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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
DECORATING WITH FLOWERS.

When decorations are very extern
sive, the bric-a-brae is sometimes en-
tfrely removed. 1t depends largely
upon the character Of the bric-a-brac
whether this is necessary. Surely
enough must be removed to prevent
an impression of crowding when the
flowers are added. Very frequently,
however, some of the bric-a-brac can
be used with the floral decorations to
obtain an artistic effect. Pieces of
brass and copper are very effective
used against green foliage and in
Frightening up dark corners. Brass
candlesticks with burning candles are
a wonderful addition. Candle light
is the most artistic light possible, and
will enhance all the beauties of the
decorations. Masses Of holly with its
brilliant red berries, red candles in
brass candlesticks, and the only light
that of the candles, and of an open
wood fire, and we have a never-to-be-
forgotten background for Christmas
mysteries and festivities.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
CHICKEN STEALING RATHER.

Recently lost seven of brood Of
choice Plymouth Rock chicks. was
confident that neither cats nor other
four legged thieves could reach the
brood, so I kept clost watch over
the coop.
One day last week I reached the
place just in time to find big rattle
snake stretched out on top of the
screen in which the chickens were
kept. The snake had foot or more
of his length pushed down through
one of the segments of the screen.
and already another chick had fall
en- prey to his appetite. The snake
was despatched and measured more
than four feet.
1t had evidently taken up resi-
dence in an old stone fence near the
chicken yard, and every day or so
crawled to the coop and selected a
plump specimen of chick and crawled
away with it.-Correspondence Nash
vile Banner.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
THE NATIONAL GAME.

In Detroit Jennings is regarded a.
the Napoleon Of baseball.
Lou Ritter has been Brooklyn'R
mainstay behind the bat.
Cleveland has several minor league
first basemen in view for try-out.
The Cincinnati team has dropped
thirty games this season by one run.
Chesbro still has thing or two
up his sleeve. Ask Mack and Jen-
nings.
Pitcher Mullin, of Detroit, eats but
two meals day, but weighs 220
pounds.
Alexander Shields, owner of Go Be-
tween and trainer of Hermis, died or
typhoid.
Catcher Tom Madden, the New
England recruit, has Joined the Bos-
ton team.
Games with time limit attachments
will be- tabooed by the Detroit Club
In the future.
Charlie Wagner, of the Boston
Americans, seldom says word while
on the diamond.
All JH6 new T6CTullS WeT6 tdhCh
with the Boston Nationals on their
last Western trip.
Dan Brouthe-5, the Giants scout,
has his eye on pitcher Frank Reed. OF
the Albany Club.
1t IL something for the Boston Ma
tionals to have landed two double
headers this season.
It may be accepted as settled fact
that Lajoie will again manage In
Cleveland next season.
Ed Hanlon says that Duke" Far
rell was the most valuable catcher In
the business In his day.
The Philadelphia Athletic Club has
secured pitcher Charles Fritz, the New
Orleans Clubs southpaw.
Had the Pittsburgs held on to
Beaumont 1t would have meant at
least eight more victories for the Pr
ataq
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
A SUCCESSFUL PROPOSITION.

was once proposition, but I
found that by taking different heads
I could be various things more or
less interesting and agreeable. The
first head l took made me something
to lay on the floor, but after time
I decided that l would be trampled
on no more, SO l took off my new
head. Although I did not want to
wear this head, put it away care
fully on shelf because l thought 1t
might be useful some day. The Sec
ond head l took made me a grain,
and I lived in daily fear of being
eaten by horse or made into a
breakfast food. This fear finally in
duced me to put my second head on
the shelf beside the first. My third
venture in heads made me very COM
Portable, but at last I wearied of my
condition, as l did nothing but occupy
a chair all the time. Thus 1t came
about that third head went to the
shelf. My fourth head made me an
Irish boy, but as the state Of Ireland
do ChOu6u " udhS any Ouc COluIull
suicide or perish in the attempt, the
shelf soon held another object that
might some time be useful. When l
took a fifth head / became a kind
of head covering. I soon concluded
that one head covering was of very
little use to an individual who
changed the form of his pate so fire.
quently, and another head went to
the shelf. My sixth head made me
somewhat gluttonous, and gave
that up for one that made me a small
animal. I then lived in such fear of
cats that / put seventh head on the
shelf, although there was nothing
better to be had at the time in the
way of a head than another the same
as the sixth, that already reposed
in the row with the others that had
been discarded. After using my
eighth head for time, found that
excessive indulgence In food was in
juring my health and resolved to get
along as we'll as I could with no head,
but the one I had always had az q
preposieion- One day climbed up
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
GRAY HAIR,


