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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
ENGLISH GARDENS.

There is a fundamental difference
between the English and the Ameri-
can garden, writes Professor l.. II.
Bailey in the Garden Magazine. The
Englishman's garden is well nigh as
essential as his house. 1t is like an
extra room to the residence. 1t is for
the family rather than for the public.
1t therefore works itself into the de-
vcloping consciousness of children, the
garden love becomes as much a part
of the person as books and furniture
and music do. Al English teacher
recently inspected the study work at
Cornell University. what surprises
me-" she said, sis that you need to do
such work. The English child loves
nature as if by instinct. The Ameri-
can garden is likely to be all in front
yard. 1t is usually of the look-at-me
kind. IBIS made for the public to see.
This may contribute TO public spirit
and civic bettermcItt, but lo-es lis orig
inality and vitality.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
HONEST CONFESSION.
A Doctors Talk on Food.

There are no fairer set of men on
earth than the doctors, and when they
find they have been in error they are
usually apt to make honest and manly
confession of the fact.
A case in point is that of an eminent
practitioner one of the good old school
who lives in Texas. His plain, un.
vanished tale needs no dressing up:
II had always had an intense preju.
dice, which can now see was unwar.
rantable and unreasonable, against all
muchly advertised foods. Hence. l
never read line of the many ads.
Of Grape-Nuts, nor tested the food
till last winter.
while in Corpus Christi for my
health, and visiting my youngest son,
Who has four of the ruddiest, health
lest little boys ever saw, l ate my
first dish of Grape-Nuts food for sup
per with my little grandsons. l be-
came exceedingly fond of 1t and have
and find it delicious, refreshing and
strengthening food, leaving no i'll eff
fects whatever, causing no eructations
with which l was formerly much
troubled no sense of fullness, nausea.
nor distress of stomach in any way.
There is no other food that agrees
with me so well, or sits as lightly or
pleasantly upon my stomach as this
does. am stronger and more active
since / began the use OF Grape-Nuts
than have been for ten years, and am
no longer troubled with nausea and in
digestion" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
There's a reason.
Look In each pkg. for the famous
little book. "The Road to w'eliville."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
THE GARDEN FENCC.

If you must have 9 garCel fence,
let me offer a suggestion, Gays a writer
in the Garden Magazine. Make q
fence of locust posts, CT which stretch
ore-inch mesh chicken wire. There
may be q top and bottom rail, or not.
1t will furnish you q first clac3 pea,
bean and tomato trellis, and should
part be too chady for vegetables,
plant wild cucumber or morning
glory, which will COW their cwn seed
year after year and be no trouble to
you, but, instead, joy forever: or
the entire fence may We made a thing
of beauty by covering it with sweet
peas Or nasturtiunc. When the peas
and beans OF tomatoes reach the top
of The fence. which should be four
feet, think, cut the tops eff ard
force the strength into the fruit. We
use combination of flowers and ber-
rles for the gardens division lines
instead CT fence, currants, gooseber-
ries, blackcaL1. and even the low
growing strawberry being Utilized, aud
our friends at least always speak of
the neat, well kept appearance of our
little garden plot
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Working for Wide Tires.

