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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
Lime and Sulphur Wash.

Fruit growers are quite interested
in the formula composing the new In
secticide, lime and sulphur, but have
found the labor of making 1t consider
able because of the necessity for boil
ing the mixture. Recent experiments
have shown that II potash or caustic
soda Is used. there will be no neces-
sity for boiling. The formula for
making in this way is this: Take 20
pounds of sulphur, 40 pounds of lime,
five pounds of caustic soda and 60
gallons of water. Make a thin paste
of the sulphur and dissolve the caustic
soda in water.
In shaking the lime, use only enough
water to make 1t boil rapidly. During
the process of shaking, pour into the
lime the sulphur paste, and then the
caustic soda solution, adding water II
necessary and stirring rapidly until all
bubbling stops, when dilute with water
to the consistency and strength need
ed for the spraying The use of this
material in spraying is not only a de-
cided check on scale. but very effec-
tive against various insects. Applica-
tions may be made in the late fall, In
midwinter and in the early spring
indianapolis News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
Roosts for Poultry,

There is an idea current which has
come from scientist who has discov-
cred why hen sits on the roost with
iological law is that when the leg
and shank of fowl is extended the
toes are free to act without hindrance.
When the leg Is drawn up next to the
body the tendons are SO constructed as
to close up the toes, and this charac-
teristic is not to be controlled at will.
According to this idea q hen gets on
the roost, sits down and by doing so
bends the shanks, which closes the
toes about the roost and It is impos-
slble for her to fall off until she rises.
Now this is a nice theory and would
be fine il 1t were so, but we have grave
doubts of its being so. For instance,
we have had our fowls sitting on a
perch that is fiat and fowls cannot put
their toes around It. When they sit
down on that perch or on the floor Of
a coop their feet are not drawn up as
If closed around a perch. Watch a
hen covering her brood and see how
her toes are spread out while she is
crouched in sitting position.
Nature has not been blind to the
fowls wants. Being a bird that roosts
while It sleeps it has been endowed
with that instinct which makes 1t safe
on a pole one foot from the ground or
on bough 80 feet up in tree.
We have discarded all round roosts
and likewise fiat ones. Pole roosts
should have the bark removed from
them, since is makes a hiding place
for lice and mites. We like piece Of
sawed stuff two inches square with
the corners rounded off for perches.
These are dressed so as to be smooth
and we like them better than any
other
Roosts should not be fixtures,
neither should one be placed above
another like the rungs of q ladder.
By having all roosts movable they can
be taken from their place and treated
in any way that will free them from
vermin. They can be scalded with
boiling water or they can be scorched
with fire or treated in any manner that
is suggestive of good results. Place
the roosts so they will be convenient
for the breed of fowls kept. They
should not be too high from the floor
Iowa Homestead.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
Carneale,s Offers Refused.

The rejection by the American So.
clety for Civil Engineers of the offer
OF Andrew Carnegie to build for the
society a S1.500,00 home, following
closely on the heels of the declInation
OF the city OF Detroit of an offer of
Sl5O,O0O for a Carnegie library has
caused no small amount of talk among
those who have followed Mr.. Carneg-
les efforts to escape the disgrace of
dying rich man.
Within comparatively short time
these offers of Mr. Carnegie, in add,.
tion to the two Just cited, have been
declined: Elwood, Ind, $4,000; the
Literary Society of Quebec, $4,000;
Cumberland, Md, $4,000; Easton,
Pa, $4,000; Wheeling, w. Va, no
amount narIed; Grand Rapids, Mich,
Sl5o,OOO; Clinton, Mass, $25,OO0; Ty-
rome, Pa. $4,000; Macon. Ca, $25..
600.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
Care Of the COMPLEXION.

