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ORIGIN OF TITE HANDKERCHIEF.
Color of Fruit.
' It matters little nbout the color ot
(rult used In home'consumption, but
market fruits must have good color,
as the eye is caught by it and this
leads to a more ready sale. Clear
Air and sunshine are the first requi
sites for producing color, and for this
reason the Connecticut hills are par
ticularly adaptable to the needs of
the fruit raiser. Trees should be
open headed, well cultivated in the
early season and not at all later.
Proper fertilization Is also an im
portant factor.
Gypsy Moth Fight.
In his talk on injurious insects Dr.
IW. E. Brltton spoke at Hartford,
Conn., of the fight with the gypsy
moth over in Stonington, and advo
cated that the Government use a few
thousands of dollars now to prevent
It from breaking out extensively,
rather than spend hundreds of thour
Bands of dollars later when the pest
has a good start. The San Jose scale,
he said, is always with us, and the
MKAeant mlM wlnfoi mlp-llt ha AT.
pected to produce it in greater num
bers this year. Spraying is the only
Jkffective method of fighting this past.
A Wonderful Cow.
Think of paying $8000 for a cow
with so distasteful a name as Hag
Apple! Bu: that is what Daniel W.
Field, a Brockton shoe manufacture;',
did recently. And he got back halt
the price within a month from the
day of purchase, she having dropped
a calf which had already been sold
to a New York breeder for 14000.
Pontiac Rag Apple is the full name
;c the cow, ana sne noias me secona
liicrrioar ' rppni-il fnr tnlllf unit hlltter
produced ot any one cow in the
world, with the bluest ot Holstein
Freslan blood in her veins. She has
a record of production that has
Jumped from 279 to 309 quarts of
milk per week. At five cents a quart
for her milk she is netting her owner
an income of $2.20 per day; if turned
Into butter the yield would be about
a quarter less than four pounds per
day! Hartford Courant.
Keep a Few Sheep.
The farmer who does not keep at
least a small flock of sheep is losing
money every year, says Up-to-Date
Farming. Much of the feed consumed
by a flock of sheep would be other
wise a total waste.
A few sheep should be found on
every farm. Good, comfortable sheds
that are large and roomy are a neces
sity where sheep are to be wintered.
These need not be expensive, but
" should be well ventilated, free from
drafts and situated on dry ground.
A large, open yard, apart from that
occupied by other animals, should be
provided for exercise. Too much con
finement in overwarm or illy venti
lated stables is fatal to success with
sheep. On the other hand, comforta
ble quarters, regular and liberal feed
ing, plenty of pure water and a suf
flency ot salt will go far toward in
suring their successful wintering and
.strong crop of lambs in the spring.
' Value of Clover Hny.
A) in all, we consider red clover
hay Vouch superior to timothy, says
Farmer's Call. We do not know
what alie chemical analysis shows.
We knoV what the cow, calf, steer,
sheep anfc horse have uniformly tes
tified. Its easier to spoil clover hay
In the makmg than it is timothy hay.
That is to Be, considered. It is im
portant to cut the clover before it
gets too ripe. YAnd timothy is not
near so much damaged in the swath
or windrow by rain as is clover. But
In these days of wide-cut mowers, and
hay loaders and rickers and forks,
one can handle the clover with little
danger of damage. Of course if it
is very heavy one should use a tedder.
It seems that the Illinois Agricul
tural Experiment Station has been
making tests to determine the rela
tive value of timothy and clover, and
these results are reported: Twenty
horses were put on feed. They cost
$3185 each, on the average, at the
outset, and sold at $288.37, a profit
that looks decidedly attractive. In
this experiment, horses fed on corn,
oats and clover hay gained 277
pounds each in ninety-two days. " At
twenty cents this would mean $55.40,
and at the beginning of the experi
1 merit a responsible horse dealer
offered the experiment station au
thorities that price for all the gain
made. In the case of the lot fed on
the same ration, but with timothy
substituted for clover, the gain was
but 142 pounds, and the timothy ra
tion cost more than clover.
