VOL XXXIX I COMMENCEMENT ITEMS. | THF $ rj£ ml At\pn\l & WHY NO I HAVE THE BEST,®* iMODERN | IF IT COSTS NO MORE? fS STORE. * kl VUHITF finnOS THAT ARE NEW al >d a variety out of the » ordinary. :iud such a choice assortment that the most fastidious can be pleased. No larger line ever shown here and such small prices for the OT Qk quality. . S# 3r? PrtEN'C-; U'ASH RATIS r £ sold by us only, 4* inches wi. e. JO f\ and so m..deM in >on will wonder why If yon see these goods, we U S? will win vo'i over to this stole. They are superb Persian Lawns, OS Mercerized' Per.-ian Lawns. Plain and Fancy Swisses. India Linens. *?} Laces. Embroideries Appliques, etc. for trimmings m K I!l 1 £■** i"i \/ We c.p the climax in this department Onrfl^ ™ llfijil I irJi* 11 1 / stock and facilities are commented on by IVI I r* » everybody. Come in and see about your 5 NEW HAT $ Eiwler-Marclorf Co., * I K|g£R22l Mail Orders Solicited $ 6 POST OFFICE BOX j mm Ha I § OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA. &&&s*& | W iNo-Not Oi-ily the Ladies! Ll ■J We have low Shoes for Patent Leather Bluchers L • WM MEN, Patent Kid Bluchers W 2 f > i BOYS and Patent Calf Lace. [« ' A GIRLS as well. The slickest lot of ~' * B\BIES too! Shoes in forty States. WA fd Take Your Choice! £OMI c s »^ d S2SO ' bl Paient Leather Oxfords Patent Kid Bluchers [ &f YA Vici Kid Colonials Take Your Choice kll Velour Calf Sembrich Ties WA fj Wax Calf Oxford Button A Welt Soles or Turn Soles ™ s e is st n 0 « S e town ff fA 75c to $3.00. but it is the only place C • to buy the newest and smartest styles. WA rA e more style and more wear into our shoes at a given £ a price than any one else you know of. 9 2 Heavy Shoes for Farmers and Mechanics made to stand a lot of r £ & J mauling and scraping, bat GOOD LOOKERS and plenty of toe To room, 95c to £2.00. Wl a • I fluselton's. s H ftl be fit. f M The most satisfactory A 1 Shoe Stnrc in Uutler. NEW WASH FABRICS. f S A great collection of dainty, attractive and stylish goods for 0 Waists and Suits. The styles and coloring are prettier than ever and (p tx the fabrics more varied. fIP Fine Ginghams 10c and 12Jc, Best 36 inch Percale ISJc, W yi Embroidered ChatnbrayMadras 20c, Swiss Silk 20c, Mercerized Silk •5 Zephyr 20c, Mercerized Pongee 25c, Fancy Lace Stripes 25c, Fine K Madras Stripes HOc, Uk T"- WHITE GOOGS —Many styles in fine Mercerized White p Goods at.<l tine Madras for W T aists Dimities, India Linons and Sheer M white materialsof all kinds are here in abundance. S M Fine Mercerized Fabries 25c, 30c, 40c and 50c. (ft Fine Madras 20c and 25c. • O flr India Linons Oic to 50c. A M LACE CURTAINS « * Ik>V_ By all odds the greatest assortment and best V values we have ever shown. Lace Curtains at 50c jpfc pair. Greatest assortment at if 1, *2 and |B. S MUSLIN UNDERWEAR- /; Why bother with making when you can bny the K uL P / --iYj finished garment at the cost of materials. U K I\x| M 1 Gowns 50c. 75c, ifl 00 and 50 U Corset Covers 25c, 50c, 75c and $1 00 SA Jn P, >, Drawers 25c, 50c, 75c and |1 00 V N|v \ Skirts 50c, 75c, ft 00 and up. M S We sell the New Idea 10c Paper Patterns. P Monthly fashion sheets free. C 4 IL. Stein & Son,g §; 108 N MAIN STREET, SUTLER, PA- S ±XM&3ietVSie&3VKSMi I EYTH BROS. I {Vail Paper! Wall Paper!} | * We are still giving away one of those handsome | pictures with every room of wall paper. | | EYTH BROS., | Wall Paper, Books and Stationery, * 251 S. Main St., Next to PostoflSce. * BUTLER, PA. * * ' KECK JUL % Sprill ° & s " D,Diel ' Wei^ts \ j\ r [\ /1 t Have a nattiness about them that ' (A ' rv-N /, I I \\ mark the wearer, it won't do to ■' \U 7 (iij ' wear the last year's output. You D V -I «- won't get the latest things at the \ / / | fr' stock clothiers either. The up-to -1 rr\. i J'f /~1 *' ate a, ' or on, y can supply them, / / T —7 f ( / i f you want not only the latest I ! / / 111 Jfi things in-cuf and fit and work / ( ill j I nunship, the finest in durability, | j I where e'se can you get combina- I I JU LI tions, you get them at ' K E C K G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 142 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler,P& THE BUTLEK CITIZEN. Rain and sweat \ \ \\ I have no effect on harness treated MMI M\ f M\ iV S with Eureka Har- M H ness Oil. It re- - » . $ sists the damp, w w \ \ JJ keeps the leath- Hi OA/ITCC* 9 I do not break, v \ f\ ww \ 12 No rough stir- \\\ \ § ggg\ \ 3 face to chafe „ \ f ///✓ |f andcut. The 'V . ■ harness not »L looking like * wears twice V, fff t \ as longby the LAgj ' I Sold /fci'T^^Kx{ f\ everywhere (/ \ hi . \\\ V\>\'A Made by Jy \ \ Ci/i Standard Oil J [ V > \ Nasal /jS^k CATARRH In all its stages. "'oift 4^o# Ely's Cream BalmV''^|f# cleanses, soothes and heals the diseased membrane. It curescatarrh and drives M away a cold in the head quickly. Cream Balm is placed into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Helief is im mediate and a enre follows. It is not drying—does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents. I 5 1 B Johnston's M