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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

The custom is to say: ''Thank you !;
but am not hungry" When you call
upon friend a cup Of excellent black
coffee'is made at once and served. II
a husband and wife call the husband
is served first, and he drinks only half
of the coffee, and hands the rest to his
wife. This is also the custom at the
table after dinner with the dessert, as
we'll as the coffee. must add, am
thankful it is not the custom to in
clude the guests. I presume il is the
old loving cup, or, perhaps, daily
reminder to the weaker sex that Adam
was made first.
One thing noticed particularly was
that at night the people hold hand
kerchief over .heir mouths and nos
trils to prevent breathing the night
air, and in Havana the ladies carry
perfumes with them, as the odors
about the houses are sometimes dread
full.
Few people walk in Cuba. You
take cab for any distance, dismissing
il when you enter q house and hail an
other one when you come out, but to
call cab you motion away from you
instead of to you, as we do in the
States. The reason one does not walk
is because the sidewalks are too mar
row, and the streets very filthy; many
sidewalks are only three feet wide, sew
eral less than two. We felt sure after
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

Why the people are not all con-
sumptives l cannot tell, for they sit
in this draught even in cold days.
They do seem to suffer greatly with
catarrh and asthma.
One of the beauties of Cuban resi-
dences 10 the open court in the centre
of the building, which is profusely
decorate with birds and flowers, and
even small trees are grown. In the
richer ones there are marble floors,
with fountains and statuary. Cane
and willow furniture is used exclu.
sively. In one room l saw eight large
willow rocking chairs, and all the la
dies were rocking rapidly as if to keep
time with their talking. There Is but
one door to the outside world in these
homes, and everything goes in and out
of it. Marketing goes in, and gar
bage goes out. As the door is kept
constantly barred, I was prepared for
anything; even dreams of brigands
fitted through my brain, but nothing
but friends and the most inoffensive of
marketmen ever entered the house to
my knowledge.
The business men in Cuba take only
a cup of coffee in the morning at
home, and have their breakfast down
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
A SMART AUTUMN COSTUME.

Lincoln-green Amazon cloth, with a
darkish plaid silk, with bright touches
of color, composes the smart autumn
costume here shown. The dress is re-
markably pretty and most stylish as
an indoor toilet, and the effect may be
heightened by an eight or ten inch
facing of the plaid inside the skirt or
by little balayeuse of the plaid,
pinked out at the edges and put in
slightly full.
The skirt is cut from huted pat
tern, which is not excessive in width,
and yet gives very full appearance,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
A COUNTRY HOME IN CUBA.

trying to hold on with our toes, that
our feet would soon resemble the
monkeys, and wo looked with care,
when removing our shoes, to see il
such catastrophy had occurred. 1
found myself frequently in the gut
ters, which are very filthy, as the
drainage is poor.
The milkman, instead of driving q
wagon drives his herd OF COWS around
town and milks at the door of his Gus
toner. II has this advantage, the
milk is pure. There is no cream in
Cuba they boil the milk Immediately
it is received.
The want of confidence in the wo-
men hurt me very much. We are so
repected and honored at home by our
men that I got indignant when ] saw
wives, sisters and sweethearts watched
like children. The monstrous barred
windows, seen in all houses, gives
them prison like aspect, but Cupid
though barred out-finds many
ways OF slipping through.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

to the Pacific you will not find a ma
tive who is afraid of one or who will
admit that the bite of the repulsive-
looking spider is poisonous. The
Rambler saw tarantulas by the score
taken into the palm of the hand, and
in many places children had them
harnessed up with a vegetable fibre.
driving them about like beasts OF
burden. They look exactly like the
tarantula of Mexico. The only thing
they are dreaded for in Nicaragua is
their habit of attacking the fetlocks
of horses, cutting off the hair and in
ficting wound which cannot be
healed, and eventually results in the
pastern becoming affected and the
hoof rotting of. This is not common
or there wouldn't be horse left in
the country. because there are very
few of them as it is and tens of thou
sands of the hairy spiders. 1t only
happens when the animal is left stand
ing in the thick "spider glass" for
several hours at time, and not care.
fully examined afterward. The taran-
tula then attacks all four legs. and in
week the poor horse has to be killed.
As the scrawniest beasts cost from
$3.50 to $3.50 gold, il may be surmised
that . pretty close watch IL kept upon
the istlocks. New York Mail and Ex.
pgeak
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

