VOL XXXVIII Big Bargains in Winter Footwear at BICKELS DECEMBER PRICE LIST. Men's double sole and tap working shoes 95 Men's heavy kip, 3 sole, box toe shoes $1.25 Boys' double sole working shoes '" , 5 Men's fine Embroidered slippers 5° Women's Waterproof Kangaroo-calf shoes. f.io Misses' Waterproof Kangaroo calf shoes I 00 Leltes's fine felt Kotneo slippers S5 Old Ladks' warm lined shoe 3 L-'.dies' fine strge Congress Gaiters 35 Cm'dren's heavy shoes 5° Felt and Rubber Goods. ViJutb's fe't t*o 6.<u' : ovw $'.25 B"»ys' ft-It 1> -<" d •vi r- ISo Wor' cl'V ft H 1 ■ •- OJ. * ' 25 Men't felt b- d ovt:s 1 75 Men's ki.it • t' s n d o. t- - 2.25 t hi'o s ■! Ij v l* ots 75 Youth'* Kh'-'i r boot* 1 15 Boys' rublxr I ot. '-6o (Holiday Slippers.! | Have you been thinking of Christmas. We hc.Te a large stock of Holiday Slippers all the new and latfet patterns- at very low prices. Complete stock of Ladies' and Gents', Misses and Cnil dren's over-getters and leggins at reduced prices JOHN BICKEL, -o;vi- • S'.'ITLER, I'A as**** * JACKETS, | 5 RAGLANS, P $ NEWHARKETS. g Our Cloak Department is in better shape to supply you with stylish W Jk Garments than it ever was. , S» • Our stocks irelude all the wanted styles in all the popular clotl:s. jn You can't fin<; newer or nobbier Garments or as low prices anywhere. jJk J - Stylish Jackets $5, SB, $lO, sls. |v Raglans and Newmarkets sl2 to S2O. 6 FINE FURS. $ S Tbis is tie best p'ace to buy that f.ne Fur Scarf you expect to >;ive W rs a Chris!mss Gift. Our Ftirs are well made from best selected skins m X in comet, stylish shapes. We show Mink, Beaver, Marten, Sable and ell other Furs. Cluster Scarfs 11.co up •j Splendid Marten and Sable Scarfs 85. 00. U Mink Scarfs $7.50, SIO.OO, 115.00. (p S FOR CHRISTMAS GIVING. £ We h» ve an unusually complete and well assorted stock of useful U B rticks suitable for gifts, with a moderate price attached to each article A Let us show you the Dress Goods, Waist Cloths, Table I.inens, Fine U jewels. Blankets, Bed Spreads, Wrappers, Underwear, Ilcsiery, Gloves, m) IB Umbrellas, Purses, Chatelaine Bags and Sterling Silver Articles. TV (R ANY PATTERN 10 CENTS. f ■ We sell lhe New Idea 10c Pattern and carry all s-'zes and styles in S stock for immediate delivery. We don't ask you to wait untill we K order them. Jo |l. Stein & Son, 8 S 108 N.'MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA $ A I Til-.' rec jver/ of tile famous painting of the Duche.-s of Devon- j shire, has revived interested in the /s3K~ ja J Gainsborough. We are showing B's. SJ ( this pioturt sque type of hat de- /^E]_ vc' »ped in a vari ty"u! materials. \ r The m de's arc \ ery be i itifu! md v " attr.u ive aid are distinctly styl- /S|l> N. ish. Quality is up t > our usually . Rockenstein's, MILLIWEKY EMPORIUM. 328 South Main Street. - - Butler, I'a KECK Ht % ' ,a " aD(l *' nler e '^' B, '• 1 f\ /'fQ E Have a nattiness about them that /j ' // l\ mark the wearer, it won't do t-j y (S/l K J&) Ijt fc\ wear the last year's output. You / NIL 'A-lf*/ VA won't get the latest things at the T / F~l iW stock clothiers either. The up-to \y \"V \J Vj? date tailor only eau supply them, / /V s I;i 7 I V_> y° u waut not oniy the latest l! / / 1 111 U | things in cut and fit and work- I I fl/l I I niansliip, the finest in durability, I ' jl/ I where else can you get combina ? I | Mil* tions, you get them at KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 42 North Ma|n Street All Work Guaranteed. Butler, Pa ■9 n h I IHSni RHEUMATIC^:!' <: gsl Ki $ i 5P n Hi - - 1 %-rv F & k 8 * P- - W - .• V•& $kP V: > y, I \ PROMPT RELIEF. CERTAIN CURE The Latest Internal Remedy. Easy to Take. FIFTY CENTS per Bottle-- A Week's Treatment. subscribe for the CITIZEN Men's rabbcr lx»t- 2 25 Men's buckle arc'ic- i- <XJ Women's buckle arciij- 75 Women's rubber Ijoots t.*s Men's fine rubbers 5<J Ladies* fine ru ! > 35 Children's spring heel rubbers 15 THE BUTLER CITIZEN. j, ffesOisre&atOyres j $ Coughs, & \ &oMs, i § Grij:pe, fk V Vhooplngr f-aush, As'htr * Bronchitis ar.d Incipier.t A CJ, Consumotion. Is iX f A mM A , 1 f HI Ivi f €> j | A The tfERJSIAH PEMEDV j vtA \utwi tosrasft",. 1 [\ ZS&Su'. t : - 1 T mzwM&mr j , 9^2 'h "" raH r'■ t"': ' i f~. '' Jelly f.ntl pre- rvoJ I |<A >*? '/> tlje old fashionedway.■ i ; I £ *' •> f them l y tlio now,qui' , I } .. /Aa fl-.-.,0!t:!.c1y screws - \C - \ 0 ti:in coatlcsof r }- r" ? .» ■ * tw.-x Ks ilncd Parai. r.e. 1 1 t» f 1 > no taste cr ode.. 5 I' '• - - air tight And . 1 ' -•'-ifflipl proof. Ea. !Ivcp: . i vi '.lb ad rcn •'k 11 i. w ' vays atx>*.it the I, . J * S? Fall tiircclicni with - " cako. I &.;a evcrywtcr ' - ! i r?'«n STAKOAr.O OIL CO. i HsfcS?~Vry - 1 rt ■to ■" . asa ' GATARRH In all its stages. M 5"-' C °to W, j!Uo# Ely's Cream Balm 4" TO 'M/ cleans a, soothea and heals the <1 j ca« meml'rane. I It cares catarrh and drives B. -'o awny a cold in the head quickly. f'r« :im Balm is placed into the nostrils,spreads over ; e membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im nv diate and a cure follows. It is not drying—doe« not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size, 20 cents. \h ki f| 5 K | Holiday | |i Goods w k : Coujprisiut; a fine as- £ •p f sortment of Perfumes, i, 11'- Perfutii' Ainuizers. wJ '«■ Leather <'• <ls, Purges, t v P". * Bill Books and Card J. "j Cases'. Urnshta Hair WA ; and Cloth ia Foswood y ijs >'ind Cbony, with Gold K •' ,md Steriiuu Silver WA tj ] mountings. f W f A Toilet Seta in Wedge- wood—The latest fad. WA Palmer's Perfumes — T K •- • 'the finest of all Ameri- p, - Ij, *'•< can makes* in all styltrs, fJ ® | BhHJ.es :ind sizes -rang- FS| in price from 25c to *-"i. • a, w Come in and have a WA *S J look. You'll be pleased. [8 'Ji Agency Huyler's 8k ' Confections. W A f, l"i Johnston s Li rj N Crystal >1 rd Li !