VOL I xxxv i
NDo Z7 Want jT NevT tj
H Tailor Made Suit? M
In v'^V^^nMrnaSdng^hcn^i^th^
F4 ? for $i 3.50, $15.00, SIS.OO ami $20.00 V
/ If they do not fit or please \ uu ( wo will V F£
'V iiot ask you to take them, C kj
J Come in and r><-t our new tine of Men's, ('
S lioj's", and Children's Clothing • mCi
C ncw ' P'ice. f, WM
WA ' J Warm weather has come; and >ve are
1 >]unving a complete line of Straw Hats #| & A
WA Nin Wen's, Boys' and Children's shapes. X.
Lv \ / i wA
I DOUTHETinSTGRAHAM. [i
j i OO(
;; now—t - |
{ 1 That the dread house cleaning is over : lie 1 next A
i 1 \ and more important work is pick Ire ; t m:>. carpet. A
I > To pick a carpet in our well storked carpet : 00m, A
■ . We have the famous Hartford Administer. Wilton X
Velvets, Body and Tapestry Brussels and In rains if
in ail the up-to-date patterns, only, and prices
that will astonish you. Then our China .Mattings, Jr
' ' Floor'and Table Oil Cloths, Linoleums. Ruvs and V
Art Squares, deserve a passing nofhy,' Ask to w
<!> SI.OO Axminister Rugs,
'| ' Neatest thing for the money fcvei -howt'i in Butler at V
; DOFFy'S STORE |
' OOOOOOOOOOOOOOeOOOOO0O&S*^
mEiN •
j'.-' jt | r V J»
J_ |j Won't Imy clothing for the purpose of spend-
V j / . 1 Ingmoncy. They do sire to get} the l> est
ijT \ " A possible results for the money expended.
; . ! i, \ V 1 .Not heap ' ,ut K°" < l s as cheap as ran
«■ X» \ \ „ tie sold and made m> pro^terly, Call and
\\ t,. / S M m 1 examine my large stock of
I '. "i . V /£?
| 1 ; L r/—~d SPRING SUITINGS.
i 4 1■ ' • r-*
V; . I /\ v u '1 Right up to date, tin- latent styles,' shades
t 1 n ' iid colors that could bo bought. C'aU and
j |3y |\ |. ' - V x aniinc them.
jIX j i/ffl. fV I&jjr / Fits and Workmanship
* >; l ill 11 J Guaranteed.
G. F. K6CK,
142 North Main Street, :-i - \ Butler, Pa.
PAPFS. JEWELERS:
Diamonds, watches. Clocks. Jewelery,
Silverware, Spectacles etc.
We have a large and well selected stock.
We Repair all Kinds VVatches.;
If youfhave broken jewelery that yoii think ' eyoii'l fcpnirs
to Jus and we will make if as good as iu w,
Wc take old gold and silver the samij as cash allow ing the
highcst r market price,
S ( Main St., Butlef, l'a
Aslo
\ Paints
J"° r
1 Buggies,
Wagons,
\ Furniture.
A\,VJJE T° PAINT 1 Decorative
BUILD I 5 WITH* Work.
etc.
REDICK & GROHM/^N.
1 fttj'S. Main St., Hurler, la.
•r ■ 1
Rockenstein's
of Spring and Summer Millinery.
VVe call your attention to our lurgc and well selected stock, of Choice Millinery.
We h*ve endeavored to make our stuck surpass all previous year, in style, desir
ability, quality and prices. Wc feci sure wc have more tlinu maintained our
reputation iu the selection of CIIOICIC INIiK Y (lOf)IJS. Wc can show you
:au Immense variety of Hats, Mowers, Kiblxuis, itralds amj Chiffons and all tl at
Koes to make up an I'l' T'- DAT)' MIMJNKRV STOCiC, nud at prices •hut .will
wrprise you. VVe would call t-sj»ecial attention to our V, Misses' and Ctiil
ilito's TUIMMKI) HATS, in which we have always twellcd YOll can always
get xiV goods at the right prices at
R( )C K K M S T UK I N'H,
"j?8 Sooth Mntn St., Butler. l*a.
er— ■ ■ ■
SEND OWE DOLLAR £
■Mil. lMuU~.ri-kl.un. irtll Ml <4 r— >W» T° t ' "'W-' XT rHkK.HT 1 lit. P°
awtll T» lUDIIIITIIH, ,n M. UMIHUtI V I rr-. .
rmrsntt *iTiHWrTnur, »xit».» «trnip>iiKT«i), *«< *r- r» -\ K/I Bgt CC'
tmr irilUTHowii »u.00., 4 TNI BIAHBtIT UHtll TB«rvrt It*. \ I XI CD
u. rr.%ki OUR SItCCIAL PRICE •38.90, . gyolWi^.
•ml frrlght elwiKeH, «tnt wltti <>r<l<r.
K ■iirt tmiß TOP HllOßhiw«*h canuoo.
Wt IHK IWIO lUr PUwo » fr^m i.n..r niat'-Tlal t*i*n /- / /A
Mk<-r> put In STI.m liainrtm 9tr>« for 19** r- —%
MiM frr*m tto !W»#t Bawnpif W7*%d. Ttrwt fr»t *• .n«y (md | i V r t l - 1
SaUd. bl Sortßff*, am lllrwlr«' vr 4 or Itrcwmrr Hi<tr l»sr WW*I». Vg JLA U vyTfv^ ' §
Uteri dr.de K-rt-wM ltlm ImU nt T«», H4 odlicw, I«ir>
Mtfrhrr Hmvtljr frill *M« tan k
t*r<l equal t<» any ttM.OO bQfVT wonk, llixl/ l*l«clf. <Mar lirlt grxn ' J \ KjM
or fttrd. I |HI»«iH»g, M»n (rMl|Mrk Wlb mr Etas'* U+lbt*, 11 41 •• f* 01 " ' 4 W nt«r
IM.OO It ffll IFlClAlHfiffcr Ui» Ultfty «M* mr foil I. Mth aid* nd l>Mk enrfai... .lorm
■fee*., **rp£, «rwiV« OVAM*TfcIS TWB fTARS will U t altretlrof r.r h ur*w.atf i.vu& *i«
J, WRITS rua r««. lAff YOU CAN MAKfe JBCO.OO Th%. Year H«lliiw OUR
UCJOIKB O&DLK Own TO-fi/ Y. YOU DAN BKLL IT FOK SUO 00. DON'T Jj>Kr,AY.
Address, SEARB, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.). CHICAGO, ILL,
/
ITHE BUTLER CITIZEN.
' Headache |
Ijb often s warnin* tu:K tho liver l« E
torpifl fir InaOlTfc. Mort a
trout'U'f may follow,' For u i>romi>t. ■
efßclent enr of ileaflwho and (jll ■
It»er troubles, tato B
Hood 0 9 P///s |
While tUry ron.* the liver. r»*tore B.
r)U, regular action of the bow<»Js. ■
thev do not prlpe or pain, do twt to
irritale .r Sntiamc the tntcma! oraans, gt
but have a positive tonic effect. 2T>c. H
Et all druwlfts or hy mail of 1;"
C. I. Hood A Co., Low *^_^^_g
IT IS HERE!
