BANKER BARRONS MONEY
The Fight for the Late HiIIionaire's Coin
Still On.

San Jose, Feb. 19.-At the trial of the
Barron will contest here today the exam
ination of Eva Rose Barron, the widow of
the deceased millionaire, and the exec
utrix of his will, was concluded. She
testified that she had never interfered in
her husbands business affairs during his
lifetime and did not dictate the contents
of his will. She had desired to have
George Barron come from the East
before his father died, but Mr..
Barron had told her that he desired his
son william to attend to all the correspon-
dence with George. On cross-examination
the witness admitted that she was mar
ried to Mr.. Barron in 1881, one month
after first meeting him, without pre-
rvious acquaintance or correspondence.
This closed the testimony in the case
and H. V. Morehouse will open the argu-
ment for the contestant tomorrow morn
The herald., 1895-02-20
Didn't Want to Lose the Y

The late Viscount Monck is well known
in connection with chestnut, which,
if not true, is surely well invented: HIS
lordship, when an Irish peer, sat in the
Commons as Il Liberal member for Ports
mouth, and in going up to the late Vim
cent scully another well known Irish
mem ber he said: ''Haloa, old Sculls,
how are your" My lord, " was the quick
reply, if you are going to take the y
from my name | beg you will add 1t to
YOUR own. It'd Bits.
The herald., 1895-02-20
An Engineer's Fate

Oakland, Cal, Feb. 19.-Charles Hill, an
engineer on the steam collier Arago, was
crushed to death today by the machinery
OF hoisting engine with which the
steamers cargo was being discharged. He
was caught between the iron hoisting
drum and the wire cable that winds
around it.