davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
CHARCOAL FOR FOWLS.

We have found charcoal very ex-
cellent thing to furnish our poultry
with. 1t may be given in a powdered
state mixed with the soft meal feed,
and little pulverized sulphur at the
same time may be added to advantage.
But the very best way to supply this
is to burn an ear or two of corn upon
the cob, charring it to blackness and
throwing it before them. They will
devour every kernel, and so supply
themselves with n grateful and healthy
substance that sweetens the crop, and
serves as an admirable tonic to the
stomach.
At this season of the year, the above
recommendation will be found valu-
able hint to poultrymen. Hens about
ready to lay will devour this prepared
charcoal eagerly, and the increased
freshness and redness of their combs
afterward evince the efficacy of this
allowance. For a month or six weeks
in the early breeding season nothing
is better than this for laying hens,
given them daily. Poultry World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
Girdling the Holy Land with Rails.

There is now great railway system
in the course of construction which
will girdle the Holy Land from one
end to the other. A French company
has secured a concession for a line
from Beyrouth to Damascus and has
already commenced work on narrow
gauge road. An English syndicate is
now building railway from Halfa to
Damascus which will be about 14O
miles long, starting from Halfa, find
ing its way along the northern base or
the range of Carmel to the plain OF
Esharion, through the valley east of
Nazareth. Leaving Mount Tabor il
will cross the River Jordan on trestle
and then to the point known as
Majemeh, where the Little Jordan
joins the great rivers. At this point
the rord will border on the southern
shore of Galilee and almost without q
curve along the famous wheat region,
biblically known as the plains of Bas-
han, thence to the southern gate oi
Damascus. .-[St Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
A Fresh Triumph Over Waste.

Much exultation is felt in the vicin.
ity of the coal-felds of South Stat.
fordshire over the development of f
new industry. Mounds of "shale, u
refuse clay from the mines, covers
hundreds or acres of ground, and
after considerable experimenting, il
has been found that this material can
be worked up into bricks as red and
hard as those from the clay ordinarily
employed. The demand for the new
bricks, the first distrust having beer
overcome, is now rapidly increasing.
As result, the unsightly hillocks of
shale are being prepared for the kilns,
and the land they have covered will be
soon reclaimed for useful purposes
This success has turned attention to
the vast deposits of scoria from blast
furnaces in the same district. The
scoria has been used for roads, but il
unfit for this purpose on account o.
its ready crumbling; and some trial.
made indicate that it may be fused
with some other substance and moulded
into brick that will be serviceable
where beauty of color is not impor
tant. -[Christian Standard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
RYE AS GREEN MANURE.

Rye is not considered of any great
value as green manure for ploughing
under. 1t is worth but little more
than straw would be, but it is better
than nothing sometimes. The prac-
tice of green manuring is not so well
adapted f,e poor soils as for those in
better condition, as the effect on the
land is in proportion to the value OF
the crop turned under.
Thus, it is better for the preserva-
ton of fertility than for restoring it
when the land has been exhausted.
1t gives nothing to the soil but what
is taken from it, except whatever may
be taken from the atmosphere. -[Col-
mans Rural World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

High roosts are a fruitful cause of
sore feet.
Chickens are as fond of ripe fruit as
human beings.
Ducks generally lay at night or
early in the morning.
For health, feed plenty of oats; for
fat feed plenty of corn.
A moderate sized, highly cultivated
farm is the most profitable.
The light Brahma is an excellent
winter layer, if not overfed.
Draughts are largely responsible for
sore eyes and swelled necks.
To make your fruit sell we'll, it must
be carefully picked and packed.
The old hens will be the first to lay
now and the first to get broody.
Cream should invariably be removed
from the milk before 1t is sour.
The strawberry will adapt itself to
and bear some fruit on almost any soil.
1t is we'll to consider the mutton as
first and the wool as only secondary.
Sheep thrive better if kept in the
open air as long as the weather will
permit.
Only use milk from healthy cows,
and not until at least five days after
calving.
Milk which shows less than per
cent. of fat is not profitable for cheese
making. ...
Milk readily absorbs odors, hence it
is important that all the surroundings
be pure.
The Southern plant, Ti-Ti, is boon
to honey producers, as the blossoms
yield large amount of pure honey,
and remain in season for long
time.
To secure a supply of sweet peas for
the winter fill window box full of
light soil. Put in the seed, planting
them four inches deep. When they
are three inches high provide them
with wire netting to run upon and your
labors will soon be rewarded by the
pink and white blossoms,
If the hives are put in too warm a
spot the bees become uneasy, go to
breeding, consume large quantities
of honey, thus distending their bodies
and using up their vitality, causing
them to die of old age during the
early spring, while the young bees
have not the usual strength and vital
ity Of bees hatched in September and
October TO Withstand the rigors OF
winter, no spring dw.ndling and death
! ara tha result.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
TREATMENT OF AN ASPARAGUS BED.

