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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
THE C
Havann's Famous Playhouse Has an
u Interesting History.

The history of the Tacon theater of
Havana Is very interesting. In the
year 1898 Francisco Marty, who was
then the leader Of a band Of pirates
| which infested the island Of Cuba and
| who had a price of $4,000 or his head,
was captured and ordered to be put to
death. Seeing there was nc hope for
him, he asked leave to see General
Tacon, who was then governor general
Of Havana, and told him If his life was
spared he would denounce his entire
band and assist him in Kidding the Is
land of the number Of pirates which In
tested 1t at that period. Accordingly
General Tacon gave him a two weeks
parole, and inside of a week Marty had
denounced his fellow pirates and turn
ed them over to the government. For
this service he was pardoned.
| In 1896 Marty asked for the conces-
sion to build a national theater on the
site Of Parque Central. 1t was granted
to him. General TacOn went further
and allowed him the privilege Of the
use Of forty convicts who were then
confined in MORO castle to assist him
in the work, each convict receiving the
sun Of 20 cents a day. In 1893 the
theater was finished. and Marty, as a
proof Of the gratitude he felt toward
General Tacon for sparlng his life. nam
ed 1t FL Teatro TacOn. During the In.
surrection In Cuba many exciting Incl.
dents took place here. In II instance
a regiment Of Cuban insurgents barri
caded themselves in the theater and
held it against the Spanlards for three
days. Finally they were starved out,
and as they were making their escape
all were shot.
The theater n built Of white stone,
with decorations Of marble, and faces
Central park, being in the center OF the
fashionable district Of Havana. 1t Is
one Of the largest theaters In the world,
seating over 5000 persons.-Cuban Re
Wow
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
NEW DIRK
Trinity II, h Land II Occupies
WI q at $500, 900.

Trinity II the Land IL Occupies
WI 4 at S12,3OO,OOO.
Trinity { IN is valued at $12,500,-
900. This Z mate includes the land &C.
cupied by churchyard. 1t is In the
most valuai " part Of New York, If not
in the mos valuable division Of prop
erty in the orld.
roo.
Grace chu"ch. at what was once de-
Bcribed as he head of Broadway, Is
valued at $4,000.
The FRS, Presbyterian church, on
Fifth avenuc. between Eleventh and
Twelfth streets. is valued at $750,000.
st. Marks church, on Second avenue,
aIs old landmark in that nelghborhood,
is valued at $2I5,O00.
The Marble Collegiate church, Fifth
avenue and Twenty-ninth street, is
valued at 81, 200, 900.
The Church of ST. Paul the Apostle
1.-THE Paul.st church,, at Fifty-nlnth
street ana Columbus avenue. is valued
Mt 100000.
The West Presbyterian church. on
West Forty-secOnd street. is valued at
$ij0.000, st. Thomas at 81, 100000 and
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church,
D and II West Fifty-nlnth street, at
sl.CO3.000.
The valuation of the Temple Emanu-
lei Is S~l,53O,0OO. Of st. l'atrick's cathe-
tlral SG.OO0,00O. of the B'nai .Ieeshurun
synagogue 100000, of the Temple
BETHEL. ut the corner of Fifth venue
and Seventy-sixth street. 81. 800 1000. of
the broadway Tabernacle. Broadway
and Fifty-siXth street. .IOO.OO0 and of
the Christian Scientist church, Central
Paris West and SiXty-eighth street.
S3UO.UO.-New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
The Range of Apples.

Pineapple" and love apple" (tomato)
are instances Of the II in which
the apple has been habitually taken rs
the typical fruit, the name Of which is
naturally borrowed in naming all sorts
Of fruits and vegetables that only re-
motley resemble 1t. DR.. ,Murray's dc
tionary gives an imposing list Of them
Jews apple. DEVILS apple, kangaroo
apple. AMI so on. \ writer Of the sew
enteenth century speaks Of "the fruit
or apples Of palm trees" and a four.
teenth century man says that "all
manere aples that ben closyd in an
harde skinne, rynde, other shale, ben
callyd Nuces' (nuts). In the year 1000,
apparently, earth apples" meant not
potatoes, but cucumbers. And even
Ewes "apple" is believed to have been
a citron.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
BOLIVIAN
They Are Numerous and OF All The
Colors of the Rainbow.

