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The Newtown bee., 1903-10-23
Ladies'
Garments

Are now manufactured by experts in such variety
of styles, the workmanship is good and satisfac
ton is guaranteed by reliable Dealers it a
waste of time, money and patience to buy materials
at retail prices, pay large amount, in many cases
to an incompetent tailor, who is seldom responsible
for ruined goods garments.
WHY NOT
come to and avoid running any chances whatev-
er. Select your style and material, and will see
that you satisfied in every way, at saving cost
of Ia at least, tor correctly fitting gar
ments. We refer to many leading ladies in
Bridgeport and vicinity who are regular patrons Of
our modern system.
Every Article In Woman's Wear
The Newtown bee., 1903-10-23
MRS W. T. ODELL

Mrs Turney Odell died very sudden
ly, on Tuesday. The funeral will be
held on Friday, at O'Clock.
The Newtown bee., 1903-10-23
Fall Dress Fabrics.

unfinished Worsteds also Zibe
lines in mixed colorngs Choice 81 . yard.
colorings. Your Choice $l0O yard.
Veneans nothing
inga ats a
The Newtown bee., 1903-10-23
Black Dress Goods.

qualities price veneianA
and
Black Zibelfnes. OandS q
wearing Sl50yad
Black
'' o' ~ ' ' " ' p IGeft Aisle Rear
The Newtown bee., 1903-10-23

j. W. Hoyt telegraphs from Maine
that be will return with one moose,
one bear and two deer. Mr. Hoyt is
expected home by the end of the week
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27

der troubles before they reach the seri-
Gus stage. Read how easily 1t can be
done.
w. ]. Hill. of 40 South Union street,
Concord, n. c.. proprietor of hardware
and harness store, Justice of the Peace,
and one of the best known residents
of that city, says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills proved very efficient remedy In
my case. got n box at the Gibson
Drug Store and used them for disor.
dered Kidneys and baekache, from
which l had experienced n great deal
of annoyance. trouble and pain. The
kidney secretions had bothered me for
a long while, were vury irregular dark
colored and full of sediment. The Pills
cleared 1t all up and | have not had
an ache In my back since taking the
last dose. My back is much stronger
and my health generally is improved
a great deal. am glad to make pub
lie endorsement of the Pills. trusting
that 1t may be the means of relieving
some other sufferer"
"A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Hill will be
mailed to any part of the United States
on application. Address Foster-AIil-
burn Co., Buffalo, n. Y. For sale by
all druggists, price 80 cents per box.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
FINDS A STRADIvARIUs.
Violin Played by Cars Is Recovered
BY U. S. Official.

A Stradivarius which has been play.
ed by several czars, beginning with
Alexander l., and which disappeared
from the museum of the imperial or
chestra at st. Petersburg in May, 1902
has been recovered by Dwight j. Par.
tello, the United States treasury agent
here. Mr.. Particle, who is himself the
posssssoT of 20 famous violins, heard a
word dropped by person interested
in vio.ins which enabled him to trace
the stolen instrument to collector liv.
ing In a town of Southern France. who
bought it for 81. 500 from a Paris dealer
The violin just recovered is specially
precious to the present czar because
one of his childhood recollections is
seeing his father Alexander ILL.,, often
play on it. Car Nicholas. therefore,
was much annoyed when, walking
through the museum one day he saw
in the violin case where the Stradi.
yarius commonly rested an ordinary
fiddle, with the name Of a st. Peters
burg shop pasted inside. The vendor
recognized and pointed out a member
Of the imperial household as the buyer
Of this cheap instrument. The accus.
ed man denied the statement absolute
ly and as he was of rank sufficient to
have his word accepted, this line of
inquiry was ended
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
TEACHER FOR FIFTY YEAns.
Indiana Woman Has Stuck to The
School Room a Long Time.