Poultry Rations Recommended.
The Maine Experiment Station rec
ommends the following mixture for
laying hens: Two hundred pounds
Wheat bran, 100 pounds middlings,
100 pounds gluten meal, 100 pounds
linseed meal, 100 pounds cornmeal
and 100 pounds beef scraps; this
combination contains approximately
twenty-four per cent, protein, seven
per cent, fat, six per cent, ash, seven
per cent, fibre and forty-six per cent,
starchy matter, and would cost $1.50
a hundred, unmixed, at retail.
Professor Lindsay, of the Hatch
Experiment Station, has had good
access with a mixture made up as
follows: One hundred pounds corn
deal, fifty pounds wheat bran, fifty
pounds flour middlings, fifty pounds
gluten feed and fifty pounds beef
crap; It contains twenty-two per
cent, protein, six par cent. lat, fire
per cent, ash, four per cent, fibre and
fifty-one per cent, starchy matter, and
costs $1.50 a hundred, unmixed, at
retail. The scrap may be omitted
and mixed in with the grains as often
as it is deemed necessary. Such mix
tures may be fed either dry, or made
into a friable mash with skimmilsl
or hot water, together with a llttl.
salt.
To the writer the proportion oi
cornmeal seems too great in the
Lindsay formula, especially for
greedy fowl. This has been his ex
perience, the hens getting fat and
lazy. The Maine man comes nearer
to his Idea ot a well balanced ration,
although it is rated as containing
one per cent, more fat than the
tormer. This is easily- overcome by
the greater bulk per pound by reason
ot the bran. Either formula would
be benefited by the addition of one
per cent, cut clover.
Sweet Corn in June.
Vou can have corn from the gar
den in June not for market, ot
course, but for family use at a time
when the corn in your neighbor's gar
den is not yet coming out in tassel.
To do this plant "Peep o' Day" corn
about the middle ot April in berry
cups, flower pots, or in a box divided
off in partitions, making the ground
very rich with ashes, manure and
some complete fertilizer. Put in lots
of It, for where the ground is kept
moist there is no danger ot burning
the roots. There should be nearly
two quarts ot earth to each bill.
To get sweet corn in June, first
plant Peep o' Day Indoors about
April 1, In a box partitioned oft into
small compartments, or plant In
berry boxes or flower pots.
As soon as the corn begins to come
it, it must be set out ot doors, or
it will get "spindly." It must be
either brought in at night, or, better,
covered wtth a sash, which can be re
moved on sunny days. With "Peep
o' Day" corn four plants can be left
to each hill, and from ten to fifty
hills, each yielding from six to ten
small but delicious ears to each hill,
can be Btarted thus very easily, "get
ting big enough to begin using the
last ot June. Some gardeners dig a
hole in the garden, fill it with fresh
manure, pack it down, and thus to
some stakes driven in each corner
nail some old boards on which can
be laid a storm sash taken from the
house. A sunny bay window would
answer as well the corn must have
sun. When your neighbors are plant
ing their corn set out the corn, taking
care not to disturb the roots. In case
of a late frost, the hills can be cov
ered with newspapers, boxes or bas
kets at night, taking care to put them
on at or before sundown.
Diseased Hoof.
Greasing is necessary for hort.es
which are much exposed to damp
ness, and is as good for the sole and
frog as for the wall. It is applicable,
also, to feet which have to stand on
dry bedding. Feet which on account
ot diseased conditions require to be
frequently soaked or poulticed ought
also to be greased. Bedding of peat
moss and fine sawdust, equal parts, is
most excellent. All these measures
may be advantageous It the feet are
properly shod.