they Are mero and of All the
Colors Of the Rainbow.
The priced possession Of the Bolivian
Indian woman and her chief pride also,
whether she Is Yure Indian or chola, is
her petticoat. Her dowry is in this
garment. Like the Dutchwoman of
tradition, she carries her wealth about
with her. These pettlcoats are of all
colors of the rainbow and divers
other hues not found therein. | first
noticed them Mt N%azarene and re-
marked the love of color, which must
be Unborn, for the garments were of
yellow, purple, violet, fiery red, Grim
son, scarlet, subdued orange, glaring
saffron, blue and green. They were
short, reaching barely below the knee,
and no difference was observed be-
tween childhood, maidenhood. matron-
ly middle life and wrinkled old age.
CHANGING from my window in Tupiza, l
thought it was, a parade of perambu-
latlng balloons.
These women have a habit which the
bashful traveller does not at first un-
derstand. When he sees one of them
calmly removing a petticoat lie is apt
to turn away, but he need not do so.
1t may be that the advancing heat of
the day has caused the wearer to dis
card the outer skirt, but more likely Ii
Is the vanity Of her sex and the desire
to make her sisters enyious by showing
what is beneath, for each new vesture
disclosed Is more brilliant than the one
which overlapped 1t. | sat in the plaza
Mt Tupiza and watched two Indian wO-
men try to make each other envious.
The first one removed the outer petit
coat, which was Of purple. This divest-
ment disclosed another garment of
blazing red, and after that came a
brilliant yellow. The other woman
started with a green petticoat and
gradually got down TO a mixture of
blue and yellow. BY that time I had
begun to fear for the consequences and
made a pretense Of turning my back by
strolling to the hotel.-National Geo
graphical Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24

Dean Swift roundly Denounced the
poets Of his day who had introduced
.hc barbarous custom Of abbreviatlng
".ort,s to At than to the measure OF
their verses" Swift Instances "Irudg'd''
and "disturb'd" ~ mortal %oifenseI.
The custom SO introduced had begun to
dominate prose. Another cuuse-bOr-
rowed. Swift suggested. from the clip
ping process-which he held had con-
!ributed to The milmlng Of the Ian
guag,. "is n foolish opinion advanced
u late years that W. ought to spell ex-
.tctly rs we speak. which, besides the
obvious Inconvenience Of utterly de-
stroylng or e~tyniology. would be a
thing we should nevcr see the end Of"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
THOMAS JEFFERSON

Wonderful Personal Chnrm of the
Old Time Patriot.
In December, 1860. II few days after
congress had for the first time met in
our new metropolis, | WAS morn
ing sitting alone in the phrlor when the
servant opened the door and showed
Ia Il gentleman who wished 10 see my
husband. The usual fran@ness and
care with which | net strangers were
somewhat checked by the d .-niiied and
reserved air of the PIE, eat visitor. but
the chilled feeling was OILY munien-
tary, for, after taking the chair ! Of
fered him in a free and e,sy manner
and carelessly throwing his arm Oh the
table near which he sat. he turned to-
yard me Il countenancc h" .nilng with
an expression of D%enevO.e.I e and with
a manner and voice alAiJSt f.IiIinely
soft and gentle entered int cOnVeIsa-
ton on the commonplace topics of the
day, from which. before was con-
scious of it, lie had drawn me Into OBJ
servationS of II more personal and in
teresting nature. | know MT how 1t
was. but there was something in his
manner his c%1rutenance and voice that
at unre ,nlorkel NV heart. and in an
swer to his casual injuries concern
inc our situation III orr new home, as
he called it, | found myself frankly
tr!llu. him what I liked o. Lisliiel In
ouy resent circumstances ana ABIDE.
knew no viii, he was. hut the inter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
THE N M
She IL Beautiful. Proud, simple and
RadianNy Fsniifnine.

She IL Beautiful. Proud, simple and
RsdianHy FSmfnine.
What women are more adorable, so
proud, SO simple, so radiantly feminine?
As a type, the Spanish woman Of the
south Is unique. She Is small and slen-
der, exquisitely proportional, with tiny
but beautifully shaped hands and feet.
Her head, poised proudly on a torso Of
classical symmetry. Is small, and her
hair Is black and crisp, Of the blush
tint peculiar to the raven. Her face Is
oval, such as Ruskin admired, finely
chlseled, frank and childish; her lips
full, red and pOuting; her nose slightly
aquiline with nervous, quivering o
trils. Her eyes, almond shaped, dark,
lustrous, pensiye and passionate, now
fash open like globes Of fire, now
dreamily close as IL In sadness. In
her white lace shawl and the flowers
of Spain In her hair she Is quite IRE
sistible. yet no prouder creature ex-
lists, nor less coquettish a nature. Her
love her, and she would no
more smoke n cigarette than she would
play hockey or golf. She is simple as
n bird, hayward and captlous as a
child; sincere. for she does not know
what it is to he insincere. When she
loves she will die for you, but when
she hates she will STAY you with a
glance as keen as any dagger.-New
York Mail.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24