Rouge in evidence is not beauty, nor
the unmistakable presence OF powder
nor a complexion cream with blue
tinge therein. Either the doctor or
the skin specialist has been ignored
where the whole countenance Is uni
formly fiorid or sallow; the chin, fore
head and cheeks all of one hue. Ill
health, indigestion, undue exposure to
the winds of heaven, have something
to do with all this.
Genius is said to be a capacity for
taking infinite trouble, and personal
appearance is important enough now
to need constant attention and contin-
ned exertion. If nine women out OF
10 would devote time to quiet
scrutiny of themselves before a long
cheval glass, realizing every point in
their appearance. we should not see
what we do see, something almost
grotesque sometimes, and often pathe-
tic in it's failure. 1t is not always
the spending of a vast deal of money
that is required.
The girls of today, however, have a
higher mission in life than to look
ornamental. 1t is not sufficient that
they make the best Of their charms;
they must likewise develop their tai
ents. 1t will not suffice that they be
graceful. They must also be useful.
Their aim in life is not merely to be
good; they must be good for some
thing..-PittsbIrg Dispatch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
PROMINENT PEOPLE.


NJ. Henri Cordier las been elected
President of the Paris Geographical
Society.
Edward VII. is going TO visit Rome.
Vienna. Paris, Lisbon and Berlin this
summer.
Canon Anger has resigned the can
onry in Bristol Cathedral, which he
has held for the last sixteen years.
The Right Rev. Thomas Fielding
Scott, the first Bishop of the Episcopal
Church in Oregon, was elected to that
office in 1858.
General Tzontcheff. the Macedonian
leader. has left Vienna for Paris. He
will later go TO London and may after
ward visit the United States.
The Congressional Library has re-
ceived from Mrs. q. W. Fall. of Nash
vile, Tenn, large box containing the
papers and letters of President James
X. Polk.
Maurice Dolllnat the French poet,
who died recently in Il private asylum,
was at one time the rage in Paris, and
his weird and gloomy lyrics were often
set to music.
Representative ID. N. Sperry, OF the
Second Connecticut District, is the
father of the House In point of years.
He was seventy-siX years old at his
last birthday.
Count Albert Won Meran, n young
scioh of the Russian imperial house,
has entered the novitlate of the Bene-
dlctine monks. He is the grandson of
Archduke John.
Former Governor Horace Boies. who
was one time the popular leader of the
Democrats of his State. is at present
living secluded life on his farm of
1900 acres, near Eldora, Iowa.
The Grand Duke Alexis is in his flf-
ty-fourth year. AS his brother, the
Grand Duke Vladimir, eldest son of
the Gar liberator, is practically the
head of the army. so Alexis is the
grand admiral of the navy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
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Food for Poultry,

Thers Is always more or less refuse
from the kitchen that can go to the
poultry. This should be properly pre-
pared so as to give the greatest amount
Of benefit. At all country homes there
is more or less milk that can be used
in mixing up very enjoyable feed for
the fowls. If the little fragments Of
meats be cut fine, the refuse from veg
etables, fruits, etc. and bread crusts
be thrown in an old pan or pot where
some milk can be poured over the mess
and little meal and bran or shorts
stirred in to thicken 1t up, to take off
all sloppy condition, it will be found a
fine feed for the fowls. They will
show their appreciation of 1t by eat
ing 1t greedily, and keeping a lookout
for this feed. 1t should be fed In a
trough so It will not get wasted by dirt
or eaten by other animals. Try saw
ing the basis Of a good mess for the
fowls by keeping the kitchen refuse,
and you will be greatly rewarded by
more eggs and healthier fowls.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
How TO Carry Your Umbrella.

Tue smart girl has new little way,
nnd not an altogether commendable
one. of carrying her umbrella these
days. She used to hold it by the han
die in an ordinary common sense way;
now she grasps it at the middle, and
swings it at an angle of about 40
degrees, with the handle pointing
downward in front Of her, and the
sharp ferrule-cnd sticking out behind,
a menace to the eyes of all pedestrians
unlucky enough to follow her. She
buys her umbrella to match in color
her rain coat, and it generally has
more handles than one. The Umbrel-
Ia with three different handles is no
uncommon thing this year. The han
dies screw on, and are very easily
adjusted.-Wcman's Home Compan-
ion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23

