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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22
RathmeI.

A. W. Mulhollan was in Dubois Sum
day.
We had news for last week but missed
the mail.
Martha Snedden, of Punxsutawney.
spent Sunday here.
Mrs. l.. A. Hays, of Weedville, Pa.
visited here last week.
Rev. j. v. Bell, OF Dubois, preached
here last Sunday afternoon.
Geo. Keagle and w. G. Harris drove
to Sykesville Saturday evening and the
latter installed the officers in the p. O.
S. OF A. Lodge there.
Friday afternoon about three o'clock
fire was discovered in the house owned
by Joseph Bateson, sr., and occupied
by Geo. Snedden. The fire had gained
such headway when discovered that II
was impossible to check it. Mr.. Sned-
den lost all OF his household goods.
valued at about one thousand dollars.
Mr.. Batesons loss on property was about
five hundred dollars. BY hard work
some OF the nearby properties were
saved.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22
THE NEWS OF
| NEARBY TOWNS.
Reported by The starts
Special Correspondents.
Wishaw.

| WISUhW.
Charley Dickey is working at Flea.
| nora.
Doss Wilson, Of Sandy Valley, was In
town last week.
William Dickey was at Punxsutaw-
ney last Thursday.
Henry Foltz had business at Rathmel
on Saturday last.
The miners at Eleanora are still out
on strike at this writing.
George Syphrit and Amos Dickey,
the two old bachelors OF this place, are
keeping house together.
Mrs. JEFF Dickey visited her sister,
Mrs. Aaron Douthit, one day last week.
Bert Brown and William Sprankle
were at Sugar Hill last Saturday night.
George Syphrit and Amos Dickey
made flying trip to town one day last
week
Miss Zula Dickey, who has been liv-
ing in Reynoldsville, visited her parents
over Sunday.
Mrs. Samuel Shankle and Mrs. Thos-
Beattie we're visiting at Sugar Hill one
day last week.
We had good turn out at the Re-
publican primary from this place last
Saturday afternoon.
Martin Foltz is candidate for road
supervisor. II he is elected he will
make good supervisor.
John Dougherty is a candidate for
school director. John has served two
terms. He makes a good school di.
rector.
G.. w. Secrist had the misfortune To
get his right shoulder hurt In the mines
last Tuesday evening. Geo. has had
hard luck
Dickey Bros. are busy hauling saw
dust to pack ice with. John is prepar-
ing for very hot summer and lots OF
ice cream.
The Wishaw miners have been idle a
few days. Mr.. Hartmann, the foreman
OF the mines, was called away to attend
the funeral of his mother.
The new railway to this place is
under good headway at the present
time. Some time next summer we will
he able to get to Reynoldsville by rail.
John Dickey is nursing a very sore foot
at present, but that don't worry John
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

Byerly is crack saw FOUNDER, or at
least he cracked two for M. M. Smith.
His anvil Is large sugar stump under
large sycamore tree. Jacob pounds
the saws and files the duck bill points.
James Brown, OF Sandy Valley, was
In this place Friday.
AL. Beck and wife, of Falls Creek,
are visiting in this vicinity.
VIM. Moore and wife, OF Emerick-
vile, visited in this place Friday.
L. M. Horn aud daughter, Cora,
drove to Sandy Valley Wednesday.
S. F. Doney, of Reynoldsville, visited
his sister, Mrs. Louis Horn, Sunday.
Miss Mary Calhoun, OF Beechtree,
visited relatives in this place last week.
Mrs. Mary Burkett and son, Walter,
visited relatives at Warsaw wednes-
day.
l.. M. Horn visited his sister, Mrs.
Tom Crawford at Big Soldier last
week.
A number OF people OF this place at
tended church at Deemer's Cross Roads
Sunday night.
Walter and Charles Calhoun, Of Sugar
Hill, visited their grandmother, Mrs.
M. Shugars, oyer Sunday.
Schugars Bros grist mill is running
at full blast every Friday, sometimes
the balance OF the week.
A number of young people enjoyed
themselves at VIM. McCreight's the
other evening. They had fine party
and all report large crowd and a fine
time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22
Transaction in Real Estate.

