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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
VALUE OF A SLED.

A sled is more convenient for many
uses of the farm than wagon. Every
farmer should have at least one two
horse sled capable of bearing heavy
loads and about two one-horse sleds
for hauling light loads. There are
many forms of sleds, some very costly
all serviceablc. One cheap form is
made from two planks about 9 or q
inch) 1 foot wide and about 10 feet
long fof two-horse sled, 6 feet for
One-hOrse. Cross pieces about 6 feet
long may be nailed across the top fol
hunks, and standards for box may be
nailed on or mortised into the runners
and the clcd drawn by means of n
chain fastened to the top of runners.
The runners should be well sloped up
in front and if shorter bcarlug is
wanted may be slopcl at both front
and back. If soled with old wagon
tires it will last long time. All sleds
should be made wide, as a narrow one
is easily upset-A. n. Horn, in The
Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
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SHEEP As SCAVENGERS.
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A sheep is not scavenger in the
sense that the pig is. They will pass
through pasture or a field filed with
all kinds of weeds, eating of this and
that by way of variety. or as a tonic
TO theiI systems. The dandelion,
which is so abundant in our pastures,
is relished by sheep and they Will
scarcely let any of it 90 to seed, so
diligent are they in eating it down.
Most weeds are somewhat bitter to
the taste, and the liking for what is
bitter seems to be a pecularity of the
7heep, which often leads it to eat
plants that are poisonous if allowed to
run where poisonous weeds grow. 1t
has been stated upon pretty good au-
thority that sheep have been poisoned
by an overdose of cherry, peach and
almond leaves, all of which contain
prussic acid, and are poisonous when
eaten in any considerable quantity.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
WRONG SORT
Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and
Bread May BE Against You For a'Time.

A change to the right kind Of food
can lift one from a sick bed. A lady in
Welden, H.. says:
Last spring 1 became bedfast with
severe stomach trouble accompanied by
sick headache. l got worse and worse
until l became so low could scarcely
retain any food at all, although tried
every kind. l had become complete
]y discouraged, had given up all hope
and thought l was doomed to starve to
death, till one day my husband trying
to find something could retain brought
home some Grape-Nuts.
ITO my surprise the food agreed with
me, digested perfectly and without dis
tress. / began TO gain strength at
once, my flesh (Which had been flabby)
grew firmer, my health improved in
every way and every day, and in very
few weeks l gained 20 pounds in
weight. I liked Grape-Nuts so we'll
that for A months l ate no other food.
and always felt as well satisfied after
eating as if l had sat down to fine
banquet.
81 had no return of the miserable
sick stomach nor of the headaches that
l used to have when l ate other food.
/ am now a well woman, doing all my
own work again, and feel that life is
worth living.
"Grape-Nuts food has been godsend
to my family; it surely saved my life
and my two little boys have thriven q
1t wonderfully" Name given by Pos
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Get the little book, "The Road to
Wellville." in each pkg.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
HORSES OR OXEN.

The New Hampshire Experiment
Station has been keeping an account
of the cost of feeding a horse, that
weighed 1900 pounds, for u year. he
being kept at moderately hard work.
and say that it costs $74.32. In round
numbers, then, it costs $3.50 a year to
feed a pair of such horses, and the cost
of shoeing would be about SIS more,
while repairs to harnesses and keep.
ing them cleaned and oiled would make
another $40. Then the ordinary farm.
er will not make such pair of horses
last more than ten years, and many
would use them up in half that time.
Say that they cost $500, which is not
q fancy price, and yet does not mean
a cheap pair that can not do fair
days work. Can they do any more
work on farm than a yoke of good
tour-year-old oxen? Can they do any
work that the oxen cannot, unless il
be on moving machine or reaper?
We know that the oxen can work best
in swamps or among stumps. 1t costs
less for the yoke and chains than for
a harness. They are more easily taken
care of. When not at work they can
feed in the pasture, and they require
little grain feed, unless working very
hard or being fattened, and If well
cared for after three or four years at
work they can be sold for beef for
much more than they cost at three
years old, while if the farmer raises
them himself they seem to have cost
him nothing.
More than one farmer who fails I'd
make much more than a fair living at
his business will find upon investiga.
ton that it costs him from $500 to
S400 year, and some of them much
more than that for a horse team to
do the work that his father used to
do with his oxen. His father raised
his calves, trained them and worked
them. Sometimes he sold one or two
yoke Of steers, sometimes yoke of fat
oxen. When he did so it seemed al.
most like finding so much money, and
often he put it in the bank or let it
out on mortgage. Now the son has to
&C to the bank or raise money by CIV
ing a mortgage every few years to
purchase new team Of borses.-
American Cultiyator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
CARE OF TOOLS.

