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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
THE FARMERS HOME ANDACRESl

the trouble by destroying the growth
that has long protected the cultivated
sections from the approach Of the
sand. Besides prevention of forest
fires some other methods are recon-
mended. Planting of trees Is, of
course, desirable, including rows on
the sides of the roads and along the
borders of fields as shelter belts, also
belts of trees on the windward side Of
light lands that have been cleared Of
trees, these belts serving to protect
against severe winds as we'll as keep
ing off the sand.
1t is found that fields left even after
plowing drift badly, while there Is but
little drifting on uneven fields. Run
ming the harrow on fields stops drift
ing at once where the soil is stirred.
Another means of preventing drifting
is to cultivate sandy fields in long
narrow strips not more than fifteen
or twenty rods wide and alternating
with similar strips of grass, preser-
ably clover. On these narrow strips
serious drifting cannot occur. Inc 70
tation should aim to always have In
the spring field of grass to west
of the land to be sowed to grain and
seeded to clover. Such rotation Is
secured by always planting potatoes or
corn on clover sod. The clover plant
ed in spring on grain serves as pro-
lection while grain is getting started
and at the same time furnishes a
green manure to plow in to increase
the vegetable matter in those soils
which are naturally deficient in some
matter. Flowing under green crops
helps increase the water-holding pow
er of the soil, the lack of which is
the main cause of its drifting.-Ameri-
can Cultivator
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
Advice on Eggs.

get more eggs in winter than any
other season. AS you are too late now
to get the extreme high prices of late
fall and winter eggs, get ready for
next winter. How? Breed from vigor-
GUS winter layers, that have that trait
bred into them and begin right now.
Some people may get what they think
are best results from April, May and
June hatched chicks, but give me the
February, March and early April
chicks and | will get the high prices
for eggs, when strictly fresh eggs are
scarce.
And to get them you must give the
chicks and growing stock the best of
care, never neglecting for a moment.
1t takes grit, and a lot of 1t on the part
of the poultryman to fund properly,
during the present high price of
grains, but the returns are bound to
come If you carry out your part. Keep
the chicks growing, growing, growing,
and they will make your bank account
grow later. You must have the right
kind of stock to begin with, but by
this / do not mean only my favorites.
white wyandottes, but any breed you
may choose. In making your choice be
sure they have been bred right for the
purpose you want them.
You must get the right strain of
your bred.
If buying stock, get that which
have eggs in them to lay, either early
Matched pullets that mature before
cold weather sets in, or hens which
have not laid themselves out during
the summer and fall Any advice as
to feeding and methods Of housing, are
destined to failure if this first consid-
Grafton is not taken into account. II
buying eggs, be sure you are getting
them from stock that have the breed
ing back Of them to produce the win
ter layers.-B. A. Hastings in the
Farmers Home Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
SICK DOCTOR
Proper Food Put Him Right.

The food experience Of physician
in his own case when worn and weak
from sickness and when needing
nourishment the worst way is valu>
able:
"An attack of grip, so severe 1t
came near making an end Of me, left
my stomach in such condition I could
not retain any ordinary food. I knew
of course that must have food nour-
ishment or I could never recover.
" began to take four teaspoonfulG
Of Grape-Nuts and cream three times
. day and for weeks this was al
most my only food; 1t tasted 80 de-
licious that enjoyed 1t immensely
and my stomach handled 1t perfectly
from the first mouthful. 1t was so
nourishing was quickly built back
to normal health and strength.
"Grape-Nuts is of great value as
food to sustain life during seyiouf
attacks in which the stomach ts so do
ranged 1t cannot digest and assimi-
late other foods.
" am convinced that were Grape
Nuts more widely used by physicians.
II would save many lives that are
otherwise lost from lack Of nourish-
ment."
Absolutely the most perfect food
in the world. Trial of Gtape-Nuts 10
days proves. "There's Reason"
Look in pkg. for the little book.
sThe Road to Wellville."
Ever read the above letter? A ncw
ono appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
and little Edith, the Youngest. is called