body, which is an additional advan-
tage to women who affect the wearing
of the belt.
Belts are pretty, and, despite any
controversy as to the advisability of
wearing them from hygenic stand
point, are going to obtrude them
selves upon us wherever opportunity
is offered. They are becoming to
most women, and for that reason alone
they will assume the right of way.
NJ young womon is in the swim un-
less she numbers three dozen belt
buckles in her collection. Belts are
more necessary now than ever before,
for basques are an obsolete fashion,
and all bodices terminate at the waist
line, which fact makes the introduc.
tion ofgirdles imperative. All women
agree on the one point, that belts tend
to make stout women less emphati-
cally so, and slender women like them
because they realize the proportions
between the size of the waist end
hips.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
Eggs Worth q Fortune,

The egg OF the great aux is
valued at $4,000 That was the
price recently paid by wealthy col.
lector OF rare birds eggs. There are
only sixty-eight of this extinct birds
egg in existence. Two auks' eggs are
In this country; one is owned by the
Academy of Natural Science in Phila.
delphis, and the other is in the collec.
tion of Vassar College. The former
collection held for many years among
its treasures the rarest OF all eggs
an egg of the California condor-but
it mysteriously disappeared a few
years ago, and it is supposed some
scientific sneak thief thought it no sin
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

the dead, who are faithfully wor.
SHIPPED in the most solemn religious
rites. The fc-m cs a3olation offered
to the deceased is made up of the
burning of candles, incense and gilt
paper, accompanied by numerous
genudections and prostrations. A
necessary factor in the services is the
spreading of elaborate feasts, the in.
visible essence of which, it is believed.
ascends for the delectation and mastis
cation of the dear departed. The Chi.
nese believe implicitly that the souls
of the dead continue in conscious ex.
istence and in such contact with the
scene of their former existence that
the location of their graves, the con.
stancy of the worship they receive.
with the richness and variety of the
offerings made to them, are most i'm.
portant in determining their happi-
ness or misery.
The vulgar belief is that the needs
OF the dead are substantially the same
as the needs OF the living, and that
they can only receive those necessi-
ties by the ministrations of the living.
Food, clothing and money are there
fore offered to the spirits, being rem
dered invisible and transmitted to the
other world by means of fire. The
funeral OF any one is the occasion for
a solemn bonfire, wherein are con-
sumed the clothing of the deceased,
and enormous sums of imitation
money. In addition the funeral pyre
often includes paper houses and fur.
nishings and servants that the defunct
may enjoy distinguished immortality.
If the mourned were sea captain a
paper ship would be given to the
flames. If he were an officer of rank
a horse would be provided, as was the
case in the funeral whichXoffered an
opportunity for the accompanying il.
lustratiop.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
GREATEST BABE LIVING.
Unique Daily Life of the Infant Heir
to Great BritaIn's Throne.

