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The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
BeIlino a Rat.

You have probably read or heard
that the best way to rid a house Of
rats is to catch one and fasten bell
about its neck. A boy in Delaware
tried. the experiment two months ago.
He was badly bitten in making the
bell fast, but he turned the rat loose
and expected the tinkling Of that bell
would have great results. 1t did have.
In the first place. the rat who wore 1t
was constantly on the move ali night.
and the tinkling bell kept the family
awake, and in the next the sounds
brought scores of new rats to the
house. Instead Of being afraid Of the
bell, they were charmed with the mu-
sic. Had the boy tied a harmonica
to another rats tail. the rodents would
have had dance every night.
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
RAISING SILK WORMS.

Of her own. 1t is the purpose of the
company to buy cocoons wherever pos.
sible. Special inducements are to be
offered to those who grow silk here,
so 1t Is said to be of an exceptionally
fine quality.
Mrs. Carrie Williams, one OF the
most successful sericulturists in the
country, is In charge of the operating
department. Mrs. Williams is ranked
among the first silk raisers in the
country. She says that women of
small means, who have spare time on
their hands and are willing to attend
to details that might be considered
unimportant, can make a success of
raising lsilkworms. and find 1t re.
munerative. To aid such Mrs. VIII.
liams has written pamphlet describ-
ing the methods.
Silkworms come from tiny eggs the
size of mustard seeds, and are Matched
by being maintained at temperature
of about 10 degrees Fahrenheit Soon
after Matching they develop voracious
appetites for mulberry leaves and
grow rapidly. At the end of about l6
days. during which they "moull" or
shed their skins three times, they
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
Has ANCIENT PAINT SECRET.
lnt1sn Mound Explorer Discovers Pig
went Said to Be indestruetlbis.

Hakersheld, Cal-The long-sought
secret Of the composition of inde.
structible paint, used by the Egyp-
tians and North American Indians, is
believed to have been discovered by
the finding Of heretofore unknown
mineral substance in the Kern river
oil field by F. H. Austin, who has been
pursuing scientific investigation for
tive years.
Aastin found this substance, which
he named "Diatine," while digging in
ancient Indian mounds. He sent sam
pln to the United States government
geo1ogists for examination and has re.
ceived their report, which comedies
with his own.
A string Of beads of this material
ana one Of asphaltum were found
around the neck Of an Indian skele-
ton. These beads stood the test Of
Chloroform and the heat of red hot
steve without injury.
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
A Definition of Success.

How have the hypothetical scien
lists and the exponents of unbeliei
benefited themselves or humanity al
large by sowing the seeds Of doubt
broadcast in the world? The real sci
entists do not fall in this category. fol-
they are believers in the real sense oil
the word; they know too much. they
have seen too many mysterious mani
festations of the Divine creative pow
er. Now, those who have disposed oi
the Bible and all evidences of inspira
ton, have written a great many books
and some Of them have won what the
world at large lightly calls fame. Ac
cording to the ordinary measures that
are applied in such cases. they have
been extremely successful. but real
success means the benefit of human
ity in some form or other. II no such
benefits can be shown as the result oi
their labors. their success is not equal
to that achieved by the direst poverty
and the deepest ignorance. - Joel
Chandler, in Uncle Remus' Magazine
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
NE WAS a WISE OLD OWL.
hosfed When New Salem Mistook
Him for = catamount.

Yesk, Pa.-Three brave hunters
frs0 York went to New Salem. eff,
festually laid the wild beast scare in
that section. and put the village ma
tuse-fakers to shame. They identi-
fled the Savage catamount," which
made night hideous, as an innocent
OLD owl.
ne sporting blood of Dr.. M. H.
Hsltxappel. Councilman G. w. Beck
ana N. H. Lake was aroused by stories
of this creature, which roamed the
woodlands. howled about the terror
stricken village, had a fondness for
chewing and clawing dogs and was
taWny and the size of calf.
Accompanied by few villagers they
traced the howls and came to a hole
In . hillside. Sulphur was burned and
sticks poked In. but nothing came
forth.
Preparation was being made to
initiate the famous Israel Putnam act
ana lower one Of their number into the
den With rope about his waist, when
a stir was heard. Out tapped great
bARn owl. 1t lit ON the limb of gum
tree and gave a derisive hoot, which
IVES easily identified as the howl
OF - beast.
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
"BOO-HOO"
Shouts a Spanked Baby.

