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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-15

only one that has published bulletia
on the disease, and this simply gives 9
short article describing the effect and
probable source Of the plant. The loss
in this section from the disease was
great. My attention was first called
to the fact that about week or two
before harvest great many heads
were seemingly ripening too early and
looked withered. visited a field aud
found one in every six or seven heads
that had the fungus upon it The
whole head is seldom destroyed. Gem
orally toward the middle or top Of the
head the grains wither, and before the
ripcning of the unaffected part tho
gunes are covered with tho fungus,
and the ripening spores give them a
red color at the base. All the farmers
here know the disease. There has
been little written about it because
little is known of its peculiaritles.t
Tho sporc probably lights apon the
grain while in bloom and gcrminates,
sending out little threads that resent
bic roots. which penetrate the grain
and suck from 1t the nourishing mat
ter that should mature the fruit. Find
ing All abundant supply of food these
little hair roots branch off and multi
ply themselves till the grain is filled
with them. The diseased part ymay
extend to the stem and thereby injure
the part of the head above. = II is i'm
portant to know whether they pass
the winter in the spore or whether
they enter the stem at tho time of
termination of the whcat.-[St. Louis
Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.


To keep lemons fresh put them in
cold water.
Salt, if applied Immediately, will
surely prevent vino stains.
In whipping cream, don't let tho
beater touch the bottom of the bowl.
Boiling lard smokes in the centre
when it is sufficiently heated for use.
Ia cooking tough meat or an old
fowl, add pinch Of soda to the water
to make it tender.
White spots eau be removed from
furniture by holding hot iron over
but not on the place.
The purer the tea, the more distinct
ly will tho brown color of the leaf
strike your attention.
Never leave a spoon in anything ro-
quired to boil quickly. The spoon
conducts heat away from the liquid.
A good handful of salt should be
added to the water in which mating
is washed. The salt keeps the mating
in color. DO not use soap.
Damp salt will take off tho dis
colorations OH cups aud saucers caused
by tea aud careless washing.
Dates are quito another article
when cut in two, the stones removed
and the fruit soaked in boiling milk,
with some shreds of lemon peel.
However good baking powders may
be, if recipe calls for the use of soda
and you do not have it on hand, do not
attempt to use baking powder instead,
for the result is ruin.
Take ono pound of copperas and
eight ounces of crude carbolic acid,
dissolve in gallon of water, sprinkle
the places infested with insects aud 1t
will ctfectually drive them away.
1t isa very common mistake to mend
gloves with sewing silk. Thread of
different shades, made for the pur-'
pose, aud glove needles may be bought
at small cost. Manufacturers never
use silk.
1t is we'll worth remembering that
il after dust and dirt are removed
from boots and shoes they are rubbed
with soft cloth and very little vase
line before backing they will look
better and last longer.
The following recipe for icing will
be found inexpensive and good. Three
tablespoonfuis Of milk. Let it come
to boil. Then set 1t aside. When
cool add one teaspoonful Of vanilla or
other extract, stir in confectionery
sugar until thick enough to spread
without running.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-15
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
KUMYsS AT HOME.

A scant quart Of new milk, ono
fourth of a yeast cake, one tablespoon
ful of sugar. Dissolve tho yeast In
some Of the milk; dissolve the sugar
in one or two tablcspo onfuls of hot
water. Mix all together aud put into
pint bottles with patent shoppers; sot
in warm place four or five hours,
then cork aud put in refrigerator
twenty-four hours, when 1t will be
ready to drink. - New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-15
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
PRESERVING EGGS.

The best time to pack eggs is in
March. April or May, and again in
the months Of September, October or
November. The safest aud most pop
ular plan for preserving eggs is the
ono known as lining, aud the usual
formula for the lime solution is twen-
ty pounds of fresh limo aud one
pound of salt to ten gallons of water.
This amount will cover half barrel
Of eggs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-15
An Inherited Attitude.

Father-Your school report is gen.
orally good, but you are marked very
low in department. Why is that?
Boy-I always forget aud stand on
one foot and rest the other on o railing
or something when l recite, and
teacher marks me for that l told her
l couldn't help it, aud she said maybe
l inherited it
'Inherited it?"
"Yessir She said that's the way
men stand when they are talking over
q bar."-lGood News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-15
SCAB IN WHEAT.

