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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
Volunteers.

A story which is told of a small
boy who declared that he would be
neither soldier nor sailor lest he
should be killed or drowned. but would
be volunteer like his father, is rath'
er severe on the citizen soldier. Twas
ever thus. Pitt, provoked by the con-
ditions imposed by volunteers when
Napoleon was expected to bot up In
England with an army at his back,
made marginal note upon the memo
rial in which they addressed him.
"The volunteers are not to be sent out
of the country except in the case of
actual invasion" But the boy in the
case cited placed his father in no
more embarrassing position than that
in which the Duke of Wellington
found himself at the instance of a
child by whom he was gravely sa'
luted.
There's a fine little fellow!" said
the duke, patting the child on tho
head. 'I'll give you commission In
the guards as soon as you're old
enough"
His little admirer looked up re-
proachfully, and in tears exclaimed
But, please, Mr.. Dock, Use littlo
dirl."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
Hollyhocks.

In old times the hollyhock was the
most formal of all flowers. says Wo-
mans Home Companion. For a cen
tury after its introduction there was
no change in its form or the dull tints
OF its colorings; in fact, it attracted
but few devotees. However the holly
hook is coming in to its own, as the
hybridizers have taken it in hand. and
we now have the blooms single and
double, of all imaginable shades and
colors-resembling the quilted asters.
rivaling in form the choicest frilled
and incurved chrysanthemums, and
others as round as the flower. of a
peony-and the seed has been selected
so severely for early blooming that
they can now be had in bloom from
seed in one season. Give them a per-
manent location in the hardy bed or
border, or plant them in clunps TO
hide unsightly places. The soil cannot
be too rich for them. and it should be
deep and mellow and well enriched
with well rotted manure Mulch in
hot weather. When the frost kills
the stalks in the fall, cut them off and
cover with manure twelve inches
deep.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
To Prevent Black Rot.

AS preventive Of black rot in vine
yards next season the North Carolina
Experiment Station recommends that
all dead leaves and rotten grapes be
raked up and removed, and rotten
grapes clinging to the vines and trel-
lises picked off.
Loose, shredded bark that can be
readily pulled from the vines, prun-
ings, dead grass and weeds sholld be
burned; in fact anything capable of
harboring the dustlike spore should be
destroyed or taken away.
While the vines are still in a dor
mant condition, spray with the copper
sulphate solution, thoroughly wetting
the vines and posts, and paying par
ticular attention to punches of tendrils
or rough surfaces on the posts that
would be likely to retain the spores.
1t is much easier to keep black rot
out of a vineyard once cleaned than
to keep 1t down in a vineyard not
cleaned.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
Glover as a Poultry Food.

Glover is not only more suitable as
summer food for poultry, owing to its
bulgy nature, compared with corn, but
1t is also more nutritious, as II con-
tains a greater quantity of the sub
stances required for the production of
eggs. The lime for the shells is pro-
cured when in a. soluble form in the
food, as it must pass through all the
stages and processes of digestion, and
the more soluble the mineral elements
the easier and more completely they
serve the purposes of the hens. Glover
hay contains over thirty times as much
lime as corn or wheat. and the green
clover, though containing more water,
Is comparatively as rich as the hay.
Glover is also a nitrogenous food, and
supplies the elements necessary for
the eggs. When the hens have access
to clover they eat large quantity
during the day, and II insects are num-
erous their wants will be fully supplied.
II II is desired to allow grain to the
flock 1t should be fed sparingly aud
only once day. Do not waste food by
feeding II In summer, as the hens are
capable OF supplying themselves. II
clover is finely chopped. boiling water
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
cunncr Fccd For Cows.

