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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13
Living from an Acre.

The wonderful possibilities of rich
soil combined with irrigation are well
set forth in an article in the Century
Magazine, in an account of one-acre
ranch at Charleston, Wash, by Mr..
VIM. H. Kirkbride. The little farm Is
owned by retired railroad engineer,
who could find nothing more congen-
ial than farming, In this small way.
He finds also that, by means Of abun-
dant water applied at the right time,
he is able to support his little family
and lay up some money each year. He
does all the cultivation by a hand
wheel plow. Among his crops are
peaches, pulms, apricots, cherries,
English walnuts, chestnuts, small
fruits and all kinds of vegetables; be-
sides these products he keeps quite a
chicken ranch, which yields him 5000
to $500. He is well content with the
farming, and says of himself and his
business:
81 am my own horse and plow and
farm hand, and even my own rain
maker. With irrigation and careful
supervision, there is nothing in the
way of profitable producer that can
beat the small farm"
So much in favor of irrigation;
without it the rich soil and careful til
lage would help but little.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13

"She came to the library alone, she
gave me her little white hand, all daz-
xling with jewels, and cried:
"'Do you remember little Lila Lake?
| have never forgotten you. AS soon
as the Senator mentioned your name.
/ remembered you and spoke up for
you. No, not one word of thanks.
owe 1t to you for helping to make that
summer in the mountains so bright and
happy. And l wonder what became
Of dear Captain Graves? liked him
very much also, you know. And you
never called when you came through
Boston. as you promised, Mr.. Merrill?
l thought l saw you once at the Cathe-
dral and again at the store. But I
was mistaken, of course. At first I
was very much disappointed, butt
got over it in time And you are mar
ried now, suppose?"
Il stammered out something ridicu-
lous that makes me grow hot and cold
now. No, was not married yet. She
was the only woman had ever seen
that I could love like that. had
written her that in Boston four years
later, but she had gone away, and I
could learn no more. Could she ever
forgive me?'
Her smile was sunshine itself.
Four years ago? Why, was in
Europe then. You see, 1t was two
years after first knew you that Sen
ator Lorton heard me sing, and fell in
love with my voice. He sought my ac
quaintance, and he was not SEN
ator yet, you know-and lost my
heart to his bonny blue eyes. We
were married soon and went abroad.
What! did he not tell you that? Why,
l have been Mrs. Lorton these ten
years! From Good Literature.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13
Feeding Tobacco to Sheep.

The first suggestion after tobacco
feeding is, that in day or two there
would be job of pulling wool. But
DR.. ]. M. Miller-a doctor, remember
says that feeding sheep tobacco will
kill all parasites, inside and out, ticks
end all, and that it is his own expert
ence for year. Commenting on this
claim of the doctor, Wallace's Farmer
says 1t will not be necessary to feed
the sheep fine cut, or expensive tobac-
co, but simply stems from the cigar
makers cut up fine and mixed in their
feed in order to get them to eat 1t, as
like most other animals, except men,
sheep are ''agin" tobacco as a regular
diet and must be coaxed with such
mixing The Farmer, in its comment
finally says:
while we have no experience in
this, we think it is entirely probable
that If tobacco is fed literally to,
sheep through the winter and in the
early part of the summer, they wilN
be comparatively free from parasites.
Many farmers feed their horses to-
bacco to get rid of intestinal worms.
We once owned colt which became
so fond of 1t that it would hunt the
tenants pockets to get a nip at his
fine-cut. There are worse uses of to-
bacco than feeding it to Sheep"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13
Good Cultural Methods.

All general staple crops such as
cotton, corn, wheat, etc, can be large
ly protected from serious insect dam
age by what is known as cultural
methods. This means a good, deep,
thorough preparation of the land
the use Of good eed,-planting at the
most favorable time, fertilizing prop
erly with barnyard manure or COM
mercial fertilizers, and rotating your
crops so that one crop does not inher-
1t the insect enemies Of the preceding
crop. These methods all tend to
make strong, vigorous, quick-grow-
ing plant which will quickly recover
from slight attacks of the insects;
whereas, if the crop is in poorly pre-
pared and poorly fertilized soil, it will
be sickly and weak and will succumb
readily to the attacks of insects
Progressive Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13
Spreading Manure.

