YOI XXXIX The opening of our new store, in greatly enlarged and remodel- IN ed quarters, marks another im- IN portant period in the progress of a store fuurided on certain fixed _ _ principles—the very best goods _ _ \ L that are produced at a margin of mJmJ profit as low as they can be handled for—one price to all. For this occasion we have made special efforts to secure a large and com- % M rm <\ • plete stock of the very best makes gr—'^ J. of Men's, Hoys' and Children's J O Clothing and Furnishings, and in vite al! our customers, friends and everybody who is interested, to D come and see us in our new Ei quarters. Q .Announcements of date of formal opening will be made later. Yours for Clothing, DOUTHeTT &r GRAHA^. < D. Sc T. \ ( LATEST FALL FOOTWEAR. ( f Patrician Shoes .VI in patent kid. vici kid and box calf. / I American On I Sho*H $2 50. in ail leathers in medium and hizh tops v \ Linre stock o f Muses' and Child s dre* -iioes also the kind for school. / £ Full line of Men's fine -hoes in 'hiding the Hanau. the best in the city for s"i. 5 >Fnll line of Men's and Ladies' heavy shoes at lowest prices C NEW RUBBER GOODS. / J DAUBENSPECK & TURNER. C NEXT TO SAVINGS BANK. / 108 S. Main St. Butler, Pa r BICKEL'S FALL and WINTER OPENING FOOTWEAR. rwrnv NEW STYLE IS HERE, r vrn Y NEW SHAPE AND 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 hee's. Girls shoes in fine box-calf and Dongolu kid, low or spring-heels, welt soles, all sizes and widths. Men'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. • EVRRY DAY SHOES. Ladies'whole stock waterproof at $1.75. The same kind in 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 slices. 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 gper-toed shoes for boys and waterproof slices for girls Large of best grade 1 Felts and first quality Rubbers of all kiiuls 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., BUTLER, PA. KECK Fall & Winter Weights Jjk> E Have a natlinew about thera that E 4 \ f\ IT f\ /t^ mark the wearer, it won't do to J JjV (A f // \\ wear the last year's output. You FJ Ml l\ \r*f - (*/ fe\ won't Ret the latest things at the \ / 7, VS-sT/ \J Li stock clothiers either. The up-to- _®. iF"? T-i C, date tailor only can supply them, 1)L VJV I IT ,if you want not only the latest I ! A|J \ % T~7TT ' th ngs in cut and fit and work- / / f///l I ntnnship. the finest in durability, 1 /If 'III whe e e'se can you get com bin a- , j k IF ! II I tons, you get them at * | I K rj yf p KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, <2 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler.P^ N In Footwear Now Open .1 j HUSELTON'S. j [J Going to town tomorrow? j yes, I need, a pair of boots- VA That's just what I want too. kl Where are yoa goinj* for 'em? rA WA Oh I don't know, guess I 11 look round. k 1 Well, I won't I go straight to Huselton's! yl #'A Huselton's?—That so, he's all right, 1% I never got poor shoes thers yet; wJ Wl Yes, and I think he's right smart cheaper, Let's go together. pi vl All right—let's! ! TC I| Huselton's, N Opp Hotel Lowry. subscribe for the CITIZEN THE BUTLER CITIZEN. iry i nl J ol Nasal CATARRH In al! its * tapes. Jg* °( S A 4^-0# Ely's Cream Balmv PSs c>anse«, eoothef and heals f the diseased membrane. it cureacatarrh and dr.ve-s away a cold in the head quickly. Cream Biilm is placed into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane air! is absorbed. Relief i.- im mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug gists or by mall; Trial Size, 10 cents. This is a Fact. There is no Question About it. It's a Plain Statement of Facts Made by a Sutler citizen. Mis. Finnell of 264 Centre Ave., But ler, a., says: "Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pill-! are just splendid. They brace cue up so finely—after a short time I felt so much refreshed—l presume because I slept so well. As far as the stomach is concerned they aid digestion fine'y. I have used them myself and given them to the children with equally goo-1 results It was fortunate that I was told D. H. Wuller, Druggist, had them." Dr A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills are sold al 50 cents a bax at dealers or Dr A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. V. that portrait and signature of A. W. Chase. M. D. are on every package S"« 0 :< - h P Johnston's r Beef, Iron and Wine W [4 is the M Best Tonic ' > j & and £ Blood Purifier. >1 Price, 50c pint t'' Prepared and S' sold only at I S .4 Johnston s V Crystal 4 [ Pharmacy, j WJ R.M.LOGAN, Ph. G, ® Man axer, "" a W'A IC'J N. Main St., IJutler, Pa k/SF [€ Both * Phones Pi wl Everything in the kl drug line. rJ a h Eugene Morrison GENERAL CONTRACTING PAINTER and DECORATOR. Special attention j;iven to FINE PAPER HANGING GRAINING and HARDWOOD FINISHING. Office and Shop, Rear of Ralston's Store, Residence No. 119 Cliff St. l'copie » Phone 451. Mars Boiler Works. All sizes of STATIONARY, PORTABLE and UPRIGHT BOILHRS always in stock for sale or exchange. Repair work promptly attended to, S. H. ROBERTS, Bell Plione No. <i. Mars, People's Phone No. 11. Pa. 17,I 7, amily Reunions! We often cause ourselves end less worry and remorse by m 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 dozen, 8\- 10 in< lies and guarantee them permanent. Let us know in time to go out. The Butler Dye Works Dyeing, Cleaning, Pressing. R. FISHER BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBKR9, 1902 OCCCQ~OOOcOcCO:OoOcOcOoOOO f DYING | § A MAN o o O By HOWARD WILLIAMS o o —— o o o O C.