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

Heavy cumbrous furniture takes mp
iicult TO keep clean. Moreover, it en-
coulages The storage of quantities of
clothing in the room. which always
produce a stuffy condition of the air.
The bed is the most important artl-
Gle. Ii should have strong iron
frame, with good woven wire or
chain spring mattress. On the bed
stead there should be hair mattress,
bolster and II feather pillow. The
bed clothes should consist of an under
blanket ANA one, two. or three upper
blankets, according 20 the weather. n
pair of cotton sheets. cotton or linen
pillow-case, and II counterpane. A
short cretonne valance not reaching to
the floor gives appearance and does
no harm, unless it encourages that
dirty and unwholesOme practice of
hiding away all sorts of old boxes and
rubbish under the bed
In addition to the bed. combined
dressing table and chest of drawers.
Il washing-table and toilet-servlce, and
Suillt hlHu VI WuTurOUc are necessary.
The hanging wardrobe is an excellent
idea. 1t consists of a wooden top to
which n row of pegs and curtain
rod are attached. The top is fastened
10 the wall, preferably in recess, and
curtains OF art muslin and cretonne
are suspended around It by the rod.
1t costs n mere nothing, and. being
airy. never contracts that stuify odor
so common in closet filed with worn
clothing. a few ornaments and pic.
lures are, of course, permissible, but
decorations placed in the fire CRATE.
must not be such as to obstruct the
free passage of air up the chimney.
Cleanliness is best secured by fur.
nlshing the room in such a way as
to make it as easy rs possible to keep
clean. The walls, floors and windows
should be treated us simply as possi-
bic, and the other furniture should be
limited to that which is really neces.
sary for use in the bed room.-Amer'
lean Queen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

Nut Cake-One egg, three-fourths cup
OF thick sour cream, one cup of sugar,
one and one-half cups -four, one-half
teaspoon soda, one cup chopped Eng
lsh walnuts. Bake nearly an hour in
a well CREASED Toured tin In moder-
ate oven.
flashed Brown Potatoes-For one and
one-half plnts of cold boiled potatoes,
cut in dice, add one-half teaspoonful
salt, one-siXth teaspoCnful pepper, and
about three-fourths of cup OF milk.
Melt ore tablespoonful OF butter in
frying pan, pour in potatoes, mix well,
dcedge with one tablespoonful of flour.
and stir for five minutes. Then pour
all in hot, well-butrered spider and
brown. Turn out like an omelet.
Banana Pudding-Four cups of
water, one cup of sugar, four table.
sroOnfuls of corn starch, whites OK
four eggs, three bananas, two oranges.
Put sugar with water and let come
90 boil. Wet the corn starch and
stir in. Add tho well beaten egg whites
by spoonfuls, beating well all the time.
DO not let boil after this, as it burns
easily. Put in II dish o layer of this
alternately with slices of banana and
orange. Serve cold with whipped
cream.
Fricassee of Eggs-Set two ounces OF
butter into stewpan, and when dis.
solved add chopped parsley, little
finely minced onion, with pepper and
salt 10 season Stew this until the sea.
soning Is cooked, then add cupfrl
OF milk and little -four to thicken the
whole. Boil four eggs until hard, peel
off the shells carefully, and cut into
slices; each egg should make four OF
five slices. Set the eggs into the sauce,
let all come to the boil. and set In an
entree dish at once. II preferred, sub.
-titute gravy for milk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

The greatest OF American railroads
are tearing down many of their metal
bridges and building in place of them
stone arches which will not rust.
which viii have no need of change
az repair or strengthening for many
generations. and viii defy the teeth
of the ages That is a notable going
back to the best work of ancient
alays. The Roman arch in its nOblest
form. with its sound, strong lines.
with the imperishable rock from foun.
Gati0n to keystone. was a model for
aii time. In dignity. in steadfastness,
In calm. serene disregard Of the transi-
ROXY, the deeting and the unstable.
the Roman arch has known no super
t0r-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

