VOL* xxxviii
Bickel's
(February Prices
A GRAND CLEARANCE SALE IN
ALL LINES NOW GOING AM. -
I .F.ATHF.R GOODS—*=sk
Men's fine shoes, Vici-kid, Box-calf and Enamels $2.35
Boy's fine shoes, Vici kid and Box calf 100
Youth's fine shoes, Vici-kid and Box calf . 80
Ladies" fine shoes, extended soles, patent or dull tips 1.25
Misses' fine Dongola shoes, button or lace 75
Children's fine Dongola shoes, button or lace 5°
Infants' fine shoes, button or lace 20
Ladies' warm line! shoes 5°
LWiuV felt slippers, size 2% 10
Men's high-cut. 3 soles, box toe shoes 1 35
<w_ RUBBER GOODS—
Men's best rubber boots 52.25 Misses' best rubber boots 75
Boy's best rubber boots 1.50 Ladies fine rubbers 25
„ . , . , . . , . Misses' fine rubbers 25
Youth's best rubber boots 1.00 Cbildren . s fine rubbers 10
Child's best rubber boots 75 Men's extra high-cut. Storm King.
Ladies' beat rubber boots 1.00 rubber boots * 5°
GOODS—
Men's best felt boots and Duck Men's buckle arctics.. 1.00
over- si-75 Women's buckle arctics 50
Men's felt ixio s and *econd qu»l- Child's buckle arctics 40
ity overs 1.25 Ladies" fine Jersey overgaiters 10
Boy's felt boots and overs 1.25 Ladies' fine Jersey leggins 75
Youth s felt boots and overs I 00 Misses' fine Jersey leggins 5°
At all times a full stock of sole leather and shoemakers supplies
of all kinds.
HIGH IRON STANDS with four lasts at 50c.
It's a great chance. Don't fail to take full advantage of it.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 SOUTH MAIN STREET. - - HUTLER, PA
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| Half Price Sale |
JacketsfCapes |
We now offer our entire stock of stylifh Jackets and Capes at just jR
I one half the former low prices. This is a great opportunity to save. Ub
The assortment is still good.
ALL GARMENTS NOW HALF PRICE. JR
FIRST COME, FIRST Served. $
rOzrr, A GENUINE CLEARANCE SALE is being ol
cxfJiP-*, corried on with tiger acd will b; continued until
Y*£7 stocks are properly reduced and all odd lots and
Jr/'" broken assortments are closed out. JR
. We quote a few clearance sale prices:
V i si-? 5 and SI.OO l*ancy Silks reduced to 68c
85c and 75c Fancy Silks reduced to Soc W
J \ Lot |i.oo and 75c Dress Goods reduced to Svc
Zr, ' 1 \ Oot 50c Dress G<xxlf> reduced to a§c
"V//A I S f O n<s lot fe-5° a Wool Blankest reduced to $2.50 Ck
Ml II It One lot 14.50 all Wool Blankets reduced to *3 2 5
Wit W ILSO and li. 25 Wrappers reduced to fi.oo
ill I I \ Reduced prices on Table Lines, Crashes,
/ / 1J \ \ Flannelettes, Underwear, etc. 2ft
/_ All goods are not. reduced in the same proportion Jq
M *W/ as those quoted. Srjme goods are not reduced at all Ub
but we give you enough bargains all through the stock
to make it worth your while to come
L. Stein & Son, |
108 N. MAIN STREET, CUTLER, PA £
A Cleat Head.
The successful outcome of any enter
prise or the accomplishment or any labor,
depends, first of all upon the possession of
a clear head. The head that is dull, dizzy,
nervous, fretful, melancholy, easily con
fused, or that throbs, aches and pains, is
not fit for service. Not only is such a
head lacking in mental capacity, but it
actually weakens and destroys the nerve
forces and lowers the vitality of every
organ of the body.
Dr. Miles' Nervine
Relieves every form of head trouble and gives to the entire system that vigor, energy and
snap that make clear-headedness. Try a bottle for yourself.
Sold by all druggists on a guarantee. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
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> all and to paint, varnish . .
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I WALKER'S SOAP J
" contains no alkali a
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| JVou will be surprised at bow ta.-ily J
| Fthey will do their work, cure your»
P headache and biliousness, rouse the#
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; 2 2-"> cents. Sold by all medicine dealers, ft
CATARRH
LOCAL 1 DISEASE
1 and is the result ol coldr and c,;.--:0lS¥
i sudden climatic changes. " c 7fiH irij
For your Protection KWfever &. M
we positively state tuat this ■t
remedy does not contain . <jiy^wß
mercury or any other injur- ■■Ffja
Ely's Cream Balm
is acknowledged to he the most tboronph cure for
Nasal Catarrh, Co d in Head and Hay lever of all
remedies. It open® and cleanses the nasal passages,
allays pain ana inflammation, heals the f- re*, pro
tects tne membrane from c&M*. restorer the i-or.*es
of taste and smell. I'rice Wc. at J/riis*gi£is or by mail.
