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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Pare were
In the receiving party yesterday at the
Inequalities following the marriage Of
Miss Mary Watts Woods and DR.. Frank
A. Lupton OF Birmingham. Ala. at Char
lottesvflle. Va The ceremony was at
church, with the brides uncle, Rev. DR..
Frank Page Of Brooklyn. N. Y, officiat-
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-13

Miss Ada Rupp of Baltimore is visiting
here for several days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-13

IRIS. Nathan s. Faucet. the Cecil will
not be at home tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-13

Mrs. H. T. Guss will not be at home
tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-13

Mrs. Alfred Wood will not be at home
tomorrow, but will receive the remaining
Fridays of the season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-13

Miss Hannah Rose of 1912 Columbia
road and Mr.. Sidney Alexander Of 1896
Harvard street have left for New York.
where they will spend a few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-13

Mrs. J. Ellen Foster and Miss Pierce
will have Maj. R. w. McClaughry. ward
en- of the United States penitentiary at
Leavenworth, Kan, as their guest at
their residence at the Portner, from to
6 tomorrow, Friday, afternoon. They will
be assisted by Mrs. M. F. Crist, Mrs
Woodbin, Mrs. Mechlin and Mrs. Hara-
den.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-13
Geo. G.. Shaffer,

Beautiful floral designs very reasonable in pfieA
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
Money in Horses.

Nor we're the Morgan horses the
only noted horses in New England.
The farmers of Maine were sufficient
ly adventurous and enterprising to
secure in earliest times a son of the
renowned imported Messenger, who
elevated the horse stock of the State
to higher level, and left his mark
that is clearly in evidence lo-day, all
though sadly lowered by indifference
and neglect. General Knox was an
other New England horse that left
his mark and made fortune for his
owner; the first horse in the country
for which the then fabulous amount
of S25, 900 was offered and refused.
Since his time $125,000 has been
paid for a single horse by resident
of New England to a more enter
prising farmer and breeder in West
ern State.
A few years back the sale cata-
logues of an auction firm announ ling
a sale of valuable blooded stock, con-
tanned a map showing Boston as a
central point, and including the
country within radius of five hum
dred miles. From their many pre-
vious sales and tabulations they
learned, and so published in this cata-
logue, that sevcnty-five per cent of
all the fine horses bought, and the
long prices paid for them-the kind
that sold for one, two, Ave, ten and
fifty thousand and upwards - were
bought and paid for by residents
within the territory shown. And yet
with this great market at their very
doors it is unnecessary to ask how
much all this profited the New Eng
land farmer. And yet we are told
by them that horses cannot be profit
ably raised in New England. Save
the mark!-Americap Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
Too Many Quail in Colorado.

Their fields so overrun with quail
that their crops are being ruined, the
farmers of Montrose county have ap.
pealed to State Game Commissioner
Farr to declare an open season on the
birds.
4 foojw years a go a shooting club
imported large number of California
quail in Montrose county and the
birds have increased to rapidly that
they are now said to be menace to
the ranchmen. Thousands of quail
settle on promising field Of grain at
one time and in few hours 1t is COM
pletely stripped and valueless.-From
the Rico News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
Mrs. Winslows Soothing syrupfor Children
teething, softens thegums, ,reducesinfamma-
ton, allays pain cures wind collie, CSC a bottle
Greatest Trouble in Business.

The most troublesome item in bust
ness, says a writer in the Worlds
Work, is the regulation of the selling
expense. For an illustration, an ar.
ticle sells at $500. AS a rule. $100
of that represents the manufacturing
cost; 500 goes for profits and account.
ing; and the remaining $100 is alb
sorbed in the expense of selling
The author takes the ground that
the 5000 devoted to material labor,
profits and accounting is in the nature
of fixed charge, while the 800 spent
for selling is in the nature of a
psychological impulse. That is to
say, it is of highly notional charac-
ter, and is constantly threatening the
other two-thirds of outlay.
Here the writer makes a most in
teresting statement. He says one
can buy an article manufactured in
the United States cheaper in Argen-
tine than he can in New York City.
This is because the expense of selling
is so much greater in New York.
There, office rent, salaries. advertis-
ing, assistants, ETC., are added to the
manufacturers expenses. and these
items are so much greater there than
in Argentine.
So the regulating of the selling ex-
pense is today the greatest problem
In trade.-Ohio State Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
Fertilizer For Corn.