If farmers who milk cows for profit,
be It many or few, kept milk records,
they would learn that largo amount
Of money is lost annually by allowing
the cows to fall eff in their milk yield
during the summer. due largely to
scant pasture and to q certain extent
the attacks OF flies. If they do not
know it from their own experience
they should profit. by that of others.
Cows allowed to fall off in their milk
flow cannot be made to produce as
much milk by any kind of feeding later
as they would had the flow been sus-
tanned throughout the season. To the
end that this loss may be guarded
against. some provision should be
made to supplement the pasture by
green feed, or silage left over from
winter.
One of the best crops for this pur-
pose is oats and peas. On the ground
which has been narrowed or is natur-
ely rough enough to prevent the peas
from rolling, sow Canadian field peas
at the rate of 1-2 bushels per acre,
plow under not over inches, then SOW
or drill oats at the rate Of 11-2 bushels
per acre. A catch of oats and peas
should be sowed as early as the ground
is fit TO work, then in a couple of
weeks make a second planting. If it
should happen that the season is fav-
orable. pasture Is good and all of the
crop is not needed, 1t should be made
into hay when the peas are about ripe
enough for cooking.
Early sweet corn may also be plant
ed as well as early field corn. The
main point is to have something. ] am
very much in favor of having sufficient
silo capacity that there may be silage
left over to feed at this time. The feed
is then handy at the barn. 1t is then
not necessary to neglect work or go
to the field and cut oats and peas or
corn, especially If it necessitates stop
ping team from the field work, even
should it be more profitable to do so
than to let the cows suffer.-H. Z. Van
Norman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
A preea Goods Counter Episode.

She was a tailor-made young lady
of 20 years, who sat at the silk count
er with a bit of black taffeta in her
dainty fingers.
'IIave you some of this same taf'
feta?" she asked the clerk. 1T was
bought here, and | want TO look at
something OFF the same piece"
Patiently the clerk pulled down bolt
after bolt of taffeta. and after ten
minutes searching he found the bolt
desired.
She looked at it carefully while the
clerk inquired
How many yards, please?"
"Qh, don't want any," she said
sweetly. 81 made wager with Mae
Brown that this taffeta had red sell
wedge, and she bet it was green
selvedge. see it's red, and I'm aw.
fully much obliged 10 you, and Mae
Brown will have to pay me box of
candy"
Patiently the clerk restored his
silks to the shelves, and regretted the
heavy penalty for homicide.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
Orchard Subsoil.

The climate being suitable, success
ful orcharding depends more than on
any other requisite on the subsoil
We can make the soil so IL IL is not
rich enough, but we cannot change
the subsoil without great expense,
said l.. A. Goodman In an address.
There are thousands and thousands
of acres Of good lands scattered all
over our country with the proper sub
right amongthese lands are still other
thousands just as valuable for
other purposes, but by no means
having the proper subsoil, and,
hence, orchards planted on these
lands will be improbable. Con.
genial subsoil-success; improper sub.
goil-failure. are two sentences
which should he burned upon the mem
ory of every fruit grower. Dig down
under your soil, not one place, but
IN q hundred spots all over the land
You intend to plant. and see what is
below. a few dollars spent in this way
may save you thousands in your or
chard The best subsoil is the loess
formation. 1t allows the rains to sink
deep into its bosom and there holds 1t
until called for by the drouth of sum-
mer and the cold of winter. II is fer
tile also, and fertile, porous subsoil
is to be desired above all other con-
siderations. Look to II well Gravel
ly shale or clay loan are next in order
as to value and they can be secured in
many of our apple districts. A red
clay shalc, with the limestone soil and
subsoil is always valuable also. Many
Of the subsoils are found in our noun
tainous districts, and there we find
them mixed with iron, which gives
color to the skin and quality to the
fruit. Above all things, then, select
> good, porous, fertile subsoil, and if
you have it not, then go where it is.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
Fishermen Bleed Shad.

Speaking of Shad," said the club
man, "the susquehSnna fishermen
have a practice that they believe
makes the fish more palatable. Each
shad, as soon as 1t is taken out Of the
water, is bled by bending one of the
sharp gills and forcing it into the
opening II covers. In this way q
quantity of blood is taken from the
fish as 1t dies. This, these men be-
lleve, helps to make the meat whittier
and does away with much of the
'fishy' favor that spoils it for the cpl
cure. don't know how much there
is in this manner Of killing the shad,
but the Susquehanna species is ad-
mittedly greatly superior to those
taken from other waters."-Philadel
phia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
King Gay.

