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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-29
hUMoR OF THE DAY.

Hoax-"What's good for removing
superiuous hair" Joax-"Have you
tried n razor?"
after all." asserted the youthful
machine politician, Il believe in ring
methods" "Ob GcorGer she cried.
"ths Is so dden."-Chicago Post.
"Do you mean to insnuate that
can't tell the truth?" "By no means.
II Is impossible to say what n man can
do until he tries. s."-Chicago Post.
Willie "say. pop, what is con-
science?" Willies Pa-"Conscience.
my boy. Is that within which tells ~
when somebody else is doing wrong
Set boy TO digging garden,
And you may prognosticate.
Ere you've safely turned the corner
That same boy'll be digging boit
Chicago Record.
Nell-"Arc you sure he Is trusiwor-
lhyT Bcllc-"Well. | put him TO the
test last night" Noll-"What did you
doy' Belief loaned him my um-
brella."
Invalid to sympathzins callerj-"My
dear, | have lost nearly all my hair."
Literal Child-"I know where 1t is,
mamma; | saw II in your dressing
table drawer."-IIarper' Bazaar.
"Stickney Jones never seems to want
my but cold commercial relations with
me-" 'Is that SO? Wei, owe him
money, and he keeps our commercial
relations hot."-Indianapolls Journal.
A mans good deeds live after him
When he departs this life :,
But if they're deeds for real estate
In court there may be st.Iie.
st. Louis Post-Dspatch.
"That woman tried to beat me down
on the price of quinlne" what did
she sayT "She said / ought to make
1t ten cents cheaper because she had
to pay her little boy TO take it."-Chi-
cago Record.
Old Lady (pointing TO elevated rail-
roadJ-"Where do them cars 20 to-"
City Man (hurriedly)-"Almost any
where you want, ma'am." old Lady
Land sakes! l thought they had to
stay on the ralls."-New York Weekly.
Teacher-"The sentence in the lesson
Is, He went there ont of idle curiosity
How would you define idle curiosity?
Give an instance, IL one occurs to you"
Bad Boy-"Well, think mummy is
about as idle curiosity as any know
Of, ma'am."
Bride (weeping)-"You complain
about the meals already, and thought
you might at least close one eye to the
cooking the first month we were mar
rlcd." The Hungry Husband-"My
dear, have closed both eyes. but
things don't taste any better" File
gende Blaetter.
Mr.. Hauskeep-"My wife broke d
fairy lamp. two vases, and a cut-glass
flower-stand in our parlor last evening,
but she accomplished her purpose"
Mr. Ascum-"For goodness sake. what
was her purpose" Mr.. Hauskeep-
"To capture n clothes moth she saw
flying around."-Phiiadelphia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-29

The United States leads the world
I'm the amount of the savings of It's
people. Official figures represent that
the savings banks contain 5GST .SlS de-
positors whose total deposits amount
to S2,230, ,336054. France, Germany
and Great Britain have each more de-
posltors, as their people have learned
more thoroughly through the pinch Of
adversely the value of the lesson Of
saving, but no other country approach
es this in the aggregate of the money
saved.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-29

1t has been matter of note in liter
ary circles that the recent tendenc,
In the higher class of novels has been
to add age to the heroes and heroines
of the love episodes. Recently pub
lished statistics show that something
of that sort has been going on In rea,
life. Men and women figuring in the
marriages Of 1898 averaged .O5 of n
year older than those of 1897. And
going back further, the difference is
seen to have been part Of n steady
growth. In 1874 there were "a bride
grooms out of 1000 and DOT brides out
Of 1000 below the age of II. In lsvS
these numbers had shrunk to 81 and
ITO, respectively. II would he an in
teresting object of speculative inquiry
whether -hc ""vf's '"vr bod an IN.
eucnce in this direction, or II this
sto;y-writ. ~ Lave l.e.eiy reflected a
tendency which they discovered
through their studies Of men and
women.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-29
Made Her Proud.

