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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27
The New Skirt.

When the pleated skirt is made to
lie fiat over the hips it is now further
supplemented by jacket that is also
in pleats, and which in shape is be-
tween a bolero and an Eton. 1t has
n turned down collar and small lapels,
and is fastened either with n jew
eled clasp. a strap Of black satin c.
velvet with gilt buttons. or with ros-
cites and long ends of chiffon. In
shape it is much shorter at the back
than in front, and the pleats are
sewed so that the figure does not, as
might be supposed, appear thick and
clumsy. This style is very much used
now with the silk gowns as well as
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27

hot countries, suspended in drafts and
reduced in temperature by means of
the rapid evaporation of the moisture
from the outside.
The belief that the borax marshes
are the remains of the vast lake which
once filed the valley is supported by
traces of water-line found 600 feet
above, on the mountain sides.
In general appearance all borax
marshes are alike. They are located
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27
Where the Y. +. s. G. n. WIN Meet.

The Young Peoples Society of Chris
tian Endeavor opens soon worlds
session in London, End will hold its
convention in the Alexandra Palace,
which resembles the Madison Square
Garden, New York City.
The palace is just beyond the out
skirts of London proper and has a ca
pacity for lodging and boarding 5000
Endeavorers, as well as giving ample
room for their meetings. The banquet
hall of the palace will be divided of
into dormitories, enough of them to
hold 1900 young women. This ar
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27

plant that fiourlshes under the most
arid conditions, here barely survives,
while the mesquite. with its long roots
penetrating deep into the earth in
bearch of scanty moisture. just man
hges to exist.
A party Of enterprising agricultur-
lists once experimental with growing
kruit and vegetables In this region, an
large profits in the early
marketing of their crops. The attempt
WAS a complete failure, the intenc'
heat whitening the plants, notwith-
standing copious supplies of water and
the most skillful cultivation. In the
higher attitudes of the Panamints
Bhete are numerous valleys with flow
streams. In these fruits are cult
ted, and reach the market two
bnths before the California products
lture.
The prevailing winds In Death Val
are from the west. Though origin
lin the Pacific Ocean and satu-
18th humidity in travelling the in
ediate distance, they are inter-
led by the lofty peaks of four
)ges of mountains, which absorb all
their moisture, so that by the time
hey reach the valley all humidity has
disappeared, and no living thing can
Survive the intense heat. Even birds,
indigenous to the region. die.
1t is in the months of greatest heat
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27
Blanched Ra,ions For MILK Production.

Most farmers now understand the
necessity of giving milk-producing
food to the milch COW IL she Is to
keep up her production, but many do
not pay any attention to the food
given to ewej and sows when they
are sucking young, and they go to
one of the two extremes, rs may have
been their previous habit of feeding.
or as may be the food they have
or can buy at the lowest price. The
result Ia that while one man will have
the mothers growing fat while the
lambs and pigs are not growing at
all. because they do not have milk
enough. another will have them look
ing plump and round at the expense
of the dam who turns all her food
into milk. There is ms much need of
a balanced ration for them. that will
cause n good milk production, and at
the same time keep up n fair amount
of flesh and strength, rs there is for
the milch cows.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27

casing the arm like l'ng, tight glove.
either fat and snug, II the arm Is
plump, or wrinkled its whole length,
IL oyer-slender The best of the sum
mer models are lined with q firm but
thin plable silk and have as rule
an under-arm piece. The sleeve Is
made with two seams.
The majority of sleeves are tight up
TO the top of the arm. There they ex-
pand somewhat to allow of being prop
erly adjusted to the armlio.e, and any
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27
Easy to Pick the Winner.

