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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08

Cabinet officers in the Administration
of their respective countries at the
same time.
Although born in Liverpool, Glad
stone was fond of proclaiming that
every drop of his blood was Scotch.
He came Of the Gladstone family, of
Lanarkshire, where the Gledstones are
first heard of. Centuries ago-away
back in 1226-Herbet dc Gladstone
figured in the Ragman Roll as one of
the lairds who swore fealty to Edward
I. William Gladstone, the last sur
viving scion of the family. removed to
Biggar early in the seventeenth Gen.
tury, and by the time, Williams grand
son had been born the family name
had been altered to Gladstones. The
Premier was baptized Gladstones, but
in 1885 his father, John, dropped the
final IS" fr ON his name.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08
SHIPS RANCE OF ACTION.

Close Quarters Business as Pictured by
ARTISTS" Unknown In Naval Circles.
''The pictures in some of the news
papers of battleships in action are
about us funny as the japanese idea
of perspective, said naval officer.
'These pictures represent the oppos-
ing ships blazing away at each other
with thirteen-inch rifles at range of
about hundred feet, and the artists
certainly work up the thing to make
itlook terrific enough in all conscience.
It's wonder to me they don't repre-
sent the crews of the opposing ships
in the act of using graphing irons, as
they did in engagements at close
quarters in the days of the old 70-gun
frigates. As matter of fact, if either
battleship in an engagement between
vessels of today got within such q
range of another, OF anything like it,
it would simply be matter of the first
shot. One big shell delivered at such
a range would leave only the debris of
the struck ship on the surface of the
water. Modern ships of war are not
devised to get within any such range
of each other in action. The nearest
that any of the opposing ships in the
great naval battle on the Yalu got to
each other was trife under two
miles, and what one battleship can do
to another at that range is something
beyond calculation. The naval en-
gagement of this era is very largely
matter OF maneuvering-of presenting
the smallest possible target to the
guns of the enemy's ships, and of
forcing the enemy to present their
biggest hull to the range-fnders.
When the commander of ship in the
coming engagements can contrive to
get in his work on the enemy's vessel
while only pointing with his nose in
their direction-leaving them practi-
cally only razor's edge target-he is
liable to eat them up. But while there
is still drill in the United States
navy called 'repelling boarders, the
drill is only retained in the manual for
the sake of exercising the men, and
the only boarding that will be done in
the coming fights will be done by
prize crews taking possession of beaten
ships after the latter have struck their
colors -
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08

government, previously n mockery,
into something like reality, was q
Tory of the straightest, old-fashioned
sect. His maiden speech in the
House was in the debate upon the
measure abolishing slavery in the
British colonies, and was a defense of
the shareholders against attacks made
by radical abolitionists. For nearly
twenty years he was one of the shin
ing lights of the Conservative party
and the foremost lieutenant of Sir
Robert Peel, its great leader. Then
he gradually drifted into Liberalism,
and, after being for some time more
or less "a free lance" he became q
member of Lord Palmerstons cabinet
in 1859.
At the death of that statesman he
succeeded him as leader of the Lib
erals in the House of Commons, and
when his party regained Office in 1868,
after Disraelis first government,
Gladstone attained the premiership.
He held it for six years. and again
from 1880 to 1886, when he declared
himself in favor of the Irish demand
for home rule, which up to that time
he had strenuously opposed. The re-
suit was the secession of large body
of his supporters and his defeat at the
polls in 1862 defeat which the
dauntless veteran afterward retrieved.
A glance at the following chronol-
ogy will show the principal events in
Gladstone's career as statesman and
author:
1sO9-December 30, born at Liverpool.
1S31-Graduated at Oxford.
1S32-Entered Parliament.
1S34-Junior Lord OF the Treasury.
1S35-Under Colonial Secretary.
Resigned.
1S3S-Married.
1s39-"The state In Relation to the
Church."
1siO--"Church Principles Considered"
1s4l-Vice-President OF the Board Of
Trade.
1Si2-Revised the tariff.
1si3-Presldent OF the Board Of Trade.
1S45-Resigned.
Colonial Secretary.
1S46-Reslgned.
1s47-Advocated freedom for Jews.
is52-Chancellor of the Exchequer.
1So5-Resigned.
1s5s-Lord High Commissioner to the
Ionian Isles.
--"Studles OF the Homerlc Age"
1S59-Chancellor Of the Exchequer.
1S65-Leader Of the Commons.
1S66-In opposition.
,186S-Prime Minister.
-"Ecce Homo"
"A Chapter Of Autobiography"
1S69-Carrled Irish disestablishment.
-"Juventus Mundi."
1S70-Carried Irish land bill,
1S71-Unveiling Of his statue by Adams
Acton In his native city on September IL.
Abolished purchase OF army COM
missions.
Abolished connscation In -;nal
laws.
1S73-Irish university reforms pre- posed.
Resigned, but resumed pow Or.
1s74-Dissolved Parliament.
1S76-"Homer Synchronism."
1S79-Mid Lothian triumph.
-"Gleanings of Past Years."
1Ss0-Prime Minister. :
1885-Resigned.
18S6-Prime Minister.
Irish home rule proposed.
Resigned.
1S92---Prime Minister.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08

