VOl XXXIX
§ Great Linen Sale at §
| The flodern Store *
$ TfEMK FOR less than long ago jn
2 UNUSUAL OFFERINGS T.
U We have gone into the linen business in no half-hearted way and oar a
™ pnrehases hare been rnnde on a ocale that we are proud of and on t?rnn
that yon will appreciate, when we tell von. we will be satisfied with a dry fIP
35 cuoda profit and «ire yon the benefit of this fortnnate deal W* propose
W to make A RE X)RD BREAKER OX TABLE LINENS. NAPKINS 0
35 CRASHES TOWELS AND TOWELINGS. Unbleachel Linen Damask
m *ic vd Turkey Red Table Linen 23c yd. Bleached and Unbleached
S D*uia«k 25c rd Tarkey Red 2.5 c 35c. 50e yd Grand bargains in Bleach
jflr ad D*miak i»c. 50c. Wc. 75c yd Bleached Damask 2i yd. extra wide,
S 11.00 td. uevrr told for l«ss tbu fl.«. Napkins 50c, 75c, #I.OO. II 2> doz U
f! Ex-ra Law HnrkTowels. l(l«3« in.. 10c. #l.lO doz. Extra heavy large TJ
U all Line-1 Hack & Damssk Tow»*l* 25c each. Stevens all Linen Unhleaeh
#» ed Cra»h 6c yd. Niceqaality B."ej.ched Linen Crash 8c yd. worth 10c. "
Cfc Blanketa. Comforts. Spreads. Sheets. Pillow and Bolster Cases and Ml
Feather Pillows and all accessories in great variety and minimum prices.
Jib Hotel and boarding houses should take advantage of above announcements. V
"4. Eisler-Mardorf Co., *'[
S ■ 221 Mail Orders Solicited £
posTomc?Box I 5
> OPrOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA.
R1 CK€ k' S
\} Fall Footwear.
Largest stock and most handsome styles of fine
iootwear we have ever shown.
Sorosis Shoes.
Twenty new fall styles — Dongola, Enamel, Patent-kid, and Box
calf—made in the latest up-to-date styles in medium or high tops.
Misses' and Children's Shoes
Extremely large stock of Misses' and Children's Fine Shoes com
prised of many new and pretty styles for fall.
/Wen's Shoes
All the latent styles in Men's Fine Shoes. A full line of Men s
Patent-kid Shoes — the latest style lasts, $2.50, $3 00, $3-s°. $5 °°
ai.d s6x>o. Men's fine calf, vici-kid, and box-calf shoes, SI.OO to $5.
Large assortment of Boys, Youths and Little Gents' fine shoes.
FOR OIL-MEN AND FARM WEAR.
We have a full stock of Gokey's hand-made, whole stock, box
toe boots and shoes. High cut capped tippeu shoes for Boys and
high cut watet proof shoes for girls.
Large stock of Ladies' kangaroo -calf, oil-grain and kip shoes at
away down prices
SPEC*AT. BARGAINS IN SCHOOL SHOES
Repairing promptly done. Sole leather and shoemakers supplies.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA.
R. & R.
A continuance of Butler's greatest sale of Clothing and
Men's Furnishings
fix CROWD
at this store the past two weeks that came directly to buy
from the Patterson stock, was M>mething without
parallel in the history of Butler.
THE FIRST
wa» but a beginning. A vmt to our store will convince
you that ma*.y choice things remain fc/t your selection.
THE CONTINTJANC E
of this sale wit! be good news to hundreds of men who
were mat fertosate esMgh for one reason or another to
share in the earijr selling-
TOUR CHANCE
to sjewe a Wi«ter S-it, Overcoat or Mess Furnishings
ast a low fcguxe.
RITTER & ROCKENSTEIN
Ciodbkas. Hatters and Men's Furwsht-r*,
141 South Maw St_, Butler.
SUCCESSORS TO J. X. PATTERSON
KECK
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THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Nasal
CATARRH
In all it» «t«g«. J JUo/
Ely's Cream BalmC P///
soothes and h<-ai« f f
the dnw-d memtrrane.
It com catarrh anil dr.ve* M _.u
a*ay • eo!d in Uie head
quickly.
Cn-am Balm !■ [ laced into the noatrils,spreads
ore? I lie membrane and la aU*orbed. Relief is im
medljite and a care foi'uwa. Itianot drying—does
not produce sneezing. Size, 50 centa at I)rng
gists or by ma.i; Trial Glze, 10 centa.
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yj Beef, Iron and Wine
Blcod Pnrifier. R1
kl Price, 50c pint. £
sold only at
L Johnston's J
M Crystal N
N Pharmacy. W
K. M. LOGAN, Ph. O , "
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A ICS N. Main St., Butler, l'a'
vj Both 'l'hooes W i
Everything in the
l 1 drug line. f m
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REMOVAL.
We have removed our Marble
and Granite shops from corner of
Main and Clay streets to No. 208
X. Main street, (opposite W. IJ.
Brandon's residence), where we
will be pleased to meet our
customers with figures that are
right on
Mouuments & Headstones
of all kinds and are also prepared
to give best ftgurrs on
Iron Fence. Flower Yases
etc as wc have secured the sole
agency from the Stewart Iron
Woiks of Cincinnati, 0., for this
tonfl ar.d vicinity.
P. H. Sechler
Eugene Morrison
G£NERAL CONTRACTING
FAINTER and DECORATOR.
fefwci*: adcsuoc litres to
FINE PAPEB. HAXGINC
CiAJXLVG aad
KAiLTiOoi, FISISOUCG.
