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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
ALMOST A SOLID SORE.
Skin Disease From Birth-Fortune
Spent on Her Without Benefit
Doctor Cured Her With Cuticura.

81 have cousin in Rockingham Co. who
once had skin disease from her birth un-
til she was six years of age. Her father
had spent a fortune on her to get her
cured and none of the treatments did her
any good. Old DR.. c. suggested that
he try the Cuticura Remedies, which he
did. When he commenced to use it the
child was almost in solid scab. He had
used it about two months and the child
was well. i was there when they CON-
menced to use your Cuticura Remedies.
l stayed that week and then returned
home and stayed two weeks and then went
back and stayed with them two weeks
longer and when l went home / could
hardly believe she was the same child.
Her skin was as soft as baby's without
a scar on it. / have not seen her in seven
teen years, but have heard from her and
the last time l heard from her she was
well. Mrs. w. P. Ingle, Burlington, n. c.,
June l6. 1905"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
What is Pe-rue-G1a?
ES it CatarrEl Remedy, Or a Tonic,
or is it BOtf1S

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In order thoroughly relieve
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SEED ought to make this ideal
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
Animal Thieves of Africa.

The northwestern district of
Rhodesia in particular abounds in
every description of big game-ele-
phant, hippotamus, giraffe, zebra, lion,
buffalo, rhinoceros and antelope, with
other members of the deer family too
numerous to mention. Even from the
railway great herds of game can be
seen and are in some cases quite a
nuisance.
The elephants, for instance, have
some rooted and unaccountable OBJ
jections to the mile pegs by the rail-
way line, and cause endless annoy
ance by their habit of pulling them
out of the ground with their trunks.
The balloons, too being expert
thieves, and even burglars, are a
considerable nuisance, particularly to
storekeepers, of whose goods they
manage to filch surprising guam
tity.
Baboon hunting is very popu-
lar sport, and the quarry is abund-
ant-so abundant, in. fact, as to be
dangerous on occasion. No single
man, even though armed with 4
rifle, will venture to molest a troop
of balloons on the raid. Another
nuisance to farmers is the tebi cat,
little tigerish beast which causes
great havoc in unprotected fowl
houses and is ruthlessly killed on
sight.-From the Country Gentleman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
WINTER SALADS HOUSE.

Last fall | felt that in order to be
perfectly happy in my garden l must
find a place for cold house or pit.
The house is lean to &C feet long,
and six feet wide. The terrace wall,
which is six feet high, was used as
the back or high wall of the house.
The upper ends of the sashes rested
on the top of the wall which was built
up two inches with cement grooved
to fit the sashes. The lower ends
of the sashes rested in a groove made
of cement on a brick wall, which was
two feet high. To cover this house
used % by feet sashes. Six
of the sashes were cut and hinged,
so they could be opened as needed
for ventilation. The north end of the
house was built up solid with brick,
while a door was made in the south
end. The walls are made of brick,
washed down with cement.
While l do not remember what the
whole cost of the house was, l do
know that all of the material used
excepting the sashes) was worth
about $50. This house has no fire
heat, but derives its warmth from the
sun. During the cold weather the
sashes are covered at night with straw
mats.-Garden Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
FINANCE AND TRADE REVIEW
NEW YEAR PROMISES MUCH
No Excessive Stocks Carried Over
and Results of inventories Equal
Sanguine Anticipations.

