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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
The STRETCHING Wire,

AS | have seen a lot of ways to set
and brace corner posts for pastures in
your valuable paper, l will give you
my way Of stretching wire half mile
long. Get wagon and back it up to
the corner post so that the hub Of the
hind wheel is in line with the rest Of
the posts. Next get post or piece
of AKA timber seven feet long and put
from the centre of the corner post or
halfway up the post to the hind axle
of the wagon near the wheel. Then
raise the hind wheel off the ground,
next get small piece of chain with
grab hook to fasten around spoke of
wheel, then fasten the wire to the end
of the chain and start turning on the
wheel. One man can stretch wire so
tight that he could break it if he
turned too much on the wheel. When
the wire is stretched as tight as wanted
either tie with piece of rope the hind
wheel to the front wheel, or have a
stick to put between the spoke and
under the wagon box to keep the wheel
from turning back, and then go and
drive in your staples. You'll find this
is the quickest and best way to stretch
wire a long distance-Chas. H. Sim
monds in the Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
COMES A TIME
when Coffee Shows What 1t Has Bee,
Doing.

"Of late years coffee has disagreed
with me-" writes a matron from Rome,
N. Y, its lightest punishment was to
make me logy' and dizzy, and il
seemed to thicken up my blood.
1.-THE heaviest was when it upset my
stomach completely, destroying my ap.
petite and making me nervous and irri-
table. and sent me to my bed. After
one of these attacks. in which / nearly
lost my life, l concluded to quit and
try Postum Food Coffee.
1T went right TO the spot! I found it
not only a most palatable and refresh
ing beverage. but food as well.
"All my ailments, the 'loginess' and
dizziness, the unsatisfactory condition
of my blood, my nervousness and irri-
liability disappeared in short order and
my sorely afflicted stomach began
quickly to recover. l began to rebuild
and have steadily continued until now.
Have good appetite and am rejoicing
In sound health, which l owe to the
use Of Postum Food Coffee" Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek,
Mich.
There's reason.
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellville," found In each pkg.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
Bird-Insoired Music.

One of the most pathetic scenes re-
membered from the experiences of an
unhappy genius is given, among other
facts. about Beethoven in the Life of
Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley' The
great composer delighted in the out
door world. He loved a tree. he once
declared, with pardonable exaggera-
ton. better than a man."
After he had become stone-deaf he
visited the valley of Heiligenstadt,
near Vienna. where he had stayed in
other and happier days.
Here" he said. to the friend who
accompanied him. II composed my
Pastoral Symphony, and here the
birds composed with me. Can you
hear a yellowhammer?"
NO" wrote his friend on the con-
versation slate. And in the SYM
phony | only remember the nightin-
gale, quail and cuckoo"
He believed certain phrases to have
been meant for a direct imitation of
certain birds; but Beethoven's meth
cd was a more poetic one. The birds
had inspired him; they had com
posed" with him. But they had done
it by contributing unconsciously to
the joyous harmony of the scene.
Beethoven, in answer to his friends
suggestion, took the slate and wrote
upon it passage for the flute, in the
Brook Scene" That was what the
yellowhammer had inspired him to do.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
The American Hoo.

About two-ffths of the worlds hog
supply is produced in the United
States, according to an advance proof
of short bulletin to be issued by the
Department of Agriculture on market
ing swine, and about 50 per cent. of
these are produced in the Mississippi
valley; hence this section of the coun-
try has developed the fat or lard hog
and has set the standard for hogs in
other parts of the United States.
The fat or lard hog is such because
corn has been his principal feed and
because there has been demand for
pork from such hog, and he will con-
form to the present prevailing type
Just as long as corn remains his prin-
cipal feed.
Butcher hogs are the best hogs from
the fat or lard hog standpoint that
come to market, and should be used as
q standard for comparison.
From the bacon market standpoint
the English bacon hog is the ideal
toward which hogs are being devel-
oped.
To the close observer it is apparent
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
SiIaee Better Than Cured Corn.

