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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-20
Had Jesus Failed.

Had Jesus failed to conqner Death
This world ruin would be
Haunted by dark and ghoulish doubt.
And pale anxiety.
With fear and trembling should WI
peer
Into the future gloom,
Like frightened children peeping in
Some dark forbodipg room.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-20
The Voice of The Brave.

Up! Up! today, the time is ripe.
Make circumstance your slave.
A ship with crew in readiness
Can utilize the brave.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-20

A Weak1ing's Wall
Oh! man, frail thing! What better
chance
Than the little worm haveI?
Crushed in the dust by circumstance
And left to and die.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03

Owing to the fact that he has come
to be esteemed as an article of diet
to no less degree than his European
cousin, the American bullfrog (Rana
catesbiana) has been hunted so close
ly that his loud voice is seldom heard
on our rivers or the many small lakes
adjacent to this city. The edible frog
Of the south of Europe (Rana esculen-
tai is inferior in size and flavor to
our own bullfrog and is raised for the
market exactly as American farmers
raise chickens or ducks. Canadians
have started in the business of frog
raising during the last 10 years In the
endeavor to supply the growing mar
ket. Ten years ago the Chenango
river, even within the limits of Bing-
hamton, was a favorite lurking place
for frogs. Noyes's raceway, the small
pools in and around the island just
above the railroad bridges and the
upper reaches of the Chenango river
then were never silent during the
summer nights. The Susquehanna
river for miles in either direction also
harhored hosts Of large frogs. But
today the familiar booming calls of
other years flannel lures and small
caliber rife have done their work.
-Binghampton Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Glover SiIage.

The filling of silos with clover Is
still an unsolved problem. In the lat
est bulletin of the Michigan Agricul-
tural Station the summary of this
question, which for some time there,
has been in the experimental stage,
was about this: Make the clover into
hay, and feed with corn silage as part
of the protein ration. The facts as
they presented themselves to Director
Smith we're that making clover silage
was slow and expensive work and in
vOlved drawing too much water to the
silo. Glover is hard to rake up, to
load, and to get into the silo, and it is
uncertain in the SLIDING part; so it
seems the better way to cure it into
hay and feed as the dry part of the
ration, except in years where there is
a great amount of rain and curing Is
about impossible.
So far as | know, cattle eat good
clover silase with much relish, but
the question is this, Does it pay to
draw a crop to the silo that will dry
ont in the field 65 pounds of water to
the 100 pounds?" The director thought
not, when he needed some dry hay to
go with his corn silage. The real
trouble with clover seems to be in its
high protein content, causing it to take
IN a greater heat in the silo than corn,
and so it throws off too much mois-
ture and is liable to burn, Some ex-
periments were made where clover
was closely pressed into huge casks
and headed up air tight, so that no
moisture could escape, and excessive
heating could not take place, owing to
the exclusion of further supplies of OK
ygen, and the keeping was about per-
feet. This is a point in which the hen
men might find profit by filling small
barrels with clover and heading it in,
for hen silage in the winter.
Some have succeeded well with ST.
LONG clover by cutting it, as they do
corn, and wetting down with fair addi-
tions of water, making the mass de-
cidedly wet, and adding weight to the
cover to promote more absolute set
Ting and exclusion of air. All agree
upon this: that the clover should be
cut when coming into blossom and be
got into the silo without willing, and
there be spread uniformly, and the
more closely packed the better. I
have not answered Mr.. D. to do or not
to do. It's a matter he must decide
upon, and then do some experimental
work for himself, Those who seek
out new ways and methods are said to
he favored by the gods.-Tribune Far,
mer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Harvesting Potatoes.

