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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08

in effect. The loose fitting fronts lap
in double breasted style, the back and
sides fitting smoothly to the waist, be-
low which each section is widely sprung
to give the fashionable rippled effect.
The mandolin sleeves are in three see-
tions, each seam being joined, pressed
open and stitched on each! side. The
box plaits are laid at the top, with the
rest of the fullness in side plaits turn
ing forward and back. The high turn
over collar in military style is stiffly
lined with canvas. Pocket laps cover
the openings to pockets inserted on
each front that are stitched and firmly
pressed in position. The skirt is gored
in latest mode, and is of ample, but
not extravagant, width, the pocket
opening being finished at the top OF
the centre back seam. The jacket can
be interlined if necessary, and a
bright lining of silk or taffeta adds
much to the style and finish of the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08

edge OF right front, through which
button holes nre worked to use in
closing with studs or buttons. The
full bnck is gathered at the top and
joined TO seamless yoke lining hav-
ing n straight lower edge, the double
pointed yoke being laid over and
stitched down firmly on its lower
edges. The fullness at the waist line
is regulated by draw tapes, inserted
in casing at the back and tied around
in front, the lower edges of basque
length being worn under the skirt.
Tho high standing collar or turnover
collar that is mounted on deep band
can I've perm anently attached il so
preferred. Full gathered Paquin shirt
sleeves are finished with straight cuffs
at the wrists, slashed openings being
finished with under and over laps in
back. Madras, cheviot and Oxford
shirtings, lawn, dimity, percale, cam.
bric and gingham in stripes, checks,
figured fand plain varieties will dc.
velop stylishly by the mode.
The quantity of material sc inches
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08
wide required to make this shirt waist
for miss fourteen years of age is 3s
yards.
A YOUNG GIRLS DRESS.

Striped mohair in fawn and apple
green is here combined with green
velvet of the same shade, decorated
with gilt gimp. The stylish combina-
ton is very effective, though simple,
the full waist being gathered and
arranged over fitted body Innings, with
single box plat that droops slightly
in front over the belt in blouse
fashion. The seamless yoke collar
with bretelles closes with the waist in
visibly in centre back, the bretelles
extending to the waist line on each
side of front and back. A standing
collar of velvet covered with gimp
finishes the neck, belt to match
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08

by sixty broad, and is almost rectan-
cular IN outline, with its sea girt shores
containing population of three-quar-
ters of million. Cuba and Porto
Rico combined possess an area of
about so, 900 square miles and total
population of 2,300, 900 souls.
The chief city of the island, although
not the largest, is San. Juan on the
north coast, with 20, inhabitants.
1t is built on an island connected with
the main by bridge and causeway,
and magnificent highway connects
with the city of Ponce on the southern
coast. San Juan is one of the most
compact of cities, built on penin-
sula terminated by great fortress
and enclosed within high walls. En-
trance Is only to be obtained through
well guarded gateways, from the lower
batteries and the mole, while senti.
nels stand vigilant ON every parapet.
1t is only by stealth that photographs
can be taken OF these grim gray walls,
the Spanish officials seeming to think
that they are as effective for defense
as in the days they we're first built,
two or three hundred years ago. But
from that fine harbor, if entrance could
could once be gained, modern iron
clad could knock those old stone tow
ers and sentry boxes into smithereens |;
o. even from the sea outside the bar.
San Juan is a sickly city in the sum-
mer season, as it expects, and invaria-
bly, receives, visit from Yellow Jack,
who takes his victims mainly from the
unacclimated classes. The houses of
the city, too, are crowded together,
after the manner OF those in the older
portion of Havana, while the narrow
and filthy streets are reeklng reser-
voirs of corruption and disease. Not
withstanding this, however, there is a
fine residential class here, composed
of native and Spanish stock, and il the
stranger brings good letters OF intro
duction he will be Hospitality received.
That is, according to Spanish ideas OF
hospitality, which consist of an invi-
tation to cafe lone invitation). and
perhaps. as a great favor, another to
the cock pit.
The island is governed by Cover
nor General, with numerous officials,
all Spanish, and, although a Spanish
island, one of the very few yet remain
ing to the mother country here, yet
there is the same discomfort with re-
gard to the home government as il
manifest in Cuba. Excessive taxation
and an alien soldiery, together with
high-salaried positions, filed with for
eigners, are among the causes con
tributing to weaving this loyal island
from its allegiance to the Spanish
crown.
Aside from the forts and the ceme-
tory where the dead are mainly de-
posted in ''columbariss'' the msrke
place and cockpit are the only object
Of interest within the oon6nss Of th'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08

