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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
First Printed Almanac.

The first known almanac in print
was that of John Miller. who lived
at Nuremberg in the fifteenth cent
ury, and not only gave the character
of the u months in advance, but fore
told the eclipses of the moon for
the next 80 years. His almanac sold
for 10 crowns of gold-a sum to
make Old Moore jealous. And Old
Moore was jealous. He went at
once to this rival, in the hope of find
Ing out the source of his prophecies.
The rival saw through him. This
is my syftem," he pleasantly observ-
ed. Il take your almanac, and for
every day that you predict one thing
l predict The opposite, and l am as
often righf as you are!" This did
not equal the sincerity of the astrolo-
ger, Carddn, who, having predicted
his own death, starved himself to
death in on der to verify the prophecy.
London Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09

Now that poultry is in such demand
and at double the former prices for
eggs and chicks, poultry on the farm
has become a greater interest than
ever before. 1t is just as easy to grow
good chickens as scrubs, and they eat
no more and bring much more money.
A lady who gives much attention to
growing chickens on the farm sends
the following letter on the subject to
! the Farmers Review. She says:
l would like to see more and better
poultry on our farms, and l believe
there is no way in which we can more
readily and surely increase the returns
from our farms. The point at which
we should stop increasing the size of
our flockS is that at which there is
nothing more for the fowls to CLEAN
from the fields in the way of bugs and
lost grain. The tender grass and the
young clover that are TO be found all
over the farm in late summer and fall
make good feed for fowls and we
should utilize them as much as possible
by having a large number of fowls to
use it.
We need more poultry on the farms,
as is evidenced by the increasing price
for poultry products. This means that
the demand is ahead of the supply.
When the prices get high there is a
tendency for the people > buy other
food in the place of poultry products;
therefore we are the losers. There is
another reason why we should increase
the amount of poultry on our farms
and that is that poultry meat is not as
/ solid as other meat, and therefore in
selling it we get more for the same
food value parted with than from a
J like weight of beef or pork.
The better the poultry the more we
will get for the food consumed, which
| is, of course, of great moment. We
have in most of our flocks hens that
eat and eat sand never lay an egg.
Some of them have passed beyond the
age for laying and the owner has lost
| track of them in the flock. We can get
better focks by wedding out these un.
| profitable layers.-Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
American Money Lust.

1t has become common reproach
that is thrown constantly in the
faces of the American people that
commercially and the desire to get
money exert more influence over
them than can be said of any other
race nationality. From the point of
view occupied by most outside OBJ
servers, this charge is true, and yet
when the fact is fully examined it
develops features that are not so
heinous and condemnable as would
seem at the first glance to be the
case. Certainly there is among the
wealthy persons in the United States
no undue proportion of misers who
worship money for its own sake. On
the contrary, there is al larger per-
centage of spend-thrifts, and as a
rule the rich men of our Acountry and
race are apt to be generous givers.
Ihere is not at the bottom of the
American money-grabbing any Who'll
1y base motive. On tha contrary.
there is something that is more or
less excusable, if not admirable, in
H. Ihe American struggle for
money grows to a great extent from
the desire to gain power influence.
social position and general personal
advancement.-N Orleans Picay-
une.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
FLIES PUT TO USE.
Shipped from Brazil to Feed Fih
and Chickens,

Those good souls who have faith o
believe that everything in existene
fulfills some benefcient purpose vii
be gratified 10 learn-rOw that sun
mertime apprenticeship flies hae
recognized commercial value s
food.
1t is not the American fly. howevel
that is SO distinguished. The fly d
commerce comes from Brazil, AM
they are highly esteemed as food fo
fancy chickens, birds and fish il
captivity. These flies are caught OF
the Amazon river by men who floa
down stream in boats and use large
nets to scoop in the millions of in
sects which circle in dense clouds
lust above the water
The insects in a dr., state consti
tute one of the richest of foods. Fol
chickens they are mixed with other
ingredients, such as maize, millet
etc. They are too ricl diet by
themselves, but so great is their
power Of nourishment that a small
quantity has a most beneficial ef-
feet on fowls in captivity.
The Brazilian government stopped
the expectation of this commodity
two years ago, fearing the fish in
the stream would suffer from the
trade. This ban. however, has re-
Gently been removed ami the flies are
again being imported to this and
European countries.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09