Office ud
lua.' <4 iutauß's Store,
JLoidv-ot So. 1:9 CliS St.
x » FoC« 451.
EYTH BROS'
Big Wall Paper Store,
Vext to Pos&oific*
Special bargains is Wa3 Paper,
Wioio* bJa&aadkooa: Mould-
Farmer* feed good aocoai
taocaiioji aad satisfaction here.
EYTH BROS.,
Formerfy.
C. B. UdOLUAX.
7%>1*453 jsi S. MaSa Sc.
Mars Boiler Works.
All sizes of
STATIONARY.
PORTABLE and
UPRIGHT BOIL-MkS
a3»a}'s in stack for sale
or otdiaage.
Repair work pKMapCfy attended to.
S. H. ROBERTS,
Bell Pa;** So. « Man>
People's Plkmm- So. 11. p*.
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1902
| "STAY-AT-HOME
1 1 GRAHAM
-> By DAVID LOWRT |
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; 1 Copyright. ISM. by D.ivM I>owry 0
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: Dan Craliuw was ilie mast unhappy
I you ni? man in Hamilton county. If t!ie
bald fact bad bot-n announced in as
many words, nobody would have ques
tioned tli2 absolute correctness of the
statement.
Dolly Worth had taken particular
pains to manifest her indifference con
cerning Dan's actions, liis sayings, his
likes or dislikes—his future. Nothing
that affected Dan Graham could in the
slightest manner concern Dolly Worth.
And everybody thought that they
were engaged!
Finally, when speculation seenit-d to
be exhausted, somebody conceived the
Idea that the reason why those two
had parted was not so much of a mys
tery after all.
Inside of a week everybody knew
that Dolly had discarded her lover be
cause he was a "stay at home." When
the Fairview guards marched away to
fight in Cuba, among all the enthusias
tic beauties who waved their handker
chiefs after the swiftly receding train
none was more prominent than Dolly
Worth.
Although nobody could summon suf
fieient courage to inform Dan Gra
ham that people referred to him as a
"stay at home," he knew the truth as
well as if it had been cried from every
housetop. For a time his mother
feared that he was in danger of Im
pressions that might prove lasting
impressions which, if permitted to be
come permanent, would mar his life.
But some underlying force, some in
bred strength, asserted itself speedily
Dan's demeanor was again the agree
able front presented to all the world,
and a very winning demeanor it was.
The air palpitated with war's alarms.
People talked of nothing but the war
until one day a garrulous old man
contrived between his dally dozes to
Inform Dan that be at least did not
find any fault with him for not going
to the war. That was six or eight
mouths after Dolly Worth had coolly
parted from him on the most public
thoroughfare in Fairvlew.
The next day a calamity overtook
Fairvlew. The valley sank In waters
gathered in a great storm. Its Gelds
were swept; fresh gleaned harvests*
were lost; the fences for miles crum
bled into the rising waters like the
fringe of a doll's dress In a blaze, leav
ing the valley desolate. The muddy
waters pressed through crevices and
crannies, filling every cellar in Fair
view; then they rose to the first and
second floors. A general hegir.n was
inevitable. Furniture was pulled and
hauled and lifted by main strength
from floor to floor. Only such articles
were left floating as might serve for
precarlou.. footing for the drowning
rats.
Everybody was wet, dirty, soggy and
cold. Night was coming on rapidly
when a motley crowd gathered around
the Immense fire the l>oys had kindled
on the lot in front of the postoffiec
where the farmers hitched their horses
when the flood was not.
Suddenly somebody mentioned old
Gabe gomers.
Old Gabe was the oldest Inhabitant
of Falrrlew. One of Gabe's uncles
was captured by the Indians and tor
tured to death on the Island opposite
the town. Gab* lived alone in a cabin
Isolated from his fellow#, a rickety af
fair at b«-*t. so old that nobody was
able to recall when It was erected.
"Has *r.ybody seen old Gabe?"
The query was repeated. As men
looked at each other there In the fast
falling night a silence fell upon the
crowd. The silence was ominous.
Gabe's poor cab in would never survive
the flood Perhaps while they stood
there it was ""rumbling down into the
hungry water. Then the spirit which
prompts all mankind to extend a help
ing hand found voice. There were
suzz'-stions, conflicting advice.
Suddenly one inan ran towardGabe's
cabin. Tbose nearest him exclaimed;
other* Inquired who It was. Soon the
crowd knew Dan Graham was fore-
DtMt in a mad race to the river's edge.
Dan was the swiftest skater, swim
mer and runner In Fair-view and the
beat dancer. Sow tie distanced all otb
ers m t*r that before tbey coold sp
proocit bim be bad leaped into a skiff,
poshed it oat and was settling tbe oars
Into tbe rowlocks when tbe <*bers
eu&« op to tbe river's edge.
Just a little beyond Dan tbey saw
Gabe Homers" cabin. If ever Gabe's
cabin entered tbe strong correct — Tbe
men looking on tossed their bands In
fcbe air despairingly.
"IhU drown. Nothing coald save
bim now.**
•"Yes. aad Dsn Grabam'Q drowD
too.™
"If one of tbexn floating trees h-t»
tbetkiff"—
-Or a log bits It a bUT—
-Or some sunken sawyer bobs up—
that r worst of ail"
•And it'll be so dark be can't see Just
wbere be is."
"Maybe b&ZI rwixn oat."
"Swim: Swim: Against tbat car
rest?"
