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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
Stalking Tomatoes.

The incest way / have found to
raise tomatoes is to tie them up to
strong stakes. Drive in the stakes
solidly aud set the plants beside
them. Keep them tied up as they
grow, and keep a good part of the
side shoots trimmed off. leave four
or five of the lower branches and al
low them to lie on the ground. This
Is some work, but it pays; 1t gives a
chance to go among the vines to hoe
and water, and you can have your
garden as neat in the time of ripe
tomatoes as any other time in the
summer. And when you want the
ripe tomatoes you can see at a glance
where they are, and every tired wo-
man knows what a convenience that
Is. / seldom see rotten tomato on
the vines that are tied up. The
stakes, however, must be strong and
firmly set, for you will often see a
peck of tomatoes on the vines. One
day a lady friend said: "I'll never tie
up tomatoes again; it don't pay, for
whenever the tops get heavy over
they CO." When I walked into her
garden, behold, she had procured a
lot Of elder branches to tie her car
nations up to, and the largest of these
she used for her tomatoes. Another
friend decided to use the banana
crates which were discarded, at the
nearest grocery. The result was very
unsatisfactory, as the tomatoes were
enclosed and the pieces were SO close
ly fitted that you could hardly get
the hand between the latter to pick
the tomatoes.
A good kind of early tomato is the
"Matchless." Early plants are best
raised in tin cans that have been
melted apart; bend them in shape,
set them closely together in the hot
bed, fill with good soil and plant three
or four seeds in each one. Thin the
plants out as they grow until you
have only one plant in each can.
When you want to transplant to
the garden lift can and all; set in the
hill prepared for the plant and care
fully take off the can, fill in the soil
and water and your plant will never
know it was disturbed.-G. E. E.. in
the Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
When to Market Lambs.

Many farmers who are beginning in
the sheep business have lambs COM
ing in March and April, and it is we'll
to consider just how to handle these
lambs in order to make the greatest
profit.
The eve lambs will, for the most
part, be kept over for breeding pur-
poses. The wether lambs will all be
sold within twelve months. The prob
lem is whether to push these forward
and sell them on the early market,
say June, July or August, or to keep
them through till Christmas, Janu-
ary or February, and sell them for
about the same number of dollars
per head that can be secured in mid
summer.
Which of these methods should be
adopted will depend on the possibility
of selling them in carload lots, or to
sell them to men who make up car
load lots.
In community where there are a
great many sheep breeders, and
where it is possible for shippers to
buy carloads of lambs as they do of
hogs, have no hesitation in saying
that the best way is to have the
lambs eat oats and corn as early az
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
Sixteen Years of Skin Disease.

For sixteen long years have been
suffering with bad case of skin dis
ease. While child there broke out
red sore on the legs Just in back of
my knees. II waxed from bad to
worse, and ct last saw l had bad
skin disease. tried many widely
known doctors in different cities, but
to no satisfactory result. The plague
bothered me more in warm weather
than In winter. and being on my leg
joints 1t made 1t impossible for me to
walk, and was forced to stay indoors
in the warmest weather. My hopes
OF recovery were by this time spent.
Sleepless nights and restless days
made life an unbearable burden. At
last was advised to try the Cuticura
Remedies [Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Pills1, and ! did not need more
than trial to convince me that was
on the road OF success this time.
bought two sets Of the Cuticura Rem
edies and after these were gone
was different man entirely. am
now the happiest man that there Is at
least one true cure for skin diseases.
Leonard A. Hawtof, II Nostand Ave-,
Brooklyn, N. Y, July 80, and August
8. 1909"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
ELECTRIC REVOLVING DOORS.
Motor Operated and Set in Motion by
Pressing q Button.

