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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
is cHRIsrIANrY DECLINING
The Rev. Thomas Dixon Points Out
SIumps In Churches.

Siumps IN Cnurcnes.
There are fewer Baptists, Metho-
dists and Presbyterians in New York
today than there were 25 years ago,
though the city's population has been
more than doubled. The rapid ex-
tinction OF churches OF these denom-
nations in Manhattan during the past
decade shows this. In 1896 the Bap-
lists reported Ga churches. Last
year they only claimed AS. Many
OF these claims are pitiful absurdities
mere names OF mission halls and
soup kitchens. supported by the char
ity OF one or two rich men. One
half Of them represent hopes as yet
unfulfilled. declares Thomas Dixon,
Jr., in Broadway Magazine.
The same thing Is true of the
Methodlsts. who reported 70 churches
In 1896 and only claim So in 1907.
The Presbyterians reported II in
1896 and only 81 last year
In the year 1910 New York City
had one church to every 1900 in
population. Last year we could not
find one church to 1000 population,
counting all our soup kitchens and
mission halls as churches"
There are many sections OF the
city which are practically pagan. One
district Of 10000 population, which is
typical of many more, has one saloon
to III inhabitants, and one church
to S,19C.
In another large district there are
some $4,000 inhabitants, with a sa-
loon to every 10000. In the section
between Twenty-fourth and Fifty
ninth streets west of Ninth avenue
there is but one church to $4,000;
while the district between Fortieth
and Sixty-fourth streets west of Tenth
avenue contains 4G563 people, and
has but one church.
And the sad part Of the story Is
that many OF these churches that are
reckoned on the map as living and
performing their duties to these vast
populations are dead and don't know
II
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
GETTING CLOVER STARTED.

In some sections of Illinois there
has not been much headway made in
getting clover started. 1t seems that
on some fields the clover plants do
tolerably well, SO long as they have
shelter of the nurse plants. But
when the nurse grain is taken of
the plant soon turns yellow and dies.
We have all presumed that clover
failure was due to soil acidity, or to
lack of humus, but clover often fails
where neither of these things should
be the cause. 1t has also been COM
monty supposed that clover would
run out after few years, that is,
1t would sicken and die. 1t appears
that clover exhausts certain elements
of the soil; and while piece of land
may not grow clover, it may produce
abundantly of other crops. But this
does not help us out of the matter
of getting fresh piece of land set.
I have always advised liberal manur-
ing OF old fields which we're to be
seeded, but this will not always fetch
clover. We must look further. The
Tennessee station has discovered an
anthracnese, fungus growth, which
may be the source of the trouble.
This attacks newly seeded as we'll as
old fields. and as yet no means have
been found to combat it.-L. c. b..
in the Indianapolis Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
FORSYTHIAS.

The most glorious Towering shrub
for very early spring is the forsythia,
also known as golden bell. II grows
to a height of eight and even ten
feet, and has wonderful yellow
flame of blossoms that absolutely
hide the branches before single leaf
appears. The branches arch over
and make a delightful sfrYb that Is
satisfactory all the year. 1t will
make its finest show II planted
against dark background. Give
each plant plenty of room, for the
branches will spread widely and will
finally bend to the earth again and
root at the tips.
1t is little troubled by insects, and
needs only slight pruning. There are
several varieties. The one described
here is forsythia suspense, and it is
by far the most satisfactory. Young
plants, from two to three years old,
and about two feet high, can be
bought for twenty-five cents each
For fine group, plant three or four
of these, giving each plant from four
to five feet of clear space around It..
One plant will be sufficient for a
small place. Do not set this shrub
in the middle of an open space. 1t
needs background. Indianapolis
News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
Catarrh Cannot Re Cnred

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat OF the disease. Catarrh is Q
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
TO cure il you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
face. Halls Catarrh Cure is not q quack
medicine. IL was prescribed by one OF the
best physicians IN this country for years,
and is regular prescription. ltis composed
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination
of the two ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results in curing catarrh.
Send for testimonials, free.
FJ. CHENEY q Co., Props. Toledo, U.
Sold by druggists, price, f5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
MANUFACTURED BY PERURA DRUG
lLHUFACTURING COMPANY, COLUMBUS, [
curbina the chauffeurs.

