▼Ol IIIH ygfe it ¥ '. g FAU FURWISHIW6S AND FABRICS g 8 The riodern Store | » dow'aot mjk ?<m to wail tor the (toads, 5 ■ batiiu them here rmdy when yon want them W £ NEW GOODS ARRIVING $ 5 worn daily and we wish to remind yon that the V Fall Term at echool eoon begins and the most jK S Important part for the cAd's outfit wiU be A J CHILDREN'S SCHOOL HOSE g M Sow Mm i» abundance at 10, 15. Sac. etc. * JB Oar lady friend* a ill be interested in skirt* and we show yoa a line that V ft will gl*e jr<m ample opportunity to select from and the figures on tbem A »am stay' Mow city prk-ea New Dress Bkirt»s4 00 up. g jR We wonld also call special attention to some late arrivals of K NEW WAITINGS AND NEW CHECK SILKS g ■ Aurrmg the tate arrivals of seasonable goods, yoa will find in great variety |ft 5 New Fiannelletts and New Comfort Calicos. Uk fn We are dbowiog some excel lac t values and the assortment will please you. J Co., J 6 j 221 Mail orders Solicited 5 ■ OPPOSITE HOTBIy ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA. $ R. Sc R. A continuance of Butler's greatest sale of Clothing and Men's Furnishings TBS CROWD at this store the pa>t two weeks that came directly to buy from the Patterson stock, was something without parallel in the history of Butler. THX YXBST was but a beginning. A visit to our store will convince you that many choice things remain for your selection. cm oovrnvAvcz of thia sale will be good news to hundreds of men who were not fortunate enough for one reason or another to abare in tbe early selling. Biit, Overcoat or Men's Furnishings OCKENSTEIN *nd Men's Furnishers, lin All Lines. >l"i*l ii Mil' g this sale at a big saving r Bolaw,u ." l *.sl 65 'Kao's find Satin Calf 41.80 QC Ladies' fine Dongola extension 1 CA 8boe» al '»,,, *»D sole $2.00 Shoes at I i/U aO heavy sole working 95 MiMe* fine Dongola 11.25 85 Men's Box calf. Vid-kid and O QC Misses' fine Patent leather 1 Cn Pat. Calf |4 and %H 50Shoes at £tO p.W Shoes at IDU B 2Sii ! at sb, *. Vy-OtoWOrk,DK 80 Boyn line Dress Shoes at 90 '° e 7ftc Youths' fine Dretm Hboes at.,. "J 5 v All Oxfords to be closed out regardless of cost. Sample counters filled with interesting bargains. Repairing neatly and promptly done. JOHN BICKEL, 128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA. Our Fall Showing 18 THE LARGEST IN THE ntro&T or THIS STORE. Mattresses, Iron Beds, Bed Room Salts. | IRON BEDS la whita, green and maroon, strong and durable, from S3 to $35.00- BED ROOM BUITS A large selection; hard wood, golden oak flniah, pattern plate, handsome ly carved bed. Only S^O.OO Tk M B , t SEWINQ MACHINES Thf MevHoral machine gisea perfect latisfactian; simple, light running and darable family machine, only SlO-75. A very fine polished Drop Head caae for J3O 00. ROCKERS In all styles-solid, cobbler, leather, roll or upholstered seats, from St 50 upwards Old Prices Prevail on all Stock QQJT)S In and Compare, BROWN & CO., Ball Pbona 106. (across from Daffy'* «tore,) Butler, Pa. K E 0 K A Spring & Summer Weights rtf ft E H.vf , u.Uinc «b<>ut ihcm lhat K rJ t RJA ft ft mark the wearer, it won't do to Sj ify fan Q wear tbe last year's output. You u l«~x/ >3. l\ won't get the latest things at the ifj n stock clothiers either. The up-to k\ k\\ |^" / Jff * J date tailor only tan supply th*m, II flf Vk Tnlfl (y " y° M w,nt not only the latest f! II I U 111 11 I thtogs iu cut and fit and work- II I ] 111 I Bunsbip, the finest in durability, J I 111 11 § where else can you get combina 1| | Bill I tlona, you get them at ** K E C K a P. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 142 North Main Straat All Work Quarantaad Butlar.Pa THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Nasal CATARRH (mm In all Us stafca. ft* "Ufi# Ely's Cream desnses, aootbe* mi heals f # tbe diMU«4 membrane. 1 It cure* catarrh and dr.TM M-~ 'yj away s cold in the head | quickly. Cream Balm ii placed into th* noatrlli, spreads i over tits membrane and U absorbed. Bslief U i»- ! mediate and a care foliowa. It 1* not drying—does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug < gists or by mall; Trial Size, 10 cenU. ri Beef. Iron and Wine Fa , Best Tonic' 1 kl M Blood Purifier. kl ►1 Price, 50c pint [J Prepared and W A v A sold only at L V JJ Johnston's ; j Crystal ; 3 Pharmacy, j| J K. M. LOO AN. Ph. O . V V Malinger, 'J ICS N. Main Kt., Butler. I'a Ll V Both 'PhoneH 92 *1 Everything in the drug line. VA I t j REMOVAL. We have removed our Marble and Granite shops from corner of Main and Clay streets to No. 208 N. Main street, (opposite W. D. Brandon's residence), where we will be pleased to meet our customers ivith figures that are right on Mouuments & Headstones of all kinds and arc also prepared to give best figurrs on Iron Fence, Flower Vases etc., as we have secured the sole agency from the Stewart Iron Woiks of Cincinnati, 0., for this town and vicinity. P. H. Sechler Eugene Morrison GENERAL CONTRACTING PAINTER and DECORATOR. Special attention given to PINK PAPKK HANC.INr, GRAINING and HARDWOOD FINISHING. Office and Shop, Rear of Ralston'h Store, Residence No. 1 19 Cliff St. People a Phone 451. EYTH BROS' Big Wall Paper Store, Next to Postoffice. Special bargains in Wall Paper, Window Hlinds and Room Mould ings. Farmers find good accom modation and satisfaction here. EYTH BROS., Formerly, C. H. McMILLIAN, 'Phone 453. 