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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
worthy Of Emulation.

Judge w. A. Falconer, of Fort Smith,
Ark, has applied the principle of State
aid in new way. AS State aid is not
yet Forthcoming in Arkansas, though
1t Will soon be provided for Judge
Falconer put himself in the States
place, and offered TO donate $500 to
that one OF the four most important
roads In the township which would
raise the largest bonus to obtain it.
One road raised S2350 in guaranteed
cash subscriptions. in addition to the
engineering work and unlimited quaint.
ties of stone. To the road coming next
In this friendly contest the Judge
offered one dollar for every dollar II
would raise, provided it would raise
as much as $1,000 by April 4; that road
had on March in cash and in checks
payable April /, $500, and expected
to raise 500 or $500 more. Judge Fal.
coner has done more than help Fort
Smith to get good roads; he has set
an example that may we'll be emulated
throughout the Nat.on.-Good Roads
Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
A New Electric Lamp,

A vacuum tube of any length up II
six feet, in which mercury vapor is
raised to high incandescence, consti.
tutes the Cooper Hewitt electric
lamp. The light is curious and un-
usual. being of vivid violet hue al
most completely free from red rays
and it's weird effects unfit it for do
mestic use. although it is claimed to
have advantages for many purposes.
1t is stated to require only a seventh
as much electric energy as the ordi-
nary glow lamp. while it has run con.
tinuously without renewal for 200
days Of 10 hours each.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
MRS. LULU LARMER.

Mrs. Lulu armer, Stoughton, WIS,
says:
For two years | suffered with ner-
vous trouble and stomach disorders un-
I'll II seemed that there was nothing TO
me but g bundle of nerves.
Il was very irritable. could not sleep,
rest or compose myself, and wns GER
tainly unfit to take care of a household.
II took nerve tonics and pills without
benefit. When l began taking Peruna
i grew steadily better, my nerves grew
stronger. my rest was no longer titful.
aud to-day | consider myself In perfect
health and strength.
MY recovery was slow but sure, but
persevered and was rewarded by per-
feet health. Mrs. Lulu Larmer.
Mrs Anna B. Fleharty. recent Super
intendent of the w. &. T. L. headquar-
ters at Galesburg. ILL.,, was for ten
years one OF the leading women there.
Her husband. when living, was first
President of the Nebraska Wesleyan
University Mt Lincoln, Neb.
In letter written from i0l Sixty
seventh street, W., Chicago, ILL.,. she
says:
Il would not be without Peruna for
ten times its cost."-NIrs. Anna Il. Fle-
harty.
Health and Beauty" n bool, written
by DR.. Hartman, on the phases of ca
tarrh peculiar to women, will he sent
free by The Peruna Medicine Co, Co.
lumbus. Ohio.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
The Vanity of Man.

"Why does Il man always run his
hand through his hair when he takes
his hat off?" asked the observant man.
Did you ever notice that man Will
invariably do this very thing? Is II
Just nervous habit? Is 1t vanity
1t is an old habit. | have never known
n man who did not indulge this habit.
Even men who have no hair to run
their fingers through. men whose heads
are as bald as billiard balls, will brush
their hands over their heads when they
lift their hats. If the men simply
wanted to smooth their tousled hair.
of course. this would afford ample
explanation of the habit. Eut why
should n man who has no hair on his
head do the same thing? 1t Is not
sufficient answer to say that such n
man may have had full suit of hair
at one time. and that II is simply q
matter of habit contracted under differ.
ent conditions. AS n rule men are uil.
conscious of the fact. They do not
know why how or when they run their
hands over their heads. But they all
do II just the same. Go into q court.
room. or at any place wheer men con.
grcGate. and where 1t is necessary for
them to remove their hats. and watch
them. You will observe that every
man will go through the same per.
formnnce. 1t seems to he perfectly
natural thing for them to do. My own
conclusion is that 1t Is an evidence of
vanity. A man wants his hair to he
just so. Originally, probably II was
simply matter OF tidiness. But II
has grown into an act of vanity. The
lawyer, for instance, II he has enough
hair for the purpose, will want his head
to have tousled appearance. 1t gives
him studious appearance, and leaves
the impression that he has been strug-
Cling with the books. Whatever the
reason the habit is n curious one. and
one which seems TO be deep-rooted In
the masculine ture."-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
Tho Gcnoyous Man.

