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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
LABOR WORLD.

Paper sacks are made by Russian
Jews in New York.
Kemanee, ILL.,, claims to be the BAN
ner union city in America.
The strike of painters at Philadel.
phia, Pa, has been called off.
The Glass Blowers Union some time
ago adopted the income tax for dues.
Bradstreet fixes the loss in wages
during the Chicago teamsters' strike at
81 100000.
There is threatened tle-up in the
building trades industries at Santa
Rosa, Cal.
During September harvest laborers
in Western Canada received $3.50 per
day and board.
A new union, known as the Interna.
tional Association Of Fur Workers, has
been organized.
Mitchell Day was observed through
out the anthracite region by the clos
ing of collieries.
Thirty fishing tugs and their crews,
numbering about 200 men. went on
strike at Dunkirk. N. Y.
Members of unions affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor pay
yearly into their respective treasures
about $2OO,OOO00O.
Sixty disputes Qncluding one lock-
ou0 were reported to the Italian Labor
Department as having begun In Au-
gust, compared with ninety In the pre-
vious month.
The Gympie (Queensland) Mineown+
ers' Association has promised to give
every consideration to the request Of
the local Ministers Union for the
granting Of half holiday on Satur-
lays to mine employees.
A new wage scale making an ad.
vance Of $3.50 week (about nine and
a half per cent.) for skilled labor, has
been agreed upon by the Wage Conf
mittee and Executive Board of thd
Amalgamated Window Glass Workers
Of America.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
KEEP A FEW SHEEP.

"The price of sheep has reached a
point where it is profitable to produce
them for wool alone, which fact is
made more evident by visit to the
show yards Of any of our leading
fairs" says an old sheep breeder. ''If
we can accept as reasonable authority
large number Of entries in fine wool
sheep, there is where we get fore
runner Of the future" He believes
that the most profitable sheep to
grow with the price Of wool is a
mediumIsize sheep with a good car
cass Of mutton, and good, dense
fleece OF medium wool. when we
undertake to produce wooled sheep
with no reference to the mutton quail.
ity and gain but a few cents worth
Of wool, and when We seek only NUT
ton without regard to the wool quail
ty, we meet the same objection on
the other side" He thinks there is
room on every farm for a few good
sheep, and certainly In this day,
WhSu uiC oo many SOou
ers striving to excel, Offering their
stock at moderate prices, there is no
excuse for any farmer to still be
growing scrubs. A few sheep can be
kept on every farm with a small out
lay and with profitable results. 1t is
only when one attempts to make a
specially OF the sheep business that
expense becomes apparent and train
ed experience necessary. A few sheep
will keep fat picking up weeds and
brush along the fence, feed that would
not otherwise be utilized. They not
only do this, but keep the farm clean,
which Is OF even as much import
ance to the following crops as it is
a benefit to the sheep themselves.
Every farmer ought to grow a few
sheep, which he would find a source
of profit by producing two crops a
year and without any apparent cost,
as compared with the cost OF produc-
ing any crop that is grown upon the
farm for ale.-Massachusett Plough.
man.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13

hour, ! thought it would be a very
nice thing to turn into this field lot
of lambs just weaned. 1t was only a
few days when ] was sorry for what
l had done. 1t did not suit my case
at all. The heavy growth Of suckers
from the corn roots, which in my ex.
perience is always to be expected in
richly manured soil, in spite of the
most careful culture, very soon
brought on attacks of diarrhea which
very nearly cost me the lives of as
fine lot of weanling lambs as ever
saw, writes II. Stewart in American
Sheep Breeder 1t was next to i'm
possible TO keep any sort of satisfac-
tory oversight on the lambs, and in
spite of the most careful watching
over the flock | soon had my hands
full Of trouble in saving a lot of lambs
suffering from diarThea and annoyed
by legion Of flies. For two weeks
everything had to be left to take care
of those lambs, and the cost of the
extra work at busy time otherwise,
about rendered me wild. Darrhea
attacked the whole flock and the flies
made things a hundred times worse.
/ saved the lambs, but it was at a
cost of half the actual value of the
lot.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
A House of Silence.

