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Egypt,which stands triumphant be-
meath the shadow OF the cross which
daily CLEANS from the summit of st.
Peters.
IF we would profit by Rome to the
uttermost we must put away all preju-
dices, whether Roman Catholic or Pro-
testant, and we must believe that 1t is
not in one class Of Roman interests
alone that much is to be learnt"
Archaeology and history should
help the beauties Of Rome to leave
their noblest impress, in arousing feel
ings worthy of the greatest of pagan
heroes, of the noblest of Latin poets, of
the most inspired of sculptors and
painters, as we'll as of Paul of Tarsus
who passed into Rome under the Arch
Of Drusus, upon whom the shadow of
the tomb of Caius Cestius fell as he
passed out of Rome to his martyrdom
in that procession of which it is the
sole surviving witness, and who, in
Rome, is sleeping now with thousand
other saints, till, as st. Ambrose re-
minds us, he shall awaken there at the
great resurrection. VIATOR.
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IT IS A PLEASURE

10 write if you use Il well constructed
Fountain Pen. '"rhe Yale'' is as fine Il
fountain pen rs there is made and is
sold from 81. so up, which is remark
ably low price, for its merits. Do
away with the old method and give it a
trial.
For sale at
J. H. G.. DURANT.
Opp. p. o. So Church Street.
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yranellers' Q5miae,

january Is. 1896.

FOR NEW YORK-*4:05, $3.50, x600,
I'3o, $50, $50. 1885, x10:30 a. m, 1890,
lz:o9' Tl;So (parlor car limited). *1:S5,
a. $50, 800, $3.50, $3.50, x4,2O. $3.50,
e'So' o'So, "l'lO. "S10, (S:15 Bridgeport ac-
comb "9:lO, 9:l5 p. m. Sundays rs,
$50 goo am, X5:oO, x6:15. %7;1O, $40,
Sis, 1910 p. m.
FOR WASHINGTON via Harlem
Rlver-yl:o5 *l1:50 p. m. (daily.)
FoR BOSTON via Springfield-*1 10.
xlo;lo, "ll;O5 am, "1:O5, %1:44, $3.50 u. M.
Sundays-"l:l0 night), $3.50 d. m.
boIt BOSTON via New London and
ProVldence-*2:00. 1920, *11:S5 (parlor
car limited a. m, "12:O5, $500. $500.
~4;o5, 5000 p. m. Sundays-*2:Oo. 1920
a. M, &4:55, $685. p. m.
FOR MERIDEN, HARTFopn
SPRINGFIELD, Etc.-*1:1o (night1'
GAO, 500, x10:10, *11;O5 a. M, 1905. s1.o5
*l;44 (first stop Hartford), 3:15. ZOO
1852, (6:15 to Hartford), sos. 10:05 n. M
Sundays-*1;1o (nighD. 1852, S:25 (ac-
| commodation) p. m.
NEW LONDON DIVISION
For New London, etc.-*2:00 fniebt,
1920 (night9, 7.5O, 11:O5, s11:s5. (narlor
car limited), a. M, *12:05, $500. 3.O5
&4:20, *4:55, 5:15. 6:15 (Guilford accS
$3.50 p. m, 11:15 (Guilford acc.). SIM
days-*2:oo (nighD, 1920 (night), AS
1888 p. m.
AIR LINE DIVISION
For Middletown, Willimantic, etc
7:45 a. M, 2:1O, sos p. m. Sundays
*7:15 p m. Connecting at Middletown
with Valley Division and at Williman-
tic with N. D. and N. L. N. r. r.: at
10
NORTHAMPTON DIVISION
For Shelburne Falls, Turner's Falls.
Williamsburg, Ho1yoke and New Hart
ford and intermediate stations-7:45 a..
m. and 400 p. m.
For Pennington and New Hartford
and points this side-7:45 a. M, 1900.
400, 5:55 p. m.
| BERKSHIRE DIVISION.
| For Derby Junction-4:20 D. m. For
Derby Junction, Birmingham, Ansonia.
! etc.-7:00 $40 a, M, 1900, 2:27, 4:2O, s: SIS.
1850, n:20 p. m. Sundays-S:10 a. M.
$3.50 p. m
/ For Waterbury-7:00 $40 a. m, 1900.
2:27, 5:35, 7:5O p. m. Sundays-8:10 a.
M, 6:15 p. m. (via Naugatuck Junction.)
For Winsted-7:0O, $40 a. M, 2:27, 5:S5
| p. m. Sundays-S:10 a. M
For shelton, Botsford, Newtown, Dam
bury Pittsfeld, State Line $40 a. nj,
4:20 p. m.
For Albany, Buffalo, Detroit, Cincin-
natl, st. Louis, Chicago and the West,
via State Line9:4O a. M, 4:2O >. m.
For Litchfield and points on S., =. &
N. r. R.-6:0O a. m. (via Bridgeport and
Hawleyville). 4:2o p. m. (via Hawley-
WILEY.
Express Trains xLocal Express.
G. T. HEMPSTEAD,
i General Passenger Agent.
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9etuelcrs.

