VOI XXXIX
$ STORE SPACE DOUBLED $
£ OPENING SALE BASEMENT DEPARTMENT. *
§ BARGAINS WORTHY OF THE NAME.
$ The flodern Store $
K Has just closed its first six months' business and the increased trade has
U made it necessary to add to its floor space. Without the Mure of trumpets.
we have refitted our lower floor and now have the largest basement de-
Uk partment in Butler, exactly daplicating our main store.
We will inaugurate opening now, and as it is easy of access at the
front of the store. We invite you to our W
£ SANNER BASEMENT BARGAINS. *
U White Marseilles bed spreads, large size, SI.OO quality at »69c, (while Sb
thev last ) Unbleached sheets, 9-4 size, 42c. Bleached sheet", extra
quality, 9-4 *ize, 49c. Pillow c;ises, bleached, 42 in., 10c. All wool ip
blankets, 00 up. Cotton blankets. 50c up.
$ LARGE ASSORTMENT BLANKETS, COMFORTERS. %
$ PILLOWS, SHEETS, PILLOW CASES, SPREADS,
£ YARNS, UTOPIA BRAND. &
8 Co., m
m SOUTH MAIN STREET ) f\r*%4
S phores: ;f|oPL's D ' < //1 Mail Orders Solicited &
JR POSTOFFICE BOX )«■»*■■
(i OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA. $
ixxxxx&se xaexxxx wx&xx-*,
First Showing
Of New Fall and Winter Clothing!
Foi weeks everyone about this establishment his been on the
jump, making and arranging our immense ball and Winter
stock. We have now ready
A regular feast
of new and beautiful things in Men's, Boys' and Children's
wear. We are especially proud of our men's
Suit display
We have the best suits, made by the best makers we know
anything about. It would take colu Tins of talk to do them
justice. Compare our suits with any to be had anywhere
workmanship for workmanship—garment for garment
thread for thread.
Then compare prices.
Do this and you will buy your fall suit here.
Schaul & Nast,
LEADING CLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS,
137 South Main St., Butler.
THE AUTUMN BUYING
Is now in Full Swing.
and our store is full of good durable footwear £t rock bottom
prices, don't fail to look this store over and examine prices be
fore buying your winter stock of footwear as we are offering
keenest inducements for your trade. ?
You'll be surprised at large selection, delighted 1
with the qualities and more than pleased with our |
money saving prices
School Shoes for the Boys and Girls.
Never in the history of the shoe business in Butler has there been so
large and strong a line of school shoes shown and at such ridiculously
low prices. All heights of tops, all weights of leather, all widths, all
shapes of toes in button or laco and all marked at bargain prices.
Ladies' Fine Shoes
We have been appointed exclusive agents for the famous Dorothy
Dodd tine shoes for Ladies. This line of shoes is being handled by the
leading shoemen all over the country and the sale of this very popular
shoe has been phenomenal; besides having a full line of the Dorothv
Dodd shoe we carry a large line of the well known K. D. & Co. and
many other leading makes of Ladies' fine shoes which makes this store
the best place in Butler Co. to buy fine shoes. j
Hen's Fine Shoes
Yju will find here the largest stock and greatest variety of stvles in
Men's fine shoes to be found in Butler Co. All the new toes, all the new
leathers, all sizes and widths in the very best makes of Men's fine shoes
in the country, snch as WALKOVER, W. L. DOUGLASS and many
other of the leadidg makes of Men's fine shoes.
Rubber and Felt Goods. J
Do not fail to see our line of Rubber and Felt Goods
before buying your Winter stock aB it is the most com
plete stock ever shown in Butler and at prices never be
fore offered in Butler county. Come in and exmine
goods and prices whether you want to buy or not.
C. E. MILLER,
V" D. Sc T?" |
/ The Patrician Shoe at $3.50, the best for the Ladies. J
J The Hanan. the best shoe for men at £>.oo. V
» Ladies' fine shoes $l5O, $2.00, $2..">0, $3.00, in all leathers, high and r
S medium tops. /
i Men's fine shoes, *2.00, $2.50. $3.00, £5.50, $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00. {
/ Heavy shoes in oil grain and kangaroo calf for Ladies' and Gents'. J
C A full line of school shoes. V
i Large line of leggins and overgaiters. /
J NEW RUBBER GOODS. I
\ DAUBENSPECK & TURNER,
> NEXT TO SAVINGS BANK. 1
K E C K
Fall & Winter Weights Tp" Jtp o
Have a ijattiness about them that J] ~~b \ f) > fi~* mV
mark the wearer, it won't do to JT» V AJ' ' J 1 V\
wear the last year's output. You _ Ft \ Lfy fe\
won't get the latest things at the , \ / jh i\
stock clothiers either. The up-to- ... it/ r
C date tailor only tan supply them, , /| V 1 jl?
if you want not only the latest I, f \~'~ r "T 1
thing 9 in cut and fit and work- | II If// J
nunsliip, the finest in durability, \ J I |J/|f
where e'se can you get combina- | 1 I j I
tions, you get them at iti
KECK
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
42 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler,Pa
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
I ION. S. \V. PEN'S' VPACKKIi.
