VOl XXXIX
|Autumn Wantsf
Claiming; attention. £
# The flodern Store
was never a* brim full as of new goods in every line, g
« ready to supply your wants for the Fall season. A visit to W
U this store will convince you that we have a stock for which
& too much cannot be said. Qk
5 New York Banner Patterns. #
In We have provided the best patterns we could get for our
« Udy friend-, and would say thry are fully guaranteed. Such
5 patterns usudly sell at 25c, but our price will be 10 and 1 sc,
C and you can find everything that's up to-date in every possibie
style. Get "BANNER PATTERNS" and you will
have any other.
6 Underwear and Hosiery. f.
The cool nights will suggest the necessity of looking up jJk
JB your supply in this line and we can fit you out for less money,
flt quality considered, than you may think Come and examine (9
U our large stock and get posted on the best the market aftords. U|
$ Dress Goods; Silks, etc 8
® Our lady friends ate especially invited to visit this depirt-
ment. We are showing aline that will surprise you, and are
U some special vaHes. We will be modest in our ad-
X vertisen e.as and let our p'ices and qualities be our greatest Ok
arguments.
Millinery for Early Autumn. -5
■ Everything that's chic and neat and beautiful can be •
U found here and our display of early Fall styles will delight you. Uk
We will cater to those who appreciate handsome headwear
IR and our facilities in this department are unquestioned. Wc-
jp have made a reputation for our millinery department which we
U propose to maintain at every cost. Qk ,
$ Co.,
$ SOUTH MAUI STKZET }
£ nMo AV 7/1 Wail Orders Solicited 'A
jn mrornci box I «■■■■
OPPOSITK HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA. $
RICKGk'S
Fall Footwear.
Largest stock and most handsome styles of fine
footwear wc have ever shown.
Sorosls 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.
I Men's Shoes
All the latest styles in Men's Fine Shoes. A full line of Men's
Patent-kid Shoes—the latest style lasts, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $5.00
and $6.00. Men's fine calf, vici-kid, and box-call shoes, SI.OO to $5.
Large assortment of Boys, Youths and Little Grants' 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 tipped shoes for Boys and
high cut waterproof shoes for girls.
Large stock of Ladies' kangaroo-calf, oil-grain and kip shoes at
away down prices.
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN SCHOOL SHOES.
Repairing promptly done. Sole leather and shoemakers supplits.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA.
~KE 0 K
# a Spring 4 Summer Weights
»fj\ 4 Vj Have a nsttiness aljout them that |'j
A ' PyL\ f, j\ mark the wearer, it won't do to
IFJ P \ l et] lA jR wear the last year's output. You
Si 1 v FA won't get the latest things at the
y 13 stock clothiers either. The up-to
1 [\ V \,\ n) f date tailor only can supply them,
i/l I T\4 '1 nj[i 1/ if you want not only the latest I!
I ' I II 1111 f I things in cut and fit and work
t 1 If '//// I nunshtp, the finest in durability,
J 1 J j I I where else.can you get combina
jjr J I jI II | tiona, you get them at
KECK
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butter.Pa
.fT EARLY FALL STYLES
N In Footwear Now Open M
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H HUSELTON'S.
< Going to town tomorrow?
m Yes, I need a pair of boots.
That's just what 1 want too. k
k Where are yoa going for 'em? F
Qh t "don't know, gyess 1 11 loojf round. k
k Well, I won't I go straight to Huselton's! WA
W. W Huselton's?—That so, he's all right,
y I never got poor shoes there yet; Pi
W Yes, and I think he's right smart cheaper,
v Let's go together. • 2
" W All right—let's! !
I Huselton's, N
v Opp Hotel Lowry.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Nasal jgcLYsS^
CATARRH
In *r. it« eta-ea. y Ev JjUo#
Ely's Cream BainSF^m/
cleanses, sootues and heal* f y , < *f'm
the dLieased membrane.
It cures catarrh and drives M - V
awaj a ©old in the head
quickly.
Cream Bairn is placed into the nostrils,spreads
over tl.e membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im
mediate and a care follows. It is not drying—does
not produce sneezing. Large Size, 60 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
I atj
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U Johnston's
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i/ji Beef. IrGn and Wine
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92 ,s lhe " . K%
f m Best Torre" j «. J
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B1 (.<1 Purifier. \ j
n1 Price, 50c pint f M
j* Tj Prepared and jr i
sold only et
Jl Johnston's »
P Crystal [J
W Pharmacy.
& J K. It. LOGAN, Pb. O ,
92 tCi! N. Main St., Hutl«-r. Pa
I « Both 'Phones gf J
FA Everything in the
kl drug line. VA
REMOVAL
We have removed our Marble
and Granite chops from corner of
Main and C lay streets to No. 208
N. Main street, (opposite W. D.
Brandon's residence), where we
will be pleased to meet our
customers with 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
Works of Cincinnati, 0., for this
town and vicinity.
P. H. Sechler
Eugene Morrison
GENERAL CONTRACTING
PAINTER and DECORATOR.
Special attention given to
FINK PAPF.R HANGING
GRAINING and
HARDWOOD FINISHING.
