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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
A settino of Great Auk's Eggs.

The great auk's egg which was put
up for sale in London the other day
is said to be one of the finest of the
20 or so of these eggs which are
known to exist.
The egg was discovered at the Ion
don residence of the Hon. Emmeline
Canning, a daughter of the late Lord
Garvagh, by Mr.. J. f. Harding, the
well-known ornithologist; and IL is an
interesting fact that another famous
zoologist, Professor Newton of Cam
bridge was instrumental in bringing
to light splendid set of tdl--mistak'
enly labeled "penguins' eggs'-in the
Royal College of Surgeons some 80
or more years ago.
From the modest price of 5s. in
1880 the market figure of the egg OF
the great aux has mounted up to no
less than 800 gulnneas, similar
amount being given not long since
for stuffed specimen of this long
extinct bird.-New York News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
Rape and Late Peas.

In 1902 had a small piece of corn
that | was not ready to stock to grass
and clover, and | sowed Essex rape.
get rank growth and let my cows
feed the most of it off late in the fall
letting them on only for a short time
each day at first, there was no percep-
tible taint to the milk or butter, but
might have been had | not managed
IL carefully.
One season having some Canada field
peas left over from the spring sowing,
| sowed them late in summer, about the
middle of August, think, between the
rows Of early potatoes, drilling them
one row between each two rows of po-
tatoes. The ground was a heavy, rich
black loan. OF course, this was only
en- a small scale and moved them
and fed them later, but the gro
that ! got would suggest on suitable
land, if the seed did not cost too much,
they would be a good thing tos SOW
late in sections too far north for the
cow-peas and other legumes.
In this section the ground is either
covered with snow or frozen solid
during most of the winter and not
much fertility is lost at that season.
The correct thing seems to be to keep
the land busy. j. L. Andrews, in
The Massachusetts Ploughman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
Some Facts About Glass.

The oldest specimens of glass, nays
an authority on curious information.
are traced back from 1900 to 2300
years before Christ. These are of
Egyptian origin. Transparent glass
is believed to have been first used
about $50 years before the Christian
era. The Phoenicians were supposed
by the ancients TO have been respons-
iDle for the invention, and the story
will be related of the Phoenician iner-
chants who, resting their cooking
pots on blocks of natron, or aubcar-
Donate of soda. found that the union,
under heat, of the alkali and tho sand
on the shore produced glass. There is
little doubt. however. that the art of
glass making originated with the
Egyptians. 1t was introduced into
Rome in the time of Cicero, and reach.
ed remarkable degree of perfection
among the Romans, who produced
some of the most admirable specimens
of glass ever manufactured; an in
stance is the famous Portland Vase
in the British museum. Glass was not
used for windows until about A. u
300.-Harper's Weekly. t.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
Sulphate for Blight.

While the recognized formula for
Bordeaux mixture will remain fav-
orite for potato blight applications.
there are some objections to its use,
one of the most formidable ones be-
ing the clogging Of the nozzle of the
sprayer by the lime used in the max
ing of the mixture. Experiments have
been made, on a small scale, with the
soda-copper mixture which are ex-
ceedingly promising. The ordinary
washing soda is used-four pounds Of
sulphate of copper, five pounds OF
washing soda and so gallons of water
as basis, and increasing the quantity
of sulphate and soda slightly II it
was necessary.
Dissolve the soda in a barrel and
then pour into the copper sulphate,
mixing thoroughly AMI using with the
spray pump in precisely the same man.
ner in which Bordeaux mixture is
used, and at the same intervals.
While it is not advised that this new
mixture be substituted for the Bor-
deauX mixture, it is well worth eX-
perimenting with on small scale.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
Nav Yet Sow Rapc.

