VOL XXXIX
Hutler Savings
OP' BUTLKW, PA.
Statement May 190 U.
(CONDENSED)
RESOURCES LIABILITIES.
C«sh on h«n 1 and due from Capital ....... $
Bank- * 286.024 JW Snrplos and Profits 2-*.U JO
Loans aiid Discounts 1,44* 418 77 Deposits 1.4.T5.<J.y. .0
Real Estste 29,084 98
$1,778,528.66 f1.773,528.66
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1 c^.
COUNTY OF BUTLER. r ,
I, Louis 15 Stein. C*bb:er of the above-named Bank do solemnly swear
that thf above statement is true to the best of my a Caßhier
" COBKECT— Attest ■ Subscribed and sworn to before me iirs
V'M CAMPBKLL, JH.. , 37th day of May. 1902
W. A. STEIN. -Director 0 . A. .I. CORN KI.IT S
W. L». BKANDON, $ Notary Public.
(irand Clearance Sale
5U M MER FOOTWEAR
Bickel's.
We have commenced a Grand Clearance Sale of
all Summer Footwear.
We have too many Summer Shoes and Oxfords
and will not carry a pair over.
Every pair must go during this SAJ-E and will go
at away down prices.
Men's ?4.0C Wi.lt Sole Shoes $2 25
Men's- S4OO Patent Kid Oxforos 2 25
1 adiis' $3 50 We:t Sole, Patei.t Kid Oxfords 2 25
l.r.dits' Fii Dongola Pat« nt Tir Oxf >*ds 95
L?cics' F.t.e Dongola Turn : oie SII-JCS 1 65
Ladies' Fire Dongola Patent Tip Shoes 1 00
Misses' PaUr.t Tip Shoes 1 00
Misses' Strap Sandals 60
Children's Fine Shoes 45
Infants' Fine Shoes 20
r.cys' Lawn Tenni-. Slippers 35
Youths' Fine Satin Calf Shoe s 80
Bo>s' Fine Satin Calf Shoes 90
Men's Three Sole, Bellis Tongue, Box Toe Shoes.. . 1 35
Sample Counters Filled With Interesting Bargains
JOHN BICKEL,
128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA.
'd HUS ELT ON 'S ?E~ vi
V The Lain«t Styles The early Summer wl
and Nobbies* style of Men's Shoes FS
A designs jet shown shown here now are
them or not.
y Jfis. No-Not Or\ly the Laclies! L
We have low Shoes for Patent Leather Bluchers
V MEN, Patent Ki<l Bluchers W
►j BOYS and Patent C*lf Lace. M
GIKLS as well, The slickest lot of
B\BIES too! Shoes in forty (States
A P»i Take Your Choice! SoMl S« tts °' B>
4 Patent Leather Oxfords kl
Patent Kid Bluchers VA
r A Vici Kid Colonials Take Your Choice
Velour Calf Sembrich Ties W
r J Wax Calf Oxford Button
J Welt Soles or Turn Soles ™J £• »°jj £
A 75C tO SJ.OO. but it is the only place
to buy the newest and smartest styles. W
TA We get more style and more wear into onr shoes ut a Riven
V pric<- than any one else you know of. W
k * Heavy Shoes for Farmers and Mechanics made to stand a lot of r A
TA mauling and scraping. but GOOD LOOKERS and plenty of toe
TB room, 95c: to $2.00. V
J 1 Huselton's. e |
O The most satisfactory A 1
IWHOIIEL^JUDGE]
? OF OUR SHOES? \
? The customers, who buy our $3 50 Enamels for $2.25; S
J Men's shoes latest styles and leathers, $3.00 up. Hoys' and /
3 Youths' fine ihoes, Hoc up. Ladies' Patiician shoes and /
5 (.xfords, $3.50. Misses' shoes, 75c up. Children's shoes, 50c j
V up. shoes, SI.OO up; waiting your nomination S
1 we remain yours for shoes. \
j THE NEW SHOE STORE,
?Daubei\speck Turner?
/ Next to Savings Bank. 108 S. MAIN ST. c
KECK
SpriD ° & smm
4 1 Aci\ K Have a nattiness about them that
'.l / j ' kpv / J 1 \\ mark the wearer, it won't do to
'/ 'I?! \IA/ U In\ wear the last year's output. You
j * jk -\J \J vA won't get the latest things at the
I IF"7 stock clothiers either, The up-to
T l it? f'\ '* ate * al ' or on 'y tan supply them, .
A [r\ r ivir\ 0 ou want not o,, 'y ' atcst
111 V 1 ill | I things in cut and fit and work-
I If '//// I nunsbip, the finest in durability,
I I 111 where e'se can you get combina
/ 5 In /'j Li ® tions, you get them at
KECK
G. F. KECK. Merchant Tailor,
112 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler,Pa
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Pain and sweat \ \ \ > |®
have co effect cn Mi Ml W* |H
harness treated MM ) W\ F M\ /M* 9
with Eure*.* Har- M%/ MmM-tM %-t *- M
r.ess Oil. It re- r r *:2
do cot break, v ( \ • )■ | r f
No rough stir- \\\\ M MMM\ \ H
face to chafe . \ f ///✓ \ ll
and cut. The \ H
harneis net \ / A \ \ \ J^k
only keep > »\ \ . \
looking like 1 tK y t
wears twice R t tY,
as long by the lAyJ ' .# '
use of Eureka |
.where \ 1
Standard Oil \
Company «
Nasal z£Sy^<
CATARRH /feM
ElyVcleMlal^™"!#
cleanses, soothes and heals f f
the diseased membrane.
