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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-07-17

bookkeeping are taught. Kings School of
Oratory has gained quite reputation as a first
class school,
The person receiving the third highest num-
Der of votes will be given a $500 course in the
International Correspondence Schools, of Scran-
Pa. A complete commercial course, steno-
graphic course book keeping, complete teach
ers' course, coal mining mechanical drawing,
telegraphy and 60 other courses are taught by
this school. The winner of this prize can take
up $500 course or can have the $500 ap.
piled as part pay on any course the winner may
select.
The person getting the second highest number
of votes can have their choice of the scholarship
in Kings School of Oratory or the Internation-
al Correspondence Schools.
PREMIUM CoUPoNs-Personsp paying their back
subscription, or in advance one year or more,
will be given a premium coupon which will en-
title them to SO votes for each dollar of subscrp
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-07-17
The Summer Cboker.

Chokers are really important fea-
lures on gowns. AS a rule they are
close to the neck, and simple, but
there is always an attempt to trim
them in some original way. A pretty
idea is yoke of lace with the points
of the lace making the bottom Of
the yoke. The same lace covers the
straight choker, with the base of the
choker defined with a line of velvet,
making a little point in front. Above
this are several more velvet lines
that do not meet by several
inches in front and end un.
der little silver buttons. These
small. fiat buttons are used in various
ways. On one silk choker are many
rows of velvet sewed closely together.
The choker Is crossed at intervals of
about three inches with rows of tiny
gold buttons.
An example Of an elaborate choker
was v of trimming set In under the
chin. The rest of the choker Is
trimmed with rows of narrow ribbon,
one row meeting under the V and the
rest stopping on each side of it. In
all these chokers trimmed with rows
of velvet the trimming points down in
front.
The narrow turnover collars of EN-.
broidered muslin that have been worn
so long are replaced in a measure by
a straight standup piece of muslin
about which the stock Is tied with a
third Of an inch of the embroidery
showing at the top. There are not
many bows worn under the chin, most
stocks are being drawn down tightly
into knot with fiat ends.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-07-17

The new stocks are very chic. Those
of white pique have tiny bows of col
ored lawn dotted with white, or white
dotted with color. Instead OF the tie
crossing in the customary awkward
fashion in the back a novel idea is
introduced. The stock fastens in the
back, and at one end the tie is
stitched exactly in the middle. When
the stock is fastened the ends of the
tie are drawn around to tn, front and
tied in q chic little bow. There are
more lawn ties this season than ever
before. The white ones with colored
borders are very chic, and the colored
ones with white borders cre equally
chic
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-07-17
Graphlis Productions.

Graphite is one of the most useful
materials of commerce and the arts.
1t is universally employed for numer.
Gus purposes, yet Its real value is only
beginning to be understood, ana many
new uses for 1t are being found Man
ufacturers of graphite products sup
ply various forms of grapnlte (plumba-
90 or black lead It Is frequently call
ed, and find large demand existing
Cruclbles, phosphorizers, facings,
lubricants, paint, pipe-jolnt com
pounds. polishes. erasers and pencils
may be briefly mentioned as some of
the most commonly-used graphite
products.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-07-17
THE STAR
Scholarship Coupon.

Write in the above lines the name and adj
dress of the person for whom you wish to vote
and send or take the coupons to the secretary
7. p. Haskns, the music dealer, where they
will be placed in the ballot box. Contest closes
at II NJ, August sth, 1901. All business COM
munications and inquiries should be mailed
to THE STAR office Receipts and coupons will
be promptly mailed from THE STAR office to
patrons.
RULES OF CONTEST.
Contestants must register their names at
The STAR Office.
All coupons must be sent to the secretary
of the committee, ]. p. Haskins
All money collected for new subscribers or
on subscription due must be sent to this
office weekly.
Each contestant will be furnished with
printed cards certifying that he or she is
contestant.
F. p. ALExANDER,l
THos. F. ADAM, , Com.
L. ]. McENTIRE,
]. P. HAsKINs. Secretary.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-07-17

The young lady or gentleman getting the
highest number of votes will be given one full
year at the Lock Haven State Normal School
free including tuition, light, heat furnished room
and boarding. This is one of the best Normal
schools in the State.
The contestant receiving second highest num-
Der of votes will be given one term-12 weeks
at Kings School of Oratory, Pittsburg, where
oratory, elocution, dramatic culture, literature
Shakespeare study, music, drawing, delsarte
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-07-17
Cruise Among the rjords.

