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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13

A complaint of too many foxes in
sections within few miles of Boston
is rather surprising to the New York
Post. 1t is, nevertheless, true that
in the Middlesex Fells and the Blue
Hills reservation the number of foxes
is plaguing the park commissioners.
A few foxes are not Objectionable, but
their rapid increase is fatal to the de-
sired increase in the number of ruffied
grouse, quail, and other ground birds.
The foxes have no natural enemies,
and it is a puzzling question how to
lessen their number. Hunting them
with firearms cannot be permitted, as
that would open the way for poaching
ON the birds. With the strict en-
forcement Of the rule against carrying
. gun into the reservation, it is COM
paratively easy to prevent all shoot
ing, but il shooting of foxes were al.
lowed the game birds would suffer.
One plan that has been discussed is
that of running the foxes with dogs
by the employees. Of the park commits,
sioners, or under their supervision,
end II is probable that this could be
done with as little disturbance to the
other wild inhabitants of the Fells o.
vonld result from following any other
method
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13
Some Poetic Queens.

A clever Englishwoman, Mary T..
Carton, has called attention to the
large number of women of royal blood
who have been hymn writers of some
sort. She awards the palm to Carmen
Sylvia, the famous poet queen of Rou-
mania. This distinguished singer in
herits much of her talent from her
mother, the princess of Wied, who, in
her time, wrote some very touching
and impressive hymns and chants.
Elizabeth, queen of Bohemia, who
was grandmother of George / and
direct ancestress of Queen Victoria,
wrote excellent religious poetry when
at home in Scotland before her mar
riage, and after that ceremony in her
adopted country. Another one of the
Stuart family, Mary Queen of Scots, is
also said to have composed several
verses upon church topics of consider
able beauty. A royal singer of more
that average ability was Marie, queen
of Hungary. Her life was one of great
trouble, and what little Joy she found
was in religious activity, or contem-
plation. Her stanzas express the
emotions which would be born Of so
sad career. A poet whose name is
found in many German anthologies is
the Princess Louisa Henrietta, cleo
tress of Brandenburg, who was one of
the forebears of the present emperor
of that land. She was a woman of
strong character, who frequently con-
Quoted religious exercises, and then
writing her own prayers, sermons and
hymns. The mother of Emperor Will
liam I, the Princess Louisa of Neck
lenburg- -Strelitz, 10 credited with two
or three beautiful hymns. That bril-
liant writer, Queen Margaret Of Ma
varre, wrote several religious poetical
compositions of great beauty and
force. The Empress Catherine of Rus
sia is said to have composed many
lines marked by grim humor and
satire, rather than sweetness or senti-
ment, while the virgin Queen Eliza
beth wrote and destroyed many re-
ligious verses, of which few have
come down to the modern age.-New
York Mail and Express.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13
Armeuians Doing Housework,

During the last eight months be-
tween 100 and 200 Armenian refugees,
unable to find work ut their own
trades or professions, have gone into
situations to do housework, and Miss
Blackwell of Boston, who found them
positions, has yet to receive the first
complaint from any employer of dis
honesty or any serious misconduct,
even in the case of those who proved
unsuited to the work and had to be
sent back, A years experience with
one Of these men. who arrived entire
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13

The gunners of the French navy
are certainly not to be congratulated
on their Workmanship, if the results
of the target practice of three of the
larger war vessels at Toulon n few
weeks ago are to be taken rs a critic
rion. The guns of the three vessels
blazed away at the old wooden dis
patch boat Petrol, utilized as the
target, which was sent about 1000
yards two miles) away, until three
hundred charges were expended,
enough to have sunk a whole squadron
of such vessels. The Petrol is still
ahoat, thanks to the gunners.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13

