The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, October 24, 1894, Image 1

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    VOLUME 3.
KEYXOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, OCTOHEU 21, 181) .
Children's
Reefer Suits
Long Pants
von
$3.50
&-2.00.
Mens'
All-wool
SUITS
- for
$6.50.
Mens' Good
Business
SUITS
for
$8.00.
Mens' Good
Black Suits
for Dress
$10.00.
Remember we
have one of the
Finest
CUTTERS
in our Merchant
Tailor Depart
ment. Suits for
20.00 and up.
Make a
Our Fall
Stock of
Base - Hit
Overcoats
and come to
Bell'
are coming
daily.
COME INI
Where?
TO THE
"Bee riive" store,
WHERE
L. J. McEntire, & Co.,
The Grocery man, deals in all
kinds of
Groceries, Canned
Goods, Green Goods
Tobacco and Cigars, Flour
and Feed, Baled Hay and
Straw. Fresh goods always
on hand. .
Country produce taken in
exchange for goods.
A Bhare of your patronage
la respectfully solicited.
Very truly yours,
Lawrence J. McEntire & Co.,
The Groetrymcn, i
IBOTTH' Children's
Boys' Knee
Pants Suits
with oxlni pair
limits
$3.00.
Suits
SUITS
FOR
hS. K ).
A p
Men's, Boy's and
Children's
S U'l T S
A.IS'Y - SIZE - Oil - STYLE !
Single Hrcasted Sack Suilx, sizes from 33 to 48,
Blue or Black.
Cutaway Frock Suits, Blue or Black.
Regent Cutaway Suits, full long style.
We buy all our suits from the finest manufactory
of men's suits and if you find any of our clothing to
rip we ask you to bring the suit back and we give
you a new suit.
Match Us If You Can.
TIlP fiNl V dottier, Hatter
lilt) UNb and Funilsner.
Undcr-
Priec
Under-
. Wear,
75c. per suit.
STYLES
and PRICES
to suit the times.
We have them
for you.
in
J. S. MORROW,
DF.ALEB IN
Dry Goods,
Notions,
Boots, and
Shoes,
Fresh Groceries
Flour and
Feed.
. GOODS DELIVERED FREE.
OPERA HOUSE BLOCK
Keynoldsville, Fa.
Hoys'
Knee
Pants
SUITS
FOR
$I.OO.
. Mens'
Prince Albert
SUITS
run
$15.00.
G. A. R.
Suit,
the Best in the
world, for
10.00.
Two sets buttons
Gents,
Call and ex
amine our
flll-wool Pants
FOR
$J.OO.
Hats! Hats!
For tho Children,
Hats! Hats!
For tho Men and
Hats! Hats! Hats!
For Kvoryone.
Wed a Neck
tie to your Col
lar. We will tie
the knot for
25c.
Important to AO !
To Save Money rjo to the
People's Bargain Store.
Cut price In every department.
Fine line children's cotton underwear
from lUc. up; children's all-wool red
flannel underwear from He. up; heavy
quutea males' Jersey shirts at sua.;
men's merino underwear UOc. per suit;
men's all-wool underwear $1.40 a suit;
biff line top shirts from 45o. up; desira
able line of men's fine pants from 85o.
up; every customer buying a suit of
boys' clothes will get a 60c. bat free;
fine assortment of shoos at reasonable
prices; men's first-class gloves from 25o.
up; handsome table oil cloth at 17o. per
yard; big line hats and caps at prioes to
Buit every customer.
Call and be oonvlnoed that we always
matte quics sues ana smaii p roots.
A. KATZEN,
Proprietor.
PICTUKE THIEVES.
A DEALER WHO SAYS THERE ARE
ARTISTIC KLEPTOMANIACS.
Theft of a Mnrllln ami of Gainsborough's
"Ilnrhmia of DrTotwhlr" Story of a Kl
Olvcn For a Vol ftharric and Coun
terfeit I'.tchlng-a.
"Did yon ever henr of the nrtistio
kleptomania!-?'' asked a vi It known
ilenler in etchings during an nf tor lunch
eon harmony n few dnys ngo. "Well,
thero is Mich a person. Tlio artistic khp
toitimii.'ta is insanely fond of valnablo
art in 111" form of etchings or paintings.
Ho steal through tho admiration mid
lovo of art. There nro many famous in
stances whero old mill nlmost priceless
masterpieces of tho painter's nrt hiivo
been taken by persons of this kind, mid
it is odd that in nlinost every instnuco
tho stolen pieces of nrt could not bo
traced.
"Tho most famous nrtistio theft of
modern days was the stealing of tho fig
nro of St. Anthony from tho celebrated
picture by Murillo. Tho painting, which
was on exhibition in tho cathedral ot
Seville, represented St. Anthony snr-
ronnded by angels. One morning abont
seven years ago it was discovered that
the figure of St. Anthony had been cot
from tho canvas.