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p Coughs, v?,
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\ Whooping Cough, Apthrnn. |
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A 106 N. Main St.. Butler, I'a. al
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WANTED— Honest man or woman to travo
for large houst, salary ♦«•'» monthly and
expanse*, with Increase; position |>' riiian
enl;lncloseaclf-addrcuwd stamped envelope
NUNAnEK.XMCsitim bide Cbtc.iuro
"Notwithstanding treatment by our best
physicians I suffered fur years from nerv
ous and sick headaches and got so bad that
I was unfit to attend to my law practice
four days out of six. I lost my appetite
and flesh, had no energy and could scarcely
sleep at all. I bought a bottle of Dr.
Miles' Nervine and was relieved in twelve
hours, but I continued the remedy and have
scarcely had a touch of headache since."
T. N. L. CUNNYNGIIAM, Dayton, Tenn.
BUTLER, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1001
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Jilt. BOWSER ANGUY.
BOWSER'S TEMPER.
HE HAS A FINE CHANCE TO DISPLAY
IT AND DOES SO.
Had Intended Going to Church, lint
Ilefore He Got ilnif Heady to Start
Found liimnelf 111 Anything but 11
CharcliKOing frame of Mind.
[Copyright, 1800,-by C. B. Lewis.]
Sir. Bowser had been reading his
• vening paper for the last half hour,
with the family cat climbing over his
feet and purring her satisfaction, when
l:e turned to Mrs. Bowser and said:
"Coming home on the car this even
ing I had a s;*:tt with our minister, and
we had qui!-' a talk, lie said he had
been wondering a great deal why I had
not bet n to church oftencr."
"I don't believe you have been for
three or four years," answered Mrs.
Bowser.
"No. and I'm ashamed of it. Folks
around hero must have got the Idea
that I'm it heathen While I believe
that a man <-an stay at home of a Sun
day an.l It- good, 1 . iipjiose I ought to
-: t an ex:: .pie to others."
"You !•' rely had. It certainly looks
strange for u:e to go alone every Sun
day while you Hit home and read the
papers. I wish yo'.i would go with me
tomorrow."
"I will. Since that talk with the
min'Siter I see my duty In n different
light. Y'-s. I shall ! egin now and go
to church every Sunday morning. As
a law aLid'n;; citizen, as a man who
g\ves 11iM:pport to tin 1 mora! law. It is
my duty to ;-c( 11 example to those
around inc. 1 promised tl»c minister
I'd IK» tl>< R" tomorrow morning, and
he'll ! o Looking for me. You can invite
him over to dinner some evening ucxt
week if you think best."
"I am so r'ad!" murmured Mrs. Bow
ser ns she !• ye up and kissed him. "I
believe you : • the only man In the
block who lioe.sn't go to church with
his wife. You you will surely go?"
"C ertainly I'll go. Why not?"
"You won't' get up in Hie morning
and be mnd about anything?"
"My dear woman, why should 1 get
mad about anything? We will have
breakfast, we will dress for church,
we will attend service. What will
there be to get mad about?"
And In tl: ■ liquldness of his heart
Mr. Bowser picked up the cat and
stroked h"r back with paternal hand
and sang a verse and the chorus of the
"Sweet I'v and 15y." The singing put
the cat's back up and brought a glare
to her eyes, but she bun;? on to herself
until it \v:i»< finished and then jumped
down and ( peaked under the piano to
shiver and claw the carpet. Nothing
further wir said about church, but up
to the hour of going to bed Mr. Bowser
hud the air of a man who was willing
to sacrifice his life for the benefit of
his family. lit* had given his promise,
but .Mrs. Bowser didn't bold him to it
too rigidly. There had been many Sun
day mornings In their history since the
wedding day. As they sat at breakfast
next morning she quietly observed:
"I hope the sermon will lie to your
liking this morning."
"What sermon?" he innocently asked.
"Why, we are going to church, you
know."
"Y-c-8. It's mighty funny tlmt they
don't give the churclii'H a vacution of
tlirce or four months during the sum-
IIIIT. How is II pt'l'HOU who 1h Bitting
U[i like a crowbar in a stufi'y <'lo pew to
get any good <;f It?"
"The church will be nice and cool
this morning."
Mr. Bowser was getting ready to
rlaw off. lie said nothing further un
til after breakfast. Then he lighted
his cigar. looked at the clock and
growled:
"The Idea that a man haw got to bear
a Mention < vcry Sunday In order to
keep satau out of his house! I said I'd
go, but"-
Mrs. IlowKcr didn't eoax or argue,
• rid at the end <«f a quarter of an hour
he went up sfairs to dress. lie left the
Sunday paper* liehlud him. lie knew
they contained the latent new* from
China, more or less about the ltoer
war, and there were a lioxing match
and a horse race In which he wa* In
terested. The lirst discovery bo made
after reaching his bedroom wan that
he had no clean shirt to put on. Hope
entered his heart. No shirt, no church.
(Joing to tin' banister, he shouted:
"Tills In a nice stale of affairs. Isn't
II V Do you expect l'iu going to wear
a pink and white shirt to church? 1
knew there'd be sonic kick up about It
!f I tried to «o!"