In Stockholm policeman's lot is
that Of dignitary. He must pass an
extensive examination, after which he
wears handsome uniform and occu-
pies quarters provided with fine fur
niture, hot and cold baths and q
piano, with free singing lessons. The
Swedish police system of telephones
and electric bells is hardly equaled
anywhere else in the world.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13

ly ignorant of our language and
customs, enables one to subscribe most
heartily to Miss Blackwell's. recon-
mendation. Never was help more sat
isfactory. Wonderfully quick in move
ment, strong and active, and rarely
needing more than one showing, always
cheerful, willing and obliging, honest
beyond all question and devoted to
his employers interests, he has proved
himself almost invaluable. In the
kitchen neither grit nor sickness
mars the fair cleanliness of Philips
dishes; no smelly milk pan or greasy
dish towel betrays the sloven, while
his pots and kettles smile approval at
their treatment. Economical by nature,
his potatoes are pared without bit
of waste; coal and kindling are used
with discretion, and the soap is never
left to waste its substance in dish pan
or cleaning pail He is the first to
rise in the morning and the last to
leave work at night. Nor does he con-
fine his attention to the kitchen alone.
He cleans the porches, tends the
flowers and chickens, gathers the fruit
anu NeSetuDleS ana runs tne idWH
mower. He has already made great
advance in speaking the language
and in the evenings has learned to
read and write. Nor is Philip nota-
BILE exception. In Turkey the best
house servants one can possibly find
are Armenians, owing to their capa-
bility and trustworthiness; and in this
country the housekeeper, willing to
make new departure and give them
trial, bids fair to find her reward in
satisfactory solution of the vexed
domestic problem. - Washington
Star
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13

Here is hint for the woman who
is obliged to be economical: When
your corset seems to be losing its
shapeliness, steam it until the bones
are soft and pliable, and then over a
flat-iron you can restore them to their
correct shape; this, of course, where
whalebone is used. .-Woman's Home
Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13
The Popular Jacket for Next winter.


"The tendency of the winter jacket
is toward the blouse effect, which is
obtained by darts" writes Isabel A.
Mallon in the Ladies' Home journal.
"Yokes, collars, cuffs, pipings in fur,
whether it be mink, Persian lamb,
ermine, sable, silver and black fox, or
monkey, will be popular. Velvet and
silk braid of all widths are much used.
Satin cloth is really the novelty of the
day, and obtains in heliotrope, green,
mode, golden brown, ,silver-gray, royal
blue, dove and Lincoln green. On
this are seen, not only the fur decora-
tions mentioned, but also very thick,
coarse, black wooden braid, and tiny
strsps of leather matching or contrast
ing with the cloth in color. Collars
continue high, are gored and undulat-
ing, and may be lined with fur, vel
vet or lace. Vatican effects are seen.
Capes will continue to be worn. The
novelty in their trimming is hounce
Of the same material about the edges,
described by the French modiste as
cut in round"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13

''In denying citizen the right to
work for living" says Mayor Jones
of Toledo, Ohio, "we are conspiring
to destroy him. If we have not work
enough that all may work ten hour
day, let us divide the work we have
among all, that all may live"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13

A Texas county clerk estimates that
there are 800 weddings day in
Texas. This record tells its own story
of present joys and future response
bilities.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13
His Treasure.

"Young man." said the elderly
gentleman, in choking voice, ''she is
the only daughter have"
"Yes," acknowledged the young
man, ''that is one reason thought l
would like to marry her."--Indian-
apolis journal.
The herald., 1897-02-19
JOHNSTON APP DUCKWORTH

The committee appointed to investi-
gate the charges made by Governor
Budd against A j. Johnston the super
intendent of state printing, is equally
divided between the two parties. and
the public ought to receive a much more
satisfactory report in this case than
that which resulted in the Duckworth
fiasco But it is ridiculous to suppose
that Johnston will be impeached, even
if he has been guilty of malfeasance. or
rather of crowdirg the payroll of his
department with the names of men
whose services were not required and
who rendered no equivalent to the state
for the money they drew from its treas
ury. No doubt the state printer is OBJ
noXious to the charge made by the gov
ernor, but he can interpose the same
plea in his defense that Duckworth did,
only on wider and more elaborate scale
Of pressure.
1t was mistake to make the office of
state printer elective. That placed its
patronage in the hands OF the machine"
and the incumbent of the office at the
mercy of party bosses. When the office
was appointive it was entirely different.
Then the state printer was not obliged to
placate a wide circle of influential parti-
sans either for favors past or in ex-
pectancy. Knowing that the governor
could remove him al pleasure, he sought
to carry on his department in such a
way as to divert criticism and to defy
unjust complaint. Now, in order to get
the nomination he must conciliate the
whole machinery that controls con-
ventons, and pay his political debts
when elected with the patronage of his
office
The herald., 1897-02-19

