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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
HUMOROUS.

A masked ball - weeping behind
your handkerchief.
The difference between firmness and
obstinacy is merely matter of sex.
Some men are so awful slow that the
only time they get ahead is when they
buy cabbage.
A paper advertises for sale q pew
which commands a view of nearly
the whole congregation.
Bakers are bred to habits of early
rising; but is that any reason why
they should pan out 80 crustyp
1t is common saying that lovely
woman cannot keep secret, but who
besides herself knows where her
pocket is?
"Men'll do anything fur money"
said Flooding Pete. "Yes," replied
Meandering Mike. "Some fellers'll
even work fur it.
She lin fifteenth story, encourag.
ingly)-Supposing l were to fall, what
would you do? He-I should-send
for the undertaken.
She-Take care, Alfred. That isn't
the remedy for sea sickness. Don't
you see the bottle is marked "Poison?"
He-That's the one want.
'She killed herself because she
couldn't cook" "How absurd!"
"Well, she couldn't help it. She had
to eat her own dishes, you know"
''Why was the bee selected as o
model of industry?" asked Tilling-
hast. "Because business with him is
always humming," replied Glider
sleeve.
"Does the bicycle hurt your busi-
ness?" eyes. The junior partner
and the confidential buyer are both in
the hospital" And the man of affairs
sighed heavily.
Tom-Jack, old man, why is it ]
never seem to be appreciated by my
friends? Jack-Smith, old fellow, why
is it your friends never seem to be
appreciated by you?
Mistress--A whatever has be.
come of all your pretty curls? Maid
You see, a'am, the regiment has left
our town, and so l have had to give q
lock of my huir to several of my &C.
quaintances.
Emily (playing ''house'0-Now I'll
be mamma, and you'll be papa, and
little Ben and Bessie will be our
babies. Willy latter moment,
anxiously)-Ain't it about time to
whip the children?
Mrs. Wriggles-The rain is spatter'
ing right through this umbrella all
over my new hat. Mr.. Wriggles-1
know it, got badly fooled On that
umbrella but I picked out tho best
looking handle in the rack.
Mrs. Skinner (the boarding house
keeper)-I can say this, my table al.
ways literally groans under the weight
of the food upon il. Mr.. Hall Rhume
You bet it does, Mrs. Skinner! Why
the table would groan under the weight
of these biscuits alone.
"What a grasping old creditor you
are, Hawkins! You've bothered me
about this bill fifty times in ten days. =
"You wrong me, farley. I'm moi
grasping. I've bothered you about
the bill, admit, but I haven't beer
able to grasp anything yet"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
CYCLING COSTUME.
NORFOLK JACKET AND SKIRT
FOR WHEEL-wOMEN.
A Favorite Basque for Riding the
Bicycle and for General Wear
Stylish Ladies' Waist with
Applied Basque.

HHENorfolk basque is favorite
VI garment for cycling, shop
IL ping and general wear, as its
trim outlines are becoming to
all, and ii looks comfortable and bust.
ness.like. We here present one of its
simplest modes, made of greenish drab
covert cloth, closed with round white
pearl buttons, and finished with ma
chine stitching in tailor style. The
basque is shaped with single bust darts,
under arm cores, and a curving centre
seam in back. The plaits are gradua-
ted at the waist line, and applied on
back and front with single row of
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

scribed by fashion. Two styles of
medium sized leg O. mutton or gigot
sleeves for coat jackets, etc., are here
given as one pattern. No. /, made of
fancy cloth, is shaped with single
seams, and can be gathered or plated
at the top. A single box plait is laid
at the shoulder, forward and backward
turning side plaits adjusting the re-
mainder of the fullness. No. is of
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

In remodeling top garments this pat.
tern will be found useful and econom-
ical.
The quantity of material A inches
wide required to make either No. or
No. 2 design is 2t yards for 36.inch
size. To make these sleeves for miss
fourteen years OF age it will require
Ii yards of the same width material.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
BELOW DECKS
HOW AMMUNITION is HANDLED
ON A MAN-OF-WAR.
just What WIN Happen Under Her
Water Line when She Goes
Into Battle-ls Directed
From Midair.

