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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-24
$3.50 Round Trip to Denver. Colorado
Springs aud Pueblo.


From Chicago via Chicago, Union
Pacific and North Western line, Aug.
81, September 4 and Is, good returning
until October 81. Also very low rates
on the same dates to Glenwood Springs,
Ogden, Salt Lake City, Hot Springs,
Desdwood and Rapid City, S. OAK,
Casper, Wyo. Quickest time. Rest
service. All agents sell tickets via Chi
cago Il North Western R'y. For full
particulars address, A. III. Wsggener.
25 Fifth avenue, Chicago, III. 4w
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-24

b Tag SOP Sundays tor Ch.tag0 fassslgeFs.
L. f IOREF +. \. FORD.
Genera Manager Genera Passenger Agent
h-27 90 z PITTSBURGH, PENN'A.
For time cards. rates OF fare. through tickets.
baggage checks and further Information To-
garding the running OF trains. apply 10 any
Agent oft Pennsy lvania Lines
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-24

Aug. %, 26. q, and %, for knights of
Pythias Biennial Conclsve, excursion
tickets will be sold to Detroit, Mich. via
Pennsylvania lines. For furthur in
formation, return limit, time of trains,
etc, please address or call upon local
ticket agent of Pennsylvania lines.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-24
G. A. X. Daylight Special Train tn Chicago
Via Pennsylvanis Lines.

Monday, Aug. q, the PENNSYLVANIA
company will run a special daylight
train to Chicago, account Both annual
encampment, G. A r., leaving Plym-
outh IL: 80 a. m, central time, arrive
at Chicago 2 p. m. Excursion tickets
will be sold to Chicago Aug. 20 to 20
inclusive with privilege to extend re-
turn limit until Sept. 30. Ask local
ticket agent of Pennsylvania company
about details. j. +. Hanes.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-24

To Cure Cold I'm One Day.
Take Warmers White Wine of Tar
Syrup. the best cough remedy on earth.
90 and 80 cents. j. w. Hess, Druggist
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-24

Excursions to Detroit via Pennsylvania
Lines.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17

Bees ought to be prepared for win
ter before very cold weather sets in.
When the fall honey crop is removed
from the hive it is none too early to
begin. In the middle states the be-
ginner will have better results by
wintering on the summer stands. Gel
lar wintering requires more expert
ence aud watchfulness, says F. G.
Herman in the New England Home
stead. The first requisite to success
full wintering is to have bees enough
to cover ut least four Langstroth
frames. They should have from 20 to
80 pounds OF good ripe honey. If
lacking in stores they should be fed
good granulated sugar, one cup and n
half OF sugar to one cup of hot water
making n syrup of the right consis-
tency. If you have on hand some ex-
tracted honey, add few tablespoons
full, which will prevent its granulat-
ing. Bees will winter we'll on good
sugar, which is about the only sub
stitute that can be used Unripe
honey or honey dew often kills the
bees in winter, as they cannot stand n
long confinement on such food.
III the bees are in double walled
chat hive, nothing more ia necessary.
If in hive OF single thickness an
outer case of some sort should be put
over the hive, but in no wise close up
the entrance. Bees need plenty of
fresh air. The hive entrance should
be left open full width, which will also
prevent the combs from becoming
moldy. On warm days during winter
when the Thermometer registers 80
degrees or more the bees will fly out
for a cleansing flight, after which
they will be able to stand another
month of rigorous weather. With
cellar wintering have had no ex-
perience, but the conditions necessary
are to have we'll ventilated cellar
kept dark, with an even temperature
Of about 45 degrees. Some time in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17