Beef, Iron and Wine £ £ Best Tonic |k 1 f/j Blcod Purifier. BM Price, 50c pint. f 4 L V Prepared and WA JJ Johnston's H H Crystal N r| Pharmacy, j&A 11. M. LOGAN, Ph. G , Ll 9 A 106 N. Main St., Butler, l>a kS V Both 'Phones W 2 ri Everything in the drug line. Eyes Examined Free! The above cut is the latest electrical instrument which I use in the testing and examination of the eye, all errors of refraction ac curately corrected. Satisfaction guaranteed. CARL. H. LEIGHNER, Jeweler and Graduate Optician, 209 S. Main Street, BUTLER, PA. Goehring & Keck For No. 1 Building-Blocks, Brick, Lime, Cement, Plaster, All kinds of Mill-Feed, Seeds, No. 1 Seed Oats, Chilled Plows and Fine Groceries Go to The Extension Feed Store, Near the P. & W. Station, Zelienople, Goehring & Keck. Eugene Morrison GENERAUCONTR ACTING PAINTER and DECORATOR. Special attention j>iven to FINE PAPER HANGING, GRAINING and HARDWOOD FINISHING. Office and Shop, Rear of Ralston's Store, Residence No. 119 Cliff St. People's Phone 451. 1 EQUAL PARTNERS I S By HOWARD FIELDING || g * * * o? Copyright, 1901, by Charles W. Hooke. ■>o*©#o»o*o^o*o^o4o4o4 ©♦©♦osOVOO£>Scv<>vOv<>vO>G'<?;>»*o , »o<»C.vOX>*v>*'©#©<frO*o^o#Q4o CHAPTER XVII. THK RUNAWAY. NDA sat down by | the bed, and she look ijg joJ e<l very beautiful, a clr enmstance upon which 2ra Eisle dld uot fail t0 Orcomment with great rf^r^G.': satisfaction. \v£ —> "y ou w iH be very hnppy." she saliL And then she heaved a little sigh, presumably for herself. "My dear child," replied Brenda, "this is. altogether too sudden and incom prehensible to suit a conventional per son like myself. This weird flirtation of the madhouse which Dr. Kendall and 1 seem to have begun In a manner shamelessly public may be only the temporary aberration of our minds and have nothing to do with our heart#. I hope it will strike in; I do most de voutly. Then you and Clarence could arrange your agreeable romance with out remorse"— "That Is ended." said Elsie. "In fact. It never began. Brenda. you opened your heart to me; let me open mine to you I want some one in' the world, some one whom I care for, to know the whole truth." "Are you sure you really wish to trust me with this confidence?" asked Brenda earnestly. "You do not really know me. Your mother may soon be with you." "I would never tell my mother," said Elsie sadly "She has had trouble enough. As for trusting you. knowing you—why, It seems to me that we have been here together since the dawn of recorded history and you were my friend the first minute. I'm afraid you may not care to be after you have heard the story, but I don't want to hold you by false pretenses. So hear me, Brenda^" "It will not excite you? It will not make you 111 again?" "It would excite and worry me If I thould stop now after I have made up my mind." said Elsie. "Listen. You 6hall know everything but a name. I can't tell you that." Brenda was silent She was saying to herself: "I am afraid. My heart is trembling for this girl." "It doesn't matter when, It doesn't matter where." continued Elsie, "but when and where fate pleased I met a man who took a great liking to me. I know little now, and I knew far less then, though It wasn't so long ago. He was an educated man, and I was not an educated girl, but I wished that t'was. We met in a merry party, and 1 expected him to talk frivolity. He didn't. His'conversation was very Im proving. Oh, he took a deep Interest hi my mind. "What idiots girls arel Why. this man-read me like a book. He saw that I was full of yellow covered ambitions and ten cent aspirations. He had prob ably seen a great many girls equally deserving of encouragement. I thought be was splendid. I put my hand in his and prepared to ascend the hill of learning. "It was a supper-after the theater, and we rode to my house together In a hansom afterward at 2 o'clock in the morning, and the chaperon of our supper part> rode in another direction in another hansom with another man. My escort talked about the 'Rubaiyat' of Omar Khayyam, and I then first appreciated the beauties of that sub lime composition. Afterward he spoke of my work In a very earnest and en couraging way. He let me know that he had been quite a student of the drama and that his criticism and ad vice would be of the greatest assist ance.- That, at least, was the infer ence. Finally he bade me good night on the doorsteps, with a gentle sadness In his manner which let me know that there was a romance In his life. That made me feel safe, for at that time I surely did not want him to fall in love with me, and I still retained the delu sion of my earlier years that romances In a person's life acted like vaccina tion. "The gentleman called upon me the next afternoon, and he was very enter taining as well as instructive. He brought me a large book. I forget what It was about. The next day he took me out to dinner, and I remember that he gave me some very shrewd and helpful criticism about my work. Then I didn't see him for two whole days, and I began to miss him very much. At that time I was lonely. My