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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
Mice That Love Music,

A nice little animal story is given in
this months Mature Notes." which
raises the interesting question whether
mice have n fondness for music. 1t is,
contributed by % musician, who suys ::
"One evening i was somewhat startled
ut hearing my piano Suddenly giving
forth sweet tones apparently of its,
own accord. A. mouse, SO it proved,
bad got inside the instrument. and
was making music on the wires.
Whether this wasintention on mousie' $
part or not L cannot say; perhaps he
WAS trying to make nest for himself
there. Some years ago, however,.
while piano was being played in the
dining room of my old home, several
mice came outon the bearthrug aud
began to jump about, apparently with
delight Mt the sounl OF the music, and
one was so absorbed oar overcome by
it that he allowed himself to be carried
away in tongs by the housemaid." +"
After this, ladies' ought to lose their
antipathy for mice; indeed, we may
soon expect some humanitarian dame
to commence musical parties for their
lelectation. 1t would be amusing to
see them dance, and would form a
really human method of catching
them. London News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
The Witch of Strasburg.

In Strasburg, Alsace, II witch" was
sentenced the other day to three years
hard labor and $3.50 fine for having
piled her wiles on large number of
creduous people. Her speciality was
'love charms, and in hoodwinkina
the poor forlorn. girls (for there wa
but few men among her victims) She
had managed to extract considerable
sums, up to 500 and over $3.50 in
several cases, 30 ,is to financially ruin
some of these women. She claimed to
be in spiritual contract with three
"masters of freema,onry" in. Basle,,
who assisted. her, on certain. condi-
tions with their powerful "charms.
The old medieyal trick of burning or
melting candles, first creased with the
fat of executed delinquents,, stuck full
of needles. wa,s also worked by her to,
great advantage. Altogether she
must have bagged 60, 900 fully during
the last ten, years alone, having umassed
great wealth, ,-ChIcago Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25

Most people have some especial
fancy in the matter OF food, be it fish.
flesh or fowl. Charles Lamb swore
by pork, says the Boston Traveller.
Roasted pig served with apple sauce
was to the author Of the essays OF Ella
the summum bosum OF things edible.
q charm TO conjure with. Cold sleeps
head tickled the appetite and aroused
the admiration of Sir Walter Scott.
Liston, the actor, would go into CO.
stacies over tripe and onions. The
tragedian, Charles Dillon, was exceed.
ingly fond OF Yarmouth bloater.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
The. Longest Telegraph Line.

The longest telegraph line in. thu.
world, above ground. and without u
break, has just been completed in AUS
tralia,. that land of long distances.
The line runs with & eircumbe ndibus.
from Rock hamptoa in Queensland to
Broome, in Western Australia. and
crosses about tworthirds of the entire
continent The total length is some.
thing over 1000 miles. Broome and
Roekhampton must have good deal
to wire to one another to make this
liue pay. - London Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
COCA CULTURE.
Market Demand Has Made Grow
ing Profitable.
Increasing Use OF Cocaine in This
Country.

