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THURSDAY. APRIL 3, 190 a.
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< I By James Arthur Cook ''
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. . Copyright, 1901, by 4
A. S. Richardson "'
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It was Saturday afternoon, and Miss
Meeson, the good looking schoolteacher
of district No. 4, was at the school
house to secure a book she had left
the day before. She was sitting down
to rest after her walk of a mile or
more when a shadow darkened the
open door and sbi looked up to find a
tramp on the threshold. There was no
mistaking his avocation; he was lean
and ragged and hungry looking: he
was snnlmrned and tough. It was half
I a mile to the nearest farmhouse, and
■L yet after the first thrill of alarm the
schoolma'am was not frightened. On
the contrary, she saw the opportunity
to read a fellow being a moral lesson
and she was rather pleased. Miss
Meeson bad ideas. They were Puri
tanical and more. If she had been the
governor of Connecticut she would
have vigorously enforced all the blue
laws on the statute books and sought
to enact a dozen more.
"Come in here and sit down," she
said to the tramp, to show him she was
not afraid.
"Yes'in," be humbly replied as he
timidly advanced and took a seat.
"Now, then," she continued after
looking him over, "you are a lazy good
for nothing and wouldn't work if work
was offered."
"K'rect, miss," he answered.
"You go tramping up and down the
country, and you do not hesitate to
steal as well as beg."
"Perfeckly true, miss."
"You've probably been In Jail?"
"A dozen times." ,
"I thought so. You have a red nose,
and I've no doubt you drink."
"Like a fish, miss, when I can get
It."
"A pretty specimen of a man you
are!'' she continued as she warmed to
her subject "A vagrant, a l>eggar, a
thief and a drunkard! You are also a
Jailbird, and I don't suppose you ever
speak the truth except by accident."
'You've bit It miss," replied the
tramp, with a fleeting smile.
"Cast in the mold of a man, yet wit
ness the degradation !" sighed the
schoolma'am. "As If you hadn't got
lor enough, you have been fighting.
No doubt you also used profane
words T'
"I did, mlss-I did. You see, it was
this way: I meets a weary down here
"AFTER WHAT'S IX TOT BOTTLE IS OOJTE "
a mile or so and be has four turnips
under his arm. I begs for one, but he
turns me down. Then I tells him to
go to tbe bad place. He sasses back
and I puts up me dukes and lets fly.
He gives me a black eye, but I knocks
v blazes out of him."
"Stop!" exclaimed Miss Meeson as
she held up both hands. "I cannot
listen to any such language. If my
own father should talk that way I'd
disown him!"
"But I bad to tell you how I put up
tne dukes, ma'am," be protested.
"Dukes? Dukes? What do I know
of dukes? I never beard such awful
language in my life. You seem to have
a bottle In your pocket Is It possible
that you carry the soul destroying
liquid around you?"
"It's to keep off tbe chills, miss," he
explained as he exhibited a pint bottle
half full of whisky.
"An:l men can sink so low as this? 1
wouldn't have believed It There Is 110
heathen to compare wltli you. Do you
think it possible that there Is one little
1| 6 spark of goodness left In your soul?"
"1 wouldn't bet on It, miss," ruefully
replied the man as be gazed at his
wayworn shoes.
"Perhaps there Is. Do you want to
reform ?"
"Of course."
"If you mads me 1 promise would
you keep It?"
"I'd try tnc hardest."
"Then there is some faint hope. I
want you to begin by repeating the
Lord's Prayer after me."
He humbly repeated It, and when It
was finished he seemed considerably
affected. Miss Meeson took this as an
encouraging sign aud went on:
"Now promise me that you won't lie
or steal again as long as you live."
"I promise."
"And you'll let whisky alone from
this time on."
"After what's in the bottle Is gone."
S"And you'll never flgbt or sweat
again?"
"Never, so help me Joner."
"Now I have some hopes of you,"
said the schoolma'am in more friendly
tones. "I hope you'll take a bath and
wash up as soon as opportunity oc
curs, and If you will call at Farmer
Mecson's In a day or two I'll coax him
to give you work. lie is my father,
and you will be directly under my in
fluence. I shall do my best to regener
ate you. I um hopeful that my in
fluence"—
She was Interrupted by the entrance
of three more tramps, each one of
whom out-toughed the first caller. It
was clear from the first that their In
tentions wore evil, and as they stood
grinning and winking at each other
the schoolma'am moved back In alarm
and her convert followed aud put him
self in front of her.
"Are—are they wicked?" she asked
In a whisper.
"A bad lot, miss," he answered, while
one of the trio demanded a kiss all
around.
"Oh, lint hear them! They mean me
harm!"
"I expect they do, miss, and you see
how It Is with me. You made me
promise not to swear any more, and
how can 1 blast their blooming eyes
without swearing?"
The trio began dauclng about, and
the girl grew white faced as she said:
"But I guess you may swear If you
think it will do any good."
"And mo dukes, miss. I promised
not to pot 'em up again. I can't fight
three wearies with me nose."
"Oh, don't fight," she walled; "but If
you must, then put up your dukes, or
whatever they are! See! They are
tearing the seats out!"
"And one thing more," continued the
convert. "I've got to take a drink of
whisky to brace me up. It's one to
three, and I'll need a bracer."
"Then take It—take It!" she exclaim
ed as the trio began to crowd closer.
"And can I leave out the bath and
wash up and work?"
"Yes, yes! Protect me!"
"I'll do it miss, and here goes."