The Bureau of Road Inquiry of the
United States Government has been
making a study of the width of tires
prescribed by local and national au'
thorities in various parts of the world.
In France every freighting and mar.
ket cart, instead of injuring the high
way, improves it. Many of the tirel
are ten inches wide. In the four
wheeled vehicles in that country the
rear axle is fourteen inches longer
than the fore, and as q result the
rear wheels run in line about an
inch outside the level rolled by the
front wheel. After q few loaded
wagons have passed over n road the
highway looks as if steam roller had
been at work. A national law in Ger.
many prescribes that wagons heavily
loaded must have tires not less than
four inches wide. In Austria the min.
imum for similar vehicles is six and
one-half inches; in Switzerland, six
inches.
In a number of States in this coun.
try laws have been passed granting
rebate Of highway taxes to citizens
who use on lumber wagons tires not
less than three inches wide. On toll
roads in Kentucky and several other
States farmers hauling loads in wide.
tired wagons are entitled to lower
rates than those paid by the owners of
narrow-tired vehicles.
At an experiment station it was DEM
onstrated that it requires forty per
cent. more power to draw load on
wagon drawn with one-and-one-half.
inch tires than on one with a three.
inch tire. With q Baldwin dyna.
mometer careful tests were made with
loaded wagons drawn over blue grass
sward. In a wagon weighing 1909
pounds it was found that load Of
342S pounds could be drawn on wide
tires with the same force required to
move 1000 pounds on narrow tires.
Moreover, the wide tires did not injure
the turf, while the narrow ones cut
through it. In some parts of the coun-
try pioneers in the use of wide tires
have had to stand a good deal of ridi-
cule. The manifest benefit to roads,
however. soon changes public senti.
ment. The president of leading
wagon manufacturing company states
that the demand for wide tires is in
creasing every year. Another company
in the same line of business conducted
series of tests, using Fairbanks
dynamometer carefully calibrated, and
was convinced that on very hard roads
the preference, so far as draft is con
cerned, is for narrow tires. In the eff
feet upon the roads, roweyer, wide
tires have the advantage.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
GRAPE CUTTINGS,

To propagate grapes from cuttings,
the cuttings should be made in the
fall, from wood of that seasons
growth. and packed away in ccnd
(some prefer dust and Eept in a suit.
able place through the winter. But
cuttings may he made row frcn last
years growth, and put ct cree ii the
ground, with reasonable prospects Of
success. The cuttings should be aJolt
eight inches long, and should have rot
less than three joints. Cut off close to
the lower joint, brt leave about al
inch of stem above the upper joi. t.
Insert the cutting in the ground, per-
pendicularly or at any angle desired.
leaving the top bud about en- inch
above the surface. Be sire that tie
SOL is carefully packed tight 70 the
cutting below the surface. Tie ground
about the cutting must net dry o;it,
and if the place where it is inserted is
quite sandy favorable results are lore
certain.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
GROWING BULBS.

A method of growing bulbs in airy
pretty dish that may be chocen without
drainage of any kind will b. welcomed
by most housekeepers. This can bc
done, says an authority, by using fibre
instead of earth. Many seedsmen sell
fibre for the purpose, and cocoa fibre
refuse may be used. The fibre should
be soaked in water couple of days
Then few pieces of charcoal chould
be put in the bottom of the vase CT
bowl to absorb any impurities that
may arise, and on the top Of tEis
should be two or three inches cf cbre
Upon the fibre the bulbs are placed
closely enough so as just to touch orc
another, and finally the vessel is filled
nearely to the rim with fibre and gen.
tly pressed down. The bulbs are rcw
set in cool. airy place away from
the frost, and kept fairly moist, but
not overmoist. When they show al
irch of growth they are brought CT
into more light and air.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Mrs. III. Wri' att

Mrs. Pinkham claims that there is a
kind of dyspepsia that is caused by a
arrangement of the female organism,
and which, while it causes disturb
ance similar to ordinary indigestion,
cannot be relieved without medicine
which not only acts as stomach tonic,
but has peculiar uterine-tonic effects
also.
AS proof of this theory we call at
tention to the case of Mrs. Maggie
Wright, Brooklyn, N. Y, who was
completely cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound after every
thing else had failed. She writes:
"For two years l suffered with dyspepsia
which so degenerated my entire system that l
was unable to attend to my daily duties.
felt weak and nervous, and nothing that ate
tasted good and it caused disturbance in my
stomach. l tried different dyspepsia cures,
but nothing seemed to help me. / was ad-
vised to give Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial, and was happily surprised
to find that it acted like fine tonic, and in
few days began to enjoy and properly digest
my food. My recovery was rapid, and in
five weeks was well woman. have rec
commended it to many suffering women"
I No other medicine in the world has
received such widespread and unquali-
fed endorsement, or has such record of
cures of female troubles, as has Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
CHERRY TREES FOR SHADE.

