ttimawlng lit tawn. If you wish to renew the lawn this fall ukp Kentucky blue grass and white clover, as they seem t. stand the dfy seasons better than some kinds. If sown In tile fall the grans will got a good start and be roa.ly to grow rapidly In spring. Sow In Aug ust and September. To Sirnr fJntMl Cow. Oood enws can only be secured by keeping the gi)d calves that fire from animals which are known to be meritorious, but the farmers who buy their fresh cows and sell their calves when they are but, a few drys old destroy all opportunities for s: lection. A good caif, hewever, Is one Hint Is bred for a special purpjse. ir.id the farmer, therefore, knows In advance what It should bo when matured, and the calf will. If It Is from goo.l stock, probably net disappoint Ulm. N lint for 1rlln. There Is no rule for feeding:, ri each individual must be considered sepa rately from the others. It Is r t an uncommon error to suppose tht the animals which eat but Utile a.e the most profitable. So long as an nnlmnl is capabld of digesting and assimilat ing food the greater the nmor.nt of food It should consume, and the morn profitable the returns, especially with producers, such a? cows. The propor tion of food required to suppcrt an animal and supply waste of tissue Is less when a large amount of food Is eaten than when a smaller quantity is consumed. II a rrlftfi In a; Off. "Hardenng off" Is a term well un derstood by gardeners, but whether It la properly carried out In prac tice Is another consideration. We see so many plants Injured or Irre trievably lost by hastily pitching thorn out of the houses and exposing them at once to the burning sun, that it appears only right to convey a few words of caution to those who adopt o get his plants burned up or In ured, as the appearance of his flow- r beds or even pot plants thus jOfi oil U'i)i1 1 l.a varv mirnt lufnitni-u or a long lime atterwaros. nen the plants are removed from the greenhouse, they require to be grad ually exposed to the full Influence of the sun. Of course, where there are plenty of cold frames, this can be easily done, but such is not often the case. should be chosen, under a wall fence of some kind, when first exposed, nn.l If a covering of tiffany or other light material can be placed over them so much the better, so as to admit of air and to screen them from the sun. This can be removed after a few days, If possible, choosing dull weather to do so. If tiffany Is not procurable, a few branches of ever greens placed over them will answpr the same purpose, or mmy of the Jiardieri kinds of plants can be placed tinier shelter of trees or shrubs until wanted to plant out. The same caution In the matr of hard ening off, applies to such things as dentzlas, lilacs, azalea;:, etc., which, after having done their portion of the decorative work must not be hast ily pushed away In corners or out of the way places to be burnt by the sun or parched for the want of water. They will In the near future amply re pay us by giving forth their rich store of color, If properly treated and cared for. F. H. Sweet, in The Eplt omlst. Canliflower on Nnntly Soli. The general Impresson is that cauliflower cannot be successfully grown on sandy soils, and for the best results it should be grown on a lively loam. Experience has proven to the Long Island growers most con clusively that It is not th character of soil, but its condition, that insures aucecss. The cauliflower, in common with all other plants, does not feed upon soli, but upon the elements of plant growth contained in the soil, and these can be furnished by the light as well as by the heavy soils. Then the question arises can It be grown without the aid of commercial t fertilizer? Yes, but I should prefer, under Bome circumstances. Its use. (For Instance the cauliflower lias a de. jclded thirst for sajt, nn element that ican only bo furnished by the use of chemicals. On saline coasts the at mosphere will furnish that to a con siderable extent, brlt not sufficient for ts needs, which on Long Island is urnlshed by the Baits used in the ommerclal fertilisers. Last season wns one of vlctssltudeB vth this cron. and showed In a few nstances tho value of salt . Let me tate an Instance, One of our best ti mers had a field. In which be was grow cauliflower the past year, pmpletely flooded by a remarkably Igh tide, the first in the history of le farm. When the time for set , (lg the plants came they were set re the same as in the other fields, . p.lch had been given the same pro (rtlon of