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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-03
TEXAS IN DOUBT.
ACCORDING TO PoPULIsr FIGURES. MKINLEY
HAS GOOD CHANCE OF CARRYING
THE STATE.


Austin, Tex, Nov 2-The campaign closed to-
night with every indication OF rain tomorrow.
Notwithstanding that Chairman Blake, OF the
Bryan and Sewall committee. Is claiming the state
by 10000 plurality Mckinley. silver leaders
here say 1t will not exceed 25000 Blake places his
estimate on 4 total vote of 10000. OF which he
gives Mckinley only l25.cCo. Bryan and Sewa 275-
OCO Bryan and Watson $1,000. and Palmer and
Buckner 10000 In this city and county at least eo
per cent OF the Poulists will vote for Mckinney.
ard their leaders that 30 per cent or their party
In Texas will vote for him. II this be true out OF
a total vote of 10000. they say that Mckinney VIII
receive from Republicans Populists and SOUND
Money Democrats 1875 90: Bryan and Sewall lsoUO;
Bryan and Watson. 5000: Palmer and Buckner,
1860: lowering. 1900 For Congress II LOOKS As
though Crawford. Sound Money Democrat IN tne
Ivth District Gibbs, Populist, In the V.tn DIS
trict: Pope Republican, In the With. and Noonan'
Republican In the XIItn District would be elected
POPULISTS GIVE UP NORTH CAROLINA.
THEIR POLL OF THE STATE SHOWS 1900 REPUB-
LICAN MAJORITY.
Raleigh ~ c.. Nov. 2-The Populist state cnair-
man says his poll OF the State shows lT,coo Re
publicans 1900 Populists and 10000 Democrats
registered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-03
HEAVY sNowrAL1NN sorrH pAKorA.

Huron. s. D. Nov "A heavy snow fell here
last night. and foot Of IL II now On the ground.
The storm north and west is reported severe. Tec-
graph poles and wires down between here and
Pierre no communication with that city having
been had by wire since Thursday evening. Trains
slight: delayed. II Is expected the storm VIII
interfere with "a fun vote tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-03
BROKERS FAIL IN PROVIDENCE.

Providence. Nov. a-Miller q Vaughan. banksss
and brokers. No. q Exchange-st.. made an assign.
ment to-day James NJ. Scott, real estate broker.
l. g. Bachc. of New-York who backed the Arm for
10000 withdrew last week. and the arm was unablo
to secure new capital The liabilities are estimated
at $l50.000 Miller Is member OF the New.York
Stock Exchange
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-03

Roanoke. Va. Nov. 2.-Mayqr Robert McCleIland
vas knocked down and fatally inju,e ed by trolley
car In Campbell-ave. this morning. His skull was
fractured. and 1t Is not believed that he can live
through the night.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
Longer Life In the Country.

The loss of pure air. sunshine and
other "free" goods and its effect on the
physique of city dwellers is not ade-
quately compensated by hygienic re-
forms of town life itself, while the in
creased number and complexity of SEN
sations impose greater strain upon the
nervous system. The nervous degenera-
tion which thus accrues may perhaps be
checked in time by further hygienic inn
provement Of the town and by n gradual
readjustment between the nervous sys-
tenn and its changed environment But
meantime grave physical injuries arise
directly from those very economic
changes which have raised the economic
condition of the great mass of the work
ers and have probably reduced the guam
tity Of purely economic poverty. When
we reflect that the physical injuries of
town life, attested by rates of mortality
and impaired muscular activity, fall
most heavily upon the poor, we shall
see grave reason to doubt whether the
modern conditions of industrial and So
cial life are generally favorable to the
physical vitality of the low paid worker
or the "residuum." that is to say,
whether he gets any net vital advantage
out of the higher rate of real wages
which he obtains when he is working.
The conclusion applied by Mr.. Charles
Booth TO the whole body of workers
that Gin one way or another effective
working life is ten years longer in the
country than in the town" has an impor.
tant Significance when we remember
that each decennial census shows q
growing proportion of workers subject
to the conditions Of town life.-Con-
temporary Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
TRYING A CURIOUS PLAN.
Teaching Modern Science In the Oldest Of
Oriental Languages.

