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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03

the Klondike as soon as possible, and
there are between three and four hum
dred merchants of whom the same
thing may be said.
Not only on Broadway, but along
the intersecting streets and among the
big timbers on each side of the trail,
are these merchants tents and stores,
little and big, and oil sorts and condi-
tions of men are interested in them,
from the specialized, muscleless store
clerk, clumsily handling the saw and
the axe on his new building, TO the
stolid backwoodsman, TO whom the
making of change is difficult mental
operation.
One would think that the town
would be overdone with 80 many mer-
chants, and perhaps it will be soon,
when the steamers are fewer and pas
sengers on them not numerous enough
to be worth mentioning. But there is
population of over five hundred still
in tents, and it is believed that there
will he continual coming and going
until the beginning of December, to
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03
the head of the man of the future will

the head of the man of the future will
look.
The new race, he says, will use no
language because it will need none.
The interchange of thought between
individuals because it will be simply
mental effort on the part of each unac-
companied by any physical manifesta-
tion whatever. As one person evolves
his idea the other will instantly grasp
it by means of subtle telepathy,
which even now is the gift in more
or less modified form of many people
who are only vaguely conscious Of
their strange power, and, in many in
stances, too timid and fearful of ridi-
cule to publicly confess it or attempt
to develop it. With future genera
tions this gift will become more and
more frequent in individuals and OF
greater and greater power, until this
silent interchange Of thought is at last
as common as is now speech and writ.
ing. Nor will his powers stop even
there. He not only will be able to ex-
change thoughts with people thousands
of leagues away, but will be able to
see them as distinctly rs though they
were physically present and even see
if he chooses what is spassing anywhere
in the world. There will be an end Of
eyes and ears, the gross physical chan.
nels through sensations now must pass
to the mind. They will all go, for they
will all be useless-as useless as the
mechanism of the voice, by which sen.
sations and ideas are now conveyed
from the mind outward. There may
be some scar or meaningless excres.
ence where these organs once were,
just rs now there are physiological
suggestions of mans ape origin-hu.
initiating reminders of the brute an.
cestry from which the godlike being
was evolved. But that will be all and
even that will melt away and disap.
pear at last.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03

by big steamers are taken Off in row
boats, with pull of from one to two
miles, according to the state of the
tide, when they sre carried on the
backs of the boatmen to comparatively
dry land. 1t is amusing to hear the
shrieks of the women when on the
back OF the boatmen splashing through
the water.
Only month ago, when the Will
annette landed her couple Of thousands
OF gold seekers, all the freight and
passengers luggage were landed in
these small boats, or small scows, and
dumped on the shore pell nell, hig-
gledy -piggledy, from which each owner
had to hurry to secure his particular
goods before the rapidly incoming
tide ruined them OF swept them away.
Immense scows are now in use, big
enough to take the whole of ships
cargo. These, when loaded, float to
shore on high tide, and each owner
gets out his own goods as soon as he
can, and woe to him whose belongings
chance to be near the bottom OF the
huge pile.
Watched the steamer Queen unload
in this way. There was good deal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03

tion is fitted snugly and is composed
of the usual pieces and seams, closing
at the centre-front. On it is arranged
the plastron Of plaid, which is stitched
to the lining at the right and hooks
over onto the left side. The blouse is
fitted with shoulder and under-arm
seams only, and turns back from the
front in pointed revers, which reveal
the vest beneath. Beneath that, on
the right side. the blouse is stitched
fast, while the left serves to conceal
the closing, which is effected by hooks
and eyes. At the back, falling over
the shoulders to meet the revers, is a
deep, square collar of the plaid, and
loops of cord passed over large but
tons serve to hold the blouse well in
place. The basque portion is circular,
aud scanned to the blouse beneath the
belt of brown leather. All the free
edges are stitched by machine. The
sleeves are snug fitting and finished
with cap-shaped epaulettes, which fal
over the shoulders and relieve the
otherwise plain effect.
The skirt d cut in seven cores and
embodies the apron idea, SO conform
ing with the demand for trimming
without detracting from the apparon'
height OF the wearer. The lining
front is cut wider than the materia
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03
Ladies' Jacket Basque,