fertilizer. When the har Bt came the flooded field produced k of, the heaviest crops ever own, and it has boen stated that fltt were more than S1U00 per e, while most other fields were ol failures. -f I wore to grow a cauliflower on audy soil, I should take a piece of and treat it liberally with well ted manure, which should be put ' the surface and plowed under about June 1, then harrowed smooth ly, and left until about time to set the plants. Then I should cultivate as finely as possible, without dis turbing the sod, and at the same time work In 800 pounds common salt to the acre, and lack with confidence for a satisfactory crop. C. L. Allen, in New Knrcland Homestead. I'nrirofltnbln I'mlt Trrrn. In some enses It will be found that old fruit trees, though profitless at prpsent, consist of good salable kinds, and the question Is, By what means can such trees be brought Into fruit ful or profitable condition? A fruit tree of Ibis kind need not necessarily be unprofitable because it is old, though If It la old and has been neg lected It must be. Wo find that many of this class of tree are what they nro tl rouph neglect. The hen.ls have for years been allowed to become a tangled mass of growth. The head wood has become crowded, so that too many fruits set. and In the end do not eemn to a salable sire, neither do they color up as tiiey should do. In such ca.es the remedy Is simple. The old, dead growth must be cut out thoroughly. The mo?s covered hough miiKt be cleaned. All branches t'.iat cross and rub ngalnst each other must be regulalpd by removal, nn.l generally the pruning or thinning out process must be carried out In such a way t'.Mit when finished the heads of the trerj will be open, and a.!ry, which will Insure a free crop of the bept fruits. If any one will look into the mat ters with which we deal they will find that the majority of the profitless fruit trees we refer to are plnnted in grans land. The fnct is instructive, and it Justifies in the most emphatic manner the denunciations that we launched against the system for years. It Is utterly impossible to grow the best apples and pears In grass land there can be no d:ubt about thnt. If we pay a visit in the fruiting season to the fruit trees set In grass e shall be struck with the small size of thn fruits the trees usually bear. There may be plenty of apples or pears, but there will be few good Bled fruits to bo seon among them. Tillage Is of the utmost im portance to fruit trees, but this Im portant operation cannot be carried out when the trees are surrounded with grass. Aeration, bo necessary in the production of lnrgo sized fruits, becomes impossible, and the fine Burfacc tilth thnt Is so needful under good culture cannot bo pro duced unless the land is open and un cropped by grass or any crops grow ing right up to the stems of tho trees. I.on1on Globe. tiny and Fertility. A good way to run down the fer tility of a fa:m is to.inlse successive crops of hay on the land without any special attention to improvel methods of restoring to the soil the elements which the hay takes from it. In many parts of the country, where haying was formerly very profitable, it is now a pretty poor sort of farming, simply on account of this robbing of the toll. The hay was raised contln uosly, and money was made thereby; but gradually the hay crop prove.! smaller and lees profitable, and In time the land was good for nothing else. There are at present many such run-down farms, and the owners will tell you that there Is no money In taising hay. nor in any other kind of farming. It Is nrt that the price Of hay is not satisfactory, but the land which formerly yielded such good crops falls now to respond. I believe in raising good hay for market, and do tl every year, finding therein as good profit as In any oth er crop. But years ago I came to the conclusion that hay a.i a market crop would not pay unless it was raised as a part of a good system of crop rotation. Consequently while other farms around me have in many in stances shown unmistakable signs of degeneration through too heavy hay cropping, mine Is really in better fer tility than at the beginning. I have always contrived to get back to the land as much If not more than I took from It. The soil must be in the right condition to yield a heavy crop of timothy, and timothy takes from it more life and fertility than any other crop. That Is one reason why fancy timothy hay always brings the high est price In tho market. Yet with forethought and planning a big crop of fancy