VOL XXXVIII BICKELS Footwear.^ Sew Sto!.k of Fall Styles that will start the new season off with a rush. Largest stock and most handsome styles of fine footwear we have ever shown. SOROSIS— The new shoe for women—Eighteen new tall styles Dongola, Enamel, Patent-Kid. Patent-Calf and Box-Calf made with full extension soles in mediom or high tops; also complete stock o Bakers & Bowman's fine shoes in Bsx-calf, Enamel and Patent-cal , heavy soles, extention edge, the very latest, ranging in price from $3 oo to $: oo We have a full stock of the Carter Comfort Shoes and especially recommend them for their comfort giving qualities. Large assortment of Misses' and Children's fine shoes made in same styles a« best grades of Ladies Shoes. Special bargains in Misses' and Children's School Shoes. A. E. NETTLETON'S MEN'S FINE SHOES. Twenty new styl-.-s in Men's medium and heavy sole shoes Patent calf, Patent-vici. Cordovan, and Box-calf, full extension, heavy soles, box stitch; also complete stock of Schwab Bro's Mens I-ine Shoes in tlv: : test up-to date styles. The ahove lines of Men s fine shoes ranging in price from $3.00 to $7.00, t _ L Large assort tienc of Boy's, Youth's and Little Gents , fine shoes. FOR OIL MEN AND FARM-WEAR. "We 1 five a complete sleek of Gokey's handmade, whole stock, box-toe Boots and Shoes. Gokey's high cut copper-toe shoes for Boy's and high-cut water-proof shoes poller's shoes.bigb-cut.bov-toe,Bellis tongue,three heavy soles aud tap. All Sumine- Goods to be closed out regardless of cost , n , j 1 Big Bargains in Ladies' and Gent's, Misses and Children s Oxfords and slippers of all kinds. All Summer Shoes to be closed out at les? than half-price. JOHN BICKEL, 128 SOUTH MAUN STRLET. - • P.UTLF.R, PA HUSELTON'S Shoe Savings of 20 to 40 per cent Yeß, Shoes, too, have joined the Big Mid-Summer Trade Movement, and present purchasers are getting big discounts on former prices. Ladies' Kid Shoes, $1.50 Men's Tan and Blaek Welt $2 50 and $1.25 at $65 Oxfords, $3.50 and 4.00, at.2 85 Ladies' Tan Shoes 1 25 Men's Tan Welt Shoes 2 OO $2 00. 3.00 and 3.50 at 200 $3.50 and 5.00, at 2 85 Ladies' Kid Welt Shoes.... 160 Men's Black Vici Kid Balls, $3 .00 and 2-soat 215! $2 00, at 1 50 Ladies' Kid Oxfords „ Men's Patent Shoes 200 $1 OO and 150, now ■*° a °d Oxfords at 285 Ladies' patent Shoes tßc Men's Fine Satin Shoes at.. 100 $3.00 and 2 50, now - Boys' Fine Kid and Patent 1 00 Misses'and Children's 50 Leathers, 2co and 1.50.... 1 75 Mack and Tan Shc.es 90 Boys' Tan Shoes 2.00 and 75 $2.00,1.50,1.25, now 1 25 i.jo at 1 40 Infants', sizes 6to 8 at 38 Boys' Fine Satin Calf Shoes 85 J®*We lead them all in Men's and Boys' Working Shoes at money-saving prices. #®"We have cut prices on all of our immense stock. Come early. Big money-saving prices to clean up stcck. These prices tor cash only. HUSELTON'S BUTLER'S LEADING OPPOSITE SHOE HOUSE. HOTEL LOWRY HATS AT ,jSpi|§> SMALL PRICES. Our assortment of Outing Hats, Soft // l\ Hats, Sailor Hats, in fact every hat and j 'o^/ all Millinery must be cleared out at once. 11 TL 11 We are making a great sacrifice to close \\ \ ">s*• / I out this line. Never before has there \\ j been such an opportunity to secure bar- \\ // gains and value at so little figures. \\^ Rockenstein's, MILLINERY EMPORIUM. 328 Soutb Main Street, - _ Butltr.lPa KECK Spring Styles Qt "R Have a nattiness about thera that Jj] \ \ /) . // marks the wearer, it won't do to 'rt /W ». // l\ wear the last vear's output. You J Sj \ \hj (•flu p\ won't get the latest things at the / Q \J,—3 Li stock clothiers either. The up-to > \/ \\ jM IW C date tailor only can supply them, rrV I ill if you want not only the latest ll l\ if Vk 1/71 i/f things in cut and fit and work- 1 I I (111 a I nunsbip, the finest in durability, I I If lit where e'se can you get cotnbina- I If j I w tions, you get them at * ■ In 111 II • KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 42 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. Wil son Miller's Grocery Store, Butler, Pa. JUJ.I —— Subscribe for the CITIZEN. Ti IE BUTLER CITIZEN. " The Cure thai Cures ' Coughs, & \ Colds, j I) Grippe, !{ V Whooping Coußh. Asthrr.a. ) ,2] Bronchitis and Incipient A Consumotlon, i-j g foTJo^ f : l ] k Tte tfESttAN REM ED V (i P C\it«^\vcA.