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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
BABY COVERED WITH SORES.
Would Scratch and Tear the Flesh Un.
less Hands Were Tied-"WOuld Have
Died But For Cuticura."

"My little son, when about year and
a half old, began to have sores come out
on his face. had physician treat him,
but the sores grew worse. Then they be-
gan to come on his arms, then on other
parts OF his body, and then one came on
his chest, worse than the others. Then l
called another physician. Still he grew
worse. At the end of about year and
half of suffering he grew so bad l had to
tie his hands in cloths at night to keep
him from scratching the sores and tearing
the flesh. lie got to be a mere skeleton.
and was hardly able to walk. My aunt
advised me to try Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment. sent to the drug store and got
cake of the Soap and box OF the Olnt-
ment, and at the end of about two months
the sores were all well. He has never had
any sores OF any kind since. He is now
strong and healthy, and | can sincerely
say that only for your most wonderful
remedies my precious child would have
died from those terrible sores. Mrs. Eg-
bert Sheldon, r. i. D. Nc. /, Woodville,
Conn, April -, 1905"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
Keeping the Weight.

Not unusually do animals weigh
less in the spring than they do the
fall before, when they were turned into
winter quarters. The dry, bulky food
given with cut grain fails to maintain
the weight of the animal. Usually sud
den chances are made in the fall from
grass to fodder. The animals will not
take kindly to such sudden changes,
hence a failure to eat results in a
shrinkage in their weight that is very
hard to regain with bulky winter
foods.
Corn fodder alone, whether shredded
or not, does not maintain the weight
of an animal in good flesh While it
is forage worth saving, it does not
fully answer Sheep will lose when
given fodder alone. Wheat or rye
straw will carry cattle through the
winter, but their live weight is greatly
diminished, especially where they are
in good flesh when turned on straw
Timothy hay does not maintain the
weight. Even where the best of clover
hay is used for roughage, grain is need
ed to make the animal grow.
If profit is to be realized in win
ter feeding, the animals must increase
and not decrease in weight. A gradual
change from grass to dry forage will
prevent the first shrinkage in live
weight. The feed should consist of at
least small amount of grain, even
with the best forage. Then do not give
fodder as the only bulky food. Give
all the variety possible. An occasional
feed of clover hay, sorghum forage,
cowpea hay or timothy hay along with
the corn fodder will not only sharpen
the appetite of the animals, but will
cause them to clean up their fodder
better than where they are compelled
to live on the corn fodder alone,-W.
B. Anderson, in the indianapolis News
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
NO SATISFACTION.
Railroad Man Who Had No Use for
Automatic Device.

A certain Western railroad, which
has not yet been "reorganized" by
Wall street, is still owned and oper-
ated by the blunt-spoken old lumber
man VINO built it. Last year, after a
particularly severe accident upon it,
the agent of an automatic block signal
system called and tried to get con-
tract for installation.
The old lumberman examined the
device attentively and seemed much
interested.
"Your chief engineer recommends 1t
highly" said the agent. "He told me
to use his name with you, and he
would see you later"
"Wall," said the lumbtrman, al
reckon it Is a pretty machine. / like
to sit here and see it work myself, it's
so ALFRED sure. But come to using
1t on my road-now, young feller, I've
been running a railroad some longer'n
you, and Pll tell you something.
"Accidents is bound to happen about
once in SO often, no matter what you
do. I've got three brakemen in jail
now, and I've vowed to hang The next
one, and the public is pretty well sat
isfied. But what satisfaction is it 60
ing to be for anyone if / go to work
and hang an old automatic machine?"
Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
StarIinqs on Lonu Island.

Two men were waiting for a train
at Borough Park. See those birds
over there?" asked one.
Eyes. What of them? What sort of
birds are they?"
well, should say they were black
birds, the same that are baked in a
pie and made a dainty dish to set be-
fore the king"
Wrong" replied his companion.
Guess again" The second man gave
it up. Just then the birds flew up
and away.
Look" said the first man. 'Qb-
serve their short, .forked tails. They
are starings."
"Starlings on Long Island?"
yes A few years ago somebody
brought over lot of starlings from
England and let them loose hereabouts.
They have flourished and multiplied
and now you can frequently see them
In this neighborhood. They are the
result of one of the few experiments
at the accllmatization of England birds
on Long Island which have succeeded"
New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
Preparing Corn Land.