both sweetheart and provider. His
greatest difficulty was his need of an
assistant, and many was the barracu-
da and giant jewish that escaped him
in his lonely, all-day cruises up and
down that matchless summer sea.
Sometimes he would induce some lazy
wharf idler TO accompany him, some
times old Pedro, the retired Portu-
guese from whom he had bought the
sea and help him with the work.
Sometimes, when the sea was like a
floor of cleaning onyx, his father
would sit in the stern sheets. and little
Charley would man the jib" or troll
line for small fish, but alone or with
"a crew" Tom never failed to bring
home at night enough fish so that his
earnings at the end of the week were
almost enough to pay the running ex-
penses of the frugal little family.
1t was in the end of August that the
Monterey, the monster coast defense
monitor. returned from her first cruise.
She had been in South American
waters for four months. and the crew
got its first shore leave on American
soil at San Diego. The big war vessel
was thrown open to visitors one Sun
day morning, and all that day Tom
Clifin carried sightseers from the
Santa Fe pier to the Monterey. Good
seaman that he was, he was fascin-
ated with the dazzling spotlessness of
the monitor, and every night while she
lay in port Tom came aboard TO revel
in the ship-talk and yarns of officers
and men. He soon knew all the Off
GERS by name, and had formed close
friendship with seaman named Han
sen, who had lived i'm Chicago and was
hail fellow withevery man in the crew.
Hansen was killed the night before
the Monterey sailed for Frisco. He
had gone ashore with a guard to ar
rest q halfbreed Mexican stoker who
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22
PROPERTIES OF THE MAIDSTONE.
Cowpunchers of the West Place Great
Faith in the Absorbent.

Faith in the Absorbent.
The maidstone is supposed to be
taken from the stomach of white
deer. 1t is about the size of an Eng
lish walnut, and slightly porous. When
person is bitten by an animal af-
ilicted with rabies the stone is placed
on the bite. 1t Immediately sticks,
sometimes for half an hour.
One of the greatest fears of the
cowpuncher is of being bitten by
skunk. In the cattle country. when
the puncher is on the range and must
sleep out of doors of nights, he hardly
ever lies down on the ground without
thinking of this danger. When he Is
bitten 1t Is almost always in the face.
Nine times out of ten hydrophobia
symptoms develop. In most cases he
is anywhere from twenty to fifty
miles from a doctor, and search Is
made among the ranchers for a mad
stone. The cowpuncher is simple in
his faiths, and he clings to this one.
And, indeed, many marvellous tales
are told of the success of this some
what vague healer.
The writer knows of one remark
able case. A man in n New Mexico
cattle town was bitten in the arm by
a mad dog. The nearest doctor gave
his aid. but he was not able to de-
crease the swelling. A maidstone was
sent for from n distance and applied
to the bite. The curative properties
Of the stone lie in it's power of alb
sorption. 1t adhered at once to this
mans arm. Running up the elbow
was thin blue streak, tracing the
course of the poison. AS the stone
stuck this streak gradually decreased,
and was not to be seen when the in
animate little doctor fell off, after
thirty minutes adhesion. The stone
was put in water, and n blue film i'm
mediately formed on the surface. The
man got well.
The value of a maidstone varies with
its owner. The stone just told Of was
held at $500.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

had Overstayed his leave. The guard
separated to scour the town for the
deserter, and Hansen, alone, had the
misfortune to corner him in Chinese
dive at the lower end of town. A
knife in the dark as he was dragging
his prisoner through an alleyway, n
panic of chattering Cinnamon, who
quenched their lamps and bolted their
doors, and poor Hansen was left dying
in the mlre. 1t is hut four miles to the
Mexican border from San Diego, and
thither, 1t was supposed, the murderer
had fed.
The Mayor of San Diego offered 5000
reward for the capture of Hansen's
slayer, the little police force was
thrown in fever of activity, the Mon
terey delayed her sailing for three days
| and then the crime began to be for
gotten. Tom sailed out to the fishing
grounds every morning with whomever
he could pick up. 1t was nearly a
| month after the monitor had gone
when lone fisherman sitting at the
| end of the jetties that reach from the
| crescent end of Coronado Island
4
hailed him. Young Clafiin stood in
for the landing and invited the stran-
ger aboard. He wanted something to
eat. and the boy, with sudden fiut-
ter in his heart, opened his pail and
bade the stranger make himself COM
Portable. They fished all that day
with rare luck. and at sundown the
Little Mother" was deep with her
cargo Of barracuda. Once under the
lee of Point Iona on the homeward
trip the breeze died out, and the boat
went drifting with the tide. The
southern reaches of the entrance to
San Diego harbor are covered with
sandbars and shadows that extend two
miles along the inner side of Coronado.
The tide ran out while Little Moth.
er" was drifting about these bars and
when darkness fell she went hard
aground. A dense fog came with the
night The chapnel buoys disappeared
M 4zstant Lights Of the city were
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