-aT,4 \ut\o. || 1 '-' ' • Don 11 a tho top of your i •. >♦ uud preserve Jars la j, , U;o old lushlonod way. yeal I .' - \ tu«ui bv tho cow, quick, . ' \ -r / ' ui>ao!i:tely suro w»f —by V • '•- •- , J, a tnin coatinu ofpure, U'i'j * 1 ri-Qnutl I'araflino \Vax. -• ' I*l "J lias lio lasto or odor. 1/1 ■".•■ I 1» »ir ticht ar.d ncid ;' t < —1 • "'-.'Hi proof. Ka»ily applied, p ' [■£ , ''* j, fy/ ways about th* house. I?- ' 1° '/7 I '' ull directions with I f \' \\ tf'yef each pound rake. ' ' i £'*."", l Sold everywhere. l, 0 "" AMENDMENT TO TliE OONSTITITION PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH KOK THEIK Al'- I'lioVALOi: REJECTION BY THE e uniform throughout the State, but laws regulating and requiring the registratiou of electors may be enacted to apply to cities only, provided that such laws be uniform for cities of the same class. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. W. W GUI EST. Secretary of the Commonwealth. AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION I'KOPOSEI) TO TIIE CITIZENS or THIS COMMONWEALTH TOR THEIR AP PROVAL OR REJECTION HV THE GEN ERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. PUB LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PURSU ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON STITUTION. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth. Section 1. Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania In General Assembly met, and it Is hereby enacted by the author ity of the same. That the following is pro posed as an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance witli the provisions of the Eighteenth article thereof. Amendment. Strike out section four of article eight, and insert in place thereof, as follows: Section 4. All elections by the citizens shall tie by ballot or by such other methixl as may be prescribed by law: Provided, That secrecy in voting be preserved. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. W. W. GRIEST. Secretary of the Commonwealth. m A You L Shouldn't y. Suffer V A With f i* a Corns or v* f Bunions & ►1 When < 4 JOHNSTON'S ► Corn i « Cure >1 K win i A Cure . Them ' In a J Short > * Time. i * Price ► > 25 cents. < Put ► m Up and 4 M Sold ► V onl y t Johnston's I Crystal ; M ► hPharmacy. K. M. LOGAN, Ph. G., L Manager, 4 W. IOC N. Main St., Butler, Pa Both 'Phones. F Everything in the k L drug-line. W. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST IS ISOI AT THE URN. Ida fitteth at the urn Every afternoon at three. Since tliat summer at Lucern* 1 am very fond of—tea. •*Bu<:ar?'* "Tliank you; just a lu»p. M Ah, l'ilatua, proud and fre«. How my foolish heart goes thump! I am v*rv fond of —tea. Ida sitteth at the urn. "One more cup?*' "Why, certainly." While we watched Swii* sunseta burn I grew very fond of—tea. Now we're married, ia a flat; She paints things: I write, you tee; Checa uud kisses and all that. And we're very fond of—tea. —Robert Loveman in Criterion. I With a View j :: to Matrimony, j "Can 1 dew anything moar for ye, Sally?" raid Bob Heron, the cowman, to his sister as he finished banging the mud and "muck" off the mats against the outhouse wall. "Why, whatever ha' come to ye?" said bin sister. "D'ye want anything?" For years Sally had token upon her self the unenviable task of looking aft er her old father and of "mothering" her three younger brothers. Her ef forts to keep them going in food and clothes were wont to meet with more unmerited abuse and foul lauguage than any return in the shape of atten tion, gratitude or help. This she felt the more as she was a woman with Meas of refinement that were unusual in the neighborhood of Frogsthorpe and took to heart the complaints of her great loutish brother* that "they hadn't got noo mother." Bob's desire to assist her 111 any way surprised her. "Narthen to sigerfy," said Bob sheep ishly. "Cnu't I dew narthen moar?" Sally bustled about and deftly tidied up the kitchen. Out of the corner of her eyes she watched Bob hanging •round uncomfortably with an evident wish to ask something and a reluctance to make a start "Shall I slucb the bricks down for ye?" inquired Bob. "Come aa do," said Sally. "Tell us what 'tfe Surely to goodness ye ain't afeard." "Will ye prarmus not to put the grin on tew me?" Bob asked. "Why, what should I want to do that for?" said Sally, who was getting in quisitive and knew the only way to ex tract information from her brother was to evince no curiosity. "But just as ye like. I can't keep muddlln about here all the mornln." "I vrant ye to tell me what to say," Bob gasped out. "Say? Say what? Whatever are ye talkin I don't know the meanin on't." "Well! There's a gal!" Bob began nervously. "All! There's plenty o' them," said Sally, unconcernedly. "I want ye to tell me what to saay In a letter," i urst out Bob. "Lor", Sally, she's a gre't wench; She's bigger'n yew. liar hair's that black! 