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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-10-28
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

In Austria to give girl spray OF
pear blossoms indicates affection.
Because of the immense size the
Vatican is the coolest palace in Rome.
Il contains ] 100 rooms.
In the South OF France the pink
means pure affection. The peasant
girls always wear pinks at their we'd
dings.
"Hot Potatoes" and s'Ronst Beef
we're the aliases OF two prisoners
brought before the Philadelphia courts
the other day.
An English inventor has devised q
transparent umbrella covering, so that
the carrier, facing head wind, can
see through IL where he's going.
A new hall has been opened in the
Paris Louvre. II contains all the
sculptures Of the Renaissance period
heretofore scattered through the gal
lery.
A London postman with his ten
sons, five of whom are in the postoffice
service. made one side in n recent
cricket match on Thornton Heath and
beat their opponents.
The Missouri is the longest river
and the Mississippi really joins the
Missouri. But the Mississippi was
discovered first and obtained the repu-
tation of being the principal stream.
A collector OF bad debts who lives
in a New Jersey town drives horse
over which is thrown a sheet bearing
this inscriptions: "This horse stops
only in front OF houses whose inmates
are bad pay"
In signalling at sea never more than
four flags are used at one time. 1t is
interesting to know that with eighteen
colored flags and never more than
four at time no fewer than 1852
signals can be given.
Many years prior to the British oc-
cupation Of Egypt some OF the people
Of that country worshiped the croco-
die as god, there being nothing else
like him. They fed him on dainties
and decked him out with jewelry.
Three crops of peaches have grown
this season on tree belonging to 7.
ID. Cotton Of Greenfield, Ind. The
fruit Of the second crop was Of the
same size as the first, but the seeds
we're only half as large. The third
crop is now on the tree.
The most valuable OF sponges is the
fine 'Turkey" sponge, much used by
ladies and in nurseries. 1t is OF Q
very soft. close, elastic texture, and
more or less cup-shaped 1t grows
at great depth, and only on ceStain
limited fishing-grounds. $50
The registrar of births. marriages
and deaths in a Dumfries district.
Langholm, Scotland, has recorded
his own death. He took poison, and
then filled up the form of particulars
required to be registered, and put
I down the very hour at which he event.
ually died.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-10-28
GLOVES oRSAMESrED WITH MOCK GEMS.

GLOVES ORNAMENTED WITH MOCK GEMS.
Jewels sparkle from the newest
gloves. Yet they are quite within the
means of the average woman, for the
jewels are limitations of gems.
The jewels are used on g,ace kid,
and instead of the usual stitching they
appear in rows. There are gloves Of
soft shade of tan, with mock emer-
alds used in place OF the stitching.
Then there are other silvery gray
gloves with the backs studded with
turquoise. These gloves are only
suitable for reception or evening wear.
Gloves in vivid shades are among
the novelties of the season. Glove
makers are showing rich purple-hued
gloves and others in shades of bright
green.
But the woman who understands the
art of dressing will only gaze at these
gloves from afar. She will always wear
gloves which are inconspicuous in
color.
The black and white gloves are
much worn at present. If the gloves
are black they are stitched and bound
with white and fastened with white
pearl buttons in rims OF silver.
All the newest walking gloves no
longer fasten with four buttons, but
with two clasps. This is the latest
English idea. New York journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-10-28

July was again wet, cold, ani die
agreeable month in Switzerland.
Tourists will discover by and by that
June. August and September ere the
best months in the mountainA
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-10-28

1856 times; visits received, $40; visits
paid, 167; books read So; papers
read, 553; stories read aloud, 234;
games played, 329; church services
attended, 1876; articles mended 1, ,236 I;
articles of clothing made, 100; letters
written, 429; hours ut the piano, 80
1-2; hours in Sunday school work,
2Os; sick days, A; amusements at
tended, 10.-St Louis Globe Demo-
crat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11