One of the great staple products of
America is wheat. The wheat crop is
seriously reduced in quantity aud de.
preciated in quality by four distinct
diseases s-rust, bunt. smut and scab
We shall talk about the last one in this
article, because there has been less
written about it, aud 1t promises to be
of great importance. Last year seems
to have been the hrst year that this
disease came into prominence. The
experiment station Of Indisua is the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-15
GUINEAS.

VI iuo COSt tuu Ci III
raising them guineas are among the
most profitable fowls that can be
raised on the farm. They prefer TO
seek their own food in tho meadows
and fields, and so long as they can
find plenty themselves, they will not
come home to get it. In this they eat
upa great number of worms and
grubs, and keep down bugs and
beetles to great extent. A good
flock Of the birds need large range,
and every farm of any size should be
blessed with few at least. 1t is not
profitable to attempt to raise them on
small ranges, for they will not thrive
when cooped up the same as tho other
barnyard fowls. fIs.gi
A tlock of about 90 will forage over
a farm of so to 100 acres, and by their
persistence they will keep down all
the bugs and insects. Thoy. will do
more. They will help kqep down
many noxious weeds and wi H plants.
The guineas arc also the most. .rust-
worthy watchdogs. If taughtTo roost
in the hennery or close to it. they will
give the loudest alarms as soonlas an
enemy approaches. Dogs, foxes and
human beings alike attract their atten-
ton, and they keep up tho shrill cries
until the enemy has left the place. A
great many poultrymen try to keep a
few guineas in their flocks simply for
this one purpose of giving the alarm
when chicken thieves como around.
The hens always hide their nests,
and often in very obscure places, but
if one watches them carefully in tho
breeding season they are easily dis
covered. They always make shrill
noise whom they come off the nest, and
these always betray them to those on
the watch. All tho hens of flock
lay in one nest, and in such place it
is not uncommon to find from l50 to
200 cggs
Each guinea hen that is good for
much will lay about 1926 eggs year,
and these can generally be sold for
prices that range q little less taan
chicken eggs. 1t should be remem-
bered, however, that the cost of feed
ing the guineas has practically been
nothing, while the hens of the COM
mon fowls have required heavy feed
ing all the year round. One guinea
hen will bring into tho world big
brood of young ones, and these can
generally be sold at fair price. Tho
eggs can be hatched under the hens in
the poultythouse or in the incubator.
It takes about four weeks for them to
hatch. glNFSss
In robbing the nests care should be
taken not TO touch it with the hands.
The guinea hen can tell Immediately
if the hands have touched the nest,
and she will leave it Immediately,
seeking another place. But if the
eggs are removed with stick sho will
never desert the nest, even if the eggs
are taken out nearly every day or two.
--GBoston Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-15
Don't HURRY THE cows.

Cows should never be hurried, over
driven or ill-treatcd, especially in hot
weather, because that seriously Injuries
the milk and renders it liable to sour
Milk taken from an over-driven COW
would sour sooner than under
ordinary circumstances. Milk of
good, wholesome quality is necessary
for the production of fine butter and
cheese. To have good milk the cows
must receive good, wholesome food
aud water, and must be treated kind
ly. Upon the quality of the milk
largely depends the quality of tho pro-
duct made therefrom. The most skilled
butter or cheese maker. crammed with
all the scientific knowledge available,
could not turn out fine quality of
butter or cheese from an inferior
quality of milk. -lAmtrican Dairy
man.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-15
THREE BANKNOTES.