251 S. Main St. Mars Boiler Works. All sizes of STATIONARY, PORTABLE and UPRIGHT BOILKRS always in stock for sale or exchange. Repair work promptly attended to. S. H. ROBERTS, Bell Phone No. fl. Mars, People's Phone No. 11. Pa. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28. 1902 IEXIT I iMO. 1214- x Z t BY ELIAS LISLE 4 My acqualutitnce with Xa 1214 began in Phil Casey's court. Hand bull is tbe inost democratic sport in the world. One day No. 1214 and 1 found ourselTea pitted as partners against a judge of the sujjreme court and a lightweight prizefighter, and although his honor played a pretty rough game we beat tbem by a close score; so close was it, in fact, that a spirit ol ri valry was engendered which estab lished our competition as a regular Saturday afternoon event thereafter. Later I met 1214 on bis beat on the big bridge, and when I was kept late in my office that spring 1 would walk across for the sake of the talk with my big police friend. A master of hand, eye and temper I already knew him to be; now I came to know him as a poet in tbe rough, beset with long ings and emotions which he did not himself understand. Tbe sight of tbe full rigged ships, inbound with all sails set or outbound for tbe great unknown world, stirred tbe very soul of him. "Will ye look at her now, walkin' like a great lady an' with the shape of one!" he would cry, with a kindling eye to the curve of the full bosomed sails. "An' where might she be bound, I dunno? But it's well I'd like to go with ber." "And leave your place on tbe force?" I asked. "An' I'll be doin' it one of these days. Why not? I have no wife nor fam'ly an' a tidy sum in the bank." "And where will you go then?" "Ah, where? That's a thing no man knows, meself least of all." One Friday evening as I was walk ing across with the big policeman tbe talk suddenly shifted from the mor row's game. "Sure, I think the Judge plays a lit tle overhard for his polut." No. 1214 had been saying; "that backhander he took me over the Jaw, now, an' me Just reacbln' for the ball. A referee wud ha* called a hinder on him. Ac cidental? Sure, don't I know that his honor Is too much of a gentleman— Whisht! What's that, now?" he Inter rupted himself as a dark shadow shot In front of tis. "A nlglitbawk out collecting insects,"' •aid I. "Is It, now? I think witches was ln vlntcd whin the first Irishman clapped on to one of thim birds. I)o ye think, sir"—be spoke diffidently and after a pause—"that there Is anything in this belafe that we was once some kind of animal or crature?" "It Is a very old belief, John," said I. "Thin, If there's a breath of truth in it I think I was some crature that flew before I was born this time to be a polaceman. There's times, sir, when I'll be bey aat by the rail there an' I'll be lookln' an' longln' an' longin" an' lookln' till I could leap out to take my chauces with the sea birds there." With such vehemence d|d he speak that J was disturbed. ''Why. John," Bald I, "you'd do well to ask for a transfer. Gazing down a hundred odd feet till you want to leap Isn't a safe diversion." "An' ye needn't to be worryln' about that, sir, thank ye," said he quietly. "I'll not take the Jump—not before the birds tache me to fly." "We'll need to be In our best trim for them tomorrow afternoon," said I as be turned back to bis beat. "So keep your head steady, John." When I reached the court on the fol lowing afternoon, I found the light weight, who rejoiced In the cognomen of ISunt Ha lino, serving long ones Into the left bund rear corner, which was the supreme court's weakest point. No. 1214 did not appear, and I had to pick up a recruit, whereby the bench and tho ring won a hollow victory. On tho following morning the newspapers printed paragraphs to the effect that Patrolman John Ilannerty was miss ing. and tbe evening papers exploited it Into a mystery. It seems that the offi cer had dlrappeared from his bent on the bridge. That be did not leave at either end seemed certain, for be would have hod to pass several brother offi cers. At 11:55 he had been seen near the railing; nt three minutes after mid night be had gone, leaving neither trace or clew. There seemed to be but one Inference, and Qve evening papers printed pictures of the ulleged suicide which were chiefly remarkable from the fact that no two of them were In the faintest degree alike. What little oletnent of mystery there was left was considered to be destroyed by the washing ashore of a policeman's coat and trousers on the following morning. That evening the mystery bad a sud den revival, for police badge No. 1214 reached tbe bridge police station by mall. Detective work, amateur and professional, got no further than the fact that tbe badge bad been mailed In a plain white envelope In a mailbox near the water front. Theories