1.-THE silent house." standing near
Center, Howard County, Ind, has a
pathetic history. Twenty-three years
ago Perry Mugg built the house for
himself and pretty bride. They were
considered the happiest and best
mated couple of all the country
round. But after a year the young
bride became ill and died. After the
body was consigned to earth in the
country churchyard, the heart-broken
husband returned TO the lonely cot
tage and without removing or touch
ing a single article of furniture, cloth
ing or other household goods, nailed
up the windows, drew down the cur
tains and locked and barred the doors.
The interior of the cottage was left
just as it was when the form of the
fair young bride was carried out to
that rural burial ground. On stand
in the sitting room is a work basket
containing sewing material and knit
ting. The needles are rusted into
fragments. The lamp is there as if
ready for lighting. The favorite arm
chair is drawn up as If awaiting the
occupancy of the mistress. On CEN
tire table is a Bible, a hymnal and
Sunday school papers. From the pegs
and nails on the walls hang pictures,
clothing and other articles. The pic
lures are all but obscured by the dust
of years, and are ready to drop to the
floor with a crash when the rotten
cord shall have given away. On the
mantle is the little clock that marked
the fatal hour, and in keeping with
Its surroundings relapsed into perpet.
ual silence. The window curtains,
now frayed and musty with the raw
ages of time. enable the curious to
obtain partial view of the interior of
the cottage. Decay and ruin are pain.
fully evident. The moths have eaten
great holes in the carpets. Curtains,
clothing, bedding, furniture and wall
adornments are ready to crumble with
touch of the hand, or q breath Of
air.
Perry Mugg is bending now with
age, and time has turned his hair
white, but he is still true to his first
love, and has never remarked. To
him the spirit of her whose memory
he so devoutly cherishes. dwells near
this house, and passing 1t daily going
to his work he enforces respect toward
1t. "When 1 meet her in another
home above, this earthly structure
may be used or torn away, but not be-
fore" he declares.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13

VALUE OF EARLY MOULTERS.
OF really more value than the earli-
est hatched pullets, are the early
moulters-the hens which are now
shedding their feathers and getting
into their fall and winter coats. They
are the hens that stand us in for prof
1t in our poultry during the late fall
and early winter months. The early
snoulters should be watched after
closely and given the very best of at
tention. Care should be taken now to
keep them free from mites and lice.
This can be best effected by keeping
their roosting perches well oiled with
coal OIL care also being taken to
chase blaze of burning paper along
the under-slde Of the perches about
once a week, to keep any vermin from
lodging and Matching there. Then we
should see to it that they have a good
place in which to dust. This is very
important, as it tends to keep them
free from the pests mentioned--it is
natures way-and also to hasten the
dislodgement of ripe feathers, or rath-
er, the dead feathers they are en-
gagged in moultng and in Fastening
the process generally. 1t is a good
plan to keep the early moulters in
separate enclosure from the gener-
al flock and give them the choice bits
of food from the wastage of the ktch-
en- and the table, for variety in this
line means health and thrift for the
fowls. AS the season advances and
the cooler nights come on, tempered,
or intensified by early frosts, it's a
good idea then to roost the early
moulters warmly, so that they may
keep up a continuous progress and
have no back-sets of any kind. This
system Of feed and management, will
bring the hens into early fall laying
and hold them to it all through the
winter, when their eggs may either
be sold at good profit, or set in incu-
bators and converted into valuable
chickens. The early pullets should
have similar care and attention, for
they are also of much value in the
early winter season.-H. B. Geer, in
The Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
CULTIVATING FOR A PLOW.

Farmers use the cultivator for
plow; that Is, they cultivate deep,
with the object of loosening the soil
between the rows. If the ground is to
be broken up the plow is the thing to
do it with, but two inches is sufFci-
ent depth for cultivation. Grass and
weeds should never be allowed to
grow to a height to demand "plow.
ing with a cultivator. Keep the top
soil loose, and never allow grass or
weeds to more than sprout above
ground. Deep cultivation frequently
does harm in disturbing the roots of
plants grown as crop.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
Women with Federal Jobs.

