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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
Gravel Assists DRAINAGE.

A somewhat gravelly soil, or even
one verging somewhat on stony, has
been found by experience to be highly
satisfactory for apple growing, pro
viding only there is an abundance of
plant food present. The gravel and
small stones doubtless assist in the
drainage, and this fact probably ex.
plains in part the superiority of such
soils. AS a rule, we may say that
gravelly loan, fairly rich in plant food,
Is the ideal apple soil. The soil sur.
veys now being made in various parts
OF the country have in a general way
verified the commonly accepted opin-
ion. on this point. Some of the soils
well known as successful apple pro-
ducers have now been described and
mapped and given names. That soil
known as Porters black loan. which
Is found in extensive areas along the
eastern slopes of the Allegheny Noun,
tains, is noted for its adaptation to the
growing of apples. 1t is upOn this coil
that the Albermarle Pippin of Vir-
ginia Is grown. In western New York
the Miami stony loan may be men,
toned as soil of well-proved adapta-
bility for apples. This is widely rep
resented in Wayne County. known as
one of the best apple-growing coun-
ties in America.-Country Gentleman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
Farm Notes,

A farm near Fennville, Mich, pro
duced last year over twenty thousand
bushels of onions and 1900 pounds o.
peppermint oil.
An Oregon ma nshipped carload
of 1000 half-boxes of Comice peas tC
New York, which sold at auction fol
S3,429, The neat way in which the
fruit was prepared for market un
doubtedly added much to the sale
price.
Nothing is better to prevent loss oi
ammonia from the manure heap than
soapsuds. Keep the heap well sat
urated, and make holes in the mass
so that the soapsuds can pass down tc
the bottom of the heap. Chemical ac
ton is facilitated, but there are forma
tons of salt that prevent loss.
To build and fill an ice-house for
home dairy use is cheap and simple
task. Ice laid on edge will keep bet.
ter than when packed on its side. Use
only as much sawdust or other pack.
ing. as may be necessary, but pack
close, as circulation of air between
the cakes Of ice is more destructive
than direct heat.
Rye will be the first green food in
the spring. AS the young rye is al,
most wholly composed of water it af-
fords but little nutrition and is very
laxative. When turning stock on
young rye it should be done as gradu-
ally as possible. Only small quanti-
ty of of rye should be eaten at first,
allowing cattle to Craze more as the
rye grows.
AS long as cold draughts enter the
stable the animals will demand suf-
ficient food to create more animal
heat as projections If the live stock
can be kept warm, less food will be
necessary. When straw is passed
through the fodder cutter and used
in the stalls, it shuts out the draughts
along the floor and prevents loss of
warmth, as we'll as serving as an ex-
cellent absorbent.
For very large hanging baskets the
Madeira vine is very satisfactory. It
is best to give it very rich soil; its
growth will rot be so strong, but the
leaves will be closer together and also
be more attractive. Pinch it back
mercilessly until the basket or trellis
is covered with foliage After that,
let a few vines grow, allowing some
to droop and others train up along
the wire or strings, suspending the
basket. Keep the glossy leaves clean
and the result will be a handsome
basket and charming plant.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
GARDEN, sTARM and CROps
&e# SUGGESTIONS W
N/@eM FOR THE SxS
SSs@fsM< UP-TO-DATE EV
SA@@.@ SX
49, AGR|CULTUR|ST y

tell the truth. We were not aware
that it also held good in selling a
horse outright We are not prepared
to accept this idea; in fact we know
one, and have known others in the
past, who will tell the truth about a
horse as certainly as anything else.
Still, unless you know and are very
sure of your man, it would be ad-
visable to heed the advice of the In
land Farmer, which is as follows:
II you want to buy horse, don't
believe your own brother. Take no
mans word for it. Your eye is your
market The weak point of horse
can be better discovered while stand
ing than while moving. II he is sound
he will stand firmly and sQuarely on
his limbs without moving any of them.
the feet fiat upon the ground, with
legs plump and naturally poised. If
the foot is lifted from the ground and
the weight taken from it, disease may
be suspected or at least tenderness
which is a precursor of disease If
liIt nOloG STATUS WIFI HIS lGtI Spltdu
apart there is weakness in the loin.
Never buy a horse in harness. I'm
hitch him and take everything off but
his halter and lead him around. If
he has the SPAWN, or is stiff, or any
other failing you can see it. Back
him, too. Some horses show their
tricks then, when they don't any other
time. Be as smart as you know how
and you may make mistakes. A horse
may look very nice and go a great pace
and yet have fits. You can't tell 1t
till something happens. He may have
a weak back. Give him the whip and
off he goes for mile or two; then
suddenly he stops. After a rest he
starts again, but he soon stops for
good, and nothing but a derrick could
move him. A bad tempered horse will
keep his ears thrown back. A kicker
will have Scared legs. A stumbler
will have blemished knees.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.