unique DAILY Lie OF the Infant H0tr
to Great Britaln's Throne.
The greatest baby in the world is
now about one year old. The name
OF this baby is Edward. He is His
Royal Highness the Prince Edward of
York, heir to the throne of an empire
on which the sun never sets, and he is
now cutting his teeth.
His Royal Highhess lives either at
York House, st. James, London, or at
White Lodge, seat OF the Tecks. A
description Of his personal appearance
is now on file in the royal archives Of
the Tower of London, and he has been
photographed 100 times. These de-
tails are not trihes. They are part
Of the history of tho British Empire.
The Prince has blue eyes. His hair
is not scanty by any means, and he is
rather fat, rs will be seen from the ac-
companying picture of him, which is
the one hundred and ninth Of His
Royal Highness, and the very latest.
He has n nursery of the most severely
plain character, and, although his
little life is one long uninterrupted
ceremony, etiquette requires that the
plainest of baby accessories shall sur
round him. He is under the tutelage
of one Nine. Buika, whom all England
knows as the confidential companion
of the Princess May before her mar
riage. This Mile. Buika has naturally
an enormous responsibility.
His Royal Highness is already a
rAlA al, nj
a patron. He is Keeper of the Seals
and an Imperial Usher. He is already
entitled to put G. G. NJ. j., @. y. I. s.
I. and ever so many other letters after
bis name, and he is q member OF the
House of Lords.
When the baby awakes in the morn
ing he holds levee. The royal code
says so. His Highness will be attend
ed by the lady in waiting, who takes
his commands. This means that she
will wash and dress him. lie must
never have anything on him that is
red anything, that is, in the shape of
clothing. His attire must be invaria-
bly, white. This is because he is q
Prince of York, and there is royal
| rule connected with the Wars OF the
Roses that forbids his assumption of
the red until he is five years old. He
may not wear black shoes until he is
three, and in public sash must in
variably be around his waist. Under
no circumstances is he to be addressed,
even playfully, by anyone except his
parents. Queen Victoria herself is not
at liberty to say "you" to him. 1t
must always be "His Highness seems
well," or "His Highness sleeps" In
fact, it is His Highness this and His
Highness that all the time.
Only blood relative may hold him
in her arms, with the exception of
Mile. Buika, who has received royal
patent for the purpose. Even the
physician who attends him must re-
ceive royal patent before beginning
to physic this babe. Every article OF
attire he wears must bear the royal
arms worked by hand in silk, end he
may not wear the same article twice
in succession. 1t must be washed be-
fore it goes on again.
His Highness travels by special train.
He has six equerries and gentleman
usher of the black rod. He receives
invitations to all royal and state func-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
NEW FASHION FAD.
HUGE BELTS EIGHT INCHES
DEEP WORN BY WOMEN.
VIII Make Stout Women Shorter
and Slim Ones More Grace
ful-Latest Hints
I'm Millinery.
HHE belt of the autumn girl is
l., fashionable monstrosity. IL

fashlonable monstrosity. 1t
i is the most conspicuous arti-
Gle of her raiment, says the
New York World. English women are
prone to belts, and Americans are An
glomaniacs by nature. therefore they
are following the fashion with vim set
by their sisters across the water. The
big stores are exhibiting many new
and very striking designs in belts. The
ingenuity and originality is surpris-
ing, and one wonders what next may
seize the feminine fancy and deplete
the feminine purse.
Some of the most elegant belts in
quality are made of firmly woven silk
elastic, the surface being OF satin fin
ish. These vary in width from five to
eight inches, accordingly, as ones
physique demands curtailing or en-
largement to produce the desired ef-
feet. They can be had in colors and
are fastened by elongated clasps and
novel buckles conforming to the depth
of the belt. These are worn with en-
pire gowns to produce the short waist
characteristic of this style of dress.
By reason of its elasticity il permits
Of the free and graceful motion of the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
HINTS IN MILLINERY.

The Napoleonic craze is about ended
and the Dutch bonnet is tn ing oi
the past. The majority will be glad
of this, for it was only the small mi
nority who could becomingly wear
either. The principal tendency of
the new hats is toward higher crowns,
and they vary in outline, to be desig.
mated as thu ''Pierrot," "jampot" and
"pottle" crowns. The first is point
ed, the second flares, and the third
widens from the crown to the brim.
The low crown and fiat brim Of the
summer shape will not be entirely
abandoned either.
Many of the new shapes show crowns
of silk plush, with brims OF braided
effects or of felt, and in the new i'm
ported walking hats are seen ''pottle"
crowns and wide, rolling brims made
entirely of the silk plush, with Sc
we're trimming of fiat crown-band,
with loops and quills at the left side.
Among bonnets, the shapes seem to
be somewhat larger than of late, and
many show open crowns of wired jets
and beads, or Oriental embroideries.
There are also many beautiful toques,
which never go out Of fashion. But
of all beadgear the toque requires the
most careful handling, and only an
artistic can give it that certain touch
which keeps it above the common
place. Flowers must find no resting
place on the toque. and feathers raro.
ly. The trimming must be simple,
with knots OF ribbon or velvet, ropes
OF grass and wisps Of aigrettes. or sg.
gressive looking quills.
/ FSv flowers are. noticeable on the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

to transfer the treasure to his own
collection. where he is holding it for
q rise in price.
1t is quite FAD nowadays to collect
rare and curious eggs'and vast sums
are paid by wealthy collectors for the
delicate little ovals. One of the largest
private collections in the world is that
OF Mr.. j. Parker Norris, well-known
lawyer of Philadelphia. He has spent
more than $4,000 for fine specimens
of egg shells.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