Her tramp reached for his bottle and
took a hearty swig, and as he restored
it to his pocket he opened on the enemy
at the rate of seventy-five swear words
a minute. lie swore and swore till
the schoolma'am held her hands
over her ears. Then he pushed up his
greasy sleeves, "put up his dukes," and
while Miss Meeson prayed be sailed
in and slam banged. lie got many a
bang in return before victory perched
upon his banner, but his cause was
just and be finally put the last one to
sleep and stood over his body and told
the half dead girl that the way was
open. She hurried to the door, but
paused there to turn and say:
"I think I-I backslid."
"You did, miss," he replied.
"And you'll continue to swear and
light and drink whisky and"—
"I think I'd better, ma'am—for the
cause of eddecashui). 'Pears to beat
the other way all holler."
And as the schoolma'am hurried
down the road with her heart In her
mouth she couldn't help but think the
same thing.
A Sporting Parson.
Miss Mary Louise Boyle, who count
ed Dickens, Lever, Browning, Lowell
and Tennyson among her friends, re
cords In her "Book" a story about a
sporting parson she knew, the Rev.
Loraine Smith, who hunted in purple
instead of pink because the former
was the correct episcopal color:
"His reverence was always well
mounted and was a keen sportsman.
He had a pretty living and a good
church In the neighborhood, but he sur
prised his parishioners very much by
altering the whole disposition of the
tombstones. He thought they looked
awkward and untidy in their actual po
sition, so he had them all taken up and
rearranged according to his fancy in
iines, crosses, squares, etc.. One Sun
day morning, a very cold winter's day,
he had performed the service to a
scanty congregation, and on going up
into bis pulpit, instead of opening his
sermon book, he .pronounced the fol
lowing address: 'My dear friends, if
you require it I will preach you the
sermon which I have brought with me,
but if you are as cold and hungry as
1 am I think you will prefer going
with me to the rectory, where you will
find some cold beef and some good
ale.'"
Men of Pew Words.
A traveler in the Bolivian Andes says
that at one time, while his cart was
making Its progress through passes and
over dizzy heights, be bad a chance to
learn how two taciturn persons may
show their satisfaction at meeting In
other than the conventional way.
It was midday, and under tbe glaring
vertical sun drowsiness had invaded us.
We slept until we were awakened by
the approach of tbe mall cart conning
in tbe opposite direction, the first civ
ilized vehicle we had encountered. Both
drivers stopped and gazed at each other
long in silence.
They were evidently pleased to meet,
but had nothing whatever to say. At
Inst one Inquired:
"What news?"
"Nothing." replied the other.
"What did he say?" asked the first,
doubtless continuing a conversation a
fortnight old.
"Nothing."
"flood!" And they drove on.
No Woman Wrote THcnt.
"Why did the court refuse to accept
that woman's letters as evidence?"
"It was decided that they were not
genuine."
"Didn't the handwriting experts de
clare that she wrote them?"
"Yes, but there was evidence to tbe
contrary."
"What was It?"
"Tbe letters contained no post
scripts."—New York Herald.
Feline Depravity.
"Oh, Horace," walled bis young wife,
"I have just found out that AJax, our
beautiful Angora cat, has been leading
a double life!"
"That makes eighteen, I suppose,"
said Horace. "What has he been do
ing?"
"You know 1 let him out every morn
ing, because be seems to want to go
and play out of doors. Well, I have
discovered that he goes over to the
Robinsons and lets them feed him and
pet him."—Chicago Tribune.
The Betel Hat.
Betel nuts, tbe produce of the areca
palm, are chiefly used as a masticatory
by the natives of the east They are
too small to be applied to many orna
mental uses, but are occasionally em
ployed by the turner and wrought Into
beads for bracelets, small rosary cases
and other little fancy articles. In the
Museum of Economic Botany at Kew
there is a walking stick made of the3e
nuts, sliced, mounted or supported on
an iron center.
A Zoo Discussion.
"You know," said the orangoutang,
"that man is descended from a mon
key."
"Yes," answered the chimpanzee,
"and his descent has been very groat.
But let us set it down to his credit tint
he tries to rise again. Every now and
then you hear of some man who is do
ing his best to make a monkey of him
self."—^Washington Star.
Quick Work.
"That editor Is terribly slow at read
ing manuscript.",
"Think so? Why, 1 know the time
he went through twelve stories in less
than a minute."
"Gracious! When was that?"
"When tbe elevator broke."—Phila
lelpbla Press.
Her Explanation.
"Do you mean to say such a physical
wreck as he Is gave you thai black
eye?" asked the magistrate.
"Sure, your honor, bo wasn't a phys
ical wreck till after he gave iu« the
black eye," replied the complaining
wife.—Exchange.
(tulte Technical,
"The reason lie is so irritable is be
cause lie is teething," explained the
fond mother.
"Indeed!" remarked Mr. Oldlmtch,
wishing to appear learned. "Aud
when will it IMJ hairing?"—St Louis
Republic.
Didn't Get the Credit.
"I was sorry I sent Ellen auch au
expensive wedding present."
"Why were you?"
"Why, she went and placed them on
exhibition without the donor'* cards."
-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Shua'.d Ktei* Munifthliiß.
New Wcnian—Simply because a wo
man marries a man is no reason why
she should take his name.
Old Bachelor—Just so. The poor tel
low ought to be allowed to keep some
thing he can call his own.—St. IX>UIH
Republic.
A man seldom realizes how few of
lis remarks are worth repeating until
> has conversed with a deaf jierson.
-Chicago News.
Forests cover one-teuth of the sur
face of the earth and one quarter of
Europe.
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<! By D. H. TALMADGE f
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< > Copyright. 1001, by D. H. Tslmadge •
It once happened that a boy wander
ed away from his home, thus produc
ing distraction therein. He was a lit
tle boy, and bis years were few. He
was gone for hours, many hours, of
daylight and darkness, and during the
Interval between his going and his
coming, for he returned safe and sound
at last his mother was prostrated with
nervous apprehension and lis fa'hT's
face aged plainly. The alarm bells
were rung; the community postponed
Its business affairs and joined in the
search: the schools were dismissed,
and children vied with men and women
to find the missing, but they were un
successful.