Tn^Scfrl
It cures catarrh and drives
avray a cold in the head
quickly.
Oram Balm is placed into the nostrils,spreads
over t"..e membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im
mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—<2'»es
not produce sneezing- Large Size, 50 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
| 5 |
Johnston's
Beef. Iron and Wine
kl is the
I M Best Tonic k 1
& and rJ
VM Bltxxl Purifier. >1
kl Price, 50c pint. 4
[ V Prepared and
soldYsnly at
4 Johnston's 1
tj Crystal A
W Pharmacy, J
B. M. LOGAN, Ph. O. W
Manager, 'J
f A ICS N. Main Ht . Hutler, Ha
43 Both 'Phones J
Everything in the
kl drug line. A
! «
We Guarantee
ALL THE
PAINT
we sell and the largest paint M'f'g
Co. in the worhl (The Sherwin-
Williams Co.) stand back of u- s
in this guarantee.
Does that mean anything to our
paint customers?
You will.do well to consider
this proposition.
Estimates cheerfully furnished.
REDICK & GROHMAN,
109 N. Main St.. Butler, Pa.
Eugene Morrison
GENERAL CONTRACTING
PAINTER and DECORATOR.
Special attention given to
I'INK PAPER HANGING
GRAINING und
HARDWOOD FINISHING.
Office and Shop,
Rear of Ralston's Store,
Residence No 119 Cliff St.
i'ojpie s Phone 451.
EYTH BROS'
Big Wall Paper Store,
Next to Postoffice.
Special bargains in Wall Paper,
Window Blinds and Room Mould
ings. Farmers find good accom
modation and satisfaction here.
EYTH BROS.,
Formerly,
C. K. M< MILLIAN,
I 'Phone 453. 251 S. Main St.
I—♦ JIM'S 1
t STRATAGEM
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+ Ey Emiie L. Atherton ♦
Copyr./ht, 1502,
♦ By the S. S. McCiure Company ♦
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The installment house lay at the hot
toil) of the trouble. Mrs. Mitchell,
yie!ding to seductive advertisements,
furnished the third story front and
found herself obliged to rent the room
to meet the weekly payments.
The roomer introduced himself as
Mr. James Pearley, entry clerk at the
Empire department store. His fellow
clerks called him dressy. Mrs. Mitchell
stood somewhat in awe of his frock
coat and silk hat. Mary pronounced
his taste in ties as "just lovely." And
Jim lio'.lls? What bethought of Pearley
and what he said at times are not for
publication.
The circle of society iu which the
Mitchells and Hollises moved did not
consider the formal announcement of
an engagement necessary, but that a
wedding would follow Jim's years of
devotion to Mary none of their ac
'l'uainiaitct's doubted—that is, until Mr.
Pearley rented the third story front.
She. of course, told him all about
Jim. but explained that he had been a
friend of her father, coveitly trying
to give the impression that Jim was
nothing more to her than "a humble
friend."
When Jim called one Sunday, Mary
had gone to church with Mr. Pearley.
He didn't feel jealous exactly, just
hurt and depressed. He realized that
he "looked clumsy" in hm Sunday best
clothes, and his gloves were wet with
perspiration. He was aware that his
necktie was never just right, because
Mary always criticised It. It seemed
that styles in these things changed
over night.
Jim regarded his work as very ordi
nary also. He was glad to know that
Hogan's ship rigging firm considered
him their smartest man. The most dif
ficult and dangerous pieces of work
were his by right. This did not make
him look less like a fool in a high hat
and for that reason brought him no
nearer to Mary. It is doubtful if he
would ever have known how to solve
the problem if one of the daily papers
had not sent a reporter to write up the
rigger's trade. Jim was duuifounded
at the reporter's admiration.
"Why," he explained afterward,
"when I drapped down a halyard from
HE LEO HEB UP STAIRS.
the crosstrees to the deck, he grabbed
hold of my hand and told me not to do
it again, that he'd got the idea, anil he
didn't want me to risk my life un
necessarily. Say, I nearly fell down!
And when I told him how much I made
in a good season he broke the point off
his pencil he was so astonished. 'Why,'
he says, 'that's about double what a
bookkeeper makes!' I asked him what
he pulled out of his trade, and he said
that forty was his limit."
The conversation with the reporter
allowed Jim relative values as applied
to himself and Pearley. then he went
to see Mary.
He found Mr. Pearley before him,
and Mary introduced them in her
grandest manner:
"I'm proud to make you acquainted
with my friend Mr. Pearley." And then
to Mr. Pearley, "This is our old family
friend. Jim llollls, I told you about."
