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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

The New York Advertiser exclaims:
The conflict for world leadership in
regenerating Asia. in largely shaping
Africa, in determining the bent of
civilization in Europe, lies today be-
tween the Slav and the Auglo-Saxon.
Great Britain alone offers to Russia
the one great barrier as she presses
southwark.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05
MAKE your own PERFUME.

You cnn easily make n delicious vio-
let perfume for yourself by putting
half an ounce Of orris root, broken
into small pieces, in bottle with two
ounces Of alcohol. Cork the bottle
tightly and shake well. After 10 has
bccu standing four or five days, few
drops on tho handkerchief will leave
the scent Of fresh violets.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05
Pig Does Some Banking.

A peasant named Galibert. living in
the neighborhood Of Milan, in Ger
mary, recently ,bonsht pig. A few
days ago he killed tho animal, nnd
found in its stomach a small metal
matchbox containing two bInknotes
of the value OF $3.50 each. Tue honest
bumpkin ut once took them to the
mayor in order that they might be re-
tnrned to their owner il he could be
found. Boston Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05
.The day of retrenchment, or tht

"The day of retrenchment, or the
day OF ruin, for this government is
awaiting the people of the United
States in the not remote future" pre-.
diets ex-Secretary OF Agriculture j.
Sterling Morton, in the Forum. 1--WE
shall very soon step from the nine.
teenth into the twentieth century.
We shall carry with us either the
germs OF dissolution and decay or OF
life and conserved energy. To avoid
the former and secure the latter, the
American people should begin at once
in the household, in the factory il
the counting-room, in the management
OF great lines OF transportation, ant
in all other interpretations OF capital
to practice something of the economy
and frugality which characterizeS oul
New England ancestors The cost o1
local governments must be 'iessened,
Administration of county and city and
villa HffAirs must be made more ant
ms iQesslike and economical. II
had charges OF American
I be cut down."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

The breach between the South Afri-
can republic and Great Britain is
rapidly widening. and only great for.
benrance on the part Of each can pre-
vent bostilities between them, declares
the New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

A Russian baptism under the ritual
of the Greek church is n curious cere'
mony. A large wooden bowl is filled
with water, and the priest takes the
child in his arms. stuffs wadding into
his ears and nostrils, and then plungcs
the little head under the water three
times, during which period he repeats
prayers for the imperial family.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

The Boston Congregationalist says:
II is noteworthy that, while bequests
TO the missionary societies in nearly
all denominations have fallen much
below those of recent years, bequests
TO colleges and other benevolent in
stitutions have been unusually large. !
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05
THE LADIES OF CoNsrANrINopLE.


1t was amusing to see African women
at Constantinople, Turkey, with the
thickest of lips, yelled. All the pretty
faces were more or less painted, and
the eyelids aud eyebrows penciled.
The quality of the paint showed the
quality of the lady. Poor women
daub themselves with horrid pig
ments. No Turkish gentleman goes
out to walk with his wife; to do SO
would be counted in the highest de-
gree absurd. At most she is followed
by a slave. But wrapped up in the
ugly black silk feridje, she can go
where she pleases and alone. Norman
would dream of looking at veiied
lady in feridje. We're Ginour to
scan her face he would run risk OF
being ,massacred. Shopping is femi-
nine pastime; another is holding re-
ceptions, which, of course, ladies only
attend. Munching sweetmeats renders
Constantinople G bellies grossly fat while
still young. and rather spoils their
teeth. All over the East teeth are
even, white, and OF medium size, aud
mouths well shaped. They are mouths
made for laughter and gourmandiz'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

A present Of some deer from Queen
Victoria Is said to have brought to the
French colony of New Caledonia II
pest similar to that of the rabbits in
Australia and tho mangoose in Ja-
maica. The deer have multiplied With
great rapidity, aud now invade the
plantations. causing great loss to the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