You can sow rape almost any time
during the summer and get your
moneys worth. 1t is fine thing to
SOW in corn as catch crop, as 1t
grows faster than cow-peas, soy beans,
clover, or any of the vetches. AS pas.
ture it is far superior to cow-peas or
soy beans, as it lasts until near Christ
mas in some states. and in many plac-
es all winter. The seed is cheap.
It can be bought for about cents a
pound and to pounds will sow
an acre, so that you can get s. to
SO worth of feed from as many cents
worth of seed. 1t is pretty certain to
make crop, and then If it is pastur-
ed there is no loss of fertility to the
soil, but on the contrary. it is benefit
ed. AS it grows long after cori and
oats are matured it saves nitrogen
that would otherwise be wasted.
There is no extra plowing, narrowing
or harvesting and you may get a
profit of 81 or $40 per acre.-Drovers'
Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
Little Peachr Disease.

Experienced peach growers who
have watched the disease known as
little peach" for a long time agree
with the scientists that the only way
TO stamp out the trouble Is to pull
out the tree. It has been thoroughly
demonstrated that the disease is con.
tagious and that single tree effected
will soon spread the disease to an en-.
tire orchard and to adjacent orchards.
The one difficulty in the way of per
manently stamping out the disease
is the reluctance with which growers
pull up the tree.
AS rule they wait until the tree
ceases to bear fruit OF any value be-
fore pulling out the tree, when, If they
would do the work as soon as the dis.
case was noticed, there would be lit
tie danger to the other trees. Peach
growers in every sectiorshoul com.
bine to eradicate this disease by agree
ing with each other to destroy the
trees as soon as the trouble was not
iced.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
Late Garden Weeds,

The late weeds in the garden-those
that come in August and September
are the ones that produce seed before
the fact is noticed, ana --us stock the
ground with weeds next year. The
garden is often neglected late in the
summer, but 1t should ne kept clear
of weeds until fros;. and the result
will be a great saving of labor in the
growing of small fruits and vegetables,
as most of the work required is due
to the weeds and Srass which s&ring
up at all times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
Snake Antltoxin.

As the result of years OF investiga.
tion of the effects of snake bite and
the treatment of poisoned wounds Sir
Prof Celmette of Lille have succeed.
ed in producing antlvenins for snake
bite, closely analogous to the anti
toxins with which diphtheria and 9th.
er microbic diseases are now treat
ed But just as diphtheria antitoxin
is of no use in case Of typhoid fever
so cobra antivenin is of no use in a
case of, say, rattlesnake bite. Each
species of venomous snake must be
separately studied.
According to the Pail Mall Gazette
a still more important development of
Calmette's work Is due to Japanese,
DR.. Noguchi, who has been working
for some months past at the Serum
institution in Copenhagen.
The last snake studied in Edinburgh
is of relatively small importance, but
Noguchi, working in Copenhagen I'M
der grant from the Carnegie institu-
tion of Washington, has succeeded in
obtaining an antidote or antivevin to
tnc puiSoH vi Ho iNoo uN"u'S "h" i'h
portant a creature than rattlesnake.
The manner in which the antidote has
been obtained Is identical in principle
with all other instances of antitoXin
production, from vaccination, now
more tran a century old, and the hyd-
rophobia incubation of Pasteur, down
to Wright's serum for typhoid. In
each case the essence of the matter
is the passage of the poison through
some animal which is able to with
stand it and produce an anti-poison
in its blood.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

more digestible protein saved for the
use of the stock during the winter II
mere care is used in harvesting the
various grains and the hay crop as
well. II one stops to think it is evi.
dent that there is more of the protein
saved in the hay IL It Is cut before
II is fully ripe. This same state en-
lists in oats and other grains fed to
stock and also in corn grown for the
silo. True. in the case of the hay 1t
is a little more difficult to cure, per-
haps, but the added value more than
compensates one for .--- trouble. Try
the plan this season and If carefully
done IL will work out as indicated.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
Care Of GooseberrY Bush.