Although usually regarded as a
sign of age, gray hair, or canities,
as it is called in the language Of med
icine, is not always so. 1t may ap-
pear very early in life. even in the
teens. In that case it usually af-
fects young women rather than young
men.
A popularity about the gray hair
Of the young is that it is almost al
ways entirely white. and becomes so
suddenly. All the hairs are equally
affected, and one seldom sees the
mixed color. or iron gray, so COM
mon in those of middle or advanced
age.
Sometimes in the young, even in
children. there is one gray lock like
an island in the sea of normally col
ored hair about it. This is usually a
family popularity, occurring in one
generation after the other.
The cause of the hair turning gray
is something that puzzles the doctors.
The color of the hair is due to the
deposit Of pigment in the interior of
each hair. and grayness follows the
loss of this pigment. That is self
evident, but the puzzle is what causes
the pigment to disappear. Some have
believed that it is due to the drying
of the hair, which causes shrinkage
of it's fibers, and so allows the en-
trance Of air-bubbles, the refraction
of light from which then gives the
white appearance.
The proof which is adduced in sup
port of this belief is, that If a gray
hair is put into the receiver of an
air-pump and the air is then exhaust
ed, the color of the hair may return
more less completely.
Metchnikoff, the famous bacteriolo-
gist, says the cause of grayness is the
penetration into the hair of wander
ing cells. resembling the white blood
corpuscles. These cells, assisted by
other cells the aggregation of which
makes the hair, seize upon the gran
ules Of pigment and destroy them.
Nearly every one has read of in
stances of the sudden bleaching of
the hair-even in a single night
under the influence Of fear. grief, or
some other intense mental emotion.
That such cases have occurred is un-
doubted, but the explanation by Ell
ther of the theories above mentioned
Is difficult.
There is no cure forNgray hair SO
far as is known. The use OF curling
irons Is said to retard its formation:
perhaps. II Metchnikoff is right. by
destroying the activity Of the cells
which consume the pigment
Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
PRIZE ANIMALS,

While some of the beef breeds are
capable of producing individuals that
attain great weight. yet at the fat
stock shows and fairs the largest ami
mails may not win. After the prizes
are awarded the butchers come in and
test, and it is often surprising to find
that the sweepstakes steer, which Sc
cured all the ribbons on foot, is far
below some other steer after being
chopped up on the block. The blood
from the throat is caught in a vessel,
and every portion of the animal Is
weighed-sides, tallow, liver, blood,
etc.-a careful examination being
made of the "ripeness" of the meat,
the relative portion of lean and fat,
the prospective steaks that can be cut
and the value of all parts, not except
ing the offal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
A WATERMELON PARTY.

A watermelon party is a novelty to
most people. For this 1t is we'll to
choose a moonlight night, and have a
straw ride precede the party" pro-
per. which consists only in having a
table loaded with fruit set out under
an arbor or great tree, huge wat
ermelon arranged for the piece de
resistance in the middle, and about it
all sorts of fruits, each kind by itself;
yellow peaches, white, black and red
grapes, red and white raspberries,
purple and yellow plums and scarlet
checked pears; paper napkins, wood
en- plates and fruit knives are passed,
and finger bowls are In plenty on the
table half hidden by fruit leaves
Harper's Bazar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
"DoN'T KISS THE BABY"