"It's next to suicide—that's what I
say." Mid tbe postmaster, with a chok
ing v«6ee. He was related to Dan. He
loved Lint as bis own *ocl
•TWi not another mas in tbt
ii
tbe standing behind tbe pflat
master; "as. mir is tbe state. And all
for poor '.-A Gabe."
A little knot of wo®#* had gathered
tutxx tbe river. One of tbese. overbear- i
lag sccfe esprestieee. baste&ed back to
her atvgi.'*r
"lf( I'ti Graiiam—trying to save
mA Gal* SSSMHL And tbey say be s
mm-*- to fir'/wa "
A c«M Hud was laid qwa tbe pwt
Si-'-r't He tsrned arMmd to tss
fiv.: fw.v Wsrtb.
n't tot »>:-?> —cas't yoc sees <!& j
tfc" i. lioct be—susst ttoey bs*l i
cj-.M-i an£ sm. bere-
" I b*i e * os '' <at bandy. s m*
time to d» as;, tii. ng Gabe's tibia's Is ;
tbe * ui Jest mv*
A sspfMe fisrere met away fross tbe
Crovd. »-"<ed swiftly slug; tbe sbtie.
Fix down, tear tbe hswakwater. wbicb
jv; 4 out a csoanieral*jf distance <M '-
tbe nitr. lay mw ixo"> —skiffs tbat
were regarded as worthless, ssnali flats.
now. asd ybsb wjti,
riests taiitd across tks by tbe boys
»wb-i busting vans.
Tne swelling crowd on tbe ebwe bad
t«f«iy fjfr .eut light now u> discern
Dan On.ua Jemming kit diS against
Giles cabin. Suae cried that tbey
saw t>i4 Gabe; tbe* 4arkn<«s swal
lowed cabin and sJIJL 7be fate of tbe
reseller and liis man for wbom be
risked bit life was in lbs bands of tbe
Almighty.
if Dan succeeded, be wig** manage
to bead his tiiff in above tbe break
water. It was u te i sti nee as a tnou
sand, one iu a million. The people on
the shore ran headlong toward the
breakwater. With the darkness of
night settling around hiui l>an Gra
ham gathered up his strength for one
supreme effort.
Old Uabe's cabin was stronger than
anybody could ha\c credited. The
framework held together amazingly.
The floor crumbled and floated away
beneath his feet, but the sinews of age
still enabled Gabe to grasp with a
drowning man's clutch the frame of
the window.
Iu vain Dan urged him to draw him
self up and drop into the bow of the
i skiff. Afterward Gabe told how, see
ing the old man either could not or
would not loosen his grasp on the win
dow sill. Dan dropped his oars, reach
ed forward and lifted old Gabe by
, main strength out of the window and
I deposited him in the bottom of the
skiff.
| At that moment a tree trunk struck
; the skiff. The jar almost knocked
Dan into the river. He recovered his
balance, however, and turned the
boat's head shoreward.
And now it was a pull for life. The
blackness of a cloud> night enveloped
him. His 9ole guide was the light on
the lot in front of the postotliee. And
bow could he gauge distance by that?
He might be above, opposite or far be
low the breakwater. Was he half
way out in the river? Everything de
pended upon his distance from the
shore.
He felt as if every moment must be
his last effort. His temples throbbed.
His muscles, now so rigid, might relax
any moment. Human endurance could
not last much longer. Then a voice
shouted his name.
"Dan! Dan!"
He dared not answer if he could. All
his breath was required to make the
breakwater.
"Ho-00-000. Dan! This way. I'm
here —Dolly! Dan!"
A few more strokes, and he beard a
laugh that made him shudder.
"Oh, thank God—thank God! I'm
here, Dan. This way, Dan."
Then he knew he was above the
breakwater. He looked around. He
could barely discern Dolly in the dark
ness. Voices were heard on the shore.
"Catch the pole, Dan—quick."
Another pull, then Dan reached out a
hand and grasped the pole. As he
grasped it a heavy log struck the skiff.
The next moment he was in the water.
Dolly shrieked. Dan put his left arm
under old Gabe and struck out with
his right, contending now with the
hungry waters for old Gabe's life.
"Save yourself," said Gabe. But Dan
compressed his lips and swam to Dol
ly's side. Dolly held her pole out until
he had a firm grasp on it. With won
derful presence of mind he swam be
low the waterlogged flat Dolly had
pushed out from the shore. Now oth
ers were near at hand, crying out to
tlxem to take heart; help was at hand.
When Dolly Worth stepped out of
the flat, she was greeted with a cheer.
Torches were flaming now; women
were there, too—women with tears in
their eyes—and big, rough men were
there, whose eyes were moist as they
grasped Dan Graham's hands. They
were proud of the "stay at home."
A Kentnckr Summer Outfit.
Many years ago Senator Blackburn
of Kentucky was summoned to Wash
ington In the middle of June to look
after a small matter of patronage.
His departure was so sudden and the
prospect of his staying more than a
day or two away from home so remote
that he carried with him only a hand
bag. But business heaped up on him
Jfter his arrival at the capital, and he
irras obliged to telegraph back a re
quest for a trunkful of summer cloth
ing. His little daughter happened to
be the only member of the family at
home when his dispatch arrived, and,
thinking it her duty to respond
promptly, she packed a trunk and ship
ped it, first slipping a note inside, as
followa:
Dear I'apa—l send you ail the clothe# I
tan find ar-d hope you are well.
