_ FATTENING UP OYSTERS. Government Experiments’in Virginia Promise Good Results. The oyster eating public is already familiar with the process of fatten- ing adopted by some unscrupuolus dealers in oysters, says Country Life in America. This consists merely in throwing the oysters into fresh wa- ter, which they absorb in large quan- tities and become plump. The flavor is thereby injured and there is dan- ger of infecting the oysters with ty- phoid. At Lynnhaven, Va., the United States Bureau of Fisheries has been working for several years on a plan to establish an artificial fattening bed for oysters. The oyster lives chiefly on diatoms and other micro- scopic marine plants. These plants require for thelr growth a large sup- ply of inorganic salts in the water. The necessary plant food is supplied by putting commercial fertilizers into the water. The fattening bed must be in shal- low water so as to have a relatively high temperature. A wall is main- tained around the fattening ground so as to retain the fertilizer and dia- toms. Even after the diatoms have multiplied enormously the oysters receive no benefit from them unless a current is maintain in the water to carry the food to the oysters. > Salt water is pumped in to prevent the fattening beds from becoming too fresh, and a little lime is added to the water to prevent the growth of algae and other plants which would give a disagreeable flavor tc the oysters. Too much lime, on the other hand, will destroy the food plants of the oyster. The process seems somewhat eom- plicated, but it has been demonstrat- ed to be feasible and to yield results . in the number and quality of oysters. Monument to a Dog. Our illustration shows a memorial fountain to a dog erected in Batter- sea, London, which bears the follow- ing inscription ‘“‘In memory of the brown terrier the laboratories of the University College in February, 1906, after hav- ing endured vivisection extending over more than two months and hav- ing been handed over from one vivi- sector to another until death came to his release.” The fountain stands fifteen feet high and was erected by the anti-vivisection society. Ancient Seeds. resuscitating . Poppies from The extraordinary power of light received a curious {l- |* - lustration a few years ago in the sil- ver mines of Layrium. The mines were abandoned more than 2,000 years ago as unworkable and were filled for the most part with the slag from the workings of the miners. It was discovered that this slag contained plenty of silver, which could be easily rendered available by modern appliances. Accordingly it was removed to the furnace, and when next the mine was visited a wonderful transformation was found to have taken place. Instead of a heap of rubbish, the mine had become a gorgeous flower garden. The entire space was cov- ered with a brilliant show of pop- ples. This profuse vegetable life be- longed to the same age in .which the mines were worked. Twenty cen- turies old were those poppy-seeds, yet when the removal of the slag al- lowed the light to fall upon them they sprang into life and bloom un- der its influence. How Long Ostriches Live. Nothing is positively: know as to how long an ostrich will live. Some writers claim that it will live 100 years. Ostriches which are known to have been in captivity for forty years are still breeding and produc- ing feathers. It is the experience of Arizona far- mers that among birds having good nutritious green feed deaths seldom occur, except as the result of accl- dent. ' A dog or other small animal will sometimes frighten ostriches and cause them to run into the fence, which may result in a broken leg. When this happens, the bird may as well be killed as few ever re- cover from such an injury. Pen for Captured Rats. + As the Hindu population object to the killing of rats, an influential na- tive banker proposes to provide a “rat ruksha’’ or sort of pen in which the captured rats may be confined as pensiofiers for the natural term of their lives, the male and female ani- mals being kept apart. To the homestaying Europeans wes ars too ‘“Gilberttan” for eration, but the proposal most gratefully received by Ma- Buchknan, I. M. S.,, who is in arge of the plague operations, dog done to death in | OURBOYSAND GIRLS The Automatic Man of Berlin The people of Berlin are being vastly entertained, and puzzled, tow, just now by a wonderful automatic man. This figure does almost every- thing that a real man can do in the way of motion. It can walk perfectly alone, sit, bow and jump. It can ride a bicycle as readily as if it were alive. Most remarkable of all, it can .write its own name. The amazing effect of all this is heightened by the fact that the in- ventor of the automatic man has