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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
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Close up all bread and crumbs
tight so that mice cannot get into
them. Use tin cans and boxes when
ever possible.
Cut warm bread and cake with a
warm knife, which will keep them
from crumbling in the disagreeable
way hot bread and cakes have.
Do not fail to close the piano when
sweeping the room. The keys be-
come gritty when left exposed, and
the dust gets in the interior of the
piano otherwise.
Clean the glass on pictures with
benzine, alcohol, or naphtha. If
water goes through it will leave a
daub or stain. The others give a
bright, clear polish.
One should always wash lemons
before using them. What appear to
be tiny scales are the eggs of an in
sect. A vegetable brush is indispen-
sable for such purposes.
Flowers can be beautifully ar
ranged by filling a shallow tin pan
with wet earth and sticking the
stems in the sand. They will keep
as well this way as in the water.
Hang all the kitchen utensils as
much as possible in the air, and do
not put them up damp. They should
be set for moment on the stove
to thoroughly dry, even after they
have been wiped.
Arrange the tray for the sick with
the daintiest of china and glassware,
and have the linen absolutely clean.
Sick people are apt to be querulous
and tickle appetite may often be
tempted by dainty dishes.
Ants may be got rid of by cover
Ing a plate with lard and leaving 1t
overnight where they abound. By
morning the plate will be entirely
covered, and 1t is easy to kill the
ants by immersing in hot water.
Meat should never be put away in
the paper in which it was wrapped,
as the paper will absorb much of the
juice. Agate or earthen dishes
should be used. as tin Injuries the fla
vor of the meat.
A teaspoon of household ammonia
in warm suds will clean silver thor
oughly, and make it very brilliant.
If the silver is chased, use a small
brush. Rinse in hot water and dry
with linen towel Ammonia is also
excellent for polishing glassware.
The most satisfactory way to wash
ribbon is to put It in a basin of warm
water and rub it well with white
soap. then wash as you would any
thing else. While wet iron 1t on the
right side, and when dry rub it as II
washing it until all the stiffness has
left 1t. then iron out the wrinkles.
Washed in this way, 1t will look like
new ribbon.-New York Globe
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
A Sacred Rams Sad Lot.

That the lot of those animals which
were treated as gods in ancient Egypt
was not altogether blissful was amply
proved by an autopsy performed in
Paris on the mummy of sacred ram
recently discovered in the Island Of
Elephantine.
1t was found that the backbone OF
the poor beast was almost completely
solidified. This and other indica-
tions, such as the condition Of its
hoofs, tends to show that the ram
was deprived of all movement
throughout many years.
The discovery throws instructive
light on the conditions to which
Egyptian piety condemned the living
objects of popular veneration. The
business of being a god was evident
ly anything but gay. Promoted to
this high dignity and in consequence
closely imprisoned for life in the twi-
light of sanctuary. the ram prob
ably discovered. even in those dark
ages, that glory was not worth while.
New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
Peanut Waters.

For peanut jumbles or waters grind
cupful of roasted and shelled pea
nuts until fine. Cream a rather lib
eral fourth of cup of butter, add
half cupful of sugar, using like
wise liberal measure. Add the pea
nuts and a cupful of sifted -four.
Moisten the mixture with scant
cupful of milk, or enough to make
a stiff dough, about like pie crust.
Flour a board and rolling pin, then
roll out the dough until of waferlike
thinness. These jumbles should be
so thin after rolling and cutting out,
that one can almost see through them.
Bake on buttered pans in a brisk
oven, taking care that they do not
burn. They should bake until nice
brown and should when served be
crisp like Snaps" They are deli
cious with cup of fresh "brewed"
tea and a slice of cream cheese.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
Perfection to Be Aimed At.