They found upon the river bank tracks
made by the boy's small shoes: they
found his straw hat floating upon the
surface of the stream in a heap of
driftwood; they found, trampled in tiie
sand of the shore, a paper l ag bearing
the name of a local confectioner, who
testified that the boy had purchased a
penny's worth of caramels that day.
Aud suspicion became eouviction —the
boy had been drowned!
The river was dragged until the
night came down, and one boatload of
determined spirits worked grimly with
the chains and hooks by the flickering
light of lanterns until the clocks struck
12. Theu, discomfited, they retired to
await the sunrise.
That was a night long to be remem
bered in the town. It was a night of
speechless agony in the boy's home and
of sorrow broken slumber in the homes
of other boys. There is something i>e
culiarly sad in the thought of a child's
form alone in black waters under a
starless sky or—and this was the faint
est of hopes—in the thought of a child
wandering alone In the darkness, cry
ing out his terrified little heart, stum
bling here and there, not knowing
which way to turn.
Tears were many in the town that
night, but none flowed.in the boy's
home. Eyes were dry there aud hot.
Lips there were dry and burning.
Hour after hour the father paced the
floor, looking neither to the right nor
to the left, his sweat cold bands
clinched, his breath bursting from him
as from one who strives to the limit of
endurance at some manual undertak
ing.
The clocks struck 3. Tbe frout door
opened and closed with a bang. A cry
Indescribable was sounded. The boy
was In bis father's arms.
At daybreak the good news went
forth, and the story was told and told
UK UAH TO THE FOltM AND KNELT IIKBIUE IT
•
again how the boy had gone to the
river to fish and had crawled out upon
a log the better to get his ridiculous
bent pin of a hook within reacli of the
big, big fish. Thus he told the tale
himself. The log had not been fasten
ed securely, and it had sailed away
with him. far, far away, miles and
miles, almost to Europe, he thought.
He was not frightened much. It was
fuu until the river ran between high
bluffs over great stones and the log
dip(ied and pitched and rolled, lie Ml
off at last, and a man who had been
watching him from a cave up In the
bluff came rushing down and waded
and splashed and swam after him and
pulled him out, aud turned bltn upside
down and spanked him to get the
water out, and carried him to a cave,
•nd built a firo and dried his clothes,
and fed bltn some luscious dried beef
and crackers, and finally, long, long
after dark, put him upon his back and
gave him a dandy ride home.
"He was a real nice man," said the
boy In concluding the account. "He
told me stories of kings who had tieaix
of money and of queens who had so
many Jewels thsy didn't know what to
do. 1 told him I'd bet they didn't have
any more money tlian my papa or any
more jewels thin my mamma, and he
seemed greatly Irterested. He didn't
come clear to the house with me. He
put me down at the corner and told uie
to scoot, and 1 scooted."
"Heaven bless him!" said the boy's
parents fervently. "We should like to
see him and thank liiui for the great
service he has rendered us."
"1 wish ycrtl could." returned the boy
earnestly. "He was such a nice man."
One night about two weeks later the
boy's father was awakened by the
sound of a rising window sash, and he
crept from his bed and took a revolver
from a bureau drawer. Softly he
passed down the stairs, but not so soft
ly that he was not heard by a man
standing by the sideboard In the dining
room. The man fired a pistol, and the
boy's father fired In return. The first
shot had no effect. The second had.
When the boy's father turned on the
electric light, the man was lying upon
the floor bleeding.
"You've fixed me, I guess," he said,
grinning In a ghastly sort of way.
''You've hit me In a nerve center or
something. I'm paralyzed. I can't
wiggle."
"Serves you right," grimly comment
ed the father of the boy, and he tele
phoned for the police.
But before the police came there was
a sound of swishing garments upon the
stairway, and the boy entered the
room. His eyes were wide with won
der as he looked from his father to the
form upon the floor. Then with a lit
tle cry he ran to the form and knelt
beside It.
"Hello!" he said.
"Hello!" was the groaning response.
"How are you, kid?"
"Ileal well," replied the boy. Then
lie turned toward his father. "This Is
him," he announced simply.
The boy's father was much affected.
"What!" he ejaculated. "Him! Oh!"
He also knelt by the wounded man's
side, saying nothing, only trying to
stanch the flow of blood, and while lie
worked the police arrived.
He arose, confronting the officers. "I
have made a terrible mistake," he said
to them. "I thought this man was an
ttoemy to my household, and he was
unt. You are not needed. I'm sorry I
put jrcni to so much trouble. If one of
you will step to the telephone ami tell
I)r. ISlgley to come here at once, I
shall be obliged. After that you may
go."
The burglar van nurwd back to
, health In Ihnt home. He Mas |i|e''e
three weeks. He should, for the sake
of the story, have gone iuto the world
a better man, but he did not. Six
weeks afterward he was arrested In
another city on a charge of burglary,
convicted and sentenced .to seven
years' penal servitude. A short time
prior to his arrest the boy's father re- (
ceived a letter from him, Inclosing sl3
in currency. It said:
Dear Sur—Herea for my bord durin my plesaut
»t*v at yure house. Ide like to square the docj
bill to but line Byin to lite Regards to kid.
Yures truly, Jakes Brockles.
The father of the boy read the letter
several times and pondered much.
"The man's bad tendencies," he told
himself, "outweigh the good by only
the fraction of a hair. Poor fellow!"
Gordoa'a Way.