As an absorbent in the poultry
house dry earth is excellent. 1t is
doubtful if there is any kind OF ma
terial that can bo put under the roosts
that will work with greater certitude
in neutralizing the odors and in tax
ing up and evaporating the moisture.
In fact, dry earth is altogether too
good an absorbent and moisture de-
stroyer, if one wishes to save the
manure to use as fertilizer. 1t has
been fouLd that in n dry earth closet
the same earth may be used over and
over again. The dust burns up all
faecal matter and even the papor
usually found in such places has dis
appeared. The same dirt has been
used over and over in dry earth
closet for six years, being taken out
and dried each time the closet was
cleaned. In another case the dust
was used over ten times. After both
of these experiments the dust was
analyzed and less than one per cent.
of nitrogen found. Most of the earth
that has been so used is of no more
value for fertilizing purposes than the
dirt taken from the garden. When,
therefore, we consider it's use in the
poultry house the value OF the manure
must be taken into consideration. If
cleanliness is our sole object, then we
need not hesitate about using dry
dirt, and we may feel sure it will
prove effective. Some amount of
moisture seems to be needed both to
help the manure retain the volatile
portions, and, we may also presume,
to keep germ life in a state in which it
can develop. Certainly dust should
prove to be a good germicide, for
spores once falling into it would be as
surely destroyed in time as would the
paper and other matter in the dry
earth closet. et.-Farm, Field and Fire
side.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17
! FOR FARM AND GARDEN. !
s,Iov, for ro,ten,nr Cattle.

At the Ontario Agricultural college
they fed three lots of two steers each
as follows: Lot l had 81 pounds OF
ensilage each; Lot 2, 81 pounds of en-
silage and pounds of hay; Lot 3, 43
pounds of roots aud ii pounds of hay.
Each had about II pounds day of
grain, consisting of ground peas, bar
ley and oats. Lot l weighed 27S0
pounds at the beginning, and in 146
days gained 555 pounds or 10 pounds
each per day. Lot weighed 2735
pounds at first and gained in same
time 44S pounds. or ]. 53 pounds each
day. Lot weighed 2672 pounds,
and in the time gained 537 pounds, or
1.S4 pounds a day. The gain by
feeding only ensilage and grain was
not much larger than that on roots
and hay with grain, but oil estimates
indicate that the silage is much more
easily and cheaply produced, the 81
pounds requiring less land and less
labor than the 43 pounds of roots, to
say nothing of cost of the hay.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17

While on visit TO the Pacific coast
I found onions and potatoes of enor-
nous size, and the boast of the people
is that they can grow larger vegetables
than can be grown elsewhere in the
country. 1t is possible that more
large vegetables and fruits can be
grown in Washington, Idaho, Oregon
and California than can be produced
in other sections. But there are fire..
quent specimens OF vegetables in the
middle west that are as large as any
that can be grown anywhere. Large
onions and very large potatoes are
not desirable, however. have seen
onions grown in Indiana that were as
large as an onion could be. The land
was peculiarly fitted for onion grow.
ing, and the product was enormous in
size. But l am under the impression
that onion growing on that land was
abandoned simply because there was
no market for such large onions.
They were like the eggs of the ostrich,
fine curio, but of no utility to the
average person. The market demands
a reasonable sized onion and potato.
In many of our hotels and restaurants,
say nothing of private houses, q small
onion only is used for favoring pur.
poses. These places will not buy
onions that are ''overgrown." Nor
will they buy potatoes that are over.
size. Usually potatoes are brought
onto the tables of public eating houses
whole, and potatoes that are as long
ms your foot can not be used. II is a
mistake to attempt to grow large
onions and potatoes.
Fruit is different. That can not be
too large. From the cranberry to the
apple, size attracts attention and wins
the customer, especially if the fruit is
well colored.
At Lewiston, Idaho, / saw a Ben
Davis apple that in any market of the
world would outsell any apple that is
grown. 1t was more than twice the
size of the Ben Davis of the east, and
was as beautiful as picture. Irriga-
ton. climate or soil had made new
apple out of this very common and
not highly appreciated variety. In
growing fruit, therefore, next to good
shipping qualities without these
it is useless to grow fruit CONNER
cially-appearance is the most impor-
tant thing. OF course, the quality
must be passable, for the consumer
would not buy fruit the second time,
however handsome it might be, if the
quality was so bad that he could not
eat it. But quality is secondary to ap-
pearance. The large, handsome col
ored apple, peach, cherry or other
fruit are always the best sellers. The
eye fixes the standard of taste and is
a regulator of the appetite. B. I.
Brimson in the Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17