The raising of corn for the silo and
the feeding of silage is in great favor
in this section among our milk pro-
ducers. There is one point | think
some writers have overlooked, and
that is in comparing the amount of
waste in the methods of dry curing
and SLIDING corn. In the dry curing
the cattle leave the butts and in the
silo some rots in the corners and on
top. 1t seems manifestly unfair to
compare the losses on equal terms.
The reason is that corn raised for
dry curing is always our native FIELD
variety and is of small growth, and
would not make more than five to
eight tons, green, per acre after the
ears ape off, while corn that is in
tended for the silo is usually large
variety that would not be suitable to
dry and is consequently raised much
cheaper and will produce fifteen to
twenty tons, per acre. In making COM
parisons, we must reckon at least
three times as much waste in the silo
to equal the one part waste in the dry
curing. Another point is that in the
dry fodder there is usually no corn in
it at all, while for the silo the ears are
usually all cut in, which makes it much
the richer feed without extra cost of
husking, etc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

for some time; head has ached and
back also; has slept poorly been quite
nervous, and nearly tainted once or
twice; head dizzy, and heart beats very
fast; then that bearing-down feeling,
and during her menstrual period she is
exceedingly respondent Nothing
pleases her. Her doctor says: Cheer
up; you have dyspepsia; you will be
all right soon"
But she doesn't get "all right" and
hope vanishes; then come the brood
ing, morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES.
Don't wait until your sufferings have
driven you to despair, with your nerves
all shattered and your courage gone,
but take Lydia L. Pinkhams Vege-
table Compound. See what it did for
Mrs. Rosa Adams, of s19 12th Street.
Louisville, Ky, niece of the late Gen.
eral Roger Hanson, C.S.A A. She writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 cannot tell you with pen and ink what
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has done for me. | suffered with female
troubles, extreme lassitude, the blues ,
nervousness and that all-gone feeling was
advised to try Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and it not only cured my female
derangvnent, but it has restored me to perfect
health and strength. The buoyancy of my
younger days has returned. ana | do not suf-
fer any longer with dependency, as did be-
fore. | consider Lydia L. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound boon to sick and suffering
women
If you have some arrangement of
the female organism write Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Fiass., for advice.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
Hidden Money Produced.

Not very long ago William Mar
tin, business man of Martinsburg,
Washington county, has brought into
New Albany considerable sum of
money, which consists entirely of old
"greenbacks' issued before 1865. A
great part of this money had evident
ly been secreted for many years, as
it was covered with mold. 1t had ap-
parently not been in circulation. Sew
eral hundred dollars of the money was
in compound interest notes issued
during the last years of the Civil war.
The money, Mr.. Martin said, was a
part of large sum left by wealthy
farmer of Washington county, KY,
who died few years ago, and was
being put in circulation by the heirs
of his handsome estate While not
at all miserly, he was careful and
prudent, and, being distrustful of
banks, he had kept his money secret
ed about his house. The greater part
Of his accuuulations had been on
hand for more than forty years, and
had the money been put at interest
it would have more than doubled it.
self during the years it had lain idle.
Louisville Courier-Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
An Artists Mistake,

Oliver Herford while recently ex-
ploring a remote part of New York,
found himself beset By the pangs of
hunger. Entering a small restaurant
of somewhat doubtful aspect, he or
dered a mutton chop. The waiter. af-
ter long delay, returned, bearing a
plate on which reposed a dab of
mashed potato and much overdone
chop of microscopic proportions and
with a remarkably long and slender
rib attached. Clapping this down
briskly before the famished artist,
the. waiter started off to attend to an
other customer without further cere-
mony.
See here" called Herford, 81 Or
dered chop"
"Yessir," answered the man. There
It is"
"Oh. beg pardon; that's true" re-
turned Herford. peering at it closely,
II thought 1t was crack in the
plate. e."-Saturday Evening Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
The Stanle Crons.

