VOL XXXVIII BARGAINS -IN BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBtiER GOODS —AT— BICKELS If you want the biggest values for your money ever offer ed come to this sale. A grand opportunity to get good solid footwear at a big saving. , , , . Q , Ladies' Kangaroo-calf spring heel shoes $ 00 Men's fine S*tin-calf shoes 1-jjO Boy's fino Satin-calf shoes M-n's double sole and tap working shoes I.UU Boy's double sole and tap working shoes JO Ladies' solid oil grain shoes 90 Ladies' fine Doi gola patent shoes 100 Misses'fine Dongola shoes Ladies' fine serge Congress gaiters Old Ladies' fine Dongola shoes Infants' fine shoes _ Hp —|||ii"RUBBER GOODS. "H||l—# Men's Storm King rubber boots Men's rubber boots (regular height *■#> Boy's rubber boots Child: n's spring heel rubbers W ..i||||-FELT UOOI)S.-l||li"-# Hen's felt boots and overs Men's knit boots and overs * Boy's felt boots and overs . - * Youth's felt boots and overs • • At nil time; a full stogie of Gykey'shiii't-m»«lj b>x-t » • bv>ts and sho=s. ~ozey s c <ppcr * -e shoes for boys and high cut waterproo for «ir s. C- mpletr -t cV of 9 »le leather and shoemaker* sapmes. Hurl. ir. stand with four lasts at 50c. . , 1 „ Leifcc =- • fr'.ent of l adies',Gent's. Misses' and Children s leggins and overgai e . JOHN BICKEL, |? 1- j & ST HE F T - - BUiLs-P, A HUSELTON'S AutnmnandWinter Styles IN FINE FOOTWEAR. ' First Fall Opening, today, on which occasion the handiwork of the foremost makers will be submitted to you for your inspection and criticism A compreh* i.sivc exhibit of cvetyfhing ibat is new and correct for the feet < f Man. Woma.. cr UiiJd. Every new shape, every dc pt'idab't* leather, < very point of style, and every feature of good shoe making fully developed in this gre-t display. WEN'S NEW FALL SHOES at SI.OO, WOMEN'S NEW FALL SHOE.-> at *1 a 5. f 1 50. |2 00. s'• ♦''•so. |2.«> and tyoo. MEN'S FINEST FALL SHOES at WOVIEN'S FINEST FALL SHOES $2 50. *3.00, $3 50 and s4.'o. at ?3 °°> f3-5 fJ an ' ?■' 00 ■ ££ ££* 5..08S *><•** - •1 IS, ♦'..so ar.o . • . MISSES' FINE SHOES at f1.25.i1.50 YOUT US' SCHOOL SHOES at 90c #nd # slxo, 11.25 «"d $1.50. High cat or reg- CHILDREN'S PALL SHOES at 50c, ular htright, all s.zes and widths. 65c aud 75c HUSELTON'S BUTLER'S. LEADING HO°TELIOWRY SfjoE HOUSE - Our Specialty is Trimmed Hats. ( 1 We save you monotony in styles, an' 1 >5rA ' ,he P ! 'Ci' s are astonishingly low. Our | / trimmed hats are arlUtic, practical W \ J? / - mat rials. The V K / >■» ity'e. - ill pleas • t!~ most critical custoaur* ar.d the pries will please all. Rocke nstein's, MILLINERY EMPORIUM. 3 8 S.l f ! : - - Buti ' * ar ■ " " K E 0 K 'A 1 /'"vKW K Have a nattinew about them that TL\ /? • tA // Tl\ mark the wearer, it won't do to -Pi MJ k |W) /J |A wn.r the last year's output. You / NL "aJ* / Irl won't get the latest thing# a the V "V 1 1 fn fct':ck clot! iers either. The up-to X/ v\ tj W date tfcilfci only <an • upply tin m, li A ITx t J|f < 1 if >ou vant not only the latest | / j h/l llt things iti cut an«l fit and woik- I / I (m i l m.iihhip, the Guest in dutability, I :[[ I I where e'tte can you get combina i; | II 111 Li * i,onH < y° u th'm at K E C K G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 4s Ncrih Main Street All Work Guaranteed. Butler, Pa / C. F. T l\ Pape, Jeweler cincl Watchmaker Will be found on and after April Ist ,at 121 E aHt Jefferson street, opposite G. Wilson Miller's Grocery Store, Butler, Pa. Subscribe for the CITIZEN -THE BUTLER CITIZEN. mwgf It Makes Restful Sleep. Plerplessness almost invariably a'-' ompn ni< - constipation and its manifoldatu-ixiui ? evils—nervous dinorders, indigestion, lioa<.- O'l.", loss of appetite, etc. To attem ft t<> ii du'x- sleep by opiates is a Kerious mistake, t-.r the train isonly benumbed and the body sui f Celery Kiner removes the cause of wak<- fi:lncsb by'its scjothine efTect on tna tcrvc.- a;: i jn tbe stoniacti aud bowels. Cel ry King cures Constipation and .Nerve 'jtoiuSch, Liver and Kidney £ Iseaeco. S I Soft | : " i ' Yon can make? har "■EUßik 1 Han ma ijSgj makes a trie: £*j- DM like 1: V. . ISf ifco \ .. . , Us! Made fcj STAHD:'-.. "■ Nasal CATARRH fiftA In all its stages. J l o(L <SUI) M Ely's Cream cleanses, »oothe« and hea! M the diseased membrane, • '**^l It enrea catarrh and drives away a cold in the head quickly. ( ream Balm is placed into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im" mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—d'»es n produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drng gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents. li i 3 w M Are W You W | Healthy? [4 If you can to be strong /fl A and vigorous and have on yonr cheek the glow of t/ Jt A perfect licalLh. take .1 JOHNSTON'S TA 7 Beef, Iron and Wine the "true tonic" which Yjfa J combines in a pleasant a, form the valuable iritri- WA A t ' olst,,n ' c ant l fctimulat- W ing properties of itb in- B 1 A Price, 50c a pint. Prepared a.id sld only at TA a Johnston's N UCrystal M Pharmacy. rJ • 1 It M. LOGAN, Ph. G . I Manager, M 1 B I'f-i .N Main Hi., li 11 tit-r. Pa y>2 Everything in the T ■ T& drug-line. pi 'K'- «■'- - ' j ' AT\ >- A PIANO ■" <M :: .gan? IT-, in.iv l« j,,ur time tujrt BARGAIN AT I A:.HILTON'S. f () ktr V/alnut Organs at S3O to s3(l Spin !