1s93-Irish home rule passed Commons;
defeated by Lords.
But Gladstone, the Eton boy, was
as interesting as "the Grand Old
Man." His special and inseparable
friend was Arthur Hallam, the subject
Of Tennyson's "In Memoriam." The
friendship commenced when Glad
stone was in his thirteenth year and
was never weakened until death came
to loose the silver cord.
On July 25, 1889, Mr.. Gladstone
celebrated his golden wedding. His
eighty-frst birthday anniversary, in
1890, was made the occasion for the
unveiling Of memorial fountain at
Hawarden. He carried out another
Midlothian campaign in 1892. and was
returned at the general election by o
small majority. In August he became
Premier for fhe fourth time.
There had been many rumors OF
Gladstone's retirement. but when it
came few were prepared for II. His
last speech as Prime Minister was
made in the House Of Commons on
March !, 1894. and was . memorable
protest agsinat the jurisdiction Of the
House Of Lords.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08

of the bag has small pair of scissors
held in place by an elastic band, O
steel punch which is valuable for max
ing extra holes in leather straps and
mending and pair of tweezers. The
bag part is made of red silk and should
be marked with the name OF the owner,
and has doubled ribbon as a draw
string. 1t should contain two spools
OF coarse thread, bone and tin buttons,
two pairs of shoe laces and two cards
OF darning cotton. The same bag is
large enough to hold bottles, each of
which should have its own soft flannel
case. A bottle of three-grain quinine
pills, a box of liver pills, carbolic salve,
box of spirits of ammonia capsules
and roll of mustard leaves are
enough.
The other pattern for Housewife"
is in the form of wallet. Have the
tinsmith roll piece of tin five inches
long and turn over the edges so that
they will not cut, leaving the tube
ons-quarter open. Place within two
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.


All kinds of insects are attracted to
the plants which are appropriate for
their food, or where their eggs should
be laid, by the sense of smell. Any
strongly smelling coating over trees
which will disguise it's natural odor
will protect them from attack. White
paint has such distinct odor, and is
so permanent that it is perhaps the
best coating to apply to tree trunks.
But still cheaper substitute may be
found in common whitewash, into
which some carbolic acid diluted has
been mixed. This also holds the pecp.
liar smell of carbolic acid all through
the seasou.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08