"One of the tiny islands of the Ha'
waiian group is owned outright by an
American named Gay" said Mr.. e. T.
Cornwell Of San Francisco. "As a
matter OF fact, this little domain of
10000 acres is monarchy over which
Gay is king, but he Is one of the kind.
est and most philanthropic despots
ever known. Instead of expressing
his subjects he does them the great
est good and pays them well for the
service they render him. His prin-
clpal business is the raising of sheep,
and from it he derives a revenue
that supports him and his wife royal
ly. The other inhabitants, to the
number Of 100. are a very good people.
and are absolutely loyal to King Gay.
whose slightest word is their law
Washington Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
Thousands of Testimonials.
EnuIand's Little War.

England is constantly at war with
some portion of the world. The Ii
betan socalled mission is a warlike ex'
pedition, quickly following the close
of the little war against the Mad
Mullah." In the series OF conflicts
with the Mullah 352 Britons were
killed and 224 were wounded. The
little war cost England s9,000,000
The poorly armed dervishes fought at
great disadvantage in every conflict
with the English. In one engagement
enemy had 1000 killed. This war has
been proceeding in desultory fashion
for nearly three years. and is likely to
begin anew at any Philadelphia
Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
New uee Of Powdered Alum.

Finely powdered alum. as much as
will lay on the point of a pen knife,
blown into the eye of q horse, COW,
sheep or hog will remove any foreign
substance as chaff or grain or sand,
etc. No case is hopeless, even where
q layer of membrane has grown over
it. A complete cure is only a question
OF time. Where the treatment is at
tended to early, one application is us
ually enough, but when Of long stand
Ing IL may be necessary to repeat the
operation two or even three times a
week, until recovery is established. II
the eye should become inflamed leave
off for a week or ten days.--L. Olsen,
in The Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
CHILDREN AND CANDY.
Physician Bames Sweets For Young
Folks Deterioration.

folks DeteTiordtlon.
In the course of a lecture delivered
In London recently, Professor Ogston
said that after many years of medical
experience among children he was
convinced there were many in whom
the tendency to sugar gluttony had be-
come so strong that their infstuation
for 1t resembled the craving of a
dTunkard for liquor. Such sacchar-
omaniacs showed early disappearance
of the teeth and other grave troubles.
He thought future scientists would
place the evils of sugar gluttony on
pedestal as conspicuous as the drink
question, as causing deterioration of
individuals and races.
No wonder Professor Ogston spoke
so strongly; 1t is terrible evil. The
children, of course, buy where they
can gc' the most for their money, and
get these goods, every line OF which,
1t Is not saying too much, Is poison.
Gus or dangerous and injurious to
health. Not only the question of in.
gradients, but the conditions under
which these sweets are made. ought
TO be closely inquired into.-London
st. James Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEy & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons aud financially able TO carry out any
Obligations made by their firm.
WEST Il TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o,
WALDISG, KISNAS 4 MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Testimonials sent free
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Drug ggists.
Take Halls Family Pills tor constipation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22

poured over 1t, and the mass allowed to
remain over night, until the next
morning, strong decoction of the
clover is obtained, known as clover tea.
This water of the clover is the best
Of all liquids for mixing ground grain,
especially for chicks. The clover may
be fed TO the fowls with benefit 1t is
an excellent and agreeable change IL 1t
is thickened with corn meal and bran,
and 1t may be used for ducklings and
young turkeys. If given warm, on
cold mornings, II Is an invigorator and
tonic, and costs but little compared
with some other substances.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
PEARLs OF THOUGHT.