"The coca plant is being cultivated
on large scale in Peru and elsewhere
in tropical America nowadays" said
chemist to representative of the
| Washington Star the other day.
within the last few years the demand
for the leaves has increased enormous
| ly, and large farms are devoted to the
business of growing them. The aka
loid cocaine obtained from them has
become steadily cheaper, until now
the commercial product is quoted at
about one-twentieth of the price asked
for 1T dozen years ago. At that
time apothecaries kept the stuff in
their safes, because it was so precious.
"Coca plants are propagated from
seeds in nurseries, to be set out later
in the fields. They begin to yield
regular crops at the age of eighteen
months, and continue to be produc-
tive for half century. The ripe
leaves are carefully picked by hand,
SO as not to injure the young buds.
They are dried thoroughly in the sun,
and finally are kept in bags of from
% to 100 pounds. The leaves are
about the same size and shape as tea
leaves, two inches or more in length,
oblong and pointed. They have an
| agreeable odor, rather like that of tea
leaves, and peculiar taste. A decoc-
| ton made from them is bitter and as
| tringent.
"Most of the coca leaves are sent
to Germany, where alkaloid cocaine
is made from them. 1t is put mp for
sale usually in the form Of chrystals,
| which are white and look somewhat
like grnnulated sugar. The alkaloid
is the active principle of the coca for
the sake of which certain South
American natives have for many cen.
turies chewed the leaves of the plant.
1t has gently excitant effect, render
ing n person indisposed to sleep. Adj
ministereJ to frogs by hypodermic
injection, it produces symptoms re-
sembling those of tetanus or lock-
jaw. A big dose kills rabbits and
dogs by suffocation, paralyzing the
respiratory centres
"The coca iiend hos already become
known to some extent in the United
| States. No habit is more dangero us
than the cocaine habit. 1t may be
acquired even by putting drops of the
solution in the eyes. Physicians now
employ cocaine in the treatment of
many complaints, aud, it often hap
pens that the patient acquires the vice.
The drug induces a feeling of intense
| joyousness, accompanied by visions
and phantns- -mngoria brilliant in form
and color. The habit steadily grows
and the inveterate consumer may be
recognized by an uncertainty of step,
apathy of manner, sunken eyes, green
and crusted teeth, fetid breath and n
blnckness about the corners of the
mouth.
"The article known commercially
h as coca wine is sometimes made by
mncerating the leaves OF the plant in
ordinary wine from grapes. Usually
however, hnid extract of coca is en-
ploycd, mixed with wine in the pro-
portion of pint of tho former to q
| gallon of the latter"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25

'elbow" joint he has thrce-inch
spur. and just back of that another
an inch in length. He is snid to be
a match for any ten game cocks. st
Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
The Chameleon Flower.

A chameleon flower" has been in
troduced in France from the Isthmus
of Tehuantepeo. The blossoms OF this
newly discovered plant are white in
the morning, changing to red at noon,
and again to blue in the evening.
Only at midday 1t exhalos faint peg
fume. New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
A Lucky Hunter.

II hear your husband has been out
shooting Did he have any lucka'
asked Mr.. Fitsroy, Of Mra 6hiftlsss.
''Oh. yes. be hsd lnck. II you please
10 eall a 70. H ssysd tvo angsrs ef
~ rinh> hspd, :
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
A MODERN LOCHINVAR.
BY MRS. NJ. Il. RAYNE.

A peculiar feature of the season of
romantic youth is that known as the
elopment period, when Young Lochin-
var has reached the conclusion that he
has more right to the girl of his heart
than her father, mother, brothers,
sisters, and all other relatives COM
bined. He does not stop to analyze
feelings or motives, so does not make
the discovery that his conduct is the
result of lapse into savagery, his
earlier ancestors having doubtless
been barbarians, who snatched their
savage brides from the family, but in
obeyance of the ancient marriage Gus
toms. No, our modern Lochin var
imagines himself valiant knight who
hurries to save his beloved lady fro m
the cruel restrictions of doting pa
rents. who know that her esquire has
not fiat to his name, or enough coin
OF the realm to sustain life in two per-
sons with average appetites. They ask
him to wait, but, he ignoring the poet
ical truth that all things come to him
who waits, does not have patience to
endure the long result of time.
Gilbert Harding and Gussie Marston
were lovers and they had planned an
elopement.
He was squire OF high degree,
She was lady fair to see.
This is triAe overdrawn, but it
applies to their case better than any
other two lines in poetical literature.
He was really clerk in n haberdash-
cry store, and she had just graduated
in sweet gown trimmed with real
lace. She knew absolutely nothing of
anything but school lore, and was as
helpless and ignorant as girl usually
is who influences a young man to be-
gin his career by running away with
her. He was quite sure, however, that
he knew enough for two, and what
was a man good for anyway, if he
couldn't face the world and fight its
battles for the girl he loved So the
time was set, the parents refusing to
consider his suit, because he was
poor.
But Gussie loved him all the better
for his poverty. She had heard it
said that her father was poor when ne
married her mother, and they had
been happy and prospered. She did
not reflect that young people of to-
day want to begin life where their
parents left off.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25

Nearly 100000 is the amount OBJ
tanned from the bicycle tax during
1895 by the French Government. the
number Of machines declared being
jnst pndsr 400, 1000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25