dressed him in a strange garb and has given him a most grotesque head and face. The automatic man is exactly as tall as an average human being. He (or it) is made from 365 separate pieces. The feet are iron and the legs are made of steel and wood. The arms are steel and copper. There are seven motors in the fig- ure. Some of these”ure governed by springs and others are electric. The two most powerful motors govern the legs and enable the automatie man to walk. The electrical energy is supplied by fourteen accumulators of forty- eight volts power, which furnish 2,700 amperes in an hour. When the automatic man is to walk, one motor pushes the left leg forward first. This makes the figure move toward the right and the mo- ment it does this it causes quicksil- ver, which acts as the conductor for the electricity, to fly against a lever. This forms a new electrical con- tact and thus the automatic man immediately regains his balance. The right foot moves forward, and the quicksilver promptly flies to the other side again, thus shoving the left foot forward once more. In a similar way the apparatus produces the other motions, but, as may be imagined, the mechanism governing the more intricate mo- tions is immensely complicated. For | instance, the mechanism that enables {the figure to write its own name, Enigmarelle,” on a blackboard with chalk, is so elaborate that it would réquire pages of technical descrip- tion to explain it. The inventor worked for many years before he finished his calcula- tions and plans so that he could set to work to make the wonderful auto- matic man, and after his designs were all finished he had to work for more years before he could perfect the figure so that it would work. Game of Rhyming Courts. The players in this game choose a Judge and a Sheriff. The Judge takes a seat and the Sheriff imme- diately runs after the rest of the players till one is caught. The pris- oner is taken before the Judge and the Sheriff makes a charge. The charge may be anything. For instance, the Sheriff may say: “I caught this person stealing some hay.” > The prisoner must answer in such a way as to make a rhyme. Thus the prisoner may reply: “The Sheriff's brain must astray.” The Sheriff must respond at once with testimony, as, for instance: “Why, I saw the prisoner do it.” And the prisoner may answer: ‘He wasn’t there, sir, and he knew fit.” This continues until the prisoner fails to find an answer that rhymes, when he or she is thrust into a dun- geon. If, however, the prisoner an- swers in rhyme at least six times, the Judge thunders something like: ‘‘Discharge the Sheriff for not be- ing right.” And if any of the other players can respond {immediately with a rhyme, as for example, “Give me his job and I'll work day and night,”” that player gets the office, while the prisoner is released and promoted to be assistant judge. Thus the game continues till all the players are either in prison or promoted to be assistant judges. be Conundrums. What man is so like a duck? The “quack.” When a sticking plaster like a sponge? en porous. What gort of nose is jolly? The nosegay (nose-gay.- If you fall to advertise you fail. "Marriage Licenses. John Majirski, Windber. Susana Mehalik, Windber. Jas. R. Pile, Lower Turkeyfoot. Elizabeth Thomas, Lower Turkeyfoot. Wm. O. Dwyre, Hilliards, Pa. Mary I. Garman, Berlin, Pa. John Tanzel, Windber. Nexos Zohroysek, Windber. Anton Cuk, Windber. Mary Berden, Windber. Steve Rest, Hoaversville. Cilli Peters, Hooversville. Jacob Sudor, Hooversville. Annie Gasynko, Hooversville. Hugh L. Marphy, Windber Theresa A. Hannigan, Windber. Steve Ferencz. Windber. Mary Lenguel, Windber. Wm. H. Horney, Jenner township. Nancy Shaffer, Cambria county. Wm. McClintock. Listonburg. Sadie Bender, Listonburg. Jessie M. Croyle, Kantner. Emma E. Lohr, Reitz. Ross Manges, Bedford county. Julia A. Lape, Shade township. John O. Pett, Paint township. Mary Hanas, Paint township. John D. Hitchman, Mt. Pleasant. Lodise 0. Scull, Somerset. Lloyd C. Sipple, Elk Lick. Lydia S. Housel, Greenville. Norman F. Meyers, Somerset. Blanche Honse, Shickshinny. Pius Suhrie, Allegheny township. Mary Buratty, Allegheny township. Orin O. Swope, Berlin. Orpha M. Dickey; Berlin. Clarence Homer Lohr, Hooversville. Mae Margaret Hilton, Hooversville. Cloyd K. Sipe, Mostoller. Stella V. Custer, Mostoller. John Ezra Blough, Conemaugh, twp. Minnie M. Thomas, Conemaugh, twp. Littlefield on the Press. A party of Republican House mem- bers were discussing the President’s suggestion to Postmaster General Cor- telyou to shut out from the mails all newspapers that print the indecent de- tails of the Thaw trial. This led to a general discussion of the press, its power, its functions and privileges. “If it were not for the vigilant press of this country, with its trained corps of representatives in Washington,” said Mr. Littlefield, of Maine, “I don’t know whether I would care to serve in Con- gress. My experience here has taught me that the newspapers perform a ser- vice of inestimable value to the country. I sometimes think that Con- gress would drift into many excesses if the press gallery were not here to keep us in bounds.”