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The Holly chieftain., 1897-09-24

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The Holly chieftain., 1897-09-24

The manner IN which tho outpu, has
been handled this year hss thoroughly
demonstrated that the Arkansss vslley
has = great future for its melon industry.
The superior excelIence Of its cantalcups
has created IN immense demand for this
prime fruit and tho experimental ship
ment haye widsned their market so that
that The shipps.ss. instead Of being de-
pendent upon Denver and the local de-
inland. have Eli tho large cities Of the
United Stats sending 10 heavy orders
fof Rocky Foris." A small trial ship.
ment to Philsislphis brought an order
this week from that city for Ave car
loads The greatest care 10 ssed seiec.
tion must b maintained in order To
keep mp the prime quality ofths cants-
lonp This dons the soil ard rlipasic
ofthe valley provides the
oshss pensaasy republics sur thu pro-
dgaiop Of ehs Tich and spicy improve
nSsni = ~ oraIn4l nutmeg mej0n.
ths eaals Fs rosd now rms : daily
ftsit trsin eastward. loadsd win ihs
psoduasisn II Colorsdo oschAfds and
aslds. Msds % q Pdsblo sf vsntilated
can Ailsd Nth wvstsrus slops snd Canon
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Afkass1ss svalley melona and spuds And
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The Holly chieftain., 1897-09-24

Our Washington correspondent sava
hal President Mckinley has personally
requested Consul General Lee 10 retnrp
q. Cut.a AL resun.- his duties ut the ex-
nira'ton Of hir piessnt isavs of absence
and General Lee has aesres. =, do 70
This is authentic and official and il ei-
factual'y dirposes NJ much gossip. I,
also indicates that Pre-i,lant Mckinley
exp~''ss matsers In Cnbs to reach rri-
sia At . f'ai~ not isr in the fhtnrs Cen
ensl Les does rot expect 10 return 10
Hav nna until shont the middle Of OK
'ober. unle~s something os~urs TO msks
an earlier r~tn-p adviashl-.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-09-24

There is lot Of ss:l fred" hard work
in this country which is . good thing
and insures An industrious community
that will BE- found progressive At every
stage Of the game. Those "who lie down
in bed Of rosrs." must cultivate them
well 70 begin with. and then see TO It
'hat the weeds are sept down. This
thing q conine to this country snd OK.
pectse 10 ut rich. without lots II bard
labor 10 all : farce. and the sooner that
notion il d;spelled from shs minds Of
thoee entertaining Il the sooner they
will find themselves pn the right road
To advancement. The country IL all
right and in nine cases out Of ten. when
you hsar man running It down. or ~
the saying Is. "RiyinE II black eyr,'
you can make . note Of II in your little
day-book thst that nlsn il afrsid Of work
and d too lazy to make an effort. The
opportunities are certsiply very prom
Ting for the right kind Of rustler.-
ManzshOls News.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-09-24


The hest melon Rr0wrvs In tho Arkan-
sas valley ar~ think ing sbnut going on'
"ftb~ watermelon trade In orier N con.
fine their efforts moro esp~cislly to can
'alcup, q. tho monay maker of the fi,-
tire. An matter Of fact the Rocky
Ford watermelon Ia rapidly losing css.
on the big markets while the gem cants-
loups are eaining popularilv in like
ratio. This year theae aoods have NOT
sold under seventy-fve cents . crate
while Last year the grester part OF the
crop went ~ thirty-dve cents. t'his
price is considered mora profitable than
wstsrme'ons 1t three cents es:h.-
Field aud Fam.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-09-24

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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07
Farms Under Glass.