Joseph Girouard, of Spencer, Mass.
announced recently that he would give
receipts in full TO all his debtors who
applied provided they were unable to
meet their obligations. mo matter
whether 1t is $40 or 500 or S1000," he
declared, ''any man who says he can
not pay 1t shall have receipt. l want
to feel kindly toward all the people
ana not have them burdened with any
debts to me-" But ii has turned out
that no man owed him single cent
Successful American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
The Iseporter.

One of the sad features of civil and
military life is the unpreparedness Of
men in the presence of the newspaper
reporter. Without the reporter there
might be papers, but not newspapers.
He is necessary evil. II he be any
kind of evil. Those who fight hardest
against him and oppose his mission
are the very ones who at some future
day need him most. and 1t is they who
will work most strenuously to use him
for their purposes. 1t gives me pleas
ure to say that we of the Fourth Estate
nrc gradually educating the public I'm
the art of receiving newspaper men
and treating them with that courtesy
and frankness which the eXigencies Of
the hour demand. We are here to stay.
We are friends of all good and enemies
Of all guile.-New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
In tho Rush Hours.

New Yorkers in a crowd walk at the
rate of two steps per second. If the
police will permit, stand at the entrance
10 Brooklyn Bridge and watch the
crowd pour out in the morning or pour
In at the end of the day. The column
as 1t marches past the Pulitzer Build
Ing Is formed in eights and tens. Fix
your eye on some stationary object and
count the passers. Two groups of
eight-sixteen persons-is the average
for every second Of the rush hours.
The average Is so high because for
long periods the rate is twenty per sec.
ond, or 1900 per hour. Estimating the
average step at twenty inches-and
that Is nearly correct-the speed of the
crowd is slightly more than two miles
an hour.-New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
Cooling n Hot Iron.

The small girl had been told not to
put her toy tlatiron on the stove. as IL
would become too hot. She insisted
that she must have n hot iron. how
ever; for how else could she make her
dolls clothes look nice? But when the
iron was given to her she found It's
warmth more than she bargained for.
she said nothing to her mother, but
quietly taking up the iron she toddled
out to the refrigerator and deposited
there; and when her mother asked her
for an explanation she said:
81 fought I'd cool 1t ofr."-New York
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
BLOOD RUM0URS
Skin Humours, Scalp HumOurs,
Hair Humours,
Whether Simple ScrotuIouS or
Hereditary
Speedily Cured by Cuticu!a
Soap, Ointment and Pills.
Complete External and Internal
Treatment, One Dollar.

In the treatment Of torturing, dis
figuring, itching, scaly, crusted, pimply,
blotchy anc scrofulous humours of the
skin, scalp and blood, with loss of hair,
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills have
been wonderfully successful. Even the
most obstinate of constitutional hui
mours. such as bad blood, scrofula, in
herited and contagious humours, with
loss OF hair, grandular swellings, ulcer
GUS patches In the throat and mouth,
sore eyes, unprecedented blotchcs. as
we'll as boils, carbuncles, scurvy, sites,
Ulcers and sores arising from an iG-
pure or impoverished condition of the
blood, yield to the Cuticura Treatment,
when all other remedies fail.
And greater still, If possible, Is the
wonderful record of cures OF torturing,
disfiguring humours among infants and
children. The suffering which Cuticura
Remedies have aileviated among the
young. and the comfort they have af-
forded worn-out and worried parents,
have led to their adoption In countless
homes as priceless curativcs for the
skin and blood. Infantilc and birth hui
mours, milk crust, SCALED head, eczema,
rashes and every form ofitching, scaly,
pimply skin and scalp humours, with
loss Of hair, of infancy and childhood,
are speedily, permanently and economi-
cally cured when all other remedies
suitable for children, and even the best
physicians, fall.
Sold throushoutths world. cuicuu nsso,vsut SOC 90
am Of Chocolate Coated lts lo per vial OF ~, Oint-
msnt &c., Soap, Sc. pspo.i London. n Chsstsrhouss
5Q Psrs Rue de- ID paix Boston. lS Columbus Ave.
= 6ss1 Ia "Ths cisii uunoaI Care"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
His Man Cook.