Alas we know very we'll that ideals
can never be completely embodied in
practice. Ideals must ever lie very
great way off, and we will right
thankfully content ourselves with any
not intolerable approximation there
to! Let no man, as Schiller says, too
querulously measure by a scale of
perfection the meagre products of
reality in this poor world of ours. e"
We will esteem him no wise man;
we will esteem him a sickly, discon-
tented, foolish man.
And yet, ON the other hand, it is
never to be forgotten that ideals do
exist; that If they be not approx
mated to at all the whole matter
goes 20 wreck Infallibly. No brick
layer builds a wall perfectly perpen-
dicuiar; mathematically this is not
possible; certain degree of perpen-
dicularity suffices him; and he, like
a good brlclslayer, who must have
done with his job. leaves it so. And
yet, il he sway too much from the
perpendicular, above all, If he throw
plummet and level quite away from
him, and pile brick on brick heed
less, Just as it comes to hand. such
bricklayer. think, is in bad way.
He has forgotten himself; but the
law of gratitation does not forget
to act on him; he and his wall rush
down and become q welter Of ruinsl
Carlyle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
HALLS OF CONGRESS.

Mr.. Frye was made president of
the Senate pro tempore.
Congress is expected to take up
the ship subsidy question again.
Secretary Cortelyou was asked by
the Senate to furnish figures bearing
on the recent financial stringency.
Senator Aldrich gave assurance
that currency bill would be intro
duced soon after the holiday recess.
Senator Tillman in a speech in the
Senate attacked the Administration
efforts to aid the financial stringency.
The House passed a bill making
an appropriation of $4,000 for the
purchase of additional seeds for free
distribution.
Mr.. Tillman introduced resolutions
calling for information as to corpora
tions engaged in interstate commerce
and the liquor traffic.
Indications point to the probability
Of a reconciliation between John
Sharp Williams and De Almond, who
engaged in the impromptu fisticuff.
The special commission appointed
to investigate the postal facilities in
New York City reported to the Sem
ate in favor Of a new postoffice build
ing.
Representative Frank Clark, of
Florida, introduced bill providing
for the sale of the Philippine Islands
to Japan or some other foreign
Power.
Senator Bailey is seriously consid-
ering the advisability of resigning his
seat in the Senate and submitting
his case to another primary contest
next summer.
A committee presented a memorial
to Vice-President Fairbanks and
Speaker Cannon asking an appropria-
tion of s20,000,000 year for water
way improvement.
The Committee on Rules was di-
rected to report what action should
be taken to correct the practice of
direct communication with the SEN
ate by department heads.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
Real Cause of Colds.

The fact that colds are more com.
mon in winter than in summer is not
due simply to the lower temperature
1t is mainly because people spend less
of their time in the open air. Dreading
the chilly air they remain indoors,
the health is proportionately low.
cred. and they take cold easily Gas.
sells Saturday Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
Household Matters.
W2ElNSIIi; i;aiililSapaS
Fudge Cake.

One cup sugar, two-thirds cup
butter, three eggs, one cup milk, two
and one-half cups -four, two heaping
teaspoonfuls of baking powder; one
quarter cup chocolate, one-half cup of
English walnuts, broken up coarsely;
cream the butter and sugar together,
add the cup of milk, and stir in
lightly the flour, into which the bak-
ing pc wder has been sifted. Stir in
the chocolate, which has been dis
solved by placing in cup and set
ting in hot water. Add the nuts.
and, last, the eggs, which should be
beaten whites and yolks, separately.
New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08

More than $4,000, 900 food animals
were slaughtered in the United States
during the last calendar year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