The following is plan which we
have found to put most land in ex-
cellent condition: We use only two
tools-a disk harrow and plank drag.
The disk is set to cut about its full
depth, and the burrows are Tapped, so
that the land will be left level. We
disk twice, trying, as far as practica-
BILE on our hilly lands, to run the sec
ond time at right angles to the course
followed the first time. We then finish
up with the drag, which leaves the
land smooth and in fine shape for
drilling. BY this plan most of the
stalks will be thrown out of the earth
by the disk, and the drag will break
down any that are left. The most seri-
Gus objection TO the disk is that it
leaves a sort of gutter around each
cornshock, which the drag will not al
ways fill up. To obviate this and
the turning around the shocks, some
farmers bring the corn from sixteen
rows on each side to make a row OF
shocks. The shocks are thus neces-
sarily made very close together in the
row, and the row is left until the corn
is hauled off, when twice through with
the drill will seed this strip. The ex-
ira labor in the corn-cutting, however,
seems to me to more than make up for
that saved in preparing and seeding the
land. A springtooth harrow might be
made to answer instead of disk on
corn land; but we have found drag
harrows very unsatisfactory, as they
will be continually dragging up the
cornstalks and othe rtrash. The plank
drag is, | think, far preferable to the
roller for use on such land, as it
smooths down and fills up any ridges
and depressions much better than any
roller could.-Country Gentleman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
Measuring Clothes by Photography.

When one comes TO the industrial
and commercial uses, the list of uses
of photography is endless. An In
genious German gentleman now sup
plants the tailor's measurer and, mea-
sures man for a suit of clothes by
photographs. The latest Improvement
in the phonograph is a system by
which a Photographic film records
the motion of sensitive fame, and
the variations in intensity in the band
thus obtained are made to cause vi
brations In n telephone circuit, re-
producing the original sounds much
more clearly than by former methods
The tunnel builder and railroad con-
tractor not only keep in touch with
the progress of the work, the condi-
tions and the effects of blasting, but
provide against damage suits by "be-
fore and after" views In many fac
tories sample books are made photo
graphically, showing exact construe-
ton, design, wood and finish.
One might go on indefinitely, but
enough has been outlined to give
some hint of the part the camera
plays in every material branch of hu-
man activity.-Henry w. Lanier IN
The Worlds Work.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
Facts Atcut Ashes,

The use of wood ashes for fertilizing
al agricultural practices. The disap-
pearance of forests and the substitu-
tion Of coal as fuel have reduced the
commercial importance of ashes to
comparative insignificance. Notwith-
standing these recognized facts, there
is hardly a subject related TO the fer
tilizing of crops SO surrounded by er-
ror as the often accepted belief in the
superiority of ashes over all substi-
tutes. The real value of ashes is so
great that harm only can come from
the exaggerated and erroneous concep-
tions of these persistent advocates
They are found among farmers and
specialists in many sections. as wide
ly separated in surrounding and
practice as at the nursery.
men of New York and the
pineapple growers of Florida. These
two classes of aericulturists are
among the most intelligent of all crop
producers, yet recall one of the for
mer who took great pains to collect
thousands of bushels of ashes, which
he used on the supposition that they
contained at least percent of actual
potash, only to learn, after they had
been applied to his trees that they real
ly contained about one-half of l per-
cent. One of the latter class of con-
sumers applied many tons to his plan
tation, under the impression that he
was using 40 percent of potash,
through misinterpretation of a COM
plicated analysis, later to learn that
his expensive alleged hardwood ashes
contained about percent Of the ma
terial for which they were purchased
There must be some reason beside tu-
cidental ignorance for the practice OF
these men. The belief in ashes is
founded on real value. The error re-
suits from a misunderstanding of facts
There seem to be two errors in be-
lief, which are chiefly responsible for
common mistakes in the use of ashes
First, is the supposition that the pot
ash in ashes is in better form than
that from other sources; second, that
the constituents of ashes, having al
ready existed in plants, possess some
direct and special adaptation to the
requirements of plants.
The facts are, that the benefits from
the use of ashes, and they are great
are due in only comparatively small
degree to the potash they contain. The
amount of this constituent is usually
small, and may be secured more eco
nomically from other sources.-Home
and Farm.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
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The Making of Prize Cattle.

