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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-12-21
Iest Fora Chrlstmaa.

For Christmas, with Its lots and lots Of can
dies, cakes and toys,
Was made. they say, for proper Kids, an
not for naughty boys;
so wash your face an brush your hair, ana
mind your p's and q's.
And don't bust out yer pantaloons, ana
don't wear out your shoes;
Say "Yessum" to the ladies', an "Yessur"
TO the men,
An when thsy's company, don't pass your
plate for pie again;
But thinkin' Of the things yer'd Ike to sec
upon that tree,
Just 'fors Christmas be As good as yer kin
Eugene Field.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-12-21
I was the day be-

| was the day be-
fore Christmas,
and the snow was
falling thick and
fast. Among the
people who hast
ened along { h e
streets of a large
Western city, was
a la d " accom-
panied by tw o
little girls, appar-
emily twins. All
were poorly clad,
and shivered, as
the cold wintry
in d ru s h Q d
down the nearly
deserted street.
ooh! mamma
DEAR" +" cried one
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-12-21

The United States of Central Amer.
lea Salvador, Nicaragua and Hon
duras--start business as federated
republic with the usual .srandiose an
ticipations and performances. We
wish them well, says the Philadelphia
Record, Under the manag ng hand
Of man like President Diaz of Mex
co, who is practicallya king masquer-
aiding as an elective official, the new
states might be glued together by
something more substantial than
wittten agreements. But there is
nothing in the past history OF the
Central American states to Justify
hopes for the future of settled govern
ment.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-12-21

A Canadian paper has cartoon ON
the ''unwonted activity of England
just now. Uncle Sam, smoking a
"Manila" cigar, says to John Bull,
striding along in sailor clothes, with
gun on his shoulder: "0Whar you
goiu' n gunnin', Johu?" and John
answers "Blest il quite knows yet,
Sammy Maybe hover to Frawnce.
h'eagle uniting and then h'again may
be hover to Roosher, bear 'untin'
y'know."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-12-21
NORTH POLE. Christmas, 1897.
Snow FRosr & Co., Bankers.
Pay to the Order OF Harry Haw.
thorne one pair OF skates.
SANTA CLAUS.

Also have ready in the bank the
presents which are to be given, each
one properly designated. On the
evening of the festival let the post
master call ont the names upon the
envelopes one by one, and each child
or person, as his name is called, go to
the office and receive his check. He
may then take it to tho bank, and pro-
senting it to the cashier, receive his
gift.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-12-21
An Exuuisite Eject.

While the candle in the socket is
still the common method OF lighting
the Christmas tree, u most exquisite
effect is produced by the use OF tiny
incandescent lights, when expense
need not be taken into consideration.
These are scattered all over the tree,
and protected by small glass globes.
A slight pressure Of the lever, aud the
tree bursts into rosy. radiant bloom.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-12-21
A New Way of Distributing Presents.

Let one corner of the room where
the Christmas festivities are to take
place be fitted up as postoffice, and
another corner made to represent q
bank. Have ready in the postoffice,
envelopes, each bearing the name of
the one who is to receive gift, and
in each envelope "check" in favor
OF the one to whom the envelope is
addressed. This check may read as
follows:
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-12-21
Maine packed about 500, 900 cases
Of sardines this season. Possibly a
few small herring may have got in
among them here and there.

A new manufacturing company OF
New Jersey announces that it is going
to manufacture preparation which a
man can put on his face and remove
his beard without the aid of razor.
The company is capitalized for $780,
400
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-12-21

A rule has been adopted in New
York forbidding the employment of
married women as teachers in the pub
lie schools. The married women may
be able to stand such discrimination,
but the blow will fall heavily upon
some of the married men.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-12-21
A GOOtl Pair.

The Hon. Abraham Lincoln Brick
has been elected to Congress from In.
diana. He would make good pair
with Mr. Mudd. Of Maryland. = Richr
,nond Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-12-21

can't come until IL gets darkerl" Will
lie and Sue and Kittie and Tom can't
curb their impatience, and are deaf to
reason. Santa Claus's reindeer may
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-12-21
|cnRIsTmAs IN OTHER LANDS (

HE children in
America anSious-
ly wait for Christ
mas Eve to come,
that they may
begin the i'm
portant ceremony
of hanging up
their stockings.
In vain mamma
reiterates that
Santa Claus
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10
GOLD LOANS ABROAD.