'Taln't like yarn." (Sally was fair.) "She's big as me. An hnr eyes! Lor", har eyes fare to goo right irew ye they be Be shiny an se black." "A love li tter?" said Sally. "No, Bob, I don't Know nothln about love. I ain't gotn to mix up along o' no love." "Noo, noo!" expostulated Bob. " 'Taln't cciue to that ylt. But I see har brother t'c'her daay, an he axed me to goo oover t :i see har, an I axed him if I should write an tell har I wuz a-com in, an he f.*. id as he'd find out" "D'ye want to walk out with her, then?" 6aul Sally. "I doan't knoo azaekly as yit," Bob answered. "D'ye think ahe'd maake a good wife?" "How c::a I tell?" asked Sally, with some stiOT.' of reason. "Do I know her?" "Noo," said Bob. "But she bain't like yew. She's a strappin wench, an my missus 'ull hev to wark to help to 'arn the grub." "Do she wear a fall an gloves?" ask ed Sally slyly, reminiscent of fraternal remonstrances at her own occasional lapses Into gentility. "That she doan'!" said Bob. "She shan't wear noo fall nor noo gloves." "Ye'il have to treat her different to what you do me," said Sally, "or she won't put up wi't." "I'll trate her prarper," Bob prem ised. "She shall hev all the grub she can get down har, but ahe shan't hev noo bare nor stout. They doan't dew ye a might o' good." Bob was an adolescent valetudina rian in his way and was just then strong on total abstinence. "I wouldn't write no letter," said Sally. "That's dangerous. She might hev ye np for breach o' promise." "D'ye think soo?" said Bob, who in all ceremonial matters was guided by his sister. "That 'ould be best—to see her," said Sally. "llow offen hev ye seed her?" "I doan't knoo much on har, an tha'ss a fack," admitted Bob. "She's in sarv ice out at Chetbridge, an har brother Bxed me If I'd like to goo oover." "Well, that appears funny to me," mused Sally, keeping her countenance, but chuckling inwardly. "What d'ye want to write for?" "I'm a-gooln to dew the thing prarp er," Bob explained. "Not saam's as yew an yar chap what never came to narthen. I want to hev a prarper on nerstandin afoor I glta engaged, an I hain't got noo mother, wuss luck, an thote as yew'd help me." "Ye get your onnerstandin talkln," advised Sally. "That fare strange to me she should set her brother on to ye like that." "D'ye think soo?" said Bob nervously. "Hev ye ever kissed her?" asked Sal ly slyly. "Blaame it, noo!" Bob roared. "But I should wholly like tew,** be added Boftly. "Take her out an kiss her, then, an be done wi't," said Sally, more expe rienced in wooing. "But do ye mind ye bain't sucked in." "What d'ye inane?" asked Bob. "They Kay as fish hawkers cry stink- In fish the loudest," answered Sally ; V. "ail liar brother wholly k soo?" muttered Bob, alanu< vi u'. unconsidered possibilities, "But liar ryes maak ye Jump, they be le bright. She's the prat ties t gal ye ever see. I'll mask ye a bet on't," he added by way of self consolation. "I spooz," he said after a pause—"l spoo>; yew 'ouldn't write for me an ax har if sin . walk out wi' me. I bain't got noo mother to dew it, wuss luck." It may be incidentally remarked that Hob was 23 years of age and, with Ilia brothers, was always lamenting the want of a mother. That lady during her life left the charge of her young children altogether to Sally and neg lected tiieni and her home equally. "Yew may take your oath o' that," answered Sally firmly in reply to Bob's hint. "If ye got sucked In, ye'd lay it all on me. Ye must hoe your own land. Ye'd better tell her brother ye'll"meet her o' Sunday." "D'ye think soo?" said Bob and sub sequently acted on her advlea. • •••••• When Bob had finished the milking on Sunday morning and arranged for an evening substitute, he