VOL- xxxvlli HUSELTON'S Popular-Priced Spring Shoes The greatest assortment of Stylish Footwear ever placed before the people of Butler county. The perfect embodiment of fashion and service, at cur own prices. Our Eighty-cent and Dollar Shoes For men ai:d women, for boys aud girls form a wonderful feature of our great showinc. and we claim great things for them. Thousands of patrs have been put to the te>t. We have yet to hear of a complaint. \ou meet with such \alues only at HUSELTON'S. At |i.so, 12.00 and 12.50, Men's and Women's Lines, almost surpass our own ideas. These popular shoes are designed and built especially for this store. Vici Kid, Box Calf, Patent Leather, Russia Calf, gen uine McKay sewed and Goodyear welts. Solid, substantial service in every pair. At $3.00 and $3.50. we put out strong claims for your favors. The strongest probably ever made in sboedom. Tatent and Enamel Leathers, Vici Kid, Jlox and Russia Calf-skin turn and wi It solts -for nun or women; extension idgc-s, Cuban, military <»nd French heels. All popular toe styles; all latest men's lasts; all latest women's lasts, and xepreseniing $3.50 and $4.00 values as ibuwn in other stores. BOYS', MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES Have rect'vrd our expert attention. 75 cts, SI.OO, 11.25, $1.50 and $2.00; comfort for growing feet; appearance that pleace the wearers and service tbat profits the bnyers of these shoes, are the strong points we claim for these lines as well as a saving of 25 per cent, in the prices BUY YOUR SHOESNOW B. C. HUSELTON. Batter's Leading Shoe House. Opposite Hotel lx>»ry Bickel's Spring and Summer Styles. The time of the year is here when you want a nice pair of fine shoes for summer wear. Our stock is ex tremely large,showing all the latebt styles in fine shoes and Oxfords in all leathers We are offering some big values in fine footwear and it will pay you to see us before buying your summer shoes. A FEW OF OUR PRICES I MenV fine Satin-calf shoes, Ofl I ace or Congress, at | y Roy's fine Calf shoes, light _ or heavy soles, at Ladies' fire Dongola shoes, Dongola or Patent tips, ;K I I II I button or lace, at H* ■ ■ WV Youths'fine Calf or Vici- Of) _ kid(sboes, at rJIIQ Misses' Cne Dongola, QIT spring heel shoes, at Q*J[* I We invite you to call and see our stock cf SOROSIS SHOES AND OXFORDS> the latest styles for summer wear, made in fine ljonpola, Patent calf and Patent Ideal Kid in light, heavy or medium soles, high or low heels. They are handsome. All sizes, a# to 8; all widths, AAA to E. JOHN BICKEL, 128 SOUTH MAIN STREET. - - BUTLER, PA KECK Spring Styles % J|f> Jjj Have a nattiness about them that J] I /j marks the wearer, it won't do to . -Jytj /Li ' |W\ / / l\ wear the last vear's output. You J'J l*n \ \rn (J Sf,\ won't get-the latest things at the ~jjf \J I stock clothiers either. The up-to- Ml ifl I v ' C date tailor only can supply them, . "7| l A fvV i * if you want not only the latest / | AIT T n Jf fl things in cut and fit and work- A 1 / 1/ (/// ] 1 nidnsbip, the finest in durability, i j 1 / |i 'I ' ' jj where else can you get combina- - ' 'I f jr 9 I I J tions, you get them at J I ft l/l 11 I KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 142 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed. Butler, Pa Removal Notice! C. F. T. Pape, Jeweler and Watchmaker Will be found on and after April Ist at 121 East Jefferson street, opposite G. Wilson Miller's Grocery Store, Butler, Pa. Yjmm A PRETTY HAT fj ?y&'J/ For special occasions or ordinary wear // cau ' ,e selected from the large assortment ■■■cjSaggrrof trimmed hats, ranging from SI.OO up ' .-V -v. m wards, cannot be duplicated by any sold ~ - at such low priees. Our mod m-.if \ {&■'/.- ; els are artistic and beautifully develop ■V-i - '; Kf 1----' i; ed in the new millinery materials such as Kggggjl L .}' Corded Chiffons, Persian, Moussilines, Ik *•/ * / Irridescent Tulla and Oriental Gauze. Value and style are delightfully coin- Vk I '(jf bind in our summer hats. The display is tE '«:« decidedly interesting; also our prices. Come and see them at Rockenstein's, MILLINERY EMPORIUM. 348 South Main Street. - - - _ Bntltr, Pa Subscribe for the CITIZEN. Men's and Women's Oxfords, 75Cts,$i.oo, #1.50, s2.co, $2.50, *3.00 and £3.50. Black and Tan. \ range of style and price beyond the reach of or dinary shoe stocks; snappv extension edges, rope and cross stitched, low broad heels, full round toes, plain and per forated tips; Vici Kids, Rassia Calf, Patent and Enamel Leathers. Every taste for dress, street or business met in correct style. Men's Working Shoes, SI.OO, #1 »5, $1 50 and $2.00 are not equaled in Butler for servi:e. Shown in Veal, Calf, Slaughter Kip, Oil Grain aud Kangaroo Kip and Calf with or without Box-toe; two soles and tap with Bellus tongues. Children's fine shoes,patent r* f tipped, sizes 5 to 8, at Your choice men's working k>*4 shoes, lace, buckle or I I If; j gress, heavy soles, at V■■** ** Ladies' Kangaroo-calf or Oil 4 Grain shoes, at | l^^l Misses' fine Patent Calf, lace 4 QT shoes, extended soles, at I Ladies' fine Dongola patent tip orfords at THE BUTLER CITIZEN. DO YOU WANT rrrn, A PIANO OR ORGAN? If no—now is your time lo oa* A GET LiSGJ'I AT HAMILTON'S. Fine Oak or Walnut Organs at S3O to $35. Splendid HnmiKon orgsr.3, 3 and il slcp«, S4O to $45. Magnificent Hamilton Organs, 9 to H slops, C.50 to S6O. Bea!iful ESTEY ORGAN'S from $35 lo SSO. HAMILTON PIANOS. ial diwe on about SO elegant stvhs. To clos» out this lot we have cut prices in hail—your choice from JMO to Szju A. B. CHASE PIANOS. The Matchless A. B. Chose Pianos. rcquestionably the liuest I'u.r.o* iu the world. About ■£> n! last fail's Kyle of esses at ALMOST COST. If you would save sloe to JK-® on a fine Piiuio, writ* at orv* to MA.MILTOJTB. Every instrument gnaiaiileed luliy. Call or writ* for Pries aud to S. HAMILTON, 335-7 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburg. A Great Nerve Medicine. Celery King cleanses tho system and builds It up. It makes the blood puns It beautifies the complexion. It cures constipation and liver disorders. It cures headache and most other aches. Celery King cures Nerve, Stomach, Liver and Kidney diseases. 1 CATARRH LOCAL DISEASE WcWmbai^l and is the result of coldr. ana ■■»oj«*j:(rarpCol.l)j sudden climatic changes. ' c '7T" For your Protection RWfeveu £ M we positively state that tliis remedy does not contain WmT . mercury Ot any other iujur- JjWM Elv'sCream Balm Bfclill is acknowledged lo be the most thorough ccrc for Nasal Catarrh, Cold in Head and Hay lever of all remedies. It opens and cleanses the nasal passages, allays pain ana inflammation, heals the sores, pro tects the membrane from colds, restores the senses of taste and smell. 1 "rice 50c. at Druggists or by mail. ELY BKOTH£K3, S<3 Warren Street, New York. If it's in the H M DRUG-LINE f) [j YOU O CAN 0 Mj GET [j lAT W I Johnston's |jj Crystal W Pharmacy, k] It. M. LOGAN, Ph. G., Manager, w A lOti N. M;iin St., Butler, Pa. lioth 'l'llones. V J THI ii & iff YORK CLIPPER Contains a Reliable Record of all the Evonts In the THEATRICAL WORLS AND THE WORLD OF SPORTS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. 84.00 A YEAR. SINCLE COPY, lOcta. For Sale by all Newsdealers. SAMPLE COPY FEES, Adtfreoa NEW YORK CLIPPER, NEW YORK. ryM, H. MILLER. FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE. OF MCE— Next door to CITIZEN office, Butler, Pa. BUTLER, JPA., THURSDAY, MAY 23, IQOI THE BACKGROUND GROUP. The rrnvril huzzas, the nrosis ma'Tiy pU7»I "Tis meet, tor, 10. it is the clay of ilays. The i rmr returning heroes come: a cry Of welcome abouM be lifted to the And flowera strew the people trampled way* The cirims heat martially: with rhythmic heat The ft! |>s re* unJ alor.s the papintr street. Hark! What acclaims! And how the folk do press To see, to touch, mar be, the very dress Of the - who dared the death when life is sweet! Hut stay! Where joy is general, where the sound Of jubilant volies rends the air around. Why is yen j-'roup so silent in its place. With war's impassioned image fece to face! Wherefore tin so eyes cast nunlike on the ground? Who are these hangers back, these dark robed ones? They are the mothers who are reft of sons. The wives whose dearest lie all uncarcssed Afar with vita! stains cn brow or breast. The children orphaned at the mouths of frun*- —Richard Burton in Outlook. } A Sentimental; ? journey & y C And Its Results. J S By GILBERT DAYLE. £ It was about 4 o'clock one afternoon In February, and Hippesley was sitting on the veranda of the Cafe de I'aris at Monte Carlo. He sat deep In thought, his ears mechanically listening to tlie strains of the little Hungarian band a few yards away from him. He was thinking of the reason that had brought him to the place. He had been abroad for 12 years, yet within a mouth of his return he had left again and hurried to spend a few days on the lilviera be fore taking steamer at Marseilles. It was absurd, he knew it, but th# longing to see her face again was irre sistible. He would not seek an oppor tunity of speaking with her. The scheme on which their lives had been worked out made this Impossible. He simply had an overwhelming desire to see her. Then he cotild go back to his lonely life, not happy; he could never be that, but with a fresh picture of the one woman he had ever loved. He noticed a smart carriage draw up before the broad steps of the Casino, nnd almost simultaneously a man and a woman cauie out of the building. The man was middle aged, a trifle heavy In build and faultlessly dressed. He handed the lady into the carriage. Hippesley. as he caught sight of her face, gave a start and clutched hold of the table. She was a 3'oung English woman, magnificently beautiful. The color left his face, and he rivet ed his eyes on Iter. He watched her smilingly say "goodby" to the man on the steps» then the carriage turned and drove rapidly away. As it vanished from sight he sank back in his chair, his mouth twitching. His throat seem ed dry and parched; he stretched for ward and drank some tea at a gulp. Then the voices of two men talking Just behind him reached his ears. "That was the Frincess Zandra. She is living at the Villa Erondel, at Beau lieu." "Enormously rich?" "She was till a day or so ago." The man lowered his voice. Hippesley found himself straining for the next words. "I happen to know," came in almost a whisper, "that the late prince was sufficiently ill advised to invest nearly all his money in an enterprise that has recently come to the ground with a clash, and the princess, who never had the slightest suspicion of her affairs not being in a satisfactory state, has