Place of the Peanut.
The peanut is so different In appear
ance from the bean, the pea and the
clover, and it is put to such different
use that it is seldom thought of as
a legume which derives practically all
of its nitrogen from the air. The plant
blossoms above ground, but as the
flower withers the Btock, or spike, of
the ovary lengthens and pushes Into
the ground, so that the pod is matur
ed beneath the surface. The peanut
itself, therefore, corresponds to the pea
or the bean pod, and the nuts are the
peas or the beans. American Cultiva
tor. .
The Ideal-Keeping Apple.
Experiments Indicate that so far as
maturity is concerned, the Ideal keep
ing apple is one that is fully grown,
highly colored, but still hard and firm
when picked. Apples that are to be
stored in a local cold-storage house
to be distributed to the markets in
ijooler weather may be picked much lat
er than fruit requiring ten days or more
in transit, but the use of the refrig
erator car makes later picking pos
sible when the fruit must be iu tran
sit for considerable time In warm
weather in reaching a distant storage
house. Weekly Witness.
Stir the Soil Some More.
How many cultivations of a crop is
necessary? Well, Just as many as the
ground will permit of, rather than as
few as possible. The original prepara
tion of the land and the planting is
much more than half the work and ex
pense up to the time of harvest. It Is
poor economy, after having gone thus
far rt ellmn In iha nnlHvntlnn Th
cost of cultivating a field of corn or po
tatoes Is not more than fifty or sixty
cents- per acre. If the planting has
been well done the increased yield from
each cultivation will much more than
pay Its cost. Keep down the weeds and
let In the air to the plant roots. Am
erican Cultivator.
Applying Manure.
A series of rather careful experiments
In the application of manure at the Mas
sachusetts Experiment Station indicate
that on fairly level land there Is not
much loss when the manure Is applied
late In fall or during the winter.
It Is figured that the double handling
of the manure required in the case of
the manure that is hauled to the land,
dumped, and then spread In the spring,
amounts to a sum much more than
equal to the loss of materials when the
manure Is spread directly at first haul
ing. Results have agreed substantial
ly for several years past. The loss dur
ing winter when manure had been
spread on the iground was greater when
there was wash over the frozen grand
during the winter or early spring, but
In a dry winter and when the ground
, was covered with snow, there was
' very little loss.
The average results are considered to
be In favor of winter application, tak
Inff Intr, ftppnunf fha RAvlnir In lfthnr
and the greater convenience, but on
fields that are very steep It is recom
mended to hold the manure In storage
until spring, although actual tests on
rather steep land at the station did not
show very much loss from winter
spreading on average seasons. The land
to which this manure was applied had
been plowed In the fall. If applied to
v. sua lanu upon wuicu mere wets out lit
tle dry material to take up the manure
the waste might have been greater.
American cultivator.
Feeding Young Turkey.
Feed the poults a nourishing food
and plenty of (green food. Just what
they will eat up clean In a short time.
put a fresh laid egg in cold water
and bring It to a head, boiling It one-
half or one hour, which makes Is
crumbly. I chop It very fine, shell and
.tall, mixing a little chick grit In Just
in the morning. This Is their feed
for the first two days. The third morn
ing I gather fresh dandelion leaves and
chop fine with egg and add sour milk
curd. This is a'lelr breakfast, never
forgetting in the morning a little chick
grit. At noon I feed a little curd; at
night I chop onions or rather onion
tops, if I have them, and egg and curd.
This constitutes their feed for three or
- four weeks. After that I mix chick
food and oat meal but always give this
first food mixed with it, adding the oth
er foods as a change. It is surprising
'how fast turkeys will grow on this
food. If you do not over-feed, you
will never have any trouble with ln-
digestion, and as six weeks old they
will be plump and fat and grow right
along.
So many people write and ask how
many eggs do I cook. Bless their
l hearts. I never boll but one, and only
feed half of that to quite a large flock.
A little turkey for the first three days
of its life will not eat more than a
small bird, and what they will eat. could
4 be taken on the point of a pen-knife.
Mrs. J. B. Gray, In Poultry Success.
Forage Crops Tested..
In a bulletin on "Forage Crops," is
sued recently by the Oklahoma Experi
ment station, the following points con
cerning the cow pea or soy bean are
brought out:
L The cow pea and soy bean belong
to the legume family. These plants
se able, through the medium of bac
teria which are associated with their
root systems, to assimilate free nitro
gen from the soil air. The characteris
tic n'kes these plants a valuable as3et
to the farmer's list of crops.