? Queen Alexandria dearly loves the
sea, and she has planned yachting
cruise among the fjords for her sum
mer holiday. The kings engagements
will forbid his accompanying her, but
the Princess Victoria, AMI possibly the
Princess Charles of Denmark. will
share the trip.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-07-17

tion paid. ANY one sending or bringing in
new yearly cash subscriber will be given cou-
pom equal to 60 votes.
Persons desiring to enter the contest should
begin as early as possible. As soon as the
names are sent or handed in to THE STAR office
they will be published, but the number OF votes
will not be published until June 18th, when tn
vote each contestant has at that time will be
published opposite name and from that to clos
of contest the vote will be published as counted
and returned by the judges from week to week
On Monday of each week (after June 19th)
the ballot box will be opened and the coupons
counted by judges
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-07-17
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Woodland green is all a-quiver, famed
by iilmy, fairy wings;
Tiny Processes and warriors, with
grave bows and courtseyings,
knights and ladies, smiling testers.
rings of dancers all a-whirl,
Float above the dreaming children,
blue-eyed boy and brown-eycd girl.
christopher Valentine, in st. Nicholas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-07-17

The King OF Portugal is an expert
In ichthyology. and has written sew
eral scientific memoirs on the subject.
He is very fond Of fishing In the sea
off the coast Of Portugal, where. ow.
ing to the extraordinary depth OF the
water, the forms discovered are o.
great variety and scientific interest.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-07-17
L. M. SNYDER,
Practical Horse-Shoer
and General Blacksmith,

Horse shooting done IN the neatest manner
pairing of all kinds carefully and promptly
done. SATISFACTION GuARAHrHED.
HORSE CLIPPING
Have Just received complete set Of me-
chiPe horse clippers OF latest style ~ pattern
and Am prepared 70 90 clipping In hs bsst
@scksOn 81. near Fifth. Rssapldsyills, Ps.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-13

TAUGHT BY EXPERIENcE.-Even a
lunatic may not wholly lack the power
of reason. This truth appears in story
Life tells of the inspection of an asy-
lum by the trustees.
Walking through the grounds they
came upon party Of workmen who
were repairing a we'll. One Of the
harmless patients, apparently assisting
in the work, was pushing q wheelbar-
row along upside down.
my friend" said a kind-hearted
trustee, gently, you should turn your
wheelbarrow over"
mot on your life!" replied the pa
tient. II turned it over yesterday, and
they put bricks in it,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-13

KEEPING TRACK OF A VACUUM
There was once a chief enginee. in the
British navy, patient man who had
spent so many nights by the bedside OF
an expiring boiler, which never expir-
ed, but kept on bursting blood vessels
and getting a death rattle in it's thou
sand throats, that he had become rec
onciled to knowing that he would be
called upon to stop leaks at all hours
of the day and night for the rest OF
his natural life. His only envy was
the man who could sleep undisturbed
through the whole night. This man
was Bulstrode, chief engineer Of anoth-
er ship.
One night the assistant engineer sent
a man up to Bulstrode to report the
gradual disappearance Of the vacuum
in the air pumps. Knocking at the door
the man sung out:
please, sir, the vacuum is decreas-
ingI'
The answer came back in a drowsy
voice:
Report to me if it gets lower"
Half an hour later the man again
raped at the door.
"The vacuum is much lower, sir
"Very good. Tell me if it gets still
lower"
After another half hour:
"Mr. Bultrode the vacuum is gone
SIR"
"All right, report to me if it comes
back."-Youth's Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-13

his hallway out at his back door. He
supposed it was his son and went on
into his room where his son was sit
ting with his mother. He went at
once to the back piazza, but the fellow
had jumped the back fence and was
out of sight. kit Thomas, colored,
advertised a musical at Massey's hall
Thursday night. A large number of
colored people assembled at the hall,
but Kit failed to appear. He was mon
comeatobrs" yesterday morning and
as the homes Of several colored elite
were entered and robbed of musical in
struments the night he disappeared,
the supposition naturally is that Kit
got them, as we'll as suit of nice
clothes at Luke Gavin's home.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-13
Antnoroas department.
ABOUT JOHN MARSHALL.