"You have four white shirts all nlec4
ly done up In the bottom drawer of
your ilret-Hcr," answered Mrs. Bowser
from the foot of the stairs,
lie found the shirts, much to his dis
appointment, but there were no collars
find cuffs with t IK-111 . This gave him
the opportunity for a second shout:
"Am I to K" to church with a table
napkin or a towel tied around my neck
for a collar? I.ast ulKht when I told
you t van going i,, church today you
knew I hadn't a collar or a cuff lu the
house, and yet you were so Rladl
Have you been Helling o(T everything I
had to the ragman?"
"In the second drawer dozens of col
lar ami cuffs!" answered Mrs. Bowser,
lie wn disappointed again. I!«• K"t
tow n liis Sunday Irousers, hopltt'i Unit
TIN- moths Inn) »:I I<■ R i DUO leg uIT, but
iii,i thi! slightest damage was visible.
Ill* coiil mi.l vrMt were also nil right,
and II really looked IIM If li«- WIIH In for
It win II hi' liricil out ii shirt. lln If n
irilmiti- later In- wan calling from the
head of Hits stairs:
"Mrs. Bowser, <lo people attend
< liiircli with I'lotlies oil or wllli iiollilnu
hut a slice I wrapped around tbuuiV"
"What Is II now?"
"Hero ore the shirts, hut there Isn't
a blamed (ration on one of Vm!"
"Of course there Isn't. You u«e the
gold plated buttons, and you'll Hod a
box full of 'em on the drew HCl-."
Mr. Bowser reluctantly got Inside of
*» Hundav shirt. In pulling on his
trousers he tried his best to burst his
suspenders or pull off the buttons, but
everything held. He anticipated trou
ble with his collar, but it fitted his
neck like a charm. In spite of himself
he got dressed at last, but all of a sud
den as he picked up his hairbrush a
strange odor came to his nostrils, and
he ran out into the hall and shouted:
"Mrs. Bowser, will you have the
kindness to step up here a minute?"
"Well, what is it?" she asked as she
appeared, followed by the cat.
"It is this!" he hoarsely whispered as
lie flourished the hairbrush around.
"You have put peppermint essence on
my hairbrush and I have brushed my
hair with it!"
"I washed your hairbrush In am
monia water yesterday. There's no
peppermint about it."
"Woman, don't dispute me! I've got
a nose on me. I know the smell of
peppermint essence, and I shall no
sooner get seated in church tiian the
whole congregation will begin to sniff
and snuff and smile. The scent will be
traced to me. and before night I shall
be named 'Peppermint Bowser.'"
"l'lease don't be foolish," she pro
tested. "I tell you I washed your
brush"—
"In peppermint essence," he Inter
rupted. "though you would probably
have used skunk's oil if you had had
it peppermint essence, and people
will snuff and suilT and smile. Woman,
by the living jingo, but this Is too
much! Out of this at once!"
And as Mr. Bowser backed out lie
waved the hairbrush around his head
and pursued the cat over and under the
n ||J!
MB. ISOWSEIt PLEAHEU.
bed and around the chairs and ot/t of
the room. Ten minutes later lie had
resumed his everyday apparel and was
ehuHiiing to himself. As lie descended
to the sitting room find sat down to the
Kunday papers Mrs. Bowser queried:
"So you have decided not to go to
thurHi this morning?"
"Peppermint Bowser will remain at
home," he replied as lie glared at her
over his glasses.
"But 1 thought you hail come to see
your duty In a different light?"
"1 have, madaui."
"And as a man who gives his sup
port to tlie moral law"—
"1 will stay at home and air this
house and drive out the smell of pep
permint. Woman, take yourself to
the house of the Lord, if you will, but
as you sit and listen to the words of
the good man in the pulpit, as you
hear tiie music of tiie gospel and tlie
songs of faith, hide your face and let
no one «uow that you are Mrs, Pep
permint Bowser, and that you willfully
and maliciously prevented me from lie
coming a good man and a loving hus
band!" M Quad.
A BAD SIGN.
One Oecnalon When Join * Frit n I-It
tJ«* II loll*.
"I have never superstitious,"
said Jones, as he smiled to himself.
"As a matter of fact, I have poked a
good ileal of fun at those who were
candid enough to admit that they had
their pet superstitions, but I shall tlo
no no more, for I am not sure that
there Isn't something in it after all.
"Now, when If comes to superstition
my wife is about as bad as they make
tliiin. Kvery little incident that hap
pens during the day is fraught with
dire significance. My folks, who live
In a town not far from here, had lu
vlted us to spend a couple of weeks
With thcin, and I had been looking for
ward to the event with a good deal of
anticipation, a feeling that Mrs. Jones
shared with me. Just as we were
about to leave the house for the rail
way station she chanced to look out
of a window, gave a Kcn ani and fell
back OK a sofa with a face as white
as a sheet.
"'What Is the matter?' 1 cried in
alarm.
" "Oh, John,' she sobbed, '1 saw a
black cat with one white foot go across
the road. That means bad luck! We
Mil ill have to give up the trip to your
folks.'
" 'Nonsense!' said I.
" 'I HII.III not move a foot,' said nho
In ii voice ttint told me that there
would In- no nut' trying to argue with
her. 'The trnln I* sure to l>«> wrecked
or some other dreadful thing happen!'
