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The La Jara chronicle., 1908-10-23

Philadelphia spectators to ruin the
Provident Savings Life Assurance So
ciety resulted in protecting the policy
holders of that great society all over
the United States and OF causing its re-
organization.
1t was the Colorado department that
caused the spectators temporarily in
control of the society to withdraw and
put in place of safety over 100000
from a chain of banks where it had
been deposited to cover personal loans
of those controlling the stock. This was
done during the panic of October last
year and saved the policyholders many
thousands of dollars. This action was
bitterly opposed by Il. r. and o. F..
Thomas. the high finance" bankers,
whose reckless operations were ex-
posed, and they were indicted by the
grand jury on evidence furnished by
the Colorado department.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-10-23
QUESTIONS FOR DEMOCRATS.

If you believe that the honest bank
ers should pay the shortages of the
dishonest bankers, why is it not right
for the honest politicians to pay the
shortages of the dishonest politicians?
Why. for instance, II your theory is
right. about the bankers, should not
your Democratic politicians pay the
court the fine which the vice chairman
Of your state central committees now
owes the people of Colorado amount
ing to $500?
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-10-23
QUESTIONS FOR DEMOCRATS.

What makes you think that your
party is competent to legislate for-the
laboring man of Colorado?
Owing to the utter incompetency of
your party leaders and lawmakers the
only two laws you ever passed that
might benefit labor-the eight.hour
law and the employers liability law
were both found to be unconstitutional
by the courts and had to be corrected
by the Republican party.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-10-23
QUESTIONS FOR DEMOCRATS.

What has the Democratic party ever
done for labor?
VIII you point out what the Demo
Gratis did for labor while they had con
troll of Congress and just enumerate
the laws that now exist in favor of la
Dor. which the Democratic party
passed during the six years it was in
control OF Colorado?
You have not got single labor law
to refer to. have you?
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-10-23
QUESTIONS FOR DEMOCRATS.

Why do you not tell us something
about the last Democratic administra.
ton when "HonestjIm" Orman was
governor?
Do you offer the graft and extrava.
gances of that administration as rea.
son why another Democratic aI-uinis
tration should be elected?
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-10-23

From Bad to Worse.
Things went from bad to worse and
still the air was filled with high-flown
theories calculated to keep the discon-
tent at fever-heat. The affairs of state
became badly muddled and public
funds were run through without re.
gard to actual expenses. The state
was plunged in debt and state Off
cials went about from door to door
borrowing money from private individ-
uals and corporations to keep the
wheels of state in motion. Printing
steals and graft of all kinds kept the
press full of scandals. The state house
was filled with useless clerks, every
department having its quota of idle
help.
The Legislature met regularly in a
perfunctory way, leaving behind a
trail Of high sounding resolutions and
badly constructed laws. The courts
were kept busy for months after each
session attempting to straighten out
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-10-23
QUESTIONS FOR DEMOCRATS.

Why are you grieving for the inde,
pendence Of the Filipinos when you
deny constitutional liberty to the
American negroes7
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-10-23
Padding Assets Stopped.