wer® advanced, refuted, defended and re placed by new theories until some newer matter came to occupy the pub lic's avid mind. At the handball court No. 1214 was not forgotten, and In many a hard fought contest with his honor and Hunt I missed his quick eye and Inde structible hands, for be had few equals at the sport. One day n»ai*ly six months after his disappearance, when the Judge and I were arKuing u point flnglc handed while awaiting Hunt and a fourth man, there burst In ab ruptly a sallorman In bad repair. Ho close behind him as to suggest a vio lent, propulsive force came the prize lighter. "lie didn't come when I foltt ast him," punted Hunt, "so 1 had to Jolt up bis milliners," Indicating a cut lip and u badly linuged eye which tbe visitor was ruefully rubbing. "I caught him down here on the river front. He was tellln* about Johnny Ilannerty. Speak up, ye dago Swede, of I'll hun«J ycf an other." "I donno about no Johnny Ilmuicr ty," said tbe sailor doggedly, but with tin eye to Hunt's twitching left. "1 win tellln' some mates übout a crazy man what flew aboard the Glovanna"— "Walt a moment," Interrupted the judge. "Let us get this straight. What did you say he did?" "He said he flew aboard," said tho sailor. "I donno If be spoke true. 1 never seen lilin fly, but I donno no other way he could have got üboard." "Tell the rest of it—tell the rest of It, or I'll tear ycr ear off!" vociferated tjig feroclouH Hunt. I'Hahuo," said bis honor quietly, "or der a drink for our seafaring friend, please, and let him spin bis yarn unin terruptedly." Helng refreshed, the sailor proceeded with a better grace; "We'd passed 1111- dcr the bridge about midnight, on our way out, last April fools' day. 'Twas a high tide, for we Just scraped under with our maintop gallant mast down. It was my watch on deck. We was just gettin" into the bay when I see a man comiu' down the mainmast rat lines. He wasn't no man we'd shipped an' he didn't have no clothes, only shirt an' drawers an' shoes. I was mighty surprised, an' so was the mate. He up to hit the man, but the other feller let him have it, an' the mate didn't wake up for near an hour. He hit a queer blow—kinder like this." And the sailor gave a very fair imitation of the driv ing blow peculiar to handball players and a thing to keep out the way of. "Then he done a queer thing. Our tug was Just puttin' back. He walked to the rail an' threw over a little white package to the tug. 'Mail that where it belongs, will ye? he calls, an' I goes down after the crew." "That was the badge!" I exclaimed. "But there is very slim proof that this was No. 1214," objected his honor. "Tell him about the scrap; tell it just like you told it before," cried Bunt. "Wait till you hear that, judge." "Oh. the fight" said the sailor. "He done his best It took near the hull crew to get him In Irons. I got a cracked rib from it." And be rubbed his side. "A short left jolt, wasn't it?" cried Bunt. "I guess it was. Anyhow, it was when I was up close an' it finished me. lie hit awful quick an' awful hard an' every time he landed he hissed be tween his teeth like a snake." "John Hannerty, by heavens!" cho rused the three of us (except that Bunt put it a little stronger), for there was no mistaking that hissing expul sion of the breath which followed every one of No. 1214's most effective drives. "But how on earth could he have got aboard when he was on the bridge live minutes before midnight?" de manded the Judge. "Said he flew aboard like a bird," re asserted the sailor positively. "Never seen him fly, but he must ha' got there somehow." "May it please the court," I said, "I can clear this mystery. Here was the Giovanna going out into the world, and there on the bridge was No. 1214 with a soul full of yearning. It was only a step from the bridge roadway to the ship's maintop masthead. The soul full of yearning gets the best of 1214 and he makes the step, casts away his uniform and becomes a mysterious dis appearance." "But what hns become of him?" asked the Judge. "Quit us at Bonos Airs," said the Bailor. "Found a lot of dagoes there battin' a little baseball round a room with their hands. Went in an' played one of 'em, then two of 'em, then three of 'em, an' got all their money. When we sailed, he was fixin' up a place of his own, an' said he'd be an alderman in six mouths if they had 'em there." "That is No. 1214 beyond reasonable doubt," said the Judge. "Shall we re port the matter'" "Nit," said Bunt "He might want to git back his job on the police some day." So we held our peace, and on the po lice records No. 1214 Is still down as missing. Tried Them on the Indiana. "When I was out in Oregon, fifty three years ago," said a pleasant look lug farmer, who has been in the red raspberry business for twenty-five years, "I first saw red raspberries growing wild in the thickets and along the edges of the wild Oregou roads. They were saucer shaped and not so deep as the modern berry, Just like those which still grow wild in Michi gan. As the Oregon berries looked tempting I picked a lot in my hat, but did not dare to eat them, as I did not know whether they were poisonous or not. "On my way back to camp I met a number of Indians whom I had seen before and knew to be friendly; In fact, they had tak«n such a fancy to me that they once offered t<3 adapt m« }nto the tribe. To these genial Indians 1 presented my hatful of fresh red raspberries, and my Joy was great when they ate them all with relish. After that I ate nil I wanted. "In old New England, I understand, they used to call the raspberry 'the thlmbleberry' on account of lis resem blance to a woman's thimble."