"A Doctor of Divinity, now Editor OF
q well-knOwn Religious paper, has
written regarding the controversy be-
tween Golfers Weekly and the Re-
ligious Press of the Country and 9TH
ers. including ourselves. Also regard
ing suits for libel brought by Golfers
against US for commenting upon its
methods.
These are his sentiments, with some
very emphatic words left out
'"The religious Press owes you a
debt of gratitude for your courage in
showing up Golfers Weekly as the
"Yell-Oh Man." Would you care to
use the inclosed article on the boo
Hoo Baby" as the "Yell-oh Mans
successor?"
"a contemporary remarks that Col
lier's has finally run against a solid
hickory Post and been damaged in
its own estimation to the tune of
$750,000.00."
Here is a publication which has, in
utmost disregard of the facts, spread
broadcast damaging statements about
the Religious Press and others and
has suffered those false statements to
go uncontradicted until, not satisfied
after finding the Religious Press too
quiet, and peaceful, to resent the in
suits, 1t makes the mistake of wander
ing into fresh field and butts its rat
tied head against this Post and all the
World laughs. Even Christians smile.
as the Post suddenly turns and gives
1t back dose of its own medicine"
1T is mistake to say all the World
laughs. No CHEEKY laugh comes from
Golfers, but it cries and boo hoos like
a spanked baby and wants $3.50, 900. 90
to soothe its tender, lacerated feel
ings."
Thank Heaven 1t has at last struck
q man with back bone enough to call
a spade spade" and who believes in
telling the whole truth without fear or
favor"
Perhaps Golfers with it's utmost
disregard for the facts" may say no
such letter exists. Nevertheless 1t is
on file In our office and is only one of
mass of letters and other data, news
paper comments, etc.. denouncing the
yellow" methods of Golfers. This
volume is SO large that a man could
not well go thru 1t under half q days
steady work. The letters come from
various parts of America.
Usually private controversy Is not
interesting to the public, but this is q
public controversy.
Golfers has been using the yellow"
methods to attract attention to itself,
but, jumping in the air, cracking heels
together and yelling Look at me"
wouldn't suffice. 30 it started out on a
'Holier Than Thou" attack on the Re-
ligious Press and on medicine.
We leave 1t to the public now, as we
did when we first resented Golfers
attacks, to say whether, in a craving
for sensation and circulation, its at
tacks do not amount to q systematic
mercenary bounding. We likewise
leave 1t to the public to say whether
Golfers. by its own policy and meth
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
HAVE CRAZE FOR FORMULA.
Smokers Follow Fashions In the Use
Of Tobacco.

Make me up a package Of tobacco
according to the formula used by Ed.
win Booth" said the man with a
southern accent. THAT is the third
man who has asked for that kind Of
tobacco to-day" said the dealer. "It
IL strange that people from remote
parts of the country as well as New
Workers make a fad OF buying the
same brand Of tobacco that Booth
smoked. And 1t isn't always the Booth
mixture that they want. I have filed
away the formulas for mixing the
favorite tobacco Of many famous per.
sons. Smokers the country over have
heard Of this collection of recipes and
one feature Of every mans trip to
New York is to try pipeful OF some
big mans favorite tobacco. In most
cases this special mixture is SO
strong that the nerves Of the average
smoker cannot stand 1t. He has to
give up after few pipefuls and go
back to a popular mixture. but he has
the satisfaction of having had the ex.
perience. The New York Sun.
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
foMAN RUNS PAYING INDUSTRY
IN CALIFORNIA.
uecess Comes After Many Years Of
Close Study and Experiment.
How Eggs, Worth Is an
Ounce, Are Hatehed.

Los Angeles. Cal.-After years OF
experimenting and study the rearing
of silkworms has been made q com.
nercial success In southern California,
and within six months a large plant
will be running to handle the number
OF oocoons now produced here every
month. A person ignorant Of the
spraad Of this fascinating work would
be surprised to find that scores of
persons In southern California are
raising silkworms to-day and many
others are planning to take up the
wsgk.
The organization of corporation
to handle this product has given great
impetus to the industry. Heretofore
1t has been necessary to send cocoons
away to silk manufacturers; now
southern California will have a plant
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
WHEN A "HUNcH" HELD GOOD.
Chinese Laundry Ticket Suggested .
Bet on wing Ting"