F OR years the American people have been bor- | rowers of European money. The great wealth ! of the capitalists of the Old World enabled them to lend 1t at rates lower than 1t could be ob- tained here, and consequence it to London Paris and Hamburg we turned for the funds neces sary to accomplish enterprises
 By reason of this condition o affairs the industries and not infrequently the soil of the United States were heavily mortgaged to Europe. The amount of our foreign indebtedness long since became SO large that accurate computation impossible Accord ing to estimates 1t amounts 10 more than SI ooo 100000, and there lacking authorities who declare 1t cannot be- short Of s. ooo ooo
 This condition of affairs furnished one of the most fruitful themes of the calamity howler Every DOT ton of the vast concave of the sky that bends above the United States has been made reverberate again and again with the loud voice of the calamity orator rolling out his tale of woe debt to Europe in cadences ugubrious and dreul as those of the wolfs long howl on Unalaska's shore
 Recently the tide has turned and there has been accomplished something like revolution in the financial world So far from borrowing from Europe the United States has begun lending money to that continent. When the first loans Of this kind were made they regarded as but evidences of a tenn porary disturbance o the money market and few ex- pected to them continue They have gone on however until they in the aggregate to about Soo,ooo 900, and the experts in financial affairs cite them proofs that our long subordination to European money lenders is over American wealth IS last equal to its needs. and New York has be- gun to rival London money center even as the United States is beginning rival Great Britain as a commercial nation.
 The calamity howler who so indignant over indebtedness to Europe in the past is now indig- nant the other way. The Post of this city, which manages to play the part of railroad organ and blow the trumpet of the calamity band at the same time, is one Of this class In screaming edi- torial Tuesday it declared the loans of gold to Europe were proofs of anything rather than pros perity. It asserted them to be evidences that our business is dull, industries unproftable our en-
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10
ANY EXCUSE WILL DO.

' HEN man gets into his head an idea that M life, as he knows it is not worth living he is
 seldom at a loss as to the ultimate excuse. It may be that his dinner does not suit him. Possibly he has been presented with necktie which fails to win the approval of his artistic eye But fantastic as some of the pretexts seem they must all give way to that chosen by pessinist in Vermont He killed himself because his wife refused to read him chap ter from the Bible Unfortunately the particulars are withheld It is not even stated why he did not read the chapter himself nor why she declined How ever there IS no need for the widow to spend her time in regrets Ii she Is person of ordinary attrac ton she will doubtless be able to husband with more sense than the chump for whom 1t IS now her duty to wear mourning. She IS in way to blame All he wanted excuse and he would have found it. Perhaps had she consented to read she would have struck some passage Of melancholy tinge the somber remarks of Job for instance, based on the possession of more bos than he knew what to do with, and straightway essayed the climb of the golden stair Then she would have felt herself as culpable as she does
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

terprises langushing and opportunities for in vestment less promising than those of the Old World.
 It is becoming every day more evident that we shall have the calamity howler always with us. The habit acquired during the four years of Grover has clearly become chronic. To such men everything is wrong. If we borrow money are mortgaging the country. If we lend it we running the coun- try. If we should neither borrow nor lend the Post would still be indignant, for it would declare that to be stagnation and cite it as an evidence that the country is in condition of total collapse
 In the meantime business goes ahead and the United States advances with rapid strides to the fore front of the nations. We shall soon have the fnan oial and commercial we'll as the agricultural and manufacturing supremacy of the world
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

The young French violinist, Henri Mar teau, is to be heard for the first time i'll this city on March 10 when he will ap- pear as soloist with the Symphony So- ciety. He is only p years of age and has already made an international reputa- tion. Some years ago Marteau appeared In New York and made a remarkable success. Like all French youths, how ever, he had to do military service and the feted artist was recalled from ms American triumphs to don the soldiers s uniform and live the rough life of bar racks. He bore the discipline well, prac- ticed the violin in his leisure moments and few months ago appeared again in public in Paris with all his former success. The only change noted by his admirers was that his locks had been clipped during his military service, and that his bearing had become soldlerly. Marteau's first New York appearance this season was with the Philharmonic Society, and he played so brilliantly that he was promptly forgiven for looking more like a soldier than an artist. His success was enormous. When he finally retired from the stage and was recelv-
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.

