VQ> xxxvii gickel's SHO6S V Have you Seen the Pretty Stales in Fine Foot wear at s' c k e l's. Our Fall Stocl< is all in and is Extremis targe. Grandest Display of Fine Footwear Gver Shown. A. E. Nettleton's Men's Tine Shoes. All the atcst styles in fine Box-calf, l'atent-calf, En imel ami Cordovan in medium or heavy soles. | Sorosis--The New Shoe for Wowen. Al. the i.uest styles—Dongola, Enamel, Patent-calf, i Box calf. See our SOROSIS box-calf shoes for j I.adi.s, high cut, ht-avy extended soles. Ju.->t the shoes ! f i this, time ot the year. Price $3.50 per pair. SCHOOL SHOES. . High or low cut shoes in heavy Hox-ca.f, - Oil grain. Kip or Kangaroo-calf. Gokey's High Cut Copper Toe Shoes for Boys Sizes 10 to 2, price $1.50 per pair Sizes 3 to 6, price $1.75 per pair Oil Men's Box Toe Boots and Shoes. Also a full stock of Army Shoes. At all limes a full stock of Sole Leather and Shoemakers Supplies Complete stock of Ladies' and Children's Overgaiters and Leggins. GIVE US A CAkb. JOHN BICKEL, 128 SOUTH MAIN STREET. - - BUTLER, PA [Clearance Sale jjj Of Buggies. H [n order to make room for Sleighs. I must W2 se out a lot of goods. I have k number of plish Buggies and Surries which I will lat a Great Sacrifice Buggies worth $75, 1 go at SSO; Buggies worth $65, go at $45. • J Fine High Grade Trap worth S2OO. for $123. YA ie Stylish hurries reduced from si?o to SIOO. Nt which sold at $125 reduced to $75, WA aetons which sold at $125 will go at $75. lot of Horse and Cattle Eood, 2 lb packages WA rth 25 cts. at 15 cts.; larger packages at same Lw rate. Axle Grease 4 boxes for 10 cts. An W2 Hess variety of whips at the same cut rates. p Robes worth $0 at $4. Horse Brushes at wj ts. Horse Collars at 45 cts. Harness Snaps, T® rich and less at 4 for a nickel. Come and Pj my great selection ot Robes and Blankets. ft A suits for the money expended. Not / d\ j cheap goods but goods as cheap as /y li tlity can l.e ; olc for ;nd made up "us I properly. If you want the correct \ II t S i 'hing at the correct price, call and \ ifey \ )l j ) I examine our large stock of FALL . < \T R fflr Villi I ANIJ WINTER WEIGHTS— (J \l » h! 7 LATEST STYLES, SHADES \ f- IT I AND COLORS. *" iW K E C K fit and' Workmanshio Guarantee d. G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 142 North Main Street, Butler. Pa I'll LAVATORY APPLIANCES |jl 1 r■ "" .'i >y have to be of the best Jl p i ~ / ' to receive an }' sort of consider yffllUjTj' If J |'i j. ation. Closed plumbing is a relic y?W VJfj || ||J of the past—openwork only re- IBf ' j' ' ccives attention. Reason? It's 1 ■pjjlvk&ik ' ( sanitary, cleanly, looks better, re- Wy I. j quires less attention and is better f ! in cvtr y respect. We make a j ! specialty of up-to-date styles and / mthods. Geo. \A I. \Al hitehill, 3ißS«a;ih R.'ain St , People's Phone. 28. PLUMBER, Butler, Pa. H PAPES. JEWELERS. II o I DIAMONDS, i ' I WATCHES, Jo ° j CLOCKS, $ ! 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HP cJgH I For your Protection y KAYfEV-p"^ U JA we positively etais that t 3 Br y mercury or any other lu'ydt- Ely's Cream BalmP^-™ in acknowledged to he the thoronzh cure for Nasal Catarrh, Co'.d in Heed and Ilay Fever of all remedies. It open? and cleanse* the nasal prissaccs, allays pain and inflammation. heals the sort--, pr >- tc-cts the membra:.** fmm c«>!«i=. restores the ?• • •-••§ of taste and smell. I'ric ar. I)- ELY BKOTHEICS, 6f age. possessing the following qualifications. shall be entitled to vote at ail elections. Subject however to such laws requiring and regulat ing the registration of electors as the Gen eral Assembly maj enact: He shall have been a citizen of the United States at least one month. He shall have resided in the State one year (or if. having previously been a qualified elector or native born citizen of the State, he shall have removed therefrom and re turned. within six months, immediately pre ceding the election). He shall have resided in the election dis trict where lie *hali offor to vote at least two months immediately preceding the election. If twenty-two years of age and upwards, he shall haye paid within two years a State or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least two months and paid at least one month before the election. Amendment Eleven to Article Eight, Section Seven. Strike out from said section the words "but no elector shall be deprived of the priv ilege of voting by reason of his name not be lng registered/' and add to said section tbe following words, "but laws regulating and requiring the registration of electors may be enacted to apply to citiesonly. provided that such laws he uniform for cities of the same class.** *«> that the said section shall read as follows: Section 7. Uniformity of Election Laws. All laws regulating t he holding of elections | by the citizens or for the registration <>f electors shall l>e uniform throughout the State, but laws regulating and requiring the registration of electors may be enacted to apply to cities only, provided that such laws b*« uniform for cities of same class. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. w u . <■ KI EST, Secretary of the Commonwealth. AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION PROPOSED TO THE < ITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH I ORTHEIR AP PROVAL OR REJECTION BY THE GEN ERAL A>>KM .»LY OF THE COMMON WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. PUB LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN PURSU ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON STITUTION. A JOIST HBSOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the - ► A Ou the 11. '■< of the Ocean Queen as -iic i from M " for Londo;: ca t'i.* S'.Sth of Aug'.: ;. 1881, wa f: name « ' .:a:»es Mclwiil, au Englisir. . ;in years of life. He wanted to make everybody's acquaint ance and be friends with ali. You couldn't bilp but set him dowu for a good fellow just to look at hlin, aud when you had listened to his droll sto ries in the smoking room, his songs in the cai;in and the fairy stories he told the children you had to agree that he was justly a favorite. No one seemed to know Jimmy, as he asked us to call him, beyond know ing that he lived up the country on a big horse farm and was worth half a million dollars. It turned out that no one really knew that, but had taken his word for it. However, it was no one's business to know him. He was going back to England after a bride, and all the ladies aboard agreed that he was a good catch aud the girl was In luck. Perhaps I got more out of Mr. Melwll] than any other passenger. It was more, and at the same time it was less. In speaking of his horse farm to me he had been foolish enough to locate It. It was far distant from Melbourne, and it was In an out of the way place, but It so happened that I had sheepberded and prospected all over that range and knew his story to be false. He saw by my looks that I knew it to be so, and he at once turned the conversation and refused any further information. Women will lie when there is no object, but men generally plan to make a lie serve a purpose. I tried to figure out why- Jimmy should lie, but the best guess I could make at it was that he wanted to pass for a richer man than he was. There was nothing bad about that, and 1 didn't permit the falsehood to open any breach between us. When we came to shake ourselves down aboard, 1 noticed that there were a let of rather tough looking men among the steerage passengers. It was explained that they were going to the Cape to work on a new railroad. As near as I could size them up they were all colonials and men more used to horses than picks and shovels. Your true navvy, or day laborer, would have sprawled In the shade and slept and smoked and been content. I picked out a dozen or more of the so called workingmen who were nervous and uneasy, and they often formed little groups and seemed to hold much con verse in whispers. This, however, was only a trifling Incident. People on shipboard have nothing to do but gos sip and observe. A man who would not walk ten steps on land to see a cap tive eagle will sit for an hour and watch the erratic flight of a gull. I think the sleek Jimmy must have caught me watching the steerage pas sengers, for he took occasion one day to observe: "There seems to be a fine lot of men going out to the Cape with us?" "As far as bone and muscle go," I re plied. "But it takes bone and muscle to build railroads." "Of course, but this Is the first time I ever heard of Australians being ship ped to the Cape for such work. Is there any scnrcity of native help? I can't Imagine one of those chaps over yonder with his soft hands doing much with pick and shovel." "No, perhaps not," replied Jimmy in an absent way as he looked at me through half closed eyes. Then lie extended his cigar ease, pro posed a game of euchre, and the sub ject was dropped. I don't claim that I was suspicious of Jimmy or that I was disturbed by the gang in the steerage. On the contrary, I was perfectly easy in my mind in all respects. I had read In the Australian papers that the Ocean Queen was carrying home more than a million dollars in gold. In fact, I had seen most of the boxes brought aboard and taken down to the strong room. All other passengers must have been aware of the treasure, but there was little or no talk about It. I think the sleek, slick man was the only one I he: p -ay anything about It. As we sat smoking and yarning one day he carelessly mentioned the treasure and then wondered how much all the gold and silver lost by shipwreck would amount to. It Is a wide expanse of ocean be tween the Cape and Australia, and at the end of a week we had all settled down into grooves and fallen Into a monotonous routine. liarlyone i.iornlng