1t was the night OF the eIopement.
There was no moon, and the electric
lights we're dim and fickering. Gill
bert had engaged the services of q
best man-his chum, Bob Kennedy,
and who was to pilot Gilbert through
the wing OF the house where Gussie
was to meet them, when the two
would escape by side door.
The girl had taken her favorite
brother Tom into her confidence, but
Gilbert did not know this. Tom was
to entertain the old folks and keep
them in the family sitting room until
after nine, the hour which Was set for
the elopement.
"The great mistake that people
make when they elope," said Gilbert,
sis in setting the hour too late. when
the least sound attracts attention &c
them"
It might have been supposed from
those sage remarks, that he was an oil
hand at the business. But he had ye
much to learn.
have not stated the fact that Gus
sizes father was wealthy, but Gilber
would have scorned the imputatio
that this had any part in his plan c
marrying her off hand He knew thi
instead Of the paternal benediction {
the novel. "bless you, my children
bless you'll" he might receive the p'
ternsl taboo, and be left to low
aahes and crust in cottage, b
hs was willing, brave boy. to risk
An open window in ~ unused an
unoocppied wing Of the building l. Z
~ays : snanelesa inoidsak = polio
op ~ ssCas1Ipg ~ - lsen'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25

Louis and Amelia Darwin. OF Black
FALLS. Via, are said to be the oldsxA
married couple in the eouatry.
The oasis., 1895-04-27
Two Lives Saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, Ill., was told by her doctors she had Consumption and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. Kings New Discovery completely cured her and she says it saved her life. Mir. Thos. EggerS, 139 Florida St. San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approaching Consumption, tried without result everything else then bought one bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery and in two weeks was cur ed. He is naturally thankful. 1t is
 such results, of which these are sam ples, that prove the wonderful efficacy of this medicine in Coughs and Colds.
 Free trial bottles at Chenoweth & Mi1s drug store Regular size Soc.
The oasis., 1895-04-27
CITY AND COUNTY


 At Tucson last week w. R. Sprecher of Crittenden, was acquitted Of the charge of trespass growing out Of the land trouble up there.
 MT. l.. F.. Pennock from Denver has succeeded to the superintendency of the Yellow Jacket mine in the Gro Blanco district, instead of Major II. A. Read, recently resigned.
 Joseph c. Wise has been appointed cattle inspector at Nogales, Calabasas and Crittenden; Sabino Otero at Tu- bac; N. W. Bernard at Ariyaca and Orc Blanco; A. " Lewis at Bisbee; for Tucson, shipping inspector, Filiberto Aguirre, slaughter inspector, Frank Proctor.
 Twenty Pspago Indians and twenty Mexicans ran foot race of 250 yards Sunday afternoon, ort by the San Xavier mission. Forty dollars had been made up as the prize. The h. dians proved to be the better runners, but an errer on their part made the result tie.
 Quite large irrigating plant will soon be put in few miles north Of Tucson on beautiful piece of land. The pump will have a capacity to irri- gate l60 acres of land. It is only a question now of a few years, ard all the land along the Santa Cruz bottom and Rillit0 where the lift of water is only few feet, and the supply cer- tain. will be cultivated and made very productive.
 Articles of incorporation of the the Tucson Mining and Smelling Com pany,' with headquarters In London, England, and capital stock Of E20,- GOO about sIO0,0O0l, divided into 1000 shares, were filed Monday with the county recorder. Also q notice 0f appointment of Richard Hamilton as agent of the company. This company has already leased and is working the 'Silyer Belle and Canada del Oro'' mines, and expects to lease and put in operation the Canada del Orc smelteT located near Tucson.
 The Citizen says: Between the third and fourth acts of Through tue Lines" at the opera house on Saturday evening last, Hon. Thomas Davis sang with much success the latest song, "The Brownies" Arizona has the proud distinction ofclaiming this song as it's very own, for the words, which are very appropriate, are by MT. G. w. Hoadley, the well known and popular cashier of the Arizona National bank at Phoenix, whilst the music, which is very pretty and catchy, and even better than the words, is by Miss Elizbeth ' Allen, young lady who is now located at Phoenix, where she is engaged as professor of music. Judging by the manner in which the song was received on Saturday night, as the applause was loud and continued, 1t Is likely tC exceed the fame and success of Sweet Marie" or After the Ball.
The oasis., 1895-04-27
ORDINANCE NO. 8.
An Ordinance to Provide a Revenue for the Town of fogaies, Pima coEnty,
 Arizona Territory.