Catharine, daughter of Sir Stephen
Richard Glynne, of Hawarden Castle,
Flintshire, descendant of Sarjeant
Glynne, who was Lord Chief Justice
in Cromwell's time. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gladstone have had eight children,
seven of whom survive-four sons and
three daughters. The eldest son, Mr..
w. II. Gladstone, was elected NJ. p.
for East Worcestershire, having pre-
viously represented Whitby in Par
lament; the second son, Rev. Stephen
Edward Gladstone, became rector of
Hawarden; the third son, Henry
Neville Gladstone, keeps up the COM
mercial reputation of the Gladstone
family, and the youngest son, Herbert
John Gladstone, was elected member
Cor Leeds.
Two Of Mr.. Gladstones daughters
married clergymen. Agnes, the eldest,
became the wife of the Rev. L. @.
Wiokham, NJ. A., head master of
Wellington College. Mary married
the Rev. Henry Drew. She prac-
tically lives at Hawarden Castle with
her husband and little daughter
Dorothy. Little Dossie, as her family
calls her, is little more than five
years old.
Miss Helen-the youngest daughter
was the pet of her illustrious father,
and for several years had devoted al
most all her entire time to him. On
his retirement she resigned her posi-
ton as vice principal of Newnham
College SO she would be able to devote
herself to him.
The last years of Gladstone's life
were passed at Hawarden Castle, the
property of his wife, which is practi-
cally in the gateway to Wales. The
residence is on the hills overlooking
the valley of the beautiful Dee, six
miles east of Chester, in picturesque
park Of 700 acres. And there he lived.
surrounded by four sons, three daugh-
ters and seven grandchildren, who
loved him with intense devotion.
The London News prints descrip-
tion given by friend of the family
who visited the death chamber in
Hawarden Castle from which the fol-
lowing extracts are given:
II walked to the side of the narrow
little iron bed, whose head was sur
rounded by simple screen of black
with a pattern Of gold. This back
ground was in sharp contrast with the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08
LEND A HELPING HAND.
How Girls May Make Themselves Very
Useful TO Our Brave Defenders.

How Girls May Make Themselves Very
Useful to Our Brave Defenders.
The Red Cross Association has is
sued an appeal to the women Of the
United States for 10000 emergency
bags to be sent to the soldiers aud sail
ors now on duty and to volunteers.
In answer to the many requests for
suggestions for emergency bags" "
housewives, the sailors "ditty baR'
and the contents thereof, two patterns
are given by the New York Tribune
which are almost equally convenient.
No. / has an oval or round fiat bottom
of leather or covered cardboard, about
the size of large egg. 1t is made, as
the sketch shows, of two thicknesses,
and serves as needle-book, PIN
cushion and scissors case, the sides be-
ing kept closed with button and an
elastic hook. The under side is made
like fiat pincushion, and is furnished
with large pins. Next comes flannel
leaf for needles, darning needles and
safety pins. The fiat pincushion might
also, without taking up any more room,
include an envelope or pocket for court
plaster. The upper side Of the bottom
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08
Erndicnting Currnnt Worms.

The currant worm is slow traveller,
and seldom leaves the clump of bushes
where it was born and bred, even when
it gets into the moth stage. Where
they are once eradicated ON farm
some years Of exemption may be hoped
for, even when the pest is plentiful
few miles away. Still, the use of
hellebore every spring, just as sooD as
the currant leaves appear, and renew
ing it after every rain, is advisable.
It is far better to head off the intruder
before the damage is done, than to
wait until currant bushes are stripped
bare. In the latter case probably
some of the worms have gone into the
pupa stage before the poison is ap-
piled, and will be on hand another
spring.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08

the most arduous and rugged paths; /;
though dumb, it still seems to say,
Il have striven. have done my
duty
81 turn away with profound venera-
ton and dim, unutterable wonder ut
the mystery of it all. Not sound
from the world without; only this
rigid, praying, exquisitely sculptured
piece of clay, which not so long ago
moved Senates, multitudes, whole
nations by its fervor, its eloquence and
its great purpose.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Donbt mngnifies tronbles.

