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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
A Stock Pea Experience.

The summer of 1901 being very dry,
went to considerable expense TO
plant field of corn to peas-a row of
peas between each row of corn. A
portion of the field had no peas plant
ed on It, the seed giving out before
we got done. This was the richest
land, too. Well. the vines made, |
thought, a rather poor growth, owing
to the very dry weather. That fall
the corn was cut up, the land narrowed
with an old-fashioned harrow, and
drilled in wheat, early in October. A
neighbor put a crop Of wheat In a
field Of much about the same man.
ner, except no peas were planted on
1t, but sown earlier, and making a
much larger growth early in the sea-
son than mine did. But as the season
advanced the superiority Of the wheat
where the peas had been became ap.
parent In the much longer, fuller
heads, and higher color of plant. AT
threshing time, this old field aston.
ishei all by giving "a bushels per
acre, nearly twice as much as my
neighbors! might add that the peas
were pastured off. Two quarts Of tim.
othy seed TO the acre were sowed on
at time Of sowing the wheat, but nev.
er made much of a showing. The same
Of clover seed, sowed in the spring
of 1902, did better, and of clover and
timothy together there was a most
beautiful stand. Still, the land that
grew the peas in 1901 shows the bene.
fit yet, in much larger and earlier
growth of both clover and timothy.
Last year the experiment was repeat
ed on a poor portion of field, a part
being cut for hay and the remainder
pastured. This land was in most
beautiful condition for sowing wheat
last fall. The crop wintered we'll,
showing brighter shade of green all
the time, than the rest of the field, but
otherwise not much different from the
rest. Yet If can succeed in making
as good a yield on this poor land with
peas, as on the good land without,
shall always aim to precede wheat
with peas.-D. b. Thomas, in the Epit.
omist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
How Tol Sc 4Appv THO HOT.
Cooling and Calming Suggestions for
the Heated Term.


the Heated Term.
II you are a young girl and cannot
escape from freckles under the sum-
mer sun, remember that Thackery
gave one of the most charming Of his
heroines an honest freckled face"
This was Theo Lambert. the jeune
file of The Virginians."
II you are annoyed by the swapping
Of cameras while you are On the beach
In your bathing costume, remember
that to be photographed is royal
compliment, and that neither king nor
kaiser can escape from the kodak
fend.
IL you are bald-headed man and
suffer from the playful attack of the
sportive fly, console yourself by re-
membering that African explorers are
forced to sleep with their heads wrap
of poisonous insects.
If the bills at the seaside or noun.
tain house where your wife and chill
dren are staying seem monstrcus, cast
backward glance over the coal bills
you were forced to pay during the
strike of the anthracite @nsl miners.
II you cant court sleep successfully
either In bed, on a camp cot, or In a
bamboo chair, call up a mental pic
ture of the unfortunate English Off
GERS who were forced to pass a night
ir the Black Hole of Calcutta, where
one small grated window alone gave
air to the tortured prisoners.
If your small income, or your bust.
uess or professional duties force you
to spend the summer in town, read
Nansen's "Farthest North" and the
works of all the other Arctic explor-
ers you can lay your hands on. After
such course of reading. you will
prefer any degree OF heat to a world
OF ice and snow.
If you are tat man and the street
boys make sarcastic illusions to the
length of your waist belt when you
appear in outing flannels, think how
much more comfortable yau are than
the attenuated individual who dare not
unbutton his padded coat lest the
world discovers that his figure was
made by his tailor.
If, on the contrary, you are lean
and hungry Cassius, "whose pale
brow and hollow cheeks never grow
moist even on the hottest midsummer
day, watch your fat friends watering
the ground at their feet with streams
Of perspiration, and give thanks for a
| figure which enables you to hug the
narrowest shadow to be found in the
sun-baked streets.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
Rape Pasture for Sheep.