<} Pharmacy, g V l; WA B. SI. LOGAN, Ph. G , m ■ ] tJ* 100 N. Main St., Butler, Fa , :i Both 'Phones ml Everything in the <ft drug line. !< M H New Liverw Barn W. J. Black Is d'.ing busint in liis ncv ban which Clarence Walker has erected for him. All boarders and team sters guaranteed good attention* Barn just acro. s the street from Hotel liutler. He his room for fifty horses. People's Phone. No. 250. L. C. WICK, Dsvi.Ke »•> LUfIBER. Karl Schluchter, Practical Tailor and Cutter 125 W. Buthr, Pa. Bi»sheling, C'eaning and r»pair-ip a SD»si«lty BUTLER PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19 1901 I The Drumbeats 8 1 Of Liberty ...By M. QUAD, r? Q Copyright, 1~ 1, by C. B. Lewis. V iooc<>ooocoGc-x»cxx>oooooooo They had brought him home one day, that loyal and stout hearted pa triot, Jacob Van Brunt, with his vision grone A Hessian's bullet had blinded him, and a comrade walked baud in hand with him and warned him of obstructions in the road. One night months later, as the blind man slept, there was a geutle tapping at his window, and as he opened the sash and asked who was there a pa triot sergeant replied: "Hist, -Jacob! I have been with oxen and wagon for muskets, powder aud lead. I have bad a long pull of it, and the os. n van go no farther, and there is a Hessian picket on the road to the south. We must hide the munitions and come for them again." Ten minutes later the blind drummer and his three daughters were assisting the soldiers to unload the wagon and hide its contents in the dark and emp ty cellar of the barn. In all haste and yet with due caution the work was speedily finished and the vehicle driven back over the road, and by and by when a patrol of cavalry came trotting that way no man saw or heard any thing unusual. And when the muskets had been oil ed and the lead cast into bullets which gleamed bright as silver there was a drill on the bare floor of the old barn. With drum at his side, but the sticks beating sdftly, and with Buth, Mary aud Esther in line before him. the blind man wliisperingly commanded: "Attention, company! Bight face! Left face! Order arms! Shoulder arms! Beady—aim—recover! B-r-r-r! Rat-tat-tat!" And there came a November day when the snowflakes fluttered down now and then, and the skies were dark wilh winter's warning, and the gale whipped the dying leaves off the apple and pear trees and tossed their branch es about in wild disorder. The blind drummer was nodding in sleep In his chair, aud his daughters were in the field searching for potato hills which might have escaped the raiders. Of a sudden the man roused up and peered into vacancy with his sightless eyes and listened with beating heart. The daughters found him standing erect, with drum at his side and sticks in his hand, as they came running in. "Aye, they are coming, the enemy," he said as the panting girls essayed to sjieak. "They have heard of the arms and are coming to take them away. You, Buth and Mary, to the barn and bring as many muskets as you can carry, and you, Esther, lead me to the lair and stone wall. Forward steady—forward, march! "Attention,company!" cried the drum mer as he ceased to rattle his sticks. "Load each and every musket. Let them come half way up the lane before you fire. Tell me, Esther, what do they do?" "They have baited, father, and ap pear surpri-ed and confused." "R-r-r-r! itat-a-tat! Rat-tat-tat! They are brave men and will come on, but they are < neinies of liberty. Aye, I hear their tramp on the dying grass. Steady, girls—steady! When they are even with the wild cherry tree, fire at them to kill. Tell me, Esther, tell me"— Bang! 1 :aig! bang! roared the three muskets, and with pulses Jumping the blind man grasped his sticks and made the drum rattle till the half dozen horses down in the road reared up aud plunged anil whinnied at the sounds. "Fresh muskets! Fire again! Tell me, Esther, tell me if any of them are down!" "Three, father!" Bang! bang! bang! "Five, father—five are down now, and one is h uing against the wall! We Lave stopped them! Tliey halt—they waver—they give back!" The enemy fell back, rallied and ad vanced for the third time. Now some of the troops left the narrow lane and advanced upon the flanks of the de fense. They crept along the stone walls or skirmished across the fields, and the firing became brisk. "B-r-r-r! Rat-a-tat-tat-tatl" rattled the drum, and the drummer shouted above the noise: "You are using but two muskets now! What has become of ButhV" "Oh. father," replied Esther, "Ruth- Ruth is dead!" "Bat-a-tat-tat-tatl Attention, com pany! Load -ready—aim—fire—recoverl Tell me, Esther, can we hold them?" "No. father! They are in front—to the right—to the left! I see them aim ing at you, father! Crouch down be- Bide uie or you will be killed!" "I cannot see, 1 cannot shoot', but I will staud to the lastl B-r-r-r! B-r-r-r! Rat a-tat! Rat-a-tat-tatl 'Tis the drum beats that called the mlnutemen to gether at Lexington. You are using but one musket now. What has become of Mary?" "Dead, father—dead as she rested her gun barrel over the wall!" "Attention, company! Only a blind man and a girl, but the muskets In the barn belong to Washington and liber ty. and we must die for them! Are you afraid. Esther?" "I—l am not afraid!" "Then fight on! 