r. G. Dun & Co.'s Review of
Trade" says:
'The New Year opens bright with
promise in business circles no eX-
cessive stocks being carried over, and
results of inventories fully equal SAN
guine anticipations. 1t is especially
noticeable in dispatches from the
West that there was less than the
customary lull in business during the
holiday season, while bargain sales
are rapidly disposing of the moderate
supplies remaining on hand.
"In the leading industries contracts
on the books are very large and plants
operate full time, except where ma
terials or fuel cannot be secured or
finished products cannot be forwarded
to consumers. There Is much COM
plant from the Northwestern flour
mills on this point and export trade
Is also restricted because grain and
other merchandise fail to reach the
seaboard promptly. This delay may
be attributed part of the decrease of
81, ,665 in exports from the port OF
New York for the last week as COM
pared with the movement year ago,
while imports exceeded the very heavy
total for the previous year by ST.
5S1,590.
"Many new contracts for large
tonnage of steel appeared during the
past year, notably structural mater
ial for San. Francisco. Railway re-
auirements show no abatement, few
contracts being considered, however,
except for delivery in the last half Of
this year.
"Prices of pig iron have risen close
to the position of 1900, but finished
products are still much lower as to
standard figures.
meanwhile the railroads do not
move the pig iron as desired and many
mills are running on light stocks. Tin
plate mills have small stocks and large
orders, making prices strong, but tin
was depressed by large statistics OF
visible supply.
Business in the primary market
for textiles has been interrupted by
the holidays and inventories, but work
is progressing in preparation of new
lines for the coming season. A few
sales of sheetings have been made
to China, the first export business
from that quarter for long time, and
more orders could have been secured
by the making of moderate conces-
sions.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
CONSUMPTION of Matches.

1t is estimated that the United King
dom alone manages to consume 500,-
100000 matches day, which comes
out at about IL for every man, wo-
man and child Smokers probably
account for the greater number, so
that they will be interested to know
that about 80 tons of wood are used
up in the form of matches every day,
or about 10000 tons a year. If one
days consumption Of matches were
placed end to end they would extend
for a distance of about $1,000 miles.
Sweden and Norway, where matches
are made in enormous quantities, ex-
port over $4,000 tons of wooden
matches every year. In France, where
the tax on matches averages cents
an inhabitant, the consumption is
comparatively small.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
Smokeless Powder.

The color of the modern smokeless
powder has the shade of dark amber.
In the sense of a powder being a fine
ly divided solid, smokeless powder is
no powder at all. 1t consists of a
waXlike composition, the size of the
"grains" varying according to the
calibres of the guns. For use in re-
volvers, rifles and sporting guns, the
grains resemble the tiny perforated
glass beads of the sort used in old
time needework. For the machine
guns, the rapid-fire guns and the heavy
rifles of battleships and forts, the
grains are cylindrical in shape, vary
ing In size from third of an inch in
diameter and half an inch in length
to three-fourths of an inch in dia-
meter and about two inches in length
each grain, in order to increase the
area exposed to ignition, being per-
forated equi-distantly and longitudin-
ally with from one to six holes, big
as knitting needles, depending upon
the size of the grain.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
Snake Worship in India.

Snakes, the objects of terror to
most Europeans in eastern lands, are
worshiped in many parts of India. In
some districts there are from $1,000
to 10000 shrines dedicated exclusive.
ly to the worship of snakes. These
shrines, which are invariably in hon
or Of one of the miner divinities of
the country, possess, in some instan-
ces, valuable properties for their
maintenance and for the cost of the
numerous ceremonies which their
keepers have to perform. In these
shrines the Hindus set up fantastic
idols of serpents. The devotees Of
this strange religion make periodical
offerings of dough and milk and cook
ed rice to the serpents living in the
shrine in order to receive their fav-
or.-Kansas City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
Earth's Interior Iron.

Frequent earthquakes of late have
enormously increased scientific curl
osity about the earth's interior. On
this subject Sir Oliver Lodge obser-
yes in Nature that 'it has long been
suspected that the earth is an iron
planet, and now, through the work of
Strut and others, the evidence both
for and against is intensifying. 1t Is
just worth noting, as a matter Of sim.
pie arithmetic, that core of metal
lie iron of density Z, covered with a
crust of rock 500 miles thick, of dem
sity 2.5, together make up average
terrestrial density &c, but recent evil
dence points to crust much thinner
than the above. 1t is to be hoped
that the boring proposals of the Hon.
Charles Parsons will before long at
tract the attention they deserve"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
CLEANING HAIR BRUSHES.

