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The Washington herald., 1907-01-08

Pennsylvania was one OF the strongest
stocks on the list. its strength bearing
out predictions made some days ago that
this stock was likely to receive. during
the continuance of the Union Pacific in
vestigation, the bullish attention that
might otherwise be bestowed on the lat
ter. The argument was that while the
investigation was pending or in progress
there was not likely to be any sus-
tained effort to advance Union Pacific.
and that as the interests which are most
prominent in that stock are also largely
interested in Pennsylvania. they were
likely to stimulate activity in this so as
not to miss participation in the good
things which "A continuance of CONNER
cial prosperity and the easier conditions
IN the money condition had brought into
the market. There seems to be an awak-
ening of the public in regard to the mer-
Its of Pennsylvania. and the stock has
apparently more friends in Wall street
to-day than at any time in many months
The buying Of Atchison was supposed to
come from some of the interests that had
taken bullish attitude on Pennsylvania,
although this fact did not win much
credence for the rumor of closer. relations
between the two companies. The general
disposition was to regard the simultane-
Gus rise in the stocks as a coincident.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-08
LOCAL FINANCIAL GOSSIP.

Some excitement was caused yesterday
on the Washington Stock Exchange when
one of the brokers began to bid for Bank
Of Washington stock, running it up TO
6l5 on a bid for ten shares, sixty points
higher than the bid price of last week.
As was 10 be expected there was no
stock for sale and the brokers' success
siye bids only drew deprecatory looks and
gestures from many Of the other mem
bers OF the exchange. A large coterie Of
the brokers evidently did not want the
stock bid up, and for a time they were
at a loss to understand the tactics Of the
bidder. After the meeting it was ex-
planned that the bid was only a ruse to
force the stock up on the part OF some Of
the holders opposed TO the merger Of this
bank with the Central National Bank.
The largest amount Of trading yester-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
WastefuI Farm Practices.

The neat booklet entitled Waste
ful Farm Practices" 1t contains many
valuable suggestions says the Far
mers' Home Journal. For instance, 1t
calls attention to the fact that a
Government bulletin estimates that
the fertilizing value of the manure
produced by all the farm animals of
the United States amount to Sz,352,-
100000 annually. In commenting up
on how large proportion of this vast
sum is lost every year by wrongful
method of caring for it and applying
the manure to the soil the booklet
says:
Improperly caring for the manure
before application to the soil is the
most wasteful practice. Many far
mers make no effort to save all the
manure, solid and liquid, and if they
do, they allow it to stand in piles eX-
posed to the weather so that from 40
to so percent of the fertilizing elements
leach away. The unprotected barn
ydTu manure PIE Is Il CoIniuOh slSnt-
it's an indication that money in the
form of plant food is being wasted,
some going into the air as gases and
some running away in solution to be
drained into a creek or brook Thus
a large part of the $2,352, 100000 worth
of fertilizing value is lost.
Incorrectly applying manure to
the soil is common practice. Some
farmers allow manure to stand in
piles in the field all winter, and
spread just before plowing. Some
spread by forking directly from the
wagon. Both these methods are waste
full, inasmuch as all the fertilizing is
not utilized"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
Memory of SIecn-Walkers rs.

The memory OF sleep-walkers is oc,
casionally prOdigious under the infiu-
ence of the dominating impulse that
moves them
There 10 an instance OF a poor and
illterate basketmaker, who was unable
to read or write, yet in a state of
sleep he would preach fluent sermons,
which we're afterward recognized as
having formed portions of discourses
he was accustomed to hear in the par.
ish church as a child more than forty
years before.
Quite as strange case of "uncon-
scious memory" is referred to by DIR.
Abercrombie. A girl given to sleep
walking was in the habit of initiating
the violin with her lips, giving the pre-.
liminary tuning and scraping and
flourishing with the utmost fidelity.
1t puzzled the physician a good deal
until he ascertained that when a child
she lived. in a room. adjoining fid-
dler, who often performed on his vic.
lin in her hearing.-Pearson's Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
FARMER BOY ASTRONOMER.
With Homemade Telescope Costing
SIS, Discovers Comet.