>d II: mil on Organs, 9 and II etop% s;o io sls. Mifljent Hamilton Organs, 9 to II stops, ' r .O t- i6O. Bta !al ESTEY ORGANS from $35 to ssoi HAMILTON PIANOS. 'lr.vc on at ttrj. ho rli-sunl nyka To rl-mc out thl# lot we have cul prion, la hail—yc,ur cli'.leo Irnm pM to f2M. A. B. CHASE PIANOS. flic MaU.hlcs* A. B. Cliaae Piano*. Ciiqucktlonalily tba flueat I'ijuuia la Lha •orl4. Aliout a of lMt faJl'i ttyh oI tent s at ALMOST COST. If jim wouM uto (lie to (in on a Mat riuno, write at once to HAUWtQN'*. MrtJj lmtnimciK %uaraatacd fulfj. Call or write for Price, and CMafcCM «i S. HAMILTON, 135-7 FifUi Avenue, Pttteburf, A. M BERKIMER, Funeral Director. 45 S. Main St. Butler PA BUTLER, PA.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17. ISOI THE PASSING BAND. A loco, dfpp drcce TLrummeth a re 'ia.iv*. monotone; C'p aoareth the hem wiii. an undalaat flare That dies, ia reborn—j :;t a fla=h of an air, Tliro-jph the n-mblc of crutt--, £3 their throbbing beat Sends a rh.vtl.mic pu'.se down the winding street. Th.n a striamirj pi-:ir.ant of sound is cut flung; Flamboyant f: r.i wail to wall it s«-un?. Xcar—and n: re near— the harmonies cltar Build vnrJ a j. r. .V. .i t ••••ir; then sheer It breaks i:i a t-laricn clash of sounds. An uluiunt tumult, ihat bounds and rebounda: A volumiri' ■ - L-roan Frer.: tl>. blaring tombstone And a clansror of brass As the cymbals pass; Tl-.rn the drum's line 1 mas the nielodit j5; Forward —ar:l waver—and faint—and die Into murmur amphoric, Sweet blending, choric. To a faraway swell Till at last the? tr.eil In a note long drawi Are gone—or. on. —LoncTon Academy. —-I-——-*•—--I*—-I*—•»*—*i*—-"■» 4 BUNKOED BY !• t A GREEK. t T BY M. QUAD. 7* '• cci raionT, 1001. BY C. 11. LEWIS. : -i:-..—.1.—..».—.1.—.1.-— .J. The pair of us had been in Aliens three or four days when a party of English excursionists who were mak ing a tour arrived. Among them was an antiquary who was looked up to and f respected for his knowledge of ancient history and ruins, and each evening there wa ; a gathering in the parlors of the hotel to hear him give a sort of lecture on what he had Keen during the > day. Professor Hempstead, as he was [ named, had been charged to pick up all i the old Greek manuscripts to be had : for money, and it was his inquiries for such documents that doubtless led to j our undoing. Oue day a man named ] Talanti, who had somewhat the man ners and dress of a gentleman, brought , the professor two ancient manuscripts j as a present, and to show his further good will he announced a valuable dis covery which had just been made on the island of .I'gina, about -10 miles dis- : tant. He tvas the owner of the island, ' and while his workmen were getting I out stone they had come across some rare treasures in art, but had developed only a small portion of them. They had partly uncovered a stone bos which he A BATTEISED OLD SCHOOKKR. believed lit Id a large number of manu scripts and valuable coins, but lie had delayed th • opening of it that some of his friends might be present. /Three or four of them were going to his island borne on the morrow, and be would be glad to have as many of us foreigners go along as could make It convenient. The voyage would be made in his schooner, n;id there would be no trou ble about feeding and lodging all who chose to go. Aside from the English party, there were Americans, Germans and French men to the number of 20 In Athens, aud when tiie list was made up we numbered over 40, of whom 10 were ladies. When we came on board the schooner, there was considerable sur prise at finding her the craft she was. Hhe was nothing more than a trader, and her accommodations were of the most primitive character. Mr. Talanti's friends, who were supposed to be emi nent professors, turned out to be a common looking lot and not inclined to be sociable, but we were out for a jaunt and might expect a few draw backs. We bad a favorable wind for the voyage, and the professor and oth ers felt that It would be the event of their lives. As the weather was pleas ant and we had brought lunch from the hotel, our noonday meal was a sort of picnic. For an hour or two after the meal Professor Hempstead enter tained us with a historic lecture, and time passed pleasantly for all hands. My friend could speak Greek, but when he attempted to enter Into con versation with Mr. Talanti's friends he found them surly enough. This ex cited our surprise, as they were sup posed to be gentlemen. When wo came to look them over, we began to get a little suspicious. Their language liiid manners did not correspond with their dress, and they did not seem to be at their ease. We also caught one of them exchanging a wink and a grin wltl: one of the common sailors, and this caused us much worriment. In a quiet way we reported the fact to one of tbe English party, and he quiet ly replied: "Do you know, I've got u suspicion that this Is a put up Job and that we shall hear something drop as soon as we land at the Island." "But why should Mr. Talanti decolvp us?" we asked. "In the first place, Is he what be rep resents himself? Who made any In quiries about him? In the next place, you never saw an aristocrat with such big hands and feet. Ills skin Is coarse, bis language full of slips, and you may notice u sort of roll to bis gait, as if h« bad been at w a for years. I believe the man's n:i Impostor." "I'ut Professor Hempstead seems to be perfectly satisfied with him." "That eounlH for nothing. The pro fessur may be up on ancient Greece, but lie Is way off on confidence games, I believe we are in for some sort of a skin gam -, Init it's tK.ioeiise to worry over It. V,'< have walled Into the trap like a lot of IdioU" The I land win fairly well covered with and .V' ' It did not have it hoi-pilable lo< U. As we made a closer npp. :i' h i* e. I e a couple of rude hill and ap. it:. c Jelly, but Mr. Ta la. il.c>M .: <| thai his cart!