Office an<l Shop,
Rear of Ralston's Store,
Residence No. 119 ClifT St.
l'eopic u I'hone 451.
Mars Boiler Works.
All si/.es of
STATIONARY,
PORTABLE and
UPRIGHT BOILERS
always in stock for sale
or exchange.
Repair work promptly attended to,
S. H. ROBERTS,
Hull Phone No. (). Mam,
People's Phone No. 11, Pu.
Family
Reunions!
We often cause ourselves end
less worry and remorse by neg
lecting to do gome little thing.
Get a good picture of your family
and h une made at your first op
portunity. Wc make the best it
$6.00 per dozen, Bxlo inches and
guarantee them permanent. Let
us know MI time to out.
The Butler Dye Works
Pyeing, Cleaning, Pressing.
R. FISHER
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1902
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IVv OMAN J
LOVES
By JOHN F. PEARSON I
Copyright, 10.1, by A. S. Richardson I
It will simplify matters and lead to a
better understanding if I confess at the
, outset that I am what the police de
nominate a "crook." I am neither a
' thief, robber nor burglar, but a iinan
-1 cial agent for people who have props r
-1 ty to dispose of, property acquired i;i
1 an unlawful way. For Instance, if a
j burglar couies across bonds, sink's.
liotes, de. <i» and the like while pu. »u
--| lng his calling he bundles them up and
I brings them to uie. For a liberal cv>m
: mis*; >n 1 dispose of the papers on the
! open, market or deal with the loser di
rect. Now and tlien I handle Jewelry,
but the gems must be valuable and the
losers wealthy to interest me in -i case.
It may be of interest to know that I
i was a fairly good civil engineer before
: I became a financial agent. Why I ex
j changed professions is a matter con
j ceralug myself alone.
Ten years since a friend of mine
named Dee got Into trouble in a west
ern state. In trying to break
from the officers one of them was shot
dead. That meant the gallows for Dee.
I at once secured the best legal counsel
j for him, but was plainly told that only
a miracle could save his neck. When
his case came up, he was convicted
without the jury leaving the box. and
he was sentenced to be hung. We
made an appeal, and he went back to
prison knowing that he would be safe
for eight or ten months to come.
Dee was a man of twenty-eight, a
gentleman by birth, one of the hand
somest men you ever saw. Had it been
a Jury of women they would have ac
quitted him as promptly as he was
convicted. A dozen females broke
down and wept when he was sen
tenced. Though watching things close
ly 1 had not put myself forward at the
trial. Among the interested ones I had
noticed a handsome girl about twenty,
and the trial was not half concluded
when I knew that she regarded Dee
as an Innocent man and a hero. When
the verdict of guilty was pronounced,
she fainted away, and the incident
created some local gossip.
As nothing more could be done for
Dee for some time I was about to leave
the city, when I received a note asking
me to call at a certain house. 1 called
and met Miss Fay, Dee's courtroom ad
mirer and an heiress. She told me
she had fallen in love with Dee and
that every dollar she had was at his
disposal to save his neck. When I re
plied that It wasn't a question of mon
ey and that he was almost certain to
hang after we had exhausted all legal
dodges, she asked me to remain in
town until I heard from her again.
Dee was a far better man In all
things than three-fourths of those
shouting their morality, but I felt It
my duty to tell Miss Fay Just where he
stood. I admitted to her that he was a
criminal instead of a hero and that
even if bis life was saved through her
efforts she could hardly hope he would
marry her and settle down. Nothing I
could say would dispel her Illusions,
andjghc actually became angry at me
for giving her brotherly advice. She
did not tell me what steps she meant
to take, but I knew by the light in her
eyes that she would hesitate at noth
ing. It was seven days before I met
her again, and 1 was astonished at the
work she had done. Dee was confined
In the county Jail, which was as strong
and safe as a state prison. He bad a
cell at the end of a wing, ami was so
hedged In by bolts, bars, guards and
st<'cl and stone walls that there was
not the remotest chance for an escape.
Id n week the girl had located the
cell, rented a cottage outside the walls
and stocked It with tools and provi
sions and laid the plan to defeat Jus
tice. The plan was boldness Itself. I
was to find two trusty men and en
sconce myself In the cottage and dig a
tunnel to the cell of the condemned.
The distance was 100 feet, and we
must go under the street, under the
yard wall and then under the wall of
the Jail. The cottage was one of three
and had a space of only twenty feet on
each side of It. The other cottages
were owned by the families occupying
them, and the people were bound to
watch any strangers moving In. To
dig that tunnel was the work of
months, and to run Its other mouth
Into a cell was a feat the oldest engi
neer and the nerviest sort of a crook
might well hesitate over. I ridiculed
the whole plan at once, but Miss Fay
took It up point by point, and so well
did she argue that after three or four
hours I agreed that there was one
chance lu a thousand that success
might be achieved.
