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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

MODEL SEED CORN STORAGE HOUSE.
place are l by ~ inches. placed three
and Il half inches apart. up and down.
This house holds 500 bushels Of ear
corn in the racks, and there is space
for saving $50 to 200 bushels in the
attic, so to speak.
The house is three feet above the
ground and set on posts ten inches in
diameter, surmounted on the top by
tin, so that 1t Is mouse proof. II Is
covered with Notwithstanding Oh the
outside. has Il window in each end, Il
door ani two wilCows on each side.
with a window in each gable. In the
.,Oor there are three or four openings
made by taking up three boards.
These places and the lower windows
are covered with wire netting to pre-
vent the entrance of rats and mice. A
cupola on the roof. with Stats In the
sides, completes the ventllating scheme.
Particular attention is called to the
necessity of having II free circulation
Of air. This is accomplished by the
openings III Nv "h' nv 's
With that arrangement Mr.. Grout, on
whose farm the house is built, states
that he has had no trouble in securing
a complete drying out of his seed corn.
He especially emphasizes the necessity
of having the openings in the floor, as
these induce perfect ventilation.
Should the weather be warm and
wet during the harvest period or later,
before the corn is thoroughly dried, a
small stove may he used to heat the
air and cause circulation. Around the
base a twelve inch board is placed.
This completes the house and makes
it one of the most effective in Illinois.
If your seed is dried out thoroughly
in this way before the cold weather
sets in the percentage Of kernels that
will not terminate is reduced to the
minimum.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
Wintering ~Cnbbuges.

A method for wlnterlng cabbages
for spring use is to stand them, roots
up, i'll rows upon the ground in a well
drained spot and cover them with
ridges of earth. II you want to keep
them from freezing, so you can get at
them any time during the winter, an
other method must be employed. Leave
the cabbages outdoors as long as safe,
then put them into a barn or other
outbuilding and let them get thorough
ly chilled. but not frozen through;
then cover them with straw, hay or
chat enough to prevent them from
freezing solid, or you may put them
in a heap outdoors, over them with a
roof of old boards, straw and earth.
The sides of the structure may be
simply stuffed with p!chty of straw
or dry forest leaves.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

OF all the errors that a grange speak
er a commit we believe that to make
a too lengthy address is about the
greatest. The speaker must be In
tensely interesting and have a very
important message II he attempts to
hold the attention Of an audience at
one of the field day meetings or any
other for an hour. Better far to speak
thirty minutes and have the undivided
attention of the audience than to talk
an hour and have the audience rejoice
when you close. 1t will be well for
most speakers to remember what the
old Scotchman had to say about the
preacher. Coming out Of church before
the service was ended, his friend ac-
costed him and asked, as the preacher
through" The old Scot replied, HE
was through a half hour ago, but he
hasn't stopped yet"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
STUPID ROAD WORK..
PilinH Weeds In Center of Highway
Worse Than Nothing.


Worse Than Nothing.
There is no more familiar sight in
Missouri these days than to see men
in all parts of the corn belt working on
the highways with graders building
up the center of a road with u mixture
of weeds, sods and soil, says the Farm
er and Stockman. In IL recent drive
of nine miles the roads on more than
half the distance had been operated
ON some weeks before and the center
above-that Is, weeds, sods and soil.
The plan of going Over the roads in
the county with a heavy grader an
nually Is stupid beyond any power Of
description. When this Is done the
work of one year simply means the I'M
doing of the previous years labor, and
as Il result such roads are usually In u
constant state Of ~unfitness for traffic.
Our knowledge of good roads has come
through practical experience and, in
cidnntally, through the loss Of much
Precipitation. Our conclusion as the
result Of this experience Is that road
makers should aim to build a perfect
piece of earth road each year. We real
Ice that 1t Is often necessary to employ
makeshift methods in order to really
make all roads in the county passable,
and because of this 1t Is not expected
that the labor of the year will be put
on a few miles Of road.
1t is impossible to imagine a poorer
kind of road material than weeds and
sods, and yet, as stated above, you will
often see the center of highways piled
high with this mixture. When 1t be-
comes necessary to I pile dirt in the
center of the road those doing the
work should take the time to NOW,
rake and burn all rubbish before start
ing the graders. 11Ha -i E'ni
When this Is done 1t is then possible
to make some kind Of a decent Job Of
leveling the surface when the work Is
completed; otherwise the traffic center
simply becomes an ideal mudhole.
Weeds o o decay, and as the result
one has almost ideal conditions for the
absorption Of water.
You have, In other words, humus
making material on the center of your
road, and such material, as every one
knows, retains moisture with a re
markable degree of persistency.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

