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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15
Battered Wrecks In England's Me-
trOpOlis.

The "Donna," in London, has been
called "the table d'hoto of the unem.
ployed." 1t has been enabled to go
on through another hard winter, sell
ing to any man who can produce half
penny, bowl of soup or slice of
nourishing batter pudding. Last year
at time of terrible distress among
the poor, free tickets were is
sued, and large piece of bread was
added gratis to each dinner, as long
as the supply held out.
81 do be very thankful for this
lump O. bread" said one man.
"How long will this extra bread go
on?" asked week old creature. ga
month do you say? All, Ihope it may,
and then another may take my place.
/ shan't be here"
At the Night Refuge one old man on
crutches was helped inside the door
before his more stalwart companions.
"Pm on the rocks" said lie. "It's
five years since I've done any regular
work. l might be Cain, for oil the
friends / have; though L take it he
was better off IN some ways, having
wife, children and possessions, while
I've none"
"And what would you do with 'em
here?" asked gruff voice.
The old mans lips tremb'ed,
"They're all gone to better land"
said he, "but, mate, I'm lonely, lone
ly9'
The gruff voiced man laid hand
on his shoulder.
"We're in the same boat, and stuck
on the same rocks. 1 take it, he re-
piled. my missus died four years
ago, and 1 buried my heart when I
buried her and the little 'un with her.
AS 1 give her the last kiss, l felt froze
us cold as her. and 1 came home-it
wasn't home any long longer-and
sold off every stick; and I've tramped
it since. I'm just breathin' bit O.
marble.
"God help us ALL" groaned another
old man; "to think that, in this free
and Christian land. we should have
nowhere to put our heads tonight! 1t
strikes me there's fresh dividing of
pillows needed; some with so many
and others with none. 1t don't seem
hardly fair !"-Longman's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15
Bridge of Novel Design.

The new bridge at Van Buren street,
over the Chicago River, as the great
open sewer that runs through the
Windy City is called, is something of
a curiosity in bridge building. The
structure is variously termed rolling
lift and rocking bascule. The bridge
is divided in the middle, and each
section is formed at the shore end in
the shape of a huge rocker that rests
upon the abutments. In opening,
each section turns back upon its rock
ers, raising the adjacent ends of the
sections at the middle. Electric power
is used and compressed air brakes are
automatically set by the cessation of
the current 1t is asserted that this
device insures absolute safety. When
the bridge is open the freeway in the
the river is 100 feet in width. The
rolling lift bridge is the first of the
kind in this country. 1t marks a
great departure in bridge construc-
tion.-New York Telegram.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15
LOCKJAw.

If a nail is picked up get it out, of
course, as soon as possible; then get a
half pail of hot water-as hot as the
horse can possibly stand it--pour in
plenty OF Vinegar and also plenty of
salt. This is all, only it must be so
hot that at first when you put the
horses foot into it he will pull the
foot out of the water put it in again,
and keep on doing so until you
can hold the foot in steadily. Hold
it in half an hour or longer, and re
peat it again after two hours. Do thi
Mt least four times or more the first
day, and repeat the process the next
day. In nine cases out of ten it will
save the horse. 1t has been tried on
man, and 1 used it myself on my own
horse, says writer in Clark's Horse
Review. Same one may say that this
remedy is no good. but if 1 had val
liable horse it is the remedy would
try. Nothing will kill the blood poi
son quicker if taken in time. New
York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15

periahce that single plant will not
produce seed, or, if IL does, it /, SO
imperfect that it will not grow. And
thus 1t is that n single apple or pear
or plum tree, or vine, growing alone,
and where it cannot receive the pollen
OF some other tree, fails to bear fruit
This is so common an experience
that when large orchards of one single
variety of fruit are planted, sufficient
number of different variety or Of
several are mixed with the others.
This fact is important when orchards,
or even few trees, are planted.
Doubtless this is the reason why two
trees of the same kind do not bear
fruit, or only few. American
Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15