'Twas thus that the drums rattled at Bunker Hill—r-r-r-a-a tat-tat-tat-tat! And 'twas thus they stoutened our hearts as we slowly fell back from Brooklyn Heights—r-r-r-rat a-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat! You have ceased firing. Tell me, Esther, Is the powder gone?" There was no answer. "They are dead." groaned the blind man - "Ruth, Mary and Esther—all dead! Aye, shout and cheer and fire, you hirelings! I face you—go! And here is the way the drums beat at White Plains as our ragged patriots came swinging into action—r-r-r-r! Tat tat-tat! But-a-tat! Itat-a-tat! Bat-a tat-tat-tat-tat! And when we crossed the Delaware and broke the British center at Trenton It was—r-r-r-r-at tat" The blind man swayed and tottered and sank to earth, and there were cheers from the walls and fences and hillocks. "And at Princeton," he whispered as he clutched tho drumsticks with fin gers of death, "the drumbeats were— tat—tat"— "How did they know? How could we tell?" asked man of mati as they stood leaning on their muskets and looked down on the dead. They could not have told. They could not comprehend the depths of patriotism. In the Solun—The Moroi, The Moro is a great talker, always returning to the same point. Practical ly nothing of consequence can be ob tained from him in conference, and tho less of him the better. In his religion he la naturally a fanatic. He Is a wiry, sin -wy, athletic fellow, very different from the Vlsayau or Tagalo and quite different from the Filipino generally. In physical appearance be is a distinct type in the orient. He has a bold and haughty bearing and freedom of man ners extending to an almost defiant carriage. He dresses in fantastic garbs of bright and brilliant colors and Is as gay in manner as gaudy In garb. A va riegated, uniquely folded turban, a highly colored silk sash to hold his deadly, handsomely carved and adorn ed borong or krise. a short jacket or namented with bright metal clasps or filigree work or buttons and very bright striped silk trousers that are tight In fit make him the most pictur esque of barbarian people. He lives in simplicity. He is brave to fearlessness, a born pirate and essen tially a fighting man. ever at war with somebody in some part of the sultan ate, never happy unless on a maraud ing expedition and stealing from his neighbors, friends and foes alike. Tlie chief who is the most successful thief is the most respected and most power ful among chiefs.—Lieutenant Colonel Sweet, U. S. A., in Independent. Ants us Miners. Ants commonly are regarded as nui sances. yet they have their uses. If you dig up a nest of common brown ants, you will notice by putting your face close to the hill a pungent odor arising. This is the vapor of formic acid, the principle of ant poison. Now, formic acid has the property of mak ing plants grow as hardly anything else will. Therefore the mold of which the ant n« sts are composed makes a valuable dressing the market gar den when spread on while it Is fresh. Another little known benefit to be de rived from ants Is the collection of their eggs for fish food. In the late summer a good many people make a living by gathering ant eggs in the pine woods of Surrey and Berkshire, England, and selling them to the Lon don fish dealers. In the west ants are sometimes used j us miners. There is a large species of I Rocky mountain ant which builds its ) nest neither of wood nor earth, but of i stoue. and it prefers stones brilliant in i color for this purfk>se. Miners are said j to transport whole nests of these in sects to places where garnets abound, | and when the ants have built their new j homes all the best crystals within a ra ! dius of many yards will be found in It and appropriated by the garnet seek ers. A "Sqnare" Alderann. "I happened to be out west," said a Pittsburg architect, "when a certain town decided to erect a city halL Architects were Invited to send in plans and specifications, and, though I hadn't fully decided to compete, I dropped in on a boss alderman one day to secure somo information. I had been told that he was at the head of a ring, and it didn't take me long to dis cover that such information was cor rect. We had scarcely passed a dozen words when he said: " 'Mr. Blank, this building Is to cost $800,000.' " 'Yes.' " 'And there must be at least $200,- 000 to divide up among the pickings.' " 'Yea.' " 'Can you plan an SBOO,OOO building which will yield $200,000 worth of pickings?" " '1 never have done so.' " 'Then don't begin here. You'd not only muddle your plans and specifica tions, but you'd tempt us to steal your whack of the stealings, and we want to get out of it with a little honor left to tackle some other job with. Try a railroad water Job or something easy, end good morning to you.' " Goat Ctoopa. "The man who goes in for Angoras," says an authority, "will find that it is true they will Jump anything under 100 feet