VOL XXXVIII
BICKEL'S
Fall and Winter Footwear-
For the past three months we have been making preparations
for our extensive fall and winter stock of Hoots and Snoes.
Great care has been taken in selecting a line of good solid water
proof j hoc for country tr,->de, for well we know how people appreci- J
ate good water-proof footwear.
It is gratifying to say that prices this fill wii- be cheaper than
last season as prices on stock is lower and consequently will be able ,
10 give much belter values for the money.
It h aKv.-tv- been our aim to have a large assortment of fine |
footwear m i l. by the leading manufacturers and you will agree with
us that the orosis', Barker & Bowman Co's , Duttenhoffer & Son's.
A. E. i\\uiet'-n's, Schwab Bro's and P. Cogan & Son's line of Ladies'
and Gent s. H. y's a d Youth's, Misses' and children's fine shoes in
Patent Leathers, D.ngolas, Enamels, Box-Caifs, and Cordovans in
medium i.r heavy soles, extension edges are more handsome and
up to-ii te ih ti' ever.
FOR OIL MEN AND FARM WEAR.
W't- 1 ave ?. c< mpleU* sb.ek of Gokey's hand-made, whole stock, box-toe Boots
and Shoes. Gokej high cut ccpper-toe shoes for Boy's and high-cut water-proof
shoes for
ffrßubber and Felt Goods^f
Cur stoek of Rubber and Felt Goods is extremely large, and
owini, to the large orders which we placed we were aole to get very
close pric.v. nd am in a position to ofk-r y»u the lowest prices for
best g:ailes of Felts and Rubber Goods.
An immense business enables us to name the very lowest prices
for reliable footwear. When in need of anything in our line give us a call
JOHN BICKEL,
12b i OUTH MAIN STREET. - - SUTLER, PA
| IN CONNECTION WITH OUR *
£ 3rd Annual Shirt Waist Sale \
s <
< WHICH IS NOW ON, WE HAVE A >
I >
I General Clearance Sale ?
/ OF OUE ENTIRE STOCK OF SUMMER GOODS. \
v There are just a few left, so do not delay <
C if you want a genuine bargain. }
/ We have four tables, that have made (
j records for themselves the last few days.
\ sc. 10c. 25c and 50c Tables. \
( The bargains to be found on these, have
I never been equaled and never will be \
? beaten in Butler county. Simitiar bargains L
all over the store. \
I Duffy's Store. S
I HATS AT
SMALL PRICES. //^CgbaMFN
Our assortment of Outing Hats, Soft I II
lints, Sailor Hats, in fact every hat and 1 j Ngg " / j
all Millinery must be cleaned out at once. :\l tL I
We are making a great sacrifice-to close \\
out this line. Never before has there \A j]
beta such an opportunity to secure bar- \\ . ijlv //
gains and value at so little figures.
Rockenstein's,
MILLINERY EMPORIUM.
i*> Sautb Main Street, - .. Brtler iPa
■ ]
K E C Iv
Spring Styles
Have a nattiness about thein that • yL. I f\ [T f'l
marks the wearer, it won't do to ff] rdj (I |yir<\ fJf Ok
wear the last year's output. You . J \J L\tA/ W| jr\
won't get the latest things at the / p \ Njcj (H
stock clothiers either. The up-to- J 1/ VVsT ity
C date tailor only ian supply thein, . "j A Y/\..
if you want not only the latest V / I 1/ /1 If |
things in cut and fit* and work- II (ft I
manship, the finest in durability. > ( i I I I
where e'se can you get combina- ,[j l I . J// /1 I
tions, you get thorn at t" / IIJ [A
KECK
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
42 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed. Butler, Pa
Removal Notice!
C. F. T. Pape,
Watchmaker
Will be found 011 and after A| >ril Ist at
121 East Jefferson street, opposite G.
Wilson Miller's Grocery Store, Butler, Pa.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
State Library j*lyol
C E.MILLER
Wants IVlore Room and
has made another deep
cut on ail summer gc L.
Prices will do talking.
One lot of Ladies' White
Slippers 24c j
One lot of Ladies' Cloth lace
Shoes, 3 and 4 24c
All our Ladies's Tan Shoes
summer goods 98c
Or ■ lot Spring-heel Shoes
verr 4>2, 2 50 and 3.00..5!.24
< K t <.•: : udit.s' Patent
Leathi-r Shoes $1 98
Ladies' Serge Slippers 25c
Ladies' Serge Gaiters 48c
Men's Slippers 48c
Men's Slippers 48c
Men's, Boys' and Youths'
Tan and Black Shoes. ... 98c
Men's Good Plow Shoes 98c
One lot of Men's Hutton Pat
Leather, were $5 $ 1 -9 s
abjut A Price.
Space will not permit us to <;o
into detaiis, but during -August
all summer goods must go. Our
fall goods sre arriving daily a; d
we must have room.
Bring Girl to This Sale
All our MNs ' and Children's
Shpper? in red, black, t?n, blue
and whice, reduced to 48c.
If you want to buy footwear at
your ov.ll price, come to this
Great Clearance Sale, and come
q nick, too.