not only while they are In the ground
and growing, but also after being har-
vested and stored away. Chemical
fertilizers are better for potatoes
than for any other crop, as such fer
tilizers are surer and cheaper in the
end, and furnish better quality of tub.
ers. For an acre of potatoes a fair
proportion would be about 75 pounds
nitrate of soda, 200 pounds muriate;
but these proportions must be varied
to suit the soil. If the soil is fertile
less quantities will suffice, and in 9TH
er cases the nitrate might be increased,
If preferred. This fertilizer may be
broadcasted ON the surface, after the
land has been made ready, and after
the potatoes have been covered up.
Then 60 over all with a light harrow.
and before the young plants are very
high healthy appearance will denote
the telling effects Of the fertilizer; but
the use of fertilizer in the hills or rows
Is preferred by many. Before plant
ing the tubers cut and roll them in
plaster. Cut week before planting,
and they will sprout the sooner for 1t.
In using Paris green for the bugs let
It be mixed with plaster. Wood ashes
may also be used literally on potatoes,
broadcasted over the surface. Keep
down the grass and weeds. as they rob
the potatoes OF moisture in the dry
times. Give plenty of room to each
plant in which to grow, and keep the
cultivator busy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
Blankets for Horses.

Touching upon the use of blankets
for horses, a good horseman says they
are an essential feature for stable use,
when horses are standing there In the
winter season. He says: "a blanket
should always be thrown over the
horse in cold weather OF spring and
autumn, when standing after being
driven. While the horse is working
there Is no danger that he will suffer
from the cold. If n blanket Is used
the average horse will sweat and the
moisture will be retained, and In this
way the danger from taking cold Is
much greater A horse should always
be blanketed, when standing in draft
or in the rain, using a cloth or rubber
blanket, as the case may be. After a
hard drive and the horse has become
heated, do not cover him for about
five minutes, letting him steam. Then
put on a light blanket; allow this to
remain half an hour, then remove this
and put on your heavy one. This
gives the animal warm, dry covering,
after you have removed the light
blanket, which is wet from the steam
of the horse. A thorough rubbing
first, if convenient. is excellent, In
blanketing your horse see that the
blanket is sufficiently large to cover
the animal from neck to tail; see also
that the breast flaps are sufficient to
protect this sensitive part. and that
the sides and flank are fully protected.
If not do not buy 1t at any price.-In-
diana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23

It would be very discourteous to in
vite your husbands old friend to din
ner and not include his young wife.
The fact that you have never met
her does not relieve you cf the obliga-
ton. Make it point to call with your
husband when his friend and wife will
be at their hotel and then extend the
invitation to dinner to both, or, you
may send a cordial note the next day
asking them to dine informally to
inset a few friends. State the date
clearly and the hour, being very par
ticular as to full house number and
street, giving any other directions you
may deem desirable for their guidance
as strangers in the city. A hostess
shakes hands with her guests upon
their arrival and upon their departure
as well.-Mirror-Famer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
LABOR WORLD.

The Retail Clerks Association now
has locals in G15 towns and cities.
South Wales coal owners claim an
other reduction of the colllers' wages,
dating from February IA.
The British Board of Trade has
found that the life of the average sea-
man is twenty-eight years.
A New York concern has come for
ward with plan for the organization
of union trading stamp company.
Fur workers unions are considering
forming an international union. The
convention will be called in Detroit.
Forty-three per cent Of all employees
In the Austrian bookbinding trade are
women and thirteen per cent. chill
dren.
The California State Federation con-
vention decided that it is against union
principles for labor unions to go into
politics.
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butchers Workmen. of North Ameri-
ca have declared against women en-
ployed in butcher shops.
New York painters are seeking Leg
isiutioiit 10 De iruIneu On lines ol IL
German law, prohibiting the use of
white lead in paint for public build
ings.
Chicago Qll.) union picture frame
workers are keeping up steady fight
against the wage reductions and in
creased working days in the several
factories.
A compromise has been effected in
the question Of wages in the ship
building trade on the northeast coast
of England on basis of five per
cent. reduction.
Massachusetts State Branch of the
American Federation of Labor plans
to have the laws governing the State
Board of Arbitration and Cancellation
broadened to make the Board more Of
permanent working body.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
Fashion Notes.