grew Into a fever of unrest. "Sally," he called, "wheer's my clane shut? Wheer's my collar? Will ye black my bewts for me? I'll gl'e ye tuppence. Come an tie my tie. Shall a weer a lower? D'ye think she'll like to goo to chapel? How dew I look in my new clothes?" At last Sally got him off and turned her attention to the midday meal. She sat up for his return at night. He came In about 10 and found his sis ter alone. The others had gone to bed. His face wore an expression of mingled indignation and shame. "Well, how did ye get on?" asked Sally. "Hev ye had your tea?" "I doan't want uoo tea." said Bob. "Le's goo to bed." "C.ood night, tlirn." saM Filly, know ing th< re r.a* : to cc but mak ing a pretense cf turning 0..: tho lsr.iji. "R!rrxi..e ! i:i Bob hcarsely. "Slit* -:n !.ar h. ■ !kt -::et c:e at Chet bri. frvper I'eelln*. Magistrate—l am told that you have already been convicted 14 times on this same charge. Aren't you ashamed to have to acknowledge that? Prisoner—No, your worship. I don't think uo man oughter be ashamed of 'is conwlctlons. Magistrate—Two mouths, without the option of a fine. Ileallatlc. "That canvas of mine that I call 'Sunset on the Jersey Meadows' it the most realistic thing I ever did." "Is it?" "Yes. You see that stagnant pool In the foreground? Well, sir, I had to sprinkle crude petroleum all over It to keep the mosquitoes off."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. TWO SCHOOLS. I pwt my hurt to school. In th* world m-kere roon grow wta*. "Go out," I «a.id. - »ntl I«rn th« rule. Com® l*ck when you win the prize." My lieirt rune back again, "And where is the prissl" I cried. "The rule wa, false, and the price was p*i% And the teacher's nam, w*a PriJe." I put my heart to gchool. In the wood, where wild birds aing, In th* Aelds where flowers spring. Where brocks run cool and clear And tb« blue of heaven bends near. "Go out," I said; "you are only a fool. But perhaps they can teach you here." "And why do you stay so long. Sly heart, and where do you roam?" The answer came with a laugh and s song, "f find this ,chool is home." —Henry Van Dyke in Atlantic Monthly. | AN EXCHANGE j |OF BAGS. | I ... By M. QUAD. X X Copyright, liwl, by C. B. L«wia X 1» i ♦ ; ♦ I ♦ 14 I bad been at a certain hotel In Lon don for three mouths while making researches in the interests of a client In Canada and had come to a point in my investigations where I was requir ed to go down to Canterbury to consult church records, and late one evening I began packing my bag for the trip. I jv.ns thus engaged when the t'.oor open ed and a stranger entered my room, lie was a man of about 50. well dress ed and having the look of a gentle man, and there was a bland smile on his face as he quietly observed: "I thought 1 heard you invite me to come in lu answer to my knock. Pray excuse me If I Intrude." He handed me a card ou which was engraved the name of Theodore E. Bliss, New Orleans, but his looks and accent did not go to show that he was a southerner. Ou the contrary. I knew he was a northern man. He was fair ly posted about my own town of To ronto. and. according to his statement, he had been offered a large plat of va cant property at a bargain. 1 knew TWO OFFICERS CALLED AND ARRESTED ME. the property and Its owner, and I knew the price to be low. We were talking away when there came a knock on the door, and as I rose to open It the landlord entered, and I saw a stranger behind him. "Ab, Mr. Cook," said mine host, "please excuse me. I thought you were out and some one might have entered your room. It Is all right—all right. Beg pardon, I'm sure." He was gone before I could ask any questions, and Mr. Bliss at once led the conversation back to the property and kept me so busy answering his queries that I bad no time to wonder over the Incident. He remained for a full hour. As be asked me to act as bis agent for the purchase of the prop erty and as he paid me £IOO on account I was forced to be more or less Inter ested, though I could not get over feel ing a bit put out at the way he bad entered my room. Before leaving he found that I was going down to Can terbury In the morning, and he laugh ingly exclaimed: "How very queerl Why, I'm going down there myself. I'll meet you at the station In the morning, and we'll make