With population of 41,000,OOO, only
AL Japanese have fortunes OF $5O,oOo
or over.
New York city expenses for 1908
will be s34,500 a day more than they
were this year.
Britain owns 1900 of $4,000 large
steamers belonging to the twelve lead
ing nations of the world
New York city surface cars carry
as many passengers each day as there
are persons living within the borders
of California.
London is twelve miles broad one
way and seventeen the other. Every
year sees about twenty miles of new
streets added to it.
Greenland glaciers average one
thousand feet in thickness, move fifty
feet a day, and discharge into the sea
four square miles of ice yearly one
thousand feet thick
The old headgear which Geronimo,
the Indian chief, wore in his last bat
tie with General Miles has been bought
by Robert w. Wells of Washington,
and will be given to the Smithsonian
Institution.
New York is the richest state in the
Union. It's total assessed valuation
for the fiscal year 1906 being sS,015,-
090,722. Pennsylvania comes next,
with Massachusetts, close after 1t.
Pennsylvania s4,4O5 5,37S,339, and Mas
sachusetts $4,222,2S1,0 ,054.
One of the most durable woods is
sycamore. statue made from it,
now in the museum of GiZeh, at Cairo,
is known to be nearly six thousand
years old. Notwithstanding this great
age, 1t is asserted that the wood it.
self is entirely sound and natural in
appearance.
Why sleeping cars should, as a rule,
have always unpronounceable names
: is one of the mysteries that the trav-
elling public has never solved. In the
Grand Central Station at one time last
week there were four cars with these
names:-"Aurelian," "Eglantine," ED
elweiss" and "Annarello."
The discoverer of the Connecticut
was the Dutch navigator Adrian Block,
whose name survives IN Block Island.
In 1914 Block discovered the river
and sailed up its course some sixty
miles. very nearly to the present north
ern boundary Of the state. The word
"Connecticut" is of Indian origin
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08

Wild animals killed 20S4 persons
In India last year, in addition to
23,S54 who died from snake poison.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08

Beira, little town in Africa, is
built almost entirely of galvanized
sheet metal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08

Whether whales and dolphins ever
sleep observation so far has been
unable to discover.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
Glass weights for scales are now in
general use in Switzerland.

New York City has one public SER
want for each seventy inhabitants.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
A comparatively young man who

A comparatively young man whose
mustache remained jet black while
the hair on his head turned white
explained the phenomenon, declares
the New York Press. by saying Il
was because his lips enjoyed all the
good things of life and his head had
to suffer all the troubles.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08

Ion (meaning violet) was one Of
the early Kings of Athens; hence the
~City of Ion," or "City of the Violet
Crowned.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08

One hundred and fifty firemen are
snU1pyed on some OF the great AmerI-
can liners.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08


were slaughtered in the United States
during the last calendar year.
Wild animals killed 20S4 persons
In India last year, in addition to
23,S54 who died from snake poison.
Ion (meaning violet) was one of
the early Kings of Athens; hence the
"City of Ion," or "City of the Violet
Crowned"
Birds, when perched on trees or
they invariably turn their heads to
the wind.
One of the national sports of the
mountain canton of Appenzell, in
Switzerland, is the stone-throwing
contest, in which rocks of great size
are thrown for prize.
J. B. Robinson, an English author
ity on some South African matters,
says there's something like million
millions worth of gold" still left in
the mines Of the Rand.
The purest breed of Arab horses
are the Kochlani, whose genealogy
has been preserved for 1000 years.
They are said to be derived from
King Solomon's stables.
1t appears that, excluding war;
ships, there were 450 vessels, of l.
080,087 tons gross, under construc-
tion in the United Kingdom at the
close of the quarter ended September
80, 1907.
M. Bovet, the director of the post
Office at Lausanne, has addressed a
circular to the postal employees in the
town warning them that in future
toothache will not be considered an
excuse for absence from work. They
must either get the tooth out or get
out themselves.
One of the inmates of Towcester
Workhouse, woman aged eighty
four years, has applied to the board
of guardians for an allowance of to-
bacco. She said she had smoked sew
enty-one years and missed her pipe so
much since entering the house she
could not digest her food. The board
decided to comply with her request.
With only a homemade telescope,
j. e. Mellish, of Cottage Grove, Wis,
farmers boy, scarcely out of his
teens and having only country
school education, has discovered two
comets and attracted the notice Of
the astronomical world. Prominent
scientists have become interested in
him, and opportunity has been made
whereby he can pursue more effec-
lively the study Of his favorite sci
ence.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08

Birds, when perched on trees or
bushes, are natural weathercocks, as
they invariably turn their heads to
the wind.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08

With a population of 41,0OO,OOO, only
AL Japanese have fortunes of $4,000
or over.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08

New York city expenses for 1909
will be s34,50O a day more than they
were this year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08