When manure is not decomposed In
the heap it must be decomposed in
the soil before the plants can utilize
It as a food and the sooner the man.
ure is spread the better it will be for
the crop. AS it is difficult to spread
manure on plowed ground, owing to
the labor of hauling over the rough,
soft ground, the method practiced by
those who plow twice is to spread the
manure on the unplowed ground in
the trough mot harrowing) and when
the land is cross-plowed later on the
manure is more intimately mixed with
the soil. -Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13
Notes for the Farm.

A pound of poultry ca nbe grown at
less cost than a pound of beef and Is
worth more.
Keep the poultry houses clean, and
give them an occasional whitewash-
ing and the fowls will be free from
lice.
Feed plenty of charcoal to the hens
for their health and the fine cinders
for grit; supply fresh soil and ashes
for their dust bath.
The homeopathic remedy for roup
with its characteristic cough, tena-
cious mucous about the beak, with diff
fculty in breathing, is to give aconite.
Put one drop in a gill Of water and
give this to the sick bird to drink.
This treatment will have a marvellous
effect.
Dryness, when we have heavy show,
ers, is an important requirement In
the poultry house. Diseases often
originate through dampness produced
by leaky roof. When fowls are con-
fined in close, wet apartment, it is
impossible to keep them in healthy
condition.
If scaly looking gray powder Is
seen around the roosts or nest boxes,
you may be sure there are mites
there. Where coal oil Is objected to,
use strong brine, hot or cold, or hot
lye water to rout the mites. Whatever
is used, apply again in week or ten
days, for new crop will be ION" by
that time.
For the poultry amateur, who has
not the present means to build a
scratching shed for the hens, adopt
this simple plan: Make framework
of any old material that may be
scattered about the place; weather
board all but the south side with
corn fodder. Make a roof of the
same. Prepare little of straw for
the floor covering and a few nests
half filled with straw, and the egg
supply will be increased The fodder
may be fed to the stock after cold
weather is past.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13
Horses and Alfalfa Hay.

It takes a good while to break away
from other methods and prejudices.
Occasionally it is stated that it will
not do to feed alfalfa hay to horses.
The Utah experiment station has test
ed comparative horse feeding on tim
othy and alfalfa hay. One horse in
each of two teams Of draft horses was
fed timothy hay and the other horse
in each team was fed alfalfa, for
three months from January to April.
The grain ration was bran and shorts.
The horses weighed about 1400
pounds each. During this period one
horse on timothy lost At pounds and
the other n pounds. One horse on
alfalfa gained pounds and the other
lost s pounds. From April to Janu.
ary the two that had been fed on al.
falfa were put into timothy, the other
two that had been fed on timothy
were given alfalfa. During this peri
cd one horse on timothy gained 5
pounds and the other lost 65 pounds.
One of the horses on alfalfa gained so
pounds and the other gained 25
pounds. Again for two periods. the feeds
were reversed during each period
with results favoring alfalfa. The
horses were moderately worked dur
ing the entire experiments.
This experiment tends to disprove
the theory that alfalfa cannot be fed
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13
SQUAD RAISING.

The most successful SQUAD raisers
are those who have begun in very
small way, and increased their stock
and equipment as the business grew,
The work is not particularly exacting
nor arduous, and an extensive plant is
unnecessary. Common pigeons should
not be considered. Homers or homer
crosses probably are the best for the
amateur. Pigeons always go in pairs,
and IL there is one extra male in the
pen, he will constantly cause trouble
by disturbing the mated pairs.-Sub-
urban Life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13
Green Cut Bone.

l am a reader of the Farmer and
much interested in the poultry depart
ment. | read the article of j. G., at
Ohio Institute on Feeding for Eggs"
in number of Feb. Is, page IL, end
would like to ask J. G.. where he gets
the green cut bone, that he talks about,
He says at one cent pound it Is
cheaper than grain. There is nothing
of that kind on the market here at
Mentone, which is my trading point. If
| could get 1t | would give 1t trial or
Go any of our readers know of it?-
w. H. d.
There is no doubt but that green
cut bone does make hens lay. The
testimony to this fact comes from all
sides; there is no disputing it. But
the bones must be bought fresh from
the butcher, and ground at home. If
ground in wholesale way it would
not keep, and would injure the fowls If
fed to them. But here comes the
trouble-what bone cutter to buy We
cannot tell you. All the cutters we
know anything about are either too
expensive, or are too difficult to work.
They are generally very hard to man.
age, requiring two persons, and the
one who turns the crank must be
stout one. 1t is hard work. A good,
strong, easily worked bone cutter at
reasonable price, is much needed
machine, on every farm where eggs
are grown for the market. Who will
invent one?-Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13
DaIryIne EnrIches the Farm.