Having tried every kind Of female
cook, determined to get a man." said
a portly millionaire. 1T very natur.
ally occurred to me that an ocean
liner was the best place to find him.
Everything is so clean about n ships
kitchen, you know. Well, found a
fine-looking Swede and established
him in my kitchen at s25 a week. He
seemed to be all right. but presently
my neighbors complained that he was
throwing all the refuse out of the win.
dow. Old habit! He thought the win
dow was a portfolio on a ship.
could never break him of the trick
and had to let him CO."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
GREAT PAINTING DOOMED.
Leonardo's Last Supper" Fading and
Preservation Is impossible.

The report that Leonardo's Last
Supper" painted on one of the walls
of the Refectorium of the Church of
Maria Dele Grazie, Milan, has gone
out of existence, was premature. The
painting is still in tact. but woefully
faded. This grand painting is doomed,
yet II may last for years. Scientists
and artists have been consulted with
out number for means of preservation
there are none. All that could be
done is done by regulating ventilation.
At the same time guarding against
changes of temperature.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
Pardonable Pride.

1t was commencement day, and Miss
Eunice Whatnot had taken one Of the
principal prizes. At the close of the
exercises her friends crowded around
her to OFFS their congratulations. But
weren't you awfully afraid you
wouldn't get it?" asked one of them.
"Oh, no." said Miss Eun!ce, with a
bright smile. II just knew that when
1t came to English composition had
EN- all skinned alive"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
"a Strange EneIIsh Custom.n

China is composed not Of one but
of many different peoples. What may
he n custom in the South is quite
unknown in the North. But all China
men in England are sworn on broken
saucer, regardless Of what part of the
country they come from, with the re-
suit that the majority of them imagine
the saucer-breakmg to be a strange
English custom.-The Sketch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24

the movement had rapid growth. In
Austria the number Of school gardens
In 1905 was estimated to he over $4,000.
and In some of the Austrian provinces
there Is not school without a garden.
In Sweden the number of school gor-
dens in 1891 was 40To.
BEIdlUM AND SWITZERLAND.
In Belgium, since 1878. law has
been In force requiring that each school
have garden OF at least thlrty-nine
and one-half square rods. TO he used In
connection with instruction in botany.
horticulture and agriculture. In Switz-
erland an active campaign for the es.
tabllshmcnt of school gardens was be.
gun IN 1881 by the Swiss Agricultural
Society. and about 1885 the Federal
Government began 20 suDs!dize school
gardens and 10 offer prizes for plans
and essays on the subject. School
gardens are maintained in connection
with normal schools and In that way
the teachers receive special training
which enables them TO make the best
Use OF these important institutions. In
Belgium remarkable impetus was
given TO vegetable gardening, matter
of great Importance in that densely
populated country. In Switzerland, ac-
cordlng TO n recent consular report,
one can see flowers. vegetables, fruit
trees or shrubbciy planted ION every
foot of ground-on the front, sides and
rear of houses."-Richard J. Crosby. In
Boston Transcript
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
Give a Rebate.

The council of Hammonton, n. j.,
has passed an ordinance allowing a re-
bate of 81 In taxes for each wheel OH
wagon having a tire four inches or
more in width.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24

wild red deer are increasing so rap
idly In Devon and Somerset, England.
that special efforts are TO be made to
reduce their numbers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
Read what Mrs. Day SAYS:

"DEAR Mrs will LEI OF
the benefit % have from taking remedies suffered for
alton pain in the stomach after eating and often thought
compound and feeling like
hghy IL all that II is recommended TO do
hope that
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
A Foundation Of Curranta.

The economic structure Of the king
dom Of Greece rests largely upon the
currant industry.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
THE SCHOOL GARDEN
WINK

Value Of This Nature Study Labor
atory-The Practical knowledge
as Well as Artlso Conceptions
Which II Affords.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24

Floors Of rubber, claimed to be as
durable as asphalt and cheaper. are
being tried In Germany.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
Free Medical Advice to Women.