"All Europo was notified of the theft,
but the polico never found the thief.
About two years afterward a Spaniard
from tho WeRt Indies called in nt tho
establishment of Mr. Schnus, tho well
known pietnro doaler of this city. Tho
Spaniard told Mr. Sebnus that he would
like to soli him an unsigned painting by
Murillo. Mr. Schaus, being a man of
largo intelligence regarding works of
tho masters, recognized immediately
the figure of St. Anthony cut from tho
painting in tho cathedral nt Seville.
"Tho man was seized, and Mr. Honour,
had the honor of returning tho painting
to Spain.
"The thoft of the celebrated portrait
of the Duchess of Devonshire, by Gains
borough, 1 6 years ago was doubtless the
work of an nrtistio kleptomaniac, for
the picture can do tho thief no good but
excite bis admiration. The portrait was
in the possession of the Messrs. Agnow,
the picture dealers of London. It had
been on exhibition, and the Agnow gal
leries hnd been crowded. One morning
tho frnmo stood empty. Tho painting
had been cut out, .nnd no ono knows to
this dny where Gainsborough's Duchess
of Devonshire is.
"Some dishonest lover of art is gloat
ing over the picture in private. Tho por
trait is vnluod at t.r0,000.
"That painting by Gainsborough, bo
sidos being an nrtistio relic, is also his
toric, as tho painting was made just
when tho bcoutiful Duchess of Devon
shire had been the means of turning
the political tido of England. Pitt nnd
Fox wcro rival candidates for parlia
ment. It was demonstrated that tho
eloction would bo narrowed down to the
voto of nn elderly fnt butcher. Tho
butcher intended to voto for Pitt. Tho
Duko of Devonshire tried every means
including a bribe, to influenco tho fat
butcher to voto for Fox, but tho butcher
wns obdurnto. Then tho beautiful rtuch
ess said to him:
" 'Is thero nnything I cuu do for you
If yon will voto for Fox?'
"'Yes,' answered tho butcher. 'If
yon will kiss mo, I will voto for Fox.
"Tho duchess kissed tho fat butcher.
Fox was clectod, and tho political com
plexion of England was changod. It is
related that tho Duchess of Devonshire
told the story to Gainsborough when sho
was posing for her picture.
The collector of valuable etchings or
engravings must bo as constantly on tho
alert for counterfeits as is the bank
cashier for forged chocks or counterfeit
bills or the jeweler for false diamonds.
Some dealers have suffered heavy losses
because of tlioir inability to distinguish
between an original and a oonnterfoit
etching or engraving. Quick wit and a
wide knowledge of the history of etch
ings reoently saved Frederick Keppel,
the art doaler of this city and Paris,
nearly 1,000 marks in Berlin. The ool
lection of etchings of the late Baron Op
perm an was sold at auction, and dealers
from all over the world attended the
sale at Berlin.
Mr. Keppel bought an impression of
Rembrandt a Christ before Pilate, en'
titled the "Great Ecoe Homo, " paying
1,400 marks, or $3S0, for the etching.
Just after the sale a well dressed gen
tleman said in French to Mr. Keppel:
"Sir, I presume yon are stranger in
Berlin. I am a native of the city, and
I am mortified to see yon so badly cheat
ed today. I wish to make yon all the
restitution I can. You paid 1,400 marks
for that etching. The price is far too
high, but to compensate yon for your
loss I will soil yon a genuine etching
for 1,000 marks."
Mr. Keppel knew his etching to be
genuine. Mr. Keppel saw that the man
was playing a game of high comedy,
but he said he would like to see the
etching. When Mr. Keppel reviewed
the etching, he said:
"I will give yon 6 marks for the etoh
lug. " When tbe man found he bad been
eaught in his game, he simply said:
"Preuei le, " and Mr. Keppel took the
counterfeit, which he afterward gave to
the purchaser of his genuine etching.
The counterfeit, which was made by
Solomon Savry, can only be told from
the original by the difference In the
drawing of one of the bands in the etch'
lng.
The only difference between the orig
inal nnd tho counterfeit of Albert Dn
rer's celebrated etching "Melancholia"
is tho form of n ward on ono of severnl
kys banging from a flguro's girdln.
Though smaller than n pinhenri, the
flaw represents a difference in price of
several hundred dollars. New York
Bun.
THE LAZY FIRST BASEMAN.
Bo Wat Favnrcil by Itnln t'ntll (tin Mnnnrf
Drowned llhn Out.