The trunk contained seven white
shirt*, six winter scarfs, one tooth
brush. one bowie knife and two re
vol vers. It was a rueful outlook for
Blackburn, with the thermometer up
among the nineties, but be listened to
no proffered condolence*. "My da ugh
ter lias done right," be said. "She
Mrr.t me what a real Kentucky girl re
gards a suitable summer outfit for a
gwjtieman."—Harper's Weekly.
Oa AD Fmmrm.
"Mlggs is running for offiie this
year, isa't he'f
-Runati.g? He's abaciuteiy grorei
-lag for it."- Chicago TrU/ane.
fiairl*
It seems as if the acme of frugality
bad been reached by a Freeh officer
who explained with many appropriate
gesture* his system of sustaining life
on a pension of five francs a week.
"It is dm pie, reree. rate simple,™
be said to the friend who bad ex-.
pnMed amazement at his feat. "iklD
day I go to ze Loose of a good friend,
and x*re I dine so extraordinaire aad
eat so r«w much rat I need no more
tffl Vedneaday.
"Oa at day 1 hare at my restau
rant ooe large, vt-ree- iarge. di»h of
tripe ai_d socne ouhjO- I abhor xe tripe
—ft*, and xe onion also—and togexr/T
ley make me so seek as I have no more
any appetite till Sunday. Too see. tt
Is rent* simple."
The U*llaa4 rrtaraw.
There is a plant is Hottand. known
ts the evening primrooe. which grvws
to a t-._'tt of St« or six feet and tears
a pmfm&m of large yellow flowers so
brilliant that they attract immediate
atteatioo. even at a great distance, hot
the chief peculiarity aUot the plan?
j is the fart that the flowers, opea
Jast before mbmC Ivst ato Miw so
, ioiksly that tiej out the
, mif.z i of «oc_e siagxal agsocy. A —a
| who has this soddest btooeaiag
■ays it kc jast as if cict ooe bad
I toached the had with a wand aad
thos covered it aH at —ce with a goid
ea afctut-
Thr Mam I a t W Ma ■ ■
Life, whether T«puUe or a. sc. i i as
I sre ka»w a, certaialy cssaat eiat sad
der bur coatdttioca. says the Ucdta
Mail The attenaa tioas «£ a tone day
of enot-derafaiy o'er Zi*'j haars' iifa
ttoa. wtth a T *i>l tjt sfer Tsar leagth.
: aeccwspas-ied by ciasge* from eacsa
• acre beat to its xsziyri** of ceM.
wwdd atooe mi&tr all earthly We
. pssaihlL. bat exjuerlosce has taaghi
erea brre the adajeaMßty of Efe to
' Biag exts*sue a. ti/d It saay
he believed that. after aIL wpsk Ufe
assy haTe f«od a boone la
oar lamp of aig'u."
W—ry Talka.
faircM)—l was narf as |~-Eteel m
; yo3 ns. as' IU heC yoa a hundred «a
it- Ootae on avs; »«!*?; tali*.
K«sssi<iae— If jvm mas*? talked the
way you do. yoa'd he bankrupt pretty
Ma
' "What do yoa meaaT
} *Tt wf/uM give itself away "—Phaia
' detyhia Beeard.
HIVING A SWARM.
T» Prevent Bin Prom Absconding
From TUelr >'ew Home.
Many swarms abscond after being
hived a few hours. This Is because
their new home is not comfortable, and
it is probably too hot, says F. G. Her
man In American Agriculturist. A
swarm of bees needs plenty of air. Aft
er a few days when there are eggs and
brcod in the naw hive they will rarely
desert it. When hiving a swarm, we
if®
HTVE ASD FIXTURES FOP. A SWARM.
raise the front end of the hive with
corner blocks (d) made of inch stuff
2% inches wide and 5 inches long
sawed diagonally from one corner to
another. These blocks are also used
for contracting the entrance when
needed. We then slip the small end of
the extension board (b> under the bot
tom board of the hive, and the two lit
tle pieces of iron hold It firmly In place.
This makes a platform on which to
dump the cluster of bees, wjien they
will quickly run into the hive instead
of running all over the ground. Xext
put the shade board (c) on top of the
hive, and the bees are about as com
fortable as they can be made and are
almost always sure to stay and make
ir their new home. If the evening
proves to be a little cool, remove the
corner blocks after sundown, but leave
the shade board on for a few days at
least.
FIELD BEANS.
A Pbj liik Crop nnil the Latest Meth
od* of Grontng It For Market.
In parts of Michigan and New York
the bean crop is a paying one. The
prices this year are unusually high,
and this is stimulating a slightly in
creased acreage. In some places seed is
being planted In Vows eight inches
apart and no cultivation given. Last
year this method was promising.
The beans should never be planted
until all danger from frost Is past.
Those planted when the ground is thor
oughly warmed and when frosts have
left for good get ahead of the ones
planted too early. As a rule choice
dwarf varieties are best, as they stand
up better, are more easily and cheaply
cared for.
If the soil is to be fertilized, be sure
that the manure is thoroughly rotted.
Cultivate as soon after a rain as possi
ble to break up the crust, which will
form on every field, but carefully avoid
going Into a patch of beans when It Is
wet. as the leaves are apt to be serious
ly injured. Shallow and frequent cul
ture is desirable. They should have at
least four cultivations and more If the
season turns out to be a dry one. Fol
lowing is a brief paragraph written by
a successful grower in Michigan to the
Orange Judd Farmer, which Is author
ity for the foregoing:
Fanners always use their best land
for beans, plowing ground early and
harrowing well until June. When the
ground is thoroughly warmed, which
may not he until the middle of the
month or even the 20th, plant in drills
thirty Inches apart. Cultivate twice,
which will usually carry the crop
through. The harvesting is done with
the common bean puller.