Kay Spence. a well-known horseman
OF Mexico. Mo-, won $1,000 at the
Louisville, KY. race meeting short
time ago as the result of "hunch."
Mr.. Spence has q large breedina
stable Of runners" near Mexico, and
attends all the big racing events in
the country. Not long since he was
in Louisville and entered the betting
ring to see what odds we're being of
fered on the various entries. He
found that Joaquin was the favorita
at even money. and pulled his wallet
from his pocket, intending to bet on
that horse. His attention was at
tracted by something that fell from
his wallet to the ground. and he stoop
ed and picked 1t up. 1t was a Chi
nese laundry ticket. He looked al
the books" again and found that there
was an entry with a Chinese name,
Wing Ting. at ten to one. That set
tied 1t, for he considered he had re-
ceived "hunch" that could not be
overlooked. Wing Ting won handily
Needless to say. those who backed tbs
favorite considered Spence the sew.
enth son Of the seventh son.-Kansas
City Star.
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18

such as white bread. potatoes, rice.
partly cooked cereals and such.
Starchy food Is not digested in the
upper stomach but passes ON into the
duodenum, or lower stomach and in
testines. where, in healthy individ-
ual, the transformation of the starch
into form of sugar is completed and
then the food absorbed by the blood.
But II the powers of digestion are
weakened, part of the starchy food
Will lie in the warmth and moisture of
the body and decay. generating gases
and irritating the mucous surfaces un-
III under such conditions the whole
lower part OF the alimentary canal, in
becomes involved. Disease sets up
and at times takes the form known as
appendicitis.
Wnen the symptoms of the trouble
make their appearance, would 1t not
pc good, practical, common sense, to
discontinue the starchy food which ia
causing the trouble and take a food
IN which the starch has been trans.
formed into form of sugar in the
process of manufacture?
Ihis is fdentically the same form Of
sugar found in the human body after
starch has been perfectly digested.
NOW, human food is made up very
largely OF starch and is required by
tne body for energy and warmth.
Naturally, therefore, its use should be
continued, II possible, and for the rea-
sons given ABOVE 1t is made possible
In the manufacture of Grape-Nuts.
In connection with this change NJ
iood to bring relief from physical dis.
turbances. we have suggested Washing
out the tntestines to get rid of the i'm.
mediate cause Of the disturbance.
Naturally, there are cases where tho
disease has lain dormant and the
abuse continued too long, until al.
parently only the knife will avail. Rnt
II is well-established fact among tha
oest physicians who are acquainted
with the details above recited. that
preventative measures are far and
away the best.
Are we to be condemned for aup1eat-
ing way to prevent disease by foS.
lowing natural methods and for ner-
Iecting food that contains no "medi.
ne ana produces no medicinal ef-
Iects put which has guided literally
thousands OF persons from sickness to
nealn: we have received during the
y years past upwards of $4,000 letters
yM people who have been either
neIpeo or made entirely we'll by fol-
simple
conee disagrees and causes any
., ne ailments common to some cot.
2. osers quit 1t and take on Postum.
o.ha wnlte bread. potatoes, rice and
otner starch foods make troubIe cmtt
ana use Grape-Nuts food which -
largely predigested and viii digest
9o9rlsh and strengthen. when other
a1sms o9d OF food do not. It's Just plain
Grape Nuts. ''an anu
Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd.
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
ALL THINGS IN PROPORTION.
Invslid's Meal Evidently Had Not In.
creased Good Humor.

For many weeks the irritable mer.
chant had been riveted to his bed by
typhoid fever. Now he was conva.
lescing. He clamored for something
to eat, declaring that he was starv.
ing
Tomorrow you may have some
thing to eat" promised the doctor.
The merchant realized that there
would be a restraint to his appetite,
yet he saw, in vision, modest, steam
ing meal placed at his bedside
Here is your dinner" said the
nurse next day, as she gave the glow
ering patient a spoonful of tapioca
pudding, "and the doctor emphasizes
that everything else you do must be
in the same proportion"
Two hours later the nurse heard a
frantic call from the bed chamber.
Nurse" breathed the man heapily,
II want to do some reading, bring me
4 postage stamp"
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
The mound City.