—De troit Free Press. A Mailer of Sex. "Does your parrot talk?" "No; It's a male."—Philadelphia Bul letin. SbAkeapCßre and tl«ll«ri, A correspondent finds these notabli points of resemblance In the careers ol Shukesjicuro and Mollere: The father of each was In trade ami apparently destined his sou to follow his occupation. The early education of both was neglected, and wo know nothing in their after training that conferred on them their perfect knowl edge of good breeding and distinguish ed manners. Neither of them was hap pily married. Each became manager uuthor, actor. Koch produced a con Hldernble number of authenticated dra matic works. Kach was careless *bpu| publishing Ids works, or. rather, object ed to do so lest they should be acted by rival dramatic companies. Plays ol each were collected by actors and firsl published In a complete form after thf death of the authors. Kach touched up or produced playi that are lost or of doubtful origin. Kach disregarded novelty of plot, l>or rowing from various* sources. Kach disliked his profession. The (icrsona) character of each was gentle, kind, generous. Kach had a profound knowl edge of human nature. Kach preferred the Idea or matter to the comparative disregard of the manner. Kach had u remarkable fecundity and fertility of production. Kach died at the age of flfty-two. The Weather Man's Parqnlaltea. "I buve Just served sixteen subpu.-nus on Uncle Sam's weather man," said a process server at the county court house the other day, "and handed him sixteen hulf dollars t" legalize the com mand that he appear to K |vw ovldenoe lu that many eases und $M to enforce the direction that he bring the weather records along. "Do you know, he Is much lu de mand as a w lt hush ? There are hun dreds of cases, especially In the acci dent and negligence actions In the city court, In which 11 Is necessary to prove what was the state of the weather at the time of the accident, and obvious ly the mnn to give that Information to the Jury Is the observer of the local weather station, for ho has the records made at the time to show Indisputably whether It was raining or whether the sun was shining. ''Sometimes this duly keeps the weather man on the jump. I have known him to glvo testimony In six or eight cases lu a day and to earn wit ness fees far In excess of his salary. I presume these fees are his perqul- 1 sites, and I know thut the lump sum In | a yeur Is a handsome amount"—New HAYING ON A BIG SCALE. Ilnnch Methods of liaudlinif Alfalfa and Native (iraii. The methods of handling hay crops j i* the great basin region between southern Oregon uud northern Nevada are certainly unique and lu keeping with the extensiveness of all opera tions connected with stock raising lu 1 that part of the country. The many appliances used permit of handling the ! crop to the best advuntage and with the least labor. Probably the most rapid process of stacking or piling up the hay of any in STACKING ALFALFA WITH A DEBUICK. actual operation on the ranches of eastern Oregon is that known as the "slide method," which is employed only on the largest ranches where na tive hay Is the predominating crop. A "slide" consists essentially of a huge, strongly built inclined plane. The hay Is brought up to the base of the plane usually by a four horse buck and de posited In a net to which is fastened a cable stretched over the top of the plane and the entire stack. The other end of the cable Is attached to the fore truck of a wagon to which Is hitched a four horse team. When the load has been drawn up and discharged In the proper place on the stack, a net Is drawn back to the base of the plane again by n single horse, readjusted and reloaded. The four horse buck load will average about one ton of hay, and n load will be run on to the stack once in six to eight minutes when the machin ery Is In good working order. Another method more extensively used than the "slide" differs from It only in the substitution of a derrick for the slide. The bucks and net are used In both cases, but their capacity Is usually smaller than those operated by four horses Instead of two. Both of these processes are best adapted to the handling of native hay which Is not much Injured by rough treatment. The bucks are especially hard on alfalfa, one of the most dltll cult hay crops to cure and handle properly. With rough treatment, such as It Is certain to receive when bucked to the stack, the frlHble leaves, the most valuable part of the plant, are al most certain to be largely broken off. To obviate this very