Good results have been obtained by
trimming gooseberry bushes in tree
form, which is done by allowing only
one shoot to grow from root. This
makes a strong and upright bush, and
bushes are thick. The free circulation
of air also assists in preventing blight
and mildew, as we'll as permitting Of
the berries are larger than when the
cultivating the bush much better than
by the old method, thereby destroying
spores that produce fungi.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
Gold Nuggets in the Street.

THE streets of some OF the mining
towns of California are paved with
gold" said L. p. Koenig. yes.
mean Just what | say. A great deal
Of the rock that is taken out OF the
mines contains such a small percent
age of gold that n would not be
profitable to take 1t out, so when
street needs paving this rock is crush.
ed. and. being exceedingly hard,
makes the finest sort Of pavement.
After a rain one can see any number
of people in the streets picking up
pieces of gold ore. Some Of theoe
pieces contain $40 worth Of gold. but
OF course, such valuable nuggets are
rare finds. milwaukee Sentinel.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
A Square Mile of Wheat.

One square mile of wheat. Ever
see it? Transcontinental trains used
TO stop in the Smoky Hill valley of
Kansas to allow passengers a view OF
such wonder. 1t realized all the
travellers dreams of agricultural
splendor. Hundreds of such visions
now mark the great area of the plains
but their beauty is none the less.
Six hundred and forty acres of wheat,
$4,000 profit-perhaps more! 1t shin.
mered beneath the perfect opalesceni
blue of the sky. the tall straws bend.
ing beneath their weight of grain.
Standing on the seat of the reap.
er one might see in the distance
glimmer of green pastures
and catch glimpses of rustling fields
Of .corn-7but here was the, heart OF
summer.--C. NJ. Hareer in Scribner's
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
The Nasturtiunr.

The nasturtium is one of the pret-
test Towering plants to grow, as it
can be planted out of doors. or kept
in pots in winter. Unlike some plants.
it produces the most flowers where the
soil is poor. as rich ground causes
it to make too much vine, 1t should
be allowed to produce seed. and if
that point is observed it will give
flowers until late in the fall. The
dwarf varieties are excellent. The
seeds are large and may be planted
as easily as peas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
General sherman,s Sense.

At the unveling ceremony of tho
famous Bartholdi statue the clergy,
man who offered the opening prayer
was inclined to spin out his petition
General Sherman was sitting. beside
him, and at length, quietly putting out
hand. he pulled the reverend gentle
man by the coat-tails gently back in,
to his seat. When asked about the in
cident the general replied
81 thought he'd told God about all
He wanted to know for one time. and
others were waiting their turp at the
public. c."--Lippincotts.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
To Prevent Plow Rust.

The following preparation, applied
to the surface, will prevent any rust
ing On plows or any other metal sur
faces: Melt one ounce of resin in a
gill of linseed oil, and when hot mix
with two quarts of kerosene. This
can be kept on hand, and applied in a
moment, with a brush or rag, to the
metal surface of any tool that is net
going to be used for a few days, pre-
venting any rust, and saving much
vexation when it is to be used again.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

from kidney troubles brought ON by
D cold. had severe pains in the back
and sick headaches, and felt miserable
all over. A few boxes Of Doan's Kid
ney Pills made me well woman,
without an ache or pain, and l feel
compelled to recommend this reliable
remedy"
tSigned) NELLIE DAVIS.
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co., BIf'alo, N. Y. For sale
by oil dealers Price, so cents.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
About Irrigation.

II is estimated that some grain
crops will take up as much as 500 tons
of water in one day on one acre of
land. This is an enormous quantity,
and teaches the importance Of keep
ing the surface of the ground well
cultivated, as loose top soil prevents
loss Of moisture by evaporation. The
roots Of plants go down deep into
the soil and bring the water to the
surface.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
Moss on Trees.