According to the final calculations OF
the United States Department of Agri-
culture crop yields were bountiful this
season. Values are high on the whole.
The corn amounts in total to 2,467 ,4SO,-
934 bushels, the second largest yield
on record, Of value on the farm of
Sl,OST, ,461 ,440. This figures TO some
thing over Al cents in the bin. With
such value and a second best-on-
record yield the corn status leaves
little to be desired. The wheat show
ing is not quite so satisfactory. The
total crop of the winter and spring
varieties amounts to 552, ,399, ,517 bushels,
but the weight in the spring wheat
States is light compared with that of
a year ago, showing the effects of the
black rust which invaded the Northern
fields last fall and caused such furore
in the grain pits in every large city in
the world. This lowers the milling
value of the spring wheat. The re-
turned value in the bin on the farm is
close TO 81, in fact one may call it
dollar wheat this year. The weight as
promulgated is for Minnesota So
pounds, against So in 1903; for North
Dakota, 81 pounds, as against 56, and
for South Dakota, so pounds, as against
5S last season. Oats made splendid
crop. The total reaches S94,595, ,552
bushels, which is not far from the pre-
liminary estimate of 00,0O0,00 bushels
made in October. The main feature,
however, of the 1904 oat crop is not so
much the yield per acre as the super
lative quality of the grain. 1t is prob
able that more of this crop will be fed
out during the cold weather than in
any other season, for the reason that
in comparison with corn, oats seem
cheap and the farmers for the most
part are able and disposed to hold.
Barley, rye and the other grains hold
their own well and the figures show
that hay is worth very nearly 50 per
ton in NOW and stack-Breeders Ga
Zette
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
Fruit Production.

The family that consumes bushel
of good fruit this year will want a
larger quantity next year; hence it
would appear that both quantity and
quality should be our aim. When we
produce fruit for sale, we often think
the people want nothing but quantity,
when in reality they also want quality.
| believe the planting of fruit is being
overdone, and those who have planted
for quantity only will find no market
for their fruit at profitable prices. A
few years ago, fall and winter varieties
of pears of high quality brought good
prices but the large planting of Kief-
fers drove out even quality, and the
people have lost their taste for pears.
Weekly Witness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

Capt. W. w. Jackson, 7O5 G st., N.
W., Washington, d, c., writes:
81 am eighty-three years old, veteran
Of the Black Hawk, Mexican and the
Civil Wars. | am by profession a physi-
clan, but abandoned the same.
"SOme years ago L iUas seriously
affected Dith cGtdrrh Of the stomach.
NV suHerings Uere prOtrdcted and
seUere. tried euery hnoiUn remedy
WithOut obtaining relief.
I'm desperation L began the use of
your Perund. 1 begun to realise
Immediate though gradual Improve
ment.
"After the use of three bottles every
appearance of my complaint was removed
and | have no hesitation in recommend
ing it as an infallible remedy for that dis
order."-W w. jackson
Address DIR. s. B. Hartman, President
Of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
VALUE OF LIGHTNING RODS.
Prorer Installation Needed-RuIes for
Setting Up Protective Apparatus.

Setting Up Protective Apparatus.
Nj. r. Chavannes discusses the gen.
eral prejudice against lightning rods
in Paris Electricen, and his argu-
ment is translated and adapted by the
Electrical Review. He calls attention
to the need of investigating more
thoroughly the value of these devices
so IS to remove this feeling. A dis
tinction is drawn between lightning
arresters (parafoudres) and lightning
rods (paratonnerres) the former be-
ing that type of apparatus intended to
protect objects insulated from the
earth, and the latter protective devic'
es for objects not so insulated. The
reliability of lightning arresters has
been taken IN by a Swiss commits
sion, but its report has not vet been
made public. NJ. Chavannes holds
that lightning rods are valuable pro-
tective devices when properly in
stalled, but the way in which this
should be done is not well recognized.
The original idea of lightning rod
mospheric charges to escape slowly to
the ground, but, in fact, the action of
the device is generally otherwise.
Discharges are sudden and severe,
and have apparently an oscillatory
character M. Chavannes has con-
Quoted experiments on laboratory
scale with a view Of studying the eff
feet of sudden oscillatqry discharges,
using for this purpose high-tension
transformers. These experiments
have given the following results: The
surface of lightning conductor is as
important as its cross-section. The
ohmic resistance of the conductor is
of little importance. Breaks in the
continuity Of the conductor are Of
small consequence. The self-induc-
tion of the conductor should be as
small as possible. Induction between
the lightning conductor and neighbor-
es in these circuits. and offer a re-
sistance to the discharge of the main
circuit. A house covered with a
metal roof is analogous to a condens
er, and may set up resonance phe-
nomena.
The following rules should be OBJ
served wherever possible: All light
ming protective apparatus should be
placed exterior to the building. The
rod, the conductor. and the ground
plate should be placed in a straight
line. The coefiicent of self-induction
should be sensibly zero. While it is
not always possible to arrange the
differelt parts of the lightning rod in
a straight line. unnecessary bends
should be avoided. NJ Chavannes be-
lieves that. when the question has
been studied thoroughly and the nee
essary conditions more fully under
stood, the real value of lightning rods
will be recognized, and that by means
of them. the accidents due to atmos-
pheric discharges will be greatly re-
duced.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

