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$ Grand Millinery Opening! $
jj Thursday, Friday and Saturday. October 2-3-4
#x Extraordinary Antutnn Array of Artictic Hats
The flodern Store *
is laying special stress npon its Millinery facilities. We invite inspection
?? and comparison and if this department is not. in every respect, up-to-date
J# and competent to fnrnish the highest stvle ofLthe art, we don t ask vonr m
S patronage Come to our opening on the above dates and see for yourgi-lf
0 what we have to offer. No matter how handsome yonr gown, if your h:it •
(V is illy chosen your whole outfit is marred in its effects. We make a
m specialty of PARTICULAR HATS FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE.
X B^aatifn^Triaimed Pattern Hats The choicest creations of master Ufc
milliners. .
Every department is now complete, and our stock is the largest we jJk
have had the pleasure to offer to our friends. The new store is crowded
U to its carrying capacity with every article of flt
2 Dry Goods, Ladies'and Hen's Furnishings,
JO and we show all the novelties of the season, which are sure to call forth
40 yonr approval, both as to quality and price. |dk
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mt SOUTH MAIN STREET ) noi ...... C
S ! riopLis D r Mail Orders Solicited Uh
FOSTOFFICE BOX I
. • OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA. $
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/ LATEST FALL FOOTWEAR. )
1 Patrician Shoes 13.50 in patent kid, vici kid and box calf. /
/ American Girl Shoes $2 50, in all leathers in medium and high tops. v
N Large stock of Misses' and Children's dress shoes; also the kind for school. J
r Full liqe of Men'sfioeehoes.iucludingtheHanan.the best in the city for *•">. \
v Fall line of Men's and Ladies' heavy shoes at lowest prices C
? NEW RUBBER GOODS. /
5 DAUBENSPECK & TURNER. \
I NEXT TO SAVINGS BANK. • /
/ 108 S. Main St. Butler, Pa \
-BICKEL'S FALL and WINTER
OPENING OI FOOTWEAR.
rurnv NEW STYLE IS HERE,
rVrn T NEW SHAPE AND
LF LII 1 NEW LEATHER.
In Ladies' fine shoes we are showing many handsome styles in
Enamels, patent-kid, velour and box calf, dull or patent tips, Opera
or Military heels.
Girls shoes in fine box-calfand Dongola kid, low or spring-heels,
welt soles, all sizes and widths.
M en's fine shoes in patent colt-skin, enamel, vici-kid and box
calf, hand soles, all the newest lasts.
Large assortment of Boys', Youths' and Little Gents' fine shoes
in latest styles.
EVERY DAY SHOES.
Ladies'whole stock waterproof at $1.75. The same kind in
1 M isses' sizes at $1.40. Cheaper grades in oil-grain and kangaroo
calf at 85c, SI.OO, $1.25 per pair.
Large stock of Gokey's high-cut, hand-pegged, box toe shces.
See our drillers high-cut, box-toe, bellis tongue shoes, hand
fitted, just the kind for this time of the year.
Our stock of school shoes is complete. Gokey's high-cut, cop
per-toed shoes for boys, and waterproof shoes for girls. Large
stock of best grade Felts and first quality Rubbers of all kjnds at
prices sure to interest you.
Large stock ol Ladies', Gents', Misses' and Children's Leggins
and Overgaiters.
Repairing promptly done. Sole leather and shoemakers supplies,
JOHN BICKEL,
128 South Main St., EUTLER, PA.
K E C K
Fall Winter Weights j|b
E Have a natliness about them that J] 1 /| [\
mark the wearer, it won't do to ' Kw\ // iv
wear the last year's output. You yj \ \gf) (di U
won't get the latest things at the j \J ?j
stock clothiers either. The up-to j5 r/ \ lFf R
Cdate tailor only can supply them, If \sA I 11?
if you want not only the latest I J { | A/ V* »nII u
things in cut and fit and work- n 1 / / ]///|f I
nianship, the finest in durability,. j 1 f {III
where e'se can you get combina- 11 I i ll I
tions," yon get them at 1 j ill II f
KECK
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
42 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler.Pa
N EARLY FALL STYLES k*
N In Footwear Now Open k
j HI'SDLTON'S. j
rj Going to town tomorrow? j
y] Yea, I need a pair of boots. fA
TA That's just what I want too.
ki Where are yoa going for 'em? WA
YA Oh I don't jenow, gijess I'll loojj round,
ki Well, 1 won't 1 go straight to Huselton'e! fl
jA rluselton's?—That so, he's all right,
I never got poor shoes there yet; PJ
Wl Yes, and I think he's right smart cheaper,
If Let's go together.
All right—let's! ! T*
pi Huselton's, H
] Opp Hotel Lgwry.
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" THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
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CATARRH
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' the diseased memhraae. 1
f It cures catarrh and drves M.
. away a cold in the head
f quickly.
!Crt:-.an Balm is placed luto tha nostrils,spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im-
I mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does
I not produce sneezing. I-arge Size, 50 cents at Drug
' gists or by mail; Trial Cize, in cents.