These aboriginal inhabitants of Bor-
inquen were among the most intelli-
gent OF any discovered by the first
voyagers to these seas. They had
huts OF palm leaves, fields of corn,
tobacco and yucca, while their rude
arts were beyond the attainment Of
other Indians of America then existing.
Relics of these Indians are being found
every year scattered in the fields of
the interior and in the caves in which
they were driven by the Spaniards.
these remains are peculiar to this ISL
and, and il may be matter of inter
est to American that the best collection
OF them is now contained in the Gov
srninent Museum at Washington.
Civilized or uncivilized, the Span.
iards soon brought them to the verge
OF determination, and it is more than
(, 200 years since the last one OF them
was sseen alive. The old Spaniards
always went on the principle that there
Il ''no Indian 70 good - dead In
dian. y aud this reineipls they lived
nebly % y whssoses thsy vsnt
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08
PORTO RICO.
A COMPARATIVELY UNKNOWN
ISLAND BELONGING TO SPAIN.
Besides Cuba II Is the Sole Remain
ing Spanish Possession In the
West Indies--Rich in
Memories.

C PAINS vast possessions in the
@, two Americas have Mt last
e dwindled TO two islands of the
West Indies, Cuba and Porto
Rico. The former is well known
through the scenes OF bloodshed and
war with which we have become
familiar. The latter, Porto Rico, the
"Rich Port" 80 called by the early
Spaniards because of its fertile soil
and great shipments OF tropical pro
ducts, is comparatively unknown.
Few tourists go there, MS there is no
direct line OF steamers with passenger
accommodation, although the island
has many and varied attractions. IL
lies in about the snme latitude Us
degrees north) MS the island of st.
Thomas, and issituated between that
isle and Santo Domingo. Two great
names are connected with tho early
history OF Porto Rico, not to ment on
many others since its discovery and
first settlement. Columbus discovered
the island, on his second voyage, in
1893, and gave to it the name of San
Juan Bautista, or st. John the Baptist,
but its native name was Borinquen.
Fifteen years after, in 1903, another
name now famous in the annals of
America was linked with that of the
recently discovered island. Ponce de
Leon, then the Spanish Governor Of
the eastern province of Santo Dom.
ipgo, had his attention called to Porto
Rico by reports of rich gold finds in
its rivers. Some OF the golden sands
were brought to him, and he at once
organized an expedition for conquest
and exploration.
BE and his mailclad soldiers were
well received by the native chieftain,
the Cacique Agueynaba, and allowed
to take up as much of the rich terri.
tory as they needed. But that did
not satisfy the barbarous Spaniards of
that day; they wanted all or nothing,
and proceeded at once to exterminate
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08

completing the waist. Full puifs are
slightly disposed over fitted Innings
that are faced to the elbow with the
material, cut bias. The full round
skirt is gathered to fall in natural
folds, sewed to the belt, and closes
with the waist in centre back. Com.
binations of wool and silk fabrics are
stylishly decorated with insertion.
lace or galloon, grass linen or batiste
being made up in this style, with coll
lar OF all over batiste embroidery or
trimmed with insertion edging. Other
washable fabrics, such us gingham.
lawn, dimity or chambray, will make
up daintily by the mode.
The quantity Of material ~ inches
wide required to make this costume
for girl fourteen years Of age ia 81
yards.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08