A popular lecturer, in estimating
the number of people who would ia
habit this globe thousand years
hence, was asked by ono in the au-
dience how such vast multitude could
be fed. In reply to this question he
is quoted as saying, 1--WE know not
what discoveries may be made to
render the earth more fertile, or to
increase its productive power, but
long before that time enough of the
sands of Cape Cod and New Jersey
may have been converted into gluss to
place roof over all the land devoted
to growing crops, and beneath its
shelter the farmer, in climate of
perpetual summer, may grow crops in
continuous succession, and with the
waters of the deep springs and lakes
nnder his control, may be free from
danger of flood aud drouth as we'll as
from the frosts and snows."
Undoubtedly, long before the ex-
piration Of the thousand years, gar
deners, farming under glass will be
engaged in supplying, not what are
today considered the luxuries of life,
but the very necessities. Hot house
fruits and vegetables may then be
raised for the poor and needy as
chenply as the simmer products are
now grown on the truck gardens in
the suburbs of all our cities. Vast
sections of land may be rooted over
with glass, and perpetual summer
climate will make the plants and trees
and vines flourish as in the tropics. -
Lippincott's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07
Insanity From Shock.

The pathetic recital of the eYperi-
ence of tho engineer whose reason WAS
shattered by his train running over
and killing two men leads thoughtful
persons to the contemplation of the
exceeding frailty of humanity and the
awful consequences to the sensitive
mind of such an accident as that which
was the real cause of the collision Of
two trains.
or highly nervous temperament,
the engineer, while he felt himself
guiltless of murder, was yet so over
come with the knowledge that he had
taken two lives that he was wholly un-
balanced, and probably in the most
mechanical way, with his hand on the
lever, sent his train along the tracks,
completely oblivious of the danger
that threatened him. The piteous APP
peal to his fellows, asking them ii he
really was to blame, is one Of the
most pitiful incidents in the affair.
Experts say that nm engineer can only
pass through given amount Of strain,
and that or having passed this point
he is scarcely accountable for what he
may do.
There is n great difference inpeople,
however, as to the effect which such
calamities bave upon them. People
of stolid and unimpressible tempera-
ments may pass through such expert
ences and be but slightly overcome by
them, but it is a dangerous thing for
the sensitive, highly organized mind
to be placed in such an awfaI posi-
ton.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07
Capturing Wild HOrs,s.

The Australian herds of wild horses,
as described by a writer in Cham bers's
journal, number from 10 to II ani.
mails in each, made up of mares and
one stallion. No stallion will allow
another stallion in his herd, aud stub
born fights frequently occur between
horses, owing to this. The beaten
males, after being expelled, join herds
exclusively of stations On any herds
being sighted by hunters. good idea
can generally be formed by the ex-
perienced man as TO which route the
animals will take in their way to tho
rugged bills, for which they invaria-
bly, make when disturbed. A scheme
is mapped out to cut them off il pos
sible, and the party scatters, each to
take up his allotted position. OF
course, while doing this, every adj
vantage is taken of the natural in
equalties OF the ground, so as to es-
cape observation. When the alarm is
given, however, all need for caution is
at an end, and each hunter puts his
steed in full galop. The stallion, the
head of the herd, boldly comes ont to
meet him, and endeavors to distract
attention from the rest.
In some rare instances he is la,sooed
and captured Mt once, but he generally
manages to rcjoin his wives, which by
this time have trooped into single flo
with his favorite in the lead. Should
the herd be turned and get into diff
culties the stallion takes up his posi-
tion in the van, and the great object
is TO cut him off from the rest Should
this be accomplished, both he and the
mares become confused and the las
sooers often manage to take two or
three per man. Instances have been
known where horses have been thrown
to the ground by the hunters giving ii
violent jerk to the animals tai. when
it was making an abrupt turn. When
his quarry is brought down, either by
this method or the use of the inssoo,
the rider jumps from his steed, whips
cylinder" Ga handkerchief IS used
when there is nothing else procur-
able) over the PROSTATE horse's eyes,
and straps up one of his foreIegs Sc
curely. If this is properly done the
animal may be safely left "until called
for" for no horse thus secured can
stray far.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07

Japanese enterprise has developed
into an interesting and profitable form
of trickery in India, where large guam
titles of parafline Candles, pencils and
cheap watches branded as American
goods, but really made in Japan, have
been poured into the markets, greatly
to the disgust OF the buyers, who do
not detect the fraudulent character OF
the articles until they use them. These
limitations are greatly inferior to the
American goods, and it is not unlikely
that Japanese manufacturers will suf.
fer for the deceptions they are prac-
ticing upon the tradesmen of India,
who are more anxious than ever for
merchandise made in this country.
The trick of the Japanese is signiti-
can't, however, in that it shows how
the American models and workman
ship are appreciated by the 'Orientals,
and it is valuable also as indicating
the cunning aud somewhat dishonor.
able competition which our manufac.
turers will have to contend with in
their quest OF larger markets in the far
East.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07
Tea Drinking.