Last year some few tried a new plan.
They plowed »: ground early and cul
tivated well ur.r.l the time of planting.
The seed wan then sown In rows six
inches apart. Of course It was not pos
sible to cultlrate at all, but the ground
was rolled directly after seeding. The
beans were cut with a mowing ma
chine and raked up with an ordinary
hay rake. As a result the crop yielded
twenty-two bushels per acre, which
was double that secured from the ordi
nary methods of euitur*. It must be
rememter*rf however, that the grocr-d
was in fine eonttlta. boing free frcm
weed* and anything that wyold hinder
the growth of the bean crop
Hon to Ear«ara«c * *-
Any ecltfratJofc which merely break*
up the foot stocks and leave* tfeem in
the ground, eapedaily daring wet
weather, aids la tL*iz and
multiplication and is worse than
less uni*-*» the ctitivitlua Is ecntinued
w as to prero:t any growth
giaaad. I'./wiag aad lilting ecrn
ground in April and Kay and cultivat
ing at interrais until the iast of Jane,
then leaving the land oanlC'ated dur
ing the r»—'Avr- of the msks, is cue
of the best methods that coc>! be i«ar
md to encourage the growth of csecb
grss- Johcs>>a grass aad many cchr
perennial wee-*.
8« m tma: B*ek*<fcesi.
Bwtatet a dry or weii
drained solL Sow the seed at 2h»ft
any time when raiTaint frrsn July 1
to Jtsly 15. aad we hare r*»J
crop* where it was sown tuxh earlier
and later, tat the abore is a time when
It Is geseraSy sure to do «*BL and
there be from twenty to ti_rty
bosbels of grain to the sot In sow
lm» ii ■' I it to pSow tsder we s£otid
ww tarter. In Juae at lease, and p&yw
Gt-i- r whi> is Umb or last before
any strd ri}*»i ti« fovk.w by so*-
lag wiiier in.z. — ABxrizan CaJtiTSe
tcr-
THE CROP.
Csttiaa aai (aviae •• I»V ®••*.
Hay.
He - ii* cf the gra."
la this rammtrj cf us do x*i.c
give the care we lo tt.
Wi- j tidf are fc las'* the tara every
Tear in saeh a ecsadttacs thri -t Is zi A
ft to feed «o aay otil Drw are
to the £3 e®erts
feedir-? crsf*y la j-
Oie rf
dos/i he rwiy to ai ii"S*g whea
the grua caaaes IK* the fast tiosca.
Thea the scai Is rr~*-s AC rtsh
Later ia the th*-" Juiiea
xura Sefio waodj £her thU
mai« the Htai harder to Che* - aaS
■BBcfc aaore ■ *u-t t > -** - " Sf tt
had bees <rat fa tttae.
F~.cz. tt* - r i "■
Joly. ties. to «ae's p—-
graphical Joeatit®. t -
cutting c#ar rat/-xiy. fear;.iag with
the la p.<d whea the
wmher hods fair to be ?••«*. rat d»r»
as much gr£.«s as may i«e is t : •
pex: day la the •fttfso"* wittt ".ht
farce at coeamaad. Br-sa: stowly aa-l
cardacT. ka&s he fasassi
not hardened to the steady work in the
hot sun. The grass out down In tho
looming of the first day should lay out
i:i ihv.' sunshine until the afternoon of
the same day. Theu start the rake.
Men may follow at once, putting the
windrows Into coeks. which ought uot
to IK? too large at this season of tli"
year.
If the sky is fair untl tlu- likelihood Is
fur a good day tomorrow, no particu
lar care need be given to the method
of putting up the hay. In threatening
weather the matter presents a differ
ent phase. Every haycock should be
s!:ai>od, so far as possible, to shed wa
ter. The hay should not be rolled. It
must ba stacked up, one forkful placed
carefully on top of another and
pressed dowr. compactly! The top
; should be quite sharp. Hay thus nr
ranged will stand rain well.
The next day start the mower again
| in the morning. When the dew is off,
set men to opening out the haycocks
■ put up the day previous. The hay
i should be spread out thin, so that air
and sunshine can freely circulate
through it. By 2 o'clock of a bright day
; this hay will do to draw. A couple of
hours later that cut in the morning
may l>c raked. This is the story of a
crop of good, bright hay.
After the season advances so that the
gross is a little riper if the weather be
tine we mav get in in the afternoon of
the same day the grass cut In the
morning. But at first good hay cannot
be secured In any better way than that
j herein described. Such hay will keep
Indefinitely and come out as bright as
a dollar, according to E. L. Vincent in
Farm and Fireside.
Toj> DrrninE Hayfields.
After the hay crop" has been gathered
comes the best season of the year on
many farms for drawing out 'manure
and spreading It on the hayfields for
top dressing. After securing the hay
crop there is less pressure of work than
at many other seasons, and the ground
is hard and is not injured by the wagon
wheels. Then, too, the manure will be
applied in season to be soaked into the
soil by the fall rains later. This will
start up the grass to give the roots a
protecting coat for winter. Where the
soil is sandy or gravelly fertilizing
would not be profitable, as some of the
fertilizer would leach down below the
reach of the roots and so 1M? lost. Nei
ther is such top dressing practicable on
slopes that wash badly, but almost ev
ery farm ans some field land that may
be profitably top dressed during the
month of August, says a New England
farmer.