One of the oldest school teachers IN
the country in point of length of SER
vice is Mrs. Emma A. Stuckman. of
Nappanee, Ind, who has just compiat-
ed her fifty-second year as school
teacher and he one hundredth term in
the schoolroom. In addition to more
than half a century as a teacher she
has also reared family of Two sops
and a daughter In her 100 terms OF
school she has not missed q whole
year at one time, either attending or
teaching a normal in the fall. She be-
gar teaching at the age of 10 years in
1851 In little log school house. TX
16 feet In size. three miles from Mil
ford. Kosciusko county. Nearly all her
teaching since has been in Elkhart
and Kosciusko counties, the term she
just closed being in the latter county.
She will teach next year in Elkhart
county. Mrs. Stuckman was a native
Of Juniata county, Pennsylvania, COM
ing TO Milford with her parents in 1915.
She is essentially self-made teacher,
not having attended the public schools
since she was II years of age. But she
took advantage of county normals,
which we're provided for teachers IN
the earlier days, and of late years she
avaiied herself OF the advantages Of the
Northern Indiana normal school, living
for IL years at Valparaiso and attend
ing college there between terms. She
| always kept abreast with the best
thought of her profession by taking ad-
vantage of the best periodicals and
Keeping In close touch with those
whom she knew to be efficient. AS a
result she is to-day in demand by trus-
tees who seek up-to-date, wide-awake
instructors. Mrs. Stuckman loves the
work of the schoolroom and expects to
teach as long as she continues to he
successful and keeps her health. At
present she holds a three years state
license. While at Valparaiso she wrote
monthly articles on government and
school discipline for the college school
journal. Mrs. Stuckman's brothers,
sisters and many of her brothers-in-
law and sisters-in.law, her children and
even her husband have been her pupils.
One son-William-wa graduated in
law and Is now quartermaster in the
United States army Edwin d. Stuck
man Is a graduate in medicine and is a
| successful practitioner at Nappanee,
Ind Mrs. Ethel Stuckman Stryker,
who graduated in vocal and instrument
tai music. now lives in Chicago. Mrs.
Stuckman is now visiting in the Da-
kotas, Washington and California, but
will return in time to begin her school
September /.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
fgHS;S B. 'SEb25&l5,,
Eae6inn senarator MIX.

Somebody writes to complain of the
effect of separator milk on young
calves, causing scours or indigestion.
The trouble was not with the milk but
It's condition. Being heated at the
creamery and remaining warm for sew
eral hours II quickly sours, and sour
milk produces trouble sooner or later,
besides which, the calf will not drink
enough of the bad tasting stuff to keep
him growing at full speed. The milk
should be fed as soon as 1t cones from
the creamery and should he fed warm.
Big feds of cold milk ruin a calf's d.
gestion. If the milk Is put In a cool
place in a pail that is washed clean
every day, 1t will usually keep sweet
till the second feeding. If only slightly
acid, its taste can be restored by add
ing a teaspoonful of cooking soda to
the gallon. Separator milk is as good
rs any milk with the cream taken out,
but TO fattep veal calves a little flour
or some other starchy food must be
added, and the milk must be warm and
sweet. Owners of separators have an
advantage here, being able to feed the
milk fresh from the machine.-The
Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
Grass Used to Fight Sand.

For centuries the countries by the
sea have endured the evils arising
from drifting sand and have sought
with Indifferent success to lessen them
It seems, however that nature has pro-
vided an ample remedy for her own
cures in the form of certain grasses
that grow in sandy wastes. Wherever
they appear the sand is held intact,
and it has been found that it is pos
sible to select and transplant these
grasses so that the most lawless beach
es may be held in control. By their
aid the people of Holland have finally
secured their hardearned country from
the constant efforts of the North sea
to reclaim it; and, after q contest of
nearly a hundred years, France has
transformed the desolate shores of
Gascony into fertile fields and forest
lands.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
WhY We Saw BsndhoX.

"Why is a pasteboard box for hold
ing n cap or a bonnet or some other
adjunct of feminine attire called o
bandbox? Why don't we rather say a
bonnet boX?'
The old hat dealer looked pleased,
for 1t always delights him to remove
ignorance. Smiling, then, upon his
young interrogation, he said:
"The collars worn by the English in
the seventeenth century were big.
starched things, a good deal like a ruff.
Sometimes, indeed. they were bigger
than the biggest ruff. They required
box of a good size to be carried
about in.
These collars were called bands.
Ben Johnson, in 'Volpone, says: This
band shows not my neck enough.
Steele says: The next that mounted
the stage was an Under-CitiZen CT the
Bath, a person remarkable among the
inferior People of that Place for his
great Wisdom and his broad Band.
Bands, you see, were collars, and,
by the same token, bandboxes were
collar boxes. They were big and
round, just big enough to carry a
clean, well-starched band, just as big,
in fact, as they are today.
Whenever, therefore. you talk OF
bandboxes you are unconsciously re.
ferring to the collars, as huge as ruffs,
that the English of the 18th century
wore. philadelphia Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
Colt MANAGEMENT.