1t has been repeatedly urged that
fruit trees should be set ont on vari-
Gus parts of the farm But this plan
has not been followed for various rea-
sons; great many farmers who plant
trees for shade fol stock. plant those
which bear no fruit. Although they
make an excellent shade | think it
would be much better to combine the
two good qualities and so benefit both
man and beast. have planted num-
Der of cherry trees. which will grow
to good size and bear excellent fruit
This kind of fruit does not fall of,
will not injure stock and is always
marketable. A cherry tree will grow
fast and generally live to Il good age
Their foliage being very dense they
afford excellent shade. 1t costs little
more to raise these than forest trees,
the only difference being in the orig
inal COST and this will be repaid in
the fruit. - Louis Campbell, il The
Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Church Steeples Barbarous.

The Rev. DR.. Forbes, secretary OF
the Board of Church Extension of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, has re-
Gently spoken as follows: "Steeples
are relics of barbarism, and were
used to point to heaven when it was
thought the world was fiat. Now that
it is known that the world is round,
they point the wrong way, and should
be demolished. There is enough
money wasted in church steeples to
pay the debts of the entire country.
Pastors should get rid of their bells
and chimes and use the money spent
for these articles to supply Sunda,
schools with libraries"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Mystical Numbers.

The philosophy of Pythagoras was
founded on numbers, and the so-called
mystical numbers have always inter-
ested thinkers. Nine, for instance, is
one of them. A cat is said to have
nine lives. There are nine crowns
in heraldry; possession is mine
points of the law" The whip for
prlishing evil-doers has nine tails
the idea being that flogging by a
trinity of trinities is more efficacious.
The hydra has nine heads. Leases
are for 80 and 999 years. The angels
were cast out of heaven, and nine
days they fell. There would seem to
be some mystical charm in the num-
ber nine, else it would not be men,
toned in so many curious onnections
At least it is pleasant to imagine So
Boston. Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
How Salmon Are Hatched.

The Oregon state fisheries exhibit
which will be located at the north
end of the forestry building at ths
Lewis and Clark Exposition, Port
lard, Ore, viii be one of fascinating
interest to eastern people visiting the
fair. The exhibit will show the
methods of Matching salmon, the chief
resource of Oregon, and there will be
many specimens of the 'lordly chi
nook" the king of fresh water fishes
Some of the largest fish of the
spring catch, weighing So or 90
pounds, and measuring 519
to feet long, will be
preserved in the formaldehyde in in
verted glass jars made especially for
the purpose. The exhibit will be the
finest of its kind ever displayed at an
exposition n.-Recreation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
BEATING of Dead Hearts.

y Hearts of cold-blooded animals will
beat for comparatively long time
after death or removal from the
body Qf kept cool and moist), be-
cause of powerful internal collections
Of nerves, known as ganglia, whose
automatic impulses cause the regu-
lar contractions of the muscles. SINH
lar ganglia exist in man and other
warm-blooded animals, but their ac.
tion is less prolonged. Scientists
have asserted that a turtles heart
will beat after removai, If put on a
piece of glass, kept cool and moist,
and covered with bell-jar. l be-
lieve it has been known to beat &c
or even 4S hours; ~ or IA hours is a
common record.-St. Nicholas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Valuable Books

Last December an old man known
as NJ. Henri died in the Rue de Pa
tay, Paris. He was known to possess
private means, but that they were
meager was indicated by his shabbi-
ness and the fact that he lived alone
in single room. When a search Of
M. Henri's room was made after his
fleath nothing more valuable was
found than two shelves of dingy-
looking books, which were sold, with
his few sticks of furniture, to pay
his funeral expenses. When, how
ever, the buyer of the books ex-
'amined his purchase he discovered
TWO volumes of rare value-absolutely
unique-for every page of them, 500
in all, was G5 note of the Bank of
England.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Wealth of Oklahoma,

Oklahoma is composed of 26 coun-
ties, with an annual production ex-
ceeding $100,OOO,O00 in value, with
S.661,945 acres of farm lands vita
$90,G09,07S worth of taxable property
Ian increase of S6,474,G01 during the
last year,; with 3,222.75 miles of rail-
way; with property the assessed
value of which is $11, 1O9,667; with 67
Touring mills having a daily capacity
of 11,GG5 barrels, with ESQ grain ele-
vators having capacity of 1926, 900
bushels; with 336 banks carrying de-
posits aggregating $1S,3S4, 1884;
with school buildings exceeding So
100000 in value; and all this has been
accomplished within Is years.-Chi-
cago Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Milk Saloons of Warsaw.