west the shadow or coming destruction
has fallen upon one of the fairest resi-
dence sections of the city. Ask a man
in that quarter with property on the
market whether he finds any purchasers.
Ask the man who wishes to borrow
money on his home there whether he is
able to negotiate a loan. The fact is
that property values in that section are
already beginning to fade, and with the
advent of the derrick they will have
vanished like the dew.
The question that confronts the coun-
Gil is. Shall this destruction of property
values be allowed, or shall 1t be stopped?
If stopped, then the boring of more
wells must be prohibited. If an ordi-
nance prescribing new borings within
100 feet of a park is good law, then the
same as applied to the home of a citi-
zen would be good law 1t would be
practically prohibitive Of new wells
within the city limits-that is granted;
and that is the very thing we want to
stop this saturnalia of vandalism.
The herald., 1897-02-19
TWO DOLLARS FOR EIGHT
HOURS

Some misapprehension exists in the
public mind as to the legal rate to be
paid for public work. 1t seems to be the
general cpirion that the law requires
the payment of 81 for working day OF
eight hours for street sweeping and all
kinds CT public work, but this is an err
ror There is no law of any kind, state
or municipal. compelling the city coun-
ell to pay 81 or any other sum for days
work, except as is agreed on between
the parties to the contract. The only
people who have acted on the question
at all are the political conventions which
usually promise the laboring man
good days pay for a good days work,
but as these political resolutions have
no standing in court they are not bind
ing upon the city council.
Just now it is imperatively necessary
that as many men as possible be given
employment of some kind, sweeping
streets or breaking stones and building
roads, and the rule of the greatest good
to the greatest number would suggest
that the wages be made of such an
amount that as many heads of families
as possible be provided for.
The city council and the special COM
mittee appointed by the three CONNER
cial bodies seem to have been unable to
tr !, MT foa ac
willing to raise some money and was
also willing to oversee the work, if the
council would turn the street sweeping
fund over to them. The council, through
it's financial committee. was willing to
turn over to this special committee about
$4,000 per month if the committee would
agree to raise double this sum by pri-
vate subscription. This impressed the
special committee as being an unfair
proposition and they refused to nego-
tiate further.
The indications are that the council
is not willing to reduce the pay of the
men working on the streets to any sum
below So per day, but the council is
willing that a special committee of citi-
zens should hire men to sweep the
streets at from so cents to 81 per day.
The only explanation for this apparent
anomaly is that the citizens committee
does not wish to be reelected to any
thing. while the council-well!
The herald., 1897-02-19
WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE

Much attention has been directed to
an article which appeared in The Her
aid. strongly attacking the oil industry,
and suggesting that the boring of wells
should be forbidden within 1860 feet of
a residence There is no doubt that
most of the statements in The Herald
article are correct in the main, but any
attempt at such extreme measures as
those indicated would only result in a
reaction in favor of the oil industry.
At present many of the oil men them
selves are agreed that there should be
some reasonable restriction of opera
tions within the city limts.-Investor
In regulating the oil business there are
only two alternatives: Either the bor-
ing of new wells should be allowed, or
it should not be allowed. New wells
involve the extension of the oil belt, and
the extension of this belt means the
destruc an of more property values.
If the council takes this matter up with
the idea OF staying the vandalism that
has been holding free sway in Los An
gees for he past three years, no half
way measures should be resorted TO.
The city has tried paltering with this
proposition long enough, and too long
Ordinances ostensibly designed for the
protection of property owners and like
wise to deal gently with the "oil in
dustry" have proved utterly valueless
to the public. The oil men have ignored
and overridden every attempt a regu-
lation and have in fact exercised COM
plete license to destroy other peoples
property.
Inasmuch as those who have wells al
ready bored have certain vested rights,
we would not attempt to prohibit the
operation of their plants, but we would
have rigid regulations preventing them
so far as possible from damaging the
property of others or maintain
ing nuisances, or endangering the
public health. Such ,|cegulations fall
within the acknowle5( Il police powers
of the city, and it is justice to the
entire community I Conn they be exer-
cised. The wells ited y bored may be
pumped out with asbe tile damage to
the public as well-enforced regulations
can insure.
But to the vandal who moves on from
a field already laid waste, seeking the
destruction of still other homes and the
inauguration of further nuisances, the
city council should say, THUS far and
| no farther Stay your hand!"
| With the mere prospect of an extern
sion OF the oil belt towards the south
The herald., 1897-02-19
PLUCKY LITTLE GREECE