Mrs. PinIham invites all women to write to her
for advice. You need not be afraid to tell her
things you could not explain to the doctor
ter will he only by women and Is absolutely
ndential. Mrs. Pinkhams vast experience with such
troubles enables her to tell you just what is best
you, ana she will charge nothing for her advice
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
TI~E

4 DEf lND tuc SCNOOl purucn HS "
garden that performs some educn-
tlonal function In the school with
l. which 1t Is connected. 1t has n
garden laboratory-a nature study lab.
oratory. 1t does for the children out
of-doors what the chemical laboratory.
the carpenter shop and the kitchen
laboratory do Indoors. 1t trains the
eye and the hand along with the in-
tellect, and at the same time gives
pleasureable employment and physical
exercise in the open air and sunshine.
To many pupils In the city 1t opens up
whole new world-nature life ro-
nance, n divine pastoral aboundlng In
amusing little comedies and the most
intensely interesting traged!es-the
struggles for exlstence-all this ut n
time when every impression made upon
the child mind leaves an indeliblc
stamp. And not only does 1t arouse
interest In the many phenomena OF
nature thus brought under the directed
observations of the child, but 1t also
gives zest to many otherwise dry excr-
cses that the skilled teacher correlates
with 1t.
KINDS OF SCHOOL GARDENS.
Two fairly distinct types of school
gardens are found. In one the ornn-
mental features prcdomlnate. The chill
dren assist In planting the school
grounds with wild flowers and shrubs.
or cultivated flowers, ornamental plants
and trees, or various combinations Of
native and introduced plants. Ordlnar-
lily In gardens of this type the aesthetic
features are emphasized, though not
always to the exclusion of other valua-
BILE instruction. The children may
learn, to certain extent. the prlncl-
pies of plant growth, the reasons for
pruning and grating trees, the best
methods of combating insect pests and
fungus diseases OF flowers, shrubs and
trees, and many other practical details
in maintaining pleasant home surround
ings.
In the other type of school garden
the vegetable garden-we find the eco
nomic element predomnating. Chill
dren are frequently allowed TO plant
flowers in connection with vegetables,
but this feature of the work Is usually
incidental to the instruction in growing
useful plants. Csually the garden Is
divided into small plats, from four TO
ten feet wide by six TO twenty feet
long. and one or two pupils are made
responsible for the care of each plat.
Here they plant lettuce. radishes beans,
pntntopS and othpr farm and garden
vegetables, learn to distinguish them
from the weeds that threaten to choke
them out, become familiar with their
habits Of growth and methods of re-
production, discover numerous insect
enemies and other pests that require
great ingenuity to eradicate. and grad
ually acquire nomenclature that adds
greatly to the stock of words In their
growing vocabulary.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
LANDSCAPE EFFECTS.

10 the realization or landscape effects,
but furnish many valuable lessons not
to be acquired In the ornamental gar
den. where. as a rule, all the pupils
work together. Among other things
they develop sense of ownership. and
awaken greater personal interest.
With this sense of ownership comes
growing regard for the property Of
others. 1t has been found in the edu-
cation Of incorrlglble boys that al
lotting to each boy plat Of ground
upon which he can raise what hc will
and enjoy the fruits of his labor has a
powerful influence in overcoming the
tendency to indulge in petty thevlnG.
Furthermore, the few experiments In
school garden work that have been
carried on long enough in this country
to give tangible results indicate that
children who have engaged in work of
this kind at school acquire a whole
sorle respect not only for the individual
property Of others, but for city prop
erty and other corporate property, for
the shad trees in the streets and the
shrubbery and flowers in parks.
The Individual plat system, also.
more than any other fixes personal re-
>sponsibilty. There is no chance TO
shirk it, If any plat shows neglect the
teacher knows where TO fix the blame.
II another shows excellence in design
or painstaklng effort, the teacher
knows where praise should be be-
slowed. 1t has been found In schools
where this system has been tried that
to deprive a neSlectful pupil of his
plat and give 1t to some one else has
been one of the strongest incentives
to continuous and painstaklng effort.
After n pupil has prepared his ground.
sown his seed and bestowed some little
care upon the plants that have come up
he very much disllkes TO have the
fruits of his labor enjoyed by someone
else.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOVEMENT.
School gardens Of the two types men
toned are mostly modern institutions
No concerted movement for their cs-
tabllshment dates back more than thr-
ty-lve years. Aside from Germany,
where two or three states gave encour-
agement to the establishment of school
gardens, over eighty years ago, Austria
and Sweden were leaders in the move
nient and were practically contempor-
aneous in giving official encouragement
to 1t. The Austrian imperial school
law Of March IA. 1860. prescribed that
Hwhere practicable garden and place
for agricultural experiments shall he
established at every rural school," In
Sweden, seven months later. royal
circular was published which required
school gardens averaging from seventy
to eighty square yards to be appro-
priately laid out In both countries
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
Details Of Severe Case Cured In Eau C,:lre, Wis.