and little Edith, the youngest, is called
'Tertia" (Third). For these three
dear children, Lewis Carroll had q
never-ending fund Of stories which
he told them at all sorts of umes-in
his study, In the garden, while walking
In the country or rowing on the river
which runs at the foot Of the college
grounds. And one Of the greatest
treats that the sisters could possibly
have was TO go boating up the river
to Nuneham or Godstow with Lewis
Carroll, have tea on the banks and
come home leisurely In the early even
ing, to Christ Church, their host en-
tertaining them all the way with de-
lightful fairy stories.
"Alice in Wonderland" was one of
these stories, begun as they rowed
along the river on a Fourth Of July
and in the year 1862, when our coun-
try was in the midst Of the great civil
war. Lewis Carroll himself did not
seem to think the story wonderful
one. In his diary for that day he
wrote:
81 made an expedition up the river
to Godstow with the three Liddells; we
had tea on the banks there and did
not reach Christ church till half past
eight" Later on, he added TO this:
"On which occasion | told them the
fairy tale of 'Alice's Adventures I'm
derground,' which undertook to write
out for Alice"
You can imagine how eagerly the
children listened while the adven-
lures of the White Rabbit, the story
of the Mouse and the Lory, The Cau-
cusrace and all the rest of the tale
were told in the gentle, quiet fashion
in which Mr.. Dodgson always spoke,
and rather slowly, perhaps, because of
. tendency to stammering. Sometimes
the party was increased to a fifth
member, a gentleman who was then
student at Trinity College, and great
friend Of Mr.. Dodgson, but who is now
q grave canon of Westminster Abbey,
where you may have heard him preach
when you have been In London. He
says that the "Alice" stories, some Of
them at least, were told over hts
shoulders.
The entire story was not told on
single occasion, as you may well be
lieve, but on many occasions the ad
ventures were resumed, and chapter
narrated, now on the river, now in
the study, now in the garden, now af-
ter tea in the meadows or in the cosy
drawing room facing the street. One
can imagine how impatient the chill
dren would be for the next time" to
come and how unwilling to have the
story teller's voice stop, even though
the breath grew too weak Ito stir the
tiniest feather" And how eagerly
they would welcome a sight of the
grave young man in his college cap
and gown who represented to them a
treasure house of delight.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
MERELY A DUCK STORY.
Nothing About It Suggests Fish-Ex
cept Its Size.

cept It's Size.
Dick Is the name this time not of a
man nor of dog but of duck, big
drake mallard living on Mud Lake in
Arkansas and there acting in the ca
pacity of live decoy to his fellow web
footers and of friend to duck hunters.
"Just as soon as you get in boat
to go after ducks Dick appears" de-
clares the Nashville Banner ON the au-
thority Of Brodie Finley, local sports
man. He'll sit UP there with you and
look as wise as anybody until he sees
drove of ducks way off In the distance.
Then he'll jump off of the boat into the
lake, get in a good feeding pocket and
raise a terrible fuss, quacking and
tapping his wings.
"The ducks will decoy right in to
him and it's easy to get several out Of
every drove. If they don't decoy.
Dick just gets right up out of the water
and goes away. You think he's got
disguised and gone off with the wild
ducks and quit the decoy business, but
L I6ll yOu you uou hhSW DiSh- tAS
goes off with the ducks and pretty soon
he's ahead of the lead duck and leading
the drove himself.
''They go on out of sight. You sey
to yourself, 'Good-by, Dick but just
wait. The first thing you know here
comes that big drove Of ducks right in
to the lake from another direction, and
the lead duck is Dick.
Hes circled way round with the
bunch and brought them back to the
lake. Before they get in good shooting
distance Dick heads them over us and
then he drops out Of the drove. Just
as soon as you kill fifty, the limit, Dick
will get out of the water, sit on the
seat by you and won't decoy another
duck. That bird beats anything you
ever saw"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS TEST.
BY Which He Discovers That In Some
Ways the Whole World Is Kin.