suddenly been told that another year at her present rate of expenditure will leave her penniless." "What will she do?" "Go on living as she has done and marry again. Women with such beau ty can pick and choose. There are no hard places for them. Rumor says it will be the man who has just left her. He is not a good man, but he is pas sionately in love with her and a mil lionaire twice over." Hippesley rose from his seat and, making his way round to the terrace, sank into a seat. He felt he could hear no more. It was all so curious, so star tlingly strange. To think that the girl he had left living with her father on the outskirts of a quiet English coun try town should have developed into this wonderful Frincess Zandra, whose beauty was known throughout Europe. And they had loved one another! He had gone abroad with the hope of making a name for himself, of being able to claim her. But ill luck had dogged him, and the time had uever come when he could write to her. He had left her free, and as the years went by, bringing nothing but persist ent failure, he knew that it was not for him to possess the only thing he count ed worth having. Occasionally scraps of intelligence as to the course her life had taken drifted to him. Her father had died, and she had gone to live with a wealthy aunt In London. From stray papers that reached him he learned that her beauty had caused quite a sen sation in society. Then at last came the news that she had married a for eigner of great position. Prince Zan fira. He wondered if she ever thought of him—remembered the night he had confessed his love to her. Not a day had passed in those long years of fail ure but her image had been before him. Now, at length, when he had achieved some slight success, it was too late. All that was left for him was to take the absurd little journey of sentiment. Early next morning he traveled to Beaulieu. He got out at the railway Station and, following the path that led round to St. Jean, passed the fish ing village aiid gained the Point. There he sank down on the ground and gave himself up to his reflections. It was n perfect morning, a cloudless sky, the air soft and pregnant with the per rume of the roses that grew right to the edge of the tiny cliff. Some 30 feet below him was the sea. not a ripple on its smooth surface, the clear blue tints gleaming in the sunshine. Presently ho was a ware of a woman gazing curiously at hint. The next moment i". y ' ~d one an other. She went :r. ia -itly pale, and her lips part nl in wonder. "Italph!" i ue g:t. ;;ed. He looked at her mutely. He was face to face with her at last, and the blood went throbbing through his v< IllS. "Yes, just Kr.lph," he said mechanic- She held "t her hand, and he took it awkwardly. "And to think it is you after all these years!" she said softly. Hippesley did not speak. His thoughts had I'own back a dozen years to the night when lie had left her. An indefiual li- i cafe. It was all true. the:i. !~!ie looked up at him quickly, with a smile. "Hut you. Ralph; what have you done?" she asked g"iitly. "For years nothing. Now. at last. I've got a small estate i:t Ceylon. It's a fair livi'i.;. while I w< U hard not a bad life. too. for a man who has lost j his ambitions." "No. not a bail life." she repeated, i "A lonely one. though." She gave a little laugh. There as aa iu '.ui.e note of sadness in it. "As l>. . i.< as mine has be< a!' She 1: : 1 her head, anil their eyes met. 51:- r i l isift: it-:: in l;cr gaze— a souieil.i:. ! at sent hint trembling fro - a head lo foot. "My God. I! .if!" he cried, "if—if you were not the Prlne ■.« Zandra!" lie saw her eyes suddenly shine, the color rush to her checks. "Remember er.ly that 1 am a poor woman again." she whis iered; "that I've never forgotten, never could for get"— Iler voice die! away. His brain was in a whirl. It seemed hardly possible. "But the life!" lie cried. "Think, after all. you've"— "I only loved once. It was you I thought had forgotten"— The lo>v. soft voice came to a stop. They stood looking into one another's eyes. "Don't send me back to the old life again. Ralph," she murmured.—Mainly About People. Still It<*adal>lc. Mr. Ilawley looked down at his wife with pitying indulgence as she sat bus ily writing in a small book the day aft er Christmas. "Copying that old list of names and presents, my dear, I sup pose." he said lightly. "Now, how niueh better it would, be if you would Just exercise your memory as I do mine and save all this writing year after year. Why. I sent 40 presents," re peated Mr. Ilawley, rising on his toe« and falling on his heels to emphasize his statement, "and yet I make no note of them save in my mind, my dear." "I know you're wonderful In that way, Ilenry." said little Mrs. Ilawley meekly, "but I'm sure I should make mistakes if I didn't keep a list. Oh, here's a letter that came for you from Jack in the last mail this afternoon." The indulgent smile lingered on Mr. Hawley's face as he opened his letter, but it faded and his color heightened as he read his nephew's communication: L'ear Uncle —Thank you very much for the hand some copy of "Vanity Fair." I am sure, as father lays, that I shall enjoy reading it just as mucb as 1 did when you gave it to me last year and th« year before and the year before that. Your affec tionate nephew. JACK. —Exchange. She