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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
Premature Grape Bearing.

1t sometimes happens that where o
strong shoot of last years wood has
been used as layer, tho buds
from it when they come through the
soil will show buds and blossoms fol
fruit. These buds should of course
be picked off, as they will retard the
development of the plant, and the
fruit being so close to the ground will
be eaten by chickens as fast as il
ripens. yis a rather curious fact
however, that this fruit close to the
ground will, if the soil be dry, bt
earlier than that on the vine. TIL,
sun shining on the soil makes the all
there much warmer in hot days thar
it is where the breezes freely blow.
more important fact is that the over
hanging vine protects the fruit below
from the descent of cold from the upper
atmosphere, and therefore the frui
near the grtdnd is kept much warmer
at night thin that farther up the vine
But at the very top, the extra amoun
OF sap which the frsit gets makes tina
earlier than midway down the vine
There is no gain in letting q crap,
vine bear the year it is set out, MOI
more than q single bunch the SECOND
year. Two years after the vine il
planted II may be allowed to bear 81,
to twelve bunches, but not more thai
two bunches TO each shoot that is per
nitted 70 grow.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
Experiment In Feeding Hogs.

The Montana Experiment Station
has been trying experiments in feed.
ing pigs, dividing them into three
lots. One was fed on barley meal ex-
clusively, lot two on barley and wheat
ground together, and lot three on all
three grains mixed. As might be ex
pected, the last lot made the greatest
gain and at the least expense. The
barley and corn together was better
than either alone. though there was
in either of these more poorly bal
anced ration than when either was
combined with wheat And yet how
infrequently is this principle applied
in feeding of hogs for pork. Some
wheat middlings will be eaten greedily
by corn-fed hogs, and will be worth
more than its weight in corn.-Ameri
can Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
Digestibie Matter In Corn.

The total amount Of digestible mnt-
ter in corn at different stages of growth
is as follows, according to the Cana
dian experiments: Beginning with tas.
selling, one ton Of corn plant contained
1856 pounds of digestible material.
When the corn was in the silk, it con.
tanned 211 pounds, in early milk 25G
pounds, late milk 2S6 pounds, and
when the ears were glazing 339
pounds. II is concluded therefore
that the corn should be cut about the
time it is beginning to glaze.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
Died N paIrner

Samuel ,retlow, who died a paupe,
recently ir San Francisco. was one OF
the earner settlers on the Pacific coast,
and In the good old days of Frisco's
babyhood was known as "Prince
Prodigal," because Of the facility with
which he won and lost fortunes over
The green baize. He built the old Bella
Union Theater, having as n partner In
IT'S management william Skaneantle
bury. whom he shot to death during a
quarrel. Tetlow was sentenced to death
but Social influence brought aboui
his acquittal at former trial. At one
lime he owned the property now known
Is Sutro Heights, which he sold to ex.
Mayor Sutro for $4,000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
Asbes For Cabbage Plants.

The cabbage is plant which ro-
luires lime, and the lime which most
ashes contain is therefore an impor-
tant benefit when they are applied to
this crop. The very best place to SOW
cabbage seed is where brush heap
has been burned over few weeks OF
months before. The ashes have by
this time lost all Of their caustic prop.
critics, and make the soil light and
mellow when mixed with it. Such
places will be free from weeds, as the
fire will destroy most weed seeds with.
in two inches of the surface. Either
the burned oil or the ashes makes the
cabbage less liable while small to at.
tacks of the turnip fly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
NERVOUS DEPRESSION.
IA TALK WITH MRS. pINKHAM.1