At the meeting of the American
Medical Association in Atlantic City,
N. j., recently. many thousand physi-
clans were gathered from all parts Of
the country, and the newest methods
of prevention and cure of diseases
were under thorough discussion. 1t
was the consensus Of this body that
next to the house fly the habit Of
kissing the baby is the most danger
ously vital manner of spreading con-
sumption and many other diseases of
more or less dreadful character. One
physician made the declaration that
in every home there should be put up
a sign reading: Don't Kiss the
Baby" declaring that all the authori-
ties can do to protect the infant from
various infections, through a safe
guarded milk supply and otherwise,
was rendered of no avail by the ava
lanche of kisses rained upon the baby
by kinspeople, visitors and callers.
Many physicians strongly object to
the habit of kissing the baby on the
mouth. but think there are other dis
eases which are more readily con-
veyed through kissing than tubercu-
losis, but which are as much to be
objected to. Persons having decayed
teeth, one physician contends, should
not be allowed to kiss the baby, as
the gums, even of healthy persons,
are teeming with germs, and these
germs are transmitted to the baby,
causing illness more or less pro-
nounced. 1t is not rare thing to
find persons with breath so offensive
that grown person dislikes even to
talk to them, but the baby is forced
to endure even closer contact, and
must draw into its little lungs this
offensive and contaminated odor,
whether it will or not, to say nothing
of the contact of the germ laden lips.
1t is very hard not to kiss baby. A
woman would scarcely be woman
without wanting to "get her hands
on the baby" and there really Is
nothing sweeter or more tempting
than the warm, wet mouth of the
baby. But for the sake of the baby's
health even this may be foregone, and
the affection satisfied in some meas
ure by kissing the hands, neck or
cheek, or cuddling the little velvet
body close in the enfolding arms.
Mothers will sacrifice much for the
good of the baby.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
CARING FOR THE COLT.

A little extra attention paid to the
colts feeding and trimming Of his
feet during the first year will we'll
repay any breeder. If he has ten
dency to turn his toes outwards or
inwards you can generally correct
that defect by trimming the feet,
which at that early period are in a
soft, cartilaginous state. If, for in-
stance, he is inclined to turn his toes
out, trim down the outside, and that
will rectify the tendency. If he "toes
in," Just trim the inside in like man.
ner. If you allow these habits to go
on for few years you cannot after
wards change them, and 1t is highly
important that the horse goes
straight when you come to sell him.
New York Witness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
FOrithe
Younger
Children.

to my shelf and settled myself com.
fortably beside the first head of the
row. At last had found my true
vocation in life, for l and my row Of
heads made something without
which no living thing could exist
New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
THE BREEDING SOW.

1t is not so generally appreciated.
as 1t should be, that the breeding sow
while she is bearing her young, needs
just the kind of nutrition that the
growing pig will require. Sows fed
heavily on corn fatten and bring
thin, stunted pigs, with very little
ability to care for themselves. Such
pigs will never do so we'll as those
whose dams were fed milk and wheat
bran with some kind of roots while
bearing their young. These will have
good digestion and will grow rapidly.
while the stunted pig will never fully
recover from the improper nutrition
1t received before 1t was farrowed.-
The Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
HELP OUT THE CORN CROP.

Notwithstanding the increased
acreage put into corn this season, the
crop is still in critical condition.
and it will be wise to put in any and
every crop which will make feed for
live stock. One thing is certain, corn
prices will rule high during the COM
ing season, and no doubt much cheap
feed can be put up for most Of the
farm stock, thus releasing the bulk
of the corn crop for market. Sow
sorghum, millet and rape, and plenty
of it. These will help out both short
hay and high corn. Don't neglect this
matter, thinking that favorable
change of weather will set things
right. Better be on the safe side.-
Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16

more than three to one in favor of the
bill, is encouraging. AS the House Of
Commons several years ago passed q
similar measure by an even larger
majority. there is every reason to
hope 1t will go through.
Almost at the same time comes
the news that Denmark has given
women the right to vote for members
of boards of public charities and to
serve on them. and that Sweden,
where women have had the municipal
vote for many years, has now made
them eligible to municipal office
Alice Stone Blackwell, in the New
York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
INSIDE INFORMATION.

A woman who is trying to "climb"
INTO Washington society attended a
recent reception at the house of Mrs.
Taft. The crowd was so great that
guests were hurried along the line of
the receiving party, with merely a
handshake with the wife of the Sec
retary Of War. The climber" with
determination written on her face,
finally pushed her way up to her hos
tess and paused long enough to say,
"How do you do, Mrs. Taft?" adding
with a very impressive manner, 1--WE
heard of your husband" - Lippin-
colts Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
Nv Farm Topics. M
DEHoRNED CATTLE.

Packers probably pay more for de-
horned cattle because they have less
trouble in handling them. They al
ways ship better, resulting In less
bruising, and while the scratching OF
horns on the sides rarely does any
great damage, 1t is frequently dis.
criminated against by buyers. The
dressed carcass is also blemished II
any bruises occur. In the main
therefore, dehorned cattle dress much
better. Where cattle are kept up we
should by all means say that the de-
horning system is preferable for pack
ing houses.-The Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
SPORTING BREvITIEs.