Nature supplies It's mother with the
food best adapted to the needs OF colt.
II is well fitted to keep up the colts
animal heat and build up bone and
muscl, and ound out its bodyin short,
to keep it in the best of hath. The
food Of natupre is in solution, and cas-
lily digested.
II is not best to change abruptly
from such a food to solid materials,
and good plan is to begin to feed a
little grain somewhat before weaving
time. Thus. the colts digestive or
gans are able to accustom themselves
gradually to the materials they will be
called on to turn into horse flesh.
Ground feed will not be amiss for a
time and may have little bran mixed
with II. Good hay is not bad colt feed,
but some grain should be added. un-
less the colt is on good pasture. 1t
pays to feed literally, to encourage a
thrifty condition and rapid growth.
When the colt Is weaned, the ration
should be gradually increased. By
getting the colt started right and by
keeping it growing, profitable results
can be looked for.-Rice Journal and
Gulf Coast Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
Diseases of Garden CROPS.

Last season tomato vines were sud-
denly destroyed in some sections, al
though apparently free from disease.
Growers have had much to contend
with in defending cabbages, beans, to-.
matoes, egg plants and other crops from
both insects and diseases, but OCCASION
ally something appears with which
they are not familiar, and before a
remedy can be applied the crop is
lost. The cabbage crop has been rem
dered difficult to grow profltably since
the introduction of the white butterfly,
and now disease, which made its ap-
pearance in 1890, and has spread until
II is a serious difficulty. 1t attacks
cabbage. turnips and cauinower, and
Is sometimes styled as both dry and
wet rot. The government, in its bull
letins of experiment station work.
states that on the leaves the disease
begins with yellowing near the mar
gins, the veins becoming brown or
black. II spreads from the margin to
the stems, and from the stems to other
leaves, or up and down the plant. Tho
woody tissue becomes brown, hence
theaame of black or brown rot of the
cabbage. 1t may be spread by the bite
of insects, or the plants may become
contaminated through the seed bed,
manure or soil. The remedy is to be
careful of the seed bed and kind Of
manure used the selection of a new
location of cabbags every year being
an advantage. These precautions will
reduce the loss to a minimum. A New
Jersey report mentions a disease OF
celery, describing the affected leaves
as badly blotched with brown, the dis
cased spots having a watery appear
ance. The disease spreads through
the leaf in about three days and decay
Is even more rapid. 1t is believed that
careful and timely spraying with bor'
deaux mixture or some other fungicide
will keep the disease in check. There
is n disease of beans which manifests
itself upon the pods In soft, water
soaked, spreading spots, and the leaves
and stems are similarly affected. The
disease attacks all kinds of beans, lu'
pines tnd peas. Spraying the growing
plants with bordeaux mixture and re-
jecting all distorted or wrinkled seed
so as to guard against introduction OF
the disease, are the best remedies. Gu
cumbers and melons are attacked by
the disease, the symptoms of which
are the sudden willing and collapsing
of the plants. This is due to the clog
ging Of the channels of water supply
of the plants by the extremely rapid
and abundant growth of the bacteria
which live in the channels and cause
the disease, it being spread by insects
Investigators have suggested no rem
ely for the disease rs yet. but may be
able to do so after further expert
ments.-Philadelph Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
EarIdoms Of the carnenIes.

The Carnesies, who have been prom
incnt in Scottish history for five cen
turies, enjoy two separate earldoms-
those OF Northesk and Southeast
which were conferred. respectively, on
the eldest and second sons of Sir. Da-
vid Carnegie In the seventeenth cen
tury. says the London NJ. A. P. The
Earldom OF Southeask was attained in
consequence of the participation of the
iilth Earl in the rising of 1715, but was
restored In favor of the present peer
in 1865. Kinnaird Castle, the family
scat on the River Eslte, was built some
fifty years ago. and with its steep
roofs, numerous turrets. long stone
balconies and ballustraded terraces is
a singularly perfect reproduction OF
the old Scoto-French baronial castle
Some of the trees in the extensive
deer park are from 800 to 400 years
old
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
The LARGEST Tin Mines.