In some buildings of semi-public
nature in which revolving doors are
installed, as hotels and stores, they
keep a man at the entrance to help
operate the door for the greater con-
venience and comfort of persons en-
tering and leaving the building. This
man starts the door in motion, thus
making 1t easier for the person enter
ing to push the rest of the way.
But the attendant, according to his
natural strength or his mood at the
moment, may start the door swiftly
or slowly, thus hurrying or retarding
the incomer. And then on person.
ally operated door one man in the
door, impatient, may push the door
fast and bang the leaf in front Of
himself against the heels of the man
in the compartment ahead, making
him peevish. All these variations and
uncertainties in the movements of the
door are eliminated by operating it
with an electric motor.
The electrically operated revolving
door has motor attached to the up
per end of the shaft from which the
leaves extend. The motor is quite out
of sight above the horizontal sheath
ing at the top of the doorway. From
the motor and also quite out Of sight
wiring extends to push button set
in the wall at the side Of the doorway
within the building, where the door
attendant stands.
With door thus equipped there Is
no reaching out and grabbing a leaf
and pushing or pulling on 1t to start
it. The attendant simply presses the
button and so turns the current into
the motor, and the motor does the
rest, starting the door gently and then
keeping 1t going with motion that is
steady and uniform.-New York. Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
Women AS Motorists,

Unusual physique is not necessary
for the woman motorist. Neither sex
needs extraordinary muscular develop
ment in automobiling, and almost any
woman not an invalid can master its
mysteries quite we'll as man, pro-
vided she has tn, will and the pa
tience to acquire tn. 'ow-how. Ger
tainly in the sphere of, 'ence woman
by nature is equipped I, We man a
long handicap. The womb motorist
is not half so likely as man is to
swear and call loudly for tow when
anything goes wrong with the car. She
will more probably set to work to find
the trouble and remedy it quite as
thoroughly as If she were cleaning out
the kitchen RAM Remember, never
theless, that, ugh sex and slight
physique are II no sense disabilities
to the woman hho wants to do her
own motoring, Ind though her femi-
toine patience and intuition stand her
n good stead, she must not expect to
succeed by intuition alone.-outing
Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
Household HELPS.

II Is surprising the many different appe
tizing ways that Corned Beef can be pre-
pared for the family's meals. Every one
likes Corned Beef and there is no more
healthful or delicious dish than Libby's
carefully selected from prime beef and
properly Cured"
There is some waste, TO be sure, when
here suggested you may buy the finest
corned beef in the world in which there
is absolutely no waste and every particle
Of which can be eaten
Suppose you ask your grocer for. LIB,
by's Corned Beef. II represents all full
value-no bone, no gristle-just clean, pure
corned beef selected first hand from the
finest beef stock--no scraps or second
pieces-and corned and cooked to per
lection in Libby's wonderful white en-:
amel kitchens. A can Of Libby's Corned
pickles and potato salad is delightful
meal and will be enough for four people.
Corned Beef Hash.-Take the contents
Of a can, chop fine, add one-fourth as much
boiled or baked potatoes, little fried
onion and a small quantity of water. Cook
slowly until thoroughly heated, then serve
on toast with or without poached eggs.
Corned Beef Omelette.-Beat the yolks
and whites Of four eggs separately and add
One-ndlT OF tne WHITES 10 all OF tne yOlks
Put in hot frying pan and, when nicely
Drowned on the bottom, sprinkle cup Of
minced corned beef over it. Spread over
this the remainder Of the whites, put in
the oven and brown on top. Then fold
and serve.
Creamed Corned Beef.-Mince the con.
tents OF can Of Libby's Corned Beef
Put over this dressing of cream gravy
with the yolk of an egg beaten into it
Serve on toast.
New England Boiled Dinner.-You may
have this in one-fourth of the time Il
usually takes. Put can of Libby's Corned
Beef in boiling water-it is already cooked
and serve in the usual manner with
vegetables.
Besides the economy in the use of Lib.
by's Corned Beef, another great advantage
to the housewife in using it is that it is all
cooked when bought and there is no neces.
sity for the long, tedious and expensive
boiling which is necessary with raw corned
beef The house is not filled with steam
and odors and valuable time is saved
Libby's Corned Beef is ready at once for
serving in any one of the many ways men.
toned above, and you will find it great
convenience to try il next time Be sure
you get Libby, McNeill & Libby's Corned
Beef.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
Oriuin of the Potato.

