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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
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From "The Revolutionizing Troll
ley" by Alexander Hume Ford. In
the Metropolitan Magazine: New
Jersey is now ready to adopt the
Western system Of Pullman sleepers.
buffet, and even freight cars on her
trolley system. which means that New
York City is to have an entirely new
service; one that will bring more
than half Of New Jersey within the
reach of hundreds of thousands who
have never before dared hope for
country homes near the great metrop-
oils. From New York to Philadel-
phla and return by trolley occupies
ten hours and costs two dollars, or
a fraction over a cent a mile. This
rate will probably be lowered when
the through cars are in operation
from Fulton Street and Herald
Square to the City Hall In Philadel-
phia. At present the most pleasant
trip Is by trolley to Trenton, fare
eighty cents, and down the Delaware
River by steamer to the City OF Broth
erly Love. From Philadelphia to
Atlantic City the through direct line
Of railway has been electrified so
that New York to Atlantic City ia al
ready a possibility. via Philadelphia.
From Jersey City there is q direct
trolley line to Asbury Park, Ocean
Grove and beyond. In time this will
also be extended to Atlantic City and
Cape May. In fact. Jersey is becom-
ing grldironed with trolley lines, and
with the promised adoption Of the
Western system, who knows but that
by next summer theatre-goers may
not roll into their hunks at Times
Square, to be awakened by the car
porter few hours later before their
own doors in some distant Jersey
town or even In staid, quiet Philadcl-
phia.
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learn what had happened further

learn what had happened further
in the life of the prince. She had
not turned more than few inches
when she discovered that she, like
him. was prisoner even as he had
been. Her longest curl had caught
in the hinge of the shutter, and the
tightly closed window made her
doubly prisoner.
What shall do?" cried the terri
fed child. II cant make Della hear
in the kitchen and mother won't be
home before Ave. There Is nothing
for me to do but to stay all these
hours in this cramped position.
am worse off than Charles, for he
could move around his room, while
get a dreadful yank every time I try
to move. This is ever so much worse
than making calls, but then mother
has often told me that we do not ap-
preciate our blessings until they have
flown away. If only had bow and
arrow, or even a pair of scissors;
wouldn't l cut Off this curl quicker
than l could say Jack Robinson!"
Patience was not one of Kather-
ines virtues. Perhaps you are think
ing that wisdom, or even what Is
called common sense, was also sadly
lacking in her. Instead of doing a
little quiet thinking, she worried her.
self until the tears came and finally
her head began to ache with her fran
tic efforts to free herself from the
shutter. Her whole condition was
most miserable when her mother
found her on her knees several hours
later.
When the situation was explained
to her, what do you suppose she did.
Instead of crying over the unfortun-
ate Katherine as Katherine expected
her to do, she burst into a loud and
hearty laugh. Katherine was sur
prised and hurt that mother should
show herself so unsympathetic, when
her position was cruel enough to
melt heart of stone.
"You foolish child" began her
mother. "Here you have been tor
turing yourself this whole long after
noon, when all you had to do was
to raise the window, release your
hair from the shutter, when you
would have been as free as Charles
was when he found the secret pas
sage"
Katherine was in the fifth grade
at school and had always been re-
garded as bright little girl. Where
had her faculty of landing on her
feet" vanished? When she realized
how foolish she had been, she decid-
ed the best thing she could do was
to join in the general laugh at her
own expense.-Philadelphia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
PERENNIAL CoRNFLowER.

The best known forms of the
perennial cornflower are OF quite
easy cultivation in common garden
soil, particularly those belonging to
the mountain cornhower &c. mon
tana), which soon form large spread.
ing tufts in the boarder. In some
respects forms of G. montana are not
quite good enough for the select
hardy plant border, but in shrubbery
and such like places they are of SER
vice. OF this type there are many
varieties, the typical kind having
blue flower heads, with alba, white;
rubra, red; sulphurea, sulphur col
ored. and others. OF these the most
ornamental are c. montana alba and
G. m. rubra. Not only are the plants
easily raised from seed, but estab-
lished examples may be increased
freely by division. All the c. mon
tana section flowers in June, or there
abouts.-Indianapolis News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
WISE WORDS.

