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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-03
onJEcLED TO PAPER COLLARS.

Col. J. G. Rathbone, OF Kansas In the late
war was In command OF the old West Vir
yinia eleventh Union volunteers. which was
Kept on duty continuously In the mountain
country comprehended by Roane, Writ, Jack
son and Richie counties, in the state. and 1t
was a hazardous. bush-whacking sort OF war
fare that gave none a chance TO make a re-
cord, but It vas war just the same, and was
much more risky than fighting out in the
open.
1--WE hunted rebels just as we did rabbits
and squirrels, and they hunted US the same
way" said he recently. ut was a war of
assassination and rspine Sometimes had
l,0U0 men under my command, ard again they
would draw men away from me to ad-
acent commands until / would have only
500.
one OF my companies lost rmanently.
It was a fine, rugged body OF men, eighty
odd strong, every man marksman. and
most OF them sang men and deer hunters.
they got farther and farther away, until thcy
got brigaded finally with q lot OF Jerseymen
and New Yorkers In Sherman's army. They
we're In the Atlantic campaign and the march
over his sword. When the grand review
came of at Washington In 1865 they were
there.
The order went out the night before that
every man In the great army should be sup
piled with paper collar and pair OF white
cotton gloves for this last and grandest dress
parade OF the war There were only twenty
two OF the eighty odd left-the others had
fallen In action. They were commanded by
their surviving second lieutenant. The or
der for collars and gloves went against the
grain. II was said that the lieutenant was
.be only man that had ever worn boiled
shirt. Linsey- y-moolsey flannels and corduroy
aad been their accustomed body wear. They
;ebelled to man against the paper collars
and the woman's glove flnery. and the same
night-about the blackest time before the day
the little band broke camp and struck olt
toward Rockville on the way across the
country to their mountain homes In Clay,
tioane and Kanawha counties.
The war was over, anyhow, they argued,
and why should they stay In camp and
lot a lot OF fool generals make them ludl-
.rous by making them march with paper
.ollars on2 They foraged as they went
and for the last time raidad the poor
country that had been so often ravaged by
The men OF Lee and Jackson, McClellen and
Meade, and Hooker and Burnside. This was
As heroic progress as the famed retreat Of
the 10000 In history, and the little band got
home safe aud sound, and In time to plant
corn. When the Blair disability pension law
was passed some OF these old veterans tried
to get pensions, and then they found out to
their asto nishment that they had been brand
ed by the li;sle Jersey brigadier as deserters-
When O. n ,ral Nathan Goff was In congress
Q tried to pass bill setting the men right
never heard how It turned out. I have
been away from that country now located In
Kansas with my three sons, some eight year" "
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-03
How Ants Put Up Preserves.