>i yrislit, XL' -1. by A. S. Richardson O ScOoQoQoQoQcQOoGoOoQoOoGCQ How long Il«ves, tlio vagabond, ha<l hen a country tramp before be reach ed London could only be guessed at by the butchers and fishmongers of Apple gate market, where he took up bis headquarters, lie was a man of fifty when he first hung about, and he had the appearance of being "seasoned." No one ever asked Bones any ques tions, and he volunteered no informa tion. Borne one called him Bones the first day he appeared, and the name stuck to him. He accepted it without re mark. What is the odds to a vaga bond whether he is called Bones or Jon ,_-s? It may seem curious that no one ever became sufficiently Interested !n Bones to draw him out or that son: 1 day when he loused for human sympathy he did not volunteer his story; but, as a matter of fact, he was only one of hundreds of vagabonds slouching along the streets of London. Why should any one of higher station care who he was or whence he came? And if he had related bis history it might have been that of scores of others and would have brought neither sympathy nor sixpence. Boues was inoffensive. He was also passably honest, and when kicked out of the way he took it as a matter of course. He was content with the shab biest raiment and had not too hearty an appetite, so it came about that he was allowed to hang about the mar ket without complaint. His lodgings were in vacant buildings, eonlyards or doorways, and the only time lie got full meals and a decent bed was when the police pulled him in and he was sent to the workhouse. lie had put in ten years in London, and there was no appreciable change in him. lie was gray haired, stoop shoul dered, ragged and red nosed, but he had been that on his arrival. Nor had there been any change in his plans. He had come to London to live out the remainder of his days, and he was do ing it. If jt ever occurred to him that some day he must land in the alms house, die and be buried as a pauper, he said nothing about it and was not worried. One day Bones was slouching along David strvet. lie was not begging or sightseeing or looking after coal to be put in. Hi; was simply vagabondiz ing and letting his feet take his body where they would. If a policeman had made an arrest. Bones would hive had no curiosity. If tiie tire engines had come rattling up, he would not have halted and become a spectator. He had witnessed dogfights, street rows, fires and arrests so often that they no lon ger held any interest. One who saw him dragging along with his eyes on the ground would have said that nothing but a kick from a truck horse could have aroused him, and yet a mere trifle did the business. Of a sudden a pet i>oodle pursued by a gang of boys ran up to Bones as if to ask for protection. He picked up the dog and carried it along, and, though threatened by the hoodlums, he clung to the en nine. After walking two blocks ho came upon a carriage con taining a girl about ten years old. The poodle had escaped from the carriage as it was driving through Willow place, and the little one was crying piteously over her loss. Bones walked directly to the vehicle and placed the dog in her arms, and the overjoyed girl reached out for his hand an<4 exclaimed: "Oh, you good, good man! You look fagged, but I know you're not bad. I'll give you some money, and if you'll come and see papa I know he'll find a place for you and help you along. My name is Minnie, and it was so good of you, and"— But the driver shook his whip at the vagabond and started up his horses. For the rest of that day Bones was only outwardly Hones. He had been kindly addressed by a human being. He hud been told that some one might help him upward. His hand had been shaken in gratitude, and he had boon called a good man. There was some thing new hero to hold his thoughts and turn over in his mind, and he was so preoccupied that he crept, to his lied in a coalyard without having begged the usual crust. "It must be that I am a human be ing after all. If I hadn't been, the girl wouldn't have spoken as she did. To have some one shake hands witli me, to call me a good man, to thank me for a service—l can't make it out. But It's come too late. I'm too old to change. Nothing could lift me up now, nothing glv» me back what I have lost. There's only one thing I can do, and that's to pray God I may die like a man—like the man I once was." A week later, though Hones heard nothing of it, all I>ondon thrilled with excitement and indignation over a case of kidnaping. A little girl, tU« daugh ter of a banker, had been caught up at her father's very gate In the dusk of evening and carried off In a carriage. Hones never read the newspapers, and It was seldom that lie was In the com pany of one who did. Ilad he read or heard all about the case, however, it would only have been of passing Inter est Just another crime to lengthen the daily list. One day he slouched along David street again. He had been driven out of his lodgings in the coalyard, and as winter was coming on he was looking for