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Mary's Little Lamb.

WARY LlNAle Lamp
Mary had "A little lamb.
Twas sold when It grew fat.
Then Mary went to town and bOugh
A Merry Widow" hat.
Tickiegrams.
The great man is a shining mark
for scandal.
We cannot all be kings-some must
be merely court testers.
q = 4
The man that has but one pair OF
trousers doesn't have TO worry about
having the other pair pressed
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4 Michigan editor complains be-
cause too much sparkling is being
done In the postotiice. This would
seem to be the appropriate place for
a woman to 90 for her male.
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The 5rurt.
They married ON trial and found 1t a
yoke.
Said she: This is horrid: let's get
divorce"
Said he. IT'S the only sane method. Of
course"
Said she: "MatrImony Is surely a joke.
lie answered Err, Yes as he looked
nt tho fee.
And STARED IN surprise at the al!mnuy.
But somehow, the hrunl 81 tho joke
Is on me-
Evening star., 1908-01-12
rHE RIGHT HON. LEWIS VERNON
t1ARCOURT

laid aside for months by a serious illness
brought on by the cares and duties Of his
office. Peel said that If his nose did not
bleed every night in the house he would
collapse
1t is hard to say what the remedy for
this state of affairs is. In fact, there
seems to be none under the English polit-
ical system. and the tendency is for the
premiership to become still harder with
the growth of democracy. In the old
days the premier was at least spared the
endless professions Of deputations from
labor unions, friendly societies. clubs Of
all kinds, and all sorts of business asso-
Citations which the premier Of today has
to receive. To refuse to ses one of them
might cost his party thousands of votes or
even mean the loss of q seat in parlia-
ment. The attendance In royalty is a
duty of state which cantot Well be dis
pensed with, although te present king,
with his usual good sense has recognized
the strain on the premiet and has cut 1t
down to a minimum. Tn parliamentary
duties are regarded as Indispensable for
the British people demah that the re-
sponsible head of their avernment shall
be present In. parliamendto answer for
all his actions to the representatives of
Evening star., 1908-01-12

to climb over the high ratings in front
of the house and then climb back again
This done. he re-entered the house. In re-
ply to his callers inquiries he said that
this was his way of ascertaining if he
was keeping in proper physical condition
or not. If overwork was telling on him
too much, he would be unable to climb the
railings.
William Pitt. the first Earl of Chatham.
was perhaps the only case of premier
who was actually killed by his work when
in harness. He was suffering from a
serious breakdown when a parliamentary
crisis arose, and against the advice and
entreaties of his physicians he insisted on
going to the house. When there he was
seized with the attack which terminated
in his death. 1t is interesting to Ameri-
cans to note that the business he was en-
gagged in when he collapsed was the NOV
ing of an address to the king praying
him to withdraw his troops from America
and make peace with the revolted colo
nists.
The younger Pitt was also a victim OF
the burden of the premiership, and his
tory records several instances of his
breakdown.
George Canning actually became i'll in
the house when he was premier and was
Evening star., 1908-01-12

