) THE PIONEER PAPER. STORY OF THE FIRST NEWSPAPER IS SUED IN CALIFORNIA. An Olil rhllanVtphtan Wm the Malnaprtnc of It Early Life Rigging Tp riant In ilar Great Dlfllrnltlon A Membrr of the Original tin" Itnnorrd In Monterey. Th only Hvirtct mntnbor of thn ori(rt nnl ntnlT of hi flint nnWRpnpcr ever printed in California midos nbont fivo milt from the city of Montoroy, in tho Cnrmcl Vnlley. Hid linmo in Swnn, and every one mils him "Pionoer" Swnn, partly to Jilenno him nnd partly bcoanno he drwrves tho title. Few men are in terrstinK nt ((, Imt "Pioneer" in Mill bright nnd clear in his meinnry and not entirely without nmliition. If yon ask him, ho will toll yon, with evident rel ' ish, nhontdome highly interesting Inter views of his report) trial days. Tho minll Vtrinninn of this first ' news'tnper in California nf! qtnto ctiri- 1 on ns related liy Swan. Tho original ' press was imported from Spain hy Jose Fifrneroa, the sixth governor of Califor nia tmder Mnxienn rale. Figneroa, whoso term of ofTleo expired in 1835, imported tho press with tho intention of . printiiiR his oflleinl reports. His Rulier- : nntorial career, however, was brief and ; stormy, and ho never fonnd tinio to col lect his materials, nmeh less print his reports, so tho niaehinn was consimind to a storeroom in the old nnartel, which was tho Mexican soldiers' baiTacks in ! Monterey. ThT0 it lay, toother with ' a keg of ink, covered with rubbish and I undisturbed, nntil 18-lrt. j This was tho year when Colton bo- I came alealdo, and with tho character- Jstio American restlessness conimenced ' to stir things np in tho sleepy old town, j Tho first thing that ho did was to com- J mence an investigation of all tho gov- ' ernment property. Among this proper- I ty was the cnartel, and here ho fonnd ' the old press. Being a man of literary ' tastes and some experience, ho decided to start a newspaper and ntilize his dis- ! covery. First, ho selected a partner, j Robert Semplo, and then began a search for the requisite materials. There were Ink and press, but the ingenuity of tho pair was taxed to restore the rnles and ; loads, which had become separated from ! the press and lost during its years of idleness. In Colton's diary there is a descrip tion of the paper. Under the dato of Ang. 15, 184(1, he writes: "Today tho first newspaper ever published in Cali fornia mndo its appeuraucco. Tho hon or, if such it may be, of writing the prospectns falls to mo. It is to be issued every Saturday and is published by Semplo & Colton. "Littlo did I think when I relin qnished the editorship of Tho North American, in Philadelphia, that my next feat in this line would be off here in California. "My partner, Semplo, is an emigrant from Koutnoky, who stands 8 foot 8 inches in his stockings. Ho wears a buckskin dross, a foxskin cap, is true with his rifio, ready with his pen and quick at the type caso. "Ho created the materials of our office out of a chaos of a small concern which Jose Figneroa intended to use in print ing oflluiul reports. "The press is old enough to be pre served as a onriosity. The mice had burrowed in tho bulls, thero wore no rules nor leads, and tho types were rusty and nil in pi. It was only by scouring that the lottery could be mode to show thoir faces. With a jr.ckknife we cut a piece of tin into leads and rules. Luckily wo found with the press purt of a keg of ink, and now camo the main scratch for paper. None eonld be found, except what, is tired to envelop tho tobacco used by tho natives. A coaster which was lying in the bay had a small amount on hoard, which we pro cured. The shoots were a trifle larger than foolscap. A crowd was waiting when tho first sheet was thrown from tho press. Thoro was a good deal of ex citement Never was a bank run upon harder, not, however, by peoplo with paper to got specie, but just tho reverse. " The paper was first printod half in English and half in Spanish to accom modate the Monterey public. Another difficulty the original proprietors hod to overoome in setting the type for tho English portion of the paper was the lack of the letter "W," as the Spanish type did not oontain it A "W" was constructed by using two "Vs." In May, 1847, the paper was moved to San Francisco, where it was published for many years under the name of The Alta California. 