VOL*- sMtstviii Look at Your Shoes ~ Don't You Meed a Ne* Pair?^^** Jtfca Bickei Has Just What You ' If jc* arc itn need of shoes or Ov Sor<ls of A n kind, no mattei wluit ityk I'oc may «rant, call yoa».' and sec as and we can suit and jiic«r> Out stoik of summer lost w car is complete. We can a t» tier and finer selection than ever before. roHErwami SOROS'S SHOES Have a world wide reputation All the -vl ]MScfiS~k>d or patents A!(, Lice r 1... ck»ti» *m tf»p- tor .» ar .ijffat writ soles- DUT.' IJiH OFFERS U~ >•{ I***> tjra «° lc shocs » £sk |j ,? ; -it rat crs atc vin hamisonu*. AH and „ ia r cfrmSi7sto $5 00 We a.sh to call your r t , ( *tren h mm**! t it .a l»ok >. «f and pateiit leathers in low, medium iirsioi" .V) , r ./est rtyie* in Men's fine shoe*. A full line of Men s |ictn>* . *l. ; t tfar very latest styles, $3 00. $5-s®> $5 Al>. t c«.- •'* ink of Gent's patent leather at<d «■ ici kid oxfords. La.< vir• it j-. s and Youth's, Muses' ard f'hiltiicrn 3 f.luics Sample Counters Filled With Interesting Dargains. v - —«—i—jBJISS ~T" JOHN BICKEL, 12 SOt TH * A f 51k! JT. - .I'Tt.ER, i'A ) ■£ \ \ W M 1 x>^ ? we haven't a thinjf ) / against cur neighbors V > BUT.-?- well, say!! < ( Farmers and J j mecnan.cs \ \ »«t better »ho«s / ( and more for S t*%c#f money " £ nuselton s > tnan any otner \ \ piece in tn« f / Keystone State. ? KECK Spring Styles R iiaee a K*« .uc-an *u«t Umu that K *rh ' 'I . I \ /i r A —le tW ■ ■■MI. itMl da h rJ /•! L 'ici // fl\ war «W »«ar * Mipat. Ym / rV '- / Ml 5\ mat jrt Ih» i*u*t tbt«c* * the 7 p 1 Nj, , I U at liwtfckr* ■ ettbw Tta* ap to f/TvV O Ij (• T'rTr.Tl 152 (J 1 * h)\ Vt YI tknaf* ia -rm mmA it *»d oudt | ** '' ! \ ttoc iwnl la 4araUht|r, \ 1 j« 111 mftmmr rW au vm get «X'»laa»- I M l ill MMmirttea V I 1 KECK G F. KECK. Merchant Tailor, 4J Nenn Ma n Street Ail Work Guaranteed. Butler, Pa Removal Xotice! C. K T. Pape, Jeweler unci Wttloliiiiiißer W ill lie found on and after April Ist at 1-1 KaM Jetier«OD street, oj)jK>site <i. H Miller s Grocery Store, Butler, Pa. A PRETTY HAT rj '•* '* »cWn<4 if ou lbclartt aakurtmcu I * r'-rwhrr* *> mm*H V"* <>«ir mod 1 «d is It* sra mi.i.nrty material* such a* V/ I*2 1 *2 l»rid«K«ol Inlla ai d Oriental (,auw Vaiiir an! alykr are rith|;l.ttul!y cum C«»c aad m tUrtu at Rockenstein's, MILLINEEY EMPORIUM, ym hmt* Mm* mnm. • - ButKr.lPa Subscribe for the CITIZEN. - -THE BUTLER CITIZEN. OO VOU WANT . ■». A PIANO OR ORGAN? If m>—now :» your I:iam to sa* A CREAT BJRC.'i:i AT HAMILTON'®. ' n<j» Oak or Walnut Cr« :it 430 tc J' !. Eplendid Han ilea Org-os. 9 auJ >1 si... l. S4O te $45. ■ c-ar flceuf Hamilton Organs, 9 to H Mopa. tSO t<> SSO teat>!ui ESTEV ORGANS froa $35 u » iO. h4MILTON PIANOS. r Vi uu tW«Uii at> ,t» h cl». . ti ia .1 «*e La»c cui ;»nor- la h*J — f tat ... kN t ir*>m tii *j fci %*.& B. CHASE PIANOJ. lari ' U)fchirks K. B. lltiM Piar«os. t the Luot MaiHM ia .be a- ki Aboul Aof tk*i tail'i UJ k of ■u *; ALMOST COST. If ;ou »vuU ntk s'.oo to iim oa a Baa Fi*au. »ni« at nmo. lo HAMILfOWS K' • 17 t 'tajmntaad fuIT,. Gait or wrftr Ira m«L'» and to S. HAMILTON, v is-7 Fifth Avanue, Pittsburg \mg/ It Makes Restful Sleep. Moeplewrv-#* almoat invariably aiwmi*- ni » rot»i«lip«tJon and 4t« manifold attendant e\ fc-nervou* di*<»rdrr», IndlitMtion, bcad a< <% liw t>{ appetite, etc. To attempt to In di • ►l«-p by opiatrs J* a wriou* mlntake, lor It b;:iin l*only kiininM and tbe body ti>U f. - Celery Kina remove* tbeouneof wake fi. .by ll« wxiibinc etTW-t on tue uer\e« and on tbe stomach and bowels. < fi -rv Kingcureni'onstiiwtlon and Nerva Kuuiiicti. Liver aud Kidiity Claeaaes. 8 CATARRH LOCAL* DISEASE will is thareiull ol colds ana ;0i:» tMldea climalie chintjt». J■ For j-our Protection y mrfEVta *' . • - ■ H j rSM 0,. - tj or as; oilier -r- £^B Ely's Cream BalmEii~l U a< k: owlnl.-ed to be the mo«t Umronph cure for Kaaal ( atarrh, C'o:d in lle«l and Hay >evtr of all i*i r«t>a. It • and cunari the ranal a.*y« J«in ai a Irrtammauon, hrala Ihe pro |rr:» t'.e mrmiirano fr->m c-j ■!«, resturea the aenaaa ft tLV l.K< 1. Utlw-5, M Warrto Mri-et, New York. r i LI Shouldn't fri a Corns or ff rV Bunions pi JOHNSTON S H W wm Y VA Cure K kj Them y. FA In a k Lj Short Y W Time. L* Price w 9 25 cents. f< m Up-and Y< [< Sold k % Only fi % At , k £ Johnston's [ [ Crystal U Pharmacy, t! J L 4 A 1 v lt»lb Pbouei. V J J Everything in the drug-line. ri 15 i THE ....a YORK CLIPPER Contains a Reliable Record of all tho Events In the THEATRICAL WORLD )ANDTHK ' WORLD OF SPORTS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. 