"I knew that that settled It, and If I
had ehaneed to meet the lilaek ont with
the white foot that day I would liavo
paid my respects to him, superstition
or no superstition. *
"Well, the nest day a distant cousin
of mine, to Hay nothing of hin wife find
M ven children, descended upon us
without warning and announced that
they were going to pay u« a real nice
long visit.
"I have come around to my wife'*
way of thinking. There IN something
In thin black cat with a white foot
business after all, hut where she made
a mistake wu In thinking that nlie
could ward It oft hy remaining at
home."-Detroit Free Pre**.
you can't convince a man who ha*
dyspepsia that crime In not on tlio In
crease.—Philadelphia Record.
WAKING AT NIGHT
When I \ ike up alone at night,
I feel as if 1 liad no eyes;
I stare and star, \vlth all my n.it-'bt,
Dut only blackness round me lies.
I listen tor tUt faintest scJDd,
And, though 1 str:.in with either ear.
Tie dark is silent all around;
It's just as it I could not hear.
But if I lie with limbs held fast
A sort of sound comes like a sigh-
Perhaps the darkness rushing past,
Perhaps the minutes passing by.
Perhaps the thoughts in people's heads.
That keep so quiet nil the day.
Wait till they're sleeping ::i their beds.
Then rustle out and fly away!
Or else this noise like whirring wings
That dies with the first streak of iigbt
May be the sound of baby things
All growing, growing in the night.
Children and kitty eats and pups.
Or even little buds and flowers,
Dairies perhaps and buttercups,
All growing in the midnight hours.
And yet it seems of me a part,
And nothing far away of queer * * •
It's just the bi jting of my heart
That sounds so strange as I lie herel
I do not know why this should be;
When darkness hides the world from sight,
I ft' 1 tliat ail is gone but me—
A little child and the black night.
—Mabel Dearmer in Spectator.
lawomans wisddml
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• SHE PREFERRED A MAN «
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Larulor was at li is desk, which was
near the open window. The window
looked down on the ponderous, over
whelming traflic of South Water street.
The grinding of huge wheels, the crash
ing of machinery, the clutter of hoof
beats, the rattle of harness, the jarring
of merchandise, the hoarse voices of
porters and drivers, all rose in one
mighty, mingled roar, a veritable bel
low of commercial prosperity.
Lander did not notice the turmoil.
He had become accustomed to it many
months He was absorbed, but
not in his work. The minute hand had
crawled quite around the dial of the
big clock in the corner since he bad
formed a figure on the ledger lying
open before him. But he had been
writing. His gaze dropped to the page
upon his desk. As he scanned the
verse he had written his eyes took 011
the mingled dreaminess anil sparkle
one sees only in the orbs of a poi't.
He drew from his desk a little glove,
pearl colored and perfumed. There
was inspiration in the sight, the scent,
the touch, of it. He laid it gently back,
seized his pen and began 011 another
stanza.
A brown hand reached over his shoul
der. A couple of letters fell on the
open ledger. One—the one in the firm,
characteristic feminine hand he had
come to know—he tore open with fin
gers that were clumsy through haste.
Two, four, closely written pages! Her
notes to him heretofore ha<l been of al
most telegraphic brevity. lie plunged
into the first page had all but read it
through, Indeed, before he paused—
then jerked back his head as though he
had received a shock.
The letter had not been Intended for
him.
Rut it was for him. There was his
name- his name in the writing of the
woman he loved to whom he had not
dared to siieak unless in sweet, wild
verses which she never beheld. He
had read so far unwittingly. He must
now read the rest. After what lie had
Ignorantiy learned he must now learn
more, it meant life ami all that life
held for him the words which were
traced on the next page- life and love
or bitter and enduring disappointment:
My Dear Friend—When you asked me lately if
l<andor Aldri* h should do me the honor to ask me
to he his wife would I marry him i gave you no
reply. I will toL' you now. 1 fear your opinion
should it he lightly formed. ! dread lest you
think me guilty of a vulvar caprice. 1 will be
quite franl;. I think he does rare for me, and I
There I lie f>ag<' ended.
The <]rennjiin -H was gone from his
eyes now. There was a red light In
them. li<* dug his nails into his palms
until the? fierce pressure pained.
He turned the page. He read on:
—well, I've never worn my heart on my sleeve,
Elotse. I can't do it now. But you may draw
from my silence what inference you will.
"Mr. Aid rich!" lie looked up. He
was trembling like a leaf. "About that
special shipment to the Philippines,
Hlr"—
"Yen no! I don't know. Ask the
elevator boy!" he muttered, not com
prehending, and again bent over the
fateful page. The man shrugged his
shoulders and walked away. Landor
read on:
You spoke of hit charming personality, his
rare gift* < f mind and spirit. Who should appre
ciate these more than I, who have known him so
well? That one of sn< h sociu} standing, appear
ance and hereditary wealth should have singled
me out from anionic many girls who admire him
has flattered me indeed; hut, should he say the
words every woman wants to h«ar once from one
man, 1 must answer. No.