The wagon roads of the country be-
long TO the nation-not to the States,
counties or townships. Every highway
in the land is pre-empted by the Cen
eral Government for the carrying on
of an essential part of its business, any
interference with which, even though
it be by highway commissioner or
road overseer, is Immediately resisted
with the force of the Government, and
the offender sent to prison. The Gem
eral Government holds fast to the high
ways of the land for the transmission
of mails, and no authority, State or
county, may intervene. The Govern.
ment does not pay one farthing as a
privilege in doing this. The Govern.
ment does not pay one penny of the eX'
pense of improving or constructing a
single foot of road in the land, except
in its reservations, parks and cemeter.
les. The Government has the roads
for its own use, and under Federal
statutes. if necessary to the continu-
ance of the mails, all other business
could be stopped thereon without fur
ther ado about it. And yet, we have
people who think the Government
ought not to participate in the expense
of road building in the States. 1t is a
fair and honest proposition to say that
the Government ought either to extend
its aid to the States in highway con-
struction, as outlined in the Brownlow.
Latimer bills now pending in Congress,
or it ought to construct system of
roads at its own expense wherever its
business, of whatever character, ex-
tends. Road building in the United
States is national obligation. The OBJ.
legation will never be discharged until
the country has a uniform system of
highways.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
Wood Ashes on the Farm

On all farms wood ashes are consid-
cred valuable on grass crops. In fact,
wood ashes have always held high
place in the preference of farmers for
fertilizing purposes, and as long as
ashes can be had of standard quality
they will continue to be used. Hard
wood ashes are regarded as far su-
perior to the ashes of soft woods, yet
the variation i'm the amounts of potash
derived from the ashes Of hard woods
is SO great as to render it difficult to
draw the line of value between hard
and soft woods. Experiments made at
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09

No bee ever punctures fruit. The
bee but follows the punctures made
by the yellow jackets or wasps.
A bee does not sting when working
and active. but only when loafing and
irritable. A mosquito bite is more
painful and harmful than the sting of
bee.
Smoke injected into hive causes
the bees to feed upon honey, makes
them contented. and then they may be
handled with impunity.
Dr. Il. e. Phillips, of the Department
of Agriculture. at Washington, has
demonstrated that bees TO an extent re.
fleet the temperament of the people Of
the countries of which they are native.
Carniolian and Italian bees, like the
Caucasian, are gentle. The Cyprians
offset their vindictiveness by the fact
that they are the heaviest honey-pro-
ducers.
A queen bee mates but once in life.
time and that at the age of five days.
The average life of a queen is about
three years, so that marrying at the
age of five days brings about cOndi-
ton in which the bee differs radically
from humans.
Bees swarm for various reas sons,
sometimes because they want more
room, or the old queen wants to abdi.
cate as sovereign and give place to a
younger one. When there is revOlu-
ton in the colony and the old queen
is superseded in swarmng time, two or
three queens 60 out with the colony
and one queen will sting the others to
death, for there must be but one queen
in colony. Queens have been known
to reign four years, but are generally
regarded as unfit and superseded when
three years old. |
Honey will always he one Of the
luXuries and there will never come n
time when pure honey cannot be sold
at good price. The cities are full
of rank limitations of honey that sell
at honey prices and anyone who is
able 10 furnish supply of pure comb
honey and get it to the market in good
shape, may be sure of getting from
fifteen to twenty cents pound for it.
The Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09

hams Vegetable Compound, When com.
menced taking the Compound l suffered
everything with backaches, headaches, and
female troubles. i am completely cured and
enjoy the best of health, and owe it all
to you"
When women are troubled with irreg-
ulnr, suppressed or painful periods,
weakness, displacements or liberation,
that bearing down feeling, inflamma-
tion of the female organs, backache,
bloating (or flstulence). general de-
bility, indigestion and nervous prostra-
tion. or are beset with such symptoms
as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excit-
ability, irritability. nervousness, sleep
lessness, melancholy, "all gone" and
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 medicine has such a record
Of cures of female troubles. No other
medicine in the world has received this
widespread and unqualified endorse
ment. Refuse to buy any substitute.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
Good HOrse Stall

