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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-02
KEEPING UP
eAe THE RECORD.

Fully sustaining the reputation of this for lowest prices
the situation Fall Winter stock Value is made
prominent feature here but offerings always of the
kndte styles that please critical buyers It's the blending
style quality in this handsome Fall and Winter stock
that will make you enthusastchatw will fully convince its
superority-that will keep you coming
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-02
For Sale.

Cow peas, Mccormick binders, now
ers and rakes, Keystone weeders,
Crown drills, horses, COWS and general
merchandise. j. G. KING a. Co.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-02

Fall and winter shoes In all the very
letest styles ct Robinson's.
Biz ahoes and little shoes at John
s1on \ Nolans st Z reduced price.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-02

Come and see the bargain counter OF
shoes at Johnston & Nolan's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-02
Buy Your Clothing
Where Talues

WHeFe PdJues are best.
Were qualities are right and
where prices are lowest-for
that's only exercising clever
business Judgment.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-02
NEW NECkWEAR.

Collars Gloves Hosiery $500 to 49c
Shirts Under Mems
wear ,,., ~, go, d, .o Working
dow o the suit
heecend 9 $49 $l9S WOOL hose Cotton nose cashme
81 9c down
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
AN ELECTRIC ROAD TO CHAMOt NJ.

Consular report from Geneva.
1t will be of interest to those VINO lntohd 'ia'-
ailincr in Europe this summer TO know that an
electric tram line will bring Chamouni- hereto
tore only to be reached by diligence or the more
EXPENSIVE luxury of carrlage-"IthlI easy
,cach from Geneva at n moderate cost The line
has been built at great expense by the farlS'
LYONS and Mediterrant an Company from fayet-
st GervaiS a station two hours by ran from
Geneva and a trifie longer from AlX-icS- -tftlhS
During the summer season II is intended TO OPP
crate six trains daily between Geneva ana Cha-
mount the time of the run being, according to
irain three and one-haf to four hours. FROM
Paris to Chamouni will take about fourteen
hours.
The electric line from Fayet-St Gervais to
,-hamouni is twenty kilometres twelve and a
half miles, long. The line is expected to be IN
Jpcration by June July at the latest, ana VIII
have a first and second class service The faTe
second class, from lie Fayet TO Chamouni VIII
be %, francs (about - cents). The first class
fare has not yet been decided.
While many Will, of course, continue to make
the journey to ChamOuni over the picturesque
mountain passes, the simple, comfortable tram
connection for one way of the trip VIII
prove a great convenience, and for the many
hundreds Of tourists of small! means and re-
stricted time this line will make the mountain
scenery of ChamOuni item in an itinerary
that otherwise would have to be omitted.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
HACKENSACK PEARLS.
tHEY ARE USUALLY OF SMALL VALUE
BUT OCCASIONALLY ONE OF GREAT
PRICE is FOUND.
PRICE is FOUND.

The publication of the fact that pearls had
been found in the Hackensack River, ana eA-
aggerations OF the value of the find, nave caused
some excitement among people VINO I'VE near
The river Several men have taken up the occu-
,.ation of pearl hunting but unless they ma
llore valuable musses than those from which
the first pearls were taken they will probably
reap a small reward.
In speaking of the New-Jersey pearls, George
T. kunZ who has made the subject Il study,
said it was nothing unusual to find them in New
Jersey but that the pearls he had seen from
Me Hackensack River were of small value, ana
Mould not bring more than $40 or SO IN the
market.
In his book on the subject of American pearls
Mr. Kunz speaks of a fine specimen, weighing
1iuety-three grains. which was found in 1891
II Notch Brook, near Paterson, y. J. 1t became
known as the Queen pearl" and was so!d 10y
Tiffany & Co to the Empress Eugtnie for $2'o'
The news of this sale created much cN'itement
and search for pearls was started in many
places The ncarl hearing rmusscs were gathered
hv the million and destroyed often with no re
suit. one large pearl weighing about four hun
nred grains which, Mr Kunz thinks. w"ul!
lave been the finest specimen OF modern times
If t>--3 been properly handled, was ruined h!
boiling open the shell
In 1889 pearls of rare beauty wer" found in
,he creeks and rivers of Wisconsin, About ten
thousand of these We're sent 10 New ork' ana
,ne specimen Vas sold at 5000
The collection of pearls bought by j. PIcrpont
Morgan from Tiffany Co for the American
Museum of Natural History contains Il brown
pearl weighing about seventy grains
which was found near Nyack. where the recent
pearl discoveries were made.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
FRENCHMEN AND THE WAR OF 1870.
THE IGNORANCE OF THE RISING GENERATION
BODIES ILL. FOR THE POLICY OF
"A REVANCHE-"