Time is money to everybody but a
loafer.
After he dimes the dyspeptis
whines.
Even a good argument is nine
tenths wind.
Wise men cultivate the art OF talk
Ing things easy.
1t takes a smart man to draw a
salary for loafing.
Cracking a joke does not necessari-
ly impair its value.
A mans reputation is no better
for being guilt edged.
Few men bewail the loss of an
other mans money.
Lots of men and things seem easy
till you try to do them.
Every time a girl falls in love she
wonders II 1t will take.
II girl is willing to marry she
should tell her pepper SO.
When a man aims at nothing he
seldom misses his target.
Better word in season than an
hours lecture out of season.
Courtship is the first step and mat
rimony is the rest of the flight.
Too often the error of a minute
becomes the sorrow of lifetime.
No small boy minds catching any
disease during the school term.
Most commonly a woman argues
the same way she gets off car.
A girl hasn't much faith in a mir.
ror that tells her that she is ugly.
1t sometimes happens that fresh
guy is mistaken for man of nerve.
Revenge may be sweet, but seek
ing 1t is apt to sour ones disposition
Occasionally man gets off the
water wagon and climbs on the band
wagon.
When you face misfortune 1t is
time to turn your back on discour.
agement.
When man gets religion he has
TO go to work and build up a new
reputation.
When a woman doesn't know her
own mind 1t is time she sought an
Introduction.
But the average man isn't so anx-
ious to bet on sure thing as those
behind the game are to have him.
From POINTED Paragraphs" in the
Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
Valuable African Tree.

One of the striking results Of the
gradual settlement of hitherto un'
civilized parts Of the world by white
races is the discovery Of many new
vegetable products capable of con.
siderable commercial development
Among these attention has recently
been called to tree named the
karite, which abounds in French
West Africa, and is found even as
far as the sources Of the Nile. II
produces eatable fruit, containing
herd-shelled seeds, which are filled
with fatty substance, used by the
natives as butter. The tree does not
grow in forests, but in open, park
like expanses, and in gardens. In
addition to the fatty substance OF the
seeds. which, 1t is thought, may find
uses in commerce, the sap OF the
karite coagulates into kind of gum,
not resembling rubber, but which
nevertheless may prove OF impor-
tance.-Youth's Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
TERRACES.

Terraces may be desirable for two
reasons-to hold a very steep slope
or to afford an architectural base to
a building. 1t is rarely necessary
to make terrace in lawn. Even
II the lawn is very steep 1t is better
to make a gradual slope than to cut
the area in two with terrace. The
terrace makes place look smaller,
It Is hard to make and to keep in
order, the grass is difficult to cut
with lawn-mower, and unless the
sod is very dense, the upper part
tends to wash off with the rains and
the foot to fill in.
Nature does not have abrupt banks
unless they are made of rock. II
1t is necessary to terrace a lawn to
hold 1t the terrace would better be
at one side rather than in the middle.
In that case it is possible to obtain
good breadth of lawn. If the terrace
is at the outer side of the lawn next
the street perpendicular, masonry
retaining wall may be constructed.
II on the inner side, it may be placed
| close to the building and made to
appear as part Of the architecture,
practically the base Of the building.
II this Is done there should be
balustrade around the edge of the
terrace, If possible, to give it an arch
itectural air, and the descent from
the terrace to the lawn should be
made by means of steps.
Terraces look best near buildings
with many strong horizontal lines.
They do not lend themselves so well<
to buildings in the Gothic style
indianapolis News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
The Largest Cave in the West.

Two gold-prospectors recently dis
covered In the Santa Susanna Noun
tains, about fifty miles from Los An
geles, CAL, the largest and most re-
markable cave in western America.
While looking for indications of
gold, they found an opening which
they entered. The opening led to
great cavern, consisting of many
passages, some of them wide, but
most of they narrow and lofty. The
passages lead into great halls, some
containing an acre, studded with sta
lagmites and stalactites, in some
cases SO thickly that 1t is difficult
to get through. The walls of one of
these halls are covered with rude
drawings, some almost obliterated,
but others still clear. The drawings
represent incidents of the chase,
showing Indians on foot, pursuing
bear, deer and other animals. One
wall-painting shows the bear pursu-
ing the hunter. The work is done
with a soft, red stone, much used
by the Indians for that purpose
Scientific American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
A New Metal.

A new metal called momel, which
is expected to cause something oi
q stir in the Industrial world, is being
produced at the works of the Cana
dian Copper Company at Sudbury,
Ontario.
1t consists CT a compound of cop
per, nickel, iron and one or two,other
minerals which are found in the dis
trict, and its Importance lies in the
fact that it is much less costly than
nickel, is less liable to rust, and will
serve all the purposes that are served
by that metal in the industrial
world.
The new metal is said to be OF
equal ductile strength with nickel
and to possess all its other essential
qualities, but 1t is not claimed that
1t would serve the purpose of nickel
steel, which is used as armor plate.
From the American Metal Worker.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
John Bulls Bread-Basket.