The first move was to find a family
to occupy the cottage. It was not very
difficult for me to get hold of an oldish
woman who would assist us to carry
the scheme through. She opened a
boarding house, but took lu only three
men of us. We were supposed to bo
railroad men and to come and go be
fore daylight and after dark. Now and
then we did come and go, but It was
only to deceive the neighbors. As soon
as we settled Iti the house ws began
work on the tunnel, and we never put
In less than fourteen hours out of the
twenty-four. The two men with me
knew what they were being paid for
and could be depended upon. The cel
lar of the cottage gave us room for the
dirt excavated, and It seemed as if
luck was with us from the start. It
Was winter, with but few people pass
ing on the side street, and the ground ,
being hard frozen there was less dan- {
ger of the roof of the tunnel falling In. I
One cnn run a ditch on the surfaco
«« straight ith a rule, hut when you
come to run a tunnel It IH a different
thing We had Hewers and gna unci
water pipes and beds of rock to look
for, nod the far and uiiiHt retch u cer
tain cell Inside the Jail. To any that
I sweat blood over that Job would bo
drawing It mild. We went over or un
der the pipes In the street, made n
couple of elbows to avoid big recks,
and llnally reached the prison wall.
From the wall we were to go under a
coal Hhed until reaching the prison
wall, and there would be no chance
to take sights above ground, for
tunately for UH we struck nn old aban
doned rn-wer, and thin saved us at
leant it month'* digging We followed
It up to the prison wall nnd then we
were twenty-five feet from the spot
we wanted to reach.
The Jail had a cellar, but under only
two-thirds of the space. The new wing
rented ou a bed of rock and cement.
In the dlfltcult work we had to get
around the pipe* we progrcssi-d only
by InclieH. Toward the last of our
work Miss Fay called at the cottage
of a night and even crept Into the tun
nel. Hhe made the arrangerneuta t'uv
the futuw, and I alune was taken Into
her confidence.
At liiMt there came a night when we
began work on the flagstones forming
the floor of Dee's cell, I hud got a
note to him, and he knew what we
were doing. It wai two nights later
before we broke through and he
dropped down among us. As we
emerged into the cellar of the cottage
I halted to tell him the story of the
girl, and when I had finished it I said:
"You must make a choice. You
must either marry the girl and settle
down to an honest life, or I will give
you up to the prison authorities be
fore you can leave the house.'
He did not hesitate. He was touched
by her devotion and glad enough of
an opportunity to drop his profession.
In an hour he was at the appointed
place. She was there to greet him and
a clergyman was there to marry them.
Then they went away into hiding, and
it was months later before the} - crossed
the sea to make a home in a foreign
land. The escape and the tunnel were
discovered, of course, but the cottage
was empty and the late occupants
could not be traced. While I rejoiced
over Dee's good luck, I really felt more
solid satisfaction over the success of
my tunnel. Tlie newspapers, on the au
thority of tbe city engineer, pronounced
it a splendid piece of work, and added
that the designer must have ability of
no mean order. I had come out to an
Inch of the spot aimed at, and 1 had
taken a prisoner out of one of the
strongest jails In the world.
Ttemitrknlile Reason. For Duels.
Colonel Montgomery was shot In a
duel about a dog; Colonel Itamsey in
one about a servant; Mr. Keatherstone
lu one about a recruit; Sterne's father
in one about a goose, and another gen
tleman in one about a bottle of an
chovies. One officer was challenged
for merely asking his opponent to pass
him a goblet; another was compelled
to tight about a pinch of snuff. Gen
eral Barry was challenged by a Cap
tain Smith for declining wine at a din
ner on a steamboat, although the gen
eral pleaded as an excuse that wine in
variably made him sick, and Lieuten
ant Cowther lost Ills life In a duel be
cause be was refused admittance to a
club of pigeon shooters.
In 1777 a duel occurred In New York
between Lieutenant Feathcrstonehaugh
of the Seventy-fifth and Captain Mc-
Pheraou of the Forty-second British
regiment in regard to the manner of
eating an ear of corn, one contending
that the eating was from the cob and
the other contending that the grain
should be cut off from the cob before
eating. Lieutenant Feathcrstonehaugh
lost his right arm. the ball from his an
tagonist's pistol shattering the limb
fearfully, so much so that it had to be
amputated. Major Noah lost his life
lu 1827 at the dueling ground at llo
ljoken in a simple dispute about what
was trumps in a game of cards.—Lon
don Tit-Bits.
A Dog In a Glove.
There Is no question that the beagle
is a very old breed. Early Roman
accounts of England contain refer
ences to the beagle even by name.
Books published from about 1580 to
1610 describe several varieties of
hounds. Including "the little beagle,
which tnay be carried in a man's
glove." That the miniature hound
was extremely popular at that time
was evident from Queen Elizabeth
keeping a pack which were also said
to be small enough to put in a glove.
This statement Is frequently ridiculed
when It Is not understood that gloves
of that period were not the present
day kind, but gauntlets reaching nearly
to the elbow. What became of those
glove beagles we may surmise from
what we know of the results of later
attempts to maintain {racks of beagles
of 8 to 10 Inches high, the result after
some years being weak puppies that
Jail short of the One qualities of the
little hunting dog when they are grown
up.—Country Life In America.
Pious Sony.