"You note" said the photographer,
that in pictures taken anywhere, in
any part of the globe, the humans face
the camera as If they wanted to be
taken. 1t may be curiosity that
prompts them or it may be vanity,
but they all seem to like to get into
the picture.
Take a group picture made any
where, say among our own tribe. Note
the people in the rear with necks
craned to get their heads out from be-
hind blanketing people in front, so that
their faces will show. Shyness or
modesty may keep some who are in the
background from doing this, but unless
the photographer has personally posed
every member of the group so that he
will show you will always find in such
pictures some figures of persons who
would otherwise have been more or
less obscured but who have so dis
posed themselves as to make sure that
their faces show.
so of any set group, and the same
would be true of any sort of picture In
which many persons were taken, as at
banquet or wedding, and it would
be true Of some of the onlookers in q
picture taken Of funeral. People like
to get into the picture.
Just how true this is appears in
many ways in all sorts Of pictures; in
pictures in which people are not the
main but only incidental or subordin-
ate features, as of accidents, or ruins,
or scenes of a great variety of sorts.
In such pictures where the presence
of the camera was known you will al
ways find some persons facing or turn.
ing toward the photographer, with an
evident desire to get into the picture,
and it IL easy to imagine that the
qualification of seeing themselves there
may give them pleasure.
Look at pictures taken Of semi
savage or semi-civilized people in re-
hottest countries, where perhaps they
had never seen mirror or heard Of
camera, but you may be sure that
human vanity exists as it does with
us, and you may see somebody trying
to get into the picture or smiling 20
look we'll in it.
Seriously, this pleases me as no
other one minor thing that know OF
does. 1t brings the whole world closer
together, for it shows that however,
far apart in land and tongue and GUS
toms the races of the wide world may
be, yet in some at least Of mans un-
derlying human traits we are all kin"
New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
KNEW THE BRONTES.
A Visit to the Parsonage-Shyness Of
the Slsters-The Fathers Temper.

1t will probably surprise good many
people to learn that one Of the curates
whom Charlotte Bronte immortalized
In Shirley is still alive and we'll. The
Rev. James Chesterton Bradley, now
living at Richmond at the age of 80,
was the original of the REV. David
Sweeting' In the novel referred to.
"The parish where went to my first
curacy, Oakworth, bordered on the
Bronte parish of Haworth,' he says,
$50 frequently saw all the sisters and
their father and brother and had many
talks with them"
Mr.. Bradley used often to go to Ha-
worth parsonage, "for the change and
company" and there he met the other
curates which Charlotte Bronte has so
well described. Concerning the sisters
he says:
"All the three sisters were very shy,
but perhaps Emily and Annie were
worse than Charlotte in that respect.
The latter as I remember her, was a
lively talker when once drawn out, a
6iIl VI tDOuL LILO Oiuludiy SIdtulc VI
perhaps below it, with features neither
very dark or fair, but with striking, ex-
pressive eyes and mouth. She had a
particular way of suddenly lifting her
eyes and looking straight at you with
a quick, searching glance while you
spoke to her."
Charlotte Brontee always struck Mr..
Bradley as "a young lady with deep
prejudices and of strong will"
Mr.. Bradley describes the Rev. Pat
rick Bronte as mot at all bad sort
in most things. But for temper! |
really think he had the vilest temper
I've ever seen in man." He repeats
the pistol story, which we believe the
latest biographer Of Charlotte ridicules
and adds: 81 have known him so wild
with anger at the merest thing that
ran counter to his wish that he would
take up the rug from before the fire
and throw 1t on the flames"
The son he describes as dreadful
"a good hearted fellow when sober and
right, but too often drinking and wrong
to be of any use to those girls in
that lonely parsonage. From Great
Thoughts.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
THE PRINCESS IN THE CITY.

