VOI XXXIX
BiclceTs.
The time of the year is here when you want to purchase your
WINTER FOOTWEAR.
Our stock of BOOTS, SHOES, RUBBER and FELT GOODS
is complete.
Large stock of Gokey's high cut hand pegged shoes, Gokty's
high-cut copper toe shoes for Boys and Waterproof Shoes for Girls.
NOVEMBER PRICE LIST
Ladies' Fine Dongola Patent Tip Shoes, $1.50 grade, .at SI 00
Old Ladies' Warm Lined Shoes at 85
Men's Fine Embroidered Slippers at 40
Ladies,' Whole Stock Waterproof Shoes at 1 75
Misses' Whol? Stock Waterproof Shoes at 1 40
Men's Good Kip Heavy Sole Box Toe Shoes.. v at 2 25
Ladies' Fine Trimmed Juliet Slippers at 90
FELT AND RUBBER GOODS
Men's Coon Tail Excluder Knit Boots and Heavy Duck Rolled Edge Overs. .f2 50
Men's Russian Felt Boots and Heavy Duck Rolled Edge Overs 2 50
Men's Gray Felts and First Quality Overs I
Boys' Gray Felts and First Quality Oyers 1
Youths' Gray Felts and First Quality Overs 1 25
Men's Rubber Boots " *2
Ladies' Rubber Boots 1
Men's Buckle Arctics • 1
Complete stock of German stockings and rolled edge rubbers
Large stock of Ladies', Gents', Misses' and Children's Leggirre
and Overgaiters at reduced prices.
High Iron Stands with four lasts for repairing at 50c.
Sole Leather and Shoemakers' supplies of all kinds.
Repairing promptly done.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 South Main St.,
$ FANCY FABRICS FOR DAINTY DRESSERS m
£ GR.AND OFFERINGS THIS WEEK. &
Friday and Saturday Specials for Ladies and Men.
* The riodern Store *
I is offering such a vast variety and such a superb stock at sucli tempting
prices that the crowd continue to get larger every week. Those who come >0
here once bring their friends next time, because we do not exaggerate
either in our advertising or in our statements to cur patrons. (ft
■ 45 in. all-wool rhelvots, 50c yd. 42 in. Sharkskins.
I Innnn I.AA/lO 50C yd. a-' in. Brown and Gray mixtures, 50c yu. W
UiriSS H IS « In. Novelty Suitings, 50c up. Q?
VWV Beatiful Black Goods, Specials, 50c to $1.50 up.
VP! Vl-TQ Metal printed velvets. 75c and 11.00 yd. Costome velvets, 75c to JA
Itklblo (1.50 yd. Corduroys, all colors, 75c yd. SH
Cl| I/O Kancy silks for waists. Black Taffetas, all widths. Heavy black silks, ill
01L.1\3 Peau-de-Soie and Armures. Krand values. SI.OO.
Mannifinont Millinprv We are making a record l.y It. This department is Pj
magnmceni mllllllßry advancing like the others. Seeing is believing.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS. £
Ladies' Fine Egyptian Cotton, Fleece- I Men's Ileavy. Fleece-Hnrd shirts and js
lined vests and pants, all sizes, best 50c drawers, all sizes, never sold less than
garment ever sold, at 3»c. 1 50 c at 39c.
Co., m
SOUTH MAUI STREET ) AA4
PHOXES: \ PEOPLES 0 ' ( 22l
posTomcE BOX ) •■■■■ in
OPrOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA. (ft
THE AUTUMN BUYING __
Is now in Full Swing.
and our store is full of good durable footwear at rock bottom
prices, don't fail to look this store over arid 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
with the qualities and more than pleased with our |
money saving prices.
School Shoes for the Boys and Girls.
Neyer in the history of the shoe business in Eutler 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 ill button or lace and all marked at bargain prices.