The matter of having the proper sort
of an accommodation for the horse is
very important one An idea, with the
description of the same, for good stall
is given by correspondent in Success
full Farming, which is as follows:
"The features of the horse stall
shown in cut are the hay rack and
manger. The former is built outside
the stall. and may be connected with
second floor by chute. 1t should be
made about three feet wide and eigh-
teen inches deep, md the wood graf
ings be at least eight inches apart, so
that the horse may easily pass in his
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
Ena pislikes the snanish snort.

Princess Ena has extorted from
the King of Spain, a promise that
she will not be expected to appear at
the natlonal sport. bull fighting.
Like all the princesses of the Eng
lish royal family, she is interested
in animals, and anything in the
shape of cruelty to them is exceed
ingly revolving to her. When King
Alfonso was in England he admitted
to King Edward that he disliked
bull fighting, but explained that il
was impossible, for the present, at
all events, to abolish il; were ne to
attempt to do SO it would cause al
most a rebellion. He explained that
when he was a small boy, his moth
er, in order to please the people,
used to take him to the fights and
for days afterwards she used never
to sleep, while he was so weirdly
fascinated he always dreamed he
was a oreador.-Cleveland Leader.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
Prosperity in Germany.

In report to the State Department
at Washington, Consul Edward H.
Osmun, at Stuttgart, Germany, COM
ments on building boom in Stutt-
eart and says: Building lots are
dear and rents are high, On one of
The best residence streets not far
from the consulate an apartment
house of four stories has been erect
ed, having apartments of eight rooms,
each of which was readily rented as
soon as finished at the rental of ST.
600 a year, without heat" 1t is as
serted by others that the average
yearly income of a citizen of the
German empire is far below that Of
the average American citizen, which
is less than 1000 a year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09

end, and fasten them securely together
with strips of wood. Then from old
boxes or other sources obtain sufficient
lumber to make an alley way darkened
by boarC over the top.
Place a little walk so that the hens
may readily go TO the second tier of
nests. IN the rear of each box or nest,
near the top, make a hole just large
enough to get ones hand in, so that the
eggs may be removed in this way and
the nest material changed when neces-
sary. With this arrangement each hen
has nice dark place to lay, and is not
disturbed by anything. The illustration
shows the idea cleariy.-Indianapolis
News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
Then and How to Plant Corn.

TIL old saying that ut is time to
plantcorn when the dogwood is in
blooH is as close as one can come to
fixing date that will suit all latitudes.
CertNly the ground should be in good
cOndipn before the seed is planted,
says arming. No time is gained by
plantlg before the soil is somewhat
warnhnd in condition for the seed to
germate and grow rapidly. The
thicl,l IS of planting or the fertility
of The amount of seed that should be
put irthe ground depends upon many
conditions. such as the fertility of the
soil, rainfall and variety of corn grown.
Variets that produce large stalks and
large qrs and those that produce sew
eral cts TO the stalk require thinner
planting than smaller growing varle-
ties.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
Beware of Ointments For CatarTh That
Contain Mercury,

rs mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely deranget the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, nufactured
by F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the ood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. In buying Halls Catar Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
te nally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by f.
]. Cheney h { o. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Falls Family Pills for constipation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
FbEz 81 dT'f11p >

