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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
Saving the Wild Flowers.

The arbutus plant is a slow grower,
very difficult, practically impossible to
cultivate. 1t is the most national of
dainty fastidiousness and refusing to
grow elsewhere. It's slow growing
runners are pulled up bodily, and the
flowers afterward pulled off and
shipped in vast quantities. Once abun.
dant all around New York, arbutus
now sold here comes from New Eng
land and New Jersey, especially from
Lakewood, where it will be very soon
extinct. Any flower which has ever
been shrined in verse and legend is
doomed. 1t has been advertised, and
therefore must die. So many poems
have been written about the arbutus,
1t is so interwoven with the stories of
the earliest colonists, that 1t has been
done to death in the house CT Ms
friends. In the near future the may
flower. which welcomed the Pilgrims,
will live only in song and story. Con-
necticut has taken stern measures for
its preservation. II has a law provid-
ing $50 fine for any one who takes
an arbutus plant from the land of an.
other person without permission
Connecticut also protects three rare
and famous ferns, the Hartford, the
walking fern and the maidenhair, by a
fine of 500 or Imprisonment for six
months. Massachusetts has long tried
TO get the same legislation, but has
succeeded only recently. The New
York society has not yet attempted
any legislation, but it is probable that
1t must come to that, If the arbutus is
to be saved from determination in this
! state
Protection of flowers is no new
thing across the water. In England
they are preserved" like game and
fish, and rigorous penalties are meted
out to those who steal wild plants
from private grounds. Switzerland,
alarmed at the danger threatened to
a source of its tourist income, has pro-
tectcd the eldelweiss. rhododendron
and some other Alpine flowers by
stringent laws. In France one must
| pay to enter certain preserves where
the scarlet enemones grow, and may
then gather only specified quantity
TO carry away.-New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28

may be made by tacking piece of
tin or galvanized iron about three and
one-half inches wide. and of any
length desired along the edge of Il half
inch-board. so that the tin projects
about one and one-half inches on each
side. Bend this up so as to form n
shallow trough, and fastcn the board
TO blocks which raist it an inch above
the floor. as shown in the accompany.
ing figure. This trough may be from
one to three feet long. 1t is within
easy reach of the chickens, and SO mar
row that they cannot stand upon the
edges. The food placed in such
troughs will be kept clean until con
sumed.
Granulated oats with the hulls re-
moved make an excellent food for
young chicks. There is perhaps nu
better grain food for them than oats
prepared in this manner. 1t may he
fed to good advantage after the second
and third day in connection with the
bread. The chicks should have free
access TO somo kind of grit after the
first day.--Walter Kinney, in Farm
and Home.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
Nothinu Wasted d.

Nothing about sawmill goes to
waste these days. Ten years ago the
sawmill owners would pile their saw
dust until they had large heap, and
then they would burn 1t, getting no
return whatever. The most of them
now have Dutch ovens for drying the
dust, and they burn it in their fur
naces. making the refuse pay for the
operation. Still others have establish
ed paper mills, and use their sawdust
for making paper. In the oden days
great logs were taken and squared and
the slabs were thrown away. Now a
very thin slice is taken off. Then a
board is sawed and edged, and in that
way hardly perceptible fraction is
lost with the bark, and even the bark
has it's uses.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
GETTING Stand of Glover,

Many failures to secure a catch of
clover are wholly due to the attempt
being made on soil that contains too
much acid, sour soil, as we call It,.
The remedy is, of course, lime, and
this may be applied after testing the
soil with litmus paper. as advised in
this department many times. That
there ought to be more clover grown
on farms than there is no one will
deny, and If this is admitted why not
get the soil in the necessary condition
to make the crop. 1t is true that the
soil acidity may not be the only rea-
son for failing to make a catch of
clover, but it can do no harm to lime
the soil If 1t needs it and then look
for the other reasons why clover will
not grow on it.--Indlanapolis News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
Sorghum Refuse.

Sorghum cane after running it
through the mill has generally been
thrown away as useless, or used to
mend the roads or stop washes. Sew.
cral years ago some experimental
farmer concluded to try it for siage,
so it was run through the cutter and
packed in a silo. Tho result was a
success. The crushed stalk mixed
with the leaves and tops proved to be
whole plant. Since then many others
have tried 1t. The refuse from the
beet sugar factories has been put up
in this way for long while, and it is
this cattle food which Is most excel
lent for milch cows, that has made
beet sugar such n formidable rival to
cane sugar. This discovery has
caused quito revival of the sorghum
molassos industry. The attempts to
make sugar from sorghum, while sue
cessful, have not paid in the past 1t
is probable that this new use to which
the immense amount of waste stalks
can be put may revive that.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
Cure for san Jose Scale.