Extravagance no doubt exists to a
degree. and in some cases it is a dis
ease, but lie who, having the power
ao prevent 1t. uses it as an excuse for
n criminal act is twice criminal,
since. in addition to his own default.
he tries to drag others into a compile
lily Herewith which amounts to the
bearing OF false witness. The man
who condones extravaganza assumes
she responsibility for 1t by the mere act
of condonation, and sympathy for one
WIN uses It as a mitigation for a
areach OF trust is utterly misplaced.
observes Harper's Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22
TROLLING FOR LARGE FISH.

thus, like true-blue Chicagoan, risked
his all in the only business venture in
sight.
II named her for you. mother, and
you must christen har and take sail
In her tomorrow"
With basket of luncheon and pail
and shovel for clans, the Clafiin fam
fly, with Tom proudly leading the way
went down to the beach in the morn.
ing. Sure enough, there lay the Lit.
tie Mother" swinging gracefully al
her moorings, no longer dingy and
black, but radiant in coat of fresh
white paint, her sails mended and ship.
shape, the Stars and Stripes fiuttering
from her peak and her name in bold
blue letters across her bows. Toms
little brother and sisters danced with
delight, new light came into his faith.
er's eyes, and as for Little Mother
the patron saint of that first voyage
she laughed AID cried by turns as she
sat in the stern of the boat and
watched Tom, the captain, and little
Charley, the first mate" both bub
bling over with excitement and nauti
Sa. terms, tugging at ropes, running
about like regular jack-tars and max
ing all ready ito put to sea-" as Tom
said.
As the boat, driven by cool sou'ea
breeze, stood out across the bay for the
Iona lighthouse. Tom showed them
all the new hand-pump he had rugged
into his little "ship," he explained the
centreboard, pointed out the imaginary
beauties End qualities of the Little
Mother" boasted Of what he meant t.
accomplish as professional fisher
man. and made everybody so happy
that 1t seemed no time at all till the
sun was dipping into the sea and the
first cruise Of the Little Mother" wal
over.
And the boy made good money Will
his modest venture. He would rise
with the sun each morning. and Will
his dinner pail and coarse tackle max.
Ter ths boat that had become 20 htu
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

Few men deliberately shoulder the
ssusiness burdens which break them
down. Their responsibilities are slow
ly acquired. each success bringing its
rcsuats in the, way Of more work. When
\ man finds that the load has become
asO heavy the condition of his affairs
II apt to he such to require his con-
slant attention His habit of over
work has taken the shape of neces-
s2ty- The men who have by their
Swn ciKorts acquired enormous for
tunes have fewer pleasures aside from
their employment of work than their
en,ployes may have They are chained
- the desk- 1t II impossible for most
- thesn to dIsmiss their business at
fnfrs fsem mind even when they take
1hs air sr VIXEN they lie down to sleep.
lei NJ ars snsisd " the great ma
lmnlv e nanv
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

Comment has been made on the small
amount-between $4,000 and $35, 200
left by Sir Walter Besant. 1t may,
however, be safely accepted that be-
sides Sir Walter Scott no novelist
has ever made such sums as would be
regarded by men in the money market
as wealth Scott's income averaged
for years $4,000 year. Dickens left
Ss00.0O0; Thackery less; Bulwer Lyt-
ton- with n very keen eye for the
1nain chance. and considerable but
encumbcred estate, 100000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

1t may be assumed that the labor
peace committee is organized with en-
tire sincerity and composed of men
who are broad enough to recognize
right on either side. There is therefore
ground for hope that it will not prove
the melancholy failure that the peace
convention which met at The Hague
some time ago turned out to be. thinks
the Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22
Fancy Household Linen.

The most recent showings of fancy
household linens are veritable dreams
Of beauty. Colored linen embroidered
on white ground is shown as a
change from the all white kinds. These
pieces are in centres, doilies, bureau
scarfs. etc, to match special color
schemes. Exquisite table sets of cloth
ana napkins have the linen cut out In
spaces and squares of filet and Venice
lace set In alternately.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22
Honors For the Young.