TREATMENT OF AN APPARATUS BED.
Asparagus should not be permitted
to seed, or, at least, the stalks should
be cut and burned before the seeds
drop. These seeds will make new
plants, and, as they may fall out of the
rows, they will become weeds, crowd
ing the other plants, and, being al
most impossible to eradicate, they will
become great nuisance and damage
to the beds. The stalks are now use
less and should be cut and removed
from the bed and burned. Then the
ground should be plowed, either by
the horse plow, for large bed, or
with the hand plow, for a small one,
and then we'll manured for the next
crop. Half a peck of salt to the
square rod wil be useful to this crop.
i New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
WHAT AND HOW TO FEED.

The daily feeding standard for
milch cows of 1000 pounds weight
should contain two and half pounds
of protein, four pounds of fats, 12s
pounds of sugar and starch, and "a
pounds of dry matter. Following are
rstions properly made of the required
quantities by the Wisconsin expert
ment station:
Corn silage 40 pounds, clover hay
eight pounds, wheat bran six pounds,
corn meal three pounds.
Fodder corn 20 pounds, hay six
pounds, oats four pounds, shorts four
pounds, oil meal two pounds.
Corn silsge 80 pounds, corn stover
nix pounds, oats six pounds, malt
sprouts four pounds, corn meal two
pounds. .....
Hay II pounds, corn fodder II
pounds, corn meal four pounds, cotton
seed meal four pounds, gluten meal
one and half pounds.
Silage thirty pounds. hay ten pounds
corn meal three pounds, cottonseed,
meal three pounds, gluten meal two
pounds.
The Bulletin says it cannot assert
too emphatically that heavy feeding
pays, other conditions being given. A
COW producing full flow of milk
should receive over seventy per cent.
more food than is required for the
maintenance of her body; it is the ex-
cess over maintenance that brings
profit to the dairyman. Keep
onlycows that respond to good feed
ing. Feed literally but not to waste.
Select such feed stuffs as will supply a
fair quantity of protein. Raise more
ensilage and clover; use bran shorts
and oil meal whenever needed and
when obtainable at reasonable price.
-[Farm, Field and Fireside.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20

farmers sell some hay, but small guam
titles of clover seed are used in seed
ing. This condition of things is un-
fortunate for our agriculture in the
light of the discovery within recent
years that the legumnious plants are
able to use the nitrogen of the stmos-
phere for their growth through the
medium of bacteria infesting a nodu-
lar growth upon their roots. All the
clovers, peas, beans, lupines, vetches,
spurry, scrradella and sainfoin belong
to this class and are generally cultiva-
ted for their seeds, for fodder or for
green manuring.
None other of our ordinary field and
garden plants, grasses, cereals, root
crops, vines, etc, have yet been shown
to possess any such ability to assimi-
late atmospheric nitrogen, hence are
dependent for their growth upon the
supply of nitrogen within the soil and
rain water, or supplied by the farmer
in manure or fertilizers. When pur-
chased nitrogen is the most expensive
element, costing more than three times
as much per pound as potash and more
than twice as much rs phosphoric acid,
hence true economy should direct the
prudent farmer to invest his money in
phosphoric acid, potash and the seeds
of leguminous plants, in so far as he
can use such crops for market, for
feeding or for green manuring. "The
cheapest manure farmer can use is
clover seed, has become an American
| proverb and one in which many sue
cessful farmers in the Middle and West
ern states have firm faith. 1t isa ques-
whether here at the east the common
failure of clover to "catch" may not
be due to the lack of some particular
element in the soil, notably lime. 1t
is well known that the application OF
unleached wood ashes will promote
the growth of clover, even cause a
volunteer crop of it to spring up,
"bring in clover" as the saying is.
Potash has heretofore been considered
the valuable element, of wood ashes,
but potash in other forms without
lime) does not produce the same effect,
and 1t is a question whether the appli'
cation of lime is not essential TO a sue
cessful "catch" of clover. Knowing
what we do of the leguminous plants
to feed upon the nitrogen of the at
mosphere every farmer should employ
as many of these nitrogen traps" a
possible. We believe the cowpea tc
be one that can profitably be added tC
the list for our state.-[New England
Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
BUTTERMILK CAKES.