A woman with the blues Is very un.
comfortable person. She is illogical,
unhappy and frequently hysterical.
The condition of the mind known as
the blues" nearly always, with wo-
men, results from diseased organs Of
generation.
1t is source of wonder that in this
age of advanced medical science, any
person should still believe that mere
force of will and determination will
overcome depressed spirits and nerv-
BUSINESS in women. These troubles are
Indications of disease.
Every woman who doesn't under
stand her condition should write to
Lynn, Mass, to Mrs. Pinkhnm for her
advice. Her advice is thorough com
mon sense, and is the counsel of a
learned woman of great experience.
Read the story of Mrs. Il. S. BENNETT,
Westphalia, Kansas, as told in the fol-
lowing letter:
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-I have suf.
fered for over two years with falling,
enlargement and liberation of the
womb, and this spring, being in such
a weakened condition, caused me to
flow for nearly six months. Some time
ago, urged by friends, wrote to you
for advice. After using the treatment
which you advised for short time,
that terrible flow stopped.
~ am now gaining strength and
flesh, and have better health than
have had for the past ten years. !
wish to say to all distressed, suffer
ing wash, do not suffer longer, when
there is one SO kind and willing to
aid you"
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound is a woman's remedy for wo.
mans ills. More than n million wo-
men have been benefited by it
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
Dickens Not Good Enough.

or the remaking and unmaking Of
books there is apparently as little end
as of their making. We have already
seen the expurgator at work on "Ollvef
Twist" and now 1t is the harmless.
looking Sketches by Boz" which is tc
be torn to pieces. The authorities nj
Darlinghurst Jail, In Sydney, Australia,
declare that thirty pages of this boob
are unfit for prisoners to read and have
accordingly cut them out Of the copy In
the Jail library.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

Among the curlosities Of tropical
plant life are the pearls found occa
slonally In the cocoa-nut palm Of the
Philippine Islands. These pearls. lih.
those OF the ocean. are composed OF
carbonate of lime. The bamboo alst
yields another precious product. in tn,
shape of true opals, which are found IL
Its joints.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
From Bad TO Worse.

Dixon-rd give anything possess u
could only get rid of this gout.
Hixon-Oh, that's an easy matter
Just move around to our boarding
house and I'll wager that liver com
plant will soon take the place Of the
gout.
Dixon--Llver complaint why, howl
that?
Hixon-Well, the landlady feeds M
liver every other day and the boarders
are all complaining
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS,
For Fruit Blights.

Sulphur, sulphide Of potassium and
bordeaux are all recommended as pre-
ventive measures for the control Of
gooseberry blight. For celery leaf
blight, bordeaux mixture is q better
iungicide than ammoniacal copper
carbonate. For black rot Of grape o
French authority has recommended
.he addition of molasses to the ordin.
Ary spraying solution.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
Henuty IL Iytootl Decu.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty
without IL. Cascarets, Candy Cathartic clean
your blood and keep IL clean. by stirring up
the lazy liver and driving all impurities
from. the body. Begin to day 20 Danish
pimples, boils, blotchcs. blackheads. and that
kckly bilious complexion by taking Cas-
carets,-beauty for ~ cents. All druggists
satisfaction guaranteed. | C. Dc, 2jc, JOc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
= Dexterity OF U1garerte-nrak.rs.

So great Is the dexterity Of the en-.
ployes In cigarette manufactures, ac-
qulred by long continued practice, that
some workers make between 1000 and
1900 cigarettes daily-and being paid
by piecework at SO much per 1000 earn
about Sc weekly
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

There have never been more than
three cotemporary European Queens;
I'm fact, the number who have occupied
the throne in medieval and modern
times Is comparatively small. England
heads the list with five; Russia can
boast of four. but the total comes to
considerably under 30 altogether.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

Among the bills paid out by the Bel
fast tMe.) city government one reads:
Towing q whale, So This refers to
the dead whale that has been floating
from shore to shore about Belfast bay.
Finally the authorities hired a man
and his steam launch to tow the whale
o,it of son
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents
tobacco habit cure, makes wcsf

Norwich (Conn.) merchant deposited
$40. the first money he ever earned, in
the savings bank of New London. Re-
Gently he was in the city, and for the
first time had the interest added to his
bocss. He was somewhat surprised to
learn that the $40 had grown to S136 0s.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
pon,t robaooo spit and Smoke Your Life Away

netic. full Of life, nerve and vlgor, take No-To.
Bac, the wonder-worker. that makes weak
men strong. All druggists. Oc or 81. Cure
Steriins Remedy Co Chicago or New York
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

Austria Is the only empire in the
world which has never had colonies or
even transmarne possessinos, in any
quarter OF the earth. Tier ambition
has hitherto been purely continental.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

ness after first days use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. S2 trial bottle and treatise
free. DR. RH. KLINE. Ltd, ,Gll Arch St Phila, Pa
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

w. II. Griffin, jackson, Michigan, writes:
suffered with Catarrh for fifteen years.
Halls Catarrh Cure cured me-" Sold by
Druggists, lie.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

After six years. suffering was cured by
Piso's Cure AIRY THOMSON, 29tS Ohio Ave-,
Allegheny, Pa, March 10, ~
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

The working classes form go per cent,
the middle class 2S per cent and the
upper class per cent of the population
of this country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
The Missing Heart.