Good shoeing is the essential pro
phylaxy of hoof bound. We must
avoid all improper practices likely to
promote dessication and contraction
of the foot, such as abuse of the rasp,
too long application of the heated
shoe when fitting it to the foot, the
lowering of the heels, the excessive
paring of the frog or of the bars, the
bad fitting of the shoes, useless calks,
too many nails in the quarter or near
the heels all these errors must be
carefully avoided. The foot, more
over, must not be allowed to grow
too long. The shoeing should be re
newed monthly, even if the shoe is
not worn, and lastly, the horse must
not be allowed too long periods ot
Inactivity.
It has been proposed to abolish the
custom of shoeing, but In the present
conditions and modes of using the
horse ' this is impossible. The feet
deprived of their accustomed protec
tion would soon become gainful, and
only by keeping the animal in the
country could the feet be suffered to
remain unshod. '
Several modesof shoeing have been
invented to prevent contractions In
feet which are predisposed to them.
Some are undoubtedly beneficial, but
they must be used as are ordinary
shoeing and not reserved until the
access of the disease. Good shoeing
is often all that Is required. It Is
absolutely necessary to study the pos
of the limb and in preparing the foot
to have it absolutely level, also the
shoe, and by all means try and pre
serve the natural elasticity of the
foot, not let it get too dry, or become
too soft, but endeavor to preserve a
proper equilibrium. Chas. R. Wood,
V. S.
Swiss Soldiers on Skis.
A detachment of French Alpine
Chasseurs has within the last few
days achieved a notable feat In trav
ersing mountains on skis. The men
were stationed at the-winter post of
Bourg Saint Maurice, and the foray
was carried out under the command
of Lleuts. Krug and Michal.j
The party left Chapleux in the
morning, and in the evening bad
reached Albertville, after traversing
the peak of the Cormet de Roaeland
and the Beaufort Valley The dis
tance covered was thirty miles.
London Globe. '
An Indispensable Pocket Companion
For the Civilized Bfan.
To-day the handkerchief is every
body's indispensable pocket compan
ion, and we can hardly conceive how
the world could get along without It.
And yet there was a time when the
handkerchief was not known even in
name, and women celebrated as beau
tiful never made use of It. Still, no
blame attaches to the beauties ot
those days; for civilization had then
not called forth a reciprocal relation
between nose and handkerchief. On
the other hand, the habit of wiping
the nose and the primitive mode ap
plied to this operation has been trans
mitted to us, from generation to gen
eration, in straight line from our first
parents. For it may be taken for
granted that Adam in paradise, for
want of a handkerchief, used his fing
ers, and that Eve, in this respect, fol
lowed her husband's example. They
found each other not less beautiful
and attractive for this practice.
The Scriptures make no mention ot
the handkerchief. We are, therefore,
justified in assuming that the ancient
Hebrews employed Adam's proceed
ing in all its simplicity. The same
may also be said of the Chaldeans and
Assyrians, who were not much far
ther advanced in civilization than the
Hebrews of their time. As to the an
cient Persians we learn from Xeno
phon that they were ordered by Cyrus
not to spit and drain their noses in
public. Accordingly, there was noth
ing else left for them but to absorb
Internally, by means ot the aesopha
gus, that which by right belong to the
handkerchief. Just as little seem the
Greeks to have known the handker
chief, properly so called. True, they
made use ot a kind ot cloth or towel,
called sudarlon, but this was only to
wipe the face or mouth with. The
orators on the tribune and the poets
In their competitions were not al
lowed to spit or drain their noses;
hence they had to conform to Xeno
phon's decree. Even Nero conformed
to this rule, as we learn from the pas
sage in Tacitus: "Ne sudorem, nisi ea
quam indutul gerebat, veste deter
geret; ut nulla oris aut narium excre
menta viserentur." (Annal xvl, c.