AS am reader OF your valuable
paper and seeing an item Of great
Importance to the farmer in regard
to fertiliSng of corn, will say, on ac-
count of not getting a stand of To-
yer two years ago l purchased an
attachment for my planter for the
purpose of using commercial ferti-
lizer and applied in the hill about
eighty-five pounds to the acre, and
so well pleased with the result that
will try it again this season. My
farm is of clay timber land and
considered rather poor land. have
been raising from forty to fifty bush
els per acre for the past six years
on clover sod, but last year with the
addition of fertilizer l raised better
than sixty bushels per acre of good
corn. Now there is difference in
the quality of fertilizer, l prefer the
best, as it is the cheapest in the end.
OF course, it costs more per ton, but
we get less ground stone in the bet
ter quality. Some will tell you If
you commence using it you have to
keep it up. Now that is all bosh.
OF course, farmer should raise clo-
yer by all means. Glover seed will
never be so high but what it will pay
to sow it. paid s25 per ton for
my fertilizer.-W. H. Wilson, in the
Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
IN CITY BACK YARD.
Space to BE Utilized For Purpose of
Tobacco Growing.

A number of large land owners,
whose homes are in the city, have
planted tobacco beds in the gardens
and back yards of their residences
in this city, and will therefore be
ready to plant tobacco when the time
comes If the State can give them the
protection. For obvious reasons the
persons who are said to have planted
such tobacco beds are anxious that
their action shall be kept secret, and,
1t is understood, have enjoined upon
their friends and other visitors to
their houses not to speak of what
they have done, as even with the pro-
lection of the police force of large
city their premises might not be safe
from depredations, and the stock
and buildings on their farms in the
country would be open to attack
from night riders.
Notwithstanding these precautions.
It is strongly believed here that such
beds have been planted in the city
and that the clouds of smoke which
have hung over the back premises of
a number of city residences have
come from burning brush over tobac-
co beds and not from the ordinary
preparations for planting garden.
On account of cutting out the tobac-
CO crop large crop of hemp Will
probably be raised in the blue grass
region this year, although on ac-
count of the scarcity of good seed
the crop of hemp will not be SO large
as it would II the seed were more
lentiful.-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
For Most Profit.

Cut out all the intermediates you
can, and sell your product direct to
the consumer, if possible. The scale
of profitable disposition of dairy pro-
ducts is as follows, beginning with
the least profitable:
Homemade butter, with skim
milk fed on farm. Whole milk sold
to condensery. Whole milk sold to
creamery. The use of hand separa-
tor, with cream collected by cream
cry, and fresh, warm skimmilk fed
on the farm. Milk and cream
shipped for city consumption. The
retail milk route, selling the milk
direct to consumers.-H. A. Bere-
man, in the American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
<fE .aas.F dTfNv

up-to-date farmer, t.airyman and
feeder already understand the value
of molasses or saccharine feeds. The
overwhelming demand for such feeds
prove this.
But the very fact that this demand
is so great has produced conditions
in the manufacture of saccharine
feeds of which feeders should be in
formed and of which they should
make a note.
Demand will induce supply of
some kind, and where the demand in
creases rapidly, the supply is very
liable to be inferior to what 1t would
be were the demand limited to sell
strictly on superior merit.
This rapidly growing demand for
saccharine feeds has induced scores
of manufacturers to place such feeds
on the market under various names,
and with almost as various ingre-
dients. Analyses of many of these
feeds reveal the fact that they con-
tain a large amount of indigestible
matter that is not even legitimate or
healthy roughage; in fact, much Of
1t is absolutely injurious to the stock.
Oat hulls, rice hulls, weed seeds and
other matter of neutral or harmful
character have been found in large
proportions by the experimental de-
partments of animal industry in the
various States.-Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
RoYal Wit.

