VOLUME 7. REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1899. NUMBER 38. DON'T b go somewhere and buy your Furniture and Carpets till you have consulted the Style, Quality and Price A at our store. We aim to t give you good goods at the lowest prices. Give us a call and see for yourself. Undertaking a specialty. Brumbaugh & Hillis. (Successors to Hugos & Kelso.) Opposite Postoflice. lubacrlbe for The Star, If you want the News. Nobby Suits To Order ! JOHNS & THOMPSON. (Successors to Harablet & Swartz) Merchant Tailors, Feel confident that we can give satisfaction in both cut and make up. W. A. Thompson, a cut- ter with Forty Years' Experience, will do the cutting. We respectfully ask the people of Reynoldsville to give us a call before ordering elsewhere. Johns & Thompson. ACTIVK SOLICITORS WANTFtl KVERY where for "The Story of tho Philippine" bjr Mu rat Halstead, commissioned by the Oovernmont as Official Historian to the War Department. The book wan written In army ' Vamp at Nan Franrleco, on the Paclno with General Merrlt, In the hospitals at Honolulu, In Hong Kong, In the American trenches at Manila, In the Insurgent campa with Aguln aldo, on the deck of the Olymphi with IH-wr-cy, and in the roar of battle at the fall of Manila. Bonanza for BRenta. Hrlmf ill of or iKlnal picture! taken by government photog raphers on the spot. Large liook. Low prices, Hli profit. Freight paid. Credit sivoa. Drop all trashy unofficial war books. Outfit free. A eld read, V. T. Harbor, Hoc'y., Star Initurance Bldg., Chicago. CO a 05 o CO o, 0 0 u S w o EH 3 as E O $ u w LETTER FROM HAVANA. Capt. R. B. Beer Tells of His Visit to Moro Castle and Fort Cabanas. Camp CoM'mhia, Havana, Cuba. Pub. 6, 18!W. Mrs. R. D. nr.KR, ncynoldsvillo, Pa. Df.ar Motiikr: Your letter of re cent date received. You asked mo so many questions that I don't know whether I will get thorn all answered or not; but I'll toll you before I pro any farther that I pot vaccinated a second tlmo and I have been painfully aware of the fact for two weeks or longer, an I have an extremely sore arm, and I be lieve If I had It to do ovor again I would take chances on tho smnll-pnx. The wholo regiment bas been vaccinated and tho hospitals nro vaccinating every Cuban they enn get hold of. I was down town yesterday and took In a few of the Rights. This makes first tlmo I have been out of camp since we have been here, so you see I am not throwing myself In way of dis eahe. I visited Moro Castle and Fort Cabannns yesterday; also rowed out Into tho harbor and stepped off onto tho wreck of tho Maine. I didn't carry away nny relics from the wreck of tho Maine, because I didn't have a sledge hummer to knock anything loose with. Old Moro and Cahannas are not so ter rible looking as one would Imagine from all that has been written and said about them. Moro Castlo proper would bo very easily knocked to piece. It is more of a lookout than anything else. Both Moro and Cabannas are hundreds of years behind the times. In traveling around, through Moro, walking over their now grass-grown draw-bridges, across dry moats, which three hundred years ago might have seemed Impassi ble, but at present look ridiculous, and if the Dons Imagined themselves secure In their prehistoric fortifications their stretch of imagination was certainly very great. Ond can Imagine himself traveling through tho old Castlllan kingdom and almost realise Washing ton Irvlng's mythical stories of Alham bra, etc., being absolutely true, finding yourself challenged by tall warriors, clad In heavy steel armor; but if you allow yourself to bo carried away by any dreams of your imagination you will be halted, and It wont bo by any mythical knight, either. Tho guards are very particular and you have to have a pass from General Ludlow to visit most of the forts. The guard's manner of halt ing one Is usually so emphatic that you will form an Impression that that par ticular guard has it In for you and wanted to scare you into a fit by halloo ing "halt!" at you in as grulT a manner as possible. However, that's a part of their training and as long as you don't attempt to advance without .showing your pass you will be treated all right. Should you attempt to pass the guard without recognizing- his command, you will find one of those butcher knife bay onets up against you and you undoubt edly won t feel nearly so brave as you did before. But to continue about Moro. There is a large amount of very dangerous ammunition stored there In tho way of mines, gun cotton and differ ent kinds of explosives, which requires a very caroful guard. There are dun goons and prison cells galore all over both Cabannas and Moro, underground passageways leading to different parts of the city, also to Cabannas and one of the newer forts close to Moro, which Is the most dangorous of all of tho three on account of having modern guns. Most of the guns of Moro and Cabannas are old