14)." No wonder the ancients appre
cated a nose that did not require to
be thus relieved. They looked espe
cially in woman for this precious ad
vantage, and it was the first thing
they inquired about of their intended
wives. Plautus has one of his per
sonages ask for a wife a woman whose
nose is not wet, and Juvenal shows us
a husband who, in the support of his
divorce suit, adduces the only fact
that his wife required the too fre
quent use of her fingers. The Ro
mans borrowed from the Greeks the
use of the sudarlon, which in Latin
became sudarium. It was exclusively
intended to wipe the perspiration
from the face.
It is an historically established fact
that not until 350 years ago a woman
made for the first time use of a hand
kerchief. The woman who thus took
the first Btep to the refining of man
kind was a pretty Venetian. Hence
Italy Is the cradle of the handker
chief. The Italian "fazzoletto," as it
was called, was first appropriated by
the women ot France about 1540, and
about 1680 it appeared In Germany,
where, however, at first the common
people were forbidden its use. Even
earlier than in France the handker
chief came in vogue In Turkey under
Soliman (1620-66), where it was con
sidered a distinction of the highest
state officers and dignitaries. As to
England we read that Henry VIII. al
ready used "handkerchiefs of Hol
land, frynged with Venice gold,", and
some "'of Flanders' worke," and that
laced handkerchiefs and handker
chiefs of silk and cambric, richly
embroidered and trimmed with gold
lace, were fashionable in the reign ot
Elizabeth. Evelyn, in one of his sa
tiracal poems describing a woman's
toilet, Includes, among a host ot other
articles:
Of pocket mouchoirs, nose to drain,
A dozen laced, a dozen plain.
To-day the handkerchief- is no lon
ger a luxury, but an indispensable ar
ticle of toilet. ' The Japanese have
paper handkerchiefs, which they burn
after using. New York Tribune.
.Early Rising Hotel Guests.
"Hotel guests, as a rule, are early
risers," said Bob Johnson, clerk ot
the Grlswold, the other evening, "and
to prove it I will show you the call
Bheet. You will notice that there are
more 7 and 7.30 calls than any other.
Beginning at 4 o'clock, which is sel
dom used, the call sheet is ruled down
to 10. About 5.30 the sheet shows a
few room numbers, and from that
time until 7 o'clock the increase is
rapid. After 7 the number decreases
until in the last column or two there
is hardly ever a mark.
"When a man leaves a call for any
hour later than 9.30 we always send
a pitcher ot ice water along as a mat
ter of course, and if the guests asks,
to be allowed to sleep until 11, It is
usually Bate to have the boy take up
a 'bracer' also." Detroit Free Press.
The Girl No Man Wants.
The kind of girl who expects' her
path to be strewn with bouquets,
chocolates, theatre tickets and treats
generally will find her popularity
short lived, no matter how charming
she may be.
The average young mac's pocket
cannot stand the strain long, and he
will turn to some other girl, less at
tractive, perhaps, but who will be
content with the attentions he can
afford to bestow on her.
It Is a girl's place, says Health, to
see that the expenses a young man
Incurs for her pleasure shall not exi
teed what he can easily afford.
Wh
"That's a dandy cigar, Jim; where did you get it?" ,
"Just down the street."
"What's the name?"
"Don't remember the name of the brand, but it's one of those
Triangle A brands we hear so much about nowadays."
The name of a brand of cigars is not in itself important
if only makes it easier for you to ask for the cigar you want.
What you want when you buy cigars i3 a
guarantee something by which you can
distinguish the brands of one manufacturer
from another so that you can tell the
good cigars from the poor ones.
And you have this guarantee in the
Triangle A merit mark.
The American Cigar Company is the one
manufacturer to distinguish its brands so
that the smoking public may know who
makes the best cigars.
Some manufacturers seem willing enough
to hide behind pretty labels and cute
names, and let you take chances on the
cigars you buy. When you find one of
these irresponsible brands is no good, you
If you like a really good domestic cigar we suggest you try
The New CREMO
5lCents
Every box is now extra-wrapped in glassine paper, sealed
at each end with the Triangle A in red. The cigars are kept
clean, fresh and in perfect smoking condition until the box
is opened.