the Ontario Station with Canada ashes
show that hickory ashes contain 9.17
per cent. of potash; red oak, 5T5; but
ternut, 500; walnut, Ago; cherry, 5.2S;
pear, 973; plum, 4.S1; peach, 6.9S;
ounce, 632, and crap cuttings, 12.21
per cent. 1t will be noticed, therefore,
that the ashes of grape cuttings largely
exceed all others in percentage OF
potash contained, while the pear wood
goes above hickory. These facts show
that no farmer can purchase wood
ashes with a knowledge of their cor
rect value unless he learns something
of the place and manner in which the
ashes are produced. IL he procures
red oak ashes he will secure about
sixty per cent. of potash, compared
with hickory ashes, and their value
will further depend lin weight upon
the exposure to which the ashes were
subjected before reaching the farms, as
potash is easily leached out and the
weight of the ashes is increased by
absorption of moisture from the atmos-
phere. Ashes should always be an
alyzed before purchasing in order that
their correct proportion of potash may
be determined. If such is not feasible,
then they should be sold under guar
antee, in all cases making an allowance
for the amount of moisture contained,
the purchaser procuring his supply
from some reliable and wellknown
dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
TERRIBLE ITCHING SCALP


"At all times and to all people / am
willing to testify to the merits of Cuti-
cura. 1t saved me from worse chan the
torture of hades, about the year 1900, with
itching on my scalp and temples, and af-
terwards it commenced to break out on
my hands. Then it broke out on my Limits.
then went to a surgeon, whose treit-
ment did me no good, but rather aggia-
waited the disease | thin told him 1
would GO and see a physician in Erie. Tie
reply was that | could go anywhere, bit
a case of eczema like MINI could not ne
cured; that | was too old CS0). | went TO
an eminent doctor in the city of Erie aid
treated with him for six months, with
like results. i had read Of the Cuticlra
Remedies, and so | sent fot the Cuticra
Soap, Ointment and Resovent. and c1-
tinued taking the Resolvent until | nd
taken six bottles, stopping ID to take te
Pills, | was now getting better. tok
two baths a day, and at night / let he
lather OF the Soap dry on. used he
Ointment with great effect after washing
in warm water, to stop the itching at
once. | am now cured. The Cuticra
treatment is a blessing, and should je
used by every one who has itching of he
skin. can't say any more, and thak
God that He has given the world sucta
curative. VIM. H. Gray, 1903 Mt. Vernn
St, Philadelphia, Pa, August 2, 1905"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
Great Britain's Bread,

Twenty-three hundred million
bushels of wheat are required annu-
ally by the 517,00O,O0O bread eaters
of the world We each consume a
barrel of hOur-lour and one-half
bushels-a year. Great Britain eats
in 13 weeks all the 73,OOO,OOO bushels
OF wheat which it grows, and to have
bread during the rest of the year
must give $1OO,OOO,OOO to the United
States and smaller sums to India and
Russia.-Chicago Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
Forest Reserve in Canada.

The government of Ontario is ex-
peoted to announce shortly definite
\plan Of forest preservation, the ulti-
mate outcome of which will be a
forest reserve of 40,000000 acres,
yielding yearly revenue of at least
S30,000,000 Under the proposed
plan, which applies only TO lands not
suitable for agriculture, the timber
is to be sold only as it comes to
maturity, and the trees that have at
tanned proper size must be marked by
government employees before they can
be cut.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
FOUND OUT.
a Trained Nurse Discovered Its Effect


No one is in better position to know
the value of food and drink than a
trained nurse.
Speaking Of coffee a nurse of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, writes: II used to drink
strong coffee myself and suffered great
ly from headaches and indigestion.
While on visit to my brothers l had
a good chance to try Postum Food Cof.
fee, for they drank it altogether in
place Of ordinary coffee. In two weeks,
after using Postum, l found / was
much benefited and finally my head
aches disappeared and also the indiges-
ton.
Naturally l have since used Postum
among my patients. and have noticed n
marked benefit where coffee has been
left of and Postum used.
Il observe a curious fact about Pos
tum used among mothers. 1t greatly
helps the flow OF milk in dases where
conee IS inclined TO dry it up, and
where tea causes ftryoxspdss.
81 find trouble ID "a servants to
make fos'um proper ey most al
ways serve u peiors been boiled
long enough. IL boiled Is or
~ minutes anu ith cream,
when 1t is certainl ions beyer.
age"
There's q reason stum.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09