—Washington Her- ald. As it Striketh t the Philosopher. 1. Be what you wish others to be- come. 2. Itis never too late to be you might have been. 3. Wise men make mistakes, they don’t repeat them. 4. Much labor is the price of success ; but the eight-dollar clerk leaveth the dust on many boxes. 5. The woman with a large foot is most modest at muddy what but usually the crossings. 6. When you are ill, make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may re- cover, : 7. It is a good policy to leave a few things unsaid. 8. Sentiment is one thing; another. 9. Plan your work, then work your plan. 10. An ounce of confidence in self is better than a pound of conti dence in others.—Henry J. Thiede. Get What You Ask For. There are many reasons why you ask for advertised articles, but lutely none why you should let a sub- stituting dealer palm off something which he claims to be “just as good” or “better” or ‘the same thing” as the article you requested. The advertised article must of ne- cessity be of the highest quality, other- wise it could not be successfully sold and the-advertising continued. The buying public recognize the su- perior quality of advertised articles. The substitutor realizes that fact and tries to sell inferior goods on the ad- vertiser’s reputation.—Philadelphia In- quirer. aa THE BLANKS WE KEEP. The following blanks can be obtained at all times at THE Star office: Leases, Mortgages, Deeds, Judgment Bonds, Common Bonds, Judgment Notes, Re- ceipt Books, Landlord 8 Notice to Ten- ants, Constable Sale Blanks, Summons Execution for Debt, Notice of Claims for Collection, Commitments, Subpoe- nas, Criminal W Werrents, ete. tf ENGRAVED “INVITATIONS for weddings, parties, etc., also engraved visiting cards and all manner of steel and copper plate engraved work at THE Star office. Call and see our samples. All the latest styles in Script, Old Eng- lish and all other popular designs at prices as low as offered by any printing house in the country, while the work is the acme of perfection. tf Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and Whooping Cough. business your- abso- .Baumgardner, in Jenner, for $1, REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Mary Kennell et al. to Henry Kreitz- burg, in Larimer, for $100, dated May 29, 1907. John C. Martin to Babcock Lumber Co., in’Shade, for $21,500, dated Jan. 10, 1907. Oliver Hoblitzell et al. to J. J. Hob- litzell, in Somerset township, for $5, dated May 29, 1907. George W. Sanner et ux. to Herbert Feaster, in Milford, for $1400, dated June 1, 1907. W. J. Glessner et ux. to Harvey Woy, in Somerset, for $100, dated May 27 1907. Rebecca Pugh to Aaron F. Heiple, in Somerset, for $100, dated May 1, 1907. John M. Walker to same, in Somer- set, for $3, dated May 15, 1907. George J. Boyer, Trustees, Kimmell, in Stonycreek, for dated May 27, 1907. J. G. Kimmell to Daniel Boyer, Stonycreek, for $4030, dated May 1907. Milton R. Walker to Mary Smith, in Jenner, for $250, dated May 27, 1907. H. H. Grady to Samuel M. Fox, Stonycreek, for $125, dated March 1902. Fannie Seese to John R. Paint, for $1200, dated Dec. 24, 1906. Annie Critchfield to Geo. J. Hay, Milford, for $1, dated April 12, 1907. William Kuhns to Samuel A. Landis, in Stonyereek, for $10,000, dated March 31, 1906. Valentine Hay to Margart M. Will, in Stonycreek, for $10,000, dated April, 1901. : Michael Devore, per Sheriff, to Nor- man Lepley, in Southampton, for $1,005, dated Dec. 8, 1904. Frank Taylor to Babcock Lumber Co., in Shade, for $2500, dated May 28, 1907. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. Babcock Lumber Co., in Shade, $3000, dated May 6,1904. - Gideon Miller to Winnie Miller, Elk Lick, for $50, dated May -31, 1907. Samantha McClintock to Stephen McClintock, in Addison, for $190, dated January 28, 1907. "A.D. Hoover to 8. Amice Cryan, in Windber, for $1300, dated May 4, 1907. Edward Mangas et ux. to Babcock Lumber Co., in Allegheny, for $1350, dated May 27, 1907. Eve May heirs to Isaiah Heinbaugh, in Upper Turkeyfoot, for $964.38, dated June 16, 1899. August W. Nelson to Wilda M. Bracken, in Windber, for $550, dated, 1905 ‘Alice O. 8. Hill et al. to Franklin dated to J. G. $4030, in 29, in 29, Shaffer, in to for in May 31, 1907. A. W. Snyder Somerset borough, June 5, 1907. Annie Cook to Babcock Lumber Co., in Shade, for $650, dated May 31, 1907. to N. N. for $1125, Shaulis, in dated Henry ©. Lambert to J. Z. Miller, in, Stonycreek, for $281.20, dated March 11, 1907. Samuel Foust, Ex. to Slicer’s Ex’rs, in Meyersdale, for $3000, dated March 29, 1907. E. A. Deithrick to J. F. Windber, for $400, dated Oct. Elizabeth A. Kammerer et George Narner, in Fairhope, $1, April 19, 1907. Ream, 20, 1906. vir.. to dated in Rockwood, for $900, dated Nov. 1908. M. H. Knepper, in Somerset, January 16, 1906. 