Jim sat out the evening somehow',
his mind apparently working double.
He heard dimly the flippant conversa
tion led by Mr. Pearley and at times
tried to Join In the topics which seem
ed to entertain Mnry. But all the
while he was thinking how he could
outflank this "saffron colored counter
Juniper," as he dubbed Pearley. It was
not until he rose to leave that the In
spiration came to him. He recalled
his chat with the newspaper reporter
and spoke firmly, so firmly that Mary
looked a bit astonished, then worried.
"I want to gee you about something
most particular tomorrow, Mary. Meet
me at Grey's drugstore by the soda
fountain. Don't fall me."
In a vague way Mary realized that
Mr. Pearley would have called for her:
that this was another evidence of Jim's
lack of good manners, but she held her
peace. Something ip Jim's expression
and a sudden memory of his patient
years of waiting made it lmitosslble
for her to refuse his request
The next morning Jim took Mary to
the Empire department store. He made
no explanations, but led her up stairs
to a point where they could see the ex
pert handlers of money make change
and dispatch the cash carriers. And
beyond these stood Pearley. He had
his coat off anil paper pinned around
Tiis cuffs. His handkerchief was tuck
ed about ills collar, and a woman with
a hard face was "slanging him," as
Jim put it. When she left, a young
person with pale, pompudoured hair
and an indolent manner i<x>k up the
cry: "Say, Mr. Pearley, you're a gem I
I guess you must lie dabbling In love
from the bull? you make. This Is the
third identical time you've brought me
up here this morning. Now, say, If
Mr. Moses hears of this, out you'll go!"
Mr. Pearley did not answer, but wip
ed the perspiration from ills strained
find worried brow with one hand while
he drove his pen with the other. Mary
was silent and fairly Jumped when Jim
said: "Say, Mary, meet mo at our dock*
after supper tonight. We have a
Jsh bark to rig, and I'll be throw?!'
about 8. You'll come, won't you?"
Mary nodded Ler head and looked
back at Pearley, and when she turnad
Jim was gone.
At 7:30 she was at the appointed
place. A full rigged ship lay at the
dock, Its hull dark In shadow, but Its
shrouds and rigging thrown Into bold
relief by a searchlight. And there on
the crosstrees, balancing himself wltU
dexterous grace, was Jlui. He was
phoutlng orders at the top of his voice.
And then Mary HHW the well dressed
und ujuch revered Mr. llogan point bin
BUTLER PA., THURSDAY, JUNK o, 1902
i-arie iit Jim am! call out: "Say. Mollis,
have you sof Mint utaiusall halyard
n'ovi l riirlit in that Mock? It looks
twisted fn-m here."
"All rijilit. Mr HogstnT' shouted Jim
I did it myself."
"That's tit** l:oy for my money." said
Mr. Hogan as lie moved away.
"Ami 1 think." said Mary reflectively
to herself, raising her straight little
eyebrows and pursing out her cherry
reil li|>s—"l think he's the hoy for mine
too. lie can't wear a necktie right,
hut he ilon't let any woman jaw him."
Ami when Jim offered her his arm as
they walked away half an hour later
she said timidly, "Jimmie. you're my
steady still, ain't you?" And if the
policeman hadn't turned his head the
other way he would have seen Jim
kiss her.
Three Royal Toaitt.
The "Greviiie Memoirs" tells this
story of King William IV. of England
and the Duke of Cumberland, his
brother: "During dinner loud voices
were heard, which soou became more
vehement. Roth brothers had drunk
more than usual, and the duke had
lost his temper and his head. Then
for the first time King William sus
pected the idea which from that time
was never out of Duke Ernest's miud.
that he ought to be the nest king of
England should no male children sur
vive his brother. William IV. The
duke, rising, said: 'Call in the suit. I
am proposing a toast. The king's
health: Cod save the king.' The
suit came in and drank it. Then the
duke said. 'May 1 also, sir, propose
the next toast?' 'Name It, your grace.'
replied the king. 'The king's heir/
proudly said the duke, 'and God bless
him"
"A dead silence followed. Then the
king, collecting all his energies and
wits, stood up and called out, "The
king's heir; God bless her!' Then,
throwing the glass over his shoulder,
lie turned to his brother and exclaim
ed, 'My crown came with a lass, and
my crown will go to a lass!' Every
one noticed that the duke did not drink
the toast. He left the room abruptly."
Peter the Great and Beards.
Peter the Great thought to civilize
his savages by making them shave
and imposed a tax of 100 rubles on the
wealthy and middle classes and a co
peck on peasants and laborers. Now,
it was a superstition among the poorer
people that no beardless son of Adam
could ever enter heaven, and, being
obliged to part with their beards, the
great majority treasured up their hair
to be buried with their bodies. In
dealing with his soldiers the great Pe
ter enlisted the aid of the priests, who
cunningly pointed out the fact that
they were going to flght the bearded
Turk and that their patron, St. Nicho
las, would be unable to distinguish
tliem from their enemies uuless they
sacrificed their beards.