graduating them both when | heard
that Maud Jciirios was engaged to
Jack Meadows, for they were both old
friends of mine and charming people
especially Maud. She was nm mr.
tist and painted very zealously in oil
colors. She was working at nm I'M
finished painting, and SO absorbed in
it that nt first she did not hear me
enter. When sho did she turned
quickly:
"No, it is not Mcndows; / nm 30
sorry," | said sympathetically.
so, but I'm very glad to sec you"
she answered. "And you are just IN
time to help me. DO tell mo what is
wrong with this thing" md she
pointed to tho canvas.
"That is Meadows privilege" l
said. l offered her my good wishes,
and told her was sure she would be
happy.
She blushed prcttily and said: "We
nre very happy now."
"But how have you satisfied your
conscience?" 1 asked. 81 understood
you had vowed yourself to the service
OF your art"
80, but shall never give up my
work" she protested earnestly. Jack
knows that He wouldn't want me to.
1 think it is SO wrong not to use ones
gifts. don't you?"
"He is really awfully good about it, '
she went on. "He is going to let me
paint his portrait. and then we shall
hang it in our dining room. Look,
here are n few sketches for it. Don't
you think they are like him?"
l recognized Meadows in spite of
the varying expressions Maud had
given him, aud I said 80 at once. She
was pleased, and just then Meadows
came in.
81 am just admiring the studies for
tho great portrait" said genially.
"Ab, yes, they are only rough
sketches. The thing itself will be
quite different, won't it. darling?" he
said, with, l imagined, q shade OF
anxiety.
A fortnight or so passed before
saw anything of Meadows or Maud
then met Meadows. He looked ,wor.
ried. and when asked him after Miss
Jeffries he said shortly: 81 believe
she is quite we'll, thanks"
"And how is the portrait going
on?" y"
"Look here, Raller," he said, with ,
burst of confidence, "that wretchet
portrait is undermining my happiness
It's no more like me than thnt poster,
and he pointed to flaming placard
"I'm not vain chap, you know, but
do bar being handed down to posterit.
looking like criminal lunatic."
"But it can't be as bud as that
Maud would never do you Injustice,
/ said.
"Not Intentionally. but she swear
it is good likeness, though Ic,n'r
see how she can. When 1 suggeste'
it was bit unAattering she said sh
must paint what she saw and that sh
could not tamper with the truth Il
art" a.N
ii II should like to see it," I said.
Il "Come along. then; Maud is on
, this afternoon; her sister told me 80
We will go to her studio, and you ca
, give me your unbiased opinion"
III The portrait, still wet, was on tn
easel Meadows pointed to itin elt
> quent silence. l was silent, too. ]
was so painfully realistic that it verge
/, on caricature.
1 "Well?" said Meadows. Seoul
you live in the same house with it il
4 was your portraitG"
"Yet, she is fond OF you," l said
"Surely, il you ask her to suppress
~ q personal favor--"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Portland. Me-. claims cat able to |
sny 'pnpa" aud "msmna.
Two bites into apple picked mp in |
n store cost resident of Portland,
Me-, three front teeth.
At Sebngo, Me-, is n collection OF
$40 cents, bearing date from 1900 to
1889, which resident found burr ed
on his farm many years ago.
An Auburn (Mc. } mau hns devised
cook stove on trucks aud has laid a
track on which to move it between the
summer and winter kitchens.
William Moore OF Snow Hill, Nd,
on wager of five cents, attempted to
kiss n possum, aud is now mourning
tho loss Of u part of his nose.
rennsylvania was the first state in
tho Union to restrict tho sale Of pas
scngor tickets TO the regularly accrcd-
tied agent. Of railroad companies.
Godnlming, Surrey, has n remnrkn-
blo black aud white cat, which, after
being taken to Leeds by rnilroad, re-
turned to it's former homo on foot,
taking six weeks TO make the journey
OF 300 miles
InL Lexington, KY, fh.re lisa club tho
youngest member of VIII ch is eighty
uinc years old. All the others are
over ninety. The )clnb meets regu-
lnrly for purposes of mutual improve
mcnt and social plcnsure.
To prevent person from "accidcn-
tally" taking the wrong hat and cont
upon leaving public place New
| York man hns invented coat and hat
hook which locks the articles fast, the
owner only being able to release them.
The largest sum ever offered or
asked for II single diamond was 81, 150,-
600, which the nizam of Hyderabad
agreed to give Mr.. jacobs, the famous
jcwcler of Sinla. for the imperial dia-
mond, considered the finest stons in
the world.
OF the ten graves in the cemetery
at Forest City, South Dakota. nine arc
snid to be occupied by the remains of
men that died with their boots on.
Five were drowned, one was murdered,
two killed themselves, and one got i'll
the way of bullet intended for some
one else.
A very large Ceylon sapphire weigh
ing 63S carats, of dark milky blue
color, perfectly transparent and flaw
less, is on exhibition in London. 1t is
star sapphire, displaying beautiful
opalescent star of SIX rays, the apex
of which varies according to the
changes in its position.
No disgrace attaches to suicide
among the japanese. The result is
that an average Of 1000 men and 5000
women kill themselves every year.
Hanging is the favorite method, next
to that is drowning, with the usc of
knives or swords as n good third. July
is the fnyoritc month for hari-kari.
Mrs. Lorana X. Hinkloy of Pea
Cove, Me-, at the ago of ninety-four
is able to read and write without
glasses. She is American ali the way
through. Her grandfather fought in
the Revolution, her father and heI
husband in tho War of 1912, and four
sons, four sons-in-aw, aud six nephewt
in the rebellion.
The exact height OF Joan of Arc has
been determined. BY mere chance
the famous suit of armor presented tc
the Maid of Orleans by Charles VII
and which would exactly fit girl o
five feet four inches, has been fount
in the galleries of a chateau in Aisne
where it was placed many years ago b,
the celebrated collector OF the lat
Marquis de Courvnl.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