* was hid den 1 , t: I . .1 aii.l t!•:;: he was land ing nl tl,at point t i rave lis a long walk, li wa n< •. • v.. ■ drifting in to mill. • f i ' • > lie wharf that others In our |«irt,\ i caii ; p'c oils. Tiie no ble Or<( '. i in !l!iei- i afty nor diplo ma'.- lb i t.. .i 1. dip and betray Idia oral I r i :: I wonder and dls tin !. but li. M i suspicious of us were hard v p pared for the climax. As hoon a tin- craft was made fast the three i'i;■ i.: friends of Mr. 'l'll lae| i }• ' h |, ';need pistols and kulvt in :■ i!'. Ir latlons by lie. gaie. v.ay. 'i h> . !us divided Into two parli"<, and, handling their nuked knives In a menacing fashion, they drove the people into line. When Pro fessor Hempstead had rubbed his eyes, scratched his heud ar.d got it into his brain that something not down on the programme was going on, Talanti mounted a box and smilingly observed: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are now about to pass ashore to behold my won derful discoveries, but each one of you is iflttiircd t° leave behind you all money and jewelry. I will see that ev erything is safely cared for." "But what—what does it mean?" asked the bewildered professor as lie looked arotr. i him. "It's robbery!" cried three or four voices in chorus. "I»o not mar the harmony of the oc casion with hard v. :-Is." continued the chief villain. "I simply borrow your pur.-es and jewelry. The term robbery docs not sov.ud well. As time (lies let us get to wotk. Antonio, you may he gin with the professer lirst." The men «-rI i ;ut i:i anger, luit what could they d V I do not think there was a firearm th< t:i. while the Greek* tnisrd ovpiaiixli cs to uri- their knives. \ w< p ; rations a .1 threat.- c: the law. bit Talanti only smiled a! tiie:;. rvd c-V d lb > 'work to go on. i:-o .1 m::.i er..-. Iv. ng ulariy : :•) i: bis p<> -fcets were '1 '!; 1. .t:cl i rery tli: s v wa.« ' w..men we:.' req:; ■i.' >' . -. a::il ;.:; h one 1 d ' •••• .: ■ S hand ;*.« .she >11*..: ii : . .1. e ' half an ho;:r li I: to: ' ■• . and then 111 :I. • • :ii l:i s pi rati.-.ii cicv. " > -- ;oiie; ; than a p .-</'••• ■ > ' 'l' a!;: >ti-: look' - 1.. :i : ' i" m the h its. They fj'.d r.. " re f. :i. but their actio::- . .. .: ill 'iatement. Their f;:vt m ve v - t i <: ...and cash, and - a! v. •• their i::d atlon and di ointi:' :it a! I i■" told that Ta lan IV crowd !."■! :. '.en the i., ' ?oin. When sine <,* thi- : y left us, and an hour later two p.. ine li. herinen came ashore in their 1 . . There were a doz en vessels within live < r miles of us, and a do!!::.' w aid hav • been big pay for -hem i * a l out d notify the nearest craft of our situation; but. real ize g our I :;>l"ssiiess. they demanded the sum of b»i. As there was no mon ey to pay them, they were finally pre vailed upon to take nil I O U signed by all the men of the party. It was almost dark when a battered old schooner eaine sailing up to take us off. and the terms were s•'s apiece, to be paid in Athens. We spent a dreary night on deck and landed In the city at noon next day. Immediate no tice was given to the various consuls and to the Greek government, but no one had any faith that anything would IK- accomplished. The government made loud promises and seemed to be making all possible efforts, but as a matter of fact Mr. Talanti was not even pursued. lie never could have put up and carried through such a job without a number of officials standing in with him, aud each and every one of them doubtless shared in the plun der when it was divided. It was said that the money and jewelry amounted to about $6,000, and the only consola tion any of the victims had was the privilege of abusing a country where such things could be carried out. The I.eatlier of the Egyptians. The ancient Kgyptiaiis were skilled in the art of tanning leather and man ufactured it In various ways and for various purposes besides- that of fur nishing covering for the feet. Indeed It is to those builders of the pyramids that we are indebted for the first artis tic forms of footwear, and so far as can be ascertained from history aud the researches of archaeologists the Egyptians were the first shoemakers who were worthy of the name. It Is a fact, too, that tanners of today employ very much.the same methods lis did the ancients. About the same materials are used, and the processes lire almost precisely similar to those in vogue hundreds of years ago. It is true that lanners of the present day have found means of greatly shorten ing the time required to convert a hide Into leather and that steam power aud modern machine ry have done much to exjx'dite and improve the processes of finishing the leather; but, after all, the principles of tanning remain the same as they have been from the lirst. •flic Kind He Wanted. "Young man," said the fortune teller, going Into a trance, "I can see you In the mar future with an airship"— "Make it