A GREAT BOAT RACE. THL OD.NNINGTON'S CRACK CREW GOT A COSTLY SURPRISE. The Wory of n Fourth of Jnly Rnnmc Content at lloimlntii Which Kmptlril t'.ir , Pro-hot nmt f.nrrrntrtl h lltiB iI , tTnrtl Nnm' f itrfe Irfl. "Admit n illrmnl it Fnnrth of Jnlv 1 an over I cxjh liciKwl nil bnnrd n mnn- i o'-wiir," Hiiiil nn nvHitilnr nf tho im.y now Ilvlmj in w iisiiitiKtim ti) n repon rr, "wnii In l' I'rii'lciirn ilny not ninny years i; ' t' iwn in tint liailior of Mono lulu. Tlir ri MMlti'ti'ii liml nil nil M:ir nii'liiK limit's (tow. Tim ciulit liml Jii-t hnop.-'n-il I" li" uwlfrin'tl to tint lien 1 1 i i t: i. t t in ii luincli lii'iura slio left f ir her I'ncillu rnii.n, mill sevcrnl of li.r oiiri.ii ii li.nl Ih'i n iiicitil' IM of tin' IV lumlji.i'ii rvw-1; I: '.al'Hi'rcw llmt wnll'ipi'il hII of tin1 !'i iii li iiiivy'F limits' ori'WH in Knullh wi'.trix n fi-w yours before. Tim l!ciiniii:ti;irn cnttor wns nno ol thn best In tlu imvy, nnil Kim liml lircii built for n lueor. liefnrn Vi li'ft Co Mure Isbinil li ny ynnl for south l'm iliu wntivs dm ship's nieiiiK crow hml pitHi ! benteii nil of llm other crows of 1 1 if ships IjiiiK t llm yard, Ini lnilliiK the tiptop rrcw of tho Olympiii n ml the Hoftnn's (Inn crew. We thought tlmt We worn ill cut lie wnriil ns thny ini'!;o 'nil lifter our rrrv put it on mi nin::,v other iiiim-o'-wnr crown, pivitift them u couple of minutes tho Ktnrt of ns, too, on nniiicrnus oiruHioim uml mill bentiiiH tlirm iliHKi'ni'i lull)'. "Tito people of llniiolnlu arrmiKi'il nn nipititio festival fur tho Fourth ip( July thn Ann i li'iins down tlmrn cr!e litnti'il llm l'mivtli jii't it enthusiast ie ally int wo ilo it) here mid thn lieu liiiiKton's crow loured In it larnt-l t. Our ship's colors were ut tho foro in the two mors that wore mil witli piclud Riinakii crews, ; nd tho thinl nnil l..-t race of tint il.iy v, :h oini in which nir orncknjnrk rljjht wns tufigiiro, thocitl.'t Moos hiiYiiiK boon won by subcicwn priioticiilly picked nt ramluni fn.ni anioiiK tho i"ri iio.-'t penmen. " Wo tlinu'-rlit this moo wns Ht onr inorcy. It wax to bo n font sided nfTnir ouo wow of kanaka miiiT Held workorH, a crow of KiiiKik.'i policemen nnil t!i" rnoiiin crow of tho yacht Kloimnr, lie longing to Sir. Sinter of Provltlcni'0. , that had pnllod litfo Honolulu In.rl.i.r from .Tnpnn a fow ditys boforo. Onr orow didn't pay tnnoh attention to the yiicht's ruoiiiK crow and wore only fig nring on tho distiinoo they could bent the crew of Kanaka poliooinon, which ' Boomed tho inoNt formidable. "Tho raoo wns ovor tho four mllo course cnrofully blocked opt in tho har bor wbicb was vory urn joth by the Honolulu nqnntio sportsmen, and tho start was first rnto. There wasn't a mini, fore or aft, on tbo Rcuuiugton that didn't stand to go broke to tho extent of at least a month's pny on tho success of tho llonnliigton's crow, and we had to givo B to 1, too, for it was generally conceded that wo hnd the raise at onr mercy, "Tbo start, ni I Kaid, was Rood, ami the Hcnniugton's crow showed in front first and started ont apparently to mako runaway raoo of It. The Kanaka po licemen's orcw trailed after them, pnll lng steadily, then tho Kanaka sugar workers and, a good ten lengths to tho rear, the Eleanor's crew. This was tbo way it looked for the finish when the Bennington's crew roundod the stako boat and started for tho return trip. "Some of tho Honolulu men who had their money up on the two Kanaka crews aotnully began to square accounts, and theory, 'It'sall over Bennington!' was heard all over the bay. When the ttnkoboat wns rounded, It was a noticed that the Eloauor's boat was sort of get ting a move on itself, and (be men were working like machines at a lot.;:, steady stroke that certainly looked as ii it was cutting down the Bennington's (end. and the load of the two Kauaku boats. "Two minutes after the stukeboui, Was rounded the Eleanor' gang wrrn right abreast of tho Kanaka outters ami gaining on them with every stroke, and the cox'un of the Bennington's