The Cntnlpa For Pralrlr Planting.
At the recent Illinois state horticul
tural meeting I was especially inter
ested in hearing my favorite tree (Ca
talpa specloea)' recommended as one of
the very best for general planting. I
wish all farmers living on the prairies
could know the value of this tree and
how easily it can be raised from seed.
Twelve years ago I bought one ounce
of catalpa seed, planted it in a bed in
the garden, and before long I had all
the trees I could use. Many of these
were transplanted to various parts of
the farm, and I find that there Is noth
lng better for shade or for producing
poles and posts. When not crowded,
they make beautiful trees, spreading
about as much as an oak or a maple,
says an Orange Judd Farmer corre
spondent.
Wantlne Fertiliser on Oalona.
I'r,tato growers frequently use a ton
of high grade fertilizer per acre, which
would contain an amount of plant food
far in excess of the needs of the largest
crop it would be possible to grow.
Such fertilizing seemed wasteful, and
the Geneva (X. Y.) station says tests
proved it so and that the onion grower
runs risk of diminished profits
when he uses 1.500 and 2,000 pounds of
commercial manure per acre.
and Jfofet.
Lzrge numbers of the seventeen year
locusts have appeared in the middle
states.
The peppermint industry is looking
up again in Jfew York state.
The Green Mountain Is an ideal grape
for northern states, says Country Gen
tleman.
Tobacco raising under cover is being
tested In Pennsylvania.
Greeley. Colo, Is developing a fa
morw cabbage industry.
Bailroads both east and west are sell
tsvi- plantations of catalpa to he used
for railroad ties. Catalpa is said to le
acady for tfci* use in fifteen years.
Cankerworm is dping much damage.
Spraying with pari* green Is the reo
*l7-'
W m*fFawrr.
Grimea— Yea. I'm food of musie.
There-"* TinaenEan. for Instance—
Bredy—Yoa doo't caD bis born blow
in? asasic?
Grime*—lt has beea very eaJoyab>
to or. I set Tiaamcao to k*#p at tt
I nigLt aad day. aad the raeft was that
i I bought the home next door for a
I tboasaad doliars less thaa the u_ia
who bred in tt asked a week or tw«
before. —Bo*t<« Tnasnijt.
Tat fiaam.
"It is very stws to tell a ft-sebood."
r1 bis mother to little Ji&aie who
bad caaght bias la «k
Tms we're both offal siaaera. ain't
we. M*r queried Jfrnnte.
"Bail What do yoa laeaa7"
"Why. joe toid Missas fet.ti yester
day that yoa heped she'd call agaia.
as" after she ww rat yoa said yoa
a-_»hed *iae"d aever tame agaia."—Ohio
State Jocraai.
1 Xmft Saver.
"lis." yoa are takirv coosfr ierabic
rtsk ia htrfaeg yocr yoaag eaea ewe
twoor th*»e burnt."
*T«v liere is soat risk." isrvwrt
the hoar**' ~* keeper. "Bet thea,
yoa see. they worry wter tt so that
they lose their appecizesv so I save
mosey la the taeg nv'
llai» «4-
She —He was to toes
with btr Why. he seat ter f «?Jj
fcetn aad pntseats wmsstj every daj
for iw'. years
H- I-rf he saaßy ara tor?
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INDIAN AND BUFFALO.
llow the Latter Tnrurd lluntrr and
Chaud the Hed Man.
A retired officer of the Northwest
mounted police who took part In a Mis
souri buffalo run forty years ago de
scribes the Impression at the time ns
of an earthquake. The galloping
horses, the rooking mass of fleeing buf
faU>, the rumbling and quaking of the
ground under the thunderous pound
ing. were all like a violent earthquake.
The same gentleman tells how he once
saw a wounded buffalo tnru on an In
dian hunter. The man's horse took
fright. Instead of darting sideways to
give him a chance to send a last finish
ing shot home the horse became wildly
unmanageable and fled. The buffalo
pursued. Off they rushed, rider and
buffalo, the Indian craning over his
horse's neck, the horse blown and
fagged and unable to gain one pace
Ahead of the buffalo, the great angry
beast covered with foam, with eyes
like fire, pounding and pounding, closer
and closer to the horse till rider and
buffalo disappeared over the horizon.
"To this day I have wondered what
became of that Indian," said the offi
cer, "for the horse was losing and the
buffalo gaining when they went behind
Ihe bluff." This Incident Illustrates a
trait seldom found In wild animals, a
persistent vlndictlveness.—A. C. iJiut
n Outing.
The Wild Strawberry.
The wild strawberry is very widely
diffused over the surface of the earth,
being found in the chill regions of the
north as well as in the sunny climes
of the south. It is not a tropical plant,
however, and except on mountain sides
is not found south of latitude 3S de
grees north. On the European conti
nent It grows extensively from Lap
land and the Shetland isles to Italy and
Greece. It is also found throughout
western Asia, but is unknown in China
and Japan. It lias grown abundantly
on the bleak hills of Iceland for cen
turies. It is found in America from
Labrador and British Columbia to the
pine woods of the southern states and
on the high lands of Mexico and the
Andes. The hardy plant, with its tiny
scarlet berry, may be said to girdle the
earth on the line of the polar circle and
several hundred miles southward, ex
cept that it is not found in the basin of
the river Amur, in Siberia.
Broogliam and Mailed Port.
