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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

His royal highness. Maha Vajari-
vudh, the crown prince of Siam, was
born January /, 1881, and on the death
Of his brother was proclaimed sue
cessor and crown prince January 16,
1895, He has been in England since
1894, and during his eight years has
been engaged In study, first under a
private master. later at Sandhurst
college and later still at Oxford uni
versity. During his stay at Sandhurst
college, which he left at the breaking
out of the South African war, he pur-
sued his military studies with so good
results that he holds the rank Of first
lieutenant in the army. He developed
decided taste for history during his
stay at Oxford. and has written a lit.
tie volume on The War of the Polish
Succession" which has been very IA
vorably mentioned. says the Indepen-
dent. He is handsome. well-balanced
thoughtful young man, accepting these
attentions with dignity that becomes
his station and with no attempt al
display. Indeed, he is taking this en-
tire journey quite as seriously as he
did his years at college, and the uni
versity, and pursues 1t as part OF
his preparation for life. He is an ex-
cellent English scholar, has pretty
manner in speaking. and has been very
happy OF expression in the responses
he has made before numerous boards
Of trade and other assemblies.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
HUMOROUS.

Didn't you hear the doorbell. Bridg
et?" Yes. num-" well, why didn't
you answer it?" Il did answer It; I
said %, fudge' mum"
They say young Waller is going
away to cultivate his voice" He
ought to use a harrow to cultivate It.
ut is narrowing enough already"
Magazine Editor--We don't want
any dialect stories. Author--This isn't
q dialect story. It's a story of society
in which the people talk up-to-date
slang
Wigg-I see the automobile Is to
be introduced into modern warfare
Wagg-What's the matter? Isn't the
gatling gun considered deadly
enough?
Aunt--Arthur. how does II happen
that Willie Jones is promoted at school
so much oftener than you other boys
are? Arthur-"Huh. His fathers a
promoters
Young man." said the stern parent,
do you know my daughter is a. chauf.
feuse?" "Yes. sir" faltcred the suitor.
well, do you think you can keep her
in fines ani gasoline?"
Life is full of contraries." philo-
sophically remarked the landlady.
Yes" said the grumpy boarJer; "for
instance, we have the butter strong
and the coffee weak"
81 fill the public ear" boasted the
pompous orator THAT so?" said the
little man; "well, have brother who
is a dentist" What of that, sir?"
why, he fills the public's teeth"
Nell-He told me was the only
girl he ever loved. Belle-And he ex.
pected you to believe it? Nell-Of
course. And he really did act like q
beginner, to get off that old chestnut.
He-I have proposed to at least four
Philadelphia girls in my life, and each
of them has said she would be sister
to me. She-That accounts for their
calling Philadelphia the City of Broth.
erly Love"
Hoax--I saw the doctor at your
house yesterday. Some trouble with
the baby? Joax--Just little finan
cial trouble. Hoax-Financial trouble
OF the babys? Joax-Yes; he swal
lowed a penny.
After ALL said the first physician,
death is a mystery. We know nothing
about it." "Well." replied the other
there's one thing I've discovered
about it," Whats that?" THAT it's
invariably fatal
you gave that peeler a lot of wrong
clews. What did you do 1t for?" asked
Bill de Burglar. you didn't have moth
ing to gain by it,"'I know It." said
Muggsy de Crook. IT'S heap O. sat
isfaction to outlie a detective"
Harris-When I meet Flanders he
generally has something to say about
the virtues Of his first wife, and my
wife says Mrs. Flanders is always
talking about her first husbands good
points. Damon-So they both have
been married before? Harris-Yes
What a pity that first husband and
that first wife couldn't have married
one another. They'd make an idea
couple.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
GOOD RHYMES GONE WRONG.