Stopped the Car. When a Fourth avenue car bound down town approached Eighteenth street the other morning a determined looking woman asked the conductor to Stop the car at the corner. He nodded and evidently forgot all about it. The car rolled past Eighteenth street with out stopping. The woman arose and with an angry glance at the conductor began ringing up fares. She evidently hail tried that method of stopping a car before, for when the conductor gave the motorman a sharp signal to stop and the car did stop abruptly she said triumphantly: "I thought that would remind you." "But you have rung up five fares," said the conductor. "Then why didn't you stop at Eight eenth street?" asked the woman. "It serves you Just right," and off she flounced. The other passengers smiled appreciatively, and the conductor mads a careful count of the money in his pockets.—New York Sun. Not So Hitter, Aiykaw. Dr. Ape—Well, if that ain't the best fet. I've gone and dosed old Mr. Hippo With golf balls, and he thinks they are julnine pills.—Chicago News. Horrible Rnonßfi. "Have you ever been in the ehambef of horrors, Popham?" "Rather! I've walked the floor with twins night after night."—Philadelphia Bulletin. CLEANING HOUSE. The nir vibrates with Blow and measured thadt. And o'er the landscape oft a dust cloud scuds. For in the bark yard gloomily now stands A man with face begrimed and blistered hands. Across the rope the parlor tarpet hangs. And on it with a club he feebly bangs; Ilia eyes are fdled with dust, his ears the same; Ilis arms are sore, his back is stiff and lame, Dut often comes this cry across the yard: "Why don't you beat that carpet real hard?" His ire is roused, but no retort goes back; Instead he hits the thing a fiercer crack Ar.d pounds "away with grimnrrs of dttepair, While still the du*t ascends to spoil the air. At last, ere darkness hides his task from view. Again he hears the voice: "I'll make it do! But don't imagiue that your work's complete. For there are ten much worse than that to beat." •Hie carpet from the rope is meekly tugged, And slowly to the parlor it is lugged, And then, though back and arm# and hands are sore. The wearied man must tack it to the floor, And oft he growl* about his aching back. And oft he hits his thumb instead of tack. But there he toils until the job is done And gets to bed just as the clock strikes ons. And there's a week or more of such distress, Of anguish that no words can e'er express; Confusion dire is reigning "everywhere, And soap and whitewash odors fill the air. The meals are late and often fail to please, And even when in bed there's little ease, For not an hour of comfort can be gleaned Until the house has been completely cleaned. Why wonder, then, that hubbies growl and frown j When everything is thus tunnd upside down? I The wonder is they don't go far and fast J Until the time for cleaning house has passed. —Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. HARVESTING WITH CATTLE. firttyins; Steer* on Corn and Coirpeil. A Profitable I'lan. It is evident that allowing cattle to gather a crop instead of harvesting and feeding it must be a saving of expense. If at the same time the gains made are satisfactory, this method of feeding should commend itself. The Arkansas station recently tested the desirability of grazing steers on a field of corn and cowpens, supplement ing this food with as much cotton seed as the animals required. The five steers used in the test were turned on a five ucre field after the corn had been pull ed. The yield of corn was 25 bushels to the acre, which is regarded as hardly an average crop. The eowpeas gave more than an average growth of vines, but less than an average crop of peas. None ol these had been picked. The steers required Co days to con >ume ail the food on the five acres. They were allowed access to only one third of the field at a time. The cotton it cd was always accessible and was consumed at will. During the first 30 days of the test, while the pea vines were yet fcltcu nud p<'U* were aceessl l.le, tilt- sir. is ate Very little seed. At the beginning of the t<-st the five •teers weighed pounds. The daily average ga'.u was 2 pounds per steer. The average amount of cotton aeed con sumed i« r steer during the whole test was 2~A) pounds. Rating cotton seed at ?<> per ton and making suitable allowance for the cow pea* planted, the cultivation of *tlie crop and the labor of feeding the steer*, the cost of a pound of gain was calcu lated to be l.tl cent*. It appears that the coin should be gathered and the animals turned to grazing as early as possible before frost. Judging by results obtained at the Arkansas station, this method of feed ing is protitalile and worthy of trial. SEED CORN. Look Out I'fcr Void lint the Cob Tbl> SmioB — C'uucrralas Varieties. There is a widespread fear all over the corn belt that much of the corn which has been cribbed during the season and from which the supply of seed corn Is expected to be taken Is of very poor quality and is uioldy uext to the cob. It is a pretty difficult matter to detect these moldy ears, as the outside of the kernel looks bright enough, but upon picking up an ear and sbelliug It the trouble Is at once discovered. Corn growers cannot use too much pains in getting their seed corn ready and in shape for their season's crop. It will