54.00 A YEAR. SINCLE COP*, lOct*. For Salo by all Newsdealers. SAMPLE COPY FREE. Address NEW YORK CLIPPER, NEW YORK. 11' M. H MILLKK. FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE. Of Kit( Next door to CITZKIN office, butler. Pi. BUTLER PA.. THURSDAY, JUNE 20, IQOI IN LO*E S CONFESSIONAL. T* yon, who** fterr word «n<i and thought R;<iC* tnie tn l honeot ai thrice tented p> !d, Tbe tale of my ebortremings I have brought; Kow you haT* given the pardon I beaougLt Forgive the little ains I have nut told! Th* foolish, p*tty faolt* I scarce can name; So mrau and paltry are they that I fear You u><uld n-t think tbcm worth a word of blame; Vou would t-ut pity and—dcapiae them, dear. And «ince I v\e you §o la w-man'i wise N r am from w .man'a nine of pride exempt 1 w uld far rather read *itbin your eye# Hatred, my beat belovtd, than contempt! Wheref re. to you, whose erery deed and thought ]« rry»tal clir —you, whom I loved too well— Hi** tale of tny i.iortcoming« I have brought, And jrou ha\c giv -u the pardon I besought; Forgive the little sins I < annot tell! —Ailecn Heath in Smart Set. rriiirsr;; o ...By A\. Quad... Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Lewis. > To bolont; to the Pace club was to b« kiiowu ns a sporty young man, even a ru leless young man. We drank, gam bled and vagered, and there were wine •uppers to aetrenses and borrowing money of Shylocks. It was by long otitis the fastest club In fast London, ami that It did not have the entire ap proval of solicitoux mothers and staid fathers goes without saying. Our •ninrtness. however, should not be con founded with anything dishonorable. There were no card sharpers or debt shirkers among us. When a member could no longer go "the pace" financial ly ns well as socially, he had the good taste to himself and drop out of sight until things bettered themselves. Archibald Queen, a bachelor and a man of M\ had been a member for three years when I was elected. He was the leader of the fastest, and prob ably flung away twice as much money as any other Individual. He was the eldest son of A "sir" and had beeu "T.ET rs DIIIXTC TO THE—TO THK LATH DS ( EABAD I" left a good bit of money, and the way be made ducks and drakce of It was a caution. Al>out the time I came Into the club he bad ran bis race and wao tangled up with the note shavers. Six months later he waa known to be flat broke. The man had a keen sense of humor, though obstinate as a cauls about taking advice, and It was doubt less his desperation that drove him Int > cheating at cards. The Incident did not happen at our club, but at another, though we were speedily In possession of the proofs. It meant his doom. Even If he had not been down to his last dollar he would have been tabooed everywhere As It was, with no hope for the financial future, hs had only to sit down and plan how he should dlrappear from the sight of men. Queen hat! been a hot favorite In the club, and many of ua hoped he might bring forward a pood defense, but aa a matter of fact he made none. There was no other way than compulsion, and while tome of the voter* thought he might drift out to the colonies and make a new start others were con fident that a man of hla temperament would not try to outlive the disgrace. About a week after Queen had been officially notified of hla expulsion be met a member of the club on the street and through him extended an Invita tion to fire or six others of ns to par take of a little farewell dinner wltb him, aa be was on the eve of going away. It seemed a queer move on hla part, and you may think It queer in our accepting the Invitation, but we who had been moat chummy with him could find excusea for him. It waa decided to drop in on htm as individ uals and In no way binding the club, and when the evening came around live of us were on hand. Queen had spacious apartments in t fashionable thoroughfare, and he welcomed us with the utmost heartiness. The five of us went in together, and we found ourselves the only guests. On arriving we were ushered into his sitting room, from which moat of the furniture had been removed. It was being packed for storage during his absence, be aaid, but we knew that it had gone to tha auction rooms instead. Uad there been a suspicious man among na he would have wondered that no odora came from the kitchen or noise from the dining room, and he would have noticed that Queen seemed a bit nerv ous and uneasy and was doing hla best to appear serene. We had gone in a friendly spirit for a pleasant hour, and why should we feel suspicious of our host? We were offered cigars as soon as we got seated, and as we smok ed and waited for the dinner Queen was bright aud chatty and something like hla old time self. lie had said that he was going away, but he did not give further particulars, and of course no one asked him. We some how gathered the Idea, however, that he was going out to South Africa. Dinner seemed a long time In coming, when Queen himself brought La wluo «nd glasses and explained that he wished u« to drink to a toast lie would give, it struck us ns strange, but bo had always been a queer fellow. We rat in a half circle about the table, and ns the gl:i i i-s were tilled and we wait ed f<ir the Igliul to rIM- to our feet the and. stepped hai'k until ■is r!l>uw on the mantel aud then «|tjl< tly said: "Gelitlciiu u. keep your seats. I have tn -ay regarding the action i f the I'm-e club or any other club, and I n. i p; 1 nf the fact that a few of )>< : are in re to ne me off. It wan