The Punjab province Of India has
been for some years the scene of an in
teresting academical experiment, that
Of communicating western science, phi
losophy and literature to the people
through their mother tongue, and to the
educated through their learned Ian
guages, and not in an English dress, as
elsewhere.
Sixty-three years ago Macaulay and
Duff destroyed the very different perni-
cious system of bribing native students
Of Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic to read
their own sacred books Gradually the
learned classes came to be left out Of
our state system Of public instruction,
with evil results. Sir Donald Mcleod
accordingly devised and Sir Charles
Aitchison carried out the plan Of at
once attracting these, in the Pun jab at
least, by oriental titles and degrees,
and of examining all students for the
ordinary university degrees through the
medium Of their own vernacular. The
Punjab university and its oriental col
lege were founded at Lahore for these
two ends.
The latest report of the Edinburgh
graduate, Mr. J. Sine, M. A., who is
director Of the department. is not very
favorable to the success Of the double
experiment, now some 18 years old. He
declares that "the prospects Of advanced
education through the medium Of the
vernacular are not improving" at least,
and Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick, the lieuten-
ant governor, has ordered q special re-
port on the subject. In the Oriental
college last year only students were
reading for the title of Shastri, or hon
ors in Sanskrit; IA for Visharada, or
high proficiency in the same; IL for
Manlavi Fazil or honors in Arabic; z
for Manlavi Aim, or high proficiency I;
for Munshi FAIL, or honors in Per-
sian; for Munshi Aim, and for the
Gurmukhi title in the Sikh vernacular.
OF the III candidates in the local uni
versity in Sanskrit a third passed. OF
33 in Arabic two-thirds passed, and 80
in Persian and Gurmukhi. The only en-
couraging fact is that every year the
number of the Pundit class who take
honors and degrees in Sanskrit is ris-
ing, and more than half of them go to
the Punjab examinations from the 9TH
er provinces where there are no such
tests. Edinburgh Scotsman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
Evolution of the nrioroscous.

The microscope has been very slowly
evolved and is the creation of no one
man. In its present form it is, like
living species according to Darwin, the
outcome of the survival of the fittest of
innumerable variations, the majority of
which have been discarded Indeed TO
one interested in microscopes and famii>
lar with the present model nothing can
seem quainter than the old forms which
prevailed during the earlier half Of this
century and have since become extinct.
In the evolution of the microscope two
factors have been dominant, the demand
for optical improvement and the de-
mand for mechanical convenience. Both
of these demands have been we'll met, SO
that there appears little left for the fu-
ture to achieve until an entirely new
direction is opened for further evolution
1t need hardly be promised that the
optical part is the essential part of a.
microscope, The optical performance of
the best microscopes is today perfect,
having become so very slowly by nu-.
merous small improvements. Although
magnifying glasses were invented, it .is
said, in the twelfth century, compound
microscopes with achromatic lenses have
been in use barely three-quarters of q
century, while the introduction of ho-
mogeneous immersion lenses dates from
1878, and Of the perfected apochromatic
lenses from 1856. Sedgwick
Minot in North American Review,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
THE PLANET MARS.
Both Chemically and Physically 1t Is Very
Like the Earth.

Year after year when politics cease
from troubling there recurs the question
as to the existence Of intelligent, SEN
tient life on the planet Mars The last
outcrop Of speculation grew from the
discovery by NJ Javelle Of a luminous
projection on the southern edge of the
planet. The light was peculiar in sew
eral respects, and among other interpre-
tations il was suggested that the inhab
itants Of Mars were flashing messages
to the conjectured inhabitants of the
sister planet Earth. No attempt at re-
ply was made. Indeed supposing our as
tronomer royal, with our best telescope,
transported TO Mars, red riot of fire
running athwart the whole of London
would scarce be visible to him. The
question remains unanswered, probably
unanswerable.
There is no doubt that Mars is very
like the earth. Its days and nights, its
summers and winters differ only in
their relative lengths from ours. 1t has
land and oceans, continents and islands,
mountain ranges and inland seas Its
polar regions are covered with snow,
and it has an atmosphere and clouds,
warm sunshine and gentle rains The
spectroscope, that subtle analyst of the
most distant stars, gives us reason to
believe that the chemical elements IA
miliar to us here exist on Mars. The
planet, chemically and physically, is so
like the earth that, as protoplasm, the
only living material we know, came
into existence on the earth, there is no
great difficulty in supposing that it
came into existence on Mars. IL reason
be able TO guide us, we know that pro-
toplasm, at first amorphous and unin-
tegrated, has been guided on this earth
by natural forces into that marvellous
series of forms and integrations we call
the animal and vegetable kingdoms.
Why, under the similar guiding forces
on Mars, should not protoplasm be the
root Of as fair branching tree Of living
beings and bear Us fair a fruit Of intel
ligent, sentient creaturesp - London
Saturday Review
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
The Monkeys Hatred Of the Tiger.