There is a cure for the scale which
Professor Troop highly recommends,
and 1t has been used to great advan-
tage by orchard owners. 1t is a mix
ture of whale oil soap and soap solu-
tion, with which the trees should be
lowed to go undisturbed for a
sprayed regularly until the scale has
disappeared. Should the pest be al
short time the insect will spread TO
surrounding orchards and cause great
damage. In most places where the
scale has had full sway the entire or
chards are burned and the field used
for something else in the future.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
FEEDING SMALL CHICKENS.

Chicks do not require food FOR the
first twenty-four to thirty-six hours
after hatching One of the best foods
that can be fed the first few days is
stale bread slightly moistened with
milk This should be crumblcd fine
access TO 1t, so they cannot step on it.
IL placed on the floor or on board,
the larger part of the food will be
trampled upon. and soon becomes unfit
to eat.
A simple and efficient feeding trough
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
FARM NOTES.

Good feeding is the forerunnor of
prosperity.
Liver is good food for milk produc.
ton. because it is rich in fats.
Failure is the usual result of think.
ing a business can run itself.
The farmers team should be one
well adapted TO his requirements.
Even in summer sufficient bedding
should be provided to keep the stock
clean.
The dwarfing of tree occurs by the
slight disagreement between the scion
and the stock.
Desirable qualities are fixed in Q
herd by a long line of careful selec-
tions and breeding.
Thrift in sheep is generally secured
when the farmer thinks enough OF
them TO care for them.
Moss-covercd trees will be much
benefited by scraping and then white
washing with lime and wood ashes.
Judgment is the outgrowth of expert.
ence, yet man may have n wide eX'
perience and yet lack in judgment.
The profitable mutton breeds of
sheep are those of early maturity,
rapid growth and necessarily short
lived.
1t is very important that brood
sow should be gentle, so that she may
be handled at farrowing time if ne.
cessary.
1t is not through increased age that
increased cost of growth results, but
the greater cost is the outgrowth OF
Increased size.
One of the strongest inducements q
farmer can have TO grow and to fatten
stock is TO use the stock as Il medium
TO improve his land.
Fancy prices are only obtained fol
fancy horses. If you expect TO get the
top of the market you must have the
best Kind Of horses.
No one business has any assurance
of always proving a profitable one, be
cause changes so frequently occur tC
disturb all branches of farming.
Sweet skim milk has over foul
pounds of sugar to each 100 pounds OF
milk. Sourlng the milk changes the
sugar into Tactic acid and decreases
the feeding value by so much. Will,
sour milk will sustain life. and II glver
enough of 1t young animals will grow
they will do much better on warm
sweet skim milk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
The Making of Friends.

In the cultivation of friendships OK.
ercise the twin virtues of courtesy and
common sense. The sentiment of
amity when rooted in any other soil
does not flourish vigorously. Short.
lived intimacies and romantic affini.
ties are designations to be avoided.
The one and only way to win and to
keep them is to learn how to be both
uniformly agreeable and sweetly rea-
sonablo.
Don't exact of others more than you
are willing to give and to do yourself.
Friendships, please remember, are in.
vestments in which you are simply
obliged to put something of the best
OF yourself in order to earn and enjoy
the profitable and pleasing dividends
of delightful and sympathetic com
panionship, says Adelaide Gordone in
the Chicago Inter-Ocean. There are
men and women by the score who eX.
pect friends to be given them just in
proportion as the rain falls on the just
and unjust. 1t Is needless to say that
their expectations remain wholly UNI
fulfilled. Make yourself agreeable and
men and women will come to you az
readily as bees gather about the honey
pot, and when you find yourself un.
sought and undesired as an associate
and an intimate rest very well as.
sured that the cause of your isolation
is not far to seek. 1t lies always right
within yourself.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
Goldfish EARN.

A goldfish farm has been established
at Waldron, Ind Mr.. Shoup could not
make ordinary farming pay, so he
went in for pet stock and stocked a
pond with goldfish as pastime. He
soon found theyAwere multiplying sc
quickly as to CROWD each other out of
their preserves. 'He put some of his
better specimens on the market and
soon received a prompt request for
more. until he decided that it would
be worth while to devote additional
farming space to his fish. So from q
mere pastimo sprang the largest gold
fish industry in the world. At rough
calculation he has 10000 fish.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
Fiohtinu Roadside Weeds.

