VOL.* xxxvi pAlals pOOTVVeAR Our entire fall stock of BOOTS, SHOES and RUBBER goods are all in. We bought early and gave large orders there by enabling us to offer you the best of solid footwear at away down prices. No advance in price of leather goods, and felt goods cheaper than last season. We have an extremly large stock to select from. LEATHER POODS. Men's kip double sole and tap box toe boots $ 2 -5° Boy's " " " " " boots *s° Men's high cut box toe shoes Hoy's high cut double sole and tap shoes *"75 Youth's " " " " " " " Js° Women's best kangaroo calf shoes *" * Women's best oil grain shoes 5 Misses' best kangaroo calf shoes Children's best kangaroo calf shoes. 5 Childretfa fine dongo'a shoes RUBBER LIST.^ Mcn's Storm Klnir rubber boots *2.7.} Women's regular height rubber Men's regular height rubber boots 2.2.» Men s bu<*kle an tics • FELT GOODS." Mi ll's bost white felt & snas overs SMu Men's Grey felt boots and second overs *1.30 Boy's '" Ist grade overs 1.30 Hoy s .... .. —, Youth s Ist " '" 1.10 Youth s ' S T.'„. SOROSIS SHOES "®r In all the latest styles for fall wear. Full stock of the A. L. Nettle ton fine shoes for men. Ladies' and Gents' felt shoes and v arm lined shoes and slippers. Visitors to the Butler County Fair, we welcome you to our store. Make this your headquarters during your stay in Butler. JOHN BICKEL, 128 SOUTH MAIN STREET, - - BUTLER, PA. I>OOOOCOOOOOO lOO^OOOOOOOO l OO^OOOOOOOO , Oooooooooooo*>ocooo^3oooo Trottman, W. !>. Kritn1 S. (aini)Ml. The IJutler Savings Bank Is the Oiliest Banking Institution!n But ler County. General banking business transacted. We solicit accounts of producers, mer chants. farmers and others. All bjsiness entrusted to us will receive prompt attent ion. Interest paid on time deoosits. I'M K Butler County National Bank, Butler Penn, Capital paid in £ 1 D 0 ,000.00 Surplus and Profits - $130,703.95 Tos. Ilartman, ;President; J. V. Ritts, Vice President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier; John G. McMarlin, Ass't Cashier. / general banking business transacted. Interest paid on time deposits. Money loaned 011 approved security. We invito you to open an account with this bank. I>rWF.CT->RS— Hon. Joseph Hartman. lion. \V. S. Waldron, l>r. ;N. M. Hoover. 11. Mc- Sweeney. E. E. Ahrams, ('. I'. Collins I. G Smith, Leslie I'. Hazlett. M. I I nog in, W. H. I.arkin, Harry lleasley, Itr. W. C. McCandless, Ben Aiasseth. T V. Kitt> Braun's Pharmacy : Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way. Pittsburg, Pa,, 1,, D. Telephone 2542. Wholesale and Retail. Importer and Jobberol Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps, Brushes, Etc The only house west of New York carrying a full line 01 Meyers' Grease, Paints and theatrical goods. Physicians' Prescriptions Compounded Day or Night by "Registered Pharmacists" only. Wholesale and retail dealer in Lubricating and Illumniating Oils, Capital Cylinder, Dynamo, Water White and Standard Gas Engine Oils, Gasolein, Ben zine, Paraffine Wax and Petrolatum. Address all mail orders to W. F. Braun. Rare Bargains! We want to dispose of our present stock of '99 models, and in order to do it quickly liave cnt the prices from #3O, $35 and S4O to $22.50 and $25. These are strictly high grade and up-to-date bicycles, and can't lie matched tor price and quality. Don't miss this opportuni ty 10 procure a good wheel for little money. We sell sundries cheaper than and other house in town. WHITE, WALTER 4 CO., 303 S. Main Street. BUYS A 53.50 SUIT 3,000 t KLhBKATfcI) " NfcVKKN KAKOIT" DO! HLf SKAT AMUSE*. KKI.I LAIC |S. 60 HOYS' 1 ««■ IIMK hNhh PANTS 81118 AT 51.98. /) f\A HEW SUIT FREE FOR ANY OF THESE SUITS / Uf" WHICH DON T GIVE SATISFACTORY WEAR (f\ || o SEND NO MONEY, eot«bl« ad. out am J -end to us, ktat® «f b«y and nay whethel 1. • Q larjfe or -mall forage and we will send yoL L7l J" the milt by express, c. O. D. subject to ex T 1 1 Vnmli.Htlon. \ou run fxumlne It at youi I / 11/ express office and If found perfectly fttls I J j tnctory nmltqual to kultioolil la jourtown fol 1 A I #:i. io, pay your express our Special 1 I\ I OHVr I'rloe. ♦ and express charges. M W THESE KNEE PANT SUITS for boys Itc V W =, 1". years* of a*T<* and are mailed everywhere a' V faliO. Made With l>Ot HLfc sfcAl and MXkfcS. f! JVf latent 1900 atyle a* llluatralt-d, made from a /w&o •»!»