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grinding acorns. which they make into
meal and prepare for food.
From the northern Pacific coast are
somely carved Indian masks, of baskets,
dug-out canoes, and of different sorts of
wood, stone and shell objects artistically
fancied and connected with the weird
mythology Of these Indians.
Tracing the coast northward there
have been brought to the exhibit many
implements used during the long arctic
days and nights by the Eskimos-spears.
bows and arrows, clubs, kayaks for water
travel. and sledgeS for land travel.
wooden dishes and mortars, colored
baskets and masks. Photographs of
Tlngit and other Indians, and of various
scenes in Alaska give idea of some
of the native peoples and their surround
ings.
To picture the islands OF Hawaii.
Samoa and Guam and the life on them
now and long ago, specimens, models and
photographs are here also exhibited in
large numbers. For Hawaii the story
is, told by a village group of early
Hawaians engaged in their various
labors and pastimes of fishing, hunting,
bathing, making cloth and wooden bowls,
painting, etc. Many other individuals
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n Institution Presents Interesting Exhibit at Seattle
Smithsonian

tion. but By centuries OF wind7blown
sands.
These exhibits are housed in the United
States government buildings. which stand
out on the side of a hill. the main struc-
ture in the center flanked by four pavil-
ions devoted to the bureau of fish and
fisheries. and to Alaska. Hawaii and the
Philippine Islands respectively. The CEN
trail hall of the main building is the space
allotted to this particular summary of
United States history.
Around the walls. embracing the evil
dences of progress in the various sections
of the country. is hung a gallery of col
ored portraits of eminent persons asso-
ciated with the discovery and history OF
America, from Columbus, Cabot and
Americus Vespucius, through explorers,
statesmen. jmists. philanthropists. men
of literature. science and art naval and
military heroes. 10 Admiral Dewey, Mr..
Roosevelt and President Taft of today.
With these are associated portraits of
such men as Meriwether Lewis William
Clark. George Vancouver, John McLough-
lin, George Abernathy, John A. Sutter.
Bret Harte, John Bidwell and others who
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its work are particularly deserving of
local civic pride. The exhibition Is novel.
IN that II portrays the development of the
western United States and the Philip
pines, besides other island possessions
These are shown "a far as possible by
original materials or models and photo
graphs of them. The Smithsonian ex-
bibit also contains many bits OF his
torical matter OF vital interest 10 all
Americans.
To portray in the vivid form of the
original materials or exact models or
photographs of them as much as posi-
bic OF the knowledge hidden between
the covers OF a students manv-volumed
history OF the United States and its pos
sessions is the purpose OF the exhibit of
the Smithsonian Institution and the United
States National Museum At the Alaska
Yukon-Paci exposition in Seattle. Aim
las been directed particularly toward
showing the beginnings and develop
ment OF various human interests and cul-
ture in Alaska. Hawaii, the Philippine
Islands and other Pacific possessions.
and that part OF the United States west
OF the Rocky mountains. both before and
after the white man changed original
ideas and methods o. living.
The Smithsonian and museum exhibit,
however is NOT limited to the far west.
Certain features OF the development OF
the country as whole are pictured,
among them land and water transports
tom a nedallic and photographic his
tory or history shown by maps At VA
Y:ous periodS. and also novel collection
showing the territorial expansion of our
country bv means OF reproductions %.
.h. treaties. the originals Of which are
carefully guarded in the archives Of the
state Department. by which the various
tracts OF land were added
feature of particularly timely inter-
~. n
last made of the compounds of large
buildings so far cXcdvdted on the Casa
C.rande reservation in Arizona, under
the direction Of the institution. The
settlement around these buildings. still for
the most part buried beneath the desert
sands, is "A remnant OF prehistoric
American civilization. enjoyed probably
by the ancestors of the Indians. but as
vet disclosed 10 only in its main
points. The ruins have proved of such
archaeological Importance as to have earn
ed the name Of American Pompel de-
stroyed not in night by a volcano erup-
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eral hundred vast coal and provision
vans are daily bringing the materials
needed for the comfort Of the guests and
more than a thousand men find daily
avocations iii thus conveying and storing
provisions and supplies to the leading
hotels of the city.
In the laundry of one of the latter