The cultivated potato is native OF
the Chilean and Peruvian Andes, but
extends in original type as far north
as Colorado, where a wild form is oc-
casiona!. Wild varieties Of the po-
tato exist in many parts all over the
world, but nowhere was it cultivated
before the discovery of the western
continent save in North and South
America. 1t was taken to Europe,
probably from Peru to Spain, early in
the sixteenth century 1t seems Sir
Francis Drake introduced it into Eng.
land in 1856, though Sir Walter Raj
eigh is said to have done this the year
before. 1t was first regarded as a
curiosity, and so remained until the
latter part of the eighteenth century,
though the Royal Society Of London
in 1868 recommended it as possible
safeguard against famine among the
Irish peasantry.-Chicago Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
Goethe's foresight.

Goethe foresaw many things. In
1927, discussing the importance OF a
canal across the Isthmus of Panama,
he said he should be surprised If the
Americans missed the chance of get
ting the work into their own hands,
as "it is altogether essential for the
United States to make the passage to
the Pacific ocean, and I am convinced
she will do It" 1t WIS the same poet,
dramatic, critic and man OF science
who foretold that by the end Of the
nineteenth century the principal pro-
blems confronting mankind would be
those growing out of the development
Of industry on the new scale made
possible by progress in mechanics.
No great man since Leonardo has had
as many sides as Goethe.-Collier's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
$bE .aIa.f dIzf1Is

possible, give them free access to II
at all times In clean troughs, allow
them the milk of their dams, and
sell them at seventy to ninety pounds
before weaving.
Where one is SO largely engaged In
the sheep business that he can handle
carload of wethers at any time, this
is certainly the way to make quick
and easy money.
My experience has been that by
having the lambs come in March and
April and pushing them forward in
this way, could get as many dollars
for them in July and August as l
could In January and February. In
the meantime they have consumed
far less grain, the risk of disease has
been reduced to a minimum and
money is quickly turned.
Where, however, one must depend
on the local butcher for his market
for lambs, 1t is quite as well to finish
them off at about 100 pounds at nine,
ten or eleven months. II anyone will
compare the weights and prices of
lambs on the city market, say Chica-
go, in July and August with the
weights and prices in January and
February, he will find that the lamb
sells for about as many dollars in
the first mentioned months as in the
last.
One of the main advantages in SELL
ing early is that the risks from dis
ease, especially the stomach worm,
are reduced to the minimum.
Lambs fed generously from the
first are seldom injured by these
worms, even when kept on infected
pastures; but when kept on infected
pastures and given only the milk OF
their dams they are very likely to
succumb to the disease along In Au-
gust and September.-W. II. Under
wood, in the Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
Insurance or Penslons2

The Massachusetts State Savings
Bank Insurance league Is, going about
It's enterprise in business-like way.
1t is attempting to furnish safe and
good insurance at low cost, and Is
stimulating a discriminating knowl-
edge OF what 1t has for sale. Cheap,
safe insurance, providing for the wage
earner's declining years, Is neces-
sity In every Industrial community. In
place OF the German pension system
which divides the burden between the
State, the employer, and the employe.
and which means compulsion. and in
stead Of the English scheme of old
age pensions borne by general taxa
tion, which may mean charity, Massa-
chusetts has set up a working plan
by which her wage earners may pro-
vide their own o!d-age annuities-a
characteristic American plan which
means independence.-The Survey.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

to feel better when / had taken only
one bottle of Compound, but kept on
as II was afraid to stop too soon" Mrs.
SADIE MULLEN, 2T2S N. B. St., FL
wood, Ind.
Why will women take chances with
ar operation or drag out sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compounds
For thirty years it has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such all
ments as displacenents, Inflammation,
liberation, fbroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, indiges-
tion, and nervous prostration.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound will help you,
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass, for advice. Your letter
<9yiu. be absolutely confidential,
~ )the advice free.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
A Rhode Island Red Talk.