and almost useless as a means of defense against our modern guns. Moro Castle proper Is about seventy-five feot in height, a base of sixty feet and walla from five to ton foot through. The grounds and walls of the forts surround ing It probably cover an acre. Caban nas Is less than a quarter of a mile from Moro, covering about three acres of land and having a capacity of coll room for four to five thousand prisoners, somo of the most horriblo dungoons one can imagine. Even traveling through them with plenty of light and genial companions, the cold chills would oreop over me at tho thoughts of being shut up in such a place. Hut hundreds of Cubans spent their last hours of life in those horriblo holes. ' Cabannas was tho main Spanish prison of the iulund and It was usually pretty well filled up with tho poor dovlls that would gut into the clutches of such military rulers as General Weylur. There are mauy too, that entered Cabunnus who never came out again to toll the story of their brutal treatment. There is a portion of ono of tho walls that is filled with bullets and bullet bolus. Along tho wall is drawn a large bliiek line, which is Just about the hulght of u man's chest when standing; it Is called the dend line. It is where the prisoners wore placed to bo shot, one of Weyler's methods of caring for the rocon'centrados. There are a large number of old Span ish cannon in Cabannas which aro sim ply useless as a means of defense. I should liked to have been able to got ono started homo as a relic, and would probably have attempted It, but for a few ifs; for Instance, first of all, If It wasn't so all-fired heavy, and It the guard didn't watch so closely. I watched Uncle Sam's agents dealing out rations to tho poor yesterday. There were probably throe hundred of them lined up waiting for their turn. They have gotten past the point of looking hungry, but they look awfully tough; mostly women and children, very tew able bodied men amongst the applicants for aid. Our agents have to use great care in Issuing rations; there are a groat many of these people "on the work" just like they aro In some other countries I have heard of. In one or two Instances where suspicious cases were hunted down it has been found that they wore well able to support themselves, but simply taking advan tage of our free rations. There is lots of talk of discontent amongst the Cubans. They think wo ought to turn the Island and the gov ernment of the same over to them forth with. They are trying now to work Undo Sam for pay for their troops, but as their army is apparently largely made up of Generals and Major Gener als, I do not think I will miss my guess much when I Bay thut these samo Major Generals will get the bulk of the money for tho troops, providing, of course, that the U. S. allows them anything. I do not think that they will bo able to stir up any trouble so thut wo will have to use arms against them, as they ap parently have a very healthy respect for our soldiery, but they may fool around so as to keep tho volunteer army down here for tho next two years. You cannot go on to the streets of Havana without passing and meeting numerous Cuban oMIoera In their uniforms without anything to do, apparently, but strut around and talk. They have but little confidence in the Amoricans. A por tion of our camp, where there were some Improvements being made, the work was being done by Cubans. The first Saturday night after the first week's work they domandod their wages. The interpreter did bis best to make them understand tho Government was In the habit of paying only month ly, but that wouldn't do; they had to have their wages then or they would quit and, of courso, as their wagos could not be given them then and there, there was nothing for tbcoa to do but quit, which they did. CONCLUDED IN NEXT ISSUE. J Paradise. Mrs. Noah Strouse la visiting her daughter, Mrs. Frank Gallagher, near Pittsburg. Messrs. Tom and John Cathera are busily engaged in hauling props to Big Soldier for Scott Sypbrit. The social held at tho grange hall Thursday evening was quite largely at tended. Ed. McCreight, accompanied by his better half, attended church at Big 8oldler Sunday evening. Last Saturday morning was the cold est weather we had this winter. The thormomoter registered A3 degrees be low Lud wick's saw rallL Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strouso gave an Interesting party to their many friends around and about Paradise last Tuesday evening. Miss Tena Strouse was the guest of ber friend, Miss Harriot Norrls, of near Panic last Sunday, i Elmer Myers, who baa been suffering with rheumatism the past few weeka, Is getting better. Some of the people have to drive arond three or four miles to go to Reyn oldsville on account of the snow drifts. Amos Strouse was in Brook vllle last Thursday attending to some business. The candidates are so thick in town that people can bardly get along