decided objection many of the ranchers discard the bucks entirely In handling the alfalfa crop and haul the hay to the stuck In wagons. It Is then unloaded by means of a derrick or tripod arrangement and a fork. In this way the leaves are saved, und the most difficult part of tho manual labor, the transfer of the hay from the load to the stack, Is still accomplished by the use of machinery. Another very decided disadvantage of the "slide" method results from tho difficulty of making the stacks water proof. When u ton of hay is dropped In one place on the stack and similar quantities are put up at such short In tervals, the stackers do not usually work It over so as to make the mass of uniform density. Tho consequence la that there are places In the stack that are not well packed. When the hay settles, "holes" occur, allowing the A (JURAT STACK. /f375 feet lons, 75 over nrxl 28 fact across.] rainwater to drain Into the stack. This would not be of so much Importance If all of the crop were fed the year It Is cut, but this Is often not the cuse. Much buy Is sometimes held over io be fed the subsequent year. It is need less to say that If not properly stacked It deteriorates very much in value, D. Griffiths lu Bulletin 13, Bureau of Plant Industry. Cattle Itanohea of Mexico. Tho lurgest cattle ranches of Mexico oro In the northern states—those bor dering the United Slates, such as Sonera, Chihuahua and Coahulla but cattle raising is an Industry of no mean proportions In many other of the states of the republic. These ranches are there called haciendas, and many of them contain many hundreds of square miles. It Is not uncommon to find upon them as tnuny as 20,000 head of cattle. It is stated upon good hutliorlty that one wealthy Mexican brands from 110,000 to 40,000 calves un nually on his haciendas. SEEDING TO GRASS. A INn Nations Al»out Urowln* a Good All Around Ilnjr. From now until well Into September is probably the best time to seed to grass and be sure of u successful out come for Uil>or und money expended. The crop that pays the best Is tho one that will turn three tons to un acre of well cured hay. More limn this ln turs llabllty to damage by lodging. When It conies to a question of dol lurs and cents, there Is nothing that pays like (lyj l>est of stable manure made on the place. A cash outlay for this or fertilizer to the extent neces sary to get the most desirable results comes too near the value of the cured corn. The former who can afford twenty five bushels of good ashes to »li tt<Te addition to the manure will get paid many times over for the outlay. About twenty good ox cert loads to un aero t* a good basis to work on. Hush down this manure with a good heavy white birch bush as fast us spread. This Is by all odds I he best Implement for re duelng manure to the proper condition, whether as a top dressing for mowings or at time of seeding dowu. Any land seeded by A\ig. ll> sliould have a pound of fall turnip seed per acre mixed thoroughly with the grass seed. This plan is more particularly for those who have store cattle to win ter. dry cows, young cattle, sheep and the like. For the average of years the amount of grass seed for an acre should be sixteen quarts herd's grass, fifteen small red clover and six i>ounds alsike. This makes a good all around hay for farm stock, but for horse hay the clo ver had best be omitted, as many would object to this for driving horses. Now is Just the right time to seed am' ng corn, sowing the seed as though there were no crop growing, and work in with the tine tooth cultivator.—Cor. New England Homestead. Mildew of Cncumber find Maakmelon. The cucumber crop In some localities is often badly damaged by downy mil dew. Just after the vines reach a productive stage yellowish spots ap pear in the leaves. After a time mold like patches form on the underside, and finally the whole leaf turns yel low, dies and dries up. The cucumber mildew usually makes its appearance some time iu August. The vines should therefore be sprayed with bordeaux mixture by tbe last of July and tbe spryiug repeated two or three times at intervals of about ten duys. The muskmelon crop also suffers from the attacks of downy mildew, and the foregoing is equally applica ble to It. Paper Box For Perriea. This year there lias been put on the market the first really successful paper berry box so far as we know. The ac companying engraving shows how it VENTILATED PAI'EK BEBBY BOX. looks. It Is ventilated, and tbe inside Is paraffined. It is absolutely odorless and Is said to carry strawberries long distances iu tine condition.—Country Gentleman. Formula* For Bordeaux. The bordeaux mixture as ordinarily applied frequently injures to some ex tent the foliage of tbe peach, etc., causing a shot hole effect on the leaves. This Injurious effect has been shown to be largely obviated by the use of the following: 3 pounds copper sulphate. 