. ~ awake and think OF quiet hills
And many woods and waters, all asleep,
All dreaming In the silver of the
night;
90 silent empty woods, of waters deep
And grassy meadows full of resting
And over them the moon with stead
fast light.
ky father has a castle In the North
And from the battlements l saw the
hills,
Bare and tree-covered, white with
fallen SHOWS,
Gheen with the waking spring and brown
and gold
When with her melancholy Autumn fills
Mems hearts, and touches everything
that grows.
J. listen to the never-ceasing feet
And hear mems voices raised In rage
or fear
All through the night. May 1t not
chance again
Z shall go North and from my tower
room
Look out and see the hills and only hear
The passing Of the winds, the voice Of
rain?
loved the city. Once her many lights
Were Jewels shining on the hidden
throat
OF some OWNED enchantress. Now,
alas
Let me go North, far North again, and
My fathers castle, cross the guarded
moat,
And from Its safety watch the last
years pass.
Westminster Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
s9dNMOIRs OF DAN RICH,~ -
CLOWN OF OUR DADDInD.
At Last, There II ON Sale . Boek
Rpj,ufuI NJ Amarjcnu Huvuor

At Last, There IL ON Sale . Boek
Brimful of American Humor.
Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest of his customers
is for 70 book which will make ms
laugh" The bookMan Is compelled
TO reply that the race of American
humorists has run out and comic lit
erature is scarcer than funny plays.
A wide sale is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs of Dan Rice," the
Clown Of Our Daddies. written by
Maria Ward Brown, book guar
anteed to make you roar with laugh
ter. The author presents to the pub
lic a volume OF the great testers
most pungent Jokes, comic haranguss.
caustic hits upon men and manners,
lectures, anecdotes, sketches Of ad-
venture. original songs and poetical
efuAons; wise and witty, serious,
satirical, and sentimental sayings of
the sawdust arena Of other days
These Memoirs" also contain series
OF adventures and incidents alternat-
Ing from grave to gay; descriptive
scenes and thrilling events; the rec
ord Of half century Of remarkable
life, In the course OF which the SUBJ
1ect was brought into contact with
most Of the national celebrities Of the
day. The book abounds in anecdotes.
humorous and otherwise; and It af-
fords clearer view of the inside
mysteries Of show life than any ac-
count heretofore published. Old Dan
Rice, as the proprietor of the famous
"One Horse Show" was more of a
national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book of 500 pages
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
postpaid to you for $3.50. Address
Book Publishing House, 1874 Leonard
street. New York City.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
Care of the Horse.

For kidney trouble give two ounces
night and morning Of tea made by
sleeping buchu leaves in soft water.
This will correct irritation of the
kidneys or urinary tract much better
and more safely than strong drugs,
says the Farm Journal.
It is no economy to feed poor, musty
hay or grain to horses, and be sure
also that horses do not eat dirty and
musty bedding.
Do not stuff the road horses with
hay. A horse cannot travel easily with
q stomach full of hay crowding his
lungs.
Give a small forkful at night, when
the horse has time to digest it.
A good handful of cut hay should
be mixed with the grain to compel
perfect mastiflcation.
Irregular feeding tends to make
horses bolt their grain. Guard against
It. Bolting food causes indigestion
and consequently loss of health.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
Preparing Market Poultry.

In preparing fowls for market, re-
member that they should not be al.
lowed any food for at least twenty
four hours before killing, but give
them all the water they will drink.
They will dress much better, look
fresher, and retain their natural color
much longer if this is done. If you
dress fowls with full crops they are
apt to turn dark and will sour quickly,
especially If the weather happens to
turn warm. Begin picking before the
fowl gets cold-the sooner after 1t Is
dead the better-and in packing, fill
the box so snugly that the contents
cannot shuttle around. Do not be-
gin to pack until all the animal heat
has escaped.-Farmer's Home Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
Holding Drift Land.