The action of the king of Greece in
dispatchng forces to Crete, where the
"unspeakable Turk" was repeating his
Armenian atrocities upon the Cretan
Christians, nearly set all Europe by
the ears. 1t is pleasant to note the firm
ness Of the Grecian king in the face of
the tremendous explosion he has pro-
voked and that in reply to the demand
of the representatives. of the great pow
ers, that he withdraw his forces from
the island, he steadily refused to do so.
Whilst the ENJOYS are overwhelming
him with diplomatic distractions about
the inviolability of treaties, etc, he con-
tinues, with exasperating GOODNESS, to
reinforce the troops he has already sent
to the disturbed territory. His majesty
does not seem to care a sou marque for
The herald., 1897-02-19
The Examiners "Fungus Campaign"

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
aid: The people of Southern California.
especially those interested in citrus cul
ture are much surprised and somewhat
indignant at the persistency of the San
Francisco Examiner in publishing mat
ter regarding the so-called deadly
fungus" growth upon the citrus fruits
grown in Southern California. Proper
investigation by the Examiner of the
present scitrus product of the south
would have certainly forbidden and pre-
vented so much publicity to a subject
not serious or requiring agitation.
l have endeavorsd to sift the matter
to the bottom and the result shows
clean bill of health for our southern cit
rus growers. The search for reason
for the course of the Examiner is hardly
satisfactory; but some are of the opinion
that locality has something to do with
it: also the fact that the Hearst estate
and Irwin c. Stump are largely inter-
ested personally in the northern citrus
belt" being large land owners and cit.
rus growers in the Palermo and Oroville
districts The inference may be taken
or not, as desired.
Then there are the San Francisco real
estate agents. who are desirous of turn
ing proposed citrus land purchasers
from the south to the northward. Sew
cral of those agents, according to infor-
nation received, have been industriously
circulating samples of fruit showing the
discoloration where it would do the most
good to themselves.
Subscribers to the Examiner in this
section certainly desire and have righ.
to demand that it drop the attempted
citrus fruit scare. which has no justifica-
ton. CITRUS.
Los Angeles, Feb. is.
The herald., 1897-02-19

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
aid In your issue of today appears ar
item that is out of harmony with the
uniformly liberal and generous charac-
ter of The Herald TIE, item in question
says that Annie Besant is coming over
to this country to counteract the infiu-
ence of the "crusa ders." Aside from
the unwisdom of attrbuting motives to
our fellow men, wish to point out that
Mrs. Annie Besant has been before the
public as teacher for upwards of thirty
years, and the accredited advocate and
expounder of Theosophy for a dozen
years. and is beloved Internationally In
her work for Theosophy. to which she
has dedicated the balance of her life,
she is bound to travel from one country
to another. She has been here before;
she has been to other countries since
she was here, and her coming this sum
mer is but part of the plan of her lectur-
ing, which is almost constant. She
would have been here if there were no
"crusaders' and doubtless their pres
ence will not be looked upon as any
deterrent to her visit.
w. C. B. RANDOLPH.
The herald., 1897-02-19
MORE MEN AND SMALLER SAL.
ARIES