kind of yiti to come, uud rest assured that 1 f ''y nppn <-late It. The toast I pro pose is i. ' «-r odd perhaps, hut every* tiling goes, yuu know. I.et us drink— let us ilrlnk to the—to the late de ceased!" Queen was a left handed man. He held the glass in his right hand, and as lie hi stated over his words his left went back to his hip pocket, and out came a pistol. We realized lu a flash what he niennt to do, but It came so suddenly that no one could put forth a hand. There was a grim smile on his face as he placed the muzzle of the weapon to his temple, but he did not pull the trigger. Outside a thunder storm had been working up over the grvatclty. We had heard the low rumble of thunder and caught a flash or two of li|[htn!ng thrvugh the windows. As the pistol went up to the man's temple there came a tremendous crash, fol lowed by what seemed to be balls of fire floating around the room, and all of us were knocked atw>ut nnd more or less stunned. As we recovered our selves and relighted the gas we found Queen lying on his back on the floor, with the pWtol clutched In his hand. The weapon had not been fired, and yet ho was dead. A thunderbolt uud struck the chimney, followed It down to the second floor and then, tearing Its way out, had struck our host as he leaned on the mantel. Two or three men ran for doctor*, while the others chafed the man's limbs, nnd It was a quarter of an hour before we were sure that he was dead. A search for wine to aid In reviving him proved that the bedroom, pantry, dining room r.ud kitchen were dismantled and thai no dinner for us had been prepared Lie had simply invited us there to witness his death and a dramatic finish to a wasted life, but at the Inst iusmui had been saved from self murder and the curtain rung down by the hand of fate. TAv \o>. Far \,W|. A young uian ». »w info Journal ism lutebt ou uu.l~: a reputation uud being something nitre than a uivra amanuensis or cepjiat must Wave a prompting Ijve tor Li* work, a tjuick perception < / wLat La to L* selsaJ uu In event* and the abillt? ac cural e.» !h n.! .-•;» or tlwacribe oa pa per th.lt v» ,;Ul> >.m l-.aa >imu or which lias I.j.j to. I Sr.::i. But I.ear three uaaeutial* are not provided by :»ay college course. Any editor tin wll true ktoriea of tueu from the beat eaaleru uuivwraitles. ujeu With trained tuluda auJ well stocked vocabularies and a vat; assortment of general Wuowle.lfe. who were of no vuluj In a newspaper otScr because they were not Able to Klrutify a piece of news oven when It was lylu* iu front of them and beckoulug to them, or perhaps because a eritlcai self consciousness prevented them from writing a simple Impersonal aecount of an everyday happeuiug. It cannot be said that such men are "Inferior" to the other rneu whe fill the paper with valuable aud enlertalalLg mat ter. All we can say Is that the/ are not adapted to tbla peculiar grind. They were not "cut out" to be news paper men. The soouer they get out of the work the better. Fortunately getting out Is Dot usual ly delayed. Tlit ease with which a young Diau burst* Into journallam la only equaled by the auperb eaae with which be la sent through the atreet door If be fails to show a quick and enthusiastic graap of the requirement!. Many are called, and few are chosen. It la truly a survival of the Attest— not neceaaarlly of th« best or the brightest.—Gsorgs Old la Saturday Evening Post Grins, bat 5o Tip*. "No, sir." remarked the waitress In the quick luucb restaurant as she slip ped a dime Into her apron pocket and gave the donor a smile In return, "we don't get many tips uor half as many as the meu that work here nights after we're gone home, though they don't wait on half an many customers as we do In the daytime. It Isn't right, either, because their wages are higher than ours, and we can find Juat as good use for n dime as they can—better, 1 say. "But that's Just the way It runa A man gives you all aorts of trouble get ting what he wants and getting It In a hurry, and then he gives you a grin, as much as to say. 'You're a real nice girl,' when you band him his check, and be seems to think you ought to think your self well repaid. If you were a man, he'd turn up something much more valuable. Grins are cheap and don't go for car fare."—Nf York Sun. Wtrt There * A Celtaf Anthropologists are pretty well agreed that there Is not and probably never was a Celtic variety of man. "There Is neither a Celtic type nor a Celtic race." says Denlker In his work, which Is the latest word on the subject There Is a language which has eouie to be called Celtic by teholsra. but a lan guage may be spoken by auy race that acquires it. and how or where Celtic orlgluated Is a mystery. There are some millions of people In Brittany and the British Isles who still speak this tongue, bnt they all differ from each other In race, presenting the very ex trentes of the European peoples, and to call them Celts as if they belonged to one race, with the like physical and moral characters. Is perniciously mis leading and false.