••• «al hea»y wrlvht. wear-mlstlair, sll-weo' I Ml Catklmere, neat, handsome pattern fl it: Italian lining, eenulne Gmjdoo Inl rllnluir, |>addlnr •laying sad relaforeln*, -Ilk and lln. n »ewln*, »ne tailor madi throughout, ii Hult any hoy or parent would be proud of HIK KKKf ( LOTH HAXPUH of Boy*' tlalhln« for baya 4 U 10 TKAKB, write for Sample Book No. V&K, contains fashiot plates, tape measure and full Instructions how to order. Men's Suit - made to order from t&.OO up. Bam piesent free on application. Address, SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.), Chicago, 111. (Scarv, ltutrbuck A to. »rc tburouuhl) rvlllblt—KdW. . H. 0. HAYS. L. H. HAYS. PUT YOUR RIG UP AT 1 Hav?s Ijros.T Livery and Sale Stable. Best Accommodations in Town. West Jelerson street, Butler, Pa People's Phone 109, Hell's Phone 59. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEM BEH 1 ISiH) A MEMORY. I ke-;. it* flower you (rathered rne 'Tu precious. |.a-.t all measure. And you -but ah! } >'U soon forgot The heart you sought tor pleasure. Am- ng my treasures lies your note. With words and phrases tender. But frailer t.-r than (ailing ink The feeling of the sender. I know 'tis foolish thus to rare These symbols dead to cherish. And yet—and yet— I only know 1 cannot let them perish: —St. Paul's fAT THE STILE, y \ „ ') ) They Quarreled and Met to ( ) .V Return Letters. Then t They Returned Them— j / Twice. They might have been brother and sister or cousins accustomed to each other's society every day in the year. Certhinly they did not act like lovers. They walked carefully, the man inlnc tngly, on either side of the dusty lane, each keeping close to the border of the •jrass. "I think," said the woman, "that it is the very wisest tiling we can do." The man started—he glanced covertly at her. thet. turned his face very de liberately to her as he replied: "I will not say you are wrong. But have you reached this conclusion suddenly, within the past hour, or did you arrive at It last night?" "Last nllglit." "Then you doubtless thought of ev erything in connection with—with' "Our quarrel?" she looked straight at him. Her face was not disturbed in the least that he could see: she seemed, indeed, to be unusually self possessed. "Yes." "I apprehended as much." The man braced himself with an effort: It re quired an effort. "I made due provision for this Interview." "A case of telepathy." She laughed. Her lavish was the same—there was not a false note In it. flic man could not have laughed naturally if his life had been at stake. "You mean you have brought my letters?" "Yes." "I brought yours with me. Carroll." She uttered his name just as she al ways uttered it. At that moment lie eoulil not trust himself to utter her name. He would exhibit feeling—he knew it. And to think—this was the woman he could have sworn sympa thized with liini as no other person in the wide world sympathized with him in his work and aims. Yes, it was well that they had made the discovery in time. She handed him a small, dainty look ing package; he reached her a larger and by no means as neat a package; lie observed the difference himself. Then lie inferred that his feelings were much the deepest; she had been at pains to make hers attractive; lie had no thought of mere appearance when lie tied his He felt as if his heart was bound up—going from his In that little package. "Now that it is all over, Clara"—lt required au effort to call her by that name —"will you tell me my chief of fense? I am not indifferent; 1 like the good opinion of my fellows—that is, while I preserve my self respect—al ways. Of course, I do not fancy the idea of going through the world in a way that would subject me to the criticism of any sensible man or woman." "Well, I am rather glad you ask that. It disabuses me of one impression. Now that everything is over between us I will be entirely frank with you. Indeed, it is due to you to say that I do not—no, 1 am quite sure I have never uiet a man whose manners, whose es timate of himself (judgiug from Ills manners aml general bearing), are more perfect or commendable than yours." "You have taken a load from my