an heirship to a million, can't you?" eagerly exclaimed Ardup, slipping a.lot her half dollar into her band. Chicago Tribune. A New E*cn«e. One of the men In a large pottery took two or three days' holiday now and again, and v.'ben be came back, on being asked what was wrong, be said he bad been away burying ids grand mot her. He <lid this two or three times, and then lie thought he had better chaugo his excuse, so, on Is-ing asked the next time, he replied: "Well, my brother, the sailor. Is at home just now, and be Is so used to the sound of the waves that I bad to lash pallfuls of water on the window all night before he could sleep, and then I had to sleep during the day." Too Smart. "Huh!" exclaimed Mr. Uox after reading his morning mall. "Our boy's college education Is making him too blamed smart." "What's the matter?" asked Mrs. Itox. "I wrote to him the other day that 1 thought It would be kinder for me not to remit the check ho asked for. Now he writes, 'liear father, I shall never forget your unremitting kindness.' Philadelphia Press. Crnel. Old Aunt (ou her deathbed)—l am just making my will, my dear Ilelu rich. I know, alas, too well that you are not religiously disposed and have no desire to promote the cause of— Nephew (hastily)— Keg your pardon, aunt; quite the contrary. Aunt Heaven be praised! Then you will be glad to bear that 1 have left all my property to the church!—lluinor- Istlschc Hlatter. The I'nlrorn. Chinese nuuals of great antiquity contain numerous detailed accounts of the supposedly fabulous unicorn. In which the description are Identical with those handed down from the ear liest times In the mythology or occi dental countries. From this It Is In ferred that at some time in the re mote past there actually did exist a single horned equine or cervine animal of some sort. ICnrly KapcrlcncC. Mother (to babyi-lt's muzzer's little ootsy tootsy Muzzcr loves her little darlfng baby Fanny (who has Just been spanked)— Don't yon l.ellcve her, baby. When you (sob) grow up. she'll spank you t-t-too! CABBAGE CULTURE. Practical Points on Hoelns and Cul tivating br One Who Knowi. The usual practice among farmers and market gardeners is to give their cabbage three hoeiugs and three culti vating. the cultivating always preced ing the hoeiugs. t'ndor good manur ing, with good seed and the laud in good condition aud average season, this Insures a crop, but sometimes the laud is in overgrown condition. The ac cumulation of plant food left over by preceding crops is something we did net know and therefore could not fig ure on. This, added to the usual ma nuring. lias jumped the cabbage ahead so fust that soon after their second hoeiug they promise to mature their hciyls earlier than we planned for. In such case we stop right there with our second hoeing. The wisdom of this is apparent as soon as we get to the philosophy of bovine cabbage. Why do we hoe cab bage? The first and often the second hoeing is mostly a weed killing process, but the third, as 1 understand it. is really 11 root pruning process by which we throw the plant into bud (or head), just as we create bud development in a tree l»y trimming in its branches above ground or its roots below ground. If. on the contrary, our cabbage land is lacking in condition, then it needs ex tra hoeiug and cultivating in the early stage of the crop, both to capture ni frogen from the air and to help the roots in their search for food. Tiie presence of twitch grass makes another good and sufficient reason for an extra hoeing, for while that thrives no other crop can. Don't cut off the grass with the hoe or by the costly work of digging it out, but hoe often and cover the young shoots with the soil, and I will warrant from expe rience that it will end Its life with the season. Where cabbage gets a bad set back. as during a dry season like last year. I do not hoe immediately after the rains come, but wait a few days until tiie nearly paralyzed roots have got .1 new start or a new set has put out, says J. J. 11. Gregory, an eastern authority on the late cabbage crop, in American Agriculturist. REMARKS ON RYE. Good Tiling* It DOCII In a Section Where Ilh Friend* Are Many. The writer considers rye next in im portance to the root crop. It is nothing uncommon for rye here to yield 40 bushels to the acre, and if the ground is properly prepared and good seed well put in there is no failure. Uye will live through winters that will kill ev ery wheat and clover plant. Ilye has so many friends in Sheboy gan county. Wis., that great pains have been taken to get the best varieties. Grains of my rye are much larger than wheat. A busliei aud a half is none too much for an acre, especially if land is full of weed seeds. This rye was grown 011 reclaimed swamp land and will yield about 40 bushels to the acre. The ground was lightly manured with coarse horse manure. Rye can be sown In August or auy time before the ground freezes. I have seen good crops of rye where the grain was sown so late that the plants could hardly be seen al>ove ground until the next spring. I sowed grass seed on rye two weeks l>eforc we could get on the land with a team. If rye is not sowed by Sept. 20, wait until the ground is about to freeze up. One who has land infested with Can ada thistles will find great satisfaction in sowing rye thick and early. Some sow rye here in July and pasture It so It cannot Joint, then harvest a crop the next year. Our millers are making very fine white flour from our new varieties of rye. Some of the fattest horses in this country last spring were wintered on rye straw and water, with a few car rots. The uuthrashed rye was run through a cutting machine and the car rots through a slicer and the whole put together and wet and mixed 12 hours before being fed. Sow rye once, and you will sow It again. Many of the small farmers, and some large ones, thrash the rye with flails, bind the straw Into bun dles and sell It for more money than the grain will bring. Kye that has been kept dry will grow when two years old.