—London Glob*. fVealer * Book Lover. Wesley was to the end of his life a lover of a good book. Though the Bible was his chief study, he would have agreed with Matthew Arnold that a man who did not know other books could not know that book as It should be known. lie constantly nrged his preachers to read. "You can never be a deep preacher without reading." he used to say. "any more than a thor ough Christian." To a young man who said that hla work as an evangelist left him no time for reeding be wrote: "Hence your talent In preaching does not Increase. It Is Just the same as It was seven years ago. It Is lively, but not deep. There 1s little variety. There Is no compass of thought." What would not some of us give for that volume of Shakespeare, annotated throughout by his hand, which John Pawson destroy ed after his death for fear of scandaliz ing the weaker brethren?— Temple Bar. Rui and Cnrloni Gents. The rarest and costliest of gems, though not always esteemed the most beautiful, are pigeon's blood rubles, fine opals and diamonds that are pure bnt shed a distinct glow of blue or pink. A very perfect pearl of generous sice and lustrous skin, tinted a rarely beautiful golden green, was valued un set at over £3OO. A faultless green pearl Is very rare. A cnrlous stone Is the alexandrite. It Is a dark green stone that is polish ed. cut and set. very like a fine topaz or amethyst, In large showy rings sur rounded by diamonds. By the light of day the alexandrite has no special beauty save Its tine luster, but directly a shaft of artificial light strikes the dull stone deep gleams of red flush out of the green, and under the gas or lQ the firelight one Ignorant of this va gary would Instantly pronounce U a ruby. A TliorouaihlirrA. Don't be a thoroughbred. A thor oughbred Is well enough In cattle and hogs, but very disgusting among men, for the reason tliat among men u thor oughbred means a man who devotes too much time to having fun, to being a good fallow Make a specialty of re liability. Industry, fairness. Make your speclnlty a worthy one. lustead of seeing how late you can stay out at night go to bed at regular houra Sleep will do you more good than a good time There la no better man than the good citizen, the good husband, the good father, the good son. A thorough bred Is never uoted in these directions.' A NORTHERN FRUITHOUSE. A Building For Home Storage of Fruit, Kapeelally Ayplea. Every year there ia more Interest In home fruit storage, especially for ap ples. An account given by Country Gentleman of an unusually good fruit house successfully operated at Abl>otts ford, Quebec, will doubtless be of In terest to fruit growers tp many parts of the country. This is a frame building. 30 by 20 feet outside. It Is built with eight foot posts FBurrHorsa. and double boarded with Inch hemlock laid In two tiiieknc.-xes. with tar paper between. The whole la roofed with cedar shingles. There Is a cellar or basement under the whole house. The cellar wall Is of stone and mortar, 0 feet high and 2 feet thick. At the lower end It rises three feet above the surface of the ground, at the upper end about a foot. Tbe cel lar Is tile drained, has a good cemented bottom, is lighted by three windows, with double sash for winter, and Is ventilated by two 4 Inch tiles, which are closed Iu very cold weather. The floor over the cellar Is 2V.j Inches thick, inch lining with tar paper and IVj Inch plunk. The floor above the pack lug room la of two layers of Inch boards, with tar paper between. The p.icking and sorting room above the cellar is lighted by four windows. The upper sash drops six iuches for ventilatiou. There are wo doors. The loft or upper story is approached by stairway at end of packiug room. The only approach to the cellar is near the cwnter of the building, by a lift which consists of a section Oi the floor cut 4 feet by 4 feet 2 Inches and supported by four five-eighth inch Iron rods, one at each corner of the platform. These pass through aud up to the ends of two stout cross arms made of white ash G feet 0 Inches above the platform, and on the top and the center of the cross arms is attached a nine Inch pul ley. This platform, or open cage, runs In grooves of the frame of the shoot, which consists of four upright scant lings 5 by 2 Inches, one at each corner, firmly secured to both upper aud lower floors and to the bottom of tbe frame In the cellar. The platform, being a section of the floor for loading and unloading. Is held in position by a brake and lever attach ment on top of the drum In the loft and Is operated from the floor of the pack ing room by a Inch endless rope, which passes twice around the drum In the loft and down through either side of the platform to the bottom of the shoot over two small pulleys to keep It taut. The lowering and raising are fa cilitated by a 200 pound counterweight attached to the shaft by a rope and pulley. The cellar will store 260 barrels of apples. Last winter apples In barrels In the cellar suffered no damage, though