The late Canon Lyttelton. Of Glou-
cester, England. when rector Of Hag-
ley. was fond of scientific teaching.
and formed a class in his school for
physiology. After few lectures he
received a letter from the mother OF
one of his pupils, saying: Reverend
Sir-Please not to teach Susan any
thing more about her inside; it makes
her proud"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-29

Scene painting has become some
thing of high art in London. In a
recent dramatic production three
scenes painted by two London women
of fine artistic talents were given
lengthy notices by the art critics.
This seems 20 open a new fed for
both amateur and professional brush
wieldcrs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-29

II has been discovered that sea gui's
nre the salvation of New York city.
There are estimated TO be at least one
million of them that resort to that hnr-
Dor for feeding, and twice Il day shey
relieve the sea from the garbage that
Is cast upon Il.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-29

A peculiarlty of the attendance In the
public schools of Manila Is the great
excess of boys over girls, this being
true of the high schools as well as of
those of lower grade. 1t is a manlfes-
tation of the local belief that while
education may be desirable for boys
IL is of little use for the girls.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-29

The new debt percaplta In the United
States. which was $50 In 1913, Is
now $40. according to official treasury
report, and the interest charge per
capita on the debt which was S2.3o IN
1873, is now 80 cents.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-29

A Pennsylvania man has Invented
a powder that is not only smokeless
but nolselcss. What first rate pow.
der for fire-crnckcrsl
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-29

The extensive arid regions of north.
ern Mexico are to be irrigated by
canals from aid extended by the Fed
eral and State governments
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-29

The aging OF timber. which formerly
required long storage, is now COM
pleted by electricity In few hours.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-29
MIS- T AKEN.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
by G. u.

(Eo ONE, papa, tea is ready"
called the CHEEKY voice of
Kitty Irving, as she heard
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-01
BoorsLACk TO SENATOR.

Timothy Dry Dollar" Sullivan is a
unique figure in New York politics
who has been brought into public no
tice lately by his antagonism to the
movement against gambling and other
| forms of vice in the metropolis. IL ls
but natural that Sullivan should not
be in sympathy with such campaign
He was born and has thrived in the
atmosphere of which District Attorney
Gardiner is trying to rid New YORK
and he sees no harm in 1t.
Sullivan began life as a bootblack.
Now he is leader in the state senate
He was born in New York thirty-seven
years ago and his boyhood was spent
around the Five Points, where he
BACKED shoes and sold papers and was
a leader of the gamins. AS soon as he
could vote the politicians took him up
and at twenty-three he WAS able to de-
mapd a nomination for the assembly.
He has been in Office ever since. never
tasting defeat. Since 1892 he has been
in the senate. He has maintained MS
influence by befriending such of his
constituents as ran afoul of the law,
by organizing relief movements for
the poor, and by giving Dry Dollar
Sullivan picnics and balls to which the
voters of his district are invited. He
has a host of relatives, all OF whom
live in his district and every one OF
whom receives aid from the senator.
When he moved into the upper house
of the legislature he had his nephew.
Timothy P. Sullivan, better known as
Boston Tim" elected to the assembly.
Although he is looked up to as very
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-01
THE MAcAsEBE SCOUTS
Filipino Natives Who Have Proved
Great Aid to Uncle sam.


Great Aid to Uncle Sam.
Capt. Mathew A. Batson, originator
of the now celebrated Macabebe scouts,
who played SO important part IN the
recent campaign in northern Luzop, is
now in this country and will submit a
proposition to the secretary of war to
the effect that regiment of Macabebc
cavalry be formed to fight the insur-
gents and ladrones on their own
ground and after their own fashion
Capt. Batson is most enthusiastic In
his commentator of the Macabebes as
soldiers and he will urge the formation
of cavalry regiment as a result of his
six months experience at the head of
the first command of Filipino soldiers
ever enrolled under the Stars and
Stripes. "The Macabebes are born
swimmers" he says. Whenever we
came to river there was never any
hesitation about crossing it. The COM
mand would march up and into it with
scarcely so much as a preliminary halt.
and / found, to my establishment, that
every man could swim, and swim well.
l rode a Filipino pony during the
greater part of my service in the field
with my Macabebes, and l soon learned
that the ponies swan as well as the
men, or very nearly so. The idea soon
occurred to me that picked organize
ton of Macabebes on Filipino ponies
would be most powerful force in end
ing the lawlessness in the island of
LuZon. / know no more about the
other Philippine islands than you do,
and not so much. I'm sure. But LII
ION | do know pretty well, and regi-
ment. such as | will urge, could follow
the instructors and ladrones wherever
they might go and so rapidly as to eff
feet their complete disorganization-
You see. the Macabebes live off the
country. They therefore require no
wagon train and all they need is am
munition. They can live on very lit
tie and as for water. there is really no
need to carry a special supply beyond
that which each man carries in his
canteen. Once in while the men
suffer a little for water, but these pc
RODS are never of long duration The
enemy will, as he is harder pressed.
seek the swamps and bays and into
and through these he must be pursued.
There are no troops that we can mus
ter in the United States so well adapt
ed to this peculiar warfare as the Ma
cabebes. They know the country and
they hate the Tagalogs, and they are
splendid fighters. The ponies. besides,
being good swimmers. are strong
little brutes and every Macabebe can
ride"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-01
WITHOUT FUEL.
This Engine Runs, Furnishing ConIder-
able Power,