Jack Potts-I might have won
couple of hundred from old Chipps last
night in a little game Of poker. but
didn't have the heart to take his money
VIII Betts--Conscienc wouldn't per
nit 1t, chi?
Jack Potts--No; merely a case Of
heart failure. -
VIII Betts-Why, how's that? -.
Jack Potts-Well, you see needed
Just one more little heart to make Q
dush.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic. cure consti pa ton forever
l0c 25c. IL q. Z. G. fail. druggists refund money.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

teething, softens the gums. reducing in
hammation, allays pain, cures wind collie. zoo
A bottle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

Croesus. of ancient times. possessed
about 10000 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

The effort to make sugar from beets
dates back as far as the year 1747.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

Everybody knows that Dobbins' Electric
Soap is the best in the world. and for 80 years
~ has sold at the highest price. Its price is
now cents. same as common brown soap.
Bars full size and quality. Order OF grocer. Adp
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

To Cure n Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money II IL fails 60 cure. 25c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

There is 81 per cent of water and 13
per cent of solids in milk. The sugar
In the solids Is In greater proportion
than In any other solid.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27
To Cure Constipation Forever.

,"'V
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. l0c or 25c.
IfC. c. q. fail to cure, druggists refund money
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-27

Some men are so fixed that they have
no use for moving van.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20
AGAINST M'KENNA.
Action on His CONFIRMATION Postponed One
Week.

Action on His Confirmation Postponed One
Week.
Washington, Jan. 15.-Almost the en-
tire four hours of the executive session
of the Senate to-day were devoted to
the Indirect consideration Of the nomi.
nation OF Hon. Joseph Mckenna, now
attorney general, to be associate jus.
lice of the Supreme Court. The dis.
cussion was the result of an effort OH
;he part of Senator Allen POpulist,
Sebraska) to secure n postpOnement
for two weeks. In the end n compro.
mise W. reached, on the condition that
the Nebraska senator should ngrec to
allow a vote to be taken oil that date.
The Hawaiian treaty was not touched
upon during the session.
The debte upon Mr.. Mckennn's nom.
nation was precipitnted by Senator
Hoar, chairman of the committee on
Judiciary, who called up the nomina
tion in accordance with his notice of
Yesterday, and asked for immediate
action. In doing this, Mr.. Honr spoke
briefly of the opposition to Mr.. Nc
Kennn, saying that the judiciary COM
mittce had investigated most of the
charges made and had reached the con-
clusion thnt they We're without founda-
ton.
He said that the greater number of
charges had been made by the men,
bcrs of the American Protective Asso-
ciation, and as they had been founded
solely upon the fact that Mr.. McKenna
was Catholic. in religion. they had not
been deemed worthy of serious COLI
sidcration. Mr.. Hoar dwelt Mt some
length upon this point. eHcoriating any
man who would attempt to inject
question of religion into controversy
over n mans fitness for office. He said
that such an effort was entirely un-
American and unpatriotic. and should
not for moment receive the consid-
eration of fair-mindcd men.
Senator Allen wanted the extension
of time to investigate charges of Me-
Kenna's unfitness and his connection
with corporations. -
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
PRESIDENT AND CIVIL SERVICE.
Members of the House Delivering Speeches
for Homo Consuimption-A short Social
Season.