A quart of buttermllk, a teaspoon
full of salt, flour to make thin batter,
one egg, one teaspoonful of soda or
saleratus. Beat the egg, add to it the
buttermilk (; add the salt and mix well.
Dissolve the soda or salerntus in tive
tablespoons of boiling water, then stir
it into the buttermilk. Now add
gradually the flour, stirring all the
while, until you have batter that
will pour smoothly from spoon.
Give good beating, and bake quickly
on hot griddle. New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
JOHN CESSNA DEAD.

The Ex-Congressman and Prominent
Politician Passes Away.
Ex-Congressman John Cessna died at
Bedford Pa, OF diabetes in his 72nd year.
Mr.. Cessna has been in bad health for three
months. In fact, his illness dates back to
the closing hours Of the last legislature,
where, both on the floor and In the commit.
tee rooms, he was aireless in his exertions.
SKETCH or HIS LIFE.
JOHN CESSNA was born on June 20, 1921
in Colerain township Bedford county. He
received his early education at the military
academy in Bedford aud Marshall college.
at Mercersburg. Pa, He graduated from
there in September. 1912, and became Latin
tutor Of the same institution the following
year. This position he held until 1874. He
was admitted to the bar IL months later, in
June, l8i5. and became revenue commits.
sioner in l8iS. He was member OF the
House of Representatives during the sessions
of lS5O-5i, lS60.63 He was elected Speaker
of the House in 1851, before he was 30years
old, and also in 1858. He was member Of
the Forty first and Forty-third Congresses.
Among the national conventions which he
attended were those held in Cincinnati.
1885; Charleston, 1850; Cincinnati. 1875;
Chicago 1865 and 1880. Besides these he
was q member OF many Pennsylvania state
conventions and was Chairman OF the Re-
publican State Committee In 1865 and 1880
He was President Of the Board OF Trustees
OF Franklin and Marshall college at Iancas'
ter since 1883. He was the author OF the
celebrated anti-unit rule, defined by Pre.i-
dent Buchanan ss the rock that split the
Democratic party. Mr.. Cessna was mem.
bsr OF the House OF Rsprsss ntativss OF 'a3
and took . promsnt part In the proceed
iuRo,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
FRUIT WITH CEREALS.

A banana, raw, is not easily di-
gested, but If cooked but slightly can
be eaten by a person who could not
possibly digest raw one. When there
is lull, as it we're, in our smaller
fruits, one can always get bananas,
which may be fried, baked or served
with hot cereal. Peel the banana, cut
it into very thin slices with a silver
knife, put these in bottom of bowl,
and pour over the boiling oatmeal, ia.
rina or wheat granules; serve will
sugar and cream.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
STATE prnr REpucrp sIos. 4oI

HAnnIsBuRa. Gov. Pattison issued apro-
clamation declaring the payment, cancella-
ton, extineuishment and discharge Of
sio6, ,4Oi OF the principal of the public debt
of the commonwealth during the fiscal
year ending November 30, 1893, as follow
Relief note, act May 4, 1871, redeemed sl;
4per cent loan, act April 1. 1879. due
August 1, 1894, purchased $40, 100; per cent
loan, act March 20, 1877, reimbursable
February I, 1892, redeemed, s27, 800; total
sl06, 4OI.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
SOWING GLOVER.

The Rhode Island experiment sta
ton report says that for many years
the idea has been prevalent among the
farmers of Southern New England
that it does not pay to SOW clover.
There are, perhaps, two reasons for
this-one being the frequent failure of
clover seed to 'catch, and the other
the fact that the presence of clover in
any quantity in loose hay Injuries its
price in market, and ss . majority Of
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
Goes 10 the Museum.

The first coined of the Columbian
souvenir half-dollars, for which the
Remington Company paid $40, 900 is
to be preserved in the new Columbian
Museum in Chicago. just endowed by
Marshal Field witt. $1,000, 900.
The coin has been presented to Mr..
Higginbotham by the company foI
the museum. i Picayune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
SHOULD VOTE ELSEWHERE.