st. Louis rejoices in the sobriQuet
Of Mound City from the fact that the
original settlers found there many
elevations which 1t is supposed were
relics OF that strange people who
dwelt in the Ohio and Mississippi val
leys and are known to modern times
only as the Mound Builders. No ade-
quate explanation has yet been found
Of their strange mode Of leaving
memorials of their existence. The
limestone bluffs on which part Of
st. Louis stands furnish a solid foun-
dation for the business buildings.
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18

exude all waste matter from their
bodies. leaving nothing but two silk
ducts, containing their precious store.
and are ready for the spinning.
This process takes two to four days.
After the cocoon is made the best
formed and largest are set aside for
preservation, and at the end Of six
or seven days the rest are steamed
until the chrysalis inside il dead. All
moisture Is then removed from the
cocoon, and after 1t Is dried and aired
1t Is ready to be reeled. One end Of
the cocoon is picked at gently until
a loose strand is found and then the
thread is gradually unwound. Each
cocoon is made of one unbroken
strand of silk.
There are in each 600 to 1900 yards
of texture much stronger than any
other known. weight and size consid-
cred This reeled silk is either white,
straw colored, or yellow. Some time
the white silk has a tinge OF green.
Silk is dyed white in this state, and
then is made up into threads. from
five strands up being required to make
a thread.
One ounce of eggs costs about fve
dollars, depending on variety and To-
cality. An ounce will hatch 10000
pounds of young mulberry leaves to
feed these worms until they go into
the chrysalis. 1t takes about 1900
cocoons with the insect removed to
make pound. and IL pounds of
aocoons are required to make one
pound Of silk. Mulberry shoots are
easily grown by a careful farmer, and
at the end Of eight or ten months they
will yield leaves for food.
Few persons realize the extent of
the silk industry of the world. or the
immense trade in the fabrics made
from silk. American uses half the silk
produced. This country has 80 silk
cloth mills. and these pay almost $751;
100000 annually for raw and reeled
silk. grown in other countries.
Sixty-one million pounds was the
production Of silk In the whole world
last year. OF this China grew and
reeled half. Japan a quarter. and the
rest Of the world, Asia principally, the
rest.
In this country the rearing of silk
worms has been q success whenever
attempted. but for some reason has
never been tried on large scale. OF
late years the government has been
conducting experiment to determine
the value of domestic reared worms.
and the results OF these investiga-
tions have been embodied in reports.
Private interests in the south and
California have experimental with the
same end in view. A large farm has
recently been bought by Louis B.
Magid at Tallulah Falls. La. whereon
silkworms are to be grown in a man.
moth cocoonery
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
A Younu composer.

Rachel. aged IL. wrote an compo-
sition on wild flowers in which she
praised the arbutus. the Hverwort,
the spring beauty. the blood root. and
al of the other blossoms Of dell and
dale. But she wrote on both sides
Of her sheet Of paper. and when she
asked her father. who was an editor,
to publish her article, he called her
attention to that fact.
you've written on both sides of
your paper" said he.
"Well." was the reply, "and don't
you print on both sides Of yours?"
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
Held Up.

"Stop!" shouted the man on the
country road, holding up warning
hand. Muttering something about
rural cops, the automobilist obeyed.
Turn around and come back to
town with me- said the stranger.
you were going at least 35 miles an
hour"
You're a constable, suppose" said
the automobilist, with a covert sneer,
when they had reached the village.
"Me?" replied the passenger. mo.
I'm a farmer and had to come into
town when all the teams was busy.
Nice growing weather? Thanks. Good
by"
Ensuing comment is purposely omit
ted.-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
She Was wjIIjno,

Yes" says the husband. 81 have
consented to accept the nomination
81 am SO glad the party is begin.
ming to recognize your merit" beams
the wife.
Now my dear" the husband con.
tinues, you know that political af.
fairs are not love feasts, by any
means. You must expect to see me
vilified and attacked in a scandalous
manner. No doubt the opposition will
try to dig up sensational rumors about
me, and all that sort OF thing, but you
must not"
WELL" she interrupts. Il am really
glad Of it. You have always been
strangely silent about whether or not
you ever were engaged to anyone be-
fore you met me-"
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18