Many of the recent importations
show jacket basques. An unusually
attractive design is in the large en-
craving and described by May Man
ton. 1t is made of zibeine in the deep
shade of green known rs Russian.
The full vest is of silk, while the re-
vers, belt and collar show velvet in %
darker shade. Braid is artistically ap-
piled and large buttons are used for
decorative purposes only.
The pattern gives short lining front
that has double bust-darts and closes
invisibly at the centre front. Upon
this lining the full vest is mounted,
the soft and becoming fulness being
regulated by gathers at the neck and
at the waist, where it is confined by q
wide belt The side or jacket fronts
are fitted by deep, single bust-darts.
The velvet revers extend from the
shoulders to below the bust line, where
they meet; they are widest at the top,
tapering gradually toward the lower
edge, adding somewhat to the length
of the figure, 80 proving especially be-
coming to ladies' whose figures are larg-
er than the average.
The back shows the usual number
of seams, and is carried below the
waist to a becoming length. as is the
front. The neck finishes with close
standing band that closes in the GEN.
tre-front. The. sleeves are two-seamed,
fitting the arm comfortably close from
wrists to within short distance OF
the shoulder, where slight fulness
appears that is arranged in the arms
eye in box-plaits.
Basques Of this description are well
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03

it is correct for the afternoon call or
promenade. The model is made of
diagonal cheviot in the new shade
known as castor, the contrasting ma
tsrial being plaid in shades of brown
and tan, with sufficient number of
bright yellow and red lines to enliven
the whole. The buttons are of metal
in rich bronze tone, and the loops of
brown silk cord. With it is worn n
hat of castor -colored velvet, trimmed
with plumes of varying shades of cas-
tor and brown, together with loops of
ribbon showing plaid design in the
same tones.
The bodice proper is full, and falls
slightly over the belt, but the founda-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03
THE REALM OF FASHION.


and into IL are stitched the narrow
sections of plaid The edges of both
the front and sides are machine stitched
and the buttons and loops serve to hold
them in place. The back cores are
laid in deep backward-turning plaits
and so form the fan back. Zibeline,
covert cloths, all cheviots and drap-
d'ete are oil eminently appropriate and
in the height Of style.
To make this costume for lady in
the medium size will require six and
one-half yards of forty-four-inch ma
terial with one yard of plaid of the
same width. The blouse alone calls
for two and one-half yards with one
half yard of plaid. The skirt requires
four yards of forty-four-inch goods,
with one yard of plaid, but the one
length of the latter will also cut the
vest and collar if the complete costume
is to be made.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03

Skaguay is a modern wonder. Not
many weeks ago the place practically
did not exist. To-day, with its care
well stocked and cosy private dwell
ings, it presents all the appearance of
thriving Northwestern town. Houses
are being rushed up with astonishing
rapidity, while merchants are so
numerous and enterprising that COM
petition has already reduced their
wares to almost bottom prices. The
starting up of steam laundry has
caused the "biled shirt" TO be accepted
as good form in this out of the way
settlement, while the establishment of
thirteen saloons plainly indicates the
prevalence of generous atmosphere
Of conviviality.
The New York Herald's special cor
respondent, in an entertaining article
published herewith, gives graphic
description of Skaguay as he found it
entering the fourth week of its muni-
cipal existence. He says:
Nothing in the history of Western
boom towns will compare with the
mushroom growth OF Skaguay. Ben
Moore, the man who located the town
site, left for the Sound on August 10, at
which date there was his own log
cabin. the store and the bunkhouse of
the Alaska aud Northwest Trading
Company and number of tents.
When he returned there were whole
streets of wooden dwellings, which the
owners had themselves located and
had paid a registry fee to United
States Commissioner Smith of five
dollars. Not only were these new
comers permitted to locate on Captain
Moore's land on payment of the fee,
but it is said that Mr.. Smith accepted
the fee and gave a registration receipt
to half dozen different people for the
same plot of land. The newly ap.
pointed Land Commissioner and
Register, Mr.. Dudley, will therefore
have some difficulty in unravelling the
conflicting real estate ownership on the
town site.
Skaguay is on tide fiat, with tide
running over twenty feet, and there
fore has stretch of half a mile below
tidewater mark. All the passengers
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03