thirty laundreSSeS are employed, and
through the patent manSics more than
twelve hundred pieces of various kinds
of linen and other fabrics pass a day.
To attend to one of these huge mangleS,
through which can be put the largest
tablecloths, would employ the services of
about 15O persons, supposing the working
of the machine to be done by hand.
power from the 400 horsepower engines
of the hotel.
In the largest of the hotels there are
more than ten tons of china, glass, linen
and silverware. The plates alone. placed
end on end. would extend along Pennsyl-
vania avenue from the Capitol to the
Treasury. 1t readily becomes apparent
that dish washing in a place of this sort
IS a somewhat large-sfZed proposition, as
about four thousand are required to be
cleansed daily. Great galvanized baskets
lower the various pieces into solutions of
potash and clean running water, all so
burning hot that the dishes dry instantly,
thus eliminating the item of wiping,
which, were it not met in this manner
would prove serious incumhrance in the
working of the stewards department.
The steward of Washington's leading
hostelry employs in his department a
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CMITHSONIAN Institution
- Will Have Exhibit at the
Seattle Exposition-To Show
Development of w estern
United States and Island Pos
sessions-Portrays Forms of
Life and Way Natives Are
Ruled = Land and Water
Transportation Will Form
Part of the Exhibit-Expan-
sion of the Country by Means
of Treaties-How the Steam
ship and Railroad Lines Have
Grown in Past Century.
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and clans. and 90 gallons OF crahmeat
were converted into salads for the guests.
Nearly 5000 loaves OF bread and 80. ICO
rolls We're baked in the hotel kitchens,
an amount which. piled upon the pave
ment outside, would have made an I'M
posing pyramid to the second-foor win
doWs of the hotel. The 25.na eggs con-
sumed would. if stored altogether, occupy
An entire suite of apartments During
this festive inauguration time at one ho-
tel the consumption of 1 400 pounds OF
ham and 100 pounds of bacon represent
ed the sacrifice of about 10 porkerS,
while the more dainty item of quail on
binds. More than 3,Ooegrape fruit min
lstered to the tastes of thes guests. who
also made away with 2.437 pounds of tur
key Could the latter be conceived as
constituting one huge fowl. it's size would
be just about that of the roc. as de-
scribed by that veracious mariner, Sin
bsd the Sailor.
at one of Vashngton's leading hotels is
10 gallons. This supply is obtained from
the finest of cows on the hotels own
farm, and represents the daily output of
forty animals. Fifty gallons of cream
are also required daily by the guests at this
hotel. and are obtained from the same
source. At the present Season of the
year, lobster Is more in demand By the
luxury-loving guests of the leading ho-
ment at one of them of 300 pounds of the
delicate sea food compared with 2G0
pounds at THANKSGIVING. Could the week
ly consumption OF lobster be embodied
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in one general locality. The distinguish
ing features of the Negrito, the Igorot,
the Moro and Baeobo tribes, the Tagal
and other Christian tribes, are all repre-
sented by native objects or models and
pictures.
The Negritos, one of the least known
tribes, are small, black wooly-haired ma
tives inhabting mountainous out of the
way places in several islands of the Phil
ippines, but mostly living in the great
Island of Luzon. Not much was known
about them until the acquisition of the
Philippines by the United States. They
are keen hunters Of wild animals. Their
only weapons are bows and arrows
Among them is found a primitive method
of fire making by saving a knife of bam-
boo across another piece, the fire rising
in the ground off dust which falls beneath
when the lower bamboo is cut through by
the froction. The Negrtos are cheerful
intelligent, peaceable and moral they
love music and one of their chief amuse-
ments is dancing; they are born panto-
mimists and. like children, dramatize the
events they wish to relate. W lille phys
ically the Negrito seems inferior, in
reality he is strong. marvelously agile
and his black, wizened, dwartish frame is
capable Of Incredible endurance.
Later arrivals on LuZon were the Igor
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slected, though their mode Of life more
closely resembles our own. They have
lived in contact with Spanish civilizati tion
for several centuries, and have acquired
Skill in many of the arts notably that
of weaving.
Rounding off the series for the Philip-
pines and with that for the whole exhibit
are shown two series of several hundred
photographs illustrating the scenery.
architecture. natives family life. occupa-
1lons and historical events in the islands
at the close OF the war with Snain
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4ASHINGTONIANS A