The university cattle which won
third prize at the fat stock show in
Pittsburg in competition with the
world, were the last of six carloads
purchased three years ago for the pur-
pose of determining the influence OF
age upon the cost of beef production
which the experiment station is con-
ducting in cooperation with the Fed
eral Department of Agriculture.
One-third of the original bunch Cd
cattle was finished as yearlings, and
topped the Chicago market for the
year. The second third was finished
as two-year- -olds and also topped the
Chicago market for the year. The third
portion of these cattle won third place,
as stated above, and topped the Pitts
burg market for heavy cattle, bring
ing $40 per hundred, the next best
load of heavy cattle bring $3.50.
They were high-grade Herefords,
purchased in the neighborhood of Co
lumbia.
In the meantime the experiment sta
tion has in the same experiment ma
tured one bunch of yearlings Angus
and a bunch of yearling Shorthorns
They now have on feed 80 Shorthorns
with view to covering the same
ground, with different breed.
In addition to the test of the influ-
ence Of age upon the rate of cost OF
gain, these cattle were divided into lots
of eight each and fed different grain ra-
tions on pasture, one group receiving
shelled corn alone, another one-fourth
cottonseed meal and three-fourths
shelled corn, another one-fourth lin
seed meal and three-fourths shelled
corn, another one-fourth gluten meal
and three-fourths shelled corn, all
having access to equally good grass.
In the case of the yearlings and two
year-olds a more rapid gain, and as a
rule a cheaper gain, was made on the
mixed feeds than on corn alone. 1t is
also true that in every case the young
er cattle receiving mixed feeds became
latter carried better bloom, and were
from every point of view more mar
ietable.
In the case of the three-year-old OF
the mature cattle, however, the differ
ence in the rate and economy of gair
between straight corn and mixed feeds
was almost inappreciable, and there
was not marked difference in the fat
ness of the different groups.-H. j
WatnrS Dnan Of Missouri AurirultiIra
College, in Home and Farm.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
Feeding a Horse.

We go to France for good horses, and
following is something from the Petit
Journal Agricole of France, on how
to feed good horses. Three meals are
necessary and sufficient, with an inter
val of four or five hours between, TO
keep a horse in good condition. Oats
take at least two hours to digest, hay
takes three hours, and because it takes
so long to digest it should be given
when the days work is over. The
evening meal should be a full meal. the
animal being then at rest and able to
digest its food at leisure. There should
be an interval of half an hour be-
tween the return Of the horse to the
nable and his getting his evening
meal.
Too much food at a meal or too long
abstinence between meals, followed by
voracious feelings, is conducive to
collie and indigestion. Irregularly fed,
he is given to showing his impatienoe
by letting his hoofs play about the
woodwork Of his STALL Giving refresh
CTS at Ouu tllllCS 10 dlSO bdu.
ber that both stomach and bladder
should never be loaded in work time,
whether light or heavy work is dope. A
horse, therefore, should not be ridden
or driven Immediately after a meal,
on the same principle that it ought not
to be fed sooner than half an hour af-
ter work is over. Between one end
of the year and another a horse con-
sumes an amount of dry heating food
which calls for a special regimen to
neu,ralize the excessive proteid con-
sumption that has taken place Thus
in autumn a ration of carrots given be-
fore the evening meal of oats is good,
and so in spring. at the fall of the win
ter coat, a little green meat is bene-
fetal, mixed with hay and oats, for the
evening meal. Another maxim much
disregarded in practice is that the
horse should be watered long before
being put to work, and then very spar
ingly.-American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
81 Boxes of Gold
800 Boxes of Creenbachs
For the most words made
up, from these letters
Y - l. O Grape-Nuts
33l people will earn these prizes.
33l people will earn these prizes.