The town of Warsaw may be called
the milk producers Eden, although
the milk consumers Eden it
certainly is not. There is
probably nowhere such milk
town" as this. Restaurants are
but little frequented. On the other
hand, the public frequent the dairies
in great number, to chat with friends
or read the newspapers, to the ac-
compartment of black or white cof-
fee or glass of cold or warm milk.
To close bargain or to talk busl-
ness, the milk saloon is resorted to-;
chess and billiards are likewise to
be played in these recognized places
of public resort. But, in spite Of this
enormous consumption of milk, the
supply is most wretched; in fact, it
is indescribably bad.-Chicago Jour-
nal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
A ueaYY Zinc.

Under the Elkins law any railroad
company which pays rebates in any
form, or any shipper who accepts them,
is liable to a fine of from $1,000 to
$4,000 upon conviction. 1t also pro-
hibits the carrying of freight at less
than the published tariffs. The Inter-
state Commerce Commission is empow-
cred to detect and prosecute violators
of this statute. President Knapp. of
the commission, states that since this
law was passed rebate paying has
been as rare as forgery.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Matrimony and Hygiene.

A scientific gentleman interested in
the progress of the race has just sug-
gested that bride produce to the
bridegroom a health certificate, and
vice versa. On purely reasonable
grounds there may be something to be
said for this, but the romantic char
acter of proposal Subject, my dar-
ling, to your producing a clean bill of
health" is worth a passing smile. One
does not envy the medical mana
public official, it is understood-who
will have the duty of telling an i'm
pasioned Romeo that his digestive ar
rangements are inadequate for matri-
mony.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26

The pig iron produced in the Unit
ed States in one year would make a
column twice the height and size of
the Eiffel Tower. The iron and steel
rails, if made into one rail, would be
81 feet wide at the base, just as high,
and mile and fifth long. The coke
used in blast furnaces would form a
column 400 feet square and $500 feet
high. and the limestone used would
make a column 200 feet square and
$500 feet high.-Success
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
NO TONGUE CAN TELL
How Suffered With Itching and
Bleeding Eczema Until Cured
by Cuticura,

'No tongue can tell how 1 suffered for
five years with a terribly painful, itching
and bleeding eczema, my body and face
being covered with sores. Never in my
life did l experience such awful suffering,
and l longed for death, which felt was
near / had tried doctors and medicines
without success, but my mother insisted
that try Cutcura. felt better after the
first bath with Cutcura Soap. and one ap-
plication of Cuticura Ointment. and was
soon entirely well. (Signed) Mrs. A. Et-
son, Bellevue, Mich"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26