high and climb a sapling. They will get at the neighbor's wash as sure as it goes on the line, and there will be lingerie to pay for. Hut if you would be on the safe side and keep the billy there turn him up and cut away the little creeper that you will And at the bottom of the hoof. It will not hurt him to lose it, but it ruins his ambi tion as a mountebank. It will save lots of trouble to have a chiropodist get at the Angora with a nail trim mer." Goat meat cannot be distinguished from mutton ordinarily. In every car of sheep that comes from New Mexico there are sure to be from two to a doz same block at the packers', and the same block at the packers,' and the goodwlfe who takes home goat chops for In ml) chops Is never the wiser, nor Is the butcher. A goat Is only a goat when he has his pelt OIL After that he is a sheep. One Kind ot Wladom. "A wise man must know an awful lot," suggested the little one. "Not necessarily," answered her fa ther. "A man is wise when he knows how little he knows."—Chicago Post. Docan't fiet n Chance, of Coarae. "Why Is it," asked the observer of events and things, "that the man who can speak seven languages doesn't talk as much as his wife, who only knows one?"—Yonkers Statesman. IT WAS THE LANGUAGE. Why Hie Toorlat WT«o Swore at Ilesc- Kara In Italy \V«i Fined. "I had heard about the beggars of Rome long enough before I went abroad," said the tourist, "and I had a!*o made up my mind that they should not profit by me. When I got to the holy city at last and found myself sur rounded as I walked out in the morn ing, I gave the crowd the cold shoulder, j One of them—and he was the frowsiest and raggedest of the lot—stuck to me till I lost my patience and swore at him, and an hour later I was arrested mid taken Into court. The charge was using profane language in public, and after I had been fined the equivalent af two dollars and was free to go I said to the judge: "'You Italians are a curious people. There are plenty of you who must swear in public.' " 'That Is certainly true, signor,' he replied. " 'Then why fine me for doing it?' "'Becau.se you swore In Kngli: h and not In our beautiful Italian tongue.'" M Ocad. Infantile Pride. "Pooh! My papa wears evenin'clothes every time he goes to parties." "That ain't anything. Our minister wears his night dollies every time he preaches."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Further Particular*. Miss SaltoustnU—Mrs. Smythe tells me that her father won distinction on the bench. Miss Winthrop— Yes, lie was a shoe maker. —Somerville Journal. ncdtline. Mamma—Well, did you tell God how naughty you have been? Lily—No. I was a shamed. I thouglt it had better not get out of the t'amil)'. STABLING COWS. A Clenn, Conifortntile and Safe Stall For Dairy Com. To be efficient a vow stall must keep the animal both comfortable and clean. Experienced farmers and dairymen are most of theia quite familiar with the merits of the Hoard stall; yet, as it is simple of construction aud unpatented, many others may be interested la It. An illustration and explanation of it, originally given in Hoard's Dairyman, are therefore here reproduced. The exe. . ence of this plan of tying cows over the stanchion pian is found as follows: first. —The cow has three and a half feet in width of stall and perfect liber ty aud comfort of position. Second. —By virtue of the bar across the stall floor, which will l>e --.tn just forward of the hind f. et of the stand ing cow, the an'msl has always a dry, clean bed to lie in, thus keeping her as clean from manure in winter as though she were in a June pasture. Third.—By this system each cow is protected when lying down f.om hav ing her teats and udder stepped on by her standing neighbor. This is one of the most productive sources of injury that is known and < f itself should con demn the rigid stanchion. Tiie cut represents oue row of cows facing another row. A close.y board ed partition about futir feet high forms the front of tie stall. Each cow has three and a half feet in width. The floor is made tight, aud there is no drop in rear of cows except the thick ness of one plank, which is the double floor of the sia!l. The feeding rack la constructed for two purposes—first, to 111 isßiliiß THE HOARD STALL. contain any bay or roughage that may be fed to the cow (the slats are jiut on wide enough so the cow can tasily get her nose between them; second, to force the cow when standing to stand with her hind feet in rear of the cross bar across the stall floor. In construct ing the (ceding rack nail a 2 by 8 piece of scantling edgewise against the board partition. This constitutes the bottom of the rack and should be placed about thirty inches from the floor. Place the top scantling about two feet from the partition. This makes the feeding rack eight inches wide at the bottom and two feet wide at the top. In the center of the bottom scantling fasten a ring screw to tie the halter to. Fasten the cow with a common web halter, she wearing the headpiece all the time. The halter end of the rope has a safety snap to fasten into the ring of the hal ter under the throat. To prevent the cow from getting loose it is well to di vide the end of the rope into two strands, each six inches long, uml put a snap in each, fastening in both the ring when tying ihe cow. The grain and