One of the greatest mistakes Of
poultry raisers is to suppose that
chickens do not require much space.
A dairyman only keeps enough cows
on his farm that the land is able to
support. If one acre will support a
COW, it is crowding them to have as
many on the farm as there are acres,
but if you put 500 hens on one acre
the latter would be quite different.
Land is generally cheap enough for
poultrymen to have ample room for
their poultry, but as rule they are
always too cramped. Not more than
80 to rs hens should be raised to the
acre. A 500 chicken farm should con
tain at least 8 or 10 acres exclusive of
buildings. That is a larger space for
each bird than most people provide,
but it is not too liberal an arrange
ment, as any one will discover after a
few years experience. Farmers cal
culate their profits by the acre. If
they can clear from $40 to $50 an acre,
they consider themselves fortunate,
and they do not grumble at their hard
conditions. Fifty dollars an acre
would supply them with substantial
rewards for thinking themselves well
blessed.
Now in the case of the chicken raiser
We find that everything is in his favor
for comparison with any other class
of farmers. Suppose so hens are
raised to the acre, a profit of 80 cents
a year on each bird would make fair
farming. He would be clearing S25 n
year per acre, which would be more
than many farmers can clear today in
raising either wheat or corn. But 80
cents year clear profit is small in
deed for respectable poultry, and a
dollar year is not too much to place
to the credit of the average well.bred
fowl. Here we have $50 an acre, and
n 10 or 20-acre farm stocked to the
capacity mentioned ought to yield a
good living income TO the owner. The
trouble with most of us is that we ex-
pect to make as much on three or
tour acres as another farmer can make
on n hundred-acre farm. That is
placing handicap upon poultry rais-
ing that is hardly fair One acre u
diciously cultivated should raise
enough food to keep so chickens a
year, and that is about all we can ex.
pest from it. Let MS 60 to work and
cultivate the soil for chicken food as
systematically as the farmer cultivates
his land for corn and wheat, and thea
we will realize larger profits and a
sure income. The birds will no longer
be crowded, and fewer diseases will
attack them. Both our pocket books
and poultry will be richer and better
for expanding the chicken farm in
this way. Anne G. Webster, in
American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17

''Do you know / think that plain
women have the best of 1t, after ALL,
remarked n woman who is 80 unde-
niably pretty that she can afford to
talk despondently about it. Take
the woman in business, for instance.
Who would worry about n pretty wom-
ans success? A man admires her for
her appearance, or else doesn't think
about her. His sense of chivalry isn't
troubled, because he thinks every one
else will be nice and considerate to a
pretty girl. As far as business is con
cerned, he doesn't think about her at
all. He considers, on principal, that a
pretty woman ism tuseful or clever. On
the other hand, q very plain woman,
who has neither beauty, style nor
manner, is apt to rouse his sympathy.
She may not want it, Of course, but
he unconsciously thinks, We'll, here's
a girl with odds against her. I'll give
here n chance II she proves clever
it doesn't come as such surprise as
when the pretty woman proves that
she is not entirely devoid of intelli-
gence. Then men distrust the pretty
woman and women envy her, and she
always gets credit for being designing
and vain, whether she is or not. All
of this does not render her position in
life very genial, il she is poor and
comparatively alone in the world; and
if she adds graces of mind and charm
of manner to beauty of face and figure
she is not apt to make many we'll
meaning friends"
''Seems to me you are rather bitter
this morning." observed the pretty
woman's friend. (which 'spiteful cat
has been criticising you now, Won
der?"
"None. They don't bother me very
much. was just thinking of the
trials and woes 1 have had which are
directly traceable to what people call
my 'piquante face If l were hand
some it would be different. 1 could
be majestic and awe-inspiring then,
but I'm only just ornamental enough
to look useless in an Office or school
room and not sufficiently dazzling to
pose as professional beauty. 1 don't
care to be a typewriter or go on the
stage, and in all other professions
good looks seem to be a drawback. 1
mean it. They may enable one to
get positions easily. But do they help
one to keep them? 1 tried teaching
small children once. Their mother
accused me of flirting with her hus-
banda short, stout, apoplectic man
of tifty-because he remarked in her
hearing that / was fine looking girl.
Men-the most of men whom my sis
ters have married-don't marry really
pretty girls. They marry plain girls
with pretty points, girls whose looks
depends great deal upon the way they
dress their hair or put on their
clothes. The average man fights shy
of beautiful wife. 1 shall probably
end by marrying an old gentleman
who wants an attractive person to
preside at his dinner table"
And then she sighed and put on her
hat without looking in the mirror. -
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17
STYLE In wedding Rings.

