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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28
SCHUBERT'S SAD LIFE.
ST Shall Have to Sneak From Door to
Door to Bcg My Bread"

One of the bitterest disappointments
in Schubert's life was Goethe's indiffer-
ence. In 1918 he sent selection of his
compositions TO the poets songs to Wei
mar What precious pearls of music
were among the collection-thc songs
of "Mignon" and "The Harpist, " those
from Faust, - the sad melodies Long
ing" "Nightscnp " "Thc Wanderers
Nightsong, - "'The Earl King )" "Hai-
deroslein,' "The Fisherman, "The
Bard, " "The King of Thule" and the
music to "Claudine of Villa Bella"
Goethe, who had an ear only for the
stiff compositions of Zumstccg and Rein
hart, then in fashion in Weimar, took
no notice of Schubert's music and left
his letter unanswered. Not until 1890
after Schubert's death-did Goethe learn
to appreciate the extraordinary value of
the compositions that lay neglected in
his drawer. II was then that Wilhelmine
Schroeder Devrient sang 1.-THE Earl
King" to him.
II was Schubert's greatest delight to
make some little excursion with his
friends to the picturesquely situated vii
lagos in the Wilnerwald or on the Kah-
lenberg and il was in the arbors Of the
small inns, with glass of pure country
wine before him, that inspiration came
most easily. But even these modest de-
lights were imbittered by the malice
that pictured him as u drunkard who
composed his songs when he was full Of
wine. II is an absolute fact that he did
not lose the faculty of artistic work even
under the saddest circumstances He
composed the greater part of the mil
Ter Songs" while he was lying i'll in
hospital in 1928. He was quite right
when he wrote to his friend kuppcl-
wieser in March, 1924, "Those of my
compositions which have been inspired
by pain seem TO please people best. "
And in letter to Baucrnfold he COM
planned: "What will become of poor me?
Like Goethe's harp player, / shall have
to sneak from door to door and beg my
bread" The only ray of light that fell
into his dark life was when, through
the kindness of Count Johann Ester
Hays manager, Unger, the father of
the famous prima donna, Unger- Saba
tier, he was appointed music master in
the counts household in Zelecs, where
he spent some happy summers, the hap
piest of his life. 1t was in Castle Zelecs
that he is supposed to have fallen in
love with Caroline, his patrons beauti-
full daughter, who was his pupil, and
who probably never learned the secret
of the musicians heart, though it is
strange that one so gifted and so beauti-
full should not have married before she
was well into the thirties. Bitter dis
appointment followed this short spell of
life free of care.-London Telegraph.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28
Is Marriage a Failure ?

Have you been trying to get the best
out Of existence without health IN your
family? Have YOU been wearing out
your life from the effects Of Dyspepsia
Liver Complaint and Indigestion? fr
you sleepless at night? D. you awake
in the morning feeling langud, with
coated ;ongue and salluw. haggard
looks? Don't do It,. a shout in the
camp tells how Bacon's Celery King has
cured others: it will cure you Trial
package free Large sizes 5Oc. and 25c
at Reynolds Drug S'or'.
Early English bindings.
During the reign of Elizabeth the
fashion in binding underwent consid-
erable change, the graceful simplicity
of the early work, with its rather severe
and restrained ornament, giving place
10 n heavy, overdecorated style, in which
u superabundance of gliding hid power
ty of design. This style reached its
height in the bindings produced for
James I, which were commonly dotted
all over with flowers-de- luce or thistles,
while the corners were filed with
heavy block of coarse design. During
the reign of Charles the bindings were
as rule copied from French work and
the designs carried out with very small
tools; but, though foreign influence was
strongly felt at first, the English bind
ers soon struck out line of their own,
and Samuel Mearne, the binder to
Charles III, produced some admirable
work and seems to have introduced the
quantity shaped panel which gave the
name of cottage binding to certain
class of work At little later date an
Edinburgh binder whose name is un-
known, but whose work is easily distin-
guishable, executed some marvellous
pieces of work on very dark green mo-
rocco. o.-AthenWum.
Why is il that common poet, when
on any subject, as Venice on youth, al
ways instinctively begins, "O Venice, {"
or go youth, when it is well known
that no line beginning in that way is
worth cent?
1t is strange, too, that when begin
ner at story writing wishes to make II
sad scene, he always brings in ''bitter
tears" and breaking hearts," when it
has long been known to the trade that
the reading public can read about bitter
tears and breaking hearts all day and
never miss meal. Detroit Free Press.
Replaced.
Mistress-Why, Bridget, what on
earth are you doing with all the broken
dishes on the shelf?
Bridget-Sure, mum, yez towld me
0i wur to replace every one Oi broke
London Answers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28
WAN PUM.
what II Is and How the Indians Used TO
Make It.