There was a muffled cry. The letter
was crumpled in fierce lingers. Then
he lifted his bowed head, smoothed
out the page and read on:
Thin, my friend, is why. He In not proving
Mrm- If. lie Uan idler, a dreamer. With every
ivenue of success at retelling broad mid fair before
him he in content to puna Hours occupying a pure
ly nominal position in his father's office. He
leads the cotillon well; none better. In all mat
ters of dilettanteism his taste is cultured and
fine, and he writes the most musical verses one
may imagine. One must admire as well an love
the man one marries. How can one admire the
Individual who saunter* through lif<- a* through a
charity fair? Hit degrees entitle him to a uni
versity professorship. His father's various inter
ests in many placea call for his personal super
vision. There ia so much to do before he may
confidently a*k a woman to give to him herself—•
life, body and soul but 1 wish, oh, how 1 wish
There the letter ended.
Aldrieh put the letter In his pocket.
Ho groped for his hat and gloves and
coat and went out into the fresh spring
afternoon. Then ho reni-Mnbered the un
finished poem. He returned, making
It, with the glove and other little treas
ures, Into a packet, which he pill In his
breast jHK'ket. llnlf au hour later he
»bssl In tin* luxuriously apisdnted
rtom of a great city bank. A meeting
of the directors hud Just ended. Ilis
father was leaving.
"What's up, I.andorV You look
queer."
"I'm all right, sir.' 1 want a word
Willi you, though. Now will do as well
IJH any time. Whom were you thinking
of sending down to establish that
brunch < our bouse al Manila'.'"
"1 did think of i'eU't'sou, but I'm
afraid lie has signed with the other
people."
"Will you trust me to go, father?"
"You!" The elder man's haggard
face lighted up, then fell. "You're not
capable of the task, my boy. It's a
tremendous one."
l.andoi' smiled with pale lips, but tin
smile wii;. winning. "You should have
more eonlideiii e in my father's son,"
he protested gently.
'l'h>' words warmed the old man's
heart like wine. Ills eyes blinked up
al his boy. "By • ieorge," he cried, "1
believe you've got, It In you! I've bad
doubts of you. I.ei that pass. You
Hindi go with lull and absolute author
ity."
And tie-re was a new c-la tlclty In the
gait of the commercial magnate as lie
took his son's itrin and went down to
his carriage.
The following day a note came to
I.andor- a formal, demure little note:
Drar Mr. AWritu- I find I failed to &*ml you
yesterday my lino of thanks far those v,olets.
Will you take the LrUted gratitude !)• wf Then
wis a mistake somtwhere. Always cimrrely
yours, KathkuikS C't..:Rj«o.vT.
But the news that he was to assume
control of his father's business in the
Philippines had been made public in
the newspapers before he saw her
again. Then it was to say good by.
The hand she gave him was c,>ld as
ice, but she looked up at him with
steady, unfaltering hazel eyes.
•"Vou are really soins;, then? It was
no newspaper canard? How we shall
miss you!"
"I hope j«u will. May I write to
you. KatherineV" lie had never called
her Katheriue till now.
"Yes, indeed.' But I'm a laggard cor
respondent. Gootlbyl"
There has not been since the opening
up of the islands an affair which so in
terested the business men of Chicago
and other cities as did the success of
the great branch house of the Aldricbes
in Manila.
"A boy of 27 at the head!" the wise
ones commented. "It seems Impossi
ble tiiat he should have shown such
acumen, such ability. By the time he
returned for a brief vacation, more
than a year later, the business was
booming. But the man who came back
was not the boy who had gone away,
lie showed the strain of concentration,
deprivation and hard, conscientious
work. Katherine Clermont met him
for the first time after his return at a
great social function. She was in a
rippling gown that swirled its black
waves about her feet, with poppies
garlanding her beautiful shoulders.
The room went round when she caught
sight of him. llow changed, but—
"Katherine! Come away! llow good
you were to write, though so seldom!"
"Do you know you are almost a he
ro?" she cried quizzically. "All the old
men are talking about the way you
worked and the results. I am proud I
know you!"
He had been 111 and lonely and often
depressed. Now the gates of heaven
stood open.
"You know why I have come back!"
he whispered. "To think that if it
were not for a letter I chanced to read
1 might be mooning over verses in an
office still a letter It was not intended
I should read"—
Her white lids lifted. "How do you
know it was not Intended for yon to
read''" Then she laughed softly—soft
ly and long. lie wondered why.—Buf
falo Enquirer.
I IKIMOI It ii i I roil (1 Ticket*.
Some men with unused railroad tick
ets on tlieir hands sell them to scalp
ers while others go to the railroad
company that Issued them and obtain
their value in money. Most persons,
however, tlo neither and accept the loss
when tiie ticket Is worth less than a
dollar. Indeed many persons do not
realize that the railroad companies
stand ready to redeem unused tickets
even of small value, so that the com
panies must be richer by many thou
sands of dollars a year through this
ignorance.
Kvery railroad ticket bears the name
of the general passenger agent and of
the general manager of the road. It is
a simple matter to Inclose the ticket
(with a letter directed to the general
'passenger agent asking him to refund
the money paid and explaining the rea
son why tiie ticket is left unused in the
hands of the purchaser. It is courte
ous to inclose a stamped envelope In
which flie money may be returned.