Q,
\\\' rrit.ui tlid sdASon fur
and Surries,
We nevt r yucli ati.ulc bi'ffrc,
Wc liavt- been nearly 2q year.s in
business.
Wo know tlic kind of ami
Surrles that wear.
We pay spot easij ("or
;ve buy.
V\'c jjaj' no rent and iuj*
are low.
We are the largest dealers Id o\ir
line in the State
We ofler jou the best lu
select from.
Wc never misrepresent.
We never tr>- to \it;h o|j 6ne
customer.
Wc do exactly as ivt aqree I '.
Wu sell Surries ar% low as $49,
We make and repair all kinds 61
Harness.
\Ve peil Wheels', Tops', Cushions
and everything belonging to
Buggies and Harness and
would like to iiaye ><> M ca.ll
and sec us.
Y9urs, Sic.,
S. B. Wartincourt & Co.,
128 E. Jefferson St..
Butler. Pa.
S. 8. Martlncourt.
J. M .Leigliner
I'. S. We forgot to mention
Kramer Wagons, Trunks, Valjs^,
Sfc., a hundred things;
BQtler Savings Bank
,H) U Pa}
Capital - fix <,000.00
Surplus and X'rofits r f 170,000.0< i
JOH. PIJUVIB :ia., I'reMltlent
.1. IIKNI4Y TUOI'TMAN Viee-Preflident
WII. CAMPBELb, Jr Cai'f.ier
LOUIS 11. HTKi.N 1 «U(-r 1
i>ii;K<rroi;.H-.insi>pii r„ rums, .1. iieurv
Troijfraan. \V I). Ilramlon, W. !A. Hfelio .I.JJi.
Cuaipbell.'
Tho Butler '.Bavlnas Itiink Is the Oldest
Hitukhig I nst It ut Ion! n Huller I'ount.y.
i.eneral lntuUlun InwlnesS transact ed.
We soll'-O lu'counts of oil jiii <lucer». mer
eliants, farmers and utfiors.
'All business untrusted to lilt will l-ocolve
pronipi uttentlou.
Interest ualil 011 lime. <J epos Its.
THE
Butler County National Bank,
Htitlen I^enn,
Capital paid in - t ft x>,000.00
Surplus and Profits ~ f
Jos. Hartman, {President; J. V. Kills,
vMce President; 0. A. llailev. Cashier!
John G. McMarlin, Ass't Cashier.
/ ffonoral banklne business
Int*T4»st paid on tlrnu doposltH.
Monry <»n :iDi>n»vefl
We Invito ytni tooprn an ftCfotmt wltli this
Imnk.
DlicroTiJltS 11<in. JoHi'iih 11. , i lion.
W. H. Walilron, l»r. N. Si. IIoov« r. 11, Mc-
Hwrriify. K. F. Alirarns, C'. l\ ("oHlhh, I. (J
hiiili.li. Iji'&tfo T. lluflctt. M. Unoff/iii.
\V. 11. Lark I ii* llnrry lloasliy. Dr. WV
Braun's Pharmacy.
Cor. 6th St. and Duquesno Way,
l'a,, L., I). Telephone 2542.
Wholesale and Retail.
Importer And Jobber ol I >rugs'j
Chemicals, l'crfumesj {Soaps;
}iiu,shcs, ICtc.
The only house west bf New
York carrying a full line ol
Meyers' Grease, Paints find
theatrical goods;
Physicians' Proscriptions
Compounded Day or Night by
''Registered Pharmacists" only.
Wholesale and retail
dealer in Lubricating and
Illuminating Oils, Capital
Cylinder, Dynamo, Water
White and Standard Gas
Engine Oils. Gasolein, llen
r.ine, Para fll tie Wax and
Petrolatum.
Address all mail orders to
W. F. Braun.
I |
Rare Bargains!
iWe want to dispose of our present
stock of inodtils, ;in«l in oriler to (lo it
I (juickly have cut the jirii-e- from if y>,
I $35 :uiil if|o to $22.50 and *25. These-
I are Htrictly blgb eradc anil up-to-date
| bicycles, end can't be inatcbed for price
1 anil cpiality. Don't miss this eiiijiortuni
! ty to proeiire a y, f 1'" 1 wheel lor little
{ money. We sell sundries cheaper than
i and oilier house iu town.
WHITE, WAITER « CO.,
303 S. Main Street.
WA NT 111» KVRItAI. TKI'HXWOKTII V I'KUSONH
111 I Ills st .*lto to our I ill si 11CSS
tln*lr own an<l murhy coniitti's. Il N mainly
j olHiv worU mdurti'il ut homo. Halary
I a y •%r and i-xjh hw h di tlnJtf.
. hunalldo. no luorc. no U-sh sulury Monthly
| ?'< >. Ki'Trii nc H. KII'-IDW' ,» lf luldrcHKMl
I st;iin|M •! i n\«l«»|»o 1f» rI•• 11 I',". ll*'.ss, |'ri*nt.
< "Hi'pt M. 1 lil<'M|«
Tne viGtL.
I\ir f 1 . *t I vvft'.-h Hurt T.:ik^
fk><We nj-Mi'in i urtcli:.
iliorfyy* .. .1..-..t.> .ko
i . M's t,«. t~\'<a t ui^ia
The silent lejurs ()ra« «l'>«r m l t nc;
Tij:- ■ ■ " i finer In '.nlli,
M> >v< > ,v" nr *' '"iot. '"it atroag
uin mi l hold.
' K« km , e, v ,j. «rk -A ir».» Uigh.
And r.fe iVuV^l..],,
Fi/r iji:.. m>K uiy <i t An.l 1
Ajui! . vitfll ke, ].
> '»n - kint.-,l wheel
Of u.iUi'- thr. ft,-
Ki.;« t. , i 1« • an<! .'i.-h mj »■#!
, Kevins »••:. <«'•».; tjrav-ftml litrunjt
in -i»j' r ..n::,. if!, liko minu
TJ:-y thol.W' 1 fi01.5
helm nwl .->rs,-let HHiiio
£:i.i X ! u uiy jaront un.l
TWy tn>ve lrx vvai'« oluriiis,
Th6v ;-i fr, k«-li fhelr v>.w,
But ifi> j wiitulust to win tl.i-ir aruw
■ nfj »rii<eMna n',xr.
Mo. t}i, M iy» 14* it;''. Inspire,
VWn> L'HjS Us- tbeui f»
VVh. n f v am f'Ut a
.-ihitll rU- .» kni^lit.
—Abl»' Kitrwli Brown In VoaJh'fl Com pan
• • >n» , 4 '
I Mv Vocation.
1... . 8
My niyie if Arthur Clarence Fits
ger.ild MaikeXiZb ~ I (>l:i tl talk g'»jd
lo«>kli>/j ;i clorta. I am not absolute
ly miserable, but am nevertl»ele«d tar
from happy.