More or less judgment is required
In doing any kind of work and the dig.
ging of potatoes is NJ exception to the
rule. In the first place, so many
should not be dug out at one time
that they cannot be handled readily.
A good way is to dig during the fore
part of each half day, and then gather
the tubers before quitting. AS soon
rs dry they should always be picked
up and if the weather is reasonably
dry the length of time necessary for
drying depends almost entirely upon
the nature of the soil. If sandy, an
hour may be long enough, but if a
moist clay it may take several hours.
Potatoes, once dug, should certainly
not be left out on the ground over
night. If they are, the frost has every
chance to get at them, and only a lit
tie freezing is required to spoil a good
many bushels for market. 1t is poor
practice, too, to pick up potatoes with.
out any regard to grading. Two class
es, anyway, should be made of them;
all those of good marketable size
should be gathered first, and the un.
dersized ones left till later. 1t also
pays to have crates or bushel measures
in which to pick them up. Easy to
distribute about the field these, after
being filled, can readily be placed on
a wagon and drawn off. Furthermore,
they prevent the tubers from being
damned and marred. Thirty or forty
of them, or vel a less number, may
profitably be owned by every farmer
who makes a business of raising po-
tatoes and similar crops.-Fred O..
Sibley, Milford, N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03

"The bath of the next century"
says r. Baron Russell in his book,
"a Hundred Years Hence" will
lave the body speedily with oxygen
ated water delivered with a force that
will render rubbing unnecessary, and
beside it will stand the drying cup
board, lined with some quickly NOV
ing arrangement of soft brushes, and
fed with a highly disiccated air, from
which. almost in a moment. the bath
err will emerge dried. and with a skin
gently stimulated, and perhaps cleo
trified, to clothe himself quickly and
pass down the lift to his breakfast,
which he will eat to the accompani'
ment of a summary of the mornings
news read out for the benefit of the
family, or whispered into his ears by
a talking machine"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Farm Notes,

If there are ticks on the sheep, dip
them and the lamps when the shear
ing is done.
Besides the profitableness of grow
ing the better animals, there is the
advantage in that there is always a
demand for such stock.
Regulate the amount of grain accord
ing to the amount of work done. Do
not feed too much grain on idle days.
Serious results sometimes follow.
In selecting a setting hen, where
there is a choice in the matter, only
the tame, less nervous and fidgety ones
should he used as breeders and nurses.
For farm work the farmer wants
good sized horses, yet there are soma
small horses which will stay with any
of them. There is a great deal of diff
ference in the way horses are built.
If you want the horses to do the
most work feed them on the proper
feed, so that they may develop strength
and be able to do the required work.
Try some cats instead of so much corn.
Good healthy fowls, properly killed
and cooled, ought to keep in any Or
dinarily cool place at a temperature of
forty or fifty degrees, for a week at
least and be all the better for being
kept.
Fifty breeding ducks, if property
cared for, should keep three 22O-egg
incubators going and turn out between
1000 and 5000 ducklings during the
season. This would keep one man
quite busy.
In feeding fowls, always keep in view
the fact that the excess of food Cvef
and above that required for warmth Of
body and egg production will be cor.
verted into fat which will decrease the
production of eggs.
Look for brains as we'll as feet, limbs
or body when buying a horse. An
animal that is sound in every men,
Der but has not a level head is never
BILE one.-Horse Breeder.
Eggs will hatch best neal the ground.
The good old h~ousewifely way is to
make a coop of lath, fcur b. * feet,
place a box without a bottom in one
end of the coop, on the ground. In this
the nest Is placed. Feed and water
the hen in the other end of the coop.
This arrangement does not allow the
ether hens to disturb the nest.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
The Great American Hen.

Someone has figured that the Amer
lean hen each year earns enough to
buy all the silver and gold dug out
of the mines. all the sheep in the
country and their wool, and leave a
balance equal to the entire years
crop OF rye, barley, buckwheat and
potatoes. Or. as a hen enthusiast
writes, she pays the interest on all
the farm mortgages, pays the entire
state and country taxes Of the whole
Union, and then leaves a balance large
enough to give every man. woman and
child in the United States a dollar"
Farming Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
MrI: EHes/erE urry

