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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

believe the buyers are to blame
to large extent for having so many
poor apples on the market, by being
too greedy to purchase all apples that
grow. After we have bought lot of
common and poor stock we plan to
gather all we can from the orchard,
and pack what is called orchard pack
ing that means, face the end with No.
l stock and then fill the balance with
poor truck. If could have my way
| would never allow No. apple to
be packed, for IL ever a buyer has
trouble It is from poor stock and small
barrels. 1t costs the same to transfer
a small barrel as IL would one that is
full size, and the same applies to stor-
age when we want to hold through
the winter.
| feel a little proud of small
bronze medal | received from the
Paris exposition as a reward for un-
derstanding how to pack apples and
have them come out good. My way
CT packing Is TO first buy good stock.
| go into the orchard after the apples
are picked pack as soon as possible
and get them under cover. In packing
apples or pears always commence by
taking cut the best head of the barrel,
turn it and clean the cocper's chips
from 1t. Then | do what many of the
dealers do not like, that Is, place a
neat paper in the bottom head with
my name and address on it. The
name goes only in No. 1 barrels. AT
ter placing the paper, | select an
even-sized lot of apples to face it.
When the barrel has one bushel it
should be gently shaken, not too hard
to displace the facings, and repeat the
same after each basket is emptied un-
til filed to about one inch above the
chine. Press in the head with a screw
or lever press and you will never nave
slack or shaky apples.
There are several ways of handling
apples from the trees. Some packers
use sorter where the apples are
placed and rolled along, the smaller
ones dropping through the Stats and
the larger in baskets. Others pre-
tend to sort from the trees. This l
believe to be poor way, as you will
always have more or less twigs and
leaves that go in with the apples. l
believe the best way to get bright,
clean barrel of apples when packed is
to pick from the trees and put the ap-
pies In small piles ON the ground.
Then you have them before you in
good light and can readily see the
imperfect apples. Do not be ashamed
to have your name in every barrel of
Mo- apples, and do not disgrace your
name by having it in barrel of No.
$50. R. Pierce, in American Agri-
culturist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01
Success in Raising Turkeys.

When | take off the mother
sprinkle her with sulphur. I prefer
TO have the turkey lay where she can
sit, but IL ii is desirable to move her,
this may be done without much trou-
BILE by letting her sit until quite
broody and putting her upon the eggs
at night. She must be confined in a
pen or otherwise, so as to be kept
from going to the old nest, and the
first time she is let off must be
watched lest she return to the first
nest. Sometimes It may be necessary
to take her from the nest to eat.
The management of the chicks de-
pends much upon the locality in which
they are to be reared. | know by ex-
perience' that they can be grown with
much less care and expense where
they roam without harm from foxes,
their worst enemy. | have raised tur-
keys in central New York with great
er profit at 16 cents per pound than
can here in Connecticut at 25 cents
There they need to be penned but a
week or two, when they can be left
to themselves, except that they should
he fed once a day for a time and
looked after a little in wet weather
until they are well started. Hawks
get very few as the mother warns
them in time TO hide in the grass
r. e. Phelps, in New England Home
stead,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

A story-writer, who wrote for boys
10 or 20 years ago. built up many thrill
ing tales about a mechanical contriv-
ance in the form of man. Such a
Hercules, the Iron Man
was actually on exhibition last sum
mer at Cleveland park and The Lead
er tells of one of the walks he took.
Hercules is eight feet high; and. when
the oil fire inside him is lighted and
steam is generated, he walks about
pushing a sort Of iron-wheeled cart.
He wears a tall hat and a hideous
grin, and puffs exhaust steam through
his nostrils.
Late one night some of the camp
ers at the park lighted the fire in
Hercules after the resort was closed
and the owner of the figure had gone
away. The valve had been left open
when the fire was put out; and, when
steam was generated again, the man
began to walk about the park. No
one knew how to stop him, and he
walked all over the park, through the
shallow lake, over the TENS of the
campers and the slde-show tents.
Sleepers in his path had to be
awakened to get them out Of the way,
for 1t was impossible 10 control the
steam mans movements. Inequalities
in the ground, trees, and other OBJ
structions turned him aside but did
not stop him. He terrorized the park
for an hour, but, like many human
being, came to grief at the bar. He
marched up to It and knocked it over.
Hercules fell with the bar and alight-
ed on his head on the other side. He
stood there on his head, kicking his
feet in the air, until his steam went
down.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