They made wager as to which
could give story the widest. circula-
tion In the shortest time.
One of them had it manifolded on
the typewriter and sent 1t to every
newspaper In the town.
The other merely told It to his wife
Sin strict confidence"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27

located in n region the most forbid
ding, remote from the railroad and Of
fering almost unsurmountable difficult
ties in the reduction and marketing of
their product, but their richness and
extent, compared to all other fields,
soon Caused them to be regarded as
the principal source of supply for the
future production Of borax in the Uni.
ted States.
The works employ from 400 TO 1000
men. The crude borate of lime is first
passed through rock breakers and is
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27

dust. AZ all times the aspect OF the
valley is superlatively desolate. No
spot on earth surpasses 1t in aridity or
tophct-lke heat
During the heated term an hour
without water means death. Meat be-
comes putrid in an hour. Eggs are
cooked in the blistering sand. Water
Is only palatable by means of large po-
rous earthenware Jars, common to all
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27

pletely divorced. The carbonlc acid
unites with the lime, which yields bo.
racic acid, the latter with small por-
tlon of soda and the result is borax in
solution. The liquor is then drawn Off
into tanks, where the borax in crystal.
lizing attaches itself to small steel
rods and hooks altogether like great
sticks of rock candy. The sediment
contained in the mixing tanks is com.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27

posed largely of sand and dirt with
considerable borax mixed. The de-
post is passed through filter press,
which presses the dirt and allows the
borax liquor to pass away to be util-
lied again. Repeated over and over
again, the last remnant of borax Is
finally secured by this process.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27
To Cure Collar Calls.

At night rub air-slacked lime on the
sore. The next morning apply grease
or sweet oil. For hardening horses
shoulders, nothing equals n strong tea
made by sleeping white oak bark, be-
ing careful to peal the bark down
TO the wood. Apply frequently, say
twice n day.
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! FARM TOPICS |
Good Poultry Food.

One of the best poultry foods for in.
ducing egg production is COW peas.
They may be fed whole to adult stock
or cracked for chicks. They are highly
heterogeneous and are superior to cora
or wheat. Another cxcellont poultry
food is rape, which may be grown on
all kinds of soil
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27

Eton jackets and boleros are boon
to the mother who likes to dress her
halfgrown girl becomingly. There Is
nothing more jaunty and becoming
TO her immature figure. II Is quite as
becoming to her rs to the older sister.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27

extra fullness Is taken up by short
darts, which are pressed fiat. The bot
tom of the sleeve extends beycnd the
wrist, whether 1t Is cut In points,
rounded, fared or simply left plain
and straight
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27

One of the longer cares has yoke
effect around H. shoulders and from
that hangs side pleats stitched part
way down, as in the skirts of gowns.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27
BORATE MINES IN DEATH VALLEY.

that the sand storms Of Death Valley
are most deadly. Then rage with in
tense fury. obliteratlng the landscape
and thinning the light of the sun,
withtting the scanty vegetation and
covering the trails deep In powdered
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27

then ground to the fineness Of -four by
means of rolls and burr stones. 1t is
then. with small proportion of car
Donate OF soda. thrown into digester.
where under heat. pressure and agIta-
tion the existing atinlties are CON-
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THE E@I@TS OF fNShION.

New York City (Specin).-The new
shapes in dress sleeves are legion.
The foundation or basis of most of
the popular styles is n trim shape, er
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27

vas tops and white heels, and laced
them with white silk"
Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-18
Pointed Paragraphs

Chicago News A traveller in desert is
a well-wisher.
There is no better mirror than a tricd and
true friend.
To believe that a task is impossible is to
make 1t so.
OF all the practices of love, praise is the
most treacherous.
A man gains strength every time he admits
his own weakness.
Every man you meet is willing to admit
that he was once Il fool.
A public speaker isn't necessarily a thief
because he takes the floor.
An old bachelor says that weeds are not
weeds when they become widows.
Some people are like clocks: they are GO
ing all the time, but never get anywhere.
Every man Is bound to hear the truth oc-
casionally even If he doesn't recognize it,
Pharaoh's daughter wasn't "A broker, but
she got li,tle prophet from the rushcs on
the bank.
Don't think because a man is short of
stature that he was brought up ola con
densed milk.
1t is the easiest thing in the world to see
that wealth is a curse-so long as the other
fellows monopollze it.
It's a poor horse race at this season of
the year that doesn't bring light ovorcoat
to the three ball merchant.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-18
November 1S, 1900.