C. E. HILLLR'S
m
A You kl
Shouldn't vA
yJ Suffer
With f A
f'A orns or
[f Bunions IpJ
When C^
jf JOHNSTON'S y
CCn^S
4 ly w
rl Johnston s
5 Crystal fo
h Pharmacy, ki
R. M. LOGAN, Ph. G.,
Manager, "4
Fm 100 N. Main St., Butler, I'a
Both "Phones. W Jf
VA Everything in the
drug-line.
DEALERS in ready made clothing
represent tbeir wares as "Tailor made'
"custom made" &c., but they ask the
regular prices of ready made and the
boast is understood. But when tbey
offer to take your measure, promise to
have the clothes made for you and
charge the tailors price, they impose
upon your credulity Whether their
misrepresentation is wilful or negligent
the result to you is the same,
Most men want what they pay for and
ate willing to pay for the superior
quality of made to measure clothes
Our garments are cut and made to your
measure in our own workshop in But
ler, not by fair-to-middling work
men, but by expert tailors.
Handsome Spring Goods
At Business Bringing Prices.
ALAND,
MakerJof Mil's Clothes
M. H. MILLKR.
FIRE and LIFE
INSURANCE
and REAL ESTATE.
Office— Next door to Citzein office
i Butler, Pa.
BUTLER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 lir>ol
mmJf
Pain in Head, Side and Back.
For years I Buffered with pain in the head,
pain In the side, and in the small of the back.
1 was nervous and constipated and could not
Kleep.» Tho pills and other medicines I tried
or.lv made a bad matter worse. Then 1 tried
Celery Kin g. One package cured me ami
made a new woman of me.—Mrs. Th. Klee
hammer, Croton-on-Hudson, N. V.
Celery Kins cures Constipation and Nerve,
Stomach, J.iver und Kidney Diseases. 2
preserves and pickles, spread H
I PURE REFINED
FARAFFINE
■ Will m al«olutely and
■ ufcf'ful in u dozen other ways about tho B
I house. Full directions In each package. Ki
STANDARD OIL CO.
CATARRH
LOCAL'DISEASE
and is the resti!t of colds and fgjf *°S&ASUPF-COIDI
tudden climatic changes. I
For your Protection A
we positively state that this
remedy does not contain - Cv ill
mercury or any other injur- JnH
Ely's Cream BalmKs6™
is acknowledged to he the most thororjrh care for
Nasal Catarrh, Cold In llcad and Ilay lever of all
remcdie . It ouens and ck-ariscs the n.ifal passages,
allays pain ana inflamniMion, heals the gores, pro
tects the me: .hrane from colds, restores the senses
of taste and smell. I'riceMe. at Drnsßlstsorby mall.
ELI" lil'.o i li£l:s, SS Warren Street, New York.
AMENDMENT TO THF. CONSTITUTION
l'UOI'«>:-EI» TO THE CITIZENS OF
TIIIS (X)M MON WEALTH FOh TllKlk AP
PROVAL Ol! I{EJECTION BY TIIF. GEN
ERAL Af.-KMBI.Y OF THE COMMON
WEALTH OK PENNSYLVANIA. I'I'H
LISIIED 15V OKDEKOE THE SF.CKKTAKY
OF THE COMMONWEALTH. IN I'l HSI -
ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON
STITUTION.
A .1 Ol NT RESOLUTION"
Proposing ■ amendment to the Constitution
• f the Commonwealth.
Section i 15c it resolved by the Senate and
House of 1' presentatlves of the Common
wealth in Genera! Assembly met. That tlie
following i proposed as amendments to the
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania. in accordance with the provisions
of the eigli' nth article thereof:
Amendmen One to Article Eight. Section
One.
Add at 11 end of the first paragraph of
said sectio: after the words "shall be en
titled to \ . • at all elections." the words
"subject !>• • over to such laws reciuiring and
regulating e registration of electors as the
General A .-nibly may enact," so that tins
said sectio hall read as follows:
Seetion 1 Qualifications of Electors. Every
male citiy.<" twenty-one years of age, pos
sessing tin following qualifications shall be
entitled to > >t« at all elections, subject how
ever to sin taws requiring and regulating
theregisti. Hon of electors as the General
Assembly i .y enact:
1. Ho sin 11 have been a citizen of the
United St.-i at least one month.
He sin: i have resided in the State one
year (or. li. ■ ing previously been a qualified
elector or i •.tlve born citizen of the state, lie
shall have • <-d therefrom and returned,
then six mt • .) immediately preceding the
election.
il. He sha .ve resided in the election dis
trict wlier. ■ shall offer to vote at least two
months In,:, odiatoly preceding tho election.
4. Iftwei. .. -two years of ago and upwards,
he shall h. paid within two years a State
or county ; .which shall have been assessed
at least tw< months and paid at least one
month l«?fi the election..
Amendmei. Two to Article Eight. Suction
Seven.
( Strike oi: . from said section the words "but
; no electors .ill be deprived of the privilege
of voting by reason of his name not being
registered," and add to said seetion the fol
lowing word.,, "but laws regulating and re
quiring the registration of electors may be
enacted to apply to cities only, provided that
such laws be uniform for cities of the same
class," so that the said section shall read us
follows:
Section 7. Uniformity of Election Laws.