Republican Nominee for Governor.
P H I
M Johnston's f
j Beef, Iron and Wine L
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A Best Tonic''
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A Blood Purifier. & J
>1 Price, 50c pint. F«
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sold only at
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Crystal K
Pharmacy. H j
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K. M. LOGAN, Ph. G , |JI |
Manager, fir
ICS N. Main St.. Butler, Pa".
Both 'Phones Pi i
Everything in the
drug line. Fm
M Bj
Have You a Neighbor?
If so why don't you get jEK?®;'
together aud have a tele-
phone system.
We manufacture them.
Ask us and we will tell Ljmk
you all about it. jfTi ii'"w^§3
Electrical work of all
iescriptionsdoneon sho: t
notice. '
The U. S, Electric Mfg. Co
BUTLER. PA.
Of Interest
To you to know that REED
carries in stock the following
horse and cattle remedies.
Dr. Daniel's Gall Cnre.
" Renovater,
" Wonder Worker Linement,
" Oster Cocns or nerve and
muscle linement,
" Cough, Cold, Fever Drops.
" Colic Cure.
Sloan's Gall Cure.
" Horse and Cattle Powders,
" Lineinent.
Barker's Horse and Cattle Powders.
" Linement.
Newton's Heave, Cough, Distemper and
Indigestion Cnre.
Bowner's Barn Dust.
Four Horse Gall Cure.
Fontz's Horse and Cattle Powders.
Sheridau's Condition Powders.
Reed s Pharmacy
Cor. Main and Jefferson Sts., Butler. Pa
Both Phones,
L. S. McJUNKIN
Insurance and Real Eslate
Agent.
117 E. TEFFKRSON.
BUTLER. - PA.
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY,
Nasal
CATARRH
cleanses, soothes and heals
the diseased membrane.
It cures catarrh aud drives
away a cold in the head
quickly.
Cream llalra is placed into the nostrils, spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im
mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does
not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
4 MENDMENT TO THE CONSTITU-
A TION PROPOSED TO THE CITI
ZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH
FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJEC
TION BY THE GENERAL ASSEM
BLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA. PUBLISHED BY
ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR
SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section ten
of article one of the Constitution, so
that a dis-barge of a jury for failure
to agree or other necessary cause shall
not work an acquittal.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen
eral Assembly met. That the following
be proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution: that is to say. that section
ten of article one, which reads as
follows:
"No person shall, for any indictable
offense, be proceeded against criminally
by information, except in cases arising
in the land or naval forces, or in the
militia, when in actual service, in time
of war or public danger, or by leave
of the court for oppression or mis
demeanor in Office. No person shall,
for the same offense, be twice put in
jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall pri
vate property be taken or applied to
public use. without authority of law
and without just compensation being
first made or secured," be amended so
as to read as follows:
No person shall, for any indictable of
fense, be proceeded against criminally
by information, ex'-ept in cases arising
in the land or naval forces, or in the
uiilitia. when in actual service, in time
of war or public danger, or bv leave of
the court for oppression or misdemean
or in office. No person shall, for the
same offense, be twice put in jeopardy
of life oi limb; BUT A DISCHARGE OF
THE JURY FOR FATLURE TO AGREE. OR
OTHER NECESSARY CAUSE, SHALL, NOT
WORK AN ACQUITTAL. Nor shall pri
vate property be taken or applied to
public use, without authority of law
and without just compensation being
first made or secured.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
W. W. GRIEST,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
4 MENDMENT TO THE CONSTITU-
A TION PROPOSED TO THE CITI
ZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH
FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJEC
TION BY THE GENERAL ASSEM
BLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA, PUBLISHED BY
ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR
SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of the Commonwealth.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen
eral Assembly met, That the following
is proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, in accordance with the
provisions if the eighteenth article
thereof:
Amendment.