DEAR Mrs
tion accompanied at
books
fetal effects OF Lydia f. pinkhas
ened by
using few bottles feel like
recommending medicine
pound"-MRs Eau
Nothing will relieve this distressing condition so
surely as Lydia Il. Pinkhams Vegetable Compounds it
sO0thes strengthens heals and tones up the delicate
female organism 1t is positive for all kinds of
female complaints; that bearing down feeling, back
ache, displacement of the womb, inflammation of the
Oyaries and is invaluable during the change of Iife all
of which may help o cause nervous Drosfraton.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
Another Case of Nervous Prosfration Cured.

DEAR MRS PiTKHAM ALLOW TO the benefit
and
heard OF Lydia Pinkms wh
Immediately
II heartily
f. DERKTSs 25X Lapdge Ell
05fl(ll 5oRFsII
Go, LynnMa So.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24

In the Medical Journal is an interest
Ing account OF queer accident. The
patient was brought to the hospital I'm a
state Of asphyxia, which had come on
without warning, the lad being perfect
ly well. A few minutes after his ad.
mission to the hospital another and
more intense paroXysm set in. The Sec
ond attack ceased after time, the boy
becoming perfectly quiet and comfort
able. A new attack followed. however,
with increasing intensity, which led DR..
Mollica TO suspect foreign body In the
windplpe. A tube was inserted, the
breathing became quiet, but after a
time another attack Of asphyxia set In.
with the tube in place. The tube was
then withdrawn, and large leech was
found Ia have crawled into 1t. The pa
tient wac well In few days. The au-
thor was or the opinion that the alter
nations in the spasms Of asphyxia were
due to .he Il, ~ crawling about In the
wlndpipe. an ehus giving the lad time
to breathe, d aSain closing the
trachea.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
Progress Of tho Good Roads Idea.

'H HERE is no subject to which
the Constitution has given
more undivided attention than
that pf pood roads and we
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24
The Ills of Women Act upon the
Nerves like a Firebrand.

relation OF womans nerves and geneative organs
dependency the blues slepesness, abty
women arise from some arrangement of the organism which
her woman Herein concusivey that
Vegetable Compound will quickly relieve all this trouble
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24

The Steljes typewritlng telegraph, ms
used by the London police, is an appa-
ratus for sending n message simulta-
neously and In typewriter characters
to several places at once. The battery
Is powerful magnet, and the parts are
actunted by springs. The operator Mt
one end touches the keys representing
The letters and figures, at the same
time turning handle, and the message
is received and printed automatically
by all the recording instruments on the
circuit.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-24

though heavy wagons as well as cur
rlages had used II.
DR.. Figueria. of Brooklyn, n. Y, has
successfully performed on n hospital
patient an operation which has hitherto
proved fatal in all similar cases. The
patient was suffering from paralysis Of
the right side and tumor of the brain.
due to n fall. To remove the rapidly
enlarglng growth twelve square inches
of the skull was lifted and the tumor
and an eighth OF the brain removed.
The next day the paralysis began to
disappear and the mans sight 20 re.
turn.