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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13
Directions For Testing Eggs.

The National Rural gives directions
for testing the freshness OF eggs. Take
deep dish aud partly fill with water,
then place the eggs in the water few
at time, giving them room enough
to turn. If they are fresh they will
lie quietly on the side. If they are a
week old, they will turn to stand on
the small end, and the older they are
the higher they will stand up, because
the air space in the large end grows
larger as it grows older, by the evapo-
ration OF the moisture in it. This may
prove of assistance in selecting
eggs for cooking, and also for setting,
II they have not been chilled at any
time. The fresh eggs will hatch bet.
ter and result in stronger chickens
than an old egg. 1t does not, OF
course, tell whether the egg is fertile
or not, and this can be ascertained by
examination after they have been un.
der the hen or in the incubator week
or ten days. A tester for this pur-
pose may be easily made by taking a
pasteboard box such as dealers give
with a pair of shoes, and cut holes
through bottom and top at one end,
large enough to put lamp chimney
through. Then hole in the other
end large enough to admit about hall
the egg, small end foremost. Lcok
through the egg at the light, and if in.
fertile at the end of ten days it will be
clear. II fertile little blood veins can
be seen radiating out from the centre.
II entirely dark it has added, perhaps
from having been chilled.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13

Commissioner, Sheriff, and in fact
almost every prominent civic Office
excepting that of Coroner-has its
counterpart in this Junior Republic.
There is even an officer detailed in
the early fall to compel lazy truants
to attend school. The representative
form of government, however, was
found to be too unwieldly for so small
a Republic, and at the suggestion of
one of the boys town meeting was
substituted for Congress as the law
making body.
There are two political parties in
the Republic, the "G. G.. p" or Good
Government Party and the 90. o.
p, or Grand Old Party. Hot are
the contests waged.
"Woman Suffrage" prevails at the
Republic, since to refuse them the
ballot would mean taxation without
representation.
A heavy fine was imposed on cigar
ette smoking, but nevertheless some
would often steal away beyond the po-
liceman's beat, and indulge in this
habit. Consequently an amendment
was passed which made citizen liable
to arrest and punishment il even the
smell of smoke could be detected in
his breath. The penalty is fine Of
from one dollar to three dollars, or
from one to three days in the work.
house.
Gambling of any sort receives no
quarter from the officials. The first
boy caught shooting craps" was no
less parsonage than member of the
Senate of the Republic; and even
though he pleaded gully, the Judge
fined him twenty-five dollars. He re-
fused to pay. He lost not only his
seat in the Senate but also his rights
of citizenship. and he was obliged to
don the ignominious striped suit of a
convict and break stone at five cents
an hour. One night Mr.. George him
self was passing his prison cell and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13

supposed to work and earn enough
money to pay for his board and
clothes. There are two adult head
farmers, as we'll as carpenter and a
housekeeper. who superintend the
work; but the boys themselves take
contracts for running the hotels,
making roads, laying drains, farming,
building, etc. These contractors hire
laborers at wages ranging from fifty
cents to S1.50 per day, according to
the skill of the workman. The girls
are employed at household duties,
and tho minors usually help their
guardians. Wages are paid once a
week, and no favors are shown to
those workmen or Government Off
cials who recklessly spend their earn
ings the first few days of the week.
A coarse diet and hard bed are the
lot of spendthrifts and loafers.
AT first very lenient pauper laws
were passed. Paupers were fed at
the expense of the State, although in
humiliating manner at second
table from which the cloth and other
''luxuries" had been removed, and
where portions were served like prison
rations. But some boys had but lit
tie self-respect, and preferred to idle
away their time and be dependent up
on the charity of the Republic. Hav-
ing no income or property they were
practically tax free, and it was not
long before the industrious taxpayers
began to realize the expense which
idlers entailed ON the State. Finally
a Senator, whose own parents at home
were wholly dependent upon city
charity, submitted bill to the Legis.
lature to the effect that those "who
would not work should not eat" The
poor but dishonest we're thus deprived
of support. At the same time. those
who through illness are unable to
work are provided with free meal
tickets. s.---The Wide World Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13

store; the Government building, in
-cluding courthouse, Jail, Capitol and
postoffice; a girls Jail; hospital; a
barn; a laundry and bath-house; q
carpenter and machine shop. Money
for q chapel has also recently been
given. The land is good farming, and
fine crops of hay, grain and vegetables
jAre raised every year. Horses, cows,
pigs, etc., are also kept to advantage.
This little Republic is go, ernment
of the children for the children and
lby the children. The citizens are
boys and girls from twelve to eighteen
Sof age. Those under. twelve are
minors. and must have guardians ap-
pointed by the State from the older
citizens. Many OF these guardians
have shown themselves to be wise.
tactful and loving caretakers of the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13

