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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

The question has been discussed as
20 whether there is larger profit in
eggs in winter than in summer. It is
not denied that in winter prices are at
times very high. but it may happen
that but few of the hens are then lay
Ing, while the expense of maintaining
the non-layers adds to the cost of the
eggs. In the summer season eggs are
low, but ms the hens can then largely
sustain themselves the cost is reduced.
As the fowls forage and pick up many
articles of food that would be other
wise wasted, it Is really the case that
many farmers sell eggs in summer
that did not cost anything at all. An
other fact is that a larger proportion
of the hens lay in summer, and those
that are unproductive can be made
tat and sent TO market at less cost than
during any other season OF the year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28
More Afraid of Woman Than of Man.

The driver was beating his horse un-
mercifully. One or two men rcmon-
strated against such cruelty, but he
paid no attention to their appeals for
mercy. Presently a woman hove in
sight, and he laid down his whip and
assumed an air OF innocence.
"Thats always the way" said a by
stander. 1T Is queer how much more
afraid those fellows are of a woman
than they are of man.. They treat
our threats with contempt, ana seem
not to hold us in the slightest dread
but just let a woman happen along
and they quiet down and become meek
as putty. | suppose it is because the
women really mean business, for it is
fact that two-thirds of the COM
plants turned into the office of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty. to
Animals are furnished by them. This,
of course, is in accord with the repu-
tation of the sex for gentleness, but I
really don't think 1t speaks very well
for us men."--New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28
Relation of Salt TO Dairying.

Cows should be salted regularly, or,
better still, should have constant ac-
cess to salt.
The practice OF sailing them once
week is not good one, as most cattle
will lick a little salt every day IL they
can get it.
Thus provided they will yield more
and better milk than otherwise, and
will also maintain n better degree of
health.
AS salt provolles thirst, the milch an
imal should have as free access to
water as TO the saline mineral, or the
latter will do her more harm than
good.
Speaking OF salt leads me to say
that some failures in dairy butter
making l have noted came about by
sailing the cattle and the butter ont
of tbs same barrel.
In other words, coarse, insoluble
salt was used FOR the butter, when
only the highest and most refined
grade should be employed.
Salt that is not SOLUBLE will not per-
mcate the substance of butter evenly,
and thus rancidity may be induced.
Again, grains OF salt in butter always
detract from It's appearance, and are
inlmical to even flavor, from these
causes alone lowering its market value.
Let us say here that there are to-day
just as fine grades OF American dairy
salt produced as come from England.
American mich cattle fed on Amer
lean grass produce butter salted with
American salt that is the peer of any
on earth, and Is SO conceded in for
elgn markets.
one must utilize the best OF every
thing, thinking not that poor or cheap
material can be introduced with i'm
punity to future quality.
l knew dairyman once who, In q
spasm of economy 90 sought to save
fifty cents by purchasing a cheaper
grade of salt than was his wont, and
later lost on his shipment of butter
thereby 81.
1t was one of the most effective les
sons he could have been taught in
practical dairylng, exemplifying as it
did that cheap material always pro-
duces cheap quality. When 1t comes
to cheese making salt holds just as I'm
portant a position as In other dairy
lines, l. e.. that solubility and purity
are highly necessary.
The relation of salt, be 1t under
stood, to all phases Of dairying is a
highly important one. and because this
fact is 80 little appreciated accounts
for many dairy failures. L.
Newell. In American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28
ELSsss. It E-z:isz'E :s.,, \
ezaD6olEZ!gSfNs,