The practice of companies, some of
them large and ostensibly respectable.
of padding their assets and making
they actually had, has been almost en-
tirely stopped by the action of the
Colorado department in exposing to the
public the companies which have com
mitted this offense and in some in
stances revoking the license.
Citizens Protected and Commend De-
partment.
The activity of the present admins
tration has attracted the favorable at
tention of the entire insurance world
and is heartily commended by such
companies as are anxious to obey the
law. What is of more Importance, it
has attracted the attention of the peo
pie of Colorado to the fact that they
have an insurance department and an
administration that will protect them.
There is not a citizen of Colorado who
has ever brought complaint against
an insurance company to the insur-
ance department, who has not received
prompt and respectful consideration.
and everything possible under the law
has been done to protect him.
Thousands of policyholders who
have written or visited the depart
ment to have their policies analysed
and get other information and assist
ance can cheerfully testify to the
courtesies they have received and to
the valuable assistance the department
has rendered them.
Thousands Of Dollars Added to Rev.
enue.
Notwithstanding the extraordinary
increase in the work of this depart
ment, the expenses have been kept
within reason. The energetic manner
in which companies have been checked
has added many thousands to the pub
lie treasury.
When the present head of the de-
partment took charge he found that
NUMBER OF insurance companies Hdu
neglected to ray for all of their agents
license fees, and something like $4,000
of these arrears was collected and put
into the public treasury, in face of
perfect storm of opposition and news
paper attacks.
Although there are the same num-
ber of companies doing business in the
state as during the last Democratic
administration, the agents license fees
have increased under the Republican
administration from $4,000 to over
100000 for the present year, and the
total receipts of the department have
increased from $13s.21943 to $201,-
495.57, or about A per cent.
Under the Democratic administra-
tion the people of Colorado did not
know they mad an insurance depart
ment. 1t was simply used to pay po-
litical debts. No effort whatever was
made to protect the public and
proper attention was not given to the
collection of fees due the state.
This record of efficiency indicates
the Republican idea of regulation of
corporations
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
A Great Smoker.

A Pittsburg millionaire said at a
dinner:
81 lunched with Sir Thomas Upton
at the Ghezireh palace in Cairo just
before he set out for his tea planta-
tion in Ceylon, where the ex-Empress
Eugenie was to visit him.
when the coffee and Tarragone
came on | opened my gold case and
offered Sir Thomas a beautiful arom-
attic cigarette fresh from the factory
down the street.
"'No, thank you, said he, I am,
with one possible exception, the big
gest smoker in the world, but ]
never smoke cigars nor cigarettes.
"'What do you smoker" said I.
Bacon he answered"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08

hand. When In bulk 1t can be easily
handled with a ladle and fiat paddle.
die.
By having this number of cows the
product is all alike of even quality,
packed similarly and marketed through
one agent; so that all through the work
there is saving of labor and economy
of expense. This OF course reduces the
cost of making butter and at the same
time haires the income to the highest
possible point. Instead of selling the
butter to the village grocer at very
low price, the aggregate product is sent
off at short intervals and while fresh
In refrigerator cars It reaches the mar
ket in such condition as to realize
the highest prlces.-Mrs. T. c., in the
Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
Creamerles and DairIes.

The management of a small cream
cry differs in no respect from that of a
well-appointed private dairy. The on
ly respect in which creamery is diff
ferent from dairy is that 1t does the
work of several dairfes, and in doing
this work 1t greatly reduces the cost
of making butter. If we follow up the
work of small creamery of, let us say,
100 cows, we shall find that one person,
with the partial help of another, will
be able to do all the work for this
number of cows, which would probably
be otherwise done in 20 separate
dairies. The advantage is obvious.
Do not work butter too much nor
too fast. Work slowly until all salt is
thoroughly and evenly absorbed. Other
wise the butter will not be of uniform
color. Working too fast will destroy
the grain, and the butter becomes salvy
and lard-llke In texture. Let 1t stand
or put 1t away in the tray for "a hours.
Then work 1t enough to remove all the
buttermilk or surplus brine so that the
butter may become dry or like piece
Of cheese. Mold into rolls and set
them away for "a hours, or until they
become hard and firm. Butter should
hevar come in contact with the bare
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
Watches For the Blind.

The blind, like other mortals, wish
to know the time exactly, and as very
few of them are in position to Sc
cure a good repeating watch, whose
cost is always great, they have to be
content with ordinary watches, and
taking the crystal out of the face they
ascertain the time by the angles and
position of the hands, which frequent
ly causes disarrangement of the time
piece.
In view of these difficulties a for
eign firm has constructed q watch for
the blind, which represents the fig
ures in allegorial manner, and appar-
emily is very convenient. The signs
In relief are the following: One
O'Clock, a dot; 2 O'Clock, two dots; 3
o'clock, a triangle; o'clock, a
square; O'Clock, five pointed star;
6 o'clock, an eclipse.
These same signs are repeated in
the same order in bas-relief repre-
senting the hours from to 12. The
number of signs is therefore limited
to six, and 1t is very easy to ascer-
tain from them the time of day. The
hands are very strong and the watch
has been used with good results.
Another watch for the blind has
been invented by M. Pierre Tissot-
Bersof, by which the blind can tell
not only the hour, but also the min
ute. The hours are represented by
figures of the Braille system.-Bos-
ton Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
Inebriated Encouragement.