a sail was sighted dead ahead, and al most as soon as she had been made out it was seen that she l.ad a distress flag flying. The news went over the ship, and in a moment everybody was inter ested and anxious. The ship iu dis tress was a brig, and, so far as any of us could make out, she was all right alow and aloft. If she hadn't sprung a leak, then it must IK? a case of fever or mutiny, or perhaps she had run short of water and provisions. Jimmy stood beside me as we bore down on the brig, and, although I twice asked him what he thought about it. lie did not seem to hear m•. I turned to look al him as he closed his glass and found a smile on his face. "You don't think it a Joke, do you?" I asked rather brusquely. "Oh, no, no!" he i plitd. smiling and chuckling at the same time. "No: it's no joke. There will be no laughing over It." His tones were sarcastic, and for an Instant there was a look of triumph in his eyes. Then he turned away, and I Rave the brlp my attention. We ran down to within half a mile of her be fore our engines were stopped. Only three men were visible on her decks, and she hadn't a boat In The trio beckoned and motioned that we should send a boat, and the captain gave orders that one should be lowered "It will bo a case of fever." he said, "with all the officers and most of the men down." and the surgeon was sent a;*n of Uu»ky calm. Through bordered where reset hide. Where bobwhites call fcem meadows wide. The faroff bells steal so#! and low, Like fain.* tinkles come and gt>. Then die in silence quite away As slowly fades the waning day. The gold hath paled from out the western 'Tis eventide. At pasture bars two ling'ring are. When loit'ring kine make milking late. Chicling for one will surely wait. But one ne'er heeds when lovers' eyef Gleam bright as stars in evening skiM And jeweled moments fleeting are When try sting at the pasture bar. The mellow bells grow fainter, fainter stills 'Tis eventide. To think that bells at gloaming heard Can bring from out forgotten ways. Voices and forms from vanished days; That dead regrets can rise again With eld time lodging and its pain; That 'twas I who lingered long ago By pasture l»ars in twilight glow. —Winfield L. Scott in Detroit Free Presi. •»o 9 e a •*«*•*•*•*•*•*§ J1 up an. 1 A STORY OF WAS ? & IK LA VENDEE. A e *• After the town was taken M. Henri made our houselils headquarters. Those who had escaped were chased to the gates of N'iort. The Marselllais threw down their arms in the streets and sur rendered. The night advanced, still they dragged the prisoners into our low rafted room. M. Henri cried with vic torious clemency, "Lower your arms and you shall not be hurt." The repub licans were disarmed and let go free. I pointed out to the young chief the dan ger of letting hundreds of rebels wan der about the outskirts. Just when hi« men were thinking of nothing but vic tory and of going eoch his own way. "You have some merciless enemies," I said. "A Marselllais lieutenant nam ed ltipard has sworn that he would kill you in the combat or murder you after-ward on the first opportunity." On the young chief's handsome face there was a look of childlike astonish ment at Ripard's hatred. His brow clouded at my words, but he dismissed the thought with a shake of the shoul ders and gave the order to release the rest of the prisoners. "We must show them that we have more humanity than they," he said. He had scarce finished speaking when there was a tumult outside, and three Vendean soldiers dragged a rough haired man into the room. He had cruel, bloodshot eyes; his face was con vulsed ■with rage and hatred. "This rebel has been arrested, pistol In hand," said one of the Vendeans. "His life and liberty were given him. lie made ofT, then turned and fired on his liberators. We dragged his pistol from him. Here It Is." And the man placed the weapon upon the table. "To the prison," ordered M. Henri, and. turning to the man, he said, "Your name?" The prisoner grinned savagely. "Take care. My name will alarm you. lam Ripard." I trembled. M. Henri looked at the Marseillals and said quietly: "Well, Ripard, you are free. Go!" "No!" replied the man sullenly. "1 know that trick. I am unarmed. As soon as I am outside I shall be shot down by your soldiers." "My. word is my oath. You shall not go unarmed. Take your pistol." M. Henri pointed to the pistol on the ta ble. The man Jeered. "Do you know that It Is loaded?" For answer M. Henri took the pistol and held It out to Ripard. The prison er snatched It from his hand, stuck it in his belt and, looking at the young chief with an evil eye, said sullenly: "Where do you expect me to go? The houses are full; there is no straw. The country Is unsafe. If you are afraid to keep me, kill me, for I am worn out. I cannot drag another step." "Soit!" said M. Henri. "We are no longer fighting. There is a capitula tion. If you do not know