30 Hartzell’s heirs to Amos WV. for $4900, dated Amos W. Knepper to Highland Foun- | dry & Machine Company, in Somerset, for $1, dated June 3, 1907. Wilmore Coal Company to Michael Russin, in Windber, for $125, dated May 25, 1907. David Bowman’s Executor to Joseph | Z. Rhoads, in Quemahoning, for $3400, dated June 8, 1907. Joseph Z. Rhoads to Mallisa W. Bow- man, in Quemahoning, for $864, dated | | that the Rockwood Leader has again June §, 1907. Mary Will to Jacob O. Somerset township, for June 8, 1907. Cyrus Schaulis et Schwartz, in Somerset $50, dated June 8, 1907. J. C. McSpadden to W. Jefferson, for $9029.25, dated June 5, 1907. Wilmore Coal Co. riefski, in Windber, Kimmell, in $200, ux.: to i May 25, 1907. Catharine L. Brunner to Minnie M. Ogline, in Jenner township, for $500, dated Nov. 21, 1906. Wilmore Coal Co. to John Marnscod, in Windber, for $575, dated May 4, 1907. Mary Pletcher to John Sleasman, in Jefferson, for $250, dated June 4, 1907. F. D. Anderson to R. F. Graham, in Jefferson. for $3500, dated June 3, 1907. ear Non-Poisonous Fly Paper. In the home where there are chil- dren or pet animals, poisonous fly pa- per should never be used, and the sticky kind leads to many unpleasant accidents. An excellent substitute for either is made by mixing a quantity of ground pepper with twice its amount of brown sugar, and adding enough condensed milk to make a smooth paste. Spread on paper and place where flies are numerous. They die almost immediately after eating it. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough i-Seibert. in | K. | Nathanial | | can do . | necessary, '" | should be thankful. | not only unable to work, but he couldn't | | stoop over to tie his own shoes. | bottles of Foley’s Kidney (ure made a John Knopsnyder to Rosan Snyder, | : new man of him. | Rockwood Leader Changes Hands. | us | change hands the next day. | the paper had been sold by dated | Ellen | township. for | A. Christ, in | | set County Leader, and that Prof. Bach | will assume the editorial duties. to Stephen Mad- | for $525, dated | | to the present efficient corps of type | owners will form a corporation, and | will enlarge the facilities of the office | least be kept up to | standard. OFFICIAL vIRECTORY. Below will be found the names of the various county and district officials, Unless otherwise indicated, their ad- dresses are; Somerset, Pa. President Judge—Francis J. Kooser. Member of Congress—A. F. Cooper, Uniontown, Pa. State Jenntoi-=Wirliam C. Bedford, P Morbers of the Assembly—J. W. Endsley, Somerfield; A. W. Knepper. Sheriff —Willlam C. Begley. Prothonotary—Chas. C. Shafer. Register—Chas. F. Cook. Recorder—John R. Boose, Clerk of Courts—Milton H. Fike. Treasurer—Peter Hoffman. District Attorney—R. E. Meyers. Coroner—Dr. S.J. H. Louther. Commissioners—Josiah Specht, Kant- ner; Chas. F. Zimmerman, Stoyestown ; Robert Augustine, Somerfield. Solici- tor—Berkey & Shaver, Jury Commissioners—Geo.J Schrock : J. C. Harding. Windber. Directors of the Poor—J. F. Reiman, J. B. Mosholder, Somerset ; and “Aare F.- Swank, Davidsville. Attorney for Directors, H. FE. Yost; Clerk. C. I. Shaver. = County Auditors—W. H. H. Baker, Rockwood ; J. S. Miller, Friedens :; Geo. Steinbaugh, Stoyestown. Superintendent of Schools—D. Miller, County Surveyor—A. E. Rayman. Chairmen Political Organizations—N. B. McGriff, Republican ; Alex. B. Grof, Democratic; R. M. W alker, Berlin, Prohibition; O. P. Shaver, Friedens, Lincoln. COLDEST MAY SINCE 1794. A well %iown Sosidont of Delaware county, according to a dispatch in the Philadelphia Inquiref, has a complete record of the weather for the last hundred and seventeen years, going back to 1790, which. shows that, with the exception of May, 1794, last month” was the coldest May of which he had record, being even colder than the May of the famous cold year of 1816, when there was frost and ice every month in the year, - Aecording to these reports, last month was colder than the May of 1816, by ten degrees. Then buds and small fruit froze on the trees, corn and beans had to be planted three or four times, and crops were almost ruined. Farmers worked in the fields all sum- mer, with heavy coats and vests, and had to break the ice in watering troughs in the middle of July and August, as well as every other month in the year. The Mays of 1790, 1791 and 1792 were cold, with an average temperature of 56. 