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^.
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( 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
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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.
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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
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Best Tonic ' > j
& and £
Blood Purifier. >1
Price, 50c pint
t'' Prepared and
S' sold only at
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V Crystal 4
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WJ R.M.LOGAN, Ph. G,
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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
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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
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