Some years ago a thrifty old cot
tager named Bethla Itummy attended
service every Sunday morning at the
little church of St. Klzelvlr, distant
some two miles from her cottage
on a hillside In Derbyshire. As reg
ular In her provision for temporal
wants as she was in attendance to
spiritual necessities, her custom was
to place a piece of bacon in a pot near
the fire to be ready cooked against
her ruturn. Then, with her big prayer
hook wrapped In a snowy handker
chief. Bethia trudged ou to St. Elze
vir's. One Sunday, however, she camo
late and flustered to her usual place,
Just in front of the reading desk and
to her vicar's astonishment remarked
as she unfolded the snowy handker
chief: "Lawk a dalsey me! If I haven't
b'lled the prayer book and brought the
bacon to church!"— London Chronicle.
Wtifit'n In a Namrf
Her name is Margaret, but all her
friends call her Daisy. It Is a pet
name she has been known by since
she was a child. There is a pretty,
bright, charming freshness about her
which the llower suggests. But not
withstanding the appropriateness of
the nickname the girl, who has recent
ly attained the dignity of an engage
ment ring, has discarded it once and
for all, acd no one Is a friend of hers
who does not call her Margaret. It is
all on account of the new name she Is
to take. She will eventually be Mrs.
Field.
"And it is a very nice name, too,"
says the girl, "but I do not intend to
bo a 'daisy field." "—New York Times.
llomemsAa Rnronirtrr.
A convenient barometer for the
kitclrrn may be made with an ordi
nary glass Jam Jar and an old oil
llask. Kill the Jar three parts full of
water, and after cleaning the flask
place It In the Jar neck downward.
The rising of the water in the flask
will Indicate flue weather. Unsettled
weather will be foretold by the sink
ing of the water.
A fSiiinr of Ijciipfroir.
Napoleon Bonaparte,as Is well known,
wss In the habit of walking with his
arms crossed upon his chest and his
head slightly bent forward, lsabey,
the palntur, was at Maluialson, and he
and some of the first consul's aids do
camp were having a game of leapfrog
on the lawn. Isabey had already
Jumped over the heads of most of
them, when at. the turning of a path he
espied the last player, who, iu the req
uisite position, seemed to bo waiting for
the ordeal. Isabey pursued his course
Without looking, but took ids flight so
badly as only to reach the other's shoul
der, and both rolled over aud over In
the sand.
To Isabey's consternation, his sup
posed fellow player turned out to bo
Bonaparte, who got up, foaming at the
mouth with anger, and, drawing Ills
sword, pounced upon the unfortunate i
artist. Isabey, luckily for himself, bet |
ter at running than at leaping, took to
Ids heels and. Jumping the ditches di
viding the property from the highroad,
got over the wall and never stopped
until, breathless, ho reached the gates
of the Tullerlcs.
Isabey, It was added, went Immedi
ately to Mine. Bonaparte's apartments,
and siie, after having laughed at the
mishap, advised him to Ho low for a
little while.
A DRYHOUSE FOR FRUIT.
One That Won Rnllt nt Small Cost
and Worked Well.
Fruit drying being the order of the
season, a Home and Farm writer de
scribes a satisfactory dryhouse built
by himself at small cost:
The chimney can be built of sticks
and clay. If lime and sand are con
venient and care is taken to cut all the
sticks the same length and plaster it
well Inside and out, over the ends of
the sticks as well as elsewhere, and
then a thin coat of cement put on the
outside, it will last many years, with
a cover 011 when not in use. It should
be two feet square at least, and, as to
height, the higher the better; but ten
feet give a good draft, if the chimney
t is smooth 011 the inside.
The dimensions of the house can be
arranged to suit the amount of work
to be done. This cut shows only three
trays (marked A), but there can be
| any odd number—odd, so the current
:of hot air will pass all right. The di
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PI.AN OF Fliurr DKYINO IIOtJSE.
rection of the current is shown by the
arrows. The large dots under the fire
box show the ends of the grate bars,
made of any old scrap iron that will
reach across into the earth on each
side. They are not absolutely essential.
A single one Just below and inside of
the fire door will do, or even a stick of
green wood, renewed occasionally, will
answer to hold up the ends of the
wood.
The fire door may be a large sheet of
tin or slab of an old stove, which may
be lifted away to put in fuel. The fire
box is made by digging a trench into
the earth eighteen or twenty inches
wide, about the same in depth, and In
length proportionate to the length of
the building, say half way; then it la
made shallower, but broader, back to
the stovepipe, which should be at least
four feet long—six would be better.
Over this trench are placed thin, flat
stones, old stove slabs, boiler plate or
anything of the kind, all cracks being
well luted with clay.
This is represented In the cut by the
line under the words "air inlet," Just
over which Is another line represent
ing the top of a flue made of sheets of
tin, old stove slabs or thin, broad
stones, held up 011 each side by bricks
set edgewise or stones, all well luted
with clay. This flue should be about
four Inches deep and no wider than
the lire box, widening with the flue
leading to the stovepipe.
If 1 ever build another, I shall make
the whole front end a door. The trays
can then be put In and taken out moro
easily and readily. No door Is shown
In this cut. It Is over the lire door.
The flue between the house and chim
ney should be at least three times as
roomy as the inlet flue.