Make IL.
When Columbus discovered America,
he found the Indians carrying ON trade
from tribe to tribe with wampum Any
thing that has value may be used MS
money. In ancient Syracuse and Britain
tin was used as money, and we find that
iron was SO used at one time in Sparta,
pieces of silk in China cattle in Rome
and Germany, leather among the Car
thaginians, nails in Scotland, lead In
Burma, platinum in Russia, cubes Of
pressed tea in Tartary, slaves among the
Ang Saxons, salt in Abyssinia, etc.
Wampum is from an Algonquin word
meaning white" The Indians have
ever been fond Of ornaments, particu-
larry of beads. They used to make beads
of seashells in the following way: A
fragment of stone was with much care
worked down" to the size of small
nail, having one end quite pointed, and
II was then fastened to piece of cane
or reed. With this simple tool the In
dian workman Clipped off a bit of the
inside of conch shell or part of the
shell of hard clam and rubbed it down
to the size desired This bit of shell he
held in his hand, placed the sharp end
of the stone against it and then turned
the stone around and around until
hole was drilled entirely through the
shell.
The shell leads thus tediously manu-
factured Were called wampum. These
beads were either white or of pui pie
color, the last being valued much higher
than the first. 1t was the very laborious
way of making wampum that gave it
value. The wampum was artistically
strung upon hempen threads and used
as necklaces, bracelets and rings. Often
it was woven into belts about inches
in width and 2 feet in length
The wampum belt served many pur-
poses. II was sent from tribe to tribe
with solemn promises and messages, it
was used in making peace, in asking for
aid in time of war, for personal adorn-
ment and also as circulating medi-
um. :" The coast tribe Indians were the
wampum makers. The interior Indians
spent their time hunting and exchanged
game of all kinds for the wampum made
by the coast tribes.
For long time after white people
had settled in the new world small
coins were scarce and wampum was
used as change" Finally the "pale-
faces" set up lathes by treadles for the
purpose of making wampum quickly,
and soon the Indian wampum makers
were, as we say nowadays. "out of
job. ."-Philadelphia Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28
WAS 1T FUNNY?
A Practical Joke of Whose Humor the
Victim Was Doubtful.


"Would you mind telling me some
thing?" he asked, with some hesitancy.
Certainly not" the reporter an
swered.
"You see great many newspapers"
II have to read considerably
''And you ought to be able to tell
whether thing is funny or not. "
Cant you tell for YOURSELF"
Ordinarily. But i have case here
that needs an expert opinion. Some time
ago was employed by man to look
after his stock in trade, which consisted
mainly of beer. Some people came in,
and in order to entertain them showed
them few tricks that l had learned.
One of them said TO me that he knew q
good trick, and that if would help him
out he would show it, 1 was willing to
do anything could to make it pleasant
for the company, and when he asked me
for an auger l handed him small one
that happened to be handy. He went
over to keg Of beer and bored hole
in it. He told me to put my thumb over
the hole. l did so, and he bored another
hole in tho keg. At his request put
my other thumb over the other hole.
"Then what did he do?''
"Then h began to treat the crowd to
everything in sight. All could do was
to reason with them about their conduct.
didn't dare take either of my thumbs
off, for the result would have been a
geyser that would have ruined the new
wall paper. When they had helped
themselves to all they wanted they went
away and left me- 1t was two hours be-
fore the proprietor came and plugged up
the holes and released me-.
Does the owner hold you RESPONSE
ble?"
81 don't know whether he does or
not. I haven't been back, and the next
time / go to work it will be in a dry
goods store or a grocery. All want to
ask you is this: Was that a good joke,
or was it a case of false pretenses?
Which ought I to do-laugh and be
merry or have some people arrestedT'-
Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28
LinCOln's Grave,

About l. u miles north of Springfield,
Ills, Abraham Lincoln lies buried under
a towering pile of marble, granite and
bronze. The height of his monument is
100 feet. The cost was $3.50, 900, the
money being collected through popular
contributions, Several attempts have
been made to steal the body. Not until
the leaden coffin was sunk deep in the
crypt and covered with six feet of con-
crete did the robbers desist New York
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28
Lots Of It.