Have a good house and a yard for
fowls.
The best breeds will not be profit
able If they are mismanaged.
Clean out the coops often; filth is
unhealthy at any season of the year.
Chicks should be furnished a place
to roost as soon as they are half
grown.
Poultry is the cheapest and most
economical and best meat raised on
the farm.
One advantage of starting with eggs
rather than fowls, in securing a good
breed is that the risk of loss is less
ened.
Coarse food promotes digestion and
helps to keep the fowls in healthy
condition. Feed as much of it as
possible.
Green.cut bone is excellent for the
fowls, as they enjoy 1t. but care
should be taken to see that the bones
are fresh.
Make a few good dust baths by dig.
ging up a little space near the runs;
then dump on a pan of ashes, and the
lice will have hard time, while the
chicks will do better.
Leaves and dry earth make an ex-
cellent combination on the floor Of
the poultry house. Dry earth absorbs
and disinfects, while the leaves make
scratching material for the fowls.
Do not simply throw the water out
of the drinking vessels and put in
fresh water, but wash the vessels and
put In fresh water, but wash the yes.
sells thoroughly every time you change
water.
An experienced farmer poultry man
says that the best way to keep poul-
try droppings is to put them in bar.
rel. and keep them slightly moist. us.
Ing dishwater or soapsuds where
available.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

the horse when backing out. When
not used the horse finds an easy swing
of the head over the partition, which
need not be over four feet high. The
partition may be strong enough with.
out this post.
1t may be sided either horizontally
or perpendicular. One may examine
this when finished and find IL will
give to the hand and not be rigid, yet
stalls like this we have in use for
many years which are as good as the
day they were built excepting the out
side wear Always put a slat bottom
in hay manger, unless attention Is
paid TO frequent cleaning. Some loss
may follow in scattered grain and finer
bits OF hay that may be saved with a
tight bottom. but better have small
waste than an accumulation of dirt
that the horse does not relish. The
grain box should be not less than 1S
inches square. Plenty of surface and
a thin layer of grain will cause much
more perfect masticatlon; especially is
this true with the rapid eater. much
prefer space under the manger
where bedding can be stored during
the day and not be under foot, giving
the floor a chance to dry out and
purify during the day, which does
not take place when the bedding OF
litter is scattered and under foot
Rural New Yorker.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01
Currency In Manila.

China and Mexico are not alone in
exhibits of the evil of fiuctuating cur.
rency, for Manila itself offers a strik.
ing refutation of the theory of per.
petuating the silver basis there. An
American business man who has lust
returned from that city gives an illus
tration of the way the thing works.
American dollars are worth at pres.
ent In trade s2.40, but If one wishes
to buy American currency with Mexi.
can, he must pay the bank s2.45 or
$3.50. Besides this the commission
which represents the United States
has determined that the price of Amer.
can money should be s2.27 in Mexican.
The commission changes its valuation
from time to time. but it cannot change
as often as the price of silver changes.
An American merchant in Manila sells
a bill of goods for $1,000 American.
When the goods are delivered the
buyer pays s2,270, because that is the
official circulation Of $1,000 in gold.
But when the merchant tries to turn
his $2,270 back into United States
money the banks charge him s2.40
Mexican per American dollar, or more,
and the merchants lose $3.50 or over
on this transaction in exchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01
Ancient Water Cure.