8hioe ending his newspaper career "Pioneer" Swan has been a rancher ia a small way in Carmol valley. He has many visitors, although his location is somewhat remote, and he is very deaf. On his quarterly visits to Monterey he is invariably the recipient of considera ble attention, and his rusty old hat; With it storing inscription of "Pioneer, 1848," makes him known to easterners who, but for this, would see nothing ia him exoept a healthy looking old man, Son Francisco CalL Embarraaalng. There are many little embarrassments encountered by the professional stroller for whioh there seems to be no law, ei ther of compensation or amelioration. For instance, take the meeting of the same person over and over again on an afternoon's travels. First time yon are overjoyed at the euoonnter and find plenty to talk about Fifteen minutes later yon meet again, and the interview is a trifle less spicy. Still later you grasp hands for the third time and don't know what In "Buru Hill" to talk about The next time yon meet yon bow coldly and pass on, bnt the lost time of all you dash down a side street as though trying to elude the hand of Providence. Chicago Herald. In China the rolling of tea leaves It done by band, bnt in India and Ceylon European planters prefer to employ ma jphiiiery for tho purpose. CEREMONIAL MANNERS IN JAPAN. fttlqiiette 11m Itdcntni flpeond Nature In the Land of the Mikado, Given a highly imitative race like tho Japanese, and let ono uudeviating stand ard bo set before them. Then generation after generation will no change be wit nessed. The standard will act like that of the French academy on the langnago of France. Now, at home, In America, we have 60 standards of manners the reserved and reticent New England manners, tho slap you on the back far western manners, the demagogue's man oers, the drummer's manners, the cut and dried business man's manners those and dozens of others might be specified. And it must be admitted by even the most patriotio that the man who should try to model his deportment on all these schools at once would conic to a somewhat mixed result Nothing of this bewildertng nomplet Ity lias ever exlstfd in Japan From mikado at the top to cooly at tho hot torn of the social scale ono nndevintitig standard has always prevailed. Origi nally an Importation from China, it has been elaborated through centuries of study of tho most elaborate ceremonial etiquette till at last through constant practice it has become second nature I No one ever saw anything else, ami ; dreamed of anything else. I Thero was one way of saluting a su ! perior, one of saluting an equal, one of saluting an inferior, and one's head would have been out off had he depart ed from It. No Japanese child over saw a drummer saw only prostrate artisan saluting sumurai, samurai saluting dut mios, daimfos saluting shoguus. Tin whole ceremonial became organized into them as much us their instinctive habits into our setters and pointers, perlmpi the best, uiannered of our population Little girls of 10 will one see hiirr whose finish of breeding would have awakened the envy of a duchess at the court of Louis XIV at Versailles. Fe male servants one will encounter at a dinner in the house of a Japanese gen tleman whose grace, charm and dignity are the quintessence of ladylike refine mcut I nlli's make perfection, but perfection is no triflo. " The simple fuct, is that the young woman of 20 has been doing the thing for a thousand year Christian Register. TEACHING THE YOUNG IDEA Moral Suaalon a Powerful Factor, but Thxn Ant Tlmm Whan It falls. Suppose you am a primary teacher Do you realize what you must put into your work if you wish to succeed? You must be teacher, mother and nurse to your littlo charges. You must work with them