A picture OF Joseph Leggett, Police
Commissioner of the city, published
in recent issue of the Call, brought
to me little incident observed New
Years Day five years ago. On that
day l was standing at Scott street
and Golden Gate avenue, intently
watching the antics of a citizen who
evidently had a liberal amount of
New Years cheer aboard when Leg
gett, with his whiskers floating in
the breeze, appeared. He came down
the steep incline from Devisadero
street on his wheel at what appeared
to be a breakneck speed, when the
inebriated citizen spied him, and i'm
mediately stepping out into the road
way. raised both hands in tho air and
yelled in a megaphone voice:
go it, you old dude-go 1t, you
old dudei" and as tie present Com
missioner disappeared down the ave-
nue. gave final demoniacal yell:
go 1t, you - old dudel l"-San
Francisco Call.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
A Few Pointers on Feeds.

For concentrated food there is none
better than ground wheat and oats,
one part wheat to three parts oats,
gSund together If corn fodder or
corn silage is fed that is not rich in
grain little corn meal can be added,
or corn can take the place of the
wheat, or low grade barley ground very
fine and mixed with the oats. The
principal thing to always bear in mind
while feeding these home grown feeds
Is that clover and oats are of nitro
genous character, while corn and corn
fodder contain larger proportion of
the carbonaceous materials, and that
1t Is not only economy to combine the
two different materials, but very neces-
cary to the health and thrift of the ami
mails fed.-Weekly Witness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
The Care of Calves,

Calves can not be made or kept
thrifty in dark badly ventilated barns
without sunshine and fair exercise.
They need warm, dry quarters, out of
the wind, and as much sunshine as they
can get If the hair begins to turn the
wrong way, you can make up your
mind that your calf is not doing right;
and, If it is matter of quarters or
sunshine, all the feed you can give 1t
will not put it in condition. Let the
calves have the run of the barnyard,
give them plenty of dry straw for bed
ding, and then feed to keep them
growing. 1t never pays TO allow a calf
to go back. Ground oats, nice sweet
clover or alfalfa arc good. Fresh
wheat bran and little corn meal may
be fed to good advantage, but keep
them coming.
Some farmers are apt to let calves
hustle for themselves-in stalk fields
and around straw stacks, holding that
such method makes them harder and
gives them a stronger constitution for
future feeding. We have heard it con-
tended that the meanest looking, pot
bellied calf would turn out the best
two-year-old feeder. But that won't
do. In the first place raise calves
worth taking care of, and then feed
them and house them to make the most
out of them, and above all keep them
growing so they will retain their calf
fat till inished.-Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
PouItrv Seasons.

There is no such thing as poultry
seasons. Every day in the year poul-
try raising should be conducted as a
business. If there are no eggs tos sell,
there will be fowls. If no young broil-
ers, there may be fat and lazy hens
Have something to sell the year
around. 1t is an old but true saying
that the COW and the hens can keep a
farmer going when nothing else is
busy on the farm. Poultry and eggs
are cash at all seasons, and the only
reason why the winter is selected as
the best time for giving more attention
to fowls is because other work on the
farm is at standstill.-Farmers'
Home Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
Sheen to Increase.