a vacant house to turn into o' nights. Between Great George and Canterbury streeta he discovered a ter race of four liouses which were for reut. One < f them cornered on an a 1 ley, and after a careful reconnolssanco Bones decided that an entrance might be effected after dark. He would have neither bed nor fire, but the poorest of the rooms would be comfortable for a vagabond. When night came. Hones was on hand. " was not the first vacant house by a hundred in which he had taken up temporary quarters, and lie knew the trick of prying open cellar windows. Once In the cellar, the l'ght of a match showed him the way up stairs, and as he reached the kitchen he was surprised to find a bit of fire lu the range and the remains of a meal on a shelf. Before giving the matter any thought he ate up all the food be fore him and hugged the range untlj In? had ceased to khlver. Home one had l>eui ahead of him. It was not a vag abond like himself, because there w« ro the food and the fire, and thieves and burglars would have no call to enter empty houses. A half consumed can dle showed that the tenant had been there for a night or two, and it was likely he had a key to one of the doors. Hones was somewhat mystified, but not frightened. Witn a lighted candle in his hand he set out to explore a little and decldy which room to sleep In. After a look into the three or four rooms downstairs he mounted to the second story a id had hardly reached the landing when lie heard men's voices from o:n* of the bedrooms, to gether with what - ciiim! il'ar '"iiiuig of « child. <Mit v ' . fi is raft die, ai.il he got down 0:1 !:■" ul and knees and crept along to I'sten at the door. There were two m 11 ami a child in that room, and the child was weeping and plead ing. Xo one vv'll ever know what Bones thought or planned to do, as the door was sudiU'uly opened by one of the men, and he was found crouching there. lie did not run away. One look into the lighted room showed him an old table, two or three chairs, a bed of blankets and on the lied the little girl of the lost dog. He leaped into the room as the man started back, and as the girl recognized him and cried out the two kidnapers cursed. There was half a minute when no one moved. Then one of the men rushed to the door and shut It, and both drew knives and advanced upon the vagabond. All her life the little girl will remeini>er how his impassive face lighted up. how he suddenly grew straight and tall, how his eyes glis tened ns he seized one of the heavy chairs and began the battle. They were a pair of burly ruffians, and they had long, keen knives, but it was a tight lasting many long minutes. As they stabbed and thrust he beat them to their knees. They wounded him again and again, and he left a trail of blood as he shifted his position, but one of them was dying and the other had a broken arm before the old vaga bond tottered and fell, with the bro ken chair still clutched in his fingers. The child saw it all with bated breath and wide open eyes, and, though she did not know of his hope, she saw that he dir-d like a man—aye, like the brav est of men! With his broken bones and bruised body and with fear of tho police In his heart the surviving ruffian made his way out of the house, and the child was left the long night with the dead. When morning came, the beat upon a window until attention was attracted and men broke in the door and rescued her. It was not the police who found the kidnapers, but old Bones. It was not a public officer who had eagerly sought a battle with the ruffians and yielded up his life after a heroic fight, but simply an old vagabond of Apple gate market. And his eulogy and his epitaph were the words of the child who saw him do battle for her: "He was old and dirty and ragged, but he was a man!" Tlie Politician nn an Actor. There are multitudinous small things which, as a little man, one would sup pose must press heavily upon an emi nent politician. He must be civil to all men—civiler perhaps to the fools than to any. The fools he has always with him—always. The eminent poli tician must serve as the especial butt to a vast and wonderful array of bores. How he must despise the large major ity of his so called followers! With what scorn he must regard them in his heart! And yet how he has to go out of his way to solicit the favor of their vote and interest! How he lias some times to palter with a lie— he must have! How he must be all things to all men! He is an actor as much as any actor that ever trod the mimic stage, and be he sick or sad he has to give satisfac tion to the audience in front if lie would keep his situation. He has to struggle and strive to keep in his hands the ends of fifty different strings which are being pulled in fifty different'direc tions and preserve his balance and his head amid them all. And what is the end of it? What is the reward of the eminent politician? It is when one considers this question that 0110 is amazed to think that any man should think it worth his while to pay the penalty of political great ness.