Lord Wolseley used to tell of three
subalterns who were in the trenches
before the Redan Wolseley, Gerald
Graham and Charles Gordon. When
they were relieved at night, the gigan
tic Graham, the perfect type of the
sworder, used to pick himself out of
the trench and walk straight to his
tent, careless of the fact that he was
making himself a cock shot for the
Russian marksmen. Evening after
evening the Russian soldiers used to
gather more and more thickly, but
Graham would take no advice. He
wasn't going "to bother about those
fellows."
Garnet Wolseley, with ambition even
then to l>e one day the commander in
chief, used to crawl through the very
slush of the trench on bis hands and
knees for a hundred yards or so before
he got up and made a bee line for his
tent. He did not mean to be shot if he
could help it.
"And Gordon?" the listener asked.
"Oh, Gordon," said Wolseley; "Gordon
was funny. Sometimes he would crawl
with me nnd the very nest evening get
up, hook arms with Graham and go off
talking eagerly."—Candid Friend.
Janet's Wsy of Cron lnu Yoang.
As a matter of fact Janet was born
exactly two years before her brother
Fred; therefore in the natural course
of things when he was ten she was
twelve and gloried in it When Fred
was known to be fourteen, she still
confessed to sixteen. When Fred
boasted eighteen years, she timidly ac
knowledged herself Just over nineteen.
When Fred came home from college
and had a party in honor of his twen
ty-first birthday, Janet said to her
friends: "What a boyish fellow Fred
Is! Who would think he is only a year
younger than I?" When Fred declared
himself twenty-Ave and old enough to
get married. Janet said to a gentleman
friend: "Do you know, I feel very
Jealous of Fred getting married. But,
then, 1 suppose twins always are more
attached to one another." And two
years later at Fred's wedding she said
with a girlish simper to the guests:
"Dear old Fred! To see him married
today, and to think when he was only
five years old they brought him to see
me, his baby sister! I wonder if he
thinks of it now?"
The Old Constitution.
The Constitution originally carried
forty-four guns. A particularly inter
esting history is connected with this
Rlilp During the war with the Barbary
powers In ISOH she was Commodore
Treble's flagship in the Mediterranean
and played a conspicuous part during
the whole war. Lieutenant Wadsworth,
who was blown up before Tripoli in tlie
ill fated Intrepid, was one of the offi
cers of the Coiißtltut!.)n. In the course
of the war with England in 1812 the
English papers laughed at the Constitu
tion and spoke of her as "a bundle of
pine hoards sailing under a bit of strip
ed bunting." But when under Captain
Hull she captured the English frigate
the Guerriere. a vessel of nearly equal
force, the people who had before ridi
culed her called her "one of the stancb
est vessels afloat." A few months aft
er this victory the Constitution, then
commanded by Captain Balnbrldge,
cont|>elled one of the finest frigates in
the British navy, the Java, to strike itH
colors.
The Ile»t Care.
Quiet and warmth are the medicines
of the four footed philosopher. If a
dog Is ailing, he rolls himself Into a
ball In a warm corner nnd eats little or
nothing till lie Is well. Many times rest
is the only medicine needed by the sick,
but we seldom follow this example.
The blprd loses the instinct of the ani
mal. lie fumes, frets, takes stimulants
and medicaments and gives uo chanco
to tlie recuperative forces of nature.—
Philadelphia Record.
f'uppy Coincidence.
Mrs llifly—ls Mrs. Swagger at
home?
Servant—No. ma'atn. She went out
to call on you.
Mrs. Hilly—How very fortunate for
us both!— Boston Post.
\n Profit In It.
"What are you kicking about? Shu
all your presents, didn't she?"
"Yes, but the expressage amounted to
more than the presents were worth!"—
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Grasse. in France, contains over a
hundred factories which distill per
fumes from tlii' flowers of the orange.
Jasmine. ros<\ violet, cassiu, tuberose
and other plants.
No man lias ever succeeded in fooling
posterity all the time. Chicago Herald.
Slicep In Vnrled Clothlnir.
One of the results of the Investiga
tion of n special committee of the So
ciety of Arts Into the question of book
binding goes to show that sheepskin
Is often used by liookblnders under
very different names. They found
books bound nominally In Levant mo
rocco, hard grain morocco, straight
grain morocco, pigskin, calfskin, croco
dile and alligator leathers, all of which
on close microscopic examination were
found to lie the ordinary common
sheepskin on which had been stamped
the special grains and markings of the
skins they were got up to Imitate. The
committee, however, were satisfied
that 111 man: «■:!.«« s both the book
binders and tlie librarians had bought
these leather;: ruder the Impression
that llie.v v/< re buying the genuine ar
tide. London Globe.
Ilmt tl':n:i! 'i IV t-r.:it* l.tvr.
Mort of t'.e I' i peasants pass a
great deal of tl r I vis in v. rkshops,
where they r. •• t a: I sleep, the
same roof.i • a • :t:uber nnd |
probably :i ]• : ' ! • har'iilu. There
are few I • ! • -nI. all around the
four unll; >f t! c ioot:i is l!:;cd what
may lie literally d • I ::s a bench.
It Is i."Vo' wo i! I: t this works J
the p asimt by «!. . and on It he sleeps .
by night, each i.iau at h'.s o*.vn spot, i
The «o:;dlti> us of t:,e Russian work- j
shop i r factory i:ntl the Ititsshtli prison j
and military barracks, so Car as In
tcriiff arrangements are concerned, are
itLlti. ('hairs there will also lie and <i
table, rudely fashioned, as a rule, by
the men themselves.—Sat urilay Ite
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Twentieth Century Meillelne,
The twentieth century has almost a
free field In medicine. Although much
has been accomplished In the treatment
of diseases, the science is still largely
experimental, utid there Is room for a
host of discoveries. Perhaps by the.
time this century Is ended there will be
n lymph or an antitoxin or some sort
of treatment for every 111 the flesh Is
heir to. so that a few vaccinations and
other treatments will guarantee Immu
nity for a long period. Then centena
rians will be as common as blackber
ries and a man will be young ut eighty.