—Cor. Prairie Farmer. An liiKonlnao Notion. Ground can be easily cleared of small stones by the simple device shown In The Farm Jour- nal. An Iron gar den rake and a k° x with one removed "*"■ L- RlveH a *"V •- „ and dustpan" bto.vecathkhi.no. a r rangement that makes the picking of stones an altogether different nfTnlr from the old fashioned finger and basket method. The box has handles to permit empty ing It Into the cart which Is to haul the Ktones away. The Heavy HOB: at a Premium. A few years ago «nine editors and many professors of agriculture In ex periment stations and colleges were carried awny with the bacon hog idea. Nothing In the swine class would suit unless It was of the lengthy type, sup posed to be indicative of high bacon qualities. Now relatively little la heard of this for n time much lauded animal. Heavy hogs are at a pre mium i» the west, with a prospect of remaining so for some time. The prob Icm hinges on the price of corn. Will It pay to feed hogs until they will go Into the heavy class and get the extra price? This each farmer must deter mine for himself. The return to the old time favorites Illustrates the diffi culty of effecting a radical change of type without some very good reason, says Orange Judd Farmer. SHEEP TALK. fllirpbrrd Hoy" Vlalta the Indiana nnil Ohio I'Tuckmastrri. Mr. Harris says he does not believe that rape Is capable of doing what is sometimes claimed for It. There are those who claim rape to be an Ideal feed for the fattening of sheep. Mr. Harris' experience Is about the same as my own In regard to tills matter. lie does not countenance the Idea that lambs can be successfully fattened on rape nlon«\ I must admit I fully agree with him. My experience has been that lambs will fatten quicker on sec ond growth clover and a small gruiu feed than tliey will on the best patch of rape and a larger amount of grain. While rape makes a good pasture for sheep, I have never considered It would alone satisfactorily fatten a lamb for piarkct. While taking a ride in com pany with tlds gentleman one evening I saw that which aroused considerable curiosity within me. It was a small patch of sainfoin growing along the roadside. This Is the llrut patch of this most useful plant I have seen growing wild since leaving the old sod. It was growing luxuriantly, mingling itself with the blue grass that wqs also found alone: the roadside. I believe that sainfoin would be a success In these regions. Every evidence Is nt hand to prove it would. This makes on 3 of the finest and best sheep pas tures known to the flockniaster. It Is very fattening; and will reproduce It self year by year. Mr. Yeiser is a man of shrewd busi ness sagacity, and his methods In sheep management are worthy of considera tion. lie is a great believer in rape and forage crops. He is a very careful feed er, and although he respects corn as a component part of the ration for fatten ing lambs for the market he has no use for It in the feeding of his stud flock. "Xo lamb will partake of too much of so good a thing as bran and oats. As soon as the pastures commence to dry I commence to give all my sheep a ra tion of bran and oats daily," says Mr. Yeiser. Nothing, to Mr. Henry's mind, beats second crop clover and bran and oats as a weaning ration. Mr. Watson Informed me that he has 110 confidence In benzine as a remedy for the stomach worm. "I once gave a lamb about eight times the dose of ben > ine prescribed by fce advocates of this remedy," said Mr. Watson, "but all to 110 purpose. I have the same opinion you express that no liquid can be given to a lamb that will dislodge the stomach worm for the reason that by tiie time it mixes with the juices of the stomach and reaches the habitat of the worm it is so weak as to be en tirely useless." —Wool Markets aud Sheep. HONEY PACKAGES. Experience Tiint I.enilM to n Prefer ence For Tin Cans. Additions! experience simply con firms us in the belief that extracted honey ought to be put into 00 pound tin cans raTner than in wooden barrels, says the editor of American Bee Jour nal. True, a tin can will occasionally burst an 1 thus cause leaking. But when it does you can't lose more than 10 pounds out of me 00 pound can. But a barrel—well, we have more than once se« n over half a barrel of honey lost through leaking or from the head bursting out. Yes, tin cans do cost more than bar rels, but they are worth more and for several reasons. The honey In them can be reliquefied without digging it out nnd putting It into something else, as must be done with honey in a bar rel. Honey In 00 pound cans is In bet ter shape for the cash honey dealer to handle. It is a quantity that many a family feels It can afford to