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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
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SlDELlGHTS0F MILITARY LIFE
Stories, Anecdotes, and Articles OF Inter
est to Old and Young.
noon EELLOMs.

In 1864 was member of Co. q, f3oth
ILL.,, and on duty at Cairo III. Our regimen,
from central part Of northern Illinois. started
June from Peoria, ILL.,, noated down to Col.
umbus, KY. where we were sent into camp
on blurs. My idea Is that Stanton and the
President figured that II we went TO the front
the Confederacy would suddenly collapse
and the older men In service would be Jealous
OF our glory; so they ordered us back to
Cairo and let the i22d III. go to the front I
have learned since that some Of them went
ns far front "a Andersonville, and the fact
quite overcame the disappointment that we
were not permitted TO GO
One night In July 1 was on duty inside the
prison, where we were guarding over thous-
and COnfederates. | was talking with an old
man, white haired and feeble, and his next
comrade was boy about II, verifying Gen.
Grants remark that they robbed the cradle
and the grave" and boy like I was but ID,
| asked him, "wouldn't you Ike to have us
leave the doors open, 80 you could get out?''
He replied "For goodness sake, keep US
here rs long as you can"
Astonishei, I asked why. He made reply,
'We never Jared as well rs this In our ar.
my"
guess he was correct, for we gave them
good shelter. good food and drink, blankets,
reading matter. liberty OF action. with but one
restitution that ever heard, and I was on
duty Mt prison several times, and that was
not to lay their hands on top OF the fence.
have thought OF the words thousands OF
times, and am impressed that ought TO send
them TO you rs evidence In tho question OF
the treatment Of prisoners. I did not know
Il then, but learned In 1865 that Mt that very
time my fathers only brother lay starving nj
Andersonville until death relieved him. He
was the second man TO die out OF three from
Rutland, Mass. When my uncle died the
third man asked permission to go out and
mark the graves OF his two mates, as the
widows were able and would desire TO have
the remains brought home, but he was denied
this small request. and uncle Is one OF the
great army OF unknown. National Trl-
bune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
RESTORATION OF A POOR FARM.

There is no better way of improving
farm than to start dairy on it and
make butter. All that goes into the
land in this case comes from the air,
that is, if the skinned milk is fed to
pigs and the manure is saved and if
clover or pens are grown to as large an
extent as possible, the little nitrogen
thus lost in the growth of the pigs is
much more than returned to the land.
One acre of clover will bring to the
land $50 pounds of nitrogen eyery
year, while there are only five pounds
OF nitrogen in 1000 pounds of the
skinned milk. And thus, if COW
gives fifty pounds of milk day on an
average through the year, the soil
loses only twenty-five pounds of nit
rogen, which is only one-seventh part
of the contribution from the atmos-
phere on each acre of clover. But, as
it will pay good profit to buy rich
food for the cows to increase til,
milk, and four-fifths of this will be
regained in the manure, it is easily
seen how rapidly the soil of a butter
dairy farm, even only half we'll man
aged, must improve in fertility. All
this has been proved over and over
again by experience, and even if all
the milk is sold from the farm, the
improvement will be equivalent to a
gain of six-sevenths of all that is ac-
quired by the clover from the atmos-
phere, with the gain from the pur-
chased food added to it.-New York
Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
CAULIFLOwERs.

An increased percentage of market.
able heads was the result of handling
cauliflower plants in pots during the
early stages of growth at the Maine
station, MS reported by w. NJ. Mum
son. Trimming plants at time of set
ting was of doubtful value. Early va
rieties, rs n rule, proved more certain
than the later sorts to produce salts
factory crop. The general treatment
of the caulihower is similar to that re-
quired by the cabbage. Frequent and
thorough cultivation is essential. That
the heads may be we'll bleached, the
outer leaves should be brought to-
gether and tied few days before cut
ting. Unless taken directly from the
garden. cabbage or caulihower is
much improved if so placed that it can
absorb water through its stalk for
twelve to twenty-four hours before
cooking. Any insect in caulihower
head may be driven out by soaking it
in salt water, upside down, for an
hour. The earliest varieties grown at
the station were; Burpee's Best
Early, Dwarf Danish, Kronk's Perfec.
tion, and Livingston's Earliest; close
ly followed by Alabaster, Landreth's
First, Long Island Beauty, and several
strains of Snowfall. All of these va.
rieties produced high percentage OF
marketable caulifowers. - American
Agriculturist. .flI
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
-FOUR SURVIVORS OF SApoLEoy's ARMY.