scsndants of her father in many parts
OF the country will be set at rest.
At ~ o'clock large crowd had
gathered at the resting place OF the
famous woman. The exercises were
opened with prayer by DIR. Arthur
Gaylord Slocum, President OF Kala-
mazoo College. The yelling was re-
moved from the shaft by Victoria and
Mabel Bondy, great-granddaughters
Of Frances Slocum. Then followed
an address by Charles f. Slocum, OF
Defiance. Ohio, and speeches by early
settlers of Indiana and other citizens
interested in the strange and pathetic
story Of the white woman who be-
came socially lost to her people by
contact with the American Indians.
Frances Slocum was carried away
from the home Of her parents in what
is now Wabash County, Indiana, in
177S. She was child OF five years
at that time. In spite of almost
superhuman efforts made by her
family nothing was learned OF her fate
until 1885, when she was found living
with the Miamis near Peru. She had
become the wife of q chief and had
lost all traces of her English origin
save in complexion and features.
When it was proposed that she re-
turn to her people she fatty refused
to do so. She had forgotten her child
hood, her language and her race, and
remained with the Indians almost to
the day of her death in 1847. For
several years members of the Slocum
family have been active in raising
funds for the monument which has
just been unveiled.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13
Rearing the Queen Bee.

II is claimed that a good queen
cannot be raised excepting when there
is good honey flow, and that bees
will not try to raise one at any other
time unless they lose their queen,
when they will try to raise another.
The best queens are those reared
about the swarming time. Then the
beekeeper should save the queen cells
from his best colonies, those that are
good honey producers and not
vicious when handled, and either give
them bees and brood to start new
colony or put them into colonies whose
queens are not working satisfactorily,
first removing the poor queen. At
tention to getting good queens may
make great difference in the produc-
tiveness OF the colony. Many queens
are not prolific Of eggs, laying but
few hundred q day, which does not
keep the number Of bees in the colony
large enough to store much surplus
honey. Destroy such ones as soon as
a good young queen can be obtained
from strong colony, as, her mother
having been prolific, she may very
probably inherit the same trait. In
doing this, try also to add some brood
from strong colony, that when she
begins to lay there may be enough
nurse bees to care for her brood. II
she should lay 1900 eggs a day, and
young queens seldom exceed that the
first season, it will take lots of bees to
care for the larve until they are able
to work.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13

are carefully weighed; evidence is
called for in the proper order, and
most heart-stirring appeals are made
to the jury. Only one case of bribery
has ever been discovered, and on that
occasion the guilty official was i'm
mediately deposed, and suffered dis
grace as well as legal penalties.
But the citizens of the Republic
spend comparatively small part of
their time making laws and breaking
them. Each must be at work earning
his or her own living. Bear in mind
that the motto of the Republic is,
"Nothing without labor" and this
motto is strictly adhered to, except
in case Of sickness. Every citizen is
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13
Carries Water From the Well.

The labor of carrying pals of water
from the we'll to the house day after
day soon becomes monotonous and
tiresome, and as the work generally
falls on the women OF the household,
anything.which will tighten the labor
will be duly appreciated. Henry W.
Hairless, of Good Hope, No., has
evolved an apparatus by means of
which it is possible to send the pals
to the well, fill them and return them
to the house without doing any heavy
lifting, the operator simply standing
at the house and turning a crank.
The buckets arc suspended on the
ends of the ropes, which are wound
on the drum, the latter being sup
ported by carriage riding on the
cable. The turning of a crank slides
the carriage along the cable to the
spring, where the toothed wheel en-
cages cog wheel on the drum to
lower the buckets into the we'll and
fill them. Then the motion of the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13

Take away the calves when three
days old, and put them into a stable
by themselves and feed them with
Cruel of one-third barley, two-thirds
oats ground together very fine, sitting
the mixture. Each calf is to receive one
quart of Cruel morning and evening.
to be made in the following manner:
To one quart of the flour add twelve
quarts water, boil the mixture half an
hour, let it stand until milk-warn.
In ten days tie up bundle of soft
hay in the middle of the stable, which
they will eat by degrees. A little Of
the -four put into small trou gh for
them occasionally to lick is of service
Feed them thus till they are two
months old, increasing the quantity.
Three bushels Of the above mixture
will raise six calves. s.--Mrs. II. n.
Porter, in New England Homestead.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13
MONUMENT TO FRANCES sLocuM.

Coininenoratcs the "whits Rose Of tho
Miamis" Who Was Stolen by Indians.
With impressive ceremonies aud
eloquent oratory the monument over
the grave of Frances Slocum was nm
yelled recently in the cemetery OF the
little village Of Peoria, near Wabash,
Ind. BY this memorial the story OF
the "White Rose Of the Miamis" will
be presented in imperishable bronze
and the minds OF the numerous de-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13
Inadniiasible.