Tin; my yvvn qnlriojilness V*
that 1 earned/ alight npon tlw particu
lar walk iff'- io which joj» abilities
are d<**t}jle<J t»> make ns- fjitlimi?}.
It was uiy father's great principle
that averjt'tjiin ih in a jiartip
tilar departir|eut, but the chancrt are a
million to yn6 that Iw ih'.vs * finds that
departijs nt.
For [hJ yniTrt !}e worked at tire traffet
of boot'm/iking without becoming a pei»-
ny jib. cq tlx: richer, ajid it was only yri
hi 1 ! that ho found be ought to
have l.e. XI ft 'cabinet minister
My'ywn delupirrti Wa« tbot I caiijo
into tlji?} Wfjrtd far the Goio purpose
showyiu lttf something
starting In the detective line.
My opp. l-tunity ctupe at lasts. 1 was
walking' ilywjj tbe Strain! in that cahJk
thongbtfnf Kninner peculiar t*> peophj
of great lirafn power when a* passerby
looked fi archfngly into my rac<i it
was <>nly a glance, and h<J pasaod ofxat
piost iiHmodmtely, aniarently Katisfiod
with inspee'tiort.
I lityiyiily j»iiiip"i| with oafs»'ines»and
delight Tho pian although outwardly
refined and bad .1 very
stflkfn'ij uie-i?.
"That xn<tp," paid I to tijyfjplf. v lsjh
every ynljcatiob of being a^vlllain. *
TliejVa.hu fll of excitemC'utralx throngh
me. A. Is*- wuipd nJieyd i notjeed that
ids ear'tapcred K-« point at the topj
it was, ill Jact, p splendid Cxamplo of
what is Icnowp tn physiognfiomy fls
the crimiiwkw/
'•That itf&jr ift a \-iilain," snUt &
Having pom» to this fatlwr Impor
tant I immediately formed
the ld«a pf fullo-wfriK him. First of'alk
t tnyiyiLnjS mf yoat colln* A detective
must "nut fin any account be giuiapico
ou». J»;;w my linen is always wjjito nfi
enoiv, and tjeoesßarilJ) fconsplr>
I tlrf'ii bijt>«v<«l mv«nin»Tnn
inK, slyitlihiM waV, 111 ortler <0 Show
|ieO])lo tlk it I had uo dbject <li ftjlhiw
iug him. I rounded my,
bowed {nV tkfnd, looked up tinder my
luoat i»pproved*fettet
and followed my (jnayy
witlj tbbp«i4inacity of 0 bloodhoipai
general dt'pearainoft and JT
meahor,'' I gotlloiinlzedj, **« re lirfllnjf
tiv<: $ tuliijcua'Ut. liy 4S thurcfi<e h
being u geofletnaU, caO
riot in;. W perpetrato acojp
nioii Imiglip-w. lie tile iiHpect Ot «
foreign, r. ij foreigner, br» maf
be a Hn.fi'iiOft, and, bein« a Russian, lie
fnu.-|t Ui u nibillHt. Uo»ni beavi-nsl The
xVelfary i/f 4Jie populace, the vc*y fait
of tho dynnHty. piay h" atake. Ptjj*
Ipipa thift in an. car r lea 'ftn infernal ma
chine cotwialed npon bin iier«on» pnt
what ia thvjifoof VD" luan to tho nafetv
of H liv Hi riHh my J ifo for
the"
• Hero I collided violently witji u Tauiy
jio.-it. Tfliy delayed yle for aotni)
but when I iiKaln Caught up totny rtii^ft
I wan rewarded by perceiving nnui}-*-
takablijt<igi)ifVjf criminal eommnntnr
tiou.
. Two or thrfto time* ' b(l nottced.iiii
hidividpal oh the opposite aide "of
road almoMt jutco'witb thi-on*'
1 ivafi fi4io\vlpg. 1 waa_jathei' suspi
cious of hi iu at lirst, tint when f w«fc
him go'bito4> public liotiatrl natorilfy
game to tho' conclusion tlwt bo bad
dryppeiKont of tho chasu»
I way bOWever. ft. fa>>
yier < /ii my man wopfc
intei tho
Ma I f< itlowi.d lijm, the
1 Y Euiiii'd ,11^' particular villain aittlQg
ilt A tub 1 eJeftding wnpapei
for nearTy a tjaiwter of «iu hour I
furtively watched thorn. Then my'pa
tience \<>»ia' rewarded Tho man *vjhi
wa» readliii? took pe;i< if aud bp-
Han ofi the margin
nf the neVKpap»-r
Presently tliC uau threw, tho iie-ws
fiaper down by tho tide of.hia accom
plice walked out. I did'n<|tfoM(iw
iiini this time. I ielt conviiieiid that ho
had left belaud all I wunted.
I thought of walking taking
np tho imper, but, as'l anticipated, lae
fore 1 ctruld do ho tho other inalj pounced
on it like a hawk. FVir a fi<w minutes
he pretended to read, tho uews, then I
taw his eyes t-neak to tho side of the
jiaK'' and devour tho poncil note.
Now this is where I dispjpyed my
genius. When the man had read tho
Dote, he deliberately tore off the piece,
folded it up, stuck it into the (jus and
lighted his cigarette with It. Like a
fliixh I t«Hi4c out 11 cigaretU-, and, walk-
Ing over to him, said the usual, "After
you, please." in the most natural man*
ner.
• Apparently ho was witiflled with hla
scrutiny, for he handed mo the slip. I
lighted my cigarette, put out tho paper
and threw It on tho floor so that it went
ivell under my chair. I then resumed
my scat aud awaited developments.
A few minutes later tho man left,
mid with my heart in my month I pick
ed tip the paper and upread it out. Part
of tho writing was burned, but what
remained almost made me yell with tri
ninpb It ran I litis:
Altei'ilit will l.e emile tonight.
DIIIIUI.I wlV houMi 111
nppr .it'll Iriuii l .ii.k carili n in Oinlun nt.
I.la * J ilk.- unit .0.1 I'uxv j«r.
Thai was Mitiieieiit lor me. It was
plain that I'ulnn.il I.< wis' house wm to
be tli ace 1 a desperate outrage.
I'robably the 1 Imicl would lie nmrdero
and bis resldciico blown up by dyna
mite. 1 shook with excitement It was
plain as daylight
Wln-n tbe curtain of night dropped
like a atoriiicloud over tho palpitating
city (a rather line phrase), it found me
conccah-d in tb" shrubbery of Colonel
LewiV garden In Cardoii street.
Iletei mined not to be 1111 tic', pa ted, I
' had reached tie- rendezvous much earlier
BL'TLEW, PA., THI.'HSDAY, ,11 NK H, !BOP>
than was
tinw to work oi»t my schemes.