vttisutt. IOu nuNc Wou tuItc tuou-
sand francsi"
eyes," said the other slowly, "but
-well-I have made mp my mind
never to play again, never to touch
another card, and, rs for this money,
shall give it away"
al don't understand youW
"You needn't. The fact remains
that have done with gambling. Ii
is q contemplate way to pass the
time, respectable theft, sanctioned
robbery. Aud these illgo;ten gains
shall bc distributed os thcy were won
by chance"
"What do you mean"
"This: / shall scatter these notes
along the boulevarIs. Who finds
them may keep them"
ga good bone is very seldom found
by good dog" returned Leon doubt
fully.
awe shall sec. This is my last game
of chance. 1t may prove amusing,
possibly even instructive. Seel l
lay this banknote down here, where
the gaslight falls on it. Now! hidden
I'm the shadow we shall watch the iudi-
vidual who picks it up, to find out
What he will 10 with it, For my part
believe in human nature"
His friend looked amazed and, hav-
Ing nothing better to do, agreed.
After some minutes waiting the
young men, well hidden in dark
doorway. saw a poor, ragged fellow
stumbling along with his eyes fixed
ON the ground. Would he pass tho
uote or not?
"Poor creature" thought George,
"he is probably hungry, half starved
perhaps. What Joy this sum is going
to carry TO his wretched home. All
he sees it! he stops! he picks it upl
Bravo! Now we shall follow him
home"
"Come them" said Leon, still skep-
ticai.
) The ragged man stood motionless
under tho lamp post. His face flushed,
, then turned haggard, and he seemed
stupeiled. He threw fur,ive slances
around him, as if he feared some one
nigh, appear to claim his treasure.
Suddenly his face cleared.
: "Try TO find an owner" he sneered,
s'not much! I'm too thirsty. A man
who drops thousand francs must
have plenty moro or he wouldn't be so
careless"
lie pulled down the formlcss, torn,
iamentablo object, that he probably
called a hat, drew 1t well over his
eyes and hurried down neighboring
street.
"Was I right?" exclaimed George,
triumphantly. "The poor man is
hurrying home to cheer his family
with this piece of luck"
"Wait minute" replied his friend,
.s.don't rejoice to soon. There! lie has
turned into wine-shop; just what l
expected.
"Yes, so he has," murmured George
sorrowfully; then, obsiinately: "He
probably means to ask them to change
1.-The note"
!. "He means to spend it, mon cher,
xnd on absinthe. In an hour or two
he will be uproarious, he will display
bis money and be marched off to the
police station like the rascal he is, fol-
remember this, 'objects found on the
public streets do not belong to thos,
who find them.'"
"Wsll, he did not merit his goot
fortune. So much the worse for him
Now for the next one."
..You persist3"
81 persist. feel sure that we shal
6nd one honest man."
"Optimistl"
The second banknote, placed on th
same spot, was almost immediatel
picked up BY an elegantly dresse
ysung man who stood for an instsr
gazing st 1t with delight
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-15
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

On a mild day every now and then
open and thoroughly air the cellar.
Farmers as well as other folks
should take time to eat, drink and
sleep. As
Good shorts with bran and q little
corn make a good milking ration for
sows that are sucking pigs. tss-:
Many girls, whose parents are in
moderate circumstances, might obtain
an income by raising poultry and
eggs
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-15

Grapes at Brisbane, Queensland,
bring very low prices and are not .
paying crop.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-20

The State of Virginia has sustained a
great loss by the death Of United States
Senator John S. Barbour, which occur
red SUD ieuly III Washington on Sarur-
day morning last. Senator Barbour
was 4 yeaIs old, and was member of
the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth and
Forty ninth Congresses, and March 4th.
1889, succeeded Senator Riddleberger
in the United States Senate. lie was a
Democrat in politics aud welded a pow
erful influence in the Democratic party
Of his STATE and in the county at large.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-20
May Well BE Proud.

The United States may well be proud
to participate in the great naval display
proposed for next year In April, When
it will take place, the nation will have
thirty two cruisers, bate ships, rams
and torpedo vessels in commission. an4
thirteen Of the old wooden vessels which
are still aGle to ay penant and to dis
charge broadside. At lelst forty ships
Of modern build aud graceful proportions
could be spared to escort the visiting
vessels from Hampton to New York and
10 attend them during the parade There
is no cause for feeling doubtful about
the propriety of showing off the Ameri-
can squadron to the civilized world
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-20
Free Trade and Low Wages,

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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-20
A Protective rariR the Bes, Revenue