and has no darts round the top, al.
though it fits perfectly to the figure.
The bodice is made on fitted lining,
cut in four parts only, viz, the two
fronts, each with two darts, and the
two backs, necessitating seam down
the centre. This centre back seam is
scanned and boned, and the top faced
to just below the bust line with the
plaids and the front darts are also
sewn sad whalebone inserted, and
they are thel >aced with plaid, ready
for the plain material.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

tions, and is always represented at
them by one Of these equerries.
On state occasions the Prince is ar
rayed in cloth of gold. His head is
covered by crown of starched and
gilded linen. He is then carried by q
royal lady in waiting. That means
that whoever carries this babe must
have royal blood in her veins. An.
other curious thing about the Prince
is that no more than four per sons may
be in his nursery at any one time.
When he is attired in royal robes the
peers must kneel to kiss his hand on
entering his presence. OF course no
hats may be worn in his presence. In
York House Mrs. Gladstone had to
take her bonnet off before entering
his nursery.
When H. r. II. is asleep flag floats
from his residence. When he is awake
the flag Is taken down. When he
leaves his homo the flag is hung out
of the window of his nursery.
Another unexpected thing in the
life of the Prince is the extreme pub
licity of it. He is perpetually being
photographed, and the photographs
are thrown broadcast all over Eng
land. Whenever he goes the fact of
his coming is proclaimed. Lots of
people congregate about his two homes
to get glimpse OF him and Made
moiselle Buika carries him out in her
arms to the coach in the most public
manner. This liberality and pub
Lofty are in accordance with the time
honorsd custom Of the British royal
family to be a. free with the people ~
possible.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

the way of ornaments the preference
is given to cut steel, while jet comes
in second. Fancy feathers Of all
shapes and colors predominate, yet
the ostrich tip will ever hold its own.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

Switzerland, with population Of
100000 averages $50 suicides annu.
ally. Only Denmark and Ssxony
make . more extensive use Of what d
supposed 10 bs the right TO die,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16
LIFE In CUBA.
HOMES AND HABITS OF THE
PEOPLE.
The Houses Have Big Barred Win.
dows - Picturesque Dress OF
the women-Hospitable
Country Folk.
.HE races in Cuba are so mixed,
L. says May b. Stacey in the
NJ. vi

HHE races in Cuba are so mixed,
L. says May B. Stacey in the
i New York Recorder, that
one is ever in doubt whether
he is talking to Metizo, or a Cuban,
or Spaniard but their manners and
customs are very pleasing. On my
arrival in Havana was met by very
charming and cultivated man, one OF
Havana's leading lawyers, and most
courteously entertained for some days
at his casa, prior to my visit in the
country, where / spent the winter
among the sugar plantations.
The hcmes in Cuba are very COM
Portable, made of stone with plaster
fronts and immense barred windows
and solid wooden doors. The floors
are paved; sometimes there is rug
Just where the chairs are put, and that
is in square between two opposite
windows.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

Balfour, the British Parliamentary
leader, who is an enthusiastic golfer,
says: Scare may sit behind the horse
man; she never presumes to walk
with the caddie."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

feathers. Then again, roses are close
ly initiated with taffeta silk, cut on
the bias with rolled edges. Lace is a
secondary factor with new hats. In
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

ancestors, characteristic which finds
expression not only in filial affection
for and obedience to the living par
erts, but also in a holy reverence for
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-16

Not Afraid OF Tarantulas.
The tarantula abounds in all parts
OF Nicaragua, but from the Atlantic
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-08-08
Zebras.