"They will climb tbut tv.i'l," | • j
aiibifd. "They will walk along this!
flow. 1 lied. s.> as not make h noise oa j
flw gravel, and no doubt the tfr*» start
will be made on that French window. 1 ;
will let them go on. The great tlrfntr is
tu catch tli.au in the act. Thei* object j
fc ii'>t jihmder. They wintmrstope-n tb* j
window and g-.straight up stairs, with
5T< lie on their track.
"Then," I ontinued, "comes the re
ward of valor- the wreath of laurels,
the C'duinns iu the newspapers, the
univi-rs.tj admiration of my country
men. I shall lie the of England the
lion of tho age. I shall"—
Something or ViuieWly gripped me :
suddetiiy by the back of the neck.
Sometoay else put his hand over my
mouth, and tbe two together threw me
on my bsok with unnecessary violence.
For a moment I was stunned. When
my seitfi ( M returne-d and I opened my
rviv. I con Id jiiiit discern thv sinister
of - my mend the villain, who
was kneeling spitefully on uiy cln'st. j
The other man was there too. He was
holdini| mo by the hair
"!)■» yon know bim, Simpson X" said
one.
"No; I'vt*never s*-en him before that
I <>m recollect."
"fteems n «leepy scrt tot out-of Jake's
Kang."
A broke npon me. "Genth* |
men," I said, "arp yon"'—•
I am sorry to say those few words '
caused mn still njore humiliation. They
literally Jumped oji me and finished)
np by ramming two hand kerchiefs hi to '
idv month.
What siirjirised n»»-» UK>st and partly '
cooiirnKil xiry suspicions wnfl thAt gpe
of thern procured a pair' of
wllh which he decoriited my wrist*
Havtng ceimpleted this little
gramma, tliey in»th (at on me and with }
{he coolest cheek you, can imagina
dfter listening to thei» conversation
ft'f u (inafter of an bonr without
being able to join in, 1 cat. j tw the
Oonrlusion that I had committed aft
egregious •»« 1 r From their remarks I
gatln red that t™ two persons whom I
had the honor of supporting wera n«xl
£ilack .Th : i cud Ned Sawyer, but two j
detectives from Scotland Yard.
1 tried to make them understand that .
I wished tu explain things, but tjiey
smileeljn a most pryvokitig manner «pd
were not at all kind to eje. I fried to
think, but my brain was in a whirl. Be
t'jr.j I had succeeded <n ijuieting It the
exr/tenjent of the evening commenced.
A ftealthy tread w«s hoard, a elight
rustling of tfio grafif* I should
hardly bave noticed myself- dark
fibrins crept along Hn the shadow n# the
s;alk They made for *tls) French win
own uDd silently net to wori. Two
minutes later'a patfb of glawliad l»een
out and deposited on thA ground.
Chje minute' after that Black Jake
and Ned SawViir were surprised to find
themselves looking stupidly down tbi|
lnusr/k"* of (wo revolvers of murderous
apnea rynw'\
'•Nowonseiise, Jake," said my friend
■if the morning. "Yon are fairly boVvled
<rut thi* mv lad Tho honso is
fJurTouiided and I have a dozen men
within call."
f managed to get out ot it, .although
yfr(*rmistuoct» looked no black against
ui<* his «\s-iist :
aul had noticed mo following tliv'Hf
Tiny InlVii'iyed the magistrate that-I
was more iif-b fool tlian n rogue, which'
ojnriton uiy efhployer, whn was called
to glvif '«vfdeb6d as <0 tify character
heartily confirmed
Aftef tnis incident T tried many dif
ferent Irades and'iirofexsionH in to
find the one for >whic4t X was most suit
ed, but without sncc(»». —Tit Bitai
l*t*4>|/l«*%.
lire utosb. isolated tribe of
people in the world 11) the Tshuktshi, a
pvipl'? ocetipying the northern portion
(If tha pen insula of Kamehatlyi mid tho
country northward toward Bering
strait. These people nra practically jik-
of HussiA, who appears to
have refteijtis n>f iiei ywn for letting
tlieiii alone. Thtfy have practically I*o
communication with tho outside world,
und have only been visited two or three
times -the last timothy Major de Wind*
<«> Ids journey through Siberia.
Tlk» inliabitanls of the New Siberian
inlands are also practicably alone on
earth. <V they cap (inly communicate
with the mainland ifii<l therefore wkii
the of tho world once a year, and a
unccesgiort of Seasons might Isolate
•them <t>r yeat*.
The \)>'gmiiv <J tl?< great central
African forests, If tliey can bo cidled a
have uisb been a i<coplt> apart.
For «tgos the/r was littb? more
thap' legendary, and only two elpedi-.
tiotK; by'whitto lsPo liavo
r p. a.-tratod into th'l» tibodii
The UuM-r IhinlinnlH.
fife Dunknnls are mm uf the md9t
feCnlinr religleios s»ictft 111 the
Their ftuine iiiproperly Tunkers and is
derived from tin- Herman woyd "tu'nk
«b," t*> dip. They are also called Tuill
blers rr<yn their method of bantisn\
which is to put the person, while knee
ing, head first under the wate». The
Hyet was founded in (lermany in the
seventeenth century, but its members
were i>ers«cnted and in 1725 accepted
an invitation from William Penn to sor
tie in Pennsylvania. They live largely
in communities and follow somewhat
closely the customs of tho Quakers in ,
regard to dress. I
They nevsr engage in lawsuits, take i
no oaths and no active part in pilitics. 1
They do not believe in war, and divorce
Is unknown among them. Twice a year
each congregation lias a love feast, in i
which the members wash each other's 1
feet aud salute each other with the kiss 1
of fellowship, men kit-sing men, and
women women. 1 Tut il recently the tuk
ing of interest for money louncd was
not allowed among them. They are an 1
agricultural people, and as Pennaylva- I
nia and the other eastern states have |
become more thickly settled the Dun I
kards have gradually removed to more .
western states. Washington Post.
In tlx* Olil I)ny m.
A little group of old timers were
talking about the palmy days of wide
open gambling iu New Orleana. "It
used to Vie pretty lively, I admit," said
one of the veterans, "but the only sure
enough Monte < 'arlo this country ever
saw was out in Montana. I'll never for
get the first time 1 struck Helena. It's
a good sized, handsome city, and I took
a stroll down the main street looking at
the stores. Pretty soon I was struck
cold by a monster sign of 'Licensed
Oamhling House' right over the door of
one of the finest places 111 town.
"In less than 11 block I ran across a
dozen otle r siijns of the same kind, and
then I began to u !c t|iie.-tions. I found
tluit the law required all gaming places
to put up M-.eh boards. They bail to lie
1.1 feet l ing and 2 feet wide, with
plain white letters on a black ground.
The original bill didn't specify the size,
so some of the houses had signs made
about half n'w inch that you'd
neeil a microscope to rend, ami that's
why the particulars were hibl down so
exactly. The j imbliugsho|is were sand
wiched ri'<ht in between groceries and
shoe stores, an.l one of 'em was next
do. r to a 1 hnr< Ii It lis.bed funny, I
tell you." New Orleans Timea-Demo 1
PIG OF TODAY.