II has been reported OF lase that the
island of Porto Rico would not much
longer delay following the example of
Cuba, and soon be eblaze with the
fires of insurrection. But that is not
likely, MS glance at the insular to-
biography will show. 1t iswell known
that the strength of the Cuban insur.
gents lies in the rugged and swampy
nature of the island IN certain prov
inces, which gives them almost i'm
pregnable Businesses to which they can
retreat when closely pursued. As the
inexperienced Spanish soldiery cannot
cope with the nativ, in bush.iighting,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08
Sea Gulls are Cunning,

Sea gulls are cunning birds. Re-
Gently one of them separated from
several companions and took his posi-
tion on log resting in the water.
The under side of the log was covered
with barnacles. The bird uttered pc
culiar cries, and was presently joined
by several other gulls. A whispered
conversation seemed to ensue, and
then all the birds stood in line on
one side of the log, near the water.
Their weight caused the log to revolve
until the barnacle side was uppermost.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08
HALF BIRD. pALr BEAST.
The Curious Creature OF British
Guiana Which Has -Four Legs.

Nothing in the realm of natural his
tory in late years excels in interest
the announcement of the discovery in
British Guiana of bird with four
legs, says the Popular Science News.
The crested hoatzin, opisthocomus
cristatus, the only survivor of n race
of birds, several of which nre known
rs fossils, inhabits the most secluded
parts of the forests Of South America,
and IL is probable that it is owing TO
its retiring habits that it has outlived
its congep1rs, as we'll rs to the fact
that, feeding as it does upon wild
arum leaves. its flesh acquires so of
fensive n smell and flavor as to render
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08
Knew the 3" Wizard of the North. !"

The men who have seen Sir Walter
Scott must now be getting few. Mr..
John Usher, of Stodrig, who died the
other day, used to tell with no small
pride that on one occasion, when Sir
Walter was visitor to Toftfield, his
birthplace, he had sat on the great
novelist's knee, and had sung several
songs, for which he was rewarded by
Sir Walter with the present OF a white
pony.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08

garment. Cheviot, tweed, serge,
mohair, homespun, covert and ladies'
cloth all develop stylishly by the mode.
The quantity OF material A inches
wide required to make this jacket for
a miss fourteen years OF age. is 81
yards.
To make the skirt it will require OF
the same width material 8 yards for a
fourteen 'year-old size.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08
MISSES SHIRT WAIST.

Striped linen batiste made the styl-
ish shirt waist depicted in the other
large illustration, the neck being I'm
ished by fitted band to which sep.
arate collars can be buttoned. The
full fronts are gathered at the neck,
. wide boz plsit being formed on Abs
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08
Has Hanged Eighty. Eight PRISONERS.

George Maledon, champion hang
man of the world, with record of
eighfy-eight executions to his credit,
will retire from his public career and
live the rest of his life on farm which
he has purchased with his savings.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-08
GIRLS GARMENTS.
DETAILS OF DRESS FOR YOUTH
FUL FEMiNINITY.
Natty Walking Suit for Young
Miss-Styiish Skirt Waist of
Striped Linen Batiste--
Dress for Young Girl.

TZANCY checked suiting IN mixed
II tan and brown shades made
tho natty walking suit for
q young miss depicted in the two
column cut and designed by May Man
ton. The only decoration is the large
pearl buttons that close the fronts OF
the double-breasted jacket. All the
edges are finished with machine stitch
ing in tailor style. the skirt facing be-
ing stitched on with double row to
correspond. The mode is suitable for
either school or best wear, is very
simple in it's construction and stylish
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-17
ST. Marks.
Sentiments Inspired by an Ola Church l.
Effect of Eugue Music.