A pleasant tale is now being told
of the British king and his tactful
grace in administering a rebuke. Not
long ago he attended garden fete
at a house more remarkable for its
lavish hospitality than for it's OBJ
servance of British social traditions;
and among the guests, to his sur
prise, he encountered Poole, the fa-
nous tailor. This latter gentleman
appeared to be both disturbed and
disgruntled
"Oh, your majesty" groaned he,
what a mixed company! look
about me and | see tea magnates,
and American millionaries, and up
start politicians. and nobodies with
out number. What is society coming
to, when house of this kind invites
such a mixture!"
The king smiled and puffed
fhoughtfully at his cigar "Well, Mr..
sooole," said he blandly, after a
ause, Eat least we must be thank
,ul that they have included you and
he!"-Lippincott'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
Peaci. Rot.

The peach or plum rot has done a
crop in Oklahoma. In the summer
of 1906 it was very bad on the en-
tire crop. In the summer of 1907
it did a great deal of damage to the
early peaches and plums but was not
so noticeable on fruit ripening later
in the season. This disease is wide
spread and very we'll known. 1t is
known by several names as: ripe lot
of stone fruits, brown rot of peach
and plum, fruit rot, and twig blight.
The disease attacks the twigs early
in the growing season and causes
them to turn dark and shrivel. The
leaves also turn dark and wilt. Later
in the season, the fungus attacks the
fruit. The twigs have not suffered
to any considerable extent in Okla
homa from the presence of this dis
ease. 1t appears shortly before the
fruit is ripe and attacks the fruit
at this time. The spores of the dis
ease find lodsment on the surface
and during moist, warm weather the
spores germinate rapidly and the fun
gus then makes its entrance into the
fruit and develops rapidly. Soon
after the fungus makes its entrance
into the fruit small, brown circular
spots appear on the surface. These
brown spots go deep into the flesh
of the fruit and spread very rapidly
over the surface. If the weather is
favorable, the entire fruit will be
discolored in one or two days, the
skin ruptured by many small pim-
pies that throw out large quantities
Of an ashy gray of dove-colored pow
der that entirely covers the surface.
This powder is the spores of the dis
ease and is easily spread by the wind
to neighboring fruit, and there finds
lodgment and in very few days
repeats the entire process of destruc-
ton. Warm weather is especially
favorable to the development of the
disease and the early soft-feshed va
rieties that mature and ripen during
moist warm weather are especially
subject to the attacks and are some-
times very difficult to protect from
the disease.
Spraying the trees with Bordeaux
mixture has been found in several
States to be entirely effective in pro-
tecting the plants from the disease.
The trees that have been attacked by
the disease should be sprayed before
the growth starts in the spring. All
the old mummied and rotted fruit
that is on the ground under the trees
should be gathered and burned
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment
Press Bulletin.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
Demand For Good Horses.

Farmers must take to breeding
needed on the farms, but it is as easy
to raise a good horse which will sell
at long price as 1t is to raise a scrub
for which there is no market. The
demand for heavy horses was never
better than at present, and it is likely
to increase rather than to decrease.
The population is centralizing in large
cities. These naturally become the
great distributing centres, and with
increase in distribution comes in
crease in the demand for heavy dray
horses so extensively used in such dis
tribution. This means, therefore,
that the breeding of such horses Is an
entirely safe venture on the part of
those who will take it up on intelli-
gent lines. Those who engage in it
need not be harassed by fear that
they are putting their money into a
plant that will soon become useless
because of depreciation in the price
of horses. The great mistake in
Irearing horses for dray uses lies in
the fact that they are too lacking in
weight. Any number of horses can
be bred which weigh between 1900
and 400 pounds. The number Is
not large that weigh more than 1900
pounds, and yet it is the latter class
that 10 most wanted.-Farner's Ad-
yocate.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
The Musical Bed,

Choral, morphia and the poppy
must look to their laurels as aids to
natures sweet restorer," for, ,ac-
cording to a French contemporary, a
recent invention promises to Danish
insomnia. The invention is musical
bed. The sleepless and tired man
goes to bed, and with his foot re-
leases spring which sets musical
box in motion. The apparatus begins
to grind out lullabies and melodies,
and in short time the patient is
snoring peacefully.-New York Trib-
une
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
r DIFFERENT NOW.
athlete Finds Better Training Food