Fortunately shade was gained before
long, ana troop Of monkeys indicated
the way our game had taken. These Of
ten aid u tiger hunter, and the royal
robber no doubt entertains sentiments
toward them on such occasions which are
worthy of himself. They do not fall in
to ecstasies, as at the sight of q leopard,
because intelligence teaches them that
in this case trees are safe situations,
Still they detest tigers, and as soon as a
monkey sees one he begins to "swear. "
This expression is sanctioned by COM
mon use in India, and it perfectly ex-
presses the apparent tenor of their vocif-
erationA Each little creature capers
with excitement and vents all the exc
crstions Of which it is capable. The
band accompany his steps with revil-
ings, and when he looks up it seems as
If they would go out Of their senses. -
Outing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
ARcHER's FAvoRlTe HORSE.
Pathetic Story OF the Famous Jockey and
the Steepiechaser Fatigue.

Archer, the celebrated jockey, was
riding in a steeplechasc, his mount being
horse called Fatigue. Tho man was
fond of the horse, which returned his
affection with liberal interest. AT the
last fence the horse fell and broke his
leg. Archer, though of course thrown,
fell away from the horse, and was not
badly hurt. Tho pathetic scene that fol-
lowed is described by Vogue:
He started away TO deliver news of
the accident and arrange to have the
horse shot, but was stopped by hearing
whinny. Poor Fatigue could only lift
his head, but he was looking after and
calling the rider he loved so we'll.
Archer returned to the horse, and sitting
down on the turf, took the poor Great
ure's head in his lap, and sent boy
with message for what was necessary.
Meanwhile the horse lay still, except
for an occasional spasm Of pain.
No one wanted to shoot poor Fatigue
A small boy finally volunteered, if no
one else would, but he'd "a heap ruther
not. When the pistol was finally given
him his small hands trembled so that
Archer took the weapon from him, say
ing:
you're nervous, lad; you'll bungle
it. He sha'n't have his pain added to.
He'll never know what put him out Of
his misery" Addressing the horse, he
added, "If I wasn't fond Of you /
couldn't bring myself to do it; but you
sha'n't run risks of being hurt more"
With one hand he caressed the horses
head, with the other he put the pistol
to the forehead.
Good by, Fatigue, old chap, good
by" and he pulled the trigger.
Fatigue hardly struggled, but settled
down, dead, with his head still on his
favorite riders lap; and Archer sat
quite still till the last quiver was over,
his head bowed, and did not notice that
the red was staining his clothes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
LEGAL PLEA FOR HER HAND.
Able Argument OF Counsel Involving Per
sonal Interests.

sonal Interests.
The judges daughter was perturbed.
Papa" she said, knitting her pref
ty brow, 81 am in doubt as to whether
I have kept to the proper form of pro-
cedure. In law one can err in SO many
little technicalities that am ever fear
full. Now, last evening George
The Judge looked at her so sharply
over his glasses that she involuntarily
paused.
'l thought you had sent him about
his business, he said.
81 did hand down an adverse deci-
sion," she answered, 'and he declared
that he would appeal. However, con-
WINGED him that was the court of last
resort in case like that and that no
appeal would lie from my decision"
Possibly the court was assuming O
little more power than rightfully be-
longs to it," said the judge thoughtful
ly, "but let that pass What did he do
then?"
'He filed petition for a rehearing. )"
''The usual course" said the judge,
"but it is usually nothing but mere
,formality."
$50 / Thought" returned the girl,
land was prepared to deny it without
argument, but the facts set forth in his
petition We're sufficient to make me hes
itate and wonder whether his case had
really been properly presented at the
first trial"
Upon what grounds did he make the
application" askedthe judge, scowling.
"Well," she replied, blushing lit
tie, "you see, he proposed by letter. and
his contention was that the case was of
that peculiar character that cannot be
properly presented by briefs, but de-
mands oral arguments. The fact that
the latter had been omitted, he held,
should be held to be an error, and the
point was such novel one that con-
sented to let him argue it. Then his ar
gument was 30 forceful that granted
his petition and consented to hear the
whole case again. DO you think"-
81 think" said the Judge, '"that the
court favors the plaintiff. Chicago
Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
Malarin1 Soil.