Sec l. There shall be levied annually upon the real and personal property within the town limits tax of not exceeding ten n0j mills on the dollar, of the assessablc value of said real and personal property, of which. not exceeding four 70 mills shall be for de- fraying salaries Of officers and the ordinary and contingent expenses of the corporation, and not exceeding two @ mills for the pur- pose of constructing and repairing streets. sewers. side walks and crossings or bridges, and culverts upon such streets and sidewalks and not exceeding four f4 mills to defray the interest of the public debt
 Sec. ?. Nothing in this section shall be con- strued to require or permit double taxation and all property shall be subject to taxation, except such as is exempt therefrom by virtue of the statute law of the Territory of Arizona
 Sec 8. The assessor before entering upon the duties of his office shall execute bend to the common council Of Nogales, in such penal sum, with two or more sureties as the said council shall fix which hond shall te ap- proved by the mayor of said town. and be filed fin the office of the clerk thereof The condition of the bond shall be, that the said assessor shall we'll truly and faithfully in all things, perform and execute the duties of his office as required by law. and the ordinances o f said town, during his continuancein of- Zee, without fear or favor. fraud deceit or oI- pression. and shall pay over all money which may come into his hands as such assessor to the treasurer of said town. taking hls receipt for the same.
 Sec {. Before proceeding to assess the tax able property of the town, the assessor shall take and subscribe to an oath, which oath may be in the following form.
The oasis., 1895-04-27
TERRITORY or ARIZONA,
 COUNTY OF PIMA. ~


 TERRITORY or ARIZONA,
 COUNTY or PIMA. ss'
 do solemnly swear that l will well and aud truly discharge the duties of assessor, of the town Of Nogales, and will 10 the best of my knowledge and ability, truly and faith fully, assess without favor or partiality all the taxable property of said town at it's just cash value.
 Sec 5. The assessor may appoint deputy and the appointment shall be in writing and filed In the office of the town clerk and such deputy before proceeding to act, shall take the oath of office prescribed for the assessor snd file the same with the clerk. Such depu. " when SO qualified shall possess the same power as his principal, but the principal shall be responsible for his acts and for his pay. which in no case shall become charge against the town.
 Sec. S. The assessor and his deputy are hereby authorized to administer all oaths aud aiffirmations contemplated by law and this ordinance in the discharge of their sev- eral duties.
 Sec. 7. Between the first Monday in April and the first Monday in June of each year. the assessor shall ascertain by dillgent in- quiry and examination all property in said town, real and personal, subject to taxation. and also the names of all persons, corpors- tions, companies or firms, owning. claiming or having the possession or control thereof. and shall list and assess the same to the per- son, firm. corporation. association or com pany owning, or having the possession. charge control thereof. snd generally in assessing
 4 4 AL rules regulating the same.
 Sec. &. It shall be the duty of the assessor to prepare 8 tax list or assessment rollalpha- betically arranged, in the book or books fur nished him by the common council for that purpose, in which book or books shall be list- cd or assessed all the real and personal prop erty within the limits of the town, said book or books shall be arranged in coummns in such manner as to exhibit clearly and show readily each name 10 which the several prop critics aTe taAed the real estate taxable IO each. the cash value of real estate, and i'm Drovements thereon. the cash value of all i'm provements on real estate, whore the sameis assessed to other than the owner of such real estate, the cash value of all personal proper ty taxable to each person, and the total value of all property taxable to each.
 Sec. g. On or before the third Monday in June in each year the assessor shall com plete his tax list or assessment roll and at tach his certificate thereto, and deliver 1t 10 the clerk of the council who shall file the same In his of1ce and as soon as he receives said tax list or assessment roll, the said clerk shall give notice of the fact, specifying there in the time of the meeting of the coun- cil as board of equalization, by publication in one newspaper, or in such other manneras the council may direct, and he shall keepthe said tax list or assessment roll open in his of fee for public inspection.
 This ordinance shall take effect from ana after its passage. Passed and adopted thi lst day of April 1895.
 ! Attest Signed D. J. CUMMING, ANTON PROTO,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
Two Deputy Sherifs Killed.