A nervous, irritable mother, often on
the verge of Mysteries, Is unfit to care
for children il ruins n child's DISPOSE
ton and reacts upon herself. The
trouble between children and their
mothers too often is due to the fact
that the mother has some female weak
ness, and she is entirely unfit to bear
the strain upon her nerves that govern
ing children involves; il Is impossible
for her TO do anything calmly.
The ills of women act like q flrebrand
upon the nerves, consequently nine
tenths of the nervous prostration, ner-
vous dependency, the blues" sleep
lessness, and nervous i~rritability of
women arise from some arrangement
OF the female organism.
Do you experience fits OF depression
with restlessness, alternating with
extreme irritability? Are your spirits
easily affected, so that one minute you
laugh, and the next minute you feel
like crying9
Do you feel something like a ball ris-
ing in your throat and threatening to
choke you all the senses perverted,
morbidly sensitive 10 light and sound I;
pain in the abdominal region, and
between the shoulders oearing-down
pains; nervous dyspepsia and almost
continually cross and snappyP
If so, your nerves are in a shattered
condition, and you are threatened with
nervous prostration.
Proof is monumental that nothing in
the world is better for nervous prostra-
ton than Lydia f. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound; thousands and thou
sands of women can testify to this fact.
Ask Mrs, pipkham's hdyICe-A Won
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Rations of Live Stock,

The desire to have some fixed rules
for feeding live stock has introduced
many experiments in various ways. If
the exact amount of feed necessary
for the support of an animal could be
estimated, the farmer would be ena
bled to avoid many mistakes. Long
ago the Germans invented a table to
be used in the feeding of animals in
proportion to the live weight of each.
II must be admitted that system is
to feeding stock. There is much to be
gained by measuring and weighing
the feed, and such a system should he
practised wherever stock is fed. IT
is a waste to give it too much and
1t is an injury to give it too little.
Animals have their characteristics in
feeding as well as individuals, and are
given to loss of appetite, daintiness,
and gorging. Some cows, when in full
flow of milk, require certain rations,
variable in quality, as the regulation
of the milk flow is affected thereby.
Horses, when performing hard work,
as all know, require more nourishing
food than when at rest. Judicious
farmers, when feeding, by measuring
and weighing, adapt not only the quail
ity, by mixture, but also the quantity,
according to the purpose subserved by
each animal. With all classes of ami
mails, the individuality of each member
of a herd or flock must be consid,
ered.-The Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
BABY'S TORTURING HUMOR.
Ears looked as n They Would Drop on
Face Mass of Sores-Cured by Cuti-
cura in Two Weeks For 75c.

81 feelSit my duty to parents of other
poor suffering babies to tell you what
Cuticura has done for my little daughter.
She broke out all over her body with a
humor, and we used everything recon-
mendcd, but without results. I called in
three doctors. They all claimed they
could help her, but she continued to grow
worse. Her body was a mass of sores,
and her little face was being eaten away;
her ears looked as if they would drop of.
Neighbors advised me to get Cuticura Soap
and Ointment, and before l had used half
of the cake of Soap and box of Ointment
the sores had all healed, and my little
ones face and body were as clear as a
newborn babes. l would not be without
it again if it cost five dollars, instead Of
s~eventy-five cents. Mrs. George j. Steese,
70l Coburn ST., Akron, Ohio"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
BARRIERS in Early DAYS.

The origin Of the custom of shaving
the face is lost in antiquity. The
Greeks and Romans had public shay
ing places in connection with their
baths. In the fourteenth century the
BARRIERS craft was recognized as a
profession, being allied to surgery.
The BARRIERS were confined, as to sur
gerry to the letting of blood and
leechine, and extracting of teeth, but
the surgeons were prohibited from
shaving the face. The harber's sign
was a striped pole as far back as 1850
the stripes arour1d the pole being
symbols of the ~bandages used in
wrapping the arm or part from which
the blood was to be let.-New York
Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Mrs GHos EBroun