ASHINGTONIANS A
who visit the Alas
ka Yukon = Pacific
exposition t h j s
summer will natur-
ally be interested
in the ex hibit from
the Smithsonian In
stitution. Though
the institution is a
national one. there
is more or less a
feeling that It and
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an dome Of the Capitol. This is remark
able example OF Ion. distance scientific photo.
raphy. The figure WAS photographed II. inches
high from distance If onc-uuart.r OF mile
the Pacific coast and Alaska. Hawaii is
represented by portraits of members of
the royaI family from hamehameha | TO
Queen Liliuokaiani together with photo
graphs of Garritt T. Judd Peter j. Gu
lick and other Americans prominent in
Hawaiian history. For the Philippines,
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force of 1s3 persons. a number which,
upon special occasions. when the hotel is
unusually crowded, has to be consider
ably increased.
The elimination of wood in the kitch-
ems of the citys prominent hotels marks
a notable advance in hyEienic methods in
these establishments. III place of the
former stained timber tables, huge aC-
fairs OF blackened steel are now seen.
and the tiled floors are clean as to
bring to mind the saying that one might
eat off them. The accumulation OF grease
Is also provided against very thoroughly
by modern methods. and all the culinary
appliances are capable of being washed
down. an operation conducted twice a
day. To the novice. the appearance OF the
huge kitchen of an up-to-date hotel is
something OF a revelation. One fancies n
great range presided over by a chef
who is considerably exercised over the
progress of the food as il cooks and
who exhibits, therefore, an excusabie
heat. not only in appearance. but Ian
guage. Such, however. is very far from
being the actual scene. There is no
range. but instead a solid bank Of broil-
ers. immense gridirons, beneath which
the fire never dies. For the baking on
crations there are patent cutters and
mixers and ovens. Like the automatic
egg-hoilers, these appliances almost do
the thinking themselves. The chef is a
cool and collected Individual who does
not evidently feel called upon to exer-
else any undue degree of excitement
haste or worry, but who presides in an
equable manner over his staff of assist
ants
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One of these chefs. a gigantic German.
wearing the traditional heaagear of Ills
calling and radiant in spotless white.
exulted in the fact that he had lately
participated i'll A Nertabie Marathon
race. This notable event was open only
To employees of the stewards department
of the hotel, and the chef, albeit not the
victor, proudly adverted to the fact that
he had run miles and miles" around the
course. Judging by the embonpoint of
this skilful servitor of the hostelry, it
might we'll be conjectured that he lard
ed the lean earth as he raced around
the ellipse back Of the White House upon
that memora bic athletic occasion.
The proper refrigeration employed in
the hotel seems 10 be reduced to a fine
art In itself, such stores or delicacies as
require a greater or less degree of cool
ing receiving just that amount and not a
degree more or less. Again, such foods
as are kept hot for special purposes. as.
for Instance, when a guest telephones
down to the stewards department that
he will have his breakfast at certain
postponed time in his own apartment.
are kept in special apparatus. which is
heated by bricks of glowing charcoal.
Thousands Of bottles Of all kinds OF
wines and liquors are kept constantly
on hand in the wine vaults of the hotel,
and more are received in huge consign-
ments daily. The wine steward. in
charge of this part of the establishment.
is a teetotaler, and when seen Ii being
his luncheon hour, was regaling him
self with a modest herring and tea. Thus
some of the people who are here sur
rounded by the luxuries and dainties that
appeal to the gourmet thamSolypS nf
quite simple tastes.
So well-ordered is the entire steward S
department of the leading hotels as to
suggest an almost clockwork discipline
Everything is slowed away neatly and
Notwithstanding the vast stores of pro-
visions being constantly used and the
activities that are unceasing, there is no
untidineSS or confusion.
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" NAST~Amount of Supplies
V Used in a Washington
Hotel-Cofee Would Fill a
Large Swimming Pool
Animals Slaughtered Would
Form Line Over a Mile Long
Eggs Would Fill Entire
Suite of Rooms and Lobster
Would Be a Regular Sea
Serpent-Modern Methods of
Cooking the Food.
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i the weekly food
supply for The ho-
tells of Wa shin gton
could be seen pa S.
ing in a procession
along Pennsylvania
avenue the sight
would prove an i'm
pressive one. There
are about one hun
dred and fourteen
hotels in the city,
not counting apart
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ment houses and of these four take the
lead as considerably in advance of the
others in point of size. The amount or
provisions consumed by the guests and
employees of these four leading hostelries
of the Capital city is itself an impressive
total. One of these hotels, the largest and
best appointed uses during the course of
an average week 2,400 loinS and 1000
ribs Of beef. which means the slaughter
upon the altar of gastronomy OF many
hundred animals The latter are or the
best description. and the cuts used are
only of the primest sort, and this quality
of excellence applies to all other pro-
visions used in the hotel. Special trains
are employed to carry the beef and other
sorts of provisions to this city, the hotei
buying throughout the country from
Maine 10 Florida. The edibles thus con-
veyed would, for an average week. I'LL
six freight cars 1t may be conSerEatlVely
estimated that if the other three leading
hotels followed this custom of obtaining
their supplies out of town twenty cars
would have TO be employed in the service
This supply would not include such items
as potatoes. onions, tomatoes and other
common vegetables, which are consumed
weekly by the hundreds. of tons each. and
which have never been considered as I'm
portant enough to be estimated in the
stewards weekly calculations
BESIDES the slaughter of one hundred
beeves weekly to supply its tables, Wash
ington's principal hotel requires an aver
age. for the same length of time, of $50
lambs. Six hundred beeves and four hun
dred lambs would be conservative esti-
mate for the number of these animals re-
quired for the four leading hotels every
Il L.
hogs necessary to furnish the $500 pounds
of pork consumed during week by these
four hotels alone, and you have a process
sion of victims which would stretch, in
single file, considerably further than d
mile, or from the Capitol along Pennsyl-
vania avenue to the Treasury building
and far beyond.
To attend to it's meat supply alone,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-14
UNDESIRABLE CITIZENS
MUST LEAVE THE TOWN
Mayor and Police on the Trail of
Persons of Evil Repute and
Their Protectors.