girl friends In the profession were all out of town, and some of the men In the company who wished to be kind to me were rough In their ways—not at all like the cultured gentleman whose acquaintance I bad been so fortunate as to make." "But didn't you ask about him?" said Brenda. "Didn't you find out how be stood socially?" Elsie laughed. "How was I to find out any of those things?" she said. "The world Is a big place, In the midst of which is society as you know It, a little mutual Insur ance company for the purpose of pro tecting its members, especially the younger ones, against accidents. I only knew that I liked this man and that he seemed to be a true friend to me. What other guide was I to have except my own beautiful Ignorance?" "I don't know," said Brenda aloud, but to herself she was saying: "The more wrong she has suffered the more I want to help her. I won't let any thing take her away from me." "Presently I heard the story of the romance in his life," continued Elsie. "It appeared that the gentleman was married—most unhappily. Where was his wife? He had permitted her to ob tain a divorce. This was pure generos ity on his part. He would rather suf fer an Injustice than attack In the courts the woman he had sworn to love and cherish. lie mentioned several high society precedents for this con duct. In fact, he convinced me that divorce was, upon the whole, a mark of distinction in these days. It ap peared that his was a sort of limited divorce which did not permit him to remarry, but after this aspect of It had been presented to me on several occasions he discovered that he could marry under certain conditions with the full sanction of the law and heav en. "Well, Brenda, let's be fair. I want ed to marry tb# man. I persuaded my self that 1 was in love with him. I wasn't. I can see that now. I wasn't within a million miles of loving him, but 1 was ready to be loved, Brenda; that's the truth about it S&f heart BUTLER, PA.. THURSDAY, MAY 1. 1002 was full of tenderness. and I saw the whole world rose tinted In th« light of the dawn of love. That's poetical. But wait a rainut® lam coming to iome thing very unromautlc. I wrote this story. Brenda—wrote It all down for a great heart thrilling novel—and then had sense enough to hum it. But that helps me to tell It straight, and you'll catch fine phrases now and then, but you won't laugh at me. "Well, we were engaged, of course. My flance presented me with a dia mond ring, and diamonds are my soul's delight. After I got this one I used to keep a little light burning In my room at ulght so that 1 might see It sparkle If 1 happened tc be wakeful. I sub sequently learned that there was a financial Irregularity involved ID the obtaining of the glittering gem, but 1 did not learn that until after It had passed out of my possession." "Where did fate find this precious rascal?" whispered Brenda. "And why did fate send him to you?" "Why did fate send a good man after ward?" said Elsie. "Why not before? Well, 'the moving finger writes and. having writ, moves on'— It was to be. Finally the gentleman announced that a marriage under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania would meet the re quirements of the situation. I was a good deal startled by this definite sug gestion, and I wrote to my mother on the subject for the first time. The gen tleman took the letter to post, and it has not been delivered yet, thank heav en! "Before It was time to get an answer sudden business of great Importance called my fiance to Philadelphia. How opportune! Well, Brenda. I packed a little hand bag and went What must you think of me?" Brenda bent down gently and kissed Elsie's hand and held' It against her face. "I don't know the story yet," she said, "but you have portrayed a thorough scoundrel. And you have also shown me n trusting and true hearted girl who went to be married with an innocent heart. Blessed heaven! Think of a man for whom a young and pure girl will go out into the world like that, as If to walk In the fields! Should not ev ery fiber of his soul be thrilled to loyal ty for all his life?" "The gentleman In question had no soul." said Elsie. "I think he will bo spared all punishment hereafter, as the brutes are. Let us proceed, Brenda, dear. The remainder of the story la not long. We ♦ook the 11 o'clock train and reached Philadelphia In time for luncheon. Our marriage was to be kept secret for awhile, and there seem ed to be some slight objection to the public dining room of the hotel where our hansom «et down. However, we lunched there quite w<,tlly, for I had no appetite. Then we re-en» erel j the hansom and went to look for a min ister. We had remarkable difficulty in finding one, considering that Philadel phia is a large city full of churches, but we finally succeeded. Then It appeared that we had neglected to comply with certain formalities, but the clergyman was able to rectify the matter, and so we were married pitifully, as I see It now, with stupid old servants and a chance laborer who happened to be at work In the