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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23

they write down on their lists the
names of the people they believe the
pictures to represent The most corr
rect list wins the prize.
Quite the latest idea is TO have a
race book. Instead of the now old
fashioned album, in which ones
friends were worried to do something,
n we'll bound sketch book is chosen.
In IL you get your friends each to
draw head of some sort-girl, man,
child or animal. 1t does not matter
II they cannot draw at all; they must
do their best. and the attempts of the
non-artistic often prove the most
amusing. They should, of course,
sign their names to the pictures. al
though some will probably refuse to do
so. The collection when finished is
usually most interesting, exceedingly
comic attempts being interspersed with
the probably charming sketches OF
ones artistic friends.-The Lady.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23
She Mnkek TOmbstones.

Alice Rigg is a young woman of
Windsor. Ont. who has found one
more sphere of woman's work, and
the novel sight of girl working with
mallet and chisel over tombstone
may now be witnessed in Windsor any
time during week days. The engraver
is the daughter of George Rigg, pro-
prietor of the local marble works She
is the only woman marble cutter in
the Dominion of Canada. Six years
ago she used to look after her fathers
Office after school. One dull evening
being lost for somerning to do she
picked up the shop tools and chiseled
for pastime. She liked the novelty and
It was not long until she did the most
of her fathers engraving. She dons
the heavy canvas apron used by the
hen and works out in the open. And
the tombstone trade shows the results.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23
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II is said that Mrs. Vina Winliler OF
Kokomo. Ind, has the greatest num-
ber of living descendants on record.
At n family reunion on her DIST birth
day last week 21i Of her flock were
present, they being nine children. SO
grandchildren. lO1 great-grandchidren
and II great-great-g grandchildren. Sew
oral have been lost track of and were
not in attendance. Mrs. Winkler had
q husband and four sons in the Union
ranks of the civil war, all of whom
came out unscathed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23
The Park Lands Of Afri ca.

There are certain districts in Central
Afrio. that look much like the planta-
tions of civilized countries. Their ap-
pearance impresses the traveller with
the belief that their features have
been shaped by the hand of man, and
yet there are no people there capable
of producing such effects. A member
of the Llnnaean Society, Of London, in
n recent discussion of the subject, ac.
counted for the "homelke" look of the
land by suggesting that light surface
soil was gradually deposited over the
salt steppes left by Old-time lakes. and
over this tho vegetation referred to has
spread.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23
The Emnress Enrenic.

The Empress Eugenie, says London
Sketch, has greatly benefited by her
recent cruise in her yacht. the Thistle
in the waters of the west coast of
Scotland. In company with Mrs. Hol-
lings, Miss Smyth and NJ Petrie, the
venerable lady, now 75 years old, but
stately and erect, and happily enjoy
ing fairly good health, travelled incog-
nito from Oban to Glasgow the other
day, and stayed at the Windsor Hotel
The empress manifested much inter
est in the historic relics on view in
the exhibition, and was impressed by
the various objects associated with
Mary, Queen of Scots, chiefly those
which formed part of the personal
adornment or were the work of the
hands of Scotland's hapless sovereign.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23
Just ~ " Motif"

It doesn't often happen that lace gets
up on the girdlc. which is usually an
affair of velvet or silk, well draped and
kept clear of ornamentation. but we
note this season, where the gown is of
silk or lawn and where it is trimmed
with lace, lace is also introduced on the
high belt. The girdle Is then boned
and stiffened and lined to keep it in
place. It is usually of silk, which is
draped on the fitted lining. The belt is
not edged with lace as might he sup
posed. but receives a motif as it is
called, one in the back as a rule. and
perhaps, two in front. These are
stitched carefully down to the belt
md fastened all around, after the usual
sashion of applique.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23
Ladies', Hat. and Headache.