Bobbs = "They wouldn't accept
hearsay evidence at the trial of that
deaf-mute burglar who was accused oi
saving into Nobb's house."
Dobbs-"I suppose they limited il
to see-saw evidence. = Baltimore
American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13
The siamming-Door Habit.

Every mother probably admits to
herself that she had the greatest CON-
fort with her children previous to the
time they learned to slam doors like
their father. Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13

crank is reversed and the pals are
lifted, the drum being automatically
locked when the pals are at the right
height. Then the carriage travels
back to the house. The cable can be
SO placed as to incline slightly toward
the house, which will allow the car
riage to return of its own accord, the
speed being regulated by brake on
the crank shaft.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13

spoke to the boy, advising him to pay
up and get out Of prison. mo, I
won't do it," the boy answered; and
tten. with the steady wit of the street
urchin, he added: II guess I'll take
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13
The BOY who is saved.

The small boy whose grandmothers
are both dead stands pretty good
chance Of not being spoiled.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13

France has more persons over sixty
years OF age than any other country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-13

little ones intrasted to their charge.
When the minors cannot fully support
themselves their guardians must look
ont for them, so that the State is not
encumbered With their support. The
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-01
The New Clip.

parks proper, including all the plant ing, the renovation of woodlands and the construction of the much needed sanitary buildings. The completion of thee playgrounds might be left for the future, but it seems important and de- sirable to finish the parks now, rather than by false economy to break up the construction plant and discharge care fully trained assistants and laborers.
 The estimates of the department do not cover the cost of completing the strandway in South Boston, which Is provided for under the loan for Colum- bia road, nor the final and complete de- velopment of the West Roxbury park way. They do not provide for the con struction of the new Bussey street ar ranged for in the contract of the city with Harvard college, as this can be delayed until there is greater necessity than at present for traffic road at a safe grade connecting Center and South streets across the Arberetum and be- tween Roslindale and Forest Hills Boston Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-01
Local Weather Report.
Ertef Mention.
High water at midnight.

Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros.
 McClure's magazine for February, a very fine number. at T. H. Pease & Sons.
 Munsey's for February at MacGil- vrays; also the Self Culture magazine for February.
 William Gay is stopping for time J., and writes that he is enjoying tie respite from business cares He makes the stay there for the improvement of his health, which has been run down owing to too close attention to his book business and other interests.
 At the request of Briagdier General Frost who is the president the date for the reconvening of the examining board of the state militia has been post poned until to-day The meeting will be held siffS.New Haven and Colonel Hendrie of Stamford and Lieutenant Flannagan of Bridgeport will be given pHf1other opportunity of passing their ex- aminations.
 The Rev. George Foster Prentiss, formerly pastor of the West End Con- gregational church, Bridgeport and now pastor of Davenport church, this city, will be present at the supper and conference of the Sunday school work CTS of Fairfield district in Bridgeport to- morrow evening at the South church. He will deliver an address upon the fsAppeal of the Child.'' The Rev. Asher Anderson of Meriden was to have spoken, but illness has made a southern trip necessary for him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-01
RECEPTION AT THE Y. M. c. A.

By Young Peoples Society of West
 Haven and Howard Avenue Congre-
 gational Churches. .
 The young peoples societies of the West Haven Congregational church and the Howard avenue Congregational church, held reception at the Y. M. c. A. parlors last night to members of the association and their friends. An exceedingly pleasant evening was spent, The Y, M. c. A. orchestra was present and furnished music. Charles Mcclellan, who is chairman of the Y. M. c. A. reception committee, and pres ident of the Young Peoples society of the West Haven Congregational church, was the master spirit of the occasion.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-01
WOMEN AND ASTRONOMY.