In some states there are county
laws which make It obligatory for
those in charge of the roads to see
that roadside weeds are cut twice dur
ing the growing season, first before
July and the second time before the
first Of September, says the Indian
apolis News. IL would be well IL such
a law was in force in all sections, and
yet the fighting of obnoxious weeds
seems TO be one of those things for
which no law should be required.
Farmers ought to be more than will
ing to combine among themselves for
mutual protection, even going so far
as TO cut the weeds in front of the
farm of any man who will not do the
work himself. This would not need
to be done very often, for shame
would soon compel such man to do
his duty
The main trouble with weeds, how
ever, is with such as are allowed to
grow inside the fence line, for few
farmers are willing to spend the time
necessary to rid their farms of these.
Combine with each other to rid the
roadside of weeds, and then let every
man take care of those inside the
fence and elsewhere on his farm. II
this weed fighting was done system.
atically instead of spasmodically, It
would not require many years to de.
cidedly lessen the weed crop and ma.
terially increase the valuable crops as
well as save much labor.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
A Curious APear Tree.

In the garden Of Charles p. Still, in
East Manchester, p. H., there is a
curiosity in the sfa ahpe of pear tree
that has crop Of pears as large in
diameter as ones thumb, and a
good crop Of blossoms in addition
The new growth Of wood is nearly OF
quite foot in length, and each twie
is tipped with bunch of flowers
The blossoms are not so large as the
earlier ones and seem to be dropping
off, instead of setting fruit.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
STAY In This Country.

Several letters have been received
from readers of this department ask
ing ahout possibilities in Cuba, Mexico
and other countries. mainly those in
the tropics, says the Indianapolis
News. 1t happens that the writer
knows considerably of Mexico, Cuba
and Porte Rico. hence can advise on
these countries, and what is said here
holds good with any other country, at
least SO far as farmers are concerned,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28

There are lots of people to whom
consists in an opportunity to eat
corn off the cob, watermelon and
huckleberry pie without having to
keep up their dignity during the pro-
cess.-Washington Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28

Notwithstanding the large produc.
tion of petroleum in Russia the use of
illuminating oil in the country is small.
1t has been limited by tax on refined
oil Recently the Baku reflners have
pe,itioned the Government to abolish
this tax on refined oil for home con-
sumption. and to substitute for it a
tax on all crude oil produced.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28

In selecting seed corn in the field
the vigor ard growth of the stalks
should be observed as well as the
ears. If stalk produces two or three
good ears, mark it. BY using seed
from the most prolific stalks the ten
dency will be to produce more ears
every year. until as many as four and
Eve ears per stalk will be the result.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28

A peacemaker in Pennsylvania has
Just had 21 bullets picked from his
anatomy. Peacemaking always was
q thankless job except when one Of
the combatants is scared and the
other is glad OF it.-Birmingham Age
Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
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When you get through with tools on
the farm, before putting away, give a
good coat of mica or any other good
axle grease. and when they are again
needed they will be entirely free from
rust and ready for business, says
Charles l.. Baker in The Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
A Thounhtful Girl.

The social philosophers who com.
plain that women are heartless must
make an exception in favor of the
Peoria girl who moved her piano a
mile and half in the woods to do her
practicing ng.-Philadelph Inquirer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28

One discovery made by an exploring
party in Abyssinia recently is that the
river Cello skirts the soutbernmost ex-
tremity Of Lake Tata instead of flow
Ing into the lake, as was hitherto be-
lieyed,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28

Near Manantoddy. Ind, man,
while sitting in his compound with .
striped blanket wrapped round his
body, was mistaken for a tiger by
another man. an inmate of his own
house, and shot dead on the spot.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
A Subway SUGGESTED.

A Kansas man is going to sell his
drug store because he cannot be a
druggist and a Christian. He might
compromise by having his soda foun.
tain endorsed by Bishop Potter
Washington Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28

The chances of preventing the III.
innate collapse of the Doge's palace
in Venice have been greatly increased
by removing from 1t the library of
$4,000 volumes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28

FITS permanently cured. No flts or nervous
ness after first days use OF DR.. kline's Great
NerveRestorer 42trial bottlcaad treatise free
DR.. r. II. kI1sE, ,Lt1.. e3l Arch ST., phila., Pa
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28

of the Rebcccas, OF
Topeka, kans., Room
10, SD Kansas ave-
nue., writes: Il used
Doan's Kidney Pills
during the past year,
for kidney trouble and
kindred ailments. |
was suffering from
pains in the back and
headaches, but found
after the use o" one
box of the remedy
that the troubles
gradually disappeared,
so that before | had
finished u second
package | was well.
l, therefore, heartily
endorse VOur rnulaly -
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28

More than s75O,OOO worth of artin.
cial milk was reported last year from
Germany and Francs n the United
States.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
A QUICK RECOVERY.

A Prominent officer of the Rcbcccas
Writes to Thank Dosn's Kidney Pills
For 1t.
Mrs. c. T.. Bunsardner. q local officer
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28

Pittsburg has already expended S25,000,-
900 in the skyscraper boom.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28
Russian Tax On Oil.