Yale an easy victim, but the Yale
stroke as it has been rowed all these
years is as good for one mile as for
four. 1t does not have to be cut off
and bob-tailed, or made jerky and
short. More strokes will be rowed per
minute over the shorter course, but
this is to be done by pulling the oar
harder through the water. Strong,
heavy men simply have to put more
power on their oar handles to raise tie
stroke. The blades rip through faster,
and the time is gained for adding the
extra strokes in a minute, without lC
ing a bit Of the power in the long,
rythmical swing, and the full slide dis
lance. The Yale crews at New London
raise their stroke to any desired pitch
by throwing extra power in the pull
through the water Quickening the
shoot away Of the hands and moving
faster on the parts of the stroke which
call for lightning speed. This is why
Cook has selected as heavy and mus
cular a set of men for Henley as for
the four-mile races with Harvard.
Light and wiry men would not have
the weight and power to raise the
stroke in this fashion. They would
have TO cut it off or shorten the swing.
and hurry their slides in a manner
contrary to the principles of the Yale
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11

the success or failure of the trip seems
to lie. The new stroke is an expert
ment, and it cannot successfully be
tried till the time of the actual race
This will prevent the coachers from
properly testing it till the Henley is
won or lost, and this is the only fea-
ture of the regatta that Yale does not
regard with complacency-row the
races under strange conditions as re-
CARDS stroke. The long, swinging Cook
stroke that has brought victory to Yale
year after year has been tested, and
never found lacking ir a four-mile
race. Whether it will be found prac-
ticable in a match of a mile and a
quarter, the Henley distance, is an
other matter. To meet the new re-
quirements it has been changed slight
ly, but not radically. The recovery is
quicker, and the slide is rushed to
place, but the fundamental principles
of the stroke-the position, the arm
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11

Iona have decided to purchase the
Italian ironclad Genoa and present it to
the Spanish government
In the matches of the Royal London
Yacht club the German emperor's new
cutter Meteor, fifty miles, won. Prince
OF Wales Britannica was second.
In the discussion of the diseases of
animals bill il the house of commons
efforts failed to make an exception OF
the British colonies 10 be free from
disease.
parliament reassembled after the
Whitsuntide recess. IN the house OF
commons George n. CurZon denied the
existence of any correspondence with
Germany on the subject Of the Soudan.
Marines from a United States war
ship and a British warship were landed
at Corinto, Nicaragua, recently, TO pro-
tect the lives and property of the peo-
pie. They acted cCnjointly and in har-
mOny.
Mrs. Edwin Henry King, formerly OF
Montreal, Canada, who died at Monte
Carlo in April, bequeathed f20,0t0 to
the Montreal general hospital, 100000
to McGill university and f5 900 to the
Ladies Benevolent Society of Montreal.
The car and czarina attended a
grand parade OF all the troops present
in Moscow. They then proceeded to
the church, where the flags were
blessed. In the evening they attended
the banquet giver by the nobility o.
Moscow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11
TEA WORSE THAN COFFEE.

Tea-drinking is coming under the Sc
we're lash of the medical profession, and
a physician in an article in a recent
monthly says that tea worship, carried
on by fair devotees in the prettie5t
drawing-roOms, in the smartest Of tea
gowns, with the daintiest of silver and
china, may to a large extent disarm
them as to the real nature of this in
sidious but implacable fiend. He
further says the evil effects of the
tannin in tea are readily seen by its
ravages on the threats and stomacns Of
tea tasters. 1t is well known that
dyspepsia is often caused and increased
by tea drinking; it is harmful IN two
ways. Neither 81 Guild it be taken by
those suffering from varieties of heart
affection or by those having a feeble
circulation. Mental depression and eX-
tremes of melancholia, the doctor also
attributes to tea drinking, and even
suicidal monomania. This view is sup
ported by the lately published Stats
tics concerning the increase of lunacy
among the lower orders, considered due
in measure to the excessive amount
of tea drinking now prevalent among
them, and those acquainted with the
ways of the tea drinkers of this class
know that the tea pot is never off The
hob and that tea is drunk at every
meal, as we'll as between meals. It is
ancient history 70 say that the tannin
is the cause of all the mischief, and
that tea should be drunk Immediately
after it is made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11
AN OPPRESSIVE RESPONSIBILITY.
Sympathies of the Blaine Household
Brought a Respite to a Man.