<ICES n an article III the bulletin
u m y of the American Geograph-
O @ ical Society there is dis
cussion by A. p. Brigham
| s0E of Good Roads in the
| United States" in which
the estimated handicap of the people of
Maryland due to bad roads is $1,000
| 900 year. On dirt roads the cost of
| transporting ton mile is twenty
| five cents, while on railways it is
| three-fourths of n cent or less. BY
| water the rate varies from one-fourth
| 10 one-twelfth of q cent. The ocean
rate is one-fifth of the canal route,
one-fifteenth of the railway rate and
| one-five- -hundredth of the country road
rate.
Railway rates Improve, but dirt road
rates never do, says the Baltimore
| Sun In 1869, for example, the cost
| per ton mile on the New York Central
| Railway was "a cents, while in 1893
| the cost was only seven-tenths of a
cent. showing a large deduction; but
the preliminary haul to the railway
station over a dirt road costs as much
as ever BY making q good road for
the farmer the State may reduce the
cost per ton mile of hauling freight
from twenty-five cents to eight cents,
| thus saving the farmer seventeen
cents per mile.
In New Jersey it is found that on
| improved roads a team hauls four or
FIVE tons, against one ton on an unim'
proved road. At $3 day for man and
team this means saving of from 50
to S12 for ten-mile haul. Good roads
justify long distance hauling by team,
which is worth while in the case of
perishable produce and furniture likely
to be injured by the delays and rough
handling of the railways.
In Belgium wagons carry freight six.
ty to seventy miles. In this country
the roads are generally such as to re.
strict the market for many articles. 1t
is said to be as cheap to take freight
by rail from California to the Atlantic
as to convey farm produce over dirt
roads to Raleigh, n. c., from farms
only fifteen miles away. Naturally,
farms made inaccessible by bad roads
are worth less than those which enjoy
good transportation facilities. Or, to
put it differently, good roads enhance
the value of farms. adding materially
to the price for which they will sell.
Good roads, in effect, put money into
the farmers pocket, whether he re-
tains his farm or sells it. What he
pays in a road tax-if the road is i'm
proved by a trained engineer-is re-
turned to him a dozen times over in
the increased selling value of his prop
erty, to say nothing of the decreased
cost of getting the hauling done. The
road tax lifts other taxes.
Various gains accrue. The isolation
of farm life and its dreariness vanish
when communication is easy. If the
farmer, his wife, sons and daughters
can finish their days work betimes and
visit neighbors three miles away in the
evening, or fit easily to town, they
think better of rural life and are more
disposed to hold on to ''the old place."
Schools, mails, shopping, social enjoy.
mental are brought within easier
reach by the improved road. But by
improved road" is meant road made
under the supervision or an engineer,
not the product of undeveloped ideas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
HoM's Tllia!

We of1er One Hundred Dollars Reward tor
any case Of Oatarrl Gnat cannot be cured by
halls Catarrn Cure.
i. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. ].
Cheney ior the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made By their firm
WEST IL TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, .,
WALDINa, AMMAN & MARvIS, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Oatarrh Cureis taken internally, ac.-
Ing directly upon the blood and muooussur-
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists :.
Take Halls Family Pills foe constipatio Il.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
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SPRAYING FRUIT TREES.

It is impossible to have first class
vegetables and fruit without spray
ing, says the Garden Magazine. Most
people are afai Of the subject, be-
cauce they think they must learn all
about the insects and lot Of hard
Latin names. 1t is not necessary to
get expensive apparatus. -Four dollars
will buy an excellent pump and hose
suitable for home use. This outfit
consists of portable, double acting
force pump, attached to hand buck
eft, with hose and nozzle for spraying.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Another Jan Victory.

X. E. Inui, the versatile Japanese
student of the University of Michi-
gan, has won another victory by his
selection as one of the six men ELI
gible to the final trial for the cham
pionship of the university and the
resultant appointment as representa-
tive of Michigan in the Northern
Oratorical League.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26

boxes Of this remedy effected COM
plete and permanent cure. If suffering
humanity knew the value of Doan's
Kidney Pills they would use nothing
else, as it is the only positive cure
know"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Fostcr-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
ADVANTAGES of Japanese.

The advantages Of the Japanese are
similar to those of Napoleon. They
do not drink, and are pitted against
hard drinkers; have the driving force
of enthusiasm on their side, enthusi-
asm for their ancient country and
their new institutions, for their ma,
tional independence and their per-
sonal freedom.-London Truth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Reared Among Indian S.

Senator Menefee of the Oklahoma
Legislature spent most of his boy
hood days among Indians. His father
died when he was IS years old, and
the child was adopted by Fastrunner,
a chief of me Caddos, with whom he
lived for about seven years. In that
time he became one of the most ex.
pert bareback riders in the Wichita
mountain country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26

Following British precedent of 1904,
an international exhibition of printing,
papermaking, journalism, engraving
and all graphic arts is to be held in
Paris in 1906. 1t b to be the largest
show of the kind ever held. Paper
manufacturing and wood pulp making
will. it is stated, be shown in operation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Twin MarveIs of Amiens.

The death of Jules Verne should
strike with sense of personal be-
reavement all boys who read and all
men in whom the romantic imagina-
tion of boyhood has not yet perished.
He was a prophet with honor in his
own country; for he and the famous
cathedral Of Amiens were the twin
marvels of the provincial.-N York
Evening Post.