( lonise* Wroucrht hj nreeillnn In
Turiilj-flvp Irura.
The 111; « rity of pig breeders would
doubtless show: lifth- hesitation in
, affirming tb.it the pig of t. day is infi
nitely superior to A,at which was gen
erally found in this country, say. a
iiuarh-r of n century since, writes San
ders spew, r in the London Stock
Breeders' Magazine. Of this there ap
pears to be little doubt, and, further,
the breeders of mire bred pigs would
appear to he well within their right
. when claiming that this marked im
! provement was mainly owing to the
, pigs which had Vhjpii distributed #nun
their herds, principally for crossing in
the more ordinary farm pig- But do
the pure bred pigs «rf today i»*sei.s any
thing a-- many of those
; commercial jtoints as they should pos
( Jit* or are they so much in advance of
rvviCAi. no of towav.
the <OllllllOll country pigs as they were
i two or three deeadew since? We fear
not. And yet the difficulty of improv
' ing the pig stock cf tbe country is now
far greater than it was in years gone
by, inviivi the QStEt-refice In form and
quality between thr two classes of pig
having beconid less pronounced.
Another dUhcrtMy presents itself to
thfe breeders of pure bred pigs of today
the public tafte, or fashion, demands
a pig of the form and substance which
is somewhat eontmry to the form of the
original pig, which cariieirthe greater
part (4 its weight in the fore quarters,
whereas now tbe pig of today must fur
gish the greater portion of its meat
from the riiw and bind qharters Thus
the pig .rf today mhstYi l a manufactur
ed artichv slijoo tOe viid bog, from
which all tiur domcsticattd pigs are de
scended, wis so formyd for defense And
for tbe Search for roots, etc., that
the major portion of <te lKbt wasln
the fore (joarters. We not only bave to
attebipt t»> totally dissimi
feir inform and character to the original
foundation stock, but we have to be
most particular in mating animals from
as stmilaß a tource as possible, or we
inevitably produce p pig with many of
the undesirable p<ilnta of tho parents,
mid with few of those qualities which
we arc anxious to see exemplified in the
pig of today. It is tf well known fact
that if vro cross alTimals of two diverse
types, hud having but little in common,
tho probabilitienure that the clement of
valuein»ach particular parent will war
with those of the other parent, and that
the i-esnit will is) 5111' animal very sim
ilar to the original foundation stock,
which possessed few, if any, of those
point* which had betyi cultivated.
llini'le> !•'<>» JfnrNe-M.
If barley is use<} at hit for horses, it
should be boiled And mixed with cut
hay, rootfj. etc., and in this shape is
faf lesp dangerous liud well adapted
for fitting a horse quickly for sale
or tlbow, but for farm horses or those
worldng at common labor there is
no necessity of giving such boiled
feed m«n;e than once 11 week, say on
Saturday night, to 'move the liowels
freely aud cool the liorse out over Sun
day. |1 fed dfy. tl>e barley should lie
ground and mixed with oats and bran
and should not fofhi, over one-quarter
of tiie mess at any imp meal aud should
not be fed more than oncfc daily. We
are Insisting 11 iv l ' this because barley
is dangerous f<sid for horses, not so nn
trßioiis iq- digestible us oats, can qsual
ly lie sold for a good prkii to buy oats
and bran and finally for the reason that
barley is splendidly adapted for the
feeding of bogs along with boiled \ijita
toet). Another danger in fbeding barley
is due t«i tin- "awns" Or beards causing
intestinal irritation, oven enteritis and
dcatlv, and this is the more liable to
happen where tl»o barley lias not been
properly cfeaned, as Is apt to bo the
Case 011 the f<jrm. In the malted state,
or art brewers' grain, barley is often fed
to brewers' horses and keeps them fat,
sort and sleek, but such horses bave t6
fW gradually accustomed tho food
and any borse put suddenly upon it
would be liable b» colic and death In
India they parch the barley, and we
understand that in tills form it is much
less dangerous und proves valuable as
food htf horses.— A. S. AleXamta
in Breeder's Gazetta
We uIIIn It I'oiiliK I'lkh.
Almost all pigs are piore or less
stunted when it comes time to weifti
them from the dam (Tho only remedy
te> prevent this is to accustom tho pigs
early to eaj, a little milk, which may bo
given to them when they are 15 weeks
old. This is a gixsl thing for tho sow
also, as the pigs will not tug at hex
teats so ravenously an<J will gradually
begin to wean themselves, if any aro
runts, it is a good plan to let these
suckle the dam one or two weeks after
the thrifty pigs bave been taken off.
Hcrf Hull*.
The Texas Stockman sjiys. The de
mand for pure bnil bulls of the beef
breeds still continues, and prices for
prime stock will doubtless remain good
for several years, as the demand is large
and the supply limited.
PASTEURIZING SKIMMILK.
to« Only Keeplim Qiinlltlea, lint
Keeillnu ((iinlKlen, t iinaldrr«.d.
Skimmilk, as it Is received front a,
majority of the creameries and us it is'
handled after it gets to the farm, eays(, (
Hoard's Dairyman, isin many instances
very distressing to the digestion of
young animals, esjiecinlly calves of ten- J
dor age. it is this fact which has given
such an impetus to the idea of farm
separators and the cream taken to the
creamery instead of the milk We be
lieve this matter is of the utmost im
portance to the creamery interest, be
cause it is of such great intei' -t to the
patron I'very well managed creamery
will guard the patron's interest all it
can. On this question of the greater
keeping and consequent feeding value
of the pie tenrized skimmilk the follow
ing ooiieliwions from the fifteenth an
nual repext of the Wisconsin ex peri- ]
ment station may be of interest:
Of two lots of skimmilk taken from
the separator at tin- same time the one
pasteurized kejit sweet froyi I'J to 3t
hours longer than the unjiasteurized. »
It was found that the attempt to use
the exhaust steam from the creameryf
boiler was no more ecout mie.al thali
direct or live steam, and tho latter is J
ofteu more efficient-
It if necei'sary in all case-'
tUat the milk 1-e .Tt unn- rook-d di vrn to
formal teinjv-rature as fsst n* it kavM
the pastenrizcr
Thi- uiachino can 1» cleaned . a-ily.
and hy a very little c.iro in tum
iiii? ..ff the heut whtn the supply of milk
(.U'l* the milk does not bnrli on the
hot tin*
Tlic <reai<~<t annoyance wan the foam
which n the pnsVnrlz. d skiui
milk. esj>eeially in hot weather, when
snch tr«':»tui<*nl is most needed The
milk r.-sidne left from this foam is
vt-ry hard to clean from the or
floor, as it stickrfve-ry tenachmsly when
the air excapea fr<<n» the foain.
lnpruvrd Itntter.