estate. You see, as couldn't tnkc my
plantations with me, they didn't go
down with my chest"
Ben Leroy was in a state bordering
on bewilderment during the rest of
the evening. On the following morn.
ing he and Tom went forth and looked
over the Belknap farm, and before
night they had taken bond for o
deed.
In Ben's best suit of clothes Tom
went to New York, and in forty eight
hours he was back with fifty thousand
dollars.
And Tom Leroy would have IL that
the deed of the Belknap estate should
be made to Ben and himself as equal
purchasers and owners.
Bea oroy had not been mistaken
in his calculations touching the possi-
bilities of that land. He put on big
gangs of workmen, and the houses
were sold as fast as built, aud Tom and
Ben became the fathers of new and
thriving community, and the heavy
builder and land owner-the man who
gave home to hundreds of his fellows
rose in the grand scale of public es-
timation far, far above the plodding,
grasping trader who had shrunk from
the society of the castaway. New
York News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15
FAILURE OF A TREE TO FRUIT.

Plants are much like animals in their
natural functions, especially in those
of reproduction. They havo male and
female organs as animals have, al
though it is quite common that these
are in the same plant of which the
flowers are the organs of reproduc-
ton. But as is the case with animals,
that closely-related individuals will
produce weak and imperfect progeny
if bred together, so it is with plants,
and as in the operations of nature laws
seem to be provided to avoid this re-
suit, and so secure the existence of
races by the production on. } of strong
progeny by the failure of closely
related individuals to reproduce them
selves, it is almost the universal ex-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15
The Tradesman, published at Chat

The Tradesman, published at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, has made what it de.
clares to be complete census Of the
cotton mills, existing and projected,
in the Southern States. 1t finds the
number of those completed and in
course OF erection to be 372, of which
140 are in North Carolina, GO in
Georgia. so in South Carolina, 90 in
Arkansas, "a in Tennessee, 2l in Ala
bama, 10 in Maryland, 9 In Virginia.
Gin Texas, 8 in Mississippi, 6 in Ken
lucky, in Louisiana, in Florida,
and in West Virginia. The mum
ber projected and likely to be con-
structed soon is 80. These figures,
without details as to the size or capa-
city OF factories, are only significant
for comparison. The total number oil
mills completed, under construction
and projected increased from $50 in
in 1880 to 254 in 1899 and 40S in
1soJ.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
TIE STRAWBERRY BED.

The best location for the strawberry
bed is an important matter in many
sections. Mr.. Hanchett said to the
state horticural society that in West
orn Wisconsin "our best locations are
good wheat lands in narrow valleys
open to the east and north. On the
ridges, which are usually sandy, the
plants do not thrive. They must be
protected from the cold north winds
Of winter and tho scorching southwest
winds of summer. These conditions
are found in many of our narrow val
leys, open at the east and the west and
protected on the north and south by
bluffs Usually here is found n stream
fed by springs This, with very little
difficulty, can be used in irrigating
the field and the effects of drouth
counteracted. We give thorough and
frequent culture. American Agricul-
turist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15
MAxIMs FOR A TEAMsTER.

Big loads, little profits.
Few farm horses need shoes.
Axle grease modifes the grain bill.
Bad tempered driver--bad tempered
team.
A horses power is proportionate to
his food.
The blacksmith is father to much
lameness.
There are more balky drivers than
balky horses.
Whips are like emetics, to be used
very seldom.
Noisy drivers are like noisy wagons
--both empty.
Regular and plentiful feeding is
good economy.
The Golden Rule applies to horses
the same as to men.
He who cannot govern himself can
not govern his horse.
Five cents worth of sugar is better
than dollar in whips.
Horses need food and water when
ever their driver does.
Binders are worth more on the
driver than on the horse.
The more whip the less horseman-
shin. Humane World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15
PRACTICAL DAIRYING.