The new Chief Justice OF Sierra
Leone, Mr.. p. c. Smyly, is the young.
est man holding such position in the
colonial service. He Is only thirty-fve.
and has been on the west coast for the
past six years and found the climate
to agree with him. The new Chier
Justice took his LII. d. degree in Dub
lin University ten years ago, and his
great talents early marked him out for
rapid Advancement. = Lond.n Chroni-
Gle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

NIarconi has put it within the grasp
of our senses to fully appreciate the
words Shakespeare puts in the mouth
Of Macbeth when in imagination he
sends pity forth "horsed upon the
sightless couriers OF the air." Ten.
nyson Is also furnished an answer to
his inquiry:
Star to star vibrates light; may soul TO
soul
Strike thro' finer element of her own
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

1t is said that the morphine habit
Is spreading alarm'ngly among the
women of all classes in France. Med.
zeal ruen whose patients are women of
fashion, as well as doctors who work
smong the large army of milliners.
aressmakers, blanchisseuses and shop
girls of the French capital, equally
Rver that they find the use of morphine
becoming more general, and this opin-
ion is confirmed by chemists.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

II is somewhat astonishing fact to
learn that nearly one-third of the al
most quarter of billion dollars col
Iected by the Government under the
war revenue act has been obtained
from the use OF documentary stamps.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

Indianapolis is frightened at the n.
crease of crime among her boys dur
ing the past few years. During 1899
eighty nine boys were arrested by the
police. During eleven months of this
year 235 boys have Deen arrested. OF
this number 40 were charged with
crimes which would send adults to the
penitcntiary.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22

Linoleum should never be scrubbed
but may be washed with soap and
water and then dried with a cloth. 1t
Is good plan TO polish II with equal
parts of oil and vinegar applied with
n flannel. This should be rubbed off
carefully with cloth so that not the
least sickness remains.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22
Literature is at present largely made
mp OF the historical novel and the
novel history.

Tho American continent expects to
have n canal very soon that will be
worthy of close telescope study by
the civil engineers on Mars.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-22
HAS THE WORLD GONE wRonos

Has the world the
sounds
oiss singing happyso Tba whoa ebuym make.
l
strong n o
With that brings little
world There's
man,,
in lis work. lone o.
gate, OF
Where lovers have
facesgo low where hearts are hit
Chicago Recordi Herald
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-03-28
MARCr1S 4. HANNA

Church Mission House. The operators
present were W. II. Trucsdalc prrsi-
dent of the Delaware, Lackawanna
ana Western railroad: f. B. Thomas,
chairman of the board of the Erie rail
road; George s. Baer Of the Reading
railroad and Robert Olyphant. prcsi-
dent of the Delaware and Hudson COM
lany. while the spokrslnen for the min
crs were John Mitchell, president of
the United Mine Workers association,
and three district presidents of that
organizatonsThomus Nichols. John
Fahy and Thomas Duffy.
Mr.. Mitchell is to withdraw the order
temporarily to give opportunity for the
second conference. which Senator Han.
M is to call. When Senator Hanna
came from the conference room, he
said:
"The miners representatives have
pledged themselves 10 withdraw the
threat of a partial strike on April l..
Both sides are to take time TO consider.
the representations made today, and in
thirty days or at call the committee is
to meet and hear tile results of this de
liberation. An agreement seems likely"
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-03-28
STRIKE POSTPONED
Conference Before Civic Fed.
Grafton In New York
MINE WORKERS and OWNERS MEET
Chairman Hanna Of the Cancellation
Committee Will Call Another
Meeting and ConsiderS an
Agreement Probable.

meeting ana COnH10erA an
Agreement Probable.
NEW YORK. March 2S.--Mine work.
ers and mine owners of the anthracite
fields debated their differences for four
hours yesterday in a conference ar
ranged by the conciliation committee
of the National Civic federation, but
the meeting was without result save
that the workers agreed not to strike
Oh April |, as decreed at the ShamOkin
convention. There is to be further
friendly discussion between the two
interests. and Senator Hanna MS chair
man of the industrial department of
another conference at any favorable
time within the next thirty days.
The workers asked for an increase in
pay, shortening Of the working day
to eight hours and the adoption Of a
scale foi the entire district. The opera
tors declined to grant the demands as
to time and pay and refused to permit
tine complete unionization of their prop
critics. The operators offered to meet
employees with grievances at any time,
hut insisted that there he no distinc-
ton between union and nonunion men.
They also asserted that present market
conditions did not warrant any in
crease in wages or decrease in work.
ing time.
Senator Hanna, Oscar Straus and
Frank Duncan. Il subcommittee named
by the conciliators, arranged for the
conference, which was held ut the
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-03-28
Mystery In This Death i.