where to go, you may stop here." I trembled at the thought of harbor ing so dangerous a guest and raised a hundred objections. We had not even a chair to spare. "At least," said M. Henri, "he shall share my room. The bed Is big enough for two." I was dumb with horror. There was a painful silence, broken by M. Henri begging me to take the torch and show Ripard to his room. The man watched us narrowly. A drop of blood hanging from the corner of his eyelid rolled down his cheek, leaving a ghastly stain upon It. I walked first, showing the way up the steps, but my heart beat fast, and the torch trembled in my hund, throwing weird shadows as we went. Inside the corridor I opened the sleeping room door and placed the light upon the chimney. The grin on the Marselllais' face froze my blood with horror. I lingered, hoping to find a chance of whispering to M. Henri to disarm Ripard or, at any rate, to let one of the men sleep In his room, but he had forgotten about the pistol or was obstinate in his idea, for he cut me short, saying: "Good night! A demaln. I am worn Out with fatigue." And to hasten my departure, he com menced to unfasten his coat. I went away In despair, leaving the door ajar behind ine, but I heard M. Henri bid Ilipard close It, Baying that they would sleep more quietly. I trem bled at the haste with which the man obeyed, double locking the door be hind him. In (he anguish that possessed me I had a mind to cross the corridor Upon which their room opened, to get a ladder, and climbing up, to watch them through the narrow oell de boeuf win dow placed high In the wall, but my courage failed. Still I could not aban don our guest to the mercy of his enemy. M. Henri's Vendean soldiers shared my fears, but they dared not disobey the command. "When M. Heurl says a thing, he means It," they said, but I persuaded one of them to place his mattress across the door, begging him to spend the night there, ready to break in at the first alarm. This done, I retired, but I was still uneasy. Though I threw myself dressed upon my bed, 1 could not sleep. An hour passed wear ily by, then another; the suspense be canto unbearable. t'liable longer to suppress my fears, I took a laddei from a lumber room at the end of the corridor, placed it noiselessly under the oell de boeuf window, climbed up and looked Into the room. The light was still burning, though the house was plunged in silence. M. Henri was lying on the side of the b»*l nearest to the wall, and Itlpard, having placed the light upon the table near to the liecul of the bed, was stand iug motionless lieslde it watching the sleeper's face. I could not see his expression, for his back was toward me. He remained thus some minutes, debating purlinps, whether the serenity of those noble features were not a ruse. The young chief's shirt .was open.u* the neck, showing a medallion attach ed to a silver chain that reposed upon his breast. His breathing was calin aurt regular, his lips half open In a smile that betokened a peaceful and happy dream. Ripard's right hand was half hidden in the shadow of the table. 1 could see that it held the pistol, his linger upon the trigger. He seamed to hesitate. Then raising his arm slowly he aimed straight at the sleep er's heart. I was petrified with hor ror. My heart ceased to beat. A cry of terror and anguish died nway in iny throat. Still I watched, powerles? to move, as In a dream. And M. Henri slept on, smiling and breathing peace fully. unconsciously offering his warm breast to the cold muzzle that was meuacln? him. In that awful moment I felt the cold shiver of death upon me. Ripard maintained his murderous aim, still he did not fire. He sighed deeply, his hand trembled. Then he lowered the pistol with a furious movement, turned aud stepped backward from the bed. He was hideously pale, his eye lids trembled. He shook his head, placing his hands before his eyes as though chasing some hideous vision and noiselessly placed the pistol upon the table. I waited no longer. I scram bled down the ladder, stumbled to the door of M. Henri's room, woke the Vetidean snoring upon the mattress aud in breathless haste bid him to force the lock gently that the Marseil lais should not hear. The soldier drew a knife from his pocket, and, though he handled it adroitly, the work was long and difficult. At last the lock gave. I flung the door open and stood dumfoundtjd upon the threshold. Side by side M. Henri and Ripard were sleeping as children sleep, their breasts rising and falling with the same regu lar and peaceful movement and much the same smile upon their lips.