during hours and for them after school. You must be ready to catoh an idea anywhere and adapt it to the needs of a particular pupil who may be dull, indifferent or dishearteuud, or even all three, poor little chap! You must bo untiring in your vigl lance over thoir morals and set them nl ways a good example in manners by bo ing courteous, even if they break yom umbrella or spill Ink all over your best gown. If you are a boys' teacher, yon must be ready at any moment to dross a cut, pick ont, a splinter, arbitrate in a fight or give a decision on the merits of racers or the ownership of marbles, fish hooks and malodorous bottles of bait. If you can't meet these emergencies, the average small boy will hold yon in con tempt. If you want to win his lovo, you must know something about tho con struction of kites, be interested in the "oneriest lookin" dog that ever invaded a schoolroom nnd not lie too finicky about when ho washed his hands last if a pupil should offor you candy. If you . can do all those things and laugh about thorn afterward, you will probably stand high in favor. But thorn is a more serious considera tion. Yon must also have his respect, and this is not always so easily or pleasantly won. Great stress has boon laid upon the efficacy of moral suasion, but there are times when human perversity rises to such a pitch that the most persuasive tongue is powerless to enforce obedience to yonr will. You may be obliged to pick np a shrieking, fighting scrap of humanity and put him back repeatedly where you wish him to stay till, worn out from the struggle, he succumbs nnd likes yon all the better for having con quanta aim. mere s nothing mean about tha small boy. Mary B. C8ul livan iu Douahoe's Magasine. Wlekerwork. Young American girls quickly learn toe art or work with rushes and wicker. You may hire in New York girls who will weave wioker about small bottles for oil or perfumes at 5 cents a bottle or less. There are places where such work is done by contract bnt it is more cheaply done in large quantities by hir lug the girls directly and famishing them material bought by the bale. The wicker weaver aits on something like a saddler's horse and holds the bot tle in a wooden vise resembling the sad- ! dler's. Skilled girls work with great I perclsion and rapidity, and the product, oy reason oi its simplicity, the almost natural state of the materia) and the obvious fitness of the fabrio for Its pnr pose, has soma artistio value. New York San. A Bind In Wrinkle. When George Rignold was playing "Henry V," a friend visited him in bis dressing room and remarked a large and handsome photograph of Words worth hanging on the wall. Said the friend, "I see yon are an admirer of Wordsworth." "Who's Wordswortbr" queried the actor. "Why, that's his picture Words worth, the poet. " . "Is that old file a poett got him for a study of wrinkles. "Loudon An swers. The Frenob oolonies are exceeding expensive to the borne government the, outlay iw esceeaing pom we Income and commercial gains malting from (heir trade. Gelatin flpanslaa. "Trim np yonr old hnt and black silk waist with gelatin spangles, " said the girl at the trimming counter to ma "Thoy will look as good as now." Sho showed me tho pretty black span, gles, all neatly ranged in rows, nnd black braid Jnst ready to sew on. trimmed np my hat and mndo my shab by old waist look resplendent and then I hied me to tho seashore. I sat on the beach enjoying the sweet refreshing breezes which wafted their fragrance over my city heated brow. I wondered why every one looked at me so attentively in passing, but of course attributed it all to my fine appearance In my gelatin bespanglod garments, when a swell yonng girl came up to me and gently said: "Excnso me, ma'am, but your face is all black." I frantically wiped my brow with my handkerchief, and, horrible to relate, those awfnl gelatin spangles had molt ed in tho damp sea air nnd had run nil over my face. As soon as I could get where there was a mirror I looked nt myself, and, oh, what a