Lots of people won't fall into temp.
tation unless they get chance.
Too many virtues in man give his
friends big thirst for few vices.
A girl is always afraid to be alone
with a man unless she says she is.
The most that schools seem to teach
is your children how little you know.
A girl thinks 1t is flirting when she
would look at fellow if he didn't at
her.
A man is sure to get lost on the road
to heaven unless he has woman for
guide.
There's no harm in giving even
bad advice, because nobody will take
any kind.
Even when It's her own mother
coming to see her a woman calls it q
house party.
II man could increase his income
the way he can his family he would
have chance.
Imagination is thinking you are
having good time when you are only
spending money.
What would people do with all the
money they would have If they
weren't married?
A woman wants her children to
have their fathers courage and her
brains and beauty.
A man can have a lot of ideals un-
til there is chance to put some Of
them into practice.
It's a great comfort to a woman to
think how lonesome her husband
would be if she were dead.
Hardly any doctor can diagnose
what's the matter with the baby as
we'll as its mother can guess it.
A man thinks he has an awful
sweet temper not to get mad with
his wife because his taxes go up.
A fine way to surprise your wife is
to pretend you are enjoying yourself
as much at home as if you were at a
vaudeville show.-From Reflections
of a Bachelor" in the New York
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
Thimble Clubs.

There is one kind of a woman's club
against which there have been made
no objections and no criticisms, and
that is any kind of Sewing club"
These are generally the first clubs
that the conservative type of women
join, and are the kindergartens from
which they graduate to clubs organ
lied for the broader purpose of altruis-
tic work. One Of the most interesting
Of thimble clubs has just been heard
from in faraway Mexico. where Mrs.
e. Leon, in the town of Aguas Calien-
tes, brought together over three hun
dred women experts in that beautiful
drawn-needle work for which the Mex
lean women have become so famous,
and enlisted their united efforts to
produce the most beautiful gown made
from needlework and embroidery that
the world has ever ssen.-Pictorial Re-
view.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
Dairy Products of Beef.

A thoughtful man, who is a stu
dent of economics; said to me, after
observing certain dairy farmers who
were hauling a single can each of
milk two and three miles: 81 can't I'M
derstand why these men are not feed.
ing beef cattle instead of producing
milk; they have cheap pasture land.
which is worth from SIS to s25 an
acre, while Western growers are graz
ing upon exceedingly high priced lands
and the finished product is worth as
much here as there"
Now, | must confess this argument
seems plausible, and this man is not
alone in the opinion. | believe we
should diversity our animal industry
somewhat, and produce more meat,
but don't think for one moment that
these men who are hauling one can of
milk each will be the men to produce
beef. On the contrary, beef making
In the East, if it is in any degree to
take the place of milk production. will
fall into the hands of men who haul
full loads of milk at the present time
Beef Is not only a product of rich
pastures and cheap corn, but of a full
conception and understanding. on the
part of the feeder, of animal nutrition.
The man who hauls one can of milk
does not do so because of location. leg
islation or the economics of the case,
but just simply because he will not live
up to and make the most of his oppor-
tunities.
The facts are that we have no fancy
beef stock at hand, that corn would
have to come from, the corn belt, that
our milk markets are constantly ex-
pnnding and that those by-product pro
teine feeds purchased for milk pro
duction-and which really have no
other value-bear much cheaper re-
htion to milk production than corn at
average ruling prices bears to meat
production. 1t is not a question of
what value each feed may have or the
relation of one to another, but what
relation does each class of foods bear
to the product for which it is fed.-H.
e. Cook in the New York Tribune Far
mer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
Fortune In Oil for Indian Boy.

A fifteen-year oil lease on seven
and one-half acres of land in the
Glenn pool belonging to Robert Pett.
man, a three-year-old Indian boy, sold
for 10000 today.
The boy also gets 10 percent of all
the oil produced. One bundled and
fifty acres additional in the same allot-
ment were sold for $39,S25 bonus and
10 percent of the oil, netting the In
dian boy s50,125 for the leases on the
entire allotment. What he will get in
oil is problematical. He still owns
the land. The sale was made by the
master in chancery at auction and
there was big crowd of oil men pres
ent, most of them bidders for the
lease.-Pittsburg Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
Make the Farm a Model.