buy at one time. Other excellent reasons might be given. It may do to put dark or cheap hon eys Into barrels, but the tine white ex tracted honeys, we think, ought always to be put into 00 pound tin cans. We believe the dny will soon be here when such honeys will be required In tin cans aud perhaps at a slight advance in price over that of the same grade in barrels. Sew jpirt Turned l : p In Antnmu. Deep planting for i>otatoes lias al most Invariably given better results at the Cornell station than shallow, but very deep planting should not follow shallow planting. The furrows opened to receive the seed should not go to the bottom of the soil that was stirred by the plow. If it is desired to plant six Inches deep, tiie land should be plowed eight or ten Inches deep. Then, again, land that has never been plowed deeper than five or six inches should not the next time be plowed ten. The deepening process should be gradual—an Inch or so a year. More "new dirt" may safely be turned up in autumn than in spring. Sent and TVotca. The wheat crop Is a big one of good (uality. •> The .ipplo prospect Is poor both as to quantity and quality. A fair liny crop seems to be the gen eral conclusion for the whole country. Great shortage 111 the potato crop of the west is reported. Twenty-five points below the ten year August aver age is the government estimate for the country in general. An aftermath of the mild winter of 1900-1 Is being severely felt in many parts of the country in the enormous numbers of grasshoppers, caterpillars aud other Insects which prey upon the products of the garden, says American Gardening. Latest agricultural wrinkles are Illus trated at the Pan-American exposition by exhibits of tobacco growing in pots and ginseng also in pots. An oat crop below the average is re ported. GRADING HONEY. People Like What la tJood and I.lke It lictter It It I.ooka (<ood. The bee produces the honey, but will it make straight combs, even, white and well capped If hive and sec tions are not properly prepared for Its use and If they are not properly cared for during that use? And If all the preliminary work Is well done, will the product be ready for an exacting mar ket without additional work and care? The beekeeper must do more than to induce his bees to put their product Into clean sections. He must keep the sections clean and unbroken. He must meet the demands of the trade. To do tills he must take the honey from the hive at the right time, must make each section as clean and Invit ing as possible and then assemble the sections properly In attractive pack ages. People like what is good and like it better if it looks Rood. What Is clean suits tliem hotter If It loeks clean. A stain on the outside of a section does not make the honey less sweet or less wholesome, hut does make it less at tractive to the buyer. The stain, there fore, must be removed before the sec tion Is offered for sale. Uniformity counts. Therefore the beekeeper must make his packages uniform in size. In shape, in color, in arrangement. A few leaking sections are too many. A single badly graded case may spoil the sale of a ton of honey. So the individual must be care fid In grading, in handling, In pack ing and In selling his products. Hut this is not enough. The market Is too big for one man to supply. Honey Is bought and sold by the carload—even by the tralnload and the buyer Is wise enough to insist on uniformity of grad ing in the whole lot. The packages inn t In' uniform or lie will complain. The packing must be uniform or lie will find fault. The h<>Ucy Itself must l>e uniform or lie will not pay the high est price for it. lie 1,. klckttr the buyer Is and he ought to lie. s:iys Secretary Working of i lie ('ohinido Iteckeepers' associa tion, wii i' remarks, as above, are giv en in The American lice Journal. SPHAYING POTATOES. KiiMlcrit riiriunn l)o \ut Tnki* filrnl- I) <«• lliirJi-RUI l or llllulil. There Is considerable cuillictiiig tes timony In regard to the etllcacy of ijug wKU bordeaux mixture for Irtish:, I have never yet found on averagepplata.-lata u rower \vl»o knew lie had made the practice to pay. The rec omineiiibi'N - (-tnie iqpinly frotn ex p- iii•• :ii s'atiu'i? and close observers who are able i.> detect a small differ ent' i:i >it 1.1. These yields are from small pi s and may lie misleading, as a d:fi'< rei'rt of lit or imshels per ac tr.al acre ia.i> in- due to many causes and at-n : v occurs every year on ev ■>ry farm. I have no doubt that tiie effect of paris green. t weather and flea beetle ( ii tin- folia.se is often called blight and that the spraying would then be of no avail. The blight, if it comes at all, does not show with us until some time in August, ami fprayin;: before Aug. 1 would do p.o good. I do not tliiuk any effect is b«-en from the different blights eX'-ept tiie late blight, which kills all foliage in two or three days, until the potato foliage begins to mature or. in other words, the blight has a season of growth and requires certain conditions of foliage (its seed bed) before it will germinate. As long as hot, dry weather continues there will be no genuine blight. If one knew just when a wet, muggy spell was coming on and could cover thoroughly every spot with the copper and it did not wash off, there would be a benefit, but the job Is usually only half done, and there are so many