the Journey together." After I got to bed I began to go over the Incidents of the evening In a law yerlike way. I found I had some curi osity about the way the landlord had burst Into my room and also as to the Identity of the man who had remained in the background. Mr. Bliss bad seemed to talk straight enough, but I was considerably puzzled over him. After a night's sleep I felt better, how ever, or at least loss annoyed, and when Mr. Bliss joined me at the sta tion I gave him cordial welcome. In a casual way I also noticed that he car ried a Gladstone bag, but of course I thought nothing of It at the time. We were a little early for the train and had taken our tickets and were walk ing up and down the platform when I was accosted by a stranger who ask ed for a word In private. I suspected at once that he was a detective. When we had stepped aside, he respectfully Inquired: "Am I right In believing that you are Mr. Cook of Toronto, Canada?" "Perfectly so," I replied. "You are stopping at the King's Arms?" "I am." "And the party with yon?" "Mr. Theodore E. Bliss, sir." "Ah, Just so! Thanks, sir. Mr. Bliss, being In your company, must be all right Good day, sir." Had he lingered I might have put some questions myself, but as he hur ried away Instead I turned to my friend. Mr. Bliss was humming an nir to himself and appeared cool and placid. He asked no questions, and I volunteered no Information. I was upset again, however. If Mr. Bliss was all right because he was In mj company, the d»tectlve must have had a suspicion of him previous to this meeting. I had In a way guaranteed the man, and had I been right or wrong? As soon as we had taken our seats in the train 1 began to pump him as if I had him on the witness stand. In the course of an hour he made a dozen slips about Toronto, and he dodged so many questions that I made up my mind he was a man I wanted nothing to do with. I Insisted on returning his money and taking back the receipt, and I declined to act as his Igent In any manner. lie was certain ly surprised ami put out, but he did not argue the matter. Just before we reached Guilford Junction ho said he must get off there to see to a little business, but we did not part in bad feeling. It was not until I arrived at Canterbury that I discovered there had been a change of bags. Mr. Bliss had taken mine and left his. Perhaps it was not exactly the right thing to do, but in my room at the ho tel I tried my keys on the lock of the strange bag and opened It. It was stuffed full of what I at first supposed to be clothing, but after a little inves tigation I grew white In the face and weak In the knees. Down below the clothing were English consols and rail- way Itonde to the amount of half a million dollars. I didn't have to figure much to come to the conclusion that a big robbery had been pulled off and that Mr. l'.lUs was in It. It was my duty to Inform the police at once, but liefore I could leave the hotel two offi cers called aud arrested me. They had me red handed, as it were, and even at the police station they would pay no attention to my assertions or prot estations. In England a person un der arrest is deemed guilty, at least by the police. I was taken back to London, where the robbery had oc curred, and, though I had money and credentials and was an Innocent man. It took me four weeks to get out of the grip of the law. Meantime the asinine officers had given Mr. Bliss time to get half around the globe. How the man knew I was from To ronto and stopping at the King's Arms I cannot say, but he had robbed a broker's office near by, left the satchel at a fruit stand and entered the hotel to escape the crowd on his track. He had come direct to my room and had thereby saved himself. When h side to see around and over the lofty mass of blossoms. Chinese Barbers. The barber's calling Is supported by government. What If bis little squat razor only covers an Inch or two at the time and makes the operation unneces sarily tedious. He has the advantage of knowing that he represents lawful authority. He ought never to suffer from being out of work. Then his perquisite, the combings, makes up for natural deficiency. He can sell at clear profits tails of his own collecting and making. Perhaps the fact that Chinese balr offers little