Farmers make a great mistake II
they fail to provide place where
the tools can he stored carefully and
kept from the weather. So many
farmers allow their hired help to be
careless with the tools when they
are through with them, to throw them
down in the field where they must
take the sun and tine rain: or IL car
ricd TO the tool house at all. are left
with dirt on them, so that they will
so. Every tool. as it has served its
purpose, should be cleaned and put
in the tool house in its place. 1t can
then be readily found when needed,
and will be fit for use. Carelessness
with the tools means loss of time and
money. A rlow costs eight dollars;
the hired man leaves il in the field;
it rusts and the consequence is It
requires a half day to clean it, for it
refuses to turn dirt when rusty. The
plow is injured, whereas, five minutes
would have sufIiced to clean 1t and
put it away. thus keeping the plow
uninjured and saving the wages OF
the hired man while there should
have been a lot of work done with
the plow. All the tools should be
kept in order. Nothing should be
laid away out of repair. It will save
your temper as well as your cash, If
a rule is adopted to care for the tools
properly and keep them always ready
for use As soon as. you are done
with a mower. binder or harrow, put
it under shelter. The small tools
should be kept in tool chest; they
are then all together and ready for
use. These are seemingly insignifi-
cant matters; but they count for
much in the aggregate. Loss of time
means loss of money and tools cost
too much to he neglected in this
way.-Mrs. Lou j. Duncan. in the
Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
GOSLINGS PAY WELL.

Young goslings should be put on
a lot where the grass is vigorous and
tender. and should be given besides
all the meal and shorts they will eat
and some meat scraps. They are al
lowed TO run in half-acre lot until
the fight feathers reach the root OF
the tail, then they are kept in a
small enclosure with some shade and
fed for about three weeks all the
corn meal with one quart of meat
scraps that they will eat in the morn
ing and whole corn, at night. They
have all the water they will drink
and a box of clear sharp sand.
When ready for market, they should
be dressed carefully with the head
on and leaving the flight feathers and
about half the neck unpicked. They
should bring from eighteen to twenty
five cents per pound and average nine
pounds each. A goose that will lay
fifty eggs a season is almost as profit
able as the average COW. An extra
profit is the feathers which amount
to about seventy cents per ten gos-
iings s.-Massachuestts Ploughman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06

ful. The house is built on side hill,
and its essential feature is an ele-
waited chick floor, which is 3.5 feet
above the level of the alley along
the side of the building. This ar
rangement is secured by taking ad-
vantage of the hillside for the level
of the chick floor and digging out
the space for the alley as much as
necessary. If built on the level the
author notes that special attention
must be paid to securing good drain
age in the alley, which would then
have to be dug below the surface. The
elevated chick floor effects saving
in the amount of heat required to
maintain given temperature, since
il diminishes the enclosed air space,
which must be heated and brings the
chicks near the ceiling the warmest
part OF the room.
Tests have shown that in cold
weather the temperature at the level
of the alley floor was fourteen de-
grees lower than at the chick floor.
BY building on a hillside an amount
Of side wall exposed to the weather
is considerably diminished which is
an advantage from the standpoint Of
heating. The plan followed has a dis
advantage in that the chick pens are
low, and so it was rather inconveni-
ent for the attendant to enter them
when it was necessary. - Massa-
Chuetts Ploughman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
MILK AND VITALITY.