There is no danger of any person
getting into trouble in predicting that
from now on the sheep is to be return
ed to its proper place on the farms
And why not, when it makes by far
more money out of the grass and the
weeds and the seeds, the roots, the
grains, the hay and anything else fed
to it than any other kind Of animal
we raise, and it does that without one
needing to milk or grind for them?
All that is required is to give the
feed as 1t comes from the field, only
that turnips had better be cut. Does
that not tell, and tell materially, when
the labor saved Is considered, how we
can farm, farm well, and cut down eX-
pensive labor bills?-John Campbell.
in the Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
HOW FLIES CARRY TYPHOID.
One Carrying 100000 Bacteria Inter
cepted on Way TO Milk Bottle.

That the woman who wishes to
prevent typhoid fever and various in
fantile diseases In her family will do
well to make a large investment In
window and door screens for the
coming summer was one OF the les
sons the women at the meeting of
the food investigating committee of
the Consumers league of New York
learned.
Files are among the most danger
GUS of disease conveyors," DR.. John
b. Huber told the audience, "and one
fly which was examined was carry
ing on its legs 100000 diseased bac-
terra and making straight for bot
tie of milk"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
The Evolution Of
Household Remedies.

The modern patent medicine busi-
ness is the natural outgrowth of the
old-time household remedies.
In the early history of this country,
EVERY FAMILY HAD ITS HOME
MADE MEDICINES. Herb teas,
bitters, laxatives and tonics, were to be
found in almost every house, compound
cd by the housewife, sometimes assisted
by the apothecary or the family doctor.
Such remedies as piora, which was
aloes and quassia, dissolved in apple
brandy. Sometimes hop tonic, made
Of whiskey, hops and bitter barks. A
score or more of popular, homemade
remedies were thus compounded, the
formulae for which were passed along
from house to house, sometimes written,
sometimes verbally communicated.
The patent medicine business is
natural outgrowth from this whole
some, old-time custom. In the begin
ming, some enterprising doctor, i'm
pressed by the usefulness of one OF
these homemade remedies, would take
II up, improve it in many ways, manu-
hcture it on large scale, advertise it
mainly through almanacs for the home,
and thus it would become used over
large area. LATTERLY THE HOUSE
HOLD REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK
A MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC
FORM.
Peruna was originally one of these
old-time remedies. It was used by the
Mennonites, of Pennsylvania, before it
was offered to the public for sale. DR..
Hartman, THE ORIGINAL COM
FOUNDER OF PERUNA, is of Men
MONTE origin. First, he prescribed it
for his neighbors and his patients.
The sale of it increased, and at last he
established a mandatory and fur
nished it to the general drug trade.
Peruna is useful in a great many
climatic ailments, such as coughs, colds,
sore throat, bronchitis, and catarrhal
diseases generally. THOUSANDS OF
FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THE
USE OF PERUNA and its value in the
treatment Of these ailments. They
have learned to trust and believe in
DR.. Hartman's Judgment, and to rely
ON his remedy, Peruna.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
tanning Elephants.

The efforts of the Kongo state au-
thorities to domesticate the African
elephant have brought out some in
teresting peculiarities of those ami
mails. During the wet season,
which lasts four months, the ele-
plants are not worked, but are turn
ed out into the forest Instead,
however, of rejoining their wild kin
they seem to keep apart, as If con-
scious of the difference that their
training has produced. Their pres
ence sometimes attracts wild ele-
plants to the vicinity of their scene
of labor, but these wild animals are
usually, too old and intractable to be
used as recruits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
Loss On Chickens.

Chickens lose one pound in five when
killed and dry picked without being
drawn or bled. When they are pre-
pared for cooking, one-third of their
weight Is lost again. Out of one hun
dred pounds of live weight, fifty-four
remain to be cooked. This is when
they go without feed thirty-slx hours
before being killed. If they are fed
right up to killing time, the difference
between live and cooking weight would
be larger-Progressiye Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
1 1
An Alihi.

A new story comes out of the
West, which runs like this, accord
ing to the TarlSio Herald. A Sun
day school teacher asked his class
who led the children of Israel out Of
Bgypt. No one answered. He again
put the question little more point
edly. Still silence reigned. The
teacher became impatient and said
"Johnny, who led the children of
Israel out of Egypt?" Johnny be-
gan to cry and said: please, sir,
It wasn't me. We just moved here
this week. kansas CITY Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
Hominy Chop for Horses.