at Milan has from time immemorial been subsidized by the city. This season the City Fathers have astonished and dls- gusted the whole community by refusing to sanction the usual grant, and the dls- gruntled Milanese have made the Clty Fathers the butt of endless ridfcule in consequence Il Guerino Meschino, pa per published in the Milanese dialect prints the following sarcastic piece or news: I've have reliable information that the City Fathers have given orders for a large number of posters which Will bear in large type theinformation: 'Thea- ter of the Scala, This Evening Closed These posters will be placarded about the town daily so that the frequenters of the Scala can still see the name of their be- loved opera-house on the bill boards and can thus deceive themselves into the be- lief that things are going along as usual. It is hoped that by this means popular indignation will be allayed."
 An Italian writer, Rafaello Barbiera, publishes in Il Monde Artistico some in- teresting souvenirs of Mime. Verdi (nee Strepponi), who died recently. One story
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10
COLLECTED TN
 THE CORRIDORS

Dr. J. Lobe of Chicago is registered at the Grand.
 A.B. Jackson of Salinas is to be seen at the Occidental.
 w. s. George, a lawyer of Sacramento, is at the Grand.
 T. F. Morrison. San Jose capitalist, IS at the California.
 J. H. Ansell, rancher of Santa Cruz, is at the California.
 S. w De Witt of Washington, D. C., is a guest at the Baldwin.
 w. M S. Moore of Santa Barbara IS registered at the Palace.
 John F. Carrere of Los Angeles is stay ing at the California for a few days.
 H. c. Corson, a manufacturer of Ak ron, is at the California with his wife.
 George Blake mining man of Tuo- lomne County, is registered at the Lick.
 W. w McMillian and F. A. Fairchild, two merchants of Winnipeg, are regis tered at the Palace.
 F. Toepper, who owns a large ranch In the vicinity of Mountain View, is ~ the Occidental for the present
 J. A. Mclean. big contractor of Port land, is at the Lick with Mrs. Mclean on a pleasure trip to the city.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10
THE QUEENS SPEECH.

ER4 little III the way of definite information N concerning the affairs of the British empire or
 the policy Of the Ministers is ever given to the public in the speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament, and the address read on Tuesday was exception to the rule It was about as color less an official communication as the chief executive of great nation has submitted to the legislative body in long time.
 Her Majesty informed Parliament that her rea- tions with other powers continue friendly, that Turkey and Greece have arranged a treaty of peace leaving territorial boundaries where they were at the outbreak o the war; that difficulty has been found in providing for the government of Crete that disturb ances exist in the Soudan and in India that the in dusries of the British West Indian Islands are suffer- ing that several reforms of local administration in Great Britain and Ireland are to be proposed at this session of Parliament, and finally that while esti- mates of expenditures have been framed with the ut most desire for economy, the duty of providing for the defense of the empire involves an expenditure be- yond. former precedent
 It scarcely necessary to say the statements of the speech were not satisfactory to the opposition h. deed they hardly have been satisfactory to any, body, An address which begins by declaring peace prevails and all is well and ends with request for military expenditures beyond all precedent certainly requires explanation. Sir William Harcourt very justly asked for more definite information, on the ground that so long as the empire has 100000 men fighting in various parts of the globe Parliament could not congratulate itself on Pax Britannia
 While the proposed local reforms will probably oc- cupy most of the attention of Parliament and the British public, the most interesting portion of the speech from foreign point of view is that dealing with the situation of the industries of the West In dies. The planters in those islands have suffered from the fall in the price of sugar and the speech de clares that the fall has been artfcially stimulated by the system of bountes to manufacturers and pro- ducers Of beet sugar maintained by European states" To counteract this her Majesty announces that communications "are now in progress between my Government and the Governments principally concerned with view to a conference on the sub iect, which I trust may result in the abolition Of bounties'
 This is a step in diplomacy. Of late years there have been international conferences all sorts o subjects from the settlement of boundaries to dis cussons monetary systems, but this is the first time nation has asked conference to arrange by which 1t of its own industries, without expense by getting other nations to cease promoting theirs. Germany and France have derived wonderful profits in many ways from the develop nient Of the sugar industry among their people and 1t will be interesting to watch the proceedings of British diplomacy and what success it has in per suading them to make change for the benefit of the British planters in Jamaica
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10
ANUS SEMENTS.

Badwtn-"Girl from Paris" California Theater- Black Pattfs Troubadours. Columbia" What HappeneI to Jones'" tomorrow night AIcazar-"Charley's Aunt Morosco's-"The Unknown Tivoli-"The Pearl of Pekiu' TIvoli-Coneert this afternoon Crpheuul-V Vaudeville. Bush-Thalia German Hebrew Opera Company Olympia corner Mason and Eddy streets-Specaltles- The Chutes-Chiquita Vaudeville Mechanics Pavilion Fair and Klondke Exposition California Jockey Club Oakland Racetrack-Races today
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10
THE WEATHER OF THE WINTER.