1t Is more than forty years since
General Spinner, who has been called
sthe father Of the employment of wOm-
en- In the Federal service" found
places for few women in the Treas
ury Department at Washington. He
was then Treasurer of the United
States, and there was great dearth
Of eligible employees in consequence of
the drafts made upon the young men
Of the country by the Civil War. Cen
eral Spinner proposed the employment
Of women in place of men, and the
idea which he started has gone on al
most uninterruptedly since, but not to
the extent that is popularly supposed.
By the last Government report it
appears that there are $4,000 men in
the Federal service of the Government
as clerks, bureau chiefs and messen-
gers, Of whom not one-half receive
$3.50 year or less.
There are 1880 women and girls
In the Federal departments, of whom
1868, somewhat more than half, re-
ceive less than S720 a year. OF this
number 2000 are in the postoffice serv-
Ice. 1150 in the Treasury Department
1900 in the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, 1000 in the Indian service
$50 in the Government Printing Office,
200 in the War Department, $50 in
the Pension Office, sc in the Navy De-
partment, 797 in the Department Of
Agriculture and 10 in the Department
OF State.
Less than ten per cent. of the Fed
eral employees are women. and great
majority of them hold minor positions
at small pay. An outcry was made
after the close of the Civil War by
those who feared that by the employ
ment of women and girls men were
deprived of fair chance of livelihood
I'm Washington, but the fact is that the
number Of men has increased very
much more largely than the number of
women in Federal departments during
the last twenty-five years.-New York
Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
Rage For Irish Crochet.

If there is craze for real Irish GRO
chet, the fashionable world is COM
pletely mad on the subject of "Baby
Irish"
1t was the real Irish that Lady Aber-
deem saved from being totally forgot
ten as an art. When she got the idea
of making it source of revenue to
the half-starving, beautiful, blue-eyed
Irish peasant girls whose deft fingers
had not lost the cunning of the
stitches which they had learned in
youth.
Lady Aberdeen learned the art of
making it from her: learned the few
patterns the old lady knew, and then
set herself the task. first of teaching
the Irish girls, and then of creating
a market for the lace they made.
That's how she came TO bring Irish
crochet lace over TO the Worlds Fair;
bow she came to establish depots in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
IRRIGATION ON THE FARM.

All natural streams over land are
more or less crooked, as they bend
first one way and then another to
avoid obstructions. In making arti-
fetal open bitches there is at first an
almost irresistible tendency to follow
the natural course and simply deep
en- 1t. But after the ditch is cut, II
it is cultivated field, the crooked
places in it make serious difficulties
for the plow, the harrow, cultivatOr
and the moving machine. Only for
a pasture lot is the winding rivulet
running through field allowable, pro-
viding it can easily be remedied. BY
Strengthening an open drain, and put
ting sewer pipes in it; the ditch may
be filed and plowed over, making
rich, cultivable field of what was or
iginally only fit for growing coarse
and inferior grasses.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
Paints Wild Beasts, Ewes.

One OF the oldest ways young
woman artist of this city has of add
ing to her income is the painting of
the glass eyes that are fitted into the
heads of wild animals sent 10 a taxi
dermist to be stuffed and mounted.
She Is not called upon to paint these
special eyes for the ordinary run of
our native beasts. She only gets one
of these orders when some sports.
man has killed panther, grizzly,
or a tiger-animals noted for the saw
age glare of their eyes. Then she
takes all the pains she is capable OF
to get the glare" just as savage as
she can. Before she begins work she
learns in just what attitude he least
Is to be mounted, for 1t would never
do to represent the animal with his
eyes ablaze with the light of battle
If he was to be postured as lying half
@sleep. The work does not pay wei.
Sometimes the artist gets only n dol
lar pair for the eyes, while now and
again she gets as much as So pair
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
H8 81R1 FR7zZs IN
AMAAsSsleMA9