A Seattle (Wash.) jury has found
guilty OF murder an automobilist who
ran over and killed little girl. Con-
viction is in the second degree, car
rying a penalty Of from one to 20
years Imprisonment and a fine os
$1,000. A Boston automobilist who
caused the death Of a woman has been
held for court and an effort Is to be
made to provide another object lesson
for criminally careless cbauffeura
The police authorities of Chicago ana
leading automobile owners and deal
ers have Joined hands in an endeay-
to suppress the scorching motorists.
and the penalty for infraction Of the
speed laws hereafter is to be imprison-
ment instead Of fine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
A Monster Spring.

No State in the Union has larger
or more numerous springs than
Florida. Many of them form coed
sized streams from the start and
some of them are navigable. The
largest spring in the State, and one
OF the largest and probably the best
known In the United States, is Silver
Spring, which is located six miles
east Of Ocala. This spring forms
the source of the Okiawaha River, a
tributary of the st. Johns, and
steamboats, traversing the river enter
the spring basin, which has an area
OF several acres. The water is from
twenty-five to thirty feet deep and is
wonderfully clear, appearing abso-
lutely devoid of color.-Minneapolis
Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03

Being so simple and economical to
make, 1t is advisable to have enough
frames to protect the number of ten
der plants that are set out in a garden
at one time, says Farm and Home.
They possess other advantages than
sheltering the young things from the
direct rays of the sun. They allow
slow evaporation, and so keep newly
watered ground moist for hours,
whereas If exposed to the sun and
wind 1t would soon become dry and
caked. On windy days 1t IS necessary
to let the sacking down on the wind
ward side of the shelter. In case of
frost the protection that they AFFORD
rs Of inestimable value.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
GOOD AND POOR BUTTER.

Every year the line is being drawn
more closely about dairy products
and each succeeding year brings an
increased demand for strictly first
class grades and weaker demand
for the poorer ones. In all proba-
bility the time is not far distant when
1t will be almost impossible to dis
pose Of poor butter at all, except as
grease and at grease prices. Not
withstanding all that Is said against
imitation butter, 1t is truth that
the meanest, filthiest imitation Of all
is made from genuine cows milk,
but in such slovenly, incompetent
manner that all value and trace Of
genuineness have been eliminated
Epitomist. 4A.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
NEWLY SET PLANTS.

Newly transplanted plants always
demand more or less protection from
the blighting effects of too much sun
and wind. 1t is best achieved by
making a shelter such as is shown in
the cut.
Two ten-foot poles and two three
foot pieces of any convenient thick
ness for the crosspieces, with four
fourteen-inch weatherstrips for the
legs, constitute the frame. In the
middle of it two hooks should be in
serted on each side, and upon these
the covering fastened, which can thus
be adjusted very quickly. The cover
ing may consist of burlaps or any
kind Of rough sacking.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
ES6T- s1l6as
EoRTICULTUREE
lRe' HINTS IA
FOR SAN JOSE SCALE.

Lime sulphur washes for San Jose
scale are suitable only for the treat
ment of trees which are in dormant
state, being much too strong for ap-
plication to trees in foliage. Expert
ments indicate that the best results
follow applications in spring just be-
for, the growth of the tree begins.
Weekly Witness.
CUT YOUNG TREES.
Low headed apple trees are now
generally grown in commercial or
chards. The time to start the
trees to be low headed is in the early
maturity of the young tr-es when
transplanted to the young orchard.
1t often takes courage to cut back
the top OF the young fruit trees, but
1t should be done when low tree
Is desired. Home Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
NEW METHOD OF CHURNING.