How often do we hear women say: "It
seems as though my back would break, g"
or Don't speak to me, am all out of
sorts? These significant remarks prove
that the system requires attention.
Backache and " the blues" are direct
symptoms of an inward trouble which
will sooner or later declare itself. 1t
may be caused by diseased kidneys or
some arrangement Of the organs.
Nature requires assistance and at once,
and Lydia e Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound instantly asserts its curative
powers in all those peculiar ailments of
women. 1t has been the standby of
intelligent American women for twenty
years, and the best judges agree that
it Is the most universally success
full remedy for woman's ills known to
medicine.
Read the convincing testimonials of
Mrs Holmes and Mrs. Cotrely.
Mrs. J. G. Holmes, of Larimore, North
Dakota, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
"Ihave suffered everything with hncIa che
and female trouble-l let the trouble run on
until my system was in such condition that
/ was unable to be about, and then il was |
commenced to use Lydia Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. If | had only known how
much suffering would have saved should
have taken it months sooner-for a few
weeks treatment made me well and strong.
Ny backaches and headaches are all gone and
l suffer no pain at my monthly periods,
whereas before took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound suffered intense pain
Mrs. Emma Cotrely, 100 East 18th
Street, New York City, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
az feel tiny duty to tell all suffering womer
Of the relief have found in Lydia +. Pink
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
A Common Interest.

In many cases the farmers do not
like automobiles because they do not
know them, and they do not know
them because they don't like them.
But they are fast becoming acquainted.
The farmers are of much service TO the
automobile owners and the automobile
owners are of corresponding benefit to
the farmers, for they all need good
roads.-Good Roads Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
A Successful Mission.

From Sumatra, the Rhenish mis-
sionary society reports a year Of har-
west such as it has never before
seen. The number Of pagans bap-
tized during the year was 4,712, be-
SIDES 136 Mohammedans. The total
Of Christians is now 61,764. In 3O7
schools 144,119 boys and girls are
under instruction.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09

living and fitting the ground for
bary needs to be done more deeply
andhoroughly than for wheat or any
othd grain crop, says Farming. 1t is
goobractice to follow with barley af-
ter me hoed crop that has been well
fertked with barnyard manure. Ex-
GELD yields are secured after alfalfa
or rdcrOps.
I'll crop natures in about 100 days
from seeding and requires n rich,
war; easily penetrated seed bed,
wellhpplied with plant food, for it Is
distiitly a surface feeding crop.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
orange Royes For Nests.

In II arly every town orange boxes
may h bought at moderate prices.
They make the very best nest boxes,
especially if they are arranged in the
following manner: As every one knows
the orange box is partitiOned through
the cente, thus making plenty of room
for twd nests in each box. Take a
uumberof boxes and stand them on
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
FREE ADVICE TO WOMEN.

Remember, every woman is cordially
invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham II
there is anything about her symptoms
she does not understand. Mrs. Pink
ham is the daughter-in-law of Lydia E.
Pinkham, her assistant before her de-
cease, and for twenty-five years since
her advice has been freely and cheer
fully given to every ailing woman who
asks for it. Her advice and medicine
have restored to health innumerab BILE
women. Address, Lynn, Mass
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
Aavan's Water Supolv.

Havana has no sewers, but it has
water supply unexcelled elsewhere
in the world. Thirty-three springs
well up from the coral reef that un-
derlies Cuba and supply the city
with $50 gallons per capita every
day Of the purest water possible to
find.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-09
Graft in Smyrna.

Smyrna commercial cireles are
much disturbed by the DISCOVERY that
well-organized band of swindlers
has been successfully engaged in de-
frauding a number of foreign firms
purchasing goods there. European
firms have suffered losses thus far
amounting to $4,000.