sight I was! Tho day was done for me. I returned to tho heated city, determined I wonld let tho women know what a delusion and a snare tho gelatin spangle is. Nover choose them for seaside wear, fair reader, or, liko mo, yon will go homo in mourning nnd with drooping feathers. JNew ork Herald. Why Sho Didn't Vote. Massachusetts women can vote if they chooso for memlicrs of tho local school boards. Some choose and somo do not, and some of tho reasons why some of tho ladies do not aro instruct ive. A young bride who has lieen liv ing only a few months in a small man nfacturing town in the Bay State was excited and delighted when told sho might vote. Sho had lived in Rhode Is land, whoro no such privilege prevailed. It happened, though, that, although young, she was still a couple of months older than her husband, and when, with a pretty air of importance, she went to the registry offico sho was dumfnnnded when sho was formally asked her age. "But I want to vote just voto," she pleaded. "But, my dear Mrs. B ," said tho registry clerk who was in her hns. band's employ "all tho ladies do, nnd Why should you caro of nil ladies?" "Well, I won't So thero!" And she fluttered indignantly away. Her bus band told mo this story with great do light which I thought shabby of him, Now York Press. The Kentucky Kind of Woman. Mrs. W. E. McPhearson, wifo of out town marshal, was passing tho skirt of a wood a few days ago and wan con fronted by a rattlesnake immediately in her pathway. His suakeship instinctive ly gave tho usual signal warning with his rattles, coiled himself up and ele vated his head preparatory to battle. The bravo littlo woman, instead of soreainiug like a wildcat and fainting away, as many women do when the; see a mouso on the floor, seized tho fin weapon she could lay her hands on anu opoued tho battlo and soon dispatched the brute. Sho thon doliberately took out her pocketkuife, and ns dexterously as a skilled hunter would skin a deer took off his hido nnd brought it home With her and stuffed it with bran, and now has it on exhibition nt her resi dence. Tho snake was of tho yellow spe, cies, measured nearly S foot in longth and had nine rattles and a button. Ha col Green (Ky.) Herald. The Sammer Itahy, What can be done to increase the ba bios' summer comfort uud their life's safety nt tho same time, which would not cost a fortune to carry out? A woll known physician gives tho answer. "Take off their clothes. " Lot tho little tots ruu about in a single garment keeping thorn indoors in the middlo of the day and at that time permitting them to play In a darken od room or per, snading them to indulge in a refreshing nap. The burdou of starched clothes wears out the life of many a child of an overnoat mother, while the children of the very poor, in their tenements and steaming alleys, have no respite from the Intolerable heat of their surround ings other than to get rid of as many as possible of the dirty clothes that are the surest means of transmitting disease as well as sapping the strength of the un- happy little one who is forced to oarry their weight from morning until night New York World. Mrs. Soathworth. ' A writer in the St Louis Repnblio de scribes Mrs. E. D. E. N. Soathworth as a beautiful old lady, with frank, cor dial manner, whioh at once puts stran gers at ease. She is 74 years old and still lives at Prospect Cottage, where she has lived for nearly half a oentury. It ia said that with the single excep tion of the White House, there is no residence in Washington where there nave been so many distinguished visit ors as Prospect Cottage Mrs. Soathworth is a notable house wife, and her fame as a hostess extends far book into the antebellum days. Her recipes, carefully compiled and handed down through several .fenerations of Virginia grandmothers, rteheld in high repute by the housekeepers of the Dis trict Thus, surrounded by her children and her friends, this lovely and serene old gentlewoman passes the evening of her busy and eventful life. Home of the new fans are