A Wisconsin breeder, in an address
on the value of rape, says:
Sheep and swine may be turned into
the field and allowed to remain until
the rape is pastured off. Cattle may
also be allowed to run in the field, but
as they waste some of the forage by
pulling the plants and trampling them
down, there is some loss. This loss
may be prevented by cutting the rape
and feeding it to the cattle. With
sheep and cattle care should be taken
at first never to turn into the rape field
for the first time when hungry, or
when the dew is on the
plants. First feed the cattle and
sheep with other feeds and then turn
into the rape field on day after the
dew is off. Bloating may occur If these
conditions are not followed. 1t is
good plan to have the field so arranged
that the sheep and cattle have access
to an open pasture, as we'll as to the
rape field. Animals should have free
access to salt at all times when being
pastured on this crop.
Rape has a high feeding value. 1t
makes an excellent feed for fattening
sheep and swine and for producing an
abundant flow Of milk from milch
cows. There Is some danger Of taint-
ing the milk, but 1t has been fed with
good results to dairy cows as part
Of the ration. Rape can be used to
good advantage as a part Of the ration
for sheep that are being fed In pens
for the market or for the show ring.
1t is also valuable for young lambs at
weaving time.
By beginning as early as practicable
in the spring and serving at intervals
or two or three weeks, continuous
succession Of rape can be produced
through the period when permanent
pastures are most likely to be short.
Rape will endure quite severe cold
weather, and then will last long time
after the ordinary pasture grasses sue
cumb to the frost--Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
400 Reward. 400.

Tho readers OF this paper will be pleasedto
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 con-
nslly, acting directlyupon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation OF the disease, ilnd giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature In doing its
work. Tho proprietors have SO much faithtn
dred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list OF testimonials. Address
F.J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26

RS ISS NELLIE CURTAIN, 84e Pearl
Nl street, St. Paul, Mimi, head sales
woman in a department store, writes:
~ haze charge Of a department IN
a dry goods store, aud after standing
the larger part of the day, I tUoutd
90 home wtth a dwtt ache, genera NV
through mn entire body. used Pc
rama and feet SO much better that I
palk to and from the store nop. !
knoU Peruna to be the best medicine
on the market for the diseases f,eou-
Tar to tcomen. u-Mfss Nellie Cur
tain.
Nothing IL 90 weakening TO the human
system as the constant loss of mucus. Ca
tarrhal inflammation OF the mucous mem.
brane produces an excessive formation OF
mucus. Whether the mucous membrane be
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
Marrying Under Difficulty.

In the northern Caucasus nearly
half the death rate OF the inhabitants
Is caused by vendetta. and at least
three-fourths of the vendetta cases are
the result of a curious marriage GUS
tom which is now decimating the pcpu-
lation. The native of those parts who
wishes to take unto himself a wife
cannot arrange the matter in the sim
pie, offhand manner in vogue in West
ern Europe, by popping the question"
He must go home, sell his belongings.
and buy her fairly and squarely of
her parents. the price ranging from
G35 to G200. This is costly custom
in many ways, for It is not every young
man who can afford to invest such a
large sum in wife. however. accom-
plished. What generally happens in
such cases is that the INDECENT can
didate for the order of Benedict in
duces few stalwart comrades to seize
too often follows then may be gath
cred from n case in poist which has
Just taken place in Sosslambe. Bo'
kayeff is the bridegroom's name, and
Neshkho that of the girl of sweet II
who had the misfortune to find favOi
in his eyes. His pockets being empty
he persuaded three comrades to kid
nap the maid whom he then took off tc
another village as his wife
But her father, on discover
ing her whereabouts, had
her sent back by the police, and then
demanded $40 for loss of her Services
AZ we should say. Bokayeff. to whor1
the demand was made. would not or
could not pay. The girls father
thereIpon claimed that sum from the
bridegroom's companions, who are
equally liable. They admitted the
justice of his claim. and called upon
Bokayeff to hand over the sum to
them. On his refusal they shot him
dead, that being the custom Of tho
country. although daggers are also
allowed to take the place OF bullets.
The three youths were forthwith ar.
rested and will, of course, be tried and
deported. But that, far from being the
end of The matter is only the very
beginning. The kindred Of the slain
man arc now preparing to wipe cut"
the relations Of the murderers. while
the family of the dishonored girl is
bound by the custom of the coLatry
TO wash away the stain on her rcpata'
tion in the blood Of the clans of both
the nun dered man and his murdcrers,
Ard Russian law is powerless 10 in
teryeie.-London Telegraph.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
mass. then SOW broadcast WHARF the
ioppers are most abunday>A