When ail these things have been
done, the company generally acknowl
edges the receipt of the ticket holder's
rrimmunlcation and promises to Inves
tigate the matter. The investigation
consists in the proper Identification of
flic ticket by the agent who sold It and
n little bookkeeping to set the accounts
right. Then (lie purchaser receives a
check for the amount due from the
railroad company along with a letter
requesting acknowledgment. New
York Sun.
Orljflit of "Soldier,"
"Soldier," writes (Jrammatleus In
the Liverpool IMily Post, is a pedigree
word. Its connection with tiie "queen's
shilling" may not be obvious, Out there
It Is, ail the same. "Shilling" In Low
Latin Is "solldus," whence comes "sol
ilum," "wages." The man who fights
for "soldum" Is a "soldier." In Wyc
llf's New Testament (Luke 111, 14)
John the Baptist bids the soldiers to
"be apa.ved with your so wills" ("be con
lent with your wages"), "sowdls" be
ing the north country rendering of "sol
dls," like "owd" from "old."
THE UNSPEAKABLE TURK.
lip Mcnrns All KflTort hut Military
Hivrvlre und Aiirlcullnrr.
A Turk thinks It the most natural
thing In the world to lose a province
and. having lost It, to quit and live
elsewhere. He talks quite complacent
ly of leaving Constantinople some day.
He will go over to Asia and found an
other capital. He originates nothing.
He takes what he findH without as
■lmilaVlng It and remains profoundly
Turkish, lie leaves no trace of lils
occupation except ruins. I'ractlcally
there Is nothing at Belgrade, Sofia and
Athens to show that for centuries they
were '! • isli cities.
All Ol'l lons, except agricultural
and military service, are distasteful to
him. Vet there are two other charac
teristics even more Important than
these. The first Is his sense of disci
pline. It Is this which keeps together
the apparently tottering fabric of the
Turkish empire. It makes the half fed,
half clothed soldier ready to endure
every privation and proven In the cor
ruption and Incapacity of the officers
from producing the anarchy which
would he Inevitable In any other coun
try. Sedition 1h unknown. Even coin
plaints are rare, and were a holy war
proclaimed there Is not a man who
would not l>e prepared to die in de
fense of the system of extortion which
grinds hint down.
Ills second characteristic Is his lazi
ness. In spite of the laborious Indus
try of the Turkish peasant. The fact
Is that the Turk is too proud to do
many things, too stupid to do others.
Ills religion Inculcates a fatalism
which tends to a conviction that ef
fort Is useless.—London Telegraph.
It Is one of the peculiarities of Wall
street zoology that the lambs are al
ways bulls. Philadelphia ledger.
Ill|tl«»ia»imjr Winn.
••Yes. thru eheeky young Wlntergreen
made it friend of the haughty Mm. l>o
Young the very first time he met her!"
"How did be do ItV"
"He risked her U tier hair wasn't
prematurely gray."—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Ufiirflt of iUv llonl»t.
Bister's New Beau (to Freddy, star
ing) ~ Well, Freddy, how do you llko
my looks?
Freddy Oh, yer long lialr makes you
look awful Hilly, but mehbo you ain't.—
Indianapolis Journal.
(SiwciSi
CRUDE PETROLEUM.
One Theory of It* Effeets When Vised
Yunlniit San Jose Seale.
Crude petroleum as an insecticide is
very recent, and that it would require
some time to ascertain its exact range
of usefulness must seem reasonable to
those who remember that paris green,
now in universal use, was long opposed
as dangerous to both plants and con
sumers of plant products and that the
range of its usefulness was not estab
lished for many years if indeed it can
be said to be fixed even now. Faris
green is fatal to a <*rtain class of in
sects and is also fatal to plants, but
there is a margin of safety in tee dif
ference between the amount which is
fatal to insects and the amount fatal to
plants; hence we use It as an Insecti
cide. This margin of safety is not the
same for all kinds of vegetation, and in
some cases it disappears altogether, the
plant being more sensitive to the poi
son than the insect Infesting It. To
learn all this has required years of ex
periment and experience at a cost of
many dead plants and many lost crops.
So it must not be considered as a dis
couragement if some injury is caused
by this new product.
My own experiments had been so uni
formly safe and successful that the un
satisfactory outcome In a number of
cases seemed incomprehensible until
carefully investigated. It was found,
first of all. that many of those who had
used the oil and suffered injury had
done so without ever having seen or
read anything concerning the method
of its use. Others had used it without
any regard to the question whether the
tree needed it or not or had been capti
vated by the Incidental result recorded
as renewed vigor in treated trees.