perfect dreams. One has the outside sticks of solid filigree silver, and the others are mother of pearl, while the fan itself is of white ostrich feathers. Another is of black Spanish lace, large and trans parent powdered thickly with gold dust the sticks of ebony inlaid with silver. Another is of white lace, the leaves held together with narrow be bo ribbon of palest mauve, inserted, and ticks of beautifully embossed gold. Correspondence. Ralhmel, John Welling Is a sufferer with rheu matism. W. O. Hays, of the Ross House, Heyn oldsvlllo, Snndayed in Hathmel. Miss Hannah Hateson visited friends In Dubois during tho past throo weeks. Agnes Hat'cluy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hai-cluy, wns taken diinjcr ously ill Hiinday morning. An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Flenner died on Sunday. Interment, In Prospect cemetery on Monday. The strike nnd tariff tinkering being apparently over for the present (thanks to a kind Providence), wo will hope for better times In the future. Samuel Until will have a preliminary hearing before Esq, IIuvs on Thursday at 1.00 o'clock on a ehargo of assault and battery preferred by Gun. Kim-n-huth. A. M. Oliver spent tho past week In York, l'u., uttending the session of the Grand Ixslgo Knights of Pythias us tho repivsentative, of Confidence 1xlge, No. .144. A gaino of ball was plaved on the grounds at this plaeo on Saturday le- tween our homo club and tho Ilrook villo club. Kesult, I) to A in favor of IlmokvUl-j. Pat. MeClosky and Pat. MeGranor oxwet to sail for Ireland and Australia early In Oetolier. Their business is very important and known only to a verv few of an Association which they represent. paper is being circulated in our town to secure the names of all those desirous of using gas as a fuel, providing a lino Is laid for the purpose. Wo only hoiHj sufficient names may be secured to nsiiro its early coming. Deemer's Cross Roads. Hen. Snyder, jr., visited friends nt F.leanora the past Sunday. Mrs. Annlo Snyder, wifo of Joel Sny der, of this place, is lying very ill. II. Sherwood nnd S. Harringer nro busy threshing grain for tho farmers in this vicinity. Evorad McAnlneh smiles rather daddy-like. Did you say it wus a girl this time, Ev? James Myers wears a smilo about as long and as broad as a feneo rail. A littlo playmuto for Huth bus arrived. Tho concert at tho Pino Grove school houso was a perfect success. Tho pro ceeds netted nearly iMN.no, Quito a number of our peoplo nt tended. Master C'larenco Krolmnd Miss Lllllo Starr, students of the deaf nnd dumb institution at Edguwond Park, in tho vicinity of Pittsburg, are homo on a va cation. Tho now school houso near Israel Sny der's is under tho process of erection. This school house In under tho super vision of contractors Messrs. Myers and St rouse. Don't buy a blood-purifier because it is "cheap." Tho best the Superior Medicine Ayer's Sarsaparlllu, is, in tho end, tho cheapest blood purifier In the market. Tho ingredients of which it is composed nro tho most oxitonstvo and medicinally efficacious that can bo obtained. Farmers, Attention. Wo hundlo Willlums & Clark's royal bono phosphate. J. C. KlNd & Co. Four full sets of scenery all on a niiis- nlflcent scale are used in "Old Farmer Hopkins." Act flrut: An exterior of a millionaire's summer residence at Long Branch. Act second: An interior of a newsboy's lodging cellar, Mott- street, New York City. Act third: An East River dock, New York City, Brooklyn and her famous bridgo, illuminated in the distance. Act fourth: Exterior of Farmor Hopkins' homo in Vermont. Two different sized sots are carried and the company guarantee tho manage ment of our Opera House that ono or the other will positively be used. Tho company appear at Reynoldsville Sep tember 8th. Two for One. We are making a special offor to each of our readers paying a year's subscrip tion to the star in advance, and to all new subscribers paving in advance, we will give them the best local paper in Jefferson county and will give them free, either the Womankind or .dmert ean Farmer, for one year. The two papers above mentioned are excellent monthly papers and the subscription price of each is 60o. a vear. This offer is made only to those in Pennsylvania. 