hardly do to depend upon corn that has stood In a crib during the entire seasou for your season's supply, for the freezing and thawing of the past two mouths have probably done more to injure the germs of the corn than anything else, and we believe that at the price at which good, tested seed corn is offered by reliable seed corn sellers and growers no corn grower would be warranted in taking any chances with untested seed this year. We would suggest that this matter be looked Into »t once. Lands of different texture grow one variety better than another, and It is to the interest of corn growers to as certain as nearly as possible whether a white variety or a yellow variety is best adapted to their particular fields. As a rule, we believe white varieties will yield a little larger crop of corn In the car than the yellow sorts, but when It comes to shelling It is those yellow varieties that have been bred up that probably turn the balance in the other direction. —I'rairie Fanner. A Typical Fowl For the Farmer. White Wyandottes are recommended by one very good authority as a typical fowl for the farmer, being block.v, broad in the breast, with meaty body and having a low rose comb. The liens are excellent winter layers. The WHITE WYANDOTTE. chickens are hardy and make flesh development equal to that of the Barred Plymouth Rock. They are great favorites with broiler raisers. Standard weights are: Cock, pounds; cockerel, 7 Yj pounds; hen, GMi pounds; pullet, 5Vj pounds. Distinguishing points arc: Yellow beak, shanks and toes; bright red comb, face, wattles and ear lobes; plum age and quills, pure white; color of egg. light brown. Point! In Ilaiidllnfr Maple Strap. The best way I have ever found to handle sirup Is to strain through mus lin and have settling cans with draw i' one inch from the bottom. These . ..s should range In size from 10 to 20 i.; lions. Put the sirup In the cans while it Is hot and let It settle till cold, advises a writer in the Ohio Farmer. ALFALFA CULTURE. According? to KiiHtem I'rnetlee—Soil, Seed mid Seediuur. Alfalfa grows well on varying kinds of soil provided the subsoil Is open and porous. The most favorable Is a rich, somewhat sandy loam, warm and fria ble, with a deep and loose or gravelly subsoil well supplied with lime. A dense clay or hanlpan subsoil Is most unfavorable. Alfalfa also sometimes does well on poor, well drained, gravel ly land. It is especially desirable that the soil be supplied with an abundance of lime. The plant Is a heavy feeder and will not thrive on still deficient In plant food. Fertilizers should contain main ly potash and phosphoric acid, and while alfalfa Is a leguminous plant, ca pable of obtaining atmospheric nitro gen, it responds quickly to applica tions of nitrogenous manures. These should be spread broadcast and har rowed in thoroughly. The treatment of the field for the sea son preceding should be such as to most effectually subdue all weeds and cause the sprouting and destruction of any seed in the ground; hence farni xard manure should not be used for at icast one year before seeding. Pure seed Is essential. Only that which Is bright, pluiup and clean should lie used. The seed resembles that of red clover, but Is larger and when fresh lias a greenish yellow color. Ex|>erlence has demonstrated that In Srder to secure a good stand It Is ln?st to sow 30 to 35 pounds of seed jK-r acre. The seed should be sown tiroadeast, preferably the last of April or the first of May, without any protective crop, though fall seeding has sometimes proved successful on weedy or light, dry land. It should be covered with a very light harrow or a weeder and lightly rolled. Care should be taken that the seed Is not put In too deep. This is very im portant and Is often the cause of fail ure. The depth will vary somewhat with the kind of soil, but In general if planted more than three Inches deep there Is danger that the germinating plant will not be able to reach the sur face. One-half to two inches are about the extremes. Another point of importance Is that the soli should be packed around the seed. Many failures to secure a stand of alfalfa are traceable to sowing the seed broadcast on newly plowed ground, and harrowing to mix the seed loosely with the surface soli. It Is safer to compact the soil and then go over it with a light harrow or weeder, loosen ing the immediate surface soil. —E. B. Voorhes, New Jersey. BEARDLESS BARLEY. Many Merita Claimed For It—Ea»y t« (■row and Relinked by Stock. The merits of beardless barley and the advantages of Its cultivation in comparison with other better known crops are being much urged In various quarters lately. An Ohio Farmer corre spondent says of It: It is a spring va riety and should be sown as early as the ground can be prepared. Sow about two bushels to the acre, preferably with the drill. On gooS soli and sown early. It is a more certain crop than either oats or wheat. It has not the parasitic enemies of wheat and does uot lodge or damage In rainstorms as badly as oats. It Is not adapted to thin clay laud, but on strong corn laud It will yield more pounds per acre than oats and is worth more per pound to feed nloue than oats, but Is not so rich In protein. The straw Is relished far more by stock than either wheat or oats. We grow It very largelj" for its supe riority as a crop with which to sow red clover. We find we are more certain to get a stand when clover Is sown on freshly prepared ground, and the bar ley, not shading the ground so much as oats and coming off a month earlier, makes It far superior as a cover crop. It may be fed without thrashing to horses, calves or sheep, or, if thrashed, to the same animals without grinding. When ground. It makes excellent feed for cows or hogs. It will pay for extra labor In the preparation of the seed bed and for the use of fertilizer. Fattening; Yoaaf Birds. Should the farmer desire to specially fatten his chickens before sale or ship ment his simplest and speediest plan is to put his birds, at 3%. 