Interest in the John Marshall cele-
bration appears in the Worlds Work
for February by some characteristic
incidents in the life Of the great Chief
Justice, besides which there are Mar
shall portrait, a silhouette and pictures
Here is one Of the incidents:
One day, Judge Marshall, engrossed
in his reflections was driving over the
wretched roads in North Carolina on
his way to Raleigh in stick gig. His
horse turned out of the road, and the
sulky ran over a sappling and was
tilted so as to arouse the judge. When
he found that he could neither move
to the right nor left, an old Negro, who
had come along solved the difficulty.
my old marster," he asked. what
fer you don't back your horse?"
That's true" said the judge, and he
acted as advised. Thanking his deliv-
erer heartily, he felt in his pocket for
some change, but he did not have any,
Never mind, old maL," he said, Il
shall stop at the tavern and leave
some money for you with the land
lord"
The old Negro was not impressed
with the stranger, but he called at the
tavern, and asked the keeper if an old
gentleman had left anything there fol-
him.
"Oh, yes" said the landlord, "he left
a silver dollar for you. What do you
think Of that old gentleman?"
The Negro gazed at the dollar and
said:
HE was a gem'man, for sho; butt
patting his forehead-"He didn't have
much here"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-13

PRIVATE JOHN ALIENS LATEST
Private John Allen, of Mississippi,
gave one Of his unique hog and hominy
dinners last week to some COMPRESSION
al friends, and in the course OF it told
Of a conversation between two Carkies
on his plantation.
"Mose," said one of the Negroes to
the other, do you know them niggers
down to Catfish P'int?"
Catfish Point, Mr.. Allen explained. is
a bend in the river.
Sure" says Nose.
do you member dat gal I was pay
ing my civilities to-"
"Cut'nly."
"Dey has been tellin' dat gal that I
am the sneakingest, onerarist niger
that ever came down to the Pint. And
dey tell her. too, that I am the LATEST,
trifingest niger dat ever was"
did dey tell dat gal that you was
dat kind of a nigger?" asked Nose.
"Dey sut'nly did"
WELL" said Nose, "dey has got you
located, sho' huff"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-13
BISHOP OF ASIA'S FUTURE.
He Expects England and Germany to Block
Russia

Bishop Thoburn, missionary bishop
in Asia of the Methodist Episcopal
church, made an address this after
noon in the First Methodist church
that created stir among the audience,
as he launched into political questions
likely to arise from the death Of Queen
Victoria, says a Chicago dispatch of
Sunday.
He referred to the duty Of the United
States in China, and gave forecast of
the future Of Europe and Asia. The
Bishop said:
IT do not admire Russia in all re-
spects; but I thank God every tim"
hear Of that empire anneXing more OF
Asia. But there Is new power en-
tering Asia, and no one seems to notice
it. Many significant things will result
from what has just passed between
Emperor William and his uncle, Ed
ward VII Of England. Before many
years the old Austrian emperor will
die. The old empire will then fall to
pieces, and what will be more natural
than that Germany will possess the
part Of it which now borders on the
Adriatic? The German empire will
then be continuous from the North Sea
to the Mediterranean.
Germany has already built railroads
in Asia Minor between the Tigris and
the Euphrates rivers. European gov
ernments do not build railroads unless
they intend to operate them. Germany
will secure that part Of Central Asia
which Russia covets. All Of Southern
Asia from the China sea west to the
Mediterranean will be in the possess
sion of Germany and England. Ger
many will have the southern coast line
and the British empire will have secur-
ed Arabia"
Taking up the Philippine question
the bishop upheld the policy of Presi-
dent Mckinley in relation to those is
lands, saying:
"Why should people lament the alb
sorption Of the small powers by the
large ones? When we lay our hands
on these scattered islands and bring
them into order we put an end to
crime in thousands forms. We bring
the light and shut out the darkness
Even the Russian government Is a
blessing to those portions of the coun-
try which have been annexed to the
czar."
Referring again to China, Bishop
| Thoburn said the American govern
| ment should De more imperative in
what it says concerning the future of
China.
1.-THE United States should either
agree" he said, Ito let certain powers
break up China, or say they shall not
do it. If our nation should say it must
not be done, not all the nations of Eu-
rope would risk the consequences Of
opposing our wishes. Great Britain
and Japan would support us and Ger
many would fall into line, even though
it does want the Southern coast"
Governor Shaw, Of Iowa, presided at
the meeting. The remarks Of Bishop
Thoburn were several times vigorous
ly applauded.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-13
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-13