~ oil the ships of the new navy
I the Texas, which anchored at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard last
week, is in some respects the
most interesting. A great steel fort
spans her decks. At each end of the
citadel is turret, and in each turret
n twelve-inch breechloading rifle, a
magnificent monster OF destruction,
an engine of war that would be terri
BILE if we only knew just what it would
accomplish in On emergency aimed
against men and cities and ships in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

Two farmers in Christian County.
Kentucky, had. suit about the own.
ership OF mule. The jury stood six
to six. and they agreed TO match PEN
nies to decide the csss. The verdict
was in favor OF the ;Ssfendaut
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
A Frog a Foot and a Half Tall.

The king of frogs was caught re-
Gently at Railway, N. J. He weighed
ten and quarters pounds. His
right leg weighed 2i pounds, and his
left leg.2t pounds. He was eighteen
inches long and twelve inches wide.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

LADIES AND MISSES COAT SLEEVES.
The demand for smaller sleeves is
steadily increasing, ladies not being
10th to disencumber their arms from
the weight of material hitherto pre-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
Saving n Church Asunder.

In order to enlarge St. Agnes's Ro-
man Catholic Church, which stands on
Masonic avenue, between Page and
Oak streets, it has been literally BIZ
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

Sir Arthur Sullivan Is said to have
realized $50, 900 BY his song. "Tha
Lost Chord" ~ ~ !. ..a, ~,-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

sected. The western portion has been
moved twenty-five feet further west
and the intervening space is now be-
ing pieced out. The insertion will
double the seating capacity Of the
church. San Francisco Examiner.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

oRGANDIE WAIST WITH APPLIED BASQUE.
May Manton says this very stylish
waist, depicted in the second large en-.
craving, is made from white organdie,
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
that much money was required to land

that much money was required to land
them here.
Several girls, II years old, rescued from
vile dens, have been brought to the mis-
sion. and seven years ago girl between
II and u years of age was rescued who
told of whip hanging on the wall as a
reminder that if she failed to obey the i'm
moral behests of her mistress and earn
money for her she would be whipped un-
mercifully.
Before the establishments of the Metho-
dist and Presbyterian missions in this
City great cruelties were perpetrated upon
the unfortunate slaves. They were taken
into a room, Invested OF every particle of
clothing, placed on the auction block and
sold to the highest bidder. For the most
trivial causes they were beaten black and
blue with whips and bamboo rods, and
even scared with redhot irons.
To these unfortunates the missions were
haven of refuge, but with the advent of
the missions and the exposures that were
made by reason thereof the slave-masters
changed their tactics. and the rod, the
lash and the searing-iron were laid aside
Kindness took the place of cruelty, not be-
cause any feeling of humanity or of pity
had entered the brutal Mongolian heart,
but because they would lose all their
slaves if the system of cruelty was not re-
placed by one which would keep the ig-
norant chattels contented with their lot.
A pseudo husband appeared ana some
kind of mock ceremony was performed.
Then she became interested in the
glamour of life which transcribed every
oha Lol
China in her life as a cooly She was
loaded with cheap iewelry and fine clothes
and was well fed and allowed to go to the
theater. Hence they became contented
with their lot, for they had no conscience.
They had not been reared TO look upon
that kind of life as evil.
Nearly all the Chinese girls who come
here are the products of the brothel,'' con-
tinued the missionary. "Theylhave always
lived in that debasing environment; it is
an improvement, physically and sensu-
ally, upon their former lot and they do not
care to come to the missions. They will
swear to whatever their masters desire.
Some of them have been brought to the
mission, have pretended to reform, have
been married to good husbands and have
deliberately and from choice gone back to
the life OF shame. Others have reformed
for good ana are in Christian families, a
credit to the missions and to the kind
Christians who have taken charge of
them"
Mr.. Masters could see no remedy under
the existing order of things. The great
majority of women arriving from China
were of the prohibited class. There should
surely be some means of Furnishing the
perjurers and their aiders and abettors,
but much detective work would be re-
| quired. If the police could or would en-
force the vagrancy act against the women
now here the evil would be very much
mitigated and the demand for new i'm
! portations would be lessened. But Mr..
Masters did not know whether this was
| practicable.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
Mooser & Mooser to Get the
Contract for the Dipso-
maniacs' Home.
THE RESULT OF A COMPROMISE
Now Supervisor Wagner Will Change
His Vote on the Municipal
Building.