ifs that the average potato grower will not lie the gainer. I use as strong a solution of the copper water as 1 can make without lime In my hand spray ers when putting on parls green and shall not use anything else this season for blight, says a Rural New Yorker writer. After the Hay Is Gathered. Now tl..:* the hay crop is about gatb eri*) it is time to do something with the thin meadows and spots. If plowed up at otiee and well worked down, rye can be sown in September, but a trial of the Clark method of grass seeding is often advisable where a farmer cannot well lose a year's use of the field for grass. After plowing harrow thor oughly with disk or cutaway to cut up the old sod and seed etyly ln Septem ber. Use a top dressing of well rotted manure or commercial fertilizer. A thorough working of the soil and early seeding will allow for sufficient growth this fall to stand the winter and give a good crop of hay next year, advises Ahieriean Agriculturist Ne*vi and Notes. California and Michigan grow large trops of radishes for seed. Orange Judd Farmer reports a large winter cabbage acreage. It is reported that the Seminole lands, saiil to Ik> tiie richest ln the Indian Ter ritory. will be thrown open to public settlement at an early day. This is a good year for the silo. Feeds of all kinds promise to be high, affected by tiie shortage In the corn crop. The silo will enable the feeder to utilize all of a crop that is usually partly wasted, says National Stockman. A small machine which turns out tissue paper string Inclosing seeds at regular Intervals is the latest device presented as an economizer of time and labor iu seed sowiug. A new movement for the manufac ture of refined sugar from corn Is In progress. The sugar made by Improv ed processes Is said to be a very valu able white, dry product. THEY WERE WAITING. A Man Who Thought Panther COT® Was Slow Got a Pointer. Ttere didn't seem to be much going on fit Panther Cove for u border town, and when I ran across an old pioneer I told him that I was somewhat dis appointed ln it. " 'Fears to b* a slow town, eh?" he queried. "Yes, rather tfcat way." "No shootin or hangiii?" "None whatever." "Nobody jumplu on his hat and firln his guns In the air and nobody braggln of the number of men he's killed and goln to kill?" "Yes, things are very quiet Any particular reason for It?" "Yes, stranger, there Is. The par ticular reason Is that about 150 of the boys are watchln you and boldln their breath." "But why should they watch me?" 1 asked. "Waal, to be squar' with you, you look like a critter who'd walk into a saloon and call for a lone drink and for get the rest of the population." "And If I should?" "Then you'd never have no more cause to complain of the slowness of Panther Cove. Before you could swal low morc'n half the drink the popula tion would bust forth with a yell, and about a minute and a half later you'd be swlngln to that tree over there and the coroner usklu the boys if unybody had seen Lung Sing, the gravedlgger. Yes, the town does look a bit slow, but you Jest take a p'lnter and either go dry or call up the outfit when you drink." M. QUAD. Painful Memories. The Prodigal—Ob, dcre's do old wood shed where I spent so many pleasant moments with pop. Guess 1 won't re turn right away.—New York Journal. * "" Rather Venom out. tenderfoot who visited the Yoseml te ln the old days thus related his ex perience: The stuge driver found out that he was seriously ufrald of snakes dud Immediately proceeded to make his hair stand on end. "Venomous reptiles? You bet. I don't know what reptiles Is, but them snakes you can Just bet your life Is venomous. Why, one day I was eomln down here Irlvln a wagon, when I catches sight of I snake In the brush all ready fn ' a iprlng. My horses starts, an I wuips 'em tip fast to clear the snake, don't you sec, afore he could spring. He makes one clear spring, the snake does, nn he misses the horses." "That was lucky. But you—you"— "Lucky? You bet your life it was lucky. He missed the horses, the snake did, but he stuck his fangs clean through tho wagon." "You don't say!" • "I do say, and maybe you don't be lieve It, but It's a fact. Ho stuck his fangs clean through that wagon, uu that wagon Is swelled up so bad that we had to leave It by the wayside and take the horses home." - - •» 14- "**+9+ No 45. - *« SOME LOST SECBETST FAMOUS PROCESSES THAT WERg KNOWN TO THE ANCIENTS. Tbiar.j That Our Forefather* TVcr« Ahlc to Uo That We Tfow Find Well Mcli In: r'o»»il>le Cement of (ha Crcckc i.uCl Kouiim. Takliig into consideration the marveb ous str'dco we have made la almost e»-ery braacli of knowledge daring the last 200 or 300 years. It seems exceed* ingly strange that our forefathers should have been able to do things which we find impossible and that wei cannot discover secrets which were al« most common knowledge hundreds ol years ago. But despite the fact" that the average modern man knows mora than did the learned men of long ago* there are mysteries of knowledge and science which our most advanced Bci« entists cannot soive. Thousands of years ago, for instancy the Egyptians used to 'embalm th# bodies of their dead kings and nobility so perfectly that the bodies are in won derful preservation today, as may bo seen at the British museum. Clever as we are in this age, we cqnnot do tho same. The valuable secret Is lost