One Of the French papers has been enter.
tanning its readers by having census made
Of the survivors OF Napoleon's Grand Army.
Four fthese men only are now loft. The
eldest is Jeon Jacques Sabatier, who was
born on tho 18th OF April. 1792, at vernouy
rArdeche, where he has lived In retirement
for many years. Then comes Victor Baillod,
Jean Bousset, and Joseph Rose aged respec.
lively l0i years and one month"; 100 years
and one month and 100 years and few days.
1t Is said that all are as hearty and vigorous
as can be expected, in spite of their expert.
ences as long as 80 years ago In that terri
bic retreat, when the beggarly remnant OF
worn out with cold and hunger, angrily call
ed tothe victor Of Marengo and Austerlitz to
get of his horse and share In the miseries oi
his men.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
RECIPES.

Fried Squash n cro. -. neck
squash in slices and soak them in cold
salt water one hour. Wipe them dry,
dip them in batter and fry brown in u
little butter, or dip them In egg, roll
in fine bread-crumbs and fry in boil
ing-hot fat.
Soft Gingerbread. One cup each
of molasses, sngar and butter, three
cups of -four, three eggs, one table,
spoonful each of ginger, allspice and
cinnamon, one teaspoonful of soda,
dissolved in cup of cream or milk
and add the last thing.
Charlotte russo cake. One and one
half pints of cold, rich cream, sweeten
and flavor with vanilla to taste. Beat
until quite stiff, then add one-quarter
of box of Cox's gelatine dissolved in
little water, and continue beating
until it is stiff enough to put between
layers of sponge cake.
Tomato and mutton pie. Butter a
deep dish, put in layer of sliced
tomatoes, then layer of mutton cut
in rather small pieces, sprinkle lightly
with fine bread crumbs and season
with pepper, salt and bits of butter.
Continue until the dish is full, leaving
the crumbs for the top. Bake an hour
and q half. 1n.i
Cocoanut Drops. Crate cocoanut
and weigh it, then add half the weight
of powdered sugar and the white of
one egg beaten to stiff froth. Stir
the ingredients together, then drop
the mixture with dessert spoon upon
,bpttered white paper or in sheets and
sift sugar over them. Bake in slow
oven fifteen minutes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
THINNING EARLY APPLES.

The early harvest apple is very like
ly to overbear, but it is quite good for
pies when not fully grown, provided
enough sweetening is added to take of
the surplus acidity. 1t is best to shake
of some from all the trees at this
time, even though they be no market
for them, for those left to ripen will
he greatly improved in size and flavor,
besides making sure that the tree will
perfect fruit buds for bearing the next
season. Usually the early harvest
tree allowed to ripcn all ITS fruit in
years of abundance bears nothing the
following year. r.-Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22

nal parasites must necessarily sleep in
very filthy beds, else they would soon
rid themselves of these pests II afforded
an opportunity. But after q disease
OF this kind once becomes established
in ever so circumscribed n locality the
germs may pass from the unhealthy to
the apparently healthy animal either
by infection or contagion, according
to its nature. Hog cholera, or, more
correctly speaking, "swine fever" is
believed to be contagious, for 1t will
pass from farm to farm where there is
no communication, or contact of ami
mails, or other articles upon which the
germs could possibly be transported
from the disease laden yard TO those free
from such a mnlady. As for remedies,
there are none which can be depended
upon where the disease has ass umed
anything like virulent form. The
best thing TO do is to seek prcventa-
tives in the way Of cleanliness aud va
riety of food. II is also we'll 10 turn
the hogs out to pasture, or at least
change their feeding grounds as soon
as the disease appears among them. -
New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
RAG CARPETS.