The tea-drinking habit that only a
few years ago was supposed to be an
infalible sign of an old maid, now
numbers among it, votaries many men
who, for one reason or another, think
tea better than more potent drinks.
Nearly every big club in New York
counts its tea drinkers by the score.
They order tea when others around
them order whiskey. Five o'clock is
the tea drinkers time, and in support
of their habit, they say it does not in
terfere with their appetite for dinner,
and is as pleasant an aid to social
chat as whiskey or beer. One OF the
regulations of the navy says that moth
ing stronger than sherry shall be
served in the wardroom, but this
does not prevent any officer who
chooses from keeping whiskey in his
room. As matter of fact, however,
there is comparatively little heavy
drinking done by naval officers in the
service. A visitor to one of the boat
in the navy yard was talking with sew
eral officers in the wardroom one af-
ternoon recently, when the senior
lieutenant, who had been on deck for
four hours experimenting the ship
ping of several small boats, came
below looking thoroughly chilled
through. He ordered the Japanese
boy who was on duty in the wardroom
to bring him pot of tea. The cap
tain joined him in this drink, and
when the visitor expressed his surprise
ut the mildness Of the beverage on
cold day, both officers declared that it
was better than whiskey when a man
was cold. New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07

"She's got the daintiest foot in
town, bless her Mr.. Jenkinson would
say to himself.
And he came to brood upon il.
Once, when she tried on walking boots,
she kicked off some tiny mules which
she had most audaciously dared to
wear during her trip into town in the
tiny brougham, and said:
"You need not send them home |;
they are SO worn"
That night Mr.. Jenkinson instituted
n shrine. 1t consisted of corner
cabinet of walnut, which was adorned
as to exterior with knitted mat and
chiua dog. At night, when he un-
locked the door of the little walnut
cabinet, one might see two tiny half
worn mules of bronze kid. That was
| all.
Yet many men have wor shipped less.
And if on the last great day all is
made open, and all secrets disclosed,
what strange, not to say laughable,
shrincs OF the bachelor heart will be
among the exhibits. And she never
knew. That fuct impaired strange
melancholy to the air, in Mr.. Jen-
kinson's opinion. And how busy she
kept himi Pink shoes, blue slippers,
green satin and lemon satin, and such
wicked, wicked rosettes and heelsi
At last--for there is always the iu-
eyitable cat last" in affairs of the
heart, even though it be not shoe
mans hcart-there came to Mr.. Jen-
kinson blow, bitter, bad blow.
You would not think pair of white
satin high hceled "No. 2's narrow"
could administer rs severe one. But
SO it was. Had she not said, "I will
never wear another pair of white ones
until / marry or die?" and sine was
very much alive. He could not wish
! her dead-ah no-but it was very
hard TO bear. He leaned quite over
that little dear foot as he fitted the
slippersof a bside upon it. She could
not see his face as she said, "Plcase
see that they put real seed pearls on
the tulle rosettes, for these nre to
wear with wedding gown" But at
the last moment Filine, the little
maid, said in horror, as she fitted
them upon the brides silken covered
foot: "But. madam-but, miss-there
are really strange marks upon the
sntin One might call thcm tears u
'It's too late to do anything about
it nowi" said mamma, fussily. "But
really it was very careless of Mr..
Jenkinson As matter of fact, they
do look like tears. i WONDER
"And if they we're tears" cried the
little bride, "are not tears pearls !
And / ordered them" Poor Mr.. Jen-
| kinson ni-Philadelphia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07