ANY old and beautiful church give us
all that is most moving and nOblest-
organism, beauty, absence of all things
nomentary and worthless, exclusion
OF grossness, of brute utility and mean
compromise, equality of all men be-
fore God; moreover, time, eternity. the
past and the great dead All noble
churches give us this; how much more,
therefore, says the Contemporary Re-
view, St. Marks, which is noblest and
most venerable!
1t has, like no other building, been
handed over by man to nature; time
molding and tinting into life this struc-
ture already so. absolutely organic, so
fit to live. For it's curves and vaultings,
its cupolas mutually supported, the
weight of each carried.by all the very
color of the marbles, drown, blond, liv-
ing colors andtthe irregular symmetry,
flower-lile, Of their natural patterning,
are all seemingly organic and ready for
vitality. Time has added that, with the
polish and dimming alternately of the
marbles, the billowing of the pavement,
the slanting of the columns and last,
but not least, the furnishing of the gold
and the granulating of the mosaic into
An uneven surface; the gold seeming
to have become alive and in q way
vegetable, and to have faded and shrunk
like autumn leaves.
One Sunday morning they were sing
ing some fugue composition, by I know
not whom. How we'll that music suit
ed st. Marks! The constant inter
change of vault and vault, cupola and
cupola, column and column, handing
on their energies to one another; the
springing up of new details gathered
at once into the great general balance
of lines and forces; all this seemed to
find its natural voice in that fugue, to
express, in that continuous revolution
Of theme chasing, enveloping theme,
It's own grave emotion of life everlast-
ing: Being, becoming; becoming, be-
iOp
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-17
LOVE LlGHTENS LABOR.
Advantages Country People Have Over
Their City Brothers.


Their City Brothers.
The countryman has, if he be wise
enough to perceive it, good reason to
count himself a luckier person alto
gether than he whose work is done in
town. For the latter, says Black and
White, unless lie be exceeding well off,
there are few pleasures easily obtain
able in the intervals of toll. Food and
sleep are excellent III their way, but
they are necessities, and they are usual.
ly taken under such circumstances as
to have nothing of the character Of
luXuries. The countryman is luclier
than this. 1t may be that his toll ia
firing and that his wage is a small one,
but he labors in such way that he al
ways gets the fullest enjoyment out Of
his rest, and when he pauses to take
his midday meal it is under conditions
that would make Il perfect holiday for
the city. and to whose charm even the
man accustomed to them cannot grow
callous. He lies at ease among the
sheaves that he has cut. and the sun,
whose ardent rays made his toll the
heavier, now adds to his delight. More
over, he eats with the pleasantest Of
walters to see TO his comfort; it NAV b"
his wife who brings his dinner. or per-
haps it is some buNom girl from the
farm who is not yet his. though she
will some day ba. as she knows within
herself, and he is not afraid to believe.
Verify. his toll is hard in itself hut he
must he n SiurI11rly- Il 1iSpprtpDtpJ NOR
son if he do not find it light amid these
surroundings and under these pleasant
conditions.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-17
A MOUNTAIN MYSTERY.
Arizona Residents Puzzled by "a Strange
Mountain Formation


For the last half century the Ame-i
can residents of Tucson, A. T., have
been trying to solve the mystery OF
what appears 10 be a hole through s
mountain peak in sight of the town
In the clear air it looks 10 be only E
short distance away, when in reality II
is at least 40 miles.
BY the aid of good marine telescope
the mountain can be brought TO within
few miles, but not near enough tc
tell the exact nature Of the rock forma
ton. y first peep through the glass
would lead one TO believe that there was
no mystery about it. The hole appears
as plain as possible. but several days
study of the spot will develop the fact
that the hole does not always look the
same.
Many days when the sky is dark be.
hind The mountain the hole viii appear
brilliant white, like a snowdrift. and
on days when the sky is blue ii will often
look so dark as TO be almost invisible.
These facts have led many to think
that it is an immense piece of mica ly-
ing with its polished surface toward
the sky and rejecting the cloud forma
tions of another part of the horizon,
instead of being the light seen through
q hole. Viewed with the naked eve,
the hols simply appears as whita
spot, but the telescope reveals pine trees
and other details, although very indis-
tinctly.
The range of mountains in which
the strange peak can besseen is known
as the Catalinas, and numerous parties
have made the attempt to climb it, but
all have failed on account of the steer
and rugged preeipices in the vicinity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-17
FORECLOSURE SALE,