Add at the end of section seven,
article three, the following words: "Un
less before it shall be introduced in the
General Assembly, such proposed special
or local law shall have been first sub
mitted to a popular vote, at a general or
special election in the locality or locali
ties to be affected by its operation,
under an order of the court of common
pleas of the respective county after
hearing and application granted, and
shall have been approved by a majority
of the voters at such election: Provid
ed, That no such election shall be held
until the decree of court authorizing
the same shall have been advertised for
at least thirty (30) days in the locality
or localities affected, in such manner as
the court may direct.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
W. W. GRIEST,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
New WAbk PAPER
Our Fall Wall
Papers are all * n tin d
ready for you.
eym SROS.,
Wall Paper, s°°ks and Stationery
251 S. /Main St., Butler, Pa.}
I A FLAG ;
\ RAiSING
♦ By JAMES BUCKHAM I
i i
y Copyn'i/.'.f, bj James Ihickitam y
iWt ♦
Tlie little white house of the Par
fridge "girls" lay basking In the sum
mer sunshine. It seemed the very em
bodiment of orderly thrift and domes
tic peace. The bit of green yard was
as clean and tidy as if it had been
swept and then every separate grass
blade dusted and set in orderly array.
The two glistening paths that led one
up to the front door and the other
along the side of the house to the
"kitchen stoop" were inclosed by slen
der round posts, through which ran a
single strand of wire. The posts and
their connecting wire were painted a
fresh, lustrous green. There were also
six greeu posts along the sidewalk in
front of the house, strung together by
a green wire, and at each corner of
the two paths stood a large white
washed stone, so dazzling white that it
made the eyes ache like new fallen
snow. The entire premises had a look
of Immaculate neatness that made
them seem sacred, like some fane or
little temple, and indeed they were
sacred to the Partridge sisters, who
had descended from a long Hue of old
fashioned New England worshipers at
the shrine of home.
Inside the place was as neat as out
side. Nobody ever found the Partridge
"gb-ls" In a muss. Even when they
cleaned house they did it so stealthily
and with such amazing rapidity and
precision that uo one room was suf
fered to be out of apple pie order for
more than ten consecutive minut«s.
It was a marvelous little home this
of the Tnrtridge sisters. The minister
once said that it was a composite of
Turitan conscience and New England
sentimeut, aud that there was only one
thing more impressive than its sever
ity, and that was its sweetness.
In such a home as this, it would
seem, one might retire and be at rest
from all the cares aud strifes and trou
bles of the uueasy world. There were
not a few who envied the Partridge
sisters their little patrimony and their
littlf home, the one Just equal to the
other, with an exactness beautiful tc
contemplate io this world of exasper
ating misfits.
Yet there Is no corner of old earth,
however remote and peaceful, where
seme trouble does not find Its way.
The skeleton in this quiet closet was
chronic difference of opinion between
the sisters, a trouble that Is almost
sure to rise between two persons of
the same blood and sex who arc com
pelled to spend most of their time in
one another's company. With the Par
tridge sisters this mental divergence
seemed to have no root In divergence
of principle. It made practically no
difference what the opinion was. So
long as it was held strongly by either
sister the other felt bound to disagree
with it. Jane and Ellen could be ol
oue mind on but one matter, aud that
i was purely congenital—the passion for
neatness.
The June sunshine rested like a ben
ediction on the Partridge cottage. The
roses In the front yard and the sweet
peas iii the back yard were in blootn
A golden robin was singing In an elm
across the street, and the Partridge
sisters' canary was vying with him
from his cage in the open window.
Jane aud Ellen were out in the yard
weeding their (lower beds and roam
log hither and thither after the man
ner of hens to pick up infinitesimal
bits of litter between the grass blades.
Suddenly Miss Ellen straightened up
and gazed curiously at something thai
was coming down the village street
It was an ordinary lumber wagon, witt
the box removed, and far in the rear
an extra axle and pair of wheels.
Something long and white and taper
iug was stretched from the forward
axle of the wagon to the extra axU
and wheels trailing behind.
"What In the world can that be com
lug?" asked Miss Ellen.
"I presume it's onr new flagpole," re
plied Miss Jane, the elder spinster.
"Our new flagpole?" cried her sistei
shrilly. "What do you mean, Jane
Partridge? Who said we were going
to have a flagpole?"
"I said so," answered Jane. "I or
dered it, and it's comlr»g. I didn't saj
anything to you about It because )
knew you would object beforehand
and I thought you might as well do
your objecting afterward; 'twould save
time. I wanted to have the pole here
in time for the Fourth of July. I've
been thinking for some time that we
ought to be more patriotic than we
are, and 1 couldn't think of any bettei
way for two lone women to show theli
patriotism than by owning a flag and
flagpole. We can't go to war, we can't
vote, we can't speak in town meeting
and we can't fire a gun on Independ
ence day, but a woman has Just as
much right to fly the stars and stripes
as a man, and you and I are going t«
do it, and w« are going to do It for the
first time on next Fourth of July."