6 pounds lime. 60 gallons water. This is known as the 3-0-50 formula. Some experimenters have also recom mended the following for peach foli age: (a) 2—2—50 formula (Cornell Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. ISO). (b) 39 —GO formula. The latter contains three times as much lime as copper sulphate. Kffectivo for Sun Jose Scale. The Oregon and California washes have been found extremely efficient scale insecticides at the Illinois sta tion, and it Is apparent that these west ern washes, costing ¥1.12 per hundred gallons, are at least as destructive to Insect life as the solution of whale oil soap, coat 1 lit: $0.50 for the same quan tity. The V liforotia Lima Dran. While other garden truck wus at a Kandstlil on account of drought in the southwest lluiu beans seemed to re main green and growing regardless of wind and weather, says Texas Farm and Kanch. Hint* For August. Keep the soil stirred In the vegetable garden. It Is still good growing weather for weeds. Sowing lettuce, late [teas and winter radishes Is In order. Covering the Joints of squash plants with soil helps to exclude the borer. Harvest onions as soon as the bulbs are well formed. To insure currant bushes against leaf blight give them a second spray ing with Imrdcnux after gathering the fruit. Celery for the latest crop Is set this month. A sowing of early table beets may still be made. Cultivate the main crop of cabbage. An Hielfril Vinton. "Baptlsluf days" are great eventi among the negroes of the south. On one occasion the old black preacher took two candidates, one a middle aged, sedate, quiet man, the other a young, excitable fellow, well out in the stream, where the water wus waist deep. He put the older ow down llrst, who came up, folded his urms and look ed dignlllcd and pious. The younger one, nfter being put un der, came up greatly excited and shout ing: "(3loryt Glory! I seed de Lord' I seed hi in In de water—tight down dar at de bottom!" The older one, ixitHhK him on the shoulder, :«ild: "Iluuli, boliey; hush. Put warn't do Lord. 1 seed it. It was nothln' but a terrapin."—New York Tribune. Him I.lnroln Felt. In 1802. says n writer in the Kansas City Journal, Colonel Alexander of To peku, who was an intimate frleml of President Lincoln, visited him at Wash tnglon and found him In a greatly de pressed state of mind. "This being president Isn't all It Is cracked up to be, Is It, Mr. Lincoln?" Inquired Colonel Alexander. "No," said Lincoln, his eyes twinkling momentarily. "I feel sometimes like the Irishman who, after being rlddcu on a rail, said, 'llegorry. If It wasn't for the honor av the thing. I'd rather walk!' " An Aftflciil lllvrr. In Long Inland sound, not far from the north shore of the Island, Is clearly delincd the channel of an ancient liver. As shown by the United States coast survey. It Is a gorge, having a depth of übout sl\t,v feet below the general floor of the sound on either side of It. The gorge or channel was cut Into I lie bed rock of i:-iei»<. I lie erosion of which Is exccedluul) slow, \ Nice Friend. Marl;lev ) u'le n nice friend to hnve. Wli.v didn't yon lend Morroughs till' s•"> III' V :i illi'd V Kraft Why should I? Mnr! lev To save me. You must have real ' I that lie I new If lie didn't get II fn i.i you lie would from inc. Vou'le I 1 .1'!; robbed me of that "liver" l'h.:.ii>t|iliiu Press. When we de<cr\ • It. we don't mind abuse 11 i:ni• - us careful I'.ut the trouble is we neve) a ire with our critic* r.n Id wh ii w il w rve It.—Atch lsoll (J lobe [ IGNORANT OF GEOGRAPHY. How a German Pat Posers to American Girl. "A tblug about Americans which has surprised me more than anything else/' said u German artist who has been vis iting la New York city for six months pubt, "is that with all your patriotism : you know so little about the geography I of your own country, to say nothing of ! the rest of the world." There were several Americans In the circle, and they looked rather sur prised. None of the men spoke. They knew that they were weak In geogra phy and that here was a challenge which would hare to pass. Not so a bright young woman of twenty, who rushed Into the breach with her bead In the air. "We do know the geography of our country," she said decidedly. "Of course we do. Every child learns it in school." "Might I ask you a question or two?" Ihe foreigner said quietly. "The names of the capitals of some of your states, for Instance?" "Certainly. I'll be glad to answer." And she nodded confidently at the young American man who was already beginning to fear for her. "What Is the capital of Massachu setts?" was his first question. "Boston!" was the prompt answer from the glrL "And of North Carolina?" That seemed to puzzle her a little, and It was a full minute before she an swered "Charleston!" The foreigner smiled, but made no effort to correct her. "What Is the highest mountain in the United States?" he asked. "It's not fair to ask about moun tains." she protested. "You said I didn't know the capitals." "The capital of Illinois is?" "Chi—Springfield, I mean." "Of Montana?" For the life of her she could not think of a town In Montana. "It's been an age since I studied geography," she explained. "Your answers were better than the average," said the man. "You got one right out of four. As I said, American geography surprise# me."