house as our witnesses. "When we got back to the hotel, It was 6 o'clock, and I was nearly fam ished. We hurried right Into the din ing room, and my husband ordered a great spread, with champagne, for our miserable celebration, and now I will tell you the unromautlc part. In the midst of that dinner, and while I, fan cied that I was eating with a splendid appetite, I was suddenly seized with the most awful pain that ever devas tated my poor little stomach. Yes, Brenda, It was a regular, terrible stomach ache—Just pain, without a bit of nausea. I felt as If some one had my stomach In his hand —a hand about the size of Captain Neale's—and was crushing it to pieces. "My husband said he guessed It would soon pass away, but It didn't, and so he left his dinner and fan out to a drug store to get me something to take. When he came back, I took It, and I didn't feel any worse, because that wasn't possible, but I certainly felt no better. In a few minutes I be gan to realize that I was going out of my wits. I talked Insanely and saw things that weren't there. The next tiling I knew we were riding up In an elevator, and It seemed to go up for a week. Then there was a woman lead ing me along a hall and Into a room, and she began to take off my clothes In the bedroom of a little suit I stared at her and asked her who she was. " 'l'm the assistant housekeeper,' she said. 'I belong to the hotel.' "As If she had been a piece of furni ture. Then I asked where my hus band was, and she said he had gone out for a doctor. So she made me lie down. Probably I Beemed to be there on that bed, but In reality—my own reality—l was playing In that old barn storming company and studying, j studying, studying on long parts that were always changing, but sometimes I was a little girl agulu In a town way I out In Michigan, running through the streets, with my long legs flying and my heels touching the back of my head, as my mother used to say. I stole the neighbors' flowers In the scented June evenings and staid out under the little whispering stars till my mother came, weeping with anx iety, to bring me home. And, strange ly enough, right In the midst of It all there stood the doctor, a tall, gaunt young man, asking me how I felt But where was my husband? " 'He has not got back,' said the wo man. 'I was afraid to wait any lon ger, so I got this gentleman, who Is a New York doctor stopping In the , hotel.' "Then I felt something sharp prick- ' lng my arm and afterward the pain was easier, and my mind suddenly be came as clear as It Is now. I heard the doctor say that I would be all right when I had had some sleep, and then my husband appeared, looking In ' between the curtains that bung by the bedroom door. It seems that he had not brought a doctor, but had left word for one to come. "My husband remained there, be tween the curtains, perfectly rigid, storing, pale as a ghost He was look ing at the doctor beside my bed, and glancing up I saw that the doctor was staring at him. " 'You!' said the doctor, and he took three strides out of the room, my hus band backing away as the other atl ftnead. "They whispered together; they thought I could Bot hear. But, Brenda, I would have heard them If they bad been In New York. "'She says you were earried this afternoon,' said the doctor. 'How Is that? " 'Who In the devil's name called you In?" demanded my husband. 'Where did you come from?' " 'This Is state prison business,' said tbe doctor, without minding the Questions. 'You are living legally separated from your wife, but you are not divorced, and you never will be by your own consent for her father Is paying you to behave yourself.' " There has been no marriage here,' said my hnsband. 'Don't say any thing. This Is a mere freak of mine. •i'ou.'" said tht doctor run away to a sr:.u, .J city, trusting to luck to be married there." Brenda kissed Elsie's hand again very tenderly. "I'll tell you what, aiy dear," said she; "the fact is that yon have brooded over this matter until you are not quite sane about It I really mm what I say. Now, this is my advice to you: Tell Mr. Alden this story Just as soon as you're strong enough to do It and"— Elsie gripped her hand hard. "I have told you this in confidence," s) £ aid. "Give me your solemn word thai you will never breathe one sylla ble of it; that you will help me In ev ery way to conceal It! Premise!" "The word and honor of ose who loves you, Elsie," Brenda answered. "Whatever you wish I will do." "You are so good to me!" MM Elsie, letting her head sink back Into the pil lows. "There Is one thing more," said Bren da. "Did he, your husband, strike this blow?" "Don't ask me that," cried Elsie. "I can never tell you how I got this wound. Think what a frightful bur den that knowledge would be to you If I should die." ITO BE CONTI!rr*B.] fillet, t Pupils. A young woman teacher In one of the grammar schools in Brooklyn was speaktr.g of her work the other day. She said that unless a person had some experience In teaching he could scarce lyjunderstand how marvelously stupid some children were and what peculiar mistakes ordinarily bright children sometimes make. To illustrate her point she told three stories from her own personal experiences. One day, on a language tlie follow ing was one of the topics: "Name three kinds of sentences and give examples." This Is the way one of the chlldreu met the problem. He wrote: "Declarative, Interrogative, imperative. 