Miss Ellen Partridge listened to this
long explanation from her sister with
a set face. "Old maids have no call tc
be patriotic!" she snapped when Miss
Jane concluded. "It ain't their prov
ince; It's no woman's province. I won'l
have a flagpole In this yard, Jane Par
tridge, and you may as well under
stand that first as last. They shan't
bring that thing in here if I have tc
fight 'em with a broom and scalding
water. A flagpole's a dangerous thing
to have arouud a house to begin with
The first big wind it may snap off and
smash the roof In, just as the college
flagpole broke off and smashed the
fountain over to Chester. It's more
dangerous than a big tree, because 11
hasn't any roots. Patriotism! Huh
I guess we show patriotism enough,
considering our privileges, by paying
our taxes!"
By this time the long flagpole, at
tended by a crowd of boys and village
loafers, had arrived opposite the little
cottage, and the four men who were
perched on its trunk dismounted and
proceeded to unfasten the chains that
bound it to the wagon. Miss Ellen
strode out to them. "You are not to
bring that thing in here," she said
firmly.
The man in charge of the flagpole
turned with a grin; but, seeing the ex
pression of Miss Ellen's face, his grin
died away In a look of astonished per
plexity.
"What in tunket am I to do with it,
then?" be demanded. "I was told to
bring it here."
"I don't care what you do with It,"
retorted Miss Ellen. "All I know Is
It isn't coming in here."
"It's paid for," protested the man as
a final shot.
At this juncture Miss Jane Partridge
came stalking majestically down the
little side path. She had borne with
her sister's petulance—even as sfce used
to when they were children—just long
enough to be assured that it was of the
inflexible sort. It was now time for the
elder sister to act. She brushed Miss
Ellen aside and laid her hand on the
pole.
"I ordered it," she said. "I paid for
it, and I paid for its settin' up. You
may bring It In aud set it where I show
you."
Miss Ellen turned abruptly and went
into the house. She climbed to the gar
ret and got tke large brown satchel
that her father had owhed. Then she
gathered together a few articles of
clothing and the dearest of her own
special treasures and keepsakes and
put them into the bag. This done, she
marched out of the front door, satchel
in hand, and started for the village
depot. Miss Jane was in the back
yard superintending the erection of the
flagpole and did not notice her sister's
departure.
Miss Ellen reached the depot and sat
down in the vacant ladies' waiting
room. She had not the slightest idea
where she was going. There was no j
relative to whom she could tlee from
her sister's tyranny. She thought that i
she would take the first train in either
direction and travel until evening.
Then she would stop at some hotel and
spend the night. After a night's sleep
perhaps she would know what to do.
It was late In the forenoon when
Miss Ellen reached the depot. The sta
tion agent had gone to dinner, aud his
otiice was locked up. Noon came, then
half past 12, and still no train and no
station agent. Miss Ellen fastened her
distracted mind upon the situation and
presently remembered that no train
stopped at Lyndonville between 11
o'clock a. m. and half past 5 p. m.
What would the station agent think
when lie came back and found her
there?
She went to the window and looked
back up the hill toward the village.
Between Putnam's blacksmith shop
aud the store she could just see on the
other side of the village street the low
ly roof of the cottage where she and
her sister had dwelt for forty years.
Something white and slender was just
wavering up behind it. It rose higher
and higher and finally stood firm and
straight, and Miss Ellen saw that it
was the top of the new flagpole. Jane,
then, was still busy with her triumph.
She had not discovered her sister's de
parture, or perhaps she did not care.
Miss Ellen went back to her seat
with tears in her eyes. From where
she sat she could look into tkj 1 ticket
office through the locked glass window,
and on the wall facing her she saw a
steel engraving of Abraham Lincoln.
How vividly It brought up the days of
the civil war, when her younger broth
er had marched away with the first
regiment of Vermont volunteers! The
tears rained faster down Jier cheeks
as the flood of memory her far
ther and farther away f m her own
petty grievance. She remembered the
crushing news from the front; the
bringing home of her brother's dear,
torn body; the picture of Abraham
Lincoln which they found hidden in
his bosom; the funeral in the village
church, with the picture of Lincoln,
wreathed in flowers, lying on the dead
soldier's breast, aud around him and
the martyr president were wrapped the
folds of the stars and stripes!
Again Miss Ellen rose and went to
the window. A cheer swept faintly
dojvn the hill. There was a flag flying
from the new flagpole over the cot
tage. Patriotism—bad she none of it
in her loyal heart, and she the sister
of such a patriot as the soldier boy
who slept under the faded Memorial
day flag In the village cemetery?