NEW METHOD OF CHURNING.
A new method of -churning butter
has been patented by a native of Fin
land, A. H. Borgstrom, says the Pa
oific Dairy Review, which consists of
churning the butter at temperature
in the vicinity of the freezing point.
At this temperature the butter will
not break" the claim being, how
ever, that the nature of the cream is
so changed that by heating same to a
temperature which permits of the for
nation of butter, the breaking"
takes place almost instantaneously.
The advantage claimed for this
method is that "overchurning" can
not take place; that less butter fat is
left in the buttermilk and that the
body of the butter is improved and
has greater keeping quality. 1t is
further claimed that the loss of but
ter fat in churning sweet cream is
largely overcome by this method of
churning. There is no record given
in the advices Of any long continued
practical tests, but If the method has
the merits claimed for 1t 1t will GER
tainly change the methods of butter
making.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
CUT YOUNG TREES.
PENTsTEMoNs.

There is something very charming
about bed of Pentstemons in bloom
"a aintness that to the lover Of
old-fea lioned garden blossoms never
fails to appeal Seed sown now in
heat and brought on in the company
of stocks, asters, etc., will furnish
plants that will give both bloom and
beauty In August. Like many other
plants, Pentstemons respond to good
culture, and bed Of loamy soil en-
riched with half-rotted dung will suit
them.-Indianapolis News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
Concrete Ely Wheels.

For slow speed pumps in the Rand
mines, South Africa, novel fywheel
has been adopted. High freight rates
make iron and steel machinery very
costly, and the use of concrete rims
for the fywheels of ten pumps is
stated to have realized a saving of
about $4,000. The fywheels are driv-
en- by electric motors through worm
gear about twenty revolutions per
minute. Each wheel is fourteen feet
in diameter, with cast iron bosses in
which sixteen spokes OF four-inch tube
are screwed, and the rim has a base
and an outside of one-fourth inch
sheet iron strips, separated by dis
tance pieces. The strips are bolted
together, the concrete rim between
being thirteen inches wide and thir-
teen inches deep, strengthened by four
one-fourth inch wires interlaced with
the distance pieces. The weight of
the wheel is 5000 pounds and that of
the rim 5000 pounds.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
Crime Increasing.

Crime is increasing rapidly In New
York city. There were more COM
plants. more indictments, more
charges preferred and more cases
tried during the last half year than
In any six months in the history OF
the city, and the increase has been in
much larger proportion than the IN
crease in population, which is estimat.
ed at G5,000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
Accounts All Balanced.

A remarkable condition arose In the
Muskogee (Okla) clearing house the
other day. When members of the as
Bociation met at II o'clock to adjust
their bank clearings 1t was found that
there was $4,000 in checks in the
days business, and that when settle
ment was made the accounts of each
bank against all other banks balanced
to penny. No bank had to pay a
cent to the other.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
A CoTToNsEED MEAL.

Six pounds of cottonseed meal may
be considered the most that can be
wisely fed COW per day, and four
pounds will generally be much safer
amount. What additional concen-
trates may be needed can consist OF
one or more grain products.-Pro-
gressive Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
Form Topics!

THE IMPORTANCE OF FARMING.
How important the business really
is can be judge by the fact that there
are more people engaged In 1t than
in any other line OF productive indus
try, and there is more money invest
ed in farming than in any other one
occupation. on.-Weekly Witness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
Ladies' Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder. 1t makes tight or new shoes
easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, hing
feet ingrowiug nails, corns and bunions At
all dr. 1ggists and shoe stores, CSC. Don't &C
cept any substitute Trial package FREE by
mail. Address Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03

The laymen of the various denom-
nations in Atlanta have pledges
themselves to raise 100000 for for-
eign missions during the coming year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03

According to the report Of the geo.
logical survey of British India the pro-
duction of coal in that country In 1907
was 9,7S3,250 tons.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03

The great Oxford dictionary, which
has been under way for a generation,
has reached pre-"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
A Useful Poultry Coop.

while the side strips are made of inch
boards sawed two inches wide. The
earth under this should be slightly
mounded for the sake of -dryness.-
Farm and Home
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
An Up-to-the-NIinute Assistant.