A distinguished Frenchman has con-
tributed to current literature n bold
essay which treats of the tendency of
modern civilization to cowardicc. He
says very plainly, and arrays some
pregnant facts TO prove it, that men
nrc no longer brave.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05
Love and Art.
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She wOuld only say ~ wns my
vanity" he answered, gloomily.
"Thero is nothing to be done; she
must choose between me aud my por-
trait. unless"
"Unless what?" / asked, as he
paused.
"You could persuade her. Tell her
IT doesn't do her justice, either of MS
justice. Do. there's II good fellow
She has no end of respect for you"
could not resist his appeal and
promised to do my bost. "And surely
that is she coming mp the stairs now,"
s"id l,ns We heard footsteps.
He left mo alone in the studio ms
Maud entered. She greeted me with
II weary smile aud glanced directly mt
the portrait.
"You have been looking nt it?" she
asked mechanically, taking up her pal
cite aud brushes.
"Yes." | said, and she seemed to OK
pect me to say more.
SITS IA good likeness, isn't it?" she
remarked, presently.
at is too hattering," I answered,
sitting down opposite it.
Jack doesn't think so, she said.
"Bnt lie is 50 nbsurdly vain, said
"Not more than other men, / sup.
pose. she retortcd.
''Yet you say he is not satisfied
with thnt painting" i said. "What
fnult can he find?"
"Nothing definite, but he wants mo
to alter it,"
However painful it may be you
must keep your art pure. 1t is true
that in the noble cause of realism you
have nccentuated his worst points"
''No, 1 haven't" she said with some
heat.
81 honor you for it. Very few
girls would have had the courage to
treat the portrait of lover IN so bold
IL way, even to the suggestion of a Carl
cature."
"But you said I had fattered him !"
she cried.
"Truth is the highest flattery," an
swered, ,sententiously. "And if Mead
ows is not high-minaed enough to see
it, you will regret his loss"
"His loss! What do you mean?"
she exclaimed.
81 saw him just now; he does not
apprecinte your noble self-sacrifice !;
he said il you had really loved him
you would not have pointed out his
homeliness to the world. He seemed
to feel it good deal"
"Homeliness He is beautiful I" she
cried Indignantly.
"Rsally. my dear young lady, you
cant say that with that almost speak
ing likeness in front of u.s." and /
pointed to the portrait.
With u sudden movement she
smudged brnshful of paint over the
face on the canvas.
l saw Meadows looking round the
door aud beckoned him in.
) "Yonr portrait is done for" said
She threw down her palette. "Jack
Look at it'll" she cried with laugl
that seemed to catch her throat.
There is now hanging in the Mead
J ows'- dining room u portrait of til,
master OF the house. 1t is not at al
3 a good painting, but Jack gazes at i
with satisfaction. 1t is by his wife
t and whom her. friends suggest that sh,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

Tho Chicago In,er-Ocean solilo-
quizes: What things man can see
if he picks the right place to sec 'em
in! Benjamin Emerson, just dead,
Chicago's first milkman, who came
here in 1895, saw Chicago grow from
n mudhole to metropolis of nearly
, 1000, 900 people. One man saw all
thtu
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

The French government proposes
to construct forty.iive large warships
and 175 torpedo boats at cost OF
sl6O. 900. 600 within the next eight
years. ''If our government would
expend one-third OF that sum what u
grand navy we would have" observes
the New York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05
master.