First publication July b. lNfl
SNIAIE OF WlStoNSlN-IN CIRCUIT CuURT.
- MANITow9C COUNTY.
George q. Sedgwick, plaintiff. ". Carl
Wuensch, sophia Wuensrh, ms wife. Gottleh
Mill and William }elitZ. defendants.
Bv virtue and pursuant to a Judgment AMI or
der of foreclosure and sale rendered in the above
entitled action III a special term of the Circuit
Court for Manltnwo2 County, held at the Court
House IN the city and county uf Shehnygan and
commenced on the itth day of September, lSg4
aud Dated September II. 1891. and docketed Sep
temhar vs. lsSl ia the CIrruIt Court OF ManIto-
Voc County, IN favor of the above named plaintiff
aud against the above named defendants. the
SAID Judgment having been amended by adding
the last two defendants Gottlleb Mill and VIII
liam BeItz, 10y an order of said court entered nj
the Fond du Lac special term therefor on JULY
20. iSq6 | shalt offer for sale and sell AT pub
lie auction To the highest bidder at the
front door of the Cuurt House in the cIty and
county of NamtowuC. on the 18th day IF Sepfam-
Der, 1sssi, al ten o'clock III the forenoon of that
day, the following described premises, Iying and
beng ! ManItowoc County, Wisconsin. and
known and designated as follows. Lots four -
five l5l aud SIX Is IN block one { / in Turpeo's
Addition To the village of Cleveland. in Manitu-
Voc County WISCONSIN.
This sale Is made subject to a mortgage for
Eight hundred Dollars >sI0l dated August -
ISL, recorded IN the office of the Register of
Deeds Of Manitowoc County in volume 81 of
Mortgages page -, on the 2qth day of August
Issl.
And all Of said premises or SO much thereof AS
may be sufficient to satisfy said judgment in SAID
action aud interest and costs Of suit will ne sold
Dated July 29 1886
HENRY SCHMIDT,
Sheriff of ManItowoc County Wis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-17
Tho Danish Prince,

The Danish prince who married one
of Queen Nictoria's granddaughter is
more French ard Irish than Danish,
so far as blood goes. The Irish strain
is that of the famous O'Clarys, of Tyr
connelI. A hundred years or so ago,
so the story runs, 4 member of this
family amassed wealth in Marseilles,
and, dying, left his two daughters hand
some dowries. These We're the two
sisters Clary, one of whom afterwards
became Joseph Bonaparte's wife, queen
of Naples. The other married Berna-
dotte, the soldier of Napoleon who be-
came Charles NV. king of Sweden.
Prince Charles is Bernadotte's great
grandson
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-17
CAUGHT UP WITH THE HERD.
Southern Railway Conductors Apt Rctort
to an Impatient Passenger.

Southern railroads have a reputation
for slow travel, and in some cases it is
we'll merited. y western travelling
man, says 1Iarper's Round Table, max
ing trip on these lines suffered great
deal of annoyance from this particular
failing, but up to the time of the follow
ing incident he had enjoyed himself inn
mensely guying the conductors, train
M or any person having to do with
the roads about their rapid transit. He
was travelling one afternoon on an eX-
ceptionally slow train, which came to
Il stop every now and then without any
apparent cause. After expressing him
self very audibly to the passengers, he
resigned himself to the inevitable and
dozed off into short maps, which We're
interrupted by the sundry jerks of the
train, at which hc complained. The pas
sengers showed their annoyance at
these complaints by angry looks. The
last apology had been that the cattle OBJ
structed the track. The train had
started again and proceeded about ten
minutes when it halted with a jerk. Up
walked the impatient traveller and
petulantly remarked: Dear, dear. l
suppose, conductor, his worse than
slow train has struck another herd Of
cattle" "Struck another one! Not
much," replied the conductor. We've
simply caught up again with. the first
herd we ran into; that's all" The trav~
eler subsidized and the conductor was left
in