AN INCoNvENIENT BoTTLE.-Collier's
Weekly tells Of an old farmer who had
been to the Metropolis, and was des-
cribing to his friends the splendor of
the hotel at which he stayed.
"Everything was perfect" he said,
"all but one thing. They kept the
light burning all night in my bedroom.
a thing l amt used to-"
We'll" said one wag, "why didn't
you blow it out?''
BLOW it OUT" said the farmer.
How could 1? The pesky thing was
inside u bottle"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-13

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-13

THEIR CONDITION EXPLAINED.-"Bre eT
Johnson" said the elder of one Of the
colored churches to the recently ap-
pointed pastor. what does yo' tink OF
de congregashun?"
well, Br'er Jones, sence yo' asks
me, 1 mus say dey is er scrubby look
in set"
why, what does yo mean, Br'el
Johnson? Dey has mo- camp meetin's
and get ligion oftener dan mos eny
congregashun in the town."
Oats jes' it. Br'er Jones; dat's jes
1t. Dey has done wore out de seats of
dey pants blackslindin and de knees
er prayen' for fo'gibness."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-13

BULLS OF A GRAND DUKE.-The late
Grand Duke of Sake Sereissl.
mus, as he was affectionately called
had such a queer way Of expressing
himself that he often perpetratec
bulls" On a hunting expedition hi
saw a forester whose face seemed IA
miliar to him.
Are you not brother Of Chief In
spector Schmidt" asked the duke.
II am Chief Inspector Schmidt" sale
the man.
"Ah," said Serenissimus. "that ac'
counts for the resemblance"
Another time the grand duke was
waiting at a railway station in his tiny
realm, and, addressing two little girls
playing near the signal box, asked:
who is your father?"
1.-The stationmaster."
How old are your
"I am and my sister 4, Serenissi'
mus"
How is that possible? Why, the
line has only been built three years. -
From. M. A. P.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-13
Schedule Effective Sept. l6, 1900.
Mixed

CUNNECTIWNS.
Chester Southern Ry., S. A. L., and
L. & c.
Yorkville-S c.. & G. Extension.
Gastonia-Southern Ry.
Lincolnton-S. A. L.
Newton & Hickory-Southern Ry.
Lenoir-Blowing Rock Stage Line and
G. & N.
E. F. REID, G. P. Agent.
Chester South Carolina.
Sharp County record., 1901-06-21
TAXLAW RULING.

In response to queries pro-
pounded by Assessor W. A. Cole,
of Crawford county, Attorney
General Geo. W. Murphy has
given out the following unofficial
opinion regarding features Of the
taxation laws:
The tax list of the property
owner, giving his estimate Of the
value of taxable property, is not
binding upon you. It is a mere
aid to you to make the assess
ment. If he estimates the value
too low it is your duty to assess
it at it's true value. according to
your best judgment. A fair es-
innate according to reasonable
value is what the law demands.
In this way only can taxation be
equal.
Notes given for rent of land are
subject to taxation.
Mercantile corporations are re-
quired to enlist their entire stock
of merchandise at its fair value,
as othemnlerchants.
Merchants, in the assessment
of their goods, have no right to
deduct what they may owe.
You speak Of a merchant who
owns cotton, about 1000 bales.
1t is your duty to assess it, not
withstanding he may have bor-
rowed the money with which he
bought it.
All property Of telephone COM
panies in your county should be
assessed by you.
The real and personal property
of telegraph companies within
your county, excepting their lines,
should be assessed by you. This
means, of course, the real prop
erty they own, and their office
fixtures, furniture, etc., in your
county.
The clipping, containing a
statement of the Alabama de-
cision you enclosed, would not
apply under the law Of this state.
The depots, etc., of railroad COM
panies in our state are made the
subject of taxation by the rail-
road commissioners, the govern
or, auditor and secretary of state.
You would not therefore be au-
thCrized to assess them.
Sharp County record., 1901-06-21
A BAD MAN.

Some little excitement was Gre
ated at the Academy last Monday
night by a shot being fired
through the window at a lamp
swinging from the ceiling
However the fend's aim was bad
the ball missing it about two
inches as indicated by the ball
passing through the wall on the
opposite side. Suspicion led to
the arrest of Henry Stewart
Tuesday as it was learned that
he had that day threatened to
shoot out the lights that night,
and told some parties the next
day that he did the shooting.
He is in the cage awaiting his
trial which is set for Friday
Stone County Democrat.