Sterling Silver Bangles are
just now making a strong,
successful bid for feminine Ia
vor. The richest expressions
of the new bangle idea are
found in the reasonably priced
collection of c. j, Monsoon,
Jr., & Co., jewelers..
SCI
Chapel Street.
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GOLD AT CRIPPLE CREEK.
THE REST WAY TO GET THERE Is OVER
THE SANTA FE ROUTE.

The fabu1ously rich gold mining district OF
Cripple Creek, Colorado, is attracting. humid
reds of people. By spring the rush 3ids falr
to he enormous. That there is abundance OF
gold there is demonstrated beyond doubt.
Fortunes are being pidly made.
To reach Cripple Creek, take the santa re
Route the only standard gauge line direct
to the camp. Through Pullman sleepers and
chair cars. The Santa Fe lands you right in
the heart of Cripple Greek.
Inquire OF nearest ticket agent, or address
S.W, MANNING,
GIN. E. n. L. & 5. f. Railway,
QItf ~ Washington St., BOSTON.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10
DOM PAups EFFECTIVE PRAYER.
This Story May Not BE True, but 1t Is Far
From Impossible.

Here is q little anecdote told, not by
q malicious uitlander, but by Boer.
In the early days, before the Transvaal
was republic, there was famine in
the land, and party was organized to
hunt the bartbeest. For days the party
secured the veldt in vain; there was no
sign of game of any description Then
one Of the Beers declared his intention
Of retiring into the bush to pray for sue
cor, as did the patriarchs of old. He ac-
cordingly left the party in company with
a native and disappeared into the bush.
Some hours afterward the Boer re-
turned and informed the party solemnly
that he had prayed, and in three days.
time very large troop of hartbeest
would pass that way. The party re-
mained at the camp, and, sure enough,
two days after the promised game ap-
peared in sight, and the Dutchmen, with
thankful heart, made great haul.
From that moment "the man of pray
er" became the popular hero until he
was elected president of the South Afri-
can republic. That man was Paul Kru-
ger.
And now listen to the edifying sequel !;
1t was some time afterward that the
native who accompanied Kruger into the
bush gave his version Of the affair. The
native stated that when Kruger entered
the bush he did not pray, but struck out
for neighboring Kaffir kraal. Calling
the headmen, the Boer informed them
that the white people were starving and
could find no game There was large
number Of armed Beers ON the other side
of the bush, who had sent him to tell
them that unless they (the natives) dis
covered game in less than three days
they would all be shot Knowing Boer
methods only too we'll, the frightened
natives set out forthwith, discovered the
game and drove it toward the Boer
camp.-London Figaro.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10
GRANT AND UNCLE BEN.
The President Remembered the Old Man
who WAS Kind to Him.


D. r. Garrison told story to Gen
eral Schofield at the Dent House which
illustrates to certain extent the kind
heartedness of General Grant. Grant
was n great lover of horses, and while
he was president he came on visit to
ST. Louis, and Mr.. Garrison, ut that
time president Of the old Pacific road,
took him out to his farm. They started
off in buggy for drive, and after go
ing some distance met an old man GO
ing along on horse. The man was in
his shirt sleeves and wore straw hat,
but Grant recognized him, and, stop
ping the buggy, he got out, and walk
ing up to the old man put out his hand
and said. Hello, Uncle Beni How are
you and the old woman getting along?"
The old man was Uncle Ben Sapping-
ton. He welcomed the president and
said that he was getting along very
well. He remarked that they were hap
py rs long as they had enough TO eat
and pipe and little tobacco.
"Uncle Ben, wouldn't you like to be
postmaster Of Meramee township" ask
ed the president.
Uncle Ben said he would not object,
and Grant shook him by the hand and
said: "God bless you and your wife,
Uncle Ben. think of you often"
When Grant got back in tho buggy,
the tears were streaming from his eyes,
and he said to Mr. Garrison: Poor old
Uncle Ben. He has big heart. l re-
member" he said, "when l and my
wife, living in that house over there,
did not have any more to eat than need
ed, and old Uncle Ben would come
around to the house at night and leave
basket Of provisions on our doorstep.
He was afraid to come and give them
TO us, thinking that he would possibly
hurt our feelings. God bless his men,
oryl"
Uncle Ben was made postmaster, and
after living to n ripe old age he Joined
the great majority and was followed by
Grant few years ago.-St. Louis Re
public.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10