Greens always revive with the COM
ing of spring.
Box-pleated skirts are to be a lead
ing mode for walking wear.
Summer dresses, promise to be elab-
through be-rufIled and lace-adorned.
You can't have too many buttons on
your gown, but choose them with dis
cretion.
Walking suits of black zibelne are
made dashing by bands and bands OF
gold braid.
Japanese flowers and butterflies
play a large part in the trimming
scheme at present.
A noticeable fact about the spring
suits is that so many Of them are
made of heavy fabrics.
Narrow lowered ribbons to run
through lingerie are newer and pret-
tier than the plain sort.
Black shoes laced up with white
strings are among the queer things af'
fected by faddlsh women.
Deep close-ftting cuffs, some reach.
ing almost to the elbow, are in evi-
dence on the new blouses.
Shirt waist suits of plaided, striped
and figured mohairs, in lovely colors,
are to add gayety to the spring land
scape.
Pollsa-dot designs are prominent on
foulards and liberty satins-some in
big spots and some in little whirls OF
white dots.
To be correct the wide bodice girdle
should be seven inches deep and
straight across the back, cut on the
straight of the material and shaped
to the figure by three or four seams.
Orange and "old green" are favorite
colors at present, and they are almost
universally becoming Orange lights
up equally we'll under artificial or sun.
light, and all the green tones carry
SO much OF natures life" In them
that they are refreshing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23

The reports of tests of structural
steel at the Boston insurance expert,
ment station show that II structural
steel is ,incased in sound covering OF
good concrete, it is proof against cor
rosion for a period of years, which is
so long as to make the subject OF more
interest to our great-grandchildren's s
children than to us. Steel, properly
covered with concrete, may be expect.
ed to last until the substitution OF a
yet more modern construction neces'
states the removal Of the building.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23

Sickle, 311 9th Ave-, S. W., Roanoke,
Va, says: "Ilidney trouble was heredi.
tary In our family, and I had been so
continually afflicted with the disease
that began to despair Of even temper.
ary relief. Sometimes suffered SO Sc.
verely that was confined to my bed.
The aching In my back was intense,
and the kidney disorder caused an ex-
cess Of uric acid In my blood which i'm.
paired my digestion. was compelled
to deny myself Of many Of the little
delicacies OF diet. The doctors dag
nosed my case as congestion of the kid
neys. I had about given up hope when
! began using Doan's Kidney Pills, but
took only few doses when their
curative powers were proven to my
satisfaction. I have never been with
out them in the house since"
Doan's Kidney Pills are sold By all
dealers; price. 80 cents. or mailed on
receipt Of price BY Foster Milburn Co,
pufEals. N. Z. Write for free trial
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
The Vines and Tuhers.

Potash is the principal plant food
preferred by the potato crop. and phos-
phoric acid is likewise an indispensa-
BILE necessity; that is, so far as tubers
are concerned. But the tops are also
to be made, for without good growth of
vine the difficulty of producing large
yield of tubers will be increased. pot
ash existing largely in the vines. The
manure, as stated. should be we'll rot
ted, as In that condition 1t becomes
more available as plant food. Fresh
manure. as all should know, interferes
with the keeping qualities OF the tub
ers. engendering disease and decay.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23

beneficial good deal will do wonders;
heroic measures almost always prove
disastrous. Coax, but do not force
matters. as too frequent brushing and
other manipulations of the hair irritate
the scalp and cause the hair to fall
out. Hair which is scrupulously clean
but very stubborn in its habits of
growth needs training instead of sham.
pooling, q common error in this day of
good grooming. Close observation will
soon teach one the difference between
fluffy hair and that which is extremely
dry. Never under any circumstances
allow the hair to remain at night In
the coil or plaits worn during the day
or injury Is done the scalp, and the
hair soon assumes awkward lines,
from the hours Of pressure in the
wrong direction. Before retiring brush
the hair throughly and confine 1t in
one or two very loose plaits. This
will insure a free circulation Of air
through the hair and relax the deli
cate muscles of the scalp which are
more or less irritated by the pressure
Of numerous pins and the weight Of
the hair confined largely at one point.
To assist in the training moisten the
hair with little good tonic such as
a preparation of quinine and bay rum
containing a small percent of oil, and
brush in the desired direction each
time brushing is done.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
A Mystery 10 Himself.