A farmer in Manchester, Me., who
has heretofore bet-n known as ft frait
gruwcr, has n<«w koius into the dairy
business He has ivtitainnd a herd of 13
fine C(iwk. purchased land to increase his
hnf eri>p up tt> 125 tons a year or more,
built new and bought a separa
tor and other first cla*« mm-hinery and
dairy ut.ai-ils. He has set liis mind
npon preniuclnu ed«»d butter such
as will couituaiid cents a ik>uihl or
more, finding that at the dairy con
vention at Portland this white* his bet
ter scored but I*4 p.'lnt-v being
jKiintr- off in flavy*. he thought he had
g.'t something to learn, but be learned
a few things nt the meeting and the
next week t.K>k another sample tc» the
New Hampshire dairy meeting. Thic
scored f»7 jK)ints by the same cxperfc He
spent consideral Je time with the expert
Judge «t Portland, noting defects of va
ri<*i« samples, and horned tl*' c:*itw! of
tiieirt, Min! it was tlie instruction wtiicb
he tiins r.<etv»*d whicil beeped him tc
gain the three points in flavor, fie if
not satisfied yet and perhaps will no<
be nnt|i hv has gained the other thrrl
points hi tiis score <<i become satisfied
that no one can mate thai afniost ini
possible an article aiisotntely pot
feet. Tile pain# that Jie has taken so fax
lead us to hope that he wiU continue
to improve until he reaches the highest
standard and is reasonably sure that h»
can do it uvtyy time, fife hai Bhowc
that he deserves sacceiss and w hoW
him up as an example for others totals
pat tii ft t..y. It it) not the gtxsl machin
ery that he has. not yven his carefollj
selected herd (i# ocWs, tiiat will keef
him Improving, but hts desire to L*arr
and determination U> practice be-st
methods. The cowo pfid the machlnet
are all important, but nneioay h«ive th«
best of both and jet l priiilnce rt pmt ar
tiile.
Uoafr la IV Hairy.
Tli*« AJjrU'.altrlrn] Cpitoiniat savs
There jire ce«Vs in the <)onu
try, 11. <«><V)(X> of tvhlch iiro bt'lnpf
for butter
production of milk fijr"»ttiV- aixl \»OO<V
000 for the prodnction of obew* Th«
average production of tho battA oowt
is distressingly small, oply 125 poundi
a year. Their aggregate production is
1,87,5,000,000 pounds. The average an
nual yield of chee-so per cow is 28(
pounds and the aggregate yield is 880,
000,Q00 pounds. The of cowt
that are used for producing milk fot
sale yield 1,750,000,000 gallons per yeai
or an average of Ji.Vt gulloiia These fig
ures show it tremenfltras waflte in diary
They tstuuv that there «r«
probably xuiUiontt, of tows that do iKjt
pay \hey rgnsume and the
care given them and their producta
The cow should gfve (rotu fi#»l V 000
gallons of milk a year ana sbdnld tntr
duce twice as muclj butter tho above
figures Indicate. In a word, 8,500,000
cows ought to do -and would do if they
wore the rigM kind of cows and were
intelligently handled—what the 1?»-
000,000 nre now doing.
Odor* in aillk.
The statement made Ijy l'rofesabr
Rucsell of the Wisconsin experiment
station'fhat_ ho.had put warm tiKlk fti
the vicinity of several snhstances hav
ing strong odors and that at blood heat
it absorbed any gdors more rapidly than
did cold milk is of itself a sufficient
reason for romovfna the milk from tbu
stable as soon as tne milking is com
pleted for each cow and patting it
where It will bt< In pure air o' taking
it at once to tbe dairy room. Hot it
shows i|tiite as strongly tbe need of hat
ing pui'e «ir free from bad ydors ip tlje
stabie-s whiter tho lieiag doxiO.
The stream as It passes from tfce teat
exposes much vf its surface to tho air,
and it is ready, e-feo it) that flhort
pass frmil teat 0> pail, to pick up all
the odors, bacterial germs and dust
with whioh it comes in contact.
Sklmmllk and I'n-tllH}-.
Where the cream Is sold and the
skiiximilk fed upon the land there is lit
tle loss df fertility.
ft Lit.
"Gijnm® a match, w*U yoii, old
mgn V
Toppmgtou had entered 'JbroKle's
office jusl. lief ore the noon hour. "Of
course." said Throttle, offering bis call
er the desired article, and as Topping
ton lighted his half burned cigar Throt
tle exclaimed, "Oh. by Jove, old rnanl
Did I show you a novelty that I picked
up when 1 was down in New York last
week?"
"No. what was it?"
"A peculiar kind of a match," wjia
l'hrottle's reply as he rose and dove into
the pocket or his overcoat that hung on
a I>eg the other side of his de-sk
Returning, he held out toToppingtou
a handful of matches that looketd like
tho ordinary article.
"What'sdifferent about themY" ask
ed Toppingtou.
"Why, yon throw them in the air
and they light. See?"
Accompanying bis word with the ap
propriate action. Throttle tossed ox»e of
the vestas from his baud. It full as any
ordinary match would have done.
"There," exclaimed Toppingtou, "it
didn't do anything of the kind. It
didn't light."
"You're mistaken," was Throttle's
reply. "It did, dou't you see, it lit
there on the floor."
Toppington paid for the luncheons
Detroit Free Press.
Sn>lnK llin IT«>«-M.
The following story of the old king of
Hanover is told in "Foreign Courts and
Foreign Homes" by A. M. F. s
"My father went to the door of the
royal apartments (with some dispatches
from London), knocked loudly once,
twice. No answer. He knockexl loaded
and louder. The door was opened, and a
page came <»it, and inside the king s
Voice was heard, using oath after oath,
winding up by asking: 'What the
blank blank blank did yoti want?'
"The page, with a frightened look on
his face, took the dispatches, saying.
'His majesty was not to be dlsturlwd,
as tie was saying bis prayers.' "
(iriiprouN Y«mimh Mhu !
"It is only right that I should tell
yon,"she said, "that father has lost
all."
••Not ail I" he exclaimed.
"Yes, nil," she asserted
"No," ho said, firmly. "not|ull. You
are still left to him I couldtnot so
cruel us to add to his misfortune*. Tell
him. tell him from me, gener
osity impels liiu to leave lit
lie Ilea iu uiy pownr. " —Chio+gM I'ost.
•*>>
FUTURS HERDS.
Valn-rlor (u«« I'itr Milk Wlihont
While I do not believe that what is
term d the general pnrjsise cow can
successfully coni[K te with theaxalusive
\y dairy breeds, writes W EL Kin# of
Kansas ft l th.' I) -st' n Cultivate r. ret
it iiiulk- admiti.-l that ther*. nro
many yood c >ws to be found among the
lwf bre«<le. «nd on almost every farm
one can find one o» more chwh th.it nre
tbove the avt*nj;* - fti dairy work It is
from tin** l raws that tin* future dairy
should cemo c.n the a vera Re farm <tf
courn.? whi'ic d*iirying Is to be made a
spe.-ialty .-ne sh.initl begin with some
hji. t-iitl dairy bri-ed,' either by purchase
r br. -■ding from dairy bulb*. and gr.ld
inn up Hut the uverajfo farmer, who
keeps from two to half a dozen cows
front which te> raise calves aud make
l>ntt»*r f r home use. "elllng the surplus,
does not want tin- dairv breeds. b cause
tl*-v are only profitable where ono
mattes dairying a specialty.