mass. then SOW broadcast WHARF the
toppers are most abundayJA
For open fields the hopper doser or
catcher is probably the best remedy
after the grasshoppers have hatched
The hopper dozer consists simply OF
a pan Of sheet iron. The back Is ex-
tended by means Of upright stakes and
strip Of muslin. In the pan is placed
a quantity Of kerosene or crude petro-
leun-, ~ a small amount of water with
this oil upon the surface. The dozer
is then drawn over the field by means
Of a couple of horses kept well apart.
The hoppers will jump toward the
dozer In order to escape. Great num-
bers Of them will fall into the oil and
be destroyed. Every grasshopper that
is touched with the kerosene dies. At
tempts have ben made to introduce
fungous diseases, but with very little
success.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
Holding erasshoppers In Check.

In a recent bulletin issued by the
Colorado experiment station, Prof. c.
G.. Gillette gives some concise and
practical directions for controlling
graeshoppers. He suggests that the
best OF all artificial methods is plow-
ing deeply late in fall or early in
spring. When grasshoppers are quite
small and travel slowly, they may be
killed along ditch banks and other
places by covering the ground with
straw and burning It. They may also
be poisoned in large numbers by thor
oughly spray ing the young weeds and
other vegetation on the waste land,
where t1ey are Matching in large num-
bers, using paris green, arsenite of
limo and arsenate Of lead. The pois-
ons used should be rather strong. La
ter when the hoppers get into the
crops they may be poisoned quite sue
cessfully by the use of arsenic bran
mash. Mix pound of paris green or
white a,seriC with about 20 pounds OF
bran. Mix With stfIIcicut water so that
the particle will adhere In q crumbly
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
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Fattenlna stock.

Weight is the main object Of the
farmer in fattening stock for market,
and this weight is easiest obtained by
feeding corn in order to produce fat,
Farmers have long been taught by ex-
perience that fat is a desirable quality
and that 1t adds to the attractiveness
of q carcass on the stall. 1t has been
demonstrated at the experiment sta
tions, however, that the weight can be
secured at less cost, with greater pro-
portion Of lean interspersed with the
fat, by feeding nitrogenous ration,
which means that in addition to a lib
eral supply of corn, an animal should
receive variety Of food that is not so
rich in oil, starch and sugar as corn.
This fact is worthy Of consideration.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
There are fully 100000 locomo,

There are fully 100000 locomotives
in this country. The Pennsylvania
read builds 100 locomotives a year
There are probably 100000 passenger
baggage, express. Iarlor. sleeping and
mail cars. The cost of a standard
freight car is $3.50 with wooden under
work, and $1,000 for steel underframe
The standard car is SO feet long, eight
by eight and half inside measure
The capacity Is from 10000 to 100000
pounds. The life is from ten to twelve
years. The cost of standard loco
motive is $4,000 to $4,000; weight on
wheels, 10000 pounds; tank capacity
6O0O gallons, and coal bin ten to TWEEN
ty tons capacity.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26

A feature of the Worlds Fair win
be a pottery in operation. Workmen
Of the highest skill will manufacture
art pottery, so that visitors may note
all the processes involved. A firing
furnace will stand in the center of q
special building. and the potters, with
their wheels. will be ranged around
the interior, SO that visitors may make
clear inspection of the work.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26

Every native and naturalized citi,
zen in Denmark over 60 years old
and unable to support himself or fam.
lily receives pension varying from
$3.50 to $3.50 per month
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
A Much Condemned Woman.