—Trans lated From the French For St. Louis Star. The Harm Peaiantrr. The Harz peasants are an honest, thrifty lot, very independent and proud, but also full of religious feeling, and a book might be written on their beliefs and customs. At funerals, births and marriages every act is invested with meaning, and a legend or proverb Is quickly brought forward to combat skeptical doubts. Godfathers and god mothers to the number of 24 sometimes accompany the baby to the baptismal font, and little gifts are exchanged and refreshments of sausages, cake, beer and brandy are served before and after the ceremony. The young girls wear wreaths, from which they pick flowers to give to the young godfathers, and these In turn present them with an or ange or lemon, which they carry In their hands. They have a curious su perstition that the child will die If It receives the name of either parent, and this is only done when they wish it to be the last baby in the family. A grand supper of chocolate, soup and roast pork, with preserves, Is served after the baptism, and the festivities end with a dance. Everything begins and ends with a dancs in the Harz moun tains. and their balls begin at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. —Catholic World. Nhort Credit Man and the Bible. A jeweler In lowa, writing a jobbing house that questioned his credit, quot ed, "What is not of faith is sin," con veying the Inference that the jobbers were sinners. The house replied, "Faith without works is dead" and "There Is none perfect—no, not one." They are now sorry they replied In kind, for this is what the next mall brought: "See what Gen. vl, 9, says about a perfect man. See what we are told to do. Math, v, 48. Here is a good thought, James ill, 2. Can we do it? See Job vlll, 20. The trouble with peo ple is this, Jer. xvll, 9. See what is said in I Sam. xvi, 7. If it were not for this, we would all be lost. Cannot everybody be perfect If they would see what Is said, I Cor. x, 13? Here were two good people. They tried Luke 1, 13-16." Which shows that there are jewelers in lowa whose time Is not en tirely occupied with business cares.— Jewelers' Circular Weekly. Iloth Ilail. James McNeill AVhistler was once painting a portrait of a distinguished novelist, who was extremely clever, but also extremely ill favored. When the portrait was finished, the sitter did not seem satisfied with it. "You don't seem to like it," Whistler said. The sitter confessed that he did not and said in self justification. "You must admit that it is a bad work of art." "Yes," Whistler replied, "but I think you must admit that you are a bad work of nature."—Argonaut Corrected. City Editor—Evidently you didn't get a very close view of Nookash's summer place. Reporter—Not very close. Why? City Editor—You refer to it as "a magnificent marble pile," whereas it's a frame house. Reporter—ls it? Just cross out "mar ble," then, and Insert "wood."—Phila delphia Press. An Idyl of the I.ale Heated Term. "My heart," moaned Mildred Glen dowe, wringing her hands, "Is like ice!" Van Alstyne Van Brugh stared pre cisely as If stung. "Then, of course, I cannot ask you to give me your heart!" he exclaimed In a hollow voice. For even love Is not blind to the great price of Ice In summer.—Detroit Jour nal. His Hard Fate. "Yes'm, I wuz drove away from home when a mere child by the heartless cru elty of me stepmother." "Poor fellow! What did she do?" "She Insisted on givln me a bath ev ery Saturday night!" New York Jour nal. Why the I'araon Got Sardlnea. Talk about grief of a real somber hue. An Atchison woman had her preacher Invited to a Sunday dinner, and when she went to get the chickens to kill them they had escaped, and the stores were closed.—Atchison Globe. i BISULPHIDE OF CARBON. Xevr nnil lleeent t'aea—How to Inject It Around Treea. Carbon bisulphide is a liquid that va porizes very rapidly when exposed to the air. The vapor or fumes are explo sive and very deadly to all animals, in eluding man. Most plants are not in jured when subjected to the fumes, but if the liquid comes in contact with any part of plants it often kills that portion quickly. Hence it is usually safe to al low only the fumes to come in contact with the plant. Yet one of the most successful methods of killing borers In the trunk or large limbs of trees is to inject a small quantity of the liquid in to the burrow or tunnel of the borer and plug the opening with putty or hard soap. The liquid applied in this way does not seem seriously to injure the plant. The substance is used most ly for fumigating stored grain, and peas or beans infested with weevils and other insects and many wood chucks have succumbed to its deadly fumes. In France large quantities of the liquid have l>een Injected into the soil in vineyards to check the ravages of the phylloxera plant louse. Six years ago we devised a practicable USING BISULPHIDE OF CARBON, method for applying the liquid to kill such pests as the cabbage root maggot, and our experiments indicated that It was one of the best methods of fight ing this serious cabbage pest, says M. V. Slingerland In ltural New Yorker. Recently fruit trees have been treat ed with the liquid for