the thermometer went down to 27 degrees below zero for a short time. No heat was given, and no artificial refrigeration was required. Han to Mis Poisoned Bran Batt. In making the poisoned bran bait (1 pound of pails green to B0 pounds of bran) for use against cutworms a convenient and well recommended method la to dampen the bran slightly with water containing a little sugar. After mixing thoroughly so that the whole mass may be permeated very slightly with moisture add the patTb green by shaking on a very little at a time and stirring It In. If the parls green be added to the bran when It Is perfectly dry. It will, owing to Its weight, sink at once to the bottom when stirred. If It Is desired to use this mixture as a wet application, more sugar and water must b© added nntll It is of about the same consistency as porridge, but If to be used dry a little more dry bran may be added until the mixture will run through the fingers easily. The advantages claimed for It dry are that It Is eaaie-r to dlstribnte and lasts longer without becoming moldy. Maicla* Alfalta Slla«*. From tests carefully made tbe Colo rado station finds It fair to assume that with a good tight »110 well made silage from cut alfalfa should not make a larger loss than about 10 per cent of Its feeding value. To make good silage from whole al falfa is a much harder proposition. It requires that the alfalfa be quite green, that the silo be both tight and deep, that the alfalfa be thrown Into the silo in small forkfuls and carefully tramp ed and that It be weighted by four to •lx feet of some heavy, tight packing material like cut corn fodder. If the alfalfa Is put up In the middle of the summer In clear, bright weather, It must be raked and loaded as fast as cut. One lot tried was too dry for ■liage two hours after it was cut. Experience of strawberry growers In dicates that strawberry root aphis la most serious on land planted to corn the previous year. THE COST OF SPRAYING, Kiperlfnoe I'rom Different Moarotl* Ke-v<*tt tud Cents m Trtf, As to the cost of spraying trees a ' Pennsylvania correspondent writes to Rural New Yorker: "I have kept a very careful record of time and ex pense on my own trees, so ran tell ex actly what It cost ine. My oldest apple orchard contains 440 trees 2f> years old. They are large and thrifty. It required two days for three men, a two horse wagou and barrel pump throwing two streams to go over It once. Allowing $1 per day for each man and 75 cents for each horse, the cost of applying the liquid was $1». It required 22 barrels of liquid, or one barrel for 20 trees. One barrel of sulphate of copper solu tion cost 20 cents; one barrel of parts green and lluie (one-fourth pound parls green and three pounds lime), 8 cents; one barrel bordeaux mixture, 3d cents; sue barrel aninionlaenl solution carbo nate of copper, 24 cents, so that It cost me to spray this orchard of 440 trees with sulphate of copper solution $13.40; with parls green and lime, $10.7<1; with bordeaux mixture, $10.02; with nramo nlacal solution, $14.2 H. The cost per tree would vary, according to the size of the orchard, the size of the tree, the character of the ground, the ease with wuirn wator could l>e procured and the time required to got to and from the orchard." Professor Blair of Illinois says In the same Journal: "Our best orihardlsts In thin state are spraying their trees at a cost of aliout 7 1-5 cents per tree for 10-year-old trees, three sprayings, using bordeaux-paris green solution. Many t>eople in this state do uot succeed In making the three applications for less than llVa cents, some even getting as high as 20 cents per tree." FANCY STRAWBERRIES. An r C«refnl Person Can Grow Tktm and Make Money. If a poor man Is Industrious and will ing to work, let him move on to a small piece of ground where there Is a com fortable house for his family and go to raising fancy strawberries, and he will be more Independent and make a bet ter living than in town, says a writer in GaidenliiK In connection with the following items: A glossy appearance goes a long way In attracting the attention of passersby to a fancy grade of strawberries, and the merchant who linndles them can always get from 2 to 3 cents more per quart. Clean and attractive boxes are neces sary to make even a fancy strawberry look well on the market. While box material Is so cheap it would be mis taken economy to use any but new boxes. When growing fancy strawberries on poor soil, I prefer barnyard manure to any other material for a winter mulch, as It contains numerous fertilizing ele ments to be washed into the soil. The grower of fancy strawberries re ceives more profit from one-third of an acre of land than the person who grows a common grade receives from a whole acre. The careless person cannot grow fan cy strawberries because he never gives them the right kind of attention at the proper time. If the right conditions are provided, one person can grow as many fancy strawberries as another. THE HOPPER DOZER. ■orel Kerosene Pan For