Tho deaths in France in 1895 ex.
cceded the births by 1000. In many
of tho departments the population is
sieadily dwindling, whole districts
being almost stripped of their inhabi-
tants.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05
LACE ror svMxa,yoows.

lace g9i suMMhjyoowNs.
Russian lnces are sy/ /ns the pret-
tiest and most ser{ pie Tor tr'in-
ming wash gowns ID pmer' Ihe
little Russian girl II 'o'"ho"'
who is introducing brt oi '"o
Russian peasants int |ericM ""s
number OF varieties ~ WOihHn
Exchange.
The making Of thi hssiar lace is
interesting, and, as Is Q case with
most laccs, it meafl an immense
amonnt of labor for nn Utmost incon-
ceivnby small SIM OF Imoney. Tho
Russian product il tn Ie pillow lace,
made with bobbns. Of Landspuu linen
thread. A singh de,igIn OF the pat-
tern goes throua an dntire piece of
lnce, and to keep . rnn hing, sometimes
as many as 300 oi the little bobbins
nre in use on nepicc&. To make a
yard of lace six ii,hes wide OF IA close
pattern will tala Hussian woman
four weeks, and tie piece will sell in
this country for 81. The patterns are
nll quaint and intercshng. They arc
designed and drawn by the peasants
on paper, and them the pattern is
| prickcd around the Jnnci drawing.
The peacock is akavorite design,
and it appears in dia'rent forms in
the lacc, NJ well ns IN other decorative
effects. A wide pointYd piece of lace,
with an EXCEPTIONAL pretty pattern.
Is taken from another fayori,e model
the frosty tracery n the windows.
yard OF lace oil |etty openuork
pattern oi insertion, 10 and "A half
inches vide, which itwill take one
woman SIX days TO make. is sold for
80 cents. There ard colored lnser-
tons in red, blue and white, fayori
colors oil the hnss'ani pink and green
lace in more delict, shades. and
pretty unbeached la& OF the color of
grass linen. There II |nlso heavy black
silk lace male on cushions like
the guipure lace.
The Russian lace, Icing handmade
and of the hands h. linen, wears
without break Tor FEARS, and never
changes in appearan The end of
towel in the collecti{ hns insertion
and lace upon it win is said TO be-
over 100 years old. New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

''But surely this one is, on the
whole, better?" said /.
Jack thinks so, she answered, and
she sighed. Westminster Budget.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

William Ewnrt Gladstone has. he
says, 'mastercd" the bicycle. There
isn't much in this world he cannot
master.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05
RED pAeasoLs AND raEcKLEs.

The red pnrnsol is n preventive of
frcckles. The rays of the sun will
have no terrors for the summer girl
with supply OF red parasols on hand.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

There is now hanging in the Mead.
ows' dining room portrait of the
master OF the house. 1t is not at all
good painting. but Jack gazes ut it
with satisfaction. 1t is by his wife.
aud whom her. friends suggest that she
has hattered'her husband she smiles.
Once / saw her looking at it rather
sadly aud asked her il she was re-
gretting the one she had destroyed.
She shook her head.
"No; sometimes / think l acted
hastily, for it really was good" she
said.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-10-07
Concerning Local Industries.

Henry O. Dodge is max ng some improve
ments and changes,i in his clothing factory OBJ
posite the railway station, and charging his
business. He has moved his cutting depart
ment to the lower floor and uses the whole
upper floor for stock ROOM
Mark Wood & Son are finishing a hand
some marble tablet, u inches thick, for the
late Capt. John Colcord Beals of Searsport;
also smaller ones with scroll work cut by F.
M. Wood, for Warren Storer of Camden and
Mrs. Benjamin Chase of Unity.
Miss Annie l.. Wildes, for many years fore
woman in George A. Quimby's vest factory,
has leased the rooms in the Opera House
block formerly occupied by the Petit Manan
Land Co., and will continue the business of
vest making, manufacturing for the firms
who patronized Mr.. Quimby before his re-
tirement.
The Belfast Light & Power Co. began
Tuesday morning stringing the wires for the
new motor system. They have ID miles of
No. 0 insulated wire and 300 feet of No. 0
lead covered cable. The motors have been
run over the lighting wires The new motors
are giving perfect satisfaction and the de-
mand Tor them IS increasing
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-10-07