When more or less moss is seen on
fruit trees it may be taken as evidence
of lack of thrift in the trees. Flour
ishing, growing trees should not car.
ry this mark of decay. AS remedy
and to stimulate vitality, it is recon-
mended TO scrape off the moss and
wash the bark with weak lye. In
scraping off the moss. however, care
must he taken not to injure the inner
bark of the trees.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

Late beets are luxurious on the ia.
BILE, and they may be obtained by SOW
ing seed now; but the ground should
be well prepared, and fertilizer appli-
ed, so as to force the young plants
in growth. Only one plant every three
inches in each row should be permit
ted, as they will not thrive where the
plants are too thick. A few rows on
ly may provide all that will be want
ed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
To DESTROY Burdock.

The burdock is weed that Is en-
terminated with difficulty, as the plant
produces a good many seeds and they
remain in the soil for years, ready to
grow as soon as conditions are favor.
able. If the plant is cut off below
the ground, and a handful of salt
thrown on the roots. the plant will
soon die, as the root is soft and the
salt destroys it.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
,sisai1G.aF:AKNh. 4
FlELDssNp GARPEN
Making Good Fertilizer.

By plowing under crop when II
Is full of sap and water it very rapid
ly decays and enriches the soil; when
II is not plowed until the plant has
become matured It will have a tend
ency to cure and turn into straw, and
It will consequently take considerable
dime sufficiently to decay to become a
fertilizer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
SEND FOR THIS ATLAS.

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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
Potato Beetles.

Potato beetles will attack the
tomato vines. if potatoes are not up
and it will be necessary TO carefully
look over tomato plants every day.
egg plants should be protected with
wire gauze, or they will be eaten out
almost before the injury may be not
iced. as the beetles prefer tnem even
to the potato, feeding on every portion
OF the plant.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
Thought Hops were Grapes.

The Roman soldiers in Britain.
when they first saw the Kentlsh hop
vines, thought they had found the
nearest thing to the grape the savage
northland produced. In their efforts to
make wine from hops they produced
the first beer made in England.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
No Use.

But" expostulated Jones, "if you'd
only pay me. what you owe me ] could
pay Smith what owe him."
81 know It," said Robinson. But
Smith wouldn't pay me what he owes
me. You and ! would merely impov.
eIish ourselves to enrich Smith,"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

The clock OF Peterborough cathedral
of most primitive design dates from
1920, and is the oldest now running
in Great Britain. It's three hundred
feet of galvanized cable, supporting
leaden weight of three hundred
pounds, is wound up daily over a
wooden wheel about 12 feet in cir.
cumference. The gong, when is the
great tenor bell Of the cathedral,
Weighs 5000 pounds and is struck hour
ly by ar s0-pound hammer. There is no
dial but the time is indicated on the
main wheel of the escapement, revolv-
ing once in two hours.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
New Varieties of Wheat.

Farmers should not be too sanguine
with new varieties Of wheat. Every
year some one comes to the front
with extravagant claims for newly.
discovered or improved varieties. Use
only varieties that have been tested
on the farm, as climate and soil are
to be considered. II new varieties
are to be desired use only gill of
the seed and compare growths. DO
not pay high prices for bushel or
two of seed that may be dropped from
the list next year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

Clothes washing by electricity, with.
out soap. is the idea of Hungarian.
The stream of electrified wafer Is
claimed to remove all spots and dirt,
and the three hundred garments held
by the machine are washed in less
than Is minutes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

FlTSpermanentlyc cured. No ltsorn ne-youa-
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Grea.
NeryeRestorer, s2trlal bottle and trent ise FREQ
DR.. II. ii. KLINE, Ltd. 53l Arch St., Phila. Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

The new system of electric illuml.
nation, the Nernst, is represented by
about 10000 glowers, of which 5000
are in the fine arts museum of the
worlds fair.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

To insure accuracy naval chronometers
are kept on ice
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

do not believe plso's Cure for Consump.
lion has unequal for coughs and colds. .--JouN
f.BoYER, Trinity Springs. Ind, Feb. is. 1900
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
SCIENCE NOTES.