Something Of the Importance of live
stock and especially dairying on the
farm is seen in the fact that only 10
cents of fertility leaves the farm in
800 pounds Of butter sold, but $1S Of
fertility goes from the farm for every
100 bushels of corn sold from 1t. This
Is the difference to the farm in grain
farming, when considered as final
analysis. And herein are the reasons
why dairy farming enriches the farm,
as 1t does, while grain farming impov-
erlshes 1t, without live stock to return
ertility.-Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13

to working horses successfully. Hors-
es fed on 1t performed the same work
on the same grain ration as horses
fed on timothy hay, and showed
gains in weight during the test while
the timothy-fed animal in all but one
case shows decrease. In feeding 1t,
care should be taken TO guard against
over feeding. 1t is much relIshed by
horses and for that reason it is more
necessary to be fed carefully.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13
To Collect Post Cards.

A Danish girl living in her fathers
home in Denmark, having probably
heard something about Sydney, and
anxious to add to her collection of
postcard views from this state, hit up
on a plan the success of which will
probably astonish her.
Having selected card with a very
pretty rural scene of the home in which
she lived the little maiden addressed
the card in English 'To the cleverest
girl in the biggest school in Sydney,
and would she please send card in
return?"
The card was delivered by the post
man to the Girls High school in Eliz-
abeth street. The pupils, numbering
some 500, are going to forward each
a card to their unknown Danish friend.
She will therefore receive 500 post
cards.-British Aastralasian.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The electric post is to be tried in
Italy.
Cardiff exports twelve million tons
of coal yearly.
Steel rails average 13O tons of metal
to the mile; iron, las tons.
The tariff of the Indian railways are
lowest of any In the world.
The entire native population of ST.
beria does not exceed 100000.
Four and half tons of cotton rags
will make 24-5 tons of paper.
Over one million exiles have been
transported to Siberia since 1910.
There were 1914 new books published
In 1907, or 1911 more than for 1906.
In most large cities death rate in
winter is much greater than in sum-
mer.
The census of the lawyers of New
York City shows that there is one for
every 250 persons.
The first secretary of the Chinese le-
CATION in st. Petersburg remarked the
other day that the Chinese government
has a stronger hold on it's people than
the Russian has on its own, and that
the Chinese people are less cultivated
and more oppressed.
One would think that writer whose
stories have reached the enormous
sale of 100000 copies would be
known to everybody, yet the name O
Mr.. Nat Gould is probably not at all
familiar to the most of the ordinary
novel-reading public.
Justin Mccarthy, the historian and
ex-leader of the Irish party, is now
living in retirement at Westgate-on-
Sea. Mccarthy is still busy, but his
sight has become greatly impaired. He
dictates for an hour or two every
morning to an amanuensis.
At the recent meeting of parochial
school principals in the Columbus,
Ohio, Roman Catholic diocese, it was
decided to take practical steps for
teaching Gregorian music in the pa
rochial schools in order to make easier
its introduction into the churches.
The rails on the Belt line road In
Philadelphia are the heaviest in the
world. They weigh 142 pounds to the
yard, and are seventeen pounds heav-
Ter than any rail ever used before. They
are ballasted in concrete, and nine
inch girders were used to bind them.
To the uninitiated the various grades
of railway uniform are bewildering.
The London & Northwestern Railway
company alone has no fewer than 130
different forms of caps in issue at the
present time, the various trimmings,
bands or lettering of which indicate the
position of the wearer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13

An ingenious Yankee made loco
motive run his toy factory not long
since when repairs were necessary in
the power plant and there were large
numbers of rush orders on hand.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13

The smallest quadruped in thsV
world is the pigmy mouse of Siberia.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13

At the recent meeting of parochia
school principals in the Columbus
Ohio, Roman Catholic diocese, it wa.
decided to take practical steps fol
teaching Gregorian music in the pa
rochial schools in order to make easier
its introduction into the churches.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13

Justin Mccarthy, the historian ant
ex-leader of the Irish party, is now
living in retirement at Westgate-on
Sea. Mccarthy is still busy, but hi!
sight has become greatly impaired. HI
dictates for an hour or two every
morning to an amanuensis.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-13

One would think that writer whose
stories have reached the enormous
sale of 100000 copies would be
known to everybody, yet the name O
Mr.. Nat Gould is probably not at all
familiar to the most of the ordinary
novel-reading public.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-22
An Enigsna in stone.