The scientific sensation of the year
is the discovery of new comet by j.
e. Mellish, 20-year-old farmer boy
of Dane county, with a telescope he
made himself. Mellish for years has
been student of astronomy, though
the only instruction he has ever re-
ceived is that which he has absorbed
from textbooks purchased with his
scanty savings. After he made his dis
covery, a few days ago, Mellish told
the authorities at the Wisconsin Uni
versity of Wisconsin of it, and the
scientists there, with their more pow
erful instruments, found that the COM
ct was only 5O,O00,O0O miles away.
Il got interested in astronomy in
1902" says Mellish, in talking of his
discovery, "and | had a little spy
glass at first. Then | got small
what | saw and when | could see
streaks across the face of the moon
| wanted to know more about the
universe. During the year 1904
worked for my uncle as a carpenter
| was only a helper and did not get
much money. | was able, however,
to buy a few books and a new tele-
scope. The new instrument cost me
SIG, and was only a couple of inches
in diameter | could see new stars
with it, though, and | tell you, was
happy.
ut was only few more months be-
fore l wanted to know still more
about the wonders of the sky, and
wrote to a manufacturer about'a new
telescope. | found what | wanted
would cost 5000, and could not af-
ford so much, so l started out to
make my own. / had found a book
that told how to make rejecting tel
escope and | got a couple of pieces
of glass six inches thick. Out of
these made It by grinding one piece
of glass against the other, with emery
between. The construction of this
instrument took me all winter, but
last spring finished my present tel
escope, which, sixty-four inches long,
cost me about S15."
The comet that Mellish discovered
is peculiar in that it does not have a
bright head like most comets, but
appears like a trail of smoke, and
stars more distant can be seen
through it.-Madison (Wis.) Special
to Philadelphia Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
Notes of the Farm.

A little flower garden is better than
an apothecary shop for the girls OF
the farm.
Cattle that were gently treated all
winter will be easy to handle in the
pastures.
Don't neglect the farm buildings.
Get some cheap paint and apply 1t
when needed.
The horse that refuses to eat when
feed is put before him is ailing and
should not be worked.
Young growing pigs crave variety
of food and 1t can be given them in
slops better than in almost any other
way
1t is best not to breed the young
SOW until she is year old, as she
will be better developed and produce
better results.
Thin the fruit Apples, pears,
peaches and plums are all better for
being thinned. When trees are over
burdened commence early, and thin
until you think that none are left
Dogs still continue to be the terror
of sheep raisers, and it is one reason
why more farmers do not engage in
the business. A shotgun loaded gen
erously with No. 2 shot is the only
cure for sheep-killing dogs.
A good grape trellis can be made
by fastening strips of the ordinary
woven wire farm fencing to support
ing posts. The fence should not con.
tain more than or strands for best
results. We recently made one of this
kind and find 1t satisfactory.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
MiIdew on Geoseberries.

Relative to his experience in fight
ing mildew in growing gooseberries,
J. i. Kirk, of Adrian, Mich. is quoted
as follows: 81 tried everything any
one told me, but found ! had to try
some way myself. | raised them upon
single stick Tor stcm), like you
would an apple tree, kept them well
thinned, cut off the lower branches
so that they are clear of the ground,
then about the later part of May or
June, there appears number of suck
ers or sprouts. | cut them all out, so
that they are not choked up. Since
have done that, | have not had any
mildew, either on the American va
rieties or the English. After | had
got rid of the mildew, | thought |
would try an experiment and produce
mildew, so | left two bushes apart
from the others, and let them grow
without any care, like most people do
-gooseberries are the bost neglected
fruit that grows. Then had the most
perfect mildew, and it would peal off
like boiled potato. | thinned the
same bushes, and | had no mildew on
them, so that was proof to me that
l was right in the trimming"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21

The iurisdictional dispute betweec
the woodworkeTs and the carpenferf
union has reached the coffin industry
and there is considerable doubt Ia q
lnion mans mind rs to what styfa
of coffin to purchase la order to Sc
cure the properly labeled union ar
ticle. Even the Union Burial Asso-
citation, organized especially to decide
this matter, is at a loss to decide
the matter, and is selling caskets
bearing the label Of the carpenters
union, which the woodworkers declsr'
to be non-unicn.
The carpenters claim the EXCLUSIVES
right to place their labels on caskets
and the woodworkers declare II man
is buried in coffin bearing such
label he goes to his last resting place
to remain through all eternity in an
unfair" article. The Chicago Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor has Leen asked to
appoint a committee TO pass upon the
merits of the dispute.-Chicago Tri
bune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
A City Without a Railroad.