1t is announced on behalf of the
American Motor Car Manufacturers
association that a department will
soon be provided that will have in
charge all matters connected with the
making of better highways in all parts
Of the United States, says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. The officials say
that Investigations show that not 10
per cent of the roads In the United
States have been. improved and that
the showing is n Of disgrace for
America as against the proportion Of
good highways found in other parts Of
the world. 1t will be the business Of
this department to not only aid legis-
lation where possible, but also to
arouse public opinion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
Hillside Farms.

The hill lands of Georgia are not
permitted to wash away down the
steep hillsides. Around such hills
there are bands or terraces thrown
up with great care to stop the down
ward rush of water, and thus the
washing tendency is checked as soon
as begun. These belts of firm sod land
are most effective. They rise one above
the other in steps of five or eight feet
in vertical height. The rows bend
around the hill, conforming strictly TO
these terraces. This is 4 most excel
lent system and one badly needed on
many farms of the new southwest
Exchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

II the great bottom of the largo
Celia region of the Mississippi, from
NcksburS on the south to near tlia
tate line Oh ;ht north, along the line
of the Southern railway the greatest
crops of alfalfa in the south are RAISED.
4 is only during the past few year;
that southern farmers could be in
duced to cultivate the crop, but it has
uroted very successful where proper
methods have been employed. In the
delta region last season one planter
made five cutt&gs from a single field
Of alfalfa, securing over a ton per
acre each cutting, which is worth from
SIG to SIS per ton in that region, says
country Gentleman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

Pamela grange in the town of Han
cock, Me-, runs a general store. 1t
has done so for eighteen years. Its
business last year amounted to over
$4,000, with n net profit of over $4,-
600. Goods were sold to members 6
per cent less than to outsiders, and 6
per cent dividends were paid on the
capital stock. After dividends and
running expenses are paid the balance
goes into the grange treasury. About
$4,000 worth of goods are kept on
hand.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

season and their shade produces a
dampness in ulamer which is undesir-
able. The building of macadam roads
has materially changed conditions.
Trees do make moisture, and that is
what Is wanted to preserve and pro-
long the life Of the stone road.
The highways Of France are noted
for the beautiful trees along their sides
and the French road builders recognize
their value in affOrdlng shade and mOls-
ture, the latter being considered an es-
sentlal element In maintenance.
Fruit trees and walnut or other nut
bearing trees can be made to yield a
profitable income as well as to furnish
shade and add beauty to the landscape.
Flowers in the yard close to the road
side are always attractive. How to
beautify the roadside is certainly a
matter that cannot be given too careful
consideration.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
SEED CORN

A Western Corn House Constructed
on New Lines.
A full sized model of a seed corn
storage house that is in constant use on
a Scott county Qll.J farm was display
ed at the 1905 Illinois state fair. 1t is
depicted in the cut from the Orange
Judd Farmer, which says in regard to
the method of construction:
The house is IS by 30 feet and meas
ures nine feet under the caves. The
frame is made of l by 6 uprights, and
the stats for holding the ears of corn in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
To Eradicate nurdock.