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WM Best Touic ul
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Bl'od Purifier.
Price, 50c pint [ ■
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ICS N. Main St., Butler, Pa'
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Everything in the
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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 with figures that are
right on
Mouuments & Headstones
of all kinds and are also prepared
to give best figurrs on
Iron Fence, Flower Vases
etc., as wc 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
FINE PAPER HANGING
GRAINING an.l
HARDWOOD FINISHING.
Office and Shop,
Rear of Ralston's Store,
Residence No. 119 Cliff St.
i vjpi<- » Phoue 451.
Mars Boiler Works.
All sizes of
* STATIONARY,
PORTABLE and
UPRIGHT BOILERS
always in stock for sale
or exchange.
Repair work promptly attended to,
S. H. ROBERTS,
Bell Phone No. 0. Mars,
People's Phone No. 11. Pa.
Family
Reunions!
We often cause ourselves end
tess worry and remorse by neg
lecting to do some little thing.
Get a good picture of your family
and home made at your first op
portunity We make the best at
$6.00 per do4en, Bxio inches and
guarantee them permanent. Let
us know in time to go out.
The Butler Dye Works
Dyeing, Cleaning, Pressing.
• fl. F|SHER
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, IQO2
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I \ ALICIA'S
J COWBOY §
0 By E. S. WLNTHROP £j
M ''<» p i/right. Idol, by E. S. Winthrop |i)
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' It needed no lurid posters spread
with tiuckliif: bronchos and rough rld
- trs of the world to announce that Buf
j falo Bill was coming: to town. The
Email boy betrayed an almost pathetic
\ eagerness to render small services to
j the heads of the households. The faui
i lly clothesline disappeared under the
j btrn to emerge later as a lariat and to
, violently choke the youngest hopeful
: eir.pl yed as a target in default of real
| wild hers s in the family back yard,
j The older folk were uot above being
interested in the matter. Paterfamilias
told how in his younger days he had
known a man who could shoot all
around Colonel Cody. The mother le
counted, with a faint blush on Uer
faded cheek, how she had crossed the
plains in 1873 and during a blizzard
had been saved from an untimely
death by the ministrations of a young
lieutenant. In fact, the very blue blan
ket under which her husband now took
las Sunday afternoon nap in the libra
ry was a souvenir of her narrow es
cape.
Between the two extremes the show
| was at once a bait and a reward. It
was the peace offering when Strephon
fought with Phyllis. It was a merit
badge when Phyllis would not quarrel.
Even Edward Thurston and Alicia
Peyton were Interested in the gaudy
pictures as they strolled silently along
in the mild spring air. Yet Thurston
had just asked a certain fateful ques
tion. and Miss Peyton's "No" had been
very decided.
"I like you better, perhaps, than any
Iran 1 know," she had said. "Still, lik
ing isn't love, and the man I love must
be some oue I can respect. You are a
nice boy, a good talker and have all
the advantages of birth and position.
That is not enough. I waut to marry a
man—a real man, strong, reliant—like
that man there." And she pointed to
the lithographic reproduction of the
Rosa Bonheur painting of Cody.
"But, Alicia," he urged, "this is so
foolish, you know. A chap can't ride a
broncho and wear chaps and spurs
when a street car or a cab is the prop-*
er thing and patent leathers and black
cloth are preferred. Let me sho<w
you"—
She raised her hand in protest.
"Please," she said, "don't argue. It
hurts me to say this. Don't make it
worse by continuing a conversation
that 13 painful."
So he held his peace, but as they
walked slowly back to the house from
the park each fresh "stand" of bills
aod Alicia's evident interest in them
Increased the twinkle which had como
in Thurston's eye despite the blow to
his hopes.
When they reached her door, he
would not enter, but as he took her
hand he asked: "May I send you seats
for the Wild West? I have friends
with the organization, and while I
shall not be able to be with you it
would give uju pleasure to know you
were admiring the 'real man.'"
"Don't," she urged. "You are not
kind. I didn't mean that I wanted to
marry a cowboy, merely that I was
tired of the effeminate men of the cit
ies, men who never do things, who are
content simply to exist. It is not your
own fault that you are not other than
you are. It is the fault of our modern
training."
He laughed. "I didn't mean to ques
tion your judgment," he said. "I will
send a box over for the matinee. Then
you can take the little ones. Good
night."
He held her cool, slender hand for a
moment longer than was strictly good
form, then turned and went down the
street with a spriDgy stride that argued
more strength than was made apparent
by the modern tailor's arts.
Thursday afternoon the "show lots,"
cs the vacant field generally used for
exhibition purposes was called, were
crowded. Those who could afford to
patronize the entertainment were for
the most part already inside. Those
without the gates were those who.
lacking the price, lived in the hope j
that some philanthropist would sud
denly happen along and invite them all
Inside.