Mrs. Smith docking al haD-"But l
don't see any Closets Mr. Smith
"Why, my dear, every rooms c!oset.'
Town and Country.
"Jabez don't seem to get along, does
he?" mo, but | think he could make
farmin' pay IL he studied 1t as hard as
he does checkers. Puck.
II don't believe in parading my vlr-
tues" said Blythe. "No, | guess not"
retorted Biggs. ut takes several to
make rade."-Indianapolis News.
He ordered a saddle OF mutton,
The waiter brought it, of course;
Said he after trying to carve 1t,
"'Tis the saddle, no doubt, OF horse
Chicago News.
Sir Lucius O'Trlgger 49, The gintl'
man l have the honor to represent,
being near-sighted, insists on standing
three feet nearer his adversary than
his adversary to mixing.
Her cheeks were of rosy hue,
Her hair golden sheen,
Her ears were pink her eyes were blue,
And yet, despite all this, it's true,
With envy she was green.
Philadelphia Record.
Jimmy-"Say, wud yer like TO have
long curls like dat Van Tassel kld?'
Billy-"Not on yer life! Why, when
he come out of swlmmin' 1t would take
two hours for his hair to dry."-Chi-
cago News.
Nell-"Mr. Weston paid me quite n
,pli in,n nt
He told me ate like bird" Belle
"Well, he's a good judge. He runs an
ostrich farm, you know" - Philadel-
phia Record.
briggs must he getting queer in his
top story" whats the proof?' "He
had his bare head out of his office
window at noon yesterday, and when
/ asked him what he was doing, he
said he couldn't afford a regular hair.
cut and was trying SINCE ."-Cleye-
land Plaln-Dealer.
Johnny, here you are at breakfast
with your face unwashcd." IL know
1t, mamma. l saw the little things
that live in water through papa's mi.
Ni'NNoIt ldSt tNtiliilSs anu Ill HOt
going to have them crawlin' all over
my face with their funny little lcgsw
Modern Society.
Magistrate ~ ain told that you
have already been convicted fourteen
times on this same charge. Aren't
you ashamed to have to acknowledge
to that?" Prisoner-"No, Your Wor-
ship. l don't think no man oughter be
ashamed of lis convictions" Magls-
trate-"rwo months, without the op-
tion of a fine."-Pick-Me-Up
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

Investigations regarding the num-
ber and histories of persons suffering
from leprosy in this country are being
conducted by persons connected with
the surgeon generals Office a. Wash
Ington. These Investigations, It is
hoped, will furnish valuable statistics
and will open the way to learning the
best possible method for checking. the
spread of the loathsome disease. They
have awakened the interest Of hum
drds OF physicians in every State,
especially in Louisiana and some west
srn States, where the disease has
spread rapidly in recent years.
The results Of the Investigations
have SO far revealed that there are six
cases in New York. six in Chicago and
nearly 100 in New Orleans. Most Of the
persons reported to be suffering from
leprosy were born in foreign coun-
tries. In the southern States the ma
jority of the victims are Italians, and
in the western States Swedes. 1t is
estimated that there are 1000 lepers
in the United States, exclusive, Of
course, Of the Hawaiian victims.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

The necessity for irrigation by gov
ernment is thus emphasized by Pro-
fessor Wiley, of the United States agri-
cultural department: ut is evident
that all the lands suitable for agri-
culture in the United States have been
taken up. Hence, the increase in agri-
cultural production will no longer be
secured. as heretofore, by extending
the area under cultivation. The only
extension of this kind, of any consider
able magnitude, which the future gives
promise of, is in the reclamation of the
arid lands of our country. When, by
the best engineering skill, all the
available water of the arid regions is
placed under tribute and conducted
over the areas where it can be profit
ably employed, we may see many mil
lions of acres of very fertile soils added
to the areas now available for agricul-
tural purposes"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28
orro AND THE AUTO.

rr;s s,r,,co bovi fashion makes us change
W. ,.nd .nd 1pjee;Ii to s;ic tbe tireless stecd but
now, the deedless tire.
antique. .. =,
But the thing was autocrauc'
AS well as Automatic, I, ,,
And the auto wouidh au'o 10 'Ns"'
to, so to speak.
lie thought to get an autooperator ior 'he
And first he tried circus man and then
he tried Turk, -. es,..
For he knew the circus man droNe hity
horses with success
And il a man be shltty
Enough TO manage iifty.
It's paipable enough he ought TO man
age one horse-less.
As for the Turk, It's also plain, deny 1t IT
you can, -,
He ought TO run an auto, since Idrli
an Ottoman. A.,
Twas all no use. so Otto moVeu 10 Aia'
bama, purely,
That he might say: "Tm Otto,
From Mobile, and my motto; .-..-
"a Mobile Otto ought to run an au.omo-
bile surely"
Then Otto sought to auto on the au.o as
he ought to.
But the auto sought to auto as Otto never
thought to-
So Otto he got hot, oh, very hotl as he
ought not TO.
And Otto said: This auto ought to auto
and it's got to"
And Otto fought the auto, and the auto
it fought Otto.
Till the auto also got too hot to auto as
II ought to,
And then, great Scott the auto shot to
heaven-so did Otto
Where Otto's auto autos now as Otto's
auto ought to-
Edmund Vance Cooke, in the Smart Set.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28
The InInnced Entinns.