shoulders— positively you have—Clara." "How about my manners?" She held her bead a trifle higher; her parasol at that moment was deflected; lie could just see the lower part of her face; her chin seemed a little redder—or was It imagination? "Why, H'hat on earth do you mean?" "I asked you a very simple question. But it does not make any difference." "Your manners"— "Did you not say last night that I was too demonstrative—when Miss Challoner fainted and her dog was trampled by Mr. Treseott?" "You must have wholly misunder stood" — "Well, perhaps I was mistaken there. But do you recall your words—your ex act words—when I was Introduced to your friend, Mr. Grlnnell?" "I do not. Now I do recall it. I may have said I thought you unlike your self. Somehow you seemed, for the first time, precise. But"— "Then you persisted in going away and leaving me with him." "Miss Machmont beckoned to me— you saw her with her mother." • "That did not occur to me. Of course, you could not have walked across the room with me and left me with them?" "It was doubtless stupid of me, but"— "Let us say no more. It is all so un like us to part like children." "But about Grlnnell. I did not know he was, ah—disagreeable to you. If I had dreamed"— "Do you tell me that you did not know he pursued me two years ago— the very first year I was out? 1 have been annoyed by him more than by any other man. I never liked him — and never will." "Am I to understand that Mr. Grin nell is the gentleman that your mother 1 referred to last fall when" — "Please let us not speak of Mr. Grln nell any more." "But I want to say 1 only became ac quainted wltV him a week ago. and"— "1 am glad no one observed us. 1 dislike that Miss Drivgitt. She is a confirmed gossip—and busybody." "Yet you took li.-r arm last night and walked away with her." "The wisest thing i could do—how else do you think I coud have diverted her attention? She has eyes like a hawk's." "You mean"— "I mean that if 1 had not walked away at that precise moment with her all the world would know we were at odds. Is that plain enough?" "But you—you walked away with Mr. Grinnell." "For the same reason that you walk ed away with Miss Dreggitt." "I hope you will remember me among your truest friends, Clara." "You have no better friend than I am." "If anybody had told me yesterday we would be walking here this way today"— "I might say the same. Do you mean to convey the impression I am in any way at fault?" "You are faultless—have I not al ways told you so? I never realized your good sense, your justice, your beauty, as I do this moment." "You compel me to say in reply that I never ha 1 ' less reason to note any- thing approaching a fault in you. i can say that now that everything Is over." ••Is it all over? Listen, Clara. There is some inconceivable misunderstand ing. You are perfection in my eyes— you must permit nie to linish. 1 was chilled by a single glance last night— now you tell me you were annoyed about Grinnell. What has Grinnell to do with me or mine? I was grieved to the soul when you avoided me. And yet we two of all other people in the world. I did not close my eyes last night." They were now at the stile. She grew red ami pale by turns. "Let us sit down here a few min utes. There is no one near." "Why do you confess in one breath that you have no fault to find with my appearance or manners—and give me back my letters?" "Why did you give me mine?" "God knows —I do not. I thought you had suddenly discovered some thing that you did not like"— "You did me the injustice to think I am changeable." "I deserve the rebuke." "And yet you could say with as much reason that I assumed you were changeable." "It would never occur to me." "How delicious and cool it is here." "I never beheld a lovelier morning." "Nor I." He drew a package from his pocket. After looking at it sadly he handed it to her. "Give me yours." Without a word she gave him back the package he had given her near the bottom of the lane. "We have acted like silly children," she said*sbyly. "No. Clara, we have acted like sen sible man and woman, and now we are not to be alone. I see Miss I>reg gitt's hat and parasol. I could tell her among a million." "Lot her come. I do not care if all the world sees us."