ensilage box is placed on that side of the stall opposite to the one the cow usually lies on. If she lies on her left s.de, place the grain box on the right side, as seen In the engraving. This box Is large enough to contain the ensilage and grain feed_ and Is reached by an opening In the partition. It is best to have the feed box slaut down toward the cow, so that all the feed will easily work down to the end nearest her. This box should be long enough to extend from the j>artition Into the stall as far as the upper part of the feed rack pro jects and about 18 or 20 Inches wide aud 1G Inches deep, if placed suffi ciently slanting, the feed will easily work down to the lower end next the cow, so that she will not need to bring her hind feet in on her bedding in or der to reach the contents of the box. The Effect of DronKbta. When drought destroys or reduces crops, everybody pities the farmers on the mistaken supposition thut they are the sole losers. As a matter of far*, it is the rest of the community that suffer most from a crop shortage. In many cases the farmers gain rather than lose in the high prices they get for the crops which they do harvest. The longest droughts rarely affect nil crops disastrously. The recent drought In the great corn belt did not affect the wheat at all. except to insure Its gathering In the best possible condi tion. The unprecedented wheat crop will command a ready salt; at advanced prices, because wheat must be substi tuted in a limited degree for corn. The corn that conies to maturity will com mand a high price because of its com parative scarcity. Hay. oats and pota toes will all be high in prlee—have, in fact, already advanced far above the average price at this season of the year. The consumers pay these advances all along the line, and the farmers profit by them. There are few American farmers in this day who stake their en tire year's prosjierity upon the corn crop. The up to date farmer puts his eggs in a good many baskets. The up setting of one of them doesn't leave him without eggs to carry to market.— Hay Trade Journal. Never lias the Importance of plant breeding been so generally recognized as at presctt. WHEAT STRAW. A Subiitltutc For liny—Host Way to Uundle For IJcddliiit. Wheat straw is the most extensively used material for bedding In American farming. It is generally used extrava gantly because under the system of ordinary farming the supply of straw Is usually far In excess of the actual needs of the staliles. writes a Country Gentleman correspondent, Scientifically wheat straw shows a food value that should save It from be ing wasted, and practically we who have fed animals know It Is often high relished by them, even when they are supposed ro have as much otiiet more highly rega.d <1 foods as tliey can eat and digest. A certain buik is necessary in the ration for stomach distention purposes as well as to in crease the working area of tho more nutritious foods, and clean, br!g':t straw can be used profitably for add Ing this bulk, securing it i .ore cheaply In the straw than in the mf>re expen- Blve fodders. One can make a food cow ration wit'. •• ■ !! c an.i strav.' lor «lir roughage M .;ld tl. re be a shortage of hay or if hay cuu*<i be sold at a ucica above its feeding value compared with its straw substitute to leave a profit after adding protein concentrates to supply what was withdrawn in the hay. In actual practice I have made the sub stitution of clean wheat straw for high priced hay, increased my concentrated I>ortion of the ration and not only had a profit from selling hay and buying meal, but got more milk from the change of food. I do not mean that the farmer at large shall cease using his straw for betiding, for whatever feeding value we may know it contains the fact re mains that we have 110 material on the farm that is as cheap for bedding as straw. But I do moan that we should not use it so wastefully. Straw as it comes from the thrasher is not a good absorbent of liquids. Nature made it strong, resistant and practically indu rated for its and the seed's protection, and until the straw is crushed or cut or its •• rganism in some way broken it takes up very little moisture, and as an tic -tit f. r lb'* conservation of liquid ex cremeut it is nearly useless. But let it be run through the cutter so that it is cut and haggled and crushed, and it is no longer imp; rvlous to moisture. Wli"!i so jirep;,rcd, half the quantity of straw will pr . luce better results both In absorbing liquids and keeping the animals clean than can be secured when the lo: : strati" is used. THE POULTRY BUSINESS. yXX rroiinrtiiin I'roltlnlile A Bi* FtoeU * i lit":.*, ehc \ ear Hound. The v i . ; . :'.try raisers deserve a v.. :id ('.eal ;f i: d t for the success they i: ::ko <.f ti.e b.i.Miu-.- under clrcum :l. > that :. e anything but favora ble. The woiueu on th.' farm need tlia . -operation of the men to make the •.iltry 1 .-s a complete success. The far:..lT'S wife with many family and therefore little time to devote tc poultry hould make the production - f eggs 1 .•!:!