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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

DO the results obtained by the long train
ing trips Of late years justify the large ex-
peuse incurred by the club owners? Each
year sees lengthening of the training trip
of some OF the big league clubs. The COM
ing season will see the worlds Champion
White SoX take a trip to the CITY OF Mex
leo. and the ex-world's champions New
York Giants HE themselves from the At
Iantic To the Pacific in search of a condt-
tioning place.
The training trip is really newcomer in
the history Of base lall. 1t is only within
the last ten or fifteen years that clubs have
gone far from their home town in search
of climatic conditions to aid them in getting
rapidly into the best possible condition for
the opening of the pennant race.
The old st. Louis Browns. one of the
best ball teams that ever played and nearly
all the big league teams of the eighties.
were content to get in condition at home.
The local gymnasums. and in some cases
mere hand ball courts. were all the training
trips that the old-time stars ever had. OF
course. back in the eighties the champion
ship races did not start early as they do
now. the 154 game pneumonia schedule
was then unknown.
As the length of the schedules increased
the more northern cities In the major
leagues began TO send their teams on short
trips south In search of warm weather
Others fell In line, and now every team In
both leagues takes its men on long condi-
toning journeys.
The present-day training "trip Is a ire
1ncndous expense to the club owners. and
the club that pays half its expenses on
long trip by playing exhibition games along
the route is considered being remark
ably fortunate. Once. some years ago. 1t
is allege that President Charles A. Comis-
key of the White Sox took his club on a
training haunt that almost paid expenses,
but no similar incident has leen recorded
before or after.
owner Comiskey IS an advocate OF the
hong training trip. and thinks that the far
Their south his team goes the better IL VIII
be for it. President Charles w. Murphy
of the Guns is strong advocate oil TIE
shorter trip.
last year the Cubs got very little good
out of their training jaunt on account OF
adverse weather conditions. Murphy's orig
fnal plan was TO have the team get into
shape at West Baden. Ind, and Champaign,
H. with the University of illinois base ball
candidates. The first two or three days at
West Baden were all right but then came
the snow and cold. After spending about
a week at the Indiana spa the team went
to Champaign. but here 1t encountered
more snow and cold. A little indoor work
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
Breeders Notes.

Give the foal first class care
throughout the winter.
1t is a great mistake to overfeed or
pamper horse beyond certain
stage.
Never allow the foal to follow the
mare when working, but keep it in a
we'll built, roomy box.
Always be careful to give the mares
plenty of exercise IN the late fall and
winter after the work on the farm is
done.
Accustom the colt to being handled
by having halter on and occasionally
taking hold Of it when feeding the
mare.
Never expect the foal to eat with
the mare, but always provide small
box in the opposite corner to feed the
foal in.
Never allow two foals to feed out of
the same box. One is sure sooner or
later to become master and secure
the lions share.
If the mare is to foal early, before
grass time. give her few boiled oats,
and liberal supply of bran with lit
tie flaxseed occasionally If she is get
ting plenty of grass, nothing of this
kind will be needed.
believe in always working the
brood mare. There is no reason why
mare if properly hitched and proper.
ly driven should not work right up to
the time Of foaling; in fact, | have
taken the harness off mares to allow
them to foal, and have never had
loss by so doing.
Teach the foal to eat early. A few
ground oats and bran with a little
milk is a desirable ration. The foal
will not take much at first, but will
soon show a readiness for hearty
meals. In the early part of the sea-
son it will always pay to allow the
fcal to suck some time during the
forenoon. and also In the afternoon,
giving the mare a drink and a few
cats to eat while the foal is sucking,
1t will benefit both the mare and the
foal.-John Gnrdhouse. Ontario, Cana.
da.-Boston Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
Use of Profane Lanauaae.

Unless something is done to check
the evil, Americans must soon be-
come known as the most foul-mouth-
ed persons on earth. 1t will first be
necessary to determine the cause of
the use of profane language before
any real cure can be applied. One
cause is undoubtedly the lack of a
sufficient vocabulary to express ones
thoughts or what he conceives to be
his thoughts. 1t Is this faulty vo
cabulary that induces females to de.
scribe as lawful" things entirely dis.
sociated from any feeling of awe. and
as funny that which is merely odd.
The male, with his greater freedom
of speech, uses an oath to express
the same idea, which is not an idea,
but merely a futile attempt to ex.
press that which is not conceived
and which consequently cannot be
adequately expressed.-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
A Retail Milk Route.