Bnt iHtht-r h t fiirmer»flnd out which
are ftietr \>est e. w», then brei-d them to
a bull wboee mother wns one »jf these
best cows. its wjl as the grandmother
1/ possible. and In a sh> rt time ojie can
in this *»y ;»et a herd of latter
thau th'e average without milch sacri-
DAIUV €HOHim«tS »-|LI4tiKIL VII AT TWEI.VK
YBAK&
[Jk«i>r-1 Ipoond* >Jf mills tn ;Odn?s.]
flee of the beef quatttn*. I Uave tested
Shorthorn irnw us high as ft 1-10 j-er
cent batter fat. giving 80 pom. Is of
mill* a da> Sneh cow'p are profitable
anywhere, hot. unfortunately, ihev lack
prejM.tency and as a rtile no assurance
that heifer* froyi such cows will he bet
ter than the average unless thi y aro
bred *" a taill from a superior qow Bnt
where one persists jnthi.s line, us inn
g<*»l jndgrnt lib' thu? •will be tensonablv
sure .Sf success.
But th««i 'hero Js 4uiother uv>lnt one
must |.enr in mind, nnd to this I attach
great importance, and that in'the feed
iii|i and care of the oalvea. It is the
eafticet tiling in the world t<x ruin u
C«rw I-'fore she is wis months <d<T by im
proper feeding, and th»*o is a world of
difference in feeding a qilf with an eye
to beef and one Intended for dairy work.
If one is feeding for beef the food must
be i.f such a clwiracter that it will form
muscle ana fat. If for the dairy we
want to bnild nervous force, wlnyi is
directly the opposite. The nervous cow
is never the fat cow or "the now that lays
on fat readily. lam quite sur** that
many good cows have been rutned while
yet calves by wrong feeding-and enre.
The cow is largely a creature ol habit,
and tlx. bubH of laving on fat should
never lie »ywonrfiK<-<' in a calf intend
ed tor dairy work ThM«. is nothing on
{lie fariii that 1 watch moreckxwly than
the growing calves, as on the care the
flrs» 1« months of tjjelr lives largely de
peuds theft- future <j.sefnlness. I «-ant
them where I can thtyn every day.
and see \ltat their habits conform with
the Work for Wbfoh fh>iy are Intended.
While've lnwt.nly. find bree<l only,
the fluiry cow\ yet we in iKiei
tj.*i of most wiuVi follow
the above suggestions No Ironclad rule
can be laid down, ixif determination
to lietter one's condWifti van ahvay* Ist
accouinlishtsl, and tflW" 1* plenty of
room for improvement along this line
on thotisandrfof fjjrms cuwthat will
glv«j a profit ovM her keep might just
as well be kept as Uno lhat rans her
owner in debt. I many opportnni
flea in the boint> opportunitiup
which, if taken rfnvantage (Jf, wonld
drive hard times frotu thousauds of
farms.
oleomaricurln* 1% the Suoih,
The south io in a pitiable condition
regarding the tamenesb with which she
submits to Ih> the tawrite dumping
ground lor all kinds of adulterated f<»d
products. "*nr r>eopK',' individually,
complain abont the frauds Practiced
upin them in this matter, but there is
little organized effort umde in un>* .iuat
ter t> pQVii t>to'u"tO<heseevn« In sorfSe
Kuthern st«tt<a tl*< iufluonces of tRe
Cottons>'ed oiT interest's have np t<j this
till)"' beell too Along to Winit of Ifgw
latiou against adnHerated and counter
feit lard and butter. While lu Mexico
recently wo learned that the laws of
that country were very strict fn ref.ff
ence to the sale of counterfeit and adal
terated f*x>d pr<»ducUi of all kinib. and
that the laws are seemingly enforced
with more vigor than with us. There
oleomargarine and lilrt; products nwy
be sold under their true names, but
woe l«* unto the |>erson or firm that
dares to sell counterfeit for the genu
ine Southern Dairyman.
WI * I■■ it nf I>l«a-rmt Cor%m.
Where many cows are kept and the
milk is set for cream to make butter,
loss often results from mixing cream
that will not churn in equally short
time. Of course when the first cream
"breaks" there is no roory churning,
except the slow moving of the dssfc
board to gather the flukes of butter into
onu mass The cream frooi a new milk
cow and a farrow cow should never lie
cbnrned together The farrow cow may
give very rich milk, bnt very little of
its butter fats will 1>« separated, wbUe
the butter from u new milk cow will
all Is; separated from the cream in
which it was covered.
SUGAR BEETS.
Pit* «»f 11 wp«*r!«•»•••«• Prom tb«* 8lntl««
nf (irnrta. Y.
fpin each of n numb»'r «>f farnii co
operating with the <Jeneva (N Y > stu
tioii in siigai l»*et experlwutatlon
three platii were used, one unfertilized
snd the others receiving either Ctt'O
pounds or 7'iti poll mis per acre of a
complete fertilizer This was compound
ed from 1,000 pounds acid rock. S.V)
(Mmmis sulphate of |iota-h. 4fto |H>nnds
drieil blissl and -'oil |siuuds nitrate of
wida. It cost a ton. or $•» for the
small application. ?'•» for the larger one
The .'ion |Miunds application proved
more profitable than the greater amount,
ns it produced «n average Inerease in
the crop of i1.K74 pi.nnd" per aire, in
vnrin;; a net profit of * I "Ml p. r nere
from its iih« while 7fto |s nnds gave ,-iii
average increase of 5,344 js.ainl* |»-r
acre, but the added yield would only
bring, at current prices, u profit of h7
cents The feitilizer did not evrt «
marked iiirtuence njsui «he i|U.<tlity of
the tieets; for while there was a «hffei
ence in the nmoupt of »u>t»r and in li
coelthient of purity In some ,n •it
differences were In opposite directions
in different instances. >-<> that ih>' aver
ages oil fertilised *nd pl^U
No. 33
dnf. i>d hot <i!iifhtly The largest Vvert
HI; VJI: .. ti ;i was a 1' • ri «-e in*
■ iv, tr i»i Is»ts of om«half of I.m
yixl (: i i the v<. , f Ton pounds of-feW
till;*.' r
Sp. efal t*-.»ts. «■. far a™ the avcragm
go. iil;lti ~te lil.it llie nse of 1.000 pounds
or ii.c t :: complete fertilirer'ia
lin.HK :1 1 bnt that tbc> neo
I i- pi- fitablrt. in these testa gfr
;ti_' a *"*■■:t ;i.iu of nesrlv p,.f acre.
