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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

Where few cows are kept II is diff
icult to make good butter in winter.
With the ordinary appliances it re-
lui:es several days to obtain suflicien-
cream 10 mako a churning. Keeping
cream 100 long is what gives winter
butter bitter flavor. The difficulty
in keeping the cream warm enough to
ripen properly is another problem the
winter butter maker has to contend
with. 1t is often the small things that
determine the quality of cold weather
butter. such as salt Farmers are not
very particular about the purity of
the salt they use at any time of the
year. when to this is added the froz-
en- condition in which II is kept in
winter, and the fact that it is chopped
out of the barrel and worked ice cold
into the butter, accounts for some of
the difficulties that are met with In
trying TO make good butter during the
winter. Both the butter ard the salt
should be accurately weighed and the
salt added when it is at the same tenn
perature as the butter. The salt
should he rolled in order to crush all
the Jumps both for better distribu-
tion through the butter, and to secure
an even temperature. 1t is better 10
sift the salt on to the butter as it is
being worked. No more than one
third of the salt should be added Mt
once, as 1t will work out in the butter
milk and the quantity remaining in
the butter is unknown. About one
half ounce of salt to one pound of
butter is a good rule, but this is de.
pendent on the market. Some GUS
toners like plenty. of salt. while others
want none at all.--H. Shearer in The
Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19
cleverest Woman Politician.

Miss ]. n. Strong. private secretary
to ex-Congressman Hawley, of Texas.
is credited with being the cleverest
female politician ever seen in Wash
ington. She is conversant with every
county in Texas. knows every man of
prominence in the State and attends
to nearly all details OF Federal pat
ronage there. II is related of her
that she once went to see a Cabinet
Minister in regard To a place for a
Texas constituent. The official was
not disposed to give the place to her
applicant. but in pleasant and court
eous manner said: II am sorry to
disappoint you after looking into such
pretty eyes" 1T seems to me. then"
was the quick answer, that the eyes
ought to have it," The Cabinet Of
flcer was so pleased with the retort
that he made the appointment.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

Sir Hartley Williams, senior puisne
Judge OF Victoria, was the most dis
cussed parsonage in Australia when
this weeks mail was leaving. Pre-.
siding at the Melbourne criminal
court he announced that after much
thought and inquiry he had some to
the conclusion that, except in cases
of outrageous character or of ram.
pant crime. it was not right to send
first offenders to Jail, whether they
were young or old. 1t was the Gus.
tom to extend a certain amount of
clemency to the young offender. but
he thought that man who had spent
so years in a country and lived an
honest and industrious life was en-.
titled to twice as much consideration
as the youth Of 20. In accordance
with this pronouncement Justice viii
liams promptly liberated half a dozen
convicted first offenders OF ages rang
ing from 10 to 65. His action and
speech have evoked considerable COM
ment. It is contended that this judi
cial policy practically means that. Just
as every dog is entitled to one bite,
SO every human being Is entitled to
commit one crime with impunity.--
London Daily Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

The tendency to return once moro TO
home dairying instead of selling milk
and cream to large separator COM
nanics. appears TO be the result of re-
cent invention and perfection of small
separators operated by hand. It is
possible with these for the farmer
and dairyman TO handle his own pro-
duct. make his own butter as former
ly. and sell it to the market he con-
sidors best. ~ is also tending to in
crease the size of the average dairy.
With hand separator the farmer can
handle more cream and butter than
he could when he depended entirely
upon old-fashioncd dairy methods. 1t
may be that the large creamery COM
panies and large cooperative farmers
creameries will not be greatly affected
one way or the other by this, as the
supply of milk and cream Is steadily
increasing all over the country, but
certainly II will make a change on the
small farms and dairics. The question
which must be considered of the most
importance is whether the farmer op-
Grating at home can keep up the quail
ity OF his butter. or will 1t degenerate
and sell so much below the regular
creamery butter that It will not be
profitable to make it. A good deal of
the dairy butter which comes to mar
ket is SO inferior in quality that II rare
ly brings much more than one-half or
two-thirds the price paid for best
creamery. This is due to inferior
methods used, and to the fact that old
fashioned dairy butter-making cannot
produce as finished a product as the
modern creameries. 1t is opssible for
the small dairyman TO make almost as
good butter with the small hand Sc
parators as that produced by the large
Creameries. hut to do this he must OBJ
serve the close rules and regulations
enforced by the managers Of the latter.
Any laXity on their part will bring de-
tcrioration in the quality. The butter
thus made If not held too long should
then command a fair rating in the mar
ket. Tho old fault of the home dairy
man was that he held his butter and
cream too long. If he persists in doing
this he will not succeed under the
new methods There must be regular
weekly shipments. even IL it Is neces-
sary to increase the herd to make II
worth while.--C. l.. pardee, in Ameri-
can Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