DDS, has not made itself more ridicu.
lous than any comment of ours could
make it.
Does Golfers expect to regain any
self-infiicted loss Of prestige by de-
monstrating thru suits for damages,
that 1t can be more artful in evading
liability for libels than the humble
but resentful victims of it's defamation,
or does it hope for starting campaign
of libel suits to silence the popular in
dignation, reproach and resentment
which 1t has aroused.
Golfers can not dodge this public
controversy by private law suits. 1t
can not postpone the public Judgment
against it. That great jury, 1.-THE Pub
lie, will hardly blame us for not wait.
ing until We get petit jury in court
room, before denouncing this prod
igal detractor of institutions founded
and fostered either by individuals or
by the public, itself.
No announcements during our entire
business career were ever made
claiming medicinal effects" for either
Postum or Grapefruit Medicinal eff.
fects are results obtained from the
use Of medicines.
Thousands of visitors go thru our
entire works each month and see for
themselves that Grape-Nuts contains
absolutely nothing but wheat, barley
and little salt; Postum absolutely
nothing but wheat and about ten per-
cent OF New Orleans Molasses. The
art of preparing these simple ele-
ments in a scientific manner to obtain
the best food value and flavor, re-
quired some work and experience to
acquire.
Now, when any publication goes far
enough out Of its way to attack us be-
cause our advertising is medical" it
OF ignorance or worse.
We do claim physiological or bodily
results OF favorable character follow.
ing the adoption of our suggestions re-
garding the discontinuance of coffee
and foods which may not be keeping
the individual in good health. We
have no advice to offer the perfectly
healthful person. His or her health
Is evidence in itself that the bever-
ages and foods used exactly fit that
person. Therefore, why change?
But to the man or woman who ia
afling. we have something to say as a
result Of an unusually wide experience
In food and the result Of proper feed
ing.
In the palpably ignorant attack on
US In Golfers. appeared this state
ment. .-"One widely circulated para
graph labors to induce the impression
that Grape-Nuts will obviate the ne
cessity OF an operation in appendi-
citis: This is lying and potentially
deadly lying"
In reply to this exhibition of-vell
let the reader name 1t, the Postum Co.
says:
Let it be understood that appendi.
citis results from long continued dis.
turbance in the intestines, caused pri-
marily by undigested starchy food.
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
Snail ls New yellow Peril.

Pittsburg, Pa.--The Thirteenth
ward Of this city is overrun at the
present time with snails, four inches
long. which have become such an an
noyance that the residents have ap-
pealed to DR.. ]. F. Edwards, superin-
tendent of the bureau of health. DR..
Edwards is trying to figure out how
to get rid Of them.
The snails are known as the hog
faced variety and are natives of
China. How they got to Pittsburg in
such large numbers is too much for
DR.. Edwards.
The snails make their appearance
at night by the hundreds, and people
are awakened by the creatures crawl
ing over them in bed. Several men
who have INDUCED too freely in
liquor have been thrown into convul-
sions on account Of them.
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
Skeleton Of Traveller to BE Mounted
at Washington and Lee.

Lexington, Va.-The skeleton OF
Gen. Robert E. Lees famous war
horse. Traveller, has been mounted and
will be set up at Washington and Lee
university. The bones were preserved
at Washington and Lee until few
months ago. when they were sent to
Rochester, N. Y. to be mounted, the
expense to be betrayed by Mr.. Joseph
Bryant of Richmond.
Traveller was one Of the most noted
OF all the great warhorses Of history.
He was fine specimen OF the Gray
Eagle stock, and was great favorite
with his master. He came into the
possession Of Gen. Lee early in 1862.
At first he was used as an extra horse.
but his indomitable pluck and splendid
qualities 30 appealed to Gen. Lee that
he was used almost constantly. He
bore his owner from Appomattox to
Richmond after the surrender.
When Gen. Lee came to Lexington.
In 1866. to accept the presidency of
Washington college, he rode Traveller,
and the faithful animal was his riding
horse until the death Of Gen. Lee.
Many times did the old confederate
chieftain ride over the beautiful hills
surrounding Lexington on the back of
his patient old horse. Traveller died
in June following the death of his
master. Gen. Lee died in October.
1870. The old horse. while grazing In
the yard Of the presidents house. ON
the campus Of Washington and Lee,
ran nail in his foot which resulted
in lock5aw. and this caused his death.
The body WAS buried, and long after
The Dolores star., 1907-10-18
The Way of the Child.

A small boy who had recently
passed his fifth birthday was riding
in a car with his mother, when they
were asked the customary question:
How old is the boy?" After being
told the correct age, which did mol
require a fare. the conductor passes
on to the next person.
The boy sat quite still as IL ponder
ing over some question, and then,
concluding that full information had
not been given. called loudly to the
conductor, then at the other end oi
the car: "And mothers 81"