9rtftino with th mb. Rhines Oswandel at the M. E. parsonage, rJmerickville, Pa., by Rev. Jos. H. Jelbart, Thomas Rhlnes, of Halton, Elk Co., and Miss Millne Ou wandel, of Emerlckville. The Star gives all the local news of Reynoldsvlllo and vicinity. Subscribe )W. marriage Failure! Have vou been trvlnrr in rt. ilia kacf out of existence without health in your family? Have you booto wearing out your lifo from the effects of Dysiiepsla, Liver Complaint and Indigestion? Aro yeu sleepless at night? Do you awake in tho mornimr feellnrr lnmrnM uiWl. coated tongue and sallow, haggard looks? Don1! do it. A shout iu tho camp tons bow liaoon's Celery King ii on uurou oiners; it win cure you. Trial naekacrn trta. T.AtirA alvna ftoi ami qr f r, -- - - n wa.ww "uv, .i4 mmt at W. B. 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McEntire, & Co., The Groceryman, deals in all kinds of Groceries, Canned Goods, Green Goods Tobacco and Cigars, Flour and Feed, Baled Hay and Straw. FreBh goods always on hand. Country produce taken in exchange for goods. A share of your patronage is respectfully solicited. Very truly yours, Lawrence J. McEntire & Go., The Croccrymcn. Cook floadeiinj, HRVHNS, N. V. R.W.HWKTUInn, Principal. Cnllene prupunitory buiirtlliiK achon! fur both huxom. l.'ouiiHKH llliiiriil, Lllurnry, Hrlentllle. Also xixx-lul rournen In Theory Slid l'riii'tleeof Tim.-lilnn, lllhlo tituily, MuhIc, An, HteuoHTuyliy unit TyiKiwiliiiig. Hum! for cutulouge. ubicrlb for The $fr Star, If you want th News. Grocery Boomers W BUY WIIEHE YOU CAN GET ANYTHING YOU WANT. FLOUR, Salt Meats, Smoked Meats, CANNED GOODS, TEAS, COFFEES Attn M.i. mxim or Country Produce FRUITS. CONFECTION EH Y, TOBACCO. AND CIOAHS, Everything in the lino of Frcsli Giwf rics, Feed, Etc. CihhI th'th'rred free fi ftlnte hi ttttfii. Cull on tin and yet price. W. C. SelnUtz & Son H U T O N 2 P as S -v a 4) 1)3 03 3 ia. a X o I 0 H v c SB 5 S3 e S3 t g p. .a ssji . 2 "Sis i-a'S fc t a a -a .5 S.fliiei.Sl o J V c c t a S o S P II 2 4 u o CO CO 3 u 2 0 0 i w 5 a s .S js .s rt C T P S 0Z 3? 3 1 " o c - 03 DC v o a u i as I wish to call the ATTENTION of the public to the fact that 1 have received my Spring - and - Summer Suitings, and that the cloth ia the lat est and beat. My prices ,are made to suit the times and my workmanship is guaran teed to be perfect. Yours for honest dealing to all, J.G.FroenliclUne Tailor, Reynoldavltle, Pa. ("Next door to Hotel McConnell. OF REYNOLDS VILLE. CHPITHL $80,000.00. C. Mitchell, Prraldenll "colt MeClelland, Vice Pree. John II. Kaucher, C'aahler. Directors: O. HlU'hell, Scott McClelland, J. O. King, Jowjph Striiuiw, JiMK-ph Ilunderaon, O. W. Fuller, J. It. Kaucher. Doe a general banking bunlnesa and aollclta the accounts ot merchant", prtifewiioiiiil men, furmera, mechanic, miner, lumbermen and otliern, pronilHlmi the mutt careful attention to the bualuetMi of all peruoua. Bate Depoalt Boxea for rent. Flrat Natlouul Bank buildliiu, Nolan block Fire Proof Vault. OAKLAND Private - Hospital, FIFTH AVKNCI AUD BOQUCT STREET PITTSBURG. PK. 1'rlrate treatment Divan, hv nnarta. fur all UImmikbm, medical or nunilcal. A laylni-in wuru where litdiua may have the beuettt of attendance by a aklllud olwtotrli-an, and thoroughly trained nume, and at the lame time aecure strict privacy. Hueciul atlentloa f lven to all female trouble, akin dtaeaaea and uiik affection. Mervoua dlaeaaea perHonally treated by lr. I). E. Wlle. uhylctau In charge, a graduate of Jeffcmon Medical Col lege of l'hlla. A corpa of uklllful and compet ent phynleiana Iu couatant attendance, aided by trained uurae. liatea moderate, placing treatment within the reach of the a minted, l'ulleuta admitted at all hour. For full par ticular addreaa, 1). I). E. Wu.iu, W10 Fifth A vkcb, FlTTHUCBO, PA. s S a 32 8 5 -i$t First National Bank