1 :<•« q ;.diiities of fertiliser (3.000
I ■in.'- in. ■! to 1. the amount of
th- i rop j - ijblj Uvaasc of injury to
the : c**d 'i .. quality of the beets was
somewhat i v«-r .1 bv the nse of fertil
i I-:, in.:.-;i nd» ut of the quantity used;
for th- mi:, -ut of snear in the beeta
vas di r. . . i 1 i«>r cent, whether 500
I mid I '»o pounds or l.&ht ftuunds
w»* '• id Tin coefii -but of purity was
all- • : lightly derreasisl.
In the u.-e oi stable manure the expe
riem e > . t'n; past »*uton has given re
sults db •« *.ly foqtrrfrlictory to the ae
cept<-d belief. The manure was applied
at the i it» of i}t> tons "per acre on 15
plat- tbeapplication tw-tng made the
spring, when thought most liable to ex
ert mi injurious on the quality of
t!..- liet.v Instead of increasing the size
..f theU . t- at the expense 'of quality,
lie very ojn-wdte eff«t WM produced,
for the manure grown tu'etii averaged
slightly less ii. weight than thosAgrown
without manure. The amount of mtgar
in tbe l.eets \?<is inereasts) where ma
nure was used snd the coefficient pf
purity was iiT-reasejl from on the
unfertilized to >*4.3 <in <Re manured
plate
t»ii three of th 4 stflbh; manure pint*
at the sfution th»»be.-ts were thinned to
six inches apart in thorow, ot» threa
otlieis to ei: inches and ttiree otb
ir» to ten inches. The yield, size of fbe
lieets and the' coefficient cj purity in
creased with tbe distance .between the
licet.. with little change in tBo percent
age of sugar.
Of four varieties grown from nine
set-, -if s«*ed to tne station by the
United States department ol agricul
ture. Pitiw gave the heaviest
yield. nearl> tU Jons with a
augur content H i! p.« uerfl an<*a
Ci* ttleient of purity ol *4 I , Kleiu wah
zlchfuer from %n*l grown by Vilniofln
of Franoe guvt? a jield of tons, bnt
was much ie?-s rich in sugar (11.6 per
Cent) and had ir lower coefficient frtl.ft)
and Kleir.wurizl*N*ner from American
grown s»s d was nexf fn order of yield
(18 !t-ft tons) and wns somewhat better
in quality than the <Top from French
seed.
Hon lni< Dlffrffnl Kind* of («m«^
The Ohio Farmer thinks tt is beat, if
••ii< wisln -i to sow two or laore kinda of
gra-.s s, • 1 on the snuie ground. t» sow
each kind ftparately over the entire
ground Timothy and clover may be
mixed b-f-i • towing, but clovea i»
hi aviet i iid Ho- much farther in sow
ing. :md tin Is to settle ut the bottom of
th-' sei "u r If mixed together, this
bho ild 1•• rnsrde.l against, and yon
should not a• ttuipt to cow \vider than
th" tnuothv will thoroughly cover, let
tingthe clour lap whatever la asm •
-. iThe lighter gra—-cs, such aa red
top. bbo rraes orchard gr.ise and the
like, mil-: U- sown separatelj, at any
rate
Nrtr» AUil >otn.
One only out of -ix foreign varieties
of cnbl I -ted under the auspices of
the Heneva i N V.) station fot tbe de
partment oi agriculture las* eeason
proved to 1•• j roitiising. This is a vari
ety of the drumhead type and would
prohahl) develop into a useful kind fcr
the south ll!ld we^fc.
Aside from the products of small gar
dens and the fishing industry, Alaska
rt almo-t entirely ifc pendent for its food
supplies on materials shipped there
An important function of th»* ogricnl
tural station now established will be to
prepare th- way for agriculture und tn
aid in its development. If it can bn
shown that it in poesibb* for a man to
live there on tbe product of tbe land,
without being entirely dependent on
the mines, a strong factor will have
lieeli guimd for the <if the
country i
ftoft bodied euterpill/»r*«ri> said to be
the most abnntbib9 element In tH* Axxl
of the chipping sparrovrs.
Uapo. sown as early ad possible, cut
four inches front the ground and Culti
vated frequently, will ftrrnish three
cuttings during the summer aud fall,
according to J fruig <>f Wisconsin,
who recomuienils cultivation imme<li
ately after each < uttm4
An app»iirance reeemblini* early
blight may lie ijanduct d in the leaVea of
potatm-s hy a Tm fr«* tiac of juiris
green, und a shot hole fungue effect on
Japan plum foliage foiDetlmew fallows
spraying with bordeana.
A Tkrlllioa K»i»rliil»Wf«t,
Perha|ie the thrilling enfeftaln*
%ient on record was any witnessed In
th" Roinagna. which was as unexpected
as it tvas unauthorized It waa the last
day of fhe carnival, and the theater of
FormiifKipoli was packed with a crowd
of spectators iiwnltiug the rise of the
onrtain After a long delay the curtain
went up, only to diaclme a rtage occu
pied by 100 brigands facing the audi
ence with pointed rifles.
The leader of the strange cast, II
Fa—a tore, one of tbe uiont rntbletA rob
tiers of any age. liow«sl profoundly to
the horror stricken audience and ex
plained that the theater was surrounded
by his men. that the first man who at
tempted to escape would lie shot, and
that he and his uieiry men wonld pro
ceed to collect any money and valuables
they had with thenL
The brigand and his men then de
scended ftoni the stage and stripped thn
audience of their pounemiona to the val
ue of $400,000. He then thanked them
all lu a graceful speech and left the
theater It is comforting to know that
he and 100 of bis brigand# Wers cap
tured shortly after aud that they paid a
heavy penalty for their evening'# en
urtsinment j— Cincinnati Kboqliq
l laklnt on H«r»rM«k.
The most r- inarkable fishing in the
world is thnt pr^f ticed iu catching the
6turg:s>n in the frosen rivers of the
Ural m-iuntaina Fishing on horseback
WBS inqsissible, yet this ia literally
true of the fisliiuß for sturgeon
The Russian Cosaacks go fishing in
large hands. They mount their borse
and riile acr. th>* frozen river until
they ure over the place where the cur
rent runs -trongest. There they 4i
mount and cut through the thick layer
of Ice until they have formed a litt
p« ml of open water, extending across \J<-
current almost from shore to shore.
A net, whi.-h i» sunk to the bottom < f
the river, is stretched across the stream
at the opeu space, so that not a fish
can swim j>n«t it. Tbe horaea are re
mounted, and the < Vagucks ride up the
river for a distance of fourorflvw mikst
Here tbe Iwnd turn* about and ridee
down over tbe thielr ice covered atreain.
forming a long line aerona it Th«y urge
they- horns at full gallop.
The thundering hoofs of the hor*- *
terrify the lish, and th«iy charg'- madlv
ahead of tbe approaching cavalcad-
Great s war in* »f tlsh cb«-ke up the
at ream in the inad effort to es«-ape the
terrific noise that is pursuing them, and
in this way they aro driven duwn the
stream to tie- net