Falling that, there was always the
noise of the shooting, and the year be
fore three clay pigeons had fallen out-
Bide the fence, and portions had been
i-lierlshed in pocket museums of small
bojs for weeks thereafter as an offset
to the cartridge shells obtained by the
fortunate ones who had seen the show.
In a bos; affording au unobstructed
view of the field sat the Peyton family,
from Grandpa Peyton to Harry, the
four-year-old.
The younger ones were all Impatient
for the performance to commence. The
band was something. But bands were
more common than cowboys, even
though this was a cowboy band- What
they wanted were men who rode
horses. Harry in particular was on
the ragged edge, and his nurse had
difficulty in keeping him from break
ing away in search of his hero. The
year before he had been adjudged too
young to attend.
The first band of Indians came dash
ing into the arena, turning the upper
curve Just beyond the Peyton box, and
wheeling smartly into place. Harry
was transported. Here were the In
dians at last, and their painted, half
naked bodies were even more fascinat
ing than the images he had been able
to conjure up during his sleepless mo
ments in the dimly lighted nursery.
Band after band came on, each fol
!owed by its chief, and each succeeding
>ody drew Harry nearer to the front
of the box. The nurse, fresh from Irish j
soil, was too much interested to watch
her charge. The others trusted to the
nurse.
At last came the cowboys, better
mounted even than their associates.
Six abreast they swept into the arena
and came tearing down the stretch.
{Suddenly a groan went lip, a great vol
ume of tone like the voice of one
mighty man. There, directly In the
path of the riders, stood a fair haired
child. The sun glanced from its dainty
while dress and lit up the long tlaxen
calls till they seemed to form a halo !
about its head.
Alicia sprang up with a fearful j
scream.
"Harry!" she cried. "Oh, my dar- j
Hug, come to sister!" Then she covered
her eyes, not daring to face the awful
horror she knew must come.
The instant he did so some impulse j
compelled her to look again, and a ray
of hope lit up her strained face.
The riders 011 the inside bad turned
aside. The oue nearest the child
stooped and caught him up, and as a
mighty shout went up from the crowd
he swung the little fellow to the pon»
mel (>f the saddle. The six uiored on.
Tliey drew Into their places, and the
child shouted with delight at the nov
elty of his position, never giving
thought to the dauger he had faced.
As the horseman stood there vthtfltfng
for the end of the entree Alicia sought
his face, her eyes dimmed with grate
ful tears. I.ike his fellows, he wore
the regulation blur shirt with its scar
let kerchief. The browu leather chap*
were much like those worn by the oth
ers, and a huge sombrero threw the
face in shadow. He was in nowise
different from his fellows, yet it seemed
to Alicia as if there was something
familiar iu the figure—something that
suggested some one she had known.
It was absurd to imagine that she
numbered a plainsman among her ac
quaintances/yet try as she would she
could uot take her eyes from him.
"Even when Colonel Cody passed on his
splendid horse the graceful, well built
1 figure and the tiny white form of her
i brother were all she saw.
The colonel had made his little
| speech. He had introduced his con
' gress of rough riders of th • world with
1 a sweep of his hat, all inclusive. The
riders had advanced to the barrier,
! had retreated and were beginning the
' musical ride which finishes the en
trance.
At first the cowboys were within the
circle. Gradually, however, the Anks
thinned out, and on the last circuit
they would have to pass the box. Har
ry's rescuer reined up as the box was
reached and, drawing out of line,
leaned forward to restore the boy.
Alicia started forward to receive
him, fully occupied with her little
brother. Not until the rider was iu mo
tion again did she look into his face.
Then she sank down, crying and laugh
ing all at once. Mild hysterics, wom
an's universal panacea, had come to
her relief.
After the siege of Peking had been
raised and the emblem of Christianity
had replaced the banners of pagan
ism, according to the programme, the
Peyton family were interviewing a
young man who now wore the khaki
uniform of n private soldier. His face
was flushed with embarrassment.
Peyton pere regarded him with be
nevolent good will and suggested that
he had better come up to dinner. Pey
ton mere tried to say something suit
able and wept quietly instead. The
younger Peytons regarded him with
owa, much as one looks upon a neigh
bor who suddenly achieves national
greatness. All this was of interest,
but there was a look in Alicia Peyton's
eyes that made him wish the rest of
the family would go away and leave
him alone with her.
But when this wish was granted a
few hours later Thurston was sudden
ly tongue tied and distressingly self
conscious.
Alicia raised her eyes, brimming
with tenderness, to his. "Since you
won't take advantage of your bravery,
sir," she said, "I suppose I will have to
propose to you myself."
"It's not gratitude I want; it's love,"
he said gently. "You feel now that 1
must be repaid for picking up Harry."
"It is love I offer," she said proudly.
"I didn't know it then. You seemed as
Inert as the rest of our men. How was
I to know that you had 'ridden the
range' for three years after your
health broke down in college if you
didn't tell me?"
I lie answered with a kiss. "At any
rate," he said, "you have won a cow
boy. That's why X wouldn't argue the
point with you the other evening. I
have ridden with Cody's show every
time it has come to town since I came
back from the west. It's like visiting
old friends."