A medical man recently published a
letter in which he stated that he had
been called in by several married la
dies. who said they suffered from pc
culiarly irritable kind of headache
which had recently begun to trouble
them. The husbands of nearly all of
them told him privately that they had
never found their wives so disagreea-
bly, nappish-anything seemed to an
noy them, especially when they had
their hats on. When thecorrespondent
In question asked to see these hats.
he found them very much alike-large
structures of straw, with masses of
flowers and ribbons towering high into
the air. The weight in itself was too
heavy for the delicate Uranium OF a
woman. but worst of all was the anxi-
ETY. the lady must feel in keeping such
a thing poised on her head-London
Family Doctor.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23
Two Most Calamitous Fires.

The two most calamitous fires ever
known anywhere in the world occur.
red In the United States within thir.
teen months Of each other. In the first
of these, in Chicago, on October 8 ard
0. 1871, the property loss was $780,.
100000, and in the second, in Boston.
November o, 1872, $S0,000,000 Of prop.
erty was consumed. In Chicago 1OO.-
600 persons were left without homes
and 200 were killed. Chicago's heads
the list of the worlds destructive con.
aagrationA t.f
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23

i, A unique collection of jewelry Is
owned by a young Chicago woman now
studying music abroad. The list of or
naments includes scarabs from ancient
Egypt, breast ornaments of blue glazed
pipe. beads taken from the neck Of a
mummy. massive anklets Of gold and
silver. and a Russian betrothal ring OF
ordinary black iron. Bracelets Of all
sorts and from out of the way places
complete the collection.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23
THE BIGGEST LOBSTER POUND.
Being Built on tho Maine Const to Hold
Half n Million Crustacenns.

At South B,uchill, Me- on the Han
cock County coast. Is being construct.
ed the largest lobster pound in the
world, It's capacity being estimated at
800. 600 Holsters. The lobster fisheries
of Maine have long been one of the
most important industries of the state.
the catch being valued Mt millions OF
dollars annually. The fishermen long
ago realized that by holding the lob
stcrs until the "on" season OF the year
they could get higher prices than II
the whole catch were marketed as fast
as taken.
For this purpose they constructed
pounds or enclosures in which to con-
fine the fish. There was much risk In
this. however, for storms frequently
wrecked the small pounds built by
individual fishermen with limited
means. and thus many man lost his
entire seasons catch. Gradually the
business of pounding Holsters passed
into the hands of men of large mean,
who In recent years have purchased
the catch of the fishermen and yard
pounds of great capacity, strongly con-
structcd selling when the price Is
high.
The new pound at South Bluehill Is
natural saltwater basin. formerly
the pond of one of the Old-fashioned
tide sawmills which have now disnp-
pearcd from the Maine coast The
basin Is connected with Bluehill Bay
by a narrow strait, and fills and cmp-
ties Mt every tide. TO convert the
pond into n lobster pound II was sim
ply necessary to construct gates at the
outlet so that the water could he held
or lowered at will The pound IS OH Il
steamboat route. and Holsters taken
one day may be landed in Boston on
III, following morning. - New York
Sun,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23
FoibIps of some Women,