Chicago, Jan. ia special from
Washington to the Record says:
The Presidents disposition toward
tho civil service commission Is indlca.
ted by the fact that lie proposes to re-
lleve Colonel William G. Rice Of New
York, the conservative Democratic
member, by the appointment of ex-
Representative Mark Brewer of Michi-
gan, but will retain John II. Proctor
Of Kentucky, the president of the
board, who Is the most aggres-
sivc and radical civil service re-
former ever known in Washington,
and Is quite as advanced In his views
on this subject ns Carl Schurz or any
man In the country. During the attacks
In the Senate committee and In the
House of Representatives upon the
civil service law. Professor Proctor has
always been on hand with ammunition
for its defenders and has furnished
the material for most of the speeches
TINT have been delivered OH his side OF
the controversy. During the Cleveland
administration Professor Proctor was
equally energetic and was always alert
10 haul up the heads of departments
who endeavored to violate or evade the
law or the rules of the commission. 1t
was he who persuaded President Cleve-
land to make the order that swept un-
der the protection of the commission
the $4,000 employees of the government
about whom there is now SO much
complaint.
The thirty days of mourning that
have interrupted the social gnyety of
Washington will compel the admins
tratiOn to hustle In order to fulfill all
Of the formal engagements that have
hnf IN
Lent. The mourning period was over on
the 18th. The next day the vice prcsl-
dent gave dinner to the Presi-
dent, Mt which the members of the
Cabinet, the chief justice and the
speaker of the House were guests.
On January 10Th occurs the Presidents
reception to the diplomatic corps; on
the Goth Cabinet dinner, and follow
ing that will come continuous series
Of social functions.
The debate on the civil service in the
House of Representatives is becoming
tedious. 1t has lost Its interest. The
men who make entertaining speeches
have finished and now the Congress
sionnl Record Is being loaded up with
buncombe for the benefit OF home rend-
crs. The House has talked of nothing
else since the session began, but every
suggestion that looks toward limiting
debate is stubbornly resisted by those
who have not been able to get In
speeches.
The japanese minister has invited
Miss Long, daughter of the secretary
of the navy, to christen the new battle
ship which is being built Mt the Cramp
ship yard for his government and will
he launched on the Goth instant. The
occasion is one Of unusual Importance,
because this is the first time n naval
vessel OF any importance has ever been
built for n foreign government In the
United States. The japanese minister
has kindly invited number Of his
friends to accompany him to the
launching.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20
ITALIAN REPUBLIC SUGGESTED.
Startling Statement said to lse Inspired by
the vactlcan and Pope

London. Jan. 1T.--The Rome cores.
pOndent of the Daily Chronicle. In II
startling statement this morning,
quotes largely from an article in Civil
tn Catholica. which he declares is di-
rectly inspired by the Vatican and the
Pope advocating. as the solution of
the eternal question between the Nnti-
can and the Quirinal. the establishment
OF an Italian republic.
The article. which IL based on the
Pope's Christmas allocution. declares
thar the thing which stands opposed
TO papnl Independence is not Italian
unity. but 'the special and concrete
form In which that unity IL maintain
ed. with results much more disastrous
to the state than to the Holy See"
1t proceeds to assert that the cock
istcncc of the Vatican and the Italian
monarchy Is impossible. and that one
or the other must go. 1t then suggests
the constitution Of Switzerland and
America rs an example Of admirable
and glorious constitutions: true union
of nation and state. though differing
from that of Italy. which has produced
nothing but weakness. misery and star
vation."
The article concludes:
without the aid of foreign bayoncts
the true Italy will find for itself i,s
own way and will rise again. let us
hope. from the ignOminy In which II
now Hes PROSTATE to true greatness"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20
SILVER CONFERENCE.
Re.u,. of tho Meeting a. wa.h,nx.,

ReNult OF the Meeting at Warrington.
Washington. D. c., Jan. l5.-As the
result of conferences held within the
Inst few days between the several lead
ers of various parties, 1t IL said TINT
Chairman Jones of the Democratic Na.
tional committee. Chairman Butler of
the Populist National committee and
Chairman Towne OF the Silver Repub-
lican National committee will issue q
joint manifesto the early part Of next
week with view TO securing common
action by the three organizations in the
present contest of 1893. The draft Of
the document is now in the course Of
preparation. 1t will appeal to all those
interested in the cause of silver to
work In union and to avoid rival organ
iZations, by which their common
strength will be dissipated.
The talks among the silver men con-
tinued today, but they did not take the
shape of n formal conference. Chair
man Towne had returned from the con-
test at Columbus, where lie assisted In
the opposition to Mr.. Hanna. He was
about the House of Representatives
talking with Representative bland and
other silver expOnents. The feeling de-
veloped was general in favor Of COM
mon action among all silver elements.
Mcssrs. Jones, Butler and Towne will
confer further during the next few
days, and the addresses will then be
made public.
On the 18th instant the American Bi-
metallic Union. of which General War.
ner of Ohio Is president. holds Its meet
ings here, and this is expected to give
further cohesion to the joint silver
movement.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20
Cut Of IA Million Dollars.