outti r. hearing the yolls of warning from tho Bonniugtou bluejackets ashore looked behind him and buw the Eleanor cutter only two lengths bohind him and com ing like an eleotrio launch. Our crew was tired, and that'a all there was about it. "The Eleanor's orow had held them selves in for the finish, and they cer tainly did make a Garrison finish of it The yaobt'i cutter shot ahead of our cutter a good mile from homo, and then, to make the thing more galling, the crew actually stopped rowing until the Bennington's crew was alongside again. Then tbey took to the oars again, and from thou on it was a howling faroe. The Eleanor's crow just romped their cutter in ton lengths ahead of oar cut ter and the Kanakas a quarter of a milo in the roar. "You never saw suoh a disgnsted lot of mon in your life as the men and officers on the Bennington. The Elea nor's ship company had taken all of the S to 1 money they oonld get on board onr ship, for they knew they had a good thing up thoir sleeve. The Eleanor's trew on the whole trip around the world that was wound up at Ban Fran cisco had not been beaten once In a cut ter race, aud the yacht's sailors had made all kinds of money in betting on their crew. It was a minor sort of con solation for us wlicn wo found out that five of the Eleanor's racing orew were ex -American tunu-o'-war's men." Washington Star. , Winning race horses are generally bays, chestnuts or browns, and for every hundred bays ammig them there are 50 x chestnuts and 30 browns. There is no record of an important race being won by a piebald. While we are considering when to begin It U often too late to act Qulu- INDIAN ND TIGER. 4 floTfif Trlrk hr Whlnh th Former Ont wlltrl thn t4ittvr.' According tn a good and true tiger story in Cornbill, an Indian who lull lonnird some of the elementary princi ples of jtiKglcry mid contortion went ont ono evening tn walk upon a rlricy plain. When he reached the top of ono of the mounds, ho saw a tiger abend of him, TWO or l!0o yards nwny. Doforn thn mini could hidn Ixihlnd a innniid thn tigor bud seen him and began to bound toward him ntlts toptnoSt speed. Having no means of defence, there wns nothing for the iniiii to do but to raco for thn nearert rre, lint though Im tried H and put forth his utmost strength the tigor stonillly gained upon him. What was ho to do? In sheer i!cn)c ra tion ho resolved upon nn nnnvniil scheme, .hint as bo ilixiipponrcd fur an Instant from tlm tiger's nilit in mu lling over a rldgo ho halted, stretched out his 'legs nt right angles, curnd down his bend so nstn look between I. lit legs tn the rear and extended bis iirms upwind in a fantiiHtio inanunr, like tho sails of n windmill. In a few seconds tbo tiger hove in sight, and nt thnt Instant the face of tho object iipsmned a liidcous .grimace. A prolonged yell nrnso, s'teh as hud per haps never boforo pierced tho ear of any tiger, nnd the rails of tho windmill be gan to revolve backward and forward as if a sudden whirlwind hail liur.it npou thn Rcoue. Tho tiger recoiled. What, he evi dently thought, is this? There stood a ferocious star shaped monstor, gigantic against tho sky. Its hideous head win situated In tho very center of its bnily nay, Its vlsoliko jaws, between which those McndlHh roars were issuing, wore actually placed above its two fiery eyes. Its limbs worn furiously clamoring for action, nnd thn man he had been chim ing, where was he? Alreudy devoured by this torrible beast? Tho tiger could not pause to reflect. He turned tail, and its ho disappeared over a friendly ridge n last awful yell caused bint tn redouble his pneo. Ho was conquered by tbo unknown. THE POWER OF SHADOWS. A Gloomy View of the Powr of Cortnln Popular Hnprmitlon. As antique runners passed from hand tn hand the sacred torch, so the genera tions transmit to tho generations which succeed them all that thoy have, of light and knowledge, leaving them us u heritngo tho care of continuing tho di vlno work of enfranchisement and of helping