A correspondent calls attention to
the fact that the water cure" was
employed by the Dutch nearly three
centuries ago. In Martins history Of
the Indian Empire an account is given
of the struggles OF the European pow.
ers to secure the rich trade with the
East Indies. In 1923 the Dutch seized
the japanese at Amboyna and subject
ed them to torture to make them con.
fess to conspiracy. Each victim
was placed on the rack and compelled
to inhale water at every attempt to
draw breath until his body became in
flated, and he swooned, was recovered
and the same horrible process re.
peated."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01
width Of n Horse Stall.

The most convenient width for a
horse stall is five feet from centre to
centre. The partitions will usually
be six inches in width, which gives a
net width of four feet, six inches.
When necessary a. narrower stall may
be used. perhaps without serious iet-
riment to the horse. The main OBJ
lection is insufficient space to care
for him. Bedding, cleaning anu har-
Messing are much more easily and
quickly done when the stall is roomy.
The floor should have an incline of
two inches, and can safely be built of
cement covering with plank until
cDe flooring of plank has worn out
when the cement will be tough and
nard. The partitions should be built
without . standard to support the
rear end from floor to ceiling. This
post often used always interiors with
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01
Cutting Grass Early.

Chemical analysis Is said to show
that the grass cut when the seed has
ripened, or is nearly ripe, has about
he same amount of nutrition as 1t has
when cut earlier, and thus some allow
il to stand that II may increase in
weight. But when the COW puts It
through her laboratory she does not
find the same value in the late-cut
hay. A part of the seeds have rat
tied out and been lost, and the re-
mainder are so small and so encasej
In dry coating or shell that not many
Of them are chewed up, and thus pass
through the stomach and bowels un-
digested. Then the stalks which con-
tain the most nutriment before the
woody fibre as indigestible as bean
poles, and she gets but little nutrition
from them. We think If she could
speak she would say that two-thirds
or less of the amount of hay, cut early,
and not sun.dried too long, was better
than her usual ration of hay, ripening
before cut and overdried afterward.
But II she cannot talk she has many
times put herself on record to that ef-
feet at the milk pail and the churn,
and 1t is because the owner fails to
see and understand these records that
he does not know the facts. The scale
to weigh the milk and the Babcock
test for the butter fat help to tell what
is the best food, as we'll as which is
the best cow.-The Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

Does any child about six and half
years old want to hear of five black
pets, which a little boy know about
six and half years old has? Any
one who does can read this, but |
think no one can guess what they are
or where he keeps them. | told you
they were black; now, where do you
suppose he found them, and how do
you think he brought them home?
This much | will tell you-he found
them when he was walking with his
father and mother. No, indeed, they
are not wild beasts, for he caught
them in the grass and brought them
home in a sugar plum box! The little
boy thinks they are very contented,
for they often make pleasant, cheer
ful sound, when, ne says, they are "ex-
tremely happy"
Once he asked me II | knew how
they made this pleasant sound, and
then told me he had watched them
rub their wings together and that
made their song. So you see they
have wings and yet are so small that
five of them live happily in a sugar
plum box. are black. and make a
pleasant noise by rubbing their wings
together. Do you know what they
are? OF course, they must have some
thing to eat and drink, and of course,
IL you care about them at all you
would like to know what they eat and
what they drink. 1t is not bread and
butter, nor meat and potatoes which
they eat, neither is il milk that they
drink, but each morning while the
grass is wet with dew the little boy
gathers a handful of 1t and then his
pets have both victuals and drink, for
they eat the grass and drink the dew.
He thinks that they ought to have
something else, however. and one day
he carried from the dinner table a
piece of nice sweet potatoe for them.
Almost as soon as it was put in the
box one of them climbed on 1t and be-
gan to eat, and they seemed to like II
very much. The idea of climbing on
a piece of sweet potato! Another day
he gave them some Bartlett pears, and
that also was good for them. They
are about an inch long, and jump out
of the box If the lid is left of; but
holes have been made in it, so they
get air with the lid on. and they really
seem very comfortable. Do you want
to know what tley are? They are five
pretty little black crickets. Which
would you rather have, box filled
with sugar plums or crickets Wash
ington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