All laws regulating the holding of elections
by the citizens or for the registration of
electors shall be uniform throughout tin-
State, but laws regulating and requiring the
registration of electors may be enacted to
apply to cities only, provided that such laws
be uniform for cities of the same class.
A truocoi y of the Joint Resolution.
W. W OKI EST.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
™ PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF
THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP
PROVAL oli REJECTION HY THE GEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON
WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, PUB
LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
IOF THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PI RSI -
ANCE OF ARTICLE XVII! OF THE CON
STITUTION.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the. Commonwealth.
Section 1. Be 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
be by ballot or by such other met hod 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.
BUTLER
BUSINESS
COLLEGE.
Fall term begins, Monday, Sept. 2, 1901
COURSES.
1- —Practical Book-keepers. 2—Expert
Accountants. 3 —-AmanuensisShorthand,
4 —Reporter's Shorthand. s—Practical5 —Practical
Short Course in Book-keeping, for those
who merely wish to understand the
simpler methods of keeping books. 6
English.
Our Teachers—We have four at present
always as many as we need, no more.
POSITIONS.
We have filled 35 positions thus far
the present term and wc expect to fill at
least 15 or 20 more by the nest term.
We could place two or three times that
many every term if we hail them. We
need an abundance of first class material.
All young men and young women having
a 1 English education should take
ail". aniagi f-f one or both of our courses.
Many nt« and important improve
ment.-. for next year. Call at the office
ami see us. 11 you are interested be sure
'o get a copy of our new catalogue, also
circulars.
BUTLER BUSINESS COLLEGE.
A. F. REGAL, Prin.,
319-327 S. Maiu St.. Butler, Pa.
L. C. WICK,
DEALER IN
LUriBER.
EBB TIDB.
I? God should Craw life's vt iHntf flood »way.
What 6iirhti the human Leach could thow the dty!
What doubts, vrhat creepi if what drrama
long drowned; -
hope*, like {Allen slara, would there be
found;
What wreckage where the surface calmly *!« cps!
What fhallowj where we mo6t had looked for
detpii
Svr. recks of cruelty that lie concealed,
Clav! in pale uceJi of vice, might rise rev. alej
Where monster habits in their slimy pride
Through falsehood's clinging brine securely gLido.
Ciod pity all! Ah, may his own grace hide
And save our secret souls from such ebb tide!
—Martha Gilbert Dickinson.
rDANGEROUS I
j GROUND. <
3 ... By n- QUAD- C
C CopjTight, 1001, by C. D. Lewis. j
When leave of absence was granted
tue after my first year «t the military
post of Allubnbad, I did not go up to
the hills with others seeking recrea
tion nor y«-t Into the jungles pecking
big game. In a cautious way. so as
not to expose myself to ridicule, I had
made inqnirles and ascertained that
Rajpoor Gyah, well known in con- ,
nection with the occult, lived but 50 ,
miles away in a hut by himself and :
was willing to take me as a pupil, i
Without a word to anybody but my ;
native servant I set out one morning j
and rode to the but and received a ,
dignified welcome. 1 must tell you j
that Rajpoor Gyah was a most won- j
derful magician, a great healer of the !
sick and ailing, and that on several oc- j
casions he had apparently died, been
buried for three days and then been
resurrected and brought back to life,
lie was not an old man, but one of
I COULD PUT MY HAND ON HIS HEAD.
distinguished look and bearing, and
the common people reverenced him and
believed that be could do anything he
willed. The British authorities had
watched him closely for a year or two,
ready to pounce down upon him should
be utter words of sedition, but thus
far be had not meddled with politics
In any manner. lie was generally re
ferred to by tbe English as a fakir and
a charlatan, but I had a far higher
estimate of him.
Rajpoor Gyah's hut stood among the
hills on the edge of a jungle and was
not an uncomfortable place. He bad
With him many books and parchments
relating to the mysteries of life and
death and likewise many relics and
souvenirs from various temples and
forgotten cities. I felt at home with
the man, and yet in a sense I feared
him. Now and then he looked at njo
In a way that took all my will power
away, and I realized that he bad but
to speak and 1 should be compelled to
obey. Up to that little or nothing was
known of hypnotism, but there were
people who could magnetize by rub"
bing the forehead. Nothing worthy of
note happened for the first three days.
Then, after our humble breakfast, Raj
poor Gyah put his hands on my shoul
der and looked Into my eyes and said:
"Brother, go forth and find me a
cobra and bring it here, that I may
Bee what soul has passed into it."
1 had a natural horror of serpents,
and It was only with a great effort that
1 could approach a dead one, but I set
out on my mission without the slight
est reluctance. The man's will had
overpowered mine. Ilad be told me to
walk through fire 1 should lmve done
so. I set out and wandered about, and
after a time I espied a cobra sunning
Itself on a rock. I walked straight up
to the horrible thing and picked it up
In my hands. It writhed and hissed,
but did not strike me. Carrying it
coiled about my right arm, I arrived at
the hut, and Rajpoor Gyah took It from
me and snt down and sang to it In a
low voice. The serpent grew quiet and
stretched itself out at our feet, and by
and by the man said to me:
"It was a serpent before, and it Is a
serpent now. We will let it go away."