A Pe.uiiar Charm Possessed by South Ar
rican Scenery.

rican Scenery.
A peculiar charm which South Afri-
can scenery possesses is that of primeval
solitude and silence. II is charm
which is differently felt by different
minds. There are many who find the
presence of what Homer calls "the rich
works Of men" essential TO the perfec-
tion Of a landscape. Cultivated fields
gardens and orchards, farmhouses dot
ted here and there, indications in one
sorm or another of human life and Ia
Dor, do not merely give greater variety
TO every prospect, but also impart an
element which evokes the sense of sym
pathy with our fellow men and excites
a whole group of emotions which the
contemplation of nature, taken by it.
self, does not arouse.
No one is insensible to these things,
and some find little delight in any scene
from which they are absent. Yet there
are other minds to which there is some
thing specially solemn and impressive
in the untouched and primitive sim
plicity Of country which stands now
Just as it came from the hands Of the
Creator. The self sufficientness of ma
ture, the insigni6cance of man, the
mystery Of universe which does not
exist, as our ancestors fondly thought,
for the sake Of man, but for other pur-
poses hidden from us and forever undis-
coverable-these things are more fully
realized and more deeply felt when one
traverses an immense wilderness which
seems to have known no change since
the remote ages when hill and plain and
valley were nodded into the forms we
see today.
Feelings of this kind powerfully af-
feet the mind Of the traveller in South
Africa. They affect him in the Karroo,
where the slender line of rails, along
which his train creeps all day and all
night across long stretches of brown
desert and under the crests Of stern,
dark hills. seems to heighten by con-
trast the sense Of solitude-a vast and
barren solitude interposed between the
busy haunts of men which he has left
behind ON the shores of the ocean and
those still buster haunts whittier he is
bent, where the pick and hammer sound
upon the Witwatersrand and the palpi
tating engine drags masses Of ore fro
the depths of the crowded mine They
affect him still more in the breezy high
lands of Matabeleland, where the eye
ranges over an apparently endless sue
cession of undulations clothed with tall
grass or waving wood, till they sink in
the blue distance toward the plain
through which the great Zambezi takes
its seaward course. Professor James
Bryce, M. p, in Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10
Chinese Treatment Of Children.

However little liked the Chinaman
may be by his white neighbors, have
at all times found that the Chinese had
at least one good and praiseworthy quail
ity-the kindness shown by all of them
toward their children. The poorest
parents always seem able to save enough
money to array their little ones in gay
garments ON New Years day or other
holidays. The children in turn seem to
be remarkably well behaved and respect
full toward their elders, and rarely if
ever receive corporal punishment They
seem very happy, and apparently enjoy
their childhood more than most .Ameri-
can children. On almost any sunny day
the fond and proud father may be seen
at every turn in Chinatown carrying his
brightly attired youngster in his arms.
Other little tots, hardly old enough to
feel quite steady ON their legs, toddle
about with infants strapped on their
backs. They do not appear to mind this,
and it does not seem to interfere with
their childish pastimes. About the time
Of the Chinese New Year Chinese chill
dren are particularly favored. and the
fond fathers deny them nothing. The
little ones always appear to be well pro-
yided with pocket money to buy toys
and candies. Theodore Wores in St.
Nicholas
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10
Perils of n Joke In Germany.

This story illustrates the perils of
practical joking in Germany: Eighteen
months ago four gentlemen Of leisure
from the Rhine country went to the kir-
mess in Bullay. They rode about with
a cabby and drank wine until they were
overtaken by the conditions Of mind
and body which accompany these per-
formances at German festivals. Then
they began to dispute with the cabman
as to the weight Of his horse and cab
Eventually they offered him 90 pfen-
nigs-or about 12 cents-a pound for the
whole equipage. He accepted the offer.
The horse and cab went on the scales
and registered 3, 900 pounds. The whole
outfit was worth about $75, so the cab
man hastened to surrender it and de-
mand his 12 cents a pound, or $500 in
all. The four gentlemen of leisure then
protested that it was all mistake, q
joke, in fact, and they couldn't think of
paying $500 for S75 equipage. They
went away, but the cabman sent horse
and cab after them by express G. o. d.
When the four gentlemen Of leisure
refused to follow the practical part of
the joke farther, the cabman sued them.
He carried on the case from court to
court, in response to their appeals from
each successive decision in his favor, and
two weeks ago obtained the final judg-
ment in his favor from the high court of
justice in Coblenz. The costs meantime
had risen to $540, so the four gentlemen
of leisure were ordered by the court to
pay 5000, all told That is the total cost
of the practical joke about the cabman's 8
$75 outfit, excepting the private retain
ers which, for the defense of the four
jokers through the steady legal fight Of
year and half, are said to amount to
about 5000 more. The Bullay cabman
has bought pair and victoria and has
gone to Berlin to carry men with titles
and spurs ON their boots.-New York
Sun
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10