Providence. Il. l.. Jan. 1S.-The cut
down i'll the cotton mills throughout
the state will go into effect tomorrow,
the only exceptions being one or two
small factories whose owners, for rea-
sons of their own have not decided 10
cut wages and few in which owing to
their paying monthly or for similar rcn-
sons. 1t is not convenient to make the
reduction until later.
The reduction will affect to n greater
or lesser degree the earnings of nearly
10000 operatives In this state and those
of knight Il Goddard, In Massachu-
setts. Between 10000 and 15.OOO en-.
ployed in Connecticut mills controlled
by Providence agents will be affected
also, As the aggregate earnings of the
operatives will approximate S9,OOO,OOo
annually the loss in wages and pur.
chnsiur power in consequence of the
reduction to operators and business
men in the communities in which they
spend their money will be nearly II
round million, IL the cut averages, as
expected, about twenty per cent
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20
NEW MOVE AGAINST BRYAN.
Indications That Tammnny Hall VIII Sock
u Now Lender.

New l.cnuer.
New York. Jan. l6.-'rhe New York
Journal, hitherto William ]. Bryan's
wnrmest partisan, to-day contains n
signed editorial by Its chief writer,
Arthur McEwen. in which nm attack Is
made on the great silver leader.
The Journal was the only New York
City paper of Importance to support
Bryan during his late campaign, and
this Indication that 1t Is to abandon him
as candidate for the presidency in
1900 Is Il matter of no small interest.
Richard Croker and the influence OF
Greater New York is apparent.
The Journal, 1t is thought, will be-
come the advocate OF II new Democ-
racy, whose nucleus is Tammany.
Ihere may be contest between east.
ern and western leaders, the eastern
leaders aiming to unhOrse Bryan and
reorgnnlze the Democratic party un-
der the leadership of new man and
on n platform calculated TO win back
the members who We're alienated by
some portions of the Chicago platform.
The Journals political editorial
opens with this paragraph: "As n
Bryan Democrat, have to confess
That I grow weary Of Mr.. Bryan, and
this Is important, because I find myself
In constantly increasing company.
With those other eastern Democrats,
am coming to believe that he not large
enough TO be the leader of the cause
which Is known by his name. or his ell
crgy and brilllancy as n political speak
er as high an opinion must be held
us when he made that marvellous tour
OF the Union. nrousing the people cv-
erywhere with his earnest and dashinS
eloquencc. But lie no longer imprcsses
me rs great man, nor as one OF the
highest sincerity"
Then 1t continues: He Is showing
narrowness. or irrational obStinacy,
either OF which should be detrimental
to his ambition, and must be hurtful TO
the immediate prospects Of the move
ment lie represents. The persistence
with which lie clings to 10 TO l, rs II
that were not only the salutary tenet in
the Democratic creed, the axis Of the
revolving cosmos, be;rays either Mr..
Brynn's incapacity to comprehend
Organism or n dogged disposition thai
refuses to acknowledge what is pre-
sented to his eyes and those Of every
| other Intelligent man in the country.
whether for Or against the Chicago
platform of the new Democracy.
"Bimetallism, by all means. 1t Is the
money Of the constitution, and there
fore Democratic. But why ratio Of
| 10 to or death? What decree of heav-
ell has given that ratio sacredness
beyond NIL other possible ratios!
The closing paragraph says: "Mr.
Bryan may, II he chooses, stick like an
oyster to the rock OF 1G to /, but the
stream OF the new Democracy will not
be stationary for his sake, not for any
mans. Organism is n bigger thing than
Bryan. Organism will continue to
grow, whatever Mr.. Bryan continues to
do"