VOL XXXIX Grand Clearance Sale SUMMER FOOTWEAR BickeFs. 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. IS'en's $4 00 Welt Sole Shoes $2 25 Mtii's S4OO Patent Kid Oxfords . 2 25 l.ai 'i s" $3.50 We t Sole. Patent Kid Oxfords 2 25 I.;<ti< s' hire Dongola Patent Tip Oxfcds 95 F ne Dongola Turn Shoes 1 65 Ladies' F:nc PJi ngola Patent Tip Shoes 1 00 Mi- ts' Patent Tip .-hoes 1 00 Mi-M-s' Strap Sandal? 60 Ch iiiteii'.< Fn;e Shoes 45 Fine Shoes 20 Hi \ >' Lawn Tenni-, Slippers 35 Youths' Pine Satin ("alf Shoes 80 Boys' Fine Satin Ca'f Shoes 90 Men's '1 h.ee So'e, Bel! s Tongu< , Box Toe Shoes.. . 1 35 Sample Counters Filled With Interesting Bargains JOHN BICKEL, 128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA. U H USELTON'S IsirCJ | The Latent Styles 1 The early Snnirner Ik 1 and Nobbies f style of Men's Shoes { 9 A designs jet shown fyfejjCT''# shown here now are {■ in thin City. "birds." ' All 1 \ A man feels like T# ready , onying them anyway ► for I»\'/>- —whether he needis i yA you. xi/" \ them or not. ip*- No—l Mot Oi\iy tP|e Ladies! WA We have low Shoes f<.r l atent Leath< r Ulnchers % r C MEN, Patent Kid Bluchers ► J ftj BOYS and Patent Calf Lace. M ■», / GIHLS as well, The slickest lot of Kl B \BIES to-»! Shoes in forty States WA fi Take Your Choice! LOME S2SO ' kj Id Patent Leather Oxfords kl Patent Kid Bluchers A J A Vicl Kid Colonials Take Your Choice Velour Calf Sembrich Ties A w2 Wax Calf Oxford Button L* Welt Soles or Jin. Soles SS "sS SS" to-S 4 YA 75c to $3.00. bat it is the only place to bny the newest nn<l smartest styles. A r i We get more style and more wear into onr shoes at a xiven t price than any one else you know of. r 3 Heavy Shoes for Farmers and Mechanics made to stand a lot of A J A mauling and scrapinx. but GOOD LOOKERS and plenty of t<je [■ rmim, Hsc to $2.00. > J [i 1 Huselton's. si j be fit. M f The most satisfactory A 1 Hboe Store in Butler. jwHolmllTjUDGE] ? OF OUR SHOES? \ / The customeis, who buy our $3.50 Enamels for $2.25; S VMen's shoes latest styles and leathers, $3.00 up Boys' and/ J Youths' fine shoes, 80c up. Ladies' Patrician shoes and / S oxfords, $3.50. Misses' shoes, 75c up. Children's shoes, 50c J V up. Workingmen's shoes, SI.OO up; w tiling your nomination S C we remain yours for shoes. \ ] THE NEW SHOE STORE, > Turner) / Next to Savings Bank. 108 S. MAIN ST. / KECK f\ /'/ 'K " ave a nattinc»s about them that E Kt W L mSm /1 1A m»rk the wearer, it won't do to 'j K \r'J fe\ wear the last year's output. Yon / CJ l\ won't get the latest things at the r? stock clothiers either. The up-to '« \f J JV f < date tailor only tan hupply them, IIT Vi I H 111 V> '' y° u want not only the latest (J I It )If Jlf I things in cut and fit and work llf 111 ni»nship, the finest in rlurability, If ,11 where else can yon jjet combina -3 h //J Li Hons, you get them at K E C K S. F. KECK, Merchant Taller, 1'? North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler,Pa JUST RECEIVED Another Large Shipment MILLINERY. flJil A K r est assortment of mi>] siiminet —5 f ~ •tyles. an endless variety ol hats. A Ay- - b pretty, serviceable and i»ractical hat • I can l>n selected from onr lartfe assort f TT —1 mont of trimmed hats from SI.OO np- M i * t > tlf ' 1 ward Onr $2 UN liars exceed in ij'iality t! - - anything ever offered at the price Valneahd style are delightfully com binded in our latest Summer hats, the display is decide<lly interesting; also 1 onr prices are away down beyond com petition. Come and see them. Rockensteln's, MILLINERY EMPORIUM. s8 South Main Street, - . Butler, P* ~ THE BUTLER CITIZEN. I'UICA. IjL JRbakes short roads. AXLE JL light loads. (jREASE for everything that runs on wheels. Sold Everywhere. M^^fSTASDARDOILCO^^^ Nasal CATARRH J&mh cleanaes, eoothes and heals M the ciiseasrd mimbrane. It cores catarrh and drives /*V«X away a cold in the bead quickly. Cream Balm is placed into th© nostrils,spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—df>es not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 centa at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents. I »I i t Johnston's f} Beef, Iron and Wine H Best Tonic Blocxl Purifier. Lj ► J Price, 50c pint. Tfl V Prepared and W A N soldjonly at' I*< Johnston's J ► Crystal tj ' Pharmacy, H ! ►) ' B. M. LOGAN, Ph. O . Manager, Pi * ICB N. MalnlKt., Kutler. Fa Both 'Pbone* vj Everything in the | g | We Guarantee ALL THE PAINT we sell and'ihe I;irge.*t paint Ml';; Co. i>i the world (The Sherwin- Williams Co.) stand back of u s in this guarantee. Does that mean anything to our paint customers? Vou will do well to consider tlii pioposition Estimates cheerfully furnished. REDICK & GROHMAN, kkj N. Main St., Butler. Pa. Eugene Morrison GENERAL CONTRACTING PAINTER and DECORATOR. Special attention fciven to FINK PAPKR HANGING GRAINING and HARQWOqD PIN'ISHINCj. Office and Shop, Rear of Ralston's Store, Residence No. 119 Cliff St. 1-copie » Phone 45'. 