Valuable brushes, such as those
with ivory or tortoiseshell backs, may
be thoroughly cleansed by using bran
instead of soap aud water. The brush
is dipped into bran, which must be
rubbed into the bristles as one would
soap, and the particles may afterward
be removed by tapping the brush
bristles downward on the table. The
process is somewhat lengthy, bat 1t
prevents the bristles from becoming
softened, as they inevitably must be
if wetted. When every trace of bran
has been removed, the brush will be
found to be perfectly clean, and may
then be wiped with soft silk hand
kerchief.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
MEANING OF DOMESTIC ECON
OMY.

Did you ever ask yourself the mean.
Ing of the term domestic economy?
Most likely you never did. Notwith-
standing the growing popularity OF
this branch of study, there is no sub
ject the name and nature Of which
is so generally misunderstood.
Some young women think 1t means
cookery and laundry lessons" 9TH
ers think "scrapping and saving
would more fitly define 1t, while dim
ideas of so-called mental duties and
domestic drudgery float through the
brains of others.
But these are Small nibblings at
the outer bark" of the truth, which
is that domestic economy is saving
knowledge, knowledge which relates
to the intelligent and cultivated man
agement of everything connected with
the home.
1t is the science of the home, and
pre-eminently woman's science.
1t is the womans work to make the
house into home. Every woman
ought to know how to do all things
necessary to make home happy, says
Woman's Life.
The husband earns the money, but
the principal part of it has to be spent
by the wife. Hence it is very i'm
portant that all girls should learn do
mestic economy. But please remem-
ber that domestic economy is one of
those things that cannot be learned
from books aolne.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
HUMAN RACE DYING OUT.
DR.. Mesller Finds the Birth Rate Is
Decreasing Rapidly in Nearly
Every Land

The statistics just published by DR..
Meslier ON the depopulation of the
whole world are startling.
DR.. Meslier says that this Is not
only caused by artificial means, but
also because the whole human race
Is gradually dying out. Taking the
years of 1881 to 1908 he says that for
every thousand married women from
10 to 55 years of age taken from diff
erent countries the births have de-
creased in England 1S per cent, 10
per cent in Scotland, 10 per cent in
Bavaria, 7 per cent in Italy, per
cent in Sweden, II per cent in Rus
sia, II per cent in France, II per cent
in Denmark, is per cent in New Zea-
land, "a per cent in SaXony 25 per
cent In the state of Victoria and 33
per cent in New South Wales.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16

The first BARRIERS of whom there is
any record piled their trade in Greece
in the fifth century B. c. In Rome
the first BARRIERS operated in the third
century b. c. In olden times in Eng
land the BARRIERS and the physician
were identical. Thus. kings bar
Der was also his chief medical ad-
wiser. In the time of Henry VIII. of
England laws were made concerning
BARRIERS, of which the following is an
extract: "No person occupying shaw
ing or barbery in London shall use
any surgery, letting the blood or other
matter, except the drawing of
teeth"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16

Detective Mckay sent a letter to Jos

Detective Mckay sent letter to JOS
eph Burns, signing Fox's name and
agreeing to take the money and max
ing an appointment at Jackson
Center hotel. When Burns counted
the money out and handed it to the
detective the official placed Burns
under arrest. He was taken to De-
troit
The COO men employed in the Lehigh
Valley Railroad shops in Easton were
notified their wages had been increas-
ed dating from the first Of the year.
The advance affects all classes Of
labor, and ranges from one to four
cents an hour
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
Safe. Sure and SpeedY.

No external remedy ever yet devised
has SO fully and unquestionably met these
three prime conditions as successfully as
Allcock's Plasters. They are safe because
manufactured upon scientific principles Of
medicine. They arc sure because nothing
goes into them except ingredients which
are exactly adapted to the purposes for
which plaster is required. They are
speedy in their action because their medic,
inal qualities go right to their work Of
relieving pain and restoring the natural
and healthy performance of the functions
of muscles, nerves and skin.
Allcock's Plasters are the original and
genuine porous plasters and like most
meritorious articles have been extensively
initiated, therefore always make sure and
get the genuine Allcock's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
The Enulish ldion.