and modern science cannot recover the lost knowledge. We can, of course, and we do embalm bodies, but only for tem porary preservation and, comparatively speaking, in a most unsatisfactory man ner. Bodies which are embalmed now adays will not be preserved for mora than a few days at most. Very many of the bodies the Egyptians embalmed before the birth of Christ are still so perfect that the lines of their faces are still as clearly marked as when thej were first embalmed. Sheffield turns out the finest, hardest and most perfect steel the world pro duces, but even Sheffield cannot pro duce a sword blade to compare with those the Saracens made and used hun dreds of years ago, and the Saracens never possessed the machinery we have or had the advantage of knowing so much about metals as we are sup posed to know. A huge fortune awaits the man who discovers the secret which enabled the .Saracens to make sword blades so keen and hard that they could cut In two most of tho swords us« 4 today. There are a dozen different methods of making artificial diamonds, but none of the stones produced by these meth ods can compare with those made of old French paste, the secret of which is lost. So perfect were paste dia monds that It was difficult for even a person with expert knowledge of dia monds to tell that they were artificial ly produced, whereas most of the mod ern artificial diamonds can easily bo detected, and their durability is noth ing like so great as the old paste dia monds. Probably not one out of every ten thousand bnlldings standing in all parts of the world, and built by mod ern masons, will still be standing 500 years hence. We do not know how to put stones and bricks together as the ancients did, and consequently the buildings we raise nowadays are really, mere temporary structures and will be ln ruins when the ancient buildings of Greece and Italy, which were built thousands of years ago, are ln as good condition as they are now. The secret Is not in the bricks or the stone, but ln the cement and mortar, neither of which essentials can we make as the ancients made them. In modern buildings the cement and mortar are the weakest points; ln buildings which the Romans and Greeks raised thousands of years ago the cement and mortar are the stron gest points and hold good while tho very stones they bind together crumbla away with age. We cannot with all our science, make such cement andi mortar, and therefore we cannot build such buildings as the ancients raised. Chemistry, one might imngyie, la the science which has, perhaps, made the greatest strides. Yet modern chem ists cannot compound such dyes aa were commonly used when the greet nations of today were still unborn. Now and again it happens that search* ers after antiquities come across frag ments of fabrics which were dyed thousands of years ago, and they are astonished by the wonderful rlchnesa of tho colors of the cloths, which, de spite their ago, are brighter and purer than anything we can produce. Modern artists buy their colors ready, made and spend large sums on pig ments with which to color their can vases. The pictures of modern artists will be colorless when many of the works of ancient masters are as bright as they are today. Just as the secret of dyeing has been lost, so has the secret of preserving the colors of artists' paints. Vet the secret was known to every ancient artist, for they all mixed their own colors. How to make durable ink Is anothec great secret we have lost. Look at an* letter five or ten years old and you will probably notice that the writing haa faded to a brown color and is very In distinct. Go to any big museum and you will find ancient MSS., the writing of which Is as black and distinct as II the MSS. were written the day before yesterday. The secret of glass blowing and tint ing Is not yet entirely lost. There are still n few men who can produce glass work equal to the things of this kind which the ancients turned out hun dreds of years ago. Rut the average glass manufacturer mnnot produco anything that could all compare with some of the commoner articles tho Egyptians, and later, tho founders of Venice, manufactured, and those who still bold tho ancient secret guard It so closely that It will probably die with them and be added to the long list of things In which our ancestors beat us hollow.—Exchange. In (be Time to Com*. "Unless there Is a change," said tho cook, "1 will havo to leave you." "Change!" exclaimed the mistress. "What do you mean?" "Our union," said the cook, "has de clared a boycott on Mrs. Smith, In tho next block." "Hut how does that affect me?" "She Is on your calling list, and a sympathetic strike has been declared against all who associate with her."— Chicago Tost Proad of Iler. "I want to get your wife Interested In our new system of manual training," said the woman with a short skirt and a felt hat. "Well," answered Mr. Meekton, "you can come In. Itut If you are trying to teach Henrietta anything about train ing a man I'm thinking you are wast ing your tliue. Henrietta can come pretty near giving lessons In manual training, Henrietta can."— Washington It's not easy for a woman to pin her faith to a husband who never gives her any pin money.—l'hiladelphla Bulletin. Very few people know how to handle enthusiasm.—Atchison Globe.
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