the house the back ache has been so
bad that 1t brought tears to my eyes.
The pain at times was so intense that |
was compelled to give up my household
duties and lie down. There were head.
aches, dizziness and blood rushing to
my head to cause bleeding at the nose.
The first box of Doan's Kidney Pills
benefited me so much that continued
the treatment. The singing pain in
the small of my back, the rushes Of
blood to the head and other symptoms
disappeared"
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by all
dealers. 30 cents per box. Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Buffalo. n. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
Quebec,s New Eortlfications.

The Dominion government is about
to enter upon the construction of gi-
gantic military works in the city and
district of Quebec. The old citadel is
to be overhauled, and the three forts
at Point Lewis, and big guns put on
ell of them. At Beaumont, nine miles
from the city, on the south shore,
two large fortresses aret to be con-
structed, commanding a full view of
the channels up and down the river
and costing about 100000 When
they are done Quebec can go to sleep
at night with an added sense of secur-
ity, though it is question whether
it will be bit safer than ii is now
and has been ever since Wolfe and
Montcalm, for the time being, settled
its status on the Heights of Abra.
ham.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
BABYS TERRIBLE SORE
Body Raw With Humor-Caused Untold
Agony-Doctor Did No Good--Moiher
Observation-Disclosures Cured Mt Once.

MY child was a very delicate baby. A
terrible sore and humor broke out on his
body, looking like raw flesh, and causing
the child untold agony. My physician pre-
scrbed various remedies, none of which
helped at all. | became discouraged and
took the matter into my own hands, and
tried Cuticura Soap and Cutcura Ointment
with almost immediate success. Before
the second week had passed the soreness
was gone, not leaving trace of anything.
Mrs. Jeanette H. Block, 2sl Rosedale st.,
Rochester, n. Y"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
UGRRggfIzzRb UGRRggffI 5 nndzr -
lAz1GARDE1N 80!
GS1s1TSSS2sz>Ssz zszeetG5@Sos eetGSo

that the gradually changing condition.
brought about by the development of
the United States, and the increase in
the price of corn resulting from its
varied commercial uses, cause the hog
to be fed more mixed and usually a
more nitrogenous ration. This will in
the future affect the type of the hog
of the United States, so that it will
more nearly approach that of the Eng
lish bacon hog.-Farmers' Home Jour
nal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
LONGEST Tunnel.

The Simplon is the longest tunnel
in the world, and has been finished in
the face of tremendous difficulties,
most of which were entirely unex-
pected, and many of which presented
new problems for engineers. 1t ex-
tends from Brieg in Switzerland to
Iselle in Italy, the total length being
little over 1914 miles-21,576 yards
in fact.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
TaIias "a, yyo,- St~as

One size smaller after usln- Aliens Fo,t-
Ease, n powder. II makes tigit or new shoes
easv. Cures swollen, ho!. sweating. 1cling
feet. ingrowing nails. corns and buulOns. AZ
all druggists and shoe stores. Csc. Don't ac-
cent anv substitute. Trial rackage FREE by
mail. Address, Allen c. Olmsted, Leroy, MY.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
What Lcndon Paws PoIicemeA.

A London policeman earns, as long
as he remains patrolman from
1854 to S7.79 week. He may lodge
in section house for only "a cents
q week, and get his board for S1.-O.
His uniform is supplied free.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

German shopkeepers are appealing
to the government to restrain the rap.
idly growing tendency towards co.
operative stores.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

what l suf-
fered no one
Vail e er
know. l used
about every
known rene
dy that is said
; to be good for
kidney COM
plaint, but
without deriv-
ing permanent
relief. Often
Mhpn alone in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

SgBertngs We're Protroc'ei and Serere
Tried Euery Kno,cn Remedy Without
Relief-Serious Stomach Trouble Cured by
Three Bottles of Peruna!
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teethiaG. soften the Gums reduces innamma-
tion. .allays pain. .cureswind collie 25e. "a bottlo
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumn-
tionhas ane Iuil for coughs and colds.--JoHN
F.BoYER. Trinity SPRINGS. Ind. Feb. l5, l9Ol.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

The production of quicksilver in 1904 is
estimated at 1891 tons.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

Winnipeg. Manitoba. is said to be the
fastest growing city in the world.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
4 WoMAN,s MISERY.