No matter how orderly and syste-
matte the housekeeper, when pre-
serves are to be made great excite
ment prevails in the kitchen. There
is a securing of brass kettles, wash
ing of bowles, and all hands are set to
work peeling the fruit, or taking out
the stones-if it has stones-with a
quill, weighing, and stirring, and
skimming the pot, and finally dipping
the steaming luscious fruit out tender
ly, placing it in the jar, labelling these,
and carrying them into dark cup
board.
The tiny, insignificant ant, to whom
Solomon referred us to learn wisdom,
makes no such ado over her winter
stores.
She is very much cleverer than n
human being, for she simply walks
quietly into the granary, touches the
great heaps of seeds and grains, that
the diligent workers have put away,
with their quivering antennae, and
the deed is accomplished. What this
queer little creature has done is this:
she has put drop of formic acid, as
it is called, upon each of the grains,
which arrests the process of germina-
ton, and consequently the food in
these underground pantries may keep
for years without sprouting. 1t is the
same substance which the busy little
bee introduces into its honey, drop
ping tiny bit of this poison into the
honeycomb from the end of its sting.
The famous naturalist Moggridge
repeatedly observed that when the
ants were prevented from reaching
their grannaries the seeds began to
sprout, and that this also happened
when they abandoned their nests. 1t
was inferred that these insects pos
sessed the means of suspending the
action without destroying the vitality
of the grain, and the principle of life
hidden in the sand; and now it has
been proved that this strange power
lies in the formic acid just mentioned.
A German scien ist went so far as to
suggest in 1877 the use ef it for pre-
serving fruit for human households.
One naturalist relates that kind of
Indian ant collects large stores of
grass and seeds, and after severe
storm brings out the entire stock
within the grannaries to dry it for it
seems the excessive moisture destroys
the preservative power of this acid.
Another tribe of ants which lays up
immense quantities of wheat and oats,
is so small that eight or ten individu-
ais are required to carry a single
grain. They move in separate rows,
over rough and smooth ground, up
and down steps, often travelling hun
dreds of yards to place their booty in
the common storehouse, where it is
preserved according to the means de-
scribed. Atlanta Constitution.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-03
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Ventilation is desirable, but see to
it that your horses do not get too much
of it.
A good roadster means more now
than formerly, both as regards style
and speed.
Horse breeders are now finding
market for first class stock in the Eu-
ropean markets.
1t has been suggested that all lands
that are allowed to grow up in weeds,
which send their seeds far and wide,
should be should he heavily taxed.
Crude petroleum is an excellent lin
iment for cuts, bruises, and sores on
animals, and bottle of it should al
ways be within reach in the stable.
The hogs that have not yet been
slaughtered will prove expensive dur
ing this cold month, as it requires too
much corn to keep them supplied with
warmth.
Farmers meetings in winter have
done much to improve agriculture
wherever they are held. The members
discuss subjects of importance in agri-
culture and stock growing, and fre-
quently excellent lectures are deliv-
cred by eminent scientists.
Judging of the value of an animal
by its weight will not enable the owner
to learn if the animal affords profit
1t is the cost of an animal that gives
the value. A small animal may give
n larger profit than one that is heavier
because its cost is proportionately
much less.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-03

time for using, if not so cared for it
will be of little value as a fertilizer.
When vines are fairly we'll matured
and the fruit has begun to set take q
sharp knife or pair of shears and cut
off the ends of the vines. Do not fear
to do this, even to the extent of cut
ting off considerable inferior fruit at
the ends of the vines, for the sap
that goes to nourish so much vine can
be more profitably used by the grow.
ing fruit.-Farm, Field and Fireside.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-03
FOWLS EATING FEATHERS.

All female animals at times are pos.
sessed by craving for some kind of
feed which it may be we'll believed
they need at such times. As hens
produce a large quantity of eggs in
which there are sulphur, heterogeneous
matters, and other substances which,
of course, are needed to make up the
complete bodies of the young chickens,
all these must be supplied in the food,
and grain alone will not furnish this
supply. When, therefore, the hens
are called upon to yield the eggs de-
manded, and they are stinted in the
needful materials, these are drawn
from the system until this is ex-
hausted, and then the natural instinct +,
of the animal impel it to get what is
wanted from the easiest source. And
this is from the feathers of her COM
panions, which she pulls out without
regard to appearances The simple
remedy is to supply the need in some
form of food. This is easiest done by
giving chopped cabbage, rape seed,
mustard seed, turnip seed and green
rape; all of which contain from two to
twenty parts of sulphur in thousand.
If this is done regularly, this mis-.
chievous habit will never be con-
tracted.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-03
THE SHILOH CELEBRATION.

The survivors Of the bloody battle of Shiloh
expect TO celebrate Its thirty-third anniversary
at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn, ON April 5th,
eth and 7th. The battle was fought on the
two days last mentioned in 1864 Generals
Grant and Buell. commanding the Union
forces, and denersls Albert Sidney Johnston
and Beauregard the Confederates. Colonel
z. T. Lee, secretary OF the shiloh Battle
field Association, has the names Of over a.
600 survivors who are asked to Joined in the
reunion. The work OF marking the positions
occupied by the the respective commands
during the battle It Is expected will be ac-
compiished at this reunion. Many OF the
surviving leaders will be present The asso-
ciation wants the company and regiment Of
every living soldier who took paSt in the
battle. There were ia. 33s men In this fight,
thousands OF whom have not been placed on
the roll. Grand Army Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-03
Western Big.Game Preserves.