Assistant Ito country editor)-
"How's this obituary."
Why. it's my own"
"Yes. That Haskins chap-the
dead shot-was in here yesterday
looking for you with a gun and /
thought If anything should happen
you might like to correct the proofs
beforehand. Life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03

A new process has been discovered
in China by which ramie fiber be-
comes soft filasse in a few minutes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03

The Bristol to Paddington Eng
la.D express covers 11S1s miles in
two hours.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
An English scientist says the
North Pole is moving.

The increasing popularity of the
self-playing piano has induced inven-
tors to extend this style of music
to other instruments. The most re-
cent is an automatic sheet music
cornet, patented by a Chicago man.
Like the piano player, the music is
on perforated roll.
In genuine Havana tobacco there Is
not more than two per cent. of nico-
tine. In French tobacco about six
per cent, and in our Old Dominion
product little over seven per cent.
In the Blue Grass tobacco at least
eight per cent. and the Sumatra leaf
of Connecticut contains about six per
cent.
The old suspicion that tobacco
effects the heart and even plays some
part in teriosclerosis-the dreaded
thickening of the arterial walls SO
common in human decay-has been
confirmed by Zebrowski, Russian
physician. Rabbits lnnoculated with
tobacco extract, with nicotine and
with adrenalin, all showed marked
thickening and dilation of the walls
OF the aorta, or main artery.
The Alpine Journal publishes a
full account of the recent ascent of
Kabru, near Darjeeling, by two Nor
wegian climbers, Messrs. Monrad-Aas
and Rubenson. The height of the
peak, according to the Indian Survey
measurements, is 24,O15 feet. The
oncoming of darkness turned the
climbers back before tho could quite
reach the top; but they report that
they pitched their highest camp at
$4,000 feet, and succeeded In attain
ing an elevation of "about $4,000
feet" This, so far as is known, Is a
record.
A special Inflammation OF the eyes
-ophthalmia electrica-seem1 to
have become common among workers
with electric light apparatus, and now
DR.. Cnellitzer has pointed out to the
Berlin Medical Society that the
trouble may result from very brief
exposure to strong glare. In an
electric melting of iron at an engine
factory an enormous arc Of fifty thou
sand candle power was produced.
Workmen passing within six or eight
yards were warned not to linger, yet
on the next day twelve of the men
sought medical advice, reporting pain
in the eyes, profuse lachrymation,
spasm OF the eyelids and headache.
Ultra violet rays are the suggested
active cause.
The usual method of using solar
heat has been to concentrate the suns
rays by mirrors, but in the simpler
apparatus with which Frank Shu-
man has been experimenting at Ia
coma, Pa; the direct rays have been
made to heat boiler box with a
double glass top. An air space of
one inch between the two layers of
glass forms a jacket preventing
escape of heat by radiation. Water
in the pipes generated steam with a
pressure of fifteen pounds, which
was made to drive an engine, and by
Employing either a pressure of ninety
pounds was reached. In warm eli
mates a good working pressure is ex-
pected from water, thus solving the
perplexins power problem of tropical
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03

Glass telephone poles reinforced
by wire are being used in some parts
of Germany.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
Ivory Market.

The ivory market at Antwerp, or
ganized only a decade ago, has be-
come the largest one in the world
larger than the two other great mar
kets, those of London and Liverpool.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03

Mrs. Windows Soothing syrupfo Children
teething, softens thegums, reducesinhamma-
Non, allays pain, cures wind collie, Csc bottle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
HEALTH VERY POOR---
RESTORED BY PE-RU-NA.
Catarrh twenty-five Years
Had a Bad Couqh.