2. As forage crops, the cow pea and
soy bean should be given a conspicu
ous nlace In the rotation. The grain
and forage, thus obtained, furnish nit
rogenous material for the ration which
Is used in feeding the live stock on the
farm.
3. On upland soils both crops will
respond to applications of barn yard
manure, hence this by-product of the
farm should receive special attention
even if our lands are comparatively
new.
4. The farmer has a long list of va
rieties at his disposal. In making a
selection, productiveness is an import
ant Item.
6. Good results can be obtained by
planting the seed n rows 32 inches
apart, which plan will enable the grow
ers to cultivate the crop during the ear
ly part of the season.
6. Where the grain is Infested with
the pea weevil, the Insect may be held
In check by the use of carbon bl-sul-phid.
"Don'ts" Concerning the Cows.
Don't be unkind to the milk cow.
Don't use a club but kind words in
stead. Don't allow any loafers around when
milking, such as dogs, children or cats.
Don't expect the cows to come from
pasture by mere calling them but drive
them up slowly.
Don't yell at the cow, and beware of
profane language, It leaves a bad Im
pression.
Don't allow your finger nails to grow
long if you are a daily milker.
Don't torment a cow by teasing her
young.
Don't expect a cow to give as much
milk when half fed as when properly
cared for.
Don't allow cows to sleep in a mud
dy shed.
Don't allow your cows to be chased
by dogs or be hurried when going to or
from pasture.
Don't, whea milking, beat the .-.ow for
stepping backward when files are nu
merous. Don't milk until dusk during the hot
months bo as to avoid the presence of
the flics which so vigorously attack the
cow Just before sundown.
Don't permit the cow to drink Impure
water.
Don't fail to keep some sort of salt
handy bo the cow may have free ac
cess to It.
Do not feed the milk cow "rotten"
or decayed corn.
Don't forget to allow the cow civil
treatment and she will return the Bame
In good measure.
"Kind words are ever bearing fruit.
W. G. N., in Indiana Farmer.
Farm Notes.
Even If pastures are green it will
not do to pasture too closely.
. Skim milk is about the best food
for the growing pig you can supply. "
Ten dozen eggs a year Is the average
estimate given as the production of the
hem
About four dozen eggs are given as
an average for the annual output of the
turkey.
Whenever stock begin to scatter at
the approach of their master he is not
a kind master.
It will require seven pounds of skim
med milk to equal one pound of lean
beef for flesh-forming qualities.
If you permit sows with pigs of dif
ferent ages to run together the larger
pigs will rob the smaller ones.
Where neighbors cattle are running
in adjoining fields, bulls are liable to
break over, and then there is trouble,
probably a damage suit. -
Keep the calves growing. If stunt
ed the first year there Is a loss that
never can be regained. Any animal
that Is worth raising is worth raising
well.
The careful orchardlst will see that
any tree which has been injured re
ceives prompt attention. Wounds made
by careless cultivators Bhould be bound
to keep out water until the scar is
healed.
Social Clubs In Cuba.
There are social distinctions In Cu
ba based upon color; there are not
one but several color lines, though
these are not eternal, hard, fast anc"
unchangeable as In the United States
In-Cuba social life Is run largely by
social clubs. There are In almost
every town and village negro clubs,
two or three grades of mulatto clubs
and white clubs. In one and at its
functions may appear the husband,
excluded the wife; In another the wife
but not the husband; In a third their
children but neither the father nor
mother. To the world this will ap
pear Incredible, almost Incomprehen
sible; here it Is convention, almost In
comprehensible; here it is convention,
fixed, settled, accepted and opera
tive. These distinctions, however, run
but for a lifetime. By crosses from
generation to generation, though some
deny it, men ascend. A little of the
blood, if it but be decreasing, 1b not
remembered against them forever.
Army and Navy Life.
New York City. Unquestionably
cutaway coats: are favorites of the
season, and many exceedingly smart
tariattons are shown. This one Is
launty and youthful In the eitreme,
ind consequently suits young girls
peculiarly well. It Includes the long
sleeves decreed by fashion, and It is
finished in the severe tailor style that
marks the latest and best modes. The
original, from which the drawing
was made, Is designed to be worn
with skirt to match, the material
being cheviot, In one of the new dark
blues, stitched with beldlng silk,
but the coat serves quite as well for
a separate wrap and is adapted to all
seasonable suitings and cloak Ings.