Oats is the natural grain ration for
horses. This years crop of oats is alb
normal, inasmuch as the oats did not
I'LL" That is to say, the hull grew
to its normal size, but the meat did
not; thus, while the average lowest
weight of a measured bushel of oats
(clipped) last year was thirty-eight
pounds, this year it is thirty-two;
therefore, the bulk of horses feed of
oats this season should be increased
over last seasons in order for it to get
the same amount of nutriment, thus
making 1t necessary for 1t to digest
considerably more hull in order to get
the usual amount of meat
Not only are oats this season of an
inferior quality, but they are extraor
dinarily high in price, occasioned by
the failure in size of the crop, as well
as in quality, it being estimated that
we raised only one-half of what we
did in 1906
Next to oats comes corn as grain
ration for horses, especially work
horses, during cold weather Hominy
chop is made from nothing but corn.
1t is not waste product but a by-pro-
duct from the manufacture of white
corn grits Corn grits are made from
the flinty part of the corn kernel.
Hominy chop is made from the starch
or sugar, the germ or oily part, and
the bran, all of which ground together
make a most desirable horse feed. Then
1t Is kiln dried, which adds to its val
lie, as 1t reduces the amount of mois-
ture to II percent, whereas corn ordin-
arily contains al this season of the year
10 percent. to 20 percent. Therefore,
in buying hominy chop you are buy
ing less water than when buying corn
or cornmeal.
We are by no means advising the
substitution of hominy chop for oats,
but we think it can well be fed in
conjunction with oats, especially this
season, when oats lack body" and we
think it better feed than corn or
cornmeal adm ration composed Of
oats and hominy chop would be the
best possible. There are different quail.
tiles of hominy chop. The "Blue Rib
bon" brand is especially adapted to
horses, and if your grain dealer does
not sell it, he ought to-. e. Soper,
in the American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
Farm Notes.

No one kind of plow is best under all
conditions.
The mold-board plow is the best for
breaking sod land.
The disc plow pulls more easily than
the mold-board plaw, but disc manu-
facturers sometimes exaggerate their
claims about this feature.
A disc, by its revolving motion, will
wrap heavy growths of weeds up and
bury them better than can be hoped
for from the mold-board plow.
If the land is to be broken year af-
ter year, with the same plow, the
mold-board plow will keep the land in
better condition than will the disc.
In wet regions the mold-board plow
is preferable to the disc, while the disc
will often enable the farmer to plow
when it is too dry to use the mold
board.
For turning under long vines, like
those of hairy vetch, disc does much
better work, cutting off the vines,
while a mold-board plow would very
often choke up with them.
1t is best not to use a disc over
twenty-four inches in diameter. 1t is
better to use two discs to cut total
of sixteen inches, If desired, than to
use one thirty-inch disc to turn the
same width of land.
Disc plows will not have to be
sharpened as often as mold-board
plows, and are therefore cheaper to op-
crate. Time is not lost in having them
sharpened and the blacksmith does not
have to be paid so often for doing the
work.
The disc does not throw as much
sour sub-soil on top of the ground as
does the mold-board plow; but when
the deep plowing is done in the fall
the soil has chance to weather be-
fore the crop is planted, this is of lit
tie mportance.-From Plow Points in
the Progressive Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
Beware of Ointments For Catarrh
That Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys.
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply.
sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
no mercury, and is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
ternally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by II.
j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold BY Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-08
Beauty of Naqasaki.

Nagasald proved indeed a fitting
climax to the voyage. No matter who
has written about it, one half of the
beauty of Nagasah harbor has never
been told. Every nation that floats
a ship has representative here, and
the Haunting Of the various flags, 10.
gether with the firing of salutes,
makes a vedtable water carnival
From Three Years Behind the Guns"
in st. Nicholas.