Some one has sent us an article from
Me New York Sunday Herald captioned
society Slumming' and relating to Bar
Harbor, where it is said surprising con-
Citions of moral degradation exist. The
sender asks: "Have you nothing to say in
regard to the Bar Harbor statement"
Personally we know but little of the con-
ditions existing at Bar Harbor; but the
article itself shows that the mission work
done there is among Indians and French
Canadians. he closing paragraph, how
ever, contains reflection on the native
population of Mt. Desert which we be-
3ieYe to be unwarIanted. 1t is as follows:
The island of Mount Desert was first
bought by a French cavalier. then sold to
a ! irginan, and then again to the French,
who occupied it for many years. The
native inhabitants mostly came from Ma
chlas, Me-, and are very poor. For many
years there was no church on the island,
and foI fifteen years only one The few
clel gymen, who held services then at long
intervals came from the mainland This
accounts somewhat for the entire dsre-
~ VI iN4l-iN 10 tttt1tS dIlipDS lIIt people,.
They are a kindly folk and now realize
that great need has been supplied in
their lives by the good work of the Res
cue Mission, and their gratitude and APP
probation is shown by their marked
change of life.
The native inhabitants of Mt. Desert
are descended from fishermen farmers,
such as dwelt upon other islands and
coasts Of Maine. The school and church
facilities in the early days were naturally
not equal to those in less remote and more
populous places; but the people were
sturdy, self-reliant race, and while their
descendants may be poor in comparison
with the multi millionaires who come
here in summer many are WELT do, and
there is no poverty of intellect or want of
good morals. The slums of Bar Harbor
did not exist prior to the advent Of the
summer visitor
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-10-07
Transfers in Real Estate.

The following transfers in real estate were
recorded in Waldo County Registry of Deeds
for the week ending Oct 6, 1897: Mary A.
Collier, Brooks, to L. A. Knowlton, ct al,
Belfast; land in Lincolnville. Fred W.
Brown, Belfast, to Fred G. White do. land
in Stockton Springs Adelaide NJ. Monroe,
LincolnviEe, to Adelaide E. Drinkwater,
do; land in Linconville. Mary NJ. Peavey
ct al, Brooks, to Martha E. Miller, do :;
land in Brooks. Eliza E. Savery, Searsport,
to Nahum S. Piper, Belfast; land in Belfast.
Eliza A. Piper, Belfast, to Nahum S. Piper
land in Belfast. Susan J. Dodge, Liberty,
to Daniel 7. Hannah, Washington, Me.
land and buildings in Liberty; e deeds)
Preston L. Hatch ct ais, by guardian, Isles
boro, to Laura E. Farrow, do. land in Isles
boro. Edith Hatch, Isesboro, to Laura E.
Farrow land in Islesboro. Althea A. Ma
no ney, Northport, to Ada F. Smith ct ais,
Belfast; land in Northport. Lemuel L..
Am es, Prospect, to Orilla V. Carter, Stock
ton Springs; land and buildings in Stock
ton Springs.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-10-07

Gen. Neal Dow died at his residence in
Portland at 3 30 o'clock last Saturday af-
fernoon, aged nearly o. Yeas. Death
was due to the iutilnities Of his great age
and the end Of the life of the noted re-
to:mer was peaceful one. He retained
consciousness until an hour before he
died, recognizing his children who were
gatheItd at lis bedside. We are obliged
e. defer until next week an extended
notice of his long and useful life. The
tributes to his memory are many, and none
more hearty than those from opponents of
the cause he held most dear but who free
ly testify to tAeiI admiration of him as d
man.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-10-07

"For five weeks lived on cold water, so
to speak, writes a man who suffered terri
bly, from indigestion.
He could hardly keep anything on his
stomach. What stayed, wasn't properly di-
gested and gave him terrible pangs.
This is not an uncommon case. Dyspep-
tics don't get enough nourishment. They
are generally thin and weak.
They may eat enough, but they don't di-
gest enough. Much of what they eat turns
into poison. If this keeps on there's no tell
ing What disease they may get next
That's why it is best to take Shaker Di-
gestve Cordial, as soon as the symptoms Of IN
digestion appear.
1t cures all the evils of indigestion, and
prevents the evils which indigestion causes.
Sold by druggists, price &c cents to 500
per bottle.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-10-07

\ writer in tie Critic, replying to the
objection made by a college man to wom-
ems colleges, acknowledges gracefully
lhat The women colleges are somewhat
remis> in the matter OF training students
fo1 the duties Of wifehood and mother
hood, and adds ''Perhaps they are mod
estly waiting for the mems colleges to
take the initiative. When Yale and Har
ward provide their proposed courses in
husbandry and fatherhood, L have no
doubt the colleges for women will estab
lish parallel courses" A very apt re-
iolndel.