When the English tongue we speak
Why Is "brcak" not rhymcd with "frenk?'
Will you tell mo why it's true
We say "scw" but likewise few;
And the matter OF n verse
Cannot cap his 'horse" with "worse2"
Beard" sounds not the same as heard;
cord" Is different from word;
"Cow" Il COW. but "low" Is low;
"Shoo" is mover rhymed with foe"
Think OF chose" and dose" and close;
And OF "goosc"-and yet OF "choose."
Think OF comb" and tomb" and bomb
"Doll" and "roll'; and "home" pnd "some.'
And since pay is rhymed with say"
Why not paid" with "said,p prayp
We have "blood" and flood" and good;
..Mould' is not pronounced like could"
Wherefore done" but 'gono" and ''lonep''
Is there any reason known?
And, In short, It seems to me
Sound and letters disagree.
. --Bapgalore magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
iA,nced Ration Hest for Cows.

At the New Jersey experiment sta
ton, a ration consisting of silage, tim
othy and clover-hay, wheat bran and
corn.and.cob meal, was compared with
ration of silage, timothy and clover
hay, wheat bran, dry brewers grains
and cottonseed meal. The yield of milk
was almost 13 percent greater from
the second ration and the yield of fat
was also higher. With the first ration
the cost of food for 100 pounds of milk
was go cents, while with the second
II was only 66 cents. The animals also
did better on the second ration. 1t was
nitrogenous, while the first was car
bonaceous.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
Growing Palms and Ferns.

Many think plants should not be
watered while the sun is shining. That
is all right so far as spraying the foil.
age, because II sprayed or sprinkled
while the sun is shining brightly. es-
pecially under glass, the foliage would
be burnt or blistered. When the soil
begins to get dry, water them, sun or
no sun. Plants set near radiators in
winter might dry out many times
day, and If the once.a-day rule was al.
hered to, there would soon be some
sick plants. Then the grower often
tries to make up for lost time by keep
ing them constantly soaked with wa
ter, which is sure to hasten the death
or prolong the sickness of the plants.
The water is taken up by the tender
roots and evaporated through the foil.
age. II the roots have perished by be-
ing too dry, the plants cannot take
up as much water as before. Then
the foliage begins to brown at the tips,
or the whole leaf dries up. Many good
people say that the gas, steam heat
or furnace heat is the cause of the
plants getting so dry that the roots
perish. Overwhelming Is equally as In
furious II persisted in, but is not 30
likely to occur except in real cloudy,
cold moist weather. The foliage should
be often syringei or sprayed. Where
this cannot be done in living room,
then use a sponge to keep them clean.
While they will live and grow with
out direct sunlight, yet most palms
and some ferns are benefited by hav-
ing 1t, none more so than the Nephro-
lepsis or sword ferns. l give them the
sunniest place in the greenhouses, and
thus they grow sitter and more rug.
ged. An east window is preferable.
The soil I use for potting is sods.
cut as for sodding and turned upside
down in pile until well rotted or
the grass is dead, then I break 1t up,
not too fine, unless for very small pots.
mix with one-ffth sharp sand and
about an equal amount of we'll rotted
manure. Cow manure is preferable,
though l often use old hotbed manure.
l have mixed 1t with the sod when I
put 1t up. Later chop up with a spade,
then add sand as | use it. This is pos
sibly the best way for amateurs. Every
grower of plants should keep a pile
OF such soil in some. out-of-the-way
place so as to have 1t ready for use
at any time. In potting palms and
ferns mainly use drainage in the bot.
tom OF the pit, such as broken pots,
cinders, charcoal or anything to keep
the soil from packing in and to pre-
vent an over amount of water remain.
ing in the pot.-W, ]. Hesser. in Ameri
can Agriculturist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
INDUCEMENTS FOR ALASKA.
Want Law to Open Up to Farmers
and Stockrangers.