-Philadelphia Inquirer. I
YOUNG PLUM TREES.
Pruning nnd Training Praetieally
l).*Nori I»«m1 nnd Illustrated.
Tlie horticultural department of the
Vermontexperiment station for some
time has devoted a large share of its
attention to plums, covering the whole
range of plum knowledge, from varie
ties to pruning and culture. This gives
them an opportunity .to speak with
more than usutl assurance in offering
general practical directions, from
which only those relating to pruning
and training are here reproduced.
The old notion used to be that plums
preferred a heavy clay soil. This is
still true for certain classes of plums,
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THE riKST PRUNING.
[One-year-old trees just from the nursery.
on the left: pruned for planting, on the
right.]
particularly the domesticas and dam
sons, but other varieties thrive in oth
er soils. Taking all kinds of pluins
together, the best soil is that which
would be suitable for apples, and the
general rule regarding apples is that
they will thrive en any soil well suited
to [wtatoes. Almost any soil will do,
provided only that it is well drained.
It must not hold water either in sum
mer or winter.
The best plum trees for planting are
either one or two years old. In gen
eral, it is probably best to order two
year-old trees, especially of domes
ticas and damsons. The trees may be
set either in the fall or spring. In gen
eral, the latter is to be recommended.
The method adopted by Horticultur
ist Waugh In pruning and training
young trees is as follows: The young
trees as they come from the nursery
have the loose and broken roots cut off.
The top is pruned to a straight whip
by the removal of all branches, and
this wliip is cut back to a height of
two or three feet, depending on the va
riety and the strength of the young
tree, chiefly on the former. At this
point where the whip is cut back the
head of the tree is to be formed. Dur
ing tlu> first summer a number of
branches will be sent out from all
sides of this straight stock. These are
carefully watched and their number
regulated by pinching off all those
which are not desired. From four to
six of these side branches are preserv
ed, the object being to have them as
well distributed around the trunk as
possible, so as to give the tree a proper
balance. On a tbrifTy tree these side
branches will make a growth of two
to four feet each the first year. The
best plan is to cut off the tips of these
branches early in September or late in
August, so as to stop growth nnd
harden them up. Care must be taken
to see that suckers and water sprouts
are kept rubbed off.
At the opening of the second spring
the tree consists of a short trunk with
four to six diverging branches. These
are cut back to a length of six to elglit
ten fnolics. The weaker the tree the
more closely It Is shortened In. On
these four to six branches the head is
then formed. From one to three new
branches preferably two—are allowed
to grow on each branch, and these are
treated during tlie second summer just
*1 ..!
v \\ •-
YOfMl PLUM TIfEE.
[Knd of the first year In the orchard.]
•:s the primary branches were treated
during the first summer. Again tfce
whole growth Is stopped late In August
i.r early In Septeuber so that It may
harden up.
A tree caret illy handled In this way
will usually Ik. In bearing condition at
the end of the second year and should
give a moderate crop the third year.
Thereafter the system of pruning is
somewhat different. Some men prefer
to eut back their plum trees severely
every year. Others prefer to remove
only as much wood as Is necessary to
keep the top fairly open.
The warning of Professor J. B.
Smith i f New Jersey as to the visita
tion of seventeen year locusts, due this
year, concludes with the advice to
those who plant trees this spring not
to prune severely.
LAYING OUT A GARDEN.
WiiLe It I.nnu nnd Narrow and Give
It Horse Culture.
1 iie haphazard way in which gar
dens arc usually planted and the short
rows attract the attention and criti
cism of those who study neatness and
ee n my. This leads to advice by Pro
fess..r l I). Roberts in Country tlentle*
man on «iying out a vegetable garden.
He sug i sis a garden about three to
four times as long as it is wide and
laid out in si.'.t* en rows of plants, if
pn.>.i!il.. i... '.e tiie garden from three to
six tinns i..; 1 ng as It Is wide In order
to c'-on .i.i'y.e in tilling, tlie larger part
of wl: <-Ii i!; uld be done with a horse
and suitable Impl 'inent. Suppose that
one row en the far side Is set with
blacU , another with raspberries,
a p.irt of a row wit it currants and a
part with gnoscbt rrics and a r<>w or
two of strawberries, the width of the
rows being sillied to the character of
the plants. L'sually all but the first
named smalj fruits are set close togcth
er. The rest of the garden should be
plowed early in tlie spring and a row
or a part of a row of carrots planted
early: also beets, onions, lettuce and
radishes. Another row would be for
peas and two for early patatocs, a part
of a r>w for early cabbage, which
could be tilled out If desired with a
second sowing of peas. One side of the
garden, not being planted early, will
become somewhat weedy. Surface till
It, kill all the weeds and plant the corn,
late potatoes, late cabbage, and so on.
Of course you know that carrots, beets,
onions, lettuce and peas can be planted
before frost has ceased.
With a small horse cultivate the
rows, which may lie anywhere from
twenty-eight to thirty-six Inches apart,
according to the crops grown. The late
cabbage may be set where the early
"potatoes or peas were grown if the >
land is well tilled and additional ferti- j
liziug material is applied. "After the I
garden is planted and the plants thin
ned where needed at least nine-tenths
of all the work necessary to keep the
land mellow on the surface and free
from weeds should be done by inter
tillage with a horse Implement. If
this is managed as it should be and
the implements are suited to their
work, almost no hand work will be re
quired. The garden will always look
trim, and if the varioas plants wanted
are protected so far as they can be
from their insect enemies you should
have a continuous table supply of all
vegetables and small fruits in their
season. Tlie grapes and large fruits
should not l»e set In or near the garden.