When the Republican party came
into power in 1861 it found revenue
system totally inadeluate to the ordl-
nary expenses of the Government r
Mr.. Buchanan's administration had ex
pended about $50, 600 600 more than
its receipts To repair this Inadequate
sys,em, as well vi to provide as far as
possible for the extraordi iary expcndi
lures Of the war, new tariff vas framed
aud on protective lines Many changes
have been made since then, first 10 force
up the revenue to the highest available
point, and then after the war to reduce
the lcvies as fast as the cxigeneies of the
Tre1sur3 would allow And the sue
cess of these financial measures is now .
matter of history The world was as
toulshed at The magnitude Of our income.
at the rapid payment of the war debt
at the immense reductions Of our tax
schedules, at the appreciation of our
credi, at the accumulation Of specie in
he Ni ional Treasury Without going
into PARTICULARS, it will suffice to say
tbat no nation in the worlds history can
present a financial record a. all compar-
able with our. The one fact to be i'm
pressed upon YOU is, that il every
change in cur revenue laws, made by
the Republican party, whether to in
crease or reduce the revenue the tariff
was always adjusted On protection lines;
and every such adjustment has been en-
inently successful as financial IL easure.
Our latest tariff the Mckinley bill
emlneutly protective tariff While its
free list has been extended beyond any
former prgcedents, its protective duties
have had strict reference to competitive
imports, and to the higher scale Of wages
and Of living in tue United States, com
pared with other countries Against
this policy tAe Democratic party is now
making is fight.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-20
DRY GOODS.
Low and Medium Priced
DRESS GOODS
IS to 65 cents for Wool Goods
5 to Is cents for cotton Goods.

Fine Dress Goods from al over the world.
Range Of prices, Is cents and 1p Silks, black
and eolorcd, in all the fashionable makes =
Colored, SO cents yard up. Black, - cents
4 yard ZIP. Weonly sell all Silk goods. Vel
vets, Pushes, Trimmings All colors styles,
prices. Laces, Lace Curtains. Laces by the
yard of every kind Lace Curtains, from
90 pair up Domestic Cottons, FlAnnels.
Cotons at wholesale prices All widths in
the test makes Flannels-any quality you
may want, in Co,ored, White, Embroidered,
Fancy Linens Only pure linens sold. Ta.
bic Linen, SO cents yard up. Dos lies, 80
cents a dozen up Napkins, 90 dozen up
Towels, 90 dozen up. All kinds Of Lin
ems b., tie yard. Blankets. Quilts Largest
variety in any store Coored Blankets, all
prices White Blankets and Quilts for double
and single beds. cribs Comforts-Cean Cot
ton and Elder Down filled Mems and Boys
|Cassimeres Cloths fer suits, pants. coats.-
Lapes' dress cloths coatings Ladies, Mems
and Children underwear hosiery, ties,
hapdkerchiefs gloves. AL klnds OF furnish
ing goods. White Goods, Emhroideries,
Shawls, Notions, Corsets, Jackets, Wraps,
Consumers, aud every article a Dry Goods
House should have.
Our regular customers know us rs a Fair
Dealng, One-Prire House. that sells ut Low
PJtes.
Persons ordering Samples cannot lie too
particular IN spr' it,Iae whit they want, and
nboIt the trlee they wish to p.y.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-20

Free traders who pose as the specia
champions Of the dear workingman
never tire 10 their efforts to impress tn
industrial masses with the ilea that the.
would be able to buy their clothing an
other necessaries Of life much cheaper
it were not for he policy of Protection
as upheld by the Republican party
But they do not tell them that under th
Democratic policy of free trade til
cheaoest thing in the United State
would be the labor Of the people. Wit
the products Of European cheap labo
supplying the needs of the people here
the distress Of the industrial classes ROY
prevailing throughout Europe would b
transferred to the United States, and tn
workers would soon discover that it wa
much easier to pay one dollar for an r
ticle, with steady work at good wag IS
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-20

Out of the $4,000 Polish tmigrant,
WAC went to Brazil, I 500 are record,
ed as having returned 1t is estimated
that $4,000 Poles died in Brazil from
the yellow fever The many bad re-
ports from Brazil have diverted the
stream Of euigranls to the United States
aud this has been increased by the re-
cent bad haryests in Poland.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-20

1t was a very fine Democratic fun ini
serting Trade writings in the Congres-
sional Record, but when the Republic
cans proceeded to show that the rule
must work both ways and began inject.
ing Republican literature the Democrats
were quick to cry enough. Hartman.
pamphlet, Robert P. Portcr's powerful
paper, and the opening chapter of the
Tariff Riddle" were too much for them
and they gladly voted to stop the per-
formance They got more than enough
of their own medicine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-20