4 or 4Mi months of age, in slatted coops or crates, di vided Into compartments to hold one or a number of birds up to four. These coops should have V shaped feeding troughs In front. The following fat tening ration has been effectively used on one farm; • Two parts finely ground oats. One part finely ground barley. One part ordinarily ground corn meal. After the fifteenth day add beef suet in proportion of one ounce to every four birds. Mix with skimmilk. If the milk is made near the boiling point, the tallow, which should be chopped fine, will be melted by It when poured on the ground grains; or the tallow Hay be melted In the hot milk. The birds should be fed all they will eat twice a day. Carefully collect all un eaten food. Leave none to turn sour, and feed none In that condition. Care should be taken to free the birds from vermin before cooping. This may be done by rubbing sulphur well Into the feathers or by one of the lice exterminating powders. Pens and premises should be kept scrupulously clean. Grit and water should be supplied regularly. Three weeks should be suf ficient to fatten the birds satisfac torily. There Is considerable art in the prop er airing and management of hotbeds juid cold frames at this season. A Decisive Step. His chum came in and found hltn slipping a lock of hair Into an envelope, not furtively or surreptitiously, but Just placing it under cover In a caltn, businesslike way. "Hello!" says the visitor. "What's up?" • "Nothing," he answered. "I'm only t ding back Miss Hamllton-Hlghlow's hair, that's all." "Engagement off again?" "Yes." "How many times does this make?' "Five. It's final this time, though, one way or the other." "Does she say so?" "Oh, she always says it's final. I'm deciding things Just now. It's off for ever or cards out soon!" "How do you do it?" "Little scheme of my own. You know the color of her hair, don't you? Warm brown, with a little raw umber In it. Well, this sample of hair I'm doing up is red—good, regular, stand ard red. I tell you we're going to get down to genuine emotion this time. She'll know whether she loves me or not, and if she does she'll walk me in by the ear." —London Mail. A Coffee Barometer. A cup of hot coffee is an unfailing barometer if you allow a lump of sugar to drop to the bottom of the cup and watch the air bubbles arUe without disturbing the coffee. If the bubbles collect in the middle, the weather will be fine; if tbey adhere to the cup, forming a ring, It will either rain or snow, and if the bubbles separate with out assuming any fixed position change able weather may be expected.—Chica go Times-Herald. Thai* Boston Girls. Carrie—That awful Tom Browne of fered to kiss me. Bertha—You don't mean it! Carrie — I do, and I told him If he did I'd slap his face. Bertha—And what did ho say to that? Carrie—He didn't say a word- He Just kissed me. Bertha—And you slapped his face? Carrie —No; to tell the truth, I was so flustered I forgot all about It. —Boston •Transcript. At Vnrianee. "There's a whole lot of difference." remarked the freckled fanatic, "in wishing you were dead and wishing you werr in heaven."—lndianapolis Sun / , t Wkllf wu. Tb# wbHe wax ei|»orted from China bi made by >l»e mirlous method of using Injects In Its prct'.nct'.on. These In sects are found In brown pea shaped exrrcscenrer or gr.lls attached to an evergreen tree <•' llrd the "Insect tree." The galls a;* 1 R:itlu!i il iu May aud car ried In headlong slight to tlie market towns by I carers, who travel at night so that the heat may uot force the In sects to I'lucrp' dining the journey. They ar>- tliea p'aetd on the "wns tree." which is a stu.np varying from 3 to 12 feet in height, with uutnerous branches rising from the top. simitar to the pollard willow. The wax Insects are made Into small packets of "0 or 30 galls, which are In closed In n leaf of the wood oil tree, fastened together with rice straw. These packet* are suspended close to the branches under which they hang. On emerging from the gulls the Insects creep rapidly up the branches, to which they attach themselves nnd begin form ing a coating of wax that In about three months attains a thickness of al most a quarter of an inch. The branches are then cut off. and after removing as much of the wax as possible by hand they are put in a ket tle of hot water, when the remaining wax floats on the surface and the In sects finish their term of usefulness by going to the bottom. Formation of Derr. Ground a little below the surface 13 always warmer than the air above It. So long as the surface of the ground la above the dew point vapor must rise and pass from the earth into the air. The moist air so formed