the next steamer, having left his out
fit with his partner, who hopes to sell
it to some one who will pay for the
difficult journey they made with it up
the pass.
There does not appear to have been
any pilfering of goods left on the beach
from the steamers. In short time
there will be no chance for this. The
two long piers are hotly competing for
the honor of being first completed
and early next month both will be in
operation. That of the Skaguay
Wharf Company is already piled to its
ocean end, length of over fifteen hun
dred feet, in a curving line from the
northern to the southern side of the
bay, thus blocking off all further COM
petition in this line. This will be
known commonly as the Juneau Pier,
its promoters being j. p. Jorgensen,
hardware merchant; Il. Valentine,
jeweller, and Il. ID. Sylvester, editor
of the Searchlight, all of Juneau. The
other pier will be known as the Seattle
Dock, as it is largely backed by capital
from that Sound city. This starts
from the street south of Broadway and
runs straight to the completed dock
under the cliff Both will have ware
houses, to which goods will be taken
direct from the ship, and there await
the proper claimants.
These two great piers are impressive
to the incoming stranger, who knows
that the town is only a month old, but
rs to the rest he can see but little from
the steamers decks. Tents dot the
shore the whole of its width, with here
and there small wooden building.
The latter are rapidly taking the place
of the canvas homes and stores, for
the reason that cold weather and heavy
rains have set in, and more especially
very high winds. Captain Mckinney,
the Chairman Of the Vigilance Com
mittee, estimates that there are now
one hundred and fifty buildings OF
wood, and that there would have been
many more but for the scarcity of lum-
Der. There is sawmill hard at work
now, lumber is coming in by every
steamer, and nearly every one having
the purpose to winter here is putting
up habitation of wood. Many are
erecting larger and more substantial
bull ldings than their needs require, as
speculation, hoping to sell at large
profit when the rush is renewed next
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03
Locomotive Built In Ten Hours.

A locomotive was recently built in
ten hours at the Stratford works of the
Great Eastern railway. 1t was a main
line goods engine with tender. Be.
fore the actual construction com.
menced the various component parts
were placed close at hand, ready foi
fitting together. The workmen began
early in the morning, and continued
briskly till the breakfast bell sounded.
After half an hours rest the work.
men returned to their task, and la
bored steadily until the dinner hour,
and thus the work proceeded until the
engine was at last completed, with the
exception of coat of paint. This
was quickly laid on with q spraying
machine, and in less than half ON hour
was perfectly dry. The locomotive
was then sent on trial journey few
miles on the line, and all proved salts.
factory. so it was sent with luggage
train to Peterborough. Ithas been in
active service ever since, and is proudly
displayed as a marvel of engineering
quickness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03
to street and early autumn

adapted to street and early autumn
wear.
Among the suitable materials are
cloth, serge, diagonal and novelty
goods, while braid or passemeuterie
are the accepted decorations; or the
garment can be finished in plain tailor
fashion, with tho free edges showing
machine stitching.
TO make this basque for lady in
the medium size will require two and
one-half yards of forty-four-inch ma
terial.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03

spring and when they once more pack
up for the Klondike.
Probably MS many as fifty of such
substantial dwellings are going up.
A curious phase of the situation
among those who have decided to win
ter here is that nearly every one of
them believes that he has just the nat
ural gifts necessary TO make success
full merchant. They arc all putting
their great stakes into goods, which
they hope to turn into money again,
with alarge profit, by the spring, and
then sell out On established business
when the weather permits them to
leave for the gold fields. Thus is the
new city building up. There are this
teen saloons, majority Of their pro-
prietors having plans for getting TO
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03
GATE TO THE GOLD FIELDS.
Wonderful Growth of the Town of Skaguay.

