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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16
FALL FASHIONS.
WHAT WOMEN ARE WEARING
THESE AUTUMN DAYS.
Ladies' Cycling Suit in Brown and
Ecru Shades - Useful Dressing
sacque OF Gray and White
Jersey Flannel.

TN the large illustration mixed
cheviot in brown and ecru shades
is stylishly decorated with ecru
z faced cloth and worn with fall
chemisette and turn over collar OF
ecru batiste. The jacket is close fit
ting, the low cut vest fronts closing
in center with buttons and button
holes. Single bust darts adjust the
fronts with the other usual seams, all
of which are sprung below the waist
line to cause the fashionable rippled
flare in back and over the hips. Open
ings are finished in the dart seams
through which the leather belt is
passed, to close in front with buckle.
or the jacket may be worn without the
belt, If so desired. Stylish pointed
lapels are reversed at the upper edges
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

In Santos, Brazil, business houses
that keep open after 10 o'clock arc
fined.
A provincial paper says that tho
marketmen OF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
mix the eggs OF vultures with hen
eggs.
A London paper estimates that the
total number OF visiting cards used
every year throughout the world is
600, 900, 900.
A New Orleans, La, man who r;ssc
home on a street car is tcEf every
evening by a pet cat xt;~a waits for
him at his usual placs Of s,ightirg.
Tho original Straebltg Germany
clock, the mechanical wonder Of Eu-
rope, was made in the year 1882. The
present clock was made in 1888.
Dnst showers are frequently report
ed from ships in the centre of the
Mediterranean Sea, and from hun
drejs of miles off the west coast of
Africa.
st. jerome states that lie saw
Scotchmen in the Roman armies in
Gaul whose regular diet was human
flesh, and who had "double teeth all
around"
| An umbrella covered with a trans
parent material has been invented in
England, enabling the holder to see
where he is going when he holds it
before his face.
The mysterious Elchener lake, in
the Grand Duchy of Baden, which
has the popularity of appearing and
disappearing every year or two, has
recently made its appearance again.
No monument marks the last rest
ing place of the late James G.. Blaine
in the Oakhill cemetery, Georgetown,
ID. c., beyond q small marble marker
at the foot of the grave with the ini-
tials, ~. G.. B."
The fine new building being erected
in Philadelphia by the Presbyterian
board of publication will be named
the Witherspoon, after John Wither-
spoon, a signer of the declaration of
independence. and president of
Princeton college.
A goose belonging to Mrs. Harriet
Groner of Belmont, n. c., recently
died at the ripe old age of twenty
seven years, four months. and four
days. She was raised by Mrs. Gro
ner, who knows we'll when she was
hatched as gosling. The goose ap-
parently died of old age.
Peculiar marriage relations exist, or
will exist, in a family in Belfast, Me.
About year ago a young couple were
married. Now brother of the first
named groom is to marry the mother
of his brothers wife. By this ar
rangemeut one brother becomes the
father-in-law of the other.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16
SOME coIFFuRE TRICKS.

The Freuchwoman prefers a smooth
coiffure, a pompadour or madonna,
to all Others. and rolls and puffs her
locks marvelously. To the English
woman such hair irdressing is far from
desirable. If nature is chary with her
gift in the way of curls. irons are in
constant demand. When they fail,
various warranted.not-to-s -straighten
affairs are pinned on IN half dozen
different places to get the desired
drowsy and heavy effect of fringe and
chignon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16
LATEST IN BRIDES GOWNS.

The gown of the most fashionable
brides is now OF satin duchesse, snow
white for slender blonds, milk white
for fair, robust women, cream or ivory
white for brunettes and those who
fear to appear large. The closing Of
the gown is concealed under the trim
ming OF the corsage, the skirt fasten-
ing at the side, never down the middle
Of the front, as that gives the look Of
= wrapper.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16
SOME AUTUMN INNOVATIONS.