—All the Year Itound. An Epl In ph. On the 10th of February, 1750, died a Miss Basnett at tlie age of twenty three, who was buried in the church yard of old St. Pancreas and upon whose touib the following lines were placed: Go, spotless honor and unsully'd truth; Go, smiling innocenco and blooming youth; Go. female sweetness joined with manly sense; Go, winning wit that never gave offense: Go, soft humanity that blessed the poor; Go. saint eyed patience from affection's door; Go, modesty that never wore a frown; Go. virtue and receive thy heavenly crown. Not from a stranger came this heartfelt verse; The friend inscrlb'd thy tomb whose tear bedew'd thy hearse. St. Jolin'x Eve, Curious and quaint beliefs still pre vail in some parts of England concern ing St. John's eve. Lassies still place their shoes, before retiring for 'the night, at right angles, forming a T, re citing the lines; Hoping this night my true lovo to see I place my shoes in the form of a T, under the idea that their future hus band will be revealed to them in dreams. Formerly supper was placed on the table with the belief that t.'ie future husband would enter by the open door. There is, too, a prevalent Idea that especially fortunate are the children born on St. John's eve, the rhyme running: Under the stars on the evo of St. John. Lucky the babo that those stars shine on. Wnitfil FOP n Ynirn. Two young fellows recently went out 011 a shooting expedition, driving to their destination In a trap. They liad excellent sport, and toward night fall they returned to where they had Lobbied their horse and were proceed ing to hitch up when they discovered that neither of tin-in knew the way to do it. In about an hour they liad most of the harness on; but, try as they would, they could not get the bit into the horse's mouth. At last one of them eat down in despair, and his compan ion said: "Well, Tom, and what are you going to do now?" "I'm going 10 watt till that brute yawns," was the reply. And they did. —St. Louis Republic. Klepluuitft' Love For Finery. Strange as it may seem, the elephant Is passionately fond of tinery and de lights to see himself decked out with gorgeous trappings. The native princes of India are very particular In choos ing their state elephants and will give fabulous sums for an animal that ex actly njeets the somewhat fanciful standards they have erected. For these they have made cloths of silk so heavi ly embroidered with gold that two men are hardly able to lift them.—Pear son's Weekly. They Felt Hunirry. She—Well, Clarence, dear, tiie situa tion Is not quite as rosy sis it was pic tured to us before marriage, is it? He—Well, not altogether so, lovo. She—l wish—er— I wish— lie—What do you wish, dearest? She—l wish we had the rice and tho t>ld shoes they threw at us when wo were married. WHEAT STEM MAGGOT. A Worm Tliat Cnti the Stalk—Found Xll Sprinsr and Winter Wheat. The wheat stem maggot, or, as it is sometimes called, the wheat bulb worm, has proved to be rather a se rious pest in some localities, and we ap prehend that some precaution must be taken or it will greatly increase, says the lowa Homestead. Its presence may be easily detected in a crop. When the maggot form of the insect enters the stalk, it cjts off the stem just above the upper joint, with the result that the head takes on a ripened ap pearance while the crop is yet green. It seems to be more plentiful where both winter and spring wheat are grown in the same locality. In this case the mature insects with wings de posit their eggs upon the young plants of winter wheat When these hatch, the laryc feed upon the central part of the plants 011 their course down ward. They remain during the win ter in the surface of the ground and appear in the spring in tiie adult form. These in turn lay their eggs upon spring wheat plants and cause the de struction of such plants as they feed 1 upon. However, the devastation of the first brood in the spring is seldom noticed. It is the second brood of flies whose progeny brings about the ! work of destroying the wheat beds. It ; is claimed that even a third brood makes Its appearance and again de posits its eggs upon young wheat. It j is our opinion that grasses will furnish the necessary breeding ground just as well as winter wheat. 1 The accompanying illustration shows portions of two heads of wheat that THE WHEAT STEM MAGGOT. have been affected by this insect as well as the pupa and larva form and mature condition of the insect. These are magnified, and conception of the real size may be obtained by the little character placed beside each fig'ire, which indicates their exac* length. The available remedies for this in sect are preventive rather than cura tive. Wheat should not be grown con tinously on the same soil, and indeed long rotation should be introduced in which there are a variety of crops. We have known many persons who were troubled with this pest to burn their stubble, thinking in this way that they brought about the destruc tion of large numbers. Fortunately there is a fungous disease that attacks this maggot and fly. so that there is some likelihood of Its rapid increase being prevented. (•rape and Apple Hot. Warning has been given by the Ohio station that spraying at six day inter vals is imperative while weather is so favorable for grape rot; also, that It is 110 longer safe to use the regular bordeaux mixture except perhaps once on Catawba grapes. Upon Concords and other varieties ripening with tho Concords or earlier ammoniacal