Shadow effects and inconspiclous
plaids are much liked for the suits
and green and black with collar of
green velvet is both chic and girlish.
The coat is made with fronts, backs
and side-backs. There are the regu
lation collar and lapels finishing the
neck, and the sleeves are cut in two
pieces each In true mannish stylo.
Button-holes with handsome buttons
effect the closing.
For a girl of sixteen years of age
the coat will require three and one
quarter yards of material twenty
seven Inches wide, two and one-eighth
yards forty-four or one and five
eighth yards fifty-two Inches wide.
The Popular Color.
The decided color of the moment
Is green Instead of Nattier or Copen
penhagen blue. Green In dark emer
ald, lettuce, spinach or onion peel
shades are the most popular. Bluish
green Is fashionable for some gowns.
. Mother of Pearl Links.
Mother of pearl cuff links are much
prettier to wear with shirt waists
than gold plated ones, or even ster
ling silver.
Scarabs In Favor. .
Scarabs are much affected now
among those fond of antiquities.
Your scarab may not be a genuine
antiquity, but so long as your friends
don't know it it's all right.
Walking Skirt With Panels.
The Bklrt that is made with panels
is a favorite among the latest models
and has much to commend It. The
long narrow gores give slenderness
to the figure, while there still Is
abundant flare at the lower portion
and there Is unusual opportunity af
forded for effective use of the fash
ionable' Btrlpcs. This one combine
plain gores with fancy panels and Is
exceptionally graceful. As shown, It
is made of hand loom Scotch tweed
In shades of brown and tan, and 1
finished with stitching of beldlng silk,
but It will be found appropriate both
for all fashionable suitings and for
the similar materials used for the
odd skirts to be worn with the sepa
rate coats that are promised such
vogue. If striped materials are chosen
the pleated portions of the panels
would be peculiarly effective cut on
the bias or cross. The use of but
tons makes a distinctive feature of
the season, and the tailor ones Illus
trated give unquestioned finish, but
the detail Is, nevertheless, optional
as the skirt would be perfectly fin
ished without.
The skirt is finished in nine nar
row gores with panels between, and
these panels are made in two sec-
tions each, the upper plain, tho lower
pleated. As Illustrated, the skirt
Just clears the ground, but varying
lengths are correct, and what is most
becoming makes the best for each
Individual. '
The quantity of material required
for the medium size Is eleven and
one-half yards twenty-seven, six and
three-quarter yards forty-four or five
and one-half yards fifty-two Inches
wide when material has figure or
nap; eleven yards twenty-seven, five
and three-quarter yards forty-four or
four and three-quarter yards, fifty
two Inches wide when It has not.
Mussjr Veils Disgraceful.
It is disgraceful to wear a mussy
veil.
CONDITIONS REPORTED 80UND
Reduction in Production Not Great
nd Mostly Made a Precau
tionary Measure.
Comparatively Bound conditions In
commercial' and manufacturing inter
ests are indicated by special reports
to R. G. Dun' & Co. from 60 or more
of the leading cities of the coun
try. Conservatism In . accumulating
stocks is reported In most cases and
there are many in which working
hours are being reduced and men
laid off. As a rule, however, the re
duction In production is not great,
and Is taken rather as a measure of
precaution than because of greatly di
minished orders.
All New England points, Including
Bangor, Providence, Springfield,
Lynn, Worcester, Hartford, New
Haven and Bridgeport, report certain
reductions in production, but do not
indicate any serious crisis. On the
contrary, the usual report Is that In
dustrial conditions are fair and that
It is only surplus help which is being
weeded out.
In all the New England cities
adequate currency Is reported to meet
payrolls and to carry on business,
although the banks are not making
many new loans. The check system
has been Introduced in a few cases
in New York and Pennsylvania. At
Scranton, however, Wilkes-Barre,
Columbus and other important points,
currenev is being provided for pay
rolls without resort to any substi
tutes." Some scarcity of currency is
reported at Allentown, and clearing
house certificates are in use at
Cleveland.