We are apt TO think that a
great city, containing the comforts
and elegancies of modern life, cannot
exist without railroads at its gates.
Bogota, the capital of the republic of
Colombia, is an exception. Having a
population of 125,000, fine residences,
excellent schools and colleges, liter
airy, artistic and musical societies,
clubs, polo, tennis, balls, dinners,
elegant society that Knows the Paris
ian fashions, Bogota lies on a plateau
which no railroad has yet reached.
There is, however, a short railroad on
the plateau itself. But to get to it
by the most used route, one must
journey two and half days on mule,
back. Another way to approach, re-
ducing the mule rido to seven or
eight hours, requires several days of
river navigation. But the railroad is
coming, although late.-Youths' Com.
panior. 33
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
The Sad-Fsced Humorist.

No other humorist that ever lived
achieved at three score and ten sued
honors and distinctions as are fail
ing to Mark Twain. 1t is a historical
fact that most wits and humorists
were saddened by poverty and neg
lect in their last days. Samuel Foote,
almost without an equal as mirth
provoker. died of broken heart, due
to lack of public appreciation In his
old age. The first Disraeli mentions
that one morning meeting in a bOoIt-
makers shop a squalid and wretched
looking man, the very picture OF mis-
cry, he was astCnished to learn that
he was person who was amusing
the whole Of London by his witty eff
fusions in verse.-New York Press
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
A Few More Left.

Imagination is staggered by the
statement just handed out from Otta
wa regarding the area of arabic land
available for settlement in the West
Up to the end of this summer, we
learn there will have been surveyed
120,O00,000 acres, and north ana east
of Edmonton alone there is at least as
much. Evidently "the last West" as
American newspaper and magazine
writer's have dubbed the Canadian
heritage, is misnonec- There seem
to be several last Vests, and we do
not seem to be within sight of the pc
nultimate one. 1t will be decades be.
fore what is now known as the last
West" shall be EIled up.-Westminster
Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
Concrete for Oil Tanks.

Experiments have been made to
determine the availability of concrete
for oil storage tanks, and it w2s
found that the material was entirely
suited for the purpose. Accordingly
a number of them have been built at
Ell Paso, Tex, by one of the railroad
companies of that section, which is
engaged in extensively handling oil
from the fields of that state. Up to
this time it was generally agreed that
tho presence OF oil had some serious
effect On the concrete, but if this is
true. it was not shown by the ex-
periments.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
Choir Boys Pet Snakes.

Garter snakes, grass snakes and wa
ter snakes nearly stampeded the con.
gregation of o northwest district
church, all owing to one of the vested
choir boys taking n pet garter snake
to the choir loft on the previous Sun
day, on which day, while the sermon
was in progress, the owner of the pet
allowed the reptile to crawl over the
choir railing to the amusement of the
other choir boys. During the week
following, every boy in the choir went
hunting for snakes. AS a result nearly
a dozen snakes of the harmless vari-
eties were taken to service on Sunday.
Several of the boys became fright
ened at the kissing and darting
tongues of their new found pets, and
the reptiles escaped and we're soon
wriggling under the feet of members
of the congregation. Screams of wo-
men who saw the snakes nearly broke
up the meeting. Quiet was restored
after the sexton had captured the SER
pents.-Philadelphia Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
NO RELIEF FROM ECZEMA
For Over Two Ycars-Patent Mcdi-
cincs, Quark Cures, and Even Doc
tors faiI-Cuticura Succeeds.

IL was very badly afflicted with eczema
for more than Two years. The parts af-
fected were my limbs below the knees |
tried all the physicians III the town and
some in the surrounding towns. and / also
tried all the patent remedies that heard
of, besides all the cures advised by old
women and auacks, and found no relief
Whatever until ! commenced using the
Cutlcura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Resolvent. In the Cuticurn Rem
edies | found immediate relief and was
soon sound and well c. V. Beltz, Tippe.
canoe, Ind, Nov. Is, 1905"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
Skip-Resdinu.