Doubt magnifies troubles.
Love gives true worth to gifts.
Pride, like cat, has nine lives.
Duty knocks at every mans door.
Every heart has thorn and throne.
A good name is made, not bestowed.
Public opinion is never tongue-tied.
The abuse of health is yelled sui
eide.
The grumbler blows out his own
lamp.
Honesty worships in the temple of
truth.
Goodness is the printing press OF
truth.
II you can't DO sun, don't be a
cloud.
Small boats must keep near tho
shore.
A religion of love is born from
above.
The man who thinks, leads the
crowd.
The beauty of holiness is not marred
by time.
Heart wisdom is ahead OF book
learning.
The lover of truth is hater of per-
secution.
Fidelity to principle is the highest
expediency.
More good will be sure to come, il
we are grateful for the good that has
already come. Rams Horn.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08
In the ChilkOOt Pass.

Gen ,ral Western Passenger Agent
r. G. Stevens of the Great Northern
railway has returned to the city after
two weeks trip to the coast towns
of Alaska. Mr.. Stevens says that he
had no unusual experience on his trip
other than his participation in the
scene of rescue and recovery Of bodies
from under the snow avalanche in the
Chilkoot Pass. There were many
women along the trail in every i'm
aginable kind of clothing except that
of women. There were between three
and four thousand packers ON the
trail, an endless procession from day
light till dark, winding its way among
the hills like black snake up the in
clines and out of sight. At one stage
iu the route for packers a return to
the bottom was made by leaving the
trail few feet. Then the packers
would fold their coats, sit down on
them, and toboggan down to the start
ing place, the return being made like
flash of lightning. Occasionally
there will be tired horse in the line
that will stop moment to regain his
wind. When this happens the entire
procession comes to standstill, and
everybody following the tired horse
keeps the air warm with profanity.
The line of march is again taken up,
and the horses, dogs, oxen, cows, men
and women continue the interesting
panorama toward the summit and the
land of gold. All along the way are
restaurants, which are literally pat
ronized, most people preferring to pay
the prices rather than break their own
package. Seattle Post Intelligencsr.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08

"It is well understood, says Justin
Mccarthy, "that Mr.. Gladstone, on
his retirement from public life, re-
ceived from the sovereign the offer of
an earldom, with, of course, seat in
the House of Lords. Mr.. Gladstone
gratefully and gracefully declined the
title and the position. He had already
made name which no earldom or
dukedom or any other rank could
have enhanced"
Mr.. Gladstone, in 1888, married
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08

The figure upon which I looked down
might have been some beautiful statue
of grayish-white marble recumbent
upon tombstone. Yet stern the
features still are, severely aquiline
the nose, tight drawn the lips. II
was in death the face of some great
leader Of men, mortal hero whose
earthly pilgrimage had ever been over
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08

Thus Mr.. Gladstone closed his pub
lie life in IN attack upon the House of
Lords, against which he fought many
a battle before. Few of his auditors
seemed TO realize that this was to- be
his last utterance in the assembly,
plain as his words were. Many a
man would have been pathetic, tragic,
perhaps, at such q point in his career.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08

born in Liverpool, England, on De-
cember 80, 1909. He was spinning
tops, at five years, when Bismarck
was the new baby at Schoenhausen.
He was learning Greek, at the age of
ten, when Victoria put in an appear
ance. He entered Parliament when
Andrew Jackson was in his first term
as President, and did not leave it un-
til Grover Cleveland had begun his
second term. He and Daniel Web
ster were serving their first terms as
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08

spools of coarse cotton, one black and
one white, with piece of wax be-
tween them, and through the three
articles thrust short knitting needle,
each end Of which is firmly fastened
with pinoushion, which fills up the
holes at the ends. The spools are
now safe and cannot be lost, and the
wax, without which, they say, a man
cannot sew, on account of tangling
his thread, is handy" The tin tube
is then covered with the strong linen
which forms the wallet; this is turned
under the edge of the tin and glued
and the points are sewed to the pin
cushions. The rest Of the wallet has
pockets, needle-book. etc., and con-
tains about the same articles as the
bag.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08
Parlsian Art.