After throe or four minutes the cobra
became more active and went crawling
away, nnd I felt so weak and lethargic
that I fell upon a couch and was pres
ently asleep. It was afternoon when I
awoke and found Rajpoor Gyah bend
ing over me and touching my face with
his soft fingers. When I sat up, he
snid:
"Come and walk with me, and I will
chow yon a tiger's path. Tonight you
will go into tho juugle and find a tiger
and briug Idm to me, and you shall
hear us converse together."
Wo walked for two or three miles,
and as we walked Rajpoor Gyab point
ed out misshapen trees nnd told me
that the spirits of bad men had passed"
Into them nnd made them what they
were. By and by we came t« a path
used by animals as they passed from
the jungle to the stream and back, and
the mail said:
"Look well about you, that you may
find the path lu the night."
Then we returned home, and he pre
pared the evening meal. As we lingered
over it he told me the soul of his
brother, who had been a bad man and
had been hung for murder, had passed
into the body of a Jackal, but the pray
ers of his widow and children had per
haps prevailed ere this and the soul
had been whitened by passing Into the
body of a tiger. It was an hour after
dark when I set out. having no weap
ons whatever. There were wolves and
hyenas and panthers and tigers in that
district, and it was notorious for its
serpents, but 1 felt no personal fear .is
i passed along. When I struck the
path, 1 boldly entered the jungle, and
I believe I had gone a distance of halt
a mile when I caught siirht of the glit
tering eyes of some animal before me.
I cried out to know If it was a tigpr,
and. being assured in some maurier
that I cannot explain that it was, I
turnoil about aud retraced my steps.
When I reached the ope- ground, I
looked over my shoulder ar-d saw a
tiger trotting at my heels. He came
closer until I could put my hand on his
head, and so we finally arrived at the
cabin.
"You have done well, very well,"
said ltn.ipoor Gyah to me as he rose
up from tils seat sit the door. "Sit you
down and smoke and listen." i
Then he began talking with the tiger.
It was not lu the same tongue as ho
tAfced to roe, but yet I could under
stand most of «lint ha said. while tho
tiger answered by whines I'or yes auJ
growls for 110.
"It is not my brother," said the man
to me. "The soul of my brother Is still
In the body of the jackal. It was
blacker than 1 thought for. The tiger
may go now*. It was kind of him to
come."
The tiger rase up and stalked off,
looking back at us once or twice, and
then we went to bed. When morning
came, I felt clear headed, but weak in
limb, though my appetite was fair. An
hour after our utcal Raj poor Gyab said
to me:
"You must help me to cleanse the
world of its wickedness. Go forth anil
find a ryot nud bring him here, and we
will burn the soles of his feet and
make him confess his misdeeds."
I went without hesitation. The high
road was only half a mile distant, and
as I struck it 1 turne ! t>> t! ■ r . lit. hop
ing soon to meet with farmer on
his way to market ' 't I ppened.
however, the mail e the first
to come along and < th >\ was a
brother officer Thru- was something
In my appearance t .t; prise,
end ns I auswere-l "t r.t:uiom when
(jUe6tioni'l 1 *u< t<. 1 tip and :i to
| the next t- >* u There I !.' 1 a tier'., - s
, chill and v .:; on the sick t r.l f ■
I night. 11- v :..h .1 J. l it" ' 0
! out to find It* r Gyah and l-r :
j him to book tint lie had van'slu-sl I
1 carried toe tt.euiory of e\ery s ::g!o
j incident clearly l:i my head for months
j and months, hut found U . t others. ::: .1
| particularly •>cd!cnl men. d :: :r.'ed
j with me. Thejr declared my a.'.ventures
I with cobra and r to I e hypnotic
' dreams and that I had not left the
cabin at ail but when it < ::: :e to the
I question of how I was f :nd on the
highway no one could more than guess.
However. I had trodden on dangerous
ground, and I resolutely turn il from
the whole subject and put il behind me
beyond resurrection.
Dla<]Ualli;<-<l For Oiler.
During a warm gubernatorial canvass
in Kentucky one of the candidates
found bluuclf in the mountain districts
a long way irom town, very tired and
hungry. lie slopped at a little cabin
on the mountain side and, introducing
himself as a candidate for the govern
orship. asked for something to eat.
The worn ait gave him a much better
meal than he had expected and wound
up the repast with a pie of the most
delicious flavor. The candidate quickly
cleared his plate and then said, with
his most engaging smile:
"Madam, this is 3 most delicious pie,
but 1 declare that T do not know what
fruit this Is. Certainly nothing like !t
grows down where I come from. Will
you have the kindness to tell me what
it Is?"
The woman looked nt him for a full
minute, her astonishment at last giving
way to supreme scorn
"Where did you come from?" she
finally found voice to ask "YOll say
you're up for governor an don't know
huckleberries! Tears to roe you ain't
fittcn for office. Don't know huckleber
ries!"
It was n crisis In the candidate's life,
and he lingered another hour, so the
story goes at all events, and made pro
fuse explanations before he was satis
fied that his opponent would not get
the vote of that cabin.