With a sob Miss Ellen caught up her
satchel and breasted the hill. "Jane
was right," she whispered. "I am glad
she got the flagpole and the flag. Dear
Robert! It was my flag raising too.
If heart's feeling counts for anything,
it was my flag raising too!"
GoirlUh In Java.
A book published in Java, called
"The West Java Travelers' Guide,"
says of a certain sanitarium: "At the
establishment is a physician. The sick
may Invoke the physician for daily
treatment, with use of medicaments.
Children below teu years pay for lodges
half of the price."
Under "Addresses and Announce
ments" is politely recommended "the
hotel prigin, with occasion for warm
baths, where till now all reconvales
cents, as well as Mrs. Physicians and
particulars and officials, have found
back their health. Cures malaria, com
plains in the chest and other fatnesses,
green sickness, cutaneous disease,"
etc., and we are assured that "this
healthy abode for recouvalesccnts has
also occasion to many delightful ldyllc
excursions to which saddle horse and
tandees are stationed when before
timely ordered."
Tie Killing: of a Big RiUno on the
Banks of the Nile.
I was dashing along, confident that
the rhino must be far ahead, when Zo
wanji whistled. I oould see nothing till
he pointed out the brute lying quite
close to me. The sun beating on her
mud caked hide made it blend so per
fectly with the red earth and yellowish
grass that I should have walked right
up without seeing her. She sprang to
her feet. We both fired. She made a
short dash toward us, but thought bet
ter of it and rushed down a small slope
on to a flat bed of short reeds. Here
she turned again and defied us. Again
the heavy guns roared. She spun round
and round several times, staggered, re
covered and dashed oft only to stop,
however, under the next tree. The .303s
cracked, and in a wild chorus of thank
ful yells she toppled over, rose again,
spun round and Anally subsided into
the grass. We went up quite close to
finish her. She fought hard to rise and
have a last charge, but the little pencil
like bullet again sped on its sad errand,
and the game old relic of prehistoric
times breathed her last. We were sad
men as we gazed upon her grotesque,
misshapen form. Somehow one feels
such a blatant upstart In the presence
of the pachyderms when one thinks of
the unbroken line that dates back un
changed into the unthinkable ages of
the past.—Ewart Grogan in Outing.
The Headsman's Perquisites.
Strange and unreasonable laws guar
anteed to the headsman his full share
of emoluments. He was well paid for
bis work and never suffered from a
dull season. From the towns be re
ceived poultry and fodder, from the
monasteries fish and game. The Ab
baye de Saint-Germain gave him every
year a pig's head; the Abbaye de Saint-
Martin five loaves of bread and five bot
tles of wine. Cakes were baked for him
on the eve of Epiphany. For each leper
In the community he exacted—heaven
knows why—a tax at Christmas time.
Les filles de jole were his vassals. It
was his privilege to seize in the market
place as much corn as he could carry
away In his hands, and the peasants
thus freely robbed submitted without a
murmur, crossing themselves with fer
vor as he passed. He had the power to
save from death any woman on her
way to the scaffold, provided he were
able and willing to marry her. He was
the first official called to the body of a
suicide, and, standing on the dead
man's breast, he claimed as his own
everything lie could touch with tho
point of his long sword.—Agnes Rep
ulier in Haruer's Magazine.
~ :
VARIETIES OF WHEAT.
Rr<t lirl<lrr< at the Ki-niuoky Asrrl
• 'iiliurul F.iiirrlnifiit Station.
Wheat varieties being of interest at
present, some experience of the Ken- !
tuckv agricultural experiment station |
is here presented. The wheats illus
trated were among thirty-seven varie
ties planted Oct. 14 for the season of j
1000-01. The fourteen best yielders for
two years have been Fultz, Harvest
King, Prudy, Lancaster lied, Beech -
1, CLAWSON LONGRERRY; 2, CANADIAN HY
BRID; 3, IMPROVED RICE.
wood Hybrid, Indiana Swamp. Daw
son's Golden Chaff. Jersey Fultz, Ex
tra Early Oakley. Pearl Prolific. Fal
caster, Turkish. Kansas Mortgage
Lifter and Hungarian. There are
among these eight smooth varieties,
and they average for the two years
80.2 bushels, and seven bearded varie
ties which average for the two years
only 3(5.9 bushels. The farmers of the
section of the state around Lexington
prefer a smooth wheat to a bearded,
one, as it is very hard to get hands to
harvest the bearded varieties.
Clawson Longberry is beardless,
seeds large, soft and white, but a trifle
darker than some other white wheats;
stem yellow; average number of seeds
from a spike, 49; average weight of
seeds from one spike, 2.3 grams.