In handling milk for retail trade
found the. aerator the best thing to
cool the milk, and it would keep
sweet the longest, and would have no
bitter taste or flavor. | never use
sal-soda Soap leaves bad smell In
the cans.
After the cans are washed and scald-
ed let them stand right end up until
cool, then turn bottom up to drain.
If warm can or pail is turned bot
tom up the steam will stay in and dry
in, and the can will not be so sweet
as if treated the other way. The
cows are kept clean, tieup floor swept
three or four times a day, no cob
webs allowed in it; cribs kept clean,
and barn floor swept at least once
day. Milk is a ready carrier of disease
germs, and so fertile a breeder of
bacteria that one cannot be too care
full in its care. | think the next gener-
alton will see far greater restrictions
placed upon the care and handling of
our cows, milk and cream than we
have at the present time, and 1t will
be better for both producer and con-
summer.-C. E. Smith, Waldo County,
Me.-American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03

swing back and not be injured by the
kicks of the horse would answer quite
as well.
A man had kicking horse. He
hung an old sheep pelt up behind the
horse just where he could see it, and
let him kick till he got enough of it.
At first no doubt the horse thought
that pelt was the worst looking thing
that he had ever seen in all the days
OF his life. He peeled his eyes back
at 1t and made up his mind that the
old evil one must surely be right after
MIN. And he kicked and he kicked
and he kicked. But the more he kick
ed the faster the thing fell back on to
his heels. All night long he worked
at 1t, until the sweat ran down his
legs, and he was "all of a tremble."
Ihen he stopped; and, by the gray of
the morning, took good square look
at the miserable thing that had been
worrying the life out of him. It was
hothing but an old sheep skin. It
made him so ashamed to think how he
mad wasted so much time and strength
on thing like that, that he stoned
Klcklng and after that he never
kicked
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
Disc eases.

Scaley legs, which are scourge IN
many poultry yards, can be traced ap-
solutely to filth, damp quarters, and
neglect. Roup, canker, consumption,
sore eyes, may all be traced to damp
ness. cold draughts blowing through
the houses, and unnatural exposure to
inclement weather. Nothing causes
these ailments as quickly as damp, un-
healthy poultry houses in which the
fouls are compelled to sleep. Diphthe-
ria, canker and roup are all kindred
diseases. which can be directly blamed
upon those having charge OF the fowls.
If the birds have comfortable, reason
ably dry, properly ventilated houses
with sanitary conditions, there is but
little danger of these ailments un'
less they are caught by coming in con-
tact with other ailing birds, or being
shipped to and from shows In boxes
or coops that are contaminated.
Rheumatism, gout, and leg weakness
is usually blamable upon hereditary
conditions, inbreeding, overfeeding, or
unhealthy, damp quarters. All OF
thoses diseases may be prevented by
removing the possibility of the con-
tamination.-The Feather.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
81 Wont Work.

Fonetic spelling seems to be gaining
In popularity everywhere, and the an
nouncement that the reforms would be
adopted in the District Government
probably had much to do with the
plan followed by dusky "citizeness"
of Willow Tree alley in making ap-
plication to the Commissioners for a
certain position. Her letter speaks for
itself:
District Comeisions:
Dear Sir | noticed that you all
might be kneding some femall help
and not moving weather you all had
ingaged some one or not I thought
would ask you all if it could be pos
sible to allow me the pleasure as
want work this will be my first time
working out and the reason | have not
my mother keeps a little store in will
low tree court and it has kept me quite
bizzy until now and 1t Is so meny
stores around in this court until it
makes bisiness very dull and | am
married and have two children to per-
vide far and I give you the best
reptashion from good bisness cider
sons | hape you all will helyp one ho
wonts to get along t."-WasH
ington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
Strides In Iron Production.