—Philadelphia Item. l'lonriTH In Alpine C'limlilim. The professors of the Swiss univer sities were the pioneers in Alpine climbing. But it would bo a mistake to imagine that the pioneers were al ways enticed into the solitudes by love of nature, tlirov.gh sense of scenic grandeur and beauty, as these have been understood since Ruskin opened the eyes of iuen. One of them spent many a season in searching for traces of the dragon of fable. Another, as Mr. Gribble lias pointed out in a weekly contemporary, went aloft to test the truth of the tradition that the top of Pilatus held Pontius Pilate's body. Gesner's feeling for mountain scenery must have been somewhat of the Kus kinian order. But Gesner was an ex ceptional person. The Japanese have a ,troverl> relat ing to one of their most famous moun tain tops. "There are two kinds of fools—those who have not seen it, and those who have seen it twice." Until the nineteenth century modern Euro peans appear to have been pretty gen erally of that way of thinking. Ninety years ago some of them painted the lisks of mountaineering in language that in our day would lie appropriate to a north pole trip in Andree's bal loon.—London Dally News. Ualluutry of Aiubrowe Hlcrcf. No one made suiy remark upon the temerity of the ladies who invited Am brose Bierce to deliver a lecture before the members of their club. Undaunted by ids reputation they fearlessly beard ed the lion in his den, a committee ex tending the invitation verbally. Bierce was so takwi aback by the unexpectedness of the request that, to his own surprise, lie found himself weakly accepting the bid and then humbly consulting Ids callers concern ing the topic upon which they might desire him to speak. The president, a dignified and very conservative lady, in reply to a novel suggestion of the lecturer elect, re marked somewhat loftily that they were not a club of new women. "I am convinced of that," answered Mr. Bierce in a bland and deferential tone, which almost but not quite con cealed Ids cynicism. "Shall I say you are a club of old women?"— San Fran cisco News Letter. Accutied Unjustly. Mrs. Newwon—Alphonso, how could you be so cruel? You swore you'd keep nothing from me, no matter how trifling it was. Newwon (feeling in his empty trou sers pocket for 10 cents ho wanted for street car fare)— Well, my dear, you seem to have found it out, anyhow.— Cleveland Leader. Well, Well! No, Jones does not think it rude to ask ladies to remove their hats In a theater. Turned Down. "John tried his best to get in the rail way mail service," said the old man, "but the pesky fellers what axed him questions turned Idm down in less time than it takes to tell It, an what I've got to say 'bout it is, what could the gov ernment expect of a poor boy that never went to school an had no book larnin?"—Atlanta Constitution. An Important Consideration, "How would you like to have a chunk of gold weighing eight pounds?" said the boy who was reading fairy stories. "I duuno," answered Farmer Corn tossel. "It 'u«l depend on where it comes from, >j,ew York city or the Klondike." —Washington Star. Some Men Are Horn Contemptible. "You know that shirt waist you are so proud of? Well, 1 went to the cir cus last week, and there was the clown wearing the very same pattern." "Did it create an impression?" "Yes: everybody roared."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Wllllnu to I'll)-. Madam Newrichc— 1 want a first class passage to Dublin. Agent—Yes, ma'am. Madam Newrichc —And I insist upon having a smooth passage. u«j matter what the cost.— Boston Transcript. Good \rl;ili liom. Brooks—How do you like our new neighbors by this time? Mrs. Brooks First rate. They haven't refused me a single thlug yet that I have wanted to borrow.—Ohio State Journal. A CHALLENGE. Drop you dainty ti. nJs jwl,; le. Flower* rich and rar<». Ere you moot my ladv s» sun'.