to dissipate the shadows of ig norance. Littlo by little these clouds are van quished and disappear, and the touch of intelligence flames the more radiantly In tho midst of thn travailing masses. But all of a sudden a veil covers tho torch something surges up which seems like tho darkness of another ago. One fools that in a oorner of this civi lization monstrous things have pluce. Horo they burn a woman accused of sorcery; thoro in Sunbia a tribunal con demns to four days of Imprisonment a laborer who had disinterred the oorpse of an infnnt. He wanted to make brace lets of Its flngor nails, which, according to a belief hold in that country, const! tute a sovereign remedy against colic. And all the stories of vampires, of elfs, return to the mind with all tbo victims thoy have made and are mal-'"' till. It seems in rendiug such things that the "power of shadows" is still impen etrable to all that solcnoo has dono and that, as I have said, the effort is vain. Figaro. Oa the Eating of Loons. Man is a creature of prejudice. In Scotland he will not oat eels; in Con necticut he will not cat sturgeon, tho royal fish of England, where the first one token in the Thames goes to the queen's tnblo; in New York he will not eat lampreys, miscalled "lamper eels," which are delicacies in Connecti cut, and in England some old king I never could keep a record of kings died from a surfeit of lampreys. With these prejudioes in mind, and I hate all prejudices exoopt those which I enter tain, I decided to eat the loon. There may be differences among loons, ai there are between pigeons and squabs. I prefer an adult pigeon to a squab, there is better chewing on it, but if a man wants real hard ohewing, with a flavor of raw fish, let him taoklo an adult loon. That bird could not bo picked. It was skinnod, and in ita stom ach there was a catfish recently swal lowed, one partly digestod and the bones of another. The triggers of tho pectoral fins of the catfish wore set, but the stomach of the loon did not soem to be troubled by that foot Fred Mathor in Forest and Stream. A Italilhaadad Rapljr. A navaroffioer, very well and favor ably known In London, has for some unknown reason boon advanced in hiB profession very slowly, though he has grown gray in the service and indeed lamentably bald. Recently one of his juniors was bold enough to question him as to his remurkable absenoe of hair. - "How comes it that yon are eo very bald?" The officer replied promptly and with much viuulctivouess; "You, man, yon would be bald, I think, if you hud had men stopping ovor your boadfor years in the way I have." Liondon Judy. IMfferaut Idaaa aa to ClotUafc Ti tho native women of Sumatra have their knees properly covered, the rest does not mutter. The natives of soma islands' off the coast of Guinea wear olothes only when thoy are going on a Journey, gome Indiani of Venezuela are ashamed to wear clothes before strangers, aa it teems indecent to them to uppear nnpaintod. THE GREAT (DESERT. roair of tha Wtoita on That ftarron Waata 4f -Maoris. With a fwliiiB that toy words will enrry little wright .with those who think otlicrwlne, I venture to flttguc?!) thnt the Pultun to itiot exactly what It is commonly nssutned itn he, nnd yet In many ways it is not wry ihlTcre. t It first sands, when approached from the sidn of FJ-Kniitara, are giant rocks, Inn in d brown and red under the glow of tho southern snn, standing out in wild pinnacles from the gently undu lating surface. This is not the desert that In ordinarily pictured by tbo mind that flat, rhdless expanse which fades off unmoved nnd unbroken to tlm limits of vision but it is the desert, neverthe less, just as much nn tbo mountain mows of the fur north uro a part of the great nrctli! "sea of lin. " Jloyond, how ever, i the great plain ltsoll. its swell inn undulations hardly relieving to thi eve the iippearaueo of ahsolutu llatness which tho picture olTors. Thn truth Is, the Snhnrii presents Itself in a double aspect, that of the flat