will mingle with the air above It, and Its moisture will be condensed, formlug dew wher ever It comes In contact with a surface cooled below the dew point In fact, dew rises from the ground. But how Is the dew formed on bodies high up In the air? " Dew does not rise in particles, as it was once considered to fall In particles like flue rain. It rises In vapor. Some Is caught by what is on the surface of the earth, hut the rest ascends in vapor form until It comes In contact with a much colder surface to condense It into moisture. The vapor does now flow upward In a uniform stream, but Is mixed in the air by eddies and wind currents and carried to bodies far from where it rose. In fact, dew may be deposited, even though the country for many miles all around be dry and incapable of yielding any vapor. In such cases the supply of vapor to form that dew would depend on the evaporation of the dew and on what was wafted over by the winds. When Mr a, Gilbert Lost Her Spec tacle*. The only time I resented newspaper chatter was when I had my spectacles stolen. They were snatched from my belt, the case I wore there being torn away. I spoke of It to Mr. Dorney, and the story went round the theater. Some how the reporters got bold of It, and they made a great to do about It. It was really too bad of them. I felt It the more because I had managed to keep a much more serious theft an ab solute secret. That was at the time when so much fun was being made of the "robbery of Jewels" form of the atrical advertisement. I had a very valuable pair of earrings taken from my pocket most cleverly, and I was on my way to play for a charity too! However, I kept my loss quite to my self. And then to be brought before a sympathetic public as the loser of a pair of spectacles!— From "The Stage Hcmiolsccncca of Mrs. Gilbert** In Scribner's. An Interesting Llnlc. One curious incident in the siege of Badajos may be related. The day after the assault two Spanish ladies, the younger a beautiful girl of 14, ap pealed for help to two officers of the rifles, who were passing through one of the streets of the town. Their dresses were torn, their ears, from which rings had been roughly snatched, were bleed ing, and to escape outrage or death they cast themselves on the protection of the first British officers they met One of the officers was Captain Harry Smith of the rifles. Two years later be married the girl ho had saved in a scene so wild. Captain Harry Smith in after years served at the Cape as Sir Harry, and this Spanish girl, as Lady Smith, gave her name to the his toric town which Sir George White de fended with such stubborn valor.— "Wellington's Men." They Were Attentive. A clergyman preaching In a country church for the first time was delighted to find the congregation very atten tive and told the verger BO after the service. The verger replied, "Lor' bless you, sir, we was all looking for you to dis appear!" "Why, what do you mean?" said the clergyman. "Well, sir, you see, the pulpit Is rot ten and hasn't been preached In this ten year or more."—Pearson's Weekly. Some Odd Mistakes. An urban chemist advertised In his shop window: "Artificial eyes. Open nil night" Away down south in front of the postofHce in an inland town may have been seen this legend, "Post here letters too late for the next mall." In a picture of the departure of the pilgrims from Delfthaven the artist placed a large steamer in the distance leaving the harbor under foil steam. All Off. Tom—So your engagement with May is broken. 1 thought she fairly doted on you. Dick—So she did, but her father was a powerful anti-dote.—St Louis Repub lic. "Wby Don't It Bnstt'' We quote from The Century an an ecdote related as one of "A Woman's Experiences During the Siege of Vlcks burg:" Speaking of fuses, the rector told us one day a very funny thing that he had seen during one of his trips to town. Every day, as long as the siege continued, he crossed that hospital ridge and passed over the most expos ed streets on his way to the church, slways carrying with him his pocket communiou service, apparently stand ing an even chance of burying the dead, comforting the dying or being himself brought home maimed or cola in death. His leaving was a dally anguish to those who watched hltft vanish over the brow of the hill. One evening, coming back In the dusk, he saw a burly wagoner slip off his horse and get under it in a hurry. His head appeared, bobbing out first ono side, then from the other. Above him in the air, bobbing, too, and with a quick, uneasy motion, was a luminous spark. After a full minute spent In vigorous dodging the man came out to prospect The supposed fuse was still there, burning brilliantly. "Darn tho thing," he grunted, "why don't it bust?" awj No. 21 seek for 00 seconds with & fine speci men of our southern lightning bug, or firefly! Going Into a Safer Badness. It was Cassldy's first morning as newspaper carrier. From side to side of the avenue he hurried, dropping tlio moist sheets in vestibules and running them In the space between the door and sill. Finally he came to a house that was separated from the sidewalk! by an urn'studded yard. Cassldy open ed the irou gate and walked up the stone path. He knelt In the vestibnle and started running the paper under the door. An upper window was raised, and a woman's voice called: "Is that you, Harry? Ton are awful late. I hear the milk carts rattling." Cassldy thought It best to remain quiet. The voice continued: "You needn't think I'm coming down at such an hour! The idea of yon, tt married man, coming home at such a time! Lost your key, as usual] Well, catch this one." A heavy piece of brass shot two sto ries. There was a heavy fall, and the vestibule resembled a pressroom. Some one found Cassldy smoking his pipe in the "accident ward." "Going back to the carrier route?" they asked. "Niver once more," responded Cassl dy. "Ol'm goln back to wur-ruk In th* quarry. Thor's no fallln kaes thor; only dynomited rocks."