cop per carbonate or soda bordeaux mix ture, preferably the latter, should be substituted, since the ordinary bor deaux mixture will coat the grapes too much. Grape growers are urged to substitute one of the last named sprays, by preference the soda bor deaux mixture, and to persist In the spraying until Aug. 15; upon Cataw bas one application should be made after that date. As a remedy for bitter rot of apples it recommends spraying at intervals of two weeks during the earlier period of outbreak. It believes that soda bor deaux mixture Is probably the best fungicide for this purpose; the ammo niacal copper carbonate may also be used. llnddinK and Top Grafting. Among northern nurserymen and fruit growers budding is commonly practiced in July and August. Or chardlsts are taking up this system of propagation and using it in place of or in connection with top grafting. If the buds fail to live, the branches can be grafted the following sprijig. The operation is more easily and quickly done than grafting. KNUR Celery IIIMIICIIIIIK. Common brown paper Is sometimes employed for blanching celery on a small scale by wrapping it around the plants three or four times, then fas tening by means of a string or rubber bands. This method, however. Is te dious and does not produce a good grade of celery. To Ripen Tomutoen Quickly. The coloring of tomatoes is hastened by picking them as soon as they begin to turn and placing them In a single layer in a frame or hotbed and cover ing them with the sash. A SOLAR WAX EXTRACTOR. Avoid the Ouimer* of the Kitchen Stove aud Trunt to Oltl Sol. Every person who has one or more colonics of bees will liavo use for a wax extractor of some kind. There Is more or less danger connected with rendering wax on the kitchen stove, FO, why not let Old Sol do It for us without risk or expense, suggests F. (J. Herman in American Agriculturist. Make a box lli by 18 Inches and <i or 8 inches iu depth, with a glass _____ -| cover to lit tight J-■ —, I nil around. Have jPVfc' i *1 two legs on the Bp if jA,j back eml fasten r // /jSW w '"' 11 screw so as to raise or WWT"''yP direct rays of nw I th«. sun. liore a / row of small holes In the bot- J toiiiMt. the front EXT a ACTING BEESWAX ,-nd to let the 1108 BY SOW IIKAT. ev ,irip through Into the bowl. Take a sheet of tin and bend Into a semicircle and place into the box, the lop edges of the tin to rest on two strips of wood alvout one Inch from tin' top of the box anil the middle of the tin not to go lower than two thirds of the way down. Fasten to the tin a piece of wire petting for u •ifrsur.er. The tin should not be nailed into the box, as It must be occasional ly removed to be cleaned of the refuse which will accumulate. If one has chunk honey which he ' _wishes to separate from the comb, this is a novel way. Just fill the extractor ami it will gradually melt, the wax trill remain in the box under the tin and the honey will run through into the bowl. For Increased heat, put 011 the south side of building. The illustra tion shows the manner of construction. The tin which forms the bottom of the solar wax extractor should be about two-thirds the length of the box. Make small holes one-fourth inch apart in the bottom end and sew the wire sieve fast to it with a piece of soft, tine wire: the lower end of the sieve will rest against the box. As the wax passes through the sieve it congeals immediately and will re ; main in the box while the honey will , run through the small holes into a ves- I sel under the extractor. PAINTING THE SILO. What \ ariuQs People Sny Al»ont It. Uas or Conl Tar t'*ed. Uural New Yorker has interviewed some of the best authorities on the subject of the wisdom of painting the silo. C. S. Plumb of Indiana paints the in terior of silos with gas tar. L. A. Cliutou of Xew York thinks that painting or treating the silo may do more harm than good. "In our silo a part of the staves have been treated with coal tar and part left without treatment. There are no signs of de cay in either case, and the silage keeps equally well." lie thinks painting or treating does more to satisfy the fan cy than anything else. 11. Scoville of New York has kept yellow cypress stave silos well painted for three years, and they show no signs of decay. Until last year he used a heavy wood filler on the inside, put ting on one coat every summer. Last year he coated the inside of two of the silos with coal tar, which was put on hot. In a few days the tar was quite hard and took a rather glossy surface, to which silage does not hold to any extent. W. I*. Brooks of Massachusetts Is of the opinion that there cannot be any good argument advanced against painting tlie outside of framed silos, but in the case of stave silos there is possibly a question as to the expedi ency of painting, as the staves will in evitably swell and shrink with varying moisture-to such an extent that the paint cannot be expected to keep the seams closed. The best inside cover ing lie has seen is a coat of coal tar. which was first set on lire and allowed to blaze until when extinguished and tested it was found to harden quickly. The Water Core For Crop Bound. j The water cure is thus commended j by the Farm Journal for fowls suffer ] ing from the condition known as crop ! bound: "To