The leading technical paper of Ger
many points out that the United States
is striding forward so fast in the pro
duction of iron that now It not only
leads all the other nations individually
but comes near to surprising then
all combined. In 1905 Germany pro
duced 100000 tons, England $500,
900, the others smaller amounts dowr
to $4,000 tons produced by India
while the total product of the world
outside the United States was $1,000,
900. Yet in that same year we pro
duced 23,O00,000 tons, more than hall
the outside worlds total product. Fig
ured by percentages the gains Of
Canada and Japan are more remarka
BILE than ours. AS compared with
1904, Canada very nearly doubled and
so did Japan.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
Oats as Stock Food.

Oats are less digestable than corn,
chiefly on account of the large per-
centage of hull which they contain.
They have much higher percentage
of protein than corn, especially when
considered in relation to digestable
matter. They are the most satisfac-
tory single grain for feeding horses.
They are not suitable for hogs on &C.
count Of the large percentage of crude
fibre. They may possibly form a part
of an economical ration for dairy
cows, although in general the demand
for them for horse feeding is so great
that the price is nearly always out
of proportion to the amount of diges-
tible matter Observation-Disclosures.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
Combating the Peach Borer.

nave never yet seen any method
practiced that will keep the peach
porer for getting into the tree to some
extent at least. From observation and
practice | think the most successful
method is to worm late in the fall
when most of the worms can be
caught before they have gotten under
the bark and when the injury done is
very little. 1t freezing weather pre-
vents doing this in November or
about December /, then worm in early
spring. Removing the earth from
around the trunk and it can soon be
seen whether any borers are about
by the deposit of wax and chips. II
there Is none and the bark is smooth
no time need be lost In looking for
the worms.
If evidence of their presence exists,
remove the wax carefully, as the
borer will sometimes be removed with
it If it is young and has not yet eaten
through the bark. If it has gotten
under the bark go after it carefully
with a sharp pointed, crooked iron on
a handle and do no more injury to
the tree than the borer would if allow
ed to remain To insure a good job
allow the tree to remain open several
days and then go over them again,
when any missed can be easily de-
tected. Then place pint to quart
of ground tobacco around the trunk
according to the size Of the tree.
With the earth placed over it this
will be preventive for the next season.
Some growers advocate washing
the trunks in the spring to prevent
the adults from laying thin eggs there
on, but as the adults are coming out OF
their cocoons, winged and ready for
fight from May to September it would
take repeated application to be effec'
tive through the whole season. | be-
lieve it to be an advantage to mound
the earth around the trees several
inches as the worm can be gotten
much easier and will be kept from
getting down among the roots where
they can seldom be reached. There
has been much loss from the borer
in this section where orchardists have
neglected to look after them. Especi-
ally is this true in young orchards
American Agriculturist
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Get under way. The rudder Is at
the stern of boat, or purpose. Move,
then steer.
Youth is prism through which all
voices OF the day or night pass into
speaking rainbows.
Be ready; that is, prompt to act, as
the fight against foolishness RACES all
along the lines of character.
Some men are boats. and some are
chips and straw upon the stream Of
time. And you; what are you?
Sand is a good enough foundation
for house in climate where there
Is no wind or rain-that is, nowhere.
He that will do the will of God SO
far as he sees 1t, and speak the Word
OF God as far as he can understand 1t,
shall In due time be wise.
There is holy place in every soul
OF man, forever vocal with a long,
clear call to him to enter there with
all his powers and serve And who
soever listens and obeys becomes a
strong man, wise man and prophet.
You are not only a son of your
rather and mother, but son of every
man who has touched you, or any
ancestor of anyone who has touched
ancestor OF yours, by word, or pen, or
sword, or vote, or grip of hand-a son
even OF your soma son of God.
Strength is less a matter of material
back than of nerve quality; for a.
mans life. at its highest and strong
est, cannot be lived by bread alone, !
Dut by every word that proceedeth
out OF the mouth of God, or in other
words symmetrical Development
Home Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03

III there arise among you q prophet or
dreamer" Deut. kill, l.
] have left b basket of dates
In the cool, dark room that is under the
vine,
Some curds set out in two little crimson
plates,
And a flask of the amber wine,
And cakes most cunningly beaten
OF savory herbs and spice and the deli
cate wheaton
1lour that is best,
And all to tighten his spirit and sweet
en- his rest.
This morning he cried. Awake,
And see what the wonderful grace of
the Lord hath revealed"
And we ran for his sake,
But twas only the dawn outspread DER
our fathers field,
And the house of the potter white in the
valley below
But his hands were upraised to the east
and he cried to us, 80
Ye may ponder and read
The strength and the beauty Of God out
rolled in fiery screed."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
Sodium for Electric Conductors.