Pennsylvania had an easy victory
at football over North Carolina.
George Bonhag, the American
champion, is taking short rest.
Contests on land and on the sea
now pale in interest before those In
tho air.
Jack" Johnson outfought Sailor"
Bridgeport, Conn.
Major Del Mar trotted the fastest
mile Of the year at Syracuse, turning
the State Fair track in 2.04 ".
The University Of Pennsylvania
track team has lost the services Of
Guy Haskin, champion middle-dis-
tance runner.
Captain c. E. Ide. of the Yale
Varsity eight, will not return to col
lege this fall. having decided to enter
into business enterprise in San
Francisco.
Brown football candidates are to
do their early practice on a farm be-
longing to an alumunus. Twenty
men will report there and live under
tents for week.
At the State Fair in Indianapolis,
Kentucky Todd, owned by j. w.
Johnson, Of Boston, established
new worlds record of 2.09 for three
year-old trotting stations.
The action of the committee of the
Anglers Club, of New York, in limit
ing salmon rod to fifteen feet, in
stead of eighteen, is regarded as an
important step toward breaking away
from the style employed by English
men.
Two Massachusetts, automobilists
have had not only their licenses to op-
crate cars revoked, but also the reg
istrations of their machines. One
was charged with reckless driving.
and the other with driving while
drunk.
Walter Christie, hurt in an auto
mobile accident In Pittsburg, an
nounced that he would race no more.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
VALUE OF WATER FOR COWS.

A COW having water always accessi-
BILE, never drinks because thirsty. She
never drinks in the morning on an
empty stomach; horses do, but the
COW drinks to keep the contents Of
her stomach in the best condition for
rumination. She wants to drink a
little and often. If she can have
water accessible she will drink twenty
times in twenty-four hours. When
we say COW is eating she is doing
nothing Of the kind; she is simply
gathering supply into her store
house, the first stomach, and then she
gets into some quiet corner and with
eyes half closed she does her eating
Illuminating. Then is when she
wants the water. Hence we see how
very important that supply be al
ways within reach.-Weekly Witness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
SOME QUEER BABY CARRIAGES

Gypsies carry their babies in old
shawls slung over their shoulders and
tied about the waist. North Ameri-
can Indians carry their babies on the
backs of squaws-cradle and all. But
the Eskimo women Of Labrador car
ry their babies in their boots. These
boots come up to the knee, and are
tied at the top with flap in front.
In these the little brown babies live
and are happy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16

Man Is said to be still the favorito
food Of the Congo savages, AYERS the
Louisville CourierJournal. but Leo
pold. of Belgium. does not agree with
them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16

It is really reflection upon Wall
street. observes the Atlanta Journal.
that prosecutions for criminal prac-
tices should produce a panic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
SHE TOOK THEIR SHOES OFF.

1uo SURPRISINGLY large vote IN tne
House of Lords iii to 33) in favor
Of making women eligible as borough
and county councillors, aldermen and
mayors may be due In part to the
good service that women have rem
dered as members of boards Of poor
law guardians.
Nearly 1000 women are now serv-
ing as poor-law guardians in Eng
land, and they are said to have done
much to introduce more humane and
sympathetic treatment OF the poor,
and especially Of pauper children.
Lady Mary Murray, the wife of
Professor Gilbert Murray, of Oxford,
during her recent visit to this country
told an amusing story illustrating
this.
One of the first women elected a
poor-law guardian in Londen was
taken by the men on the board to
visit q workhouse which they regard
ed as a model. Something excited
the lady's suspicious and she made
al the children take on their shoes.
Every stocking was footless. The
matron had cut all Of them on at the
ankle to save the trouble Of darning
1ehem!
The vote in the House Of Lords.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
ADES IN NURSERY.

GREEN SHADES IN NURSERY.
Discard the white shades and re-
place with green ones and baby will
enjoy a midday nap. The green is
much better than the glare of the
white for baby's eyes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
WOMAN'S HEROISM.