Conditions further west are
rather more favorable than appeared
to be the case when the money
stringency first became acute. Fac
tories are operating on full time, or
nearly so at points like Fort Wayne,
Grand Haplds, Saginaw, Qulncy, La
crosse, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Des
Moines, Dubuque nnd Sedalia. From
Grand Rapids, the large furniture
center, it Is reported that all fac
tories are running full-handed, and
there is a scarcity of skilled labor.
Very favorable reports are receiv
ed from many southern points, es
pecially 'from Lynchburg, Wilming
ton, N. C, Charleston, Columbia, Sa
vannah, Augusta, Mobile, Montgom
ery and Knoxville. Falling off in
business Is reported at Atlanta nnd
Dallas, and, to a limited extent, at
other points.
It is notable that from nearly all
points failures are reported to be
only normal in number and collec
tions are better than would bo indi
cated by the stringent condition of
the money market.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Wheat No. I rod t . t 0J
Rye-No.2 71
Corn No 2 yellow, ear 77 ,9
No. 8 yellow, shelled 70
Mixed ear 7
Oats No. S white JJ M
No. S white '. J) . s
Flour Winter patent J SO)
Fancy straight winters 4JI 4 71
Hay No. 1 Timothy 1' & 1 V)
ClOTerNo. 1 17 M H 00
Feed No. 1 white mid. Ion SO 00 80 00
Brown middlings W M 87 00
Bran, bulk SO 50
B;raw Wheat l" 00
Oat 10 00
Dairy Products.
Butter Elgin creamery I 30
Ohio creamery 1 4
Fancy country roll H 9o
Cheese Ohio, new " 17
New York, new 18 17
Poultry, Eto.
Hens per lb....! I " H
Chickens dressed 1 14
EggsPa. and Ohio, fresh W it7
Fruits and Vegetable.
Potatoes Fanfy white per ha.... 7J r
Cabbage per ton .. 15 0) 11103
Onions per barrel 4J i sj
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent f in t 80
Wheat No. red 88
Corn Mixed 71 73
Eggs HI
Butter Ohio creamery i V
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent $ 5 ) 5 n
Wheat No. red St
Corn No. '2 mixed 71 79
Oats No. S white 44 41
Butter Creamery 8 S3
Eggs Pennsylvania firsts 1
NEW YORK.
Flour Patents I 4 81 4 71
Wheat No. 8 red - 101
Corn-No. 2 8d 87
Oats No. 8 white M 67
Butter -Creamery 41 87
Kggs State and Pennsylvania.... 82 1
LIVE 8TOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg
Cattle.
Kxtra, 1,450 to 1,8)) lbs HO)
l'rlmo, 1,.1'JO to 1,41) lbi (!)
Oood, 1.1W0 to LSI) lbs 5 SI
Tilly, 4,o:K) to 1,150 lbs 4 71
Common, 700 to IIJ) lb 4 0)
Oxen 8-21
Bull Joi
l'ow 1 5)
Heifers, 700 to 1 10). 8 31
8 83
0 in
13
4 13
4 0)
4 83
8 0j
1 3
8) Uo
rieah tows and Springers U )J
Hogs.
Prime henry J 5 m
Prime mod I urn weight 6 SO
Best henry Yorkers 5 7J
Oood light Yorkers...., s 1.1
Pigs S3)
Roughs , 4 7J
8taga 4, j
6heep.
Prime wethers, clipped fl SJ
Good mlxe L 3 83
Fair mixed ewes and wethers 4 01
Culls and common.....' 8 01
Lambs 4
Calves.
Veal cat res 3 0)
Hoary and thin ealrej 8 8)
8 1
8 1I0
5 8
1 8-
4 2 '.
I 41
I 5 0
1 50
4 7J
3l
7 71
9 SI
5 0)
The Chicago professor who declared
that there are no humorists in this
country, thereby provided an opening
for one, retorts the New York Com
mercial. v
In Holland the horn as a warning
signal Is reserved exclusively for the
ass of motorists.
French mints coined $394,000 ot
Swiss coins during 190G.
BUSINESS CARDS.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Pension Attorney and Real',Estata Agent
RAYMOND E. BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
' BltOOKVILLK, PA.
GK m. Mcdonald,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real estato agent, patents secured, eol
tectloiis made promptly. OlHce In Syndicate
building, Ueynoldsrllle, Pa.
gMITH M. MoCRElGHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Notary public and real estate agent Col
lections will tree re prompt attention. Office,
In the IteyuohlHVllle Hardware Co. building,
llaln street Koynoldsvllle, Pa.