administer the water . cure hold the bird firmly between the ' knees, open the beak with one han4 j and, as an attendant pours a steady ! stream of lukewarm water down the throat, with the other hand gently ! knead the crop until it is soft. When the crop can hold no more, turn the bird head down and press the crop and force the contents out. A little practice will enable a person to suc ceed in most cases without injuring the patients." Xfw« and Note*. The cabbage acreage is large and the crop prospect promising. Many new silos have been put up I this season, and small ones especially, for summer feeding, seem to find favor. A good deal of apple disease due to the effect of cold, wet weather, aggra i vated by spraying and injury from some of the common insecticides used, is reported from western New York. Kieeineal Is one of tho newest feeds i that are interesting the dairy farmers. | Orange Judd Farmer's reports indi cate a bean crop considerably short of last year. Rainy weather during harvesting has greatly lessened the fair promise of the | hay crop. i The flax acreage is every year ln j creasing in the northwest. Where soil is badly infested with 1 witch grass it is advisable to use the i hoe if the horse cultivator is inade quate in destroying it. INFAMY'S SUCCESS. Fill of lluccnnerr llUJorj Counerted Willi a Havana Theater. i The Tacon theater in Havana, one of 1 the largest and most famous In the j western hemisphere, was built by an old reprobate, .Marti, who was a no torious pirate in his day and obtained immunity for himself by betraying his | comrades into the hands of the Span -1 Isli authorities. One dark and rainy . night Marti slipped by the sentry guarding the palace in Havana and j entered the apartments of the captain general, who was writing at a tal •. When the governor general raised i eyes and saw the cloaked figure bcf<l.! him. he reached for the bell. "Stop, your excellency!" cried tf • stranger. "I am here on a desperat enterprise. I have come to deliver inti' your hands every pirate on the Cuban coast upon one condition- a pardon for myself." "You shall have it," was the answer. "But who are you?" "1 am Marti, and I rely upon the promise you have given me." Preparatory to this Interview Marti had appointed a rendezvous for the different bands, to which he conducted the Spanish force, and every pirate was captured and righteously garroted. As for Marti, he was not only par doned, but was given a monopoly of the sale of fish in Havana, which made him a rich and thus eminently respected citizen, who ended his days In the odor of sanctity. Army and Navy Journal. Tin* World'* lircitlcHt Choir. Russia boasts of the world's greatest choir. It Is In the cathedral of Alex ander Nevski In S! l'c'.t 1 burg and Is attached to a convent erected in honor of the patron saint of Uussia. lis mem bers are all monks ch< MI from the best voices In . !1 the ltussian monas teries. When a fine sin; or appears among the novitiate . he is sent to the monastery < f Alexander Nevski, where he Is trained as carefully as an opera singer and remains there, doing noth ing except assisting at the music at mass in til" morning a; d vespers in the afternoon until he becomes d. when he retires on a pension. Some i f the voices '.re of marvelous strength and sweetness, and it is said that some members of the choir can shatter a thin glass Into fragments by singing into it. so powerful are the vibrations of their tones. The tuonl.s are all vege tarians. They i ever eat meat. The rules of the church forbid them to shave, and tlieir hair is worn like a woman's. HENRY CLAY AS AN ACTOR. 11 uw the Great Uiryer Won m Hope lean Case. An old and well known traveler, who has recently settled In Chicago, while coming in from Pewee valley the other afti moon told an interesting story a! Nt Henry Clay, the great Kentucky statesman. The story teller In his youth lived in Mr. Clay's district dur ing the time when Henry Clay was at his prime as a lawyer. "A man was once being tried for murder," said the narrator, "and his v.tse looked hopeless indeed. He had without any seeming provocation mur dered one of his neighbors In cold Not a lawyer in the eounty wou'.d touch the case. It looked bad enough to ruin the reputation of any j barrister. "The man as a last extremity ap pealed to Mr. Clay to take the case for him. Every one thought that Clay would certainly refuse, but when the celebrated lawyer looked into the mat- I ter his lighting blood was roused, and, to the great surprise of all, he accept ed. "Then came a trial the like of which I have never seen. Clay slowly car ried on the case, and it looked more and more hopeless. The only ground of defense the prisoner had was that the murdered man had looked at him with such a lierce. murderous look that out of self defense he had struck first. A ripple passed through the jury at this evidence. "The time came for Clay to make his defense. It was settled in the minds of the spectators that the man was guilt/ of murder in the first degree. Clay calmly proceeded, laid all the proof before them in his masterly way, then, just as he was about to con clude, he played his last and master card. " 'Gentlemen of the jury,' he said, assuming the fiercest, blackest look and carrying the most