1t was formerly the belief that to
sSecome strong, athletes must eat
Silently of meat
This is all out of date now, and
many trainers feed athletes on the
,,ell-known food, Grape-Nuts, made
wheat and barley, and cut the meat
pown to small portion, once a day.
"Three years ago." writes Mich.
an, "having become interested in
.,hletics, found 1 would have to stop
.ting pastry and some other kinds
ct food.
to"I got some Grape-Nuts and was
Jton eating the food at every meal,
found that when / went on the
.ack. | felt more lively and active.
Later, / began also to drink
Postum in place of coffee and the way
hgained muscle and strength on this
met was certainly great. On the day
{ a field meet in June weighed 124
r,Dunds. On the opening of the foot
all season in Sept, weighed 140.
attributed my fine condition and
Sood work to the discrimination of
improper food and coffee, and the
sing of Grape-Nuts and Postum, my
rincipal diet during training season
aeing Grape-Nuts.
10 Before ! used Grape-Nuts | never
nit right in the always
seind of 'out of sorts with my stom-
fch. But now when / rise feel good,
nd after breakfast largely of
rape-Nuts and cream. and a cup Of
irostum. feel like a new man. +"
eThere's a Reason"
OF Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
creek, Mich. Read The ROAD to
fgellville." in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
ne appears from time to time. They
re genuine, true, and full or human
lterest.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
Graduation DAYS.

Mary's heliotrope-scented essay is
hidden away with the other treasures
OF mothers pride. The framed diplo-
mas considered by her the ideal Of
pictorial prettiness are no doubt rele-
gated to the attic by a generation
which thinks it has better taste in
decorative art; the bruising struggle
of life has driven the conjugation Of
"amo" out of Johns head, while
Mary has become matronly of figure
and matter of fact of mind, but it
would be well for Mary and John
and the army they represent to re-
view seriously each year with their
children the high ideals about which
they so loftily preached on their own
graduation days.-Boston Traveller.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
How to Test the Acidity of Soils.

Supposed corrective treatments
are often given to soils supposed to
be acid, when as a matter of fact
an opposite treatment may be re-
quired. A recipe given by the De-
partment of Agriculture for deter
mining soil acidity is as follows.
Boil for half hour a sample OF
the soil to be tested in small guam
tity of water, say quart. Allow
It to settle, and when perfectly clear,
pour off the water into white dish
and test it with both blue and red
litmus paper. These papers can be
procured from any drug store for a
few cents. If the soil is acid. the
blue litmus paper will turn red. II
1t is alkaline, the red litmus paper
will turn blue. Ten minutes should
be allowed in the water for the lit
mus paper to change color. If at
the end of that time there is no
change, then the soil is neutral
neither acid nor alkaline.
1t should be understood that such
a test as this is not determination
of whether or not soil needs lime.
The question of lining of soil is still
a mooted subject. Much evidence
has been presented to prove that linn
ing of soil has been most beneficial
when the soil was in no sense ur.
If, however, the soil does show strong
acidity by the litmus or other posi-
tive tests, it is safe to say that lining
will, be beneficial.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
Pigs of Large Frame.

Grow the pigs with large frame
This requires bone and muscle max
Ing feeds-alfalfa pasture, fresh,
clean drinking water and just little
corn. On this diet the pig will have
strong bone and large frame and be
in the very best condition for taking
on fat quickly and cheaply when you
are ready to give him a fattening
ration. Home Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
Ten BILLION OF NEWSPAPERS
That Was the Estimated Circulation
For the Year 1907.