This was all right, and the beards of
the beloved Russians went down be
fore the razor iu deference to St. Nich
olas. But, unluckily for the priests,
the next little war happened to be
with the Swedes, who wore no beards,
and thus it was that the Russian sol
diers demanded to be allowed to ab
jure the razor, so that the holy Nicho
las might have no difficulty in arrang
ing for their protection.
From the Romans.
"Put your right foot foremost" is a
piece of advice that has been offered
to most folk, young and old, in the
course of their lives. It is generally
equivalent to saying, "Now's your
chance; do your very best and show
what you are capable of." I.ike a great
many common phrases, this expression
has an old origin. In the days of an
cient Rome, when people were usually
the Blaves of some superstition or oth
er, It was thought to be unlucky to
cross the threshold of n house with the
left foot first; consequently a boy was
placed at the door of the mansion to
remind visitors that they were to put
their right foot foremost. The use of
the phrase in tiie wider sense became
obvious.
Dreading the Future.
A little girl was recently found cry
ing bitterly on her tenth birthday.
When questioned, she announced be
tween sobs the cause of her tears, "1
urn ten today (sob), and it's only thirty
years more (sob) to forty, and then I'll
have to die."
Poor child! When she Is forty, she
will say, "Ten whole years before fifty,
and that Is not so very old." The in
tolerance of youth is not more certain
than the tolerance of age.
MAN AND MARRIAGE.
Suice Advice About Method* llfforf
imd After tlie Ceremony.
In "Her Royal Highness Woman"
Max O'Rell gives some very sage ad
vice to men as to what they should and
should not do both before and after
marriage. The following extracts will
be of interest to readers:
Never marry a woman richer than
you. one taller than you or one older
than you. Re always gently superior to
your Wife In fortune, in size and in age,
so that In every possible way she may
appeal to you for help or protection,
either through your purse, your
strength or your experience in life.
Marry her at an age that will always
enable you to play with her all the dif
ferent characteristic parts of a lius
band—a chum, a lover, an adviser, a
protector and just a tiny suspicion of a
father.
However 111 you may speak or think
of women, you will always find a wom
an able to do It better than you.
Never let your ladylove see you with
out a collar—no, not even the very wife
of your bosom. A man's head without
a collar is like a bouquet without a
holder.
Never let her see you asleep. Maybe
you sleep with your mouth open. If
you are married, let your wife sleep
first. When you are quite sure she is
off, let yourself go, and be careful to
wake up first lu the morning.
lllsmarek on diampnitne.
Years ago, when Baron Hengelmuller
was assistant secretary of the Austrian
embassy at Berlin, Blsuinrck gave u
dinner to which the baron was Invited.
All the guests except Von Ilengervar
drank champagne, and Bismarck, not
ing the young man's abstinence, asked
the reason therefor.
"I have not yet earned the right so to
Indulge," was the reply.
"Ah, that will not do," remarked Bis
marck; "it Is allotted to every ablebod
led man In this world to consume In his
lifetime 10,000 bottles of champagne
So you should begin now lest you fall
to secure your just portion."
"If 10,000 bottles be the allotment for
the ordinary man," responded the young
diplomatist, bowing to the Iron Chan
cellor, "your excellency, being an ex
traordinary man, should have double
allowance, and I therefore take great
pleasure In awarding my share to you."
"I thank you," Bismarck replied, "but
permit me to inform you that without
waiting for your grand renunciation I
have already passed the i.'O,«MJO mark."
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Rldgevale was all excitement, and so
was Harrison, three miles down the
North river road. Harrison, which took ,
to itself airs and graces owing to the ,
fact that it was on the railroad, while ,
Ridgevale was not. had had a celebra
tion in the morning, in which the town
parade had merged with the procession
of a one ring circus that showed that j
afternoon and eve .ing. There had been j
a "real" Goddess of Liberty robed in j :
the stars and stripes, who had read the j
Declaration of Independence in the
grove and had ridden on top of the i 1
lions' den in the parade.
The Harrisonites bad never ceased
so crow over the gotxl people of Ridge
vale. and now Ridgevale was preparing
to take its revenge. Harrison was in
vited over to witness a Washington's
birthday celebration concerning which
all facts were refused. But wlien Scth
liaskins drove over to Burden's grocery
THE SENIOU WASHINGTON BESTOWED UPON
HIS OFFSPRING A TOY HATCHET
store for the mailbag he loftily inform
ed the crowd of loungers that Ridge
vale was preparing an intellectual treat
that would cause such a commonplace
thing as a circus parade to resemble u
stranded minstrel troupe counting the
ties toward home.
The secret was pretty well kept, but
toward the end all Harrison knew that
Gregory Kinsman, the schoolmaster,
bad written a little play to be perform
ed in_ the schoolhouse yard. George
Basking, Scth's youngest son. was to
impersonate the Father of His Country,
While Dan Smith was to be the elder
Washington.
For this reason they were not surpris
ed on ttic morning of the 22d when they
trooped into the schoolhouse yard to
find the benches and some extra chairs
arranged in rows in front of the build
ing. At the farther end the snow hail
been shoveled from the frozen earth,
forming a sort of stage. Branches of
cut evergreens masked the bare brown
fence boards, and in the geometrical
center of the cleared rectangle a single
small evergreen was firmly planted.