Around the fireside or about the well
lighted family reading table during the
winter evenings the children anc
grown-ups can play with their wits and
see how many words can be made.
20 people making the greatest num-
Der of words will each receive little
box containing $1,000 gold piece.
10 people will each win one box con.
tainng $500 gold piece.
300 people will each win a box con.
tanning $1.OO in paper money and one
person who makes the highest number
of words over all contestants will re-
ceive box containing $4,000 in gold.
1t Is really most fascinating bit of
fun to take up the list evening after
evening and see how many words can
be added.
A few rules are necessary for abso-
lutte fair play.
Any word authorized by Webster's
dictionary will be counted, but no name
of person. Both the singular and
plural can be used, as for instance
grape" and grapes"
The letters in "Y-l-O-Grape- Nuts"
may be repeated in the same word.
Geographical names authorized by
Webster will be counted.
Arrange the words in alphabetical
classes. all those beginning with A to-
together and those beginning with z to
come under T.. etc.
When you are writing down the
words leave some spaces in the A. l..
and other columns to fill in later as new
words come to you, for they will spring
into mind every evening.
1t is almost certain that some con-
testants will tie with others. In such
cases n prize identical in value and
character with that offered in that
class shall be awarded to each. Each
one will be requested to send with the
list of words a plainly written letter
describing the advantages of Grape
Nuts. but the contestant is not required
TO purchase pkg. These letters are
not to contain poetry, or fancy flour
ishes, but simple, truthful statements
of fact For illustrations: A person
may have experienced some incipient
or chronic ails traceable to unwise Sc
lection of food that failed to give the
body and brain the energy. health and
power desired. Seeking better condi-
tions change in food is made and
Grape Nuts and cream used in place of
the former diet. Suppose one quits the
meat. fried potatoes, starchy, sticky
messes of half-cooked oats or wheat
and cuts out the coffee. Try. say. for
breakfast bit of fruit. a dish Of
Grape-Nuts and cream, two soft-bolled
eggs, slice Of hard toast and a cup of
Postum Food Coffee. Some amateur
says: "A man would faint away on
that" but my dear friend We will put
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21

dollars TO your pennies that the noon
hour will find man on our breakfast
huskier and with stronger heartbeat
and clearer working brain than he ever
had on the old diet.
Suppose, If you have never really
made move for absolutely clean
health that pushes you along each day
with spring in your step and re-
serve yigor in muscle and brain that
makes the doing of things a pleasure.
sense" and start in now. Then after
you have been . or 3 weeks on the
Grape-Nuts training you write a state
ment of how you used to be and how
you are now. The simple facts will in
terest others and surprise yourself
We never publish names except on per-
mission, but we often tell the facts i'm
the newspapers and when requested
give the names by private letter.
There is plenty of time to get per-
sonal experience with Grape-Nuts ana
write q sensible. truthful letter to bs
sent in the list of words, as the contesa
does not close until April Both, 1906.
So start in as soon as you like to build.
ing words, and start in using Grape
Nuts. Cut this statement out and
keep the letters Y-I-0-Grape-Nuts be-
fore you and when you write your let
ter you will have some reason to write
on the subject why Owe Grape
Nuts"
Remember 331 persons will win
prizes, which will be awarded in an
exact and just nanner.a soon as the
list can be counted after April Both,
1906. Every contestant will be sent
printed list of names and addresses
of winners on application in order to
have proof that the prizes are ssent as
agreed. The company is well knowA
all over the world for absolute tidehty
to its agreements and every single one
of the AL winners may depend on re-
ceiving the prize won.
Many persons might feel 1t useless to
contest. but when one remembers the
great number of prizes Et331)-the
curiosity of seeing how many lords
can really be made up evening after
evening and the good, natural fun and
education in the competition, 1t seems
worth the trial; there is no cost, moth
ing to lose and fine opportunity to
win one of the many boxes of gold or
greenbacks.
We make the prediction that some
who win prize of gold or greenbacks.
will also win back health and strength
worth more to them than wagon full
of money prizes.
There are no preliminaries, cut out
this statement and 80 at It, and send
in the list and letter before April Both.
1906, to Postum Cereal Co., Ltd, Battle
Greek, Mich, and let your name and
address be plainly written.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
Scotland Yard.