Ladies' Fine Shoes
We have been appointed exclusive agents for the famous Dorothy a
Dodd fine 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 Dorothy
Dodd shoe we carry a large line of the well known K. D. <te Co. .and
many other leading makes of Ladies' fine shoes which makes this store
the best place in Butler Co. to buy fine shoes. ;
Hen's Fine Shoes
You will find here the largest stock and greatest variety of styles 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, such as WALKOVER, W. L. DOUGLASS and many
other of the leadidg makes of Men's fine shoes. '
Rubber and Felt Goods.
Do not fail to see our line of Rubber and Felt Goods
before buying your Winter stock as 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 1 whether you want to buy or not.
C. E. MILLER,
KECK
Fall& Winter Weights
Fi Have a nattiness about them that J]
mark the wearer, it won't do to p-f /J r // [ l\
wear the last year's output. You yj -W! |\ I£■'} IJJ le\
won't get the latest things at the . 1/ Nk \J 1
stock clothiers either. The up-to- r/V*sk lF~f
C date tailor only can supply them, , ,'| I/ \ s/\ I'll
if you watU not only the latest (J f\ / I /I ff 1}
things in cut and fit and work- * ll } II I
tnanship, the finest in durability, 1 If Iff I
where else can you get combina- \ / ill
tions, you get them at I I | ill I , *
KECK
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
42 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler, Pa
PAPER I
VtStS>_S Make a study of the rooms you
wish to decorate then come and look
fay over our line of wall paper before
' A\ [ J' oll buy. Just received a large ship
ent of all the latest and newest de-
Bros
Phone 40w. Wick Building.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
BUTLER, PA
Mail Orders Solicited
2 Onr stock of Men's Furnishing i
j for Fall ami Winter in now
\ complete and it is
J bigger and better
than ever. '
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d We have a fine showing of
m Shirts. Neckwear, Gloves. i
a Underwear and 4
5 Half-hose. i
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# Oar Fall Hats are top-notch of w
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{ J no. S. Wick |
£ HATTER and 2
+ MEN S FURNISHER.
J Opposite P. 0. *
5 BUTLER, PA. 5
CORKS
ALL
SIZES.
ANY
Quantity.
REMCK~ &~ GROHMAN,
Prescription Druggists,
N. loq Main St., Butler, Pa.
Do You Buy Medicines?
Certainly You Do.
Then you want the best for the
least money. That is our motto.
Come and see us when in need of
anything in the Drug Line and
we are sure you will call again.
We carry a full line of Drugs,
Chemicals, Toilet Articles, etc,
Purvis' Pharmacy
S. G. PURVIS, PH. G.
Both Phones.
218 S. Main St. Butler Pa.
THE FIGURES
of men are various and
most of them are more
or less out of propor
tion; but a perfect figure
is preserved to appear
ance by the arc of the
tailor. We take the
pains to restore the form
spoiled by nature, not
to a dull uniformity, as
it everyone must look
alike, but toward har
mony—clothes foi in
dividual.
See our showing of the
season's newest cloth.
Aland,
MAKER OF
MEN'S CLOTHES.
Mars Boiler Works.
All sizes of
STATIONARY,
PORTABLE and
UPRIGHT BOILERS
always in stock for sale
or exchange.
Repair work promptly attended to,
S. H. ROBERTS.
Bell Phone No. 6. Mars,
People's Phone No. 11. Pa
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V WSSOS| --DEfiTAL ROOMS.-- V
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BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 13 1902
Nasal
CATARRH »
cleanses, soothes and heals f
the diseased membrane. a ,I
It ciircscatarrh and drives M.
away a cold in the head
quickly.
Crr:-.m Balm is placed into the nostrils,spreads
over the membrane ft:'..! ia absorbed. Belief is im
mediate and a care follows. It is not drying—docs
not produce sneezing. Size, 50 coats at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
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j Johnston's j^jj
| Beef. Iron and Wine
| is the
& Best k j
•wl and A
£ Blood Purifier. B J
Price, 50c pint. ®
k'V Prepared and W A
sold only at LI
! Johnston's
Crystal M
W Pharmacy. H
W 3 R. M. LOGAN, Ph. G ,
IW Manager, wj
V J 103 N. Main St., Butler, Pa'
V Roth 'Phones V J
Everything in the
drug line. rA
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LJLJ
Just Arrived
Early
Fall
Goods
In Latest
Coronation Suitings;
Also
Black and White
Novelties.