Mrs. John LnRue, of 1l5 Paterson
Avenue, Paterson, N. j., says: Il was
troubled for about nine yenrs. and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

The Jews celebrate this year the
250th anniversary of their settlement
in the United States.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

There are in Germany twenty-one uni
vcrsities.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

Russia has eighty-six general holidays in
year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26
Health Fully Restored and the 10y Of
Life Regained

When a cheerful, brave, light-hearted
woman is suddenly plunged into that
perfection of misery, the BLUES, it is
. sad picture. 1t is usually this way:
She has been feeling "out of sorts'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

and Toilet Soap for 2Jc. Potter Drug 4 Chem. Corp,
Sole Props, Boston. Mailed Free, "How to Care for
Baby's Skin, Scap, and Hair"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-09-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
s.-. - ,as Tess ..s tui.ss nssss,
g-is 80 n.. n..a.ss

LII Wsshsfbr~ has Fssaasd pofk
Soc Sc Cog iisl,opck Co,
Rsmasi Trpmhisy Of 10 Msis stree
IL natias ,a-isy ~ io1 AofsAa sifsst
Eisafi briggs is Ia Troy hospii
Ell undergoing usziHsni iUf ssfiooose
tsins.
Mics Aiios Pa - neosics Pals IL
ihs guest u hsr sis,sf Mrs J y Nc
uufs
Janass J Mnfrisssy has be.n 10
ilfztiishofu thfro days and aiisndrd
tie tsif,
Pred RiruArs sho has t-sn criiicAl
iy no ~iih typhoid fever sas Ia tbs
village today.
John MHliigan isin syraesss for The
interests 81 bsckisy aud Scoii- Osbcrs
~ ifuiiins horses.
Mrs BN E.labrook and little
daughter isn this morning for .
months slsii Ia Baltimore.
DrI Harvey - Troy -as 10 tovu
last evening 10 examine iuuior Hauks
uho IL quite 10 viih rheumatism.
Mr. George Fitch oiEas, Tcmplcion
Mass j. visiting her daughter Mrs
George A Wood o. Stafford Street
La,hsr PAX has run Evans A Bug.
bcs's engine this seek ADD viii soon
enter The employ Of The Electric Light
Co.
Miss Maude Peterson has finished
work ai The Coy Babcock paper mill
and accepted position 10 . millinery
store.
James Griffin Of Sunderland IL In
tosn With his famous PAGER ''Diamond
Dick" formerly owned by o'ney Welch
OF North Adams
Harry McKeon q graduate OF the
Albany College OF Pharmacy has IA.
ken q position as prescription clerk Ia
Ayres' drug store.
The season OF the walloomsac Inn
has been unusually good. Many peo
pie on their wav from other summer
resorts are stopping there 10 spend q
portion OF tile late season.
Rev Guy Q Lampson OF Montpelier
has received call TO the pastorate OF
the Baptist church In Hyde Park,
Mass. lie Is one OF the leading
clergymen OF the Baptist denomina-
ton 10 the state.
Mrs George + Townsend and Miss
Rose Harbour were recent guests OF
Rev Wo HigIey OF Casfleton. To-
morrow Mrs Townsend and Miss Car
lie Higley will go TO Albany TO visit
Mrs J l. Fort, Mrs Townsend's daugh-
ter.
Game Warden Harry Chase has re-
ceived supply OF blanks for applica-
tons of out OF state hunters, not only
for shooting deer but for other game,
which must be procured to entltle one
to hunt In Vermont. Town clerks al
so have q supply at their offices.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-09-29
NAY n. ....,., ,...Le.s.

BERLIN. Sept. 2a.-Tbe labor din.
cultic- IN the Berlin electrical industry
threaten 20 spread 70 the entire metal
Industries Of the city and suburbs. The
Association u Metal Working Estab-
ishmenr Of Berlin. which embraces
MI the Important firms. voted last
night TO lock out the entire working
force az a suitable moment provided
the threatened general lockout In the
electrical BRANCHES takes place.