Ex-President Harrison's paper On
This Country Of Ours, in the June
Ladies' Home Journal, treats of The
Pardoning Power and Impeachment.
Of the former he cites an incident in
showing the oppressive responsibilities
it places upon the shoulders of a pres
ident. He says:
"A repr1eve is temporary suspen-
sion of the execution of a sentence.
This power is often used for the pur-
pose of giving the president time to eX-
anime an application for a pardon, or
to enable the condemned to furnish
further evidence in support of such an
application. In the summer of 1889 an
application for a pardon in behalf of
a man condemned to death for murder
was presented to me, and after a care
full examination the application was
denied. On the day before the day
fixed for the execution I arrived at Bar
found that just before my arrival
telegram had come asking for a re-
prieve. The message had been tele-
phoned to Mr.. Blaine's house and re-
ceived by Mrs. Blaine. Her sympa-
thies, and those of the whole house
hold, were at once enlisted for the poor
fellow, and though the gibbet was over
twelve hundred miles away the shadow
of it was over the house, and I was the
hangman. A telegram to the United
States marshal granting a short re-
prieve was sent, and the day of the exc
cution was again my uncomfortable Sc
cret. 1t is not pleasant thing to have
he power Of life and death. No graver
nor more oppressive responsibility can
De laid upon a public officer. The
power to pardon includes the power to
commute sentence, that is, to reduce
t. When the sentence is death the
PRESIDENT may commute it to imprison-
nent for life, or for any fixed term;
nd when the sentence is imprisonment
or life, Or for fixed term of years, he
nay reduce the term of Imprisonment,
nd if fine is imposed he may reduce
he amount, or remit it."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11

liner Berlin. Among the oarsmen who
will go TO England to see the race are
Louis X. Hull. 81, who rowed on the
victorious crews of 80 and 81, and was
captain o. the unfortunate Fights of 81
and 'S3; F. W. Rogers, 'S3; ]. A. Hart
well, 50 S, who was captain o. the 80
crew; R. D. Paine, "a, who rowed In
the 81 and 80 crews; F. A. Johnson,
"a S, captain of the "a crew; Richard
Armstrong, '95 S, captain of the '9S
crew. This list will be undoubtedly
increased by dozens of other old atl-
letes, and by a crowd of undergradu-
ates, over thirty of whom have already
engaged passage to England.
Yale will take two paper boats to Eng
land exactly similar to those used by
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11
TRADE CONDITIONS.
BUSINESS CONTINUES DEPRESSED
IN NEARLY ALL LINES.
Tendency of Prices Downward, and Mills
Are Still Waiting for the Rush
They Expected.

New York, June 6.-BradstreeCs'
weekly review says general trade con-
tinues depressed in almost all lines.
The demand is smaller than week
ago, and requests for and offerings of
commercial paper is decreased. Mer-
camille collections continue to be com
planned of and the tendency of prices,
particularly cereals, sugar, coffee, pork
products, cotton and cotton goods and
iron and steel continues downward.
Crop prospects in Nebraska were never
better. There is d moderate increase
in the demand for dry goods at Chicago,
but business is generally disappointing
R. G. Dun's weekly report says it is
highly suggestive, that with as little
help as there is cow from new business,
that the markets are so nearly main
tanned. Summer is close at hand and
with new crops promising well and Old
stocks large, it is no wonder that farm
products are cheap. Factories ana
mills are still waiting for the rush or
business seen last year, and in spite
of the narrow orders at present are gen.
orally holding on with much confidence.
The opinion gains ground that more
active business is to be expected after
the conventions have been held, ana
the safety and suficiency of crops have
been assured. The hardest problem
of the day is whether iron and steel
prices can be maintained, as they have
been during the past week. Nail asso-
Citations have failed thus far to WIN
over competitors who underselI them,
while oar association asks for iron
more than the selling prices for steel
bars.
The failures in the United States for
the week past were 234, against 195
last year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11