# And find you arc not fair. Fly Liay, you iittic birds. Tuneful throats ot spring. Lost you hear my U.l.v » And learn you ou, Faroff summer skit's. Or you'll see a deeper blue Within my lady's eyes. Things below and things above. All things ev'rywhere. Challenge not my ladylove Or perish in despair. —J. A. Klynn in St. Paul's. N *** !»elf, let her go. "We got started again 'n walked away up the Lk I JI from the tank as easy as Willie makes a nice, long speech, 'u I/ noticed an improvement In the steam gauge right away, 'n I commenced- to let 'er out at once to make up for lost time. It was purty good, even goin then for about 20 mile, then up au incline of about 3 mile 'n down the mountainside 12 mile. When we struck the top of that 12 m#le hill 1 kept her wide open for about si half mile to give us a good start dowji the hill 'n then shut her off 'n let 'em buzz. "The old <>o7 was a stemi winder, with a boiler ruuniu right thro«igh the cab to the back, dividin the fireman and engineer's side. The airbrake valve was placed right on t(>p the boiler, to ward the bs.ck end of (the cab, so's you could reach it nice while sit tin In the seat. I'd no|more 'u shut her off when a shadder fell over my shoul der, 'n I turned quicken Conroy sprung on me. "'You dirty blackguard!' lie scream ed. 'l'll teach yer to)chuck my booze overboard. Report 'me, is it? You dirty rag! Shu re 'nfyou'U never live to see the super ag'in.' "As he leapt on me it took me back so tlxiit iK-fort- I could anything he grabbed me liv th«' shoulder. 11 I fell backward alongside the l>oiler. my head on the front diMirsill of the cab. my hack on tin- tloor 'n Conroy on top of me. Although I was partlj stunned by tlif fall. I Uad tnind enough left to get my arms around lilin 'n ling him elo.se to m«'. "All this time the train had IHVU gainiu headway down that hill, u we were fairly sizzliu. the old mogawl swayin to 'n fro as we swung around turns. The space between the Iwiiler 'n the side of the cab was so narrer I couldn't turn Conroy off me. 'n 1 didn't dare let loose of him for fear that he'd get hold of my throat. He was so crazed by the liquor that he'd drunk 'n his cravin for more that there was no reasontn with him. He was so big "n heavy that I couldn't do much the way we lay, my back flat on the floor, hemmed in by the side of the eal> on one side 'u the boiler on the other 'n I huggin him like a long lost brother, the cars behind us meanwhile doin the ragtime down that hill. Things were gcttin rather excltlu, as there was likely to be somethln ahead of us. 'n at the foot of the hill was an other water plug. It was a branch sta tion there. *u the engines were swltchlu there at all times. If we ever lilt any thing at that rate of speed, I don't think Joe Hoffman or any of us would ever get in a church but once again, 'n that would l»e ahead of the mourners. I couldn't depend on the train crew to do anything, as you know a crew on these fast freights draw their money for sleepin 'n playin pcnuchlc In the caboose durin trips. "We flashed by a station half way down the hill, goin so fast that I thought as how that dispatcher In Jer sey City would giggle with delight if he saw what good time that perishable freight was niakln toward Chicago. I racked my brain to think what to do. As the light of that station flashed through the cab I spied the engineer's valve of the airbrake. 1 figured as how I could reach it with my right foot, using my toe as a hook, 'n Jerk the valve around to the 'mergency notch 'u stop that train with a hang that would make Joe Hoffman °u his crew In the caboose think we'd run into a stone wall. 1 wriggled 'n got my leg loose from under Conroy. 'n with a mighty effort give lilm a raise 'n kicked out at that valve. As luck would have it. my foot just caught the valve in the rebound 'n jerked It around In the 'mergency, 'n. say, you would have thought we had been las soed. The jar broke both ouij holts, 'n Conroy staggered to his feet, fell backward through the back cab door 'n rolled off the tank. 'X that end ed Ills railroad career then 'n there without any special assistance from me. "Hoffman came runniu up from the caboose when we had stopped 'n yelled; 'Well, dash yer, whatcher stoppinlitre for? Can't you keep steam nuf to drag 'em down hill?' " 'Oh,' I said, 'Conroy, my fireman, 's got a sick sister livin back up here in the woods, 'n I guess he's gone to see how she is. "We wont back *n picked Conroy up. Ilis skull had l>eoii fractured l>y strik in a mllepost, 'n they put his body in the caboose, 'u I got another fireman at he water plug. 