Aglaonice, a Greek of Thessaly, was the first woman in historical times noted for her astronomical knowledge,
 and the first who was able to predict
 eclipses, which last fact, it is not sur
 prising to learn, earned for her the reputation of sorceress. But astrono- my in the early ages had also martyr, and thie was when the letters and sci ences were fiourishing Greece and Egypt. The beautiful Hypatia, daugh- ter of Theon of Alexandria, studied in the schools of Athens, and on her re- turn to her native town this distingui- shed woman became of the object of much admiration. In the Alexandrian bra, astronomy, and philosophy to throngs of pupils, attracted by the sim gular beauty of the woman, whose tal- ent in elocution was equal to her know ledge. History tells us of the tragedy which ensued when Cyril, the proud and headstrong Bishop of Alexandria, came into conflict with the Prefect of the city, who was devoted both to philoso- phy and astronomy. One day in Lent, in the year 415, a savage crowd, com posed of the adherents of Cyril, met Hypatia riding in her chariot. The mob tore her from her seat, and dragging her to the high altar of the imperial church, stripped her and scraped her to death with oyster shells. Her death did not even satisfy the fanatics, for they cut the body into pieces and paraded the streets with the fragments of the beautiful martyr to Christian bigotry.
 As for the East, the advent of Mo- hammed and the triumph of the Cres- cent made it worse for women of intel lectual calibre than even in medieval Europe for if the members Of the Coun- cil of Trent were ungallant enough to argue seriously-albeit with an affiirma- tive result--whether or no woman has soul, the followers of the Prophet re- legated their women to the strict pri- vacy of harem life, which effectually precludes the study of any science Moreover Mohammed assigns a very inferior place to women in the other world. And so we find great gap from the day when Hypatia was mar tyred by the rabble of Alexandriaa gap extending through the centuries of the Middle Ages, until we read of Partisan woman, Jeanne Ounce Q6S0T writing learnedly and clearly on the system of Copernicus, with regard to the motion of the earth--a system of which it has been truly said "It took the thinking world as long to under stand as it took Copernicus to discover" The Englishwoman.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-01
SACRED HEART GUILD.
Enjoyable Entertainment Under it's
 Auspicea Last EYening |

Enjoyable Entertainment Under it's
 Auspices Last Evening.
 The entertainment given by the La dies Guild of the Church of the Sacred Heart in the school hall last evening proved the most enjoyable Of the many excellent ones which have been given under the same auspices. The enter tainment was for the benefit of the rarish fund, and judging by the large attendance this will be materially in creased in consequence. The pro- gramme as rendered follows: Selection, orchestra; solo, Edward Tanning; Comedy of errors, Miss Nellie Kenne- dy, Miss Emma. Stanford, Miss Anna Keenan, James Stanford accompanist; bone solo, Thomas McAveeney; sopra- no solo, Miss Rose Smith; reading, Miss Nellie Boucher; tenor solo, Charles Weiser: cake walk, by Miss Emma Grady, Miss Alice Garvey, George Grady and James Manley.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-01
BOSTON'S PUBLIC PARKS.
 The parks are nearly completed. The

The parks are nearly completed. The roads are finished. All necessary walks are finished, with the exception of a few short stretches in Franklin park. The boundaries of the parks where these are highways have been protected everywhere by handsome and substan- tial stone walls, which protect the parks from intrusion except by established entrances, and make it possible to fur ther protect their boundaries by border plantations inside the walls, give dig nified appearance to those outside the parks and the desired seclusion to those within. All the bridges and all needed stables and other expensive adm1nis- trative buildings are finished or in pro cess of being finished. The principal work still to be completed is the plant ing and the erection of number of much needed sanitary buildings. For the planting large preparations have already been made, and most of it will be completed during the spring of 1900.
 To speak of the parks in detail, the Back Bay fens are finished, except some much-needed renovation of exist ing plantations, proper sanitary build ing, and the work now in part contract ed for, north of Beacon street on Charles river. The riverway, with it's numerous bridges, is finished. Leverett park needs a sanitary building and a small administrative yard, and planting in the neighborhood of Wards pond. Jamaica park, with the headquarters administrative building, is all finished except the planting along the borders of Jamaica pond and at Pine Bank.
 All the work in the Arnold arboretum made necessary by the contract of the city with Harvard college, including the walks and drives on the Peters hill eX- tension, and all necessary boundary walls, has been completed. A sanitary building is needed for the use of the public in the arboretun, and some work on a drainage sewer.
 All the heavy and expensive work in Franklin park is finished It needs san- itary buildings. building for those who use the popular golf links, and a great deal of planting. Much attention has already been devoted to the doods in Franklin park. These have been thinned, to the great advantage of the uudergrowth, and many old trees have been improved by skilful pruning. At some points the woods have been fur ther improved hv top dressing of soil. Other parts of the park woodland should be treated in the same way.
 The South Boston park is practically finished, and so rare are the parks at the North end East Boston and Charlestown and the Charlesbank park on Charles street.
 Our estimate of s1,5O0,00O for com- pleting the parks made three years ago, covered the final development of all the playgrounds at that time in the control of the department A good deal of work has been done on these play grounds, and they are now in condition for use To finish them all according to the plans which have been adopted will require two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, while two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is needed to finish the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-01
GRAYS' MINISTRIES

Preparing for Their Annual Entertain
 ment.
 After their regular weekly drill and meeting last evening the Grays took ac- tive steps towards the formation of a minstrel troupe in preparation for their annual entertainment this year. Near ly forty members of the company were tried preliminary to the weeding-out process and judging by their perform Rnce the troupe this year will be fully up to the standard of excellence set by It's predecessors.
 The show this year will probably be held in the Hyperion, as usual. The date has not yet been set, but it will be some time in April.