In the current Journal of Geology
}. Penrose, gives an account of the
h deposits of the Malay Peninsula,
mat produces over one-half of the tin
used in the world, and which, reckoned
together with the product of the ad-
joining islands of Banka and Billion,
Is the source of about three-quarters
of the worlds supply. Notwlthstand-
ing their great Importance and value
to the worlds commerce, the mining Is
conducted in the most primitive fash
ion. The mines were largely owned
by Chinese and coolies employed
therein Staniferous earth is carried
out in baskets and washed in primitive
sluices. The water is pumped out Of
the workings by human treadmill labor
and the final concentration of the ore
to about 40 Per cent tin is accomplish
ed by hand. The workable deposits all
occur in alluvium OVERLAPPING granite
and limestone rock, which are evident
ly the parent rocks of the tin ore. 1t
has been broken and washed out of the
original matrix by the agencies of ma
ture, and these primitive children of
nature simply continue and complete
the process, although English compan-
les are being formed to organize and
introduce modern methods.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
Calves and Butter.

1t Is often difficult for one to choose
between making less butter and hav-
ing calves grow less. Experiments
show, however. that, If properly done,
n cheaper fat than cream can be add
ed to skinned milk with good results.
The trouble with doing the latter is,
that the food should be warmed to
about the temperature of the body, be-
fore being fed and this heating is
very often improperly done. If the
milk is allowed TO boil, the milk is
cooked. That is undesirable. Some
add cold water TO cool milk that has
become too hot. Such dilution is UNI
wise.
Tests by the Maryland Experiment
station show that cooking milk in this
manner detracts considerably from
its digestibility. Ordinary fresh milk
has a digestive co-efIlcient of 94.57
percent, while milk cooked for 30 min
utes at a temperature of 100 degrees
f. has q digestive co-ehlcient of S7.2G
percent. This would indicate that the
practice of allowing milk to remain
on q stove for some time. even should
the boiling point not be reached, is un-
wise Not only is there loss due TO
the indigestibility of the cooked milk,
but such milk generally results in the
arrangement of the animals system.
Unless milk has been allowed to stand
until 1t is sour or has developed con-
siderable acid, it is a much better
practice to heat only to n temperature
of 80 or % degrees, at which time it
should be removed from the heating
plant and Immediately fed to the
calves. Where for any reason milk
has undergone fermentation and it
is necessary to destroy the organisms
by heating, temperature of 100 or
10 degrees, maintained for a period
of 10 minutes is sufficient to bring
about their destruction.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
The Fad for SIMPLICITY.

Thanks to the fact that some of the
greatest thinkers and teachers and ar
lists of modern times have interested
themselves in the problem of beauty
as it concerns the commoner things
of life, the number of those who are
able to plant deep in knowledge their
desire to make home beautiful is con-
stantly multiplying, and the crop OF
simple house furnishings is constantly
increasing. 1t has in fact grown large
enough of late to attract the attention
even of the thoughtless. They being
always ready for something new have
of late been taking slips from this
new and sturdy growth. and have been
planting them in their shallow ground
and behold another prodigious growth
this time of plain furniture and Sc
we're draperies-highly polished ma
hogany tables costing a hundred dol
lars each, but plain. absolutely plain,
and wall papers costing three dollars
roll. but severe and simple in de-
signcCaroline Hunt, in The Chautau-
guam.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
Mr.. Moody as a Waiter.

A good story is told on Secretary
Moody while visiting San Juan. in Por-
to Rico. While the Dolphin was in
the harbor of San Juan, she was visit
ed daily by the natives. One of them,
feeling thirsty, turned to a man in
white and wearing sort of naval
cap and said: "I'll have a drink of
water" The man hurried away with
sut word and soon arrived with the
water which the native drank. The
man in white then took the glass back
to the cabin. While he was gone an
American who had seen the whole
procedure, said to the native. You
ought to have tipped that fellow" The
native fumbed in his pocket for a coin,
but mildly protested. why should I?''
and the American said: Because that
was Mr.. Moody. the secretary of the
navy" It was true, and when the
secretary emerged from the cabin, the
natives profuse apologies were made
rs only one Of the Latin race can make
them. while the secretary, laughing,
tried to put the Porto Rican at his
ease
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
Legends That Will Live.