2+2=4. 9x2=18. 13—6=7." On another day one of the questions In a grammar examination read: "'I cannot see it Complete this sen tence by using the words plain or plain ly. Give your reason." One bright youth wrote this answer: "'I cannot see It plaih.' Reason: Be cause it is too far away." Another scholar answered the ques tion as to why the Dutch settled on the nudson river by saying, "So they conld have a place to wash."—New Yerk Tribune. Evils of Excessive Imsklii. While a good cigar, used temperate ly two or three times a day, may bo smoked by the average adult man to good advantage, excessive Indulgence in smoking is very harmful. It la only necessary to recall one's first cigar and the profound effect it produced to real ize that the smoking of tobacco In large quantities is trifling with a dangerous agent, says the Baltimore Sun. The chief effects of smoking are from the nicotine and empyreumatlc oil, the first being an active poison—an lufln ltesnial quantity will destroy life—and the latter, which is the rank accumu lation In the stem of the pipe, is also a potent poison, one drop on the tongue of a cat having been fatal. The nico tine and the oil both act on the nervous system, though differently, the nicotine paralyzing the heart by its action on the brain, while the oil confines itself chiefly to the spinal cord and the motor nerves. It will thus be seen that so part of the victim's equipment escapes the deadly effect of tobacco in excess. Heavy Bombardment. Sam—Yo' say dat de bride en groom had to be sent to de hospital won after de marriage ceremony. How was dat? . Remus-Why, some ob deh frien's thought It would be luckier to throw old horseshoe*. When fortune turns a man down, people turn up their uosea.—New York Herald. Tea In Kashmir. There are two ways of preparing tea In Kashmir. The first is to put the tea in a pot with cold water and boil it for half an hour, when more cold water is added, after which it Is boiled for an- i other half hour. Milk Is then added and it is ready for drinking. The sec ond is to place the tea in a pot with a little sodo and water and boll for half an hour as before. Milk, salt and but ter are then added, after which it is boiled for another half hour, when It Is ready. The Rarinld'i Power. Emeralds from India, Persia and Pe ru are the most valuable. According to their tints and their luster, they are classed as prosines, neronlanes and . doniitianes. According to Suetonius. ! Nero used to look at the fighting gladl- | ators In his emerald. The stone Is the emblem of charity, hope. Joy anil abun- j dance. It had the reputation of curing i epilepsy by application and of being an all round pain killer. Iron and Copper. The world could not ;et along today without iron and copper. The entire loss of all the gold and stiver In the world would not be nearly so serious as would be a sudden exhaustion of all the ir >t. and copper, since Iron is used for .'.II purposes of construction, and co; pcr is an absolute requisite iu the use of electricity I > the enormous ex tent which now obtains. IN THE ORCHARD. r»T»r Crops of Two Kinds and Tkelf Comparative AlTintac". There are practically two classes of plants which the orchardist may use for the purpose of securing a cover crop. These are the nitrogenous class oil the one baud and the nonnltroge nous class on the other. The difference between these two Is marked by the OOWMU.S BROADCAST*!). power of the plants of the nitrogenous class to appropriate the free nitrogen of the air and store It up In their tis sues In such a way that It Is more or less readily available to the succeeding crops. Prominent among plants which have this property are the clovers, peas, beans and vetches. These are the farmer's friends, the nitrogen collect ors. Concerning cover crops and the orchard, Professor John Craig of Cor nell university has summarized his in vestigations as follows: The orchard is to be viewed In the light of a specific crop. Humus Is essential to the liberation of plant food. Barnyard manure supplies organic matter, but is often beyond the reach of the orchardist. Probably the Ideal system of orchard management Includes clean tillage and a cover crop In the annual programme. Effects of tillage and of cover crops are similar In many respects, but while both tend to make plant food available the cover crop may actually add to the store. ■The cover crop prevented frost from penetrating the ground deeper than six teen inches as compared to twenty-one inches on bare ground. The percentage of water in cover cropped ground compared favorably with bare uncultivated ground in lowa* and New York. The texture of the 601 l and subsoil