and foulceley imprisoned for him said
W $ Selverel days and knights in
the Princeton Jail county of Calwcll Ky.
says said Companey by its agent or
servents or imployee of said Companey or
defendant illinois centerel Raail Road
Companey did gave Whiskey to Said Boy
W S and made him Drunk and un-
comsious and helpless and While i'm this
condision put Said Boy in Said Jail de.
priveing him of his free right of liberty.
and thereby in the damage to the Plaintiif
in the Some of Nineteen numbered dollars"
Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-18

poorly dressed Climbing over the bow
he said to the crowd:
Ladies and gentlemen, Bryan is going
to be elected and / might as well do II
now" A fellow passenger grabbed him.
He diveu off without another word, nearly
dragging the passenger with him. The
boat was stopped, but he sank before as
sistance could reach him.
"Aun.ie' Fields of Harrisburg, Pa, an
aged colored domestic, who had long suf-
fered from heart disease, was awakened by
the cheering of the republicans Tuesday
night
Putting her head out of the window she
asked who was elected When told that
Mckinley had been elected by great ma
jority she cried: "Hurrah for Old Glory"
and fell over on the bed dead.
Spectators along Olive street. between
Ninth and Tenth, st. Louis, were aston
ished about $3.50 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing at n young white woman walking
proudly down the street hanging on the
arm OF a huge negro. The young woman
carried a large banner, on one side of
which was inscribed: I'm sorry I'm
democrat" and en- the other side: Bryan
Is dead to the world"
Following them were about fifteen laugh
ing young women of the same party. The
procession was the result of an election
bet, The woman was Miss Kitty Brossart
OF 26i2 Washington avenue, Il clerk in the
Office of a local magazine and an enthusl-
astic democrat. and 81 Clark colored, "A
porter in the Office of the same magazine
republican. II. L, Nichols, secretary OF
Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-18
THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.

one day walking along the street leading
"A street boy with either hand. what in
the world are you doing, Parkman?" asked
the friend. II found that Johnny here had
eaten all OF the apple instead Of dividing
1t with his little brother. I am going to
buy another for the younger boy and make
Johnny watch him while he eats it."
Lord Larsdowne, who Is slated for the
head of the British Foreign Office. appears
to have been born to the purple. He has
been In public life about thirty years and
during that time has been lord of the
treasury, under secretary OF war, under see
retary for India, governor general OF Can
ada, governor general OF India and sine.
1885 secretary Of war and yet he is rated
man OF moderate talents and is tremen-
dously unpopular with the people.
very comfortable income is that now be-
ing drawn by Count Won Waldersee field
marshal commanding the German forces in
China. AS commanding officer he receives
the equivalent of about $500 a month Amer
lean money, besides $3.50 as field marshal and
an allowance of $500 table money, from
which he must pay for his entertainments
and feed his staff. In addition to all this
he has II certain sum for rations. the whole
being at the rate of about $4,000 a year.
Soon after | arrived in this country on
my present visit" says Bishop Partridge
tEpiscopaD Of Kioto, Japan, who is a gradu-
ate of Yale, 81 was invited to university
club dinner and was told that | was to speak
to the toast of Yale University When I
arose in my turn my fellow banqueters cried
vociferously, Never mind Yale old man
talk to us in Chinese | entered into their
spirit and for twenty-five minutes | Grated
In Chinese. What did | say? Suffice 1t to
say that | spoke only the court dialect. The
strangest part about IL Is that all present
seemed to enjoy II even more than did"
The London Daily Mail says that the
father OF General Kitchener was a strict dis
cipinarian and that on one occasion when
Herbert was at a public school and was
working for certain examination 1t was
reported to his father that he was iding.
The report did not please Colonel Kitchener
and he told the future conqueror Of the
mahdi that unless he succeeded in passing
public school for him for the present, for
he would be taken away and sent to walk In
the solemn procession Of pupils OF a dame $
school. II he failed there he should be ap-
prenticed to a halter. In spite OF these
threats young Kitchener failed, and there
upon dropped out OF his place In the public
school and was In the ranks that
walked through the streets, two and two,
escorted by the good woman OF whom his
father had spoken. When he again went in
for his examination he passed, and so did
not become a halter.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-18
VOTED FOR M'KINLEY.
DON'T SHOOT.
The loser wore across his back:
AM A BRYAN FOOL.
HIT ME.