Balzac wore a blue dress coat with
metal buttons. A play Of his. Les
l.essources de Qulnola," was In re-
hearsal ut the Odson theater In Paris,
and Balzac, ever hopeful, expected an
Immense success. In order to appear
in gala costume Oh the opening night
he ordered a blue dress coat lined with
satin. the buttons of which were Of
so..i eighteen carat gold. "Quinola"
was a yhastly failure, and for some
line after 1t left the bill Balzac was
exceedingly hard up. Whenever ready
money failed him-and ready money
failed him oftcn-he used to cut one OF
his buttons or and sell 1t to a jeweler.
and to the day Of his death the coat
with the gold buttons and its sue
cessors were called by Balzac and his
friends Les Resources de Quinola."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24

In the little town of Munsiedel, In
Bavaria. there exists II of the most
curious charitable foundations in the
world. One Of the burghers, Christie
pher Wanner. died in 1451 and left his
fortune for the establishment Of a
home for aged poor. He attached, how
ever, the condition that every old man
who was taken in should wear his
beard and the same cut Of clothes and
cap as he himself used to wear. Con-
s%equently, after the lapse Of hundreds
Of years, the ancient pensioners are
still to be seen wandering about the
streets of Munsiedel In the costumes OF
the fifteenth century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24

remain as long az the drought lasted,
until weeks of steady and violent rains
should come and transform the dry,
barren veldt into a tropical garden.
Then they would trek back home.
Long before the sun rose for a new
day of burning heat and thirst the dot
Of wagons and animals was ready for
departure. But even as it began
to crawl away from the river bed that
was dry toward the one that might
contain water, several Of the mounted
Beers who were circling about the cat
tie deserted something less than a
third of a mile away.
In the dim light they at first thought
1t a wild animal, and examined their
rifles; then, as the object drew near,
they made 1t out to be q man, and
that he was on foot instead Of horse
back. But II was not until he had ap-
preached to within a few rods that they
discovered he was very young, scarcely
more than a boy, and that he was In
outlander.
Now there Is nothing more obnoxious
10 a Boer than an outlander or wit
lander-alien. He feels that their COM
ing into the country threatens his in
btitutions, and that the very object Of
their coming is wrong. The treasures
Of the earth belong to the earth, and
should not be wrested away. The
hustle and desire for change, for
wealth, for investigating, even the
progressive ideas of these outsiders are
causes for suspicion and dislike. So
when a cherry 'Hellor came from the
wayfarer their answer was but a gruff
and unintelliCible grunt.
All this time the train was moving
forward, but slowly, for oxen are plod-
ding travellers. The boy was obliged
to pause for the animals to pass, and
he watched the long, struggling line
with the interest of a newcomer. After
the cattle and sheep and their guard
came the creaklng, unwieldy wagons,
with their %inspanned oxen. Beside the
first Of these wagons rode a large,
broad faced man whose white hair and
air Of authority proclaimed him the
head Of the family. AS he came oppo-
site the boy stepped forward.
Hello" he called again cheerfully.
The man looked down at him, his
face hardening, but he stopped.
well" he said harshlv. "wha+ do
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
On the Ve|dt
By FRANK H. SWEET
By FRANK H. SWEET
Copyright, ooe, by NJ. NJ. Cunningham

1t was the dry season on the veldt,
and the grass was burned down and
half covered with yellow dust. Not a
kraal was to be seen or a habitation,
not a tree or shrub so far rs the eye
could reach-only the ocher brown
earth stretching away and at last end
ing in the same level sky lines to the
north and south and east and west,
and crossing the SUI blistered waste
one little animate dot, the canvas COW
cred wagon of a Boer family trekking
with the sheep and cattle in search of
a water course that had not dried up.
For three days had the dot been
moving across the waterless waste,
and for three days had the sun left the
thirsty sky line in the east only to
glare down pitilessly until 1t dropped
behind the equally thirsty sky line in
the west, and now the tongues of the
cattle were hanging from their mouths
and the sheep bleated ~piteously, and
the small quantity of water brought
along for the trekkers' own use was
SAhtuhohVus
BY the end of the second day they
had expected to find water, but the
stream counted on had proved but a
dusty, sun dried depression, and for
twenty-four hours they had followed
Its course, hoping to find some sink
hole from which the water had not
dried. Now they were bordering the
necessity of seeking the next water
course yet another t%wenty-four hours
away. If that were dry also, what
then?
Other families had trekked over this
veldt before them, and more would
follow, for this was the annual custom.
When the dry season came and burned
every vestige of green from the home
grazing land, the Beers would load
their families into the great wagons,
drawn by many spans of oxen, and
driving the sheep and cattle before
them, seek the water courses that had
not dried up. And there they would
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24