As result of the action OF the Health
and Police Committee of the Board of Su-
pervisors Friday the vote for the de-
signs for the new municipal building will
probably stand Shea & Shea 6, W. O..
Banks 6, when the matter is again brought
up for the consideration of the board.
Supervisor Wagner is evidently friend
of Mooser & Mooser, who have made bids
for both the municipal building and the
Home for Dipsomaniacs. When the mat
ter came up before the board he made
persistent fight for the firm, and when the
matter was postponed announced that he
was in the fight to stay. Later, when the
municipal building fight was in full swing,
he cast his vote for his friends causing
the vote to stand Shea e. Shea 6, Banks 5
and Mooser & Mooser 1.
The matter was put to vote half a
dozen times, but the friends of the three
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
GAsTRONoMY AND GENIUS,

Rossini never ate any breakfast, and
frivolous critics say this is why he never
wrote any serious music. At banquet
given by Napoleon III Rossini ate tw ice
OF the Italian spaghetti and demolished
his portions with gusto.
Napoleon III had "porcine'' side to his
nature. He was rather glutton and the
pictorial promiscuity of his salon quite
horrihed the Americans who enjoyed his
hospitality.
Charles Reade could not be induced TO
taste mackerel. He shirked beef. never
tasted soup. beer and fatty dishes. He was
fond OF mutton and baked apples. He
hated to get into evening dress for dinner.
Patti detests great joints and affects
dainty French dishes, while her wine cell
lars are the wonder and envy of connois-
seurs. Her husband, NicoIfni. is some-
thing OF cook and can concoct fine dishes.
Chicago Record.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19

firms stood firm and the result was a
deadlock. On Friday the question OF
awarding the contract for furnishing plans
for the Home for Dipsomaniacs came up
and the committee decided to recommend
that it should be awarded to Mooser &
Mooser.
Just what would satisfy Supervisor Wag-
ner and that he will now join forces with
the Banks men who helped out his
friends and vote for Banks. One of the
Shea forces is expected to fall into line
and the coast will be clear for Banks to
get the desirable contract for erecting the
Kearney- street building.
Mooser & Moose. be given fifteen days to
submit plans for the erection of a building
to cost not more than $25, ,O00
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
Before a THUNDERSTORM.

The important bearing upon bodily
health of the electrical conditions of the
atmosphere has received much attention
lately. As evidence of this, there is cited
by physicians that tendency to headache.
irritability and general malaise expe-
rienced by mary persons just previous to
a thunderstorm. In this connection it has
been said that among the conditions pre-.
disposing to sunstroke in India, there has
been noticed the peculiar conditions of the
air, in which the hairs of horses tail re-
pei each other, in which the hairs of the
head stand on end, and in which man
exposed to its influence becomes irritable,
headachy and restless without knowing
exactly what is the matter with him.
Various observers have remarked, also,
that thunderstorm is often preceded by
an increased frequency of cases of heat
apoplexy. The precise cause of this phe-
nomenon has, however, not been deter
mined.-New York Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19