timothy can be raised almost as easily as any other hav grass. It Is all in the rotation and the method. In this rctation clover ninat al ways play a conspicuous part. Let clover follow wheat to add to the soil all the rich fertility that this plant carries with it. The clover crop must be planted often to make It possible to secure a good catch without difficulty. The fouble often is that clover ts used only os a Inst resort. Oilier crops are planted and harvested until the e.11 is robbed of nearly all ta fertility; then it is ex pected that clover will suddenly re store the land to its normal condi tion. This it would do If tt-.a clover could be made to grow luxuriantly, but the fact is the Boll is then so poor that the clover fails to make a good -catch, and as a result efforts must be made to Induce the clover to grow. ThU is much like the ether crops. It does not pay to let the soil run down too much. The time for repairing It is when tho degener acy first begins. Each year the re pairs to the soli should be male. Then we would have no run-down farms and soils that will not produce paying crops. C. S. Walters, in American Cultivator. Money makes the man, tut man has to make the money firBt SHORTYH AND HIS MACHINE. Bow Tnll TalRrnph Operator's Ovlgl. nal tile Aii.arl Mixtip. There Is a telegraph operator III Kansas City to tall that vvcry one calls him "Shorty." Home tlmo ago he brought a new typewriter, and thereby hangs a tale. The common everyday machine wasn't quite up-to-date enough for him, so he had one ma le to order. The keyboard Is along different lines from the ordinary machine and even the type has a peculiarity unto Itself. He realized that he needed a word I'ountliig attachment, but the counters un the market were ordinary alYalrs, so he bought a bicycle cyclometer, and for three months 1ms been put ting In all of his spare time In an ef fort to convert It Into a word counter. Another of "Shorty's" up-to-date Improvements Is a "secret Bounder." A "secret sounder" Is an Instrument which fits over the head and brings close to the ear the delicate Instru ment used in receiving mosaics from tho wire. There Is no sound an .1 1 bit' to nny one excepting the operator who Is wearing the device, hence the name secret sounder. The soun ler Is con nected by a flexible cord, long enough to allow tho operator to have a little freedom. A stranger dropped into the newspaper olllco where "Shorty" was employed one evening and, see ing the man on the end of a rope, asked why they "didn't take that feller outside If they had to keep him tethered up that way." "Shorty" was at a newspaper ofllee a few night ago and had occislon to use his typewriter on a long story. To say that the copy he turned out was artistic would be putting it mild ly It was a work of art. It plensed him so much that after exulting over it for 15 or 20 minutes and showing It to "the gang." he laid it. down on the table, took his typewriter In and placed It on the t4egraph editor's desk. Then he returned to the tele graph room well satisfied with him self and every one else. The typewriter took up too much room on the editor's desk, and he fi nally caitne out and asked "Shorty" what he should do with It. It was then discovered that he had delivered his machine to the telegraph editor Instead of the story. In the excitement that followed there was a wild mlxiip of operators, telegraph editors ,and beer bottles, and the office devil who came In to Bee what the row vas about got bo tangled lift In the wires of the Becret sounder that they both had to be laid np for Tepalrs. Kansas City Journal. AiiiHrlrana In Kurnpi. The Americans are invading Eu rope this summer in Immense num bers. Some of our countrymen are going there for business, and some of them for pleasure. Europe has been acquainted with the latter these many years, and while the Inn keepers, shopkeeperB, hack-drivers, and other useful citizens of tho mon archies, empires and republics of the OM World were always glad to see us, It cannot be said that they re spected ub. They were amiable, and were paid for their amiability. What they chiefly liked about the Ameri cans was his easy good-nature in tho presence of a largo bill. An Ameri can would pay a charge that would liavo landed the innkeeper in Jail if It had been presented to the cham berlain of a king. Perhaps this re lation between the foreigner and tho American will remain. There Is a cafe In Paris which charges an Amer ican 9 for a $2 dinner, for which a Frenchman Is charged five