In addition TO all this he may be sum-
rloned at any moment 10 attend the king.
and that Is a summons that must not be
disoaeyed. He has to attend the kings
privy councils. and he must be in evidence
when the king entertains foreign royalties
or other guests OF political Importance
and perhaps these functions are the most
firing OF all to man who has passed
middle age, as the British premier almost
invariably has. One must do good deal
OF standing in the presence of royalty
and a good deal OF bowling and they are
both physically firing. The restraint and
etiquette are mentally wearing. especially
10 man who. like Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman, has not been brought up in
the atmosphere of the court.
But ii must also be remembered that
England is an intensely democratic coun-
try, notwithstanding all the pomp and
circumstance which surround its mon
arch and its government. The prime min
lister must be almost accessible as the
President of the United States. Day
after day he must receive deputations
from all sorts of public and commercial
bodies interested in legislation or admin
istrative policy. and he literally dare not
refuse to see them. 1t will be seen then
that the twenty-tour hours are all too
Evening star., 1908-01-12
Results Of Municipal
Socialism in England
pecial Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON. December 26. 1907.
rs British municipal socialism a failure?
For some time past there has been a
growing sentiment among English tax
payers that 1t is and the recent revela-
tiens In some Of the London boroughs
are not likely to lead to any reaction in
its favor.
Advocates of municipal ownership in
America always have pointed to the sue
cess of the English experiments as an
argument in favor of the adoption of So
cialistic experiments by the American
municipalities, and for a time their argu-
ever. the English people themselves are
providing the answer by rising in revolt
against the socialists who have controlled
the town and borough councils.
About a year ago the preliminary symp-
toms of revolt appeared in London, when
the <progressives. or municipal socialists,
on the borough councils and the London
county council were swept aside, and
large majorities were returned in almost
every case pledged to an anti-socialist
policy. Since then facts and figures have
come to light showing that the municipal
trading experiments have not been the
glowing successes that they were alleged
to be.
The most recent instance of the rate
payers revolt has been in Battersea.
which has for years been the stronghold
of the London socialists. Battersea was
almost the only London borough In which
the socialists managed to retain control
Of the council at the last municipal elec-
tion. and they do not seem to have taken
warning by experience of their comrades
in the other boroughs. Even in Batter
sea there were mutterings Of discomfort
among the business men and property
owners, which eliminated a short time
ago when the socialist borough council
voted $125OOO to be raised by a special
tax of cents on every s. rental value in
the borough. The rates In Battersea al
ready are about $3.50 on each so. so that
the additional burden was a very heavy
one. The immediate result Of this action
was the announcement by several large
manufacturing firms that they intended
to leave the borough and transfer their
works to other districts where they would
not be SO heavily taxed.
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The money thus raised is to be spent on
repairing the roads and streets in the
borough, which are admitted to be In
wretched condition, and this is one of the
strongest arguments now being used
against the socialists. They have neglect
ed the streets, which are the first charge
on the care of the public authority, and
spent the public money, on all kinds of
socialist experiments.
Some time ago they decided that the
system of hiring horses from contractors
for certain parts of the municipal work
was pandering to capitalism, and they
decided to municipalize this service. They
built .palatial stable In which sixty
seven municipal horses are housed. The
cost OF the stable worked out at 81 80
per horse. which a moderate councillor
remarked at a recent meeting OF the coun-
ell was more than the value of most OF
the houses I'm which Battersea families
were sheltered. The climax came about
q year after this palace for the municipal
Evening star., 1908-01-12

did not find Mrs Gladstone waiting in her
carriage in the palace yard for her hus-
band to join her. and her first care was.
TO wrap a muffier round his threat
and shawl about his shoulders.
She watched his physical condition with
the keenness of a physician. and at the
slightest sign of overstrain she insisted on
carrying him off TO the country, where he
was wont to recuperate with the aid of
his favorite exercise of cutting down
trees.
Another prime minister who suffered
from the strain of the office was Lord
Palmerston. whose prodigious energy is
the subject of special remark by all his
contemporary biographers. Prof Payne,
In a volume of "reminiscences. tells of leav-
ing the house with Palmerston at i
Evening star., 1908-01-12

O'Clock one morning and walking up Par
lament street with him. At the door of
the foreign Office Palmerston left him.
remarking that he had several important
dispatches to revise before he could go to
bed. 1t Is said that Palmerston made 1t
practice to work ten hours day at the
foreign office. in addition to attending to
his legislative duties. He had desk con-
structed at the foreign Office at which he
used to stand because, he said, IL he fell
asleep the fall would wake him.
Another of his biographers tells of
going to call on him one right. As the
caller approached the house he saw Pal
merston come out bareheaded and look
cautiously, around. Apparently satisfied
that no sone was In sight, he proceeded
Evening star., 1908-01-12

the people. and his position as member
of parliament, as well as the head Of the
government. entails a certain amount of
campaigning and public speaking.
The conclusion. impotent as It may
seem. seems to be that England must
continue to sacrifice her ablest men on
the altar Of the premiership.
JOHN s. STEELE.
Evening star., 1908-01-12
Sheets, Comforts,
Blankets.

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Evening star., 1908-01-12
Official, RESIDENCE OF
THE pRDEr1Ms OF
ENGLAND

on some one eise's shoulders the response
billy fo- failure. He must labor TO keep
lis cabinet harmonious. although there
are often grave differences of policy and
principle among its members. and to
that il presents n united front to the
country.
Evening star., 1908-01-12
Naturally.
Ally Slorer.

Daughter-Papa, in time of trial what
do you suppose brings the most comfort
to a man?
Papa "a justice of the peace)-An ac-
quittal, my dear-an acquittal, of course. ;
Evening star., 1908-01-12

Table Linens.
10 pcs. Fine All-linen Irish
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5 pcs. extra heavy quality of
German Table Damask: will
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ciai, yd. .4l.UU
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Table Napkins, in five excellent
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-12-02
A Vanishing Tribe.