The woman lawyer gazed reflect
lively upon the prospectus of the wom-
ans law class. "Of course. it is very
nice" said she, and I thoroughly ap-
prove of women who have property
familiarizing themselves with the law.
either for practical business purposes
or for the administration of trust es-
tates or for its value in general culturH'
and as a higher study for mental de-
velopment. But it is just little try
ing, after you have been slaving to
get ready for your exams, to have n
friend meet you and say: Why, /
saw the list of graduates in your class
the other day and your name wasn't
among them. What was the matter?
People can't seem to understand that
the woman's law class is not the regu-
ard that membership in it does not
make a woman lawyer or fit her to
pass the examinations for entrance to
the bar. 1t is simply form of univer-
sity extension. But because the wom-
en- who attend It are rich society wom-
en- great deal of attention is paid to
their commencement day, while COM
paratively none at all is given to that
OF the regular class, in which, per-
haps, there are women who have
pushed their way to the beginning Of
Il legal career or poor boys from the
East side whose parents were peasants.
'It Is a curious thing" she contin-
,inh
who are not content with social tri-
umphs. They want also to grasp the
hard earned hoHors of the professional
woman. | have noticed that women's
press clubs have very few active news
paper women in them. Real newspa-
per women are usually too busy for
club life There is percentage of
women everywhere who are attracted
by certain glamour that seems to
hang about that profession, just as
there are others who are attracted by
the theatrical atmosphere. They push
their way by hook or crook into the
press clubs, and as they usually have
more time and money than do the writ
ers. they so to conventions and kindly
represent the real press women, who
are hard at work at home.
81 knew one woman who was an as
sociate member of woman's press
club in a western city. She spent
good deal of her time in the east and
when national or international con-
vcntions were held she would be on
land to represent the club as a dele
gate, although she never wrote an ar
ticle in her life and never could. She
liked to be in the press club atmos-
phere, and l suppose 1t did not hurt
any one. There was another who had
q brother in the railroad business. She
travelled a great deal on passes and
would write articles TO her home paper
for the pleasure of seeing her name in
print OF course, when the conventions
occurred she could always go, as her
transportation cost her nothing. At
the convention city she would be spok-
en- Of as Miss So-and-So. the bright
young newspaper woman or Miss So
and-So. the well known journalist and
so on. When sho went to distant cities
she invariably visited their press club,
proudly wearing the badge of her home
club. This class of women dearly love
to rec such honors as come her way
with I doing any of the hard work
to entitle her to them. York
Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23

It is said that in England several
worlen of fashion have actually stud
led the goldsmith's art in Florence
and Milan and melt their own gold and
make their own necklaces. bracelets
and buckles. Others have taken up
enamelling on metal. and there seems
to be general craze for the dccorat-
i've arts among English women OF So
cial prominence One tilted woman 10
embrodering set of satin panels for
the walls of the drawing room in one
OF her country houses.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23
cn,arfif Cannof so rnrea.

With local applications. as they cannot reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh In blood or
constitutional disease, and in order to euro u
you most take internal remedies Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts direct
ly on the blood and mucous surface. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is not quack medicine. II was
prescribed by one Of the best physicians in
this country for years, and is a regular pre-
ecription. 1t Is composed OF the best tonics
known, combined with the best blood purifiers,
acting directly ON the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination Of the two ingredients is
ing catarrb. Send for teatimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY 4 Co., Props, Toledo, o
Sold by Druggists, price. 75c.
Halle Family pills arc the boat
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23
+" Raby Teas"

''Baby teas" have now taken the
place of the book parties Of last year.
The guests are asked to bring photo
gkphs Of themselves. taken when they
-were babies. or. at any rate. before
they were six years old. The hostess
receives all the portraits. numbers
them, and arranges them all together.
Each guest is provided with a num-
bered list They are allowed some lit
te time to study the photographs. and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23

No matter what ails you, headache TO =
cancer. you will never get well until YOU
bowels are put right. CAsoARErs help nature
cure you without grippe or pain, produc,
easy NATURAL movements cost YOU lust n
cents to start getting your health back. Gas
cAnxra Candy Cnthartic, The genuine, put NJ
in metal boxes, every tablet has &C. G.
stamped on IL. Beware Of limitations.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23

The newest leather seats for hall clairs
are laced with thongs of the same mate.
rial
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-23

Southern California has $500 acres
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-11-23
A Bold American.

An American can boast of being
the first to cycle across st. Marks
square at Venice, which feat he ac-
complished under difficulties few
weeks ago. Everybody ran to see
the astonishing sight of bicycle
rolling across the fine granite plaster
of the square, The bold adyenturer
was followed at full speed by several
policemen, shouting and gestlculating
in vain. OF all their cries he took no
notice, whereupon a squad Of "a con-
stables was sent after him, They by
a series of admirable strategic move
ments drove him toward the Plazetta,
where he was obliged to halt before
the canal and the high steps of the
Ponte della Paglia. lie and his cycle
were bundled without ceremony into
a gondola and taken to the town hall
where he was fined 25 lire Give dol
lars) for disobeying the orders of the
police. He said he considered tht
sum small in comparison with tn,
glory of having been the first cyelis
to cross st. Marks square.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-11-23