AMERICAN CIGAR COMPANY, Manufacturer
BUSINESS CURDS.
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE,
Pension Attorney and ftoal'.Estate'Agent.
RAYMOND E. BROWN,
attorney at law,
Brookville, Pa.
G, m. Mcdonald,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real estate agent, patent! secured, col
lections made promptly. Olilce io Syndicate
building, Uoynoldsville, Pa.
W, C. SMITH,
"ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Justice of the peace, real estate agent, col
lections made promptly. Olilce In Syndicate
building, Ueynoldsvlllo.Pa.
gMlTH M. McCREIGHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Notary public and real estate agent. Col
lections will rece ve prompt attention. Ofltce
In the ttoynoldsvllle Hardware (Jo. building,
Main street lieynoldsville, Pa.
DR. B. E. HOOVER,
DENTIST,
liosldcnt dentist. In the Hoover building
Main street. Gentleness In operating.
)R. L. L. MEANS,
DENTIST,
Olilce on second floor of the First National
bank building. Main street.
DR. R. DEVERE KING,
DENTIST,
office on second floor of the Syndicate build
Ing, Main street, Keynoldsville, Pa.
JJENRY PRIESTER
UNDERTAKER.
Black and white funeral cart. Main street.
Beynoldsvllle.'Pa.
HUGHES & FLEMING.
UNDERTAKING AND PICTURE FRAMING.
The C. 8. Burial League has been tested
and found all right. Cheapest form of In
surance. Hecure a contract. Near Public
Fountain, Keynoldsvllle Pa.
D. H. YOUNG,
ARCHITECT
Comer Grant and Flftn sts., Reynolds
vllle, Pa.
JOHN C. HIRST,
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER,
Surveyor and Draughtsman. Office In Syn
dicate building, Main street.
WINDSOR HOTEL,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Between 12th and 13th 8ts on Filbert St.
Three minutes walk from the Reading Ter
minal. Five minutes walk from the Penn'a
K. K. Depot. European plan f LOO per day and
upward. American plan ti 00 oar (lav.
When properly -performed the pas
teurization ot milk renders it safe and
wholesome, without Injuring Its value
as a food, declares the New York
Globe. In conjunction with Inspection
and cleanliness . there Is every rea
son to believe that It would enable
the city to secure a milk supply In
capable of spreading; the germs of
Infectious disease. Mr. Nathan Straus
has for number of years been con
ducting In this city an object lesson
Illustrating; the number of babies thai
can be saved by pasteurized milk, and
has declarer! that the same economy of
human life could be attained In thl
cus of adults.
at's in a Name ?
have no way of distinguishing other brands
of the same manufacturer so you can fight
shy of them. That's why so many poor
cigars are sold.
And it's the best reason in the world why
you should always look for the Triangle A
when you buy cigars.
You can understand how every Triangle
A brand must be good value,' because if
any brand bearing the Triangle A merit
mark were poor quality it would not only
kill the sale of that brand, but would hurt
our whole business.
What better assurance would you want
of honest cigar value ? What better rea
son that you should always buy Triangle A
brands? '
SrOUTING BREVITIES.
The National Association of Auto
mobile Manufacturers have resolved
to oppose touring competitions.
The Hackney Horse Society, of
London, will offer a $500 cup for
competition at the New York show.
Cambridge defeated Oxford by four
and a half lengths in the annual boat
race on the Thames from Putney to
Mortlake.
The old cry for a uniform but sim
pler code of rules for golf is again
being heard In the land, and this
time an echo comes from Great
Britain.
If Battling Nelson fights anybody
In England it will be Johnny Sum
mers, who recently lost the feather
weight championship to Spike Rob
son on a foul. -
William C. Dole, Yale's track coach
In 1892 and 1903, signed a contract
to coach the Wesleyan University
track team. Dole has been in charge
of boxing at Yale for ten years.