Tho retired Icftf fielder wns telling the
Story. "Hank MuKinnis, " be said,
"wns tho greatest first baseman 1 ever
seen. Ho could play tho bag outer sight
when ho wns a mind to, but he wns the
laziest man in 27 counties, mid be
didn't play no ball when ho could git
onten it. .Ho wns nllays turiiin up with
a spiked foot or a split thumb or some
thin of tho kind, nn gim rally made out
to lay off inoro'n half the time. Tho
summer wo were playin in Hie Western
loaguo wo struck n manager who was
onto Hank's curves. Ho took him to
ono side, when the season begun nn tol
him that ho wouldn't stand no graft.
Ho marked out to him that if ho didn't
piny every day ho 'votilil git lnid off nn
lose his pay. Sore Let is nn thumbs wns
barred.
"Hunk, bcin '..ziei thnn ever that
year, was conslderh'il ftirrcd up about
this. Ho didn't L..-.. mi likin to piny,
but ho wns hot after llio long green, nn
he kep' playin along nn kickin liko a
bny steer all tho time. Finally ho got a
couplo of day' lay off nn went to hco
his mother, so ho said. Ho got back on
time an complained of being sick, but
the manager tol him t' git inter th'
game or lose 20 cold plunks, nn he got
in. Nex day we couldn i play. There
was a big rain. Jus' before the timo
t' call tho game on tho day after that
thoy vns another big rain.
"An it went on liko this fer a straight
80 days. It would allays rain jus' bo
fore the game, whether we wns homo or
way. Hank he got fat loafin around
an was on first rate terms with hisself.
Finally the manager had to let out soinu
of tho men to reduce expense, an Hank
got tho run. Then tho rains stopped.
Now, what do you think that man done
so's he could git his money without
workin? Seems he knewsomethiu aliout
rainmakin, an when ho took that trip
home he got his chemicals together an
didn't do a thing but mnko rain every
afternoon jus' before the game." Buf
falo Express.
Tort Loulu, Mauritius,
From tho sea Port Louis has a pictur
esque and oriental aspect, but tho streetH
are less so than one imagines. They are
wide and resemble those of Cnpo Town.
Numerous European shops also lino their
fronts.
Lying behind tho town is tho Champ
do Mars. It is used as a place of nmuso
mcnt, and opening into it are tho streets
of Burbon nnd Cordcrio, whilo to the
left of tho quays is tho bazaar or market
plnco. It is surrounded by an iron rail
ing, has several gates leading to tho
principal streets and is divided into
two equal parts by t arquar street
A broad avonuo also traverses its en
tire length, lined on cither side by cov
ered sheds, whero tho wares nro exposed.
Fruit stalls occupy tho upper end, and
hero is exhibited a marvelous variety,
a collection that would make the fruit
sellers of the west mad with envy.
Plantains in groat yellow heaps are sido
by sido with custard apples, alligator
pears, mangoes, pineapples and othors
too nnmorous to mention. Mangoes nro
tho most esteemod by Europeans. The
lower market contains tho butchers'
shops, whero fowl, fish and kid are
conspicuous. All the Year Round.
Th Mantle of Charity.
It is the one garment the fashion of
wheh never changes, writes Ruth Ash-
more in Ladies' Home Journal. The
years may go and come, and yet she who
cloaks herself in this mantle is at ouoe
happy hersolf and tho giver of happi
ness. In cut it never changes. It is al
ways largo and full, so that it can en
velop those who are unhappy and give
them warmth and comfort Like the
cloak worn by the prince in the fairy
tale, it is invisible to all but those whose
eyes are made dear by faith. It is the
garment that I would like my girls to
wear. It is true that muoh patience and
much self denial are required before
this cloak is pnt on, as it should be, for
all time, but once assumed the amount
of joy to be got from it and the happy
heartbeats to the wearers of it cannot
possibly be overestimated.
Girl BablM of Sicily.
In some parta of Sicily the birth of a
girl is looked upon as such a misfor
tune that black flag is hnng out the
window to proclaim the sad event Hav
ing to be supported by the family as
long as thoy are unmarried, and being
obliged to dower the bridegroom, they
are looked upon as expensive luxuries.
Boys, on the other hand, are very soon
self supporting, and when the time
comes for marrying increase the family
wealth by bringing home a bride and
her dot Tho girls live in seclusion, are
most kindly treated, and at the age of
14 or 10 they are disposed of in marriage
on a purely financial basis. New York
World.
Ifua of Coming; Trouble.
Johnny I tell yon, papa's going to
catch it after the oompany'i gone.
Tommy How do you know?
Johnny He ' told ma onoe or twice
she was mistaken about something, and
she's said, "Why, darling ("London
Million.
THE PRICE OF A WIFE.
Savages rinro n Vnrylnu Value Vnnn Tlietr
Chourn lli'lintifttrv.