Wedding Suits a
o
Specialty.
Call and examine before leaving
your order for suit.
COOPER,
Leading Tailor,
With Newton,
Piano Man.
THE MOST IMPORTANT
question of the day is why
Newton, "The Piano Man"
can sell a better piano for less
money than anyone else in
Western Pennsylvania.
He represents the wealthiest manu
facturers of Pianos. You pay direct to
them for all the Pianos. The expense
of selling them is $75 less than the
ordinary retail man and you save his
profit, which means to you $ 175 saved.
Prices from $250 to $1,500—10 per cent
off for cash. All pianos fully warrant
ed. My customers are my reference.
Ask them. Call and see me and let me
explain our easy payment plan.
Your credit is good.
NEWTON
"THE PIANO MAN"
317 S. Main St. Butler Pa
Pearson B. Nace's
Livery Feed and Sale Stable
Rear of
Wick House. Butler. Penn'a.
The best of horses and first class rigs al
ways on hand and for hire.
Best accommodations in town for perma
nent boarding and transient trade. Speci
al care guaranteed.
Stable Room For 65 Horses.
•'A good
(uau horses always on band and for sale t
under a rail guarantee; and horses bouKh
*pon proper notification-by
PEARSON B. NACE.
Telephone. No. 219.
* Whsn 1
tZT f JANE f
if Peggy MIKIDITH f
i-Ume I c \ !
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if R%. rL- f i 1M1 ' by A • s • Y
* U O. t £\ IT Richardson I
"Yes'm, I saw it with my own eyes."
"Do tell!"
"Who'd 'a' thought it?"
"Are you sure be kissed her? P'raps
he was just picking u leaf or something
out of her hair."
"Well, Mrs. Demining, you needn't
think that just because I ain't been
married no man ever kissed me. I've
had as many beaus in my day as ever
you had!"
"Dear me. Miss Lavlny, I didn't
mean anything personal! Only it's
quite a step from your porch to Mrs.
Burkett's, and I thought"—
"1 wasn't 011 my porch!" answered
Miss Lavina shortly. "I was right
close to the hedge, picking wine cur
rants."
The last phrase was spoken apologet
ically, as if prompted by latent shame
at thus spying 011 a neighbor.
"Oh, I don't know but it's your duty,
Laviuy, to keep your eye open when
there's such doings in the heart of a
respectable community like ourn," was
the unctuous reply of Mrs. Smithers.
"Well, that ain't all I've seen, ei
ther," announced Miss Lavinia, rising
to this skillfully baited hook. "You
know Cousin Sallie left her theater
glasses behind, and they're a heap of
help. I can stand in my second story
front with them and see straight into
her parlor."
A girlish figure bending over a strip
of renaissance lace in the rear of the
shop straightened up suddenly, and an
exclamation escaped her lips. But the
women clustered round the front door
gossiped on excitedly.
"Didn't he take the train for town
yesterday mornTng?" queried Mrs.
Smithers.
"Yes, but he came back at early dusk,
with his arms full of white paper bun
dles, and when he got on the porch he
tossed them helter skelter on the set
tee and—and—hugged her!"
"Oh!"
"Ain't that dreadful?"
"If auybedy but you, Laviny Hart,
had" told that, I wouldn't believed it!"
murmured Mrs. Smithers.
"It may look out of place for a sin
gle woman to say, but it does seem to
me like a judgment 011 Doc Burkett for
going off io marry a frivolous, do noth
ing Boston widow instead of some de
cent, thrifty girl In his own town. He
ain't been dead three months, and here
is another man hanging round his wid
ow. Perhaps he's an old sweetheart.
Everybody knows DoCwas well fixed."
"Yes, and they do say," interposed
Mrs. Deniiniug, "them as was round
when he was brought home that day,
that she stood round like a statue, nev
er shedding a tear and Just doing what
old Dr. Green ordered, like some ma
chine."