Strange Tale OF n woodsman and the Eff
fects OF Mince Pie.

fects OF Mince Pie.
II don't like to repeat story about
Sullivan county unless / know it is
true" said Phil Kinney. Mr.. Kinney
never tells story except with the most
serious countenance, writes corre-
spondent of the New York Press
"a farmer" he said, from Forest
burg was here recently, and he told me
Of an experience he had out in the
woods, and I'll give up my dinner IL
don't think he told the truth. You see,
he is one Of those honest old fellows
who drink hard cider around home. He
says plain cider doesns hurt him, but
when he comes here he winks at me and
says, Put little in my cider.
"Well, sir. he was getting out rail
road ties down where he lives. He uses
in doing it one Of those big, double
handled cross cut saws
"Says he: L was a-sawin away out
thar In the snow, with my little fox
terrier nosin round in the bushes after
jacks, when he sudden like puts his tail
twixt them slender legs o. his'n and
digs out fer hum. l kinder looked
round, but blessed ef I could set them
eyes o. mine on enything out the or
dinary. kept on a-sawin till it gifts
time to eat my old woman's bits.
set down on log an ct away,
an sets the pail down when / was
through, an 1 saved my mince pie fur n
little later. fell into doze, an when
l come TO waz half skairt outen my
boots by blasted big black bear sittin
longside an eatin my mince pie. l knew
better'n to try to get up fore he could
swat me with his paw. So sets still,
a-shakin and a-shiverin. Purity soon /
heard them whistles a-blowing for
O'Clock down in Port Jervis. Then the
funniest part o. the hull business COM
menced. That they're bear jes wipes
his nose in the snow an goes over an
ketches hold that saw and went to work
BY gosh wuz expectin that he
would do some sort o. trouble to it, an
it wuz the only saw I he'd But he
didn't. He sawed off four or five logs
jes' the right length, an then he saw
the rest o. that tree wuz too small fer
use as ties, an he looked round fer an
other tree. But there wuzn' none down,
so he sets the saw up agin tree an
goes off.
II said to him them" continued
Phil, d" You better have little more
cider. He took big drink and then
another. Then he says: Phil, l don't {
want you to laugh at me, but went
down there mex day, an cut down six
trees, an I put two mince pies an the
saw longside the first one an went an
hid behind tree. 1 waited till
o'clock, but that blasted bear never
showed up
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10
MASCULINE MEDICINE CHESTS.
Every Man Carrius nls xssorite Remedy
Always wfah Him.


II is customary for men to sneer good
naturedly at the physical weaknesses of
the opposite sex, but women would
doubtless be surprised could they know
how generally the medicinal remedy
habit permeates the ranks Of their mas
culine friends. Think over your list of
male acquaintances and pick out the
few who have no ailments and carry no
bottles, powders or prescriptions. They
will be very few indeed, unless your list
includes but very young men.
1t has been said that every woman
knows the best face wash on earth and
is willing to part with her secret only
on compulsion, but will try anything
else suggested by friend. But men are
remedies. Every man carries at least
one remedy in his inside pocket and is
willing to unload it on anybody who
will listen or dare to test its infallibil-
ity. l have known four or five healthy
looking men in group, not one of
whom would be suspected of ever being
i'll, draw concealed vials Of pellets and
little unsupported boxes of pills and as
tonishingly worded prescriptions from
their confidential hiding places and dis
course most learnedly upon their miracu-
lous powers.
In every case of this kind there has
been at some time, more or less remote,
an apparent justification Of merit claim
ed, from which time and thenceforth
forever that particular individual goes
contentedly and even boastingly bound
to that medicinal chariot wheel. New
York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10
An Island CITY.