Rag carpets can be made pretty,
durable and cheap. Every family has
old clothes too good for paper rags,
and not fit for further wear, which
can be used for making rag carpets.
III allowed to accumulate in house
they only gather dust and moths.
One can use old stockings, cut Ground
and round;" old coats, and even felt
hats. Woolen rags are preferable to
cotton, rs they will not burn so rap
idly as cotton if the carpet is acciden-
tally set on fire. They retain their
colors better, also, but cotton rags
make light weight carpet, aud this
some prefer. Too bright colors IN q
carpet spoil its effects in n room by
making it conspicuous, and thus de-
tracing from the other furnishings
of the room. An old lady famous
for making pretty carpets, when
asked how she got the peculiar
shade in her material, said: "Thee
knows that when L get my rags ready
for weaving, ] put them all in strong
brown dye made of walnut hulls. "
Two differently arranged narrow
stripes, alternating with narrow "hit
or miss" stripe, blend better together
than the wide old-foshioned way of
having one wide fancy stripe and one
wide 'hit or miss" stripe. A carpet
made entirely of ''hit or miss" rags
costs less for weaving and is used very
frequently. Colored warp, on sale in
the stores, is dearer than the white,
and is usually rotted in coloring. A
few cents worth of copperas and log
wood will color several pounds of
warp a beautiful drab. Old cotton
socks ravelled out make good thread
for sewing rags. The rag carpet we'll
made wears better than the other
kinds, and will sell for about fifty
cents yard, though in the making
they should cost hardly more than
seventeen to twenty cents. Home and
farm.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
PESsIONED Az INDIAN,

Through the efforts OF one OF the western
representatives n pension Of sl2 n month
will be paid to Sharp Nose. an Arapahoe
Indian chief on the Shoshons reservation.
Sharp Nose is brave warrior and has
always been friend OF the white race.
His pension Is based upon his services az a
government scout, and especially for leading
an attack on village Of hostile Cheyennes In
the Big Horn mountains In November, 1876.
His bravery and valorous service to the
government have been the occasion OF highly
commendatory autograph letters written BY
President Garfield, Gems Howard, Crook and
Brooke, which were filed with the committee
on invalid pensions. and doubtless aided in
securing favorable report.
Sharp Nose Is now old and broken in
health. Western members say that pensions
to friendly indians have already had a bene-
ficial effect upon them In their relation with
the government.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Bagging is sure preventive ofgrape
rot.
Too much green food will cause diar.
rhoea among chickens.
With all sheep the softest and finest
wool lies on the shoulders
To keep butter from sticking to tho
churn, the latter should be thoroughly
scalded.
After burning up the trimmings
and other rubbish, give the ashes to
the trees. tI.tE' Nl.
Pumpkins are excellent food for
hogs and cattle, and sheep soon learn
to eat them with relish.
Milk should be aerated as soon as
possible after it is drawn, and it should
be cooled at the same time.
No part of breeders time is more
profitably spent than that employed
in looking after young foals
Many fail to secure good meadow
for no other reason than that sufficient
eed is not sown at the start.
Wide tires, with axles OF different
lengths, on heavy wagons, would be
great help to bookkeeping.
Hog raising should go hand in hand
with dairying. Sweet whey, butter
milk and skim milk are profitable foods
for pigs
1t is as important to keep the farm
tools In good order as to have a sharp
axe, as the better the condition of the
tools and implements, the less effort is
required by, the teams and the better
the work is performed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
CHAPLAINs,

The United States Army has 4 Chaplains
stationed at forts all over the country. Sew
en- OF them are Baptists, nine are Episcopal.
ians, IL are Methodists, two are Presbyter.
ians, one il a Congregationalist, one Is a
Lutheran, one Is n Christian and two ara
Catholic priests. The question OF denomin-
alton cuts no figure In this branch OF the ser
vice. Appointments are always made by
favor and without any regard whatever for
the religious demands OF soldiers and officers
-Four OF the Chaplains referred to are regi-
mental Chap,ains, attached to the four color.
ed regiments, two of infantry and two o!
cavalry. Tnree OF these men are negroes.
The pay OF newly-commissioned Army
Chaplain Is 1850 year, to which 10 per
cent. is added for each Ave years OF service.
He has always the relative rank Of q Cap
tain of infantry
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
NOVELTIES oS THE FARM.