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. B. Mc MILLIAN, 'Phone 453. 251 S. Main St. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY. JUNK 12, ICO2 1 HOMESPUN f I HEROISM I .... By C. B. LEWIS v ?| Copyright, 1902, | By ie S. S. McClure Company When Zeb Johnson, Farmer Jones' hired man, came to the end of a row of corn, he took a seat on a stump to think things over. He realized that he couldu't glean much consolation from mere thlnklDg, but a crisis was to be faced. The evening before, after haTing courted Jennie Taylor, the daughter of another farmer, for a year or more, he had asked her to marry him and had been refused. Zeb's courting had consisted of escorting Jennie to a Fourth of July celebration, a circus and a cornhusking. The intervals had been filled in by what he called "sit ting around" and declaring to himself that she was the sweetest and hand somest girl in all the world. There wasn't the slightest doubt in his mind that he loved her. and he was equally sure that he was loved in re turn. It was therefore vith a feeling of supreme confidence ia the success of his erraud that he had dropped into Taylor's and tried to keep his blushes back and his feet on the floor as he Fa id: "Jennie, I was Just thinking that we ought to get married in the fall." "Oh, you were?" she replied, looking up ut him. "Yes. I couldn't love you any more if we was to court for five years." "Who's been courting?" "We have, of course, and I want to say"— "Don't say it," she Interrupted. "I never even suspected you were court ing. You've been hanging around more or less, but I supposed you came to see father." "But I've been loving you for a whole year and want you for my wife," he persisted, paling and shuffling his feet Miss Jennie was darning a hole in the heel of one of her father's socks. She stopped her work as she said seri ously: "Zeb, I couldn't marry a farmer. If 1 can't find my ideal, I shall never marry at all. I'm somewhat romantic, you know, and Fd be perfectly miser able if I married a plodder." "Do you mean that you want to mar ry some dude of a feller?" asked Zeb, who had never beard of Ideals or ro mance. "No. of course not. He must be brave and gallant and save my life. ZEU HAW THE SITUATION AT A GLANCE. You are a real good fellow. Zeb, but you are no hero. I think Luciuda Jackson would make you a good wife. Don't blame me, Zeb, and don't get desperate and Jump off the barn. I know you want to talk for an hour or two yet, but It wouldn't do any good. Good night, Zeb. The sooner you shine up to Lucinda the quicker you can ask her to marry you." Zeb Johnson went home a stricken man. In a dim way he knew what Jennie sighed for. She was looking for an armored knight to come along on a prancing coal black steed anil kill three or four villains and bear her off on his saddle. Zeb had no armor, no coal black steed, no desire to kill. He was simply out of It. He sat on the stump and thought hard, but no consolation camo to him. The best thing he could get out of It «'«» a grave under a willow tree, a grave over which Jennie might come anil weep when tired of waiting for her knight. "Yes, It shall be death," said Zeb as he ros® from the stump. "I'm lop shouldered, knee sprung anil hump backed, and I couldn't be a hero If I was paid a hundred dollars a month. There's nothing left but to hang my self." He went to the barn, procured a rope • ltd started for the woods. He had se lected the tree anil the limb. In a little glade stood a white beech tree, and there, arnlil the songs of birds and the rustling len yen of the wild grnpe, the rope should cfcoke the life out of him nrnl his body should be left to swing In the summer breeze. While Zeb was after the rope things were happening In that little glade. Three tramps who had broken Jnll six rnlles away the previous evening were In hiding, anil Miss Jennie hnd wan dered Into the woods to study botany and wonder when that armored knight would make his appearance. She was thinking of guerdons and lances and squires and steeds when she confront ed the three tough specimens of hu manity. Their very first words proved that they were not chevaliers. There was nothing suave anil gentle nnd cour teous about the way they ordered her to sit down and keep her mouth shut. She had blundered upon them, and they didn't propose to let her go and give the alarm before they were reoily to move on. Wluit with their ontlis, their vile Jokes and their threats she had a bad quarter of an hour ot it. and her knight came not- Zeb Johnson did, however. He came with slow step and downcast bend, as is proper when n man Is going to hang 111 nisei f. He was thinking of Jennie and wondering if it hurt much to hang oneself. There was a tear in one eye and n gleam of determination In the Other when be suddenly appeared be fore the ragged, dirty trio anil their prisoner. The tramps might have bolted If they had lind a minute's warning, but as It was they hail to tight. Zeb saw the situation at a iclanco, and the light of battle flamed up lit his face. It Is a good thing to go out to hang onesHf arid tlnd a scrap at hand to postpone matters. It was a fight that nprooted bushes and smnll trees and plowed furrows up and down the glade, but at the end of ten minutes Zeb was victor and had the three on the earth under his feet. He wa9 still breathing hard and wiping the blood oft his nose when a gentle voice walled out: "Oh, Zeb, Zeb, suppose you hadn't come!" "But I did come," replied Zeb, "and I guess I've given 'em a licking to last i a year. Where was that hero of yours?" "I—l don't know." "Ought to have been around, hadn't he?" "Y-yes—that Is, no. No; I don't want him." "Anything happened?" "Yes. I've got all the hero I want. Zeb, I'm sorry, and If you want to get married, and if" — "Well, let me kick 'em a few times, and then I'll go home with you and ask the old folks what they think about it. It was lucky I thought of playing the fool and hanging myself." Pooled the Frenchman. Sergeant Harry, who acted as usher in the White House during Cleveland's second term, told this story: "I will never forget the message President Cleveland sent to Secretary Oiney one night It was this way: There was an eclipse of the moon that night, and President and Mrs. Cleveland were much Interested in watching it. 'I don't believe Olney knows about it,' said Mr. Cleveland, 'and he will be sorry to miss it' Then very quickly, 'Harry, go telephone Olney to look at the moon.' "I went to the phone, and Olney's chef or butler or something French an swered. The president sends word to Mr. Secretary to look at the moon,' I said. 'To look at vat?' answered the Frenchman. 'The moon,' I repeated. 'Ze vat?' again he asLed. 'The m-o-o-n.' I spelled, 'the moon-' 'ls ze presiden' in hies mind?' 'Yes; he tells Mr. Olney to go look at the moon. Give him the president's message.' 'But vat for iss dat—to look at ze inoon?' I then said a word or two and rang off. About an hour later the same butler called us up and, with more density In his tone than even before, said, 'Mees taire Secretary desires to say to Mees taire President zat he hass looked at ze moon, and he Iss mooch obliged!' " Didn't Salt Washington. Until the early part of the last cen tury Milford. Conn., had a house In which Washington was said to have spent a night It was in 1780, when Washington made a tour of New Eng land. Tradition says that there were certain things about his stay at the Milford tavern which he did not enjoy. The supper set before him consisted of boiled meat and potatoes. He was not pleased with the meal and asked for a bowl of bread and milk. The landlord brought the new order and a broken pewter spoon with which to eat It. "Have you no better spoons than this?" asked General Washington. "It's the best 1 have In the house, sir." replied the host. "Send me the servant." said his ex celleney. "Here's 2 shillings Go to the minister's and borrow a silver spoon." Tradition does not add whether he got the spoon or not Describing a Wedding. A young woman clerk at the court house was asked to report for the Wellington (Kan.) Mall a wedding that was to take place in the office of the probate judge. Here is hei Jour nalistic achievement, otherwise 'not even the names being giveu: "The bride was sixteen years old. wore a short dress and black kid shoes, black dress, red choker, blue velvet hat. with plumes arranged to give a wing effect, crown flat and white rosette In front. The groom was tall, gawky and light complected, wore a blue necktie, striped trousers, dark blue barred sack coat, standing collar, black shoes laced upside down, with strings trailing." Falrl? .Warned. An old circus man says that he once arrived nt Steeltou, Pa., early In the moruing to make arrangements for a circus performance st that place. To obtain his license It was necessary to see the burgess of the town. The tlrst person he met was a large, burly Vir ginia negro, who was on his way to wor'- at the steel works. He approach ed the fellow and said, "Captain, can you tell me where I can find the bur gess of Steelton?" "Say, boss, I Is a stranger around here myself, and all I can say is keep away from dem Burgesses. I was en gaged to be mahrled one time to Mary Ellenheth Burgess, and dey Is a pesky lot of niggers." lie Gave Hl* Address. narry Furnlss told n good story of a distinguished but Irritable Bcotch lec turer. The gentleman had occasion to speak In a small town In one of the lowland counties, and It chanced that he met with a more than usually loqua cious chairman. This genius actually spoke for a whole hour In "Introduc ing" the lecturer. He wound up by saying, "It is unnecessary for me to say more, but call upon the talented gentleman who has come so far to give us his address tonight." The lecturer came forward. "You want my address? I'll give it to you; I 822 Itob Itoy Crescent. Edinburgh, and I'm Just off there now. Good nlghtl"— Woman's Home Companion. How Wheat Came to Earth. A classic account of the distribution of wheat over the primeval world shows that Ceres, having taught her favorite, Trlptolemus, the art of agri culture and the science of brcadmak lng, gave him her chariot, a celestial vehicle, and that In It he traveled night und day, distributing tills valuable bread grain airrong all nations of the tmrth. Hard on Ills Brethren. "Oh, well, my dear," observed he to his wife, "you will find that there are a great many worse men In the world than I am." "How can you be so cynical, John?" replied his wife reproachfully.—Syra cuse Herald. A {.literal Udncatloii. Wlseum—Honestly, now, did you laarn anything while you were In col lege? Graduate—Um-m—well, I learned how to state my Ignorance In scientific terms. The Politician's Friends. "I never went back on a friend," said one politician. "I never found it necessary to do so." said the other. "As soon as I was not in n position to favor him piy friend always went back on me."—WusUlug ♦on Star. The Honr. Tubbs—Whit hour Is It? Dubbs—None at all. Tubhs—What do you mean? Dubbs—Not yet 1 o'clock.—New York Herald. Some Russian railways employ only members of the Orthodox church. | A Saving f | Entanglement | ♦ By JAMES ALLISON ♦ ♦ Copyright, 1902, f © By the S. 8. McClnre Company "You did It on purpose"— "Believe me, nothing was further from"— "I shall never believe a mnn so long as I live"— The hands fumbling with the entan gled skates closed convulsively over the gleaming of the smaller pair. "The trouble jras that you never did believe In him really. You were al ways unjust"— Ills voice was low and tense. The girl drew aside Impatiently. "Mr. Ludlow, will you kindly dis entangle those skates, or at least let us step out of people's way." Her cheeks were aflame. Nell Priestly had Just leaned over the side of her eutter to gaze at them curious ly. standing thus before the Palace drugstore. "1 am doing my best," came the hum ble reply. lie Jerked off one glove, and Helen could not refrain frotu glanc ing down at his long, shapely hand, with the seal ring she had given him the Christmas Just after their engage ment was announced. He had not sent It back with the other tilings. The two pairs of skates swung apart, but he kept close to her side. "As long as we've gone this fsr—l mean—er—we've been seen together again—l might as well walk with you. I take it we are bound for the same place, the park." Helen stared straight nliead. "1 believe you did it on purpose." she remarked irrelevantly. "I couldn't." he responded, knowing full well what she meant. "It would take months of practice to entangle a pair of skates like that Just in passing you. and you've given me no chance to get that near you in—how many months is It. Helen?" She Ignored the question. "But you came Into the store on pur pose"— "Vain child! 1 needed some potash tablets for my throat." "But." she persisted, "you did not discover the fact until you caught my eye across my cup of hot chocolate, and then you hesitated." "So you acknowledge that you were watching me? Well, that Is a hopeful 4l Hl£ FASTENED IIEII SKATKH WITH tIANIIM THAT TKEMBLKD. symptom. Somehow lately when we've met I've felt that you saw nothing but space." "Do stop raking over dead ashes. Lester!" "Are they really dead, Helen? Isn't there Just the least little spark still burning?" This wns not banter. lie was thoroughly In earnest. "You must know that I love you; that I loved you even when you doubt ed me. Anil you were so unreason able. You would not let me explain"— She glanced at him critically, he thought coldly. "You have survived the episode ex cellently. You are looking very well." There was Just a suggestion of a sob In her voice. People had said that Helen had fallen ofT considerably In the last few months. "Yes. I have honestly tried to forget my disappointment. 1 have worked hard. The god Mammon has rewarded me better than did the little fellow to whom I formerly paid my devotions." "I—l thought we—you—were very happy while It lasted." "Happy and yet miserable. Helen, can't you see that your lack of faith, your feeling that I did not prove my devotion to you. were torture to me? You could not or would not under stand my temperament. Because I did not tell you every time we met that you were the most adornble woman God had ever made, that I could not live without you and all the rest of the rlilldlsh. pretty compliments men pay to a certain sort of woman you said I »lld not love you. and yet In a hundred ways I showed you that you were the one woman In the world to me. I never called on any other girl—no. dear, not even since you broke our en gagement. I haunted your home until I was ashamed to look your futher In the face. I tried to show you that I needed you every hour of my life. I gave up my pipe becuuse you did not like It. 1 cut the Athletic club liecause you objected to that gang of fellows. But because I did not announce my reasons from the housetops you did not understand thHf It wus for you, all for you." They had reached tin- la!;e In the park. Helen sunk mechanically on the frozen bank and with the old childish gesture handed him her skates. He fastened them with hands that trem bled. "Can't you understand. Helen?" Still she sat staring dumbly across the glittering expanse of Ice to the woodland Willi It* gli li ning. ghostly trees. Never had be liilked like this before, and the scale* had fallen from her eyes with a suddenness iliat left her fairly dazzled No. she had never understood Itllli. He had seemed to take (lielr engagement s • I _• 1111> He had hurt her again and again with hla perpetual Joking. It hail all been so serious a matter wlt'i hei anil slit- had thought he placed to > i.ght -in estimate on her love liecause because well, no sane man should treat lightly so seri ous an affliction as a retrou-sc nose. She rose and poised gracefully on her skates. Ludlow strcti bed out ills hands, and her own cuddled Into his confidingly. Across the lake they sped, looking straight Into each other's eyes. "You understand me belter now, Helen," he pleaded. "Tell me. dear that you believe I loved you alwavs" She really wanted to reply In the "Yes" he longed to hear, but it was a novel experience to see him so deadly In earnest She shook her head slight ly. "Oh, Lester, you've not been practic ing law In vain! As a pleader you're improving." A pained look came Into his honest eyes. His clasp on her hands iooseaed, and with a coquettish glance she shot away from him. She shouted some thing over her shoulder, but he lost the words In a sharp, ominous crackle of weak Ice. There was a shrill scream, and a second later he was circling round a black hole where a crimson Tain O'Shanter had disappeared. ******* They sat by the park keeper's Are, wrapped in strange, unsightly gar ments. Their host had bustled out in to his bachelor kitcheu to brew a hot drink. Helen faced Ludlow abruptly. There were dark circles under her eyes and her chin quivered pathetically as she said: "Lester, dear, did you hear what 1 called to yon Just before" "No." he said moodily. "A man drenched to the skin is not susceptible to coquetry." She continued bravely: "I said that 1 knew you loved me al ways bctt"r than 1 deserved. Yes. 1 said that, dearest, before you Jumped ill after me. You lielieve me. don't you ?" He looked iuto her eyes. They glow ed softly, tenderly. He took her in his arms. "God bless you, girlie, and those skates!" Moot Point of I<n it * An English wri'er gives a good ex ample of those quibbles in legal prac tice that have a sort of fascination for certain minds. Some years ago. while traveling on the continent he met the principal lawyer for the government of one of the principalities, who told him of a curious legal question. It had ref erence to a railway station at the boundary between two principalities. Some one standing outside the win dow of the ticket otlice had put his hand through and robbed tiie till inside. The boundary line lay between where the thief stood and the till, so that he was actually in one territory while the crime was committed in the other. Here was a nice nut for the gentlemen learned in the law to crack. Which of the principalities should undertake the prosecution of the culprit? At it they went In good earnest, and the arguments on either side were long and vehement till the whole case was embalmed In many volumes. At last one side yielded so far as to say: "We will permit you, as an act of courtesy, to prosecute, while at the same time reserving all our sovereign rights." At this point of the recital the Eng llshman asked, "And how did the pros edition end?" "Ah, that is quite another matter!" said his friend. "There was no prose cution; we were only arranging what we should do when we caught the rob ber, but we never caught him." Too Effective. \ The German proprietor of a sawmill In a Minnesota town used for fuel the refuse from it<«r>»H>r. The fuel cost nothing, but It took four men to pro vide it. because the machinery was old fashioned An agent for mill machinery persuad ed the German to put In new equip ment which would reduce the nmouut of fuel one-half. It looked like a good proposition, says the Dulutb News- Tribune, and the agent, sure of success, called on the German nftcr the machin ery had been installed, expecting to be congratulated. But the German gave him a gloomy stare. "What's the matter? Doesn't the ma chinery do all l claimed for It?" asked the agent. "Ya, but I overlooks sometings." "What was that?" "Veil. It dakes only dwo men to han dle de fuel, but It dakes de udder two men to haul avay vat ve didn't use pe fore und a team posldes." A Military Donlit. "Did you see a boy about my size round the corner?" a boy Inquired of an elderly gentleman who was passing. "Yes, 1 believe I did," said the man. "Did he look ugly?" "I didn't notice." "Did he look scared?" "1 don't know. Why?" "Why. I heard he was around there, and I don't know whether he wants to lick me or whether he's afraid I'm go ing to lick him. Wish I did." MmN BEFORE BREAKFAST. Horn 111 Thnn Woinnn, Snji km Olmrrv.int Hcfttnnruteiir. "Of course," said an avenue restau rant keeper, "I thind my business gives me the best opportunities in the world for judging human nature. My obser vations have led me to the conclusion that women, as nervous as they are supposed to lie, are more good natured than men. The test for tills trait comes at breakfast time. Now. I suppose that my customers are about as cheery a lot as frequent any restaurant in the city. A good many of tliem are news paper men, who, as a usual tiling, take life as It comes without much com plaint If you lake thcni In the even ing or late at night, you will And them the most companionable lot Imaginable. But let me tell you there Is a difference In the morning. "As friendly as I am with most of the men who come In here, there Is not one whom 1 would care to provoke be fore lie gets his breakfast. Most of the 'kirks' are made concerning the tlrst meal of the day. The waiter Is too slow; the steak Is too rare; the steak is too well done; the eggs are not fried properly or are boiled too little or too much. But by the time the average man iias had a good meal and a cup of hot coffee 'Richard Is himself again.' "Now, with women it Is different. I don't know whether It Is because they wake up less hungry than men or whether nn empty stomach affects their nerves to a less degree, but those who get their breakfast here seldom annoy us with complaints."—Washington Post. •IrfTcrMon fis nn Inventor. Not many people know I hat Thomas Jefferson was a great Inventor. His In ventlons were all r.f articles of every day Use. lie devised a three legged folding camp stool that l« the basis of all camp stools of that kind today. The stool he had made for his own use was ills constant companion on occasions of outings. The revolving chair was his Invention, lie designed a light wagon. A copying press was devised by Mm and came Into general use. He also In vented an Instrument for measuring the distance he walked. A plow and a hemp cultivator showed that his thoughts were often on agricultural matters. Ills plow received a gold med al In France In 17SM». Jefferson never benefited linuniially by his Inventions, but believed they should be for the use of ever) one without cost.—St. Louis Post Dispatch. ' l||§j||£ APPLE TREES FOR PLANTING Two or Three Year Old Uecommend «*«l to the Ordinary Former. In regard to the age of apple trees for planting, the horticulturist of the Canadian Farm says that two or three year olil trees are, as a general rule, the most satisfactory kind to plant, as when they are older than three years growth is to checked and the trees so stunted by transplanting that it is not at all desirable to plant jIU/l ill Hi T TWO-YEAR - OJ.D AP- THREE - YEAR - OLD PLETREE MARKED LOW HEADED AP FOR PRUNING. PLE TREE. them when they are so old. Further more, the freight or express will be less on smaller trees. If low headed trees are desired, they may be planted when one year old, if the growth is strong, and cut back to the desired height. leaving only the bare stem. The ordinary farmer, however, who may not give his trees much attention, requires a tree two or three years old, so that It may easily be seen if he grows other crops in the orchard. Trees should be procured from relia ble nurserymen, as It is important to have them true to name and well shaped. It will pay to get the highest grade of trees offered. Stunted, un shapely trees will never give the same results as healthy, straight ones. The two or three year old trees should have the heads well formed when re ceived from the nurseryman. The best head consists of a central leader, with three or four side branches rising al ternately from the trunk. If the branches are opposite, a crotch is form ed, and when a branch may be easily broken. It is not always possible to get a central leader, and the next best top Is one with from three to five branches rising alternately from the main trunk, form ing a symmetrical head. Soy IIFRDI In Vermont. A good many farmers seem exercised nowadays over soy beans. The Ver unmi station has grown the cron in a small way for several years. Its offi cers do not, however, feel like recom mending Its general adoption In this state. Seldom If ever can an amount of food be found equal to that which may be produced in the corn crop with an equal expenditure of time, effort and money. The forage from the soy bean Is richer, but the quality Is more than offset by the quantity loss as compared with corn. It Is readily planted and Is handled throughout the growing season much as is corn, but is less easily harvested. It may be fed green as a soiling crop or ensilaged alone or with corn. It may be planted in the row with corn with a fair prospect of success. Indeed,-on good soil this Is perhaps as good a way to grow It as any, while burial In the silo with the corn is Its fit and appropriate end. But when all Is said it Is felt that Vermont Is full far north for soy beans. If tried at all, they should be grown in a small way at first. For Vermont corn Is king and clover queen. Alfal fa for the man who will put the time, energy, patience and money into it lo the acc, but the soy bean ranks hardly higher than the eight spot. A Favorite I.ettnce. Nothing can be claimed for the black seeded Tennis Ball lettuce on the score of novelty, but much as regards merit. It lias been a favorite variety for many years, Is extensively grown for market yid Is also one of the best kinds for IIL.ACK SEEDED TENNIS BALL. gardens. The young plants are of a lighter shade of green than the white seeded Tennis Ball—leaves smooth at first, becoming very much crumpled and plaited after the heads begin lo form. The heads are larger and looser than those of the white seeded variety, and they mature about two weeks later. Tho leaves of this variety are rurely If ever shaded with red. BEAN GROWING. (,'lirnji and Sure Method, of Securing Sat l.rni-tory Crop*. Good crops-of beans cannot be raised on poor ground. Beans are hard on the land, and no field should grow two crops In succession. Good crops of beting are grown every year on wheat, on is and corn stubble ground, but years of observation ami experience have taught me that the fields on which beans can be grown cheapest and surest. If properly handled, are those 11 in 1 were pastured or In meadow the previous season. Kueh fields take less labor to keep the crop free from weeds. They should lie plowed early, while there Is plenty of moisture, roll ed and dragged often enough to keep down everything green until planting time, when the soil will he firm, moist and mellow, the Ideal condition for the bean to germinate. Such partial sum mer fallowing Is the only way to main tain sufficient moisture to corry the plant vigorously through any dry pe riod that often overtakes it in its early stages, snys a Michigan correspondent of American Agriculturist. Many funners raise excellent crops t>n stubble fields with no more and sometimes less labor, {jlowUut the No 24 ground only In time to lit for planting. With plenty of moisture this will do, but with the droughts of June that our lo cality is subject to this method is risky. The best beans should be selected for seed. The pea variety is the only one we raise for market. The planting season is from June sto 25. The com mon grain drill is used for this work, drilling in rows twenty-eight inches apart. One-half to three-fourths of a bushel to the acre, according to condi tion of the soil, is planted. With ordinary favorable weather the crop attains sufficient growth in ten days to be cultivated. If conditions are unfavorable and the plant starts slow ly, it would be well to run over the ground with a spike tooth drag to keep the weeds from starting or to mellow the soil if It has been crusted. The tool generally used for cultivating Is the two horse wheel cultivator of any standard make. If the soil has been properly fitted, two rows can be culti vated at once, ten acres being an easy day's work. Cultivation should be done once a week until the bean begins to form. Some good farmers will not cultivate after the blossoms appear. My own experience has tnught me that cultiva tion, though it be so late so as tear apart the vines between the rows, nev er lessens the yield, and further, as most of the bean ground Is sown to wheat. It is a partial preparation for the wheat. Beans grow rapidly, and three to five cultivations are sufficient. THE ONION UP TO DATE. A Popular Crop and Its Caltnrr by the Modern Method. The onion is having a sort of boom in various sections Just now as a good money crop. Onions, it is hardly nec essary to state, may be grown from seeds or sets. Bailey has described up to date union culture in brief as foi lows: If eeeds are used, they may be sown In the open ground where the bulbs PRIZB TAKER ONION. are to mature, or they may be sown in greenhouses or hotbeds and the young plantlets transplanted to the rows In the open ground. In sowing out of doors seeds should be put in as early as possible In shallow drills three to three and a half feet apart and cover ed with a half inch of fine moist earth. They need to be very carefully weeded at first, but if the ground is clean and mellow and the rows straight the wheel hoc will be able to talce full charge of the work early in the sea son. It has been repeatedly shown that cheaper, better and earlier onions can be grown by transplanting the plants from greenhouses or hotbeds, where the seeds are sown very early. When the plantlets are as large as n lead pencil, they are set four Inches apart in rows three feet asunder, and cultivation Is immediately begun with the wheel hoe. In growing from sets the planting is made in much the same way. Multiplier or potato onions are similarly managed. Prize Taker is probably the most popular variety of the present day. Tomato Plants and Cutworm*. Cutworms very often prove fatal to the growing tomato plants, as they do to those of nearly every crop. Early cultivation, keeping the ground fallow for several weeks, will do much to starve them out Then two or three days before setting out the plants spray a piece of clover or grass with strong parts green, one pound to seventy-live gallons of water, sweetening It with a little cheap molasses, and Bcatter small bunches of thlj poisoned food every couple of yards over the field. The cut worms will eagerly devour it and thus be destroyed before the plants are put In. Or a mash composed of forty pounds of bran and one pound of paris green moistened with water sweetened with molasses may be used in the same manner and is often used thus on a large scale against cutworms in tobac co, advises an American Garden corre spondent ONE OF NATURE'S LAWS. Action and Reaction That Prodaco a Fit of the Bines. Probably In two cases out of three the blues are caused by one's physical state. If a man has overworked or has been under any unusual strain or excitement or has worried a great deal or lias been for a while In a state of Joy and elation—all of which require an expenditure of energy—he is very likely to have the blues and to be in low spirits by way of reaction. The body is a machine which con do n certain amount of work and no more. If it does a great deal today. It must do less tomorrow and thereby make up for today's extravagance. If a man takes one glass of whisky, the slight stimulus that he feels will be followed, as night follow* day, by an exactly equivalent sinking of the spirits. If ho has been thoroughly and gayly drunk, his recovery will be attended by cor responding melancholia and misery. When a man has the blues, ho ought to consider that he Is merely an ex ponent of one of nature's laws and that ho has no right to harass others with complaints. Some men are not pleased unless they communicate their unpleas ant moods to all about them. They be come sulky and cross with their wives and children, and they throw a gloom over their household. Such conduct is very selfish. A man in the blues ought to take some pills aud a good long walk all alone or with some companion of stead fast cheerfulness. Lucky It Is for him if he lias a wife who will not be down cast and who can restore blm to cheer fulness without spoiling him.—San Wanted It Plain. Mrs. Yotingwlfe—l want to get some Valad. Dealer— Yes'm. How many heads? Mrs. Youngwlfe—Oh, goodnessl 1 thought you took the beads off. I Just want plain chicken salad.—Philadel phia Press. The Extreme of atranuonsaesa. Mrs. Muggins— Is Mrs. Wigwag ac tive In public life? Mrs. Bugging—Active! Why. that wo man belongs to sixteen different socle ties for the suppression of things.— Phil adelphia Record. The United States and all Its posses sions and nil Kurope except Russia could l»> put Into Siberia, with land left to uml.e tlitrty Ave states like < otlti-t tlcui
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