A new power engine. which is oper-
ated without fuel steam. electricity or
other propelling force. is the invention
of w. G. Simons. of this city. The
machine is the nearest to perpetual
motion that can be made, and is in
successful operation. The invention is
simple and inexpensive. 1t consists
of two upright axles, between which
steel balls work upon worms. The
weight of the balls forms the power.
There is no fuel. no water, no trouble.
All the expense of operation is for lu-
bricating oil, and the machine will run
until it is worn out, without any atten-
ton except to check 1t when not in use.
The plan is simple. There is one up
right axle. about which is constructed
a worm, arranged so that it winds
quite closely. Held against this worm
are case-hardened steel balls, kept
there by a groove, out of which they
cannot move sideways. At the base of
this is cog wheel moving in the same
direction as the worm, and this works
into another cog wheel, which oper-
ates another upright axle. upon whic.
is another worm. The second worm
is only one-sixth the diameter of the
first one, and the coils of the worm are
four times as far apart. The principle
fthe machine is that while four balls
are descending on the large worm one
ball is being forced up on the small one
and moves up with four times the rap
idity with which it had come down.
This keeps four balls descending while
one is being elevated, and after it has
descended it drops back again to con-
meet with the large worm. There is
a governor at the top to check the
speed of the machine. Mr.. Simons has
model. a very small affair. to which
he has attached sewing machine but
even with this he finds too much
power. 1t is estimated that these ma
chimes may be made to develop high
power, although the cheapness of con-
struction would probably favor more
machines and not such large ones
where great power is needed. The
larger and taller these machines the
greater the gravity and consequent
increase in speed and power.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-01

the heart of little Frances with de-
light. 1t was during these early strug-
giles that she conceived the plan of
sending a story to the magazines. Her
sisters sold grapes for the postage
which carried her first effort to the
publisher. From that time forward
Mrs. Burnett's ascent to fame and
wealth was easy as the proverbial des-
cent to Avernus.
Her first story was published in 1857
and the products of her pen have beer
in big demand since that time. The
creator of Fauntleroy was celebrated
as clever story writer and romancer
at twenty-four, and 1t was at that age,
in 1878, that she married DR.. Burnett.
Almost since that time Mrs. Burnett
has lived In Washington. That Lass
O. Lowrie's, one of her most widely
read stories, was written and publish
ed in 1877. From this success dated
her career as book writer
Mrs. Burnett first met Townsend in
a professional capacity. Since then
they have been almost inseparable. He
was the cause of her divorce from her
husband-an act that alienated many
of her friends.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-01
GOLD SEEKERS NOW WHEEL OVER THE FROZEN YUKON

Travelling in the Klondike has now
become pleasure instead of a hard
ship, writes a Dawson City corre-
spondent under date of February 10.
The mighty Yukon river has been con-
verted into winter bicycle path, and
you can wheel from Dawson City to
Circle City along probably the most
picturesque path in the world.
Since the Yukon has become solidly
frozen there has been a boom in
cycling. Every one who has a wheel
lie spinning along the glossy surface
Of the river, and bicycle parties and
bicycle clubs are now more discussed
than gold. In word, the Klondike
has the wheeling craze, and has it bad.
The bicyclists in the states who
heretofore have boosted of their CEN
fury runs on hard dirt roads have had
tame sport compared with the wheel
men of the Klondike. Imagine taking
a century spin along a frozen river
walled along the sides with snow-clad
mountains, that sparkle like millions
of diamonds. Think of a scene like
this: of river frozen solid and per-
fectly smooth for a distance of 365
miles. This is the wonderful road
that is open to the cyclists of this part
of the world, and they are making the
best of it. The record trip of the Arc
tic cycling season was made in Febru
airy by Morris Levy, between Dawson
and Circle City. The distance be-
tween the two points is 1865 miles. Levy
made it in three days and four hours,
or at gait of better than 100 miles
day.
Among those starting over the Daw-
son-Nome trail last month were two
women. both riding bicycles. AS
many as GOO persons have started on
the long journey of 1000 miles over
the ice with dog teams for Nome.
Among them are women, chiefly va
riety actresses. The daily departures
from Dawson to Nome run from ten
to twenty men.
The finding of SCI nugget on No.
Guy Gulch and the combined sensa-
tional returns from Sulphur Creek,
particularly No. 49, are the principal
features of the Klondike mining situa-
ton
A conservative estimate of the years
output at Dawson is s30,000,000. No.
46 is literally alive with gold. Care
less washing in the rush to get out the
gold has not yet shown pan bearing
less than Sc. One yesterday netted $50.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-01