francs. It will bo difficult for this restaurant keeper to break such an agreeable habit Most Americans are rich, and those who are care little for the small Items of a bill of fare. Americans who are poor, and who know the lan guage, are not liked so much in Paris as the rich Americans, because they decline to pay more for a dinner or a drive than is charged for the same essentials of life to a Russian prince or a branchisseuse. Harper's Weekly. Thn Olil-Fnahlnneil Hoy. At a little dinner of a few old-timers the other night one of the speak ers said: "What has become of the old-fashioned boy? The one who looked like his father when his father carried the sort of pomposity which was like the divinity that hedged a king In the time when kinghood was In Its break o' day. The boy who wore a bat which threatened to come down over his ears. The boy whoso trous ers were made over from hi3 father's by his mother, or aunt, or grandmoth er. The boy whose hair had a cow lick lu it, before, and was sheared off the same length behind. The boy who walked with both hands In the pockets of his trousers and who ex pectorated between bis teeth whpn his teeth were clemped together. The boy who never wors knickerbockers or a round-about coat. The boy whose chlrogrnphy was shaped by the gmynastics of his ton cue. The boy who believed his father was the greatest man In the world, and that he could have been president if he had wanted to be. ' The boy who was bis mother's man when the man was away from home." New York Sun. Mia Learned Quickly. Bridget was just over, and didn't understand the uses of the call bell, bo her mlstreBS explained that she was to come to her when she rang it. The next day milady missed her bell. She called Bridget to Inquire about It, and Bridget replied: , "Sure, mum, I have It, and when I want you I'll ring it," New York Times. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, A writer In the Engineer points out thit coal exposoM to the air and wefi-her deteriorates measnreably. A slow combustion takes place In the oxidation of the coal' by the air, and where the heat 1b confined It may rise to such a degree as to Ignite the conl. In 181)9 the area of reserved govern ment forests In the different British provinces of India aggregated 84,148 square miles, or 64,00,000 acrea, more than the fotat area, of England and Ireland together. The state for ests of the German Empire only ag gregate 10,400 square milcB. , A Zurich photographer clnlms to have perfected nh apparatus by which he has taken photographs of small objects at a great distance. Some of his pictures were taken at a dis tance of 120 miles. Tho Improved art Is called telephotography, "phot ographing at a distance," as teleg graphy Is "writing at a distance." The theory upon which the Japan ese work to produce their famous artificially dwarfed trees Is to limit the root system and to reduce tho number of leaves so that practically only sufficient food Is nsslmllated to maintain the plant In health, without there being any surplus to provide material for added growth. This counter-checking of the natural growth Isdone so to such a nicety that a tree more than 300 years old may not at tain a height of more than two or three feet. It is pointed out by physicians that transmission of contagious diseases Is easily possible through the com mon toilet pin, and persons who make a practice of putting pins In the month are warned of the danger In curred. Pins are used by patients Buffering from tuberculosis have been found to bear the germs of the di sease. Even pins fresh from paper or box are not safe, as these are often collected from the streets by children and sold to pin manufacturers, this latter practice being specially common in Euicpe. - Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia, where so many ships have been wrecked, is gradually washing away, and, strange to say, the Cana dian Government 1b doing Its best to find a way to save it. It might be thought, at first blush, that Its wash ing away would be the best thing that could hnpnrn. but the trouble Is that it will wash down Just below the surface of the water, and then He there concealed, an Infinitely greater danger to navigation than ever. So an effort Is to be made to keen it above water, and thlB Is to be done by planting on it certain trees whose roots have peculiar binding qualities. The roots branch out widely and in terlace, clinging to the sand in such a way that It becomes a strong wall. The French Government has used the trees