II has been an open secret for some-
time that a number OF 'soiled doves"
have been lowering around Reynolds
vile and that several houses OF i'll fame
exist in our midst. Mayor j. D..
Williams has issued orders to the
police that these houses must be closed
and the people Of disrepute must either
change their manner Of living or get
out of town, consequently one man
was arrested last week on charge OF
keeping disorderly and bawdy house
and was taken to the county Jail. His
case will come up in criminal court at
Brookville this week. Two women
were arrested and taken to the county
Jail yesterday. Mayor Williams is max
ing move in the right direction and
should receive the support of all the
good citizens of Reynoldsville. 1t is
to be hoped that the officers will not
let up until all the houses of i'll repute
be closed and all the reprobates be
driven out OF our town.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-14
Baptist Annusl Meeting

The annual business meeting of the
congregation of the First Baptist
church of Reynoldsville was. held IN
the church Monday night. Three
deacons, E. D. Davis, T. ]. Fagley and
N. F. Dean, were elected, as we'll as
several new deaconesses. r. Fl. Wilson
was chosen trustee for one year, I. M.
Hoch, treasurer, Miss Lucille Mitchell,
clerk, Miss Katherine King, organist,
Misses Mary McCreight, Florence Har-
ris and Helen Meek, assistant organ
lists. The auditing committee is COM
posed Of DR.. j. G. King, r. H. Wilson
and T. j. Fagley. The reports showed
gratifying advancement In all lines of
the church work. A large audience
was present and excellent refreshments
were served to the people by the ladies
of the church at the close of the
business meeting.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-14
In Memoriam.

At the regular cOnvocation of Mystic
Commandery No. 313, A. & l. o. X. M,
held en- Wednesday evening, April 4,
1909, the following resolutions we're
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS 1t has pleased Almighty
God In His infinite wisdom to visit our
Commandery and call from our midst
our worthy and esteemed companion,
Zachary T. Roush, therefore In view OF
the loss sustained by those nearest and
dearest to him,
Resolved, That while we bow in hum
BILE submission to the Supreme will, we
deeply deplore our loss, but hope it has
been his eternal gain.
Resolred, That the Commandery ten
der its warmest sympathy to the widow
and family of Companion Roush in their
bereavement, with the earnest prayer
that they may be comforted by the God
OF all comfort.
Resolred, That copy of these reso-
lutions be spread on the minutes and
our charter be draped in mourning for
a period of thirty days, and copy sent
to the widow of our deceased Compan-
ion and published in THE STAR Of
Reynoldsville.
p. c., o. H. SHEESLEY.
P. c., J. q. HUGHES, Com.
PC, W. E. REED, }
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-14
Caleb Powers.