Balloonists say that birds flight Is
limited to 1916 feet above the surface
of the earth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

Poisonous, mo!.usks purify the water in
which they live. "
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

The first Catholic Church ever built
In Chicago cost $500.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

leader and club
woman, writes:
81 cannot say too
mucl in praise
of Doan's Kidney
Pills, for they ef-
fected q complete
cure in q very
short time when
I was suffering
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

A crystalline theory Of structure is
offered by G. T. Beilby, British ex.
perimenter, to explain the hard and
soft states of metals. The ordinary
condition is crystalline. when the met
al is soft. but in sudden cooling there
is no time for the molecules to fall
into regular formation, and the re-
sulting solid is amarphous and hard.
The co-existence of crystalline and
amorphous layers accounts for the var
iety of structure in malleable and
uuctile metals.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

Extinct pigmy elephants and hippo
potami have been found in several is
lands Of the Mediterranean, remains
lately discovered, seeming to be those
of an elephant hardly three feet high.
Dwarfing of these animals appears 30
have come from restriction of the
area over which they could range.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14
FROM MISERY TO HEALTH

a Prominent Club woman OF Knnsne wv
writes to Thank Doan's Kidney Pills
For a Quick Cure.
Miss Nellie Davis, OF 1910 Michigan
avenue, Kansas City, Mo-, society
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

The steam turbine principle has
been adapted to centrifugal high.
pressure pump. The action is revcrs-
ed. however, the water entering at
what would be the exhaust end. gradu-
ally accelerating as It passes through
the several fixed and movable vanes 1t
acquires high velocity at what would
ordinarily be the outlet end.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-14

Ambergris was once used as med.
icine, in typhoid fever, and for various
serious diseases. II is formed In the
intestines Of the sperm whale. and is
found floating on the ocean. and ae-
casionally on the shore, thrown there
by the waves. Masses weighing each
from so to 200 pounds have often
been picked up. Ambergris is now
chiefly used as a perfume.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19
Another Invasion of Mexico.

The extent OF the American COM
mercial invasion Of Mexico is not al
days realized. A year ago It was Of
ficially reported that more than 100
American companies were doing busi-
ness in Mexico. OF the capital from
this country invested there about 10
per cent is placed in railroads. All
of the lines except those connecting
the capital with Vera Cruz and the
National Tehuantepec Railway are
owned or controlled by Americans.
Eighty per cent OF all Mexican rail-
road property is held in the United
States. Eighty millions Of American
dollars are engaged in Mexican mines.
principally in Sonora, Chihuahua and
Durango. The mining outputs of the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1908,
amounted to $145. 600. .O00-valued in
silver-being an increase of nearly so
per cent over any preceding year. In
the same time nearly three thousand
new mining enterprises, or II per cent
of the whole, were launched.
In various agricultural ventures
Americans have $2S,0OO,O0O staked;
but this includes probably some of
those enterprises which appeal to the
trustful small investor through popu-
lar advertisement, and concerning
which our consular agents have often
sent warnings to the Washington au-
thorities.
Varied manufactures in the federal
districts and in Nuevo Leon absorb
much American capital. In Sinaloa
we also operate a profitable group Of
sugar refineries. To the northward
many great iron and steel plants are
in evidence. One of them, just COM
pleted at Monterey, has cost fully
$40. coo, Magazine.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19
Boston'S S AloofneSs.

We of Boston are apt to be credited
with rather more than an ordinary
degree of composure and poise which
produces a certain aloofness from the
rest of the world-a mental attitude
often characterized by outsiders, espe-
cially in the West, by less dignified
titles. And the indifference, IL you
please, with which these structures
from without are received here helps
to confirm the impression.
II the charges are true-and we are
willing to make any concession on this
subject-the reason must be looked
for in that condition of serene self
complacency which attends successful
maturity. For Boston. you must re-
member, is nearly three centuries old.
English nen New York was Dutch.
ours is the most venerable of all the