Among Westerns the French and
among Orientals the Chinese are the
most stay-at-home nations of the
world. Frenchmen are met with in all
parts of the world. but their thoughts
are always turning toward the happy
days when they can once more return
to La Belle France and breathe the air
OF the boulevards. The Frenchman
never willingly expatriates himself for
life. The Chinaman, on the other
hand, is a stay-at-home by religion.
He thinks that his hope of salvation
depends upon ending his days in the
Celestial Empire, and he is careful to
provide that II he dies in foreign
land, his coffin. with his remains, shall
be sent back to China. The frightful
over-population of the Chinese empire
has driven Cinnamon into all quarters
of the world. especially to Australia,
but they always hope to return to
their own land. The Hindu loses caste
If he leaves his native country. but
he is a member Of a religion rather
than of a race. and as a set-off the
Mohammedans, who form a very large
proportion of the Indian empire, are
the most persistent pilgrims on the
face of the earth.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-01
MRS. F. H. BURNETT
WHOSE RECENT MARRIAGE IS
A SURPRISE.
It Also Proved = Source of Regret to
Several Admirers - Story of Her
Struggle for = Position Among Great
Author.

The recent marriage Of Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett to Stephen Town
send, the English physician-actor has
created much interest, and not little
surprise in this country. When she
left Washington a few years ago she
positively declared that she did not
have the slightest intention of marry
ing again, and yet she married almost
Immediately after reaching Genoa,
Italy, where Mr.. Townsend was stay
ing.
Mrs. Burnett's life has not been all
roses. Her literary successes, great
as they were in every respect, did not
bring her joy. She is said ia have
spent few happy days since she played
with her sisters under the blue skies
and in the understanding woods of
sunny Tennessee. Mrs. Burnett Is
now fifty-one years old, and she has
been a bread winner ever since she
was fifteen. She was born in Man
chester, England, and came to Ameri-
ca with her mother and sisters in 1863
The family was so poor that the little
which she could earn as country
school teacher was most welcome.
The change from the tall factory
chimney scenes of Manchester to the
open. new country of Tennessee, filled
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-01

In the Church of All Saints in Cairo
took place lately an interesting cere-
mony, where an infant memorial of the
overthrow of khalifadom in Africa was
christened in the presence of a large
gathering of English people and under
the auspices of Queen Victoria. The
small heroine of the gathering was the
daughter of Col. Sir Reginald Wingate
(pasha, sirdar of the Egyptian army
and governor of the Sudan) and of
Lady Wingate. The queen, represented
by the Hon. Mrs. Talbot, was the prin-
cipal godmother. The child was
born the day after Sir Reginald
Wingate's victory over the khalifa at
ON Debrikat, where the dervishes were
routed and the kbalifa killed. Her
majesty presented diamond pendant
to her godchld who also received
handsome cup from Lord Cromer, a
golden cross from the bishop of Jeru-
salem, who performed. the ceremony.
and diamond cross from Sir r. Slatin
The child was christened Victoria Alex
andrina Catherine.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-01

put TO the sword every man. woman
and child of them, not sparing even
those Italians and Sicilians who had
married Frenchmen. This example
was followed. after brief interval, by
Messina and the other towns. and the
massacre soon became general over
the island; the French were hunted
like wild beasts, and dragged even
from the churches where they vainly
thought Themselves safe. More than
5000 of them were slain by the Paler-
mitans alone. The 600th anniversary
of the Sicllian Vespers was celebrated
with much enthusiasm in Palermo in
1882
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-01

cement. Removed to temporary vault.
For several years the Lincoln monu-
ment at Springfield has steadily fallen
into decay. 1t was completed seven
teen years ago, after fifteen years of
labor. Soon after 1t was finished the
base of the knoll on which it rested be-
gan to shift. Gaping seams appeared
in the masonry, and the monument,
which was one of the finest in the
country, has long been in danger of
total collapse. Recently enough money
was appropriated by the state legis-
lature to raze the old structure and re-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-01
NO REST FOR LINCOLN.
Remains of the Msrtyred President
Again In New Abode.