Isaac G. Ross and T. S. Aber to La
vina Dickey, for one-half acre of land
In McCalmont township. $3.50; August
81, 1901.
j. M. CRUDE and e. G. Cochran, to
IL. G. Teagarden, for five-twelfths OF a
lot OF land in Winslow township. 81;
December II, 1900.
Elk Run Co. to Linus Anderson, for
lot In McCalmont township. $3.50;
July 2, 1901.
Elisha Cox to Adam and G.. w. Mil
Ter, for coal right under lands Ia Wash
ington township. $500; December IA,
1901.
A. j. Pifer to David S. Pifer and
Thomas FL. Pifer, for one-half acre of
land in McCalmont township. s45; De-
cember 10, 1901.
M. w. Smith to Frank III. Peacock.
for lot In Washington township. 500;
December 2s, 1901.
Benjamin Kline to Harry B. Kline,
for one acre land in Winslow township.
800; January 8, 1902.
Jefferson and Clearfield Coal and Iron
Co. to Harry B. Kliae, for Al acres of
land In Winslow township. s622. 80;
January 8, 1902.
j. d. Mulholland to George W. Sny-
der, for 80 acres of land in Winslow
township. $500; January 3, 1902.
Florence j. Lowther to Maude Kir-
chartz, for lots in Reynoldsville. s54S;
January 2, 1902.
Michelina Caliquire and Paul Cali
quire, for two lots in McCalmont town.
ship. $3.50; December 2S, 1901.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

any; he is thankful he has sound foot
TO depend on while the other foot is
getting we'll. John had the misfortune
to step on rusty nail.
John Brennan was In town one day
last week. John is candidate for
road supervisor. The writer says the
boys won't make a mistake II they vote
for John; he Is hustler.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22
Herald's "Man On Road f"

At Reynoldsville l found things bad
~ mixed; !. e., the people were badly
mixed. Every mans hand seemed to
be against his fellowmen, condition
brought about on account of the strike
at the silk mill. II all men everywhere
were imbued with the teaching of the
Master, Whatsoever ye would that
men should do to you, do ye even SO to
Them" conditions like those at Reyn-
oldsville could have no place among
mankind. Wrong begets wrong, and
the end is wrong, whether moral or
spiritual, is suffering. Falls Creek
Herald's "Man on Road"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22
HOrmtown.

G.. A. Hetrick is hauling ties.
Josiah Shumaker is busy hauling
logs.
II you want your cross cut saws pound.
ed just send them to Smithyille. j. G.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22
Maokinaws and homespuns at

Mackinaws and homespuns at half
price to close out at ReynoldsYille
Woolen Mill. 800 yds mackinaw 54
inch, in black, brown, blue, and grey,
at 60c. yd., just the thing for over
shirts and horse ankets. Also 1000
yds homespun 81 int ! at a5c. yd., these
are first class bargains.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22
VISITING CARDS

Wedding Invitations, Business
Cards and all kinds of Sta
tionery neatly done at
The Star Office.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

Is to please you in every way
by speedy, tasteful, accurate
work. Come in and see
samples ofjob work.
Evening star., 1902-01-04

copper before them. The silver is In the
French coinage and the denominations are
one dollar. twenty cents, ten cents and five
cents, while the copper coins are cents and
fifth cents, each coin having hole
through it so that it can be strung upon
strings.
| spent some time going through the
markets. Many of the dealers are girls in
black clothes, each with a collar OF silver
OF brass about her neck and rings on her
ankles and wrists. Many of the women
were sewing, and outside the Chinese cob
bierS were squatting on the stones mend
ing shoes. In the meat market | saw a
score of Chinese butchers selling pork and
beef by the pound. They were bare TO the
waist and their fat yellow backs were SPOT
teei with white drops Of perspiration some
OF them wore bracelets of jade, silver and
gold.
The Native Town of Cholon.
y few miles from Saigon is the native
town of Cholon, which is about twice as
large as Saigon itself. The two are con-
I}ected by a steam tramway which has
trains every few minutes. The round trip
is eight miles and the first-class fare is
equal to nine cents, American.
Leaving the city you ride for miles
through a vast Chinese graveyard The
country is peppered with tombs and mounds
and the road cuts its way through the
graves. Ii takes about twenty minutes to
90 from one place to the other, the train
landing you in the heart OF Cholon
took walk through the city. II is
much like Chinese town, the more i'm
pCrtant of the business houses being ran
by Chinese. The most of the goods is Chi
nese, and | looked in vain for ANYTHING
valuable of native manufacture The porce-
lain seemed TO be from Canton, as were also
Evening star., 1902-01-04