Secret*.
There are those who hold that a sin
gular and prime friendship, such as
marriage, for instance, dissolves all
other obligations whatsoever and that
secrets betrayed are the greatest sac
rifices possible upon the altar of love.
Montaigne says, "The secret I have
sworn not to reveal to any other I may
without perjury communicate to him
who is not another, but myself." There
are few friendships nowadays so close
as his with Etienne de la Boetie, who
himself "would not so much as lie In
jest." Theirs was one of the great
friendships of history. But there Is
much casuistry used by those who
would manifest their Importance In
knowing mysterious things. They obey
the letter of the law of honor and tell
without really telling, letting the truth
leak out in wise hints and suggestions,
or they tell part of a tale and hood
j wink themselves into thinking that
they Lave violated no confidence. Yet
nothing is so dangerous as half a
truth. Sooner or later it is inevitable
that the hearer will come across the
other side, and the cat is out of the
bag.—Philadelphia Ledger.
SIGN YOUR LETTERS.
Many People Write Letter* and For
get the SigSntare.
''Many people write letters that they
forget to sign," said a postofflce clerk.
"People come to us every day with
such letters In the hope that they may
be able to trace the writers. Some
times we can do so, but not often. Of
course only a small percentage of such
letters are brought to our attention, so
the total number must be very large,
<'lf the name of the writer is on the
envelope or letter head, the lack of a
signature is of less consequence, but It
happens frequently that important let
ters cannot be traced to the writers.
"A certain business house in this city
brought in a letter one day minus the
signature and containing a ten dollar
bill to pay for certain goods ordered.
It came from a village lu the interior
of the state, *and it was sent to the
postmaster of the place, with the re
quest that he ascertain the name of
the writer, if possible. He failed to do
so, and the matter rested for some
time. One day we received a letter
, from the same town asking us as to
| the reliability of the firm to which the
letter had been written, saying that
the writer had sent the firm money for
an order of goods and had received no
I reply. It turued out to be the person
we were in search of. and the mistake
was explained. But this was an ex
ceptional case."—Chicago Inter Ocean.
Premature Anxiety.
"A lontf time ago, when trains tray
eled more slowly than they do now and
'way' trains were more common, two
[ high railway officials got on a train at
Philadelphia, Inten :ng" to ride out
about thirty miles," said an old rail
road conductor. "They had a lot to
say to each other, and the train, which
| stopped at every woodpile, worried
I them a good deal.
"A man recently landed got aboard
! a few miles out and added to their
i annoyance by his persistence in asking
; the name of every station that the
train stopped at. After they had po
j litely answered his questions for a
| dozen stations or so one of them be
j came angry and said to him:
f " 'See here, my friend, if you'll kind
ly tell me where you're going I'll see
that you don't get carried by the
place.'
"The immigrant reached down to a
capacious pocket and pulled up a tick
et with about twenty coupons at
tached, the last of which read Omaha."
1 MANGE IN CATTLE.
Small Dlpulni; Plant For Ordinary
Farm I'kc.
Of the various dipping plants in use
there are the small dipping plant,
which is inexpensive and suitable for j
use by a community of farmers, and |
the larger dipping plant, with swim- 1
ming tank, such as would be needed if |
large numbers of range cattle are to
be treated. A suitable plant for a com
-1 munity of farmers has been built for
$l3O. while a swimming tank will cost
$350.
A plant which seems to be an admi
rable example of the smaller kind was
built, with the exception of the tank,
by farmers. A thrashing engine was
used for heating purposes by connect
ing a lV t inch pipe to the whistle in
, take, the whistle being removed and
| the pipe joined to the union. The plant
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B@H|n I
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CAGE FOR BMAI.Ii DIPPIXG FT.A.-VT.
has a capacity of 200 head per day.
Its cost, without engine or labor, ex
cepting the labor to-build the tank or
vat, was $l5O. One person can easily
lower the cage when loaded by taking
a hitch around a post, and it may be
raised, as shown In the illustration, ei
ther with engine or horses.
A plant of this capacity will answer
very well In a cornuiunity where vari
ous owners have bunches of cattle
ranging from 80 to 100 head or less.
Its chief advantage over the swimming
tank is cheapness in construction be
cause of its size.
In communities where mange exists
or even where numbers of small herds
are Infected with lice n plant of this
character might be constructed and
used with profit to the cattlemen.
Specifications of material for this plant,
as well as further Information in re
gard to dipping plants and scabies in
cattle, occur in farmer's bulletin No.
152, by I)r. R. W. Hickman.
Handy on the Conn Wafton.
The Illustration and description of a
scoop board for unloading corn and
other things has been presented by a
correspondent In Ohio Parmer as fol
lows: When In position, the hind end
of the device is elevated several inches
so that the ears of corn will not roll
down, under foot. It can be taken
along to the field for the purpose of
throwing in sorted corn or can be left
at the crib. It can be taken off by
merely lifting up the hind end so as to
SCOOP BOARD FOB WAGON,
let the block on the end of the side
bar pass under the cleat of Its front
end and then pull it back and it will
slide out as easily as an end gate.