—Chicago News. An Abandoned Teat. Sir Hiram S. Maxim was once a vic tim of one of the British war office'*' sudden freaks. When the Maxim # quick firing gun was being tested by;' the government with a view to finding out Its weak points, its Inventor was asked to have 10,000 rounds fired at the highest possible speed. The expert* ment was successfully carried oat; bat the chairman of the committee of in vestigation was still unsatisfied. "That's very well as far as it goeaj' be exclaimed, "but could 7on guaran tee your gun to go on firing automatic ally at the same rate for, say, 24 hours?" "I can," was the quiet reply t "and I will—on one condition." "And that is?" "That the government finds and pays for the ammunition." At first the committee were Inclined to close with the offer, but when it was discovered that 864,000 rounds would be fired and that the cost of the experi ment would be something like £5,700 they dispensed with the trial. Utilising tbe Wast* Prod Bet. A parish In the highlands had been cut off from communication with the uearest town owing to a severe snow storm, relates The Scottish American. Supplies began to give out end the minister was much perturbed In mind as his snuffbox was quite empty. The Sabbath came round. How was he to get through bis discourse without the aid of his usual stimulant? He appeal ed to bis faithful henchman, tbe sex ton. A fas, he was In a similar unsat isfactory predicament! How was It to be remedied? Andrew shook his head, thought long and suddenly disappear ed. Presently be returned with some thing resembling snuff wrapped care fully In paper. Tbe minister took a hearty pinch or two and then asked: "Where did you get it Andrew?" "Please, sir, I Just went and sweep!? the pulpit oot," was the reply. Fair Slsed. "No," said tbe retired showman, "I won't say that we had the biggest giant that ever happened, but It is a solemn fact what I am going to tell you. This giant bad a penchance, or whatever you call It tor trying new Btyles of whiskers." "M-hm." "Well, when he wanted a new style _ v laid out be bad to send for a landscape gardener."—lndianapolis IFress. Toads Inclosed I*, Roclc. The Rev. W. Buckland. from expert* ments on toads in boles of oolitic lime stone and sandstone covered with glass, finds that, while limestone pre served tbem alive, sandstone killed them. His conclusion Is that unless a toad imprisoned In a stone gets a little air it cannot live a year, and unless It gets food It cannot live two years.— London Globe. Woald Know Later. Patient—Now, doctor, what's the matter with me, anyway? The Head Consulting Physician—My, dear sir, do you suppose that if wi knew what was the matter with you we would have decided to bold a post mortem?— Harper's Bazar. On the Government. They were two big, burly Indians. The long eagle feather In the hat of one who is known as "chief" and the bright red ostrich tip in the sombrero of the other would have told that if the unmistakable features had not evi denced it. A gortrnment employee, It matters not who, but one who may pos sibly In certain events happening make a "stake" out of the tribe to which these Indians belong, was doing the honors of the capitol and showing the braves about the corridors. They left the Indian committee room and came to the door of the house restaurant. "Let's have a bite to eat" suggested the mnn with the graft. "All right," was the quick reply of tbe aborigines. At the luncheon counter the one who could master the most English asked, "Guv'munt pay?" "Oh, yes," responded the host, think ing that the quickest way to Inform them that they would not stand good for the bill. * "Ugh!" grunted the brave, "we eat lot, guv'munt pay." And they did— four cups of coffee each, half a dozen hard boiled eggs, three ham sand wiches, one dozen doughnuts, a whole baked chicken, Ice cream, a whole pie each and besides that a thirst for fire water that was absolutely appalling. The luncheon counter looked as though a cyclone might have paid It a visit by the time tbe Indians got through, and the bill that tbe "guv'munt" clerk had to foot made his week's salary look like 7 cents. "Guv'munt heap good," grunted the brave as he picked his teeth in true "white brother" fashion in the corridor. "We eat here again." But it will not be in company with that particular clerk. —Washington Star. Ills Donbtfal Freedom. "Yaas, massa, ah has ter wo'k Jea' lak a slabe, sho'." "Like a slave, Uastus? Why, that's wrong. You colored people are all free now." "Guess not, massa, zakly. Yo' sse, some of us poo' nlggabs is married."— Philadelphia Bulletin. MaklnK Virtue of necessity. Sid (who has been tryiDg to open thf larder door)—lt's no good, Tom. N