■ f aim. Keep a big flock f liens ii ; ar round, no matter If tunc of the Lens are two or three years o'd. The healthiest breed I know is the Brown Leghorn. When to Be?;in. The fall is a very good time to begin ihe poultry business. Buying fowls in tLe fall when they may be bought •i eap is a surer and better way for the beginner than to buy egg.) in the sjiring. Ergs are uncertain, while the fowls may be depended ou. and the purchaser is sure of what he is getting. The farm p ultry raiser who sells off all the old liens at tills season or any time Is surely making a mistake. It is rue the old hens nre not very good winter layers, but they will lay a nuui b. r of eggs In the spring and summer if they are not more than two or three years old, and the eggs from them are Ihe ones that produce strong, big boned, healthy chickens that are able to withstand disease. HoONinff Tnrkera. "No fowls require more watching , and closer attention than turkeys. T'.iey must be brought home at night [ and shut up securely, must be fed be fore tliey are let out and if the weath er Is too wet to be safe for them when young kept in. Indeed not until their necks show the red are they really strong and competent, so to speak, to A TUKKEY HOUSE. take care of themselves. Still, In or der to be sure of them even then they should be properly housed at night," says an Ohio Farmer writer, "and for this purpose is the structure shown In the accompanying cut most excellent. It is airy and reliable, and if kept clean and the young birds are driven up ev ery evening and shut In they will be safe, but not otherwise. "It can be built anywhere from 8 by 10 to 12 by 1(5 feet or larger, if wanted. The posts should be five feet high, the rafters long enough to give to the roof a good pitch and the roosts rest on tho plates, with a plank leading to them on which have been nailed crosspieeee for steps." To Accommodate. Denial. "Are you the ~~—— —■ —— defendant In this case?" "No, sir; I'm only the man who committed 0 w >^°r,£ m IprgJjyT V Shrevrd. • ■ rSi Hll \\ "What made f • »/J II \\ you tell thejan- I I /! II l Itor the temper % w I ature was just " / right?" said Mrs. Wiley. "Because I know the Janl- Tim Idd —lf you tor's disposl please, Mrs. Boardblll. lion," answer- Pm getting rather tlr- edber husband, ed of hash with my "If we niako cofTee and toast for bUu believe Ave breakfast. nrt> tl ">roughly Mrs. Boardblll—All «»/ortable. he • . . .mi .11 .i « , Will hustle right. 111 tell the girl uroutt , a „ „ to give you nothing make th j ngß but coffee and toast different." after this. —Chicago Washington News. Star. Snaila Are Queer Crenlnrea. The snai.l is found everywhere, 3,332 species being known, serving in France its an important item of diet and in this country an attractive Inhabitant of the fernery. Some of the large trop ical snails, as bulimas, form nests of leaves, their eggs being as large as a pigeon's. The snail is extremely skillful In mending its shell, and some curious ex p rlments may be tried with them. Tins I have seen a helix of a yellow species attached to another shell of a reddish hue by cutting off the top whirl f the latter, when the snail will pro ceed to weld tho two shells together and occupy both, using the addition as a door and possibly wondering at this | sodden extension of Its house. In the winter some of the snails hi bernate or lie dormant until warm weather. Just as the snakes do In Cali fornia. A snail of the Philippine Is lands has a faculty of throwing off Its t::il when : !/.ed. This Is also true qf a West Indian variety—stenophus. Aa Canal. "Ah, well," she sighed, laying nway the b.'t>U. "the romance Is on I L They've got mauled:"—ll ilea go Itec | »rd-Lieruld. 1 A THIEVES' MARKET. ONE OF THE PROMINENT PLACES IN THE CITY €F MEXICO. Any Policeman V 111 Show Yon tht Way Co It and \ ou May There Far chr*e Stolen Guoda hy the Single Piece or k) the Carload. If yon want to know the time in the City of Mexico; if you need house hold g«xuls. objects of art or of per sonal in fact, if there Is \ anything you desire from a pincushion i to a ndhot stove—just ask a police j man. He will point the way fa the thieves' ! market without any more idea of laws i that deal with those who receive stol en goods than If you had asked liiui the way to the best hotel in the city or to one of the theaters or to the National palace. The olheiul of the law will not | hesitate to tell you that it is directly across the street from the National pal ! aee. east of the Zocalo —the park of the { peons—and that if you are timid about ! tiiv_» size of the load you wish to take I there the gate is large enough to drive I the biggest truck through without In convenience. It is a very simple inat j ter to find the thieves' market It is no small establishment, but a city institution, with a court as large as a city block, and it is crowded from morning to night with those who are I. oklng for bargains without the slight est idea of moral wrong in buying stol en goods. Indeed it is stated that now and then persons And property once be longing to them exposed there for sale at prices so reasonable that it would be absurd to go to law about it and lay up against the delightful convenient "manana" the trouble of appearing In court. The market Is Just what its name im plies—a thieves' market where moths do not corrupt, because there Is always a stream of purchasers for goods at ri diculous prices. Nothing remains in stock over a few days. Spread out on tables or piled high on the ground can be found samples of almost anything, for the