The most wonderful woodpile on re-
cord is owned by man in Oxford
county, Me In the pile of eight cords,
all cut from one piece of forest, are nc
fewer than twenty different nds Of
wood. VIZ: white birch, yellow birch,
white maple, rock maple, white ash,
brown ash, black cherry. wild cherry,
apple tree. elder, beech, moosewood,
willow. fir, dogwood, spruce. sugar
plum. elm, poplar and bemlock.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-20
Opposed to Bogus Economy

Senator Germans speech in the Sen.
ate on Friday Of last week whom The
Naval Appropriation bill was und.r con.
alteration was remarkable. both for it.
frsnkncss and the rebuke administered
10 certain Democrats il the House gho
are endeayoriny to earn little chest
notoriety and party prestige by plriue
down the appropriations to point that
will cripple the administration Of the
government The Senator took the pre-
caution to forlify himself with statistics,
something that il would re well for
these queer economists TO initiate before
posing as Treasury watch-dues.
Senator German took the ground that
the new navy should not be sacrificed
SIMPLY to make false showing Of econ.
omy-that it was impossible to reduce
the expenses Of the government without
doing injustice in many ways, which
would invite the resentment Of the peo-
Pile, rather than their appro al lie
showed by an accurate table Of figures
that there had been since the Forty third
Congress in 1876 steady increase Of
the appropriations by every Congress
except the l5orty-eighth. no matter whit
administration had been in power. and
he might have added, thar the failure Of
rhe Forty. eighth to make the necessary
appropriations caused an expensive def
cheney which had to be provided for by
its successor, aud impeded iha wise and
economical administration Of the govern
ment.
1t is this pennywsc and pound foolish
policy which leads TO extravaganza. aud
not the enlightened provision for the ac-
iual needs Of the government To re-
fuse to appropriate sufficient money for
the construction Of the navy is to mperl
the honor Of the marion, if not its exist
cnce. and to refuse TO provide fgr tie
permanent Improvements Of the country
is to sacrifice millions that have already
been expended with the absolute Ger.
tainty that more intelligent representa-
tivvs Of the people will succeed those
who are now in Congress. and will
make these appropriations and whatever
additional have become necessary by
reason of their short sightcdness and
neglect.
Senator German knows very well that
a party cannot commend itself to popu-
Jar favor by contracted and parsimoni
Gus estimate Of public duties. and he
made this perfectly clear III his speech on
Friday When he said. Il understand
my party to mean by economy and re
nenchmrHt thai it's IN favor IF every
proposition that looks to the develop
ment and glory Of this great country,
he administered tle death-blow to the
a surd cry Of "the billion dollar Com
grcss.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-20
Farming In MARYLAND.

Farming 10 Maryland is continually
imprt wing aud there never has been 4
better time for the accumulation o.
money BY the energetic and thrifty far.
mer than the present. The B,l imo {
American in a recent issue. in discuss
my the agricultural interest Of the State
has this to SAY:
"Fa-ming in Maryland is improving
all the time. in spite Of occasional mete-
geological disadvantages, which are a
common to other ates as they are to
our own. One great advance is the in
creasiug diversity Of crops. Our agri-
cullurisis are finding out that it will not
DO to depend exclusively on one interest.
A farmer who raises only wheat is Al I
to lose money, and the same may be said
Of the man who relies entirely on peach
Is or any one crop As the years 'ome
on. farmers will find that truck will be
one Of the surlst and most lucrative de-
partments Of the farm There is always
a good market for it, and the p ices and
the profits are increasing every season.
Maryland lands are as rich and as pro-
ductivc as those Of my Stete in the
Union. aud with the best methods and a
wise variety, farming in any section Of
the State will pay good return. But
it is absolutely necessary that our farm
ers keep well informed of the progress
Of agriculture New methods are as
necessary as they are in any other field
Of effort"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-20

The public debt of the United States
has been paid during the last ten years
at the rate of 500, Oon, 900 per year :
The greatest proportion has been paid
during President Ilarrison's term, the
surplus revenues being used to buy
bonds of shc government in the markets.