Around the lower part of the tree a
band of bark, wired on, showed where
the shrub had been nearly chopped
through. It had been demonstrated
when the boys were over In liaskins'
lot for the evergreens that, with the toy
hatchet furnished young liaskins, the
demolition of the tree would require
something like an hour and a half.
This would have greatly retarded the
crlspness of the performance. A piece
of white cloth fastened on the side far
thest from the audience showed the
little fellow where to make the initial
attack.
Most of the Ridgevale people had al
ready gathered in the inclosure when
the guests from Harrison began to ar
rive. But seats had been saved for the
visitors. When the last sleigbload bad
driven up. Kinsman, who was called
"professor" in Ridgevale and plain
"Greg" over in Harrison, opened the
proceedings with an oration which had
originally appeared as an editorial in
a New York paper two years before.
Silas Hopkins followed with an extem
poraneous address punctuated by "er"
and "as I was saying." The First
Reader class sang an ode to Washing
ton composed by Kinsman and set to
the tune of "Bringing In the Sheaves."
Ella Garrison, who was known to fame
as a child elocutionist, recited a poem
on Washington from Spellrnnn's Fourth
Reader. There was a quartet by the
choir of the First M. E. church, and
then the stage was cleared for the
event of the afternoon.
Around the corner of the woodshed
strolled Master liaskins iu a gorgeous
Continental costume. A bag wig of
cotton batting was surmonted by Ills
Sunday hat of black felt, carefully pin
ned Into an imitation of cocked head
gear, while he wore the patent leather
pumps that the previous June had been
the admiration or all on the occasion
of the annual school "commencement
and exhibition."
Fully conscious of his Importance as
a historical personage. Master George
strutted forward and in a childish
treble Informed the audience that this
was his birthday and that great joy
had been brought to his heart through
the bestowal of many gifts. Ills Joy
was not In that lie valued the Intrinsic
worth of the offerings, but In tin' kindly
sentiments of the givers. 'I his view ot
the matter was heartily applauded, and
thru through the ifate came Dan Smith,
who bad scorned the u of paper cam
brie and had deiisid a costume thai
was startling, if not historically cor
rect.
ruder his 1.1a.k cutaway coat he
M ported a yellow vest, cut into squares
by red and green stripes and set off by
a massive brass w.i.ch chain and a
flaming red necktie. His li"S were in
can d Iri a pair of blue bicycle knicker
bockers, the extremities being clothed
with a pair of white stockings, whieu
Danny McKccver of llaiilson prompt
|y declared belonged to Hall's Aunt
Mary, in default "i patent leather
pumps a pair of brand new rubbers
glistened almost as ciicctlvely.
Pausing a moment to allow the rude
HarrlsotilUii laughter to subside, the
senior Washington approached his sou
and In a cop., book 'p • eh bestowed tip
on his hopeful offspring a toy hatchet.
After this he retired to enable the
youngster to chop down Ihe evergreen,
which by t-ourtesy was supposed lo be
a fruit bearing t|'ee.
Ail R'.d i■villi and the iw.st of liar
risen held lis brentU : the rtitur- hero
of the American people raised his ax
on high. With a swinging stroke he
brought it down on the carefully mark
ed patch of bark, quite iu accordance
with instructions. There was a ring
ing crash, with a louder howl, and the
hope of the Waslilngtons executed with
great spirit an unrehearsed war dance
upon his left foot only while he nursed
with one hand a bruised foot and
brandished with his other the remains
of his hatchet.
Harrison shouted and Ridgevale
waxed indignant A hurried examina
tion showed that a liar of steel had
Ih-cu carefully placed under the bark
at the point indicated for the cut and
that this unexpected addition had caus
ed the breaking of the cheap hatchet,
which In falling had bprtsed George's
foot and effectually stopped the per
formance.
The visitors from Harrison departed
after much chatting, which did little to
soothe the injured vanity of the Ridge
valians. The latter charged bad faith,
but could not locate the culprit. Tbey
do say. though, at Burden's store, that
Blanche Burden, in whom local pride
ran became engaged to Ray
lironson. the Itid-'evaie blacksmith,
tl.at evening. And Branson declared it
was the lirst time lie had ever forged a
wedding ring out of a bar of steel.
Tlie Manlenl Guam Ilea.
The Guamites are a musical people.
The well to do own pianos and are fair
musicians Others have organs, and
many, many more possess accordions.
They enjoy singing and are fond of
American popular songs. Their own
songs are rather weird and mournful,
though always harmonious. At night
the voices rise hi sharp, nasal tones,
singing the "novena." a term applied
to nine days of special worship to some
particular saint. Novenas are ever iu
evidence, for no sooner do they finish
with one than it is time for another to
begin; consequently "neighborhood
sings"- are frequent.
The accordions are pleasing to the
natives at their dances and fandangos
or weddings. These latter always oc
cur Thursday mornings at 4 o'clock.