effectively for this purpose, and they have also been used along the Bandy banks of the Suez Canal. A Small Watclt. The Dowager Duchess of Suther land, who 1b credited with possessing the only crystal watch In existence having transparent works, made for tho most part of rock crystal, had the works removed from a miniature watch and placed Inside a magnificent diamond having a diameter not ex ceeding the depth of four lines of or dinary type. Small as thlB timepiece was. It Is surpassed in dlmlnutlvcness by what was Justly described as the "smallest watch In tho world," which was exhibited at tho watch exhibition in Berlin recently. Made of fine gold, this miscroBconic watch had the di mensions of a pea; that la to say, its diameter of 6 1-2 millimeters, which is practically a quarter of an inch, would equal In depth three lines of type; 480 of these watches would weigh about one pound avoirdupois, if there existed any one possessing a heart sufficiently adamant to per mit so brutal a weight as avoirdupois to be applied to bo delicate a mechan ism. Made of gold and valued at 40), this dainty watch boasts a min ute hand as long as an ordlnary-Blzed letter "I" and a half, an hour hand less than an "n" and a half In length, and a second hand one-sixteenth cf an Inch long that would do mand an Incursion into the nonparlel font to supply a suitable illustration. Good Words. ' Canrrnte fltrent Snrrnora. Canal street, New Orleans, is about 135 feet wide between the sidewalks. On each side of the pavement there In a roadway 37 feet wide, on which Is all the traffic. In the centre of the Btreet, there is a section 60 feet wide, which has been known as neutral ground, on which the local street railways have laid their tracks. Recently an effort has been made to Improve the condi tion of the Btreet and after considera ble study it was determined to pave this central section with concrete. Ac cordingly a regular concrete pavement, such as that used In sidewalks was laid down, tho bottom of which ex tends to the bottom of the ties upon which the rails are laid. Instead of being a solid mass, It is laid down in blacks with sand Joints. Eight inch sand Joints are provided between the paving and the rails to prevent spread ing of fractures which may develop after a tlmo. This also permits of the ready repairing of the rails, or re newing of bonding without great ex pense. The experiment of using a concrete surfaceway in streets will be watched with much Interest by mu nicipal engineers. Free WILL BE GIVEN AWAY BY REYNOLDSVILLE, AJ . . "-:-1. J.-v ..--'.,' ( iy: 44vSi!;.,;Ef,'i, , ji v.--i-,,,,- Hiff ,r''"'' V---. Jrlk' 'r-V'- ''K''- t-.- .-.. .v-'S S .yr:- VvVjf WTi lf.ii-j&z ff" .Tirr .,..AA.4-. . ,V 'ktmmrh .i " .(!, K'H'f1. v' VJil i07,f Mttfi-' Central State Normal RcnooL, Lock Haven, Pa. FIRST J?31IZE One fall year at Lock Haven State Normal, Including tuition, boarding, &o. SECOND PRIZE One term in King's School of Oratory, Pittsburg. THIRD PRIZE A $35 course in the International Correspondence Schools, of Scranton, Pa The younj? lady or gentleman getting the jighest number of votes will be given one full year at the Lock Haven State Ilormnl School free, including tuition, light, heat, furnished room and boarding. This is one of the best Normal Bchools in the State. The contestant receiving second highest num ber of votes will be given one term 12 weeks at King's School of Oratory, I'ittsburg, where oratory, elocution, dramatic culture, literature, Shakespeare study, music, drawing, delsarte frof, Byron W. King-. book-keeping are taught. King's School of Oratory has gained quite a reputation us a first class school. The person receiving the third highest num ber of votes will be given a $35.00 course in the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran ton, Pa. A complete commercial course, steno graphic course, book keeping, complete teach ers' course, coal mining, mechanical drawing, telegraphy and 60 other courses are taught by this school. The winner of this prize can take up a $35.00 course or can have the $35.00 ap plied as part pay on any course the winner may select. The person getting the second highest numler of votes can have their choice of the scholarship in Kings' School of Oratory or the Internation al Correspondence Schools. Premium Coupons Persons paying their back subscription, or in advance one year or more, will be given a premium coupon which will en title them to 36 votes forcacli dollar of subscrip- fitrtolilnK nn Injunction. "Your Honor," said