Ill tho earliest times of pnrehnso a
woman wns bartered for useful goods or
for services rendc red to her father. In
tho latter way Jacob purchased llachel
and her sister Leah. This v ns a liecna
marriage, where n man? a in Generis,
leaves his father mid his mother nnd
cleaves unto his w ife, nnd they V"conio
one llcfh or !:in :! womanV. Tho
price of n bride in British I'olnuihin nwl
Vancouver i.- land varies from 1'20 to
10 worth of articles. In Oregon nn In
dian gives for a wife horses, blankets
or buffalo robes; in California, shell
money or hor.-;e-:; in Afrier, cattle.
A poor Dainara will sell a daughter
for ono cow. A richer Kaffir experts
from ;l to 110. With tho IJanval, if noth
ing be given, her f laily claim her chil- -
liven, in Uganda, vhevo no limrriago
recently existed, iho may In oht. dned
r half a dozen need lev, or n coat, or a
pair of shoes. An ordinary priro is a
box of percussion caps. In other parts
a goat or n couple of buckskins will buy
a girl. Pushing to Apia, vi did her
price is sometimes 5 to 00 rubles or nt
others a cnrtlond nf wood or hay. A
princess may bo purchased for 3,000
rubles.
In Tnrtary n woman can bo obtained
for a few pounds of butter, or whero a
rich man gives 20 small oxen n poor
mnn may succeed with a pig. In Fiji her
equivalent is a whale's tooth or u mus
ket. These und similar prices Iscwhcro
are eloquent testimony to the little valr.o
a savngo sets on his wife. Now Y'ork
Advertiser.
$1,000 A SHOT.
It Is Economical, Alter All, If Con.lili'rcil
l'ropurly.
One thousand dollars a shot is rather
expensive shooting, but when you come
to figuro it out you will find that it is
not quite as much in proportion as $100 '
shot under certain conditions. 1 ho old
smooth bore cannon, short in barrel aud
short in tho breach, had to be trained
with tho greotest patience and care oil
the object aimed at and if the 100
pound ball didn't, land exactly whero it
was intended it did very little harm.
With tho big pneumatic gnu at Bandy
Hook it is impossible to mnko a miss.
You just touch her off at $1,000 per
touch, and if the projectilo drops within
one-sixth of a mile of whero it was in
tended to drop there is immodinto and
serious trouble and in all probability no
necessity for tho expenditure of another
dollar on that particular target. It costs
more to firo tho big Krupp gun than it
does our dynamite gun, but tho execu
tion bears no comparisou. One hundred
galling guns, fired at short intervals for
ono hour, would cost $10,000. Even if
tho object shot at was within range tho
shooting would not bo ono-tenth ns ef
fective as tho shooting of tho Sandy
Hook terror. Now York Mail and Ex
press. The Forlls of I'nllllen.
"My friend," said tho candidate for
sheriff of Cheyonno, drawing a one eyed
stranger closo to his means of liveli
hood, "do you want to innko $3 easy to
night?" "Yep."
"All right. When I say in my speech,
'Is there a man among you who will de
ny this statement':" you jump to your
feet in the rear of tho hall nnd shout:
'Yes, sir, I will. You nro a liar, and I
can provo it!' and rend from this clip
ping. Then I will call you down and
make you ridiculous, but you will gut
tho V nevertheless. Is it a go?"
"Nope,"
"Why not?"
"I tried the same thing in Butto City
a year ago, aud the candidate jumped
on mo so hard that tho audience kicked
me out of tho hall and rode me out of
town on a rail. I didn't get the $5 ei
ther. Try it on somo oue else. I've
been there. "Boston Herald.
A Shrewd Dog-.
A gentleman once stopped his gig at
the door of a shop. Entering the shop,
he left the dog on the seat of the gig.
The horse took fright at something and
boltod off down the street, dragging the
reins on the ground. The dog at onco
jumped down and seized tho reins iu
his teeth. Although he was pulled along
for some distance, he kept pulling
against the runaway horse till he man
aged to bring it to a standstill. Fami
ly Herald.
The Wonder, of tho Sky.
The Professor (enthusiastically) Ah, '
Miss Nomer, astronomy is a grand
study I Look now, for instance, at Oriou.
Yondor is Mars, over there is Jupiter,
and that beautiful bluo star is Sirius.
Miss Nomer (deeply interested) Oh,
professor! How wonderful! But tell me,
how did you astronomers ever find out
the names of all thoso stars? Answors.
Great Britain aud Ireland is full of
thirsty oitizons if tho quantity of cork '
used iu a year la to be taken as a crite
rion. It takes 70,000 tons to stopper the
lo aud boer bottles on the tight little.
Isle in 12 months.
Egyptians of Moses' timo arebolioved
to have been a cross between the black
raoes of the south and the white invad
ers from the north.
A Long Island girl who had been
deaf and dumb for eight years bad her
speech restored by an eleotrio shook,
which struck the house in whtoh she
was during a storm.