'n we went iu on time." Just then the messenger boy came in and yelled, "Stafford, they want you fer train 81," and, taking a farewell chew of tobacco, he left.—New York Sun. Skylnrli'M UloriauD SonK. Need 1 say a word about the skylark and its wholly joyous song? It in spired one of Jeremy Taylor's most beautiful and best known passages— the lark rising from his bed of grass nud soaring upward, singing as he rises and hoping to get to heaven and climb above the clouds; singing "as if It had learned music from an angel as he passed sometimes through the air about his ministering here below." And it inspired, too, one of the tinest odes iu the English language, Shelley's tinest work, his "supreme ode." Hut, as may be said of another ode, it is "not in tune with the bird's song and the feeling it does and ought to awaken. The rapture with which the strain springs up at first dies down before, the close into Shelley's ever haunting melancholy. I,ike Keats' "Ode to the Nightingale," it Is no key to the bird's song. It does not teach us anything of the thought and feeling which inspired that quiver ing, ascending embodiment of Joy, that pilgrim of the sky, hiding Itself in the glorious light of the summer heavens. ■—Minneapolis Journal. The "Home Benutlfol.'* • Fair Countess—l wish to get some rugs, something really artistic and aesthetic, you know, but I can't afford to pay a very high price. Honest Dealer—lllght this way. Here, madam, are some antique Turkish rugs just In from the factory. Take them home, smear them with grease and to bacco juice, then wash them a little, dry them in an oven, lay them for three days In the sun and they'll look as faded and antique as the genuine imported article costing ten times as much. —New York Weekly. A Victim Re»ent» It. "Yah! Yah!" yelled the l»oys in the gallery. "Wot ye doln on de stage? Go back to de lunch counter!" "Canaille! Babble! Scum of the earth! Offscourings of the slums!" hissed the tragedian, "the hoodlums of the gallery hoot at me and the critics of a venal press roast me! I defy ye both! I care neither for the higher criticism nor the hired criticism!' And he went on with his lines.— Chicago Tribune. Ilcr Welt Intended Effort. "This is what I would call a roast!" exclaimed the slangful young man who was watching the Dreyfus prosecution. And the gazelle eyed girl beside him who prides herself on being quick at repartee answered: "Not exactly. It's a Paty de Clam bake."—Washington Star. A Caatlona Ulrl. "When I was about to propose to Miss Miggles, she stopped me." "What for?" "We are going to play golf, and she snid she couldn't risk falling down In her play."—Chicago Record. At the Hub. The Gentleman From Chicago- Stranger, can you tell me where tin-re is a good place to stop at? The Citizen of Boston—Just before the "at." Good day. sir.—lndianapolis Journal. Snnif <»( Them. Little Horace —Papa, what are silent watches of the night? Tapa—The ones people forget lo .wind when they go to bed, I guess.— Chicago Times-Herald. Where They Are All Slump Speaker*. "Is lie a good stump speaker?" "Finest ever. Why, I'll bet he'd shine as a witness In the Drvyfus case."—Chicago Post. pUM CWi ■ V - v ~~ SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION Accepted no n Knot In lb» liny Barn nail l*r»v l«le«t Wnln«t. "There are some things to In- accept ed on the evidence we ha\e." accord ing to Henry Stewart, "for it is ditfi cult to prove them by actual eye knowledge." This he would apply to the so called spontaneous combustion of hay in a barn or stack, lie says in Country Gentlemau: It Is probably the case that uo one ever saw a l»arn of hay taking tire from its own iuternal heat, due to the fermentation ami de composition of the carbonaceous mat ters of it when in a damp condition. Hut there is a great deal of evidence, unquestionably true, which goes lo prcre the poesi- JfK *\ bility of such an £ \ ; i V my own e.vr>en- \ ence I haTe had Wtffijfi '• • barn filled with HH < ' clover bay which mjUpW'i j I came so near tak j# ,*') ' n i? ® re * u, i ac " W, !'J tnally breaking fjm t C j ont in flame that jLJpt- * since then 1 am ***- U. - I-ositivelv sure that the spon taneous combns- A SAFE HAYCOCK. tion of moist or mere damp hay is not only possible aud even easy, but that It Is possible to put iu hay in such a manner that, uuder the right condition of the weath er, it will certainly heat to burning simply by internal fermentation aud oxidation of its carbonaceous matter. 