Those who have the most happi.
ness think the least about 1t. But in
thinking about and In doing their duty
happiness comes because the heart
and mind are occupied with earnest
, thought that touches at thousand
points. the beautiful and sublime real
ities Of the universe. .--Thackeray
The soul of man does violence to IT,
! self when II is overpowered by pleas
ure or by pain, when II plays a part
| and does or says anything insincerely
and untruly, when 1t allows any act of
its own and any movement to be with
out an aim, and does anything thought
is, IT being right that even the small
est thing be dcne with reference to an
, end.-Marcus Aurelms.
To be famous depends upon some
fortuities, TO be rich depends upon
birth or luck, TO be intellectually emf
nent may depend on the appointment
| OF Providence; but to be man, in the
sense of substance, depends solely on
ones own noble ambition and determi-
| nation TO live in contact with Gods
open atmosphere of truth and right
from which all true manliness is in
spired and fed.-T. S. King.
Unfailing courtesy, kindness, tender
ness and consideration for others are
some of the greatest ornaments to the
character Of the child of God. The
world can understand these things. If
II cannot understand doctrine. There
is no religion in rudeness. roughness.
bluntness aud incivillty. The perfec-
| tion of practical religion consists in at
tending to the little duties of holiness
as well as to the great. c. Ryle.
Keep the sunshine of living faith in
the heart. Do not let the shadow of
! encouragement and dependency fall
| upon your path. However weary you
may be, promises of God will, like the
stars at night never cease to shine, to
cheer and to strengthen. The best
harvests are the longest in ripening.
1t is not pleasant TO work in the earth
| plucking the ugly tares and weeds,
but IL is as necessary as sowing the
seed. The harder the task the more
need of singing-"Royal Path of Life"
may he your prayer is like ship
which, when it gets on a very long
voyage, does not come home laden so
soon; but when Il does come home II
has a richer freight. Mere coasters
will bring you Goals, or such like or
dinary things, but they that go afar
| to Tarshish return with gold and ivory.
| Coasting prayers, such as we pray ev-
cry day, bring us many necessaries;
| but there arc great prayers which, like
the old Spanish galleons, cross the
main ocean and are longer out of
sight. but come home deep laden with
a golden freight-C. II. Spurgeon.
Would that it were possible for the
heart and mind to enter into all the
| life that grows and teens upon the
earth-to feel with 1t, hope with 1t,
sorrow with it--and thereby to become
! a grander, nobler being! Such be-
ing. with such sympathy and larger
existence, inust hold in scorn the fee
bic, cowardly, selfish desire for an
immortality of pleasure only, whose
one great hope is to escape pain! No.
Let me Joy with all living creatures,le let
me suffer with them all; the reward OF
feeling a deeper, grander life would be
amply ufilcient.-Richard Jefferies.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22

functions properly. There was some
backache. and the kidney secretions
were profuse, containing also consld'
erable sediment. Finally the doctors
said had diabetes. Doan's Kidney
Pills wrought great change in my
condition. and now sleep and feel
well again"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Judge felter
will be mailed t. any part OF the
United States. Address Foster IL
burn Co., Buffalo. n. y. sold by all
dealers; price 70 cents per box.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
Farm Notes.

Don't crowd your hens into too
small quarters this winter, for that in
vites roup.
Two elements of success with milk
and butter are perfect cleanliness and
attractive packages.
One advantage with a sandy yard
Is that il needs very little cleaning;
the rains will carry the filth into the
soil.
II the milk has a bitter taste give
the COW about two tablespoonsful OF
sugar at each meal for two or three
days.
Keep a dust bath within reach of
the fowls. They enjoy wallowing
and 1t helps to keep them healthful
and free from vermin.
1t would be a nice thing II you
would wash the inside OF your prultry
house now. Put some coal Of on the
rocsts and clean the windows.
Growing pigs should be fed regular.
ly at stated times. feeding each time
what they will eat up clean, ald SO
much but what they viii come when
called TO their next feed.
Cattle eat very much like horses;
sheep eat nearly as much in proper
tion to weight, and hogs eat more
than any other Of the larger animals
as compared with their weight. In
proportion to numbers. the calculation
is that five sheep will cat as much as
q COW and foar or five hogs as much
as steer. The feed. too. Is largely
grain.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
XgaRiI g 5: 60 !
Five Rules For Spraying.

have observed that few who are in
the habit of spraying are particular TO
soak thoroughly the larger branches
and trunks of the trees.
In short let me give the following
five rules for spraying:
/. Use material known TO be best.
2. Keep the pump and nozzles in
perfect order
8. Spray thoroughly or not at all.
4. Know why you spray, and do 1t
in season.
5. DO not condemn spraying unless
you have done your best and failed
Country Gentleman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
Fine Manuscript Bible.