So many things may be said of st.
Gaudens-of the traits Of his genius,
his mOdesty, his deep sympathy with
all who possessed high ideals or who
had noble thoughts; Of his own noble
generosity, his willingness to sacrifice
himself for the advancement of art,
his keen perception of beautiful char
acter, or Of a fine impulse that often
shOne for him out of the most com
mOnDlace Of lives or Of features. One
incident Of many, says Harper's Week
~, may not only illustrate him, but
help to illumine q masterpiece of his
which has perpleXed some minds that
may be worth the enlightening. THE
work is the figure of 'Niryana' in the
Rock Greek cemetery at Washington.
st. Gaudens was in Washington 10
the winter of 1902, making his beauti-
full relief Of Wayne MacYeagh and
Mrs. MacVeagh, and Hildegarde Haw-
thorne was there. too, and visited more
than once that dreaming figure in the
cemetery. At last she was moved to
write some verses, which she sent tC
a magazine, but the editor thought that
he had seen verses on the sculpt0r's
work that better expressed its senti-
ments, and returned the verses with
the stimulating suggestion that some
day he would show the young woman
some real poetry about the figure. St.
Gaudcns. too, had seen both poems,
and when he heard Of this expression
Of the editors he wrote to him and
said that Hildegarde Hawthorne had
OWNED his intention rs no writer had
done, and therefore the verses are in
print. So, if you like. you may solve
the riddle by reading them"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-22
Feeding the Flower.

"Come and see me feed my flower
pets" he said.
And he led the way, bearing some
chopped raw fish in a saucer to a
huge aquarium. The bottom of the
aquarium was covered with flowers
In the silent submarine garden
clumps Of beautiful bright growth9, vel
low, white, pink, blue, swayed gently
IN the clear water.
watch" he said, and he thrust
down a small morseI of fish on a rod
Immediately a white flower like q
daisy drew towards the fish, bending
on its stalk; it wrapped its petals, like
slim white fingers, about the food.
another" he said, and this time a
yellow flower bent forward and took
q morsel.
isn't it wonderful" he cried civ
Ing, thinking flowers Before they
knew me they would turn away, they
would shut all their petals tight when
I tried to feed them. But they are
my friends now, these sea anemones."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-22
AS to Apples.

A group of men clustered around a
bar were swapping yarns and notes,
when the subject turned to apples.
Apples" said fat man, refectively;
81 thank heavens that whatever this
wet weather has done it does not
seem to affect the crop. There's
n,thing, to my mind, to compare with
Juicy apple, and I've eaten them
ever since I first had any teeth.
start right in now with the green
apples and 90 right through from
Astrakhans to russets. When / eat
an apple I can say truly with the
street urchin, There amt going tc
be no core and l go even further
and eat the seeds. Personally, l be
lieve that the apple tree is still the
tree Of knowledge. I know that the
fruit is wholesome, and just think of
all you get from the apple! Here's
list for you: Baked apple. apple
pie, apple dumping, sweet elder, ap-
plejack, hard cider, vinegar and a
number of other desirable things
which escape by mind at present. -
You've left out one thing" said one
friend who had listened D this rhap-
sody with a bored expression, whats
that" inquired the fat man. "Stom.
ach ache" was the curt reply; and
the fat man paid for the next round
Philadelphia Record
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-22
GETS HANDS ON MONEY w1LLED.

Woman Becoming of Age Takes
Possession of BTanitOyvOc Property.
Mrs Elmer Sears of Chicago, nee Mil
dred Williams of ManitOwOc, in probate
court claimed an inheritance of from
$4,000 to $4,000 left her BY her foster
mother, Mrs. NJ Williams, who died sew
eral years ago. At the time of the death
Mrs. Sears was not of age and the es-
tate was placed in trust and in care Of
guardian named by the court Mrs. Sears
became Of age the other day and the
court delivered over the title to the prop
erty, which includes a handsome resi-
dence, the Williams block, one of the most
modern and largest business blocks in the
city, and other real estate, in addition
to considerable money.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-22
STATE NEWS In BRIEF.