is much improved by the burrowing hab its of the earthworm and the penetrat ing character of clover roots. The cover crop prevents surface washing and injurious erosion of or chard lauds. A comparison of the fertilising Quail ties of the clovers, cowpea and hairy vetch placed the last far In the lead, with alfalfa and mammot'a clover sec ond and third In manurial value. Hairy vetch appears to be a valuable leguminous plant for cover crop pur poses. It Is hardy, deep rooting, grows at low temperatures and produces a dense mat of vegetation on the surface of the ground. Cowpea Is particularly valuable for a system of 6emicultivatlon and as part of a combination crop. Of the nitrogen consumers rye and buckwheat are of most importance. Oats are favorably spoken of in some parts of the country. Certain mixtures are used to advan tage. Alfalfa, mammoth clover and turnips have given satisfaction, but oats and crimson clover do not suc ceed. Tbe cowpea is a Japanese bean. It Is a tender annual, a rambling, vigorous ALFALFA ROOT. HAIRY VETCH BOOT, grower. Its cultivation has been con fined to the south and southwest where It is grown to some extent as a forage crop, but genernlly for green manuring. In the north its greatest value Is its I power to renovate wornout soils. It should be remembered tnat it is a hot weather plant and the seed must not be planted before corn planting time; that It "goes down" with the first au tumn frost and that on poor soil better results may be secured by planting in rows and cultivating than by broad casting. Fertilising Tomatoes. The Impression is quite prevalent that the tomato does not require heavy manuring. Experiments that have been conducted at a number of stations show that the tomato Is a plant that quickly and profitably responds to the use of manures or fertilizers and that the maturity and yield are very largely Influenced b.v the method of manuring and fertilizing. Experiments conduct ed by the New Jersey station have shown nitrate of soda to be one of the best nitrogenous fertilizers for this crop. SOY BEANS. Widespread Interest In Them at the North—How to Grow Them. In vi(*v of tlse present widespread in terest in soy beans a few words of ex planation are pertinent at this time. Probably a hundred Ohio farmers have asked me if they can grow soys in their latitude. I answer yes. Why not? Lo cated north of the forty-fourth parallel of north latitude, I have been growing, tross breeding and feeding soys for pears and have yet to record the first failure. Given the early or medium early varieties, any Ohio farmer should do better than can possibly be done here. The principal causes of failure are too late varieties, «oo late planting and too much seed. The best way to use soy beans for bog pasture Is in what my friend, E. F. Diehl of Indiana, calls a "hog para dise." This is made by planting soy beans, cowpeas and corn in alternate rows, and at the last cultivation two pounds of rape are sown to the acre. It is not expensive, and It makes pork as nothing else will. As one farmer of my acquaintance said: "Make pork? Well, say, it's Just like getting mouey from home." Soy beens will stand more cold than «orn. eowpeas or potatoes. In fact I have never seen them Injured by frost between XJay 1 snd Oct. 1, though, of conrse, these are extreme dates. Soys will withstand more wet weather st any stage of growth than any forage j or grain crop I know and, in common with cowpeas, will, grow right along , through the hot. dry weather when | corn leaves dry up and rustle, says a Michigan correspondent #n Ohio Parm er. A Fir* Raw C*rm Hark*». ) The cut shews a five row com mark i er. The runners are 1% or 2 feet long, : 6 inches wide and 2 lnche* thick. They are placed as far apart as you want your rows and two three Inch boards (At nailed on top. D Is a handle. The driver walks In the last nark previously made and holds the handle v' w A OOBK MtWIBL in one hsnd. There should be such a handle on each side of the marker. T'se one horse and attach a rope or wire from each outside ruaarr to the traces. This marker Is described by a correspondent In the Ohio Parmer. Practical Seed Veatla*. The method of testing seeds between plates aud layers of moistened flannel, the whole being kept 4n a warm place, Is familiar to nearly every one. A. 8. Hitchcock says in Gardening as to the time required for seeds to germinate: Some seeds will commence to germi nate by the third day. Each day an ex amination should be made, and those seeds which have germinated should be recorded and removed. Grass seeds require as mach as three weeks, and seeds of soma trees a still longer time. Beet balls contain from three to seven seeds. With rtrj small seed K may be necessary to provide for the circulation of air by placing small pieces of wood between the layers of cloth among the seeds. With most va rieties of garden plants the majority of seeds should germinate wlthia a few days after the first sprout appears. If the period of germination extends over a longer time, it shows that