Most wild animals are much more
local in their habits than we imagine !;
that is, they become attached to some
especial small range of country, to
which they confine themselves at GER
tam seasons of the year. We see the
same thing in our domestic stock on
the range. A bunch of horses will
live for months in some little set of
rayines, feeding over the same ground
day IN and day out, until some change
in the weather leads them to movo to
another locality. The same is true of
range cattle, though they wander more
than horses. Though all, species OF
our Western wild game wholly change
their range in spring and autumn,
yet, after they have settled down on
their summer or winter ranges, the
area that they cover in their daily
wanderings is not extensive. At GER
tain hours Of the day they go to water ;
at psrticular time they will be found
lying down, usually In the same place,
or feeding in the same neighborhood.
The hunter established in one locality,
who is fairly observant, who has time
to familiarize himself with particular
range of country and its wild inhab-
itants, and who does not wantonly
disturb them, will learn after a time
Just where to look for small groups OF
the various species. On horse ranch,
where, in the past, have spent much
time, came to know exactly where to
90 if I wished to find two or three
little companies of mule-deer or oi
antelope, and at last believed that
could recognize the different indivi'
duals of the various groups. In the
same way know certain valleys,
plateaus, or ridges where can be
sure of finding little bunch of noun
ain-sheep, known to be the same by
the number and ages of its members.
I have watched for several successive
days the same family of white goats
feeding on the mountain-sides above
my camps, and can go to certain rough
slopes of slide rock and precipict
where these animals are always to be
found. That elk and moose have
essentially the same habit have nc
doubt, although 1 have not been able
to verify my belief by observation in
the case OF these species. The caribou
is said to be more of wanderer.
In the National Park there are be-
lieved to be now about 200 buffalo,
Is, 900 to 20, 900 elk, 500 antelope, and
an unknown number of moose, deer,
mouuiain-sheep, and bears. But there
is no reason why there should not be
many other such breeding centres,
where big game should be preserved
and very greatly increase. --Harper'l
Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-03
Tin Plate Making.

A report from John Jarrett, secretary OF
Tin Plate Manuiacturers' Association Of the
United States shows there are In this country
completed and In course OF construction 81
tin plate works. The capacity OF these works
will exceed an annual production OF $50, 900
tons OF finished product, and will furnish
employment to 1900 to l2.000 hands. The
capital invested Is about u, s,500, 900 and the
wages paid will be about $1,000. 600 year.
The mills already fully completed have q
capacity OF over IS 600 tons OF finished pro-
duet and employ 1000 to 5000 hands, with
an investment OF $500 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-03
Coxey Army Reunion.

The survivors Of the invading army that
marched to Washington under General Coxey
year ago held "a reunion at Massilon, o.,
Monday night. Carl Browne lectured at
length and made the startling announcement
that when the troops were In the heart OF the
nountains conspiracy was hatched for tho
capture OF the newspaper correspondents and
tho execution OF those most offensive to the
teincarnated reformers. Browne says that
ers were permitted to live.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-03
wATERCREss CULTURE.

The cultivated crosses are larger and
superior in flavor to those grown wild,
and the market for the improved sort
is good. Wherever there is good
swamp with fresh water brook flow
ing through it on the farm, water
crosses should be cultivated as side
crop, and if the markets are near by
quite little income can be made from
the crop. The method of culture is
simple, although it requires consider
able initial labor to start the beds.
The swamp should first be cleared
of the trees and bushes as much as
possible, and then be cut up into
bitches running parallel to each other
and at right angles. Each ditch should
be about four feet wide and two feet
deep. A space between the bitches
should be left on either side large
enough for man to pass along to
gather the crop. Cross bitches should
intersect these parallel ones about
every twenty feet. All of the bitches
should start from the head of the
brook, and the fall in them should be
very slight, so that the water will flow
away very slowly. II one end of the
swamp is much lower than another the
depth of the bitches should vary just
enough so that the water will be kept
distributed evenly through them.
Everything dedends upon having
the water under control. If the
swamp is low on one side the mud
from the bitches should be thrown up
to form an embankment. At the low
est point dam should be constructed
to let off the water when needed. In
the spring and fall the water will col
lect too rapidly, and 1t will be nec-
essary to drain off considerable of the
surplus, and good dam will then
fully pay for itself.
When the bitches are all ready the
crosses should be planted in the bot
tom of them by securing cuttings from
old beds. The cuttings can often be
taken from the wild crosses in some
neighboring swamp. They will i'm
prove in flavor and quality under their
new conditions. They can also be
raised from seeds, and the seeds nre
thrown broadcast into the bitches. The
cuttings are pushed into the muddy
bottom about foot apart each way.
They will in season spread all over
the bottom and form complete mass
of green. In the winter and early
spring the plants are harvested for the
market. In doing this, care must be
taken not to destroy the plants, but
simply to cut off the edible part and
leave the roots growing. The har-
ve,ter should take a bunch in tho left
hand, and them with sharp knife cut
off the stalks about four inches down.
The plants should not be pulled. The
crosses are packed usually in half-peck
baskets, which in turn are packed in
crates. In winter these baskets scme-
times sell as high as 81 apiece. This
is the most profitable time to gather
the crosses for market Boston Guilt.
vator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-03
Did Her Best.