The advice was taken by crowd Of
newsboys The winner of the bet was Ru-
fus B. Nassau a member of the Seventh
regiment. He who walked was Steve
Floyd, an advertising man.
The start was from the Gerard hotel, in
Forty-fourth street. The party went down
Broadway to the Rossmore and then back
again In accordance with the bets to /
the winner wheeled the loser one block
out of three.
A feature of the parade was the liberal
use Of eggs in the hands OF temporarily
hostile friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-18
Incidents of the Election

Wearied with the labors OF the day,
which consisted chiefly OF explaining
to his wondering visitors the causes
that had contributed to the over
throw of the party and It's candidates
at the polls two or three days be.
fore, the member OF the national commit
tee had fallen asleep in the train on which
he was travelling homeward, reports the
Chicago Tribune.
There came n terrific jar. The train had
run into an open switch and was humping
along over the ties.
The shock threw the committeeman from
his berth.
Hardly half awake, he rose up, crawled
back into the berth and muttered drows-
ily
81 wonder what state we're hearing from
now"
One OF the saddest OF the freak election
bets is that which a New York broker is
expected to pay. He pinned his faith to
Bryan. and as an unhappy consequence he
is doomed to risk his life Is an encounter
with Joe Walcott. the colored pugilst.
The manner in which the bet Is to be
paid Is amusing, He Is to approach Wal
colt, whom he has never seen in his life.
and, tapping him lightly on the cheek he
Is to remark In sing song voice, "Pat-
a-cake, pat-a-cake, bakers man. roll II
and pat II as fast as you can" As Mr..
Walcott Is n colored person OF much dig
nifty and equal deXterity with his fists the
result of this familiarity Is expected to be
extremely unpleasant.
Jones, Methodist OF Gentryville, Mo.
n few years ago bet two-months' old
calf against a colt owned by Smith, Bap-
tist, OF the same town, that the prophet
Jonah was Methodist. The bet was
finally decided in favor of Smith, on the
ground that Jonah was immersed The
same two men made another curious wager
before the election, II Dockery received a
majority of so 900 or less Smith agreed to
become n member OF the Methodist church
for one year; II Dockery's majority ran
ran anywhere from $4,000 to 20 900, Jones
was to become n Baptist for one year. II
the majority was over 10000 all bets were
to be OF In the contract they agreed not
only to attend the other church in case
the bet was lost, but to go through all the
ceremonies necessary to join. Jones
agreed, on becoming a Baptist to be i'm.
mersed, and Smith agreed to be sprnkled
when the baptsmal rite was performed
Dockery's plurality was 47,000,
Believing that Bryan had been elected
an unknown man committed suicide in New
York by jumping from the ferryboat Lack
awanna when 1t was in the middle OF the
North river. He was middle-aged aud
Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-18
Told Out of Court


eminent lawyers on a certain question Of
law the other day.
Yeast-Were their opinions the same?
Yes s25 each"
witness in New York court named
Fish, when asked what his occupation was,
said: Il follow the sea-" and the lawyer,
who was questioning sad-right off hand,
without a moments hesitation, mind you:
ITS eminently proper for a fish to fol-
low the sea"
Missouri judge, speaking dsrespect- =
fully concerning the opinion of learned
college professor as to the power Of suction
exerted by a moving train upon a boy
standing beside the track. said Neither
courts nor juries are required to believe 1t.
II they do, the esophagi of their creduli-
ties must be abnormally enlarged"
A literal copy of the allegations Of what
the plaintiffs attorney endorsed as a
"Petion" against the "Illnois centeral
Raail Road Companeny," is as follows
as next friende of W S., who is un-
der n years of age and her Son and his
father is dead 2nd says that said de-
fendany by its agents and servents or i'm
ployees to wit, one mr. Taylor did on or
about January 1900 Arrest or have arrested
Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-18