was an immense animal and never
hesitated to attack man or beast, even
II twice his size, all small and helpless
things seemed to know instinctvely
that he would protect them.
A cat which always was known as
"Bob's Friend thereafter, strayed on
the place when she was but timid
little kitten. She walked right up to
where the big dog lay. He bent over
and licked her face, and kitty purred,
and proceeded to lie down across his
big paws and go to sleep.
From his puppyhood days Bob con-
stituted himself the champion of wo-
men and children. A workman on
the place of whom he was fond, In
assisting some visitors from car
rlage. held the baby in his arms while
the mother was getting out. The child
cried, and Bob sprang at his friend
with a growl and had him by the leg,
not letting go until the mother took
the child and restored peace.
Bob's mistress lived in lonely little
cottage near u wood, and to protect
her the dog lay on a mat inside the
bedroom door No matter how much
barking might be going on in the
neighborhood, however late his mis-
tress slept, Bob invariably waited ali
his mistress rose and let him out of
doors before barking his say. Some
times, when the barking became fran
tic and Bob could with difficulty re-
strain himself, he would shut his
rnouth tight and "woof" under his
breath.
with all his virtues Bob had one
disreputable trick. He loved to run
into pasture lots and annoy the graz
ing cattle.
One day, when his mistress started
for the village, Bob stopped at neigh
bor's and invited an old dog to ac-
company him. Bob enticed poor old
Jack into every pasture lot, and taught
HIM how to jump up and bark at the
poor beasts. Jack was an apt pupil,
and in spite of the efforts of Bob's
mistress, the two dogs soon had ter
rorized cattle flying about in all di-
rections.
Bob's mistress was overtaken on the
road by a friend with horse and
buggy, and Bob rushed up to pay his
respects to both horse and driver,
whom he knew. Poor old Jack did not
know them however. and. having been
warmed up to the sport of annoying
cattle, he repeatedly jumped for the
horses head. Each time Bob jumped
I'M between Jack and the horse and
bowled his dog friend over, plainly in
forming him that horse which be-
lnnged to q friend of his mistress was
not to be molested.
He kept looking back at his mistress
In the most shamefaced, hangdog
manner as If apologizing for ihs
friends conduct.
Bob always drew a sharp line be-
tween his friends and his foes.-Sen
Francisco Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01
Unfinished Cattle Unpopulnr.

II is useless to caution the country
to keep out of market with half-fat,
immature, light native cattle at this
or any other season of year II is
one of the unfortunate features of
the trade that the countryman notes
prices reported in the market papers
and at once concludes that If anyone's
cattle will bring the prices reported
his are sure to get there He sends
them in not more than half fat and is
soreiy disappointed in the returns.
Right now there is an unusual short
age of prime fat cattle: the call for
that kind is strong and prices are
high, with prospect OF them remaining
so for an indehnite time. There is
so much difference between good, fat
beeves and these underfat grades and
he general run of cattle prices so high
that the buyers will let their orders
go untitled rather than take the green
stuff at prices the country thinks 1t
ought to be worth. This is the condi-
tion found prevailing right here at
the opening of the range season. That
these rangers are going to come in
good beef condition has already been
demonstrated. The dressed beef
trade will prefer these rangers to the
green. washy. half-fat natives, as
they do almost every year, and 1t is
not at all unlikely that we will see a
more unsatisfactory market for native
cattle below choice in grade than at
present, when the rangers get to COM
ing freely.-Chicago Live Stock.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01
Broken Eggs.