Miss Sophia Kittlesen, Evanston. IT.
linois, u. s. A., writes:
81 have been troubled with catarrh foe
nearly twenty-five years and have tried
many cures for it, but obtained very little
help. -e-
"Then my brother advised me TO Try
Peruna, and | did
my health was very poor at the time [
began taking Peruna. My throat was very
sore and bad a bad cough.
"Perund has cured me. The chronse
cafarrl, Is gone aud n,y health u
very much tnprored.
81 recommend Peruna TO all my friends
who are troubled as ! was"
PERUNA TABLETS:-Some people pre-
fer tablets, rather than medicine in a fluid
form. Such people can obtain Peruna tab
let's, which represent the medicinal ingredi-
cnts OF Peruna. Each tablet equals one
average dose Of Peruna.
Msn-s-iIn the Ideal lsxatIvs.
MANUFACTURED BY PERURA DRUG
1lUUrhrTUDluc r0upluv r0l unDu4 r
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03

FITS, st. Vitus Dance Nervous Diseases per.
panently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve
lestQrer. q trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr.. H. r. Kline, Id, 1881 Arch st., Phila., Pa
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03

Mark Twain in his lifetime has
earned 100000
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03

More proof that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound saves
woman from surgical operations.
Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Gardiner,
Maine, writes:
81 was great sufferer from female
troubles, and Lydia L. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound restored me 20 health
in three months, after my physician
declared that an operation was abso-
lutely necessary"
Mrs. Alvina Sperling, of 154 Cley-
bourne Ave-, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
II suffered from female troubles, a
tumor and much inflammation. Two
of the best doctors in Chicago decided
that an operation was necessary to save
my life. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable,
Compound entirely cured me without
an operation"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female Ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing g-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
tion, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03

The increasing popularity Of the
self-playing piano has induced inven-
tors to extend this style of music
to other instruments The most re-
cent is an automatic sheet music
cornet, patented by Chicago man.
Like the piano player, the music is
ON a perforated roll.
The Washington times., 1908-09-14
JIM SULLIVAN GETS
REAL SAVAGE SLAP
Philadelphia Scribe Resents His
Efforts to Stir Up
Trouble.

Concerning the effort OF James 2. Sui
livan, president Of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union, to have the union break
with the English amateur organization.
the Philadelphia Record says:
at is TO be hoped that the delegates
having votes on the matter Will not al
low themselves 10 be Influenced by Mr..
Sullivan's feelings Of anger over the
fact that he was not allowed on the
field during the progress Of the Olym-
pic games in the great stadium. near
London Mr. Sullivan was naturally
very much aggTicved over the fact thar
the Importance Of his presence on the
field was not recognized by the Engl sh
Olympic officials, particularly as sew
eral other Americans were given full
freedom OF tbs great arena.
M. Sullivan, feeling that the English
were far behind the times in their man
ner Of running athletic sports, was will
Ing 70 aid in setting matters TO rights.
but the English finally succeeded in con-
vincing him that they were able TO run
the games IN their own way Now Mr.
Sullivan apparently wants to use the
Amateur Athletic Union. OF which he
is president, in showing his displeasure
over the treatment he received. He
should not be allowed to do So
The Washington times., 1908-09-14
FAMOUS PHILIPPE
NOW A HAS Bee
Pirates Willing Worker Will Hard
ly Be Amons Majors After
This Season.
This Season.

Looks as If the bell had rung for
Deacon Charlie Philippe. for years one
OF the mainstays in the box for the
Pirates.
1t IS only few years since the Pitts
burg club depended largely upon the
Deacon for a goodly share Of it's VIC
tories The big fellow always was on
tap in an emergency. II one OF the
Pirates pitchers went wrong in the
middle Of an inning. 1t was Philippe
who was called out as first aid to the
hammered. If there was an emergency
game TO be twirled into which One Of
the ordinary pitchers didn't quite fit.
the Deacon was the boy to hike to
the mound to do the catapulting In
fair weather OF foul. Philippe was the
willing worker.
But this season there has been a con-
spicuous absence Of the name of Phil
Ippe from the accounts of National
League games. Nor has his inscription
been seen on many hotel registers.
The fact Is the Deacon" Is about
all in and will hardly be seen on a
National League diamond after this
season