The top tray or set of trays fs pushed
against the back wall, the next against
the front wall, so alternating till all
arc In, the bottom one back, and all
trays reaching from one side to the
other to completely fill the space.
Around the ends and between are
spaces of eight Inches. The stovepipe,
heating the air around It and also act- |
lug something like a Jet pump, causes |
a strong draft, bringing the air In over
the lire, where It Is heated and passes
rapidly buck and forth over the trays,
where It quickly carries off the water
that the heat brings out of the fruit.
It will dry It out lu six hours easily.
Oltrn, or tiumho.
Okra or gumbo Is universally grown
in the southern states and until very I
recently was generally propagated
from home raised seed. Being em
phatically a southern plant, of course
the home grown seed are the best, j
However, new varieties are occasion- 1
ally Introduced, and these must be |
purchased of our seedsmen. The Tall
Growing variety Is the old standby,
but the newer vurietles, Density,
Dwarf Green, Dwarf White, French
Market, Perkins' Mammoth l'od and
(White Velvet, have been Introduced
and thoroughly tested. While in yield
none is equal to the Tall Growing,
yet the Velvet Dwarf White and Densi
ty are earlier and perhaps more deli
cate in quality. A succession would
Include some of the earlier varieties
with the Tall Growing, planted later,
to furnish a full supply throughout the
summer and up to frost.
The Hotfiir Sinaou.
Tho season for sugar beets IUIH been
lather too wet for best results In the
middle states, but prospects are line In
the central west, while in the mountain
and coast states the harvesting of a
superb crop Is now under way and
Pttcllic coast factories are running full
blast. Several new factories will be
completed In time to work up tho llMjil
crop of beets In the United States,
while in Ontario four sugar mills will
ho in operation.—Orange Judd Farmer.
NEW POTATO HARVESTER.
llniKiiril tu Kltlirr I In* I'otn
to«*M or Pllr Tliem Stt tho Kleld.
About fifteen years ago a new ma*
cliluc was reported from Michigan
said to dig potatoes and load them on
a wagon. The report proved unrelia
bly and since that time we have been
hunting for such a machine. Now wo
hear of a new harvester. A picture of
the machine Is here shown, and tho In
ventor gives tills account of It:
"The prinelpai features of the ma
chine are a shovel, which can be set
POTATO UAIIVKHTKIt.
to run at any desired depth; an end*
lean chain carrier In the rear of tho
shovel, a revolving cylinder In the rear
of the chain, a potato elevator pro*
■Jectii>g -Into the Ceur end of the cylln*
der. and a potato sacker In the rear of
the elevator. The heads, or chines, of
the cylinder are supported and revolve
upon trucks or rollers. The periphery
of the cylinder Is composed of small
rods placed a proper distance apart to
retain the potatoes, and within the
cylinder, attached to and revolving
therewith, is n spiral which operates
like an auger and forces the potatoes
back until finally by an Ingenious de
vice the potatoes are carried up on to
the elevator, which delivers them Into
sacks. In operating this machine two
men and four horses are required when
the potatoes are sacked, but when
dumped in piles in the field one man
only is needed.
"The machine is capable of harvest
ing 1.000 bushels in ten hours, or ordi
narily will dig from four to five acres
per day. I might add that the cylin
der revolves slowly. The potatoes and
lumps continually roll to the bottom
thereof, which action breaks the lumps
and sifts out the dirt. The vines are
carried through the machine and drop
ped on the ground."—Rural New York
er.
TWO USEFUL DEVICES.
A Picker For Apple* und a Untidy
Little Kerry Pro iter.
Farm Journal says that the apple
gatherer shown here can be depended
upon not to bruise the fruit, for as
each apple is picked off it gently runs
down the cloth "spout" that Is at
tached to the pole, extending down to
Its lower end. The apple falls Into the
hand of the op
erator and is
placed In the
* JL V ' V \ 1 basket, while
/ £§) X J 1 with the other
f. /s band another
j If apple is being
V ' ijk hooked off.
* I'M Thesecondtool
, j Ij S is the invention
C? of a Country
" ' g Gentleman cor
fJ'|p respondent for
pruning raspber-
rles and black
aitle l'icKER and berries. A black
bush rnuxßß. smith made it
of good material and fastened it to an
old fork handle. It was found that a
person could stand up straight, could
reach through to the opposite side of
the row and, by turning It up edge
wise, sort out the desired stalk among
the thickest clumps and, best of all,
cut very rapidly. The blade is small
and sharp, fiat on the under side and
curved 011 top like a scythe.
Condition of Cane and Hlce.
In every important sugar cane pro
ducing state except Texas the average
condition of sugar cane on Aug. 1 was
considerably below that of a year ago,
and also below the mean of the August
averages for the past ten years. Texas
reports a condition eighteen points
above the ten year areragc, while all
other states contributing to the cane
sugar crop report conditions ranging
from two to eight points below such
average.
The condition of rice Is below that
of Aug. 1, 1901, and also below the
mean of the August averages for the
past eight years in every Important
rice producing state except Texas, in
which state the condition on Aug. 1
was thirteen points higher than at the
corresponding date last year, and
agreed exactly with the mean of the
August averages for the past eight
years.—August Crop Reporter.