In the house as vote was about to
be taken on the contested election case
of Martin VS.. LOckhdrt, there was a re-
markable scene The democrats, with
the exception o. Nh Bailey and a few
others, quietly left the hall for the pur-
pose of breaking the quorum. The ris-
ing vote resulted in 113 to 5. Mr..
Bailey made the point of no quorum,
but Mr.. Payne, who was in the chair,
overruled the point and declared the
motion adopted. Mr.. Bailey attempted
to contest the formal motion to recon-
slider and lay OF the table but was
overruled in the same manner. He
called on the vacant chairs to testify
to the absence Of q quorum, but to no
avail. He then changed his tactics
and moved an adjournment. The
chair declined to entertain the motion
or appeal from his decision and Mr.,
Martin came forward and took the
oath. AS the new member walked
back to his seat Mr.. Bailey shouted
disgustedIy: Call the next case Oh the
docket"
Later the election case of Renaker
VS.. Downing, from the sixteenth Hi
nois district, was taken up and Rena-
ker, the republican member was de-
clared elected anu given the oath of
Office. Congressman Mcmillan, of
Tennessee, also made an angry pro-
test TO the decision in the case.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11

Washington, June EN- the senate
yesterday almost the entire day was
taken up with the discussion OF the
case of the citizens of the United
States who are now under sentence OF
death at Havana, Cuba, because Of
their participation in the Competitor
affair
Mr.. Morgan (AIa.), asked for action
on his resolution requesting the presi-
dent for information as to the capture
of the Competitor by Spanish warship
and the condemnation to death of cit
liens of the United States; whether any
demand has been made for the release
Of those citizens. The senator said
that while the case was one of great
gravity, he had nc information that
was available except the reports and
rumors. The executive branch had
not given the slightest information on
the subject. Mr.. Morgan read the
statutes requiring the president to
make a demand for the release of an
American citizen He argued that 1t
was the duty of the president under
the constitution to keep congress ad-
vised on the state of the union and
particularly on foreign affairs. OF
late a courteous custom has arisen to
adopt resolutions making requests on
the president for information, but this
did not relieve the president from a
duty of giving full information. And
it was only of late days, Mr.. Morgan
said, that the failure of the executive
to give information to congress had
grown up. Mr.. Morgan also deplored
the Spanish outrages in Cuba, and gave
it as his opinion that the United States
should take prompt action in the mat
ter. The resolution was finally in ex-
ecutive session placed upon the calen-
dar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11

New York, June 6.-The first Yale
crew that ever crossed the Atlantic
will embark today to meet the pick of
English university oarsmen in the
Royal Henley regatta which begins
July 6. Yale has decided to enter only
the eight-oared races, following the ex-
ample of Cornell, which declined to
participate in the four-oared and single
scull events.
Yale's stroke this year will be about
a fourth faster than usual, and in this
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11

system. More reputation depends up
on Yale's performances at Henley than
on any previous appearance of Amer
lean athletes, as Yale has and has had
for years the champion boat crew OF
America. By defeating them England
will be entitled to claim superiority in
the field of college rowing. The Amer
leans will not be The only foreigners at
Henley, Crews from Holland, France
and Germany will enter. and it is ex-
pected that some of them will do sur
prising work
The boys will sail on the American
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11
CHINA MUST PAY.
Germany Asks Indemnity for Attacks
on Her Officers in China.

London, June ga dispatch from
Shanghai says that in consequence Of
the indignities to which German Of
ficers have been subjected recently by
the Chinese soldiers they were detaile1
to train, eliminating in the murder of
one of the Germanc by the body guard
of the viceroy Of Nankin many of
these officers have left Nankin. Ger
man warships have arrived there and
have demanded heavy indemnity for
the attacks made by the Chinese upon
German officers. These attacks, accord
ing to the dispatch, are believed to be
part of a scheme to drive out the Ger
mans and place the Chinese army un-
der Russian control.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11

her for the last six or eight years They
have been built by Waters, of Troy
The management of the Yale navy has
counted on $4,000 being the cost of
training the crew and paying all the
expenses of the European tour. This
is very little more than what it has
been costing Yale every year to meet
Harvard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11

Princes Angelina, daughter of Chief
Seattle, after whom the city of Seattle,
Wash, was named, died on Sunday last
in that city. She was one of the celeb
rites of the North Pacific coast. IL
the early SOS Angelina, at the peril of
her own life, apprised the people Of
Seattle of an intended massacre, thus
saving 900 or 400 lives, and endearing
herself to pioneers and their descend
ants. She has been the subject of
magazine and newspaper ar
ticles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11
FOREIGN.