A friend said to the writer the
other day:
"Geer, what do you know about
the Rhode Island Reds, where did
they come from anyhow, and where
did they get the drag they have on
the poultry fraternity" Our reply
to one section of his compound ques-
tion was prompt:
Rhode Island, of course, up there
in Yankeeland where they made the
Barred Plymouth Rocks, dressed
down the Leghorns, Brown, White
and Black, and struck out of piece
of marble the beautiful White Wyan-
dotte."
In general, however, his question
perpleXed us, for we do not know as
much about the Rhode Island Reds
as we should like to know. But we
do know that in the matter of color
1t Is necessary to breed very closely
to the standard in order to make adj
vancement in fixed red color for
the breed 1t will not do, II one
wants to raise clear red birds, to
breed from fowls with white or smut
in their plumage, nor from hens
which in their second and third year
show too much of the light creamy
color. And, our observation is, that
a pullet that is really a good, dark
even shade of red, with no white, and
no smut, will not fade to the lighter
color as she advances in age, like one
that is less clearly red, or one that
has defects in the way Of smut, etc.
In fact, in breeding Reds, we
should select the pullet that shows no
smut adown the back in the under
feathers, and which has no tendency
to light blotches in the heavier feath-
ers. One that is good, clear red to
the skin, with glowing, clear red
cast in the sunshine. This kind of
pullet will, when she gets older, still
have a we'll defined reddish cast to
her plumage, and will not run to
lighter creamy color, with darker
neckhackle. And such female,
mated with cock bird that Is like
wise free of smut and white, with
good red undercolor and good
strong red in his surface color, will
throw chickens that will take the
breeding line away up, in the way OF
fixing truly red breed.
In points of utility the Rhode ISL
and Reds are all right. The hens do
get broody to an aggravation some
times If we are not looking for that
characteristic; but they may be easily
broken up by simply dropping them
in a small bare pen with an active
cockerel for few days. They lay
well, and keep it up in the cold sea.
son, too. A friend of ours who has
Reds, Rocks and White Plymouth
Rocks, let the two latter breeds go,
because he always got more eggs
from his Reds than from either of the
other breeds.
The Reds are hearty, and the
chicks grow fast and mature early.
It's good breed and one that will
stay with us, settling down eventually
along the line of utility with the
Barred Plymouth Rocks, the S. G.
Brown and White Leghorns, and the
Wyandottes.-H. B. Geer, in the In
diana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
Glasgow a Soberer City.

The Glasgow Chief Constable in a
report issued last night comments
upon the remarkable increase of So
briefly in the city. Apprehensions for
drunkenness totalled 14,167, a de-
crease of considerably over 1000.
While lack of money has no doubt
contributed to increased sobriety, the
Chief Constable states that the
growth of temperance has been a
great factor. A great deal of money
has been spent on amusements, which
was just as available for spending in
drink. Compared with two years ago
the apprehensions for drunkenness
showed a decrease, of nearly 7000.-
London Daily Mail.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

Die Compound. 1
was sick three
months and could
not walk. l suf-
.fered all the time.
The doctors said 1
could not get well
without an opera
ton, for I could
hardly stand the
pains in my sides,
especially my right
one, and down my
right leg. l began
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

We do not care rap how long
Congress stays in session, and shall
fight the attempt being made to pre-
ciptate an adjournment. This is the
kind of Congress we like. It does
nothing. The next one might.-Rich-
mond Times-Dispatch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
Don't Be Afraid.

Don't be cheap farmer. Do not
be afraid to exercise your manhood.
Nor afraid to be dubbed by some of
your thoughtless neighbors "a pro-
gressive farmer" as the title contains
an unintentional compliment and is
well worth earning.-Farmers Home
Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
When Hogs Gnaw.

When the hogs get to gnawing the
woodwork of their pens you may be
sure they need something different to
gnaw from what you are feeding
them. Look into 1t and see II you are
giving them variety enough.-Farm-
ers' Home Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
Early Habits.