The drifting sands Of the Cape Cod
region in Massachusetts are a serious
problem for the farm owners nearby.
The coarse sand is gradually moved
along by the wind and is encroaching
upon the fertile cultivated spots. Ex-
cept where there is protection of pine
trees or other forest growth, the sand
hills make gains from year to year,
and nothing could prevent them from
covering houses and towns as well as
fields.
The Forestry Department has been
making quite study Of such condi-
lions, which prevail in certain other
parts of the country as well as on
Cape Cod. Forest fires often increase
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21

The annual death rate in areas of
congested population like the great
cities of the world. may well be con-
sidered under ordinary conditions one
OF the most accurate measures of the
benefits Of modern civilization. To
SO conduct affairs-whether of the
home life, business or government
as to best insure the prolongation Of
life is perhaps the finest achievement
possible for organized society. It is
remarkable that the largest city Of
the world should stand in front of all
others in respect to its small aggre-
gate of deaths to population. The
death rate in London for 1908 was
only IA per 1,OOO.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
Simplicity in Liyinu.

II one advances confidently in the
direction of his dreams, and endeavors
to live the life which he has imagin-
ed, he will meet with a success un-
expected in common hours. He will!
put some things behind, will pass an
Invisible boundary; new, universal,
and more liberal laws will begin to
establish themselves around and with
In him; or the old laws be expanded,
and interpreted in his favor in more
liberal sense, and he will live with
the license Of higher order Of be-
ings. In proportion as he simplifies
his life, the laws of the universe will
appear less complex, and solitude will
not be solitude nor poverty poverty.
nor weakness. weakness.-Thoreau.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
His Sole llmitatlonI.

"Do you know what I'd laik to be?"
asked Rastns of the commercial trav.
eler, who was stopping at the way aide
hotel.
NO." said the commercial traveller.
What? A millionaire?"
"No, sah," said Rastus.
"a lawyer?"
"Oh, no, sab. Not dat"
"a doctor?"
"No, sah."
"What, them" asked the commercial
traveller.
'Td laik to be preacher, sah," Ras-
tus said.
well, then, why don't you?" asked
the commercial traveller.
y can't sah," replied Rastus. be
cause amt got no frock coat. New
York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
Dodder in the Glover.

A dodder infested stand of clover or
alfalfa may safely be allowed to pro-
duce crop of hay or be used for
pasturage or for soiling provided the
crop Is removed before the dodder pro-
duces seed. Flowing should follow
Immediately after the removal of the
crop; otherwise mature dodder seeds
will be buried and possibly prove trou-
blesome on again being brought to the
urface.-Weekly Witness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
No Fault of His,

"See here" exclaimed the angry
man as he entered the walking-stick
emporium, II bought this cane here
last week."
Eyes, I believe you did," rejoined
the proprietor, calmly. whats wrong
with it?"
you said the handle was genuine
ivory and I find 1t is artificial" said
the irate party.
THAT may be true" replied the
dealer, "but it is no fault of mine. I
import all my ivory from Africa and
the only explanation can give is
that the elephant may have had false
tusks. s."-Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
Feedinu Salt.

Salt that remains in the barrel Of
meat that is clean and wholesome is
In no way infected with germ life that
will injure stock to which it is fed
any more than other salt Animals
are sometimes poisoned on salt, but
It is by reason of their being so hun
CRY for 1t that they overeat of it. Thus
If a person were to dump the contents
Of a meat barrel on the ground and
cattle, horses or sheep that were hun
CRY for salt got to it they likely would
eat it to their injury.-WeelIly Wit
ness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
The Distinction.

School Teacher-Johnny, what is a
patriot?
Johnny-A man that tries to benefit
his country,
School Teacher-And what is poll.
tician?
Johnny-A man that tries to have
his country benefit him.-Judge.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
Poorly Put.

Sympathizing Friend-Kate, l am
sorry to hear that your husband has
gone to heaven.
Kate-Well, where did you want
him to go?
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21

In London more fires occur on Sat,
urday than on any other day of the
week, and more In August and De.
cerc5er than in any other months.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21

An Mglishman has invented bicy-
Gle for the blind. In reality, 1t is q
multicycle, carrying twelve riders, led
by a seeing person. who does the
steering.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-04-21
Rheumatism Cured in q Day.

DR.. Detchon's Relief for rheumatism radk
sally cures in TO 3days. Its action is remark
disease Immediately disappears. First dose
greatly benefits. 7bc. and 81. At druggists.