Destroying Grasshoppers. By all odds the best method for de stroying grasshoppers after they be come half grown Is the use of the "hopper dozer," or kerosene pan, which Is shown herewith. This is made of stovepipe Iron by turning up the sides and ends about four Inches so as to make n long, flat pan about four Inches in depth. This Is then mounted on runuers varying In height according to requirements. On the frame back of the pan Is stretched a piece of cloth to prevent the Insects from jumping over the pan. When ready to begin work, the pan Is partially filled with A HOPPZH DOZER. water, and some coal oil Is added. If the ground Is level, no crosspieces are necessary, but If the pan is to be used on sloping ground It should be made as indicated In the Illustration to pre vent the oil and water from running to one end. The height of the runners will necessarily vary from two to eight or ten Inches, according to the crop to be protected and the age of the Insects to be captured. The ma chine may be of any length desired up to 10 or 18 feet. If small. It can be drawn by hand, but when larger a hone or two Is desirable. When full, the Insects can be removed, a little more oil added and the machine start ed afresh. In this way a number of bushels of hoppers can be captured and destroyed In a single day. The cost of running this machine is trifling and the remedy very effectual.—Ne braska Parmer. Agricultural Nates. The application of sulphur to soils for the prevention of potato scab re gardless of the character of the soil Is liable to occasionally cause much In jury. Bordeaux mixture has been found of value in stimulating tomato plants to more rapid growth. Increasing their .Vigor and of particular merit in keep ing down the attacks of flea beetles. Spraying with parts green destroys the asparagus fly. Interest la farming is undoubtedly reviving In New England. A WONDERFUL HORSE. He Was Gettlas Hid of His Ailments at a Great Rate. The colored man was driving a llmpy old horse along the street In front of a Junk wagon when a pedestrian halt ed him to ask: "What on earth ails that horse of yours?" "Dat hossT Why, sab, what's de mattah wld dat boss?" was asked in reply. "That's what I want to know. Look at his hair." "Yes, sah; he's shed Jin his coat, yo' know." "But he's full of limps." "Yes, sah; but let me tell yo* sun thin. Dat boss gwlne to shed all his limps along wld his ha'r if he keeps on." "I never heard of such a thing," pro tested the pedestrian. "Same wld me; but he's gwine to do It He hain't bin sheddln but a week ylt, and he's got shet of poll evil, blind staggers, a stiff knee, a bad eye and about fo'teen other ailments. Whoa, dar, Ca?sar! Hole yo'r head up and bite on de bit and prance around! Yes, sah, yo' kin see It in him. Jest yo' wait about seven mo" days, and If dat boss doan' run away and bust de wag on and kill two men I'll go outer de blzness and let bosses alone." M. QUAD That Bent Ba Off Smart. The Masher—Does your sister know I am out here waiting for her? The Boy—Oh, yes! She gave me penny to tell her when you had gone.— Boston Globe. Ilnsh-a-by. "I've Just come from Mrs. Newpop's," said Miss Oushiey. "I Just can t Imag ine a more charming picture than a young mother putting her l>al>y to sleep It's Just sweet!" "It Is so." replied Mrs. Malaprop, "specially if she's singin a pretty alibi I to it"— I'hlladeluhla i'resa. BOWSER, THE SAVANT HE STUDIES THE MOON'S INFLUENCE ON VEGETATION. Tbr Kiprrlitirat \V*t» to Continue For n Wt-fL, hut llr Found Out All He lVuufed to know on the Subject In One XlgHt. [Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Lewis.] Mr. Bowser had come home at mid afternoon with spade and rake on his shoulder, and closely following him was a boy with several pots of plants and a package of seeds. Before Mrs. Bewser could ask for an explanation she was Informed: "You were saying the other day that you wished we had a bit of a garden. LAID OFF A PLOT IN TEE BACK TABD AND BEGAN WORK. I'm going to make one. I've got It all planned out, aud I'll fix up something to be proud of." "But our back yard is no place for a garden," she protested. "It's mostly in the shade, you know, and the soil must be very poor. I wish you bad spoken about It before you bought these things." "Don't you worry about the shade or ("lie poor soil, my dear woman. I shall grow only such things as love tbe shade, and a little guano will make tbe soil get up and hump in a way to astonish you. Besides, I have a spe cial object In view. I will now get Into an old suit aud prepare tbe various beds. Digging and raking and smell ing the fresh earth will carry me back to the old farm days again." When he had changed his clothes, be laid off a plot In the back yard and began work. The brickbats, old bot tles. slates and broken kettles bad remained undisturbed for years, but Farmer Bowser persisted until at tbe end of three hours he had prepared a bed 10 feet long by 3 feet wide. During his labors be burst bis suspen ders. broke his spade, pulled