DR. B. E. HOOVER,
DENTIST,
Resident dentist In the Hoover building
Main street Gentleness in operating.
DR. L. L. MEANS, -
DENTIST,
Office on second floor of tbs First National
bank building, Main street.
DR. U. DeVERE KINO,
DENTIST,
Office on second floor of the Syndicate build
Ing, Main street Keynoldsvllle, Pa.
JJENRY PRIESTER
UNDERTAKER.
Black and white funeral cars. Main stress,
Reynoldsville, Pa.
HUGHES & FLEMING. 7
UNDERTAKING AND PICTURE FRAMING.
The 0. 8. Burial League has been teste4
and found all right Cheapest form of In
surance. Secure a contract Near Publls
Fountain, Ueynoldsrllle Pa.
D. H. YOUNG,
ARCHITECT
Corner Grant and Fiftn its., Reynolds-
tille. Pa.
l'KUftllMKAT I'tUxO!.'.
Senator Gore, who comes from tbj
new State of Oklahoma, is blind.
Secretary Taft decided to return to
the United States by way of Europe. '
Lord Avebury, of England, say
the United States needs a central
bank.
M. Louhet, formerly President of
France, has announced his predilec
tion for a quiet life.
The Rev. Newell D. Hillis Is one of
the many American pastors who have
arranged for appointments in Eng
land next summer.
The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, of
Topeka, Kan., reached New York re
cently on the steamer St. Louis, after
a four months' tour of Great Britain. :
Professors William H. Schofield, of
Harvard University, and Arthur T.
Hadley, of Yale University, have be
gun their lectures at the University,
of Berlin. ,
Grover Cleveland visited New YorK
for the first time since his recent ill
ness. He transacted some private
business and returned at once to
Princeton.
Frank James, once the most noted
bandit in the United States, has
bought a farm in Western Kansas,
and proposes to spend tho remainder,
ot his life in farming.
Some alarm for his health' was
caused In Berlin by the announce
ment that the Emperor would remain'
a fortnight In the Isle ot Wight dur
ing his visit to England. '
The three living "war Governors"
of the United States are Frederick
Holbrook, of Vermont; Samuel J.
Crawford, of Kansas, and William
Sprague, of Rhode Island. 1
Dr. Robert Spense Watson, presi
dent of the British Peace Society, and
single arbitrator of more than a hun
dred British labor disputes, has been
made by King Edward a privy coun
cillor. FEMININE NEWS NOTES.
I
The Crown Princess ot Germany;
Save birth to a son.
Mrs. William Crosswell Doane,
wife of the Episcopal Bishop of Al
bany, N. Y., died In that city.
Mme. Meina is saiu to nave re
seived $50,000 and Tamagno $15,000
tor singing before a gramophone.
Miss Eulalalle Dix is an American
girl who has made a notable success
as a painter of miniature portraits.
In Amsterdam there is a factory
where 400,000 diamonds are cut an
nually. Most of the work is done by
women.
It Is reported from Italy that an
other American woman has found her
husband net to be a count but an old
Jailbird.
The prefs Is printing columns of
sarcasm at the exnense of the New-
port society girl who rises at daylight
to milk five cows.
Annie Louise Carr, the greatest of
American contraltos durlns her op
eratic career, has just nassd the sixty-fifth
anniversary of her birthday.
Mrs. E. L. Godkln, who was the
wife of the late E. Lawrence Godkln,
of the Evening: Post, died at her home
In New York City from heart disease. .
Ladv Ernestine Hunt, eldest
daughter of the Marquis of Alles
bury, owns and operates a horse
ranch at Calgary, Alberta, on a
stretch of land nearly 40,000 acres In
extent.
M!ss Robb. who recently died In .
Edinburgh at tbi age of ninety-four,
had been on the Ensllsh Navy pension ,
roll since birth, ns she was the posthu- ,
mous child of Captain Robb, of the
Koyai Navy.
Mrs. Roosevelt bas Informed close
! 1 - - t 1 1 1 1 .1
family affair, not a political one, they
and theirs would leave the White 4
House" on March 41 ( 1 9 0 9. ; J
The tune "Hiawatha" has been pre
scribed for congestion of the liver.
Never mind. Pass along the conges
Qsn, pleads the New York American.
It Is said that London produces
jver 200 new designs in "penny toys"
every week. ,