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