undying hatred in it that I have ever seen, 'geutlemen, if a man should look at you like this what would you do?' "That was all he said, but that was enough. The jury was startled, and some even quailed on their seats. The judge moved uneasily on his bench. After fifteen minutes the jury tiled slowly back with a 'Not guilty, your honor.' The victory was complete. "When Clay was congratulated on his easy victory, he said: " 'lt was not so easy as you think. I spent days and days in my room be fore the mirror practicing that look. It took more hard work to give that look than to investigate the most ob tuse case.' "—Louisville Courier-Jour nal. An Ancient Bible. In the Cottonian library in England is an old manuscript copy of a part of the Bible in The London Chronicle says it was used at the cor onations of English sovereigns 300 years before the "stone of destiny" was brought from Scone to Westmin ster by Edward I. If this be true, the use of this Bible for the purpose dates back to the year 1000. It is a quarto of 217 leaves, con taining the four gospels, and seems from Ihe style of the writing and illu minations, which are very beautiful, to have been made about the end of the ninth century. It narrowly escaped destruction in the fire at Ashburnham House in 1731, of which it bears evidence in its crumpled leaves and singed margins. There is some evidence that the son of Edward the Elder, Athelstan the Glo rious, who was king of the West Sax ons from Olio to 040, owned this Bible and gave it to the church of Dover. Hnla and Vainpirea. At sunset in the forest of Guiana the bats llit from their hiding places, some taking the place of the parrots and flocking around the fruit trees, while the horrid vampires wander far and near in search of some sleeping ani mal, or even man, in order to obtain a meal. Cows, goats, hogs, fowls as well as game birds and quadrupeds all sulTer from their attacks if not se cured in well latticed pens, while the traveler must not be surprised when awaking to And blood oozing from a wound in his foot or temple. In some places domestic animals can not be kept at all, as they are so weak ened by repeated attacks as to ulti mately die of exhaustion. Fortunately, however, the vampires are not very common, and with proper care may be excluded from dwelling houses and stock pens.—Longman's Magazine. Idcaa of Ilaiiplneai. Two young women, patently of the "saleslady" persuasion, rode down Chestnut street in a crowded trolley car on a recent morning. They chatted animatedly about the merits and de merits of Will and Gus till they reached Broad street. From there to Twelfth they preserved a dreamy si lence. Then one broke out with: "I say, Ag, what would you choose if you could have everything in the world you asked for?" "Well," said Ag slowly and musingly, "I think I'd choose enough silk dresses to last me for the next ten years. What'u'd you take, Sade?" "Me?" replied Sade. "It's the dream of me life, Ag, to have all the money I'd want, so I could go to me Job in a cab every morning." Philadelphia Times. French Maid. Mrs. Houselelgh—Your name, I un derstand. is Bridget McShane. You are Irish, 1 suppose? Applicant—No, mem; Oi'm Frlnch. Mrs. Ilouselelgh—French? Were you not born in Ireland? Applicant—Yls, mem; but Oi took Frlnch l'ave from it.—Boston Tran script. Nearly 1,000 vessels are lost annoal >y. I'anetufite It. Take this sentence, printed nakedly: ' "It was and I said not of." As it stands it Is enough to give the reader vertigo before he grasps Its import. Properly stopped and buoyed with commits. It is a perfectly simple and natural sentence, as you will see when you have got the grip of your senses. London Chronicle. WlnnlnK a Klaa. Aunt Hannah—l saw that young man kiss you. Jane. How did it come about? Jane—ln the most natural way In the world, auntie. He asked me if I would be offended If he kissed me, and I told him ft was Impossible for me to say until I knew what it was like.—Boston Transcript. A Pnlr of Tliem. He- The great trouble with Gabley is that he talks too much. She That's strange! When ho has been with me, he scarcely said a word. II ■ Oh, he Is too much of a gentle man to interrupt Each decision you make, however trifling It may be. will Influence every decision you will have to make, how ever Important It may be. RELICS OF EARLY DAYS. Unit Kent-fa und Dngoat Clnoei Sar« 'lie ClviUaatlon'a March. One of the remarkable features ofi country life in America is the singular persistence of the rail fence and the* dugout canoe. No matter how thickly, settled a section may become or hows long it may have been settled, thes« two survivors of early settlement linger < n as stubbornly as ever. Today in the thickest settled parts of New England and New York the rail fence Is met with, while the shad fishermen of the Potomac an-.l James rivers and Chesa peake bay, on the hanks of which the first English settlements in America were established, still manufacture and employ the old dugout canoe In making the rounds of their shad nets. The dugout canoe is the simplest and most primitive water craft known and was used by prehistoric man, both in this country, Europe and Asia. It is made out of a log of wood by trimming the outside down to the proper propor tions of a boat and -by "digging out" the inside with an adz and by the aid of lire. The Potomac river dugont Is tQ« day pretty much the same as it waa in the days of Powhatan and differ* from the general run of dugout canoes in the absence of a curved bow and stern and iu having rather high sides, which rise to a summit from either 1 | end ot the boat, being highest in the middle, where the seat Is placed.