YES" said Lungly as the clock
hands neared the midnight hour, 81
think shall accept the presidency of
that gas company"
II should think you would be ftted
for the position" she replied.
delphia North American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28

\kIE will furnish transportation from Reynodsville
Wv to Niagara Falls and return the b. r. &
p. Ry, and two days board at Hotel Imperial Of
the leading hotels at Niagara Falls to the person who
will secure the largest number of
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28

The Siberian railway win measure
exactly 4,741 l-8 miles from Tohelia-
binsk, on the eastern side of the Urals,
and at the gate of Siberia, to yladivo-
stok, the Russian port on the sea Of
Japan. The total cost is estimated at
e175, 900. 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28

WANTED-FAITHFuL MEN OR WOMEN
to travel for responsible established
house In Pennsylvania. Salary $50 ana cX
penscs. Position permanent. Reference.
Enclose self-nddresscd stamped envelope.
The National. star Insurance Bldg. Chicago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28

At the present rate Of production over
$500, 000,0 900 worth Of fresh gold will
come from the mines befory another
presidential election is held.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28

When dentist in China is pulling a
tooth for patron, an assistant hammers
on gong TO drown the cries of the
victim.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28

A strong microscope shows the single
hairs of the head to be like coarse,
round rasps, but with teeth extremely
irregular and jagged.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28

According to an estimate II work
on building. three plasterers, with one
helper, will put on 460 yards Of two
coat work in day.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28
l{haps no country In the world

{haps no country In the world Is
5ter suited for the cyclist than Hol-
Innd, where you may run foy miles
without meeting with an incline that
even suggests hill. In The Hague
cycling is a universal amusement, horse
exercise for ladies being the occasional
exception.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28

1t is just as well to know that ophelia,
new color, is pale mauve.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-21
THE PITTsBURG DISTRICT.
Panhandle Miners to Make Another
Crusade.

PITTSBURG, July 20.-The attention OF
the miners Of the Pittsbnrg district is now
riveted on the Allison, Boone and Enter
prise mines, near Cann)nsburg. The Boone
and Allison mines, which were closed yes
terday by the owners TO prevent trouble be-
tween their men and the marching strik-
ers, resumed to-day with dearly a full
force. No attempt was made to start up
at the Enterprise mine, The strikers fear
that il these mines continue IN operation
it win induce the Enterprise men to go
back 10 work The programme of the strik-
ers is to make another march on the Alli-
son mine The leaders said this afternoon
that more than two thousand diggers would
be massed in the Panhandle district and
another march made on the mines. To-
night the miners of the Panhandle district
were gathering above Bridgeyilie and ii win
not be surprising if one thousand miners
are found on the Washington pike in the
morning. The men in the Millers and Toms
Run districts are all idle and have plenty OF
time to make another march. They were
supplying themselves with several days.
rations and if the proposed march is made
they will stay about the offending mines
for several days. Up TO a late hour to-
night no word relating to march had been
received at district headquarters. II the
march Is made the time viii be kept
secret. just at this stage of the strike sen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-21
FIGHT BETWEEN TRUSTS.
Benedicts Company to Make War on
Its Rival Gas Monopoly.