cit is generally supposed that
women regard their wedding rings as
sacred" remarked n Chestnut street
ieweler, "but as matter Of fact they
don't. Specifically they may give
you this impression, but when you
come right down to it they don't let a
little matter like sentiment stand in
way of style.
"Style in wedding rings? Why, to
be sure. The ring that is now used
is a narrow circlet of gold which looks
like little more than guard for the
other rings on the finger. But that
isn't the point. What l want to en-
phasize is the fact that women who
were married years ago and whose
wedding rings are the old style, mas
sive affairs, are coming in every day to
have them altered TO conform to the
present style.
"Even elderly women with married
daughters of their own seem to have
little sentiment in the matter and have
their heavy bands shaved down to the
size required by the present fashion. "
Philadelphia Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17

A cellar or any other place where
mould or mildew appears on the walls
or in any part of the room is too damp
for the successful storing of fruit.
Brush it up, clean it thoroughly, give
il thorough ventilation, and ii it
cannot be made dryer by such treat
ment, warm it until dry, for, although
the fruit should be kept cool, it is bet
ter for it to be too warm for little
while than too damp all of the time.
One way of drying the air in cellar
is to place pan of unslacked lime, or
more than one il the cellar is verv
large or very damp, at such place
that it will absorb the moisture.
When the lime has Stacked by the
moisture, chance it and put in an
other. This will dry the air without
greatly raising the temperature. This
will destroy the moulds and other
fungus very quickly. 1t will also
sweeten the air, or destroy bad odors,
which some fruits will absorb very
quickly. Grapes that have been in
musty- smelling cellar will soon be-
come unfit to eat from this cause.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17

Ladies' cashmere golf gloves in
bright shades.
Graduated fringes in all colorings
with knotted headings.
Bath robes, house gowns and dress.
ing jackets in great variety.
Long and short coats of broadtail
fastened with large rhinestone but
tons.
Satin-trimmed coats for mems wear
in all plain colors and dark mix
lures.
Fur toques trimmed with pompons
or long plumes of tulle or chiffon and
flowers.
Large and small crystal pendants
in which violets and other flowers are
incased.
Newmarkets of double-faced cheviot
melton cloth or kersey, with fur
trimmings.
Evening wraps with hoods attached
of pink chiffon garnished with wide
cream lace.
Rich cream color laces having their
designs traced with small spangles OF
rhinestones.
Panne in white and various ligh,
shades, showing hand paintings, fol
evening wear.
Superb collections of ermine capes,
coats, collarettes and neck scarfs, with
muffs to match.
Bonbonnieres representing variou.
devices set with mock jewels or en-.
ameled designs.
Many fichus of net or liberty edged
with frills, showing rows of baby rib,
bon, fringe or lace.
Boxed waist lengths OF silk or satir
marked at one half the original price.
when sold by the yard.
Fur wraps of every variety with long
stole ends showing many heads aud
tails arranged singly or in cluster.
Many tastefully boxed dress pat.
terms including silk, wooden materials
and rich transparencies for evening
wear. Dry Goods Economist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17
Rare md Exanislte ShaMIs.

The Duchess of Northumberland
has a shawl eight yards square which
is 80 fine it can be folded into au or
dinary coffee cup. 1t is made of the
hair OF a species Of Persian cat, and
thousands Of the animals lost their
beautiful coats TO obtain the material
for this particular shawl. The spin
ming, weaving and fashioning of the
shawl required many years of labor.
The wool from which the Bokhara
shawls are made is cut from the breasts
OF the camels while the hair is fine
and growing. Great care is taken
that not hair shall be lost and it is
stored carefully until enough has been
accumulated to spin. The wool is ex-
quisite aud soft, the yarn spun from
it being dyed in the most beautiful
colors.
Lovely Chudda shawls are as fine as
those of the famous fairy godmother's.
and, like hers, they, too, can he drawn
through finger ring. Some people
buy them each year for undergar-
ments.
A coat which was owned by Louis
XIV was made entirely from cobwebs
and cost years OF deft labor.
A gown which was worn by Nine.
de Montesnap was made of spun gold.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17