Britain owns 1900 Of $4,000 large
steamers belonging to the twelve lead
ing nations of the world.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08

One of the national sports Of the
mountain canton of Appenzell, in
Switzerland, is the stone-throwing
contest, in which rocks of great size
are thrown for a prize.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08

New York city surface cars carry
as many passengers each day as there
are persons living within the borders
of California.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-14
Mems Underwear

Dixie Mills Mems Fleeced and Rib bed Shirts and Drawers at soc to S1. Dixie Mills Heavy Ribbed Union Suits at 1.5O to S4.5O.
 Boys Underwear at 25c to soc.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-14
Cloak and Skirt Dept.

Just received a shipment of the choicest Cloaks, Skirts and Shirt Waists in leading styles and colors.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-14
Millinery Dept.

This department is filled with the seasons s latest cre- ations in all leading shapes and cOlors.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-14
Shoe Department.

Manss Urfit Patent, Vici and Calf Shoes from $50 to $7OO.
 Peters Diamond Special Shoes from 2.5O to 5000.
 Ladies and Children's Shoe Depart ments are both complete.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-14
Clothing Dept.

Just received a ship ment of Schloss Bros, New York best tailored Clothes at from $13.5O to $25. Young Mems Suits from $50 to $15.
 Most complete stock of Boys Overcoats and Clothing in Union coun- ty in all the leading col- ors and styles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-21
SUICIDE IN AsToR HOUSE.
II Am Issuing Myself Transportation
To Better Existence

II Am Issuing Myself Transportation
To Better Existence"
New York Especial Lying across
his bed in position that showed
that the deed was done
with deliberation. j. w. Bosche, of
Buffalo, committed suicide in the
Aston House by slashing the artery
of the left arm with razor. He had
addressed letters to the manager of
the hotel, the coroner and his wife,
In the former Bosche apoIogized for
the trouble he was causing the hotel.
To the coroner he said:
There is no necessity for an in
quest. The waiter is in the room
as am writing this. am simply, is
suing myself transportation to an
other and better existence, no mat
ter what its conditions or circum-
stances"
Bosche is said to have been mem
Der of the firm of Bosche Bros,
manufacturing jawelers, of Buffalo.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-21
FLORAL GREETING AT FRISCO.
Barren Spots To Blossom Forth
When The Fleet Arrives.

San Francisco Especially With
the scattering of seeds over the
burned hillsides this week, San Fran
cisco will begin the first actual work
for it's Identification against the com,
ing of the battleship fleet. At a meet
ing of the executive committee for
the fleets reception, it was decided
to plant at once, nasturtiums, esch-
sholtsia and Shirley poppy seeds so
that when May comes the slopes now
dotted with vacant spaces filled with
brick and ashes will smile in gor-
geous colors of many flowers.
No time is to be lost for the plants
take almost three months to flower
and whatever the seeds and their
planting cost will be appropriated
when the amount is known.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-21
woman's Aged 40 Dead.

Wheeling. w. Va. Especially =
Amanda Woods. aged 10. the oldest
person in the State, is dead, at her
home in Marshall County. She was
born in West Virginia when Indians
still rcamed through the forest, and
she remembers Elizabeth Zane and
Lewis Wetzel. the pioneers. She re-
tanned her faculties to the last. and
could wildly recall the visits made
this section by Lafayette.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-21
Foreign

The Chinese government Is framing
as polite refusal as possible to the
Mikado's demand for the surrender
of the Japanese steamship Tatsu
Maru and its cargo, seized on Macao
by the Chinese on the ground that
1t was smuggling arms and ammu-
milton to Chinese revolutionists.
Russia and Great Britain will like
ly enter upon an agreement for joint
action in regard to Macedonia, the
action of Germany in deciding upon
an independent course having broken
up the European arrangement on the
Macedonian question.
The London Evening News pub
fishes story of Arthur Hynes, in
which the bigamist is reported to
have admitted that he married 80
women.
An explosion has entombed AZ men
in a coal mine at Glencoe, Natal.
Twelve of the number are Europeans
and the rest natives.
Mrs. Parkhurst, a leader of the
English woman suffragists, and some
OF her companions were sent to jail
for six weeks.
Five belgian soldiers and 100 Ma
bali rebels have been killed in a bat
tie In the Eastern Congo. The ma
tives are said to have been put to
flight. and the troops are hunting
them through the jungle.
Germany. it is said. will agree to
the Turkish proposal that the Mace
DOMAIN foreign gendarmerie be placed
under control of Turkey. This indie
pendent Rction has caused Dispute
tude.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-21
FINANCIAL