While purity of blood is important
for the rearers of breeding stock, it is
OF minor consequence to the practical
dairyman, who will often find many
of his best cows among grades and
crosses. He will take good dairy
wherever he finds her, and will not be
bound either by pedigree or by ap-
pearance. Performance will be his
sole test.
If, however he proposes to rear his
own stock, he will do well to insist
upon purity of blood on the male side
as by il alone can he determine the
probable future value of his calves.
This point is most important as it is
provision of nature that milk and but
ter tendencies are most often trans
mitted from the dam to the male and
from the sire to his progeny. Of
course it is better that the milk and
butter tendencies should be hereditary
on both sides of the line if possible,
but the male is the most important
member of the herd.
The milk-giving habit can be de-
veloped in the individual and in the
breed. Comparatively early calving,
liberal feeding and persistent milking
of the young COW will help greatly;
but the power to produce large per
cent of butter fat is inherited by a
COW, and you cannot turn naturally
poor one into good butter producer.
Milk production is the chief function
of the dairy COW. 1t is for the practi-
cal dairyman to determine whether he
wants quality or quantity. He cannot
combine the two in the highest degree.
If he sells the milk as such, the small
breeds should be avoided, but these
are the best where butter or cheese is
desired.
While the quantity of milk may be
largely influenced by the amount and
kind of food supplied, the quality of
the food clnnot. This last depends
upon the animal herself, but heredity
has very powerful influence in this
direction. New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15

Among the many interesting devel-
opmen,s of the war now raging in
China is the organization by the Jap
anese Government of n corps of mill
tary chaplains of the Buddhist and
Shinto faiths, to accompany the troops
into the field, where their principal
duty is to pray for the souls of the de-
parted and to attend to the burial SER
vice. This, according to the New
York Tribune, is the first time in the
history of any Asiatic nation that in
vading armies have been provided
with "sky pilots"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15

No matter what the cynlcs say
We're In itl
The sua seems brighter every day,
The rivers ripple on the way
And more sweet roses meet the May
Each minutel
No matter how the poets sing
We're in It
A brighter hue the rainbows fling
And lovelier fruits the seasons bring,
While sweeter far the songbirds sing
Each minutel
No matter who maycom or go
we're In Ill
And skies may smile or tempests blow,
And still we hope, and still we know
The good Lord guides this world below
Each minutel
-Constitution
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15

Says the Savannah Press: "The
State seal of Alabama has been
changed. 1t now represents soldier
on horseback with the figure Of young
woman seated behind and pointing for
ward. 1t commentaries the bravery
of Miss Emma Samson, of Etowah
County, who piloted the Confederate
General Forest on his way in search
of Union forces in the Civil War.
When asked if there was man about
who could act as guide, "No," she
said, "but can" The Alabama Leg
islature gave har a medal, 100 acres
of land aud certified vote of thanks
thirty-odd years ago, and now they i'm
mortalize her on the State seal"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15

1t is forty years since Helmholtz's
ophthalmoscope was introduced into
this country, and next to anesthetics,
states the Now York Independent, it
has produced the chief ameliorations
of human misery and disability. OF
the multitude of young persons who
would be cropping in semi-blindness,
but who can see by wearing glasses
that truly correct" their vision, most
have been helped by the accurate ad-
justments attainable through first find.
ing out the defect with this wonder
fully simple but perfect instrument
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15

Again attention is called by the At
lanta Constitution to that profitable
plant, the sunhowcr, VIII ch flourishes
everywhere; grows irrespective of rain
or drought; produces more value in
oil per acre than cotton, lint oil and
all at hot half the expense, and now it
is asserted that 500 pounds of sun
flower stalks will produce about 800
pounds of the best quality of paper.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15

Mexico produces anything that can
be raised in any country, INSERTS the
Atlanta Constitution. so varied is
climate that in the same State can be
raised any product of the tropics and
of the polar regions. Cotton, wheat,
rye, silver, silk, cocoanuts, bananas,
rice, cocoon, vanilla, logwood, mahog-
any, hides and wine are the principal
products.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15
Dog Farming.