apply for writ of habeas corpus for
the restitution to her owners of some
girl manifestly and Enthusiastically un-
der age. He had known this to be the
case in the matter of girl who could not
have been more than l3 or IA years old.
The girl is produced before Judge Levi.
How old are you?" he asks the girl.
The interpreter makes the inquiry, and,
with grin of unbeief, translates it.
al am 81 years DID,
"Wnere do you want to go?" asks Judge
Levi.
"Rack to the brothel."
''Well, go. says the Judge. and she goes
After this graphic description Mr.. Mas
tiers resumed: According to the proce-
dure Of some of the courts the statemen is
OF the girl are taken as the truth with re-
gard to her age, and in the absence of any
other testimony to the contrary, and the
Judge accepts the statement and sends her
back to hell. We have to talk plainly
about those things, and there is great
harm done by benevolent societies paint
ing things couleur de rose."
Mr.. Masters expressed the opinion that
another great difficulty met with in en-
forcing the law was the lack of Chinese
interpreters of strict integrity. Many Of
them in the past were too friendly with
the slave-irhporting ring. and it was the
general impression in Chinatown that the
Interpreters used to engineer the women
through the Custom-house.
There was. no doubt in his mind that
money is used in landing the women. He
knew that it was openly boasted in China
town by the Chinese brokers' that won en-
can be landed here from Hongkong at the
rate of $1,000 apiece. The fact that a
Chinese girl 10 years old can be bought in
China for 5000, and that the same girl at
IL or IA can be sold at from $4,000 to $1,000
in Chinatown was cited as an evidence
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19

Brooklyn No. Isl, East Oakland-E. S. Reed
P. w. Wuther.
cambria c9aaIs No. 152-solon Mayaeld.
Browne. r. Andrews, J. Devote
Crawford.
South h, San Francisco No. 157-Louis Monner.
Sea Point No. 15s, sausalito--.
Lower Lake No. 159--
MARYLAND. -
Iska No; 161. Yreka-E. W. Howell
Winter No. 1854. w. North
Mayfeld No. 166-F. G. Wetzel.
Williamson
Redlands No. les.
cdN,a. washington 10: les, Senteryille. Alameda
Byron No 170zJ. A. Kennedy.
Fern Grove NO. 172, Sonoma County,.
Keystone, Amador-T. M. Church, I. s.
O'Rourke.
Leemore No 175---
Observatory, San JOSEF. ]. Chapman, C. NJ
Esparto No. I79-A. NJ. Schultz.
County-W. w. Decker.
Golden Anchor No. 1872, GibsonyilIe Sierra
County-Andrew Johnson.
Nicasio No. 1S3--
Hueneme No. 1S4--
Menlo No. 1S5-George E. Russell
Tracy No. 1S6-E. C. Steinmetz
Precita No. 187, San Francisco-C. II. Buel,
w. c. Miller.
siskiyou No 1873, Fort Jones-G. F. Mcbride
Liberty No. 1913, Sawyers Bar, siskiyou
Presfdio No. 1874, San Francisco-E. E
| Fischer, W. Barton
! Athens No. 1875, OakIand-B. F. Woolner.
| Corona No. 196--
Following is list of the grand officers
! 10 d. Sproul of Chico Parlor No. 81. nasi
grand president; Frank H. Dunno OF
Colum bia Parlor No. 121, grand president:
Henry G. Gesford of Napa Parior No. 62
grand vice-president; Henry Lunstedt oi
California Parlor No. 1, grand secretary
Henry s. Martin OF Stanford Parlor No. S6
grand treasurer; George D. Clark OF Pacific
Parlor No. 10, grand lecturer; w. M,
Conley OF MADEIRA Parlor No. 13O. grand
orator; William Henderson of Sacramento
Parlor No. 8, grand marshal; George N,
Van Orden of Precita Parlor No. 1877, grand
inside sentinel; G. o. Dun bar of Santa
Rosa Parlor No. %, grand outside sentinel:
Lewis +. Byington Of Mantle Parlor No
105, chairman; Frank Mattison of Santa
Cruz Parlor No. 80, secretary; Rod w
Church OF Oakland Parlor No. so, Percy Y,
Long of Eden Parlor No. I13, J. 3. Preweti
OF Auburn Parlor No. SO, r. c. Rust of Ex.
ceisior Parlor No. 81, Milton d. CARAT OF
Mission Parlor No. ss, grand trustees.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
MILLINERY.
GRANT ON MONROE DOCTRINE.
Extreme Measures to Overthrow Maxi
milan Advocated