on ac count of running over them. The boiler at Ludwick's mill Is froze up so that they cannot saw until the weather gets warmer. A goQtlomao whllo passing through town tho other day said: "There are some men who think they know every thing, but when it comes to the flno point don't know anything." That Is just the way with a few men of Para dise, and they can mind other people's business, but don't mind their own. Bucklen'a Arnica Salve, The best salve in the world for outs, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, ohapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin eruptions, and posi tively oures piles, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to give porfect satis faction or money refunded. Price 25 oenta per box. For sale by H. Alex. Stoke. MYSTERIOUS LIGHT AT SEA. Three IMentnera Didn't I'mleralatnil If. lint the Prlaee nf Monneo Knew. The Prince of Monaco has Iteen known since 188.1 as an enthusiastic student of the sea and Its various forms of lifo Ho nsnnlly spends his summers In the stndy of orennogritphic problems, and his cruise have on somo occasion been extended almost to the coasts of Atucr lea. He delivered a lecture before the Boynl Geographical society In London in which ho ttld this incident One afternoon, while in the buy of Biscay, he sank the trap In which he collected specimen of sen life. It went to the bottom in over 13.000 feet of water, and as night approached he fiuv tened to tho wire attached to it an elec tric buoy nud then sttsid oft a mile or so It did not happen to occnr to him that be was right in the track of steam era plying between northern Europe and the Mediterranean, bnt he was re minded of the fact later As he und his 14 sailors were watch Ing with a good deal of satisfaction the swaying bnoy with it brilliant llln initiation a steamer's lights came Into view It was soon evident Unit tin steamer was rnrions to know the mean In: of the illumination, for she altere.l her conrso and tnado for the light She knew that no fishing boats came ont so far from land and so determined to solvo the mystery Up she came to within a quarter of a mile of the buoy slowed np for a mlnnte, and then start ed ahead, perhaps a little disgusted i.t the Incident that bad lnred her several miles ont of her course She had hardly got away when a sec ond steamer came Into view, and shn. too. bore down upon the lighted bnoy The murines on the prince's vessel nn dertood by this time that the illnminu Hon was probably believed to be evi dence of a disaster .Inst as the prince's steamer was moving np to explain mat ters she was nearly run down by ono of the large liners in the oriental trade, which had also left her coarse to render what assistance she could. The swell was very heavy, and the prince feared a collision as the three vessels approached the light like moths around a candle. He therefore veered off and the other vessels, after standing by for a few minutes, went on their way and probably never learned the canse of that night's illumination al sea. Bnt the incident gave the prinoe a pointer He carefully refrained there after from exhibiting his electric bnoy on any of the much traveled ocean routes. New York Htm. The AnUlrnce Got Aaa-rr. There was a scene of wild exoiteineui daring tbe last week of May, 1899, at the Gaiety, London, and all owing to the singular behavior of a policeman Two popular entertainers were on the stage, and one of them asked the audi enoe a little conundrum, "Why is a po liceman an utter scoundrel?" A gentleman in bine who was appar ently rm duty in the body of the tbea ter atone look offense. He jumped ou to the. stage and, seiziug tbe offender, attempted to drag bim off. Tba audience rose in indignation Men shook their fists and shouted, "What baa be done?" Oue frenzied young lady In tbe front of tbe gallery seized a tumbler and would bave thrown it at tbe policeman if ber arm bad not been arrested. The policeman then dragged bis oap tiva off the stage amid tbe biases and boats of tbe aadieoce. But anger was speedily changed to laughter when Mr Policeman reappeared with his victim and stood revealed as one of tbe Ootmo trio. I never saw aa aadienoe so com pletely taken in. London Correspond noe. Pica aal Wtteheraft. Two women of the lower class were quarreling violently the other evening In Ueavitree. a suburb of Exeter. One yelled to the other: "You wretch, yon always keep a blarlr, and a white pig so that yon can witch as I Yoa ought to be acraggedl" The one so addressed. It seeuis, has lived in her cottage some 30 years. She baa daring this period, it is said, always kept a couple of pigs, one at each color, and her neighbors consider she does this so that she may enjoy the very questionable powers of witchcraft. No butcher in tbe neigh borhood will bay ber pigs, aa if he was knows to do so he would certainly lose the local cuetmn upon which he reliua. Note and