The opinion is expressed by Dr. Bach
man, an accepted authority in such in
vestigations, that the long current be-
lief that the source of malaria is in the
air is erroneous. The germ, he says,
which is of soil origin, is strictly
protozoa, reaching its highest develop
ment in low, moist ground, with IA
vorable temperature. Surrounded by
the proper soil conditions, this protozoa
passes from one stage Of life into anoth-
er with considerable rapidity, so that
in the present state of experimental
knowledge it is impossible to identify
it. Further, this protozoa passes through
so many forms or stages of life that in
some of these stages it is light enough
to float and be transported by the moist
air of low grounds. but in this state is
comparatively harmless except under
extraordinary conditions. Not until the
surface water is used does any real mis-
chief begin, when by reason of higher
development it has become much more
virulent than that floating in the air.
and very short period Of incubation
is sufficient to develop severe case OF
malarial fever in the newcomer who
uses the surface water. From personal
observation, DIR. Bachman declares that
the exclusive use of pure, deep seated
water affords entire immunity against
malaria in sections of country where
no white man would dare to live using
the surface wator.-New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
His present.

A little fellow came home from school
the other day and announced to his
mother: my teacher said it was her
birthday today, so went out at noon
and bought her present with my 25
cents. knew you would like 70 have
me-" His mother looked little anx-
ious. "And what did you buy?" she
asked. "Handkerchiefs," he answered
proudly. II thought those We're nice,
useful present. And l got six for quar-
ter. Wasn't that cheap?'' His mother
replied family that it was very cheap
indeed. Now York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
MR.. GLlMMeRToN's eEseTMENTs.
Troubled Most Just Now Over whatnot
In the Parlor.

Troubled Most Just Now Over a whatnot
In the Parlor.
"In her latest Encouragement of the
parlor," said Mr.. Glimmerton, "my
oldest daughter has placed in front of
the whatnot comfortable rocking chair
in which have always liked to sit. The
whatnot is flimsy structure ON legs so
slender that they wabble when you look
at them. Upon its shelves there are
many delicate bottles and jars and vases
and things that are always ready to fall
off.
"If We're not so eternally kept down,
should be a man Of cheerful spirits
Even as it is manage to keep my head
above the slough of despond. but I have
pretty hard time Of it what with one
thing and another, and just now the
whatnot in the parlor is one of my most
trying besetments. One cannot sit in
the big chair now without danger of
knocking the whatnot over. The first
time tried it the chair rocked back
and brought up against it. All the bot
ties and jars and vases on the shelves
nodded violently many of them beyond
recovery, and these went down with
that slight but compact crash that thin
china makes when it falls.
."Then had to keep the whatnot al
ways in mind. If sat in the rocking
chair at all, had to sit in it carefully.
Once when I had forgotten about the
great calamity and had jumped up rath-
er suddenly the chair rocked back and
touched the whatnot again, this time,
however, not so hard; only few things
fell. But now have given up the chair
altogether, for with the whatnot at its
back it is no longer comfort to me.
81 look at the big chair longingly,
and fancy it looks with sympathy at
me, and I wait with patient cheerful
ness for the next new arrangement,
when the flimsy whatnot shall be on
one side Of the room and the comforta-
BILE rocker ON the other. New York
Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
X Rays In Piracy,

The pitiless pirate scanned the distant
horizon with one of his eagle eyes
"Ha"
It was short word, but there must
have been a motive for il.
"A sail A sailr'
Turning to his first mate, he COM
manded him, with fearful oath, to
run up the regulation flag.
That person replied that there wasn't
one, as the only flag they ever had was
shot away in the last affair.
Was the pirate chief ratified?
Nayl
For the bold buccaneer to rush down
into his cabin, bring up his Roentgen
camera, and by means of the X rays to
take an instantaneous photograph Of
the mate 'sskull and Of n couple Of cross
bones from his twisted leg was but the
work Of moment, and in q wink the
sable pennant was flying from the fore
topsail of the saucy Plankwalker.
From that instant, as il usual in such
cases, all was excitement-Cincinna
Commercial Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01

A lady, who is a strict prohibition
ist, was one of private party at Fair
view last summer. They were taking
supper in the pavilion, and had given
orders, when one of the gentlemen turn.
ed to her and said:
"Will you have some piepercut, Mrs.
KIP"
She drew herself up rigidly aud felt
grossly insulted.
''No; 1 thank you, sir, )" she said IT
never drink anything stronger than lem
onade."
Then the gentleman pointed to the
post, and, while the rest of the crowd
laughed, she read:
"Pie, per cut. 8 cents "-Indianapo-
lis Sentinel
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01