Paris correspondence of The Pail Mall Gazette.
Not long ago writer military subjects
lated with conceivable stupefactiOn an anecdote
for the truth of which he was able to vouch.
In the course of visit of inspection general
had questioned recruit to what he knew
about the of 1870 In his utter inability
even to grasp the meaning of the question the
soldier had stared open-mOuthed at his officer,
and it was finally ELECTED from him that this
was the first that he had ever heard of the
Franco-Cierman War The narrator of the
ecdote expressed the belief that this remarkable
example of Grass ignorance was wholly eX-
ceptional case He has speedily received proof
written him letter, from which / make the
following interesting extract:
You cite case which you suppose is iso-
lated. but which, nevertheless. astOnishes and
grieves you What would you say if you knew
the truth? / in the habit of making every
year small, Informal inquiry into the degree
of instruction of the recruits drafted into the
company | command. | always put to the men
the three following questions among others:
What do You know about the war of 1870?
About AlSaceL Lorraine? About Bismarck? I
receive on the average fifty recruits composed
of peasants from Normandy and Brittany, and
some 1eW far!s!ans- out of the fifty thirty can
make no answer whatever 10 my questions
They know nothing at all Ten have heard
something to the effect that Lorraine is a prov
HCe that bismarck a German general or
emperor % and that the of 1870 was not
favorable 10 France. But their notions far
too vague to make any impression their
minds Finally ten Of the men. the Parsians in
particular. have idea of what our disas-
ters were. For five years in succession / have
obtained a like result. inform you of it with
out comment
As the writer points out. the German invader
was seen in almost every corner of Norrnandv
and penetrated far into Brittany. that il is
all the more astonishing that the rising genera
. tIun in these provinces should know little
about the war. The ignorance OF the peasants
uf the South Of France may be expected be
more absolute still With state of things
such as these facts reveal in existence. and
/ even Paul Dtroulede admitting. he did in
his recent speech, a war for the recovery of the
lost provinces 10 be out of the question. il is
evident that The policy of La Revanche'' has
/ lived
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14

was sentenced to imprisonment in Leeds Castle,
Kent After short term in Leeds Castle
the Lady Eleanor was brought before special
commission including the Ears of Huntingdon,
Stafford and Suffolk and some of the judges
before whom BolingbrOke, SOuthwell and
Eleanor were indicted for treason She ad
mitted some of the articles, but denied others.
Finally, after witnesses had been examined, she
was found guilty and compelled to appear
again to receive the sentence of penance and
Imprisonment
Her penarce consisted in walking London
streets barefoot and with burning taper
in her hand, which she offered at various
churches. She then placed in the keeping
of Sir Thomas Stanley. a certain sum being
assigned for her maintenance. Her first place
Df Imprisonment was Chester Castle. In l443
che transferred to Kenilworth, and thence
in 14iG to the Isle of Man. She died in Peel
Castle.
Bolinghroke. according to the records was
hanged and quartered: the Witch of E,yr, an
other of Eleanor's allies, was burned, and South
we'll died in the Tower. Humphrey, who did
not dare to intervene, took all things patiently
Ind said little
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14

every way equal to the famous Spanish salt,
any other foreign production Evidently this
feeling did not exist among consumers until the
last few years. In 1880 the United States i'm
ported more than 45 per cent of the total
amount of salt consumed in this country, but in
1899 this percentage was decreased to "a per
cent
An interesting thing in connection with salt
farming is the great physical benefit derived by
the operators. Although the sun is intensely
warm in farming season. and the workmen are
usually burned nearly black, they enjoy the best
of health They reported to be an excep-
tionally sturdy class of men, although compelled
to drink immense amount of beer to GUench
the thirst caused by the influence of the salty
atmosphere.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
THE ANATOMY or PEA PODS.
DESCRIBED WITH BOTANICAL. ACCURACY BY THE
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT IN A


UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT IN
PATENT SUIT
That lawyers and judges find it necessary to
know something of everything as well as every
thing about some things is illustrated in a de-
cision which was handed down few days ago
by Justice bradford, sitting in the United States
Circuit Court in the Delaware circuit.
The case involved the validity and priority of
a number of patents claimed by various persons
for machines for shelling green peas Incl
dentally it appeared in the testimony that prac
tcally all the green peas that are canned in this
country every year are now shelled by Hachin-
cry. and that the device which successfully per
forms this work has only recently been per
fected To illustrate the different methods by
which the machines performed the work the
court found it necessary to describe the anatomy
of the pea pods, and did in the following Ian
guage:
other grains by machinery was old in the art
They were subjected to a process of thrashing
abrasion by which the pods huls or husks
were disinteSrated or torn apart; but the dried
peas, rice wheat other grains. being harder
and tougher than the pods, hulls or husks con-
tanning surrounding them, escaped uninjured
by the severity of the treatment.
The hulling of green peas hy machinery pre-
sented wholly different problem by reason OF
containing them. The pod consists of two
trough shaped half shells. The juncture of thes"
shells along their edges or their suturc is of =
leSum.n0uS growth. Each pod contains Il mum
ber of green peas connected herewith along the
meeting edges of the half shells hy tender and
fragile tilament- Tho peas DO not fiji the pod
the remaining space within the ped being filled
with air. The pod is practically "rmetiCaliy
sealed alright The green peas soft and
tender, but the pod is tough. I:ut. though tough
it is not brittle. 1t is not capable Of being dis
intcgratcd by shattering process without de
stroyinE or bruiSng the Enclosed peas The
weakest part of the pod is along the line Of its
suturc.
The court then rocounts the efforts OF invent
ors to discover some method Whereby the peas
could ht sh"llcd without crushing them. and
tn n shows that III" desired result is produced
10y Il machine which hits tn ped sharp hlo%
while il is suspend. in tho air, tnus rclcas inE
the peas. hch fall into receptacle prepared
for Them while the pods and vines carried
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
SALT FROM THE SEA.
HOW THE PRODUCT is SECURED BY
EVAPORATION IN CALIFORNIA.

Washington April 12-The salt industry in
the United States has developed rapidly in the
last twenty years. Since 1850 the production
of this mineral has been trebled Marshes
along the coast at one time thought to be
valueleSs waste lands now protitabiy utli-
lied by salt farmers. In California where this
business has become a lucrative one, WORKS
may be seen for miles extending along the east
ern part of Alameda County from San Fran
cisco Bay through the towns of Mount EdeL
and Haywards. This country is a vast low
plain, in places being below the level of
the sea.
In preparing for the production of salt the
surface of the soil is brushed off until hard
clay is reached. The top earth is then heaped
into large circular banks, forming ponds. Usu-
ally there four of these brine pits reser
voirs each farm. AT the beginning of the
dry the salt water from the bay is
pumped or forced into these reservoirs. The
pumps used at works nearest the bay like
large cylinders in shape. with end planted
in the water. The other end. upon which is a
long spout extends over the brine pit. piston
rod runs through the centre. around which winds
a stiff wire screw. which is attached to the
blades of Windmill arrangement on the piston
rod about ten fifteen feet from the mouth
of the cylinder. There are always good winds
over this region to keen the screw in motion
The application of smaller pumps and drainage
schemes enables operators to remove the brine
from one pond to another that it may undergo
the various processes of evaporation.
To gather in the salt which has been precipi-
tatcd from the brine after several processes of
concentration and purIficaticD a large. rough
plough is use d drawn by a double cable Fine
machinery used fer this purpose would be
ff,D L.,
of course, make headway in these salt
beds. m chancal breaking device is kept
constantly running through the brine pans just
h. fure harvesting to prevent too much crystal
lizins. Thoush great pairs may b. taken to oh
viate cvcrcryst aIzatiOn. the brine almost al
ways forms into sheet covering the entire
pond. which viii almost support the weight Of
man. When TIL brine begins To cryStalZA
p!cUshiEE is Il. sun. The implement throws the
salt, which this stage is ready for rough use
mo Wirdrovs. Farmhards follow the plough
with shovtIs to heap the salt into piles about
six feet high. In this way it is thoroughly
drained for the last time. 1t can Undergo no
either proc $ cf publication except b. artificial
means, hut in some of the most progressive
works great brine pans are employed, which
contain steampiprs. The stearnint; process ex-
tracts impure clements having a tendency To
make the salt bitter. When the small piles
heapeI up in wiudrows have been sufficiently
drained il is customary to pile the sal, in great
pyramids. often containing many tons 1t is
then ready FOR shipment. Some times il is baSGed
on Tho farm and stored away in Il covered shed
Most Of the farmers have representative at
San Francisco. where the product is sold for
dairy and table
American salt is believed by experts TO be in
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
oLD GooSEBERRY roR NEW SHIrS.