vari ety in color simplifies this article of commerce. The more sable the better. Children's heads are shaved In order that it may be as black and thick as possible. Black Is much more cheerfuL A Chinaman plaits white silk Into his hair when he goes Into mourning. Tales of a tall might be multiplied. The Chinaman's is more expressive than any that has not the power to wag with satisfaction or droop with dismay. For convenience in work It is fastened up In a coil, but for a man to speak to his superior without letting It down is an Insult. No Christian would enter church in this dishabille. A stranger might possibly do so, and In such a case, before beginning the service, the officiating minister would fix him with a glance aud politely—for the natives expect politeness under all circum stances—address him, "Sir, will you kindly let down your tail?"— Quiver. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. If brooms are hung in the cellarway, they will keep soft and pliant. Lamp wicks should never be longer than will reach to the bottom of the oil well of the lamp. If a piece of calico Is pasted over holes and cracks in plaster, they may be whitewashed or papered over and will hardly show. Add a little turpentine to the water with which the floor Is scrubbed. It will take tiway the close smell and make the room delightfully fresh. Excellent lamp wicks may be made of men's soft felt hats by cutting them Into strips the width required, letting them soak two hours in vinegar and drying tliera. A bed should never be made under two hours from the time it has been slept In. It should be aired thoroughly and beaten until It is light. Open all the bedroom windows and let the fresh air and sunlight into the room. If you have handsome vases on the mantelpiece or on top of the bookcase, etc., fill tliem with clean dry sand, which will them so they will not be overturned easily. In buying any ornament be careful to examine the bottom and see that It Is perfectly flat and so will stand steady. For Beach or Watert "I wish to get a bathing suit," she said. "What kind, please?" asked the sales ma^ "uli, as to color" "I don't mean the color," he explain ed politely. "Do you want something that will er will not wash?"— Chicago Post. Summer Wlatfnlneas. I lea' sits here a-wishin an a-wishin all de day; I wiiht dey'd git de col' wive flag in bang It out to stay. I wiilit dat wo wai gatlierin d« tweet persimmon crop An thakin at de trees to git de hlck'ry nuts to drop. I'd lika to iee de autumn leave! in gohgeoumeia complete An den walk in de wooda an feel 'em icruncbin 'neaf my feet. I wiibt my feet would wobble when I itrlkea a liidin track. An I wiibt some boy would hit me wit a snowball in de back. But here I is a-moanin at de botness of dc breeze An listenin to de locusses a-scrcamin in de trees An longin toll de frost in•; Well to Raise a Few Horses. A belief exists all over the east that m the future the west cop be depended upon to supply horses at, a less cost* than eastern farmers cgii afford. tOj false them. A month's sojourn in thej nest looking up the horse Industry i loads me to the conclusion that sucaj belief Is unfounded, says a National Stockman writer. The plain facts tfie low prices of a few years past hav® more effectually driven the western j breeder out of breeding horses than the, Kistern breeder. True, there are horses ( found In plenty In the sulo stables. Butj the quality of them Is poor—ln factp pery poor In many cases. Scarcely Srst class carriage, coach or draft horsg, can I find. By far too many of themj tre 100 pounds too light for carriage': horses, and when I do find one largOj enough with a kind disposition and telligent I find him poorly formed. There are no doubt good sires In thej country west of the Mississippi, butj they are comparatively scarce. There! ire some very good mares left there yet I an the farms. But with the sires atj present there no considerable numlw^j No 32." ►rn markets for BOfijeYeftrrfT'Tblß ran >e depended upon. The west bae seem ingly been uinilc the dumpftjg ground for the cull stallions of the eastern itates. The farmer of New YOflC, Pennsyl-i vania or Ohio wbo has good mares wllfl do well to breed them to good fires and thus be ready In the future to supply! au Increasing demand