—New York Tribune. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. It Is safer to prune too little than too much. Moist earth and a cloudy day for transplanting. Gooseberries and currants are two easily grown fruits, and there la sel dom an oversupply. The quality and size of fruit on old bushes is much improved by thinning of the fruit or severe pruning. The cause of moss appearing on the stems of apple and other fruit trees Is wot, cold, undrained land or an exces sively humid climate. In saving garden seed gather when ripe. Do not allow It to shell off. The first matured Is the best, and the first matured will shell first. A good mulch around fruit trees helps to keep down weeds, keeps the soil loose, moist nnd porous at all times, with little labor of cultivation. The time of setting out of fruit treed Is of far less Importance than to see that the right varieties are selected, the soil prepared and transplanting ■well done. Con (Ilea. "I thought caudles went with stage coaches, but a good many people must use them yet." said a shopper who pointed to a collection of candlesticks, all of the utility sort, arrayed In a house furnishing department. There were big and little, ornamental and plain, practical and unpractical ones. Home had broad trays, and others had none at all, and some had devices for lifting the candle, while others were made with deep necks. There still re main people who cling to the traditions of their ancestors and will have none of the modern lighting Inventions for their sleeping rooms. Certain women prefer a light In their bedrooms until they are asleep, and for this purpose a candle Is just the thing, for it will put Itself out at the time proportioned by Its length.—New York Tribune. Baw No Rruon For Iwrarisf, General Grant was asked why he never swore. He replied: "Well, when a boy I had an aversion to swearing. It seemed useless, an unnecessary hab it, and besides I saw that swearing usually aroused a man's auger. I early had a desire to have complete com mand of myself. I noticed when a man got angry his opponent always got the better of him. On that account also 1 determined to refrain from swearing. Then the swearing men of my acquaintance when a boy were not the best men I knew. I never saw any reasons for swearing. All were against It." Hume I.lfe In Knglaad and America. The decay of the home life is to be attributed partially to the Influence on society of the Invasion of Americans. In the United States home life Is al most unknown. The meaning of the word "home," as understood to Brit ishers, Is a uiystpry to Yankees. To a certain extent we have always envied you your home life, and I certainly agree with some of your correspond ents that It would bo disastrous for your country to lose the elevating and refining Influences of the home.—An glo-American In London Mall. To Improve the Horse. If some owners of horses would spend more for feed and less for whips, Ihey would have more spirited ani mals.—Atchison Globe. Edward I. was 0 feet 2 inches high, juid it Is said thr.t the tljts of his mid dle Angers extended below his kneea. VOLCANOES, flome l-'neta Alioui. Thrae Vrnt* to the luartli'a Interior Klrc. Eons ano the earth on which we live was a huge uiuss of "tire mist." Astronomers tell us that today In the heavens we cm- see vast nebula*, sug gesting what ®.ie curth was once. Gradually the surface of the "Are mist" cooled and harden<*d, but the in terior is still intensely hot. Whether it Is solid, liquid or viscous we do not know. Tills heat, raging miles tielow the surface, ut times escupes through tiie hard crust by vents or volcanoes. There are from IJO<> to 3(10 volcanoes oil the globe. This estimate includes merely live volcanoes which within re cent tliues have been In action, if wo should count the many mountains scat tered over the earth which show today signs of volcanic action In more re mote past, the estimate would have to lie lucres Bed by many hundreds. Volcanoes would seem to be arrangod with more or leaa symmetry In belts circling the great oceans. A ring of tire surrounds the I'uclflc. Starting at the South Shetland Islands, several hundred inllcs south of Cape Horn, a belt of volcanoes extends up the west Coast of South America. Central Aincr- No 34 lea and North from Alaska II crosses the Pacific along the Aleutian Islands to Kamchatka; thence It fol lows the east edge of the Pacific through the Kurile Islands, Japan, For mosa, the Philippines, ths Moluccas, the Solomon islands, the North Heb rides, New Zealand and finally ends In Mounts Terror and Erebus, on the Antarctic continent— Geographic Magazine. Economical. A young man living on Walnut TTtlla Is a close worker In money matters— that is, he stays close to the shore with his expenditures. He had the good luck to marry a girl whose parents are quite wealthy and Is at present living with his wife in one of his father-in law's houses. One day not long since while dis cussing affairs with a friend the latter asked: "Did the old gentleman give you that house?" "Well—er— no, not exactly," WO the answer. "He offered it to but I wouldn't accept It" "How's that?" asked the friend. "Well," answered the man who had made the lucky matrimonial venture, "you -see, the house really belongs to me. I'm living In It, rent free, and I'll get It when the old man dies. If I ac cepted it now, I'd have to pay the taxes."