Hens learn vices and consequently
they should never receive broken egg
shells unless the shells are crushed
very fine for they will soon begin to
eat eggs. When they make a practice
of pulling the eggs out of the nests
II indicates that they are willing TO
scratch and are in need of some kind
Of material for that purpose. Never
allow hen to eat an egg that is bro
ken II you can possibly prevent it..
Remove II at once and clean up any
portion that remains.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

rience. Hundreds of dollars went to the
doctor and the druggist. / was simply
. walking medicine chest and phys
ical wreck. My sister residing in Ohio
wrote me that she had been cured Of
womb trouble by using Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and advised me TO try II. l
then discontinued all other med icines
and gave your Vegetable Compound a
thorough trial. Within four weeks
nearly all pain had left me; rarely
had headaches, and my nerves were in
Q much better condition, and l was
cured in three months, and this avoided
q terrible surgical operation. Mrs.
EcKIs STEVENSON, ESQ So. state ST.,
Salt Lake City, Utah.-S5ooo forfeit y
above Testimonial Is not genufrc
Remember every woman is
cordially invited to write to Mrs.
Pinkham II there Is anything
about her symptoms she does not
understand. Mrs. Pinkham's
address Is Lynn, Mass.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

Venice is recovering its gravity. The
bands, which had ceased playing in
the square Of st. Marks since the fall
of the Campanile, have resumed their
performances, and externally. at least.
the city again wears its accustomed
animation. Gayety too. once more pre-
walls In the cafes, and in every direc-
ton the stream of the city's life flows
on as II no disaster had happened,
though the fallen Campanile still lies
near to the popular heart--London
Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01
Benrs.

Bears.
When my last goodnight have said,
When lights are low, and I'm In bed,
Then, oh, dear me !
always see
Bears.
hang my clothes with incest care,
As I've been told, upon chair.
They always turn,
When low lights burn,
To bears.
Jf, then, l move to face the door
And rug lies rumpled on the floor,
Why, | would know,
Should that rug grow
A bearl
When Bruno growls though no ones near
When sleeping puss awakes In fear,
'Tis plain to me
They also sec
Those bears.
When I'm n man. how shall fight
A bear that disappears with light?
While pOndering deep
fall asleep
To bears.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01
The Story of Bob.

Bob was a very uncommon yellow
dog. The Irish woman who presented
him to his mistress said. THAT dogs
a perfect gintleman, that's what he
is"; and Bob's subsequent behavior
fully justified this estimate Of his char
acter. He was always the most ch.v
alrous Of dogs. a pattern to his own
kind and to his betters. Although he
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

Instead of issuing passes to persons
leaving a theater during the perform.
ance the Japanese mark the departing
spectator on the hand with an india
rubber stamp, the mark varying each
evening in form and color.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

The crops in Bombay, India, have
been so badly injured by the drought
that another famine is feared. AL
ready appeals for help have been made
by the Franciscan mission at Maypur.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01
The SURGEONS KNIFE
Mrs. Eckis Stevenson of Salt
Lake City Tells How Opera
tions For Ovarian Troubles
Nay Be Avoided.

"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM suffered
with inflammation of the ovaries and
womb for over six years enduring aches
and pains which none can dream OF but
those who have had the same expe-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use OF DIR. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. 52trial bottle and trentlsefree
DR. II. II. KLINE. Ltd, 99l Arch ST.. Phila.. Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

Mrs. wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tccthing soften the gums, reduces inflamma-
tion, ,allays pain, cures wind collie 25c. n bottle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

Tofquay has $4,000 people, of whom there
are 1000 more women than men.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

We will give s10O reward for any case OF
caterrh that cannot be cured with Halls
Catarrh Cure. Taken internally.
+. ]. CHENEY K Co.. Props, Toledo, 0.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

The Mexican .lapdog is the smallest
known variety OF dog.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES are fast to
light and washing
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

In baseball the pitcher is the power be.
hind the thrown.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

It's not the broad.minded man who
has the big head.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

A honeymoon is often a calm before a
storm.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken ol
% cough cure.-J. W. ODRrES, 322 Third
Avenue, N, Minneapolis Mimi, Jan. O, 191J
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-01

Most men feel that they have more
brains than money.