American Sugar declared its regu-
lar dividends.
No change in the Bank of Eng
lands 4 per cent. discount rate.
Baltimore & Ohio officials say
that although 1900 of their freight
cars are now idle traffic has inn
proved somewhat.
Western Union, which, like Mis-
souri, Pacific, is Gould stock, was
very weak along with the latter,
falling 2 points to As.
There was decrease of $1,429
in the january gross earnings of
the American Railways Company.
The regular dividend on the stock
has been declared
Union Pacific directors declared
the regular Quartefly dividend of
2 v per cent. on the common stock.
Southern Pacific declared it's regu-
lar quarterly dividend of III per
cent.
The Pennsylvaniass coal and coke
tonnage ON its Eastern lines for the
year up to February 8 amounted to
4,547,948 tons. against 6,1S1,075
tons last year, decline of about rs
per cent
The annual statement of the
American Iron & Steel Manufacture
ing Company for 1907 shows total
assets Of $S.O50,797. The undiyid-
ed profits amount to $2,477,299.
The reserve fund to provide for
depreciation has been increased $685.
SEQ. The sum of $3O5,325 has been
expended for betterments and addi-
tons
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-21
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told,

An amendment to the Aldrich cur
rency bill was introduced in the Sem
ate by Mr.. Stone, of Missouri, linz
iting requirements of circulating
notes to one-tenth per month of the
total amount issued to a bank.
Chairman Hull, of the House Mill
tary Committee, reported the Army
Appropriation Bill, which provides
increased pay for enlisted men and
noncommissioned officers.
An amendment to the Sherman
Antitrust Law was proposed in the
House exempting organized labor
from its provisions.
Admiral Capp has made a report
on the criticisms of the Navy. He
takes the same ground as Admiral
Converse.
The House passed the Legislative,
Judiciary and Executive Appropria-
ton Bill, carrying over $32,000,000
The Senate decided to fayorably
report Colonel Witherspoon's nomi-
nation to be brigadier general.
The official report says that the
cruiser North Carolina averaged
22.4S knots In her speed trial.
A new order has been Issue re-
,quirng all officers to take regular
horseback exercise.
Representative Sulzer introduced
bill for the creation of department
of labor.
Brigadier General Davis urged up
on the House committee the new
militia bill.
Admiral Convcrse's report On the
criticisms OF the American Navy was
made public. He declares our Navy
in ships and men to be tho peer of
any, but inferior in quantity.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has been advised that the Bal
ti;lore and Ohio Railroad will put
the nine-nour law i'll opel alton at
once.
Congressman Ollie James, from
Kentucky, is said TO have the vicc
presidential bee bus:ng in his bonnet.
Another blow st the Hartman and
other railroads of the west Is in con-
temptation in Congress, the Senate
Committee on the judiciary having
decided to report resolution direct
ing the Attorney General to make an
investigation of land holdings of the
land grant railroads for the purpose
of ascertain!ng whether they are re-
fusing to sell their lands to settlers
at reasonable prices, and If so, to
take steps to compel them to do so.
Judge S. Fl. Cowan. of Texas. in
addressing the Senate COMMITTEES on
Interstate Commerce, declared the
railroads have ample equipment to
move commerce IL they would aban- l
don the tonnage system.
Senator Clay, OF Georgia, denonnc-g
ed the Aldrich financial bill as favor
ing rich and powerful individuals or
corporations and placing the power
to issue money in the control OF
bankers associations.
An historical painting of the battle
OF the Constitution and Cuerriere
has been presented to the Naval
Academy.