From Tho English Navy AMI Military Record.
1t may tc ungrnerous to- diSpe, popular do
luson. hut there is no one among IN" thousands
yyh" witness ship launch who docs not believe
that the beautifully Earlaud"d bottle of wine
broken against til" Sttm Of ship is anything
hut the choicest brand Of champagne. drawn
from the adural's cellar Whenever ship is
launched in u dock ward the admiralty = ucrOuS-
ly allow 40 the cost cf the juhilatjon. and
included in this sum az to is tho item OF :
shngs for wine Hence. il follows that not
only is the " inc drawn from the admral's
cellar hut it certainly is not Ch1tnpagne of for
cgn vintage
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
TIE TOAD N THE ROCK.
From The London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle.
OF late days have noted considerable mum
ter of rcputcd cases of the occurrence of live
frogs and tOads in what were alleged to be solid
rocks This is of course, an Old, old story that
appears to possess perennial powers tike the
toad of rcYivfcaton. / had thought that Dean
Buckland Gather of the genial Frank had eX
p!oded the toad in the rock myth once for all.
The Dean incloscd toadS and frogs in cells cut
in blocks Of stone, and buried them three feet
deep in his garden. Here the conditions were
even less rigorous than t v1se under which the
amphbans are reported b survive for ages in
the solid rock" Dean Buckland's toads
nearly all dead by the end of the first year of
entombncnt, and none survived the second year.
] have heard stories Of live toads being found
in rocks Of an age, geologicaliy regarded, older
than those which contain the oldest fossil
bers of the class. But this 'reducto ad absur-
dunn" does not seem to convince the public OF
the mpoSsibility Of even cold blooded animal
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14

and one possessed of exceptional powers Of en-
durance lasting without food and air for untold
Hons | believe where careful research is made
the facts show that juvenile toad may slip
into a crevlce in rock, may grow and may
feed on chance insects that come in its way.
The rock is split asunder, it is supposed to have
been solid the toad hops out, and VOLTA tout.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
HE KyEW WHEN HE WIS WE'LL OFF.

From Harper's Bazaar.
Teddie slept in a big bed with his mother, and
winters night. being right in the middle of
IL when his mothers bedtime came, she Sug
gested To him his side He blinked
up at her rebelliously: No. tink i won't
move; it's cold every where amt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-07

hcroiSm and invincible craftsmanship
in the Philippines. Capt. II. G. Crock
EFT. Company -. ID Regiment. Lewis
ton: Lieut. James W. Dutton. Company
IF. "a Regiment, Waterville; Captain
Isaiah H. Baker Company +. 1st Regi-
ment. Portland: Lieut. Edward f.
Philbrook. Company l., 1st Regiment,
Portland: Lieut.. Frank K. Lang. for
merly long connected with Company Il.
list Regiment. Portland. and afterward
lieutenant Company II, LIST Regiment,
Rockland, all of whom were marks
men Of a high order. and reports from
the front show that this knowledge has
been of great value in the service of
the United States army in the Philip
pine Islands. Lieut.. Lang was among
those who went to China and was
wounded there, in two engagements. |
might mention Also Sergeant w. w.
Cookson. formerly of Company +. LIST
Regiment. Portland. one of the best
marksmen in this country. now in
spector Of rifle practice in the District
of Columbia Guards. All of these sol
dierS got their education in the Ma
tional Guard of this State. Since the
Spanish war many changes have been
made in the personnel of the Guard.
and the State may be proud of its con-
dition as to men and discipline so thor
oughIy maintained under the superb
methods of Adjutant General Rich
ards
With this report Col. harrington sew
ers his connection with the National
Guard Of Maine. With the exception
Of two years his service as inspector
general has been continuous since 1850.
The value of his services to the Guard
cannot be measured. and every man
has learned to look upon him as
friend and valued helper To no small
degree the present high efficiency OF
the Guard is due to his untiring efforts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-07
5Oth WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Quint Celebrated
Ian. q. a. Home in Gray.