and sandy plain anil that of Hie rooky riilgo or mountain, the llamiiiad It is tho Ibiminnda that is more particularly dreaded by the caravans, fur among their wind swept crags Ihcro lire few oases, and only thn blowing sands nnd a relentless sun are the coiiipiiniiniH of the footsore pilgrim. Iu many parts of the flnt desert traveling Is moderately ensy, for over long distiuicestlie surface bus become coated Into a ban, slimy crust a solid basement rock, one may call It Along our routo of ttnvel thoro were no sand dunes of any magnitude, the highest perhaps M-nrcely cancell ing IS or 80 feet, but 1 wns Informed by the distinguished French explorer, AI. Fourenud, who was tticn stopping nt Biskra, that beyond luggnrt they rise to thn prodigious height of from 1,200 to 1, 41)0 feet. This spooks even more eloquently for the power of thn winds than do tho high tossed sands of coral islands. Popular Science Monthly. UoteOrrrl on 'Arret, Trnvflers in Burma see many stnuifii things, and perhaps ono of tho Strang si is the way in which soino kinds of fiu.t grow. For instance, gooseberries that a' home grow on small bushes iu this :::l of tho world grow on trees ovor 25 foot high. They are not n soft, pulpy fruit, but aro us hard as marbles. Tho real Burmun grapes also grow- on high trees and not on vines. They bang from tho branches nnd trunk i t the troo iu clusters on a long stalk im.l are covered with a thick outer shin which cannot bo cntou. The caelum, or monkey nut, is nis i peculiar nnd consists of a Inrgn, juicy fruit of soft pulp, with its nut or kernel attached to the outside of the fruit tit the end farthest from tho stalk from which it bangs. London Standard. CoTared tha Caaa. Not long ago the Dublin Iudepeudent published tbo following obituury notice: "Smith On the 28th Inst, Amy June Mary emith, oldest daughter of John and Wllbnlmiua Smith, aged 1 duy nnd 8.1 hours. The bereaved and heartbro ken parents beg to tender their hearty thanks to Dr. Jones for his unremitting attention during the illnesB of the do ceased and for tho moderate brevity of pis bill; also to Mr. Wilson for run ning for the doctor and to Mr. Robin. ou for recommending mustard plustor. " Tba Paris Hill Poster. The bill poster of Paris is a more picturesque personage than hia brother of Mew York. He plies hia trade in all winds and weather, and he is nothing daunted by tho assignment of a bleak suburban district on a rainy day. He ties bis posters incased iu a wa terproof cover across his back. He fastens on his paste pot. Ho mounts hia bicycle. Then he1 opens bis umbrella for he ia an expert whoelman and can manage it and his wheel at once. All over the umbrella are advertisements in little form of the article or the event which be intends to advertise In large by hia posters, so his entire route is placarded, and he himself is a living advertisement Paris Correspondent Cries tha ifoora. In Ely place, Holborn, the old cus tom of "crying the hours of the night by Charley" atill exists. Charley, bet ter known nowadays as the night watchman, has to call the hours in this pot from 1 1 p. m. till 6 a. m. Wet or fine, he mnst not neglect hia duty. London Globe. There is a curious little Holland vil lage ia Wisconsin named Little Chuto, whose chief manufacture is wooden hoes. The people there are as thor oughly Dutch as thoir progenitors. The town stands on the ground where Pere Marquette had his winter quarters, and where the Dutch priests instructed the Indians. A Logical Gonelaalon. In a recent Walla Walla divorce suit, in which the defendant failed to ap pear, the referee made tho following re port: "The plaintiff appearing in person and by her attorney, and the defendant not appearing and no one appearing for him, tberofore be did not appear. " Walla Walla Statesman. The Svantiaus, who live in the inac cessible mountain rungo between, the Block and Caspian seas, aro probably the luzlest people in the world. They have made no advance toward civiliza tion in 9,600 