French have here over 100000 square
miles, which is 10000 square miles more
than their possessions in Europe. Their
country is one of the richest of the Far
East. 1t is inhabited by 22.OO0,0O0 people
among whom are some of the widest and
least-known people of the world. Those
along the coast are kind of cross between
the Chinese and the Malays. ana a. al
the large cities there are thousands of
pure Chinese.
The Metropolis of French Asia.
You can easily see that the French rule
Saigon. There are French signs over the
stores, French buildings in the business
parts Of the town and French people every
where. dozen natty French girls dressed
in Partisan style with parasols in their
hands met us at the landing. The customs
officers were French, and there were
chants on the wharf dressed al white duck
with white helmets, who spoke to- us in
French as We went on shore. The natives
here talk pigeon French. and altogether
there is French everywhere.
1 like Saigon 1t is a beautiful city. as
We'll built any of its size in the tropics.
IT is situated on the river Saigon, branch
OF the DOBai, about forty miles from the
sea. II is not far from the great Mekong
river, which rises in the Chinese empire
and flows more than d thousand miles south
between French lndO-CEina and Siam until
il enters Camb0dia and then flows on in
mighty stream TO the China sea. There are
canals herr. which connect the Saigon river
with the MekOng. The country is fiat and
it is cut up by waterways. The Saigon
Evening star., 1902-01-04

river IS as wide as the Mississippi at ST.
Louis, and deep enough for the largest
steamers. We had no trouble in making
our way from the ocean up to the city.
Near the sea the land is so low that the
farm houses are built on poles but Il rises
little as you go up. and the river takes
you through plains as rich al those OF the
Nile valley The river is lined with thick
cts of palm trees. There are cocoanut
groves here and there. and back of these
vast fields of rice and other crops
Our first signs of European occuDa-
banks as we came up the stream. and a
little later We could see the maStS of the
shipping III front OF Saigon. The red spires
OF a great cathedral stood out against the
sky, and half hour later We We're winding
our way through craft of all kinds into
the heart of the city.
Forest City of the Tropics.
Landing on the wharf 1 took a Stroll.
Saigon has some Of the aspects of a French
interior town. You can easily see that a
western nation has the place in hand. The
|streets are wide. and so well ma ca damiz.d
that the red earth upon them is as hard
as iron and as smooth as a floor. Trees
have been planted along the rOadHays. and
this French capital is more like forest
than our national capital at Washington.
Ut Is so hidden in trees that as YOU come up
Iths river you can see only the red-tiled
roofs of the houses and the rose-colOred
spires OF the cathedrals shining oyit of the
green. The trees are tropical. making the
have leaves ike enormous fans, which
whisper to you as you walk the streets.
some bear cocoaauts, and some are great
masses OF blossoms of the brightest coll
ors. One Is the hamb0yaRt or torch tree.
SUCH as you see on the Amazon and in
Evening star., 1902-01-04

parts of the Philippines. 1t Is as tall as
the biggest oak and it blazes with satiny
flowers of fire. There are trees equally
large, with flowers of blue, and many slen-
der betel palms with fan-like branches jut-
ting out of their tops
The houses are of the brightest of stucco,
red, pink, yellow and blue, with roofs of
red tile. There are public improvements
everywhere. Here a great bridge crosses
the Saigon river, there a steel structure
spans a canal. Along the wharves are dry
docks, big enough to float the largest OF
our modern men-0f-war. There are tel
egraphs and telephones, and the principal
streets are lighted by French electric arc
lights. The government buildings aye fine,
and the marine hospital would be a credit
to any port. i spent some time IN the ZOO
logical and botanical garden, which Is said
to be surpassed only by that of Java. 1t is
beautifully kept, and the tigers are fresh,
being caught from the jungles near by.
Saigon has French stores filled with French
goods There are many French soldiers and
officers on the streets and native soldiers In
French uniforms. The telegraph lines reach
to all parts of Cochin-China, and the colony
is connected with Singapore and Hong Kong
by cable. The postal system has been eX-
tended to all parts of the country and there
arc subsidized mail steamers which take
you into the interior. There is bi-weekly
newspaper, and also a native journal. AL
together the town has in the neighborhood
of 10000 people. of whom about 1000 are
French.
The Cochin Chinese.
find the natives very interesting. They
seem to be a cross between the Chinese
and the Malay tribes of Farther India.
Every crowd is a succotash of races. There
are many short, ugly women, with yellow
skins and jet black hair, who remind you
of the girls of Siam. They wear jackets
and pantaloons, some having chemises
which fall almost to the feet. Other wo-
men dress like those of Burmah and others
wear sarongs like the Javanese. Some men
wear Chinese costumes, some Javanese and
some a mixture.
There are half-naked children everywhere
and of every shade from yellow to brown.
The babies wear no clothing, and they are
carried about on the hips of their mothers
sitting astride. The women and little girls
wear collars or hoops of silver. gold or
brass about their necks, and many young
wcmen have their fingers covered with
rings. l have counted as many as five on
one finger 1t is the custom to put gold and
silver bracelets and anklets on the children.
l saw a girl of four years the other day
who was dressed in three gold anklets, two
gold bracelets and ten finger rings. She
wore nothing else.
curious contrast between Cochin China
and China proper is the absence of the pig
tail. The Anamites and Cambodans do not
shave their heads, and it is the same with
the Cochin Chinese. Members of both
sexes wear the hair long. putting it up in
Evening star., 1902-01-04