dCto IcldlinS W newspapers anu
newspaper growth are presented in
the current issue of AppletoD's Maga-
zine in an article on "The Newspaper
AS 1t Is" written by General Charles
H. Taylor. of the Boston Globe.
Statistics of American newspa-
pers, giving the number in each
State" says General Taylor, "were
first compiled in 1910, when there
was total of $50 papers of all kinds
in the country. OF these only 25
were dailies, 36 were semi-weeklies,
Is tri-weeklies and 290 were week.
lies. OF the 25 dailies were pub
lished in New York, only one of
which, the Evening Post, survives
under its original title. The latest
available figures show that there were
in the United States in 1907 total
of 21,535 newspapers, reviews and
such, of which 2415 were dailies, 49,
2SS, weeklies, 1855 monthiies and
1T quarterlies."
other striking figures are those of
total newspaper circulation. In 1900
this was 8,168,148,749. These fig
ures showed an increase over 1890 of
74.5 per cent, while the increase be-
tween 1880 and 1890 was 1864 per
cent. Basing his conclusions upon
these figures General Taylor esti-
mates that the total circulation of
the newspapers of the country in
1907 was not less than ten billion
copies, while he places the income
from sales and advertising at $780,
1000.
OF the advance of the newspaper
as news conveying agent, General
Taylor says that there never was a
time when a newspaper reader got so
much for his money as now, and he
illustrates the point by recalling that
in 1851 when America won the cup
that has since become so famous, the
New York and Boston papers printed
only from $50 to 900 words about the
event, and this fortnight after it oc-
Cured, while at the present time the
papers in these cities devote two or
three pages to cup race.
Similarly, in 1861, one telegraph
operator sent out all the press mat
ter from the convention that nomin-
ated Lincoln, while at the present
time a single company will have over
100 operators employed at national
convention.
Our papers are what the people
make them" says General Taylor,
speaking of the quality of the matter
presented. "The public decides what
1t wishes to read; the editors and
publishers, trained in their business,
gather their raw material and work
It into the finished product, news, to
meet the demand. Controllers of
newspapers are often criticised for
what they print.
Journalists have a much heavier
responsibility than any other business
man. The idle, the self-seeking, the
untruthful, the vicious, beguile them
at every hand, to use the powerful
engine of the press to carry them a
little way along their chosen road.
The editor must watch increasingly
for these unwelcome passengers and
eject them on sight. He appreciates
the responsibility of his trust. He
reaches his ideal as nearly as he can.
and does far more for the morals of
the community than he is usually
given credit for"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
TWO CURES OF ECZEMA.
Baby Had Severe Attack-Grand-
father Suffered .Torments with
the Disease-Owe Recovery

@ln 1884 my grandson, a babe, had an
attack of eczema, and after trying the doc
tors to the extent of heavy bills and an in.
crease of the disease and suffering, rec
commended Cuticura and in few weeks
the child was well. He is to-day strong
man and absolutely free from the disease.
A few years ago contracted eczema, and
became an intense sufferer. A whole win
ter passed without once having on shoes,
nearly from the knees to the toes being
covered with virulent sores. l tried many
doctors to no purpose. Then l procured
the Cuticura Remedies and found immedi-
ate improvement and final cure. NJ w.
LaRue, S45 Seventh St., Louisville, KY,
April 20 and May IA, 1907"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
CREATES A NEW LANGUAGE.
Bible Society Prints Bible In Tongue
Never Before Written.

The American Bible Society an
nounced it has published translation
of considerable portion of the Scrip
lures into the Chamorro language.
This is the native tongue of about
four-fifths OF the population of the
Island of Guam.
The publication of this volume is
practically the creation Of written
language for this people, as 1t is the
first time their dialect has been EN-;
bodied in written form.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
Cheap.

The Washington man who was
treed by dead bear understands the
feelings of the man who took off his
shoes to slip up the stairs quietly
and then discovered that his wife
wasn't home from her suffrage club.
Cleveland Leader.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22

lifting. languor, dizzyspells and rheu
matism. Before | used Doan's Kid
ney Pills" says Mr.. Winney, Il
weighed 143. After taking 10 or IL
boxes | weighed 162 and was COM
pletely cured"
Sold by all dealers. 50cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22

Skat, which has become the rival
Of bridge. and has displaced it in
some circles, is a purely German
game and Altenburg is its nome.
The earliest records on the eubiect
show that it was evolved out of other
card games in 1917 by ono Hempel.
a professor at the Altenburg College.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-22
Largest Mammal.

The largest Of all mammals are not
the elephants, but the whale. A large
elephant weighs about six tons, but
the largest whale reaches the immense
weight of $50 tons, and would furnish
four carloads of flesh and blubber .