Caleb Powers, for number Of years
the most prominent figure in Kentucky
politics, AMI ex Secretary of State, who
was tried a couple OF times for compli-
city in the murder of Governor Goebel,
of that state, will lecture in Assembly
Hall, Reynoldsville, on Tuesday even
ing OF next week, April 20. his subject
being. Right Upon the Scaffold,
Wrong Upon the Throne" His lecture
will consist largely in telling the story
OF his connection with the Goebel mur-
der. He is said to be good talker and
his lecture is represented as very in
teresting. His lecture has attracted
large audiences wherever he has ap-
peared. 1t was largely through his un-
firing efforts and powers "a an orator
In the campaign Of 1899 that tie entire
Republican state ticket was elected In
Kentucky.
General admission 35 cents. Reserved
seats can be secured at the Stoke &
Feicht Drug Company store for 10 cents
extra.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-14
ANOTHER OLD SOLDIER GONE.
Saturday Afternoon-Interment
In Beulah Cemetery

Benjamin Franklin Hamaker, az old
veteran, died at his home on Worth
street at 1.20 a. m. Thursday, April
Sth, 1909 Funeral service was held
at the family residence at 200 p. m.
Saturday, conducted by Rev John F.
Black, of the M. E. church, and Rev.
A. j Meek, of the Baptist church. In
terment was made In Beulah cemetery
beside daughter, Mertie Hamaker,
who died about thirty years ago. John
G. Couser Grand Army Post had charge
OF services at cemetery, assisted by
firing squad from Sons of Veterans.
Benjamin F. Hamaker was born in
Huntington Co., Pa, April 26, 1888,
and would have been II years old this
month. Early in the fifties his parents
moved to this section of the country,
locating near Panic. When the coun-
try needed soldier boys in 1862 Mr.. Ha-
maker enlisted In Company n, 105th
Regiment-the "Wild Cat' Regiment
and served three years when he was
honorably discharged. May II, 1871,
Mr. Hamaker was united in marriage
to Lovena Bush. They spent FIVE years
10 Missouri and Kansas and balance OF
married life was spent in this place.
Deceased is survived by his widow, one
son, William Irwin Hamaker, and one
daughter, Mrs. Nora Sybert, of Reyn-
oldsville, one brother, John Hamaker,
in Kansas, and FIVE sisters, Mrs. Han
nah Maize, of Nebraska, Mrs. Mary
Ann Lucas, Mrs. Catherine Kemp,
Nancy Hamaker, of Reynoldsville, Mrs.
Sarah Myers, of Panic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-14
Congregational Meeting.

There was good attendance at the
annual congregational meeting held in
the Presbyterian church last Wednes-
day evening. Very gratifying and en-
couraging reports from the various
societies OF the church we're read. The
following church officers were elected:
Chairman, D. 81. Breakey; clerk, Smith
M. McCreight: trustee, w. Harry
Moore; Elders. L. M. Simmons, John
Fl. Wagner. W. ]. Hunter: auditor,
Walter R. Reed. After the business
meeting the Ladies' Work Society
served lunch. The new elders will
be installed at the ll.00 a. m. service
next Sunday.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-14
Tax Collector Coping Resigned.

On Monday Of this week William
Coping resigned as tax collector in
Reynoldsville for the 1909 taxes. Mr..
Coping has until June to collect the
1908 taxes and when that time expires
he will have served four years as tax
collector in Reynoldsville borough, and
at the February election this year be
was elected for another year. A notice
to be found elsewhere in this issue of
THE STAR indicates rather emphatic
ally that Mr.. Coping proposes to be
lenient no longer with delinquent tax
payers. He seems to have "blood in
his eye" and will evidently make it live
ly for any property owners who do not
liquidate their taxes within specified
time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-14
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