The settlement of Alaska has be-
come a matter OF general interest to
American land-seekera Thousands
of Americans are buying Western
lands in Canada, where the climate
Is more severe than in many parts
of our great territory in the North
west. General Greedy and Secretary
Wilson, of the Department of Agri-
culture, have reported favorably on
the agricultural and pastoral posi-
bilities of Alaska, and the people OF
the territory will urge Congress, at
the approaching session, to pass a
law to open the region to farmers
and stockrangers. A bill has been
drafted for this purpose and placed
in the hands of committee OF Alas.
kans. It embodies the chief features
OF the Oregon Donation Act Of 1850
and does not apply to mineral claims.
A donation of 800 acres is proposed
for an unmarried man. or OF Gao
acres for n married man and his
wife, IL American citizens, after a
residence upon the land and It's cultl
vation for two years. Whether the
land shall be an absolute donation or
not is of less importance than the
definite opening of the territory to
settlers. The great tide Of American
adventurous manhood always run
ming westward is more likely to be
attracted to Alaska than to any semi
tropical possession. This fact Is
proved by the heavy movement oi
Americans to British America rather
than to our new possessions or to the
Southern states.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
srhs Proof Of tho Pudding Lies In ts.
Eating"

The doctors arc dumbfcunded the drug
gists astonished, and the people excited
and joyful over the wonderful cures and
tremendous sales Of the great remedy, st.
some Of many years standing-has given
WAY to this powerful remedy. Thousands
of certificates like the following can be fur
nished as to its value:
George Scleyer, Publisher of the Chiffon,
Wis, "Volksbote," used st. Jacobs o. Tor
almost unbearable pains in the back,
which had completely, prostrated him" A
Mrs. Fred. Eber.e, Bellaire, o., was for
. long time severely troubled with Rheu.
matism. st. Jacobs Oil instantly relieved
and entirely cured her.
Rev. DR.. B. Pick, of Rochester, n. y,
suffered so intensely from Rheumatic
pains that he. was unable to preach. Sey-
eral applications from a bottle of st.
jacobs Oil relieved him."
+. Raider, Cleveland, Ohio, says: 1.-TWO
applications OF st. Jacobs Oil cured me Of
great and long-contiDued pain in my foot"
Messrs. G. L. Brundage and Son, Drug
gists, Muskegon, Mich, write st Jacobs
Oil has wonderful sale. We sold eight
You some idea Of how well it is liked in this
Mr.. Louis Hinkel. of East Poesten. Kill,
N. Y, says:-"I call st. Jacobs Oil the
best liniment ever used. 1t cured me oi
Rheumatism and pain in the back"
Herman Rittner, Manchester, N. H
sT have tried st. Jacobs Oil and found il
excellent All those who have purchased
Ct speak of it as simply Incompatible
Geo. G. Erffie, Palestine. III. :-T was in
bed suffering from swollen leg. used
St. Jacobs Oil; its effect was wonderful
The following day attended to my bust
ness again."
DR.. Otto Fuls, Reading, o., writes;--
s'The sale of st. Jacobs Oil is constantly
increasing; it is praised by everybody, and
never fails to give entire satisfaction"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
An Electric Tree.

There arc u peculiar tree in the
forests of Central India which has
most curious characteristics. The
leaves OF the tree arc OF highly
sensitive nature, and so full of cleo
tricity that whatever touches one OF
them receives an electric shock. II
has a very singular effect upon n
magnetic needle. and will influence It
at a distance of even 20 feet The
electrical strength Of the tree varies
according to the time of day, 1t be-
ing strongest at midday and weakest
at midnight In wet weather its
power disappears altogether. Birds
never approach the tree, nor have
insects ever been seen upon II.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
The COMPOSITION Of Electricity.

The latest word on electricity is to
the effect that II is a material sub.
stance. It's unit, the electron, forms
an infnitesimal part OF the atom OF
any element, and when split of II
produces a stress in the other similar
to that due to a negatively electrified
body. The severing of the electron
from its atom is the generation OF
electricity. The remainder of the
atom acts aa a positively charged
body. but 1t Is not certainly known
whether the positive electron--sup-
posedly to be about 10 times as
heavy as the negative-really exists.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
1ES|Ray 9
Stable Sanitation.

whitewash will kill and hold all
germs with which II comes in contact
IL has the effect of making the barn
or inclosure lighter and much more
wholesome for the animals contained
in II. Whitewash can be put on with a
good spray pump made for that pur-
pose, or with brush. On rough walls,
the material should be very thick, es-
pecially for the first coat. The interior
of any building sprayed several times
during the season will be much less
liable to spread germs in the milk and
other substances.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
BERLIN SMOKE FREE.
The German Capital Has Demonstrst
ed that Smoke Nuisance is Durable.