been disturbed and that the money
was gone.
Another Seattle man at once gave
him 800 with which to take out his
feed, for he had already gotten his
goods some distance along the trail.
But this was only the beginning of
Davison's bad luck. He was one of the
first on the trail, and worked beyond
his strength. Just past the summit
he had an attack of pneumonia, and,
getting worse instead of better, had to
give up. He is now here waiting for
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03

Gentleman Ito an Irishmau) "Well,
Pat, see you have small garden"
Pat-"Yes, SIR"
"What are you going to set in it for
next season."
"Nothing, sir. I set it with pota.
toes last year and not one of them
came up"
"That's strange; how do you explain
n?"
"Well, sir, the man next door to mo
set his garden full of onions"
"Well, had that anything to DO with
your potatoes not growing?"
"Yes, sir. Bedad, them onions was
that strong that my potatoes couldn't
see to grow for their eyes watering"
Answers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03

The trimmed skirt and the blouse
basque make the prominent features Of
all autumn styles, writes May Manton.
The costume shown in the illustration
is so simple as to be well-suited to the
shoppers needs at the same time that
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03
Thousands of Miles Arrow-pierced. .

Some years ago II. N. Clement, an
Indiana farmer, shot at flock of wild
geese in the Kan Ka Nee marsh and
bagged several of them. One of them
wore as a breastpin an PROV nine
inches long. The arrow was so unique
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03
American woman Honored.

Mrs. May French Sherman, the
African explorer, recently elected
member of the English Royal Geo
graphical Society, is the only woman
ever thus honored. She is On Ameri-
can by birth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03
Flufliness In Net Trimming.

A tendency toward flufliness is ap-
parent even in net trimmings, says the
Delineator, which are enriched with
beads and spangles, tiny frills of beaded
net being set at tho edges or along tho
centre OF the bands. The effect Is
novel apd interesting.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03
Silk Blouse Waist.

Among skirt models are many fin
ished with three very deep hounces,
the three wholly covering the closely
gorged foundation, or there are many
rows of tiny frills set on from belt to
hem, and in this case the sleeves and
upper portion OF the waist are likewise
trimmed
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03
Eauipped For War,

1t has always been Lord Wolseley's
boast that when starting upon cam
paign his equipage is of the lightest,
consisting OF little more than tooth
brush and clean shirt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03
Numerous Big cities.

There ore known to be 200 cities in
the world with populations Of over ono
hundred thousand persons each.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03
WILL USE NO LANGUAGE.

How Coming Generations viii Look and
Act, According to Scientist.
This is the way DIR. II. NJ. Burke,
President of the psychology section OF
the British Medical Association, says
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-22

Stockholm, July 19.-The Atom
bladet has received the following tele-
gram from Herr Andree, via Tromsoe,
written just before the balloon was cast
loose:
I'm accordance with our decision, as
was announced, at 1885 in the morning
preparations were made to start; and
now, at $3.50 in the afternoon, we are
ready to ascend. We shall probably be
carried in north-easterly direction. l
hope gradually to get into regions with
more favorable wind conditions than
exist here.
I'm the name of all my colleagues.
send our warmest greeting to onr coun-
try and friends. ANDREE."
King Oscar has received telegram,
dated Vorges Bay, July IL, and signed
"Andree," conveying the humble greet
ings and warmest thanks of the men,
bers of the expedition on the point of
their departure.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-22
OVER ONE BILLION DOLLARS
Balance Of Trade in Our
Favor Is Growing.
A VERY REMARKABLE SHOWING
Exports of Merchandise Never Reached
So High Figure as During the
Fiscal Year just Ended.