At each end of the garden leave ten or
twelve feet of grass on which to turn.
A Stroner. Light Gate For the Darn.
In managing stock to the best advan
tage in stables where a few unruly an
imals must be managed a few easily
constructed conveniences can be placed
here and there that will greatly lessen
A HANDY BARN GATE.
the labor of tying up the stock, says an
Ohio Farmer correspondent. In our
barn we have constructed a few gates,
as shown in the accompanying illus
tration. Tlie crosspieces in tlie gate are
made of pine, being three inches in
width and one inch in thickness. Two
pieces are required both at the top and
bottom of the gate. It is very essential
that the crosspieces be of good timber
and quite free from knots, for the
strength of the gate greatly depends
upon this part of the construction. The
vertical pieces are made of oak. being
two Inches in width and one inch in
thickness. In this gate the vertical
pieces are four inches apart. In hang
ing the gate we have found nothing
equal to a strap hinge wijh a wood
screw bolt for a hanger. The strap is
bolted through the gate with quar
ter inch bolts. The latch is made of the
same material as the vertical pieces,
being cut down to half its size in older
that the side motion for moving tlie
latch below may be secured. It is bolt
ed between the two three inch pieces
nnd also to the piece below. When the
top of the lever is pushed forward, the
gate is unlatched, and with reverse ac
tion the gate, when in proper place, is
securely held by the short right angu
lar piece. A light brace is very neces
sary to hold the gate in proper shape.
In our barn we have eight of these
light, simply constructed gates that
serve i\\i indi pcnsable purpose. At
night all gates are closed, and if any
animal gets untied no harm can be
done.
An Item In RondniaklnK.
It is a common error in roadmaking
to endeavor to secure routes covering
the shortest distance between fixed
points. For this puri»ose the road is
often made to go over a hill instead of
around it. A road halfway around a
hill or through a valley Is sometimes
no longer than a road over a hill or
through a valley. The difference in the
length even between a straight road
utul one that is lightly curved is less
than many suppose.
Snow From i« Clear Sky.
The most wonderful snowstorms of
all that may lie seen every winter in
the are those that prevail
when the sky Id cloudless. Of these
there are several vnrlcti'js. Every week
or two we would see wmlt looked like
n fog form about the distant hills and
then come drifting across the creek
valley. Doubtless it was a real snow
laden cloud that had been drifting
along until It struck our level (1,300
feet above the sea) In the Adirondacks,
when the conditions became favorable
for the release of its feathery burden.
We saw these clouds fill the air with
flakes that were driven along almost
horizontally by a strong gale, although
the tops of our old hemlocks and
spruces rose Into the clear air and un
obstructed sunlight above the highest
level of the snow producing air strat
um. We even saw the snow so thick
in the air about us that the trunks of
trees six feet above the were
not visible, alttoiugh the treetops could
be seen, and the sun shone down
through the shallow storm with
strength en< -h to cast distinct shad
ows.
We have stood on a quiet, sunlit hill
top and looked down Into a valley less
than 100 feet below us, where a snow
storm was raging with violence and
the temperature was frigid. Scrlb
ner's.
A Mnn In the House.
There Is a young criminal lawyer In
Memphis, Tenn., who on the occasion
of his becoming of age began the cele
bration of his birthday in a way that
caused his household a great deal of
consternation.
On the eve of the fete, shortly after
midnight, the young man's family were
suddenly startled from their slumbers
by a loud voice in the house calling:
"There's a man in the house! There's
a man in 11k? house!"
The valiant pater famlllas rushed
from his room, bearing In his hands a
heavy billet of firewood, to learn the
cause of the disturbance and to cap
ture the Intruder. Ills son was stand
ing In the hall, shouting at the top of
his voice.
"Where's the man?" exclaimed the
old gentleman.
"Here, sir; here!" proudly replied the
young man. "This is he. At last I'm
twenty-one!"— Memphis Scimitar.
I*lpcr Leirenda.
The Wends, who. we believe, are the
ancestors of the modern Prussians, are
the center of many legends. The Pled
Piper or Ilamelin was a Wend; so also
was the piper of the Hnrz mountains,
who appeared so many days a year and
played unearthly tunes and whosoever
heard tit once fell Into a frenzy, from
which there was no escaping. All these
pled and weird pipers assembled once a
year at the Brocket!, where there was a
general carnival, the arch fiend lead
ing ilk* concert on a violin, witches
rolling around and fiddling on the
skulls of horses and the pipers adding
the concert of their unholy instru
ments.- Chambers' Journal.
Terrific Thunder.
The largest rainfall on earth has been
recorded at Cliera PunJl, on the bay of
Bengal, but the most violent thunder
storms ever observed are probably
J those of French Guiana. At Cape Or
nnge, some forty miles south of Cay
enne, a French naval officer saw the
1 rills of the coast hills turned Into wa
terfalls by a cloudburstlike storm,
while the crashing thunder peals were
Incessant and often almost deafening,
so much so. Indeed, that some of the
sailors began to mutter long forgotten
prayers, probably thinking the day of
Judgment near at hand.
The total of deposits,capital,surplus and profits divided by the sum total
of deposits gives the cash security for every dollar due depositors.
DEPOSITS CAPITAL. SUR. DEPOSITS FOR EACH DOLLAR
UNDIVIDED PROFITS. FEBRUARY. 1902. OF DEPOSITS.
$6,032 000 -f- $2,362,000 = $2.55
Real Estate Trust Co.,
OF PITTSBURGH, - 311 FOURTH AVENUE.
I Incorporated October Ist, 1900.
; CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $3,630,000.00.