Estimating an annual increase OF
twenty per cent. for several years in
the acreage under wheat, an estimate
fully attained by the actual conditions
of 1904, 1906 and 1906, we have a
total acreage of 8,5S0,000 in 1910,
which, at an average yield Of twenty
bushels to the acre, would give crop
of III, 100000 bushels This is about
the amount annually imported by
Great Britain, and 1t does not seem
unreasonable to assume that Canada
may soon be able to feed the Mother
Country. OF course not all the wheat
can be exported. Beside the item OF
home consumption-a growing fea-
ture, with the expansion of city life
there Is an amount needed for seed
Ing, requiring on the average a bushel
and a half to every acre cultivated.
We shall not, therefore, have ILL.,
000,0 bushels to export as soon as
that amount is harvested, but each
year the golden stream of wheat
flows wider and swTfter and deeper
down to the lakes, and the develop
ment of only one or two additional
years would cover the shortage. Thus
1t will be seen that the day when
western Canada has fully earned Its
title of John Bulls bread-basket is
not remote.-From John Bulls
Bread Basket" by Herbert Wander
hoof, in the Metropolitan Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
Deem Sea LObsteps.

A Maine fisherman, believing that
there are just as many Holsters as
ever, set his pole away out on Cash S
Banks, in the path of ocean steam
ships, and when he hauled them
found $500 splendid specimens, none
less than ten inches and most of them
nearer fifteen and twenty. 1t Is his
theory that various causes may have
driven the crustaceans away from the
shore, but that there are still plenty
of them if one can ascertain their
whereabouts. His views will un-
doubtedly prompt other fishermen to
act along similar lines in setting
their pots, and 1t is to be hoped that
the pessimistic views so frequently
expressed of late will be disproved.
--Kennebec Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
A Bright, Frothy Tragedy.

"What l want" Francis Wilson
told an amateur dramatist, "is a
bright, frothy tragedy-something
crisp and snappy."
How do you mean?" asked the
would-be author, slightly puzzled
"Can you give me an idea?"
"Oh, yes," said Wilson. Here's
one. Just a little thing in one act,
you know.
when the curtain goes up two
persons are discovered on a sofa,
one pretty young woman, the other
a nice-looking young man. They en-
brace. Neither says word. Then
door opens at the back and COM
mercial traveller enters. He wears
an overcoat and carries an umbrella.
You can tell at once by his manner
that he is the husband of the young
woman. At least that would be the
natural inference of every discrimi-
mating playgoer.
The husband takes off his coat,
draws a revolver, and in the midst
of the silent embrace of hero and
heroine, fires.
"The young woman falls dead.
"He fires again. The young man
falls dead.
Then the murderer comes for
ward, puts on pair of eyeglasses,
and proceeds to contemplate his san
culinary work.
"'Great heavens!' he exclaims, I
am on the wrong floor. Under the
Spreading Chestnut Tree, in Every
body's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
THE spINNERs.

Women. o Women. o Women, o Women
that sing as ye weep and ye weave,
Will ye rede me the rede Of the song that
ye sing and the rune Of the rope that
ye reeve?
OF thread of the hair OF love that is
dead and hair Of love that will be
DoDD weave and ye reeve ere the curtal-
AJAX cleave; but whereof do ye strand,
ye three?
Oh, Ed is the name of the song that we
sing, and the slaves are of Sorrow
and Sleep;
And Weird is the name of the rope that we
reeve as we labor and skelloch and
weep;
OF Hate with strand, and with Love of a
strand, of the hair Of your heverils
twain
Do we reeve as we sing; and we bind them
with Dole that shall be till ye slum-
ber again!
james E. Richardson, in The Reader.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27

drawn against the row by the plow
hoe. or celery hitler. The final earth
ing is commonly done with spade,
where small lots are grown, but can
be done with a celery hitler.
The soil should be carried nearly
to the top of the plant, so that only
the leaves show, as in the illustra-
ton.
The best way to keep celery In the
winter is to store it in a deep trench,
in the same position as when grow
ing, the plants being crowded closely
together, the tops above the ground,
and covered with litter enough to
prevent freezing. Your soil where
the trench is dug should be dry, and
dug not more than foot wide, and
as deep as the plants require. No
earth is put on the roots in the
trench, and nothing but litter on toy
Il. A. L., in the American CuA-
vator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
KEEP FLOWERS CUT.

vincas and hibiscus bloom more
freely II not allowed to seed, while
coleus should not even be allowed to
bloom. Sweet peas must on no ac-
count be permitted to seed unless
grown for the purpose. Seed may
be gathered from the thnubergia,
maurandya, adlumia, common morn
Ing glory and holly-hock without risk
Of deterioration or harm to the vine.
Autirrhlnums suffer severely from
seed-bearing, while rlcinus, lantanas
and salvlas may be allowed to seed
freely. Ageratums look rusty when
ripening seed, and 1t pays to go over
them frequently with the shears.
This will keep them fresh and full
Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
Generous Act Rewarded.

An undertaken named Roberts, at
WalthaIstow, England, several years
ago buried, at his own expense, the
bodies of a friendless woman and
child who had been murdered, rather
than see them laid in q padper's
grave. He has just received $685.
600, bequeathed him by an old
gentleman who had admired his act.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
Uncla Allen.