When Frau Przygodda of Berlin is
hanged she ought to be very dead In.
deed She was tried for poisoning In
quick succession five husbands. Found
guilty, she was condemned to death
no less than three times ON as many
charges.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26

In summer than daily bath. Use soft,
tepid water and good soap. Ivory Soap is
ideal for the BATH IL is pure, lathers quickly
and leaves the skin. soft and white. The
bath should be taken early In the morning
or just before retiring at night.
ELEANOR r. PARKER.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
Travelling Baths.

Travelling baths on one of the Rus
sian railways are the latest provision
for its employees comfort In the out
lying districts.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26

The toy pistol in South America
would make those revolutions far more
dangerous than they are.-Philadelphla
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26

II IL the only cure for Swollen, Smarting,
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, ,Corns and
Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot Ease, powder
to be shaken into the shoes. Cures while you
walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 2bc.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent
FREE. Address, Allen 3. Olmsted, LeBoy, NY.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
The Matter OF Con fidence.

The man who has TOO little conf
dence in himself generally has too
much In others.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26

lido not believe Plso's Cure for Consump-
tionhas an equal for coughs and colds-JouN
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26

Mrs. .winslow's Soothing syrup for children
teething soften the gums. reduces innamma-
lion ,allays pair, cures wind collie. 25c. abottle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26

An egg is waylaid when the hen steals a
nest by the roadside.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26

To boast Of ones honesty doesn't always
prove il.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
Fighters Would Get Hurt.

Money may make the mare go, but it's
different with an automobile.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
NeryeRestorer. 92trlal bottle and treat isefree
DR.. II. II. KLINE, Ltd, 9S1 Arch st., Phils. PA
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26

Congressman Mark II. Dunnell, National
Hotel, Washington, ID. c., writes
"Your Peruna being used by myself and
many Of my friends and acquaintance, not
only as a cure for catarrh but also az an
admirable tonic for physical recuperations
1 gladly recommend 1t to all persons re-
quiring such remedies" - Mark IL. Dun
nell.
II you do not derive prompt and satisfac-
tory results from the use OF Peruna, write
at once to Dr. Hartman, giving full state
ment of your case and 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, 1903-08-26

They are folks who are so careful
that they dodge the shadows Of their
own making.-New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26

located in the head or pelvic organs, the
discharge Of mucus IL sure to occur.
This discharge Of mucus constitutes .
weakening drain; the system cannot long
withstand the loss OF mucus, hence IL 10
that women afflicted with catarrhal affec-l
tions of the pelvic organs feel tired and
languid, with weak back and throbbi=s
brain. A course of Peruna is sure to re-
store health by cutting off the weakening
drain of the daily loss OF mucus.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
The Summer Bath.

A philosopher is very often a man who
breaches what other people should practice.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-26
uaa Atlanta Foot-EaaA.

Even the business of the contractor has
been known to expand.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

We often hear Of blessings in dis
guise, but never q word about the
numerous curses that make a special
ty Of doing masquerade stunts.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13
VERY SAD, SAD SCENE
Little Child chokes to Death While
Her Classmates Pray.
brooklyn sunday school IL Turned
Into a Memorial Service for ChiId.
Who Gets q WhistIinE Bal
loon in Her Throat.

A remarkable scene was enacted in
the Sunday school of the Ainslee Street
Presbyterian church, in the williams
burg section of Brooklyn. A short
time before Emma Rausch, nine years
old, left home for Sunday school. On
the way she bought a penny whistling
balloon. This she took into her class,
and while initiating it for the nus
ment Of her mates. the wooden mouth
piece slipped into her throat. She
gasped, and pain and fear showed in
her eyes. The children became
alarmed, and their ordinations of
fright attracted the attention of
Charles Follert, superintendent of the
Sunday school. He called to a trustee
of the church andthey worked to eNtri-
cate the toy from the throat of the
fast choking child. Not until she be-
came unconscious was II believed that
her condition was critical. Physicians
were hastily summoned, but could not
extract the toy. When they announced
that death was near. Rev. R. S. Dawson
raised his hand and asked that all kneel
and pray. Then he prayed aloud and
~fervently for the soul that was passing
before their eyes
The child's parents, who had been
sent for, entered as the clergyman was
about 10 begin his prayer. The mean
ing was clear to them, and they knelt
sobbing beside their child. And
on the wings Of the prayer of
their playmates and friends the child's
soul was borne away to its Maker.
Tenderly the body vas carried into an
adjoining room, and DR.. Dawson led
the awestricken congregation in a me-
mortal service in place of the regular
Sunday school exercises.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13
NEW c|AR-LIGHTING SYSTEM.
for Generating Electricity
from Car Axles.