While dozens of men looked on in
apparent helplessness and indecision,
young woman at Bath Beach leaped
Into the water and saved a drowning
child. This is but one of many SINH
lar cases that have happened in the
past few weeks. Feminine heroism
is increasing in way to make mere
man look like craven. Not only are
women saving lives, but they are ar
resting burglars, beating off footpads
and assailants, and generally furnish
ing themselves the protection that
men were supposed to provide.
It is time for the masculine half of
creation to look to his laurels. Not
only are his sisters and other mems
sisters doing his work, but they are
showing themselves Independent OF
him In a way that to the old-fash-
toned spirit Of gallantry would be dis
tinctly disquieting. While man
plumes himself, with more egotism
than propriety, on woman's alleged
mental and physical inferiority, she
is proving that this complacent delu-
sion belongs to some other age. In
stead Of belittling the other sex, 1t is
time for man to bestir himself If he
would not be actually outdistanced.
In recent piece of fiction, some
breathless girl is made to say: at is
easy for men to be heroes" Yes, II
is easy-in fiction. In real twentieth
century life the case is reversed. II
Is easy for women to be heroes and
for men to look on and patronizingly
talk of womans sphere.-New York
American.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-02-15

@-At the delinquent tax sale
Monday onIy7 tracts were sold
The other tracts were either paid
or had school fund mortgage
on them, consequently were not
bid on. There were in all as
tracts advertised, a very small
number indeed in comparison t.
our neighboring counties as OBJ
served in our exchanges. Tne
majority of our people believe in
paying their taxes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-02-15
NEGLECTED COLDS TnREHTEN LIFE

from the Chicago Tribune.
1" Don't trihe with cold is good adj
vice for prudent men and women. II
may be vital in the case off child. Pro-
per food. good ventilation, and dry,
warm clothing are proper safe guards
against colds. If they are maintained
through the changeable weather Of
autumn, winter and spring, the chances
Of a surprise from ordinary colds will be
slight. But the ordinary light cold will
become severe if neglected, and a well
established ripe cold is to the germs OF
diptheria what honey is TO the bee.
The greatest menace TO child life at this
season OF the year is the neglected cold
Whether il is child or adult, the cold
slight or severe, the very best trereat-
ment that can he adopted is to give
Chamberlain's Cough remedy. 1t is
safe and sure. The great popularity
and immense sale Of this preparation has
been attained by it's remarkable cures
OF this ailment. A cold never results
in pneumonia when it is given. For
sale by Martin Friedman
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-02-15
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Joseph Schne!l to Martin Steffen, s0a
80 2 g. 500.
Navier Keusch to Chas. Weisheit SOa
81 -5-S450O.
Navler n eusch I, John F. Keusch,
2i7a l0-l-5-Sl.
Thos. n. Brtx on to Claude l.. Ran
kin ct al ga % l-5- s40, 900.
Winfield Roach To Eliza J. Roach 40a
order Of court.
Almeda Beck to Minerva c. Hull, or
der of court.
Kasrer John 10 Joseph Schroeder l6Oa
81 l. $1,000.
Jos. III. Nicholson to Vim. II. Nichol-
son 3sa - l-3- 500.
Jno. +. Mathies TO Matthias l.. Schnell
30a 2l-l-2$1OO.
Jos. Schroeder TO Anton Schroeder
l20a 81 l. 4 $500.
sheriff Dubois Co to Dubois Co State
Bank, 10. 50 Jasper Sl06l.l as
Henry j. borman to Sophie Sander
man 40a-26-2 6-SiO5,
Geo. Dek emper TO Joseph Dekemper
lot IS Dubois 500.
Rosa Gutzweiler to Jos. Gutzweilei
So lot 4j Jasper 1920.
Aug. aiat 10 Eliz Miller pit lot 81
Sl25.
Rosa II Beiz to Kasper jain ISL s0a
5-2-5-$70O0.
Geo. Schiller to Erhart Schiller 40i
3l.l-3. 800.
lily Pfaffenberger to Charlotte Merke
81, $50 80 it 5000.
Mary Schmitt to Anna X. IIeitz last
wll.
Chas J.. Hubbard to Curtis Cumminl
pt lot rs Birdseye sll0.
James Collins to Mary Pruitt lots %
A. --IS Mentor $3.50.
Ernest Meister to Idelia Cuz zort a
25-2-3Sl75.
Jos. Haas 70 Jos. 4. Buchsrt pt lot
Schnelville, $1,000.
Ed. Buchart TO Jos. W. Haas PIT lot
Schnellville 5000.
Margaret Mathis to L. Sendelweck 20
5-l-5 $1,000.
Jas. Burlingame to Lester Payne so
10-2. 6-$3s00.