Mrs. Chester Curry, Leader of the
Ladies' Symphony Orchestra, AZ Sara
toga Street, East Boston. Mass,
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"For eight years / was troubled with ex,
treme nervousness and hysteiia, brought on
by irregularities. could neither enjoy life
nor sleep nights; I was very irritable, nervous
and Respondent.
Lydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
was recommended and proved to be the only
remedy that helped me. i have daily i'm
proved In health until ] am now strong and
well, and all nervousness has disappeared ="
Mrs. Charles f. Brown, Vice-Presi-
dent of the Mothers Club, 81 Cedar
Terrace, Hot Springs, Ark, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 dragged through nine years Of miser-
able existence, worn out with pain and ner-
vousness, until il seemed as though | should
fy. | then noticed a statement OF a woman
troubled as | was, and. the wonderful results
she derived from Lydia E.. Pinkham's Vegs-
table Compound. decided to try it. | did 80,
and at the end OF three months / was a differ
ent woman. Ny nervousness was all gone, !
was no longer irritable, and my husband fell
In love with me all over again"
Women should remember that Lydia
z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Is
the medicine that holds the record for
the greatest number of actual cures OF
female ills, and take no substitute.
Free Advice to Women.
Mrs. Pinkham, daughter in-law OF
Lydia f. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, invites
all sick women to write to her for
advice. Mrs. Pinkham's vast experiences
with female troubles enables her TO adj
wise you wisely, and she will charge
you nothing for her advice.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Dimensions of Sea Waves.

A recent article by DIR. Vaughan
Cornish, in the London Geographical
Journal, furnishes some extremely
interesting data respecting deep sea
waves. From many hundreds of OBJ
s%ervations made during 40 years by
independent observers, he shows that
on the average the height of a wave
in feet measured from crest to
trough is in round numbers one-half
Of the winds velocity in statute miles
per hour. BY this rule, which does
not express a dynamical law, the
height Of a wave raised in the deep,
open sea by a wind of full hurricane
force-i. e., having a velocity of 80
statute miles per hour-would be As
feet,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Constitution for China.

China's emperor has announced that
It has been decided that the interests
of the empire demand the granting
of many reforms and eventually a
constitution, the latter to be formulat-
ed when the people have ben sufici-
emily educated. The question Of re-
forms and of a constitution is being
studied by Chinese commissioners
who have been visiting Europe and
America, and the emperors announce
ment is the result of their observa-
lions and reports. The granting of a
constitution to China may not be very
remote. The fact that Japan has been
working under one for some years and
has achieved most valuable results
cannot fail to have a great effect up
on her neighbor.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Sitting a Dairy Herd.

The dairy herds of Illinois have been
quite thoroughly looked over by the
experiment station workers of that
state. Interesting results were OBJ.
tanned from eighteen average herds To-
Gated in the southern part of the
state.
OF the POI COWS included, the aver
age production per cow was 5,617
pounds of milk and 227 pounds of but
ter fat, with an average milk test of
4.03 percent. The best herd averaged
$50 pounds, the poorest 142 pounds
butter fat per COW. The butter fat
produced by the best COW was worth
S119, while that of the poorest was
worth only $19.5S, showing an excel
lent profit for the good COW and much
less than nothing to pay pay her board
for the poor COW 1t was found that
at least one-third of the cows were I'M
profitable reckoning the food they con
sumed in market price.
An interesting example was a pro-
cess of wedding out a herd by the use
of the Babcock test. Five cows were
taken ont, and the average profit of
the herd was increased by s7.62 per
head. A study of the feeding system
used in that section led to the conclu-
sion that those who fail to provide
silage were making a serious mistake,
and that they should also use more
clover and alfalfa hay, which would
replace the expensive, concentrated
foods to an extent and reduce the cost
Of milk production.
Buttermilk may be built up along a
vegetable route, a feature which is
generally neglected by truck men.
These products sell at about half the
price of fresh milk. A great deal OF
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Race Track Trick.

Albert German, a London book
maker, is charged with attempting to
obtain money by a trick from Harry
C%avanaugh. another bookmaker. He
handed %Cavanaugh a paper with in
structions to back certain horses for
forthcoming races. and by means of
chemical ink the original inscription
vanished and another appeared, back
ing horses for races already Won.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
New Liqht on the Race Problem.

Robert Bennett Bean, VI. D., be-
lieves that scientific investigation has
proved an absolute and structural diff
ference in the brain of the white man
and the negro, a difference which
must be considered in any rational ad-
justment of the relations between
the two races. lie has prepared for
the September Century the first full
authoritative discussion, adequately
illustrated, Of the matter to be pub
lished, q discussion which cannot fail
to throw interesting and valuable
light upon the race problem in Amer
lea and other countries.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Hard Mouthed Horses.