Dog farming is carried on extensive
ly in China. There are thousands of
large breeding establishments scatter
ed over the northern districts of Nam
churia and Mongolia, and no dog
skins in the world can compare with
those that come from these parts as
regards either size, quality or length
Of hair.-Detroit Free Press
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15

Tai Yin Chico, n student of the Uni
versity of Michigan, writes to the
New York Independent protesting
against the use of the word Chinaman,
instead of Chinese. He says: GAS
to the word Chinaman itself, there is
certainly nothing good or bad in it,
but it somehow involves sort of con-
temptuous idea, which has been felt
by many of our literary men,"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15

In the course of Parliamentary de-
bate recently Sir Edward Reed point
ed out "the deplorable fact" that in
the whole naval establishment of
Great Britain there was no school OF
naval strategists and tacticians
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15

A number of patriotic Japanese in
Toxic have decided to erect tower in
Einel in honor of the national victory
over China. II will be 1000 feet high
and will cost 1850, 900. This sum has
already been subscribed and designs
are solicited from engineers in various
European countries.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15
rERr1hrztva VALUE OF WOOD ASHES.

FERTILIzfSG VALUE OF WOOD ASHES.
The difference between the ashes of
hard woods and those of soft woods
is in the quantity rather than the
quality. The amount of fertilizing
material Is much the same in both
cases, but the soft woods yield very
much less in quantity. The value of
the ashes consists mostly in the lime,
which amounts to three fourths of the
whole plant food in the ashes. The
potash varies from ten per cent down
to three or four, while the phosphoric
acid is from one to three per cent.
The ashes make an excellent fertilizer
for every crop grown, but, having no
nitrogen in them, they need this to be
supplied in some way. The best nj
trogenous fertilizer for garden crops
is nitrate OF soda, which costs about
three cents pound. There is no gar
den crop but is helped by liberal fer
tilizing in addition to plenty of ma
nure. New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15

England, according to the navy es-
iimates, intends to build next year ten
new firstclass battle ships, six first
class, thirteen second and third class
cruisers and from forty-hve to fifty
torpedo- bont destroyers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-15

An educational qualification will
hereafter be required of men seeking
enlistment in the United States army.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-19

South Dakota, and which mortgage was recorded
In the Office of the register of deeds Of the county
of Lake, state of South Dakota, in book IL Of
mortgages, ON page $50, on the 18th day of De
cembef, 1892, ut 3 10 a. m; and, whereas, no ac-
ton or proceedings at law or otherwise have been
instituted to recover the debt secured by said
mortgage or any part thereof: and, whereas, It
was stipulated In said mortgage, that il the said
mortgage, should fail to pay the said promissory
note secured by said mortgage, or any part there
of, according to the conditions of said note, or to
pay all taxes and assessments upon said premi-
sees, described In said mortgage, before the same
became delinquent, then the said note and all
sums of money secured by said mortgage should
at once become due and payable without notice:
and, whereas, default has been made In the pay
ment Of the second installment of the money se-
cured by said mortgage: and, whereas, the whole
amount OF principal and interest has become due
by reason of such default; and, whereas, the
amount claimed to be due upon said mortgage. ut
the date of this notice, lie the sum of seventy-six
dollars and nfty,six cents l$s6.56l, towit: $7276
of principal, and $3 10 of interest. Now, there
fore, notice Ia hereby given that by virtue Of the
power of sale contained in, said mortgage, and
duly recorded as aforesaid, and in pursuance of
the statutes In such case made and provided. the
said mortgage will be foreclosed by u sale OF the
mortgaged premises therein described, ut public
auction at the front door of the court house in
the city Of Madison and county OF Lake and state
Of South Dakota, on the 9th day of April, 1896,
ut ten O'Clock In the forenoon OF that day. The
said mortgaged premises are situated in the
county of LaNe. In the state of South Dakota, and
are described as fellows, towit: The southwest
quarter (swA) of section eighteen (ls) i'm town
ship one hundred and five (l06) north, of range
fifty -four t54 welt.
Dated at Yankton, south Dakota, this 18th day
of March, A. ID. 1895.
AMERICAN MORTGAGE COMPANY,
Mortgage.
CRAMER Il HOLMAN,
Attorneys for Mortgage.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-19
NE HAD NO HARD FEELINGS.