Herr Rohlfs, the African explorer,
died at his residence at Ruengadorf-on-
Raine.
The British Women's Temperance as
ISOLATION reelected Lady Henry Som
erset as president
In the recent fighting in Crete the
Turkish loss was rs killed, while the
christians lost 40 killed.
The municipal authorities of BARGE
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11
FIND GOLD IN COAL.

Cheyenne, Wyo., June 6.-The own
ers of the Cambria coal fields have dis
covered that the coal which they have
been selling for s. ton contained So
a ton in gold.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11

BesIueS CneSe Twelve on Lnt Crew,
only three other Yale people will go
over, and they are Robert Cook, the
coach; Manager he Sibour and Assist
ant Manager Joe Wheelwright.
Fears have been expressed in some
quarters that the change of stroke
necessary for the short distance of a
mile and half at Henley will make
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11
YANKEE CREW SAILS
YALE'S EIGHT LEAVES FOR THE
HENLEY REGATTA.


Twill Be a Fourth Faster than Usual.
but Fundamental Principles Re
main as of Old-Expenses of the
Trip Placed at About S10000-Com-
position of the Crew.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11
SPAIN Is SCORED
IN REGARD TO
CUBA REQUESTED.
PLEA OF senator MORGAN

He Wants Full Details in Regard to
the Conviction OF the Participants
in the Competitor Affair-Hot
Scenes in Connection with the Elec-
ton Cases.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11

The daughters OF Carl Marx are col
Letting material for a biography of
their father.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-11

work, the rigid back-are unchanged.
1t is still essentially a Cook stroke.
The statistics of the crew are.
Evening star., 1896-12-30

These are the regular and reduced
prices during our semi-annual one
third off sale-and YOU have a choice
from the whole clothing stock, with
out reserve.
Children's Suits-Overcoats-and
Reefers are reduced the same-one-
third off marked prices.
Plenty of reductions in the Fur
nishings Department, too.
15c. for White and Colored 81 and 81 - shirts
$l.67 for Perrin's Best 81 - Gloves
1-3 OF all Underwear more than $3.50 garment
1-3 on all Mems Hats.
Evening star., 1896-12-30
MCKINLEY AND HOBART,
Put in Nomination for Reelection
i'm 1900.


I'm 1900.
The Mckinley and Hobart Uniformed
Club gave an enjoyable entertainment at
Masonic Temple last night, at which a
large number Of the members and friends
of the organization were present. Music
for the occasion was supplied by an orches-
ira and the Henderson Drum Corps, and a
delightful program of literary and musical
numbers was given by several well-known
amateurs. Col. John Bowles the president
Of the club presided, and with him on the
stage were Col. s. r. Stratton, John w.
Douglass. Gen. Whitaker, Col. Robb, Will
liam Milligan, Col L. s. Emery and Mr..
Crittendon of Philadelphia.
Mr. Bowles made a short speech in as
suming his place as chairman of the meet
ing, and then introduced ex-Commissioner
John W. Douglass, who made the address
Of the evening. Among other things, Mr..
Douglass said that the organiza tion would
be kept up, and that 1t would labor in the
reelection of Mckinley and Hobart In 1900
Those who took part in the entertainment
features were Mr.. Frank Rebstock, Mr. AL
vim Quinter, Prof. Arnold w. Meyer-Teeg
Miss Ella B. Gleeson, Mr.. A. NJ. Forester
Mr.. Maitland Wright, a string quartet, con-
sisting of Messrs. Meyer-Teeg, Finckle,
1semann, Becker and Scholz; the Ommiad
Quartet, consisting of Messrs. Landvoight
Dieudonne, Todd and Roane; William H.
CoEley, Mr.. James HI. Cathell and Miss
Nellouise Stevens.
Evening star., 1896-12-30
VIRGINIA RepubIicans. 3.

The executive committee of the Virginia
Republican Association held a meeting last
night at 923 F street northwest, with
Chairman F. d. Lee presiding. The special
committee in charge of the bazaar to be
given February 1. reported that all ar
rangements are being made and that there
ID every indication of success attending
the efforts of ths association in this re-
gard. Twelve additional members were
named to be members of the special COM
mittee upon a recommendation from that
body that ito numbers be increased
Evening star., 1896-12-30

W. B. MOSES & SONS.