If silage is cheaper than dried corn
and cheaper and better than roots; IL
clover, soy beans and the peas and all
the other possible leguminous crops
are as valuable sources of protein as
the by-products of the mills and trusts,
and they will balance the ration to
the fullest requirements of the good
COW, and do 1t more cheaply than the
feeds of commerce, then why should
they not grow on all our farms? Then
the balancing may be done at home.
Pasturage is here, and 1t is well to
maintain our balance. The COW is in
business for life. If you starved or
neglected her last winter your good
green grass OF this spring is being
charged back to the winters unbal-
ance. And the springs abundance of
verdure should not delude us into any
unbusinesslike relaxation of our solicl-
tude and provision for the time when
the grasses fail and the flies increase
and multiply. We may reflect now
when our cows are enjoying the full
ness OF the spring that each one Is eat
Ing about 100 pounds of grass, and
that 1t is a well balanced ration; that
1t has about the same food constitu-
ents as 100 pounds of milk. This Is
only so when the grass is at its per-
fection; as 1t grows older 1t loses its
palatability as well as its solubility,
and the balance is lost. The cow Sc
cures less than she had IN perfect pas
ture grass. a decline In production is
inevitable In spite of all the drafts she
makes upon her reserve forces In her
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

Statistics published by the telephone
companies show that more than 1900
farmers within n radius of 80 miles of
the city limits of Chicago have tele-
phones in their homes. This, includes
only telephones in connection with
regular exchanges, connecting with the
country seats and other towns, and all
can be reached from Chicago. Be
sides this showing there are numerous
country people who own their own
telephones on private lines with neigh
bors.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28
Renntifying the Farm Home.

Farm life is too often devoid of con-
veniences and small attractions which
are inexpensive, and which add so
greatly to the comfort Of those who
practically spend their lives within
the confines of the home acre. There
is less Of the higher civilization in
farm life than is compatible with the
ability of the occupants to obtain
There are dozen and one things that
might be added to farm homes which
would enable one to enjoy in its full
ness the comfort and freedom of our
surroundings.
The average farmhouse has at the
rear. or side, from the kitchen what
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

may he called stoop or porch, though
usually consisting of a step or two
leading from the door to the ground.
The illustration shows how simple,
inexpensive and shady porch may be
made. If It is considered too expen-
slve to have this structure permanent
with regulation battened or shingled
roof, the framework only need be
erected using for the roof a few yards
Of protecting cloth, such as is used for
hotbeds. BY stretching this tight and
at about the same pitch as shown in
the illustration It will shed water per-
fectly. A broad bench is placed Mt
one end of this porch and a roomy
table Mt the other. Vines may be
planted in the rich soil at either end
of the porch and trained on cords or
narrow wire netting up over the roof,
to provide additional shade. If the
structure is made permanent, hardy
vines - the honeysuckles, Virginia
creeper, akebia and clematis-may be
planted on one side and n climbing
rose on the other. The first season
climbing ANIMALS may be used to se-
cure quick shade, using morning glory,
climbing nasturtiums and the like.
The good housewife will assuredly ap-
preciate such convenience, which
will enable her to do much of her work
in the fresh, cool air, instead of in the
hot kitchen. The broad seat will be
useful when vegetables are to be pre-
pared or other work done which may
be performed sitting. Such covered
porch is inexpensive, and may be made
by any one handy with tools.-New
York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