C ONE experts say it the spots and
 some say 1t the hedgehog, but all agree AD hoodoo has been upon the weather all through the winter. Moreover, the records bear them out. In part of the world has the winter been normal. In some places has been better than in others, but nowhere has it been just what was expected.
 In California we have had one of the codest sea- on record and the cold spells have been Of usually long duration. The beautiful snow has more than once frted with the rpenng oranges of the south, and through the interior valleys frost ap- peared every morning for long time with the regu- larity of one who feels at home and never intends 10 leave.
 Over the wide, high plateaus of the Rocky Noun tain States where severe storms are expected in win ter. the weather has been of moderate mildness nearly all the time There have been comparatively few blzzards, and almost intense cold. Along the Atlantic coast the season was so mild up to short time ago that the people were complaining of lack Of for sleigh riding and ice for the summers sup ply. These complaints were hushed last week by the blast from BoreaS that nearly swept Boston into the and made all New England shiver but with that single exception there has been hardly storm of note during the whole winter in that section
 It seems this year that the farther east you go the nilder the winter is when compared with the normal temperature. In England there has been al- most no snow and ice at all Even the frost has been very light. Flowers have been blooming in the open air all through the season. Very much the same con- dition is reported from Continental Europe Tn fact the winter has been one of remarkable mildness throughout the Northern Hemisphere generally California in this in all things else stands alone exception to the rule Her golden climate has coppered the spot and bluffed the hedgehog.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10
Time Reduced to cb;..so.

Via Rio Grande Western. Denver and Rio Grande and Burlington railways Passengers leaving San Francisco on $ p. m. train reach Chicago 2:l5 ?. m. the fourth day, and New York 6:30 p. m. following day Through Pull man Palace Double Drawing Room Sleeping Cars to Denver with Union Depot change a. 9:30 a. m. to similar cars of the Burlington Route for Chicago. Railroad and sleeping ear tickets sold through and full information given at 14 Montgomery st. w. H. Snedaker. General Agent.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10
STRIKING.

Boston TraVeIer. The latest Harvard students joke is to conceal large number of alarm clocks about a lecture-room, so that they would .sbllrr'' one after the other during an ad- dress by an unpopular professor. The Harvard idea of humor is wondrousiy de- veloped
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

It IS pleasant relief learn that the Senators who have been at San Quentin there on official bus- and were permitted to depart when they got ready. II all goes well there will be some other serv ants of the public there before long and they will have to stay until their sentences have expired
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

Worden's confession Of the guilt of several othe, men will be interesting reading to these men. It is useless to deny that there has been impression that Worden was no worse than others. That they escaped may be no reason for permitting him to do so but it IS circumstance bound to stir human sym pathy.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

Miss Hostess-How did you ever guess that I wear bloomers?
 Miss Guest-Because your balusters shine so nice.-Cincinnati Enquirer
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont gomery street. Telephone Main l042
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

THE best appetizer and regulator of the diges tive organs is ANGosTURA BTrTKRs, prepared bv DR. T. G. B. SIEGERT & SONS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

Sam Waller is likely to gather from his experience as member of the Board of Education quite lib- eral education in the matter of morals.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10
AUCTION SALES.

Butterield-Thts day, Feoruary It, AuFkisn 1l6 Suter street. at , and F. M
 By F. J. Barth-Ths day, February To- Furniture at W Nc Allister II o'clock
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

If Mir Waller is really glad that the charges against him have been brought to the attention of the Grand Jury he is getting in line with the general consensus of opinion The public is glad, too.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

Alter murderer has confessed it is of course proper to show that he did not know what he was talking about. To impugn his veracity is the bounden duty of any lawyer who sees fee in the task
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

Probably the report that warshps are moving mys- teriously means that the Texas is taking another jaunt across lots.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

Opera Comique have made her favorlfe with the Parisians, has just returned 10 France after brilliant season of opera at the Mercadante Theater Naples.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

IRRITATION OF THE THROAT AND HoARsENEss are immediately relieved by " BroCn's Bronchial Troches." Have them always ready
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

Sending soldiers to the Klondike will be a severe test of their patriotism. If they do not desert they will prove that they have good material in them
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10

The Rev. MT. Rader. in attacking the poorooms, has set an excellent example for the police to fol- low.