The idea that TIE nan who goes on u
railway journey takes his If" in his
hand aud H. rather rAOrr likely than
not to meet with an untimcly death ut
the first curve the train n~egotiatcs is
scarcely borne out b. the fact that tie
chances against any II passenger
meeting his death on the railway are
36.00O.000 to /. This Immunity from
disaster reflects considerable credit
rpon the companies, hut still more upon
engine drivers and signalmen. whose
skill and care are the main factors in
the safety of the passenger.-London
Court Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY!.
The C%redulity of Men and the Gospel
of the Parasites.

Of the Parasites.
The credulity of u multitude of more
or less thrifty people, who, in their
mania for money, are ready to believe
that they can amass fortunes over
night, makes them the easy prey OF a
swarm Of parasites who infest the
financial districts. The gospel of the
victims and real castles for themselves
Is terse:
"A fool is born every minute"
"A fool and his money are soon
parted"
Posing as bankers and brokers, the
financial parasites scour the country
for the fools and then exercise their
nimble wits in devising schemes to &C.
complish the partition. How many
millions Of dollars are parted from the
fools every year may be conjectured
from the millions of dollars spent by
the pseudo-financiers in advertising.
The bulk of the financial advertising
in the leading newspapers Of the oun
try Is intended for the fools. Another
index of the richness Of the harvest Of
parting money from the fools Is the
occasional exposure of some particu-
larry glaring and bungled imposture,
when the calculable 'swag' runs into
the hundreds of thousands, If not into
millions. But these frauds are seldom
exposed, for the victims are usually as
anxious as the victimizers to escape
the limelight of publicity. Most men
prefer to lose thir money rather than
hear their n%eighbors quote from the
parasites gospel. "A fool and his
money are soon parted Success.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
SHAKESPEARE'S NAME.
The Great Poet Himself Spelled II
In Different Ways.

The GreOt Poet Himself Spelled II
In Different Ways.
Our great poet Shakespeare spelled
his II in two w~ays-viz, "Shak-
spere' and shakespeare" in writing
the three signatures to his will, now at
Somerset House. Besides these three
there are tyD Other auth 'lt.c sigma
lures, of which the first. in the con
yeyance Of his Blackfriars property, Is
written SHAKESPEARE" and the second,
In the mortgage deed relating to the
same property. has been interpreted
both as ''Shakspere" and shakespeare"
'~Shakspere' is the spelling of the al
legged autograph in the British mu-
scum copy of .Florio's "Montaigne,"
but the. authenticity of the signature
is considered doubtful. The name of
the poets father occur slxty-six times
in the council books of Stratford and
Is spelled in sixteen ways. the com
monest form being "Shaxpere." Al
most all references to the poet in the.
seventeenth century give the form
Shakespeare" which is used also OH
the grant Of arms in 1896, in the IL
cense to the players of 1903 and in the
text Of all the legal documents relat-
ing to the poets property. That the
poet sanctioned this spelling is clear
from its adoption in the venus and
Adonis" of 1893 and the "Lucrece" Of
1894, which were produced under his
Observation-Disclosures Standard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24

Better than most metaphors that have
been drawn from the spiders way Of
life is the delightfully."- human one Of
Alphonse Karr's in his voyage autour
de mon Jardin." The spider, he says,
is more truthful than man. When man
says, "If my wife does not love me l
shall die" he does not die, But when
the spider says 20 he knows he is
speaking the truth, for if his wife does
not love him she kills h~im.-London
Saturday Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
DfacOuPtegY.

II we inquire closely into the COM
plants Of modern deterioration Of man
ners in the lower classes we should
find that the real sting does not lie in
actual rudeness, but in the shock Of
receiving courtesy when respect was
demanded. The compliments feel In
their modest degree very much like
Henry Liz. Of observation-disclosures
Fichtenwald, when the American stu
dent on being presented said genially,
"Pleased to make your acquaintance"
Miss NJ. Loane in Contemporary Re-
view.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
PICTURES.
Od3 Pnrior Ornaments and II Very
S~nbstnntiaI Dinner.