Mexican ratero Is not partic ular what he steals. The thieves do not themselves act as the salesmen, for this would be dishonest even to th® Mexican mind. They dispose of their plunder either for a lump sum or take a commission from the sellers. There Is no assortment of goods as to class or kind. It is a ease of pick and choose. Crockery, cutlery, tinware and cooking utensil* are the main sta ples, for the Mexican Is careless, and the thieves of his kind find this sort of plunder easy to get and with a ready market. The proprietor of one of the well known local restaurants admit* that nearly all his knives, forks and table linen come from the thieves' market. lie makes it a point regularly to visit there to replenish what may have been stolen from his own place. But it is perhaps in the line of curi osities, books and objects of art that the thieves' market Is most interesting. The libraries of the monks, scattered In the war of reform, are represented now and thcu, The thieves, of course, know nothing of the value of the books. Recently a folld of Shakespeare, bound In vellum, in splendid condition, notwithstanding the long ago date of Its publication, was picked up by a book lover for SI.SO in Mexican silver. Several bibliophiles of the United States have regular agents in the thieves' market, and It pays them. With Maxmilian and his court many rare works of art came to Mexico. In the rush away from Mexico these were left behind. Within the last month a fan, beyond doubt by Watteau, was bought in the thieves' market for SS. The painting is still bright, the lace ex quisite and rare, and the lvoiy sticks. Inlaid with gold, are still intact. Mexico's many wars have made the country an arsenal of obsolete weap ons. Swords, guns and firearms from the time of Cortes to the present dec ade can he picked up In the thieves' market for little or nothing. Some of them, outside of their value aa curios, are of intrinsic worth, as an American discovered not long ago. lie bought for a trifle an old swor', tarnished aud dirty. The style of tie hilt pleased him. When he had It cleaned, he found that scabbard, hilt and blade were in laid with rich gold of marvelous ar tistic design.—City of Mexico Letter In New York Times. A Giunt Tree. Near Dakar, In lower Senegal, Is .an enormous baobab tree whose trunk measures fully seventy-five feet In cir cumference at the base. The fruit of the baobab, which grows abundautly In Senegal, Is called "monkey bread." It Is used by the natives for curdling milk and as a specific for certain dis eases. Decoction* of the dried leaves are also used as medicine. From the bark strong cords are made, and the gum that exudes from It Is employed as a salve. The root of the young bao bab is sometimes eaten by the natives. A Household Snndbaar. A sandbag Is a very useful thing to have In the house. Dry the sand thor oughly In the oven and then make a flannel bait about eight inches square. Fill It with the sand, sew up the opeu lng carefully and cover the bag with cotton or linen. This will prevent the eand from sifting out and will allow of the bag being quickly heated when re quired by placing it In the oven. Sand UoUlu heat a long time and Is softer to the feet of an Invalid than the ordinary hot water bottle. The Artichoke. The artichoke has nothing to do with art or the choking of It. The artichoke Is nn Innocent vegetable, known to the Arabians as the ardlschaukl. or earth i thorn. The Jerusalem artichoke was never seen near Jerusalem. Its first name Is a corruption of the Italian gi rasole, which means turning to the sun. It is a species of sunflower, Oeurlug a tuber like that of a potato. Tried to Improve. A little girl who made frequent use 5f the word '"guess" was corrected for It and told to say "presume" Instead. A lady friend, noticing the admirable set of the little girl's aprou. asked tometliltig in regard to the pattern. "Mamma don't cut my dresses an' Hprous by a pattern," said the small lady. "She Just looks at me au' pre sumes!" Well Forced. JoaUey—l understand there's consid erable talk now In naval circles about some orders that were forged very skillfully. Coakley—Aha! Another scaudal. eh? Joakley—Oh, no. They were orders for some eight Inch guns.—Exchange. He Got In the War. Jlnison—You say your wife threw the poker at a stray dog and hit you In stead. Jester Yes, but It was in.'- fault I '»ad no business standing tshlnd her «rhen she threw. — OLLIU State Jouraal. No. SO POOL TABLE POCKETS. They Art Mud* For the Most Part I* Farmers' Houses. "Aii (Hid occupation, surely," said a man acquainted with the business, "Is that of knitting pool table pockets. A few persons find steady employment at it. but the weater number of those en gaged in it take it up Incidentally to some other ?mployment "Of all tfc.? pool pockets used the lar gest proportion is made in farmhouses by farmers' wives and daughters. The women who do this work are mostly Germans and Swedes. "Pool table pockets are all hand made. The largest producer of pool pockets la a concern in New York that employs nt this work about thirty fam ilies, these mostly residing on Long Is land. The bundles of material for th« several families thus employed are made up in the shop and delivered to them, the finished pockets being at the same time collected. "The knitting is done with a needle twenty inches in length, and the pock ets are knitted with a peculiar knot that will not pull out You might cnt a hole in a pocket with a knife, but the hole would go no farther. As the pock et is kuitted it will not pull or draw apart. 