Celery For the Market.
For market purposes it Is l>est to
grow but two or three varieties of
celery and build up a trade for a uni
form product. The northern growers,
for the most part, plant White Plume
and Golden Self Blanching for summer
and fall marketing, and those who
make a practice of storing also plant
some such variety as Giant Solid.
nntl Note*.
The commissioner of internal revenue
has decided against the use of palm oil
In the manufacture of oleomargarine.
Make "corn hay" is now the cry of
the agricultural press.
The general Introduction of tho
"cental" system In weighing grain,
wherein 100 pounds replace the bush
el, is being agitated.
The "summer" silo Is coming to the
fore. Many dairymen find ensilage as
valuable In summer as In winter.
Bone-meal fed to hogs is said to save
25 per cent of corn and to make health
ier and stronger animals.
There has been more than the usual
complaint of bird depredations this
season.
How True!
"Say, Jinks, where Is that fine gold
watch you used to sportV I see now
that you're wearing a plain affair lu a
nickel plated case."
"Well, you know, 'circumstances al
ter cases.'"—Baltimore American.
Petitions and addresses to the sov
ereign or to members of the houses of
parliament, if not over two pounds In
weight, are exempt from postage.
THE COOKBOOK
If the pastry be slow In browning,
throw a little sugar 011 the oven shelf.
This will expedite matters greatly.
If the skin of a beet root has got bro
ken, sear the part with a redhot Iron
before cooking It. This will prevent
the beet from bleeding.
The next time tomato soup Is plan
ned for the family dinner try adding
a few slices of orange Just before serv
ing and enjoy the pleasant tlavor which
they Impart.
Eggplant is most palatable when
broiled, ''ut Into thick slices, with the
sklu on; dip In olive oil seasoned with
salt and pepper and eook on wire broil
er over a clear tire five or ten minutes.
When a cake contains too much Hour
or lias baked too fast. It will sink from
the edges or rise up sharply, with a
crack in the middle. If cake lias a
coarse gra In, It was not beaten enough
or the oven was too slow.
If you like cocoanut pyramids, beat
the whites of two eggs till light and
stiff; mix with two cupful* of grated
cocoa nut, one cupful < f powdered sug
ar IUHI two tablcspo'uifuls <>f Hour;
make Into pyramids and bake brown.
Tho niinrli'it l.lvrtl Cllr.
Which ■ f the |„: .• eiiies of tho world
hail the slier' t life?
In the Mitel' ..t world the answer Is*
Palmyra. The |> . iod of lis prosperity
extended old? fr ;.i 117 !•> tiT.'J A. I»..
tr.l! year 111 the I. fill eentucy It
I'ersopolis w.is the ceplial f the Per
sian ei . f. r Hi ii.v years only, but
tills \\ '■ merely an ceeMent of war
mid p-iliC i ".i: 'l l •. ev. (lie K.hortest
lived HI at < f empire, f«.R it only eu
illired ui it t .".i»:* year«. Inl odcru fillies
the aii:»\\i 1 : old be Aitarajuira, the
former eapilal of Mnrmu. Founded in
17s.'!, It had In I "i a population of (
I7.VM>O. Sixty J e: is later the seat of
gover: M V •* tre i .sferrwl to Mllll
dalay. and A. t ur.i Is now repre
sented only l.» . '■ u ruined temples
aud luiniiioo huts, l.uudoii Answers. '
A POUND'S A POUND.
ilct a Found of Feather* la Heavier
Than n Found of l.eod.
That old question atx>ut .1 pound of
feathers and a pound of lead takes on
new interest when we look at It lu a
simple scientific way. It seems ab
surd. of course, that a pound of one
thing could he heavier than a pound of
mother thing, and yet that Is exactly
what may be shown in this case; not
that the i>ound of lead is heavier than
the pound of feathers, as most persons
would say on the spur of the moment,
but just the other way—a pound of
feathers is heavier than a pound of
| lead.
This apparently inconsistent state
ment may l»e quite easily proved. With
accurate scales weigh a pound of lead,
using ordinary shot for convenience;
then with the same scales weigh a
pound of feathers, putting them Into a
muslin bag for the purpose. The feath
ers . nd the bag together must weigh
exactly a pound.
The next step In the operation will
show apparently that there is no dif
ference whatever in the weight of the
two articles, for you put the shot In
one pan of a balance and the bag of
feathers in the other, and after a little
seesawing they will come to an exact
level.
Now, however, the scientific phase of
the question
are reminded that in weighing the ar
ticles thus In the open air you have
taken no account of the buoyant pow
er of the air, which bears everything
up In proportion to the object's bulk.
As the bag of feathers Is of greater
bulk than the shot, it is borne up more
than the shot Is, and for that reason
It is necessary to use a little more than
a pound of feathers to balance a pound
of lead.