OR. scHAEFFER AGAINST USING scHooLHovsEs
FOR PonLiNo PLACES.
HARRISBURG. DIR. Schaeffer, superintend.
ent Of public instruction, is against the
customof holding elections In school houses.
In an interview he said that when
chilren return on the morning after the
election, so that third day may not be lost
they sometimes find the floor covered with
tobacco juice and oil sorts Of rubbish OF
newly scrubbed and in the process Of dry.
ing. When evening comes on one child
may have Group, another sore throat,
another cough and at the close Of every
election some children are carried TO the
cemetery. Herod slaughtered the innocents
at Bethlehem with malice prepense; these
are slaughtered in the name Of popular
government
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
NO SPECIAL ELECTION.

HARRrsBuRo-A writ was issued by Gov.
Pattison, fixing February 20 1894, the date
ofthe coming municipal elections, for the
election of a congressman at large to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Gen. Will
liam Lilly
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
MILL GIRLS IDLE runouou VACCINATIONS.

CARLlsLE-Nearly all the factory girls
here have been prostrated this week and
compelled to give up work with swollen
arms from vaccination and attendant ILL
ness. Four thousand persons were vaccina.
ted during a smallpox scare. So many of
the mill girls were laid up that the shoe
factories and paper box factory are almost
completely shut down.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20

The Olivebank is one OF the largest
ships ever seen on the Pacific coast.
She is S28 feet long, AZ feet beam and
80 feet deep; built Of steel throughout.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
Rice.

Rice was known In China two
thousand eight hundred years before
yhrist 1t Is not mentioned in the
bible, but Is referred to In the Tai
mud. 1t was known In Syria four
hundred years before Christ, was first
intOduced into Italy 10 la6S, and
nto the Carolinas In TOO.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
AREsprTE FOR MURDERER HEST.

HARRIsBuRG.-Gov. Pattison granted a re-
spite of 80 days TO Henry Heist, the Adams
county murderer sentenced to be hanged
December a.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
SOLDIERS COLUMN.
WITHIN THE REBEL LINES.
How a. Yankee Skirmish-Line Were
Left Out All Might.

MY regiment held
a. position on the
extreme left of our
lines at Missionary
Mills on September
%, in the battle of
Chickamauga. But
there was a stretch
of heavy tlmbered
land about a mile or
more between the
clearing at the mill
and the left of our
infantry.line which
was not occupied by
any troops. When
the battle was fair
ly opened In the
morning | was sent
with a dispatch to
,Gen. McCook, com
7 'manding the left OF
the infantry-!ine
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-12-30

trict, it will be understood how fra
gile and transparent is the FOOLS
paradise within which the Tribune
seeks shelter.
~**
Some Of the more wild-eyed fanat-
les who have OF recent years been the
counselors and the curse of the Re
publican party, advised a resort to
extreme measures, with a view of
maintaining the unholy grip which
had been laid upon the Office to
which the people had elected the late
Carter II. Harrison.
These bigots overlooking, as usu-
al, the fact that they were living in
free country, where the will of the
whole people, and not the desires of
fanatical bigOtry and class prejudice,
is paramount, favored appealing to
the courts for an injunction restrain
ing the Mayor-elect from taking
his seat, restraining the canyassing
board from declaring Mr.. Hopkins
elected. restraining the County
Clerk from issuing the certificate of
election and restraining the County
Court from doing something else.
The blue nosed bigots who proposed
these measures succeeded in bringing
upon themselves only the ridicule
and contempt of decent citizens in
both parties. Lawyers laughed at
the ignorance that prompted a de-
mand on one court to enjoin another,
or request for an order restraining
public official from doing his duty.
When these things had been good
humOredly made plain to the dense
understanding Of The Evening Nova
Scotia and the Morning cold Slaw,"
by such respectable and law-abiding
citizens as Judge Scales, County Clerk
WulfI, John NJ. Smyth, Chris Manner
James II. b. Van Cleaye and others,
then demand was made upon Mr.
Wullf that he refuse to issue the GER
tidcate upon his own responsibility.
This Mr. WulG, like the manly and
pubic-sprited official that he is,
fatty and Indignantly refused to do.
He repudiated the methods Of the
Evening Nova Scotia and the Morn
ing Cold Slaw and told them that he
for one knew when he was fairly
beaten and would TAXI his medicine
like a man.
Mr. WulG, of course, issued the
certificate. aud then the whispering
fanatics turned their blood shot and
anxious eyes toward the City Council
There at least, they were sure of q
Republican majority and blessed
thought the council could refuse Co
approve Jhe bond 20 Che hated aIaba
patrirk' Hopkins Here. however
another iusufmountahlo ubstrIe was
met with butn few ut thr maaurr
and more dsepumh.o Republican
Aldermen we're nund willing ta
leud themselves to Csc IaomahA
tehamr FUe Hett mnNu 81 cos
fathers n the HopltHR aE
ta.h a u Haua Mum.H nbs
llepmH hleH N.H Haib e
fHa#a |aHa| uHmH taI .tb
h#H iIt mt #. rs
aa H
HUa H
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-12-30
Seven of the Senatorial :
Districts Almost
Surely Repub-
liCan.
The Tribune Points Out Some Facts
in Reference TO the
Matter.