Mamma hope you behaved like O
little lady while Mrs. Hightone was
trying to entertain you?
Small Daughter-Yes'm. put my
land over my mouth every time
Yawned. Good News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-03

New York has the greatest number
of inhabited dwellings,. 905. 593.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-01

president. Winspear then claimed appointive
offices for himself and his helpers from the
mayor Of Omaha on account of work done at
the election and No. 5, to stop this, passed a
resolution which was shown to Mayor Bemis
that no power had been conferred on Win
spear or others to name appo!ntees for city
Off and positions. This led TO the suspen-
sion of the five men who had been given an
alleged trial, from the verdict of which they
were now appealing. Council No. B went be-
fore the supreme council at st. Louis and got
an order reinstating the suspended members
and calling for a trial Of the charges against
Winspear. The appeal goes into a detailed
recital Of the situation, contains the unani-
nous endorsement Of the accused members by
Council No. 8 in regular session and closes as
follows:
I'VE unite herein in a most urgent but loyal
request to the supreme executive board that
to preserve the integrity, aye, the very ex-
istence Of our order in Nebraska, to demon
strate true American principles, to restore
and preserve confidence in the nobility and
purity of purpose which is az the breath Of
life to our order, we petition your board to
hold your meeting and hearing of this matter
in this city, for 5000 A. p. A. await the
outcome of this our final appeal TO you. The
great, honest mass. the A. =. A. people, are
with us in this our effort to crush out corrup-
ton, though it be in high places, to cut out
the malignant cancer, lest blood poisoning set
in and our reformed body die the death"
This appeal is also signed by Covell, Winter
and Currler and is accompanied by an offer
for the payment Of the expenses Of the ST.
preme council IL that body should come to
Omaha to try the case.
That ends the documents In the case.
Charley Potter was not stenographer before
the meeting of the supreme council In Council
Bluffs when the case was taken up for final
hearing, and 80 common report must take
the place of his verbatim stenographic notes.
Winspear stole some kind of a march and
turned a trick that saved him from being
tried on the charge OF traficking in A.. =.
A. votes. Council No. 6 was put in good
standing again. The five members got rein
stated. Winter got an appointment as az
slstant county prosecutor and, drawn to-
gether by the cohesive power Of office. the
GRANVILLE warning members have lived hap
PLY together ever afterward."
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-01