Women never look smarter than
when in tailor made gowns. 1t is re.
markable that the frocks OF heavy
cloth, cut in severely plain style, suit
every kind of woman. If she has
good figure the tailor made gown sets
it off; if she has bad figure, the
gown improves it so that it appears
good. In view of these facts it is good
news to everyone that the tailor made
gown will be more in evidence this au-
tumn and winter than for many years.
The patterns will be mostly shot
goods, with some solid colors.. There
will be greens, browns black and doz-
ems of shades of gray. They will be in
all kinds of combinations, and most Of
them will be pleasing to the eye, ac-
cording to the manufacturers. AS for
the make of the gowns, they will be
rather more ornamented than has
been the case. They are to have but
tons, large and small, and of all kinds
of material and make. The buttons
will be put on wherever there is room
for them, and will be attached for or.
nament as much as for utility. There
will be pockets in the coats and poe.
kets in the skirts. A determined Q fort
will be made to supply women with
receptacles for the small baggage that
they always carry about with them,
and that is generally clutched fever
ishly in the hand for lack Of any
where else to keep it. Altogether
there is prospect OF much comfort as
we'll as style in the tailor made gowns
for the fall and winter. As for the
prices we'll, that is another story
New York Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16

stones. Some idea of the splendor Of
this regal seat may be gained from the
fact that the jewels in it alone have
been estimated to be worth fully four
million pounds. or twenty million
dollars. Occasionally when this chair
was formerly at Delhi stones of great
value were missed and supposed to
have been stolen, but now that it c.
cupies carefully-guarded place in
the palace at Teheran no trouble o I
this kind is experienced.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16
CANEA, THE CAPITAL OF CRETE.

They are pretty we'll equipped. and
are under the command of Generals
HATH, Michallis and Rozanis. The
Turkish army is less than one-half the
size OF that OF the insurgents. The
warfare is on the guerrilla order.
The insurgents refuse to fight in the
open country, contenting themselves
with harassing the Turks from am.
bush. That is the reason why, in the
actions already reported. the Turkish
losses have always exceeded those OF
the Cretans. Often the Turks lose
scores OF men, while the insurgents
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16

A clear statement OF the status of
the revolution and the history that
led mp to it may serve to clear up the
confusion of ideas concerning the
movement that prevails in the minds
OF Americans.
The population of Crete is about
800, 000-Mussulmans aud Christians.
Civilization was there first introduced
into Europe by the Phoenicians and
Eeyptisns. From ancient times the
islsnd has been inhabited by Greeks,
and for upward Of 600 years II has
been under the domination Of the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16
Houses for the Tornado Belt.

The little town of Reserve, Kan,
recently struck by cyclone, did not
stay wiped of the face of the earth.
No Kansas town does. The buildings
along the business street of Reserve
have nearly all been replaced with
better houses; houses that can roll
over il necessary, and retain their
shape. 1t will be better town in q
few weeks than it ever was before
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16

count up more than half that number.
The Christians butcher the Turks as
often as they are but,hered by the
Turks, and the Sultan realizes that his
reign in the island is not powerful.
He has sent to Crete provisions and
money to bo divided evenly between
Christians and Turks. But the Gre.
tans want independence, and are de-
termiued to have it at all hazards.
They demand autonomy or annexation
to the Kingdom of Grece.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16
CRFTE'S UPRISING.
STORY OF THE REVOLUTION
AGAINST TURKEY.
Christians Have an Army Of $4,000
Men and Seek Independence
-Great Suffering In
the Island,

TILLAGE, murder, massacre,
- starvation and general desti-
tuition are words which rough
ly describe the conditions that
prevail in the pretty isle Of Crete.
Wicked as are the ways of the Spanish
in Cuba, the balmy island of the Medi.
terraneqn is even in sorer straits, for
both oppressor and oppressed are there
the sufferers. Revolution with no
semblance of system prevails, and
pr ivation from natural causes is aug
mented by the desuetude in things
commercial and agricultural that ever
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16
A Chair That Cost Over 500, 900 900.