1t makes no difference what proof to
the contrary is offered the American
people will always believe and main
tain that Raleigh once lived in Virgin
ia, that Putnam crawed into a den of
wild wolves, that Paul Revere saved
his country by ride. and that Barbara
Freltchje dared the rebels just as poets
have written; that Funston did actual
ly swim the Calumpit, and that Roose-
welt charged up the hill in the battle
at San Juan in the very way that
Verestchagin puts it, These things can
no longer be considered as matters in
dispute or points OF controversy in our
history The belief In them is as deep
ly imbedded in the hearts of all Amer
leans as is the belief that Washington
never lied and that Mrs. Leary's COW
kicked over the lamp which caused the
big Gre in Chicago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
Management of Hotbeds.

II possible the bed should be located
upon south or east slope with a
building OF fence to protect IL from
the north and west winds. The soil
for the bed is usually excavated to a
depth of about two or two and onehalf
feet and filled with manure. The ma
nure should be piled and allowed to
heat for few days and then turned be.
fore being placed in the beds. It should
be thoroughly tramped as thrown into
the bed, taking special pains to firm 1t
around the edges, over the tops of this
place four inches of black soil. For
the first few days the temperature will
run high in the beds and no planting
should be done until 1t begins to re-
cede, which Is usually about the fifth
or sixth day. When II falls to about 90
degrees you are ready for planting.
The seed may be sown directly in
the soil, or II the plants are in pots
they can be buried to the rim in soil.
Special care must be taken for the
first few weeks in the matter of ven
tilation. The fermentation is quite
strong, which gives off an abundance
of ammonia and If this is allowed to
accumulate the plants will be burned.
The ventilating is done by raising the
hash at one end for two or three inch
es. They should be raised about the
middle of the forenoon and closed as
the temperature falls, which is usual
ly at or 8 o'clock in the afternoon.
Late in the spring, about planting out
time, the plants should be hardened off.
This process consists in gradually CIV
ing them a lower temperature for a
longer period each day until they are
finally adapted to outside conditions.
Bright, warm days are selected for
this work and the sash is left off an
hour the first day, two hours the sec
ond day, and so on until finally left off
at night.
In bright, sunny weather the plants
will require water at least once day.
There is no rule about this, however,
and whenever the soil shows indica-
tions of becoming dry 1t should be
thoroughly watered so that every
particle is molstened and no further
water given until the soil needs 1t, re-
gardless of the fact as to whether the
interval is one day, or three or four
National Fruit Grower.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
Poultry as Insect pestroyers.

There is one valuable advantage of
keeping poultry on the farm that is
generally overlooked, and that is the
vast number of insects destroyed by
them.
If every insect caught by hen in a
day were counted and an estimate
made of the number of insects eaten
by flock of 25 hens, it would show
that hens are more useful in that re-
spect than may be supposed.
When busily at work scratching the
hen secures many grubs and worms.
while the larvae of insects also assist
in providing them with food.
A flock of turkeys will search every
nook and corner of a field for insects,
and as a turkey can consume a large
amount of food it will make away with
a vast number of them each day.
The active guinea is ever on the
search over the fields for insects. 1t
does not scratch, but every blade of
grass is looked over, and it rarely
comes up to the barnyard to seek
food. Its industry prompts it to secure
its own food, and in so doing hundreds
of insects are destroyed.
The ravenous duck, whose appetite
seems never satisfied. will attempt TO
seek enough in the fields, and 1t cap
lures not only insects, but the field
mouse and small reptiles will be eaten
II other food is not plentiful; but II
insects abound they will be content
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27

with >eatins them In preference Ia
anything else.
The goose also is an excellent for
ager and does good service.
When we consider that the work OF
poultry In the fields is from early morn
until sunset, and that this work con
tinues throughout tho whole season
the number of insects destroyed will
appear too great for estimation. This
valuable service on the part of poul.
try should be entered on the credit
side of their account.-Commerclal
Poultry.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27

A Canadian inventor claims to have
invented system of telephoning be
tween stations, utilizing the railroad
tracks instead of line of wire for the
transmission of messages. Expert
ments have been successful.