There were enough other cases of In-
Jury seen, where oil was Intelligently
used, to direct attention to the material
itself, and It was then found that the
term "crude petroleum" had no definite
meaning In the trade; that in some*
cases "reduced oil," "fuel oil" or "in
termediate oil" had been sold and ac
cepted as crude oil and that a "straight
crude" was the exception rather than
the rule. When my attention was
drawn to the differences in so called
"crude petroleum," I first of all tested
the material with which my own ex
periments were made and found that
It had a specific gravity of 43 degrees
on the Beau me oil scale. In color it was
dark green. No other oil used, as far
as tested by me, registered higher than
this, but much of it was decidedly low
er, some "intermediate" as low as 85
degrees. The latter was almost uni
formly fatal, and on trees on which I
applied It myself in exactly the way I
used the straight crude it killed peach,
plum and cherry. Afterward I secured
a sample of an oil that had killed a
number of peach trees at White House,
N. J. This had a specific gravity of
37.0 degrees and was reported by a
chemist as probably mixed crude and
distillate. Further inquiry showed that
even straight crudes differed widely in
color, In specific gravity and In other
ways. From the Pacific coast I receiv
ed letters claiming that to spray crude
oil undiluted was an Impossibility, and
some of my eastern correspondents
made a similar claim.
From West Virginia Professor Hop
kins of the experiment station reported
results with crude oil fully sustaining
my own conclusions and, as the oil
used by his constituents came from the
fields near by, it was determined that
I should visit this locality to ascertain
if possible just what sort of oils could
be best used for Insecticide purposes.
From personal observation* and In
formation obtained It seems that nat
ural crude oils do comparatively little
injury to vegetation unless the applica
tion Is very excessive or long contin
ued. From almost every well thero la
some overflow down hill In a fairly de
fined channel. All vegetation Is killed
In this channel, but trees and shrubs
may grow at Its edge. It was the testi
mony of all with whom I spoke that
when wells were shot and oil soaked all
the trees round about there was Injury
In exceptional cases only. The oils test
ed by me ran high, reaching 47.5 de
grees In specific gravity.
I'erhaps this is a good place to note
that even in straight crudes there Is
considerable range In specific gravity.
In the report of the West Virginia geo
logical survey for 1808-0 the specific
gravity of 03 different samples of oils
Is given, ail from different wells. The
lowest of these Is degrees and is a
green oil, only one well giving so low n
reading. From past experience this
would be a dangerous oil to use for In
secticide purposes. One well yields n
black oil. specific gravity 38 degrees;
one well a green oil, 30 degrees, and
two wells a green oil, 30Ui degrees. All
of these would be dangerous to plant
life. One green oil runs 40 degrees,
two green and two amber oils run 41
degrees, and all of these might be
harmful on peach or plum trees. Thus
10 samples out of 03 would have to bo
rejected for insecticide purposes unless,
being mixed with lighter qJIs, the spe
cific gravity Is brought above tiie dan
ger line. Oils of 4-' degrees and up
ward may lie considered safe. The
lightest sample listed is q|io of tttP/i de
grees, and this Is an amber oil. Thir
teen samples register 50 degrees or
over, leaving 70 that run between 40
and -10 degrees, the majority running
nearer to 40 degrees than to 41 degrees
both In green and in nmber. It Is a
fair requirement, then, for a straight
crude petroleum that It should have a
specific gravity of 48 degrees or over
at a temperature of degrees F. Any
thing less might be harmful, anything
more than 45 degrees is unnecessary.
USES HIS HEAD.
A Srrr York Furmir'i Bright Wotion
A lion I llnrvmlluK Suunr Berts.
Any tiling that will lessen the labor
and cost of harvesting sugar beets Is
of value to those concerned In growing
tills crop. A Rural New Yorker writer
tells how one farmer reduced this ex
pense from sls an acre tho first year
(1808) to $0.1)2 last season, lie says:
Not a small part of this saving was ef
fected In the manner of removing the
tops from the beets. Directions that
hud been given were to pull the beets
tnd throw them in piles; then put tho
men to work on benches placed by the
Hide of the piles, when they pick up
the beets, lay them on the benches and
cut off the tops, after which the\eets
might be thrown Into a wagon box or
Inlo crates, If more desirable than to
throw them into other piles. It wan
found that It took more than twice as
many men to cut off tops as to pull tho
beets after the '•lifter" had been along.
Mr. lingers was not satisfied with this
condition of affairs, but began experi
menting and using his head. Ah ii re
sult four men now do the cutting for
six men to pull.
The way It is done Is for tho man
who does the pulling to tuke two rows
at a time, pqllijig from vnch. row wJiU
No. S
one Land as he stanJa between the]
rows, they being 18 to 20 Inches apart.'
The points of the beets are then laid'
together between the rows, leaving the
top 3 outside laid so that the crowns
are In a straight line. Mr. Rogers says
that he has to be very particular to im
press upon the men the Importance of
the straight line, as otherwise theyj
are likely to become careless about it,
and any deviation works a
to the cutters. The cutters now get'
down on their knees, and, grasping tha
beets in one hand, they draw the knife
right across, thus severing the tops
with one movement of the knife, and
with the knife still in position the top
is moved a little to one side. This is
all the cutters do. If there is a left
handed cutter, two men work side by
side, otherwise the cutter goes down
one side and up the other.
Mr. Rogers finds that the cost of cul
tivating the first time Is $1 per acre.
This cultivating is done with a two
horse machine, which cultivates two
rows at a time. After this has been
thoroughly done men go through and
with one stroke of the hoe they cut out
weeds and plants the width of the hoe,
leaving the best plants. Men and boys
follow to weed aud thin out by hand.
