VOL XXXIX
Grand Clearance Sale
RUMMER 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 SALE and will go
at awav down prices.
Men's *4 oo V\ t It Sole Shoes $2 25
MtnV $.) oo Patent Kid Oxfords 2 25
Latiu »' $3 .50 We t Sole, Patent Kid Oxfords 225
L;.i!i<s' Fii e Dongola Patent Tip Oxfo:ds 95
Ladies' Fine Dongola Turn Sole Shoes 1 65
LaditV Fire Dcrgola Patent Tip Shoes. 1 00
Misrcs' I'atent Tip Shoes 1 00
Mi-iscs' Strap iandals 60
Children'.* Fine Shoes 45
Infai l ' Fine Shoes 20
Boys' Lawn Tennis Slippers 35
Youths' Fine Satin Calf Shoes 80
Mo)s' Fine Satin Calf Shoes 90
Mm* Three Sole, Bdlis Tongut, Box Toe Shoes.. . 1 35
Sample Counters Filled With Interesting Bargains
JIOHIN BICKEL,
128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA.
h HUSELTON'S ar kl
[fl The Latest Styles The early Sommer yjj
and Nobbies' style of Men's Shoes J
PA designs yet sbowu shown here now are
All 1 y A man feels like
r a rua-iy IjS. onying them anyway \
for < —whether he needs ,
No—Not the Ladies! |
Fj We have low Shoes for Patent Leather Blnchers
MEN, Patent Kid Blnchers •
ij BOYS aad Patent Calf Lace. <
GIRLS as well, The slickest let of
I BABIES too! Shoes in forty States j
A Pfj '%j Jake Your Choice! iOMI ®^°° t o" d s2so ' >
< Patent Leather Oxfords ►
Patent Kid * Bluchers <
Vici Kid Colonials Take Your Choice .
Velour Calf Sembrich Ties
* Wax Calf Oxford Button *
I Welt Soles or Turn Soles 18 £ e ° n 2l a
► -yp- a aq nn Shoe Storo in town i
, #OO tO SO.UU. bnt it is the only place .
k" to buy the newest and smartest styles.
W We get more style and more wear into our shoes at a given
M price than any one else you know of. >
k Heavy Shoes for Farmers and Mechanics made to stand a lot of i
J A mauling and scraping, but GOOD LOOKERS and plenty of toe
fI room, 95c to $2.00. ►
\ *£ HllQpltATl'Q <
f asicto nuscium 5. 5
a be fit. rm
M The most satisfactory
k Shoe Store in Butler. f A
$ The Finest Boot For Ladies J
s Ever seen in Butler is our ?
\ New Patent Ideal Kid Boot. S
\ It will not break through. Always locks bright. Is S
C thoroughly up-to-date. Will out wear two pairs of old v
I fashioned patent leather. * C
S $3.50 A PAIR >
C and worth it. 7
\Daubeqspeck Turner)
} THE NEW SHOE STORE, )
108 S. MAIN ST. }
KECK
a Spring & Summer Weights
'T. 1 /i (\ |j Have a natliness about tbem that J]
r) wf L // |\ mark the wearer, it won't do to
' -' J \ [A/ W B1 wear the last year's output. You
\J ' S~C/ £i won't get the latest things at the
1 * I / if~? ra stock clothiers either. The up-to
I l ih\ Jif /"N a * e tailor only can supply them, .
11/ Y4 I/IITIf xJ y° u want not on 'y l he latest (J
.1 I I )111 a I things in cut and fit and work
l It | l/l manship, the finest in durability,
,11 j I I where else can you get combina
•"■l I If 111 9 tions, you get them at
** KECK
F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
112 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler,Pa
JUST RECEIVED
Another Large Shipment
A great assortment of miJ-suuimei
styles, an endless variety of hats. A b
pretty, serviceable and practical hat ' I
can be sfllected from our large assort W 1
ment of trimmed hats from SI.OO up- 1 AI
ward Our $3.98 hats exceed in quality f fnffr/fy . ■mm
anything ever offered at the price lOft J. 4B
Value ahd style are delightfully com- (&
bindt-d in our latest Summer hats, the J . ==
dispUy is decidedly interesting; also
Our j)rices are away down beyond com
petition. Come and see them.
Roc kenstei n's,
MILLINERY EMPORIUM.
318 South Main Street, - - - - Butler, Pa
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Aft< r yt n've worn a leady
made s. it ;i week, take
another 1 <4; the elaborate
ly ti i.>:r.tti<i and flowery
UT'id«. d .• c?. * lint tempted you
t<> h'jy ii 'l l d 1 otice how dif
fic ti, 11 appeals to your
t'm t t -11 :
We on't make much of a
i-pluiiji "i p. Pr; we lut our
ad. into >. 1 th. Fhe ad.
begins u!>. Ny 1 u put on the
clothes a d i: endures for
weeks and se
!
Our priors lii 14ii only
to the man who never woie
one of our suits.
A. la n. d,
i 7
MAKER OF
MEN'S CLOTHES.
RUNNING CHANCES
is the man who Duys the cheap and
poorly made clothing simply because it
is cheap. There are just as good bar
gains to be bad in good grades of goods,
such for instance as our f2O suits.
Running Chances is the man who
j rushes from this "alteration sale" to
j that "closing out bargains." The safe
| way is to patronize the firm that does
; business on the same principles you do.
1 You know what you have to deal with
; then. You get honest goods for honest
prices, and don't save twenty-five cents
here to throw away seventy-five cents
there.
Chances are Not Running away from
! you, but yon are running away from
the chances for the best bargains of the
year in suits, when you fail to look at
our suitings.
Wedding Suits a Specialty.
COOPER,
Leading Tailor,
333 S. Main St., BUTT.FR PA.
B. B.
men buy by mail
here—thousands of them, all over
America—same as the woman do
Saves you money on Clotliing,
Shirts, Underwear, Neckwear and
Dress Furnishings by sending here
—and besides, you get selection
from largest variety of very latest
genteel styles.
Men who get our Catalogue
and consult specially pages 67,
68. 84-89, will find goods and
prices of practical Interest.
We're selling a top notch Neg
lige Shirt for men
SI.OO
—made by people who have fine
fit and finish dou n to a science—
your choice of Plain White
Madras, or colored striped or
figured Madras, pleated front,
separate cufts. Give us your idea
as to style and we'll give you
benefit of best selection.
Women who are interested in
goods for a cool stylish waist or
waist suit want to send for samples
and see the pretty Corded Wash
Silks here as low as 35c yard.
Boggs & Buhl
Department X.
ALLEGHENY. PA.
\ When you are sick and{ >
Vwant your prescriptions filled4 >
Vbring them or send them to, ,
CNo. 213, we will deliver
fat your door, r.o extra charge.
IWe have a new full line of
r drugs the best that money
i rcan buy. We handle *
' rbut the best. Good *
* /and pure drugs go hand in< >
■ hand. You can not get re-< >
* Isults from cheap >
< ilf you had the best doctor in< >
{ So if you wish pure< >
i and good L
< vbuy your medicine at No., .
if2l3 South Main Street.
;r CAMPBELL'S ][
Pharmacy, m
< C Successor to ( 1 >
i[ J. P. SUTTOir I >
L. S. McJUNKIN
Insurance and Real Estate
Agent.
117 E. JEFFERSON.
PUTLER. - PA
j ittarncl
fcShwKl ToQ CMn iuke your h*r- fIHB
VwvH nna M *° n u * (love /HnHa
MBT HI and as toogb aa wire by T »
M\l using EUREKA Har- H/jS l
naaa Oil. Too can W/MBI
/ WSKU fi le lta 11*—make t« LW
WMUVM last twin as loot aa it
IMMKM ordinarily would.
TEUREKAf
I Harness Oil I
BK makes a poor lookloc bar
■ ness like new. Mada of
M' pure, heavy bodied oU, ea
aggl peclally prepared to wltb
stand the weather. Sp
s£tj Bold everywhere iIHK
fSB In cans—all slzaa. V^K
S Mida bj STANDARD OIL CO. \V
I
Nasal
CATARRH
In all 1U stages. /I>- JUc#
Ely's Cream Balrav YFmß^^/
cleanses, soothes and heals t m
the diseased membrane.
It cures catarrh and drives
away a cold in the head
quickly.
Balm is placed into the nostrils, spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. * Relief is im
mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does
not produce eneeziug. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
N Johnston's M
W Beef, Iron and Wine Dj
Best Tonic
Blood Purißer. Ll
Price, 50c pint. f t
L' * Prepared and W
W sold[only at]
J Johnston's
> Crystal H
I Pharmacy, M
ml B. M. LOGAN, Ph. G .
LV Maimger, 6? <
WA ICS N. Butler, Pa
[ V Both 'Phones W A
Everything in the Lv
drug line. VA
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We Guarantee
ALL THE
PAINT
we sell ancTthe largest paint M'f'g
Co. in the world (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
FINE PAPER HANGING
GRAINING and
HARDWOOD FINISHING.
Office and Shop,
Rear of Ralston's Store,
Residence No. 119 Cliff St.
I'eopie » Phone 451.
EYTH BROS'
Big Wall Paper Store,
Next to Postoffice.
Special bargains in Wall Faper,
Window Blinds and Room Mould
ings. Farmers find good accom
modation and satisfaction here.
EYTH BROS.,
Formerly,
C. B. McMILLIAN,
'PJione4s3. 251 S. Main St,
BUTLER, PA- THURSDAY, JUNK 19, 1902
! UNCLE JERRY'S f
! CONSENT
O ... BY C. B. LEWIS o
3 Copyright, 1002,
♦ By the S. S. McClure Company ♦
♦©♦o^o^o^o^o^o^o^o^o^o^o#
Jeremiah Mead, farmer, money lend
er, bargain driver and tight fisted
citizen of Blair county, had earned the
name of a hard man. His wife was
submissive to servility. His son George,
their only child, had grown up in fear
of him and after reaching his majority
still worked on without wages.
Jeremiah had forclosed mortgages
without mercy, to had lent money at
usurious iuterest, and no one could re
member a neighborly act on his part
Uncle Jerry, as he was called, knew
that he was la bad odor all over the
county, but he rather gloried In it.
It was seldom that the sou George
had a dollar of his own or a day's vaca
tion, but he made few complaints, no
matter what he thought of the situa
tion. Having none of the father's
characteristics, he was a general favor
ite. as far as people knew him. At
ONE MOVE OF HIS HAND WOULD HAVE
RESULTED IN A THOUSAND STINGS.
the age of twenty-one he had never
spoken to five members of the opposite
sex and was as bashful as a girl of
sixteen.
The crisis of his young life occurred
one day when, driving sheep "over to
the Ilawßonville market he passed the
farmhouse of the Widow Blair. He
was just in time to assist the hired
man, the widow and her daughter Pol
ly to extinguish a fire In the barn. Al
though he hurried on as soon as pos
sible, he bad left his heart behind with
Polly.
Nothing was said about his adven
ture when he returned home, and bash
ful as he was be bad managed to see
Polly half a dozen times and excite her
Interest before the news reached the fa
ther's ears. After a little reflection
Uncle Jerry went to the field where
George was hoeing potatoes.
"Look here. George. It's about time
you got married. The house Is big
enough for another family, and of
course you have no thoughts of leaving
home. I guess you'd better shine up
to Jim Taylor's gal. She ain't much
on looks, as I'll allow, but I've heard
she was a great worker. There's go
ing to be a circus lu Rawsonville next
week, and I don't mind giving you a
dollar to take her along."
George mauaged to reply that be
didn't think he'd get married for
awhile yet
"Well, there's no hurry, of course,
but lemme tell you something. I've
heard that you was casting sheep's
eyes toward the Widder Blair's. You
might as well quit that I'd rather see
you in your grave than married Into
that family."
"Isn't the widow a nice woman?"
asked George.
"No, sir, she ain't!" decisively re
plied the father. "1 had two lawsuits
With her about ten years ago, and she
beat me iu both. I'd also have got the
prize on hogs at the county fair last
year If she hadn't had six of hers there.
She's the last woman on earth I want
related to me. Better go over to Tay
lor's tonight and ask Sarah to go to
the circus with you."
But George didn't, and a month later
he almost paralyzed his father by say
ing:
"Dad, I have asked Polly Blair to
marry me, and she has consented."
"Jerusha, but you don't mean It!"
shouted the father as he jumped clear
off the ground.
"I do," was the quiet reply.
"But you can't marry her, George.
1 forbid you to. I'll never give my
consent to any such thing. If you
want to marry, go over and ask Sarah
Taylor to have you."
"I'll never do It!"
There was open rebellion at last the
first time the son had ever questioned
parental authority. Dncle Jerry's first
thought was to lock the boy up In the
smokehouse, the next* to threaten to
disinherit him. Then bis sbrewduess
came to his aid, and be said:
"We won't say no more about It Just
now, but when we come to have a talk
1 guess we cau agree."
Three days later be drove up to the
Widow Blair's. He Intended to pitch
In so vigorously that the widow and
her daughter would order him off the
place aud his son after him. As he
ilrove up he saw the widow out In the
erchard and heard her drummlug on a
tin pan. He turned In that direction.
He was thinking of how he should
open the matter when something buz
*ed past his ear, and ten seconds later
he found his head in a circling cloud
of beea. One of the widow's hives was
swarming. No matter whether the
bees took him for a rosebush or a sun
flower, they began settling down on
his head and shoulders. In five min
utes he was almost hidden from sight
and perfectly helpless. One move of
his hand would have resulted In a
thousand stings.
"Well, Uncle Jerry," said the widow
as she carefully advanced, "I was rath
er expecting you. I am glad you've
come. I suppose yon want to talk
about George and Polly getting mar
fipd ?"
,( Y-ye«," softly replied the caller. '1
came to say that I have told George It
mustu't be."
"Oh, you did! Well, 1 quite agree
with you, and yoi can go back home."
"But how can I go?"
"Any way you wish. If you carry
the bees home, I hope you'll bring
them back tomorrow."
"But I can't do It!" he wailed. "1
dasu't move a foot If the bees get
mad, I'm a dead man!"
"Yes, to be sure, but I've got other
work oq hand. I don't think you'll
£ave to stand here over 9 week before
the beea will find the new hive."
"Lord, widder, but you won't leave
me in this fix! You couldn't have the
heart to do it!"
"Oh. It's no use to talk about hearts!"
she replied. "George and Polly have
both got hearts, but it's nothing to us.
1 wonder just how many bees are
hanging to your right ear!"
"Millions, widder, millions," he
hoarsely whispered, "and millions
more to my hat and hair and chin!
Can't they be scraped off?"
"Not today. Uncle Jerry. I hear you
don't like me."
"But I do. You beat me In them
lawsuits, but you ought to, 1 guess."
"But you don't like Polly."
"Yes, I do. Polly is the nicest girl
in all this county."
"She Is that, but how you move
about! You must stand as steady as
a tree. Yes, Polly Is a nice girl."
"But do something for me!" he en
treated.
"llow can I? You don't like we, and
you don't want George and Polly to
marry, and"—
"Widder Blair," came the whispered
words from amid the bees, "I like you.
I like Polly."
"And George?"
"lie may marry Polly tomorrer.
Hang It, only get these bees ofTn me,
and George and me will marry the hull
caboodle of you before sundown!"
Uncle Jerry's word was considered
as good as his bond, and half an hour
later, by careful manipulation, the bees
were hived and he was free to go.
; Pale faced and weak in the knees, he
drove into the barnyard, calling to his
I sou:
| "George go over to the Widder
! Blair's tonight and ask Polly if she'll
! be ready to marry you a week from
| today. l "
An Obliging Caller.
When M. Clemenceau was in the
French chamber of deputies, he be
came for some reasou the Idol of the
workiugman, but his popularity, ae
cording to the course of nature, brought
Its penalties. lie was besieged by all
sorts of people, who came merely to
ask questions, and sometimes they
were questions of the most trivial sort.
He was originally n doctor and used
to give advice for nothing at certain
hours of the day. One morning a work
iugman entered his room, and Clemen
ceau said without looking up from his
writing:
"Take off your c»al and shirt I'll
atteud to you directly."
Three minutes later he found the
man had stripped to the. waist
"There Is nothing the matter with
you," said the doctor when he had
made an examination.
"I know there isn't!" returned the
man.
"Then what did yon come for?"
"To consult you on a political ques
tlon."
"But what did you atrip for?"
"I thought you wanted an illustra
tlon of the emaciated body of the man
who lives by the sweat of his brow."
The political question remained un
answered. M. Clemenceau was too ex
asperated to do more than tell the man
to dress and go home.
Took a Slow Train.
"I want to go to Lancaster," said a
nervous looking old woman as she peer
ed through at the ticket seller in the
Broad street station. "Will you kindly
tell me when the next train goes?"
"The next train leaves at 11:40," was
the reply.
"And when does it reach Lancas
ter?" asked the old woman.
"It's a two hour express; gets there
■t 1:40."
"Goodness me! I don't like to travel
to fast I'm afraid of accidents."
"No danger at all, madam, I assure
you."
"But surely yon have slower trains."
"Oh, yes: there's one at 12:40, that
doesn't get to Lancaster until 3:10."
"Well. I guess I'll wait for that one.
There's no use in taking any unneces
sary risks." Aid she bought her tick
et to Lancastei and sat down to wait
for the slow ti ain.—Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Famoua Knblai.
The largest ruby known is one men
tioned by Chardin as having been en
graved with the name of Sheik Sephy.
Another noble ruby is in possession of
the shah of Persia. Its weight Is put
at 175 carats. A third, belonging to
the king of Usapar, was cut into a
hemispherical form and in 1853 was
bought for SI3.BGG. A ruby possessed
by Gustavus Adolphus and presented
to the czarina at the time of his jour
ney to St. Petersburg was the size of
a small ben's egg.
"Jfo Interference."
There is one thing anarchists will not
consent to, one thing they rebel against
(at least In thought, and sometimes in
act), and that is anybody's assumption
to rule another, whether it be czar,
king, nobility or a democrat majority,
says William M. Salter in The Atlantic.
They are disagreed about many things.
There are Individualist anarchists and
socialist (or communist) anarchists, be
lievers in private property and believ
ers in common property, but ail alike
believe in self rule, and they are as much
opposed to democratic state socialism
as to state socialism of any kind. They
believe that power intoxicates the best
of men and are not willing to allow it
in any form. "No master, high or low,"
they say, after William Morris. "Let
life shape itself," "Mind j our own busi
ness," "No Interference"—such is their
demand.
The Great Value of Savins: Time.
Thrift of time is as necessary as
thrift of money, and he who knows
how to save time has learned the se
cret of accumulating educational op
portunity. Men who regard it as sin
ful to waste money waste time with
a prodigal's lavlshness because they
do not understand the value of short
periods of time. Society is full of peo
ple who might enrich themselves a
hundredfold and make their lives im
mensely more Interesting if they learn
ed this commonplace truth.—Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Word Treacle.
The word treacle has undergone an
odd modification. At first it was applied
to such decoctions of roots or other sub
stances as were deemed beneficial in
medical practice; theu. as these were
frequently sweetened, it came to mean
any sweet concoction or confection,
and lastly, as molasses was the sweet
est of all, this name was exclusively
applied to sirup.
Helping a Fellow Out.
He (who stutters badly)—l lul-lul
love you mum-mum—l lul-love you
mum-mum-more than tut-tut-tongue
tan tut-tut—more than tut-tut-tongue
■an tut-tut—
She (eagerly)— Don't you know the
deaf and dumb alphabet*'
Were I to speak my whole mind 1
should dare to say that men are made
for laughter and women for tears.—La
Claviere. "The Art of Life."
THE JOUNCER.
An t'p to r»ntc Device For Freeing;
Extracting Snperi From Bees.
One of the chief up to date appli
ances in my apiary is known as a joun
cer. Some four or five years ago I de
serilied with pen and pencil my first
jouncer, and it was a very crude af
fair compared with the one in use at
JOCKCKIt FOB CLEANING SUi'EllS.
present. The pictures show the device
and bow to use it. says Rambler in
Gleanings In Bee Culture.
It will be observed that it is made
very strong, mostly of tough fir, and
put together with bolts, and a cloth
tray is adjusted under the hive to be
jounced.
When it is desired to jounce the bees
from a super, it is adjusted, as in
Fig. 1, and the whole jounced against
the ground. The sudden jar or a few
of tbem send the bees all into the
tray. The latter cau be removed, as
shown in Fig. 2, and the bees dumped
on the top of the frames of the colony.
In order to cushion the lower ends of
the corner posts of the Jouncer they
are chamfered off to a point. As there
are no stones in the apiary, when the
jouncer strikes the ground the jouncer
is broken just enough to prevent the
combs from breaking.
The benefits derived from this meth
od of getting bees off the combs are ail
iu the line of rapid manipulation. In
the American Bee Journal not many
months ago Mr. Davenport caught on
to this idea aud applied it to the com
mon L;:ugstroth hive. The best suc
cess, however, is attained with a shal
low brood chamber, and the only ob
jection I have to it is when there is
much thin honey it slops out upon the
bees. But, of course, it is best to wait
until the honey is thick. It is hard to
make people believe that any new way
HOW THE JOtJNCER GETS THE BEES.
is better than their way. Whether
beekeepers use the Rambler's jouncer
t»r not, 1 hope the beekeepers will dis
card the old, obsolete use of a brush.
Bees can be shaken off the combs clean
enough. In central California but few
brushes are used.
1 have great hopes for the shallow
extracting super. Mr. Davenport says
the jouncing principle is worth SSO a
year to him even with -the staudard
frames.
The Wlalrr Wheat Condition,
Orange Jndd Farmer declares winter
wheat in a sensitive condition. Corre
spondents report the winter unfavora
ble in Texas. Similar condition exists
in Arkansas, in Tennessee and Ken
tucky. In Ohio two-thirds of the coun
ties report the winter unfavorable.
Michigan has bad ample snow protec
tion. In Indiana and Illinois the situa
tion is doubtful. Kansas makes a far
better showing, and Nebraska has an
other story. In the latter state the
acreage is the largest on record and tiie
prospect declared ns good as ever
known. Conditions on the Pacific coast
are almost entirely favorable except an
unimportant section of southern Cali
fornia.
POTATO CULTURE.
Good Intensive Prnetlee Accordion?
to Connecticut Ideas.
Anything under 300 bushels of pota
toes to an acre should be an unsatis
factory crop where good, intensive cul
tural methods are practiced, and this
may l;e sarpafsed by llfty to seventy
live bushels in good seasons, says an
American Cultivator correspondent. To
makea full crop of potatoes there must
lie preparation and rotation of crops in
order t > counteract the effects of the
rot. scab and striped beetles. There is
no better way to £et rid of these dis
eases than to turn the land over to
grass iiiui corn after the secmid year.
A good crop i f clover after the pota
toes will fertilise the land and make it
ready for a crop of << :*n or wheat,
which will ei:i::e i:i to 1 • , i:p i!:e aver
age profit of the land. The n:eehanical
conditions or the so ! < tallied by this
rotation heips ily i . ..id making
the potato eiop a large n::e.' With rich
soil obtained in ties way and by j;;>od
manuring a:;d line seed the I eglnning
is favorable rnoi:gb to war rant great
expectation:;. I lit this n; .y be partly
count era te.l i y I: ii s<: >i s. That is
sor.iethiu-; teat i e ear:; t help, but we
can M't the crop in such condition that
the injury will lie somewhat limited.
I have raised 800 bushels of potatoes
to an acre when others have found
their crop cut down to 200 and less by
the weather and diseases. The whole
difference has been in the start and the
conditions of the soil and the seed.
When the clover is turned under with
the plow, the roots of the clover will be
equivalent to a good dressing with rich
manure. The wheat which may follow
will leave plenty of fertilizer in the soli
for the crop of potatoes, and the early
crop yill hardly require any further
fertilizing. The pulverization of the
soil must be made thorough, for we
cannot get the land into any too good
condition for tlie potatoes.
The perfect cultivation of the soil
early in the season enables the land to
warm up so that the seed can be put
in early, and early planting is always
desirable. The potato will grow in a
' comparatively cold soil, and a low tem
perature will not kill it so quickly as
some imagine. It is certainly worth
the effort to get an early crop of pota
toes. for the profits are almost sure to
be larger than for the later crop.
NEW FRUIT.
Perfection Currant, Which Won the
lfarry Medal For Special Merit.
! The cut, from American Agricultur
ist. shows the new Perfection currant,
which obtained the Barry gold medal
from the Western New York Horticul
tural society for a new fruit of special
merit. Professor"
New York is ■
intermediate be-
of cluster and
which" has yet
been dissenlnat- THE PERFECTION CUB.
ed. The fruit is EANT
usually uniformly large to the tip of
the cluster. Its largest berries are ful
ly equal to the largest of the Comet.
While on the average its fruit is not
quite so largo as that of the Comet, its
clusters average longer. The pulp is
less seedy and considerably better in
quality. The stem of the cluster is free
from berries near its attachment to the
plant, thus making it easy to pick. The
color is a good red, somewhat lighter
than the Fay. In flavor and quality I
consider It distinctly better than Fay
or Cherry. In fact, I do not know of
any other large currant in cultivation
that is its equal in this respect. It
ripens about with Fay and Cherry."
Fine Tree* For the Hoc Lot.
For a hog lot there is nothing like the
mulberry tree, according to a writer in
an exchange. Plant your lot full of
the best trees you can find, choosing
them both for form and fruit. Have
a lot of the ever bearing among them,
?nd when feed Is scarce you have the
-ery best for your hogs and poultry,
l'hey will bear bushels to the tree and
will be growing In value every year as
timber. The timber is equal to catalpa
in value and grows as rapidly. It Is
fine for pists and shows beautiful
graining in 'umber.
Arrlcaltnral Notes.
The white mustard is a favorite va
riety for greens.
Ben Davis outnumbers old New Eng
land favorites in the recent orchard
plantings of nearly every state. In
Maine and Vermont the drift toward
Ben Davis is especially pronounced,
vbile even In Massachusetts it is rap
»ly gaining on Baldwin.
Onions should never be put in a soil
that is foul or that has been too re
cently fertilized with barnyard manure
unless the manure has been well rot
ted.
In a test at one of the stations it ap
peared that eggs laid by cabbage fed
hens, although heavier and possessing
n higher percentage of protein and fat,
were Inferior in flavor to those laid by
hens which had a ration of clover.
Three Rale* For Fishing.
One day as the Rev. Mark Guy
Pearse of London was strolling along a
river bank be saw an old man fishing
for trout and pulling the fish out one
after the other briskly. "You manage
it cleverly, old friend," he said. "I
have passed a good many below who
don't seem to be doing anything."
The old man lifted himself up and
stuck his rod in the ground. "Well, you
see, sir, there be three rules for fish
ing, and 'tis no good trying it if you
don't mind them. The first Is, Keep
yourself out of sight; the second Is,
Keep yourself further out of sight, and
the third is. Keep yourself further out
of sight still. Then you'll do it"
Didn't Know Her.
"What has become of Miss Blank,
who was always such a favorite In
your set?"
"Her father failed some weeks ago,
nnd all they had was sold at auction."
"Poor thing!"
"And now they have to live in a lit
tle house In the suburbs."
"What a change! How she must feel
It!"
"Yes. She is so much changed that
even her best friends would not recog
nize her. I met her in the street to
day and did not know her at all? poor
thing."
Hatched Passlera.
"Papa," said the inquisitive young
ster, "why Is It that people rescued
from drowning are always saved Just
as they are going down for the third
time?"
"Why Is it," returned the father,
"that a small boy always picks out
unanswerable questions to ask?"— Ch
icago Post.
Not One of His Traits.
"A Darwinian, are you?" said Slopay
argumcntatively. "Then you don't be
lieve we were made of dust."
"I don't believe you were," replied his
tailor. "Dust settles occasionally, you
know."—Philadelphia Press.
Misunderstood.
Borrowell—Here's that dollar you
loaned me last week.
Wigwag—What's the matter? Didn't
you like it?— Philadelphia Record.
K Delicate Point.
''lt seems to make Seaddinylon's wife
as inad ns a hornet every time he
lio.Tstn thut ho began at tli* foot and
worked bis way up."
"Well, be started !O A* U bootblack,
you It uow." —Chicago Record Herald.
CHELSEA'S NOTED BUNS.
ill London tied to Visit Mrs. Hand*
on Good Frldar.
However religious observances may
change In England, the eating cf hot
cross buns on G-»d Friday Is not likely
to die out. Still, enthusiasm In this
particular has considerably declined
Binee the days when Mrs. Hands kept
the Chelsea Bun House at the corner
of Jews' row, now Pimllco road. So
many people were In the habit of flock
ing there on Good Friday In order to
eat hot cross buns that on one occasion
50,000 persons assembled there, and
£250 was taken in the day for buns
alone. After this the inhabitants of
Chelsea protested against the noise and
disturbance this caused, and Mrs.
Hands, fearing to be restrained by the
law, issued in 1703 a quaint proclama
tion, stating how, "desirous, therefore,
of testifying her regard and obedience
to those laws by which she is happily
protected, she is determined, though
much to her loss, not to sell cross buns
on that day to any person whatever,
but Chelsea buns as usual."
This Mrs. Hands was something of a
character in her own way. The royal
family and many of the aristocracy
used to visit her in the morning, and
Queen Charlotte even presented her
with a silver half gallon mug contain
ing 5 guineas. The house remained in
the possession of her family for some
time, as Sir Richard Phillips, writing a
few years before Its destruction, men
tions. After admitting that for upward
of thirty years he had never passed the
house without filling his pockets, he
goes on to say, "These buns have af
forded a competency and even wealth
to four generations of the same family,
and It is singular that their delicate
flavor, lightness and richness have nev
er been successfully imitated." When
Ranelagh was closed, the Bun House
declined in popularity, though as late
as 1830 24,000 buns were sold on Good
Friday alone.—London Chronicle.
POWERFUL VOICES.
tome Historic Shrlelcera Who Ante
dated the Famons Stentor.
The question has often been asked,
"Who was the most loud voiced man
of history?" The answer usually is
that it was Stentor, of whom Homer
says his voice was as loud as that of
fifty other men combined and from
which we get the phrase "stentorian
voiced." But we have record of two
historic "shriekers" anterior to Homer.
We read where Simeon and Levi fought
against the twelve men of the city of
Sarton and that Levi beheaded one
man with his own sword. In chapter
38, verse 41, of the book'referred to the
story is related in the following words:
"And the sons of Jacob seeing that
they could not prevail over the twelve,
Simeon gave a lond and tremendous
shriek, and the eleven remaining men
were stunned by the awful shriek."
In chapter 39, same book, verse 19,
we find the following account of the
battles of the sons of Jacob with the
inhabitants of the city of Gaash. It
seems as though the battle was both In
the front and in the rear and that the
warriors on the wall were throwing
spears and hurling stones upon the
sons of Jacob. What next occurred, as
related in chapter and verse above
cited, is recorded in these words:
"And Judab, seeing that the men of
Gaash were getting too heavy for
them, gave a piercing and tremendous
shriek, and all the men cf Gaash were
terrlfled at Judab's cry, and men fell
from the wall at the sound of his pow
erful shriek, and all those that were
without as well as those within the
city were greatly afraid of their lives."
The Canary la a Little Pic.
The canary is always regarded as a
small eater, just as the pig Is notorious
for its gluttony. People with small ap
petites are often twitted for not eating
more than enough to feed a canary,
and this led a man who was a tiny eat
er to watch the yellow bird and report
He found that a canary that weighed
247 grains ate Just thirty-two times its
own weight in a month; that Is, It ate
rather more than its own weight on an
average every day. Anyone who watch
es the little bird will notice that it is al
ways eating. Now, says the investiga
tor, a pig doesn't eat its own weight ev
ery day, glutton as it is. Hence he
thinks that the canary deserves to be
classed as a little pig.—London An
swers.
Ran Wlthont Leva.
A certain congressman has a smart
granddaughter, whose clever sayings
are the delight of her parents. The oth
er day she came to her grandfather
with her face all smiles.
"Grandpa," she said, "I saw some
thing this morning running across the
kitchen floor without any legs. What
do think it was?"
Mr. Congressman studied for awhile
and gave up. "What was it?" he asked.
"Water," said the youngßter trium
phantly.—St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Proceeding With Cantlon.
"Are you sure that your arguments
are calculated to impress people with
your punctilious principles?"
"I don't want to impress 'em too
strongly with my punctiliousness," an
swered Senator Sorghum. "If any
body is willing to sell out, I don't want
him to feel scared about making a
proposition."—Washington Star.
Jnat a War She Bad.
Softleigh—That howid Miss Giggles
weally laughed at me lawst evening,
doncher know.
Miss Cutting—Oh, well, you shouldn't
notice. She often laughs at nothing.—
Chicago News.
Walls have ears, and the paper hang
»r doesn't cover them either.—Philadel
phia Bulletin.
Knocked Into a Coclced Hat.
1 The expression "knocked into a cock
ed hat" is familiar to every one, but
perhaps its origin is not so generally
known. Cocked hat was a variety of
the game of bowls in which only three
pins were used, set up at the angles of
a triangle. When, in bowling tenpins,
all were knocked down except the
three at the corners, the set was said
to be "knocked into a cocked hat,"
whence the popular expression for de
priving anything of its main body,
character or purpose.
Chinese Repnrtee.
An Knglisb sailor was watching a
Chinaman who was placing a dish of
rice by a grave. "When do you expect
your friend to come out and eat that?"
the sailor asked. "Same time as your
frlen' come out to smellee flowers you
fellow put," retorted Li. Singapore
Free Press.
Fereatsrht.
Sweet Girl—l am loved by two men,
nud I cannot make up my mind which
to marry. What would you advise?
Old Lady—Get liotb to insure their
lives in your favor and then wait until
one of them dies. That will insure the
constancy of the other.—New York
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