the lawyer, "my client bag reason to believe that the pulire are about to interforo arbitra rily with lila business, and he would like to have an Injunction restraining thom (rom looking at him while he is at work or touching the tools of his profession." "I do not see," snid the learned Judge, "why we Bhould go so far as to restrain the police from looking at your client." "He is of a very nervous tempera ment, your honor, and to be watched while at work seriously disturbs him." "In that case," the judge admitted, "the demand seems reasonable. What Is your client's business?" "He Is a burglar, your honor." II U Monej Was Mtulac. The Kansas City Journal tells this story: "Frank Anderson was for years a well-known commercial traveler.who made Galena. 'Ho waa passionately fond of honey, and the proprietor ol the hotel at Galena, at which he al ways stopped, always had some on hand for him. On one trip Anderson took his wife nlong, and as they ap proached Galena he mentioned to her that be was gutting to a place whero they could hr.va some honey, When the pair were sitting at the supper table that night no honey appeared. and Anderson said sharply to the head- waiter: 'Where Is my honey?" Tho waiter smiled and said: 'You man the little black-haired one? Ob, she don't work bora now,' " Mars j Name.... AlilHtKSS. lis::! : L. M. SNYDER, Practical Horee-Shoer and General Blacksmith, Hni-He-ahoelnn done in the neateat mannaf ami by the latent Improved method. K imlrluK of all klnda carefully and piumplij done. BATihrxcTloa Udailantsku, HORSE CLIPPING nave JiiHt received a complete act of mi chlno bona clipper of latest ntyle '96 patters rnd am prepared to do clIppliiK In Ui boat uoHalble manner at reasonable rate. Juoknou ttt. near FUUi. UvynoldavUle.Pa, U. A: McDonald bus boeu appoint ed recelvt-r for tln W'i'm l.eluiuon Coal Company, ou pcllllou of ltunlel Manna, prcHliliMit of tint foinpuuy, ami (joorgo Voing. of Cleveland. Twvlve citizens of Hock wood have been iii'oHi'cuted by Baltimore & Ohio (.-pedal ucenls for liilerferliin with of ncera lu the discharge of their duty. Mnny cattle, are acting queeiiy at Steubeuvlllo since u dog went mud. One farmer hns Umt n do.en hog and a half dozeu entile with-rubles. The Mill t'reek IceUouse plant, at YouiiKMtown, wus struck by llghtuiug ami totally destroyed. Loss, $10,0U0. BJ I THE STAR, OF PA. tion paid. Any one sending or bringing in a new yearly cash subscriber will be given a cou pon equal to GO votes. Persons desiring to enter the contest "should begin as earlv as possible. As soon as the names are setit or handed in to Thk Star office thevwill be published, but the number of votes will not be published until June 19th, when th vote each contestant has at that time will be published opposite name, and from that to clos of contest the vote will be published as counted and returned by the judges from week to week On Monday of each week (alter June 19th) the ballot box will be opened and the coupons counted by judges. ; M i utrrtiirrrxixrn-TtxvtiTXXXxxxxn Scholarship Coupon. : in un txrr ' Write in the above lines the name and ad dress of the person for whom you wish to vote and send or take the coupons to the secretary, j. I. Haskins, the music dealer, where they will be placed in the ballot box. Contest closei at 12 M., August 8th, 1901. All business com munications and inquiries should be mailed to Thk Star office. Receipts and coupons will be promptly mailed from The Star office to patrons. RULES OF CONTEST. Contestants must register their names at Tub Star office. All coupons must le sent to the secretary of the committee, J. P. Haskins. All money collected for new subscribers or on subscription due must be sent to this ofTice weekly. Each contestant will be furnished with . printed cards certifying that he or she is a contestant. F. P. Alexander,! Thos. F. Adam, Com. L.J. McEntire, J J. P. Haskins, Secretary. ftnd hav curad chouiaada ol Casot of Nrvoui DLMa,Mt,tiiclt as Debility, Dtiilnsu, fcleMplc feeia and Vricoct, Atrophy.Aa They clear tb brain, trcngtb the circulatioa, stake dlgeMtoa penact. ana Impart a healthy vigor to the whole being. Ail drains and loues are checked Clrflnnr Itvaln rmmutttly. Unlet patieats vuw.tftM&aHI. ar, properly cured, their edi. tion often worriet them Into Insanity, Cowuana liov or Death. Mailed seal ad. Price ii per homf 6 boaet, with Iron-clad legal guarantee to cure ea refund the money. $f oo. Send lor tree book. Foraala by ft. 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