ed that Smoke Nuisance is curabIe.
Ono of the cleanost cities in tho
world, so far as SCOT and smoke are
concerned, is Berlin, Germany. Al
though busy manufacturing city, II
is of the cleanest and best kept in
Europe. The smokless condition Of
Berlin is ascribcd to three facts. The
prepcnderant use of coke and
briquetts, which are practically
smokeless; the sllillful scientific con.
struction Of boiler furnaces and
chimneys. and. finally, the high stan.
dard of skill that is taught and en-
forced among frcmen who stoke fur.
naces with coal for steam and manu-.
featuring purposes. Before a man
can assume such 4 charge ne must
be fought the theory and practice OF
economical. scientific firing by which
the coal is distributed in such a man.
ner and quantity over the crate sur.
face as TO secure the most perfect
combustion of its volatile elements.
The Silesian coal used in Berlin In
most large steam plants and fac
tories is rich in bitumen and would
rank below many of the bituminous
Goals of the United States, and yet
the long, dense, tlailing clouds of
smoke from mill and factory chin.
neys which are so familiar a sight
in many American cities are rarely
seen in that section OF Germany,
where the indiscrimiuate sylovesing
of raw bituminous coal into the
steam and other furnaces is con.
siderei an ignorant and wastcful pro.
ceeding.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
Edvnrd the seveuth,. Luck.

Did you ever hear of the Kings luck
In finding things? asks the Dundee
News. His Majesty once discovered
among the heather on Highland moor
a scarlet satin slipper with q real dia-
moni buckle. That was when the
King was quite lad. Unfortunately
there was no sequel, no Cinderella, mo
nothing!" Again, while at Homburg.
His Majesty found very pretty
mother-of-pearl pen-knife, and an
nounced his intention of using 1t.
Three days later he found q gold
watch, but . fair-and fat--owner ar
rived on the scene to ciaim It.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
Women Doctors In Paris.

A statistician has discovered that
Paris has now 81 women doctors out
of a tota! of $500 practitioners. Com.
pared with this country the proper.
ticn is small, but none the less shows
rapid disappearance OF strong
prejudice. Twenty years ago Paris
had only seWen womdn physicians.
Every year a large number of dip.
Tomas are given to women graduates
lay the medical faculties Of Paris and
Montpelier, but French women are in
the minority, the greater number OF
candidates being Russian and Rou,
manians.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
Grating veqetabIes.

Experiments in grating yege-
tables made by NJ. l.. Daniel, of the
faculty of sciences of Rennes, France,
shows that II is possible to graft to-
gether almost any two varities of the
same species or two of widely differ.
ent families. The graft is often pro-
foundly modified, II being possible to
obtain entirely new types by this pro-
cess. Among his successful gratis
were tomato and eggplant.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

DR.. Hartman, one of the best known
physicians and surgeons in the United
States, was the first man to formulate Pc
runa. 1t was through his genius and perse-
verance that it was introduced to the medi-
cal profession of this country.
If you do not derive prompt and satisfac-
tory results from the use OF Peruna write
ment of your case and he viii be pleased
to give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of The
Hartman Sanitarium Columbus. Ohio.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

The managers of four Northwest
ern railroads are leaguing together
TO stimulate sugar beet cultivation
1t requires 100000 to equip good
factory.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
Colorado Peas.

The beds OF peas in Colorado some.
times include as many as 1000 acres,
and there is one bed exceeding In
size $500 acres.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
800 Reward, 500.

learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure In all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con-
stitutional disease, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls CatarrhCure Is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system, thereby destroy
ng the foundation Of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitut,on and assisting nature In doing It's
work. The proprietors have so much faith In
Its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that It fails to cure.
Send for list Of testimonials. Address
+. J. CHENEY 4 Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10
The following letter is from Congressman
Meekison. Of Napoleon, Ohio:
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.:

Gentlemen: II
have used several
bottles Of Peruna
and feel greatly
benefited thereby
from my catarrh
Of the head, and
feel encouraged to
believe that its
continued use will
fully eradicate a
disease of thirty
years standing"
David Meekiaon
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

Three hundred and sixty pick
pockets are known by the Japanese
police at TOXIC. Two hundred Of the
thieves do their pilfering in trains.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

The man who does all he can generally
hnds that some one will do the rest.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

Mrs. .winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething soften the gums, reduces innamma-
tion, ,allays pain cures wind oolic. 25c. abottle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

FTTSpermanentlyc cured.N 10 Ats or nervous.
nsssafter first days use OF DR.. Kline's Gre,t
EsrvsRestorsr. t2trisl bottle and treatisefrss
DR.. r.. II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed
with PUTNAM FADELEss DYES.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

All women may be jewels, but a great
deal depends upon the setting.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

II. II. GnEES's Sons, OF Atlanta, Ca, are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists In the
world. See their liberal offer In advertise
ment In another column Of this paper.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

The only opening the pessimist expects
u that supplied by the gravcdigger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

In almost every school in the Mikado's
Pmpire it is the custom one day in the au-
eawn to take the pupils out rabbit hunting.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
but not at your own jokes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

A woman's age is emphasized by her ef'
forts to appear young.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

The first ton of anthracite was delivered
In Philadelphia century ago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
% . cough curs.-J. W. o'BRiEs, s22 Third
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

b0Iu by DruRRlsts, 7bc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-10

uID0IuIAE EARNS Of all sizes st low PRICES.
vIlIOulvuH Of Immigration Emporis. Va.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-17
HATTIESBURG NAMED
For the Next Annual Meeting Of
Sons Of Veterans.

Hattiesburg is one of the coming
cities of the state and is becoming 6
little notorious as a place 70 hodlin :
conventions and the lie. The sens
of confederate veterans, just before
adjourning yesterday, named this city
as the next place for holding the an
nual meeting and the people here are
very much delighted with the decision
of the convention This city was rep
resented at the meeting by those two
popular young men, Messrs. Morgan
Stevens and w. H. Cook, and doubt
less it was through their personal in
fiuence that this city was named as
the next place for holding the meet
ing. And then everybody knows how
generous Hattiesburg has been hereto
fore and with what a liberal spirit II
has welcomed conventions and assem-
blages, and it is natural to suppose
that there would be a desire to return
often.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-17
Cleveland Sets the Pace.

Ex-President Cleveland Is long
headed statesman. No man under
stands better the wants of the peO-
pie. In response to questions from
the Now York Post he gives it as
his opinion that the democrats
should conf1ne their work to
| reformation of the tariff and should
not permit the republicans to crowd
them off their old, time-honored
platform, rs was done in the case of
sound money. Mr.. Cleveland en-
dorses the recent New York demo-
cratic platform upon the tariff ques-
ton. His views appear to be those
| of his party. The Post has been
gathering the opinion of congress-
men on the various questions of the
day, and it finds democratic unanim-
ity In favor of reducing duties on
monopoly-made articles. On this
question the republicans who gave
answer were divided equally. The
answers Of democrats as to establish
ing tariff commission were against
the plan, while those OF the republi-
cans favored 1t. The answers to the
queries of the Post are not enough to
Il Justify conclusion as to what kind
of tariff reform either parity de-
mands. There must be some kind of
reform in order to cut off the surplus
revenues, but 1t does not follow that
the reform must proceed along anti
protection lines.
During the second term of Mr..
Cleveland, when both houses of
congress were democratic, his party
were unable to agree upon a tariff.
The House bill, as prepared by Mr.
Wilson, was so rIddled by the demo-
cratic protectionists of the senate that
the president wrote an angry rebuke
to those members of his party,who had
thrown away golden opportunity to
place it upon solid foundation. Is
it possible that Mr.. Cleveland could
succeed better in 1904 than he did i'm
1892? Human nature has changed
in the past ten years, and the indus
tries of the country have very ma
terially changed for the better. In
1892 hard times suggested any RENE
4 dy, but in 1902 the country is so pros
4 porous that no one is solicitoas about
experiments.