Duelist* Who Old Xot Kill.
The two most famous duelists who
never killed their men known to his
tory are the Chevalier de Saint Georges,
a mulatto, who was reputed to be the
finest fencer In Franco, and in more
recent time M. Georges de Labruyere,
who constituted himself the champion
of Mine. Seberlne. editress of the Cris
„ du Peuple. Both these champions of
the sword fought scores of duels in
which severe wounds were given and
taken, but both were hutnatu and chiv
llrous and never took life, at their okill
would have enabled them U. do.
In his duel with Lieutenant de Mell
ville M. Labruyere was run through
the right lung and almost Immediately
afterward pierced his opponent's left
lung. Boih had to be carried off the
field, but they ultimately recovered. In
this connection it may be noted that
the ridicule In which certain English
papers Indulge in with regard to French
and Italian dueling Is generally quite
beside the point. Every duelist takes
his life In his hand and can practically
kill his adversary when he chooses, but
If the stroke is not made according to
the laws of fence he is certain to be
killed himself In doing it. This Is why
the drawing of blood Is considered to
be a satisfaction for Injured honor.
POOR AND BIG HEARTED.
Specimen* of Ihe Hospitality of the
Southern Mountaineer.
The latchstring hangs outside every
cabin door if the men folk are at home,
but you must shout "Hello!" always
outside the fence.
"We uns is pore," you will be told,
"but y'u're welcome ef y'u kin put up
with what we have."
After a stay of a week at a mountain
cabin a young "furriner" asked what
his bill was. The old mountaineer
waved his haud. "Nothin," he said,
♦"cept come ag'n!"
A belated traveler asked to stay all
night at a cabin. The mountaineer an
swered that his wife was sick, and
they were "sorter out of fixin's to eat,
but he reckoned he niought step over
to a neighbor's an-borrow some." He
did step over, and he was gone three
■ hours. He brought back a little bag
of meal, and they had corn bread and
potatoes for supper and for breakfast,
cooked by the mountaineer. The
stranger asked how far away his next
neighbor lived. "A leetle the rise of
six miles, 1 reckon," was the answer.
"Which way?"
"Oh, jes' over the mountain thar."
He had stepped six miles over tho
mountain and back for that little bag
of meal, and he would allow his guest
to pay nothing nest morning.
1 have slept with nine others In a sin
gle room. The host gave up his bed to
two of our party, and he and his wife
slept with the rest of us on the floor.
He gave us supper, kept us all night,
sent us away next morning with a
parting draft of moonshine applejack,
of his own brewing, by the way, and
would suffer no one to pay a cent for
his entertainment. That man was a
desperado, an outlaw, a moonshiner
and was running from the sheriff at
that very time.
Two outlaw sons were supposed to
have been killed by officers. I offered
aid to the father to have them decently
clothed and burled, but the old man,
' who was as bad as his sons, declined It,
left for that, and if not, why, he had.—
"The Southern Mountaineer," by John
Fox, Jr., In Scrlbner's.
Agreed.
Poet—Can't you use my poem?
Editor—No.
Poei (sorrowfully!— Well, it's too bad!
Editor—.lust what I said when I read
t It—decidedly punk.—Chicago News.
ONION HARVEST.
(Then to Tall Them-llow to Bull* •
I'lle nnd Ventilate It.
The thorough farmer has no weeds la
his onions when harvest time conies.
A clean field adds greatly to the pleas
ure and economy of harvesting thw
crop. White otilous should be pulled
as MXJU us fungous spots begin to show
on the outer leaves. Pull three rows at
a time and lay together straight, with
the tops all one way. Let them lie
kours. If good weather,* before piling.
Two forms of piles are used here, the
small round pile and the long pile.
For the small pile make a square bot
tom of barrel staves or boards nailed
to cleats. It will be the square of the
length of a barrel stave. Pile tbres
windrows or nine ouion rows into one
row of piles. Grasp a large handful of
onions by the tops and set them on the
barrel stave platform with tops out
fide and so on around, leaving a six
Inch alrshaft and drawing in near the
top. Keep the onions la and tops out.
Bring the tops together and point up
in a conical or old fashioned beehive
shape. Some weeds or a fertilizer sae'e
held on with stones finishes the pile.
Such a pile will cut out from ouo to
' two bushels.
| The long pile is made by nailing four
| or live four inch fence slats upon cross
! clea s. tin these the onions are piled.
•Aith bulbs In anil tops out, drawn In
nt the top, making a pile two and a half
feet high. One of our neighbors goes
fuither than this and puts a slat rack
through the middle, so that the air can
have free circulation endwise through
the pile. Another plan wlivre one has
barn room enough is to cart in In bar
rels the day after pulling anil leave
the onions in barrel dump piles in rows
on the lloor. These rows of piles give
an opportunity for the circulation of
air between. After a few days these
piles are turned over Into new piles or
. ridges.
Red anil yellow onions require less
care than the whites, and some grow
ers [lull them into 12 row windrows
ami let them He there for a month, rak
ing them over for a day or two. if good
weather, before carting. But a bright
er onion can be made by piling into
small piles preventing sunburn and
weathering. Thus advises a Rural New
Yorker correspondent.