the woolly aphis and the peach trete borer. We were un successful in our experiments against the poach tree borer, and large quanti ties of the liquid were used In Califor nia in peach orchards with the result that many borers are said to have been killed, and some also killed hunureds of their trees. In Missouri apple trees were treated for the woolly aphis with successful results when the liquid was properly applied. It was found that when the liquid was injected Into the soli near the trunk or base of the tree it usually killed the tree, but when in jected away from the tree a foot or two, taking care not to strike a main or large root, that no Injury resulted to the trees. Thus experiments show that If the substance is Injected Into the soil so that none of the liquid touches the roots the fumes may penetrate all through and around the roots and kill all animal life In the soil without Injur ing the roots. In the case of small plants like cabbages, strawberries and the like one should inject the liquid In the manner shown in the figure, be ginning several Inches away from the base of the plant, making a slanting hole extending underneath the root system of the plant and arrange (with the injector or by means of a tin tube or funnel inserted in the hole) to apply the liquid at the bottom of the hole. Movable Fodder Rack. A very good fodder rack for cattle Is made either of poles or of lumber. A plank will answer for the bottom of the rock proper, and' the boards should bo fhr enough apart to let the cattle get the fodder freely from the rack. HACK. FOH FODDXS. The outside rack will catch the surplus and stock will pick that over later on when the supply runs short In the rack. It is built on runners so It can be moved l'rom place to place with a team. The outside rack should be made of heavy poles, as the reaching of the cattle will break ordinary lum ber. Candled Honey. At the approach of winter extracted honey will candy or crystallize unless kept In a temperature apove 80 de grees, and even then with some kinds of honey It Is difficult to prevent it from candying. This is regarded by most beekeepers as a test of Its purity. Honey that has been adulterated with glucose or other foreign matter as a rule will not granulate or crystallize when kept in a moderately cool place. Honey that has granulated may be re stored to its liquid form by placing the bottle or jar in a pan and setting on the kitchen stove or range. The pan should be partly filled with water and heated slowly until the honey is melt ed. If melted gradually and only heat ed enough to restore It to Its liquid state, it does not injure or impair the flavor in the least.—American Garden ing. CIDER MAKING. flip Brardta of Filtering—How to >1 nLi- lliirrcl or Unit Flltera. Cider Is greatly Improved by filter ing as soon as it comes from the mill. The more perfectly the particles of;ap pies are removed the better will be«the cider and the vinegar to be made from it. Filters of cloth with small meshes are good and remove the larger parti cles, but if the very best results are wanted a charcoal filter Is necessary. This > an bo quite easily made from an ordinary cider or whisky barrel. Remove one head and make of It a false bottom two Inches above the oth er head. On the false bottom nail strips of hard wood. Between these strips bore holes. Have a faucet near the bottom of the barrel. Above the false bottom place throe Inches of char coal broken to the size of blrdshot, first laying down a piece of coarse cloth. On top of this charcoal put another layer of cloth and four or five Inches of clean, well waalied wheat or rye straw. Above the straw put a circular, hard wood grating with openings au Inch or so square. Fasten this in place. Turn water luto the barrel and keep it running through until It issues en tirely tasteless. When this Is accoin- I pllshed, the filter Is ready for use. Of 1 No. 43 course tln> filter will Income clogged, when it must bo recharged. When properly fllteri-d. the older will be free from albuminous and mucilaginous material and will keep much better than when not treated. In a small way a bag of heavy can ton danuel may be bung over a tub and the liquid filtered through this. By lining this has with paper pulp the openings in the cloth can be so com-' pletely closed that nothing but the pure liquid will get through, concludes American Agriculturist. Mnrketlnit Water. The most successful farmers we know are those who are marketing the most water. Id selling milk 87 per cent is water and butter 79 per cent. If It is pardon vegetables we are produc ing, we soil in asparagus 49 per cent water, cabbage 90 per cent, lettuce 93Vj per cent and potatoes 89 per cent. Or if fruit is our surplus crop, apples carry 8-1 per cent water, peaches 90 and strawberries 01. We do not know of any way in which water can bo utilized bettor than in big watermel ons, and when a man can realize S2OO or S3OO an acre on this crop he is bound to make money if he pushes his business. Grain eats up fertility very, fast. When a crop is grown, even if the surplus products on the farm are fed and manure is saved, a grain farm er must carefully fertilize his land if he maintains its fertility. If any sort of change is contemplated in farm management, try and work In as much water in the products as possible.