Scotland Yard, widely known as the
headquarters of the London police, is
historical place, said to have been
the site of a palace where kings OF
Scotland were received when they
came to London. 1t is near the ban
quoting hall, Whitehall. The Scotch
kings retained possession of it from
$50 till the rebellion of William OF
Scotland. Milton, Sir Christopher
Wren and other notables lived in
Scotland Yard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
Waste in Coal.

With the methods now in use,
seven-tenths of the force in coal is
wasted. A few years ago the waste
was nine-tenths. Mr.. Edison declares
that a bucketful of coal should drive
an express train from New York to
Philadelphia, and few tons be suffi-
cient for the largest ocean steamship,
whose bunkers must now hold thou
sands
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
Statue of Odin Found.

Interesting relics of ancient French
Roman origin have been unearthed in
the French commune Of Gueret
Among other things is a granite statue
of Odin. Archologists are greatly in
Interested by these discoveries, as very
few relics of this kind exist in the
Louvre museum.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
Lydia pkhams Vegetable Compound Where Others Fall

London saloon keepers say that
they are likely to be driven out of
business Whenever large Jewish
population settles in their neighbor-
hood. The Jews are reported to be
mnch more abstemious in the use OF
liquors than Christians.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
The Oriuin of X,

She-I wouldn't be surprised il the
servant girl were listening at the
keyhole.
He-Nor |. That's a woman's
trick.
She-Oh! Indeed?
He-Of course. That's why it's
called Ewes dripping.-Philade
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21

bility, irritability, nervousness, sleep
lessness, melancholy, "an-gone" ans.
"want-to be-left-alone' feelings, blues
and hopelessness. they should remem-
Der there is one tried and true remedy.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound at once removes such troubles.
No other female medicine in the
world has received such widespread
and unqualified endorsement.
The needless suffering Of women from
diseases peculiar to their sex is terrible
to see. The money which they pay to
doctors who do not help them is an
enormous waste. The pain is cured
and the money is saved by Lydia L.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
1t is well for women who are i'll to
write Mrs. Pinkharn. at Lynn, Mass,
The present Mrs. Pinkham is the
daughter-in-law ot Lydia L. Pinkham,
her assistant for many years before her
deceasc, and for twenty five years
since her advice has been freely given
to sick women. In her great expert
cnce, which covers many years, she
has probably had to deal with dozens
of cases just like yours. Her advice
is strictly confidential.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21

Fl!Csn- :rn - ;lyonrsI. ! o aus or nervous
ness after frst tlay'suse. OF DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer, S2trial bottle andtreatisefree
DR.. Il. Il. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch St., Phila., Pa.
The works OF Schopenhauer are being
translated into Japanese.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21

by Brlght's Dis
ease, that l know,
l had eye trouble,
ba ckache, catches
when lying abed
or when bending
over, was Ian.
guild and often
dizzy and had sick
b daches and
b bearin g dow n
pains. The kid
ney secretions s
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21

Nitrogen is so vital to the growth
of plants that large sums are expend
ed for fertilizers rich in that element
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21

were too copious and frequent, and
very bad in appearance 1t was in 1903
that Doan's Kidney Fills helped me so
quickly and cured me of these troubles
and I've been well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster -Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Z.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21

OF the 665 female students at the Uni
vcrsity OF Berlin, 4s3 are Germans.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
To ,nr. n ,old in One Dny

Take Laxative lIomo QuiDine Tablets.
Druggists refund money If 1t fails to cure. L.
v Grove 81 gnature on each box. 25c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
The Baldwin locomotive works pf
Philadelphia turned out $3.50 Iocomo-
tives in the year 1905.
AGnaranteed Cure For pns,.

"H"r"H'ee'' NUre TOT tTToss
Itching, Blind, Bleedin9, Protrudin9 Pits
Druggists are anthor rized to refund money!.
Pazo Ointment fails to curein to II days. Soc
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-02-21
DEATH SEEMED NEAR.
How a Chicago Woman Found Help
When Hope Was Fast Fading Away.

Mrs. L. T. Gould, J14 w. Lake St,
Chicago, ILL.,, says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills are all that saved me from death