It might he imagined that Connect
icut is called the land of steady hab-
its on account of the exemplary con-
duct of it's citizens. But it obtained
that title in q different manner John
II. Matthews told Just how recently at
the Waldorf.Astoria. In the early
colonial times" he said, ut was the
custom to provide every one who as
sisted at dedication. church build
ing or barn raising with a hooker of
good Jamaica rum. These functions,
needless to say. were popular. When
the charter creating Connecticut a
crown colony arrived there was, of
course, a celebration. The first gov
ernor, John Winthrop, refused to pro-
vide rum and in his inaugural address
deplored the custom of tippling, say
ing 1t did not lead to steady habits.
Thereup the Nutmeg State had title
to hand down to posterity.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19
Old Cardlesticks High.

With the increasing demand for an
tiquities, the supply of mementoes
and relics of past generations is be-
coming exhausted. and the prices OF
genuine pieces are waxing higher and
higher. Old candlesticks, for exam
pie, that have had such continuous
popularity, are scarce, and good spec
linens sell for almost any price that
the dealer feels disposed to charge.
To tell old brass. copper or pewter
from the modern imitation requires
long experience and a trained eye.
Brass varies much in color, its shade
depending upon the proportion of cop
per and zinc used in its composition,
and also on the hue of the copper en-
ployed. Copper itself assumes a va
riety of compilations. The old Span
ish and Russian copper and brass are
both peculiarly rich in color and re-
tain their polish longer than others.
In the old pieces there is sickness of
texture not found in the sorts made
now. This is partly due, ii is said
to the natural wear of the utensils,
In some cases, such as pots. kettles
and fire-boxes, the action of heat may
be responsible, in part at least. for
this quality. Colonial furnishings
are the kinds most eagerly sought by
collectors.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

There is a fault often unknown and
not suspected in the late swarms.
which is that the queens which so out
with them may not be fertile. and IL
they come ont after the drones have
been killed off they cannot lay fertile
eggs, but only such as produce drones
She cannot be distinguished from a fer
tile queen. but the drone cells can be
distinguished from worker cells by
the rounded appearance Of the cap over
them. If only such are found destroy
the queen at once. and either give the
colony another queen or divide the
bees that remain and the honey among
other colonies. destroying the drone
brood by uncapping it and shaking ont
the larva. II in cells of the worker
bee size. II may be useful to put in 9th
or hives next spring. but IL in the reg
ular cell OF the dronc bee. 1t is best to
make wax of il. unless some may be
saved to put in the frames of the best
colonies that one may want to raise
male bees from.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19
NEsToR AMONG CLERKS.
Judge Tomkins Works for Uncle Ssp
though EiahtY Nesrs Old.