S~nbStnn Dinner.
There is Il practical minded million
;i"e who has invented II Substitute Tor
vaiu... 10 pictures which il is ,l.ped will
not cUlll.!ilni Itself to Ot.i"rS. He las
had II Large mtiiber If bank notes
framed. and the,t are hyn., upon the
wall where the pictures SiiUUil be.
In the drawing room Is OLE frime
tat contains Il bank npt. for alWO,srl.
and he says: There is the money in
case | find n picture which is sufficient
iy valuable to pay that price for it.
Meanwhile the note tells its own tale
and saves me from explaining to my
visitors that tits picture cost so much
as most other rich men do.
'The chief pleasure of these collectors
appears to arise not from the beauty Of
the work. but from the cost of it: then
Il large sum hung on the walls. as I do?
Besides. | find tat t. is mrcii more in
~tHresting to my tors, Tor most of
them look long n:nl carefully Mt the
bank notes who would but glance Mt
the work of art"
This eccentric man gave II dinner on
the same principle. In tho soup plates
there WINS no sOup. but sO;crrigns; for
fish were served five-pound notes. for
game checks and for sweets shares In a
thriving company. and thr'" '''s not II
guest who lid not enjoy this "ntrr-
tainment more than any he or she had
evar before been present at.-London
truth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
His Only Occupation.

"Yes'm, but if l do youah laundry
work, ma'am, l must have de undah'
standin' dat my husban' collects de
pay"
But why can't you collect it your
self, Manda?'
well, you see, ma'am, l don't want
to rob de Of man of de only job he's
evan likely to get."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
REASON.

Reason, reason as much rs you like,
but beware Of thinking that 1t answers
to everything, sufices for everything,
satisfies everything. This mother loses
her child. VIII reason comfort her?
Does cool reason counsel the inspired
poet, the heroic warrior. the lover?
Reason guides but a small part Of
many, and that Is the least interesting.
The rest obey feeling, true or false,
and passion, good or bad.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
Taking Him Down.

"Crittick was pleased to say that my
play had few equals as a bit of real
ISM" remarked young De Ritter.
"He said even more than that" said
Pepprey.
''Indeed?"
YES" he added. land positively no
interiors. "-EXchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
Her SuppOsition.

"I'm glad to say" remarked Mrs.
Strongminde in an %lnslnuating tone,
that my husband is not a sporty man."
oh" replied Mrs. Kaflyppe, looking
very sweet and innocent, I'm surpris-
ed to hear you say that. | have always
supposed that he must have married
you on a bet."-Chicago Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
The Truth of 1t.

Blusters-I dare say l do look mad.
l understand Jigley says I'm the worst
liar he ever saw. Wiseman-Oh, that's
n gross libel. Blusters-Of course it is,
Wiseman-Well, l should say. Why,
everybody admits you're a pretty good
liar.-Catholic Standard and Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
Great Expectations.

Mrs. Mark-Gracious! 1 never saw
so many soiled faces in my life. Why
don't you use some soap and water?
Tommy Tuf-We are waltin' fer de
angel, mum. Mrs. Mark-What angel?
Tommy Tuff-Why, de lady dat come
fru here last week and give one Of de
kids a nickel to wash his face.-Chi-
eago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24

"Breeves is pretty familiar with the
law. l am told"
wonderfully so. 1 guess that is why
he manages to get himself fined for
contempt every session"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24

Druggist--Try it again, little one
What was it your mamma told you to
get? Little Girl with another severe
mental efforD-I think 1t was 81 died
Of possum" | want 10 cents WORTH
Youth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24

Gladys-AIamma can't see anybody
today. She's upstairs with the new
baby. You see, they sent her a girl
when she'd ordered a boy, an she's so
disappointed she's sick.-Puck.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24

The men who go through life with
chips on their shoulders always avoid
meeting the right man. - New York
News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24
Literary Clubs.

Literary clubs are a very harmless
form of hero worship. They make just
the same excuse for literary people to
meet together as whist or bridge to a
less booklsh class.-Sphere.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24

Some people will never learn any.
thing for this reason: Because they I'M
derstand everything too soon.-Pope.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-24

"Halloa, Bilklns! Who are you work
Ing for now?"
"Same pcople-a wife and five chill
dren."