The princess skirt is shown n'many
new designs, and various materials
are used.
For fall wear the tailor gown is the
first one needed, and as usual there are
various designs.
The newest skirt is circular in de-
sign, and the long, tight-fitting coat
is worn with these.
Some skirts are pleated and others
cut in cores, close fitting at the waist
and hips, spreading well at the foot
line.
Simplicity is the keynote of all the
designs-simplicity of lines; for trim
mings continue to be used, but less
elaborate in effect.
Among the very new models princess
street frocks are seen. These are not
always in one piece, many of them be-
ing made in two pieces.
1t is probable that skirts will be
short for rainy weather and morning
wear, while those for occasions Of
more consequence will be. longer. says
the Pilgrim.
Mink coats have the fashionable
Capuchin hoods, in which a bind or
fold of tangerino velvet gives a great
effect. and these hoods are the occa-
sion for the introduction Of very beau
tiful embroideries.
The thin woman with her small
waist and moderate hips can appear
at her best in the corselet skirt, while
her two thin arms and shoulders are
prettily decorated and fluffed out in
any style she pleases.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
Didn't Want to Lose Her.

A bride and bridegroom from up
state" went into the Savoy Hotel a
day or two ago and asked for a room.
They were assigned to one on the top
floor.
as that very high up?' asked the
bridegroom.
TITS nthe top floor, but it's fine
the clerk began.
Gimme me something on the first
floor up" interrupted the bridegroom.
'If they should be a fire or anything
l want to git Nellie out. | had hard
'nough time gittin' that woman to take
chances on losin' her this soon. -
Kansas City Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
WELSH COAL,
Great Demand for II In Home and
Foreiqn Markets,

FoTclgn markets.
According to the London Times,
Welsh steam coal Is in great demand
both at home and abroad. The Times
says
Welsh coal is used principally for
naval and manufacturing purposes. Its
superior calorific power, combined
with its weathering capabilities, have
given 1t a peculiar advantage over 9TH
er Goals for the use of mercantile
steamships, and it Is mainly in virtue
of this advantage that the steam coal
Of South Wales has now for about
twenty-five years occupied it's unique
position at the various coaling depots
along the trade routes of the world.
Last year the quantity of coal ex-
ported from Cardiff was 14,920,610 tons,
and from all the South Wales ports
over 21,O00.O00 tons, or just half the
total coal export trade of the whole
country. In France and Italy the rail-
ways as well as the steamship lines
are large consumers, but the following
figures will give an idea of the extent
to which Cardiff coal is shipped to
the depots where mercantile steam
ships and warships call in order to re-
fill their bunkers.
The nearest and by far the greatest
market is in the Mediterranean, and
the following were the exports from
Cardiff in 1905 to some of the ports on
the French, Italian and Egyptian
coasts: Alexandria, 503,O0O tons, Bor-
deaux, 2S5,OOO tons; Constantinople,
10000 tons; Genoa, 100000 tons; Glib
raltar, 1885 tons; Marseilles, 331 ,157
tons; Malta, 2,1O6 tons; and Port
Said, 1,114,0S6 tons. To Madeira and
he Canary Islands the exports amount
ed to over 100000 tons; to Alden, 167,-
900 tons; to Cape Town, $4,000 tons;
to Colombo, 2S0,000 tons; to the Phil
ippines, $1,000 tons; to Hongkong,
5S2 ,596 tons; to Singapore, 113,OOO
tons; to Shanghai, 141, 900 tons; and
over 100000 tons went to Uruguay
and the Argentine Republic.
OIueI utpOIo I'LL nave DStu HlSH-
toned, but these figures, though in a
few cases of an exceptional character,
suffice to show how largely supplied is
the worlds mercantile marine with
the "black diamonds" of the South
Wales coal field, and incidentally TO
explain how it is that Cardiff clears
more tonnage for foreign trade than
any other port in the world.
The question of how long Wales will
be able to continue in her present pO-
sition as the main source Of the worlds
supply Of this peculiarly valuable kind
Of coal is agitating the minds of Welsh
colliers. India, Japan, Australia, the
United States, and other countries are
not only securing sufficient coal for
their own fires at home, but are be-
ginning to export to places hitherto en-
tirely or almost entirely supplied by
Wales.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
About the Limit.

"Do you keep postage stamps?"
"Yes'm," said the polite druggist.
"How many?"
Give, please"
The transaction was concluded. but
the woman fingered.
as there anything else, ma'am?" in
quired the yender of medicines.
my trading stamps. Don't you ad-
vertise trading stamps with every pur-
chaser"
And the druggist was so ratified that
be passed over couple,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
Length of Lifo of Nurses.