This, however, is theoretical. The
practical proof is obtained when you
place the balance bearing the lead and
the feathers on the receiver of an air
pump and cover them with the glass
bell. Then exhaust the air, and you
will tlnd that the pan bearing the feath
ers will sink and the pan bearing the
lead will rise, thus showing that when
weighed In the ordinary way the quan
tity of feathers used to make a pound
Is actually more than a pound.—New
York Press.
FINS OF THE FLYING FISH.
Than *• Wiagl.
Out from the warmer seas fly the
flying fish, the fish of which every one
has heard, which yet none can see for
the first time without a gasp of amaze
ment. without a feeling as though be
holding the miraculous, the fish which
has given rise to more untruthful sto
ries than any other fish In all the seas.
Undoubtedly the (lying fish has wings
like a bird; undoubtedly it files, yet not
as a bird. It does not flap the wing
like, pectoral tins on which it Is up
borne, nor, once launched In the air,
can It change Its course by any move
ment of Its wings until It dips again
to the water. Yet It will pass a ship
making ten knots In the hour and trav
el In the air as far as 500 feet at a
time.
Astounding, Indeed, Is the sight of a
shoal of flying fish taking to the air,
skimming far over the surface when
the sea Is calm, leaping high over
great waves when gales blow. Fish
seem ludicrously out of their element
lu the air, but that flsh should fly Is
not really more wonderful than that
some animals and birds, like the otter
or the penguin, dive and swim to per
fection.
The flying fish's fins are really para
chutes to support and steady Its body
rather than wings to propel It. The
lobe of the tall gives propulsion to the
body as It leaves the water. A flying
fish measures about a foot in length,
ntid its long, transparent pectoral flns
reach almost to the tail; but, though
very large when expanded, they can
be folded up very neatly. Its flight la
short and Intermittent, and It must
needs continually dip into the sea to
give Itself a fresh start.—Pearson's.
Accurate Delay.
Many stories are told of the lack of
punctuality upon southern railroads.
It Is said that when a New England
man found ifls train, advertised to
leave at 11 o'clock, starting at exactly
that hour he complimented the con
ductor.
"Just on time, I see." he said genial
ly. "All this talk I'vo heard of tho
lateness of your trains Is without foun
dation, I've no doubt."
The conductor smiled at him gently.
"This train, sir," he said without a
trace of embarrassment, "Is not today's
11 o'clock train, sir. It Is yesterday's
11 o'clock. Today's will probably not
get here from way down until tomor
friw, sir."—Youth'B Compaulon.
After the Dance.
"I IIOIH; you have enjoyed the even
ing, Miss Oliver."
"Not excessively, Mr. Roland. The
men are such wretched dancers. I
have had only ouo really good part
ner."
"My own experience precisely."
"Yes, Mr. Van Twister is the best'
dancer I ever saw. There he goes now
with Grace Turner. It is a pleasure to
watch them, Isn't it?"
"Yes; he does very nicely—with a
partner like your friend Grace. She
is the one to whom I .was referring
Just now."
"So I supposed."—New York Herald.
Boiling Them Soft.
Mrs. Newly wed—These eggs are still
hard. How long did you boll them?
New Cook—Five minutes, ma'am.
Mrs. Newlywed Well, next time give
them ten minutes.—New York Press.
The flrst factory for the manufac
, ture of cotton tewing thread was lo
cated at I'awtucket, It. 1., lu 1704.
YOUNG GRANT'S COLT.
Tin* Story of u I'tirclißar That
ICitriiril tlx- 111*y Much Irn>lim.
When I'lysses S. Grant WHS n small
boy llvlug in Georgetown, «>., he waut
ed. like most boys, to own a horse,
and olio particular c»lt belonging to a
man named Italston he wished espe
clally to have. To Indulge the hoy's
taste and buy the colt his father of
fered Mr. Ralston S2O, but the owner
valued the colt at $25 an<l refused tho
offer, taking the unlmal home with
hliu.
As the hours paused after tho llttlo
horse hud trotted away with Its owner
Ulysses" disappointment and eagerness
for possession Increased, and he Anal
ly In'gged Ids father to pay the $25 de
manded. ilih father said that S2O was
till the animal was worth, hilt since
Ulysses desired It so much he might
go to Mr. Italston and offer s'-<> IIRM In.
If. his father added, lie could not buy
It for S2O, he might offer $22.50, ami If
the owner would not let It go for $22.50
he might, In order to obtain It, give $25.
Ulysses therefore mounted a horse
and set out for Mr. Kalston's. He was
at that time probably about eight years
old.
When he found the owner, he told
him, "l'apu says I may offer you S2O
for the colt, but If yon won't take tliaft
to offer yon $22.50, and If you won't
take that to give you s2s.'*
The eagerness of the boy to gain tha
, horse cotftld not brook any barrier. It
is needless to say that he paid |25 and
' led the animal home.
1 Grant said, in writing his memoirs,
that the story of this purchase of his
got out lu the village and It was long
before he heard the last of It. The
schoolboys delighted in teasing him
about it; schoolboys are very often
1 little barbarians for tormenting one
1 another, and they did not let Ulysses
forget this one instance when he was
behind the rest in cleverness.
He kept the horse for several years
! and finally sold it for S2O, the poor
nnimal having become blind. Later
' j he found it taken from the road and
, | working the tread wheel of a ferryboat
which piied between the Ohio and
Kentucky banks of the Ohio river.