Gray. Me. Jan. 6.-(SpeciaD Mr..
and Mrs Thomas Quint celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary. Jan. 4,
at their home in Dry Mills. They We're
married in Newburyport, Mass, re
siding there and in Springvale. Me.
until four years later. when they NOV
ed to Gray where they have since liv-
ed. Mr.. Quint was born in Sanford.
Me-. in 1926. Mrs. CUNTS maiden name
was Mary A. Foss. She was born III
1882 in the town of Dixfield. Ten chill
drcn have been born to them. All
are living and were present on this
happy occasion. Four generations,
making a company of 80 people. sat
down to the bountiful dinner and the
scene was one long to be remembered.
The afternoon was made pleasant by
music "Reminiscences and social inter-
course.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quint are well known
and highly respected in this commu-
nifty. where they have spent the great
or part of their lives. They We're the
recipients of many substantial tokens
of the love and esteem in which they
are held. They are hale and hearty and
are certainly to be congratulated upon
entering the Goth century under such
suspicious circumstances.
Those present from out of town We're
Mr.. and Mrs. G. +. Quint of Portland;
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. NJ. Field Of Augusta
ana Mrs. Geo. Jordan and son Ralph
Of Brunswick.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-07
pEARSON'S DEPUTIES BUSY.
Several Search and Seizures Made and Cases
Go 10 Grand Jury.

Portland Me, Jan. 6.-Shoriff Pearson s
deputies made two seizures and an arrest,
last evening. The two lilEot dcpu les and
an office deputy entered a Centre street
saloon early in the evening and found %
or more persons there Just as they
reached the inner room they saw young
man whom they know run up 4 ladder
and lump from a window. The byStander5
also made a quick exit. The officers mada
n thorough search Of the place, and seized
a key of lager. several emnty kegs, some
glasses and q quantity Cf SOFT beer. After
clearing out the saloon the officers eXtin-
guished the lights and fastened the doors
with a paddock.
About 10 o'clock. tie same officers raid
al the kitchen of house at II Deer
sire ct, fond several women there, and
coufiscatcd two cases az bottled lager. Il
ing and a bottle of whiSkCy. They ar
rested the tenant, Mrs. Agnes fla ey.
A trial of the first pocket pedoler case
brought under the admin StTItiun of tue
now sheriff took place in the municipal
coIrt Saturday afternoon. Daniel j.
Desmond. the young man whom the dep
my sheriffS encountered on their first call
at the Pleasant street saloon. and in
whose pocket they found Il bottle If wills
| ey was the respondent.
, Among the witnesses was Rev s. Il.
Pearson. who testified III relation to con-
ycrsatiun he had with Desmond at thu
itil. Dcg:aonI3 counsel argued that the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-07
e,,,,nr thinn hammered in th.

A funny thing happened III 'l
. amusement hall at the Insane hoSpite''
Friday evening during the entertain
cent given by the Cony mihs'iei9'
one of the soloists had just SuHs q
song to which he received gehei
encore. In responding, he stepped ~
The front of the stage and sdiu'
VIII now sing you that beautilul soii7
entitled The Lost Sheep on the Mo''l' =,
tain" The prelude was played Inv
the SINGER had Just StraiShtehG"
and inflated his lungs. as IL 10 pce,
when one of the female patients ~
audience jumped to her ieet a. az,
shouted. in a shrill voice: la ID an
There. | got ahead of We. that I'M
didn't ~ And she had. for pa
ah'' was just what the singer Wa
ing to say. had she given nun III.
chance. Where she had heard tne JoN :.
fs not known. but in thus steaiiii7 e
from the singers own lips she 50
fe,tuaiIy "uueered' that lndi' io.u'''
that further efforts on his part W.
useless. ana all he could do was ~
Thank you," and sit down.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-07

The Rummage sale by the ladies 81
the Unitarian Society, opened, Satuf :
day noon. in the store lately occupied
by Staples, Smith & Moody. That II
was successful need not be SAID 1ol
during the afternoon and evening ti,e
store was visited by crowds, ana ~
most everyone bought something
fore going out. If one has the loei'
that the thousand and one articles OIL
fared at this sale are a lot Of worthless
castoffs. that idea should be abandoned
nj once. for really there are many uV-
sirable things displayed on the taple9
and at prices so reasonable that one
cannot help buying. 1t would take
column Of solid nonpareil type
enumerate the different articles, SO Una
the best way to do is to visit the Sa.'
in person. 1t will be continued tiiS
week.