Among the Arabs of Upper Egypt th,
youth who proposes to a girl mus
submit to q whipping at the hands o
her male relatives; and, says a nara
tor, "if he wishes to be considere,
worth having, he must receive tn
chastisement, which is sometimes ex
ceedingly severe, with an expression
of enjoyment" Notwithstanding. 1t 1
the maiden herself who imposes tn
test. The Sakalava girls of Madagas
car make their lovers stand at sl1
distance from a clever spear-thr
and catch between the arm and
every spear thrown at them. If
youth displays fear or fails to {
the spear, he is ignomiliously reje
but II there be no fl aching and
spears are caught he is at once
claimed an accepted lover"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28
Keep the Hay in the Barn.

A large proportion of the hay and
fodder produced on farms is stacked,
but hay stored in the barn will keep
In much better condition than when
stored in stacks. 1t is almost impos-
sible to escape loss when 1t is exposed
In stacks. Damaged hay will be
wasted by the animals, and there is
an additional loss in quality by expos
ure that may not occur in the now
1t is better to sell the hay that cannot
be stored in the NOW than to accept
risk OF the weather. 49,. ,.tts.......' -
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

This premonition Of evil strove to
throw of with an affectation of gayety.
feigned astonishment that anybody
should charge the cooking schools
with never having really taught us
anything.
why" protested l, there is now
none, daresay who does not know
he has q stomach"
Truly" cried the woman, my wife,
"And of course it was not until they
had the people thus well grounded in
the rudiments that the cooking schools
could proceed to teach what was at
all transcendental!" l!"-Detroit Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

An influential movement has been
started in Italy with the object of
bringing about prison reform. The
punishment of solitary confinement
has existed in Italy for ten years. and
the general opinion is that 1t is in
tinitely worse than death. official fig
ures show that of every hundred con-
yicts so punished II commit suicide
and 10 go mad. Previous to the aboli-
tion of capital punishment only 22 of
every 100 murderers condemned were
actually executed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

efforts TO sustain the balance, for the
good COW loves her master.
have seen cows penned in dusty
pasture working away at the grass
roots, when just over the fence waved
and futtered rich green corn, fifteen
tons to the acre, all waiting TO get ripe
and dry to be fed to the cows the next
winter for them to balance up on, and
the owner thereof have mo stock" in
a balanced ration and no balanced ra-
tion In his stock. Surely feed de-
ferred maketh the milk fail.-w. Il.
McSparran, In National Stockman. /
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28
Wealth and Bachelorhood.

The better off the men are the more
unwilling they are to marry. The prin-
oipal men before the public now are
Cecil Rhodes. Lord Kitchener and Mr..
Arthur Balfour-all mature bachelors
OF large means. The inelasticity OF the
marriage laws makes educated men
calculate the odds against a reason
ably comfortable life In the married
state. They have only to study their
married neighbors to see the odds are
greatly against it.-London Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28
John Chinaman Chtching On.

About a year ago the Hawaiian
ernment attempted to burn up
plague-infected buildings, and !
doing set fire to local Chinatown,
sowing the seed of crop Of q
now ready for harvesting. A nj
and a half was appropriated to-
them. but they have already ex
IS 1000, 900, and are still coming
is a new role for JOHN Chlnar
appear in, but as a debutant IT
TO be denied that he shows conSl
BILE talent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

Thrift has become worldwide
habit. All within the last century at
the beginning whereof savings banks
were unknown, all the nations have
become inoculated with Ben Franklins
gospel of economy, and today very
nearly s9.000,000000 are written on the
savings bank books of Europe and
America. Examining the details of
this vast total of world-thrift, as re-
ported by the Swiss Journal of Sta
tistics, the fact appears that while the
American people lead the world in the
total amount of their savings bank de-
posits-$2. 500. 900, 900, roundly stated
yet Germany, France and Great Britain
all lead us in the number of their de-
positors. Eight in every 100 Amer
leans have savings bank accounts, but
26 in every 100 Germans, 25 in every
100 Frenchmen and 22 in every 100
Britishers have them. Quite signifi-
cant is the fact that little Switzerland
leads all Europe in the general thrift
of her simple, Industrious, republican
people. nearly AZ in every 100 of whom
have money in the savings banks, and
the average amount due to them is
e14S to each, which is much higher
than the average due to the British.
German or French depositor.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28
Thousands to Win n $50 Gun,