'Tool pockets are made of cotton, of wool and of silk. The first are sold for $1.25 or thereabouts a doaen. Silk pockets sell for about $lO a dozen. "I should 6ay that of all the pockets made perhaps half are of cotton, three eighths of wool and one-eighth of silk. The pockets are most commonly green, but they are made in other colors ns well—in maroon, for example, and in yellow and in blue for tablea with cloths In those colors. "Output? Well, the production of them is somewhat scattered. I should Bay that It might amount annually to about 10,000 dozen, valued on an aver age, roughly estimated, at $4 a dozen, making the total value of the output somewhere about s4o,ooo."—New York Sun. THE HOME DOCTOR. A soft linen bandage saturated with a 1 per cent solution of carbolic acid is excellent for a blistered finger. To relieve a nervous headache apply hot water to the temples and back of the neck. A hot footbath will also ma terially aid. Earache can frequently be cured by wringing out a flannel in boiling water, sprinkling a few drops of laudanum on it and applying It to the ear. A small quantity of vinegar will gen erally destroy Immediately any Insect that may find Its way into the stomach, and a little salad oil will kill any Insect that may enter the ear. When your feet are very tired and hot, plunge them into a basin of cold water and keep them there until a sen sation of warmth begins. Then dry them and put on fresh stocking* and shoes. A writer states that a teaspoonful of finely grated nutmeg in a teacupful of cold water taken night and morning the first day and then missing a day, repeated on the third day, is a sure cure for bolls. A Four Footed Bird. There is a four footed bird, the Opis thocomus crlstatua, which has such anomalies of structure that It is im possible to class It along with any oth er family. It Is one of those survivors which tell us of extinct groups of whose past existence we would other wise have remained forever ignorant. These, the only species of four footed birds, inhabit the island of Marajo la the lower \mazon. It Is only during infancy that this remarkable feature of these birds is seen, the two fore feet appearing early In the development of the embryo and continuing perfectly formed for several days after hatch ing. when they are gradually shed. It Is also known as the hoactzin or evil smelling bird, the flesh having an un pleasant odor, making it unpalatable to both man and carnivorous animals, which is probably one cause of its sur vival. People Who Used to Ett Spiders. The enjoyment of particular kinds of food Is. after all, a matter of custom, aud the African who revels In white ants Is no more peculiar in his tastes than the European who eats cheeße mites. A lady whom M. Reaumur knew was accustomed to devour spiders as fast as she could catch them, and • German lady gave It as her opinion that these creatures resembled in taste the most delicious nuts. A fellow coun tryman of this lady was In the habit of regularly bunting spiders In his own aud bis friends' houses. He used to spread them on bread, Rozel tells ua, and vowed that they were far pleas anter to the palat£ than butter. —Corn- hlll Magazine. Who He Was. "Walt a minute, John. Don't read so fast. Who was it that there crowd turned out?" "EhV Turned out?" "Yes; you read it there that the crowd turned out N. Mass. Who was N« Mass?" "Why, I suppose he's some French man. You ought to listen closer."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. A llopeleaa Cue. "Are the Cuggletoris In such reduced circumstances?" -"Oh. yes. Why, I understand they are obliged to live within their In come."—Life. From the Other Side. "Is there any message from my poor husband?" asked the widow. "There Is," replied the medium, "and it's hot stuff!"— Atlanta Constitution. Geargle'a Donhtn. I can't see. tar the lit. of me, why people ihouid be pood And always try to do the things the Bible BJI thc.v should. My ma she's alwaya teUin' me that it I'm wick ed 1 Won't never have a harp to twang nor lire up la the sky: Hut Uncle William died laat month, and, ot, be uk I to swear I And if he ever went to church, why, DO on. aaw him there; Si ill. when thry bad th. funeral and when th. preacher pniyed Ue apoke about the golden harp that Uncle Wil liam played. And then h. told ua how Contented L'nci. William i». Up there with thc»e white wing* of hia, 'Cause he'a In heaven now. Pa uaed to toll oa all about th. way old Brigs* would cheat And gnuee th* foar tod take the iboM right off the orphans' feet; II" wouldn't pay hia taxes, and be took the wid ow's ii.lt t At lear. I !>eard pa telling ma h. took the mlt. all rlfht— But when they had the funeral the church was crowded, and The preacher satfl he'd gone airqr to Jotfi th. angel band; lie trerotiHd whn ba spoke aWot "MM 00* n<7nr before To live In evwlastlng bliss upon tbst ahlolng »hcr»," And then be told ua bow Contented the old skinflint i* With that nice golden ha-p of hi*, 'Cause he'* in ham en now. —Chicago a—~*,u—i a
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