Telegraph poles along railway are ar
ranged thirty TO the milo.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28

Piso's Curoror Consumption is m infallible
medicine for coughs aud colds.-N. w.
SAMUEL, Ocean Grove. n. j.. Feb. II. lo0l.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-28

(Signedl MRS. 9, L. BCMGARDNER.
A FREE TRIAIr-Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price. 80 ceSts.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26
THE SUNDAY CALL MAGAZINE.
EIn OUBLE HARNESS." Anthony Hopes novel Of L
] society, through its second insalment in The


GGD OUBLE HARNESS" Anthony Hopes novel Of London
society through its second installmen in The Sun
- day Call Magazine The story deals with
the experiences Of who intensely ideasic and
pectng her husband Graney mason
gradually believe that she has made mistake and that
her husband unmagnative and sesatishd understand
child the breach between them widens.
mpses the quaengs and chickering's between
friends acquaintance her from open
life Walter Blake who ardent nature
promise all that her husband has failed to realize On
committing rreevabe step recalled
herself scene which husband Walter
figure after the husband has overtaken them their fight This
scene lonely waysde inn is Of the powerful por
ayas of character play upon character that Mr. Hope has
penned
fiction feature of lively interest is "The Clutch of
Taons the $50 prize story The Sunday Calls weekly
Mr.. NJ R. Daniels senior at the University of Cali
fona the author and the story unusually strong and we'll
aned for young writer Tomorrow will also the second
of free lessons instituted Sunday
% lessons chords the invention of W. Scott Grove New
York music teacher of lifelong experience They have proven
universally popular in the East and have been generally
mended practical and simple short cut to skill the piano
forte
feature of interest will be otngs of Old Linn Jucn
by O Read which the backwood philosopher delivers himself
of considerable dry and pungent wit First Love-" Charles
the adventures of his precocious youth
of the Bread Wagon taking Polish wedding; Madge
Moore has page The Practical Girl Money Saver
w Rtche reviews literature; Kate Thyson Mari
bute he Ways of Man With Maid and besides usual
puzzle page there by Martha McCulloch Williams
Lillian O. Paschal and Richard Shelton.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26
OUR STYLE AND TITLE.

r. the Thanksgiving Of the American colony London
a Sir Edward Clark took occasion to object to the people OF
the United adopting for themselves the Ameri-
calling their country America The subject has been
Many years ago. at Fourth Of July celebration by
foreign guests Geneva eminent Frenchman made the
criticism and proceeded to an elaborate analysis OF the origin
and construction Of national He proceeded from TINS
analysis for citizen Of this republic the nited
Stacsau7 examined lack entirely the
quality and exclusive application We have IN this
hemisphere the united of Mexico and the united states Of
Brazil On the stmus since Bolivar day there has been cher
Of the united Of Central America So seen
The Frenchman found analogy the Of France and
the United the constitution In the
articles Of confederation adopted VII conederang the original
= +t bro - tn f,C1 of 10 in which the convention
that do Ordain and establish this constitution Tor the
r viii be observed that the article the serves other than its
merely grammatical purpose It means that there may be other
add This was the onlv United States Of America It is there
Juniors have only copied its style We have,
viii be the prior right call ourselves Americans When
adopted the hemisphere colonial
The Canada English the rest Of the hemisphere
mainly divided Spain and Portugal and the people
Spanards and Portuguese We were the only Americans
adopting Of the When the revou-
began called ourselves Contnentals because wished
70 be differentiated IRON the peoples VINO owed
beyond the The transition American perfectly
natural and in accordance with the principle governing selection OF
the greatest and viii the end the greatest Americans
by personal characteristics and national
Our style and title well understood by the whole world
Edward Clars criticism called by evolution of Our
dictated the rule OF exact deScp
and designation In Of the existence Of other united
states Junior this hemisphere Government has dropped
States" the designation Of foreign embassies and
diplomatic representative called briefly and descrptvey
the American Embassador The title IS simple and dignhed and
belongs by prescrptive right
adopt their and bear them for
sufficient long time after the fall Of Calais
poor 1arys the English soveegns styled themselves
King Of Great Britain France and Ireland In first treaty
Sweden sovereign called himself the King Of Sweden Of
Vandals SO also have had treaties with His
Catholic Majesty and IIis Christian Majesty These
soveegn the seemed best express their power
retensons The people Of this country also sovereign
choose the national by which
fathers called themselves Americans and
America they formed became logically the United
These styles will endure Sir Edward Clark
proposed recn "Unona But Mr. Choate American En-
basado simply dignity dismissed the subject by saying
that quite satisfied with name"