WITH NATIVE PONY.
have been talking OF game with the
winner of the eastern championship. The
Nebraska team has made "A very creditabe
showing but must wait until II meets the
Minnesota kickers before II can be classed
among the top -notchers
Nebraska not only furnished a regiment
OF volunteers for service In the Philippines
but has many young men serving the volun-
teer regiments recruited under the act of
March 2, 1899. On another page we print
picture of n group OF Nebraska young
men now on duty in the Philippines with
the Thirty second volunteer infantry. They
are mostly from Hastings Ncb.. and com.
pose the Ninth squad. Company L. in
charge of Corporal John Houser who Is
also shown in another picture with his
native pony, He has since been trans
fcrrcd to General Grants scouts
Mr.. ID. $. Collins n Bryan democrat
made wager with j. ID. Wilson. n repub-
lican, that Bryan would carry Nebraska by
$4,000 majority, Should he lose he would
carry large banner strapped about his
neck and parade up and down the main
business streets of Omaha, hurrahng for
President Mckinley, The wager com
PEELED him to cover thirty blocks or two
miles The picture shows Mr.. Collins
cheerfully paving the wager, They are
personal friends and both splendid fellows
Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-18

the magazine, is also a republican and was
the maker of the bet with Miss Brossart.
d
The sense of humor OF the Tenderlon
Broadway, relates the New York Times. is
nearly as broad as the blocks near Forty
second street so Wednesday night Broad
way smiled, at first mystified, then under
standingly, when two young men and a
wheelbarrow appeared in the middle Of the
street. The young men wore long duck
outer garments and Panama straw hats.
One rode and the other wheeled him. He
who rode had attached to his person a
sign which, he explained, he wore merely
for protection. 1t read:
Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-18
Pen and Picture Pointers

The picture used for a frontispicce this
week speaks for itself. II is appropriate
to the season and will be pleasant re-
mndCr To the true sportsman who enjoys
a few days vacation when the quail and
the prairie chicken are abroad in the land
While Nebraska Is becoming more densely
populated each year yet there are many
places within the bounds of the state that
are known to the man who owns n good
hunting piece and a favOritc dog. Hunting
wild game Is n sport that Is enjoyed by the
clergy as well as the layman and business
man.
Frank G. Carpenter in his letter tells
of the great natural resources of China.
There Is big money In that country for
those who may be fortunate enough to
secure control of the vast coal and iron
fields, which are soon to be opened to the
world. The richest coal fields of the globe
have already been mOrtgagcd by "A Pekin
syndicate which has "A capital of $50, ,OOO, 900
China's copper deposits and its possible
gold and silver concessions are almost be
yond the comprehension of man There
are fortunes in building stone and Carpen-
ter tells how one Yankee will make
Chinese tombstones to supply the Ameri-
can market.
Great interest Is being manifested in the
battles on the gridiron between the teams
representing the leading colleges and state
universities and this interest Is not con
fined to the east, as II was n few years ago
within the last three years the western
teams have entered the same class with
Yale, Harvard and Princeton Since the
victory OF the Iowans over Michigan at
Detroit. the managers OF the Hawkeyes
Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-18
About Noted People

II might almost be said that at present
the Cecil family is running the British
empire. Lord Salisbury, head OF the
Cecil family, will continue to be prime
minister; Lord Cranbourne, his son, under
secretary for foreign affairs; Lord Sell
borne, his n-in-law, at the head OF the
admiralty; Arthur Balfour, his nephew.
first lord OF the treasury and leader of the
House of Commons, and Gerald Balfour
another nephew, secretary OF Ireland
Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-18

Francis Parkman, the historian, had q
Mosaic idea of justice. A friend met him
Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-18

Believing that Bryan had been elected
an unknown man committed suicide in New
York by jumping from the ferryboat Lack
awanna when 1t was in the middle Of the
North river He was middle-aged and