According to the Boston Transcript
If was a woman who was the means oil
having definite day in the year set
apart for the national observance OF
Thanksgiving, Mrs. Sarah Josepha
Hale. Boston woman, and editor OF
the first woman's magazine published
in this country, worked for 20 years
to accomplish this end. Time did not
daunt her courage, but rather in.
creased her insistence. She wrote to
/ governors Of states and to presidents
Of the United States. AT last Presi'
dent Lincoln adopted her suggestion
in 1864, when there was reason to re
ioice over the success of the north in
restoring the union.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-11-23
A THANKSGIVING SACRIFICE.
ur,,yn Was Required to Meet with
an Accident to square Himself
with His Wife.

81 am afraid that | have put my
foot in IT," said Brown, ruefully ac-
cnrding to writer in the Detroit
Free Press, and the way it happened
was this: When l realized that
Thanksgiving would soon be here !
suggested TO my wife that we invite
Grumpy and his family to dine with
MS on that day. l didn't propose the
thing because | was in favor OF 1t,
hut simply because we were indebted
to him and thought it time to pay
it. Grumpy is bore, and besides,
his family consists of himself ana
wife. six children, two aunts, a
mother-in-law, an old-maid sister and
three dogs, and you have to ask the
whole family, dogs and all.
But my wife sat down upon tine
idea at once. She said she couldn't
stand Grumpy, that the dining-room
was not large enough to seat them
all. and that she had already invited
her folks, which would take all the
table room we had. That settled it,
of course, and l cannot say l was
sorry -.
"lf / had let we'll enough alone Ii
would have been all right but didn l.
and there was where ! made a mis-
take. In a roundabout way ! learned
that Grumpy had been invited to
spend the day with his wife's folks,
and thought saw way to pay my
social debt without having to bear
the iufiction of Grumpy through a
long dinner, My idea was to invite
him to take dinner with us on
Thanksgiving, knowing full well that
he would be unable to accept, thus
getting rid of having him to enter
tain some other time,
II rather imagine that ] did put i
on pretty thick when l met Grumpy
but | felt safe, and painted in viyi'
colors the delight that his acceptance
would give my wife and me. No'
could have knocked me down with
feather when he said:
my dear fellow! We shall be dc
lighted! We were going to take dir
, ner with my wife's folks, but the
were obliged to withdraw the invite
ton on account of Sickness
My wife says that there is nothin
, | left to do now but for some membt
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-11-23

children" said the teacher, while IN
structins the class in composition. you
should not attempt any fights OF fancy,
but simply be yourselves and write what
is in YOU. Do not initiate any other per
sons writings or draw inspiration from
outside sources -.
Wise turned in the following composition;
I'VE should not attempt any tltes oil
fancy. hut rite what is in Us, In me
;hare is my stummiek, lungs, hart, liver
two apples, one piece OF pie, one stick lemon
candy and my dinner.-BaltImore Amerl'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-11-23

there were two voices that rang out
with new inspiration of faith,
When they were once more al
home. and the children in bed, Wesley
Norwood again took his wife into his
arms and opening his Bible at place
much marked and worn, they read to-
gether with the guileless faith oil
children: And it shall come to pass
that before they call, I viii answer;
and while they are yet speaking !
will hear" Rams Horn,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-11-23