— Denver Field and Farm. I'neapplnir Honey. A Gorman journal describes the fol lowing apparatus for uncapping honey: A strong tin dish -20 Inches long, 12 Inches wide and 6 Inches high has rest ing In It supported at proper distance from bottom, a piece of wire cloth with meshes five to the Inch. On this rests UNCAPPING APPARATUS, a sort of roof of the same wire cloth, the two sides of the roof allowing two operators to uncap at the same time. The slanting surface of the roof allows' the combs to rest with little or no hold ing. and all the honey that drips Is caught in the pan below. Of course the size could be varied according to the size of combs used. Dsrvntlng Sujrnr Beets. By the first part of October sugar beets are ready to harvest, the first planting generally a few weeks earlier. But as the beets increase In tonnage mostly In September and the first part of October the harvesting with full force should not be started before the middle of October, according to In structions of one of the beet sugar com two horse puller which loosens the beets but leaves them In the ground. After this the beets have to be pulled by hand and topped with a corn knife at the base of the bottom leaf and can then be shipped to the factory or siloed at the field and shipped later, after the beet growers have finished their other farm work. Agricultural Brevities. In all the earlier stages of growth of corn the greater share of the protein Is found in the leaves, and even when the corn is ripe enough to cut but little over half of It Is found In the ears. This fact calls attention to the neces sity of carefully housing and preserv ing the fodder. A good hop crop Is expected In west ern New York, and satisfactory prices everywhere, with a generally lighter crop than last season. The Long Island farmers now talk of a return to raising beef cattle, which years ago was a profitable occupation, it Is believed that there will be good profit In local stock raising for market, and the farms will also be enriched. A variety of tomato recently coming Into note among Long Island truck growers is the Quarter Century, which Is on the order of the popular Acme. Its vines are strong and stocky. The fruit sets in large clusters and ripens evenly. The Connecticut tobacco crop is call ed the largest and best for years. An experimental crop of Cuban tobacco la reported as naturally spotted. Aa to Squlnchly. "Squlnchly seems to be a man of con siderable versatility." "lie is. lie always has a different! hard luck story to tell when he comes to me to borrow money." Chicago Tribune. Franohiae*. Franchise grabbing is distinctly not good form. A franchise should always be taken deliberately between the thumb and forefinger, with the little finger extended. —Detroit Journal. In the I'arlor Car. "Look at that woman. She has been lying down all day reading a novel of Marie Corelll's." "Well, maybe It isn't worth sitting up to read."—Chicago Record. To Core Inaoninla. An English physician of distinction gives these suggestions for cure of ln- Bouuila: In cases where the patient sleeps for an hour or two, then wakens with a start and cannot go to sleep again the physician recommends that a hot water compress be laid on the ab domen. When one cannot go to sleep on retiring and Is unable to dismiss thoughts thnt have occupied the day, It Is advised that the patient keep lila foot in water as hot as he can bear comfortably for ton minutes before go ing to bod. lie should then put on a pair of thin cotton hose wrung out of cold water and over those a pair of woolen ones. A more powerful remedy is a mustard sltz bath, with the propor tion ~f a teacupful of mustard to u gal lon of hot water. lie should remain seated In the bath from 10 to 20 min utes. In many cases a reclining bath In tepid water Is useful as a sedative. The KuniileM Story? Sir Wilfrid Laurler once said that he considered the following the funniest story in the world. Do you agree with him? A gentleman was once being taken over an Idiot asylum. He asked an at tendant how they knew when an idiot was considered to be sufficiently restor ed to sanity to be discharged. "Oh," said the attendant, "it is easily managed. We take them into a yard where there are several troughs. We turn on the taps and then give the Idiots buckets to ball out the water «nd empty the troughs. Many of them go on balling away while the tap keeps running, but them that isn't Idiots stops the tap."