THE PICKLE WORM.
ftnmmt-r S<ina*b a Good Trnp Crop.
Clenn Culture a Preventive.
The pickle worm Is destructive main
ly to the fruit of the cantaloupe, squash
and cucumber by eating cavities or
channels lu the rind or by boring quite
to the interior. The first crop of cu
curbits, as a rule, escapes its ravages,
but late cucurbits are usually badly In
fested.
In the north the pickle worm may l»e
injurious only during occasional fears,
fcut In the south, particularly the Caro-
PASTALOUPE AND PICKLE WOIIM3.
Unas, Georgia and Florida, cucurbit
fields are rarely free from It during
late summer and fall.
The plckle'worm feeds on most vari
eties of cucurbits, but it has a decided
preference for the squash; therefore
trap plants of summer Mti.'.sh are used
as a protection, and as the trap crop
must be kept growing as long as pro
tection is necessary seed it planted ev
ery two weeks or so.
The Georgia station In their advising
In regard to this worm says:
As with most other insects, clean cul
ture will here be of value. Collect nnd
burn the old cucurbit vines. Trash In
fence corners should be carefully raked
out and burned during the winter.
Cold Citrine Take* the Cheeae.
Experiments in cheese curing which
have been conducted for two years at
the Geneva (X. Y.) experiment station
have results of the highest Importance
from the commercial standpoint.
Cheeses have been cured at tempera
tures varying from 55 degrees F. to SO
degrees F., the higher temperatures
representing the common factory con
ditions.
Of the cheeses made In 1899 those
cured at (X) degrees F. and below
■cored on the average almost five
points higher on llavor and 2.5 points
higher on texture than those cured at
65 degrees F. and above. In 1900 the
average difference In flavor of the
lower temperature was 5.1 points on
flavor and 2.7 points on texture.
This Is a matter well worth the at
tention of all cheese factory managers,
because these differences In commercial
duality are sufficient to cause Im
portant differences in the selling price.
Poultry Point*.
Turkeys and guineas are great for
agers for insects.
Game liens make the best setters and
mothers. They are least awkward.
Feed the table scraps to the chickens
| rather than to the pigs.
farmer should always give his
fowls a large run.
Exercise is much better than drugs
as a stimulant for egg production.
The best egg producers are not «1-
ways the best market fowls.
Give fresh water twice a day now.
Watch out for lice.
THE APPLE AND THI bHEEP.
Moek the Orchard Heavily, Fe«4
Generounly nnd .Vote Re*nl(«.
I am very sure I am right la aJvta-.
Inp- the pasturing of apple orchard!,
with hogs and sheep. If people will
only read what I write carefully and
follow my advice to the letter, I am
ture they will find how to raise high
colored, fine grained and well flavored
fruit, freest from insects, that will
keep longest and in best condition, nnd
to raise it lit least expense. But they
must* not mlsdiulerstand me, says J.
S. Woodward in Rural New Yorker. I
3o not advise seeding an orchard nor
keeplng.it in sod.
Simply stop cultivating, put in the
sheep, feed them and let the grass
rome in naturally, if it comes at all.
Don't think that 10 sheep are enough
for a ten acre orchard, l>ut put 10 or 15
sheep to the acre, overstock so heav
ily as to compel you to feed and then
Iced enough to keep the sheep thriving
and feed with a view of feeding the or
chard through the sheep.
To convince himself that I am right
let any man fence off an acre of or
chard and put 15 sheep into it, provid
ing plenty of fresh, clean water for
them at all times, and feed them 15
pounds i f ulio.it l.nia a day.
Keep the sheep therv until the apples
are fit for market. no matter if they
Jo eat a few fallen ones and nil they
i>an reach frotu the lower part of the
tws. There will be Just as many when
It comes picking time.
Just wateli and see how soon the
trees will take on a cloak of preen col
of, thick and vigorous, and how hard
ami stocky the wood will become; how
Arm and highly colored the fruit will
be, far beyond the part kept in con
stant cultivation.
While this amount of bran will make
; the sheep thrive better than In auy
; pasture, however good it may be, they
; will eat the grass to the very roots, eat
all sprouts from about the roots and
take every fallen apple long before the
contained codling moth or maggot can
escape, nnd their constant tramping
under the trees will break up the sur
face and in a great measure conserve
the moisture for the use of the trees.
If 15 sheep be kept on an acre and
tliey be fed 15 pounds of wheat bran a
day for seven months, the length of
time they may he kept In the orchard
before and after the crop is picked,
they will be fed 3,150 pounds of bran,
which will contain 51 pounds potash,
102 pounds phosphoric acid and 83
pounds of nitrogen.
Sheep are quite prone to lie about In
the vicinity where fed, nnd by chang
ing the location of feeding troughs
once or twice a week they may be
made to scatter the manure very even
ly over the whole orchard.
FILLING THE SILO.
When to Cnt the Corn, How to Pat It
lu and the "Wh»»" of Doth.