—Cincinnati 1 Enquirer. Slwpmlldsg, "Ten per cent of the world's popula tion is more or less somnambulistic," said a physician, according to the Phil adelphia Record, "and erery one, at one time or another, has done a little sleepwalking. I myself when a lad got up' dressed, took my books and went to school on a summer night, my father following close behind to see that 1 should come to no harm. "Blond persons are more apt to be somnambulists than cKrk folk, and in cold climates there Is 4bore somnambu lism than in warm ones. In certain Greenland villages, I have been told, th« hut doors are locked without by a watchman in order that those within may not come forth In their sleep and maybe freeze to death, but in Egypt and such like hot lands such precaution Is unnecessary." Her Brand. A correspondent writes: "Two wom en were strong supporters of a local co-operative store, but one day as one of them was passing down the street she was surprised to see her friend coming out of a licensed grocer's shop. 'I thocht, Mrs. Broon, ye wis a mem ber o' the Co.?' was her remark. 'So I am; but, dae ye ken this, there's nae shop In Glesca I get sic nice beef ham as in here.' "Some days later Mrs. Broon's friend went into this shop to buy a sample of the beef ham. On entering the shop she asked the man If he would give her 'a pun' o' tho beef ham Mrs. Broon gets here.' A quiet smile stole over the shopman's face. 'Oh, yes,' he said; *1 can obleege you. Hlv you brocbt a bottle wl' you?'"—Glasgow Times. Making History. While we read history we make his tory. Every great crisis of human his tory Is a pass of Thermopylae, and there Is nlways a Leonidas and his 300 to die In It If they cannot conquer. And so long as liberty has one martyr, so long as one drop of blood is poured out for her, so long from that bloody sweat of the agony of humanity shall spring hosts as countless as the forest leaves and mighty as the sea.—Cteorge William Curtis. A Bee Line. The directness of the bee's flight is proverbial. The shortest distance be tween any two given points is called a bee line. Many observers think that the Immense eyes with which the in sect Is furnished greatly assist if they do not entirely account for the arrowy ttraightness of its passage through the air. Hadn't Heard It. "Money talks," asseverated Qilder sleeve. "I am not so sure of that," retorted Throckmorton. "It Is not on speaking terms with me."—Detroit Free Press. Liked the Old War Best. "Bridget," asked Mrs. Do Leon, "can you cook on scientific principles Y' "Sure, ma'am, what's the matter with cookin' on a range?" asked sen slble Bridget. - Direction. "Soy, Cblmmlc, wot'd de boss call y* up fer?" "T* call me down."—Baltimore News. Musical Snails. A French naturalist claims that there are few if any animals which have a higher appreciation of music than snails. Place some snails on a pane of glass, he sqys, and you will find that as they move over It they will make musical sounds similar to those which a person can produce by wetting his finger and then rubbing it around a glass tumbler. Complete alrrf, he points out, havo been played on tumblers In this way, and he expresses the opinion that quite as good results can be ob tained by using snails Instead of fin gers. Oar Repablla. The American republic must live. Popular commotion and partisan fury may dash their mad waves ngslnst It, but they shall roll back shattered, spent. Persecution shall not shake it, fanaticism distort It nor revolution change It, but it shall staud towering sublime, Uko the last mountain In the deluge, while tho earth rocks at Its feet and the thunders peal above Its head—majestic, Immutable, magnifi cent.—Wendell Phillips. A. Tale of Htrolia, "I went for a bath yesterday," said an Auvergnat. "1 had been In the water sotno time when I suddenly per ceived an enormous shark advancing toward me with Its Jaws open. What was I to do? When ho waa a yard off, I dived, took out my pocketknlfe and ripped up the belly of the monster." "What! Then you are! in ths habit of bathing with your clotbea on," said ono of tho listeners.—From tho French. Spot Appropriate to Speeeh. "Ah, darling," he exclaimed, "as we sit together under the spreading branches of this noble tree 1 do de clare on my honor that you are the only girl I have ever loved" Anil Just a suspicion of a smllo crossed tho dear thing's features as she replied: "You always say such appropriate things, John; this Is a chestnut tree." —Baltimore News. firmness. Jones—Dear met You say you often lay down the law to your wife. How do you go about It? Bones—Why, all you need is firm ness. I usually go Into my study, lock the door and do It through the key halo.
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