The most beautiful volume in the
Congressional Library at Washington
Is Bible which was transcribed on
parchment by monk in the sixteenth
century. The general lettering is in
the German text, each letter is perfect
and there is not scratch or blot
from lid to. lid, Each chapter begins
with a large illuminated letter, In
which Is drawn the figure of a saint
some incident Of whom the chapter
tells.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22

The British Government continues
to be denounced by the workers union
for the low wages paid at Government
work shops, shlpyards, arsenals ond
gun factories, but all denunciatlons
and resolutions seem TO have 10 effect.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
Reason ENOUGH.

Father-"You know how necessary
1t is that should get you married and
off my hands. Why did you refus,
that handsome young widower "
Miss Mainchance-"Because h,
~hasnt any relatives to whom l can
send his children"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
Pe.ru-na Cures Kidney Disease.

Peruna cures kidney disease. The reason
it cures kidney disease is because it cures
catarrh. Catarrh OF the kidneys is the
cause of most kidney disease. Peruna
cures catarrh wherever it happens to be To-
Gated. 1t rarely fails.
If you do not derive prompt and salts.
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman. giving
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF .rhe
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
Swiss Law Little Observed.

The killing of birds is forbidden in
the Swiss Canton of Tessln, and last
year the rural police conGscated over
10000 traps and nets. Nevertheless.
the birds are offered for sale in the
markets with impunity.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22

body. Learn
ing this sim
pie lesson he's
made many
sick men and
women well.
Judge A. j.
Felter. Of 3l8
So. Il St. San
B nardino.
Calf. says:
For 1S years
my kldn ey 5
were not per-
forming their
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22

II is said that when the tomb of
Childeric, a king OF the first Frankish
dynasty in the fifth century, was open
ed In the seventeenth century hun
dreds OF golden bees were found in
1t. So when the French Empire was
established the golden bee was adopt
ID ~ one Of its smblemA
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22

Bertha and Elsie Kinney, two
young girls, have started to walk
from Lamar, Mo-, to South Carolina,
where their father has bought farm.
They expect to get food from the
farmers along the road.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
Knows IL All.

"Bligins Is very opinionated. Fie
thinks that nobody can teach him any.
thing"
We'll" answered Miss Cayenne qui-
city, II guess he is about right
Washington Star
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22

Consumption is rare disease in ia
pan. Even in winter coughs are of
rare occurrence, and this despite the
fact that the real japanese do not heat
their rooms with anything more than
anhibachi-a tiny charcoal stove.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
Catarrh of the Kidneys Common Dis
ease---Kidney Trouble Often Fails to
Be Regarded as Catarrh by Physi-

Catarrh of the kidneys is very common
indeed. 1t is pity this fact is not better
known to the physicians as well as the
people.
People have kidney disease They take
some diuretic, hoping to get better. They
never once think of catarrh. Kidney dis.
ease and catarrh are seldom associated in
the minds of the people, and, alas, it is
not very often associated in the minds of
the physicians. Too few physicians recog-
nize catarrh of the kidneys. They doctor
for something else. They try this remedy
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22

A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Corns,
Bunions. swollen, sore, fo.. ~ lous, ,Achln,
Sweating Feet and Ingrowiny Nails. Aliens
Foo:-Ease makes new ortiyht shoes easy. At
all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Ac-
ecnr no substitute. Sample mailed FREE,
Address, Allen \. Olmsted, Leroy, N. y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22

FITS nernanentlv cured. No flts or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. Klines Great
NerveRestorer, s2trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. Il. II. KLINE. Ltd. 93l Arch ST., Phila, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22

In Dundee, Scotland. the trolley system
is used to clean and sprinkle the streets.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22
TOLD IN CALIFORNIA:

Helping the kidneys is belplng the
whole body for 1t is the kidneys that
remove the poisons and waste from the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-22

A sheep eats seven hundredweight
OF grass in a year, COW 60 hundred
weight.