The nestor among the clerks AT the
Pension office at Washington is Judge
C. NJ. Tomkins, who was appointed
to that bureau in 1861 and has served
continuously since. From little bu-
reau he has seen the Pension Office
grow to one of the largest and most
influential branches of the govern
ment, with thousands of clerks to do
its work Despite his so years, he is
still on active duty. Judge Tomkns
was a flourishing lawyer in Wisconsin
in 1861. when he visited Washington
to attend President Lincoln's inaugu-
ration, and with no thought of seek
ing or accepting government Office.
He was pursuaded by Timothy o.
Howe to remain at the capital and
take a clerkship on the ground that
war was sure to be declared and It
would be interesting to study II at
close range. "Once government
clerk, always government clerk"
the saying goes, and Mr.. Tomkins has
never felt any ambition to leave the
comfortable berth to which his old
friend appointed him.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19
Germany's Army Is for Defense.

The German army. like the German
nation, has been squeezed into exist
ence. Germany, open on every side
to attack. has been the great battle
ground of Europe through all the cen
turtles; and by constant pressure with
in and without the army has had its
growth. 1t was the result of stern
necessity. 1t was defense or death; ;
and that, in spite of the commonly re-
ported military aspirations of the Ger.
man Kaiser. is the keynote of the sys-
TEN. The army must be made power
full enough to defend the country from
the attacks of any one power or all of
them together. If it is necessary to
march into France in the course of
such a war, well and good; but that
is not the fundamental purpose of the
army.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19
Resecding n Sidehiu Pasture.

Subscriber writes as follows: | have
on old sidehill pasture which slopes
TO the west. and which is too stony to
plough. 1t is a limestone soil. and
its fertility is somewhat run down. /
desire to reseed ii ii possible. Can
get advice how best to proceed and
what seeds TO SOW from some one who
has had experience in similar cases?
Answer: The present writer has
had experience in similar case on
the same kind of soil, in the same
county. and not six miles from the
same locality. and met with excellent
success. In early spring he scratched
the ground over with a sharp, fine
toothed harrow, commencing at the
base of the hill and working up so
as not TO leave any miniature chan
nels to convey any water of subsequent
rains downward. lie then sowed
broadcast equal parts Of the seeds of
blue grass. white clover. medium red
clover and timothy; then lightly har-
rowed again in the same direction,
When the seeds had germinated he
sowed about six bushels of land plas-
ter to the acre. All stock was kept of
for two or three months. The succeed
ing pasturage was good for a hill lot as
long as the writer remained ON the
farm-several years. 1t is not remem-
bered what quantity of the mixed
seeds was sown per acre.-New York
Tribune Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19
Twain and the KING.

The father of Miss Louise Forss-
lund, author of "The Ship of Dreams"
knew Mark Twain in the days of the
gold fever in California. Twain was
then young newspaper man named
Clemens" and as the men drifted
apart the acquaintance was never fol-
lowed up. Mr. Forsslund modestly
disclaimed any further knowledge 'of
the now world-famed humorist. Mark
Twain himself is less dlflident. as a
story is now going its second round
of the English papers testifies. Dur
ing Twains residence in England he
was taxed in what seemed to him an
unjustiflable instance. Accordingly
he wrote a friendly protest to the
Queen. Il don't know you" he write
but I've met your son. He was at
the head of procession in the Strand,
and | was ON bus"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19
Found Rinu In a Fish.

Henry Buermann, of New York,
found what he says Is a solid gold
wedding ring in the stomach of fish.
Buermann. who has a cafe at No.
Barclay street. stopped at a Front
street fish store and bought a half OF
n 16-pound cod. The cod had come
from Boston on the Bay State cold
storage car the night before, and was
already nicely cleaned. But when he
was preparing it later he found the
ring imbedded in the ribs. The ring
is more than quarter of an inch in
breadth, and bears the inscription,
Lew to Lou, 'S9"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