Nothing will amuse the young peo-
pie on the farm better than the grow
ing of few of the less common pro-
ducts, and few innovations will prove
more instructive. Let the children
devote a good sized piece of land to
experimenting. Among vegetables
there are a number of interesting odd
tiles which are also useful additions to
the farm bill of fare. The kohl rabi
is vegetable nondescript, which can
be grown ms easily rs cabbnges, which
it resembles in flavor. The vegeta-
BILE oyster resembles small parsnip,
and is much liked by some. The egg
plant is crown like the tomato, and
when we'll prepared, it constitutes
very desirable dish, either fried or
baked. Jerusalem nrtichokes are
welcome early in the spring, and are
easily grown. the chief difficulty be-
ing to kill them out when once estab-
lished. The Golbc artichoke is also
easy to grow, and is real luxury.
Swiss chard is n variety of beet used
only for green's The leaf stalks when
cooked like asparagus are second only
to that vegetable. Spinach greens are
now commonly to be had on farms,
but they are excellent and easy to
raise.
Caulihowers are scarce upon the
average farm, but the children can
raise them if they will take pains.
Even among the common kinds of
vegetables there are special varieties
which are true novelties. The young
farmers will enjoy trying some of these
also.
Among fruits there are many desir-
able novelties and oddities. Every
farm should havc couple o. Downing
mulberry trees, The fruit ripens
gradually and is really very good,
although slightly too sweetish. Every
farmer can raise enough apricots for
home use without much trouble.
Dwarf cherries are hardy novelty
we'll worth trying. Black currants are
very easy to raise and make good jelly.
Near large cities the surplus can be
sold. Juneberrios, wineberries and
dewberries are profitable in few Sec
tions. Any of these oddities on
farm will attract attention, and can
hardly fail to amuse the young people,
and the old folks, too. --- Massachuset Is
plouohman Ur..
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22

II is said that in their native land
the Guernsey cows are much more
highly thought of than the Jerseys.
They are somewhat larger, and are
reddish and brindled in color. These
cows are MIXED three times daily, and
the milk is churned without skimming ;
one pound of butter day is no un-
common thing for a good COW. The
COW cabbage grows 50 large that its
leaves are used to wrap the butter in
for market. These cows receive the
very best care. The grass they feed
'on is highly enriched by species of
seaweed gathered from the reefs Mt
low tide. When feeding the cows nrc
always tethered, as they eat less in this
way and give more milk than glutted
with food. When they are done eat
ing they are at once removed from the
sun into the shade. The breed is pre-
served from intermixture with 9th, r
breeds by laws which are strictly eL-
forced. New Orleans Picayune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
WHY CLOTHES FADE.

Colored clothing fades because it is
put into hot water. Even the brown
hosiery will keep the bright russet tint
II washed in cold water. Nothing else
is good for Isle thread, silk or silk
and thread underwear. Printed lawns,
cottons and linen are in danger the
moment hot water touches them.
Woolens, on the other hand, should
never be put in cold water. Only
white goods should be boiled. st.
Louis Star-Sayings.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
Lions a Irug In the Market.

81 find there is general impress
sion," said Fred F. Sampson, an alta
che of the Cincinnati geological Gar
dens, who was at the Laclede yester-
day, ''that lions are the most costly
wild animals sought after by keepers
of menageries and circuses. This is
quite wrong. Lions have for some
time been almost drug in the mar
ket, and except when they are remark
ably large they do not fetch large
price. The craze of late years has
been after rare animals which are very
difficult to capture.
"The white wildcat of Russia is
worth almost fortune, and one was
sold quite recently for the apparently
ridiculous sum of $4,000. These an
imals are only found on mountains of
perpetual snow, and they are so per-
fectly white that it is difficult to dis
tinguish them when they are crouch
ing. For this reason also they arc
very hard to keep IN captivity, t,m-
perature of more than fifty degrees
killing them off in day or two. 1t
costs great deal more to keep one of
these animals supplied with half-ti o.
zen air than to feed it."-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.