NEW YORK, July 20.-The Herald to-
morrow will say: Notwithstanding vigor-
Gus protests to the contrary it is almost
certain that New York within the next
four months will be the scene of a bitter
hight between the two great gas trusts
When the directors of the Equitable Com
pany announced last Monday that they
would not surrender their holdings on the
terms proposed by the East River Com
pany, the casual observer believed that it
was heavy blow at the proposition to or
ganize gas trust No. g But the blow was
more apparent than real. z. c. Benedict
and his friends control the Equitable stock.
lie has been for some tin anxious to form
a combination in this city similar to the
one that has given him practical control
OF the lighting of Chicago He was very
active in the preliminaries of the futile
attempts at consolidation with the Consou-
dated Company a few months ago. Though
Mr.. Benedict denies it, his friends insist
that he has been quietly at work making
pans by means OF which the East River
company will be absorbed into the Eoui-
table, and then, they say, with this coaIi-
tion IL IS his purpose to go directly into
the territory occupied by the Consolidated
ana Standard gas companies and fight the
corporations on their own ground
Meanwhile the East River Company was
men interested in this corporation are in
control of hundreds of millions of dollars
Ogden Goelet, G. G. Havens, @. c. Havens
Jr, August Belmont, r. H. Wilson and
Conrad n. Jordan are deeply interested in
the success OF the company. According to
the statements in 'the street." these men,
appreciating the efforts of some of the
Equitable stockholders to get control of
the east River nearly turned the tables
and attempted to obtain control of the Equi-
tabie. Mr.. Benedict declares positively tnat
he has nothing to do with the announce
ment by the Central Trust Company. He
says that there is no object to be gained
by the Equitable Joining with the East
say the same, yet it is positively known
that propositions would be made to the
East River Company by men who hold a
very large portion of the stock of the
Equitable, and that these men regard the
proposed consolidation of interests with
much more complacency than anger.
The fact that Mr.. Benedict is bringing
on from Chicago two or three men who
have made the Chicago Gas combination a
success indicates that, Notwithstanding the
protests from the directors of the Equita-
bic, that company will surely and within
Ii comparatively short time Join with the
reorganized East River Company and aid
in the battle against the Consolidated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-21
THE FIRST ELECTRIC MOTOR.
Its Semi-CentenniaI to BE Celebrated
Next week.

GREENACRE -ON-THE-PISCATAQU
Eliot, Me-, July 2O.-Preparations are now
practically complete for the celebration of
the semi-centennial of the invention of the
electric motor car by the American Insti-
tute of Electrical Engineers at the annual
meeting of the organization, which will be
opened here next Monday, July &C. and will
continue during the week The date of the
opening of the meeting is appropriate. as it
was on July 26, 1S47, that Moses c. Farmer
whose name and fame have spread
throughout the world as that of a success
ful pioneer inventor, exhibited his electric
motor ear which was propelled by battery
power in the town hail of Dover, N. H.
Moreover, Greenacre where the celebration
is to be held, is "a monument to the men,
ory of the inventor established to carry
out long cherished idea OF her parents Dy
Miss ). j. Farmer. -Four years ago Miss
Farmer founded "Greenacre :" where men
and women famous in the field of literature
science, art and religion from all parts have
since come together for mutual EXCHANGE
OF ideas and instructions.
A very interesting programme of lectures
and addresses has been prepared for the
presentation at the meetings of the cleo
tricians next week. Among the speakers
will be Prof. Cyrus +. Blackett, LII D., of
Princeton University; Prof. \. q. Dolbear
Ph. D., of Tufts College; Prof George r.
Barker, LII D., OF Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, Baltimore Prof. Michael s. Pupin
PHI. D., of Columbia University, New York
Prof. Elihu Thompson, of Lynn; Prof
Charles r. Cross, Ph. D., of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology; Prof
Henry Carmichael, Ph. D.. OF Boston; Mr.
Thomas Hall, Of Boston, and Mr.. Frank
j. Sprague of New York
In addition to the other attractions Miss
Farmer has arranged TO have loan ex-
hibit OF devices and apparatus which will
graphically illustrate the story of the evolu-
ton of the electric railway including her.
fathers original motor car. Many leading
electricians have contributed to this eX-
hibifi0u
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-21
LITTLE PROGRESS MADE.
Plenty of Talk to Come on the Tariff
Bill Schedules.