what incoherent speech, she laid her
head on his shoulder and found
refuge in tears.
Never mind, dear; the Lord will |
provides" then he slowly added, as If
in an afterthought, "someway."
| A few minutes later Pastor Nor
wood was bowling to the organist'
who slipped a check into his hand and
said properly: with the compli-
ments of the choir" Just as they
were seated, the door-bell rang again,
and this time the Junior league
marched en- masse and the astonished
minister stood speeches. with
check in either hand. Then the older
league came, and presently the La
dies Aid, and last of all the trustees,
Ian adding their offerings and crowd
ling the small rooms. Each party
Hooked stiffly askance at the others,
wondering by what trickery their
secret had become known. Mrs,
Hunter glanced sharply at Addie Day
| as if to accuse that young matron OF
ltreachery; but that timid soul shook
her head so violently that it seemed
she would dismember it, in assevera-
ton that she did not tell her John.
Suddenly Junior audaclously
shouted
81 sayl why can't we we all go to
the church and have a good time
1T was the suggestion that ayerteo
impending war. A fire soon removed
the chill from the room and the lights
shone brightly on reconciled ane
happy gathering. BY the time tint
Younger Norwoods had been routed
from their beds and brought to thu
occasion, tables were spread IN tn
5 Sunday school room, where all for tn
i second time that day enjoyed
Thanksgiving feast. After an hour o
d social discourse and song, the treas
: urer arose and said:
e "a few days since, our pastor ma
s received but mere pitfance for man
e months of faithful labor. While h
lie had wrought earnestly for the churc
y, and its societies, so that, for the hrs
time in wears, all were in prosper
e Gus condition, he unselfishly forge
lie his own needs. No, mol Brother NO
s wood, you must permit me to finisI
re Then one society and another, ,
as some strange coincidence, conceive
ne the thought of giving the pastor
pleasant Thanksgiving surprise. II
ly needless to say we have surprise
he each other quite as well. But best
to all. | find that in the few days OF u
all conscious cooperation, we have
of creased the amount paid on salary
we lust $500. This shows what we Ct
Ike do if we all work together | mo
lily YOU, as congregation, that we
he crease our pastors salary from W
to $500 year."
,er II was carried with rush, ev
IN. Brother Cook asserting. Pastor NJ
ice wood arose, and, with tears OF J
Try trickling down his cheeks, thank
his them simply Some said they su
no the degology as never beforc' at lei
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-11-23

II is said that certain minister was
in the habit of selecting the texts Of
his Thanksgiving day discourses from
the Book of Lamentations. The ele.
gies of the weeping prophet have their
place in the sacred volume. There is
time for everything, and there are
occasions in which the meurnful dirge
and the fearful lament are fitting;
but the appropriate thing for Thanks
giving day is the glad carol and the
psalm of praise. There are other days
in the calendar on which to bewail evils
and to strike at social and political
wrongs, Let this one day at least be
set apart for thanksgiving.-Ba
! Union.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-11-23

one surmised a general canvass was
being made. Before Sunday the entire
amount was secured.
Friday. after school, the Junior
Ieaguers met and decided that mas
much as the growu-up folks would not
help in the matter, they would do what
,hev could; so they voted to pay over
every bit there was in The treasury
Upon counting, S23.25 was found to be
the correct amount,
Oh, girls" cried Lottie Newman as
She made some figures in the treas
urer's book. ut will make just even so
and I hope we can get enough TO make
il a hundred
After the choir had run over the sun
dav HYMNS. some one proposed that
they pay the proceeds of the last con-
cert on the salary. The sum was
s3O.25: after referring to the margin
of his anthem book, the chorister re
ported that it would make $50 all told
On Thanksgiving evening they would
call at the parsonage and surprise the
pastor with a check for this amount.
Perhaps it would somewhat atone Tor
the sin of whispering during the SER
mOn
Thanksgiving day was trying time
for the Norwoods. The baby was sex
the night before and kept them awake;
when they did get to rest, they over
slept. What with rushing to get break
fast over and make ready for the serV-
ice at church, prayers were shortened
and the chapter o-litted altogether.
Before the dishes were put away ROB
bic came in with torn clothes and con-
fessed to having been fighting, With
like interruptions Mrs. Norwood and
the children were uuavoidably late to
church,
When they were seated at the din
| ner table, it was almost with re-
beIlious heart that thanks were Of
fered for the scanty meal before
them. They had never thought tc
keep the day with such meager fare
as this. Under the plea of pressing
work, Mr.. Norwood presently left the
table and repaired to his study where
he worked all the afternoon on
funeral sermon he was to preach tn
next day. He had quit his own din
ner that the children might not g
hungry. Between him and his ser
mon foated visions Of hungry mouth:
and ewes pleading stronger than j
words for food. The sermon woul
NOT he made.