Once members of the great Creek
family, the Seminoles Of Florida have
lost their tribe, their traditions and
their homes. Their own people have
forgotten them. The United States
has ignored them since the Seminole
war, when their roster was lost.
Payment of the government debt to
their tribe made plutocrats of their
brothers in the west, but never a
dime reached the members of the lit
tie band who refused to be driven
from their ancestral home. But their
Spartan courage has departed and in
the cowed and cringing remnant there
is no spark Of the fire that flashed in
"The Seminole's Reply"
The Government has no agent
among the Seminoles, and the last
guess at their number, made by the
United States seven years ago, was
35S. That fragment of the tribe has
now shrunk to 275.-Collier's
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-12-02
One OF the
Essentials

Of the happy homes Of to-day is vast
fund Of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge Of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval of the
Well Informed of the World; not of indi-
viduals only, but of the many who have
the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
Ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well-Tnformed of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-12-02

VINO do not seem to know even this
much. They buy almost anything,
just so 1t is cheap. Common stock
will do for me-" is a frequent saying.
1t is strange indeed, with all the
good farm journals published, that
there are so many people who claim
that common stock is good enough
for them. Some even claim they can
make hog out of anything with feed.
Don't try this plan of past ages.
Get good pair of pigs and learn
how to care for them. Take your
choice as regards breed, but buy the
best. Why? Because the best gives
you two chances. You can have just
as good success raising pure bred pigs
as the common kind. If you cannot
sell any for breeding purposes the
first year, people will see them and
inquire after them and by and by you
will be selling as breeder and the
business will come to you and you
will hardly know how you got into
the business. Although you do not
sell any pigs or shoats for breeding
purposes you have lot Of hogs that
will take less feed and raise you bet
ter pigs.-Farmer's Home Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-12-02
Making Hens h volt.

One of the difficulties in poultry
raising is to get the hens to molt
early so that they will be ready to
lay early in the fall when eggs are
high.
Left to themselves hens will take a
long time to molt and will not finish
until cold weather sets in. They will
not then lay much until January first
and all the profits for October, No
vember and December are lost.
At the Poultry Institute held in Den
YER by the Colorado Agricultural Col
lege, ]. R. Wilson, a poultryman OF
long experience in Colorado, gave his
method of controlling the molting Of
hens.
Mr.. Wilson turns his hens for three
weeks in July on alfalfa, feeding them
in addition dry bran only. Under this
treatment they get thin. The first of
August he starts feeding them a
mixed ration of grains and meat, CIV
ing a light feed in the morning and
all they will eat at noon and at night.
Under this treatment they finish
molting quickly, get new feathers, and
begin laying the first of September.
BY October 1st they are in full lay
ing and make a profit through the fall
months.-News Notes, Colorado Agri-
cultural College.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-12-02
N IN 80 Sample treatment
- LII n IN RED CROSS Pile and
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Counting the Presidents.

Was Grover Cleveland the twenty
second or the twenty-fourth president,
or both? On the determination OF
this question depends the numeral to
be applied to Mr.. Taft. Is the new
executive to be the twenty-sixth or
twenty-seventh president? Several
Mckinley memorials, it is said, are
Inscribed with the statement that the
dead Ohioan was the twenty-fifth
president. This would make Roose-
welt twenty-sixth and Taft twenty
seventh.
Cleveland was the twenty-second
man to hold the office of president,
and the fact that he held it twice
with the administration of another
man between his own two terms,
would not seem to alter the fact. II
he were to be called both twenty-sec-
ond and twenty-fourth the same sys-
tenn of counting would demand that
every reelected president since the
beginning of the government would
have to be counted twice. We count
by presidents, not by terms, and it
appears that Mr.. Taft will be twenty
sixth president and that the Mckinley
monuments are improperly inscribed
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-12-02
keepinu the Milk Sweet.

Practically the only method that can
be recommended to keep milk sweet
is to keep out of it the bacteria that
makes it sour.
If after milk has been cooled, that
is, after the animal heat is taken out
of it, it could be secured free from
bacteria and put in clean bottles and
about as we'll as land. In fact, milk
has been bottled and sent across the
ocean and back again, and still kept
sweet. Hence the way to keep milk
sweet is to keep it clean, not merely
from animal filth and odors, but as far
as possible from the bacterism which
tends to sour 1t.
The reason why milk kept cool,
down to around 80 degrees, or near
the freezing point, will keep sweet
longer than if kept at temperature
of 70 or so degrees, is because the bac'
terra which cause milk to sour do not
multiply at that low temperature. It
does not get them out of the milk,
but it keeps them from increasing.
There is only one way to keep the
bacteria out of the milk, and that is
perfect cleanliness. If one wants to
keep milk sweet in warm weather, he
must milk the cows in the open air
while they are in the pasture. Then
put the milk into clean pals, reduce
it to the temperance of cold spring
water, and there will be no trouble
with the milk souring in any reason
able length of time. But if the cows
are milked in a stable poorly ventilat-
ed, poorly lighted, with strings of spid-
er webs covered with dust hanging
from the ceiling, with dirty floor
and considerable manure in the gut
ters, and do the work with dirty hands
and dirty clothes the milk is sure to
sour.
Many an honest man is furnishing
milk that not only sours quickly but
is dirty-plainly speaking. He is hon.
est enough, but he does not really
know the simple fact that milk sours
with the multiplication of a certain
class of germs; that these are to be
found in every stable to a greater or
less degree; that the dirtier and dark
er the stable and the more dust there
is around it and in it during milking,
the quicker the milk sours, no matter
how good care is taken of it after
wards.
Milk will keep longer If the first In
each teat is MIXED out and given to
the hogs. The reason for this Is be-
cause colonies of germs find their way
into the mouth of the teat and multi
ply between milkings.-W. H. Under
wood in the Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-12-02
Steel Cooking Utensils.