A man called at a San Francisco
hospital and said he had forgotten his
identity. He Is detained under the
name Of John Meyers, a small Bible
In his pocket bearing that name. The
man thinks he is native OF New
York and that he lives somewhere up
the Hudson river, also that he is a
graduate of Yale. and that he may at
one time have been engaged in liter.
ary work either as an illustrator or a
writer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
Treating Stubborn Hair.

Brushing, shampooing. ETC.. which
are such important elements in good
grooming will improve even seeming
ly hopeless locks. while systematic
training, will, after time. make the
most obstinate hair lay in the desired
direction. Because the hair has been
somewhat neglected In this respect in
the past do not work on the principle
that II q certain amount of care r.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23

do urinary disorders.
Sick kidneys make bad
blood. and bad blood
makes bad digestion.
heart palpitation, diz-
zy headaches, nervous
ness, sleeplessness, sci.
atica. rheumatic pains
and constant depres-
sion.
Can't be restored to
health until the kid
neys are cured. Read
how one woman was
restored by using
Doan's Kidney Pills:
Mrs. III. A. Van
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
Ancient WRITING Materials.

Ancient inks were paints, thick and
heavy, far different from the thin fluid
now used; writing was In broad
strokes and pools made with brush.
stick or pen. of reeds or brushes. and
the page when filled was laid aside To
dry. A brush and India ink are still
uBsd In China.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23

Harvest operations in both the Eng.
Iish and Scottish border districts were
only brought TO a close day or two
before Christmas. The harvest was by
far the latest within memory.
Swiss watches, accordin. to re-
port Just published. are becoming pop
ular in China These with fantastic
designs on the face find the most
ready sale.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
Railroad cauoe Chanoed,

The work OF changing the gauge Of
the Mexican National railroad has
been completed at a cost of $13,000,-
900 gold, and the entire road which
was until a year ago the longest mar
row-gauge railroad in the world. Is
now standard gauge from Laredo TO
the City of Mexico.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
Indla's Vast Tea Crop.

The half million acres cultivated In
tea In India produce 10000. 900 pounds
the investment being about 500 an
acre. The labor required is 13 per-
sons to an acre. One pound Of India
tea Will produce seven and q half
gallons Of tea of a given strength,
while the tea Of China will produce
but ave gallons.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
Japanese Scientists.

1t was Jap named Kitasato who
discovered the bacillus Of tetanus. or
lockjaw, thereby leading to the pro.
duction of the antitoxic serum, and It
was another. named Shiga. who dis
covered the bacillus Of dysentery, one
of the most deadly Of diseases In time
of war.--London Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
yniyer's y,criirst Cane.

Another new thing. Can be cut siI
times during q season and sprouts again
with lightning rapidity. Next to Salzer's
Teosinte IL will make more green fodder
than anything else, cheap as dirt and grows
everywhere.
OF Salzers Renovator Grass Mixture,
just the thing for dying out pastures and
meadow, Mr.. L. Rappold, East Park. Ca,
writes, 81 sowed Salzer's Grass Mixture
on soil SO poor two men could not raise o
fuss on it, and in forty-oue days after
sowing had the grandest stand Of grass
in the county. Salzcr's Grass Mixtures
enrout quickly and produce enormously"
100000 barrels choice Seed Potatoes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23

The sacred fires of India are never
allowed to go out. The most ancient
of these fires has been burning for
~ centuries. 1t is fed Eve times
every two hours with sanda, Sood and
other fragrant material combined with
very dry fuel.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23

Steam launches with glass bottoms
are now at the service of those who
wish to view the marine growth about
Catalina Island. Cal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23

Russia has sent four dukes to the
front. The sporting editor says 1t Is
sure sign Of fighting when one OF
the combatants puts up his dukes
Washington Post
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23

Lorenzo Grossly, a Mormon elder.
killed himself day or so ago. The
coroner shrewdly reported that the sui
eide was prompted by domestic troub-
les