So High Figure as During the
Fiscal Year Just Ended.
Washington, July 19.-The annual
statement of imports and exports of the
United States, issued by the bureau of
statistics, makes the remarkable show
ing that never before in the history of
the country have the exports OF mer-
chandise, which includes practically
all the exports except gold and silver,
reached so high figure as during the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1897, nor
has the excess of exports over imports
ever been so large. The only time
these figures were approached was in
1899, when the United States was max
ing heavy shipments of grain to Eu-
rope, to feed the people suffering from
deficient haryests. The statement of
1897, with comparisons, is as follows:
Exports of domestic merchandise,
l,032, 99S, 40, an increase over 1896
OF about $170, 100000.
Total exports of domestic and foreign
merchandise, $l,051, ,S97, ,09l, as COM
pared with 1882, ,O06, 93s for 1896.
The total imports of merchandise
during the fiscal year just closed
amounted to 1854, 373, 9O5, of which
1881, ,932, sos was free of duty. The
total imports were about SIS, $50, 900
less than last year, and the excess of
exports over imports for the year was
$2S7, 7,6l3,1S6,
This is an excess of about $1S5, ,0OO,-
600 over last year, and an excess of
about $23,OO0,0O0 over any previous
year.
The exports of gold, including ores,
for the fiscal year 1897 amounted to
$40, 359, 7S0. as compared with $l12,-
400, 447 for 1896.
The imports of gold amounted to $50, +.
O13,575, an increase of about $51, ,5OO,- =
900 over 1896.
The exports of silver during 1897
amounted to $61, ,946, 63S, and the i'm
ports $40, 533,227.
The excess OF gold imports over ex-
ports therefore was $44, 653, 795, and
the excess of silver exports over i'm
ports. $3l, ,4l3,411. Never before has
the silver movement, both export and
import, reached so high figure.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-22
THREE WE'RE DROWNED.
scow Goes Over Dam With Fatal
Results.

Results.
Manchester, N. H., July 19.-Five
young men employed in Baldwin's
bobbin shop ventured out on the
swollen Piscaquog river in an old scow
without oars, depending for the guild
ance of the boat upon man with
board. The rains of the last two DAYS
had caused flood and the river was a
raging torrent.
The men were unable to control the
old hulk and in . short time it was
swept over the dam, the occupants in
their efforts to prevent this losing the
board they used for padding. When
the boat went over the dam it fell bot
tom upward with the men beneath it.
Three got clear, but only two were
able to reach shore, and, although the
other man was an expert swimmer, he
was drawn under by the strong current.
The drowned were: Frank Simmard,
Joseph Lavoi, George Tirrien.
They were all single. Thomas Tir-
rien and William Lavoie were swept
close inshore, and by hard swimming
got within reach of those who had
gathered along the bank, and were
dragged out.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-22

Austin, Tex, July 19.-This morn.
Ing at > O'Clock freight train in the
international q Great Northern rail.
road yards ran over -four white bows all
OF Fort Worth, who We're sitting nm
the track asleep, killing three of them
instantly and badly woundinp tbe
fourth. The killed are: .Jonh Bridge.
Tharies nj, sweeney X. L. Montgomery
The ,S, injured boy was Henry Esns.
Inc train ran over the boys as it came
INTO the yards. On leaving it an bonr
,a'er a negro named L. f. Cox of
waco VINO attempted to grab a braLa
oar oar 10 s'eai a ride, lost his hold and
iell under the cars, being mangled into
On unrecoCnizable pulp. INV
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-22
PAID THE PENALTY.
John Newman, Alias Frank Butler, Is
Hanged at Sydney.

John Newman. Alias Frank Butler, Is
Hanged at Sydney.
Sydney, N. S. w., July l9.-John
Newman, alias Frank Butler, convicted
of the murder of Captain Lee Weller,
In the Blue mountain district, in 1896,
was hanged here yesterday. He broke
down at last, the remarkable stoicism
which he had exhibited since his arrest
in San Francisco last February giving
way, and he confessed his guilt of this
as well as other shocking crimes.
He admitted that his right name was
John Newman, and that he was born of
good family in Staffordshire, England,
in 1858. He professed the profoundest
penitence for his misdeeds and at the
last moment willingly received the re-
ligious consolation usually offered the
condemned.
The execution was effected without
incident. Few spectators were admit
ted, those present being principally
officers of the court and attendants di-
rectly concerned in carrying out the
laws decree.
The case is one that has excited in
tense interest throughout the colonies.
and great satisfaction is expressed in
the thorough work performed by the
detectives in securing evidence leading
not only to the capture of Newman, but
MS speedy conviction and execution.