Many people farm in slipshod man.
ner and then complain that farming
does not pay. If you have a farm why
not make 1t model? Whether you
spend your days on it or not, it will
be much more easily disposed of
should you wish to sell. Every line
of improvement, convenience and &C.
onomy should be kept in view. Don't
go deeper in debt than your pocket
book will permit, and don't forget that
labor-saving machinery is as accept
able in the house as on the farm
Weekly Witness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
sADDEsT FACT ABOUT GOTHAM.
II Is the Presence of the Man Always
FaWninq for a Tip.

faWnIng TOT q Up.
William Allen White writes of New
York City and Emporia (his home
town. in the American Magazine
Following is Mr.. Whites account OF
the saddest thing he sees In New
York:
Country dwelling American men
and most of the women are instinc.
lively democratic. And, being demo
cratic, the cities sadden us country
people. For the city-and New York
Is typical of urban America-fosters
too much of the sham relation be.
tween men that one finds where class
lines are set. The eternal presence
Of a serving class, whose manners
may some day petrify into servility,
the continual discovery that the man
who brings the food or sweeps the
street or drives the cab considers
wholesome conversation with him
from his patrons as sign Of low
breeding, the presence of the man
who fawns for a quarter, all these
make the countryman in New York
desire to rush home and organize a
Sitting Bull lodge of Ancient and
Amiable Anarchists.
"It is not the extravaganza of the
rich, but the timber knees Of too
many of the poor that disgusts the
countryman in New York. The sad
dest thing in that great city to one
who comes from the frank, wholesome
clean, happy faces of the country is
not the eyes, not the overfed, puffy
necked figures of the lazy, respecta-
BILE, hotel-dwelling women, who get
no more exercise than stuffed geese,
not the besotted faces of the men
about the barrel houses-though mer-
ciful God knows they are sad enough,
but sadder than they are the loath.
some wooden faces Of the men who
stand decked out like human mani
kins in purples and green's and what
not Of modish Stiffness and for a
price surrender themselves to be
made part of the landscape For
years Mickle, the painter, was the
lowest form of humanity we had in
Emporia. He was the town drunk.
ard, once they fined him for beating
his wife, drink made him a loafer
and brute. But some way one felt
down in Mickle there was the soul Of
a man; some way one knew that he
would not do certain things for mon
ey; some way one always understood
that Mickle could always look into
depths Of personal degradation below
him and tell whoever tempted him
there to go to -. But, on the
other hand, some way the flunky is
just flunky and he seems to have
given up the right to resent personal
insult when he assumes the miser-
able part. And for a man to com.
mercialize his American birthright
seems a heart-breaking tragedy"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
Value of Wood Ashes.

One bushel of ashes represents
about. two and half tons of dry
body wood. Wood ashes contains all
the required elements Of plant nutri-
ton except nitrogen. One hundred
pounds Of wood ashes contain 16
pounds of potash, worth so certs;
S1-2 pounds Of soda, worth 2 cents;
6 pounds of lime and magnesia, wofCn
s cents, and . IA pounds of phosphoric
acid, worth &c cents. If one had to buy
in the market in the cheapest form,
the manurial materials contained in
100 pounds of ashes the cost would
be $1.16.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
Poultry Not a Luxury.

There are altogether too many agri-
cultural communities where poultry is
a luxury. There is no reason at all
but what this eating of poultry should
be common occurrence on every
farm. Every farm can keep fowls at
a profit for home use, and there is
hardly one farm in thousand where
they could not be raised at profit
for the market. Where hens are kept
at loss in nine cases out CT ten the
fault lies with the one who has them
in charge, and not with the hens
Weekly Witness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05

Japanese real estate has gone up
immensely In some instances at Ku-
mochi, Fukisi. Kasugano and Mirume
to two and four times the former price,
and at other points to seven OF. eight
times the previous values.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05

dishonobe practices
private
that those hold
shall and that shall themselves
the public welfare
with
which make
patriotic people They right and condemn
world ideals business morality lay claim
general respect
be judged by the standards of the
the veins the American people
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
Observation-Disclosures
0A<NAesass.1ss @QeaAssso>NA<s
Reasonable =s
Optimism
BY Uice-Presfdent Fairbanks

hear much said Of vice and corruption, much OF the
subtle of the state and social order but the great
heart of the people is sound and ncorrupbe today
at any hour in all of matchless history
The conscience of the people has not been scared
Pure maerasm has not achieved the mastery All Of the
which make for the intellectual the moral and the
social advancement of the people more powerful
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
SIS 8 ' The Places of "'sI 8
; Father and Mother in the 5
==HOn1e@= /
BY President Roosevelt
BY President Roosevelt