Representatives from many rail-
roads have witnessed a successful
demonstration of a device for light
ing railroad cars with electricity. The
invention was tested on a run over
the New York Central to Croton and
return, and the system will shortly
be adopted.
The light is generated by a dy-
namo operated by a belt connected
with the axle of the car. When the
train stops the lights are supplied
from storage batteries in the car. A
speed of only ~ miles an hour is
needed to generate sufficient cleo
tricity to light the lamps. The sur
plus obtained at a higher rate OF
sped is used to recharge the bat
teries.
The car used in the test was
equipped with % lamps Of 16-candle
power each. During the trip 46 stops
were made and no appreciable differ
ence was noticed in the brilliancy OF
the lights.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13
PLANS NEW BATTLESHIPS.
The German Naval Authorities TRks
the United states Vessels
for Models.

The German navy's new design
for ~battleships is generally similar
to that of the Alabama, of the United
States navy. 1t abandOns turrets for
small guns. The vessels will be about
4,5OO tons, or $500 tons heavier than
the battleships of the M group now
building. The details of their arma-
ment are not disclosed, except that
the main batteries will consist of
four 12-inch guns and that they will
mount numerous 7.46-inch guns.
The first of this type of warship,
which is called the "N' group, viii
be laid down as oon as the naval
budget is passed, probably in April
The budget authorizes the construc'
ton of two battleships, one of which
will be the fifth of the M" group
consisting of seven ships.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13
HAS HOMES.
Emperor williams POsen Palace
Brings His Residences Up to
That Number.

When the proposed royal residence
at Posen, for which Emperor William
has just asked a grant, is completed
he will have SO castles and lordly
dwellings in Prussia and other parts
of Germany.
In Berlin he has three-the royal
palace, Bellevue and Montjou; in
Potsdam and the neighborhood he
has 10, among which are Sans Soucii
the marble palace, the orangery,
ETC.; at Cassel he has three, among
which is Wilhelmshohe, where Napo-
leon III. was imprisoned.
Then there are those in Hanover
Wiesbaden, Stetten, %Strasburg, Char
lottenburg, Breslau, Coblentz, Huber.
stock, Hohkoenigsburg and Ermans.
dorf.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13
East. West, South, North.

A. H. HANSON, C. P. A., CHICAGO
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13
~ for FIrlne MaehInes.

Nice has the only "aerodrome," or
place where flying machines can ma
neuver. in the world. 1t consists of
4 steel truss 60 feet high, across the
ton of which is laid another steel
truss. more than 90 feet long, exact
~ balanced and moving on piyots. A
living machine can be suspended to
one arm and counterbalanced by q
weight .on the other and then can
vancouver freely and without danger.
Capt. Ferber has erected this aero
drome not merely for his own ex-
periments with flying machines, but
to allow the use Of it to any invent
or who may want to test an air
shin.
t-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13
PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS
FOR sALE-PURE LEAF TOsAooO

Besides the heavy war tax on store
tobacco, the internal trusts now tax
you to death. Now If you want to
smoke or chew pure leaf tobacco free
and untaxed and save your dimes
these hard times and help a brother
Populist who has dared much to de-
fend and propagate the immortal
principles of the Peoples party, write
for price on leaf tobacco Of my OWE
raising. Address.
WIN. l.. PARKS.
Adams Tenn. Rural Route No. l
THE MESSENGER uses no other to-
bacco and can vouch for its character
8 the highest.