Of the common metals, sodium has
the greatest conductivity per unit Of
weight. Comparing it with calcium,
potassium, aluminium, and magnesium
which come next, 1t can also be the
most cheaply prepared, and probably
always will be, because the starting
material is so cheap, stable and pure.
although potassium alone theoretical.
ly requires materially less energy for
its production. In view Of the high
price Of copper it is suggested by A.
G. Belts, in the Electrical World, that
sodium might be used as a substitute
for electric conductors. Mr. Belts
proposes to melt it and run 1t into
iron tubes. forming a composite con.
ductor.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
Dairy Jottings.

To secure all there is in the pro-
duct of the COW, one should make his
butter and sell direct to consumers.
There is no best dairy breed, but
the general dairyman cannot go far
wrong II he selects good types of the
dairy COW from the Holstein, Ayrshire,
Jersey or Guernsey.
Good air and sunlight in the barn,
healthy cows kept clean, a good
cream separator with good tank and
plenty of ice, and careful handling of
the milk and cream, will secure good
results.
The cheapest and best way to
raise a dairy calf is to feed with its
mothers milk for three weeks, then
gradually change to sdmmilk with
boiled faxseed for another three
weeks, then change to grain gradu-
ally After four months old they
will grow very well on a mixture of
one hundred pounds linseed meal,
twenty-four pounds ground fax, fifty
pounds of low grade flour, mixed
thoroughly together, also some choice
clover hay, bran or crushed oats daily
If there is plenty of fresh separator
milk it may be fed instead of natural
milk after the first few days.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03

Then the little brown mother smiled.
As one does on the words OF WELL
loved child.
And "Son," she replied, "have the oxen
been watered and fed?
For work is to do, though the skies be
never so red.
And already the first sweet hours of the
day are spent"
And he sighed, and went.
VIII he come from the byre,
With his head all misty with dreams
and his eyes on fire,
Shaking us all with the weight of the
words of his passion?
1 will give him raisins instead OF dates,
And wreathe young leaves on the little
red plates,
l will put on my new head-tyre,
And braid my hair in a comlier fashion.
VIII he note? VIII he mind?
VIII he touch my cheek as he used to.
and laugh and be kind?
orie L. C. Pickthall in The Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
IN TERROR OF MAD DOGS.
situation Serious In Boston Suburbs
Trouble in Twelve Counties.

~ WSiNC SOuntlcS.
Certain suburbs of Boston are hav-
ing the liveliest kind of a mad scare.
single animal bit a dozen persons
not long ago. The police have orders
to shoot all unmuzzled dogs.
During the eleven months ending
December 1, 1906, at least half a doz-
en- human beings died in Massachusetts
from the effects of dog bites, and in
one instance the brain of a boy from
Springfield was examined at the Har-
ward medical school and found to con-
tain rabies germs.
More than 1000 dogs in the State
were reported as mad, exclusive of
those found in Boston. DR.. Austin
Peters, State Cattle Commissioner,
reports that 29S of them were killed
or died of rabies, 256 who did not
have rabies were killed by their owners
or they died in quarantine, 62 were re-
ported as having rabies, but the post
mortem examinations showed that
they were free from the disease. $3.50
were released from quarantine and 9S
were still in quarantine on December /.
DR.. rockingham has examined the
heads of 151 animals at the Harvard
medical school. According to the B
ton Transcript he found that 11O dog
seven COWS, two horses and one boy
mad rabies, and that thirty-one dogs
and one suspeUing COW were free
from 1t. The diSase has been found
in twelve counties.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
"The sleepy head
l raise from bed"
Enormous Railway Earnings.

The railway earnings Of the princi-
pal roads in the United States and
Canada have become so large that a
question has arisen as to how the sur
plus is to be disposed of. A compari-
son Of the gross receipts of twenty
one companies for the year ended
June 80 last, and including the Cana
dian Pacific. with the previous year
shows an increase Of S144,69S,714.
equal to nearly 10 percent. Ottawa
Citizen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
Curious Inscrlptions.