In mis- recent address to the Hol'
stein-Eresian Association at Syracuse,
N. Y, President Cortelyou of the as
sociation touched upon the vitality
of cows and their milk. He said:
The most important work of a
public nature which, in my opinion
will operate TO advance the interest
of owners of Holstein cattle, is the
promulgation of a better knowledge
among consumers Of milk of the diet
etic value of the grade of milk pro
duced by our COWS. 1t is a well
known fact that the offspring of those
breeds of cattle whose milk is rlch
in butter fat are reared with the
greatest difficulty. Such offspring ap-
pear to be deficient in vitality ana
especially subject to stomach ana
bowel troubles which are fatal IN
many cases; and 1t is now being more
generally recognized by physicians and
consumers that milk rich in butter
fat is an improper food for young
children and is deleterious in its ell
fects and produces generally the
same effects in human beings as in
animals.
These results are now said by scion-
lists to be due to several causes and
primarily to the excess of fat IN the
milk, and in the case of children, par
ticularly, are probably also due TO the
,s,a Nf tho tAL
globules, which in these small breeds
of cattle are extraordinary large, and
entirely unlike those Of Holstein milk
which nearly corresponds with human
milk in its solid contents.
It is also becoming widely recoEniz-
ed that the milk from the large and
vigorous races of cattle specially Hol-
STEMS. possesses another quaiitF'
characterized by Professor Carlyle. as
vitality, and that this quality is COM
muncated to the consumer, whether
man or beast. Thus we have large,
strong, vigorous calves when reared
upon Holstein milk, and puny, weak
ones from those reared upon milk
rich in fat; and human nelnSs' leu
upon milk possessing the character
istics of Holsten milk, are likewise
healthy, strong and vigorous.
The Investigations of the Storrs
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment
Station, as published in bulletin No.
81 wholly confirm these assertions and
commend this bulletin to YOU as
worthy of most careful study.
Professor Carlyle was right in AZ
firming that "there is such a thing
as vitality in milk and that it is of
equal, if not greater Importance than
its chemical composition. especially
for the milk supply of cities, and there
can be no question but that the vital
ity of the animal producing it-lnd!-
Ana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
The Word "Jinrikisha.r

The word jinrikisha comes from
three Japanese roots, jin-riki-sha,
meaning respectively man, power, car
riage, but it is not of Japanese ori-
gin. So recently as 1870 the incon-
venience of the slow, numbering two.
wheeled carts turned the thoughts of
English residents to the ease vita
which the hardy natives could pro-
pei a lightly constructed vehicle, and
one was invented some say by a
missionary, others by a newspaper
proprietor's son. Ever since then the
heavy carts have been entirely dis
pensed with.
The population of Chicago is now
2,272,700 people.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
RAW ITCHING ECZEMA
BIotches on Hands. Enrs and Ankles For
Three Years - Instant Relief and
Speedy Cure by Cuticura.

Thanks to Cuticura | am now rid of
that fearful pest, weeping eczema, for the
first time in three years. 1t first appeared
on my hand, little pimple, growing into
several blotches, and then on my ears and
ankles. They were exceedingly painful,
itching, and always raw. After the first
days treatment with Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment and Pills, there was very little of the
burning and itching, and the cure now
seems to be complete. (Signed) S. b.
Hege, Passenger Agent B. & D. K. r.,
Washington, ID. e."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
HOW TO INOCUBATE FOR AL
FALFA.