A scientist has given some statistics
OF the mortality among hospital nurses.
Thus healthy girl Of II, devoting
herself to nursing, died on an average
twenty-one years sooner than a girl
of the same age moving among the
general population, while hospital
nurse at the age of 25 has the same
expectation of life as a person at the
age of So in the ordinary community.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
To Grow Thin. Try This.

Exercise until tired out.
Abstain from breakfast foods.
Cut out sweets, cakes, pastries, ices.
Walk before breakfast, then eat
very lightly.
Do not drink many liquids, especial
ay with meals
Do not sleep more than seven hours
out Of twenty -four.
Eat very few juicy fruits. such as
watermelons, tomatoes, etc.
Get out of bed instantly upon wax
mg in the morning. Take a cold bath.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
HEALTH OF SWINE.

Until we know all about swine dis
eases there Is no possibility Of pre-
venting entirely the coming of the
epidemics of cholera that so often cut
down the number of our hogs. How
ever, from long experience I have
come to the conclusion that most hog
diseases are preventable, writes Hen
ry Porter in Farmers Review. One
way TO prevent hog diseases is to
purchase as few hogs as possible, and
when we do purchase, quarantine till
the animals are demonstrated TO have
or not to have some contagious dis
ease. We would do well to limit our
hog purchases to the breeding ami
mails Of quality needed TO raise the
quality of our swine product. But in
addition to breeding hogs a great
many Others are purchased, sold, re
sold, transported, driven to town, and
from farm to farm and carried in dir
ty box cars that perhaps have car
ried sick hogs previously. It is this
general mixing up that makes 1t easy
for the cholera to get In. BY conduct
ing our breeding operations on more
of a perfect system we can keep hogs
from coming to our farm, doing our
own breeding and sending the ami.
mails to market only.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13

Again the youngest solder of the
Civil War is dead. This time he is
John Bolts, of California, who en-
listed in the Fortieth Missouri Regi.
ment at the age of thirteen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13

Hypnotism as cure for rheumatism
has been brought TO the attention OF
the University of Chicago medical
professors by the discoveries and
demonstrations of Otto W. Greenberg,
young medical student He claims
to be able to cure the most chronic
case by hypnotic power.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
SCIENCE NOTES.

The best results yet attained in the
various attempts that have been made
to produce wearable cloth from pa.
per are said to be those produced by
a patented process employed in Sax
Ony.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13

One century has elapsed sincs
Theodore de Saussure published his
remarkable investigations relating te
the nutrition of plants and to the in
huences upon plants of certain we'll
known physical forces.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13

Four shillings per annum was the
rent OF five-roomed house in Henry
VIII time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13

FEEDING SHEEP IN THE CORN.
had 3ne field of corn, and the
rich soil had become filled with
weeds OF many kinds. IN IN evil
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13

Some of the peculiar appearances of
lightning flashes have been made the
subject Of a communication to the
French Academy of Sciences. OBJ.
servers frequently notice that a light
ming flash has flickering appear
ance. This is ascribed to several sue.
cessive flashes following the same
route at very brief intervals.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13

At the Eutaw entrance to Druid
Hill park stands one or the most re.
markable sun dials in the world. The
time in many parts of the world is
shown whenever the sun is shining.
1t Is easily possible almost at first
glance to read the time within two
or three minutes, while closer ac-
quaintance with the dial enables the
correct time to be read to the minute.
The base is of carved stone. The dial
is also of stone covered with bronze.
The instrument was presented to the
park by Mr.. Peter Hamilton, who de.
signed and made it entirely of stone.
Baltimore Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
PITTSBURG.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Dairy Products.
Poultry, Etc.
Fruits and Vegetables.

Hens-per Observation-Disclosures. 4
Chickens-dressed. sed................. II
EgRs-Pa, and Ohio, fresh. ...... Q
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13

A French scientist thinks the fu-
ture man will be noseless and legless.
The nose has already lost the keen
scent by which the early man was
warned of danger and by which he
tracked his prey, and in time the or
gan must cease to be useful, when it
will disappear He foresees an in
creasing dependence on artificial
means of locomotion, and a conse-
quent shrinkage and loss of the legs.