land.
The best Chinese razors are made of
old horse shoes.
Rattlesnakes sometimes excavate
regular catacombs in the solid rock.
The largest European city park is
in Denmark it contains 1900 acres.
The first Morayians, a fact dating
from the ninth century, settled in
America in 1913.
A bell still hanging in the belfry of
the church at Newington, N. H., was
made by Paul Revere in 1904.
Lana, as early as 1876, accurately
described the differential thermometer
and told how one should be made
In 1913 William Burton patented
locomotive that was provided with
legs and feet behind to push the ma
chine along the track.
IL was said of both Athens and Rome
that so numerous we're the temples
and statues of gods, it was easier to
find god than man.
A Cleveland, Ohio, contractor has
undertaken to move stone house
weighing $500 tons, basement and
oil An I,ata,.n g On r..l
A mole's home in the earth has al
ways four or five outlets; by means of
one or the other the inmate is gener-
ally able to elude any danger.
One of the three dozen shirts pos
sessed by Napoleon at st. Helena, and
divided ut his death among his com
panions, has been sold by auction for
$50.
A New England dictionary offers
the following definitions: "Bicycle: (:
Pleasures tire admill. Ink: A black
auid often used to make black seem
white"
Turner, the naturalist, records that
he once saw race of gigantic savages
in Brazil whose average height was
ten feet, and some of whom were IL 1-2
feet tall.
A sturgeon weighing !, 400 pounds
In tha
other day. Its head weighed 22S
pounds, and it furnished 100 pounds
of roe for caviar.
John Murphy of Salem, Mass, who
recently snatched n baby from in front
of railroad engine and thereby saved
its life, tainted immediately after per-
forming the heroic deed.
A muskallonge, weighing forty-five
pounds and four ounces was landed by
Alfred Sickey of Groveland, n. Y, in
Conesus Lake, the other day, after
a struggle lasting over half an hour.
Free Baptists appeared for the
first time as organized and distinctive
IN 1880, under the leadership of Rev.
Benjamin Randall. In 1Si1 the Free
Communion Baptists joined with them.
The denomination has colleges in
Michigan and in Maine.
In England, in old times, when wet
ground covered with moss was being
drained and worked before it was thor
oughly dry, the plough horses wero
shod with boards ten inches square
oprevent their sinking into the drains,
which were covered with turf.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
Savsges and Iron.

The Baluban tribe OF Central AZ.
RIGA are famous for their skill In
casting and forging iron. They con-
struct tall cylindro-conical furnaces
Of clay with tuyeres of clay and an
ingeniously devised wooden bellows
They make arms for hunting and for
war, and collars and bracelets OF iron.
The neighboring natives resort to
them In great numbers to exchange
their own products for the manufac-
lures of the Balubans
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
CAUSE OF Hoa CHOLERA.

The origin of hog cholera is sup
posed to be very nearly the same as
similar diseases among human beings
that is, it originat es in filth andwhere
animals are forced to use impure food
and water, and of course hogs that
are infested with lice and other exter-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
A MURDERER FREE.
An Oil Operator Burned TO Death-New
Castle Veterans Indignant.
Az EDUCATOR SHOT.

Frank d. shibley, principal OF the Duke
Street Grammar School mt Lancaster, was
shot and probably fatally wounded by deorge
simmons, aged 81 years. simmons is an on
gineer. While drunk he accused his wife of
being improperly intimate with Shibley tho
charge II Is said, being entirely without
foundation. Simmons afterward fired two
shots at Shibloy over the fence dividing the
yards OF their adjoining houses. The FIRST
shot missed but tho second took effect In
Shibley's head, iDiicting dangerous wound.
simmons then attempted TO shoot his wife, but
the woman escaped.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22

Gustave Rosenseal. German. n deputy ne
the Standard Works. Greensburg, shot and
fatally injured Andrew Rice, n fellow deputy.
Rosenseal was brought to Greensburg and
lodged In jail 10 await the result Roscnseal
and colorod man. named John Cant, quar-
relied at the Standard Works. Rice Interior
red In behalf Of the colored man, when
Rosenseal raised his Winchester and tired at
him. The ball entered Rices right side and
in all probabilities will prove fatal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
KILLED ny pnIanN-

Lulu Scott, n colored girl, Of New Castle, az
Early In the spring she went to Painesville.
o., to work In a steam laundry. Il is report
cd young colored man was paying atten-
tions 10 her, and that he had formerly been
keeping company with Kate Bell, another
colored girl In the same laundry. The latter a
day or two ago administered a dose Of poison
TO Miss Scott, which proved fatal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
Ever yerdnnt,

Cholly Chumpleigh-Aw-most ex-
twaordinary thing, isn't it, Miss Caus-
tique? One talks of the gweenness of
youth and yet of gween old age.
Miss Caustique-Some people never
change all their lives, Mr.. Chump-
leigh. Life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-22
MunpEprn EtsMiNoER rnrR.

John Eismlnger, the convicted murderer
Of Samuel Mccoy, who has been confined In
the county Jail at waynesburg since his SEN
tence to death, awaiting the fixing ofthe dato
OF execution, escaped Wednesday and has
left no trace Of his going. Eisminger shot
and killed Mccoy, robbing him OF $500, after
having been befrfended by him In many ways
and spent the day before the killing at Nc
Coy's house.