The rapidity with which the differ.
ent Zebras have been exterminated,
owing to the advance of civilization in
South Africa, is shown by reference to
such works as that of Sir CORVALLIS
Harris, written in 1910, in which the
author tells us that the quagga was at
that time found in "interminable
herds" bands of many hundreds be.
ing frequently seen, while he describes
Burchsll's Zebra as congregating in
herds Of eighty or 100, and Astounding
to great extent; but now, after the
expiration of but fifty years, the one
species is extinct or practically SO,
while the other has been driven much
further afield, and dts numbers are
yearly being reduced.
This authors description OF the com.
mon Zebra is well worth repeating.
He says: Seeking the widest and
most sequestered spots, the naughty
troops are exceedingly difficult to ap
proach, as well on account of their
watchful habits and extreme agility
and feetness of foot as from the abrupt
and inaccessible nature of their high.
land abode. Under the special charge
of sentinel, SO posted on some ada
cent crag as to command view OF
every avenue of approach, the check
cred herd whom painted skins adorn'
is to be viewed perambulating some
rocky ledge, on which the rifle ball
alone can reach them. No sooner has
the note of alarm been sounded by the
vidette, than, pricking their long ears,
the whole flock hurry forward to as
certain the nature of the approaching
danger, and, having gazed moment
at the advancing hunter, whisking
their brindled tails aloft, helter-skelter
away they thunder, down craggy pre-
cipices and over yawning ravines,
where no less agile foot could dare to
follow them"
OfBurchell's Zebra he says: "Fierce,
strong, fleet, and surprisingly beauti-
ful, there is, perhaps, no quadruped
N the creation, not even excepting the
Zebra, more splendidly at.
,ired or presenting picture of more
attractive beauty" Zebras
ire by no means amiable animals, and
,hough many of the stories told Of
heir ferocity are doubtless much eF
they have SO far not proved
amenable to domestication.
Review.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-08-08
Planets Without Water.

A volume might be written on the
vast and awful desolation of the lunar
surface; but unquestionably this ire
mendous metamorphosis was wrought
when the oceans, whose dry beds we
now designate as mares, retreated to
the interior and literally rent the plan
ct with explosions of natural gas and
steam.
If we calculate the cooled crust oil
our earth at fifty miles in thickness,
and this is perhaps allowing for more
than there really is, then the molten
interior at an approximate estimate
still has diameter of 1900 miles. We
can imagine what an effect this would
have on the earth's contour, or rather
on the character of its periphery, if
any of the oceans should in O colossal
way come in direct contact with this
internal fire. We can turn our large
telescopes to the moon and see, on a
smaller scale, what has occurred, and
which, if we may deduce conclusions
from analogy, will be the ultimate fate
of the earth.
Yet, without the water there could
not be single form of life, for in both
vegetable and animal formations this
is the all-important vehicle in produc-
ton and development. Beyond any
question it is to the wafer that all life
forms must primarily refer their orr
4. - II. l..
form that can maintain life without it.
The principle Of life cannot be opera
tive except it be in organic moisture
Neither brain, nerves nor capillary
tubes are capable Of manifesting the
vital principle in o dry condition.
Hence a waterless world il necessarily
q dead world. It is the water that
molds the sphere, gives it its contour,
is the animating vehicle, sustains its
life, and also rends it in the throes of
dissolution. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-08-08
The Old Clock on the Stairs.

Ernest LongfeNow, . son of the
great poet, has token of remem.
brance of his father ct his home in
Magnolia which money cannot bay.
It is nothing more OF less than s"The
Old Clock on the Stairs" made famOus
by his father.
The clock was formerly owned by
Thomas Gold Appleton, and ct his
death the heirs, of which one was Cap.
tain Nathan Appleton, thinking the
clock was of particular value to Mr..
Ernest Longfellow on account of his
fathers connection with the ancient
timepiece, donated it to the son of the
poet, so that it now adrns nook in
the stairs Of his house at Magnolia.
Boston Herald.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-08-08
Polite in the Presence Of Death.
After the repulse Of the rebel att,

After the repulse Of the rebel attack
on the Shah Nujeef, at Lucknow. one
Pandy oounterfeited death with great
skill, then all of a sudden sprang to
his feet and ran like deer. He was
still within easy range, and several
rifles we're leveled st him; but Ser,
ant Findley, who was on the ram
part-and himself one Of the best shots
in the service called out: s'Don't
fire, menl Give the poor fellow a
chance!' Instead Of volley of bull
let's, he got cheer to speed him on
his way. AS socn as he heard it, he
realized his position, halted, turned
round and, putting up both his hands,
with the palms together, in front OF
hin face, salaamed profoundly and then
walked slowly away, while the High
land soldiers on the ramparts waved
their feather bonnets and clapped the;,
hands. -Argonaut.