Pays 'i percent, interest on «lepo«!ts subject to check, and 4 p«r cent. Inter
est on virion urcoiints. liu«.4 not iitue booilt. Write for booklet, How to open
an account by mail.
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It is made of ripe, sweetened
"Burley," the only tobacco from
I which a perfect combination of
smoking and chewing tobacco can
be n>ade.
Gail & Ax Navy is known by the
distinctive character of its blue wrap
per (which has many imitators), it
being to-day identically the same as
forty years ago, and it now stands
for the quality that it did then. You
get the very best, and take no chances,
when you buy Gail & Ax Navy.
HELPLESS HDSBANDS
HOW HELPLESS HUSBANDS
HAVE BECOME HELPFUL.
Never does a man feel so helpless as
when he looks upon the suffering of the
wife he loves and knows that he is
powerless to prevent it. And when, as
is often the case, he has exhausted every
means at his disposal in the vain effort
to restore his wife to health, his despair
almost equals her suffering. There are
husbands who have passed through this
experience and have found a way to be
helpful to their wives when physicians
had absolutely failed to cure, and been
even powerless to help the sufferer.
One such husband thus relates his ex
perience :
" I take pleasure in writing you to let
you know about your ' Favorite Prescrip
tion,'" says Mr. IJ. R. Fricke, of Peters
burg, Menard Co., Ills., Box 367. "My
wife had been sick nearly all her life,
and after trying everything I could think
of I made up niy mind to try ' Favorite
Prescription.' I sent to Chicago and got
six bottles, which my w'fe took, a table
spoonful three times a day, until the
baby came. She felt better after taking
the first I Kittle, and when baby was born
he weighed nine and a half pounds.
To-day ne is six months old and weighs
twenty-two pounds. He is as good a
child as any one could wish. The doctor
says he is as healthy as any baby could
be, and also the doctor says your 'Favor
ite Prescription ' was the cause of such a
healthy baby. I felt I owed you this
much for the good you did my wife and
for my own happiness."
HIS "BETTMR HAI.F."
The reference to* the wife as the
"better half" is made sometimes half
humorously. But in his heart every
man feels that the old phrase expresses
a fact. When the wile'is sick the whole
fabric of home totters to its fall. When
the wife is confined to her bed the hus
band leads a half life, a life from which
the sunshine and laughter have been
taken away. It is not to be wondered
at therefore, that husbands express their
gratitude for the cures which follow the
use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
What a change from a sickly bed-ridden
wife, helpless and miserable, to a wife
who is once more able to "guide the
house" in health and happiness.
"My wife was afflicted with uterine
trouble for several years," writes Mr.
J. C. Day, of Little Britain, Lancaster
Co., Pa., "and in November, 189H, the
doctor said she had a mishap. He
treated her for alx>ut two months or ao,
but there was but little improvement. I
wrote you after she had commenced to
take ' Favorite Prescription ' and you
told us to get 'Golden Medical Discov
ery ' also. 61ie took six or seven bottles
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FOR
JOB WORK
of ' Favorite Prescription' and two o»
' Golden Medical Discovery' she waf
cured and got out of bed and was able
to attend to her housework once more."
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription
makes weak women strong and sick
women well. It establishes regularity,
dries the drains which weaken women,
heals inflammation and ulceration at 5
cures female weakness. When takui as
a preparative for maternity it promotes
health of body and cheerfulness of
mind. It encourages the appetite, in
duces refreshing sleep, and when the
hour of trial comes it makes the baby's
advent practically painless. It is the
best tonic for nursing mothers, promot
ing the flow of the nutritive secretions
and giving the mother strength to givt
her child.
"My wife was sick for over eight
years," writes Albert H. Fulte, Esq., of
Altamont, Grundy Co.,
Tenn. "She had uterine
disease and was treated by
two physicians and got no
relief. At last I read in
one of your Memorandum
Books which you sent me
about Dr. Pierce's medi
cines, and we decided to
„try his ' Favorite Prescrip
tion.' I sent to the drug
store and j;Ot one bottle
and the first dose gave
ease and sleep. She had
not slept any for three
nights. Being sure that
it would cure her I sent
for five more bottles, and
when she had taken tbe
six lx>ttles she was sound
and well."
AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR WOMEN.
Women who are suffer
ing from diseases of long
standing are invited to con
sult I)r. Pierce, by letter,
free. All letters are pri
vately read and privately
answered, and the written
confidences of women are treated with
the same strict professional privacy ol>-
served by Dr. Pierce in personal consul
tations with women at the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo,
N. Y. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf
falo, N. Y.
Tliis offer of free consultation by letter
is not to l>e classed with the spurious
offers of "free medical advice" made by
those who having, neither professional
training nor experience are medicallv
and legally unqualified to give the ad
vice they offer. Although it takes more
than a diploma to make a good physi
cian yet the medical diploma is essen
tial as witnessing to professional study
and training. It is well for women to
examine into offers of "free medical
advice," and to ascertain whether the
offer is made by those competent pro
fessionally and legally to give lnecfical
advice. Any one can offer "medical
advice" but such advice from one who
is not medically educated and qualified
is not only worthless but dangerous.
In a little over thirty years Dr. Pierce,
chief consulting physician to the Inva
lids' Hotel ami Surgical Institute, Buf
falo, N. Y., assisted by his staff of nearly
a score of physicians, has treated and
cured hundreds of thousands of weak
and sick women. Write therefore with
out fee as without fear to Dr. R. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The effort of some dealers to sell a
substitute for " Favorite Prescription " as
"just as good" is due to the fact that
less meritorious preparations pay a little
more profit. Insist on having the medi
cine which makes weak women strong
and sick women well.
TO HUSBANDS AND WIVES.