BY long odds the most costly piece
Of furniture in the world is the jew
eled throne of the Shah of Persia.
The late Shah had his picture taken
in this most remarkable chair only q
few days before his death. 1t IS made
largely of gold, beautifully wrought
and set with a variety OF precious
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16

usually chosen, plain finish or edg.
ing on collar being all the decoration
necessary.
The quantity of material twenty
seven inches wide Rquired TO make
this sacque for q lady having thirty
six-inch bust measure Is four and one
half yards.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16
accompanies the violent overthrow OF

accompanies the violent overthrow OF
rule.
This Cretan revolution is not too
we'll understood by Americans. People
in tho United States think that Chris
tian Cretans are daily butchered by
the atrocious Turks, who outnumber
them largely. This is not true. The
Christian revolutionists have pretty
we'll organized army of about $4,000
men, while the Turkish forces do Gnot
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16
USEFUL DRESSING sAcouE.

USEFUL DRESSING sAcouE.
Gray and white Jersey flannel, says
Modes, is the material used for this
useful sacque, which is exceedingly
simple in style and trinity neat in eff
feet. Red silk feather stitching dec.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-16
FALL MILLINERY.

Ostrich feathers are coming to the
front again In the millinery world,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-30
Patrick-His own, sor.

On silver basis, with silver at So cents
per dollar, there is bound to be loss of
AZ cents on every collar coined. No one
can get awav from this. Now, who will
lose this AZ cents 1t won't be the Silver
King. It's he who makes the AZ cents.
1t won't be the money lender, for he is
already demanding and compelling the
borrower to pay in gold. 1t won't be
the man you owe, for long before nation
al legislation can prevent it, he will have
crowded you to the wall. Then, who
loses this AZ cents? You will lose it,
you, the farmer, the workingman and
the small mercantile man. You have NO
way to compel the payment of your
bank deposits on gold basis, or your
Wages, or your investments in the build.
ing association, or your fire and life in.
surance, or your pension, or anything
else that comes under your control. Are
you going to vote for such conditions in
order to benefit few silver barons, who,
after you have made them rich, will
never give you q dollar? And who, if
you should trespass upon their premises.
would set the dogs on you Is it for this
you would follow the tinkling brass and
sounding cymbals aud wild hurrahs of
Populism
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-30
What Marco Polo Did.

Marco Polo was the first traveller to
trace q route across the whole length Of
Asia, says one Of his biographers, "de-
scribing kingdom after kingdom that he
had seen with his own eyes" He was
the first traveller to explore the deserts
and the Towering plains Of Persia, to
reveal China with its mighty rivers, its
swarming population and its huge
cities and rich manufactures; the first
to visit and bring back accounts of Tibet,
Laos, Burma, Siam, Cochin China,
Japan, the Indian archipelago, Ceylon,
farther India and the Andaman islands;
the first to give any distinct account Of
the secluded Christian empire of Abys-
sinia; the first to speak even vaguely Of
Zanzibar, Madagascar and other regions
in the mysterious south and Of Siberia
and the Arctic ocean in the terrible and
much dreaded north. Although centu-
ries have passed since young Marco Polo
grew to mans estate while treading his
dangerous way among these distant
lands, we must still look back to his
discoveries for much that we know about
those countries; for we have learned
nothing new of many of them since his
time. Noah BrSoks in st. Nicholas
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-30
WHERE NO CLOUD oBSCURES.
On the Planet Mars the Weather Ia AL
most Always Fine.

On the Planet Mars the Weather Ia AL
most Always Fine.
Let us now remark that the Martian
meteorology is less complicated and
more pleasant than that of the earth.
There the weather is almost always
fine, especially during summer. Very
seldom are there clouds even i'll winter.
Generally when we are unable to distip-
guish through the telescope the details
Of the geographical confguration upon
the planet the fault is in our own at
mosphere and not in that of Mars. 1t is
very rarely the case that when our at
mospheric conditions are good we are
unable to see these details. During the
last period of observation Of Mars in
1894. l, to speak for myself, encountered
only 15 days (from Oct. 10 to 25) when
the surface of the planet was veiled by
its own atmosphere. Clouds are excess
lively rare on the surface of Mars, and
perhaps exist at all only as fogs or light
cirrus; they are not clouds Of rain or
storm. These wells are very infrequent
there, while they are perpetual upon the
earth. Probably there is not single
day in the year when the entire surface
of the earth is uncovered SO that it could
be satisfactorily observed from space.
The two planets have two meteorolog-
ical systems that are absolutely anti
thetical.
Furthermore, in the rarefied atmos-
phere of Mars there can be no powerful
winds, like the trade winds and the pre-
dominant atmOspheric currents which
rule terrestrial climates. Occasionally,
however, observers have noted long
streaks Of snow which appear to have
been produced by currents in tranquil
atmosphere Schiaparelli, for instance,
observed such streaks (''trainees'D in
November and December, 1881, around
the northern pole and extending a con-
siderable distance from it. But such
things are exceptions. The normal con-
dition upon Mars is fine weather. Ca.
mile Flammarion in North American
Review
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-30
CONSUMPTION IN raANcs.
The French Army 10 One q the Orsatss
Of Modern Timee.