Pine Bluff. Ark. Sept 25-Depu;v
Sberifs Harri. and Stiff of Arkansas
county were sho' =od killed GEAR Eng
land, Lonoke county Yesterday while
attempting 70 arrest an escaped pris-
oncr named Lacey. who ha! nade his
escape fron Arkansas ca"utg Jail. He
was located in deserted house three
and half mites frc,a E@slaaa and
when called upon 70 surrender. opened
FIRE. TIE frst shn' $rrsck arc instantly
killed Harris aud 'ile >tcoad mortally
woanael Sss;F Another raoer. states
tka, the crime vas committees by iwo
escaped criminals named O,7eaS and
Nicholas The Murderer NJ laurdere.s
escaped TO the woods. THe: ere sur
rounded by posse 80! vi: be lynched
If caus ht alive.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
ALL ARE COLORED.

MEMPHIS, Tenn Sept. ga deter
aimed chase Of a black rapiss by an
eveyiocreasiug moo Of coIofed people is
10 progress in she northern part OF this
county fhe sictim of the ucgro's lust
was I5-year-oId colo;ed girl, the
daughter OF Harrison Payne, prosper
Gus fa,uer, living QUO nile from A'oka.
Late yesterday cveuins she was forced
trom her house at the poiut OF a pls-
to by Lcuis MacDauieIs and taken icto
the uoods. Her lit,le brother gave the
alarm aud couple of neigh6ors at ouce
took trail. At length the girl was
found, but the deed had been accom-
plIsted. Her assa!lant escaped aod the
chase after him began Immediately,
the crowd rapidly gathering in force
1t continued all of Saturday night, and
occasionally some one of the pursuers
would get shot at him. A deputy
sheriff came within range of him this
morning and sent a few shots in his
direction and succeeded in wounding
him. but the fugitive escaped into
canebrake The pursuers number more
than 200. and they are assisted by blood
hounds. An up-to-date lynching as the
hands of negroes is certain if MacDan-
iels is captured rp there.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
SUMTER S. c.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1895.
a Generous Act.

Vice President Baldwin, of the
Southern Railway Company, has is-
sued circular letter to the officers
of the system and to the public at
large stating that all the employees
Of the the Southern who have been
in the company's service for one year
or more and wish to attend the Cot
ton States and international Exposi-
ton at Atlanta will, on application to
their immediate superior officers, be
granted leave of absence and passes
be furnished them to attend the Ex-
position. These passes will provide
transportation for the employees,
their wives and their children The
circular goes on to state that en-
ployees who have not been in the
service of the road for year may
receive like transportation in the dis
cretion Of their superior officers.
This move on the part of the South
ern will make that system very pop
uIar with the railroad workmen
throughout the country Railway
men, as a rule, that is to say the rank
and file of railway workmen have
few holidays and are a very hard
worked class of people. The South
ern will never have any cause to re.
gret showing this attention to its
men.-Nens md Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
COTTON MILLS In CHIN A.

WASHINGTON, Sept 29.-Consul
General Jernigan stationed at Shan
gbai, reports to the department Of state
that cotton mill under British manage
mept will soou be erected 10 Shanghai.
The erection of the mill was made pos
sible by the treaty Of pesce betweeo
China and Japan. The announcement
of the first prospectus of the frs. cot
ton mill was greeted with applause
when announced 10 the Shanghai cham
Der of commerce. The prospects Of
of the new company are bright and
since it's formation three cotton mills
are contemplated, the largest Of which
will be uoder the management of we'll
known Americas firm.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
An Important Railroad Sale.

SpARrAsBURG, Sept. 25-Receiver
John B Cleveland, Of the Port Royal
aud Western Carolina Railway, believes
that arrangements have been made
looking to the sale of that road in DC.
tober. The Georgia Central is ln po-
sit!on to control the sale. as that corpor-
alton holds the liens on the road. The
only possible competitors it could have
would be the South Carolina Hallway
aud the Seaboard Air Line It is BOT
probable that either Of these corpora
tiops, or both combined, could bid
against the Georgia Central That
looks as if the great Southern would
sooo have absolute control of all roads
coming to Spartauburg for nine'y-nlne
years. After that date this generation
will not care much who controls the
roads. Some Of our people are agita-
ting the building Of short line to Hen
rietta, N. c.. which would give an out.
let over the Three C's and to Marion,
n. q. That would not relieve the sit.
uation. We would still virtually be 10
the hands of the Southern.