Canadian Hybrid is beardless, seeds
of medium size, plump, red, moderate
ly hard; spike compact, stem pale yel
low; average number of seeds from a
spike, 54; average weight, 2.1 grams:
of good appearance, but with the stem
rather slight.
The Hungarian wheat produced a
very rank growth; average height,
about 53 inches, though occasional
plants reached a height of 58 inches;
strongly bearded; seed large, very dark
in colokand very hard; number of
seeds from a spike, 3G.5; average
weight of seeds from a spike, 1.55
grams.
Pootung wheat is beardless or beard
ed; seeds small, soft and red; spike
4, THEISS, OR HUNGARIAN; 5, I'OOTUNG.
slender, tapering, the spikelets well
separated; stem yellow, slight; average
number of seeds from a spike, 37.5; av
erage weight of seeds from a spike,
0.925 gram. The straw was very weak,
Bud much of it was thrown down be
fore it was cut; average height when
mature, about 50 inches, though often
reaching a height of 54 inches. Red
rust very abundant on blades. No
stem rust. It is a very early wheat
and was cut June 22.
t'tillzlngr the I'nderflow.
According to statistics published by
the Denver chamber of commerce, Col
orado advanced during the decade 1889
to 1899,t0 the front rank of irrigated
states, surpassing California in the ex
tent of land under irrigation, but re
maining second in the number of Irri
gators and in the value of irrigated
crops.
Water is held in the layers of sand
and gravel which have been deposited
at various depths beneath the surface
of the plains. Investigations indicate
that this :pply is large and that con
siderable ;'reas of valuable land lo
cated at < jrreat an elevation to be
irrigated 1.. gravity diversion of water
will ultimately be reclaimed by utilis
ing the underflow.
PUMPKINS AND SQUASHES.
Mow TUey Ilnve Boon Kept l.ate mid
ThruuKli Severe Fro ».
Pumpkins and squashes may be car
ried through quite severe frosts with
out injury by covering well with straw
or coarse litter. With especially fine
bills which may not have fully ma
tured it will usually pay well to do
this, as they will often make very de
cided growth after the surrounding
vines which were unprotected are dead
beyond any hope. Four years ago
some very large pumpkins which I was
growing were in danger ol being killed
by frost before maturity. They were
Intended for show windows in some of
tile large stores, and my object was
the largest possible growth and thor
oughly matured fruits. They were
carefully covered, fruits and vines, and
came through without injury and kept
growing vigorously until the second
frost came, which killed the leaves and
leaf stalks. At this time the pumpkins
only were covered, the vines being left
to care for themselves; but, being very
large and strong, the main vin % 3 still
remained jl reeii, and the pumpkins by
actual measurement made very decided
growth after everything but the main
stems was dead. Did all this trouble
pay. do you ask? I think so, for the j
pumpkins were sold at satisfactory ,
prices for the purpose for which they
were grown, and the cards upon them
with the grower's name and residence
were a good advertisement. Cabbage, '
celery and all late growing vegetables j
will be greatly benefited by a liberal
use of the hoe and steel garden rake ;
to loosen and fine the soil and admit
the air and sunshine, says a Rural New i
Yorker writer.
MARKING CATTLE.
Characters Tattooed In the Ear With
Forceps and India Ink.
The cut, from Country Gentleman,
shows a means of marking cattle,
which a Canadian correspondent says
Is open to the fewest objections and is
practiced by many breeders of live
stock in Great Britain. The operation
of tattooing, he says. Is simple and
practically painless. The mark 1s legi
ble and fairly durable, but unless some
white fluid for use in tattooing black
skinned animals Is available this meth
od would be useless for certain breeds
of cattle and swine. The Instrument
used is simple and easily manipulated.
It consists, as shown in the cut, of a
pair of pinchers or forceps so construct
ed as to permit of changing the mark
ing teeth or stamps. Numbers from 1
to 0 may be arranged In many combi-
TATTOOIHQ FORCEPS.
nations and so serve when tattooed on
the ear effectually to distinguish the
Individual. Initials or whole words
may be tattooed. The tattooing process
is simple. The ear of the animal should
be thoroughly cleansed. India ink
should then be applied with a brush to
the hairless or inner side of the ear so
as to cover the surface where It is de
sired the characters Bhould appear.
The jaws of the forceps being so
placed on the ear as to bring the pierc
ing device over the Ink, a sufficient
pressure should be exerted to cause
the points to pierce the epidermis and
true skin, but not the cartilage of the
ear. The ink should then be rubbed
into the punctures, although generally
the mere piercing operation drives
enough coloring matter Into the Bkln
to leave a good mark. The wound Boon
heals, and a mark that cannot be eas
ily removed or tampered with is left.
Rye and Rasslan Thistle.