WASHINGTON, July 20.-When the tariff
conference report was presented to the SEN
ate to-day but little progress was made on
it beyond the formal reading of about two
thirds of the report. During the day Sena-
tor Tillman openly threatened a filibuster
until next December if cotton bagging and
cotton ties were not restored to the free list.
but the threat was regarded as somewhat
facetious. The sugar amendments occa-
stoned long debate, during which Mr. ALI
son stated that the conference rates were
lower than those of the Senate and to an
extent a concession to the House. Senators
Vest, Jones, Berry and White questioned
this statement urging that the Sugar
Trust secured larger benefits from the con-
ference schedule than from any previously
offered. The lumber amendment also
brought animated criticism from Senators
Teller and Pettigrew.
The opposition to the bill realizes that
there is no possibility of preventing the
adoption of the report, and their present
purpose is only to secure what advantage
they can by exhibiting what they claim
are the Inconsistencies Of the measure. 1t
Is true that at one time they had some
hope of being able to secure the recon-
initial of the bill, but a thorough canvass
reveals no foundation for this hope. 1t de-
velops the fact that the Republicans Will
vote sOlidly for the report and that they
yada, silver Republican and McEnery Of
Louisiana, Democrat, and also probably by
Messrs. Mantle and Stewart. silver Repub-
licans. They have also discovered that
Senator Kyle. Populist, who is absent, has
left strict instructions that he should not
be paired With the adoption of the report
thus assured the Democrats probably will
not attempt TO prolong the debate beyond
the arrival of Mr.. Turley, the new senator
from Tennessee. They will continue 10 ask
for an explanation of changes made bv the
conference, but these will not occupy a
great deal of time.
When the Senate had disposed of it's bus
mess on hand IT ready for the confer
ence report, the action of the House having
been announced. Senator Allison was i'm
charge of the report, which was read in
detail. When the first clause was read, Mr.
Jones (Arkansas), made an earnest protest
against proceeding on the technical report
without an intelligent explanation on its
meaning. There had been no opportunity
for the Democratic conferees to consider
1t in committee 1t had been rushed through
the House in a single day. without time
for preparation to discuss it there. Ii was
due 10 the American people, he declared
that some explanation be given.
The reading of the lengthy conference
report then proceeded rapidly There were
frequent inquiries by Mr. Jones and brief
explanations from Mr.. Allison. but this did
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-21

their claims, so you see we are we'll Sc
cured. No, do not want any better secur-
ity for my loan than Eldorado claims,
thank you 1 only wish 1 had a mortgage
on the whole creek.
I'VE had d great deal of trouble securing
labor in prospecting our properties. Old
miners would not work for anv price. We
could occasionally rope a greenhorn and get
him to work for a few days at $15 a day.
Six or eight miners worked on shares for
US about six weeks and we settled 1t de-
Veloped that they had earned in that
length of time $500 each. That was pretty
good pay, wasn't it? We paid one old min
er $12 for three hours work and offered
to continue him at that rate, but he would
not have it, and he went out to hunt a
Charles Worden are III charge of our inter-
estS in Alaska. George Worden and | came
out and we will go back in March and re-
lieVe them. Then they will come out for
a spell. George goes from here to his home
in New York State to make his mother
comfortable"
Hon. c. B. Mcintosh, Governor of the
Northwest Territory, in which is included
the far-famed Klondyke district is in Seat
tie The Governor freely subscribed to the
truthfulness of the stories sent out as to
the richness of the new diggings. He esti-
mates that the Klondyke and its tributaries
yielded over $5000,00O in gold last winter.
OF this amount he says $20000 coo and up
wards came via the steamships Portland
and Excelsior More than a million dc liars
in dust, he says, is now stored away in the
cabins of miners along the creek. The
British Yukon yield of gold for 1897" the
governor resumed, will not be less than
so 000 co.," He says surveyors are now at
work trying to ascertain the feasibility of
the construction Of a railroad into the
steamers from Fort Wrangle up'the Styken
river
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-21

WASHINGTON, July 2O.-Commissioner
Hermann, of the General Land Office,
stated to-day that he will recommend the
establishment of two land districts in west
ern Alaska, the two offices to be placed
on the Yukon river or its tributaries in an
ticipation of a great number of contentious
over mineral land locations in various sec
tions where the gold discoveries have been
made. He SAYS that as that region is prac-
ticallv without law, especially as to the
settlement of contests the local land offices
will be of much value to the land interests
and indirectly to the preservation of law
and order. The officers, it is probable, will
be located at Circle City and Dawson City.
The General Land Office is in hourly ex-
pectation of petitions and requests for some
such action