Greater New York consists Of 45 is
lands-just as many rs there are now
stars in our flag. 1t might be called the
Island City. Read the names Of some of
the larger: /. Manhattan island. 2.
Long island. 8. Staten island. 4.
Hart's island. 8. City island. @. Riker's
island. 7. North Brothers. island. 8.
South island. 0. Blackwell's island 10.
Randall's island. II. Wards island.
10. Berrian s island. 13. Governors is
land. IA. Barren island. 10. Coney is
land.
Many small ones in Jamaica bay have
rs large names. One inland island,
Marble Hill, near Kingsbridge, has been
made by the government channel cut
through ON the Harlem river improve
ments New York Dispatch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10
Useful Gum Chewing,

Even so disagreeable habit as gum
chewing may once in q great while
serve useful purpose, as witness an
incident narrated by the Chicago Jour
nal:
A guest was washing his ring in a
washbowl. when the diamond came out
and started for the sewer. 1t could be
seen at the turn in the pipe, but was
out Of reach.
The clerk of the Auditorium annex,
in which the accident occurred, ap.
peared on the scene. He was equal to
the emergency. He called bellboy and
sent for package Of chewing gum.
When it was brought, the boy chewed
gum as he never had before. Then put.
ting the soft. plastic quid on the end
Of long lead pencil, he y SCI
the diamond. His aim W. he
diamond stuck in the was
brought out safely. q
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10
An Artist without Arms.

The comrade without arms was q
most assiduous worker. 1t was amusing
to watch his mittened feet step out Of
their shoes and at the shortest notice
proceed to do duty as hands. His nim-
BILE toes would screw and unscrew the
tops Of the color tubes or handle the
brush as steadily us the best and deftest
Of fingers could handle IL. Very much
unlike any Of M, he was most punctil-
ious in the care ne bestowed ON his paint
box. as also on his personal appearance.
Felix Moscheles In Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10

The mocking bird seems to have Il
genuine sense Of humor. Oft"n when en-
gagged in the most charming imitation
Of some song bird 1t will suddenly stop
and break ont with the quacking Of .
duck or some other ludicrops sound.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10

Hostess-Well, there is one very
creditable thing I can say about my
husband. We have lived together over
20 years now, and during all that time
! have never heard him swear once.
What do you think of that?
Guest-I think it the most remark
able case Of self control I ever heard of.
Boston Courier.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10
His Excuse.

Magistrate--You're charged with
stealing some diamond studs. Have you
anything to sayY
Prisoner-Well. yer worship, the card
on which was the studs was. marked
''collar studs" 10 ! took it ~ an invi-
tation, an did collar 'emi-London Fun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10

Aunt Jane-In my young days. Ev-
elyn, girls amused themselves with a
spinning wheel.
Evelyn--But, aunty dear. you ought
to see my wheel spinl-Detroit Free
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10

Julia. never see you at funerals I"
mo: when 90, always cry harder
than the widow. and that makes people
think I was In love with the mau- p
Qhicago Rsoogd
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-10
Obliged to Give Up To

"we used to have * Ant chops for
breakfast regularly in Africa, said a
traveller who has just returned to the
city after long absence. land ooca-
sionally we have them here. and ! like
'em. but we live I'm fiat. the kitchen is
small, we can't get but one chop into 1t
at time, and the cook has to stand out
on the fire escape and turn it with q
pitchfork, and it's such slow, incon-
venient way Of cooking them that sup
pose we'll have to give 'em up. New
York Sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-24

drawn, but, upon carefully examining
l. as a whole, it seems clear to me thai
the parties must have understood and
intended that DR.. Trousseau was 10
pay the debt as he could and that a
neglect to pay on account as his cir
cumstances permitted should render
the whole Immediately due. DR.
Trousseau explicitly stated that the
Justice OF the claim was beyond dis
pute, he bound himself TO pay it if
his circumstances allowed and as soon
as they allowed, in naming the rate
of interest he provided that the
amount of interest should be reduced
in proportion as the total debt was eX-
tinguished. and he agreed that fail
ure TO make the payments mentioned
when due should render the whole debt
due. | think it would be a forced, IN
reasonable and unbusinesslike con-
struction of the language DIR. TrOus-
seau used TO hold either that he bound
himself TO make payments as often
as he had a few dollars in excess of his
immediate necessities or that he re-
served the right to accumulate more
than one hundred and thirty thous-
and francs before making a single
payment In constituting contract
the language used technical words
excepted) is to have its ordinary and
popular meaning unless an intention
to the contrary plainly appears. and,
in determining what such meaning is,
a court is bound to take judicial no
tice of the established usages OF the
business world.
The question what should be con-
sidered as substantial payment or abili-
tv to make one is eliminated from the
case. for the evidence is undisputed
that DR.. Trousseau, if not able to pay
the entire debt at any one time, was
able TO pay many thousands of dollars.
For the foregoing reasons | concur
in the result reached by the Chief
Justice.
Honolulu, July 16, 1896.