If merely cut off at or near the sur
face burdocks wills sprout again. The
only sure way to get rid of them for
ever is to pull them up, roots and all,
Or to cut them off ear the ground and
oour a small quantity Of kerosene, tur-
}entine or silphplic acid upon the root
left in the ground.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

to be used about
the farm build
lngs and in the
fruit orchard,
where the trees
are low. 1t can
be made any de-
sired height, and
the construction
is not at all d.f-
ficult. 1t is too
good a thing to
be without. Use
strong material,
hickory bein 3
admirable for
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

kets or bags in or out it is a halfway
place on which to rest. Then, too, n
can tip a box or barrel over on edge
against the step and then lift the other
end and tip it into the wagon. One
person csn easily load boxes and bar
rels in this way and not lift much
more than half the weight at any time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

Handy Addition to Farm Wagon.
Here is a handy addition to a farm
wagon, figured by Farm Journal-a
itep added to the rear end of a farm
wagon by means of two stout iron sup
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

ports. This step
viii prove a
great comfort. 1t
saves a lot of
strain in getting
in and out of the
wagon when I'M
loadin 6, and
when one is lift
inc boxes. has
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

The accompanying Illustration shows
how to construct a convenient ladder
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

he Observation-Disclosures Agriculturis;.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-08
PRINCESS STEALS THINGS
Scandal in German Court Circles
Over the Arrest of House
Servant.

Berlin, May William Glase a former
servant of Prince Adolph Won Wrede,
was arrested today on the complaint OF
the prince, who charges Glase with
blackmail in connection with a quantity
of stolen silverware, marked with the
names of Paris and Berlin hotels, found
in the silver room of Castle BasedOw
near Malchin. Mecklenburg-Schw
The Lokal Anzeiger today asserted that
Princess Won Wrede is known to have
kleptomaniac prOclivites.
Contrary reports were circulated last
week regarding the finding of the hotel
marked sflverware at Castle Basedow.
The search by the authorities of Malchin
was, 1t now appears, made by order Of
a Berlin court, with which d denunci-
alton was lodged. At first the source
of this denunciatiOn was not revealed
but 1t now appears that Glase was the
person who made the complaint
At Malchin ii was reported that Prince
and Princess Won Wrede and Faulein
Weideg, their hOusekeeper, would be
asked by the court to explain the pres
ence of the hOtel-marl1ed silVerware in
the castle. The prince and princess re-
side most Of the year at Madrid. and
rent BaSedoW castle as a summer resi-
denCe. 1t belongs TO the estates of the
Hahn family, the head of which. Count
Won Hahn, died recently, a ruined man.
The silver includes dozens of milk
pitchers, sugar bowls, plates, tureens and
salt cellars, largely plated. and it has
been suggested that the collection was
made by some one having a mania Tor
taking things from hotels.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-08
ADJUSTMENTS TODAY.
TOO MUCH scoRcHING.

1t has been suggested that the auto
mobile enthusiasts of the city are lust
little too regardless of the rights of
pedestrians and those who ride in
horse-drawn vehicles. This is particu-
larry true Of Brigham street where the
smooth asphalt paving is proving an
almost irresistible temptation to fast
driving by owners of automobiles. The
number Of horseless carriages in the
city has increased astonishingly this
year. There are dozens of them in use
this year. A year or two ago there we're
only a few.
This increase in numbers has nat
urally resulted in the placing of cars
in hands that are inexperienced and
unreliable. The fact that no serious
accidents have resulted is due more to
good luck than to good management.
y word of caution at this time is due
Pedestrians and horse owners have
rights that even automobilists are
bound to respect. For their own sake
the chauffeurs should be more careful
II they are not careful some day there
Is going to be an accident and the re-
suit will be the passage of an ordinance
containing stringent regulations re-
gardng the use of automobiles
on the ordinance book today is a
measure limiting the speed of the cars.
To this ordinance very little attention
is paid. It is not unusual 10 see an au-
tOmObiIe being driven along Brigham
street at the rate of twenty. thirty.
even forty miles an hour. This is
against the law and the individual who
does it is subject to arrest and punish
ment 1t would be a good idea to sta
tion one or two mounted policemen on
Brigham street with a view TO timing
the cars and putting an end to the
growing speeding habit
The Herald is now and has always
been friendly to automobiles. The cars
have time and time again demonstrated
their usefulness. In San Francisco
during the days following Immediately
after the earthquake and fire the auto
mobile did impressively valuable work
IT would have been very hard TO get
along without them. There is no doubt
that through their use many lives and
much property were saved. Nothing.
however, justifies disregard of a sane
and reasonable law.
The scorcher must be suppressed. and
the automobilists who have the best in
terests Of the recreation at heart will
Join heartily in a movement looking to
his suppression.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-08
A WORKING NEWSPAPER.