This work, after cultivating, costs $5
per acre. I.ater there must be another
weeding at a cost of $2 per acre. Mr.
Rogers raised about 45 acres of sugar
beets this year. If I understand it cor
rectly. there was considerable cultivat
ing done with the one horse cultivator
besides that already mentioned.
The cost of harvesting last year was
$9.92 per acre. The first act in harvest
ing sugar beets is to use the "lifter."
This implement consists of two blades
of suitable length and width attached
to a beam above, and is used some
thing like a plow. The blades pass
each side of the row, and as they are
set at a slight angle nearer together at
the lower tips than above, their pas
sage loosens and slightly raises the
beets. After this is done it is not diffi
cult for the men to walk along and pull
the beets, two rows at a time.
Lack of Grain Straw.
It is noted by A-uerican Cultivator as
one of the disadvantages of most sec
tions in New England that there is not
enough grain grown to provide straw
to keep the yards clean and dry. When
we have been In the grain growing
regions and seen the entire barnyard
knee deep with straw to be converted
Into manure, we may have thought It
looked wasteful, but the cattle looked
much more comfortable there than did
those at home when In a yard where
the surface was but a space of frozen
ground or mud mixed with dirty pud
dles of water.
Asrlcnltaral News.
The Rhode Island station states that
from an inspection of the amounts of
soluble phosphoric acid found In sam
ples of commercial fertilize" it will be
Been that the amounts claimed to be
present are very often in excess of
those found. The station explains that
soluble phosphoric acid may partially
change Into "reverted" form or In some
cases even Into "Insoluble" combina
tions upon long standing and suggests
that manufacturers should place their
guarantees of soluble acid low enough
to allow for this.
The California state board of horti
culture estimates that several thousand
Belgian hares are already at large In
the state. If they increase as rapidly,
when at large as they do hi captivity,
they constitute a considerable clement
of damage to farming.
Interest in the use of Irrigation to
supplement rainfall In the humid re
gions of the United States Is constant
ly growing. 2m .« number of sections"
this has been greatly stimulated during
the past season by long continued
drought. Interesting and valuable In
vestigations regarding the use of water
for Irrigation in New Jersey have been
made by Professor Voorhees, and they
Indicate that the practice of irrigation
lias been quite profitable in that state
as far as It has been tried. Similar In
vestigations are being undertaken In
Missouri and Wisconsin, says SeCre
tarj Wilson.
If seed corn Is thoroughly dried,
freezing will not hurt It, but If it
freezes while damp this may injure the
germinating power or at least reduce
the vitality so that It will produce but
a weak stalk, remarks an exchange.
Winter butter makers should remem
ber that cottonseed meal In the feed
tends to harden the butter and make It
rriunbly In cold weather.
The Angoumols grain moth has seri
ously damaged wheat In New Jersey,;
doing much Injury in stack, mow and
bin.
A llnmoroaa Turk.
A typical Turkish humorist was Kho-
Ja Nasreddln Eflfendl, who lived In tbo
fourteenth century. Of him this story
Is told:
"One Friday the khoja's fellow vil
lagers insisted ou his preaching a ser
mon in the mosque, which he had nev
er done, not having any oratorical
gifts. He mounted the pulpit sorely
against his will and, looking around at
the congregation, asked in despair. 'Oh,
true believers, do you know what I am
going to say to you?* They naturally
replied, 'No.' 'Well, 1 am sure I don't,'
he said and hurriedly left the mosque.
The congregation were, however, deter
mined to have their sermon and next
Friday forced him again Into the jiul
plt. When he again put the same ques
tion, they replied by agreement, 'Yes.'
'Oh. then.' he said. 'lf you know I
needn't tell you,' and again escaped.
On the thin'! Friday the villagers mado
What tlicy thought must be a successful
plan. They Rot the khoja Into the pul
pit and when he asked what had now
become his usual questlou replied,
'Some of us know and some of us
don't.' 'Then,' replied the khoja, "let
those of you who know tell tboso who
don't' After this the congregation re
signed themselves to do without ser
mous."—"Turkey In Europe," by Odys
seus.
Unique.
"There Is one point to which 1 wish
to call your attention,'' said the owner
of a line old colonial place to a pro
spective purchaser. %
"What Is that?"
"This estate Is, 1 believe, absolutely
unique In this particular among es
tates with building* as old as this one."
"Aud what Is this unique feature?"
"It was never occupied by Washing
ton as headquarters."—Detroit Free
I'ress.
Til* Spider's Ihreaa.
The body of every spider contains
four little masses pierced with a multi
tude of holes. Imperceptible to the na
ked eye. each bole permitting the pas
sage of a single thread. All the threads,
to the" amount of 1,000 to each mass,
Join together when they come out and
make the single thrend With which the
spider spins its web, so that what wo
call a spider's thread consists of moro
than 4,000 threads united.
Word of Caul lon.
"Never proposo to a girl by letter."
"Why not?"
"I did It once, and she stuck the let
ter In a book she was reading and lent
It to my other girl."—-Chicago Record.