xf*E***s"* FOR speak OF the
@==. place of and then people
that mother help the breadwnner
by being housewife father, in his turn,
if he is worth his salt, must in back up the
II mother in helping bring the children.
T-* all, elemental and amount
will make the a citizen unless that aV
he
breadwnne both loving and
dealing
with the children.
think duteso shrink
from being should have the
right herse-and occasionally
ought follow special vocation addition to
(never in substitution her home
But highest his wife
and children the highest the work OF
the home, where heaven knows the ample enough
healthy
outside believe
she do her full her husband merely e
attitude toward him submits that quite bad
a mother If weak and foolish hard unloving.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05

drop the bottle itself without killing
weight will
loon has balance could pull
300
When
contraction the balloon faccd
and the thrill alarming apdy with
which the
sacrifice before strike balance the
behind balloon the
envelope almost with kng
ghned
understand bugbear Of the alternate cloud
shine sailing the night and he does sail through
O. in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
How to Buy a Horse.

There is an old idea that man
trading horses cannot be expected to
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05

his lack Of success
Indifferent and onged for better.
the bank and him advice One sd Your
polished till with better
wished had it. third sa you
the point" So he carefully
itwith t Still he was unsuccessful
the stream with bare feet and pine pole
who seeing the man roughy You will
anything the stream and throw hook into
hesitation
into the muddyand fshChrisan Register
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
eee>~ee~~>~~e~e~~$e~>~~e>a
= Balloon Balance 9
By #. w. Rolker
I t.f1s&%siia T

is while dschargng ballast to enter the higher attitudes
that you get first idea of the hargger balance Of
the giant conrvance keeping aoa Your pilot takes
small wooden scoop larger than ordnarysized soup
ladle, digs into of the bags and single
shoveul" overheard Up darts your baloon,-100 200,
300 feet An ordnary-szed bottle of beer spilled
board ghtens the balloon enough send up 250 feet
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-06-05
BY c. u. Cdsson

NCE upon a time there who went to fish, He
bought the finest fishing outfit that money could buythe
straghtest and poe the finest ne the sharpest
hooks dantiest and most attractive bait When he
reached the stream he sat down the bank, under
great spreading tree, dropped his line into beautiful
calm little pond his feet But though he fshed long, he
caught nothing STILL the pool beautiful and calm,
and the seat was SO shady that first
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
WAR SWORDS or THE JAPANESE

court The blade usually measured 21a
feet in olden days, from tip TO hilC,
and weighed about ga pounds.
When the custom OF wearing two
swords i'm the girdle was prohibited in
1872 aud thousands of artisans were
threatened with the loss Of their means
of livelihood. some of the admiraIs Of
the Japanese navy were inspired. with
the notion that their swords might MS
well be made of the blades of the weap.
ons that had come down TO them from
their forefathers as with ordinary sabcr
blades of modern manufacture. The
idea met with imperial approval. and
not only did the naval officers adopt
this plan, but il is common thing now
to find that military officers have two
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09

The sabers which Japan's naval and
military officers wear in war are IN
variablv swords. old or new. of the
pattern-in so far rs the blade is con
ccrned-that their ancestors set cX.
trene store by In the majority of
eases they have been handed down
from generation 10 generation. The
mounting is of course modern in shape
and design. but the blade is the hand
iwork Of one Of those masters of the
sword cutler S ART who fourished in the
last century or earlier. and of whom
but two Of the most prominent now re-
main. both more than seventy years
old viz, Miyamoto Kanenori and
Gwassan Sadamuuc, recently hon
orcd by the emperor with posts al
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09

sabers, one for the ordinary kind Of
use in drill. and the other-the katana
OF the old regime with modern mount
ings--for use in battle,
The sword and sabcr arc viewed from
quite different staDduonts i'll .TaDan.
Swordsmiths arc artists, but saber-
smiths are artisans. The number OF
swordmakcrs can new be counted on
one hand, and the race Of experts who
make the accessories is likewise dying
ont
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE g. 1907

Boston is tho greatest telephone user
in the world according to the annual
report of the New England Telephone
Telegraph company, Every day in
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09

For scratches, burns, cuts, insect bites
and the many little hurts common to
every family, use Dewitt S Carbolized
Witch Hazel Salvc. Sold by Anstec-
Brice Drug Co, - S. Main.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09

New England there is an average of
935,S5S telephone Conversations In
Boston there is phone for every
eleven persons
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
-KryptOk

The Invisible Bifocal, By far tho
best two-sight lens ever invented, NO
All objectionable features or tho
other Blfocals eliminated
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Baltimore Warftbcridltc.

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