The names are cried in the church
three times before the wedding. Wed
nesday evening there is a Social gath
ering of the families and friends of the
bride and bridegroom, with dancing
and refreshments. Guests accompany
the happy pair to the church, where
the priest unites them. Often there
are threetir four weddings on the same
Uiorning, and happiness reigns su
preme.— I ndependent.
OrlKlu of the Wedding Rliic.
The wedding ring is the subject of
quaint historical facts and endless su
perstitions. It was probably chosen as
the symbol of marriage more fof con
vcnienco than anything else. It is sup
posed to be a symbol of unbroken love
and of power and to carry special cura
tive virtues with It. The old good luck
saying about it is, "As your wedding
ring wears your cares will wear
away." The ancients, Pliny among
the rest, believed that a delicate nerve
ran directly from the "ring finger" to
tlie heart and that the ring placed oil
that linger was very closely connected
with the heart. In early Christian
marriages the bridegroom put the ring
j first on the bride's thumb, then on tlie
I first finger, then on tlie second and last
of all on the third, saying as lie did, "in
tlie name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Ghost." The thumb
and first two fingers represented the
trinity, the next finger was the one
the ring was left on, to show that, next
to God, a woman's duty was to her
husband.—Ladies' Home Journal.
iliirilly Complimentary.
A certain author, having explained
tlie nature of his occupation to an old
Manx woman, was hardly prepared for
the comment, "Well, well, what does it
matter so long as a body makes his
llvln* honestly?" the words being evi
dently meant to put hiui on better
terms with himself. But worse still
fared an English clergyman, for some
time vicar of a Manx parish and from
Ignorance of the people and their ways
not a very popular one. Having received
preferment elsewhere, he started on a
round of farewell visits, but without
hearing a single regret.
At last one old woman told him she
was "mortal sorry." In ills delight the
vicar let curiosity outrun discretion,
and he asked for her reason. "Well,"
said she, with touching candor, "we've
had a lot o' pass'ns over here from
Englanu, and each one lias been worse
than the last, and after you're gone
I'm afcared they'll lie sen'in' us the
devil himself."
The vicar left hurriedly. London
Saturday Review.
She'll SlnK Hereafter.
A charming young lady of Kensing
ton who glories in tlie possession of a
wealth of bright auburn colored hair
Is the teacher of a Sunday school class.
On a recent Sabbath tlie rector made
the announcement of u hymn to lie
sung and, rising, waved his hands, arid
the organ pealed forth.
"Now," said he. "ready—sing."
A small and precocious youth in the
young woman's class said:
"Why don't you sing, Miss Frlsbee?"
"Me? Oh, I never sing," replied the
teacher, smiling her prettiest.
"But." exclaimed the boy, "the min
ister says you must. Didn't he just
say 'Now, Reddy, sing?' "
Smelling salts and numerous other
restoratives had to be used to bring
tlie teacher out of her faint.—Philadel
phia Telegraph.
Choleric Vermin <lulet Natures.
Clarendon, says The Schoolmaster,
made careful observation when lie
wrote: "Angry and choleric men are as
ungrateful and unsociable as thunder
and lightning, being iu themselves all
storm and tempests; but quiet and easy
natures are like air weather, welcome
to all and acceptable to all men; they
gather together what the others dis
perse and reconcile all whom the others
Incense; as they have the good will
and the good wishes of all other men,
so they have the full possession of them
selves, have all their own thoughts at
pence and enjoy quiet and ease In their
own fortune, how strait soever It may
be."
Iloneat I*iuf«e.
An honest compliment was that paid
to M. de Vendome, who, whllo com
manding the French army In Italy, dis
patched a young nobleman to announce
to his master the victory which be had
gained at Kuzzara. The latter, while
attempting to describe the battle, be
came several times much confused in
ills narrative, when, although the king
preserved his gravity, the Duchess of
Burgundy, who was present, laughed
so heartily that nt last the young gen
tleman said, "Sire, It Is easier for M.
de Vendome to win a battle than for
me to describe It."
Unr Fears.
It Is not what a thing Is, but what
we think It Is. ttint frightens us. A
man walks within an inch of death
without knowing It and therefore with
out tr< milling, and then his hair stands
on end at some empty iiolse as harm
less as the buzzing of a fly.
HOOPS FOR THE SILO.
Hon- to >inkr Thorn From Sprlnu
Wire nn«l Their VdvantaKts.
An Ohio Farmer correspondent illus
trates a way of making wire hoops foi
silos out of spring wire that he has
found by experience works perfectly:
To determine tl«> length of the hoop
do not take a t&peline and measure
around the silo, but first count the
number of staves. For example, 100
staves 2 by 4, worked to a size of
Inches; 100 staves times 3*4 equal 31
feet 3 inches. That would be the size
of the silo with the st;tves drawn
tightly together and also the length of
the hoop when drawn tightly together
and under full pressure.