Skip-reading is an accomplishment
of our own time. An ordinary man
or woman of today can extract all the
requisite information ont of a news
paper in less than five minutes by
the exercise of this new sense-for il
is little else than this. The eyes race
down a column, pick up instinetively
az essential word here and there
and the brain fills in the intervals
intelligently. and producing a precis
which is sufficient for the purpose
London Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
Antics of the Hog Market.

In answer to correspondent re-
garding the reason for the ups and
downs of the hog market the past
few weeks, the Breeders Gazette gives
the following, which will bear care
full studying:
IF it were possible to regulate the
daily supply of hogs that packers
could always purchase exactly what
they needed and no more, prices
would remain stationary or move
within merely a narrow range all the
year around; but it SO happens that
the movement is either a feast or
famine affair, a condition for which
country speculation is to a large ex-
tent responsible. Experience has
demonstrated that whenever the
country undertakes bull campaign
on a normal crop meagre runs appre-
ciate values rapidly, but subsequent
break and more or less panic is in
evitable. A permanent bull movement
is possible only on a famine crop.
Prices were marked up in January
and February this year on what has
since proved to be practically normal
crop. If when the decline began early
in March, the country speculator had
not been in possession of a lot of
hogs, the slump Of 81 per cwt would
not have been possible. Had the de-
layed delegation been marketed at
last years weights, as it doubtless
would have been but for the bull
campaign, hogs would not have sold
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
acop SOUTHERN WORDS.
Dialect Forms and Phrases Full Of GEN
uine Sap and Sand

Crying calf rope" would be the fav-
orite expedient OF President Roose-
Telt's mollycoddle. IL applies TO the
man or boy who says -muff" at n
zble and the indignant and pugnacious
has not been sufficient To justify his
honor. The politician who begins to
attack an opponent and when the re-
and protests against discourtesies Is
said to "holler" calf rope. Nobody
is supposed 10 cry or say or bawl calf
rope. Everybody who makes n loud
noise with his mouth in the rural South
"hollers.' Il hearn somebody er hol-
lerin' down in the patch" is an accu-
rate and clear description of the begin
ming Of an incident which may be ira
gic or comic.
Pork" Is not ''middlins" Middlins
Is special part of a full grown. us
ually excessively fattened hawg. Short
or shote as you plense-is the hawg
in tender infancy and at the prime and
glory of life for human consumption
One hawg in his death plays many
parts: from souse to backbone, from
spare rib to ham. chittlins TO cracklin
corn bread, sausage, sop, brains and
jowl, which combines exactly with
greens and new ground collards.
The tired woman is worn to fraz-
bic and the indignant and pugnacious
citizen declares his purpose to take n
ctipiy fnn t,,,
2le If the object of his wrath will
agree to clar him OF the law. And
very likely the threatened man will
say something like, II Glars ye; cut
your patchin' this last a relic Of the
time when cloth or buckskin must be
cut into patching in which to wrap the
bullet OF the long nintlock rifle.
What Is stronger ur more direct or
graphic than the description of the
man who has welded woman above
him in station or force of character as
having "outmurried himself" or of the
man with wife he cannot manage or
a family he cannot support or any en-
terprlse too large for his capabilities as
laving "overcropped himsef?" He has
planted more crop than he can cultl-
vate or gather. In the cotton and
corn country the man who is in diff
flculties or behindhand in any way is
"in the grass s"-unable TO keep down
the grass overgrowing his fields. The
man who is the supreme political, so.
clal or commercial power of his neigh
borhood Is the hull Of the woods. -
Richmond News-Leader.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21

Send for free copy of pamphlet
containing synopsis of the United
States homestead laws and informa-
tion how to secure a quarter section
of splendid farming or grazing land
free along the new railway lines Of
the Chicago c Northwestern Ry. in
South Dakota, Wyoming and other
States. Special excursion rates to
homeseekers. Full information on
request to w. B. Kniskern, Passenger
Traffic Manager, c. C n. w. Ry., Chi
cago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
Wv UyRG,FIARD ; t1ndas
1lAz3y|GARDEN
IsszSE1SsF5Ss2ss NJ ssAsg5ss3GJaeS ESQ

at $715@725 in February or $615@
6,25 in March. The market simply
went from one extreme TO the other.
Every boomer in the country imasin-
ed that the other fellow had few or no
hogs and, as developments show
nearly everybody was holding them
for that unrealized chimera Z 1-2-
cent March market The result was
that when the delayed contingent ar
rived, 80 days behind its time, 1t
averaged about 10 pounds heavier and
aided packers in piling up product in
their cellars"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
The Ostrich in Madagascar.