years. It is thuir invaria ble rule to observe holidays four times a week, with saints' days as extras. Tha Illcjole Did It. Miss Countrycousin What are all those badges that woman wears? Mr. Wbeeler Each one represents a century. Miss Conutrycousin-i-Graoionst She ioesn't look to be 40 U-Jeweler' weekly- We have moved from Ct'iilrimliil lift 1 1 to Cor. Main nnd Fifth SU, in tlio old tt Bee Hive" Stand. A CORDIAL INVITATION in intended to llm t nciiil public lo )iiy ii ii vinit nt your t'nrlit'Ht conveiiirihe. Wo liavo Homo Bargains . for you. Tli.'inkiiitf you for pant favors, wo Holit-.it n toiiliiiuaiici of hhiiio. ' HoHpoot fully, HUGHES & KELSO, F. A. CLARK'S Restaurant ana GonteGtionery. FruitB hnd vegetable in sea koii. Next door to pout oilice, Main St., Reynolds ville, Pa. Agent for IhlllOIS STEAM bAVXmiY and PITTSHUUU POST. H. 1). CLARK, Manager. o .a a o i-X OH O CD 1 O "5 2 m 03 -a I ca ea. a T 35 o H J9 L. M. SNYDER, Practical Horse-shoer And General Blacksmith. llorxe-fihoelnK clone in tho noateftt munnor and by the lult't Improved methods. Ke pHlrlngoiHll kind carefully and promptly doilO. bATlH IT ACTION UlIAHAKTKKU. HORSE CLIPPING Have Just received a complete get of ma chine lioinu clippers of liitcst style 'tw ;itttirn und ii m preiiured to do c llppliix in tlie best possible niHiiuer ut reasonable rutus. .Ttickson St. neur Fifth, Roynoldnvllle, Pa. Subscribe for The -X- Star, If you want tho New. Handy Tools a. ri v I innimniiitnimmmtnmiimtmmmmmmtmfflmmm I N. HANATJ I Great Reduction 1 - In All-wool Summer Clothing, Scotch Plaida sr and Check Suitn you can nave from 10 to 20 3 per cent. Men'n $.1.00 Suits, now $3.50. 3 Men's All-wool $7.00 and $8.00 Suits, now 3 $.",.,10. Men's All-wool $). 00 to 12.00 Suits, $7.00 to $J.00. In Youths' Suits you can 3 pave the same reduction. 3 Straw Hats Price. tr Nice Over Shirts, with white band, 23c. H SUMMER DRESS GOODS 5 Organdy, was 15 to 10c. Challies, 5c. iiiiiiiiuiuiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiia: Dry Goons Mkl-Sniniiiiiicr Sale Announcement. Cloth i no In order to fully appreciate the bargains we are odering in all lines of staple and fancy wares, it is only necessary to call at our store, where you will soon be con vinced that we are "Rock Bottom" in prices on high grade goods. You will find an immense, carefully selected stock from the best markets in the world and we guarantee . Satisfaction : with every purchase. It will be to your advantage and we will be pleased to have you call. JEFFERSON SUPPLY CO., Grockries AND Provisions PLEASANT AVE., REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A. "Atlwtathtr Is alike to me" I wear the kind that "RETAIN THEIR SHAPE." -That'sth kind I'm look In? for. Ill order a. suit from their agent (nunc diatcly." MADE TO ORDER BY EDWARD E. STRAUSS & CO. America's Popular Tailors, Chicago. are more than convenient; tliey'ro Decennary. You want tooln, nnd you want good onen, too. In our ntock of hardware we carry the bent tooln made in thin or any other country. It'n a maxim iu hardware that the better tho article the better it pays to buy it. Thcre'n value in Hiich gtKMln and you want value for your money. To. insure that we confine our ntoek to top grade. Don't go elnewhere for something that'n too poor even for a gilt. Reynoidsville Hardware Go. 3 3 3 3 3 18c, to-day . 10c. 6J, 7Jc. 4c. 3 3 Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes Hardware, Furniture, AND H0C8E Furnishings How Shall We Know the MAN except by bis appearance? The True Man will dress neatly. He has regard for bis looks and U careful of the esteem lo which others hold him. He Buus Strauss & Co.'s Famous Custom Tailored Suits and Overcoats because he knows from past exper ience that Theu Are The Best The graceful bearing they give the wearer is more valuable than money. THESE HANDSOME CIO AA SUITS START AT 1Z.UU ' A Pererf Fit Outtranteetl, " Gallon MILLIREN'S, IlEYXOLVS VILLE, PA.
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