HA'ioiho measures co overthrow Maxi
milan Advocated.
An unpublished letter from General
Grant upon the Monroe doctrine has been
found among the records of the War De-
partment, says the Washington CORE
spondent of the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
lt was written TO President Andrew John
son some time before this Government de.
manded the withdrawal of French troops
from Mexico. General Grant, as the letter
SHOWS, was IN favor of extreme measures
TO overthrow Maximilian and to sustain
the republican cause in Mexico. The let
Ter, which is OF particular interest at this
time, reads as follows:
GALENA, ILL, Sept. 2I, 1865.
HIS EIceLteRcy Il. Johnson President: Seven
weeks, weeks absence from Washington and free in
tercourse with all parties and classes of people
have convinced me that there is but one
opinion as to the duty of the United States to.
ward Mexico, or rather the usurpers in that
| country. All agree that, besides Welding Of
the long-proclaimed Monroe doctrine non
intervention In Mexican affairs will lead to an
extensive and bloody war hereafter, or a yield
ing OF territory now possessed by u.s.
To let the empire of Maximilian be estab-
nshed . on onr frontier is to permit an enemy to
establ1sh himself who. viii require a large
| standing army to watch. Military stations
viii be at points remote from supplies.
and therefore expensive to keep The
trade of an empire will be lost to onr
commerce. and Americans instead of bein0
the most favored people OF the world lhrou oh.
out the length and breadth of this conti1ent
| will be scofed and laughed at by their adioin,
! ing neighbors, both north and southEtha
! people OF the BRUSH provinces and Mexico
| Previous communications have given NV
| views on our duty in the matter here smoker
| Of so that it is not necessary that shonId
treat the subject at any length now Conver
| setlons with you have convinced me that Won
| think about IL as l do, otherwise / should
never have taken the liberty of writing In
| this manner. 1 have had the Opportunity of
mingling more intimately with all classes of
community than the Executive can possibIv
have, and my object is to give you the beneft
of what have heard expressed
would have no hesitation in recommend
| ing that notice be given the French thar for
eign troops must be withdrawn from the con
| tinent and the people left free to govern them
selves in their own way. 1 would openly sell
on credit to the Government of Mexico ali The
ANN mun1tion and clothing they want and aid
them with officers to command troops In
fine, would take such measures as Would Sc
cure the supremacy of the republican Govern
ment in Mexico
| hope you will excuse me for the free man
ner in which address you. 1 but speak nv
honest convictions, and then with the full he
lief that terrible strife in this country ia To
be averted by prompt action in this matter
| with Mexico.
U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
CALIFORNIA; NATIVE SONS
They Will Hold Their Next
Grand Parlor in San
Luis Obispo.
CONTEST FOR GRAND ORATOR.
The Different Parlors That Are
Entitled to Representation and
the Delegates Chosen.