My time for cutting the corn for the
fillo is as near as may be when the ears
nre just thinking about glazing. When
It Is too old for me to eat, it is old
enough for my silo. I do not intend to
run counter to the scientific fellows by
f-ayiag I am not robbing my silage of
If I had not interfered, but I have Im
prisoned for my cows the sweet Juices
and flavors so mueh relished in the
mangers, writes a Pennsylvanian to
The National Stockman.
If the corn lacks moisture in the lat
ter part of its season, the lower blades
will dry and drop before the hardening
process Is operative at the ears. Then
that corn should be cut, for what It
may gain In dry matter above It Is los
ing in dry matter below.
If one has n small silo and n few
acres and the filling Is n small matter
of two or three days, then he can bide
his time nnd cut when everything ap
pears to be Just right.
We have 10 acres growing for the
silos, and as we like to fill slowly our
cutting will extend over a period of
l>ossibly three weeks. By filling slowly
we consider we get about 20 per cent
more lu our silos than by simply filling
them and passing on.
Silage does not begin to do Its busi
ness settling for about a week, and It
Is our rule to cut quite rapidly for two
or three days, then proceed more slow
ly by stopping n dny and cutting a day
alternately.
We use low wagons and a corn har
vester, sometimes, but when an acre
turns off 20 tons or more the harvester
we have doesn't succeed In getting It
in very far. We have a man in the silo
and Instruct him to keep the outsldes
somewhat higher than the center. This
man is supposed, as Bob Seeds'"would
Bay, to "keep n-goln, keep a-goln."
A Good Wheat.
Preston is a hard wheat, a cross of
Ladoga (Russian variety) and Red Fife,
and stands at the head of all the varie
ties of wheat tested at the experimental
farms for the whole Dominion of Can
ada. It has given heavier crops than
Red Fife or any other variety.
Agricultural Hotel.
Poultry houses on wheels please some
successful chicken raisers.
There are great fears of the grain
moth In New Jersey this season. Early
thrashing, storing In bins and carbon
bisulphide fumigation Is the accepted
preventive treatment.
There are but few farms In New Eng
land which have not somewhere a de
posit of swamp muck, and often two
Jobs can be combined by taking It
from ditches, which will also serve to
drain the swamp or bog. The best time
for digging It Is when the season Is
very dry.
The cowpea plant has a slightly bit
ter taste, but Is readily eaten by stock.
Small fruits for market need to be
picked early In the morning, when they
have scarcely reached the point of full
ripeness, and then marketed the same
day. _____
Coten* in BnftlaaA
DSn't Imagine that a
aeans 12 things. In the StaffordeMogjS
potteries and In the earthenware tyadoj
i dozen to this day represents thatj
lumber of any special article wtypiyj
»n be offered at any fixed price."
For instance, the pitchers, which
.•ailed Jugs In the trade, are sold as 2,j
i, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 30 and-36 pieces to j
>ach dozen, the price for a dozen being 1
fcnstant.
The ordinary pitcher holding a quart
represents 12 to the dozen, while a pint
pitcher Is 24 to the dozen and Is so call
>d when dealing with that size.
Few of the articles of the trade are
sold in dozens of 12, plates being al
most the only ones and some of them
being sold 60, 70 nnd even SO to the
lozen.
Besides these curiosities in figures
the potters have peculiar names, such
is cockspurt, twlfiers, etc., that make
□p a trade language of itself.
The baker's dozen of 13 is a recog
nized figure in their trade.
A publisher's dozen Is usually 13
;oples.
Among fishermen In Cornwall a long
lozen consists of 26.—London Answers.
Work, of the Earthworm.
When we behold a wide, turf covered
expanse, we should remember that Its
smoothness, on which BO much of its
beauty depends, is mainly due to all
the Inequalities having been slowly
leveled by worms. It Is a marvelous
reflection that the whole of the superfi
cial mold over any such expanse has
passed and will pass again every few
rears through the bodies of worms. The
plow is one of the most ancient nnd
most valuable of man's Inventions, but
long before he existed the land was. In
tact, regularly plowed by earthworms.
It may be doubted whether there are
many other animals which have played
so Important a part in the history of
the world as have these lowly organ
ized creatures. Some other animals,
however, still more lowly organized—
namely, corals have done far more
Conspicuous work In having construct
ed Innumerable reefs and Islands In the
great oceans, but these are almost con-
Sned to the tropical zones.
Why the Mole IN Illlnd.
The creatures which dwelt in the
darkness of the depths naturally lost
their powers of vision after awhile. It
Is the same way with the mole, which
Is doubtless descended from progeni
tors which could sec. Blindness ia the
No 40.
mole is the result of a degeneration of j
t'.e optic nerve, the consequence of!
which Is that images formed In the eye i
Itself are not transmitted to the ani-j
mat's consciousness. Occasionally a 1
mole can see n little out of one eye -
which has retained its communication!
with the brain.
It is uot that the mole Is born b!!nd,j
but that it inherits a tendency to atro-j
phy of the visual organs Just as peo-1
pie derive from their parents an incll-j
nation to consumption or other di&s
east s. Some day in the future therm
may bo no such thing as a mole that lal
not entirely and hopelessly blind. €
Heads Much Alike.