There is grocer doing business not
far from the south end of Virginia ave-
nue. who has u horse that is very regular
in its habits He has learned that the
bell in engine house No. 3 strikes 12
times every day ut noon, and when the
hour comes and the horse hears the bell
he turns his ears forward and waits
for the boy who always feeds him at
that time. The horse will look anxious
ly toward the store and wait few mo-
ments. II the boy does not soon make
his appearance, the horse gets tired of
waiting and slowly walks to the stable.
Every day as soon as the bell rings the
first time at noon people near by notice
that the horse becomes restless and,
while few moments before his head
was dropping, at the first stroke of the
bell his eyes open wide and he takes on
an air of close attention.
One day the firemen concluded to try
mean trick on the horse TO see how
much he really did know about the
number Of times the bell rang. They
pulled the rope that rings the bell IL
times and then stopped. Immediately
the horses eyes closed and his head
dropped into the same listless position it
had maintained for some time The boy
soon came out and got into the wagon.
He drove home and ate his own dinner,
but did not take the horse to the stable
On his return he stopped and put the
horse in the stable and fed him. The
whole matter seemed to be surprise to
the horse, and now the people in the
neighborhood. firmly believe the horse
can count. .--Indianapol Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
A Great Medicine Given Away.

Reynolds Drug Store is now giving
free to all trial package OF the great
herbal remedy, Bacon's Celery King.
II ladies suffering from nervous dis
orders and constipation will use this
remedy they will soon be free from the
headaches and backaches that have
caused them so much suffering. II is a
perfect regulator. 1t quickly cures
biliousness, indigestion, eruptions of
the skin and all blood diseases. Large
size 25 cents and so cents.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
Aatlrpap Gtmr Cables.
So-c~N-~.N-NN0oOO1OOONN OOONNOoOO~NO~O0OODNO~ONONO~
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT lime II. 1896.

Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division Time
Table. Trains Leave s,l nriitw0od'
a:0i m-Train $, daily except Sunday for
sunbury, Harrisburg and intermediate sta
tons, arriving at Philadelphia 6;23 p' M,
New. York, 9;23 p M. Baltimore 6;m y. M
Washington, 7:15 p. m Pullman Parlor car
from Kane TO Philadelphia.
3;5s p. m;-Train 8, daily except sunday for
Harrisburg and intermediate stations, ar
irving at Philadelphia $3.50 A. M New York,
1888 A; NJ. Pullman Sleeping cars from
Philadelphia passengers can remain in
sleeper undlsturbed until 200 A. NJ.
e;35 p. m.---Irain 4, daily for sunbury, Harris
Philadelphia Gj2 A. NJ; New York, 0:33
An on week days sG and ioSS ,,, NJ, on sun y.io
port to Philadelphia. Passengers In sleeper
Tor Baltlmore md Washington VIII II be
risburg. Passenger coaches from Erie to
Philadelphia and Williamsport to Balt-
more
WESTWARD
7:2l a. m.-Traln 1, daily except Sunday for
Ridgway, Dubois, Clcrmont and Inter
mediate stations. Leaves Ridgway ut 3;lo
PM for Erie.
$3.50 a. m.--Train 3, daily for Erie and inter-
mediate points.
5:26 d. m.--Train H. daily except Sunday for
Kane and intermediate stations.
FROM THE EAST AND SOUTH.
TRAIN II leaves Philadelphia s:23 4. M!
Washington, $50 A. Nj; Baltimore, $3.50 4. NJ;
Wllkesbarre, 1878 4. NJ; daily except sun
day arriving at Driftwood at 5:26 r. NJ. with
Pullman Parlor car from Philadelphia TO
Williamsport.
TRAIN leaves New York at p. M; Phila-
delphia, 1f;20 p. M; Washington, 1910 y. M;
Baltimore, 1850 p. mi daily arriving at
Driftwood at $3.50 a IN. Pullman sleeping
cars from Philadelphia TO Erie and from
Washington and Baltimore to WilliamSDOrt
and through passenger coaches from Phila-
dclphia to Erie and Baltimore to Williams
port.
TRAIN leaves Remove at $3.50 n. M, daily
except Sunday, arriving Mt Driftwood 7:2l
a. m.
JOHNSONBURG RAILROAD.
DAILY except Sunday.)
TRAIN 10 leaves Ridgway at 9;20 a. M; John
sonburg at 1898 n. M, arriving at Clermont
Mt 10:35 a, m.
TRAIN 20 leaves Clermont at t0:45 u. m. ar
rlying at Johnsonburg at 11;il n. m. and
Ridgway at 1900 a. m.