There are no chains to loosen or hooks
to unhook. It needs no blacksmith
work. Any farmer can make one to
flt his own wagon. It Is very conven
ient In cornliusking times; far superior
to a board set tn the wagon bed to
start to scoop on.
Cowpem at tlie Xortli.
If cowpeas are planted this far north
about the Ist of June, the early varl- j
etles will be right to turn hogs on the
last half of August and will furnish
the right food at this time to finish on
! new corn, and the ground may be
seeded with winter wheat afterward
without any preparation, if a disk drill
; be used, or rye may be seeded for a ;
green winter cover crop and turned
under for spring crop, especially po- i
tatoes. For beginners I would ad- j
vise: Get seed that will mature in
your latitude, or farther north; drill
fifteen pounds per acre In rows thirty
to thirty-six inches apart, and cultivate
clean until vines Interfere. A few
years' trial with cowpeas will suggest ,
tnany ways to utilize them to good ad
vantage on every farm. —E. F. D.,
Leesburg, Ind.
tutting;* and Graft*.
It is a good Idea to cut timber and
fencing stuff iu August. It dries out
quickly and becomes hard.
August is a first rate month to de
stroy bushes and briers of all kluds.
It is a good time to lay drains and
dig ditches.
Spraying Is still In order.
Cut all the seed bearing plants in the
asparagus beds before the seeds begin
to fall.
Bordeaux mixture is the best remedy
for late potato blight.
Pinch back the new shoots of black
berries.
Scrape the rough bark from the
young fruit trees. j
A dry time in August Is the time to
kill weeds.
August sown rye makes good fall
pasture. <
Sow late peas and lettuce. i
SQUASH BUG IN SUMMER.
Hand I'iek.luir Breoine* Dlllleult, und
Spraying I* u Re*ort.
In some regions, and among them
New Hampshire, the squash bug ha*
become one of the most notable insect
pests of the past season or two. Messrs.
Weed and Conradi of that state have
been considering its many dark and
devious ways aud would treat it as
follows during the summer: As the
season advances the combating of the
pest becomes a more difficult problem.
The full grown bugs have laid ejfg w
early in the season. These hatch and
the 3 oung nymphs are less conspicuous
than the adult. At this time bugs of I
all sizes are present In greater or less
numbers.
When the m«thod of hand picking is 1
employed, many of these nymphs con
cealed below clods, old leaves or other
places or even when exposed upon the
surface are likely to be overlooked. •
To avoid tills It Is desirable at this «
time to use the Kerowater spray that
Will kill the bugs without injuring the
vines. r
An S per cent mixture of kerowater j.
that will kill the bugs is fatal to the j
tender squash plants. The odor of
kerowater, however, is very offensive
■
' to the bugs. A mixture having a typ
ical kerosene odor- say, 2 per cent—
when sprayed nti the plant and ground
will cause those bugs which are con-
I cealed to come forth and try to escape
from the odor. Some of those on the
plant will come to the upper surface
i of the leaves, while the others will run
i over the ground. These can be easily
picked, and to make sure of the de
si ruction of the small nymphs spray
the ground with an S i>er cent kero
| water mixture.
The ground need not be saturated
' so as to affect the plant, but a light
spray of that strength will do the
work effectively. When a kerowater
spray pump is at hand, all that is nec
essary is to shift the gauge and no
new mixture need be prepared.
The best time to apply this spray Is j
late in the afternoon when the sun Is
low; It will be less serious to the plant
than it would be during the hotter por-
I tion of the day. The kerowater will
not evaporate so readily, and the ef
fects will therefore be better. As the
stragglers come during the hottest por
tion of the day, such a spray will in
clude these.
When a spray pump is used that
throws a stream of kerosene and water
In the form of a spray, it should never
be forgotten that when the action of
the pump Is discontinued the mixture
that is In the tube may separate Into
the water and the kerosene, the latter
rising to the top of the tube. The
first stream, therefore, after such rest
would contain kerosene lu a more or
less concentrated form, which would
tend to kill the plant tissues. In every
case where the pump Is started the
first stream should be directed upon
the ground, or at least away from the
plant.
Tlte World'* Bread Baaket.
Approximately 2.500.000,000 bushels
annually, the world's wheat crop occa
sionally approaches 3,000.000,000. The
quota supplied by the United States,
something like a quarter of the total,
is a much smaller proportion than is
the case with corn. We grow 80 per
cent of the world's maize crop, con
sume nine-tenths of this at home and
when the price Is not prohibitive ex
port the remainder. The world's cereal
harvests, beginning iu the southern
hemisphere, which yields only 5 to 7
per cent of the total crop, gradually
moves northward. In June, July and j
August they reach a climax, making
available for the world's markets
throe-quarters of the world's total pro
duction within the last ninety days of
the calendar year.—Orange Judd Farm
er.
Buddlns Cberrle*.