When lady is sitting to Partisan
photographer for a portrait, the opsr-
ator does not, in perfunctory man
ner, coldly request her to look pleas
ant now, if you please. He says to
her in the most natural and graceful
manner in the world: 'It is quite un-
necessary to ask madame to look
pleasant; she could not look other
wise" The lady, Of course, acknowla
edges the compliment with her most
gracious and high bi cd smile. ''ClickI'
goes the camera. aud the picture il
obtained, revealing the sitter to the
greatest possible advantage. --Phjls,
delphia Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08

Massachusetts, oontemplates the OK.
penditure Of $4,000 for the illumination
Of thu. dome Of tho statehouae.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08
Weeds Indicating Soil.

Much about the character of soil
may be told by experienced farmers if
they can see the kinds of weeds that
grow upon it. There are. many weeds
that are never found on very poor soil.
and others that will perhaps grow but
will not amount to much unless tho
soil is very rich. The pigweed and
purslane, which is often called chick
weed, is very abundant in old gardens,
and always shows the presence of
large amount of available nitrogen.
So rich are these weeds in nitrogenous
nutrition that they are aften pulled up
and fed to pigs, which will eat them
in preference to grass, as they are
more nutritious. The common rag
weed grows in all kinds of soils. But
if the land is poor, it will blossom
and seed at few inches from the
gound, while in rich soil it grows
foot and half to two feet high. The
mullen in pastures usually marks the
running out of grass, and probably
that the land is poor.
Controlling Rot OF Plum and Cherry.
Professor N. s. Platt, of Connecti-
cut, writes: There is great complaint
each year about cherries and plums
rotting on the tree. There is no doubt
good cause for the complaint, as
sometimes nearly all the crop is
spoiled by it. Few people seem to
know how to save them. 1 have had
great loss with cherries rotting, yet /
do not fear the rot nearly so mnch as
I do the black aphis that have found
unmanageable and the cause of the
death of more cherry trees than all
other causes put together. My treat
ment for cherries is to spray with sui
phate Of copper, one pound to twenty
five gallons of water, once just before
the buds open and once with bordeaux
when the cherries are one-third or
one half grown, then pick the cherries
o day or two before they are fully
ripe. If the weather is not persistent
ly bad this will be successful, at least
it has been with me for several years.
AS to plums, have never sprayed
the Japanese varieties except in
small way as q test, but have de-
pended ON picking off the decayed
fruit by hand. Ihey might be sprayed
with bordeaux or sulphate Of copper
mixture while dormant. which would
kill spores of rot then existing on the
bark. but have found the foliage of
the Japanese varieties uniformly too
sensitive to admit Of spraying with
bordeaux while in leaf. The Euro
pean varieties, however, seem to like
the bordeaux. They should be
sprayed at least twice with it, the
first time when the new growth is
three to five inches long and the Sec
ond when the fruit is half grown. APP
Piled at this time it will not show
when fruit Is ripe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08

A Chinaman eats twice as much
moat as Jspsness.
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ILLIAM EWART
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peace and rest af-
ter n long life of
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splendid activity
in til o highest
realm of human
effort.
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G. la d stone was
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08

snow-white bed linen which partially
covered ell that remained OF the great
statesman. II this was the chamber
oi death " was also The abode Of psaes.
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The Late Mrs. A. s. Blake.

Mrs A. s. Blake Of this city, whose fu-
neral will occur to-day, was woman of
charming personality and a writer and
artist Of no mean ability. She was a
member Of the Women's Press Club of
San Francisco and a contributor to the
Detroit Post, the Detroit Free Press and
other Eastern publications, and was for
years a serial writer for prominent New
York papers. She was a native of Massa-
chusetts and resident Of Boston, and her
country home near the latter city was
noted for the warm hospitality she ex-
wears past she has lived a secluded life at
Santa Cruz and in this city. owing to
partial paralysis. Nevertheless, she won
the love of all with whom she came in con-
tact by unvarying sweetness and patience
during her continuous suffering. She was
a member of the Washburne family of
Massachusetts, and left a large circle of
friends here and in the Eastern States.