Rsmains of the Martyred President
Again In New Abode
Fate seems to have denied rest to
the great emancipation even in death.
When the body of Abraham Lincoln
was taken to a temporary vault in Oak
Ridge cemetery, at Springfield. ILL.,.
few days ago. 1t marked the eleventh
removal of the remains of the mar
tyred president. For thirty-fve years
the metallic casket has been shifted
hither and thither to meet the exigen-
cies of time and change. The fol-
lowing table gives the history of the
unquiet remains of Lincoln, from the
time of his death thirty-five years ago:
Died in a house near Ford's theater,
Washington, in which he was assas-
sinated April IA, 1866. Removed to
white house. Removed to capitol
building. Removed to funeral car. Re-
moved to capitol building. Springfield.
ILL., Removed to receiving vault, Oak
Ridge cemetery. Removed to tempo
rary vault. Removed to sarcophagus,
Lincoln monument. Removed to space
between walls. Removed to bed OF
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-01

may have been as strategist, was
never lacking in valor. The result was
a deplorable loss of life among not
only the leaders of the British forces
facing the Beers, but also among the
rank and file, who were led blindly
into Boer traps. Yet, although many
a blue blooded fighter went down I'M
der burgher bullets, England has
plenty of noblemen, and they have
nothing much to do, and they all seem
ready and willing to fight.
The three]dukes at the front at pres
ent are the duke of Marlborough, the
duke of Westminster and the duke of
Roxburghe. The earls include the earl
of Lonsdale, the earl of Essex. the earl
of Warwick, the earl of Enrol. the
earl of Albemarle, the earl of Wicklow.
the earl of Airlie, Earl Granard. Earl
Longford, Earl Dudley, Earl Cowley,
Earl Dundonald, Earl Rosslyn, Earl
de la War;, Earl Sondes and Earl
Beauchamp. In addition to this long
list of earls there are, of course. a
at the front in South Africa. There
are also the heir apparents to the
dukedoms of Atholl. Westminster and
ST. Adams. the marquisate of Lans-
downe, the earldoms of Abingdon
Erne, Gosford, FitZwilliam, Listowel,
Lansborough, Dunmore, Arran, Rose,
Derby, Granard and Radnor. There
is also to be found at the front the
heir of the dukedom of Richmond.
There are likewise a few princes at
present in South Africa, as, fer in
stance, Prince Christian, but these
same princes will all be kept well
away from the firing line, for princes
ARE too big fish to be shot at. Count
Gieichen, who was one of the many
British officers who fell at Modder
river, could claim the relationship of
cousin with Queen Victoria. Prince
Francis OF Teck is also at the seat of
war, but 1t is not likely that he will be
able to claim many Boer scalps when
the struggle is over, as he is there
more as gilded spectator than as a
combatant. ...-s-.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-01

In England it is time-honored ira
dition that there are only two profess
sions which the blue blooded aristoc-
racy. of that country can fittingly fol-
low. One is the diplomatic service,
the other is war. The great majority
of Britain's imperial officers, there
fore. are men of big titles and very
blue blood. Notwithstanding this fact,
however, it will be source OF sur
prise to many to learn that Great Brit
ain has already sent to the battlefields
OF South Africa no less than three
dukes and nineteen earls. to say moth
Ing of a marquise, two viscounts, four
teen ,:barons, and couple. OF dozen
baronets. sr f- s.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-01

counsel. While Mr.. Yerkes IL still
here, he maintains a home in New
York, and is quite as much, IL not
more, in New York as he is here
James w. Ellsworth, capitalist and art
lover, is no longer Of Chicago, and re-
Gently resigned his South Park COM
missionership to reside in New York.
w. H. Moore, the great promoter Of
multi millionaire corporations, has
moved into a Fifth avenue homo he
recently bought. D. G. Reid and w. E.
Refs are among the other Chicago citi-
zens who have given up their allegi-