"That last speaker" said the first
guest at the banquet, "was quite en-
tertaining."
YES" replied the other, "and he's
a self-made man, too"
II can't say, though, that / liked
his delivery. 1t was rather SLOW"
"Oh! naturally. He began life as
a messenger boy. Catholic Stand
ard Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

A will was contested not long ago
in-New York because the testatrix had
Dequeathed grand piano, several oil
paintings and five pieces of Japanese
pottery to police station. The pro
testing legatee won out and there was
a reversion of those art treasures to
the regular heirs
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

Professor Adams, OF the Mount
Wilson Observatory, has been making
spectroscopic study OF Halley's
comet. He finds the head to be sur
rounded by cyanogen gas and the
tail to be composed Of hydrocarbons,
Scientific American.
Sir Ernest Shackelton received
gold medal from the Geographical So
ciety of Philadelphia at dinner
given in his honor on April 22d.
Among these who spoke In praise OF
Sir Ernest's achievements were such
famous Arctic explorers as Rear Ad-
miral George MelvilA and Amos s.
Bonsal.-Scientifl American.
Rev. George M. Zwack, S, j., Sec
retary of the Philippine Weather Bu-
reau, has prepared, at the request OF
the insular government, paper on
"The Return of Halley's Comet and
Popular Apprehensions," for dlstrl-
button throughout the islands, with
the object of reassuring the natives,
who, 1t is said, are already prey to
many wild rumors on this subject
Scientific American.
In an article published In Light,
Mr.. Robert e. Livingston states that
the first man to use gas In New York
City was Mr.. Samuel Legget, who
lighted his house at No. Cherry
street with 1t. The people kept at
respectful distance from the house,
fearing an explosion. Newport,
Rhode Island and Baltimore, Md.
soon followed New York.-Scientifi
American.
The American Philosophical Socie-
ty of Philadelphia has decided to as
sist in the movement for an expedi-
ton for south pole exploration. The
project was urged in 1909, when the
following scientific societies united in
an appeal to Congress: The Ameri-
can Academy of Arts and Sciences,
American Geographical Society, Cali
fornia Academy of Sciences, New
York Academy of Sciences, Franklin
Institute, Geographical Society of
Philadelphia, American Museum of
Natural Sciences, Geological Society
of America, Association of American
Geographers, and the American AL
pine Club.-Sclentifi American.
In a lecture delivered before the
Royal Society of Naples, Professor A.
Piutti called attention to the discov-
cry of Palmieri in 1881 of charac-
teristic line of hellum In the flame
spectrum obtained by heating In a
flame "an amorphous, buttery sub
stance Of yellow color which was
found as a sublimate on the edge OF
a fumarole near the mouth of Vesu-
vius." This is generally accepted as
the first discovery of terrestrial he'll
ium, although Nasini and Andelini in
1906, on examining the flame spec
trum of large number of volcanic
incrustations, failed to recognize the
presence of hellum in any Of the
specimens they examined under the
condition described by Palmieri.-
Scientific American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

A committee OF the New Zealand
legislature has just recommended that
telegrapher's cramp be added to the
list OF diseases for which the employer
must compensate the workman who
suffers 1t in his employ.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

Since its establishment in 1871 to
June 80, last year, the life saving SER
vice of the United States has been
the means of saving property valued
at $224.934,732.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
WOMAN
4 ESCAPES
OPERATION
Was Cured byLydiaE. Pink
hams vegetable c Compound

Elwood, Ind.-"Your remedies have
cured me and I have only taken six
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
WHAT'S
Your Health Worth?

You start sickness BY mistreating nature
and T. generally shows fst in the bowels
and liver. A Ioc box (week . treatmeut)
of cASSARETS win help nature help
you. They viii do more-using them
regularly as you need them-than any
medicine on Earth. Get . box today;
take . cASCAREr tonight. Better h
the morning. It's the result that makes
millions take them. n
cAscARRTs roc Q box for q veeks
treatment, all drrxEista. Biggest seilsR
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

Mr.. Bryan comedies that there arc
some good Republicans. Is he think
ing of becoming an insurgent?-Albany
Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

The earth's fertile area is estimated
at 28,a69, 200 square miles.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
Beautiful CornpIexion

Pretty, nuny hair. Send 10 cents to cover Pcste8S
end adyertstns Two large samples rHEk VI
FREE1IAN-BARBER COMPANY, Cretsn-
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens hegums, reduces inflamma-
tion, ahayspain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

PATENTS S.ssa BE Gsss. re: n:s
- Ahu - est references. Best resnits.