a knot on the back of the head and IN the
case of the men binding cloth about the
head to keep il in place. The women plas-
ter it down with oil. The most common
hat among the lower classes is a conical
one of straw, either snow white or oiled to
a rich yellow.
Every one chews the betel nut. and this
increases the natural uglness of the people.
The teeth of many are jet black and their
lips swollen and colored with betel saliva
Every one is chewing, and the prettiest of
the peasant girls carry quids in their
cheeks The betei nut is mixed with lime
and tobacco before being chewed. The max
ing of this lime is one of the industries of
Saigon; it comes from shells which are
burned in great kilns.
In the Stores and Markets.
Saigon is the halfway station between
the Chinese and East Indian worlds. You
are here on the threshold of India, and you
find many of the characters and customs of
that country. Much of the business is done
in 'bazaar-like cells similar to those of CAL
cutta and Bombay, and In them dark faced
Hirdoos or Killings squat with their goods
piled about them calling out to the foreign
er: 'Sahib please buyi' The market is
Ike great bazaar, in which the people sit
in cells surrounded by their merchandise.
Outside the market houses are money
changers and many jewelry stores, for the
people put most of their savings into jewell
ry. Indeed. bracelets and anklets are the
banks of the people.
The chief money changers are Kings as
black as the ace of spades. They sit be-
hind tables with piles of gold silver and
Evening star., 1902-01-04

the silks. I saw French watches and clocks
in some of the stores, and among the dry
goods pieces from England, Germany and
France. looked in vain for anything
American, and l doubt whether this trade
is worked at all by our people Still the
French have in Farther India over %, 100000
souls, and the market should be worthy of
study. There Is good chance for cleo
trical machinery, especially electric light
plants. In Cholon / found half a dozen
large steam rice mills all lighted by elec-
tricity.
The Granary of Asin.
Cochin China Is one of the granaries of
Asia, and the same can be said of Anam,
Tonking and Camboda. The soil Is rich
and vast quantities of rice are exported
Rice is the foundation of the wealth of the
people. 1t is Saigon's chief export, enough
going out every year to give a pound of
Evening star., 1902-01-04
ENORMOUS FEES.
Royalty and Rich People Pay Dearly
for Medical Treatment.

From Pearson's Weekly.
In the medical world some enormous fees
have been paid from time to time In
1t62 the famous Hertfordshire physician,
Thomas Dimsdale, was summoned to st.
Petersburg to vaccinate the Empress Cath
crime H. He was In the city less than a
week, but successfully did he accom-
plish his task that he was paid a consider
alton of f12,006. in addition to a life pen
sion of f500 year. Another costly vac
cinating operation was that performed a
few years ago by DR.. Butler upon six In
dian rajahs, and from each of his patients
he received 10000 for less than a days
work
When King Edward or the Prince Of
Wales, as he was then, lay at deaths
door with typhoid fever. the famous WILL
lam Jenner was called I'm for a period OF
four weeks, and in return he was paid at
the rate of f2.5O0 week and given a bar
onetcy into the bargain. Nor was it by
any means unusual for him to receive
fee OF $500 for an hours consultation with
less celebrated patients.
But royalty invariably pay their medical
attendants highly. The late Sir Morell
Mackenzie journeyed to Berlin to relieve
the sufferings of the Emperor Frederick
during his last illness and secured a fee
of 10000. while Professor Zacherine of
Moscow, who was called to Livadia when
the Car Alexander III lay dying, was
presented with check for f15,000, I'm addi-
tion to all expenses, for a two-days' at
tendance upon his illustrious patient. Dr.
Yowski. the famous oculist, pocketed fee
of $1,000 for attending the shahs son at
Teheran some years ago. figure COM
pletely put into the shade by that cap
tured by an English army surgeon, who
paid occasional visits to the Rajah of RAM
pur, India, when that potentate was suf-
fering from acute attack of rheuma-
tfsm. The patient did not wait for him
to send in his bill, for, finding his treat
ment beneficial. he rewarded him with a
draft for 10000.
The highest medical fee ever paid. how
ever. became the property of a blind ply
sician, DR. Gale Of Bristol, who cured a
wealthy patient of a diseased knee by
electric treatment. and in return found his
banking account richer by $4,000.
Evening star., 1902-01-04
&c System I'm Use.