A wave of prosperity has reached
the farmers of Washington, and they
are taking advantage of it to clear
their farms of indebtedness. 1t is
stated that there have been larger
number Of releases of mortgages filed
in the recorders offices of this state
during the past three months than
ever before in a corresponding period.
The wheat crop last season was good,
and most of it was in the farmers
hands when the rise came, and they
have made good use of their oppor-
tunitiee.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07

A most commendable undertaking
is on foot in Iowa, where the farmers,
who have been using corn for fuel,
are planning to send it to the starving
people of India. Governor Drake
has received many communications
from people vino offer to present car
loads OF provisions for the famine
sueNrers, if the state will name n com
mission to take caro- of them and in-
duce the railroads to give free trans
portation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07

In the past sixty years the forests
Of America have produced the enor-
nous quantity of s2i, 900, 600, 600 feet,
and the value estimated at more than
s25, 900, 900, 900. 1t is a curious re-
nection that the forests, once regarded
as IN impediment to the country's set
Element and growth, to be felled and
burned as rapidly as possible, should
so soon become one of its chief sources
Of wealth. to be considered and pro-
.ected by every means know to modern
science and law.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07
A SDring Song.

She ties her strings OF lighted hair,
And DER her comely forehead bare
She nimbly draws "A wimple
With lissom speed athwart the mead,
She sings through cheeks that dimple,
oh!
And ho
The violets are blowingl
Her buoyant arm n basket swings,
Tho boyish winds her kirtle toss
And rimplc DER her tresses' floss,
With sliding ear she seems TO hear
A voice that sings to silver strains.
On
And no!
The violets are blowing
The wheeling swallows dive TO set,
In airy. lines. n coronet
Upon her head that dances;
And on the bill Of birds that trill,
A harden sweet she fancies,
Oh!
And ho
The violcts are blowing
And in the brooks that break away
10 bargain at the booths of spring,
She drops her face and hears them sing
OF sunbeams' worth and sweets Of earth
But with their lay she drenms, they say.
oh
And hol
The violets are blowing
Through grasses lush, with rise and dip,
Along her winged ankles trip
Where thoughts of spring are vying,
To where she hears with woodland ears
The fairies softly crying,
oh
And no
The violets are blowing
L. A. Valentine IN Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07

Agricultural exports last year formed
shade moro than GO percent of all
domestic merchandise shipped from
the United States. In '92 there were
nearly 70 percent, and in 70 SO IA
percent. The smaller proportion in
recent years does not necessarily mean,
explains the American Agriculturist,
that foreigners are taking a less guam
lity of our farm produce, but rather
that manufacturers are getting foot
hold abroad, shipping increased
quantities of finished goods.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07
A Maine Receipt.