One of the features of the San Fran
cisco disaster has not been properly
placed before the public. This is the
part taken by the Oakland newspapers
in extending courtesies TO their San
Francisco contemporaries. The plants
of all the San Francisco papers were
destroyed and they began at once a
frantic search for facilities. The Oak
land Herald promptly rendered the use
of it's plant, and it is doubtful if in all
the history Of modern newspaper MAX
ing, attended, as it is, with strenuous
work, there has been as much continu-
Gus activity i'm any newspaper plant as
in that of the Oakland Herald since the
disaster.
The second morning after the catas-
trOphe the San Francisco Call and the
Chronicle began using the Oakland
Herald plant. A day or two later the
San Francisco Bulletin also found a
home there. When it is remembered
that all of these are great METROPOLITAN
dailies requiring an enormous amount
of composition and mechanical work.
the feat of getting out the three of
them, in addition to the regular edf-
tons Of the Herald and occasional ex-
tras besides, is altogether phenomenal.
The Herald is an afternoon paper.
To meet the usual requirements the
Herald's mechanical department was
compelled to begin work at 1880 O'Clock
in the morning, continuing until 2:3O in
the afternoon. Then the Bulletin. also
an afternoon paper. takes charge of the
plant and, by using part of the Herald
matter, gets out an edition at o'clock.
At that hour the Chronicle force is nut
in possession of the plant for it's morn
ing edition Of from 16 to "a pages. The
Call, few days after the fire. secured
plant Of its own IN Oakland.
Even with that much Of the burden
lifted the presses of the Herald are in
operation many hours day and the
linotype machines are working contin-
| uously through the twentv-fo,,
hours. Lately, too. the Chinese daily
published in San Francisco. has been
using the Herald equipment. the edi-
tons being printed from etched mates
Altogether nothing more remarkable
has been done in the field of modern
/ journalism.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-08
QUEER NOTION OF HISTORY.

During an examination in United
States history. the pupils Of the eighth
grade yesterday were asked to answer
these questions: Name the president
Of the United States, the senators and
congressman from Utah, the governor,
mayor OF the city, chief Of police, pres
ident Of the state university. and
mark this-the president Of the board
of education.
IT may be granted in advance that
1T is important for a student of Amer
lean history to know who the president
Of the United States is, who the sena-
tors from Utah. the governor of the
state and president of the university
Even an acquaintance with the chief
OF police might be valuable at times.
But we submit that very fair scholar
might be pardoned for not knowing who
is president Of the board Of education,
particularly as the questions involve
promotion 10 the high school grade.
To begin with the board OF education
prefers to hold it's sessions in secret
its principal committee meetings are
held in an uptown Office and it's most
important discussions are conducted he
hind closed doors. Great as the head
Of the city's educational system is. dis
tingUished as is his career. he is a GOV
person, averse TO publicity, shrinking
from the lime-light whenever occasion
offers. He might serve under present
conditions for a decade without voIun-
tarily coming 10 public notice
Naturally. when a man is so retiring
so modest. II is unfair TO suppose the
average pupil Of the public schools will
ever learn who the president of the
board is. Besides. there be some who
fail to perceive any possible connection
between United States history and the
board OF education or it's head. Hasn't
the board fought shy of public report
of it's proceedings? Isn't 1T the last
body in the state OF which any one
could write veracious history
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-08
BOOK OF COMMON WORSHIP
Presbyterian Services Drawing Close
to the Forms Used in the Eng
lish Church.