me French Army 10 One of the Orsatsss
Of Modern Times.
Every Frenchman owes service to
the state in return for the protection it
affords his person, his rights and his
property" This principle is the foun-
dation Of the military administration Of
the French, whose army is one Of the
greatest of modern times, and whose
military discipline is said to approach
as near to perfection as is considered
possible in so great an organization.
Formerly the period of active military
service was five years. but recently the
chamber passed a bill reducing it to
three, at the same time lengthening the
periods spent with the various stages Of
the reserve force. As in Germany, it is
possible to get reduction Of this term
provided the young man can produce
proof Of a certain standard Of education.
The degree of bachelier, the certifi-
cate d'etude or the passing of a special
examination set for the purpose enables,
though it does not entitle, the recruit to
get his period Of service reduced to one
year. This communication is only granted
where there is sufficient ground for be-
lieving the men are adequately trained
and up to the required standard.
Once out Of the active army, the men
pass into the reserve for six years, where
they undergo short annual period of
training until thoroughly efficient SOL
diers The next six years are spent with
the reserve, after which they are drafted
into the territorial army, or third line
of defense, for another six years, fire.
quently rising in rank to the position of
lieutenant but not higher. Thence they
are put on the reserve territorial list.
This system gives France peace army
Of over 500, 900, which in time of war
can be augmented to 2,5OO, 900 men, or
even more.
Partly as result of the republican
| nature of the Frenchman, and the adj
ministrative government, there is hardly
ever trace of class feeling in the rank
The man Of good blood receives no bet
ter and no worse treatment at the hands
Of his fellows and his superior officers
than does the recruited farmland, and
rich and poor share equally and good
naturedly the pleasant duties and the
dirty work.
OF course there as everywhere well
lined purse is passport to certain de.
gree of comfort and exemption from the
distasteful, but the unfortunate indi.
vidual who is foolish enough to give
demonstration of too much love TO,
clean fingers and whiteness of skin viii
find that money will not buy him free
Of the jobs he tries to steer clear Of
and that the orderly will take delight
in putting him on to all the dirty worl
it-New York Mercury
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-30
A DETECTIVES PAPER.


Some Of the Curious Items and Adver-
tisements That 1t Contains.
The American Hawkshaw will go
down into literature outside of the dime
novel and the detective story, for he has
q newspaper of his own, says an ex-
change. This unique addition to the list
Of class papers is published monthly and
it is devoted TO the interests of detectives
and policemen.
Its news columns are given over to a
bulletin of more than $15, 600 in cash
rewards, with a veritable rogues' gal
lery of pictures and descriptions of
''crooks wanted" while the latest
swindling schemes and methods of de-
lection are fully explained for its crime
investigating readers. It is interesting
to read that ''if you want to succeed as
detective you should understand hyp-
notism.
"Do you need bracelets in your bust
ness?" queries a dealer in patent nip
pers, handouts and dark lanterns.
"Mustache, whiskers-just the things
to change your appearance when shad-
owing" suggests another advertiser,
while Skeleton keys to open 5000
desks, drawers, trunks and padlocks set
Of six, arc offered to the profession at
81. 1t is rather grewsome to learn that
"$1OO spot cash buys a pair of thor
oughbred English bloodhounds, only 10
months old, and already keep cold
| trail better than most old dogs; best in.
vestment a sheriff or special officer can
make. Also, "for 20 cents you can
learn how to detect counterfeit money "
The most novel article is brief trea-
tise on psychology" as applied to crime
detection. The departments of Police
Pickings" and Secret Service Snap
Shots contain suggestive items all the
way from the fact that the city council
at Colfax, Wash. has decided ''to reduce
its police force to one man" to the state
ment that New York has "a policemen
to the square mile.
In an article on the future of the de-
tective service the detective writer de-
clares that dime novel writer's have
done amateur detectives more mischief
than anything or anybody in existence,
but remember truth is stranger than fic-
tion."
The editor estimates that the "aver-
age earnings Of private detectives are y:
First year, $3.50; second year. 81, 500;
third year, $1,000" He says: IF all
the detectives and police in the United
S5ates should lay off for a month every
citizen would have to fix up his house
like an arsenal to protect his family and
property.
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AN OPPRESSIVE RESPONSIBILITY.