for good horses. Of that I have not the slightest doubt ' In the east the fall colt can be raised where the mare Is one of the team and but little or no Inconvenience experi enced. The colt can be weaned J nit l>efore pasture and raised with little expense to supply the farm teamJ which In the future will talc© more money than In the past to buy or I am no prophet, and I think I am after] looking over the horse situation. THE COS LETTUCES, : Crlup, Cool and Hefrnhlig DltltS the Summer Months. The Cos or "celery" varieties Of let'' tucc resist warm weather well and are •kiphly esteemed for their crisp, brittle, leaves and cool, refreshing flavor dur-j Ing the hot summer months. The Paris White Cos Is grown all over the world and Is generally con-, ceded to be the finest of all the Cos serts. The surface of the outer leaves Is a little raised between the larger nerves, PARIS WHITK COS LBTTtTCI. I [Plant VHTIV* Inches tcroor] the snrface of the Inner leaves oocstd*! erably folded. The heads are Bto 12: Inches high, rounded at the ends, firm] and weigh from 12 to 24 ounces enctu In quality this variety Is hardly suf.J passed by any kind of lettuce. It la customary to tie the leaves together] when the heads are forming, when the plants are well grown this Ifl' not always necessary. Other varieties closely resembling the above and which appear to be hardly distinct from It are the Trianon Cos and the Farls Self Folding Cos. Tbe White Heart and Dwarf White Heart, if distlhct varieties, differ but little from the Paris White Cos and are In ferior to it. The Paris Green Cos Is a little deeper, green than the Paris White and the plant not quite so large, but matures a few days earlier. Balloon Cos has leafy plants and the heads not very firm even when tied. Ground Cos Is a dwarf variety, Inter mediate between Paris White and As paragus Cos. Asparagus Cos has little valne as a garden esculent, although some people] like the fleshy midribs, which are tender, juicy and peculiarly pleasing to the taste if gathered Just before the blossom stalks show In the center ot the plants. 9«( M Out*. Professor Blum of the Louisiana ex periment station has made tests and; analyses from which the conclusion is drawn that sugar cane grown on the, • yellow sandy pine lands of Georgia and' North Carolina is fully the equal In' sugar content of the best grown any-j where and superior to Louisiana cane ( In the proportion of 16 per cent to lis per cent. \ Agricultural Kotea. Where the mower has not worked; Irell in cutting cowpea vines that are on the ground a bean harvester in-j tended for navy beans has been found successful. Kansas wheat growers are to have seed of tbe hard, red, Russian or Tur key wheat direct from the Crimea. It Is Imported through the State Millers' and State Grain Dealers' associations and will be distributed after the mid dle of July. Sugar beets should not be permitted) to dry out after being dug, as there is always a loss of sugar. Hessian fly, the bane of wheat grow, crs in the older states, appears to bt going westward. Secretary Ooburn of: Kansas is credited with the advice to. burn the wheat stubble as soon M tie wheat is removed from the £lel& Dojpestlo Mmt*. "Boxmo JOHJore's eab#." —Chicago News. . Submerged Diagnosis. *1 don't know whether It is rheuma tism or humidity, but I can hardly get around this morning," groaned the mermaid. "I think yqu have too much lead is your keel," retorted her fair compan ion gayly. It only goes to show how, almost un consciously, fashionable vernacular In sinuates Itself into our daily con versa* tion.—New York Marine Journal. Aa It Were, Waggs—Bllkum calls his new Witt E Pluribus Unum. Wiggs—W h y? Waggs—Well, in substance, he means "one composed of many." He finds thnt she has false teeth, a glass eye, excelsior hair, a cork foot, French complexion and a marble heart. Real ly, E Pluribus Unum Isn't half bad.»- San Francisco Bulletin. Jnat the Same. Bobby—Mamma, if God is as good as you say he is, why doesn't he always answer our prayers? "He does, Bobby, when they deserve to be nnswered." "Well, I prayed tfcat I might not steal any more Jam out of the butler'« pantry, but it didn't make any differ ence."— Life. Ambition causes a fool to Jnmp at tbe moon and fall In the mud.—Chicago News.