Of success, as the wagons are practically
fortresses as well as safes.
The System I'm Use.
The guarding Of the national treasure, IN
which such a marvellous precautionary sys-
tenn is employed, in reality commences at a
point in the governmental money-making
long before the currency has come into ex-
fstence as such. The mill at Dalton Mass,
where is manufactured the distinctive
paper on which the United States currency
is printed, is hedged about with safeguards
designed to prevent not only the theft of
the precious fabric, but also to insure the
secrecy OF the chemical and mechanical
processes whereby there are provided the
two lines bands of loose colored silk
fiber which appear in each specimen OF
paper money and upon which the govern
ment relies largely for protection against
limitations. An amazingly intricate and
complex system Of safeguards prevails at
the bureau of printing and engraving at
Washington, where are printed all the cur
rency, government bonds and other secur-
ltles, particularly as regards the engraved
plates, as the theft of a package of bank
notes would be a small matter compared TO
the loss of plates which would print the
face and reverse of bank note, and which
would confer upon their possessor a Ilr-
tually ineXhaustfble fount of riches.
Responsibility of Ii All.
The responsibility for the safety Of the
printing plates really rests upon three men.
Each of the large doors of the vaults con-
tains three combination locks, one Of which
is operated by each member of the trio OF
trusted employees 1t is necessary that aft
three men be present in order to open any
door, and should one of them be absent all
work in the big printing establishment
would be at a standstiII unless he had de-
puted some person to represent him, and
informed him of the combination OF the
lock over which he has custody. In more
than quarter of a century not a single
plate in use at the bureau of printing and
engraving has been lost, but a few months
ago some persons succeeded i'm securing
several sheets of printed currency. and it
has not been possible as yet to apprehend
the culprits. However in view of the
relentless, untiring policy which the United
States secret service always follows in
such cases, it may be taken for granted
that 1t will only be matter of time until
the thief is placed behind prison bars
Evening star., 1902-01-04
How the French Are Bearing the
White Mans Burden.
TIE COLONIES OF FARTHER INDIA
A Visit to Cochin-China and Its
Capital.
HOW THE NATIVES LOOK
Copyright. 1901, by Frank c. Carpenter9
pecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.


Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
SAIGON Cochin China.
These notes are written in Saigon, the
capital of Cochin-China, at the tail end of
the French possessions in Asia. 1t is west
OF Siam, far below Anam and TonSins,
and hotter than Java on the edge Of the
equator. Today the thermometer was 100
in the shade. and tonight the warm, moist
air of the tropics wraps one around Ike
a sweat robe. I am on the French mail
steamer lying at anchor, and might as
well be in a Turkish bath, for the per-
spiratfon stands out IN white drops on the
back of my freckled, sunburned hands,
and my collar is whiting with the heat. I
have left the colonial empire of John Bull
on the Strait of Malacca. have shaken
the dust Of the Dutch islands from my
feet, and am now in the chief city Of the
French colonial possessions in Asia.
Asiatic France.
Cochin China is the smallest of the
French colonies OF Farther India 1t Is
only about as big as West Virginia, al
most three times as large as Massachu-
setts and It has population of a million
and a half. Still it is the most prosperous
OF the French possessions out here and the
center of French influence. Just back CT
il is Cambodia. which is as big as Ohio
and north of 1t is Anam, larger than Cam
bodia and Cochin China put together, and
still farther north the province of TO1king,
which, with the protected state of Laos, is
bigger than all France. Altogether tire
Evening star., 1902-01-04
Paper Stockings.

From the Liverpool Post.
The latest with regard to paper is that
We are to have stockings-real stockings-
made of that material which We are apt to
think sacred to the uses of the library II
Is said that paper can easily be made into
a sort of strong twine; this is roughened
to- give it a woolly look, and it is then knit
ted as though it were the real thing. This
curious hosiery is to be retailed at price
averaging three-halfpence a pair. which
will go far to tighten the labers of the pa
tient Cor impatient) work and washer
women, for who would darn stockings with
new ones at hand at that unheard-of pricef