; THE PERPETUAL LIGHT.
Remarkable Lamp In Lomlilaoa
' Tliat Never Goes Ont.
"The mo&t remarkable lamp in this
section of the country," said a man
who cruises a great deal along the
coast to the New Orleans Times-Dem
ocrat, "is to be found lu the water area
between I.ake Borgue and Mississippi
sound in a lonely, desolate, isolated
spot, where the fall of human feet and
the dip of oars are beard only four
times a year.
"The light Is some distance this side
of Bay St. Louis and is a little south
of Chinchuba. It stands away out In
the marsh, but can be seen from tho
Louisville and Nashville railroad. It
burns all the time, day and night,
year In and year out. It flickers away
for the benefit of the mariners who
frequent these waters. It Is the Per
petual light. The sun, the moon and
stars may come and go, but the light
which shines out In the dismal marsh
is always the same. It Is the one
bright thing In a rather dismal stretch
of country. Seaweeds grow wild and
rank In that region. The land, such
as one may see from a railroad train.
Is a flat and treeless waste. It is with
out any cheerful aspect, low, gloomy,
overhung by miasmatic mist and a per
fect prairie of wild and matted weeds
of the kind which flourish In marshy
regions, it is threaded by sluggish
arms of water.
"Once every three months this lamp
Is visited by a human being. It is
filled with oil, trimmed up and put in
condition to burn for three months
' longer. Thus It Is visited four times a
year. It Is situated so that the winds
cannot put It out It renders good
service, never explodes, never goes out,
never gets dimmer or brighter, but
burns with the same steady power all
the time. It has earned the name of
the Perpetual light."
Washing In the Orient.
The Japanese rip their garments
apart for every washing, and they Iron
their clothes by spreading them on a
flat board and leafllng this up against
the house to dry. The sun takes the
wrinkles out of tho clothes, and some
of them have quite a luster. The Jap
anese woman does her washing out of
doors. Her washtub is not more than
six inches high.
The hardest worked washerwomen
in the world are the Koreans. They
have to wash about a dozen dresses
for their husbands, and they have plen
ty to do. The washing Is usually done
In cold water and often in running
streams. The clothes are pounded with
paddles until they shine like a shirt
front fresh from a laundry.—.Chicago
Fews.
A Heartless Interruption.
A young Parisian, noted for his grace
and readiness as a second in many
duels, was asked by a friend to ac
company him to the mayor's office to
affix his signature as a witness to the
matrimonial registry. He consented,
but when the scene was reached for
got himself. Just as the mayor was
ready for the last formalities he broke
out: "Gentlemen, cannot this affair
be arranged? Is there no way of pre
venting this sad occurrence?"
Marjory's Proviso.
Baby Marjory has been having her
flrst experience of rural sights and
sounds, of green things growing, of
flowers hiding in tho grass, of cows In
the pasture, of horses in the stable.
She was delighted with all but one of
them, says a writer in the Philadelphia
Telegraph.
The one exception was tho big, surly
dog that keeps watch and ward over
tho farm. She respected Hector in
bis own place, but that place is at a
distance. She did not want him or his
kind to approach near enough for in
timate acquaintance.
Having been invited by a lady of
the house to take a walk down to
the village, Marjory hesitated a little.
"Why, Marjory," exclaimed the lady,
In an injured toue of voice, "don't you
want to go with mo?"
"Yes," replied tho little maid, "I
want to go, but p'easo don't let any
dogs happen to me!"
Oldest Inn In Enfflaad.
In the village of Norto St Philip 1s
tho George lun. It claims to be the
oldest licensed village alehouse in Eng
land, tho license dating from 1397! Its
appearance is eminently picturesque,
each story overhanging that beneath,
while the front Is broken by bay win
dows, a porch and a flight of stone
steps leading to a doorway In the wall.
At the back are more quaint dodrs and
windows, a turret built against the
wall and Inclosing an outside stair,
while in the yard still remains a por
tion of the old gallery which in the
middle ages was found in so many
hostelrles. Most of the front is tim
bered. Each gable Is surmounted by a
curious chimney. A curious feature of
tho interior is the upper floor, which is
of plaster.
The Girl and Her Plar*
Once upon a time there wero n young
lady and a young gentleman playing
a two handed game of euchre.
"I offer you a solitaire diamond,"
said the young man as ho played the
aco of that suit
"The best I can do is to give you my
heart," tho young woman answered as
alio played.
"Then your whole hand goes with
it," he said.
"Yes, Charles, dear," sho replied.
Moral.—There Is such a thing as
playing into the other player's hand.—
New York Herald.
Roman Gormandi.
The ancient Greeks aud Romans
drank wine freely at their feasts. Wine
wus their beverage. Indeed Bacchus
held high carnival among them, and
the lloman would gorge himself with
food and then empty his stomach by
artificial means and resume his seat
at table and eat and drluk to his fill
Good Manager.
"You seem to manage remarkably
well on your housekeeping money."
"Yes. The tradespeople haven't sent
their bills In yet "—New York Herald.
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