Our English idiom is perhaps no
worse than that of other peoples
languages, but 1t sometimes leads even
the native into strange sayings, which
he does net realize until it is point
ed out to him. ''Can you tell me
where l can take an omnibus to
Islington?" asked the countryman of
a policeman. 81 can tell where there
10 an omnibus that will take you,"
answered that precise official. Leav-
ing this to sinl: in he then added more
kindly: want to go to Islington?"
II don't want to go to Islington, but
] have to go.".-London Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
kiIlino Game in Mexico.

"A remarkable hunt which took
place in the northern part of Coahui-
la a few days ago is reported from
Monclova, in that state. A party, of
which about rs were hunters, went on
q deer hunt, through the mountains,
being out eight days. The rs hunters
killed 800 deer, an average of 100 a
day, or more than one deer a man a
day. There has been some criticism
on the part Of many about this
wholesale slaughter of deer, and it is
urged that a game law should be
passed in this country like those in
other countries which expressly pro-
hibit the wholesale slaughter Of
game.-Mexican Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
Y. M. c. A. In Mexico.

Mexico City is to have a Young
Mems Christian association building.
At dinner rendered John R. Mott at
the SAM hotel, which was attended by
the vice president of the republic and
the leading Mexican and foreign busi-
ness men, the international commit
tee, through Mr.. Mott, offered $4,000
for the building and the local sup
porters of the Young Mems Christian
association are endeavoring to raise
$780, 900 additional.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
NEVER TIRES
OF the Food That Restored Her to
Health.

my food was killing me and I
didn't know the cause" writes a Colo.
young lady: For two years 1 was
thin and sickly, suffering from indi-
gestion and inflammatory rheuma-
tism.
II had tried different kinds of diet,
plain living and many of the reme-
dies recommended, but got no better.
Finally, about five weeks ago,
mother suggested that try Grape
Nuts, and l began at once, eating it
with little cream or milk. A
change for the better began at once.
To-day l am we'll and am gaining
weight and strength all the time.
I've gained 10 lbs. in the last five
weeks, and do not suffer any more
from indigestion and the rheumatism
Is all gone.
II know 1t is to Grape-Nuts alone
that l owe my restored health. I
still eat the food twice a day and
never tire of it." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
The favor Of Grape-Nuts is pecu-
liar to itself. 1t is neutral, not too
sweet and has an agreeable, healthful
quality that never grows tiresome.
One of the sources of rheumatism
Is from overlooking the system with
acid material, the result Of imperfect
digestion and assimilation.
As soon as improper food is aban-
doned and Grape-Nuts is taken regu-
larly, digestion is made strong, the
organs do their work of building up
good red blood cells and of carrying
away the excess of disease-making
material from the system.
The result is certain and steady
return to normal health and mental
activity. There's a reason" Read
the little book. "The Road to Well
yille," in pkgs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16

along without worrying much until
dropsy set in. My feet and ankles
swelled up, my hands puffed and be-
came so tense l could hardly close
them. had great difficulty in breath
ing, and my heart would fiutter with
the least exertion. l could not walk
far without stopping again and again
to rest. Since using four boxes of
Doan's Kidney Pills the bloating has
gone down and the feelings Of dis
tress have disappeared"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
RECIPES

Lemon Ice Cream.-Squeeze lem.
on and strain the Juice upon as much
fine sugar as it will absorb, pour 3
quarts of cream into it very slowly,
stirring fast all the time. Another
simple but very good recipe is: Heat
a quart of milk hot, but do not let
it boil. Add the yolks of A eggs,
beaten with coffee cup of sugar, and
flavor with lemon or vanilla. Choco-
late cream can be made by adding
some powdered chocolate and mix be-
fore freezing. Also peaches or straw
berries can be used for change.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
London's EouuY Month.

November is Lcndon's worst month
for fogs. During a "good" year the
Londoner may have to breathe only
so fogs. In a very bad" year he
may have to endure as many as so
London's countless coal fires. ming
ling SCOT with mist, concoct the Lon
doner's fog for him. The great ma
jority of fogs in the metropolis begin
to form between 7 and in the morn
ing. just when most fires are being
lighted.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
Breeding Chinese Pheasants.