Yachting is the most expensive sport
in the world. 1t costs more to win
mug offered for yacht race than to
carry OFF prize offered for compe-
tition in any other sport. Yachtsmen
will spend thousands of dollars, and
take endless trouble, to win u $50 cup.
No heavy stakes are raced for In
yachting, and In this country the most
successful yacht of the year will fall
a long way s hort Of winning enough
to pay her ex penses.-Munsey's Maga.
zine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

Every device invented for the pro-
lection of human lie is welcomed by
humanity, ana the inventors have, or
at least should be given, a high place
upon the roll of honor. The latest in
vention in this line is named the top
ophone," and is intended for the pre-
vention of collisions at sea. The top
ophone registers even slight sounds far
outside the range of the human ear,
and by enabling fog horns to be heard
at immense distances, will greatly
minimize existing risks in thick
weather.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

yard. If the horse stalls are adjacent
to the side door, the horse manure can
be thrown out into this open shed for
the hens to scratch over, little grain
being thrown into 1t. The barnyard
fence can be made fowl-tight as well
as cow-tight, thus obviating the neces-
slty for a separate poultry yard.-New
England Homestead
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28
uentary.

The medical crusade against the
mosquito is marching on to the ex-
termination of the house fly. At pres
ent mankind is fortified behind screens
and nettings against the attacks of
both these enemies. Offensive meas
ures against the small Macbeth have
only Just begun, but every movement
against the one involves the destruc-
tion of the other
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28
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! FARM and GARDEN.
SNN'NNMNNNWNMS1
CIean the Roadside of weed..

1t is perhaps not the business of the
farmer to keep the roadside clean by
cutting down the weeds that grow on
such places, but, as the seeds of weeds
are carried to long distances by the
winds, the farmer who keeps the road
side clear of weeds will have fewer
weeds on his farm.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

Prof. Du Bois reports that one-hali
of the 1872 college-brcd negroes heard
from at this years Atlanta University
Conference are engaged in teaching;
one-sixth are preaching, and one-sixtb
are professional men," or are still
studying. Six per cent are merchants.
artisans or farmers. -Four per cent are
employed by the government.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

Berlin street boys will learn better
manners IL many suffer the fate of
two lads who upset bust of the kaiser
and then made scurrilous remarks
about II. Though the oldest was only
16, they were sent to Jail for a month.
The emperor's sense of humor is rudi-
mentary. ... ... .....
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

The eye of an educated person is
about the hardest worked member of
the body, as it travels over an average
of 2500 miles of printed matter in
lifetime. However, the pleasure given
the mind is a quid pro quo for the
work performed by the eye.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28
HAe-Y.

Tho river carvcs channel to the sea.
The channel holds the river in its way.
So Habit carvcs the course of Destiny.
We are tomorrow what we will todayi
-IIarpcr's Bazaar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

The sultan OF Turkey has settled
that little claim of $4,000, but he does
not wish his action in our Gaze to be
accepted as n precedent bg other
nations.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28
Barn Shed and PouItrv rto,so

The cut shows an addition to the
side of barn covering side door
and affording house for poultry and
an open shed for the poultry to scratch
In during the winter. 1t affords n
chance also for cows to find protection
during showers on summer nights
when they are confined in the stable
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

At least half dozen scientists are
now carefully studying snails. The
reason. according TO one of them, is
because these little animals are ex-
traordnalily sympathetic and intelll-
gent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

OF Spain's surface only thirty,seven
per cent. is cultivated. twenty-sI per
cent being pa sture and forest, ahd the
rest wild and barren mountain land.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

In many of the perfume factories
Of South Europe only the purest olive
oil is used in liking The perfumes of
flowers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-08-28

Inoculation has lowered fatal cases
In cholera from ten to two per cant