A process which makes possible
the substitution of steel for malleable
iron in many articles of light hard
ware has been invented by l.. S. Lach-
man, and is described in the Engi-
neering and Mining Journal. The
method is founded primarily upon the
idea that as two pieces Of metal OF
unequal section do not unite readily
to form good weld, two points, or
a point and ridge, must be raised
on the pieces to be united. These
raised contacts are forced together
under hydraulic pressure, and form
ing the link of lowest conductivity in
an electric circuit, are heated by the
current to a temperature at or near
fusion; the two projections are thus
quickly united and form bond or
rivet which is even stronger than an
ordinary rivet, because 1t is in one
piece with the body of the metal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-12-02
Farm Notes.

Commercial fertilizers should be
used as soil improvers not for crop
stimulators.
Stable manure is the best balanced
plant food for most soils although
some soils will produce better when
mineral fertilizers are employed.
Raspberries and blackberries are
both much benefited by spraying with
Bordeaux for leaf diseases, but where
rust appears the diseased cane should
be cut and burned.
As a rule, woman makes sue
cess of poultry culture because she is
careful, watchful and mindful of all
thes mall details-rthe little leaks that
often sink the ship.
One of the reasons why a small
flock Of hens does better than a large
flock is because table scraps form a
large part of the small flock's rations
and they are an evenly balanced ra
ton.
It is a dangerous error to spread
manure from the cart, leaving IL III
small heaps. Much Of the value will
be leached out and the material un
evenly distributed, and the work oi
application is increased.
Do not burn the old stalks, weeds
or garden rubbish. They contain
much good plant food and are espe
cailly desirable as mulch around fruit
trees that are so located that they
cannot be kept in cultivation.
The farm was made attractive for
the young people by making nice
lawn, with plenty of shade. croquet
set. lawn tennis. basket ball or Other
contesting games, and permission te
invite tbN neighboring boys and girls
to join.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-12-02
Spain Is Prosperous.

In spite of the worldwide depres-
sion Spain is experiencing period Of
decided prosperity. The spirit of re-
juvenation has extended to the navy,
plans for the rebuilding of which are
being actively prosecuted. Tenders
have been submitted for three battle
ships, which will be about AIS feet In
length and of $4,000 tons displace-
ment, with speed of 1914 knots. Al
SO three destroyers of $50 tons and
2S knots and "a 1S0-ton 26-knot tor
pedo boats are to be built, together
with four gunboats of about 1,O0e
displacement. The battleships viii
be built at Ferrol, and the rest of the
fleet at Carthagena.-Scienific Amer
can.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-12-02
NEW LIFE
Found In Change to Right Food.

After one suffers from acid dyspep'
sia, sour stomach, for months and
then finds the remedy is In getting
the right kind of food, 1t is something
to speak out about.
A N Y. lady and her young son
had such an experience, and she
wants others to know how to get re-
lief. She writes:
"For about fifteen months my lit
tie boy and myself had suffered with
sour stomach. We we're unable to
retain much of anything we ate.
after suffering in this way for SO
long / decided to consult a specialist
in stomach diseases. Instead OF pre-
scribing drugs, he put US both on
Grape-Nuts, and we began to Improve
Immediately.
"It was the key to new life.
found we had been eating too much
heavy food which we could not digest.
In q few weeks after commencing
Grape-Nuts | was able to do my
housework. l wake in the morning
with a clear head and feel rested and
have no sour stomach. My boy sleeps
well and wakes with laugh.
I'VE have regained our lost weight
and continue to eat Grape-Nuts for
both the morning and evening meals
We are well and happy and owe 1t to
Qrape-Nuts." There's Reason"
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