When the Democrats completed
their gerrymander Of the State last
spring, says the Chicago Tribune,
they gave IL out that only two of the
seven districts into which Cook
County was then divided would elect
Republican members OF the House of
Representatives at Washington.
They no doubt believed what they
said. They also believed their Sena-
torial eerrymander would give them
ten of the fifteen districts of Cook
County. Since the recent judicial
election, and especially since the re-
cent Mayoralty election, they are not
50 sure of therground. As matter
Of fact three Of the Congressional
districts which they claimed as GER
tain are now in grave doubt One Of
them, under proper management,
certainly will be Republican next
December. And of the fifteen Sena-
t)rial districts the Republicans are
sure OF six, while the Democrats can
count with certainty on the same
number only. There are three
doubtful districts, with the ch Inccs
strongly favoring the Republicans in
two Of them, An investigation of
the election returns will show first
as to the Congressional districts:
The First District, consisting If
the Fourth Ward east of Wentworth
avenue, the Third, Thrty-nrst.
Thirty-second, Thrty-third and
Thirty fourth Wards and the Towns
Of Rich, Bloom, Orland Bremen,
Thornton, Calumet and Worth. is in
disputably Republican. So is the
Seventh District, consisting Of the
Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Twenty
seventh Wards, the northern part of
the Twenty-dfth Ward, Lake County,
and the northern towns of Cook
County
There is a splendid fighting chance
In the Sixth District also. This in
cludes the Twentieth Ward, which
gave BOB Republican majority for
Swift, and the Twenty-nr,t Twenty
second, Twcnty-third and Twenty
fourth Wards, whiCa gave small
Democratic majoritics at the Mayor
atty election but which went Re-
publican q thc Judicial election. II
also inc udcs that portion of the
lweuty-sIXth Ward south of Belmont
avenue. which is about 300 Demo
cratic, and the southwest corner Of
the Vwenty.nfth Ward, which gives
about the same Republican majority.
The Hopkins majority In the district
was but 200 aud thal might bc pasllv
overcome 10 campaign conducted
on thc larlh issue by wIdc.awaae
candidate Il the Republican. make
good domination in this district
Nr GH.dlIcn Cine present Democratic
Congressman m8, De- rctl7vd at fhc
end Of hs art term Ills margins
uuflmiuftth.f close
the Second District se.us afer
fur the pcmoeut, but good Rc.
pubIleIu .luI.date ean wIuit rho
district ap elt ult M Speaker
guHa aaa aI. batHe h#aatle
t00.ntHnl. candidate flao uest
mIt o. nn.nn ta ratb
tueaeaasa lHHtEH sn4 rueu
H na.h baHh chicago taa
HaH lama la Et p
fN tH Aagf
Gases W M ~
Ha
lH
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-12-30

The esteemed Tribune finds some
crumbs Of consolation in a discovery
on the part Of the Hon James Sulli-
van that the last redistricting Of the
Congressional and Senatorial Dis
tricts in Cook County-in other
words, the gerrymander, as the Trib-
une is pleased TO designate twill
work for he benefit OF the Republi-
can party In the election next fall.
The Tribune is just at present In a
mood To- he thankful for small mer.
cies, and it Is perhaps little hard
70 deprive it at this time Of its
doubtful morsei of satisfaction.
II Is. however tut Justice % say
that che Tribune does not make out
q good casa
in almost every instance Iu which
&c lass raIm Co conditions favorable
% Republican Interests ID thp rod.s
u.et.us aui probable Republican
success .u tHe election ltagure olt
e comfortable letaewtl majority
~ tbE district THIS sh8lI tHer
HsrtI HE fe4NHua "a tbe m.of
fa thma Aal shsu taaea rs n
oa.b s.th tae met thst Ia tha
ttmt fm. shwa4a.t Hsa.a
AaI alm atNH ta Im
M ~
Nt