Mount Holly, N. j., March ~.
Mystery surrounds the finding
of Marshall Cowperthwait, son OF
Lewis Cowperthwait, II Mcdfortl
farmer, in his fathers barn to-day
lii % semi-conscious condition,
and the impression prevails that
he was poisoned. The Coroner
has been ordered to hold an in
quest.
The young man left home last
Monday to work for the Central
Railroad Company at Atsion, say
ing he would return next Sunday.
Nothing was heard from him un-
til to-day, when he was found in
a semi condition in Il wagon in his
fathers stable
DR.. Sharp, Of Medford, was
summoned, but was unable to re-
store the man to consciousness
and he died soon afterward. DIR.
Sharp declared his symptoms in-
dicated that he was suffering from
poison and he declined to give Il
burial D, rmit.
All the information obtainable
is that yorng Cowperthwait was
drugged and robbed. He was
married at Vincentown a few
weeks ago, but had a disagreement
with his bride an hour after the
ceremony and they separated.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-03-28
R.H. SCOTT.
:3I4 Market Street.
MURDlE HELD
FOR MURDER

Chester, March 27.-David Mul
die was committed to Jail by Alder
man Smith this afternoon, charged
with the murder of Thomas H.
Green, who was found dead in a
closet Of the Standard Social Club
Tuesday afternoon. Murdie was
one of party who played poker
in the clubroom Monday night.
A. L. Lynch, one of the players
who was asleep upon the floor of
the clubroom while Green was
being dubbed to death, testified
to-day that Murdie and Green had
some words as to the amount the
former owed.
Murdie admitted to the police
that he had gone into the rooms
at l O'Clock on Tuesday afternoon
and saw Green and Lynch asleep.
DR.. Jeheris, who examined NIm-
dies clothing, testified that he
discovered blood spots upon them
but had not yet made microsco-
pical examination of the blood to
determine whether it was human
blood OF not.
A. L. Lynch was held in $500
bail as a witness. George Smith
and Fred Hall, who were in the
party Of poker players, were held
as witnesses in $500 bail.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-03-28
CONDENSED DISPATCHES,

Deaths from cholera at Mecca since
March % were put at nearly 1000.
1t was denied that there is famine
in Russia as a result of the crop fail.
ure.
All New York churches have Joined
to prevent the production of a passion
play in that city.
Emperor Francis Joseph performed
the annual ceremony Of washing the
feet of twelve old men.
John Hays Hammond reported that
ore reserves in Stratton's Independence
mine are very low.
A Chicago court decided that a rail.
road ticket, otherwise good, is not in.
validated by passing through a scalp.
er's hands.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-03-28
DOxNielteA lunrnntined.

CHICAGO. March IS. discovery of
smallpox in the building on Michigan
avenue occupied by John Alexander
Dowic rs Il college. chapel. hotel and
publication office OF Leaves of Healing
has resulted in 1I3 Dowieites being
quarantincd there. Even if no new
cases Of the disease shall develop these
of servants employed in the place will
not he allowed to leave it for twenty
days. Three policemen guard the en-
frances and exits Of the building, for
merly the Hotel Norwood, and doors
and windows on the ground floor have
been barred and locked to prevent any
one leaving the building.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-03-28
MlkA Stone En- Anute.

VIENNA, March 2S.-Miss Ellen NJ
Stone, the American missionary, pass
ed through Vienna last night on her
way TO London. Miss Stone appeared
to have recovered from the effects OF
her captivity better than was expected
by those who saw her at the time of
her release She said to a press repre-
sentative: II have daily become better
since was liberated. This owe main
ly to the fact that for many years
have been accustomed to the air and
food of the locality where l was q pris-
Oner. The brigands treated me and
Nine. Tsilka as well as they could.
They told us it was to their interest to
Keep us in as good health as possible.
MS nobody would pay ransom for us II
We were dead. Indeed they did the
best they could. My companion. Nine.
Tsilka, bore all the hardships bravely
i can only say the best about her as
well as about her husband, whose re.
ported arrest for completely in our alb
duclon is quite absurd. The Rev. Mr..
Tsilka Is IN honest and intelligent
man. He is quite incapable of dis.
honest act"