Nurserymen bud cherries toward the
close of summer, before the sap ceases
to flow, yet not too early In the sea
son. In this state It is sometimes the
middle of August, but all depends on
the season. If budded while the shoots
are growing strongly, it is not as likely
to be successful as if done later. At
the same time, if too late, the bark
cannot be lifted for the Insertion of
the bud.—Joseph Meehan In Philadel
phia Practical Farmer.
How to Cure Halter Pulling;.
Almost every one who has had much
to do w":h horses has had one or more
animals who would pull at the halter.
Sometimes they are so bad that no or
dinary halter will hold them. If you
can find a halter strong enough, it Is
a pretty good remedy to hitch a young
horse who has this fault to a strong
post and let him hang himself up till
he gets tired of it.
One horseman recommends for a hal
ter pulling horse that a long halter
CURB FOIt HALTEB rULLINO.
strap be buckled or tied around the
horse's fore leg Just above the knee,
pass the strap through one ring of the
bridle and tie the other end to a hitch
lug post. Another method, and the
one we have had illustrated, Is to
make a crupper out of a strong piece
of rope and pass the other end through
the ring of the bridle or through the
halter and then tie. A few good strong
pulls on the part of the horse usually
discourages it In halter pulling. We
recommend this method, says Furm,
Field and Fireside.
The Old Sarf Vlnfli.
It is riot so many years ago when '
surf bathing of a very primitive kind ;
prevailed at the eastern end of Long
Island and, for nught I know, at other 1
points. Every Saturday morning or '
ufternoon, as the tide willed, through
out the summer big farm wagons trun
dled down to the beach and were
swung around abreast of the line of 1
breakers. Old flslihcuses served the J
purpose of modern bathing pavilions,
and the sea costumes were those of 1
last year's village street. A long rope '
was drawn from under the seats and
hitched to the wheel, and then some
sturdy ex-whaler or life crew man. In
red flannel shirt and old trousers tied
at the ankles, slipped his wrist through 1
the loop at the end of this primitive
lifeline and, wading out, kept it as taut
as circumstances permitted, while the
women and children hung to it aud
reveled and wallowed and shrieked, re
joicing in their "Saturday tub."—Out
ing- |
Leg* That Hear.
One of the strangest and most un
expected of the uses to which we could '
Imagine a leg as being put is that of 1
an organ of hearing. Yet such seems
to be one at least of the functions of
the fore legs in the cricket. On the i
outer side of the tibia a small oval 1
space may be seen, in which the strong
armature which covers the rest of the
body is reduced to a thin and mem
branous condition, making thus a sort 1
of window or drumhead. Communl- <3
eating with tills, inside the leg, are the
ends of a nerve, and -it can hardly be i
doubted therefore that the whole ap- s
paratus constitutes mi ai ♦v.ory organ. a
All He \\ noted In Know.
"My dear." he said s-oftly.
"Well?" she returned, with some as
perity. '
"There Is just o'.ie thing 1 desire to '
know in order to be ronton.ed with my *
lot." 11
"What is it?" she a: ked. n
"Will \ou hold i:: • i-p a.» a model to *
your third husband ,im you row hold
your tirst husband up to me?"—Ch!-
Cairo Post.
Got 11.
"Fact said the one man. "I mar- o
rled because 1 was lonely as much as p
for any other reason To put it tersely,
1 man it <1 f >i sympathy " u
"Well." said the other man, "you g
have lnlue." S
CLOCKS OF THE PAST.
They Were lery l)lfl«reut From
Modern Ttnie Tel ling Machines.
The word clock, derived from tho
French gloche, German glocke, signi
fies a bell, and up to the fourteenth
century it was only used to designate
a bell which was struck at certain pe
riods of time indicated by the hour
glass. Sundials, or "gnomons," were
the first Instruments used in measur
ing time, and there Is but little doubt
that the long granite pillars which we
call obelisks were used by the Egyp- j
thins, if not as actual sunillal hands, j
at least for some astronomical obser
vations of the movement of the suu.
Clepsydras, or water clocks, and sand
clocks come next in order. The flow
of sand through a small orifice is an
accurate method of measuring time,
for the exit of the sand is always reg
ular, but water is Influenced by the
laws of hydrostatics—when the vase is
full the water runs out faster than
when it Is nearly empty. Candle clocks
or tapers on which were colored bands
indicating how much was consumed in
a certain time were also used, and
their invention is attributed to Alfred
the Great; but this method Is even
more susceptible to error than the pre
vious ones.—Jewelers' Review.
Ltga Can't Stand It.
The leg has its own woes, to which
it falls heir from the legacies of exer
cise. Grooms and cavalry officers are
inclined to have bowlegs and to "too
in," parrot fashion, as is admired in
Japan and in Indian land. Priests,
magistrates and all who wear skirts
drag their legs In talking instead of
raising them, as do soldiers and cor
rect pedestrians. Dancers of ballet
who have worked hard at pointing
have an Internal deviation of their
bones from rectitude known as "on
ion." Scrubwomen who pass much of
their their knees have a swell
ing of the knee Joints. "Dentists' leg"
is a result of overstrain, fatigue and
prolonged muscular contraction. An
other instance of muscular trademarks
is found among file cutters. They over
exert the right hand In their work with
the hammer. The hand and wrist Anal
ly weaken and shrivel. The pressure
of the chisel against their thumb stunts
the growth of that member and bends
it backward.