You see that woman coming. Jack. dressed up
in pink and grayr
Well, that's a woman whom ] loved In times
now passed away.
I used to visit her each night and write her
every day,
And words of burning, eager love to her I'd
often say.
I'd take her out to parties and to many a mat.
ince,
Would send her every week or 30 q costly big
bouquet.
Large sums out Of my salary I ch~eerfully
would pay
For buggy rides and such like things to make
our courtship gay.
Well. after all I'd done for her. this same
young maid, Miss May.
Although her parents stern had said to such q
marriage nay,
Packed up her clothes together and skipped
lightly out one day .
And welded q young fellow down at Nara.
gansett Bay.
Well. goodby, Jack, she's coming, and with her
must stray.
You say that you're astonished that a word to
her I'd say;
l should coldly snub and scorn such q de
ceitful fay.
But, don't You sect ! Am the man with whom
she ran away.
Charles J. Cotton In New York Sun.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-19

The Boston Journal gives various
theories as to the meaning of the word
"dingbats." One writer who spent his
boyhood in Maine thinks it means to
spank, because his mother when getting
ready to use the slipper threatened to
put the ''dingbats" on him. From Will
barham academy comes the explanation
that it means the breakfast biscuit,
which the students dispose of by stick
ing it to the under side of the table,
throwing it at the heads of other stu
dents or eating it. A Connecticut pupil
states that to receive punishment at the
hands of the teacher is known as get
ting the dingbats. Two Philadel-
phians agreed that it means money, as
in the sentence, 'I've got the dingbats
for it." But New Hampshire agrees
with Maine that it means spanking,
and SO the majority appears to side with
the maternal slipper. 1t is from such
''little acorns'' that the tall tree of our
almost cosmopolitan language has
grown. We got ''blizzard' from the
west, "kuklux" from the south, boom"
from the ambitious cities, crank"
from the eccentric minds in every part
Of the country, '~'pantata" from Italy.
''chalitza" from Russia. Dingbats is
going to be a great convenience.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-19
MORTGAGE Sale.

Default having been made in the payment of the
sum nine hundred and forty nine and - 100 dollars,
($943.al which is claimed to be due at the date of
this notice upon u certain mortgage, duly eXecut-
ed and delivered by +. 4. DeCou and VIM. X.
Smythe to Herman y. Luce bearing date the 5th
day of October 1891; and, with a power of sale
therein contained duly recorded In the Office of
the register of deeds, in and for the county of
Lake and state of South Dakota, on the 3Oth day
of October 1891, at IL O'Clock M, in book 9 Of
mortgages, on page 45. And, whereas the whole
amount of principal and interest In said mortgage
has become due and payable. And, whereas, the
mortyagors have not paid the taxes on the mort
gagged premises, or kept the. buildings on the
premises insured for the benefit of said Luce the
MORTGAGE as stipulated for in said mortgage.
And whereas, it is stipulated in said mortgage
that in case of default in the payment of the prin-
cipal or interest of said mortgage, or In case of II
default Of any of the stipulations therein contain
ed, 1t shall be lawful for the said Luce or the
sheriff of Lake county, South Dakota to cell said
premises at public auction In the manner provid-
ed by law. And whereas no action or proceeding
having been instituted, Mt law or otherwise, to re-
cover the debt secured by said mortgage or anypart
thereof: Now, therefore,, notice is hereby given,
that by virtue of the power of sale contained in
said mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in such
case made and provided, the said mortgage will
be foreclosed by aeale of the premises described
in and conveyed by said mortgage, viz: The
equal undivided one-half "a of lot number three
(J in block number nineteen>(19) in the original
town plat (now city, of Madison in Lake county,
South Dakota as the same is laid and plated and
recorded In the original recorded plat of said city
with the hereditsments and Hppuitenanccs
which sale will be made by the sheriff of said
Lake county, at the front door of the court
house, in the city OF Madison ia ssid county and
state on the 18th day of April, 1895, At one
O'Clock p. IN. Of that day, at public auction, to
the highest bidder Tor casn, to pay said debt and
interest, and ten dollars, attorneys fees, as
stipulated IN an by said mortgage in case Of fore.
closure, and the disbursements allowed by law :;
subject to REDEEM ptiOn al any time within one
year fr m the day of sale, as provided Nv law.
Dated at Madison, 5. d.. February 18th, A.. ID.
1896.
HERMAN N. LUCE,
Mortgage.
ID. D.. HOLDRIDGE Il SON,
Attorneys for Mort