Raising ostriches is a growing indus
try in various parts of the world, sc
that there appears to be no danger o
famine in the ostrich aid plume
market In 1902 the ostrich was in
troduced into the French colony oi
Madagascar, and during last winter 4
public sale of plumes was held in or
der to awaken Interest in the new in,
dustry. The feathers were OF fine
quality. and the huge birds are said
to flourish well in their island home
Youths Companion
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
Flora of the Antarctic.

A comprehensive report on the
field geology of the Discovery Antaro
tic expedition shows that, although,
generally barren Of organic remains,
the sand formation, which is 2,eao
feet thick. yielded at the top, 1000
FEET above sea level. fossil plant re-
ula!ns. or these. however. the cha=.
acters could not be determined, owfuf
to decay Of the plants and 10 changes
produced by an adjacent layer OF d1l
erite.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21

having run down from $50 to 125
pounds. l was having terrible pain
in the kidneys. and the secretions
passed almost involuntarily. Ny left
leg swelled until it was "a inches
around, and the doctor tapped it
night and morning until l could no
longer stand it, and then he advised
amputation. / refused, and began
using eDoan's Kidney Pills. The
swelling subsidized gradually. the
urine became natural and all my
pains and aches disappeared. have
been well now for nine years since
using Doan's Kidney Pills"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box.
Foster -Allbxrn c.. BsRaio. N. 7.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
About Sprayina.

A word about spraying. Be partic-
ular about It, Do good work, says the
Economist. Know what You are going
after, and then use the stuff that
kills. To do good job of spraying
one must know all about insects and
fungus diseases, their habits, and
then know what remedies to use and
when to do the work.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
Earnings of Graduates.

The earnings of mining school
graduates have been shown in statls.
tics collected fer the mining and me
tall rgical courses of Lawrence Sci
ent.ic School. The average earnings
of rs mel for the first year were
$S7S; for the second, $1,456, and in
the third $1,000. The average pres.
ent age of graduates is 28 years, and
the average present salary Is S2,3S7
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
Feed Growing Stock.

It is poor economy to stint the
growing stock. Chicks that have
passed the age of three weeks can
scarcely eat too much If feed is of
the right kind and fed in the right
way; instead, as a rule, the more
they eat the faster they grow.-Farm-
ers Home journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
FORAGE For Hoqs.

The man who raises hogs and does
not have abundant green forage is
not making the bestsuse of his grain
feed. A field of rye sown during early
fall will come on early in the spring
and furnish lot of cheap feed
Farmers Home Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21

says: Il had been
showing symptoms of
kidney trouble from
the time l was mus
tered out of the ar
my. but in all my life
l never suffered as
in 1897. Headaches,
dizziness and sleep
lessness, first, and
then dropsy. l was
weak and helpless.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
FIND PYGMY CEMETERY
Bones of Strange Prehistoric Race
Discovered by Workmen.

A remarkable prehistoric burying
ground has ben cut into by railroad
graders east of Oacoma, S. D., and
the remains of what appears to be a
pygmy race have been discovered.
The old Durying ground is now a
great deposit Of grTel, and it is in
this that the bones are found.
In the neighborhcod of 80 skele-
tons have so far been unearthed.
These are all of a race of dwarfs
about four feet tall, and physicians
have pronounced them the remains
of adults. The burials took place
with the bodies standing or sitting.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
Hindoos Expert Pickpcckets.

"The best pickpockets," said the
detective, "are the Hindoos. You
have to call them light-toed as we'll
as light-fngered, for they can lift a
watch or purse as easily with their
feet as with their hands,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
Not Much Wonder.

John d. Rockefeller denies positive
ly that he intends taking another
trip to Chicago. lie cant stand a
sight of the university which he
founded