Most expert craniologlsts insist that]
It is extremely difficult to determine]
sex from ti:<» skull, but admit there are]
a few distinctions which taken togeth-1
er Indicate sex. Perhaps the most]
marked distinction is the prominence]
of the bony projection over the nose.l
The skull in man Is thicker and stron-j
ger. and the mastoid processes beneath]
the ear are larger. Broca Is authority'
for the opinion that if the skull rests
on the mastoid processes It Is almost
certainly a man's. In woman the top
of the head appears flatter, while In
man the curve from before backward
; Is more smooth and even. Greek sculp-
I tors always recognize this.—Health
: Culture.
A Klek From Mexico.
Tourists come here and shout to wait
ers, hotel clerks, shopkeepers, etc., be
lieving that if you only yell forth your
English it Instantly becomes compre-,
henslble. And a common error In breed-;
I Ing and one not confined to tourist for-:
i eigners Is to make unpleasant remarks
about men, women and things In a tone
; of voice which conveys at once to the
natives that something disagreeable la
being said. So we acquire not without
reason the reputation of being muy gro
seros, or very rude, and too often we
aro.—Mexican Herald.
Seeing Around Corners.
There are many insects which have a
very much larger field of vision than
we have. This is due to the greater con
cavity of their eyes, enabling them to
see around the corner, so to speak, be
hind and at the sides. This develop
ment in man would have Its objectiona
ble points, but also Its good ones, not
the least of which might be the detec
tion of pickpockets.—Chambers' Jour
nal.
Lets Him Oat.
Mrs. Nagger—Oh, James, how awk
ward! Mr. Smith has come, and now.
we shall be 13 at table.
Mr. Nagger—What then?
Mrs. Nagger (with a shriek)— Why,
one of us will die before the year la
out!
Mr. Nagger (brutally)— Never mind.
I'm tough.—Plck-Me-Up.
Jnat In Time.
An Irish gentleman getting upon a
street car found one place vacant,
which he proceeded to occupy.
"Sure," said he, with a twinkle In bla
eye, "I came just in the nick of time."
"How is that?"
"Arrah! If I was to come now, I,
shouldn't find a seat in the carl"—Ex
change.
You can generally tell when a man ia,
talking to a woman over the telephone
by the tone of voice he assume*—Nash.'
vllle Banner.
WASHDAY WISDOM.
A very hot iron should never be used
for flannels or woolens.
Calicoes, ginghams and chintzes
should be ironed on the wrong side.
Clotheslines are made much more ,
durable by boiling for ten minutes be
fore they are used.
Table linen should be ironed whetf
quite damp and Ironed with a very hoi
and very heavy Iron.
Irons should not be allowed to be
come redhot, as they will never retain
the heat properly afterward.
Embroideries should be ironed on a
thin, smooth surface over thick flannel
and only on the wrong side.
Linen may be made beautifully white
by the use of a little refined borax in
the water instead of using a washing
fluid.
Wash fabrics that are inclined to
fade should be soaked and rinsed in
very salt water, to set the color, before
washing in the suds.
Silken fabrics, especially white silk
handkerchiefs, should not be damp
ened, but* Ironed with a moderately
warm Iron when taken from the line.
Bli Test.
A dealer in pictures who makes it his
business to find as many new painters
as possible, both In this country and
abroad, was asked In regard to his
methods of selecting pictures to buy.
He was very frank in his talk, and one
thing which he said is shrewd enough'
to be worth quoting.
"Of course," he said, "with my expe
rience I am able to Judge whether
there Is promise in a painter's work,
but I never buy with any idea of put
ting the painter on my list until I hare
seen the man and talked with him my
self. I always watch htm closely, and
I never buy his pictures unless his eye
lights up when I talk to him about bis
work and about his profession."
The artist whose heart was really in
his work could not discuss it without
kindling, and the man yho did not
paint from the heart was" not the one
whose pictures the dealer wanted.
•_
A Bird of Panige.
"And where, may I ask, do you gen
erally reside?" the young man said aft
er all other subjects had been exhaust
ed.
"Oh, I have no fixed abode," Miss
Mobile replied, "but I usually pass the
greater part of the winter In Reading.
In Lent I find myself attracted to St
Paul. After Easter Igo down to West
Virginia and spend the summer and
part of the autumn In Wheeling."
"And then"—
"Then, Mr. Heavy, I find myself ad
mirably prepared for a month or two
of Aiken."—New York Herald.
A Good Cricketer.
Dr. W. G. Grace was once giving a
brilliant batting display at the oval,
and one ot> the spectators observed to
his friend: "Did you ever see anything
like it? Why, ho puts 'em wherever he
likes." "Well," said the other, "it's all
practice—he's always at It—he doesn|t
waste any of his time over family,
prayers."—C. W. Aleock's "Cricket StQ*
A Brief Interview.
The late Rev. R. S. Storrs was a very,
hard man to interview, for he resented
the inquisitlveness of the press and was
icy to its agents.
One evening a reporter attended a
reception at his house and In the
course of the evening touched his arm
and whispered: "Doctor, I'm from the
all the particulars."
"Yes," Dr. Storrs whispered in return,
"this way, this way." And, taking the
young man's arm, he escorted him to
the front door and put him out.