Queries. Not Heaasarlnff. That an answer may be cheerful and yet far from reassuring is onoe more proved out of tbe mouth of a yonng Irishman. Ho was acting as guide to a party of Amoricans who, in tho course of a day's excursion during their visit to Irelund, were wandering over pioturesquo, de serted castle. "It seems very unsafe, " said one of the party, as tbey groped and stumbled along a dark passuge. "These floors are loose, I know. " "Yes," said another timid person, "and I wish I could see the bine sky above me. This seems like a duugeon, not a ruin I'" "Is it the blue sky ye'd be seeiu, misa?"jnld tbe voioe of the guide, some feet in advance. "Why, may the saints preserve ye for an innocent I It's tho roof, an uowt else, that knpea the walls together, luissl" Youth's Companion. ftlnolfhoanfla. The gentleness of bloodhound disposi tion i probably accounted for by their not having been used to hunt and kill prey One of the most ancient anec dotes of these dogs attribute the cap ture of a fugitive to the nse of his own bloodhound. The name Itself is prob ably a modern one. based on a vnljjr.r error that the dogs only followed persons who were "red handed" from homicide or who had about them the smell of re cently killed sheep The ancient name was lyme dog or talhot. which latter appenrs to have been a white variety of bloodhonnd. The C'nhan bloodhounds, which wove nsed for hunting slave by tho Spaniard and were imHirted into Jamaica, were not bloodhounds at nil. hut a cross be tween the mastiff and bulldog, or per hajw the "doine" of Bordeaux They were brindled, prick enre-i and doubt less horribly savage They were, how ever, nsed a "police.' and. like the bloodhounds on the border, were main tained In t-very parish in Jamaica where It was the dnty of the church wardens to keep thorn at tbe expense of the community Some of these dogs were kept in Lon don during the early day of the r.n ologlcnl gardn The stories of their ferocfly are probably not exaggerated thonifh Ijord Balcarre. who imported 200 of them into .Jamaica to aid in sub duing the maroon, never nsed them He frightened the negroes into submis sion by circulating the stories current about the dog. London Spectator Tnok Ilia Wife's Advice. When the man whose haircut showed that his wife had peculiar notion as to the way a man should dress his hair quit giving advice, one of the listeners said "No man has more respect for a wo man than I have, but I shall never take the advice of my wife again about money mutters She insisted upon my hiding my salary, so if 1 should be held up the highwaymen wouldn't get it I draw my stipend at 6 p m.. and it is qnite dnrk before I get home. She is u good hider in the house, but ber talent in that line stops there. Now, she had the brilliant idea that I should pnt tin envelope containing my money under the Mwratband of my hat Highway men would never look there and would never rob A man of his hat After she bad made this suggestion bout 40 times I accepted It. I went home as usual on the elevated I had a slight attack of vertigo in the car. and the uiau who always knows what to do said I needed fresh air and threw np the window In doing so he knocked oil my hat I went home bareheaded and broke. " New York Sun. The Dratt Bull, the Crnel Spaniard. The trumpet sounds again, and the espada takes bis sword and his muleta and goes out for the last scene. This, which ought to be, is not always the real climax The bull is often by this time tired, has had enough of tbe sport leaps at the barrier, trying to get ont He is tired of rnuning after red rags and he brushes them aside contemptn onsly He can scarcely be got to show animation enongh to he decently killed But one bull that I saw was splendidly savage and fonirht almost to the last running about the arena with tbe sword between his shoulders, and that great red line broadening down each side of his neck on the black, like a deep layer of red paint, one trick oneself into thinking He carried two swords in his neck and still fought When at lust he. too. got weary he went and knelt down before the door by which be hud enter ed and would flight no more. Bnt they went up to him from outside the bur tier and drew the swords ont of him, and he got to his feet auin and stood to be killed. Saturday Review flh Let Him OCT. One night Green came home very late nd found his wife evidently prepared to administer Caudle lecture. Instead of going to bed, he took a seat, and, resting his elbows on bis knees, seemed absorbed in grief, sighing heavily and uttering such exclamations aa "Poor Watkinsl Poor fellow I" Mrs. Green, moved by curiosity, snid barply. "What's tbe matter with Wat kins;" "Ah," said Green, "bis wife is giv ing him fits just now." Mrs. Green let ber husband off that time. Liverpool Mercury. . Her Tonga, They were talking of figures of speech. "Have yon ever noticed," said oue, "how fond people are of vegetable