The daintiest of aprons are shown
in the shops where frills are made q
science and fine art. They are made
of silk, of muslin and of boiling cloth,
and all are trimmed with velvet rib
bons, lace insertions and frills OF pale
hued silk or soft muslin. For the
woman who loves to preside over the
tea table, for the girl who is devotee
OF embroidery or fancy work, or for
the young woman who simply likes to
wear anything ostensibly useful, but
undeniably coquettish, becoming and
pretty, these aprons are things of
beauty and Joy as long they last. Very
pretty ones are of bright hued silk
with bordering frills of finely-pleated
silk headed with narrow bands of
black or colored velvet ribbon. The
pockets are always odd and orna-
mental. In some of the muslin aprons
the pockets are made of lace and
adorned by rosettes of looped bebe
ribbon or knots of crisp taffeta silk.
Velvet strings are French notion
and monogram embroidered on the
pockets is considered very chante-
claire-as they say in Paris.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17
Handsome Winter Skirts.

There seems every reason to hope
that common sense will be allowed to
prevail and that the grotesque tight
ress which has disfigured a great
many of the recent skirts will not be
allowed to play havoc with our winter
dresses. In the very nature of things,
the skirts are bound to be narrow and
tight fitting, but there is absolutely
no reason why we should submit to
wearing those ugly and ungraceful
skirts, in which it is difficult to walk,
except i'll the mincing gait peculiar to
China, and impossible to sit down
with any reasonable hope of ever be-
ing able to get up again.
Quite the newest gowns in Paris
and Vienna. although they are fire.
quently made with tunics and draped
double skirts, have none of them that
exaggerated tightness which prevailed
during the summer months, and there
are some really charming gowns in
fine cloth, which have been made
by very well known Paris modiste,
in which the skirts hang with quite
graceful amount of fullness from be-
low the hips.
One of these. for instance, is made
in nut brown cloth, very fine in tex
ture and light in weight. The under.
skirt is plain and fairly full, while
the tunic is cut in vandyke points
and edged quite simply with some six
or seven rows of fine stitching. The
upper part of this tunic, although it
fits the figure beautifully just below
the waist, has the indescribable full
ness and freedom which mark the
gown ut once with the chic distinction
Of novelty.
The coat bodice which is very
smartly trimmed in front with double
rows of tiny gold buttons, may also
be said to mark a new departure. In
place OF the jaunty little basques which
have been SO eminently characteristic ic
Of the smartest coats this season, the
Jacket in question has basquss which
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17
Dafences of Praiarin

The latest reports of the armament
Of the circle of forts defending Pre-
toria is that they are mounted with
"a and 26 centimetre guns besides q
number of guns OF smaller calibsr and
quick firing. The supply of projec-
tiles and explosives is said to be
ample for prolonged siege, and the
small arm ammunition that was laid
in before the war began amounted TO
5000, 900 cartridges.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17

are OF some seven or eight inches in
depth and which slope in front in a
downward direction.
Several stitched strappings OF cloth
arim the upper part Of this coat and
the sleeves, as well as the rounded
revers, while in front it shows, when
open, q very pretty under bodice Of
shocked and gathered surah in a soft
shade of green, which harmonizes to
perfection with the brown of the
cloth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17
November, right after the bees have

November, right after the bees have
had good fight, remove them to the
cellar, selecting the time toward even
ing. The bees should be handled as
gently as possible to keep them from
filling themselves with honey, for it
will be four or fve months before
they will have a cleansing flight. II
an even temperature, quietness, dark
ness and ventilation are secured, sue
cess is assured.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-17
FOR WOMANS BENEFIT. ;
Making Amnlets U.ernl.

One OF the uses of tho new fad for
smulets is to have the medallion fitted
with brooch pin and hook on the
back and wear it with the kimona, now
SO popular in the place OF wrappers,
tea gowns and other negligee gar
ments. The medallion is used to pin
the kimona together, leaving the neck
lace hanging loosely about the neck.