A Cool Chinese Thief.
The cool impudence of Chinese thieves
is proverbial. A writer gives a case in
point. The courthouse at Singapore
boasted a very valuable clock suspend
ed from the wall directly opposite the
bench: One day during the session of
the supreme court a particularly meek
looking Chinaman carrying a
ladder. Removing his hat and bowing
to the bench with utmost gravity, he
proceeded to remove the clock with
businesslike expedition. Tucking the
clock under one arm and the ladder
under the other, he passed out unchal
lenged. every one present regarding
him as a coolie sent to remove the
clock for the purpose of cleaning it
Several days passed, and, the clock not
being returned, the magistrate report
ed the delay to the public works de
partment. The P. W. D. knew nothing
whatever about It, and neither clock
nor coolie was ever heard of again.
W»U Footed.
That the next best thing to knowing
the law is knowing where to find It
was illustrated once when Judge Sim
eon E. Baldwin of the Yale Law
school in an examination on corpora
tions «sked his class a question which
was extremely difficult. A certain
complex state of facts was given, and
the question ended with: "A client
comes to you and states the above
case. What would you advise him to
do?"
The best answer handed In was: "I
would advise him to come around at
10 o'clock the next morning. In the
meantime I would look It up."
A Blow at Science.
"And the voltaic current," continued
the lecturer, "was the discovery of
Volta, and its development Is a com
paratively recent achievement of sci
ence."
A still, small individual hoisted him
self to a chair in the rear of the hall.
'"Hold on there, professor! What
about the earlier discoveries of Noah?"
"I don't understand you, sir."
"Then brush up! Didn't Noah make
the arc light on Mount Ararat Bal
timore News.
One of Cnrran'i Witticisms.
Curran, says a writer In the Green
Bag, once had as colleague In a case
a remarkably tall and slender man,
who had originully Intended to take
orders. When the judge observed that
the case Involved a question In ecclesi
astical law, Curran said, "I can refer
your lordship to the high authority be
hind me, who was once Intended for
the church, though in my opinion he Is
fitter for the steeple."
Missed Opportunity'* Knoclc.
"Opportunity knocks at every man's
door," said the sage. "I know," re- j
sponded the impecunious Individual, (
"but when it knocked at my door 1 (
thought it w&s the Installment man and (
was afraid to open."—Philadelphia t
Record.
Times Changed.
"But before we were married," she
complained, "you used to give me beau- j
tiful presents."
"Yes, but a dollar looked like a dime ®
then, and now—er—a dime looks like a <
miracle."—Baltimore News.
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A Financier.
Ethel—l know he is a financier, but
lie Is not a speculator.
Maude—How do you know, dear? j
Ethel—lie didn't buy our engagement
ring until he was quite sure that I t
would accept him. _ . t
The Real Thins.
"Is this your writing?" asked the ,
merchant as he glanced over a written
list of goods wanted. t
"No," replied Mr. Meeker; "my wife T
wrote the list." £
"Well, she certainly knows how to
handle a pen," said the merchant. "Her f
diction Is absolutely perfect." B
"Yes, I suppose her diction's all
right," replied Meeker, with a deep
sigli, "but It's nothing when compared
with her contradiction!" Chicago
News.
c
Ilonich Diamonds.
There Is a popular notion to the ef
fect that rough diamonds are not ~
bright, but this is a mistake. Even in
that condition they are very bright,
with a peculiar "adamantine luster,"
as it is called, which no other sub
stance possesses. However, the crude
diamond crystal is not transparent
One cannot see through it.
Tlml Whs What Annoyed lllni.
Mrs. lionielelgh—There Is one thing
about our girls—they are always self 1'
possessed.
Papa Homelelgh (grimly)— Yes, they
are too self possessed. I wish they'd
get some one else to possess them.— *
Stray S'.orlea. *
No G9
Railroad Time Tables. 1
The genius to arrange a railroad tlmai
card, or time table, so that it may b0
readily, easily and accurately under
stood by the occasional traveler is not' ~—
yet lx>rn. Perhaps he will have to b«
made. But .no matter how much thQ
pa irons of a road may be mystlfledl
the management takes particular pains
to supply a special card "for the gov
ernment and -Information of employees
only." This table is so simple that it
child can understand it The second
page usually contains a table showing
. the rate of speed required per mile for
t train to travel a given number of
' miles in an hour, it starts at fifteen
; miles an hour, which is four minutes
to the mile, and goes as high as lOflf
miles an hour, or a mile in thirty-sis
seconds, aud shows 200 subdivisions.