The Native Sons of the Golden West
will hold their next Grand Parlor in San
Luis Obispo on the 9th inst, and it will
be in session for nearly week. A num-
ber of the delegates will leave during the
early part of the week to enable them to
witness the fiesta in the lower country.
There appears to be but one Office on
which the delegates will make strong
contest, and that is the office of grand
orator, now held by w. M. Conley of Ma
dera Parlor. There are number of cam
didates for the Office, among the number
Frank Mattison of Santa Cruz. Louis F.
Byington of .his City, E. A. Meserve of
Los Angeles and Frank L. Coombs of
Napa. Henry G. Gesford Of Napa Parlor
is in the line of promotion to succeed
Frank n. Dunno as grand president.
4 mum ber of the parlors have neglected
to send in the list of eheir delegates, and
many of the delegates do not present their
credentials until the morning of the first
session. The following is a list of the par
lors entitled to representation and the
delegates whose names have been re-
ceived. Quite a number of delegates were
in this City yesterday, and III presented
themselves at the new hall on Mason
street to inspect it:
California No. 1, San Francisco-John F.
Morse, James P. ?. Dockery, Harry Lachman,
w. w. Shannon. w. D. Shea, Leon Dennery.
Sacramento No. 3-Thomas G. Ellers, A. E.
Miller, c.. n. Post, Thomas Fox.
Marysville No. 6-P. J. de Lay, Murat F..
Brown.
stockton No. 7-George E. Cats. W. B. Nut
ter, Ii. r. McNoble.
Placervllle No. 9-Poe Mckee, D. G. Carr.
Pacific No. 1O-James ID. Phelan, ID. l.. Fitz-
gerald, Joseph K. Hawkins.
humboldt No. IA, Eureka-L F. Peter, Ar
Amador No. IL
Visalia No. 19-
Arcata No. 2O-J. B. Tilley s. ]. Titlow.
Chico No. DIV C. Smith, A. Abrahams.
san Jose No; PIT. C.. Hogan, s. L. Worden.
Yosemite No. "a, Merced-A. T. Hyde.
Fresno No. 25-L. w. Moultrie. G. G. Free
man.
Sunset No. &c, sacramento-J. h. Pond. E. E.
Duden.
Santa Rosa No. 2s-w. E. Bagley, ]. NJ.
Laughlin.
Golden Gate No. 20, San Francisco-D. Will
son, G. J. FitZgibbons. w. A. King.
woodland No. 30-J. Leathers Jr., Z. B. Hay
ward.
Excelsior No. 81, Jackson. s. Gabarini. ].
f. Davis.
General winn No. 80, Antioch.
lone No. 33-R. 81. BagIey.
Mission No. 38, San Francisco-A. L. Karl, ].
Forcner, Z. r Bert, J. A. Black
Solano No. 80, Suisun--J. J. Pfster.
Ralnbow No. 40, Wheatland-.
Baker No. AZ, Baksrsfeld-I. H. Glenn.
Tulare No. 43-.
Fremont No. 44-John latham, D. McClos-
key.
Los Angeles No. 45-A. Ramish. E. C. Selma
bel.
Alameda No. 47-F. o. Shuman, ]. n. Glaa
fiymou.h No. z8-S. z. Davis.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
Lolita is accredited with owning yaluable

Lotta is accredited with owning valuable
real estate in every large city in the
United States. She is the wealthiest wo-
man in the profession, and although she
could live as elaborately as desired with
her enormous income she lives plainly and
is anything but extravagant. Her mother
and herself are as shrewd pair of finan-
ciers in petticosss as exist.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
New Wash Goods. I5c a yard.

Just opened, fresh from the manufactu-
rers' whirring looms, not seen in the
city before. We unpacked them. Among
them are Lace Striped Dimities, fine Or
CANDIES in Persian and Dresden effects.
Fancy Corded Dimities in shaded colors,
Satin Striped Masalias, new Marbleized
and Revered Dimities, fine Herringbone
Dimities, White Ground Dotted Swisses
in pretty spring effects and large va
riety of the popular Linen colors in
Lawns, Jaconets, Dimities and Sw1sses
in fancy effects and plain colors.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19

King Menelek of Abyssinia rejoices in a
better half who is most picturesque
woman. She is fond of dabbling in state
a11airs, and If she is not allowed to have
ner way she lnduIges to excess in French
wine and makes Menelek's palace a cent?
OF disturbance colored by red paint.