the vitality of the saad la low. flosda of the carrot family and aoma melon seeds may not show as high results In the germinating dishes as they Aa in the ground. Seed Potato**. Potatoes that havs beea kept by banklug with earth should not be dis turbed in the spring until about the last of April. They may then be taken from the bank and may be stored in a cellar or a dark corner of the barn un til about one week befoae planting time. Then they should be spread upon the ground where they will b* fully ex posed tn the —an light. TWa will cause the buds to maks a strong, vigorous growth, which is not broken off when the tubers are planted. Permitting the buds thus to start greatly facilitates growth after planting. The Cornell (N. Y.) station has found this method of procedure to work well, much better than when seed tubers are stored in cellars or where they are banked im mediately after digging. V* Reclaim W*r**at lull. If you thiuk that lands lack humus, apply stable manure or turn nnder a green crop. The best general green crop Is red clover, but It doea not catch well on very sandy and very hard soils. Then begin with any crop which will grow—rye, buckwheat corn, beans, anything to get a start If the land produces weeds when left to Itself, It Is good enough to produce something else. Turn the weeds under, sow something, turn it under, sow again. In two or three years the results will be seen, re marks a writer on this subject Wrt Sftfla AM SMd. •Sanding water is a great abaarbeat of heat. If no provirfsa Ss made to drain it away, it mnst be evaporated away. Thereby beat is lost The soil Is cold. A great many barrels of water can be standing on an acre of ground and not attract much attention. Hindoo Weddlaa*. Hindoo weddings usually come in tfes hot months, when the families hare leisure to prepare for them, but an as trologer must select an ausplcioua day for the eveht. The groom ia ready for his preliminary game »f diplomacy, which la scarcely more than a "bluff." This Is a pretense to visit the sacred Ganges at Benares and wash away his sins in its healing waters. Generally there would not be time before the wedding day to complete such a Jeur ney when the groom undertakes it, bat the readiness must be shown, and the company sets oat. When the bride's father meets them and dissuades the groom from such an andertaklnf, be is very ready to stop. He is assured, moreover, that kis sins have not been so grievous as to need cleansing before his nuptials. If the bride's father is satisfied with his spiritual condition, the young man may need say no more, but he returns and prepares the thai!, or gold badge, that all married women must wear suspended from their necks. —Woman's Home Companion. Too R*allatl«. During a performance of "Captain Lapallsse" at a Valencia theater some years ago an incident occurred which, for lifelike effect, left nothing to be de sired. During the said play some of the actors mingle with the spectators in order to co-operate from the body of the house. No sooner bad Mlralles, the actor, taken his seat in the stalls than a daring pickpocket robbed him of his gold watch. Mlralles seized the man by his coat collar and called oat is a deep bass voice: "Police! Help! Thleree!" The audience, taking this little epi sode to be part of the performance, roared with laughter. Even the police men Joined ID without stirring hand or foot. "This is no farce!" cried the actor in tones of despair. "The fellow has got »ny watch 1" The voice sounded so natural tbst the audience broke into loud applause at "such excellent fooling." Meanwhile the thief managed to break sway from his captor and escaped. Nothlug worries a parson so much as to tell him that he talks la bis sleep and then not tell him what he says.— Atchison Globe. No woman will ever reproach her husband for flattering her even if it la badly done. No 18 AN IMPROMPTU WHIRL. It Scare* iki Chef Worn Than IC Did It la Aaatataßt. Tat was assistant cook on one of the dining cars on the Great Western road running into St. Paul. He was ob stinate and ill tempered. The chef was equally so, and as a result constant warfare waged between them. One hot day Pat was making ice cream and In spite of the chefs warnings insisted upon sitting in the doorway of th« puutry while he turned the freezer. The train, going up grade, made a sud den lurch, aud Pat and his can of ice cream fell out the door, as his superior officer had predicted. Frantic with fright, the chef ID his white cap and apron tore through the train cooking for the conductor. "Mon Dieu, M. Conductatse," ha eried, wringing his hands whea ho found that person, "u Ice cream freesalre he fall off, and Pat go wiz heem! Stop te tramway or we will haf pas dessert pour le diner. Trouble, trouble always wis zat Irishman!" The conductor pulled the bell and stopped the train, but It had already gone two miles past the spot where Pat had rolled out They backed the train, fully expecting to And Pat's man gled body beside the track. Instead they saw him coming over the ties on a run, carrying on his back the Ice cream freexer. He climbed on the train, looking foolish, but all he ever said of his miraculous escape was, "Be gosh. It jarred me some. It did tbot!"