One of the richest prizes offered to
aeronauts is that of a London news
paper $50,000 for the first machine
that can cover the distance between
London and Manchester, allowing two
stops for fuel.
Harry Lewis, the Philadelphia
pugilist, must stand trial at Grand
Rapids, Mich., for causing the death
of Mike Ward In a recent bout. But
the charge has been changed from
murder to manslaughter.
By declaring that he will not inter
fere to prevent prize fights, the Rev.
Governor Henry T. Buchtel, Colora
do's new preacher-Governor, will
probably make his State the home ot
glove contests in the future.
Horsemen temporarily out of busi
ness at Nashville and Memphis by
legislation prohibiting racing in Ten
nessee are at Chattanooga, planning
to establish a race track just across
the Georgia line, five miles away.
A Strike Over $2.
A report comes from Troy, N. Y, of
a strike, closing up certain mills, over
a question involving an outlay of $2
a week only. Each mill is allowed
to employ two boys, known as "board
ers," from the peculiar work which
they do. The borders of one . mill
asked for a change from a piece to
a weekly basis, which meant a differ
ence of SO cents a woek in the wages
of each. The employers refused to
grant It, and so all the employes went
out on a strike. The report adds that
the weather was warm, making it for
tunate for the employes, and also that
the manufacturers have long been
wanting an opportunity to make some
repairs in their mills, conditions which
go far to' explain how so trifling a
matter should be allowed to occasion
a shutdown at a time when the knit
lng business was never more prosper
ous.' Often an inclination ' to stop
work; on either side, or both, has quite
as much to do wtth fomenting discord
as the activities of a labor agitator.
-The Boston Transcript
A St Louis woman who deal red to
commit suicide paid a druggist for an
ounce of carbolic acid and received
bottle of glycerin flavored with acid.
Things have come to a pretty pass,
remarks the Courier-Journal, when
even our cold poison is rectified!
DR. GREWER
Medloal and Surgical Institute, Rooms
1 and 8, PoBtofflce Building,
DUBOIS, PA.
DR. R aRF.WFR
Physician and Surgeon
Dr. E. Grewer, a graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania and one of the leading spec
ialists of this State, Is now permanently lo
sated at the above address, where he treats
all chronic diseases of Men, Women and
Children.
He makes a specialty ef all forms of Ner
vous diseases. Blood Poison, Secret Diseases,
EnllAntlfi Fits. ' CnnvnlAlnna T7ala at
Vitus Dance. Wakefulness cured under
guarantee.
Lost Manhood Restored.
Weaknesses of Young Men
Cured and All Private
Diseases.
Varicocele. Hydrocele andRuntiim
ly cured without pain and no detention from
Dualness.
He cures the worst cases of Nervnua Pm.
tratlon. Rheumatism. Scrofula, old Rn
Blood Poison and all diseases of the Skin, Ear,
nose. Throat, Heart, Lungs, Stomach, Liver,
moneys ana Bladder.
Itching Piles. Fistula. SiiWnn Tmm
Oaneers and Goiters cured without cutting.
Special attention paid to the treatment of
Nasal Catarrh.
He will forfeit the sum of $5,-
000 for any case of Fits or
Epileptic Convulsions
that he cannot cure.
Consultation free In English and Germaa
and strictly confidential. Write If von
cannot call. I.
Office hours I Prom 9a. m. tol.Mn. m. Ob
Sundays 9 to U a. m. only.
There Is an idea abroad among mor.
al people that they should make their
neighbors good, declared Robert Louis
Stevenson. One person I have to
make good, myself. But my duty to
my neighbor Is much more nearly ex
pressed by saying that I have to male
him happy If I may.
A Kentucky Congressman says the
Wall street man is a bull today, a
bear tomorrow, but alwavs a hog.
That man will not be called to fill
the chair of high finance zoology in a
tainted-TJioney college, prophesies the
New York American.
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