Here is something of real practical
value to any one driving a horse that
pulls on the bit: Fasten a small ring
to each side of the bride and as near
the browband as possible. Pass lines
through bit-rings and snap them into
rings at browband. This, with a com
mon jointed bit, will enable a child
to hold a "puller" or hard-mouthed
horse with ease under almost all cir
cumstances. 1t car be used on a fast
horse in double team, or on both, as
desired. 1t is cheap and easily ap'
piled, and it won't make the mouth
sore. 1t is better than any patent
bit.-The Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03

poultry may also be sold If the pedler
knows how to dress fowls neatly and
thoroughly, so as to make a good APP
pearance and save further work on
the part of the cook.
Whatever is grown should be the
best of it's kind. If obliged to sell
second quality stuff, sell it as such
and charge a corresponding price.
Study your customers and learn their
likes and dislikes, then build up a
trade that cannot be taken away
Boston C%ultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Leprosy Increasinu.

Leprosy is increasing in both North
and South America. Columbia, where
there were only 400 lepers 40 years
ago, is said to have 10000 now, and
many find their way into the United
States. Such a medical authority
as DR.. Ashmead. who was formerly
chief medical adviser to the Govern
ment Of Japan, says the increase is
alarming. When leprosy is brought
into a new country it takes 90 years
for the seeds to take root and 1t be-
comes epidemic after some 200 years.
1t has been shown that mosquitoes are
active in transferring leprosy bacilli.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Box 32l, DeGraf, Ohio.
DR.. e. B. -artman, Columbus, Ohio.

Dear Slr:-
/ was a terrible sufferer from
reLvic ,reakness and had headache
continuously. | was not able to do my
houseYork for myself and husband.
! wrote you and described my condition
as nearly as possible. You recommended
Peruna. | took four bottles of it and was
completely cured. | think Peruna a
,UonderJuL medicine and have recon-
mended it to my friends, with the very
best of results.
Esther NJ. Miner.
Very few of the great multitude of wom-
en- who have been relieved of some pelvic
disease or weakness by Peruna ever con-
sent to give a testimonial to be read by
the public.
There are, however, a few courageous,
self-sacrificing women who will for the sake
of their sufferins sisters ALLOW their cures
to be published
Mrs. Miner is one of these. In her
gratitude for her restoration to health she
0ceATrFIu is willing that the
LETTER TO world should know
DR.HARTMAN It; A chronic inVa-
health is no small matter. Words are in
adequate to express complete gratitude.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
THE WAY OUT
Change of Food Brought Success and
Happiness.

An ambitious but delicate girl.
after failing to go through school on
account of u and hysteria,
found in Grape-Nuts the only thing
that seemed to build her up and fur
nish her the peace of health.
From infancy" she says, Il have
not been strong. Being ambitious to
learn at any cost l finally got to the
High School, but sen had to aban-
don my studies or. account Of nervous
p%rostration and hysteria.
my food did not agree with me, I
grew thin and respondent. could
not enjoy the simplest social affair
for l suffered constantly from nerv-
business in spite of all sorts of Tedi-
cines.
This WRECKED condition contin-
ued until l was twenty-five, when l
became interested in the letters of
those who had cases like mine and
who were being cured by eating
Grape-Nuts.
II had little faith but procured a
box and after the first dish 1 eX-
perienced a peculiar satisfied feeling
chat | had never gained from any
ordinary food. l slept and restel
better that night and in a few days
began to grow stronger.
81 had a new feeling Of peace and
restfulness. In a few weeks, to my
great Joy, the headaches and nerv-
left me and life became
bright and hopeful. l resumed my
studies and later taught ten months
with ease-of course using Grape
Nuts every day. 1t is now four years
since l began to use Grape-Nuts,
am the mistress of a happy home and
the old weakness has never re-
turned" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason" Read the lit
lie book, THE Road to MELVILLE"
u pkgh
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Movements of Electricity.

Tests made in London show that
the electrical traction lines of that
city set in motion earth currents of
electricity which can be distinctly
recorded by delicate instruments in
the Kew observatory. six miles dis
tant from the lines of the electric
railroads. The marl-5 made upon a
sensitive surface are so plain that
they form a virtual time table of the
electric traction lines.