— Washington Post. Canny Iu Second Ennacemciit. For years a young man and young woman had been engaged, and each had economized with a view of hav ing the more to spend when they should marry. Six months ago, how ever. the engagement was broken, and shortly afterward the young woman I became the fiancee of another man. I This man she encourages to spend his money lavishly—on her. He has bought her beautiful silver for her toilet table, the latest design and engraved with her initials; a handsome leather trav eling bag completely fitted out, rugs, books and other articles to make home comfortable. "No more economizing for me," say» the girl. "If he invests so much in me. we won't be so likely to quarrel, and certainly he will not have the mon ey to spend on another girl," which Is the wisdom that rules sentiment in these modern days.—New York Press. Thoae Dnll Dncka. I recall Mr. Lowell telling, jocosely, in an after dinner speech in Cambridge how he met an acquaintance (of dubi ous standing) whose cheerful face and happy demeanor led him to ask the cause of such exuberant felicity. "Why," said the genial smiler, "I've discovered a way to make my fortune. We all luiow that the reason for the fine flavor of the wild duck is the wild celery on which it feeds. Now, 1 pro pose to feed it to the domestic duck and supply the market." Some weeks later, on meeting his ac quaintance again, Mr. Lowell found him quite depressed and Inconsolable. "Why are you looking so unhappy? I thought the last time I saw you that you were on the point of making your fortune with ducks. Wouldn't it work?" "No," was the reply; "the things won'* eat It"—Atlantic. Tartly Vmivorfd. The principal of a certain high school tells a Joke on himself with much en joyment One day during an exami nation, when he was visiting the vari ous rooms, he stopped to ask a very bright boy a sum in algebra, and, al though the problem was **. ->aratively easy, he could not answer It The prin cipal remarked with some show of se verity: "My boy, you ought to be able to do that At your age George Washington was a surveyor." The boy looked him straight in the eye and answered: "Yes, sir, and at your age he was president of the United States." The conversation dropped at that point.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Men and A pea. Were it not, as Iluxley says, that "the ignorance of the so called educat ed classes is colossal," there might be need for apology in restatement of the fact that man is not descended from the ape. The relationship between them is lateral, not lineal, both being offshoots of the same stock, but each remaining, of course in very different degrees of development, isolated groups of mammals.—Edward Clodd's "Thom as nenry Huxley." An Inalnaatlon. It was a warm Sunday morning In church. Fans were fluttering, hymn als flopping, handkerchiefs mopping streaming faces, and the minister thought his audience a little lax in at tention. Finally he led up to a rebuke for Its lack of consideration for sacred and important things. Said he: "People are prone to attend to the unimportant things of life." And he gave a few examples to il lustrate his idea. Presently he made his pertinent application. "Now," said he, "you arc attentive to your own comfort this morning, to the sinful neglect of the holy word. Take no thought for the heat," he said dramatically, "for you may bo dead tomorrow." —Detroit Free Press. Influence of Chen. If a Scottish scientist to be be lieved, the people of those countries In which chess is most frequently played are Invariably more civilized than those who inhabit countries in which little attention is paid to this great game. The best chess players in the world, he points out, were to be found in Spain during the period of its splendor and In Italy during the renaissance, whereas today there are few persons in those countries who care for the game. Xolay Flab. Many fish can produco musical Ounds. The red gurnard has earned the name of seacock from the crowing noise which it makes, while another species is called, the piper. Others, not ably two species of ophidlum, have sound producing apparatus, consisting of small movable bones, which can be made to produce a sharp rattle. The curious "drumming" made by the Med iterranean fish known as the malgre can be heard from a depth of thirty fathoms. The Ilee'a Market Ilaaket. Every bee carries his market basket around his hind legs. Any one exam ining the body of a bee through a mi croscope will observe that on the hind legs of a bee there Is a fringe of stiff lialrs on the surface, the hairs ap proaching each other at the tips so as to form a sort of cage. This is the bee's basket. There is nothing more expensive than experience ami nothing of which there Is more sold.—Atchison Globe. There are 2.1.000 pores In the hand of a No 40
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