It is nothing uncommon for rye to
yield forty bushels to the acre, and If
the ground is properly prepared and
good seed well put "In failure will not
occur If there is enough moisture in
the ground to germinate the seed in
the fall. Rye can be sown in August
or any time before the ground freeses.
We have seen good crops when the
grain was sown BO late that the plants
could hardly be seen above ground un
til the following spring. If rye is not
sown by Sept. 20, It is usually bet
ter to wait until the ground is about
to freeze up. One who has land Infest
ed with Russian thistles will find great
satisfaction in sowing rye thick and
early. Some sow in July and pasture
the stand so It cannot joint, then har
vest a crop the next year.—Field and
Farm.
Fall Cleaning and Onion Thrips.
One of the agricultural authorities
claims that the onion thrips pass the
winter months in matted grass among
old weeds aud other rubbish as well
fes among cull onions that have been
left over In the garden In the fall. For
this reason a general cleaning up of all
rubbish in the fall is highly essential.
News and Notes.
Sklmmllk for bogs and the big profit
in it is all the talk n«w.
Ohio Is a clover growing Btate. It is
also becoming an alfalfa growing
state.
The market for coarse flax fiber is
almost unlimited, according to a west
ern grower.
The agricultural building of the St.
Louis world's fair is reported as
planned to cover twenty-two acres and
the pulace of horticulture seven and a
half acres.
A recent circular of the United States
department of agriculture defines the
laws regulating Interstate shipment of
birds and game.
Late blight in some sections has re
duced the earlier promise of a heavy
potato crop, but a large western crop Is
still the general tenor of advices.
The Soil Was Not Congenial.
It was Aunt Rebecca's first visit to
her niece, a city girl who had married
a few years before and begun house
keeping In a pretty town in southern
Michigan.
"Myrtle," she said, looking out of the
kitchen window one morning, "you
have a fine patch of ground here that
seems to be going to waste. Why don't
you plant peach trees? They grow
beautifully In this climate."
"No, aunty," replied the young wife;
"the soil is too poor. I have tried it
You remember those canned peaches
you sent me year before last? They
were the finest I ever saw—finer than
any that grow here. Well, I saved the
stones, and, without saying anything
to Robert about It, I planted them out
there In the yard, but not one of them
ever came up—not a single one!"
The Roral Color.
Purple has always been considered
the royal color. The ill fated Charles
I. was, however, at his own desire,
crowned in a robe of white. Although
he was seriously reminded that of the
two exceptions to this rule, Richard 11.
and Henry VI., who wore white satin
robes at their coronations, both had
come to a violent end, one at Ponte
fract castle and one in the Tower,
Charles I. was resolute in his decision,
and, when, twenty-three years after
ward, almost to a day, his body was
conveyed to its grave through a heavy
snowstorm, the superstitious could not
help remarking that the third "white
king" had suffered a violent death.—
St. James Gazette.
An Optimistic View.
The Invalid looked out of the window
Just as a hearse went by, and he
smiled happily.
"D'ye mind, Biddy," he said, "It's
worth the dyln' to have a ride in a
thing like that, with the feathers on
top an' a man with a bug on his hat,
an' you beln' gr-reater an' moie nlcls
sary than the marshal lv a St. Path
rlck's day parade. There's wanst In
ye're life ye're the whole thing, an'
that's whin ye're dead." —Chicago Post.
The Sensible This*.
Schoolmaster—What Is the meaning
of oue twenty-flfth?
Boy—l—l don't remember.
Schoolmaster—lf you had twenty-five
friends visiting you and only one apple
for them, what would you do?
Boy—l'd wait till they'd gone and
then "at It myself.
No 42
FATE OF HINDOO GIRLS.""*<
Nepaal Rajpoots Cava* Their D«oak«
tern to Be Mar4tft<l.
A Capuchin monk engaged In
siouary work in Nepaul, writing of
Hindoo family life, remarks that it is
very difficult for parents to make ad
vantageous matches for their daugh
ters. The Hindoos therefore find a
means of ridding themselves of too
many daughters by murdering them.
It Is a well known fact that Hindoo*
of high birth, those who are Called
rajpoota, caused their daughters to be
put to death after their birth by men
specially engaged to do so. This crim
inal custom had become so general
that in 1840 In the seventy-three Til
lages of the Allahabad district there
were only three girls under twelve
years of age, and three years later in
the town of Agra there was not one
to be found under that age. All had
been put to death.
The English government baa very
naturally passed severe laws against
this abominable crime, but to evade
them the Hindoos allow their girls to
live until the age of twelve, aftes
which they do away with them by ad*
ministering poison ID small doses.