Now, to make a hoop I first draw a
chalk line along a level space of ground
as shown in the cut at the bottom;
next take a piece of 4 by 4 scantling
the width of the hoop desired to be
made, and space it off as shown on the
scantling, C, in the cut; next place the
steel square on as shown in the cut
and be particular to get the scantling
at right angles with the chalk line;
next drive stakes (b, b). Take a tape
line and measure from A to A. In
using No. 9 spring wire I have found
c c
b°l
5 j
-ob bPI
(g)d
SI'KING WIKE UOOP FOB THE SILO.
that placing my two scantlings (C, C)
one foot less in length than the actual
size of the staves Ground the silo gives
all the pressure that the threads on
three three-quarter Inch bolts will
stand. In putting the wire on to the
scantling (C, C) piece the roll of wire
at d, take the eud and commence in
the middle of the clamp at A and let
two men take hold and pull the wire
over the second clamp at A, pulling as
much as they can comfortably, while
the third man staples it down. Pro
teed in like manner with each wire
you wish to put on, being careful to
draw each wire alike. In a hoop made
in this manner, when put on to tho silo
and clamped up, every wire will draw
alike. lam convinced that the spring
wire hoop is "the thing" to hoop the
silo with, as it will give when the silo
swells and will take up the slack when
the silo Is empty In summer.
Foul Brood.
Mr. It. L. Taylor said at the bee
keepers' convention, ns reported by
The Bee Journal, that he had cured
many diseased colonies of foul brood
by shaking the bees off from their
combs and giving them a new hive and
foundation filled frames. However,
when the disease is la the advanced
stage and could be told by the odor
when entering the apiary, he thought
burning was tho safest and liest.
When he first had foul brood In his
yard, he said one of the affected colo
nies cast a swarm which he hived on
foundation and it remained healthy.
This showed him the way. He had
found that foul brood did not spread ns
rapidly as we are led to believe, but
advised to exercise great care to pre
vent the spreading of the disease by
bees robbing. The work of shaking off
the bees should be done rapidly. It
would not do to treat diseased colonies
when bees were flying. Diseased bees
should also be prevented from entering
adjoining hives. Early in the morning,
he thought, was a good time, before tho
bees got to flying. He cautioned not to
l<*ave any honey lying around any
where. With care the disease could be
cured. One need not get Into a frenzy
because his bees have the disease.
Pen* Xew Jersey Truckers Grow.
The first seeds sown In the open with
us (Monmouth county, N. J.) are usual
ly early peas, of the round, hard, Dan
iel O'Rourke type. A few growers pin
their faith on Carter's First Crop and
find it satisfactory in heavy soils. For
second early, or Fourth of July, peas
McLean's Advancer Is generally relied
on. They are sown about April 1 and
often Immediately followed by Little
Gem or American Wonder where the soil
is very rich. Nott's Excelsior is taking
place wherever tried as the earliest and
most productive sweet wrinkled pea,
but Is not yet generally adopted. Cham
pion of England and Bliss Abundance
are most frequently planted for the lat
est varieties. The latter is productive,
but the quality is not high. Chemical
fertilizers are not liked for early varie
ties. The general impression is that
germination Is Injured. Finely rotted
manure is the reliance, and best results
are gained when thoroughly Incorporat
ed In the soil.—Cor. Rural New Yorker.
TrnnM|»liiiitlnftt Calfliitite mid Knle.
It Is best to transplant the young
pluutletß or cabbage, kale and cauli
flower twice, first from the seedbed to
boxes or frames about the time the
second set of true leaves appears, plac
ing the plants twenty-four Inches apart
each way and transplanting again to
the open ground in rows four to live
feet apart, with plants two to four feet
apart In the row. If the plants are
started under cover, they should be
hanleued off by exposure to light and
air during tlie warmer hours of several
days preceding the final transplanting.
—Bailey.
VALUABLE DEVICES.
rtnrnlile I.nud Holler and Convenient
Truck or Wheelbnrrow.
There Is no tool that Is so Indispensa
ble In preparing a Held for a crop as a
good land roller, aml such a one, to
gether with a convenient truck, Is de
scribed, among other useful devices, In
the <>hlo Farmer:
Land rollers are especially valuable
In the preparation of soil for wheat to
conserve moisture and equally valuable
in spi : ng work, rolling wheat and corn
stubbie, oir meadows that are heaved
it
DUBAI)LB LAND HOLLER.
by frost and In the preparation of oats
and corn ground. A good roller will
nearly if not altogether pny for Itself
in one year's work.
No 23
The one shown in the Illustration 19
very cheaply and easily constructed
ami durable because of the plan of
build ill};. A good sound log seven feet
long nud about two feet in diameter is
drawn to the sawmill, and after being
squared the miller arranges it on
the carriage in such a maimer as to
shape it Into an octagonal form. By
the u-so of an adz it is then very easily
"turned" into a complete cylinder. This
method secures rollers that run very,
true -iml evenly and do much better
work than a log from nature's own
working, and it will not check and
<-rack to pieces, but last doubly as long
as one uiade from a log. A two foot
log will make a roller sixteen to eight
ecu inches in diameter, which is plenty,
large enough, as our experience teaches
us that one of this size will do better
work, crushing clods into the ground
insiend of bouncing over the tops and
leaving them uncrushed, as the large
i rollers are wont to do.
| Tills log is then sawed luto two equal
; parts which when built will make an
J eight foat roller. The construction is
| shown in the illustration plainly, 3 by
4 stuff being used for the frame. The
iron braces shown on rear of tongue
■ are quite practical. They may also be
made of wood with good results. The
lio.ving shown at A is very durable
and is bolted to underside of frame.
The iron axles are made of one and a
quarter inch gas pipe, and ends of
roller are painted well to avoid check
ing. An old mower seat may be at
tached to tongue in center of roller.
The accompanying cut shows a sort
of a cross—a half breed, as it were—be
tween a wheelbarrow and a four
CONVENIENT TRUCK.
wheeled cart. Similar trucks are often
employed lu storehouses and about de
pots for moving heavy articles of bulk.
It is useful on the farm, and if the rims
of the wheels are wide, as they ought
to be, so tlmt they will not cut Into
the ground, it is a great labor saving
device in garden work. Loads of corn
stalks. branches from pruning and
such like majr be conveyed on It with
dispatch, the rods at the front keeping
the load off the wheels, but permitting
IKJXCS ami baskets of fruit to be set in
between them. Side boards as well as
the front one can be easily provided if
net xled.
Ont» and Peas.
Oats and Canada field peas make the
best green crop to follow clover. Gen
erally it is advisable to make three
sowings, the first as early as possible
In the spring, April 20 to 25, and the
second and third fifteen to thirty days
later. One and one-half bushels each
of the oats and peas Is the usual quan
tity to the acre. They may both be
■own broadcast at the same time after
the land is plowed and thoroughly har
rowed in with a wheel harrow. Some
sow the peas first, covering with a
wheel harrow, then sow the oats and
cover with an Acme or similar barrow.
This method, however, is hardly neces
sary. The first sowing will be ready
about June 25, and cutting should be
gin as soon as the oats show the head.
The average yield from the first sowing
in ten tons to the acre. The yi»id from
the second and third sowings Is not
likely to be as heavy, as the crop ma
tures more quickly during the warm
weather. Oats and peas will remain
In condition to be cut for ten to twelve
days. The average cov will consumo
sixty to eighty pounds daily until the
food becom'.s tough. One-third to one
half acrr will furnish sufficient fodder
for tei> cows for twelve days.— Hatch
Statioti, Mass.
Hlffli Quality of Fqrelsrn Potatoes.
American producers should not flat
ter themselves with the idea that im
ported potatoes are sold In our mar
kets at comparatively low prices on ac
count of Inferior quality. On the con
trary, the bulk of the Importations are
of decidedly superior quality to the na
tive article. Buyers in large markets
are fast coming to give them prefer
ence over domestic potatoes at any
where near equal prices. Not only so,
but the Jobbers find a decided advan
tage in handling them by reason of the
way they are put up, every sack being
uniform full weight. They also save
the expense and labor of shoveling the
potatoes out of a bulk car. filling sacks
of unequal size and weight, each one
of which has to be weighed when sold
and similar annoyances, says a Phila
delphia commission merchant in Amer
ican Agriculturist.
Mlspah.
How many people know that the
monument that I.aban and Jacob set
up near the borders of Canaan and
called "Mizpah," or a lookout, was
erected in suspicion rather than love?
The literal meaning was this: "The
Lord watch between thee and me
when we are absent one from the oth
er, and see that you are not up to some
new trick as soon as my back is turn
ed."
So when It Is Inscribed in an engage
ment ring it might mean, "The Lord
watch and see that you do not flirt
when we are absent one from the oth
er."
Those who use the text are some
times wiser thun they know.
Strong Eren In Death.
A yew tree almost destitute of branch
es or bark grows abundantly In the
Caucasus to a height of from fifty to
sixty feet and a diameter of a little
over two feet. It grows slowly, but Its
timber Is almost Indestructible except
by tire. It is considered superior In
durability, appearance and toughness
to mahogany, which It otherwise some
what resembles. In some large forests
of this tree it Is very difficult to dlstln.
guish the live trees from the dead ones,
the latter being very numerous and
said to stand for 100 years ufter death
without exhibiting decay.
Dlvision of Labor.
Helene—How long <Jid you stay In
Paris on your trip to Prance?
Emma-Ob, u week altogether.
Ilelene—But surely you could not take
ki everything In such u short time!
Emma —But we did, all tho same.
You see, there were three of us. Mam
ma took in the picture galleries, 1 stud
led the simps and things, and papa ex
it mined the local color in the cafes.—
Exchange.
Plump Birdie.
She (after the sertlce)—You dreadful
fellow! Why did you smile during tho
nffertory?
He—l couldn't help it. There was
Miss Addle Pose singing "Had I the
wings of a dove." The mental picture
c>r a 200 pounder trying to fly with a
|.alr of four Inch wings was too much
for me.
When the first bnby howls at nigh.
Kith the colic, the father and mother
| ook reproachfully at each other, ns I"
ki •..!>, V it ,ot uie Into this!"—A tell-
I l-;o" tilob"