1 have seen hundreds of mows au«l stacks of hay iu my life the center of which, when taken dowu for use. has been ot' a dark brown aud iu some In stances black aud actually charred by the heat. It is a freiiueut occurrence that ships are burned by sjHintatieous llres occur ring lu the coal bunkers. The fact is that damp carbouaceous matters, as well as oily stuff of the same kind, will oxidize so actively as to take tire. Secondary fermentation will not pro duce sufficient heat to cause combus tion, so that It is a wise precaution to have this tirst fermentation go on in the hay iu the field, with the hay iu cocks. The form of the cock Is l>est tall and slender, for in this form the cock will shed heavy rains and yet keep dry, if the top is protected by a common hay cap, while a low, broad one Is impossible to keep dry even from a few hours' rain. The drawing shows the right shape of a haycock and the manner of mak ing it self shedding of the rain with a cap one ami a half yards square of common sheeting. If these shaped cocks are necessarily out in the weath er, they will be safe against weeks of wet, if such a misfortuue should hap pen to a farmer, for the cap on the top will turn the water there, and the sides, well raked down, will shed all the drip. Hay put up in these cocks will cure perfectly, with no risk of harm, and once this first fermentation is over there will l>e no secondary one, for dampness afterward will be due to water only and not to the sap of the grass, which is sufficiently carbona ceous to start the requisite fermenta tion for the production of heat. A sec ondary wetting of the hay will cause mold, but not any fermentation of the hay by which heat will be produced. I atn so sure of the possibility of spontaneous combustion of the hay that I would l»e very careful to avoid the risk of It by the simple method of having this fermentation go on in the field in a safely made cock in which there is not more than 400 pounds of hay. Prepare the soil as for wheat In Au gust, and in early September sow 10 quarts per acre of timothy and brush and roll it in. In March sow six quarts medium red clover on light snow or light honeycombing frost. If for pas ture, sow 32 quarts per acre of blue grass seed in September with the tim othy.—Ohio Farmer. The Leafless «n«I Triumph llndlihts. A comparison was recently made by Iturai New Yorker between the two unique varieties of radish— viz. Tri umph and Leafless. This showed that both kinds are early and that there la but little difference between them, the Leatless being about three days earlier. LKAi LESS RADISH—TRICSTPn RADISH. Now The Rural Illustrates the two. showing a little bunch of the Triumph and a single specimen of the Italics*. The quality Is much the same, the Leafless being a rich, darkish crimson, the Triumph white and crimson, \ari ously splashed and dotted. The latter is nearly round, the other generally ob long Doubtless a larger quantity of the Leafless may be grown on a given plot because of its scanty leaves. The question of relative value seems to de pend upon which would sell more read ily in the market, the solid colored Leatless or the variegated Triumph. THE NOTRE DAME HIVE. An Inlcvrntinic For !.••••■- IBK Work With Brf». "If the bee keepers in cold countries desire a liive that combines In lts»-lf the advantage* of the IH..X for safe wintering and the loose frame hive with its facilities of frame manipula tion made more easy and agreeable, a hive iu which l>ees will winter better packed iu a shed secure from storms and wet. without the trouble, expense, rare and anxiety attendant on cellar wintering, then they might do well to it*, st a few cents in the -.Notre I»auie device,' put it in one of their beehives and give it a trial." says an Indiana contributor to the American Bee Jour nal, in which lit- gives the following information altout this hive and win tering device: Almost any box or Live containing loose frames with space enough l»e --tween the ends of the frames and hive to admit a l*>artl