1805 was cold May, with snow on the eighth day. May in 1810, 1841, 1843, 1845, 1867, 1868, 1874 and 1884 was exceptionally cold, small fruits being destroyed by heavy frosts, but with the exception of 1794, which was only half a degree colder, May ofS the present year holds the record for a hundred and seventeen years at least. in A man who is in ried: | health, so he honest day’s work when has much for which he Mr. L.. C. Rodgers, that he an of Branchton, Pa., writes was Nix He says, “Success to ys, Sold by all 7-1 IFoley’s Kidney Cure.” Druggists. A While in Rockwood, last Friday, Editor Werner, of the Leader, informed that the aforesaid paper would He said James R. Barron, the owner, to Prof. E. E. Bach, of ‘Johnstown. A Rockwood corre- spondent to the Connellsville Courier, gives out the following information concerning the transfer: “It is authoritively announced here chainged hands. James R. Barron, the former owner, has sold the entire business to a stock company, of which Prof. E. E. Bach and P. E. Weimer are prominently mentioned. It is further rumored that the name of the paper will be changed to that of The Somer- How- ever, the former editor and publisher, U.S. Werner, will continue to publish | - and manage the same, and will hold on setters and proof readers. The new with the intention of doing business on afar more extensive scale-than that of their predecessors. We wish the new management suc- cess, and truse that the Leader will at its present high We are glad to note that Editor Werner will remain with the paper, for he is not only a good fellow, but a good newspaper man as well. er etree -— — There is no case of indigestion. no matter how irritable or how obstinate that will not be speedily relieved by the use of Kodol. The main factor in curing the stomach of any disorder is rest, and the only way to get rest is to actually digest the food for the stomach itself. Kodol will do it. It is a scien- tific preparation of vegetable acids gontaining the very same juices found in a healthy stomach. It conforms to W. the Pure Food and Drugs law. Sold by E. H. Miller. 7-1 Indigestion Stomach trouble is but a symptom of, and not in itself a true diseAse. We think of Dyspepsia, Heartburn, and Indigestion as real diseases, yet they are symptoms only of a certain specifie Nerve sickness—nothing else. I was this fact that first correctly led Dr. Shoop in the creation of that now very popular Stomach Remedy—Dr. Shoop's Restorative. Going direct to the stomach nerves, alone brought that success and favor to Dr. Shoop and his Restorative. With- out that original and highly vital principle, no such lasting accomplishmerits were ever to be had. * For stomach distress, bloating, biliousness, bad breath and sallow complexion, try Dr. Shoop's Restorative—Tablets or Liquid—and see for your- self what it ean and will do. We eell and cheer- fully recommend Dr. Shoop’s Restorative "ELK LICK PHARMACY. % SG 2 Whe A PROMPT, EFFECTIVE REMEDY FOR ALL FORMS OF RHEUMATISM Lumsage, Jolsjea, Nessraigta, ne Loy Dioorses. GIVES QUICK RELIEF Applied externally it affords almost in- stant relief from pain, while permanent results are being effected by taking it in- ternally, purifying the blood, dissolving the poisonous substance and removing it from the system: "DR. 8. D. BLAND Of Brewton, Ga., writes: “I had been a sufferer for a number of of Years with Lumbago and Rheumatism in my a and legs, and tried all the remedies that Sh a Prescribe it in my, practice for ai a dred disease: DR. C. L. 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It the most beautiful, strongest and service- able, and will produce more water. It is en- tirely Sanitary. The water coming up the first tube into the Epon the over pro- uction into the wheel box, draining throu i the center tube. T base is so Cotas that the water never lashes through the sides. We have used this pump in the finest homes in the city in kitchens, porches and yards and it has al- ways proven satisfac- * tory. It is Sanitary because it is clean. It urifies the water by he action of thechain and the drainage through the center tube which agitates the water, there being enough air ventilation in the pump, w when in action, to keep the water pure and tasteless. Ask your dealer to show it to you. Manufactured by EVANSVILLE PUMP & MANFG. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. 60 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickl Secertail Al opinion free whether an invention is p bly DNB B0 Akin a Fe at NDBOOK on Patents sent free. 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