Prof. Hopkins, of Illinois. one Of
the most distinguished soil experts
of the country, advises in inoculating
for alfalfa to use at least 100 pounds
of inoculated soil to the acre. The
soil should be scattered over the field,
he says, with some degree of uni
formity, but it is not like seeding
grain, and it is not absolutely essen
tial that every square yard in the field
should receive its due portion of in
fected soil Some care should be TAX
en- in spreading it over the higher
places in the field, but if places
should be missed on stopping land or
on lower lands the bacteria will soon
be carried over them by the surface
drainage waters. Indeed, if all the
watersheds in the field-that is all
ridges and high places-are we'll IN
oculated the entire field will ulti-
mately become infected, the bacteria
being carried by soil washing. but
the infection is more rapid of course,
If the infected soil is spread over
the entire field with some degree Of
uniformity when it is first applied.
If possible, the soil should be ap-
piled at about the time the alfalfa
seed is sowed and then narrowed in
with the seed. but it may be applied
q month or two before sowing the
alfalfa or at any time afterwards and
It is not absolutely necessary that II
be narrowed in, although that is ad-
visable.
If applied to a field where the al
falfa is already a year or two old
the infected soil may be mixed with
the soil of the field by narrowing or
disking (the disks being set straight,
so as :. to cut off the alfalfa
roots).
The infected soil may be applied
IN any way to get it over the field
as by hand (throwing II. from the
wagon, with an equal gate seeder. II
the soil is dry enough and sufficiently
well pulverized or an any other way
which may be found convenient.
The results obtained during the
past year fully confirm the results
previously reported by the Illinois
station concerning the Importance
and value of incubation for alfalfa.
The information which we now have
strongly indicates that if it is provid-
ed with the proper bacteria alfalfa can
be successfully grown on any soil
where both corn and red clover are
successfully crops.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
USING THE SKIM MILK.

Much of the skim milk which is fed
OF the farm is given without much
idea of its value or what it should ac.
complish. 1t is by-product of the
farm, and the main idea seems to be
to feed it and get it out of the way
In our experience the best results in
feeding it come from combination of
grains. except when it is fed to poul.
try. In this feeding several interest
ing experiments have been made, and
the conclusion reached that the egg re.
turn is best when the grain is fed by
itself. The skim milk is invariably
fed in the morning about 10 o'clock,
and we have had the entire flock of
poultry come in from the range for
their feed of skim milk.
In the winter we feed the warm
mash in the morning mixing it with a
mixture of equal parts of water and
skim milk; at 10 O'Clock we give them
skim milk in the trough, trying to dole
it out so that each bird will get about
a cupful; at noon we feed the whole
grain in the litter in the scratching
shed, and at night whole grain again,
arranging it so that three or four sup.
pors out of the seven are Cf whole
corn heated in the oven and fed nearly
hot. For swine the best results come
from making mixture of finely
chopped vegetables, middlings and
enough skim milk to make the mass
like porridge. In the summer this is
fed cold, and in the winter as warm
as the swine can swallow it.-IndiaD.
apolis News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
Launching Japanese Ships.

When a Japanese ship is about to
be launched there is suspended from
the bow huge cage, into which are
crowded a score or more of birds.
Just as the prov cuts the water the
side of the cage is thrown open, and
the vessel enters her native element
with her PROV crowned by a living
garland of birds, whose free fight
through space is emblematic of the
spirit of the ship.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
Burglary Doesn't Pay.

As hint to the knights of the
Jimmy the American Bankers as
sociation gives out the cold facts that
hank burglaries in the past year net
ted on an average but a little over
$1,000 each, while the burglars who
were caught are now serving senten-
ces aggregating $50 years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06

wasted from 194 to 100 pounds. At the
time l started using Doan's Kidney
Pills an abscess was forming on my
right kidney. The trouble was quickly
checked, however, and the treatment
cured me. so that l have been we'll
since 1896 and weigh 1SS pounds"
Foster -NIilburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists Price. so
cents per box.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
A GENTLE REMINDER.

Mrs. Blue-"My husband is so tired
hearing about coal bills that 1 don't
dare mention it to him again and we're
all out. What shall 1 do?'
Mrs. True-"Let him freeze for
while and he'll think of it himself"
Detroit Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
Does il For Prestiue.

The postofflce department has drawn
a warrant for one cent in favor of
Adriel l.. Stuart, of Freedom, N. H.
This is Stuarts salary for carrying the
mails over the seven-mile route be-
tween Freedom postofIlce and the
railroad for four years. He mads this
low bid on account of the prestige
which the sign ~. S. Mail" gives him
in his passenger business.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
A RABID VIEW

"Now, professor" said Miss Kay.
"you know something of human ma
ture; at what age does the average
man of intelligence marry?"
"Dotage" promptly replied the
grabbed old fellow.-Philadelph Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
NO TIME TO EXPLAIN.

"You have quit complaining about
the price of meat"
Had to quit" answered the indus
trious citizen. II am kept so busy
hustling for the price that l no longer
have time to complain. Chicago
Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
A HANDY CONTRIVANCE.