Present indications are that in a
few years Minnesota will contain a
good stock of Chinese pheasants as a
result of the introduction Of that
gamy bird of beautiful plumage by the
State Game and Fish Commission.
The commission has 312 young birds
ready for distribution in small guam
titles to points in the State where
they can be guaranteed protection
from hunters for 10 years, which the
law allows them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
Nome Means NHome."

1t is said that the name Of Nome
was the result of an error made by
some Englishman i'll writing a letter.
He evidently intended to write the
word 'home," but the makers of the
maps read it Nome, and thus the
name of Nome belongs to history and
the great district of Alaska. Some
authorities claim that the word Nome
is corruption of the Indian phrase or
word knoma, meaning something like
81 know it."-National Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
Queer Way to Catch Fish.

The idea of catching fish by means
Of beehive with hole in the top
of It is strange enough one. Yet
this says the Country Gentleman, not
inadequately describes the method en-
ployed by fishermen in the Philippine
islands, who clap their apparatus down
over \the sluggish bottomfeeding fish
and then, putting their hands through
the hole in the top, extract their vic
Tins.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
Es,,ssI gI|RMszs' NH
THE NEWEST HOUSEWIFE.

The very latest and up-to-date
housewife" comes in the guise of a
shopping bag covered with cretonne.
Even the frame is covered and the
handle is of the same material. 1t is
so arranged. that both sides let down,
showing the needles, thread, scis-
sors, thimble and all the other fur
nishings of the well-conditioned work
bag, and it is really a workbag in its
street clothes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
EMBROIDERED PINCUsHIoN.

A long, narrow pincushion that is
designed to stand against the back of
the bureau is of white linen done in
eyelet embroidery. The top is really
a linen dolly that is larger than the
pincushion itself, so that border is
formed which is finished in an irregu-
lar scallop done in buttonhole stitch.
Sits are cut and buttonholed in
the top and ribbon is run through
them and tied in two stiff little bows
at the top and bottom, directly in
the center. The cover is made up
over a colored silk lining the same
shade as the ribbon, which gives an
opportunity for carrying out the col
or scheme of a bedroom.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
"The Blood is The Life"

Science has never gone beyond the
above simple statement of scripture. But
1t has illuminated that statement and
given it meaning ever broadening with
the increasing breadth of knowledge.
When the blood is rbad " or impure it
is not alone the body which suffers
through disease. The brain is also
clouded, We mind and judgement are
efected, and nsany an evil deed or impure
Thought NE>be directly traced TO the
imparssy OF the 6iood Foul. impure blood
can be made pure by the use -of Or,
Pierce.s Golden Medical Discovery. It
cnrlches and -nnriteas- the blood thereby
curing, pimples, blotches, eruptions and
other cutaneous affections, as eczema,
letter, or salt-rheum, hives and other
manifestations of impure blood.
o o o o o o
= In the cure of scrofulous swellings, en-
larged glands, open eating ulcers, or old
sores, the rGolden Medical Discovery "has
performed the most marvellous cures. In
cases Of old sores, or open eating ulcers,
it is well to apply to the open sores DIR.
Pierce's All-Healing Salve, which pos
sesses wonderful healing potency when
used as an application to the sores in con-
junction with the use of "Golden Medical
Discovery" as q blood cleansing consti.
tutional treatment. If your druggist
don't happen to have the rAll-Healing
Salve' in stock, you can easily procure it
by inclosing fifty-four cents in postage
stamps to DR.. R. V. Pierce, 663 Main St,
Buffalo, N. Y, and it will come to you by
return post. Most druggists keep it as
well as the "Golden Medical Discovery"
o o o o o o
You can't afford to accept any medicine
of 'tniinolcn composition as a substitute
for rGolden Medical Discovery" which is
medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION,
having complete list of ingredients in
plain English on its bottle-wrapper, the
same being attested as correct under oath.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-01-16
Battleship Models.

BY the English Admiralty's orders
perfect models are made in paraffin
wax of every new battleship before it
is laid down, and these models are
tested in tank, being 400 feet long
and 20 feet wide. They are made Of
wax because it is a material which
does not absorb water or change its
weight, so that alterations can be
easily made and the material can be
melted up and used again.