Hon. David Meckson is well known not
only in his own State but throughout
America. He was elected to the Fifty
fifth Congress by n very large majority,
and is the acknowledged leader of his party
in his section Of the State.
Only one Hsw marred the otherwise com
plete success of this rising statesman. Ca
tarrh, with its insidious approach and TO-
naclous grasp, was his only unconquered
foe. For thirty years he waged unsuccess-
ful warfare against this personal enemy.
At last Peruna came to the rescue. He
writes:
"Ihape used several bottles of Pc
r,na dnt feet greatly benefited
thereby from my cntarrh ofthc head.
Ifect encouraged TO believe that " L
use u a short timc longer ,ctlL be
fuLiy q bic to era dictate the disease o)
thirty gears standing. r-Ddcid
Meektson. Member Of Compress.
If you do not derive prompt and satsfac-
tory results from the use OF Peruna write
at once 20 DIR. Hartman, giving full state
ment of your case aud he will 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, 1902-11-19
FLIGHT OF THE SNlPE.
Its DodrinG Comes from the Ancestral
Method of Avoiding Foes.

its DodEing Comes from the Ancestral
Method OF Avoiding Foes.
The flight Of the snipe is swift, Wig.
orous, and usually for the first few
yards, erratic. The bird gets under
way smartly and as a usual thing goes
boring up-wind in style rather sug.
sestive of a. feathercd corkscrew. A
series of electrical 2ig.zags get him
TO top speed. whereupon his progress
stcadies a bit and he darts away in
something moro like a straight line.
As q general rule q flushed bird
springs few feet into tAc air hangs
Tor the fraction OF second then be-
gins to twist aud dodge as though the
Old Boy was at his tail II would be
very interesting could we discover the
original cause of the dodGinE. Posi-
bly, some ancient foe. now long eX-
tinct, was best banled by that mode
Of Hight, for there usually is some
such explanation for peculiar actions
by wild things. Because the flight
happens to be puzZling TO 8, gunner
is no guarantee that the bird lodges
for that purpose---such an explanation
would imply a deal more intelligence
than the entire tribe of snipe are pos.
sessed Of Snipe, of course. lodged
On the wing long prior to the appear
ance of firearms, and it is extremely
unlikely that the erratic flight mas
anything in the nature of protective
tactics against the devices of human
foes.-From Tho Wizard of the Wet
Lands by Edwyn Sandys, in Outing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19
Odd Sunday Law in Scotland.

AS an instance of the observance
of the Sabbath in Scotland an Eng
lish paper tells of a postman having
a route between Stirling and Blaird
rummond. He was observed to ride a
bicycle over his six miles on week
days and to walk the same distance
on Sunday. and when asked why, re-
piled that he was not allowed to use
the machine on Sunday. An investi-
cation followed. and the postman's
explanation proved to be correct.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19
A Public Forest for Germans.

Emperor William, OF Germany, car
rying out his purpose of converting
the Grunewald into vast pleasure
ground for the use of the inhabitants
of Berlin, has approved plans for new
roads, Fairgrounds. picnickers' glades
ind restaurants in the forest. One of
the Emperor's objects is to encourage
outdoor athletics. The forest contains
1850 acres. 1t is royal hunting
preserve but the foresters are now
killing off the deer and wild boar
there.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19
Chicago Through British Glasses.

Chicago's university professors are
called "slangy freaks" by a recent
British visitor. on whom all the hos
pitalties of the town had been
poured in sparkling showers" But
as he also called its policemen "por-
cupine sluggards," honors are compar-
atively easy Between the cops and the
faculty. anyhow. with the rest of the
than otherwise.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

THE widest meat ! ever tasted IL
my life,' said the eplcurc. "is the
meat of the raccoon. II has a flavor
about IL which you cannot find In eny
other meat, so far as my experience
goes. ] have spent much of my life in
hunting i'm the wilder regions of this
country, and have had splendid oppor-
tunities to know the particular navors
of various wild meats. Deer meat is
almost tasteless in comparison with
other meats of wild kind. | was about
to say the flavor was scarcely distinc-
tive, but this is not exactly the Iact,
for there is just a suggestion Of Wild
ness about venison If It Is not too high
ly seasoned. Bear meat is just a trihe
more wild in flavor, but not wild
enough to be offensive to the rlan
whose taste is acquainted with food of
a tanner kind. 'Possum meat is decep-
tive.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CRESEy 4 Co.. Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j Che
n,y for the last 10 years. aud believe him nor
fectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their Arm.
WEST TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALpISG. KISSAS&MARvIS, Wholesale Drug
gists. Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act-
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19
" 'POssum meat
Am good and sweet"