sympsthies Of the blaine Household
Brought . Respite 10 . Condemned Man.
General Harrison's paper on This
Country of Oars in Ladies' Home
Journal treats of 1.-THE Pardoning Pow
er and impeachment. OF the former
he cites an incident in showing the op-
pressive responsibilities 1t places upon
the shoulders of president He says:
"a reprieve is temporary suspen-
sion Of the execution Of 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 fur
ther evidence in support Of such an ap-
plication. In the summer OF 1889 an
application for pardon i'll behalf of a
man condemned to death for murder
was presented to Inc, and after care
full examination the application was
denied On the day before the day fixed
for the execution arrived at Bar Har.
Dor on visit to Mr.. Blaine, and found
that just before my arrival telegram
had come asking for a reprieve. The
message had been telephoned to Mr..
DldlLe uOusG tIlu TtCelVtu ny
Blaine. Her sympathies and those Of the
whole household were at once enlisted
for the poor fellow, and though the glib
bet was over twelve hundred miles away
the shadow of it was over the house,
and was the hangman. A telegram to
the United States marshal granting a
short reprieve was sent, and the day OF
the execution was again my uncomfort-
able secret. 1t is not pleasant thing to
have the power Of life and death.
"No graver or more oppressive re-
sponsibility can be laid upon public
officer. The power to pardon includes
the power to commute sentence-that
is, to reduce it. When the sentence is
death, the president may commute it to
Imprisonment for life or for any fixed
term, and when the sentence is impris.
onment for life or for fixed term OF
years he may reduce the term of i'm.
prisonment, and if fine is imposed he
may reduce the amount or remit it. "
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-30

In little old curiosity shop in Third
avenue is an odd letter written by Jay
Gould away back in 1854, before Gould
began to dicker in railroads and when
he was an obscure and respected sur
veyor
The letter was written by Gould to
the late A. M. Sherman, and it was an
appeal for the loan Of surveyors level,
the young surveyor Offering to give the
topography of the Newburg and SYRIA
cuse railroad for it. just before his
death few years ago Jay Gould at
tempted to buy the letter for $40, but it
had been sold the day before. Not long
ago, however, the letter came back into
the possession of the curio dealer, and a
few days ago he sent his young son
around to George Gould's Office with it,
instructing him to offer it for sale for
$25, the price the senior Gould had Of
fered to pay.
George Gould was pleased with the
old, worn and yellow letter. He read it
and then laughingly said:
II declare, that's funny. Ny father
wrote that - However, he refused to
give more than &5 for 1t. which offer the
curio dealer refused.
After AZ years the letter is as plain as
the day it was written. But the paper,
full sized letter sheet, written on both
sides, is worn at the edges The hand
writing is plain and flowing, with a de.
cided tendency to flourish. Two words
are misspelled-barometrical and dam
age, which are written "bermetrical'
and "dammage.
But queerest Of all is the length OF
the epistle Jay Gould was noted for
the brevity of his business letters Three
lines often sufficed him, when his wealth
was nearly 800, 900, 900. to transact
business involving millions But as a
poor surveyor he needed plenty Of verbi-
age to get around the loan Of $20
leveL-New York Letter.