New York, May THE book of COM
mon worship has just been published
with the authority of the Presbyterian
general assembly. For three years a
special committee on forms and SER
vices of the general assembly, headed
| by the Rev. DR.. Henry Van Dyke, has
been working on this new prayer book.
The approval of the general assembly
10 the innovation was not secured with
out struggle, as many Presbyterians
objected to any form in the church.
1t is expected By Presbyterian leaders
that some churches will refrain from
using the new book, but in the east and
in the large cities OF the country gen
orally, 1T is expected to be largely
adopted.
In many particulars the book of COM
mon worship has points of similarity
prayer.
Word obey Omitted.
The marriage ceremony in the new
book omits the word obey to which
so many have objected, and it also
omits the reference to worldly goods"
with which the man and the woman in
some marriage forms endowed" each
other.
1t is noted that although the book
was, of course planned long before the
San Francisco calamity. one of the
prayers it contains is especially appli-
caDIe TO tnS- disaster, ana SHOWS now
carefully tn, book has been planned to
meet unusual circumstances. The pray
er reads:
Almighty God, who art a very pres
ent help in time of trouble; let not the
heart of thy people fail when fear COM
eth, but do thou sustain and comfort
them until the calamities be OverpasSed
and since thou knowest the cause and
reason why this grievOus disaster of
earthquake and fire hath fallen upon
! a
wounded. console the bereaVed and af-
6icted. protect the innocent and help
less and deliver any who are still in
peril, for thy great mercy sake. Amen"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-08
AN INTERRUPTED JOURNEY.

Father Thomas Sherman, son of Cen
eral William T. Sherman, will not
march to the sea through Georgia along
the route taken by his famous father
some forty-odd years ago. The clergy
man had an idea that he would like to
traverse this route. Secretary Taft
liked the idea and detailed two cavalry
Iieutenants, two non-commissioned off,
GERS and six privates Of the regular
army to attend him. Father Sherman
donned the chaplain's uniform he wore
in the Spanish war and set out for
Chickamauga last Sunday night.
He hadn't gone more than q few
miles before the people Of the south be-
gan to protest. Their memories of the
other Sherman march to the sea were
not of the pleasantest. The southerners
have never been able to forget, though
most of them have forgiven, the wide
swath of ruin and destruction cut by
General Sherman on his famous pill
grimage. The first Sherman march was
a military necessity. Although it in
volved no great danger to the invading
army, for the reason that most of the
able bodied men who might have OPP
posed him were fighting in other fields,
it was a brilliantly executed feat, and
on it rests most of General Sherman's
claim to glory.
1t may seem to some that the protest
of the south against the second Sher-
man march. an entirely peaceful affair
indicates too much sensitiveness. There
will be those who will say that there
was no real occasion for the objection.
But who among us would like to have
the scar of an old wound reopened?
Who cares to be reminded of a bitter
humiliation?
If Father Sherman had undertaken
the trip by himself, or with one or two
civilian companions, it is to be doubted
if any objection would have been raised
to it. There was altogether too much
preliminary blare Of trumpets, there
were too many soldiers in the party.
Secretary Taft did well to call the SOL
diers in and Father Sherman did well
to abandon his trip. The father said it
was not his intention to recall old sores
to the people of Georgia and South
Carolina, and he was very sorry indeed
that his purpose had been misunder-
stood.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-08
SOCIETY

Mr.. and Mrs. John Hinman will
have as their guest for a few weeks
Mrs. Emma Cafferty of New York,
who is on her way home from win
ter spent on the coast.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth c. Kerr en-
tertained a few of their friends at tea
Sunday evening at their home.
Mrs. Henry w. Lawrence and Mrs.
where they have spent the past few
days with Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Young.
Mrs. Ernest E1dredge. who has spent
the past few weeks with friends in the
city, viii leave Thursday for her home
in Portland.
Mrs. Emma Mooney is in Denver on
her was home from a visit of some
three months with friends in San An
tonic and Galveston, Tex.
Miss Lena Bachman of Provo will
be in town today for days shopping
and to visit with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Solomon Siegel enter
tanned at an informal dinEer last even
ing in honor of Miss Helen Bamberger
and Arthur Behal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob A. Kahn will
be home from their wedding trip
through Colorado some time during the
week.
Mrs. Oscar L. Cox will entertain to-
day in compliment to Miss Mary Tai
bot and her guest, Miss Anna Finley
of Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. George Q. COray are
now at home at 234 South Tenth East
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Arthur
Thatcher have taken a house for the
summer and will shortly be at home
at 81 East North Temple street.
Mrs. Charles o. WhittemOre will en-
terrain the Plate club Thursday af-
ternOOn.