tbe han dle out of the rake and lost an eye out of his spectacles, but be won out In the end. When the bed was ready, he called Mrs. Bowser out and said: "This, you understand, is only pre llminary. I have prepared this for an experimental bed. Later on I will lay the whole yard out Into circles, cres cents, crosses, etc." "What sort of experiment?" she asked. "I will Inform you later on this even ing. I shall rather mix things up In this bed. I shall set out onions, toma toes and flowers, and I shall plant the seeds of cucumbers and melons and po tatoes and add a few hills of corn." "I should think that a few apple trees, a grape arbor and an artificial lake would help things along," she ob served. "Just so. I was expecting you to say something mean. When you under stand my object, however, you may change your mind. I shall now proceed to sow and plant, and when I have fin ished you can send the cook out to gath er the 5,000 clothespins, the 3,000 forks and tbe 2,000 spoons I have dug up in making this small bed. I do not wish to find fault—no husband ever does— but If you could only manage to plant what few dishes we have left out here somewhere we could eat off tbe ironing board with our fingers." There were two clothespins, one old fork and a broken spoon in sight but Mrs. Bowser didn't dispute his figures. He bad regained his good nature be fore dinner was over, snd after the meal be assumed tbe patronizing air of tbe average husband and said: "I Informed you tbat I bad a special object In mixing up things In tbat bed, and I will now explain It Did you ever give a thought to the vegetation around you?" "Yea several of them." "I am glad to know it and I will mark it In your favor. What theory have you got as to why seeds grow?" "It doesn't need any theory. Nature Intended everything to reproduce Itself. If a seed Is planted in fertile soil, It will produce again." "But there must be favorable Influ ences." "Of course. It needs sun and rain." "Anything else, Mrs. Bowser?" "Nothing special, I guess." "What about the moon?" "Why, I believe that some old gran nies contend tbat the moon has some sort of Influence on vegetation, but I don't think that any level beaded farm er believes it" That was the point Mr. Bowser bad been leading up to, and there was the light of triumph in his eyes as he walk ed back and forth and said: "But if the moon does Influence vege tation, If it exercises the greatest Influ ence over the planting and growing. If It would make a difference of SIOO per year to every farmer to consult the moon, then what?" "Why, It would be a good thing for the world at large to know," she re plied. "Exactly, and the man who proved It to the world would become famous and renowned, wouldn'i he?" "Certainly. But what has all this to do with your planting a dozen different things in one bed?" "Just this: I am going to prove the truth or falsity of this moon business." "But bow can you prove or disprove such a thing?" asked Mrs. Bowser. "By experiment, of course. Tonight Is a moonlight night I shall take a seat beside those tomato plants and onion sprouts for an hour or two and observe wh'at Influence the moon has on them. I will continue the experi ment for a week, and by the end of that time I shall know one way or the other." Mr. Bowser decided to do his watch ing from 9 to 11 o'clock or later, and he carried out a cbalr and got notebook and pencil ready before tbe hour. When he finally passed out be expected the cook, who had been watching proceed ings, would say something, and she did. Tossing her head and giving her words a tinge of contempt, she said: "I'll leave the back door open so you can plunge In at any time." "But why should I want to plunge In?" he asked. "Because there'll be a bust up of some sort, of course." He gave ber a glare and passed on, snd after walking twice aroupd tho n e.wly made bed he sat down ,n 4 ' No 25. cbalr to closely watch any effect the brightly shining moon might have on his crops. Mrs. Bowser waa watching him from a back window, and after aa about fire minutes she saw Mm make ft note. It probably read: "No particular effect as yet.** At Intervals of ten minutes for tho next hour he jotted down memoranda and was vigilant and solicitous. Then she looked out after a little to find that book and pencil had dropped from hU hand and that he ww lean lng back against the fence and sound asleep. She saw no more. A tomcat whose curiosity had been aroused showed up on the fence and then jumped softly down to investi gate. He had scratched tip abont half | the bed when he was joined by a leo and, and in quick succession came grimalkins Nos. 3, 4, & and & They; rolled over and over In the fresh tartly they raked that bed fore and aft wtUi their claws, they scratched and duff and devastated, and yet Vl r. Bowser slept on. It was an armed trace be tween the cats until the destruction was complete. Then they called each other horso thieves and liars and wenfe In for a battle royaL Of course the fight had to begin right at