meta phors when they are dealiug with a woman? Her cheeks are 'roses, ' ber lips are 'cherry,' heV bands are always 'lily hands, ber mouth is a 'rosebud,' ber complexion is Mike a jieaob, ' and ber breath ia 'frugruut as honeysuckle.' " "You've forgotteu one," said tbe cynic. "What's that?" "Her tongue. It is scarlet ranner. ' A f'onelilerat Lover. Parent Of course, aa my daughter is of fkge. she enn suit herself as to mar rying you. bnt the day she does I will cut ber off without a penny. Suitor (after a pause) Well, under those circumstances, sir, we will break our engagement I could not think of depriving a young ludy of her inherit ance. Harlem Life. FOOLED IN A HORSE TRADE. Thla Anlmnl Possessed Several Ite mnrkahl Traits. A prominent English landlord was one day riding arros a common id jacent to his preserves when he over took one of hi tenant, who was also monnted After the usual salutations they rode on In silence for some min utes, when tho tenant slightly sparred his horse, a balky animal, whereupon it dropped to it knee. "What's the matter with your horse T" asked his lordship. Tho em barrassed tenant remarked by way of explanation that his steed always acted that way when there was game to be fonnd A moment later, to tho tenant's sat isfaction and surprise, a frightened bare jumped ont of some bushes near by. This so impressed tho landlord that be at once drove a bargain by which he secured the tenant's barebacked beast In exchange for his own fine mount, perfectly saddled. With much agility the tenant leaped to his new horse, and all went well until they came to a small stream, whereat the landlord's new nag Immediately balked. A drive home with the spurs bronght It again to Its knees. "Hello, what's up now? There's no game here." said his lordship. "True, my lord," was the ready re ply, "but 1 forgot to tell yon 'ee'a as good for lleh as 'ee Is for game. " San Francisco Argonaut W l.e Lad. "What will bupieu to you if yon are a good little boy?' asked the kindly old woman "I'll get rt stick of candy for Doing good "And what will happen to yon if yon ure bad?' "I'll get two sticks of candy for promising to try to be good. " Chicago Post SqaarlnaT L'p. Freddie's Pupa What do you intend to do with the hole in thut donghnnt when yon get all the cake eaten from around it? Freddie (after serion thought) I gneaa I'll give it to little sister, to pay fer the bite she gimme ont of her ap ple. Chicago Newa Greatness Throat I pan Him. Teacher Now, then, boy No. 1. who wrote "Macbeth?'' Boy No 1 (trembling violently) Please, sir, 1 didn't. Teacher- -I know you didn't, but who did? Boy No. I (with a spasm of virtue) Please, sir, I don't wauter be a telltale, but it mot Bob Buster, over in de cor ner seat. 1 seeu him a doiu of it. Il lustrated Record. Two of Kind. Teacher What ia tautology? Boy Repetition Teacher- Give me an example. Boy We are going to have sheep's head for dinner, and my sister Elsie's young man is coining to dinner also Teacher Go up top. London Fun. Canae For n Rasor Doel. Miss Johnsing Don't Mistah Jeffuh son look swell .les' see de flush ob hi diamon stud' Mr Jackson Diamon' nuffinl Dnt am a discahded papahweight from de bunk wha he am potahl Jewelers' Weekly Tbe nse of coats of arms as a baric for different families did not come into practice till tho twelfth century The Germans are said to have originated it. while the French developed the science The Roman used little stones cal culi -in counting, and hence the world calculate lilaarlaa; For Flab. Tbe natives of Kottiar, in Africa, aro in tbe habit of digging every year, in the summer, the dry banks of tbe Ver ge! river for flab, which tbey dig out by hundreds, just as they would potatoes. Tbe mud lumps are brokeu open and the fish, perhaps 8 or 10 inches long, will always be found alive, and often frisky, as if just removed from its sup posedly native element tbe water. In the dry beds of several African rivers a. similar practice is often pursued. A kiud of mud flsh buries itself while the bottom is still moist, and remains there all the summer, waking up when tbe rains commence again. Sandy's C'rltlelama. A young Scotchman went to a Lon ton school cf music, where be learned to play tbe violoncello fairly well. On bis return to bis native village be gathered bis friends together to hear bis new instrument. When be had played ono or two luues, ho looked up expectantly. Alter a slight pante bis old grandfa ther spoke.. "Eh, maun!" ho said, "it's a niuircy there's ca smell wi' it I" Liverpool ' Mercury." . His Opportunity. "I'd like sumuthiug to eat," said the frazzled pilgrim at tho kitchen door. "I'm thut tirod ami hungry I dou't kuow which way to turn." "I'll show you bow to do thut," eucouragingly re plied Furimr Huycruft, picking up a dull ax uud leading biui in tho direc tion of tho griudstoue.-CUicugo Trib-uuu.
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