"Once in q WHILE" said Uncle
Allen Sparks. you meet man who
Is so busy talking about the higher
life,' the universal brotherhood OF
man, and the general uplift' that
he never has time to change his
socks"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
English Government.

A Mohammedan army school
master has addressed loyal appeal
to the native army in India pointing
out that as soon as common sense is
exercised the accusations against the
Indian government fail to the ground.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
In Doubt.

In Egyptian hyeroglyphics a physi-
clan Is represented by a picture of a
duck. Philologists are not agreed
whether this means that the physi-
clan in question was looked upon as
a quack or that he was considered a
favorite among the fair sex.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
FINISHING CELERY.

The time to begin earthing up Is
at the approach of the cool weather,
about the first Of September. The
first earthing up is called "hand-
ling" the soil being first drawn up
against the plant with the hoe, and
then further drawn closer around
each plant with the hand. Hand
ling brings stalks together, keeping
them upright. Later, more soil is
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
Costly Outlay in Cable.

There are said to be at present
250,000 miles of cable In all at the
bottom of the sea, representing
$3.50, 100000. This works out at
about $1,000 per mile to make and
lay.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
USE OF MANURE.

Manure In the garden is a prolific
source of weeds. II the manure pile
is we'll composted-kainlt is one OF
the best mediums, preventing as II
does the escape of the nitrogen In the
manure, while losing none OF its own
potash-then the weed seeds will
be killed by thousands and the man
ure Itself will be more readily avail
able as plant food.-Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
A Borough of Spinsters.

There are 3S,S04 unmarried
women in the city of Westminster.
Why not face the situation and call
the place "Westspinster?" ?"-London
Bystander.
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THE ROSE PREFERRED.
I2si@-.

Reports from the Department Of
Agriculture show that in preferred
flowers the rose heads the list, and
the amount expended In the United
States for these flowers In recent
year was $6,000.000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
Countries of One Crop.

Burmah. is one of the worlds
slngle-crop countries, basing her
prosperity on rice, as Hawaii does
on sugar, and the Philippines do on
hemp. e-nf.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27
Rice Food For Millions.

Rice, which is the worlds leading
cereal. is also the leading crop culti-
vated in the Philippines. In Asia
rice constitutes fully one-half the
food supply Of the population.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27

The theory that the germs of tu-
berculosis get into the human sys-
tenn chiefly through the medium of
cows milk is discounted In Japan,
where such milk is practically un-
known, while the mortality from tu-
berculosis is nevertheless very great.
being in Toxic about one-fifth of the
total number of deaths.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-27

berculosis get into the human sys-
tenn chiefly through the medium of
cows milk is discounted In Japan,
where such milk is practically un-
known, while the mortality from tu-
berculosis Is nevertheless very great,
being in Toxic about one-fifth of the
total number of deaths.
Science has shown that during the
slant breaking down of the complex
substance of the body, associated with
an equally constant upbuilding,
whereby waste is repaired, growth
rendered possible, and the production
of new individuals made practicable.
without such chemical disintegra-
ton, or death, the energy neces-
sary for carrying on the llfe-process
would not be forthcoming. Hence
the absolute truth of the statement
that death is necessary to life.
Mosquitoes are found to prefer
negroes to whites, black dog to a
white one, and dark-colored resting
place. Careful tests have been ex-
tended to great numbers of anophees,
showing that they choose colors in
the order of dark blue, dark red,
brown, red, black, gray and violet,
and that azure, ochre and white are
distasteful and yellow extremely SO.
Confirming these results on $50 mos
quitoes, Swiss malaria expert has
found that three-fourths settle on
dark colors.
Novel experiments by Prof. A. Du-
rig have proved that, while alcohol
is theoretically food, its efficiency
is so small that half gallon would
be required to run the human ma
chine for days mountain climbing.
1t diminished the amount of work
performed by the body per minute
about one-sixth.
The preservation of wood with
sulphur, applied in liquid form, is
gaining special favor in Germany
The material completely fills the cell
spaces in the fibre, and at moderate
temperatures 1t is little affected by
water, acids and alkaline solutions
though 1t oxidizes readily at high
temperatures. Poplar is best adapted
for this treatment, results with oak
and pine being less satisfactory.
When the chemist inserts a small
Jet of flaming hydrogen into a vessel
of liquid oxygen the hydrogen con.
tinues to burn, giving off snow in.
stead of smoke. The snow is formed
by the instantaneous freezing of the
water created by the combination oi
the burning hydrogen with the oxy-
gen inclosing 1t. When liquid air Is
cooled until it becomes semi-solid il
is found that the oxygen may be
drawn out of the mass by means of g
magnet, leaving jelly of pure nitro
gen.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-10-12

Highest Honor Given the Pabst Brewing
Thia Exposition Pahst Blue Ribbon"
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