Chief Justice J. B. Cassoday Of the
State Supreme Court died in Madison.
Mrs. German, IS We rs Of age. was
burned to death at the home Of her son,
Patrick German, in BaraboO.
Emil Schuchtnecht, young farmer
had his right hand cut off in three slashes
from the knives of the deadly corn shred
der
Earl Clark, u years old, broke through
the ice Of the Yahara river at Stoughton
and was drowned. The body was recov-
cred.
Austin Englang, II years old, Of Mari
nette. while skating on the Menominee
river, fell into hole in the ice and was
drowned.
In Beloit Lester Grady, aged 8 years,
was accidentally shot in the left shoulder
by Laura Pratt, a 14-year-old playmate.
She did not know the gun was loaded.
Willard AIcGill, aged years, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. John c. AIcGiII, we'll
known people of Kenosha drowned in
Pike river just back of the McGill home.
Edward A. Ordway. aged AZ years, a
son of A. T. Ordway and for several
years a member of the firm of A. f. Ord
way & Sons, machinery builders of BeaV-
er Dam, died in New Mexico, where he
went for his health.
While ordering casket in which to
bury his wife, John Frish of Two Rivers
| received the information over the teIe-
phone that his son, Joseph, had just died
He was so stricken that he could not
speak for several minutes.
Congressman John II. Nelson has mott
fed the local authorities that he has se-
cured a cannon for the city to be placed
in the courthouse park at Jefferson. 1t
is understood that Congressman Nelson
has several other cannon at his disposal
and intended for cities in his congressional
district.
Warren Bates Of Omro, brother-in-law
of County Treasurer N. J. Rounds, was
almost instantly killed by a fall down the
cellar stairs Of Mr.. Rounds home in Osh-
kosh. The door Of the cellar is adjacent
to a door leading to the upstairs and it
Is thought he made mistake and took
the wrong door.
Footpads secured a priceless heirloom
from Charles Grignon of Kaulauna TAX
ing a gold watch once his fathers, 50 in
money and a pearl handled knife. The
loss of the watch is felt by Mr. Grignon,
as it has descended through several gem
erations Of the family who first settled
i'm Kaukauna in 1874
While trying to make small steam
engine. which had been given to his
brother for Christmas, whistle Roland
De Land Of Appleton crowded the steam
to such an extent that the top of The
whistle blew off. the steam scalding the
boys face and nearly binding him. Med
zeal attendance was necessary.
Fred Nearing. while hunting near
Oconomowoc with friend met with
painful accident. his eye being accident
ally shot out The wound was attended
to BY DR.. Rogers and no further trouble
is expected from the wound.
The body Of Mrs Madeline OdeIl Clay
ton. a Chicago cIairvoyant. who had been
missing since Nov - last, was found f.
the river back of the GAINESVILLE JAIL Her
face and body had been mutilatel by
muskrats. She was identified by two
rings and a gold watch which She wore
| 1t is not known whether she jumped into
/ the river OF was thrown in.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-22
m Green mn.


Z sicken of mems company!
The crowded tavern's din,
Where all day with oath and song
Sit they who entrance win;
So come | out from-noise and rout
10 rest in Gods Green Inn.
Here none may mock an empty purse
Or ragged coat and poor,
But Silence waits within the gates,
And Peace beside the door;
The weary guest is weIcomest,
The richest pays no score.
Tie roof is high and arched and
blue,
The floor is spread with pine;
On my four walls the sunlight falls
Ia golden flecks and fine,
And swift and fleet. On nOiseIess feet
The Four Winds bring me wine.
Upon my board they set their store
Great drinks mixed cunningly,
Wherein the scent of furze is blent
With the odor Of the sea,
As from a cup l drink it up
TO thrill the veins Of me.
is I will sit in Gods Green Inn
UnveXed by man or ghost,
Tet ever fed and comforted.
Companioned by mine host,
And watched at night by that white
light
High-swung from coast 10 coast.
Oh. you who in the House of Strife
Quarrel and game and sin,
Come out and see what cheer may be
For starving souls and thin.
Who come at last from drought and
fast
To sit in Gods Green Inn.
-Ttecdos.a Garrison in Scribner's
Magazine.