say half an inch thick can l>e converted into what in this lo eality is known as the "Notre I>auie hive" l>y means of a simple device con sisting of the following pieces: One strip of Iron one Inch wide, an eighth of an Inch thick and the depth of the hive. Two holes much like key- No. :u\ h»«*» •• •I- .i.. lin it near each «or - .1!. » •«» t. fasten this to th« board. »! b :* • ut t < sit la the »od off the hive Two or f nr three-eigbtfe hj; t ••• in. b t I or W>«nl screws. tb« p. ■* of wb<. li are cat off. ami a groove . t a.a- the em! t« at la tba in ft • ..f trvn a kind of lit tle I'Utt .n which when !n the «l«ta will I'llil Nl Is- .. ' ;»> i Will ;>ush for will • - f only two. am l*»t tbr-'ii. n the reciter of the end of the hive and are s» that whea the lx»ar>. •- put »n the slot* in the iroa strip * ti ;> :»• little strip of oikdoth la tacked or the end of hire and board. Thin la to prevent the bees from getting be himl the l>oard. The edges should ba turu« .1 lu »•> t!.at uo tiimih are visible for the to pull aud bite. The holes for the M-rvetw are burn] with a bit smaller than the screws, and a screw of the Mine siae with the p»iat sharp is used to cut the thread in the wood. bMiiiM' the screw with the blunt point will nut do the work. Our !«■* are wintered on the sum mer stands iu houses Uuilt without any pretensious to warmth, merely afford ing a shelter from storm and wet. AN'iit the middle of last October the bees were warmly [lacked in short straw and chaff by placing a board wall about eight inches from the rear of the hires and filling this space and that in float and U'twwn the hirea with a mixture of short straw aotl chaff The space lietween the hire* in some caaea Is two inches and lu oth ers about five. A strong cloth was put on the frames ami a full depth supe- put on. Then one or two little woolen blankets, and then the suiter was almost tilled with chaff, over which a wire cloth was placed to keep the mice oat; then more chaff, straw and forest leaves tiU mil was entirely covered up. Sewra and Sotes. Winter beets are sown in July sad August and after frost are taken up. the tops cut off and the roots stored In the cellar. OH ounce of seed will sow tin t.• 7" feet of drill Karly varieties may be used iu it' to days. The roots will be mature in alaout ISO days. Kl<-h tiuely pulverized soil Is ueeded for turnips. A sandy or gravelly loom is preferred. Sow In drills one foot apart and half an Inch deep, or sow broadcast and rake In lightly. If there should 1M- no rain, a thorough sprin kling will insure germination. The plants should stand at least three lach es apart. While the quantity of oil to be used IB treating roads cannot yet be consid ered as exactly ascertained. Kiiral New Yorker states that good results have been obtained by thoroughly sprinkling common earth roads at the rate of a Iwrrel of oil for a stretch 100 feet long ant! 12 feet wide. American Agriculturist reports a lib eral liay crop in sight, harvested In lonwwbtt better condition than wtni ed probable a short time ago. Pota tws also arc reported as making a pM«-l crop growth Taking the entire breadth, there are fairly good prospect* for northern |«otati>es. Orange hawkweed is increasingly re|>orted In Xew England and Xew York state. The application of dry salt IS {wands per square rod is well recommended as au effective remedy, especially if martnl to as soon as the invasion of the weed is observed. An autlioritj on the sugar beet says of Its cultivation: First, the beets must be kept absolutely free from weed* anil grasses, so that the beneficial ef fects of the sun and air may be fully realized: second. the ground mast he kept loose for the same purpose; thir>t in case of dry weather the soil must lie kept stirred in order that a dust mulch may prevent evaporation of moisture. laeMßlkle. Pilaon —Are yon going to take purt in that guessing contest? Dil»on —Ob. no. they'd rule me o«it as a professional. Pilson Professional? Dilson— Yes; you know I am con nected with tb>> weather hnreaU. — Co- Inmhns (O.) .Htste .fUf ' lie (earnestly) I'd go thr»«u- fl. • for you. Judy. Am Kilrvw* • ««r. "Isn't JOMM somewhat penni IOUS?' "He's so stingy he nlom Mi k thlldrcli tutddli n:i- • !»:■ :«E-» Kee ord.