appearance Of a theater."
Rev. Mrs. Frost, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church at Littleton, N. H., is unique in
a nee d p9sitlo1 and in tho way
handful Of women ministers Of the
country. She went to that town several years
ago with her husband, Rev. George 3. Frost,
when he was appointed to the pastorage of
the Congregations church. Mr.. Frost was
taken Ill and had to take a long vacation,
and the church invited his wife to supply the
pulpit during his absence. This she did for
a year, and then a church council was called
and after a rigid examination she was or
dained a minister of the church. Some time
afterward her husband was compelled by
continued ill-health to ask for dismissal from
mis- charge. and at the unanimous request
OF the congregation Mrs. Frost assumed the
duties relinquished by her husband. Since
then she has performed all the Offices of her
place, in the church, at weddings, funerals
and In all manner OF parish work. She is a
woman OF great ability, but modest and re-
tirlng, and in no way sought the place to
which the people called her.
Cardinal Lucien Bonaparte, whose death in
Rome Is announced, was the second son of
November Is. 1928, christened by Cardinal
Fesch, and held on the baptismal font by
Prince Louis Napoleon, who became Napoleon
III. lie was ordained a priest in 1853 and
was eleVated 10 the cardlnalate March IL.
1868. The death OF his elder brother, Prince
jerome, made him, in 1865, chief Of the
elder branch Of the Bonapsrte family. His
elevation to the cardinalate was made by
Plus TX I'm reply to a request of Napoleon
that the archbishop Of Paris should receive
the honor. The pope could not call to the
sacred college the emperor's protege nor dis
please the emperor. so he appointed the en-
peror's cousin. Napoleon expressed his grate-
fulness for the honor paid to his relative and
To MIN lnfprpntiaIIV Tho cardinal nund In
tho Gabrielli palace with his sister, seldom
went TO the Vatican, and rarely gave recep-
tons. He was modest. humble, and, some
gossipers have said, even timid.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-01
IT'S NJ LONG.

f.. L. Stanton In Times-HeraId.
It's comm 'long-Thanksgivin', with It's
pleasures and its joys
An We're all a-lookin' forward to the
meetin' with the boys;
An Sue will dome from college. an Jimmy
won't forget.
An Wen all feel mighty thankful that
we're all alvin yet!
The turkeys been a-spreadin' OF his feath.
ers--fat an fine,
An his ''gobb,e, gobble, goDble'' seems q.
DARN us to dine;
But the verdict's been agIn him, an hll
executions set,
An he makes US feel right happy thai
we're all ALVIN yet!
There's folks will come from Texas. from
Illinois and Maine;
New York will send us Billy, an Hamp,
shirell give us Jane;
Wen have a great handshakin' when all
the friends are met,
An wont we feel right happy that we're all
alvin yet!
It's comm ong-Thanksglvin', with all it,
love an light.
It's dinners in the daytime. it's melodies al
night;
The turkeys fat and juIcy-the table sill.
yer's set.
An we're feelin' mighty happy that we're
all alvin yeti
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-01
RELIGIOUS.

Rev. E. W.. Kicker of the Free Baptist
church of Lisbon Falls, Me-, has conducted
Just 500 funerals. He has In a notebook the
age, place and name OF every one OF the
500.
Horace Manvill of Woodbury., Conn, thinks
that he is tho oldest church member in the
country. He is 1O1 years old and was re-
ceiyed in the church at Middlebury, Conn, in
1915.
The thirty bible societies in existence have
issued over 24O, 900, 90 bibles. English and
American societies claim four-ffths Of this
output. This makes one copy to every six Of
the inhabitants OF New York.
The newest prodigy in New York is a 10
year-old negro girl, who has had great sue
cess as a preacher, and 1t IL a safe prediction
that thousands will go TO hear her who could
not b. induced to listen to a grown man,
Rev. DR.. George Thomas Bowling OF Boston
has been invited to become the regular Sun
day afternoon preacher at Grace church in
New York. DR.. Bowling. who was formerly
a Baptist clergyman. supplied the pulpit OF
Grace church during the month Of Septem-
Der and his forcible and brilliant style of
preaching attracted much attention.
In Antwerp cathedral there are seventy
bells, some OF them OF great antiquity. One,
the Carolus, given by Charles v, king of
Spain, emperor OF Germany and archduke OF
Austria. Is only rung twice In each year,
when 1t is said to take sixteen men to ring
1t. The amalgum Of which 1t is made con-
sists Of gold. silver and copper. and the bell.
with the metal 1t contains. is said to be
worth $i0O,000
The congregation OF Sacred Rights In
Roms was asked recently to decide whether
electric lights could be used for dissIpatIng
darkness and for increasing the exterior at
Effectiveness Of churches" Its answer was
as follows: "For worship. no. But for dis
polling darkness and Illuminating churches
more brilliantly, yes; with caution. however.