Many old bells have curious decora.
tions and inscriptions. Before it was
recast in 1912, an Oxford bell, Mighty
Tom," had an inscription in Latin. a
translation Of which would be:
For Thomas's sake
I cry BIN Bonn and ne mistake
In the case Of a chime, each bell
would have separate legend. A deal
of the verse was really doggerel, as:
"On Sabbath all
To Church / CALL"
Or
"The sleepy head
l raise from bed"
Another inscription on an old set
Of chimes in England reads:
When men in Hymen's bonds unite.
Our merry peals produce delight"
The Church of Saint Ives bell has
this matter of fact inscription:
arise and go about your business"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
Most Farmers Find Them Handy.

1t is surprising how the most enter
prising farmers are dispensing with
the hand hoe. To be sure, the horses
have a hard row to hoe" on such
farms, but the farmers back gets the
benefit. If the farmer happens to grow
the right crops he needn't keep a hoe
on the place. We know of one large
farmer who says he does not.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
Bran cheaper Than Hay Meal.

The test of alfalfa meal as compar-
ed with wheat bran at the Pennsyl-
vania Experiment Station showed that
the bran was the more desirable food
at $40 perton as compared with alfalfa
at $23. The alfalfa meal is simply
ground alfalfa hay. Its use In place
of bran resulted in less milk, and the
cost per quart Of the milk produced
was slightly greater.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03

I'm good for any half dozen Of you
myself. Now get to your homes be
fore it's too late"
He leaped back to the pastors side,
the cudgel in his hand, his eyes blaz-
ing.
For moment the mob was still.
Then hoarse voice shouted xiii
him!" and a stone thrown from the
outskirts Of the crowd grazed the stout
mans forehead. Another missile flew
by him and struck the Jail door. There
was forward movement of the mob.
But the stout man leaped forward
again and caught hold CT the ring
leader whom he had silenced. The
fellow was wiping his bleeding mouth
in a dazed fashion. The stout man
caught him around the waist and lift
ing him quickly flung him on to the
upper step. Then he followed him
and help him up so that he formed
sort of shield for the pastor and him.
SELF
Now fling your stones" he roared.
Here's yoru own target for you.
Bring on your battering ram. But III
promise you it will go hard with this
big loafer If you try any Of your cow
ardly games"
Smash him, SAM" screamed a
shrill voice in the midst of the mob.
Eyes, Sam, smash him!" said the
stout man. He was behind the ring.
leader, holding him by the wrist.
Sam couldn't be more helpless if he
was baby, could you, Sam?"
There was confusion In the mob.
Here was an unexpected opposition.
The stout man noted their hesita-
tion.
Tell them to go home" he hoarsely
whispered in the rngleaders ear. and
the request was followed by signif-
cant twist of the prisoned wrist.
go home, boys, go home," roared
the helpless leader.
"Once more" demanded the stout
man.
20 nome, DOyS, go nOme-
The mob wavered-and just them
horses hoofs were heard in the dis
tance.
"The sheriff" murmured the pastor.
"The sheriff." repeated a half dozen
voices.
The rider came nearer. The mob
suddenly turned and fed.
Less than a week later the sick boy
quietly fell asleep and the little town
had seldom seen a larger funeral. All
the pastors flock was there, and the
flowers were many and beautiful. The
lad was laid away on the sunny hill
side of the old cemetery.
you've been very kind to me, and
to the boy, parson," said the stout
man as he stood on the station plat
form and waited for the train that was
to bear him away. 'I'm afraid | may
have said something that Jared on
your feelings, and I'm sorry for it"
The pastor smiled and said: "I've
learned to Judge you by your deeds,
not your words"
The stout man flushed.
1.-THE show will be at Colebrook the
early part of the coming season." he
said, and looked hard at the pastor.
LET me know when it will be
there" the latter stoutly said, "and
| will come over to see it."
The stout man wrung the pastors
hand.
"Good-by," he cried.-W. R. Rose.
in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-04-03
subdued a KICKING Horse.

The Spirit of the West gives direc-
tions for curing kicking horse. If
you have no sheepskin, anything else
which would be heavy enough to