To hold cows tail while being milk
ed. string a wire above and a little
back of the COW and then take three
or four short wires about 20 to "a
inches long and make hook on each
end, one small one to go on the wire
and the other to hook on the tall
Etna Burgess, in The Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
AN EVIL BLUNDER.

II made a serious mistake today"
said the doctor.
what was it?" queried the drug
gist.
Il charged a stranger 81 for a con-
sultation," answered the NJ. D., "and
after paying it he said he fully ex-
pected to pay $10."-Columbus Dis
patch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
FELINE.

Tess-"Do you like the cut of my
new skirt?"
Jess-"Very much"
Tess-"Do you, reallyY
Jess-"Yes, indeed, had three just
like it when they were in style."-
Philadelphia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
NO ROOM FOR DOIRT.

White-"Why do you think Smith
looks upon marriage as a failure?"
Gray-'I heard him say not long ago
that he would never go to the peniten-
tiary for amy."-Detroit Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
CLEAR AS MUD.

Mrs. Chugwater- Josiah, what is
the meaning of the word equinox
Mr.. Chugwater-"It comes from
'equus,' horse, and 'noxious,' bad. Bad
for horse. Will you never learn to use
your own dY-Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
SUFFICIENT CAUSE.

"Subbubs' house was all lighted up
night" said the first suburbanite.
'Yes," replied the other, they were
celebrating silver Jubilee"
Nonsense they haven't been married
twenty-five years"
mo, but they have had one cook for
twenty-five days. s."-Philadelphia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06

Mr.. Borem - every thing sticks so
this humid weather"
Miss Patience-''Is that the reason
you can't pull yourself away, Mr..
Borem ?'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06

in life when woman's great change
may be expected.
These symptoms are all just so many
calls from nature for help. The nerves
are crying out for assistance and the
cry should be needed in time.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was prepared to meet the needs
of woman's system at this trying
period of her life. 1t invigorates and
strengthens the female organism and
builds up the weakened nervous system.
1t has carried thousands of women
safely through this crisis.
For special advice regarding this i'm
portant period women are invited to
write TO Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
and it will be furnished absolutely free
Of charge.
Read what Lydia e. Pinkham's Com
pound did for Mrs. Hyland and Mrs,
Uinlle:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
81 had been suffering with falling Of the
womb for years and was passing through the
Change of Life. My womb was badly swol-
len; my stomach was sore; had dizzy spells,
sick headaches, and was very nervous.
Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Con
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06

sent me home with
a terrible attack of
kidney trouble. I
had acute conges-
tion. sharp pain in
the ack, headaches
and attacks of diz-
ziness. My eyes
gave out, and with
the languor and
sleeplessness of the
disease upon me /
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
HIS WAY OUT,

Fond Mother-"Well, Mr.. Criticus,
what do you think Of Mary's voice"
Mr.. misunderstanding volume,
madam! Ats volume is simply wonder
Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.

Miss Justln-"Do tell me! What is
the newest thing in swell gowns"
Miss Tartun-"Why, dear, you are"
Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06

Her Father-"I regret to say, young
man, that circumstances over which l
have no control compel me to decline
your offer for my daughters hand"
The Young Man-"What circum-
stances are those?'
Her Father-"Yours." Pick Me Up.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, soften the gums reduces inflamma-
tion, ,allays pain, ,cureswind colo, 25c "A bottle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06

ldo not believe Piso's Cure for Consume
tionhasanequal for coughs and colds. s.--JoHN
F.BoYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 10, 1909.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
The Midday Rest,

Don't neglect the 10 minutes rest
during the day, with the feet raised.
1t gives the whole body great sense
of repose and works wonders in
smoothing out the lines on the face.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06

The phosphate rock is found in pockets
not veins.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06
The Cigaret Evil.

A La Grange young man, when go
ing a-swimming recently, left a light
ed cigaret too near his clothes He
walked home after dark.-Kansas
City journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-06

ANOTHER DANGEROUS STAGE.
Medical Student-"What is the sur
est sign of convalescence"
Old Practitioner-"When the patient
begins to make love to his NURSE
Town Topics.