Am good and sweet
as the old negro song runs, and yet it
is fact that there are but few persons
who are capable of distinguishing he-
tween carefully prepared and well
cooked 'possum meat and the meat of
a very young pig. Baked with sweet
potatoes and served with the usual
condiments it is almost impossible tor
man whose taste is not keen to an
extraordinary degree to tell 'possum
from pig. Coon meat is different. There
can be no mistake about the mea. of
this animal. II is strong, awfully
strong, and no amount of seasoning no
amount of favoring will rob it of that
taste of wldness which is peculiarly
its own. 1t is not bad taste when
you get used to it, rather like it il 1t
is properly prepared. There are very
few persons who know how to prepare
and cook coon, however. and sup
pose this Is because the meat is rare
ly found except in more remote sec
tions. But II is good meat, and would
like to see it's use more general -
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19
A@gBl]E9q6AL ];|y|al
~ HINTS .
The ynnnr AnimnI rays.

The young animal pays more than
the adult because 1t grows and in
creases rapidly: the younger the ami
nal the lower the cost OF production.
A pig farrowed in early spring and
marketed late in the fall will give a
much larger profit than will one kept
through the winter. There is also
great demand. with better prices,
for n small carcass. weight not ex-
ceeding $50 pounds being preferred TO
an animal that is heavier.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

The best way to cure indigestion is to
remove its cause. This is best done by the
prompt use of DR.. August Koenig's Ham.
burg Drops, which regulate the stomach
in an effectual manner.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

substitute for copper in the manufac-
ture of nails and tacks. The white
metal is much cheaper and in every
way as durable and desirable as copper
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

If you want the world to have good
opinion Of you you must set the ex-
ample by having a good opinion Of
yourself.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. S2trial bottle and treatisefree
DIR. II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption savsl
SINs. Maple st.. Norwich. N. Y. Feb. II. 1900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

Mrs. winslow s Soothing Syrup for children
teething soften the gums, reduces infamma-
tion ,allays pain cures wind collie. 25c. abottle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

The dentist that hurts the most doesn't
always charge the least
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

1t is a notable fact that most of the sub.
lccts Of King Edward VII. are Hindoos.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

Exports of cattle have increased twenty
per cent. in five years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

You can do your dyeing in half an
hour with PUTNAM FADELEss DYES.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

The leech is the only animal which pos
sesses three separate jaws.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-19

In Hungary the legal age of an indivi-
dual dates only from baptism.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-06-14

Don't imagine that all hair prepara-
tiona are alika Quite the contrary.
Some never DO what Is claimed for
them. The Original ozonlzed Ok Mar
row has been on the market for 20
long that there is no doubt It win DO
everything We claim for Il Il e TIE
most senteel preparation that any one
can use on their hair. Il e most DELI
eatsly Derfumsd and when thoroughly
rubbed into the scalp and wen brushed
through the hair 4 cannot fan to cure
dandruR and make the hair straight
soft snd beautiful Il invigoratss the
scalp producing new growth and stops
the hair from falling cut Try 4 bottls
and you win Be sure 70 b pleased.
only 50 cents. express paid, to any nd-
dress IN the United states. Druggists
also sen II Address: oioni1sd Ok
Marrow Co. - Wabasa Ava. CHICAGO,
1Ilnoia.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-06-14
CT FoR - BROAD -.

From now until further notice ne
Broad Ak win be On sale At the fsl-
lowing places:
2 II Faulkner, dealer IN cigars I'd
tobacco. slOl STATE street
b W Fitta printing omee. 571s
State street
A. II TerYalon's cigar store ana
news stand, 2sas State street.
s. Nitohell's news stand ana cirsr
store, foo3 state street
News items and adTort5smsnts len
at those places win hnd their way into
the columns q TIE Broad Az