— Lippincott's Magazine. OB* Divided by A Half. If you ask the man in the street the simple question. What Is one divided by a half? he will either reply that the operation is an impossible one or that the answer is a half. When you point out that one divided by two is a half, he will see that there la something wrong somewhere, but will still be quite unable to give the right answer. When you tell him that the answer is two, he will either accept the assertion without understanding it or will dis pute it toeth and nail. If you attempt to convince him of his error, you will find It is not at all an easy task. His mistake arises through the eon founding of two distinct Ideas—namely, one divided into two and one divided by two. One divided into two is one divided into two parts, eaeh part con taining a half. One divided by two is the ratio of one to two or the number of times two is contained In one. To any one who has thought the matter out this seems clear enough, but to the man in the street it is sheer nonsense, and he «vlll tell you so.—Kansas City Independent A Bit of Correipoaleiet. The following correspondence, ending In true Irish fashion, actually passed between two men In England some years ago: "Mr. Thompson presents his compli ments to Mr. Simpson and begs to re quest that he will keep his doggs from trespassing on bis grounds." "Mr. Simpson presents his compli ments to Mr. Thompson and begs to suggest that in future he should not spell 'dogs' with two gees." "Mr. Thompson's respects to Mr. Simpson and will feel obliged if he will add the letter 'e' to the last word in the sot* Just received, so as to represent Mr. Simpaan and lady." "Mr. Simpson returns Mr. Thomp son's note unopened, the Impertinence it contains being only equaled by Its vulgarity." Oa* of Travera* Jokea. When William R. Travers was in the directorate of the New York Central railroad, Jay Oould was running the Erie in opposition, and his manage ment of that system betrayed a con stant and intimate knowledge of what was going on in the Central's star chamber. Commodore Vanderbllt was naturally exasperated, and one day, after expressing how helpless he found himself to outwit his rival, he turned to Travers with the query: "Well, Billy, how can we stop Oould from getting knowledge of what we are doing 7" "W-w-why," suggested the genial wit—"w-w-why d-dont you m-m-make him a d-d-director of N-N-New York C-C-Oentrair A Parlalaa Recomiaendatl**. A political critic of a former genera tion was engaging an apartment In one of the chief streets of Paris. The landlady, wishing, like all landladies, to make the beet of her rooms, led him to one of the principal windows and as she swung back the Venetian blinds remarked, "It is from this point sir, that all of our revolutions pass." The good woman was no cynic, but spoke from her heart and Just as an English landlady who harps upon the splendid view of the sea from the two pair front—London Answer*. IV* Weed «• Worry, Professor Snore is very absentmlnd ed. His son rushed Into his study one morning and exclaimed: "Just think, fatherl I've swallows* a pint What shall I do?" "Ah, well," replied the big man. "don't worry about It Hera's another pin."—Chums. ■era* Pletalas. Mrs. Mltford—What do you think ef this vivisection question? It must be awful to be cut up alive. Mrs. Graham—Yes, and it is awful ta be cut dead, as I was by one of my dearest friends last evening.—Beaton Transcript Satlafaetloa Gaaraateed. „ The Boy—This isn't what she order ed. The Grocer—l know It Just tell her this Is more expensive, but we'll let her have it for the same price.—la dlanapolla News. A Fanny Laas*at«. The native dictionary of Samaa Is la* teresting In the light it caste upon the Samoan character. I find "an impossi bility, such as an old man getting a young wife." Another word means "to beg deliriously fer fishhooks." "Un welcome" is given, "such as a visiting party that Is accompanied by neither a handsome man nor a pretty maid." The definition of "widow" or "widow er" is synonymous with detached shell fish. There are also definltioaa that aboW eonslderable thought and Irony. "Mean ness," for Instance, can go no further than "ta climb out on your own bread fruit tree to steal your neighbor's breadfruit." Faapuatama, like a trum pet blown by wild la da, blown anyhow and all times; as conduct without con sideration. Popoga, to look owl eyed, as a person staring when food or prop erty Is being divided. "Good brown earth" describes an honest unpretend ing man. To show how difficult the language la for the stranger I may say that the little word ta means I, we two, to beat with a stick, to play on a mu sical Instrument, to reprove, to tattoo, to open a vein, to bail a cannon, to wash clothing by beating aud to turn a somersault—Century.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers