VOl XXXIX
feast /Vlonth's I
Prices Prevail
Although all man=
ufacturers' prices
. have advanced.
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100 EXTENSION TABLES
HI old pliers. Will be
sold Ht a saving of 15 per ceot.
j t<» yon
NEW PATTERNS iii CARPETS
the Inir-t 1-1 i»«ir —»ll-«"Ool Iu
! Kiuiit/i at (»•>*-■
DRESSERS at $7.00, *O.OO, SIO.OO
an<l up.
I Come In and Compare. E
BROWN &• CO.,
Bell Phone 105, (across from Duffy'3 store.) Butler, Pa.
g Rare Remnants at Retail J
S The flodern Store g
5 has demonstrated to the public in our Undermnslin Sale that when we
(0 offer bargains, they are here to be had. The ladies have complimented W
Sna on the superior garments we sold at 4Sc and 58c, just about half price,
iff in mid-gnminer—and there are no better made than the fi
S * -QUEEN" MUSLIN UNDERWEAR £
tn Bome choice selections yet to be bad. Come quick.
U REVEL IN RECENT REMNANTS—There are here all kinds at all £
prices but only New Ones. This store is just in business three months,
U and we have no old stock. Every article bright and clean and of the p)
latest conception and has an inherent value of its own. You positively
Ut can't get anything out of date here. And the prices are just as new as m
J? the srood*.
jS BATISTES. LAWNS and DIMITIES-We have some neat and nob- fIP
by patterns which will delight you. They are grand quality, but we
jO have cut the prices on this sale to 7 CENTS A YARD
S AN ARRAY OF ADMIRABLE ARTICLES —Dress Ginghams,
f® some choice fabrics 5c Wash S'lbs new patterns, including whites, 33c. *
LA 80 inch Black Taffeta Silk 75c. Fancy Striped Ribbons, white and col-
W ored, Bc. Shirt Waists 4'Jc, worth double Children's Ribbed Under-
Cfc wear B<\ Ladies' 25c Vests, a good garment. 18c. A few Shirt Waist
Suits at a bargain Ladies' Trimmed Hats. 53c and $1.49. These bats W
U w'll advertise this store Uk
J SALE STARTS TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 22ND: g
£ Co., g
f! SOOTH MATH STREET ) fQ
$ w>ixs:|ffi s 1) ' 221 Mail Orders Solicited $
R fpSTOITICE BOX ) ImlmM
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA.
jDaubenspeck & Turner's j
] Plan of Lots. j
| Oxfords lots for sale at 10 per?
( cent off market price.
( YOUES FOR SHOES, >
( THE NEW SHOE STORE, >
S Next to Savings Bank. 108 S. MAIN ST. C
jMrs. J. E. ZIMMERMAN]
< > "Will Cor\tir\ue tl\e < ►
i > Day— { >
1! Sacrifice Sale !j!
I : THIS MONTH. ! !
' 1 Prices same as four days of last week. The
' r stock is still large, full of big values in ' '
1 I Seaßorjable <ji
| | Merchaqdise \\\
I > Just the thing you are in need of to finish your \ >
I > Summer out-fit for sea shore, mountain or lake >
( . trips. Prices on some odd lots even less than I
those of last week. ,
<> '■ Sacrifice Sale Closes ' >
:: JULY 3ist. !!
Mrs. J. E. Zimmerman.
K E C K
^ r ' ® ulniner
, 1 A . 7\ l\Q Have a nattiness about them that J]
rl 111 L r&CT /I A mark thf wearer, it won't do to
J 01 \\h I I'd. K wear last y ear ' s output. You
J. f Nj \J FA won't get the latest things at the
•' [ / iFf R stock clothiers either. The up-to-
V
I T I' /I aI O y ou want DOt only the latest
•. II (II I I things in cut and fit and work-
I If ill II I nianship, the finest in durability,
It If 1 where else can you get combina
.'! I 111 W tions, you get them at
KECK
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
1 4 2 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler,Pa
Tr\) The CITIZ6N
FOR
1 JOS WORK
A LARGE selection of SfDE fl
BOARDS—ranging in price 3
from sl3 to S7O.
IRON BEDS—from $3 00 to $35. I
A choice green for only sfi.oo. n
Another ronnd top—in two jj
shades of green— beantifnl dc- jjj
signs, $9.00.
NEW WARDROBES—from sll |
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Afti r y ' c v .ni i ready
made »'.'t 1 w< k. take
.itio-ii r i .'k ; the dab >rate
-1) ii.isw t..i and fi >vvery
worded nl. 11l 1 ic npted you
t.» b"y it 1 d .'»ice how dif
fre t!\ it ip;K-;ds to your
unij'iation.
We <>n't much ot a
; plu ;_e I'■ |i.< 1; we i>ut our
ad. int'i tiic < I th. The ad.
b< gin-. \\ 11.-«1 von j»• • t <-11 the
clothes a «.! i c- d:ires Ibi
weeks and > ears.
Our p icrs set n I igh »n!y
to the man who never \v >re
one of our suits.
Aland,
MAKER OF
MEN'S CLOTHE-
C. P. Johnson & Sons'
The Leading Tailors of
Butler County,
Are making clothes in the
CHEAPEST,
BEST AND
LATEST STYLES.
Suits from sl6 to SSO.
Overcoats from sl6 to $75.
Ever) thing done by skilled
abor in our own shop.
C. P. Johnson & Sons
PROSPECT, PA.
Lubricating
++ OIL ++
for all kinds of
machinery
at
REDICK & GROHMAN,
109 N. Main St., Butler, Pa.
6. Otto Davis,
Pianos,
Organs
and
Musical
Merchandise.
Teacher of
Voice; Violin and Piano
PjanQ§ Tuned and Repaired,
ARE YOU GOING TO I
BUILD OR REMODEL
Let us give you a figure on
the Plumbing and GasTJtting
of your
WHITEHILL,
Plymfrer,
318 B. Main St., Both Phones.
Have You a Neighbor?
If so why don't you get |SkSH
together and have a tele- K^jß
We manufacture them.
Ask UB and we will tell US|
you all about it. fiffl
Electrical work of all -
descriptions done on short
The U. S. Electric Mfg. Co
BUTLER, PA.
MICA
JL » JBtakes short roads.
AXLE
JL liglit loads.
||REASE
for everything
that runs on wheels.
Sold E»«rywh»r*.
Had* by STANDARD OIL CO. I
Nasal jfflßSv
CATARRH /teß
deaneeg, soothes and heals { y M
the diseased mernbrsne. »
It ctircs catarrh »nd drives
away a cold in the head
quickly.
Oram Balm is placed Into the nostrils, spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. Belief is im
mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does
not prodnce sneezing. Large Size, SO cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
9 t'
M Johnston's
rj Beef, Iron and Wine
Best Tonic"*
Blood Purifier. p
Price, 50c pint
L< Prepared and W
W sold only at L'
I™ Johnston's »
Crystal T
Pharmacy, $
K. M. LOGAN, Ph. O .
Manager, V
ICS N. Main St., Butler, Pn W 1
Bath 'Phoneg 9
Everything in the k
drug line.
JU\
\ } When you are sick and ft
4 >want your prescriptions filled A
(bring them or send them to X
1 .No. 313, we will deliver themX
. .at your door, no extra charge.3C
( We have a new full line ofX
'drugs the best that money IT
'can buy. We handle nothinglr
the best. Good doctors V >and
>and pure drugs go hand in©
You can not get re-©
suits from cheap
A If you had the best doctor in A
* Butler. So if you wish pureA
arid good resultsX
Xbuy your medicine at No.X
X 213 South Main Street. X
v CAMPBELL'S
© Pharmacy, ©
X Successor to X
6 J, P. SUTTON p
xxx>oo<x»oo«xxy
Eugene Morrison
GENERAL CONTRACTING
PAINTER and DECORATOR.
Special attention given to
FINE PAPER HANGING
GRAINING and
HARDWOQD FJNISHING-
Office and Shop,
Rear of Ralston's Store,
Residence No. 119 Cliff St.
I'copie 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. R. McMILLIAN,
'Phone 453. 251 S. Main St.
BUTLER, PJK.. THURSDAY. JULY 24. 1902
1 GETTING i
| EVEN W ° OD J
I WITH ( Copyright. i
*»•*** \ 190» by tho 1
\PAXTON * Company X
Gerald Hastings watched Frank Tax
ton's retreating form till the latter
turned down Oak street. Then he
clutched fiercely the little hand that
crept Into his and turned to its owner.
'•You don't love him, do you. Dot?"
I i he asked earnestly.
She maile a moue. "You foolish
boy!" she laughed. "How rnnny times
| uiust I tell you that I love you, and
| you only? Mr. Paxton is a very enter*
I taining young gentleman, and we are
'■ all very glad to have hini come here
| as frequently as he does, especially
S papa."
Gerald gritted his teeth.
"E-pecinlly papa!" he said angrily.
"Naturally he prefers the cashier of
tlie First National liauk to the operator
for the Western Union company at $lB
a week."
She laid a dainty hand across his
lips.
"You mustn't speak that way, Ger
ald," she said demurely. "Remember,
lie is my father and may he yours
some day."
He caught her eagerly In his arms.
'Tell me. Dot," he said earnestly, "is
there really all this hope for me?"
She looked into his face with in
nocent, trusting eyes. "If I don't mar
ry you, 1 won't marry any one," s"be
promised.
"Well," he said, releasing her, "if
l'axton doesn't keep away from here,
I'm going to have trouble with him one
of these days."
Dorothy laughed, but there was au
undercurrent of seriousness in her
voice as she said: "You mustn't talk
that way, Gerald. It's foolish and un
necessary. You must remember that
papa Is a heavy stockholder In the
bank and that Mr. Paxton Is a protege
of Mr. Spencer, the president, who has
asked father to be particularly kind
to him. Mr. Paxton Is a very charm
ing young man, but has never made it
evident that he wants to marry me."
"Except by coming round about five
nights a week," supplemented Hast
ings.
"Well," she laughed, "you always
outstay him, and—and"—
"And to the victor belong the spoils,"
finished Gerald, making his meaning
clear. There was the froufrou of
QEKAW/S HEART THBOBHED WITH SUDDEN
FIEBCE SATISFACTION.
skirts, and as Dorothy disappeared
within Hastings strolled down the
quiet village street.
Matters had been tacitly understood
between him and Dorothy for a long
time, and when he had obtained the
position as operator at tho depot he
had hoped soou to be able to make her
his wife. Then the First National
bank was established In Tabor, and,
to the surprise of everybody, Almon
Spencer, who had been elected presi
dent, appointed Frank Paxton as cash
ier. The action had excited no little
comment, for Paxton was a New York
er, and Tabor felt that the position
should have gone to a local man. Ger
ald had at first hoped to secure the
place himself, and now It seemed to
him that Paxton had cut him out of
everything, A fierce desire for venge
ance filled his heart as he made his
way homeward.
His feelings bad not changed the
next morning when he took his seat
nt the telegraph desk. Tabor was a
comparatively small town, and most
uf the business was on railroad affairs,
few local messages being sent or re
ceived. After he had reported the
9:10 down train there was little to be
done for more than an hour, and he
busied his brain devising some means
for overcoming his rival.
He and Dorothy had been lovers al
most since childhood, and to lose her
to a city man seemed doubly hard.
He was uwakened from his reverie
by the appearance of the janitor of
the bank, who deposited on the ledge
a coin and a yellow telegraph blank.
"Mr. Spencer says to send that at
once, please," this as Gerald mechanic
ally counted the words. The hitter's
heart throbbed with sudden fierce satis
faction, for the message read:
William W. Blrdsall. Bank Examiner, Al
bany. N. y.:
Can you come up at once? Paxton has
gone wrong ALMON P. SPENCER.
For more than two hours Gerald
went through his work automatically.
A delirious joy filled his heart at the
thought that his rival was driven from
the field. The revulsion came at I
o'clock with the return message:
Almon P. Spencer, Tabor, N. Y.:
I suspected as much. Will be up to
night WILLIAM W. BIRDSALL.
He sent the message up to the bank
by one of the boys, but not with the
satisfaction he felt when he received
the first message. After all, Paxton,
in spite of the fact that he was his
rival, was a pleasant fellow, with a
kindly word for all. It would be a
terrible thing to be arrested for such
a betrayal of trust.
The rules of the Western Union are
strict on the matter of giving out In
formation relative {q dlsphtches, and
the thought that such a revelation
would mean the sacrifice of his posi
tion deterred him for awhile. But in
the end sympathy for his discomfited
rival proved too strong.
There was a tiain to New York at 5.
The up train from Albany did not get
in till 8.
The station agent was familiar with
Hastings' duties and readily consented
to take care of the office till he came
back. He went to the bank and
straight to the cashier's window, be
hind which stood Paxton, getting
ready to close the office for the day.
"Come out here a moment," said Ger
ald hoarsely. "1 wont to say some
thing."
Wonderiugly Taxton followed him to
the front of the lobby.
"It's costing me my Job," said Ger
ald. "and I've no particular reason for
feeling grateful to you. but you ought
to know about these two telegrams."
And with trembling bands he unfolded
copies of the dispatches.
I'axton laughed, and then his face
softened.
"It's awfully good of you, old chap,"
he said, "but I know about those mes
sages. The fact is I'm engaged to
Judge Birdsall's ward, and Mr. Spen
cer as my guardian is to formally an
nounce It tonight. It's been an open
secret, but I was waiting until her
eighteenth birthday, which Is today,
and that's why those joking telegrams
were sent. And, by the way, if you're
going to see Miss Dorothy tonight, if
you'll forgive the impertinence, you
might tell her that your prospects are
very materially improved, for I under
stand that you are slated for the posi
tion I am about to givs up. I go to
New York."
Dorothy said "I told you so," but her
father said "Yes."
Poe and the French.
The keener appreciation in Europe of
literature as a fine art is no doubt the
main reason why Poe is looked ui>on
over there as our most noteworthy po
| ct. Poe certainly had a more consuui
mate art than any other American sing
er. nnd his productions are more com
pletely the outcome of that art. They
are literary feasts. "The Raven" was
as deliberately planned and wrought
out as is any piece of mechanism. Its
Inspiration is verbal and technical.
"The truest poetry is most feigning,"
says Touchstone, and this is mainly
the conception of poetry that prevails
in European literary circles. Foe's po
etry is artistic feigning, like good act
ing. It Is to that extent disinterested.
He does not speak for himself, but for
the artistic spirit- He has never been
popular in this country, for the reason
that art, as such, is far less appreciat
ed here than abroad. The stress of life
here is upon the moral and intellectual
elements much more than upon the
a-sthetic. We demand a message of
the poet or that he shall teach us how
to live. Poe had no message but that
of art. He made no contribution to
our stock of moral Ideas; he made no
appeal to the conscience or manhood
of the race: he did not touch the great
common workaday mind of our people.
He is more akin to the Latin than to
the Anglo-Saxon: hence his deepest im
pression seems to have been made up
on the French mind.—John Burroughs
In Century.
A Cap For Him.
An amusing story is told of a certain
fussy and quarrelsome man who is
fond of threatening lawsuits and ac
tions for damages on every possible
pretext and who Is also not averse to
taking mean advantage of his fellows.
On a recent occasion his hat was
slightly damaged by something acci
dentally dropped from the window of a
neighbor's house. The fact was set
forth in au indignant letter from the
fussy person, who demanded that the
hat should be replaced by a new one.
a decidedly modest request, seeing that
the original hat was old and shabby,
while the injury to it could have been
easily repaired.
The recipient of the letter, however.
Is a humorous gentleman well acquaint
ed with the weaknesses of his corre
spondent Instead of waxing indig
nant at the impudence of the demand
he wrote a playful reply, explaining
that times were bard, money scarce
and new hats at a premium. He hoped,
however, that as he could not furnish
the aggrieved party with a new head
covering he would accept the material
for one. And he Inclosed a sheet of
foolscap:—London Tit-Bits.
Wben John Was In Donbt.
John was a coachman who took life
most seriously and, being very particu
lar, would return frequently In the
course of the div to make sure he un
derstood the on ers that had been given
him in the mor.iing. One afternoon he
presented himself before his mistress
and began:
"Mrs. T., Oi'm not quite certain ez
to Mr. T.'s ordber this mornin'. Ol
was droivin' him to the thrain, an' he
noticed that the horse was lame, an' he
told me to do somethin' to him, mum;
but sure Ol don't know whither he told
me to shoe him or to shoot him. Mebbe
ye en till me."
A shoeing was evidently required, but
the execution of the order and likewise
of tfee horse was deferred until Mr. T.
returned.
ELECTRICAL LEAKAGE.
One of the Great Dangers Which
Threaten Men.
The greatest dangers which threaten
man are generally invisible to the vic
tim, and among these none is more
productive of disastrous consequences
than "electrical leakage," the selfsame
leakage used by the natives of all hot
climates to lower their temperatures,
As no organic function can take place
except by means of electrical currents,
no it can be easily understood that If
these currents leak from our bodies
the loss of power must be distinctly
harmful. A common instance of tliig
loss of electricity from our bodies con
sists of what we call a nervous shock,
the scientific explanation being that a
sudden egress of electricity takes place
Dwing to the violent mental impres
sions involuntarily forcing a current of
power through channels which had not
been previously open to receive them.
"This," remarked a scientist, "is but
one case among a thousand of the ways
in which we uselessly expend our vital
power. The electrical waste of a per
son is entirely due to his surroundings
-=tbe seat upon which you sit, the ta
ble upon which you write, the floor, the
ceiling, the fireplace, the rays and col
ors of light which surround you, all
may be instrumental in absorbing your
electricity, to the great detriment of
your health. Red or yellow lightwaves
excite electricity within you, blue and
violet waves exhaust it, while green
waves are practically neutral in their
effect.
"The air you breathe places you in
direct communication with the walls,
windows or hearth of your room; if,
owing to the munner in which they are
constructed, they place you In electrical
communication with the soil on which
your house is built, an 'earth return' is
formed. a!l(l the electricity in man's
condenser —the brain —is drawn out of
tho body. When one stands in the
vicinity of a place of electrical exhaus
tion one ought to face it, as the base
of the skull and spine, being the center
of the nervous system, are more sen
sitive to outside influences than is the
more covered front of the body. This
is why one feels so tired %vhen sitting
with one's back to a fire; the flames
serve as conductors and extract the
force from the exposed nervous cen
ters."—Pearson's Magazine.
Short nnd Informal.
"Have yon had n housewarming in
your new dwelling yet?"
"Yes; my wife fired the redheaded
cook the other day."—Chicago Trib
une.
r*
BLANCHING EARLY CELERY.
I!e*f Ways For the Home (Inrden and
For the Market Grower.
For early blanching of celery on a
final) scale, such as wotild be employed
on the farm or in the garden of the
amateur horticulturist, there are sev
eral methods. One of the most com
mon Is by means of boards placed on
edge along each side of the row of cel-
BLANCHING WITH IiOAKDS.
ery. These boards should be 1 inch
thick by 12 to 14 inches wide and 12
to 10 feet long. The cheaper grades of
pine will do, but new boards are liable
to impart an unpleasant flavor to the
celery. The kind used by growers In
Michigan, Ohio nnd New York at the
rate now prevailing cost s2l to $23 per
1,000 feet.
In placing the boards iu position slip
one edge well under the outside leaves
of the plants, then bring this edge up
ward until in a vertical position along
the row, having another board at the
same time placed on the other side so
that when in position there will be as
little space between the boards as the
thickness of the plants will permit.
These boards may when used on a
small scale only be fastened in position
by means of stakes driven in the
ground by nailing short pieces of lath
across the top every six or eight feet
or by means of notched sticks placed
over the tops of the boards.
Any one of these methods would be
too inconvenient when applied on a
large scale, and a far better one is that
practiced by the large growers—name
ly, that of using hooks or spanners
about sis inches long made of heavy
galvanized wire bent somewhat in the
shape of the thumb and first finger dis
tended. These spanners are slipped
over the upper edges of the boards
every few feet to hold them together,
and the plants are rigid enough to keep
the boards in an upright position.
Two or three weeks' time will be re
quired to complete the blanching of
early varieties, but the boards must be
kept In position until the crop is re
moved from the ground, after which
they may be used again two or three
times during the season.
If the celery is allowed to remain in
the boards too long after it has reach
ed a marketable stage, it loses in
weight and flavor and is liable to be
injured or even destroyed by the at
tacks of blight.
Perhaps the most satisfactory way
of blanching early celery on a small
scale is by means of ordinary farm
draintiles of about four inches inside
diameter, placed over the plants after
they have become almost fully grown.
To facilitate the work of placing the
tiles over the plants some of the out
side leaves should be pulled away and
the main part of the plant loosely tied
together by means of a soft string or,
better, with what is known as paper
twine, being a string made by twist
ing a strip of soft paper. This string
will lose its strength as soon as it be
comes wet and will offer no resistance
to the further growth of the plant.
The presence of the tiles will cause
the leaves all to draw up above the
BLANCHING WITH TILES.
top of the tiles, thereby forming a
screen over the top to shut out the
light from the interior. If the common
unglazed tiles are used, the evapora
tion from their surface has a tendency
to keep the plant cool during the heat
of the day. and a very crisp and ten
der product is the result. This system
is desirable also on account of its
cleanliness, as celery blanched in this
way will need very little washing be
fore marketing.—W. It. Beattie.
Corn Oil.
Corn oil and corn oil cake are by
products from the manufacture of corn
Into glucose and grape sugar. The oil
is of a reddish yellow color and of
pleasant taste. It is used in the manu
facture of paints, leather dressing, va
rious kinds of soap and rubber substi
tute. Corn oil cake, the residue after
expressing the oil. is valuable as an
animal food, especially for dairy cat
tie.
STABLE AND SILO.
An Ohio Plan—Very Convenient In
Cnrluß For Cnttle.
The diagram shows the arrangement
of a new stable and silo built with a
view to convenience in feeding and car
ing for cattle, of which a correspondent
lias the following to say in the Ohio
Farmer:
The stanchions. Instead of running
lengthwise of the stabl". as is the usu
al plan, are placed in rows at right an
gles across tin- stable, but leaving a
space on one side for a walk. On the
side of the li-.'ht angles next to the
walk are the stanchion's and manure
gutters. On the oilier s:de are the
mangers, f i d alleys ! shoots for
feeding hay i"i 1 si!; and feed bins.
Under I lie wail; Is a i:;a::ure vat made
of matched pin- p ink. ;> <1 the gutters
are so rrai<n' 1 t! the manure can
be pushed along into the \at without
lifting it.
At one end of t' • vat it is so arrang
ed that a vagi :> ■ v. be .'jh.-n under It
and load <1 l.y h!Vhh<;r a team to a
scrap r made to lit in the vat and draw
the manure to »' en! w'.i"p' the wag
on star r- >'. i d;ej.s down
into t « * .i ngcmeut
there is n-> I «" «i t.uuure to get
it into the wa a* it is pushed
aiong tne gutters Into the rat and then
sera pod out by horse power. The ma
nure vet Is covered with trapdoor*
made of plank and In sections so that
they can l>e lifted up. This space over
the vat makes the alley where the
cows are driven in the stable.
Tlie barn Is a three story building,
with the bays for hay over the stable,
so the hay can all be pitched down
the shoots into the feeding alleys. The
silage can be pitched out of the silo In
to a truck which is run along the feed
in? alleys when feeding the cattle. As
| to economy of space, with this arrange
ment of stanchions about thirty-five
cows can be kept In a stable 30 by 50
feet, while with the former arrange
ment thirty cows were kept In" the sta
ble.
A round or tub silo was built on the
outside of the barn next to the stable.
PLAN OF 6TABLS AND SILO.
S. silo; F. feed bin; A, feed alley; M.
manger; C, stanchions; G. gutter; V.
manure vat, under wall.
The foundation and bottom of the silo
were made of stone and cement. The
dimensions of the silo are 20 feet
high and 15 feet In diameter. The
sills are made of two inch plank, cut
in short pieces and laid double and
spiked together, but first cutting them
so they will form a circle. The top
plank was notched every foot to hold
the end of the studding resting on It.
The studding of 2 by C scantling, 18
feet long, were spliced by lapping them
and spiking them together. These were
set up one foot apart and the bottom of
each one securely spiked to the sill and
held In place by stay lathing them un
til the boards were nailed on.
Hardwood boards three-fourths of
an Inch thick were bent so they could
be nailed horizontally around the stud
ding, then thick building paper was put
on, and then another thickness of
boards was put on in the same way,
thus double boarding It, with paper be
tween the boards. The silo is so close
to the barn that it was covered by an
extension of the barn roof over it and
, in this way attaching the silo to the
barn. Several openings were made in
the side of the Bilo, with doors on the
inside fitting tightly over them. A
shoot from these openings carries the
ensilage to the stable below.
Wasting; Fertiliser oa Onftona.
Onlou growers often use year after
year large quantities of commercial
fertilizer without knowing how profit
and loss would be affected by smaller
applications. Four years' tests at the
Geneva (N. Y.) station concluded in
1901 prove that 500 pounds of fertili
zer per acre will ordinarily give large
profits, but that larger applications
than this must be accompanied by ex
ceptionally favorable conditions for
growth and high prices in market for
the product to Insure proportionate re
turns.
The test fields were In the heart of
the onion section, on the black, peaty,
friable soil which the onion loves, and
the crops were raised by experienced
growers, using approved methods.
Summing up the results of these
trials. F. H. flail of the station says;
"Considering the varying price of the
marketable product, the close margin
of profit from heavy manuring with
fertilizers even with fairly good prices
for the crop product and the vicissi
tudes of the crop due to the limitations
of season, the onion grower runs great
risk of diminished profits when he
uses 1,500 and 2,000 pounds of com
mercial manure per acre."
Agricultural Notes.
Wealthy apple is extensively grown
in New Jersey. Charles Black says it
Is one of the very finest early fall ap
ples, early bearer, first quality and
good in every respect.
The Iron Mountain is a rich peach
almost melts in the month.
Chicory culture was started by Long
Island farmers several years ago. but
we learn that it did not pay and has
been abandoned, says Rural New York
er.
Bordeaux mixture controls downy
mildew on lima beans.
Varieties of celery recommended for
autumn use are Golden Self Blanching
and Pink Plume or Rose Ribbed Paris
Self Blanching; for late keeping, Giant
Solid or Evans' Triumph.
HE NEVER SPOKE AGAIN.
The Dot That Served the ParpoM of
« Ventriloquist.
The following story is told of a ven
triloquist, now famous, but at the time
of this happening so hard up he used to
walk between the cities where he was
to appear. On one of these tours he
came to Philadelphia on foot, and on
the road he picked up a miserable little
dog "because it looked so much like he
felt." The story will explain what be
came of the dog.
The first house he came to was a sa
loon, and of course he wanted a drink.
He had no money, but went In anyhow
to see what he could do. The proprie
tor, a German, said:
"Well, what will you have?"
He said, "I'll take a little whisky,"
and then, turning to the dog, he asked:
"What will you have?"
The answer came very promptly:
"I'll take a haul sandwich."
The German was so surprised he al
most fainted. He looked at the dog a
moment and then asked:
"What did you say?"
The dog replied:
"I said a ham sandwich."
Hans thought It wonderful that a dog
should be able to talk and asked who
had trained him, how long It had taken,
etc., and wound up with:
"How much you take for him?"
"Oh," said Mr. Ventriloquist, "I
wouldn't sell him at any price, but I
am a little hard up now, and if you will
lend me SSO I'll leave him with you till
I bring back the money."
"All right." said Hans. "I Just want
him for a little while so I can show
him to some smart people I know
around here."
So everything was settled, the money
paid, etc., and as the ventriloquist went
out he turned and waved his hand to
the dog and suid:
"Well, goodby, Jack. I'll come back
soon."
The dog looked at him and said;
"You mean son of a gun, to sell me
for SSO after all I've done for you! So
help me Moses, I'll never speak another
word as long as I live!"
And he didn't.—Philadelphia Times.
FLOWER AND TREE.
There is a pink variety of lily of the
valley which is often grown in Eng
land, though seldom seen with us.
A palm tree which grows on the
banks of the Amazon has leaves thirty
to fifty feet in length and ten to twelve
feet in breadth. < >
No 29
Standard and "stand by" plants anil
varieties should be the role of the be
ginner. Experiment with new flowers
and varieties only in a small way.
Study color effects if you would have
a really beautiful garden. The loveli
est colors often neutralize each other
sadly. Clear reds and magentas, for
instance, should not be close neigh
l"--rs. «
Know the plants as yon would peo
ple If you would have them respond
fully. Find out their habits, their
likes and dislikes. The study is one
of unfailing pleasure, and it pays rich
interest in perpetual bloom,
i I.lnuin plants are good for low hedges.
Plants a toot and a half apart will soon
i run branches together and the foliage
is dense from the ground up. The
flowers are almost as brilliant as those
of the dahlia and are produced freely,
frotn July to late October.
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Always Wash Before They Pray.
Moslems always bathe before they
pray. They would not dare enter the
h.use of prayer with unclean hands or
feet or faces; hence when the muez
zin's call is heard from the minaret
five times a day faithful Moslems go
first to the fountains that are found
outside of every mosque and bathe
themselves. There are innumerable,
bathhouses also in which genuine !
Turkish baths and massage are given.
At the same time their houses are
positively filthy—too filthy, ps a rule,
for human beings to occupy—and the
streets of Constantinople and every
other Turkish town are Indescribable
In their nastiness. The clothing they
wear is as dirty as their bodies are
clean, and their food Is often unfit for
sanitary reasons.—Chicago Record-Her
ald.
The Lion and the Unicorn.
The unicorn came into the royal
arms with James I. It belongs to the
royal arms of Scotland. The signet
ring of Mary, mother of James, is in
existence, having a unicorn on it In
the royal arms therefore one support
er represents England, the other Scot——
land.
The Hon and the unicorn occur also
in ancient Buddhist scriptures, placed
together as supporters. Both of these
animals also are seen playing draughts
together in the well known Egyptian
painting. But the oldest connection
of the two is in the blessing of Jacob
and of Mooes.—Notes and Queries.
An Aivantase of Amor.
"That medlseval armor must have
been very uncomfortable," said a vis
itor at the museum.
"Yes," answered the man with darn
ed clothes, "but there was one satis
faction about it—a man could always
take down a suit of it in entire con
fidence that the moths hadn't got into
it"—Washington Star.
Comparing Families.
Harold—My ancestors were all hon
est but they were not stylish.
"That's all right My ancestors were
all stylish, but so far as I can learn
they wouldn't pay their debts."—De
troit Free Press.
THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE.
It Was an Ancient, Self Moving
Shrine of Bacchaa.
Few, perhaps, are "aware that the
first automobile, considered in the sense
of a vehicle containing within Itself
powers of locomotion, of which there
is any authentic account was a self
moving shrine of Bacchus.
This was the invention of Heron of
Alexandria, who describes it In his
work on automatic mechanism. The
shrine in question was mounted upon
two supporting and two driving wheels.
On the axle of the driving wheels was
a drum, about which was wound a
rope, which passed upward through
the space on one side of the shrine over
pulleys and was fastened to the ring of
a ponderous lead weight which rested
upon a quantity of dry, fine sand. The
escape of this sand through a small
hole In the middle of the floor of the
compartment containing it allowed the
lead weight gradually to descend and
by pulling upon the cord caused the
Bhrine to move slowly forward in a
straight line.
Horon describes the method of ar
ranging and proportioning the wheels
in case it was desired that the shrine
move in a circular path. He also shows
how the shrine can be constructed to
move in a straight line at right angles
to each other.
Officials of the patent office overlook
ed the device of Heron when they
granted patents on slot machines, not
withstanding that previously Thomas
Eubank, commissioner of patents in
1850, illustrated and described Heron's
invention. The mechanism of the lat
ter is almost identical with that in the
modern device and simply serves as an
other proof of the saying, "There is
nothing new under the sun."—Wash
ington Times.
Sprang a Surprise.
The man had not settled with the
grocer for nearly six months.
The grocer, needing some money,
presented his bill.
"Surely," said the man, looking in
surprise at the long list of items,
"there must be some mistake in this."
"No mistake at all, sir," answered
the grocer belligerently. "I am pre
pared to make affidavit that every item
is correct and that the footing is right
to a cent. When an account runs as
long as this one has run and the cus
tomer hasn't kept track of it he near
ly always kicks."
"Oh, I'm not kicking," said the man,
proceeding to write a check for the
amount. "What surprises me is that
the bill Is only about half as big as I
expected."—Chicago Tribune.
Dreaded the Beaalta.
Doctor—You'll have to accustom
yourself to one cigar after meals.
Patleut—Oh, doctor, that's pretty
hard.
Doctor—Tut, tut! After a time you'll
find It easy to give up even the cigar
after meals.
Patient—But I'm sure I'll be giving
up my meals after the cigars. I've nev
er smoked, you know,—Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
An Artfal Dodger.
"How is your boy getting along at
school?"
"Splendidly, splendidly! I tell yon,
my friend, this boy of mine will make
his way in the world, don't you fear.
During the time he's been going to
school they have had thirty-two exam
inations, and he's managed to dodge
every one of them."—Glasgow Evening
Times.
His Identity.
Philip was saying his prayers before
going to bed and ended his supplica
tion with, "Amen, Philip Evans!"
"Why, Philip, wty did you say that?"
asked his mother.
"Well," he replied, "I didn't want
God to mix roe tp with Brother Ed.
He does act so dreadful ly!"—Boston
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