The Boston Herald is responsible
for the printing of tine following story,
which comes from q town not 1000
miles from Bar Harbor, Me-, and
equals the celebrated notc story of
Hans and Fritz. 1t runs as follows:
Dan and Nose, neither of whom was
noted for his erudition, were partners
in an enterprise which it is needless to
specify. One morning Mr.. - called
to settle a small bill that was due
them, and, after paying, asked for a
receipt. Nose retired to the privacy
of his office, and after long wait, re-
turned with the following: "We've
got our pay. Me and Dan."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The big ocean greyhounds will soon,
it is thought, be equipped with life
boats harnessed to balloons, SO as to
be practically unsuitable.
Birds differ very much in the
heights to which they commonly as
cend. The condor. largest Of vul-
lures and of all flying birds, has been
observed soaring over 10000 feet, or
five miles aud half, above the level
of the sea.
SO far as could be ascertained, the
causes of insanity in the AIT cases
treated in the government asylum of
Cairo, Egypt, last year we're: Has
hcesh. SS; alcohol, 9; syphilis, 81;
pellagra, IL; epilepsy, II; sunstroke,
2; grief, 80; religious excess, 16.
In the human voice, though gener-
ally but of nine perfect tones, there
are actually no less than 1882, 1873
different sounds. These effects are
produced by IA different muscles,
which give about 16, 3S3 different
sounds, and 80 indirect muscles,
which produce 1855, sO3 sounds.
The forest department in India is
now paying its way handsomely and
more, the profits having been going
up steadily since 1875. While for the
five years ending with that they stood
at 4 lakhs, the profits for the five
years ending in 1895 were 53 lahks, or
just short of five times as much.
A recently painted device for tele-
phones consists Of attaching the re-
ceiver cord to the switch lever in such
II manner as to throw the telephone
out of circuit when the receiver hangs
suspended, and throw it in circuit and
give signal at the central Office as
soon as the receiver is raised for use.
An eminent man of science can
blow one soap bubble inside another
and make the inner one lift the outer
one up without breaking either. He
can also make soap bubble roll down
spiral staircase covered with soap
film, and leap from step to step, ms if
it were made OF ivory instead of
water.
George Isaac, German scientist,
and three assistants were blown to
atoms by an explosion of acetylene
gas on December II. 1t is said that
he believed he had discovered q nom
explosive variety of acetylene, and
that Emperor William had been at
tracted by his experiments with the
manufacture of the gas and was soon
to visit his laboratory.
That not only animals but plants also
will have some of their juices or liquids
freeze in the winter time is we'll
known. Twigs will snap easily when
the thermometer is below zero because
of being frozen, and ice crystals can
be readily discerned by the micro
scope. But the question, asks Nee
hans Monthly, is do they freeze
solid? The contention is that the ac-
tive, living cells cannot do this and
| still live.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07

Says the New York Times: The
world is growing old and wiser as we'll
as better. but every now and then we
are brought suddenly face to faco with
conditions so anaehronistie that for Q
moment we can hardly believe we are
living in the dawn of the Twentieth
century Of Christianity and science.
The Armenian massaeres in the full
face of Europe are revival of the
most horrible cruelties of medieval.
ism, and the spectacle OF the depopu.
lation of Bombay by the plague recalls
the stories of hundreds Of years ago,
when tho science of sanitation wal
undreamed OF. A city with nearly &
million inhabitants in the grip of the
king of terrors is gruesome thing
to contemplate in IN age when "a great
savant has proclaimed with plausi
bility that won him learned followers
that he has discovered the secret germ
of consumption, and when scientists
enable the eye to look through flesh
and boards. Is it not a reminder af-
ter all that man is as finite now as
when the tower of Babel was pro.
iected, and that. strive as We may,
there are still conditions of primitive
barbarism that can never be wholly
Overcome2
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07
Tortured for DisObcdience.

An extraordinary custom prevails
among some Chinese few days after
the marriage ceremony is performed.
the bride being required at festival
to repeat certain phrases after any of
the guests assembled, on the penalty
of suffering cruel tortures, such as
burning her face with lighted JOSS
sticks, red hot poker or sucn like
implements. A short time ago a mar
riage took place in Hollywood road,
near the Man Wo Temple, aud fes-
tival was held in honor OF the event,
says paper published in China.
A young Chinese, in the course of
the festivities, asked the bride T., re-
peat certain phrases after him, waich
she refused to do. He thereuuoa in.
tlicted serious injuries to her fncs with
burning joss sticks and the lighted
end of his cigar. The unclo and some
of the friends of the woman subse-
quently had quarrel with the young
man over the affair. with the result
that he was brought before Command
er Hastings at the Magistracy charged
with assault. He pleaded that he was
only skylarking. The magistrate sent
him to skyark for four months in
Victoria jail.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07
A Mild InsinuatiOn.

He had kissed her.
"I'd like to get that patented" he
said.
SIT wouldn't pay you," she smiled
saucily.
"Why not?"
'You would have to spend all your
time defending infringements on it."
National Recorder.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07

In the last fifteen years about $780,
900, 900 has been invested in 1850
electric light central stations in the
United States. and during the same
period some $3.50, 900, 900 has been in
vested in about 5000 isolated plants.
This shows the enormous develop
ment of the electric lighting business.