Lord Brougham, who as a member
of the house of commons was a most
abstemious man, upon his promotion
to the peerage acquired less commend
able habits. During his long and im
passioned appeal to the lords to re
frain from rejecting the reform bill
of 1532 "five tumblers of mulled port,
with a dash of brandy, were brought
to him at Intervals." When he came
to his last sentence ("I warn you, I
Implore you—yea, on my bended knee
I supplicate you—reject not this bill")
he knelt on the woolsack, whence he
slipped to the floor. It is recorded in
the "Lives of the Lord Chancellors"
that "he remained some time as if in
prayer, but his friends, alarmed lest
he should be suffering from the effects
of mulled port, picked him up and
placed liim safely on the woolsack."
Attar of Roses.
In trade the rose is very valuable, as
the attars of India and Persia sell at
a very high price, and there are large
districts of rose gardens in which men
and women are employed, the harvest
months being March and ApriL In
Turkey also rose farming is largely
carried on, and a very fine attar is got
from the rose grown in Kashmir.
Even roaewater is a luxury which Is
by no means to be despised as to price,
but the attar of roses is immensely
costly, and It takes an enormous num
ber of flowers to distil even a few
drops.
The attar Is said to have been first
discovered by the favorite wife of
Jehan Jeer, through whose garden ran
a canal of roaewater, on the surface of
which the found a few drops
of the precious -ttar or oil floating.
It Was C».
There was a newly wedded pair
whose honeymoon trip took them across
the Atlantic. The brine had been
something of a yachtswoman snd was
not affected by the swell, bat her mate
was a bad sailor and took to the rail
Iste on the first day out. Sbe did what
she could to comfort hint, bnt be was
difficult. Sbe thought a touch of the
romantic might get him oat of bis
mood, so sbe tried this:
"Tie raftf-sn is op; isn't it, darling?"
"Yes." be said languidly—"that is. if
I swallowed It."—Philadelphia Times.
Tatelary Tree*.
Ancient people bad their tsteiary
trwts Just as tbey bad their tutelary
gn*lt—tbe former being the altars and
s&rincs of tbe latter. Among the Scan
dinavians the ash was held to be the
mrst kz rr*d tree- Serpents, according
to their befief. dared not approach It.
Hence tbe woman left their children
with entire coeSdeeee snder its shade
while went on with their barrest
iag_—Gefitieman's Magatiae.
A Cestk Ust.
Leaders—Eta yon ever think of tfcat
"Xen ffoC yon U*rw»«l of ne?
Borroaghn—Don't worry. I stlH have
It In mind.
Leaders—Don't yon tbsfc it abo>ct
tirae yon re&rred yom- mind?— E
xchange.
VaMictarr.
*Tbe japer was bere to stay." writes
a Georgia ed."tor. "bat it ncadeMaßy
made mooey i n< oj.k to leave"—Atlan
ta Goostisntion.
There'*- n» possn>jay of besac witty
witinot a little B i_»rare_ The mabee
of a gw>d t'. -g is the barb that makes
It stsek-—Sieridan.
A STORY OF CVEIAR.
n* %salitr •< n« n jr an Ew feSned
trjr the 6nal S win
Czmr trxteied with tbe itCaae of a
ti-. of rasJt aad on bas way ta
be feS Sm with as iiv«*tsr*
s: -n saaj be wnKbac c-jce tban
leg»>s«£. Wb be was -tmaac tbe
11 ja«i. la si jt is have been
tkben by Tbey ctrrted ism
I > xa. mV. off tbe Ga
iai eoasC. wtdch was then in t&esr ;**-
—lmaal there be wnn detained ffcr
Obt weebs with thsw of hm attendant*,
wibe the rest of his tenaarn *<t*
ntsrt «• tie turaavsc Bf<rna'» sr»".an ta
caw- aa» rtssmxz.
Tbe tressed baa wish psSie
nesc. He >n ned is Oer qwtt p«sxed
p rr-« tbw. leobed lacs tbear
bi faißs tanned vrl tbes
*• vd as be t".aM. fmat ; teCla*
Ci*- at tbe «CEaae tmae tbat tbey womld
be bailed.
Tbe rentßoa. a very -trge one. abo«t
£!• was- le-cepiit and paid Caenor
wi. tbe ma -nana near Mi
leenK. wbwe. wltbeot a nsoa*e«f«
deltj. beewlkrted wae armed tlitK
a» tbe -island, sesned tbe
wb"> crew whSr tbry were drrilisg
tbeir ader. aaid tue4 them away Is
f-erja-aoK. tbe cent m
No 36
the Asiatic province, where-they weni
convicted and crucified. Clemency was
not a Roman characteristic. It was
therefore noted with some surprise
that Caesar Interceded to mitigate tha
severity of the punishment. The poor
wretches were strangled before they
were stretched on their crosses and
were spared the prolongation of their
torture.—James Anthony Fronde.
Hun's Wondertal Stomach.
The human stomach posMMee most
wonderful powers of adaptation to cir
cumstances. When Lieutenant Bligh
and his eighteen men were cast off
from the Rounty by the mutineers In
an open boat, they subsisted for forty
one days on a daily allowance of one
tweuty-flfth of a pound of biscuit per
man and a quarter of a pint of water.
Dr. Tanner in 1880 fasted for forty
days, subsisting, it Is said, on water
alone, and Succi and other fasting men
have since excelled this.