Mr. Bowser's feet. The first mad grapple aroused him from his agricultural dreams, and as be sprang up be stepped on a bundle of cats as big as a barrel and pitched for ward and rolled over. There was a long miuute in which Mrs. Bowser saw legs and arms and a bald bead and fire cats all mixed up and rolling over the grass, and then something struggled up with a whoop and dashed for the back door, with the cats in pursuit It was Mr. Bowser. He entered the iltcben with a crash, closed the door behind him with a bang, and she got down from her room just as he tum bled up the basement stairs. He was a licked man. He was an ex-savant. He was a played out agriculturist and a busted experimenter. She estimated the number of scratches in sight at 850, and the cats hadn't been sparing of their bites. "Well, the moon got in it« influence, 1 see," she remarked as she wondered where she could And rags and sweet ell. He looked around in a dazed way, bat did not answer. "Is It Savant Bowser or who?" A scared expression came into hla eyes, and he shuddered, and she led him up stairs to go into hospital for treatment. M. QUAD. HOW IT HAPPENED. A Pugilist Explains How He Was Given a Blaclc Bye. I had gone Into a Boston gymnasium to Inquire about a punching bag, and, Beeing a man there with a black eye, I ssked If he bad met with an accident. "I'll tell you what's de matter wid me," he explained after a bit "I was a-boxin here two or three days ago wid de St. Joe Kid, as be calls hlsself, and he struck me foul and blackened me eye. I'm a-layin for him here dis mornin, and if he comes, say, I'll put him to sleep in de middle of de first round. I'll show you how he hit me." He got up, pulled off his coat and vest and pulled on a pair of gloves, and about this time I remarked: "I'm perfectly willing to take your word for it. You needn't go to any trouble to demonstrate." "Oh, it's no trouble 'tall. Come inte de ring and I'll show you how he did It" "But, you see, I" "Come into de ring. What's de use of askln about me eye if you don't want to know how de kid blackened It?" He had gone to considerable trouble on my account, and I felt it was ojjly fair to step into the ring. N "Now, den, put up yer dukes," heN said as be squared off at me. "But, my dear sir, I never"— "Put up yer dukes. Do you want me to knock yer jaw off at de very first clip?" It looked to me as if he was an only child and not used to being crossed, and so I put up my dukes to keep him good natured. "Now prance around," he said as he began to dance and skip and feint at me. "What's the user I protested. "I can stand still while you explain mat ters." "Prance!" he yelled. It seemed policy to humor him In hla absurd theories, and so I began pranc ing. "Dat's de idea," he called as he dodg ed about "Now, den, hold yer right a little lower. Dat's it Up a little wid yer left Dat's de way." "But I assure you, my dear fellow t that I didD't come here to"— "Lead for me wid yer left!" "What for?" "Lead for me, I say! Do you want' to stand dere like a chump and let ma do all de work?" I didn't want to hurt the young man, but as he was willing to take the risks I led for him. I expected to knock him head over heels, but he was still circling around me after I got through leading. This astonishing fact led me to remark: "I think I will go now. I've got to be down at the house in Just 15 minutes. I can plainly see BOW how the kid"— "Swing yer right for me Jaw!" he yelled as his dancing and prancing grew more vigorous. "But I don't want to break your Jaw." "Swing wid yer right!" He had requested me to kill him, and I swung. I was wondering what the coroner's verdict would be when the roof fell In and everything turned dark. It was eight minutes afterward, as a small boy with a very honest face in formed me, when I awoke and found the roof al) right The boy and I were the only ones In the place, and he said my Jaw wouldn't bother me over two weeks. He was a good boy. He rub bed me with liniment brought me a glass of brandy and afterward helped me down stairs, called a carriage and told tbe driver what hospital to bring up at M. QUAD. Information Wutd. Mr. Clubman (to sergeant at police station)-! would like to have an inter view with that burglar you arrested for breaking Into my house last night Sergeant—l don't know that I can al low you unless you first tell me what you want to see him about Mr. Clubman—Oh, there's nothing se cret about It I just wanted to flna out bow he got Into my house so e&slly. It's more than I can do at night—Bos ton Courier. ■ade a Bad Matter Worse. The honeymoon was over, and they were comfortably settled In their snug little home. The husband, returning from business, was grieved to find his little wife crying bitterly. "Ob, George," she sobbed, "a dread ful thing has happened! I had made you a beautiful pie all by myself, and Fldo went and ate it" "Well, never mind, my dear," he said cheerfully. "We can easily afford an other dog."—Exchange.
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