Orientals are past masters In the art
of poisoning, and after some minute
Inquiries it transpires that In many
districts twenty-five out of every hun
dred girls have been got rid of In this
manner. Those girls who have been
spared they marry very early, gener
ally between fourteen and fifteen
years, aud that not according to their
own choice, but by the will. of their
parents, which Is decisive.
An Indian family of good rank
could not keep an unmarried daugh
ter. It would not only be a public
shame, but also a crime against reli
gion. To procure husbands for those
who have not already found them
there are a number of Brahmans, old
and decrepit, called Kulln Brahmans,
who go about with the one object of
going through the ceremony of the
"seven steps" with as many young
girls as they can upon receipt of a
large sum of money, but who after
ward leave the country and perhaps
never see them again.—Pall Mall Ga
zette.
KINGS AND QUEENS.
The king of England who conld not
speak the language of his kingdom was
George I.
In the battle of Bosworth Field, 1485,
a king was killed (Richard III.) and a
king was crowned (Henry VII.).
The motto, "Dieu et Mon Droit," was"
first assumed by Edward 111. of Eng
land when be took the title of
France.
"Your majesty" as a royal title was
assumed in England in 1527 by Henry
VIII. The title before that was "your
grace" or "your highness" for the king
or queen.
William IV. was at the time when hs
succeeded to the throne the first Wil
liam of Hanover, the second William
of Ireland and the third William of
Scotland.
Henry VIII. was the first to assume
the title of king of Ireland. The title
king of Great Britain was assumed by
James VI. of Scotland when he became
James I. of England.
Richard I. was the first to call him
self king of England. Every king, from
William to Henry 11. called himself
king of the English. The title was as
sumed by Egbert, the first king of
England, in 828.
King of France was a title borne by
the monarchs of England for 482 years,
and when Elisabeth became queen of
England she was also "king of France,"
asserting that if she could not be a
queen she would be king.
Ths Spendthrift.
Once upon a time there was a spend
thrift who made his father very un
happy through his profligate habits.
"My son," said the parent, "yon
spend every penny that yon get, and
it must cease. Remember that the
pennies make shillings and the shil
lings make pounds. If yon do not
change your habits of always spend
ing to habits of judicious saving, I will
not spare the rod."
The admonition had no good effect on
the youth, and he continued to spend
the pennies before they could accu
mulate into shillings.
His father spoke no more about the
matter, but he applied the rod most
vigorously to him until he bowled with
pain.
Moral.—He who spends the pennies
will get the pounds.—New York Her
ald.
Instinct at Horses Im Wmt.
Arabian horses manifest remarkable
courage in battle. It is said that when _
a horse of this breed finds himself
wounded and perceives that he will
no. be able to bear his rider much
longer he quickly retires from the con
flict, bearing his master te a place of
safety while he has still sufficient
strength. But, on the other hand, If
the rider is wounded and falls to the
ground the faithful animal remains
beside him, unmindful of danger,
neighing until assistance Is brought.
rientr of Color.
"That Mrs. Wadhams to whom you
Introduced me the other evening re
minds me very much of a portrait by
Rembrandt."
"Is that so? Which onel"
"Oh, any old one. They all look,
when you get close to them, as If the
paint had been thrown on by the
handful." —Chicago Herald.
A Serene Temperament.
"Mike," said Plodding Pete, "don't •
you wish you was rich?"
"Kind o\" answered Meandering
Mike. "Course I couldn't eat any
more dan I does, but I'd be saved de
trouble o' sayln' 'much obliged' so of
ten."—Washington Star.
Hew Yon Mar Easily Tell Them
Apart bj Their Markings.
In the muskellunge the upper half of
cheek and gill cover Is scaled, the
lower half being naked. The pike has
a gill cover scaled like the 'lunge's,
but the entire cheek is scaled. The
eastern and grass pickerel have cheek
and gill covers scaled all over. Hence,
if &nly the upper half of the flab'a
cheek is scaled, it Is a 'lunge; If the
entire cheek and half the gill cover
show scales, the specimen Is a great
northern pike.
Young muskellunge are distinctly
spotted with blackish on a greenish or
grayish ground. The mature fish shows
less distinct markings, although they
usually are discernible in the region of
the tail. I have, however, seen big, old
fish upon which the eye conld detect
no spot, the general color being gray
ish green, with a few dim reflections.
Agr.ln I have seen fine fish of a nonde
script tint, as like that of an old, dry
rubber boot as anything I can think of.
The young and old of the great
northern pike have the sides marked
with oval Mhltlsh or yellowish spots
several shades lighter than the ground
color; hence a fish with spots darker
than the ground color is a 'lunge; with
lighter spots, a northern pike.—Edwyn
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