Kaffirs, North American Indians and
the fat boy in "Pickwick" may Well
be quoted as fearful examples Of vo
racity, but even their gastronomic feats
are exceeded by the full grown Eski
mo, who will daily eat twenty pounds
of flesh and oil if he has the chance,
while on the authority of Admiral Sar
itcheff a Yakut of Siberia has been
known to consume In twenty-four
hours "the hind quarter of a large ox,
twenty pounds of fat and a quantity
of melted butter for his drink!"
Teanrioa'i Tactlessness.
Several stories are told of Tenny
son's thoughtless speeches. "What fish
is this?" be once asked his hostess
where he was dining. "Whiting," she
replied. "The meanest fish there Is,"
he remarked, quite unconscious that he
could have wounded any one's feelings.
Yet his kindness of heart was such
that when his partridge wsb afterward
given him almost raw he ate steadily
through it for fear his hostess might
be vexed.
On one occasion Tennyson was very
rude to Mrs. Brotherton, a neighbor
at Freshwater. The next day he came
to her house with a great cabbage
under each arm.
"I heard you like these, so I brought
them," he said genially. It was his
idea of a peace offering.
U(htilß('s Marks on tha Body-
A curious and not uncommon effect
of lightning is the formation of certain
arborescent or treelike marks upon the
body. By early observers they were
believed to be due to the presence of
neighboring objects, which were pho
tographed upon the skin. Various ex
planations were offered by different au
thorities. Richardson has shown by ex- .
periment that the blood is the best elec
trical conductor of all human tissues
and that these marks are merely the
impressions of the blood vessels on the
skin, due to the action of the lightning
on the blood in the vessels.—Exchange.
Fear.
Fear causes more disease than do
microbes, more deaths than famine,
more failures than panics; it costs
more than war, is always a failure and
is never necessary. Fear weakens the
heart's action, induces congestion, in
vites Indigestion, produces poison
through decomposing foods and is thus
the mother of auto poisoning, which ei
ther directly causes or greatly aids In
the production of quite 90 per cent of
all our diseases.—G. F. Meacham, M.
D., in Health.
The Parental Plat.
"Nellie, dear," whispered the Wash
ington youth, "I see my mother and
rours are in earnest conversation over
{here. I wonder what they're talking
about."
"Maybe," said the Washington maid
en, with a bright blush, "they think
they're holding a steering committee
meeting."—Chicago Tribune.
A Hint ta the Average Mas.
If the average man who is unlucky
in love spent half as much energy in
hunting up sorae other desirable girl
as he does In chasing the girl who Is
unkind to him, ha would soon be a
good deal happier.— SomerrUls (Mas*.)
Journal.
Thaaa CUrl rrtmU
"I had a proposal last night and re
fused ft,"
"You are always thinking of the wel
fare of others, aren't yon. dear?"— Ohio
State Journal.
Easy at Solatia*.
Mrs. Hoshmore—Toatl hare to settla
up or leave
Boarder—Thanks, awfully. The last
place I was at they made mm do both.
There are three things about the
north pole that have never been dis
covered—exactly where It 1* It is
and why it is.
A Wee* TVnt Est* Flafc.
As English naval officer, writing
frwu Soakin, Bed sen reentry. esatrfb
stes the foOowtag remarkable lasts lire
U a plant preying upon one of the ver
tebrata. The imsrsnce acted was ob
served by him when surveying the
Parse** islands. in the sooth China sen:
•As I nenred s pool ewt off by the tide
froca the an I noticed among *****
soUsariae plants n very ocdinsry look
ing fiesh cnfand weed. Bending to
Inspect it dtser. I noticed sambos of
ansa fish lying heipleas in Its frtmdn.
gppnsretly with Bale sr no Bfe la
them. Pnolng ny bands down ts pick
one of them sp. I fewnd my fagers
—by netm on the weed, the
tnest* of which had dosed tightly
M&OB. them.
-The ink had been eanght In rnxy
tmilrsUi way—by the bend, the tafl.
tfdea. etc.—and none of them had been
held naxd the skin was mi—litifr
■ii ii inil Tbne of the dob that
were sea Irving had vrtdeaOy been
casgit at different times, they appeor
tag ■ tO Kips of exbanotion. I re
gret betag nsabie to name either the
pfant «r tb» tab, bnt that the botanical
—i reoSy P«eyed upon the fiaay
denaess of the dee» tier* km"* the
Tbere was a time In the wide re
ve£r-_sr itiratbs of cesEmftes pnaC" when
ens- gfcfce was wbo£y la the ■ymmm'tm
of waSbac- *» ■"> :■-t-g and tjlag rep
tie*. Beis the Afmramt. type. they
di-r -juA aatarafly mas time great
dosae*. In the ocensn they bsenma gl
yaddaag 1 ii ilna ■ loos sn dry
bai or. rather, wet If* for the whole
face of the ffale was dmuKVas n
<,t»t n-.re at that Cases. they became
which had kg* Cfteen feel or man* m
kngtb. those whaeh i&haMud the re
gaoe* of the air were the I II I Mi t?bf
|C*r»4»rtjli
For a TiMt Ua adaoaa length of
time these awfoi ey-ntnc** Bwaly
rd«£ the etnb J*»s*)y «?w ttey had
-w« tbear day*" they * g«T to pva
k» and lon*. One by oae they died
Imxam naiCß at the preseae
snd tum-mSMtm sad a few Sof orates
reseat a* reosindan of Aadklng Bs
nrdf aal r*'ba» tad of the ensrmons
r»t«*_iaii! tyj«s that toe* u ><a dod land
and sea