This card gives locations of regnlar
water stations, yard limits, situations
of standard clocks, maximum speed of
freight trains between different towns,
what days are holidays, speeds at
which trains may cross bridges at
various hours and a list of all
and trains. It Is likely, of conrse, that
were similar cards furnished to th£
traveling public there would be no
abatement of fool questions. Besides;
It Is not to the Interest of a railroad
company to take the public too entire
ly Into its confidence.—New York Press.
Who Executed Charles E.»
In the burial register of Whltechapel
under the year 1049 is the following
entry;
"June 21st. Richard Brandon, a man
sut of Rosemary lane. This Brandon
Is held to be the man who beheaded
Charles the First."
A less distinguished candidate for
the infamy was one William Howlett,
actually condemned to death after the
restoration for n part he never played
and only saved from the gallows by
the urgent efforts of a few citizens
who swore that Brandon did the deed.
Brandon was not available for retribu
tion. He had died In his bed six v
months after Charles was beheaded
and had been hurried Ignomlnlonsly
Into his grave In Whltechapel church
yard. As public executioner of London
he could hardly escape his destiny, bnt
It Is said that remorse and horror
shortened his dnys. In his supposed
"Confession," a tract widely circulated
at the time, he claims that he was
"fetched out of bed by a troSp of
horse" and carried against his will to
the scaffold; also that be was paid £3O,
all In half crowns, for the work and
had "an orange stuck full of cloves
and a handkerchief out of the king's
pocket." The orange he sold for 10.
shillings in Rosemary
Magazine. -
Washington's Birthday.
Washington's birthday was mado a
legal holiday by vote of the Massacbn
setts legislature April 15, 1866; there
fore Feb. 22, 1857, was first a legal
holiday. For many years previous
Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis held a recep
tion at her home on Feb. 22, to which
all the people of the city of Boston
were invited. Her house was open to
the public on that day, and before and
after the day became a legal holiday
all the military companies of Boston
would parade past her house on the
22d. Probably the first occasion of
Washington's birthday being recos- v
nized was Feb. 12, 1781. That was by
the French troops at Newport, R. I. As
the 11th fell on Sunday, the celebra
tion was held on the 12th. This was
according to the old style of reckoning.
Checking a Hemorrhage^
Even a very slight hemorrhage Is al
ways startling, but it does not neces
sarily mean anything danger' „ It
may be caused by a slight disarrange
ment of the stomach as well as by a
disease of the lungs or heart No one
but an experienced physician should
decide this question, however. Let the
patient lie quietly and give him cold
drinks until a physician comes. A lit
tle salted water is a simple, familiar
Jiouseliold remedy for such cases.
Quiet and rest are positively essential
if the cause Is a serious one.
Turkish Cemeteries.
Upon the graves of the dead in the
Turkish cemeteries little vessels of
water are placed for the benefit of the
birds, and sotns of the marble tombs
have basins chiseled out for the same
purpose, the superstition being that
birds carry messages about the living
to the dead and, like everybody else
In Turkey, are suspected of being
spiteful unless something Is done to
curry their favor.
Period of Deepest Sleep.
The period of deepest sleep varies
from 3 o'clock to 5. An hour or two
after going to bed you sleep very
soundly; then your slumber grows
gradually lighter, and It is easy enough
to waken you at 1 or 2 o'clock, bnt
when 4 o'clock comes you are In such a
state of somnolence that It would take
n great deal to waken you.
Troth.
Truth Is always consistent with It
self and needs nothing to help it out
It Is always near at hand, sits upon
our lips and Is ready to drop out be
fore we are aware. A lie Is trouble
some and sets a man's Invention upon
the rack, and one trick needs a great
many more to make it good.
A star at Home Traveler.
Stranger—What wonderful tales old
Blinks relates! He must have been a
great traveler In his day.
Native—He was never outside the
county In his life; but you see, his
mind has wandered for years.—Ex
change.
One of Her Brothers,
"Don't you know me? I'm your long
lost brother."
"How do you suppose I can remem
ber all the men I've promised to be a
sister to?" New York Herald.
Artificial Fljmaklag.
The trade of artificial flymaklng Is
the lightest fingered business In the
world, and it is not one man or woman
out of 5,000 who can learn to tie flies.
These tyers are remarkable for the
beauty and delicacy of their hands,
and only the cleverest of fingers can
deal with the "niggling" work of knot
ting hairs that can hardly be seen.
Thoaffhtfnl.
"Well, he's a very thoughtful and
good hearted fellow anyway."
"I can't see It I was at his home
yesterday, and It never occurred ts
him to ask me to stay to dinner."
"That's Just the point; his wife Is
taking cooking lessons."— Exchange. ,
Willie's Qnerr.
Little Willie— Say, pa, this book says
nature never wastes auythlng.
Pa—l guess that's right my son.
Willie—Then what's the use of a cow
having two horns when she can't even
play on one?— Chicago News.
The first shipment of wheat from
Chicago via the lakes was made In
1838. The shipment consisted of sev
enty-eight bushels.