The city of Los Angeles needs an in
crease in its police force. The number
now comprising it is insufficient to
properly guard the city, no matter how
faithfully the men may work. The fact
that we have so little crime here in pro-
portion to our population is testimony
in favor of the efficiency of the depart
ment, but it is still patent fact that
we need to increase the force from ten
to twenty-five per cent. The recent
large addition to the territory to be
guarded and our constantly increasing
population makes it impossible for the
citizens from breakers. The newly
annexed districts have practically no
protection, and in many of the older
portions of the city the force is made
quate The number of men required a
the street crossings and for other special
work is such that many sections OF the
city are necessarily neglected
But, while an increase in the police
force is almost an absolute necessity, the
fund available for paying the men is
limited to the amount now paid out.
The men on duty are being paid about
SS5 each per month, and this sum is of
as much value now on the markets in
buying food and clothing as S100 per
month was three years ago. By reduc-
ing the pay of the regular force to SIS
per month the city would at once effect
a saving of about $1,000 per month. and
with this sum it could add from fifteen
to twenty-five new men to the force at
once. By putting all newly engaged Of
ficers in classes, beginning at, say $40 to
$50 per month for the first six months,
gradually increasing the pay as the
men showed their efficiency and apti
tude for their work, very strong force
could be built up and the service to the
city very much improved This method
is followed by the general government
in nearly every department of public
service, and in nearly all large corpor
ations, and no good reason exists why
it should not be followed in the public
service of Los Angeles.
1t is true that $40 per month is very
small sum to pay man who is COM
PEELED to buy his own uniform and who
is also often called on to risk his life in
making arrests, but there are a hun
dred abe-bodied and perfectly compe-
tent men in Los Angeles willing to en-
gage in this kind of work at the salary
named. A reduction of salaries to SIS
per month might result in the loss to
the city of some of the present mem
bers of the police force, but 1t is not be-
lieved that many designations would fol-
low, and the increased benefit to the city
in ham, an addition of at least twenty
men to serve a. guardians of the peace
would more than balance any evil eff
fects which would result from the resig-
nations CT old members.
The herald., 1897-02-19

Now the tax must be doubled. 1t is
really a severe test of patience to have
such a measure forced on the people
merely because of indifference on one
side and skilled political lobby on the
other.
The rumors in regard to the handling
of the large sums of money under the
as the loans and mortgages it has, might
well be looked into before an income is
guaranteed it in perpetuity that is equiv
alent to an endowment at five per cent
on two millions and half.
The herald., 1897-02-19
But Would 1t Fack Up Hill

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
aid: Referring to my letter in which
mention is made of the wonderful Bates
hydraulic dredger, and what it might
Go for Los Angeles were the bed of the
river of such material that it could be
readily removed by that machine, you
ask, granting that the dredger accom-
plished this task, in what way the big
ditch would be filled with the necessary
water, / will say, from the ocean, Of
course; it would be backwater. Los An
geles would, in fact, possess an enormous
dock twenty miles in length.
Glasgow's river, as you doubtless
know, is nothing more than such a great
dock. crowded with shipping, and in
which vessels only with much difficulty
are able to turn round.
M. DEGRAM.
Los Angeles, Feb. IT,
Los Angeles is about 200 feet higher
than the ocean level.-Ed. Herald)
The herald., 1897-02-19

The very terms on which
SchrzhMg's Best tea is sold
are proof of its goodness
and cheapness.
Your grocer pays you
your money back if you
don't like it. No condi-
tions: your money back if
you want it.
Sch]lipg & Company
San Francisco Oh
The herald., 1897-02-19

Says he Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
une: Divorces, sage brush, alkali,
prize-nghts and rattlesnakes now con-
stitute the principal crops of the wild
and Woolly west" Perhaps so,but a state
that raises crops of Hannas, Forakers
ard Bushneis might better keep tline
quiet on the crop question.
The herald., 1897-02-19

diplomatic Instructions in the face OF
the concrete operations of his forces In
the beleaguered island. There seems
to be q shrewd notion that the Russian
bear is in some way behind him in his
bold stand. Well, let us hope that this
is true; for If it is, it means that the
first effectual step has been taken in
the disruption of the Turkish empire.
The herald., 1897-02-19

The pride of the American citizen is
between the devil and the deep sea,
rletaphorically speaking If he pats
his patriotism ard love of country on the
back because the Dolphin so easily
evaded the blockade. his mind reverts
to the CORE spending and associate fact
that it was his countrys own battleships
that Were fooled.
The herald., 1897-02-19

An Italian scientist has discovered
that the maximum speed of a swallow
is at the rate of 290 feet per second" He
may be right. but until a Kentucky
colonel verifies it during the mint julep
season, the proposition will have to
stand in doubt