The best medical work for the home
is Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Med
ical Adviser. This greut work treats of
health and disease from the view-point
of common sense. It contains 100.8
large pages and is sent free on receipt of
stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
Send 21 one-cent stamps for the book
in paper-covers, or 31 stamps for the
cloth-bound volume. Address Dr. R. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
EH. NBGLEY.
• ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office In the Negley Bnilding, West
Diamond.
P. SCOTT,
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office on second floor of Armory
i uildinj;. Butler, Pa.
4 T. SCOTT.
A, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office at No. 8. Wcit Diamond Pt But
ier. Pa.
HH. GOUCHBR,
• ATTORNEY AT LA*.
Office in Wise bcildint.
JB. BKEDIN,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on Main St. near Court Mmiv
EVERETT L. RALSTON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
No. 257 South Main Street, Butler, Pa.
Fisher Building. First door on South
Main street, next my former office in
Boyd Building.
COULTER & BAKhR,
ATTORNEYS AT
Room 8., Armory buildup.
JOHN W. COULTER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Wise building, N. Diamond St., Butlei
Special mention given to collections
and business matters.
Reference: Butler Savings or
Butler County National Bank
j D. McJUNKIN,
T) • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW .
Office in Reiber building, corner Main
and E. Cunningham Sts. Entrance on
B. Cunningham.
DR. J. C. AT WELL,
After Feb. ist- Office in V.attin
court building—and floor.
Honis 7 to 9a. m. and t to 3 «.nd 7 to
8 p. m.
i < M. ZIMMERMAN
U • PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office No. 45, S. Main atr.:et, over City
Pharmacy,
DR. N. M. HOOVER.
137 E. Wayne St., office noon. 10 to
13 a. m. 1 and to 3 p. m.
TV H. BROWN,
IT • Homoeopathic PHYSIUAN
SURGKON
Office 236 fe. Main bt., opp. P. O.
Night calls at office
C AMUEL M. *BIPPUS,
U PHYSICIAN AND SURGKON
aoti West lui.ttinghau' St.
EH. MERKLEY, D. 0..
• OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
Room 9 and 10 Stein Building.
Monday, Wednesday aud Frioay, con
sultation and examination tree.
DR J. WILBERT McKEE.
SURGEON D'-NTIST.
Office «>ver C. E. Miller'* Sbi« Store,
215 S. Main btrcet, Butler, Ha.
Peoples Telephone 505.
A specialty made of fillings, gold
crown and bridge wurk..
DR. J. C. ABER.
I)kn nsr
All work, dune '.t>e luiesi improved
methods. GoM, Aluimuuni, C-lluloid
and Rubb«r piates. Golj, Sil.er and
Cem*nt'tiling guaranteed to give satis
faction. Crown aud Bridge -vork. Ex
tiaction of 'eeth painless by
an entirely new prepHmtion which la
perfectly safe aud harmless.
131 S Mini St , Butler, Pa.
OR. M. D. KOTTRABA,
Successor to Dr. Johnston.
DENTIST
Office at No 114 B. Jefleraon St., over
G. W. Miller's grocery.
T ) DONALDSOM.
'I , F>K!*T«ST.
Artificial TeetS inserted on the .at»-*t
improved plan. Gold Killing* a a(>eu»
ialtv. Off re to tmwtrtffice
If W WICK
11. PKNTIST.
Has located i» 'he new Stein l»uil«iinn,
with all th.: i.-f't 'l-v<r<!<" fcr fVii'iil
worV
TAMES C. POWKT.L.
tl LICKhS»-D ACCTIONKKR
Address ine HI .lhl'ar« H <»., or l> ave
orders at the CtTiZKN office in Bntl-T.
I H. ELLIOTT,
1 • AtICTIONKRV,
112 Elm St.. Btitler.
RB GILGHRIST.
• LICKNSKD AUCTION HEN.
Having taken out a license as auc
tioneer,orders can lie left at Ibis office or
sent by uiail to Box 351, liuiler, ''a.
All orders given prompt attention.
T J AMES DODOS
• LIE T NFED AUCTION EH *
Inquire at Sheiiff'SortU c or 426 Mifflia
St. Butler, l'a.
|1 F L. McQUISTION,
V. Civil. ENGINEER AND SURVE• OR.
Office near Court HOBM:
Now is The Time to Have
Your Clothing
CLEANED OR DYED
If you want jj.wo and "ciial'id
cleaning or dyeing June, (licrc i.H
just one place in town wlieic ..'-u
can it, and that 'c jll
The Butler Dye Works
216 Center avenue
».We do tine woik n -ut
door Photographs. This is the
time of year to have a pictur- ;»i
your house. Give us a trial.
Agent for the Jainertowi. Slid n
Blind (Jo.—Ne* York.
o. F'SMER A SOV
0
nusy AbWAys
wh y ?
The wu sell wu jruaranttee pure and
wholesome - no nflpd of (TOVermont stamps
If you tniv "f us
ItEASON No. 2. If you deal with usouee—
you're satisfied you tell your frleurts—tliat
makes trade for us We Hud It pay* to (tlva
you satisfaction —TRY UH.
ALWAYS IN STOCK
MUCH. »..»«« OVKUIIOI. r.
IH K*. HK lIK.. HI.TKhMIX 1HU*IS"II.
UIUsON, ■ ILI.IRUEK. BHII>«K OUT
and offer them to you 0 year old at |l per full
quart, 0 quarts f£»UO.
GRANDFATHER'S CHOICE,
whiskey tfnaranleed 3 yeans old, ti 00 pei (ral
lon. Wo pay express charges on all mall
orders of J&00 or over. Good* shipped
promptly.
ROBT. LEWIN <k CO.
WHOLESALE DEALXSS or
Wins AUD LIQUOtS,
How 14 Smlthflelt Street, tarmtrlr
411 Water Street. PITTSHUXG, PA.
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