"Perhaps she knew it wasn't no use
to do anything anyhow," suggested
Mrs. Marsden. wtio had a retreating
chin and weak, fishy eyes.
"What's that, Becky Marsden?"
snorted Miss Lavinia, turning severely
on her Insignificant neighbor. "What
do you know about it?"
"Nothing," hurriedly replied Mrs.
Marsden. "Only I was reading a novel
yesterday where a woman got tired of
her husband and put something in his
coffee that didn't smell nor taste nor
anything—and lie"—
"Lawzee Becky, I always knew you
was light headed," snapped Miss La
vinia. Nevertheless the group of gos
sips turned suddenly silent and gazed
at each other, wide eyed.
"My, wouldn't it be awful if we had
a poison case here?"
The girlish figure in the rear rose
now, and a clear voice rang across the
stuffy little shop.
"You've tio right to say such things.
You don't know Mrs. Burkett and nev
er wanted to treat her right, and you're
wicked, wicked women to talk about
her that way!"
Astonished silence fell upon the wo
men. Then Mrs. Smithers' voice, no
longer oily and complacent, rose cut
tingly.
"That'. l ; a nice way for you to speak
to your elders, Peggy Smithers, and
I'm ashamed of you. D'you mean to
call Lavinia Hart a liar?"
The girl fingered her bolt of braid
nervously.
"No, aunt; but I can't sit here and
listen to such dreadful things about
Mrs. Burkett. I've worked for her, and
I know she's a lady through and
torougli, and she's not doing anything
tvrong. There's a reason"—
"Well, Miss Peggy, seeing as you're
the only one in this party that has a
visiting acquaintance with Mrs. Bur
kett, you might just walk up there and
see who that man is."
"Oh, aunt, I can't! I couldn't ask
such a question!"
"You don't need to ask. Worm it out
while you're there. You can take up
that new set of pefnts you've made.
Perhaps Mrs. Burkett might like to
wear them with her widow's black."
The last words came spitefully.
The girl stood in a pleading attitude.
"This is a nice way to treat your old
aunt that's given you bed and board
for ten years now. Now you stop sniv
eling and trot along."
Poor Peggy! Before those words
"bed and board" she never hesitated.
They formed the spiritual lash which
her aunt swung with unmerciful hand
The girl never stopped to reckon the
mittens she knit for the shop, the lace
she made or the interminable days of
fine sewing as a recompense for the
obnoxious "bed and board."
Drearily she lifted her simple sailor
hat from the slielf beneath the-counter
and started on her hateful errand.
The great trees arched protectingly
over her head, the wild straw berries
bloomed at her feet, and from the
woodlands came the calls of her favor
ite birds. But her eyes were heavy
with unshed tears. Was it not bad
enough to listen day after day to the
gossip that emanated from her aunt's
shop without being forced into a part
nership with the gossipers?
Languidly and tremblingly she
mounted the broad steps leading to
Widow Burkett's porcli. That much
discussed lady met her at the door.
Her quick glance detected the misery
in Peggy's face.
"Come in, child. You look utterly
worn out," she remarked, ushering
Peggy into the dim, cool parlor. "What
have you there? Oh, such lovely lace
collars! I must have one of them. But
I'm afraid this sort of work is pulling
you dowu. You're looking badly, Peg
gy"
The girl flushed guiltily, and her
tongue clung to the roof of her mouth.
Mrs. Burkett studied her curiously.
"It is u long walk from the village,
and as soon as Ned comes In we'll
some lemonade. He makes famous
lemonade."
Ned! That must b» the awful man.
And she called him by his first name
with such a proud light in her eyes.
A brisk step sound, d in the entry, the
knob rattled, and Peggy turned dizzy
and falut.
"Ned, dear, this is little Peggy Smith
ers, who made that lovely lace for me.
Peggy, this is"—
Peggy had risen mechanically, and
as she caught the nest words she
raised h'-r eyes, swimming with tears,
to Mrs. Burkett's astonished gaze. De
licious little chills were chasing up
and down her hot spine. O'.i, if only
she might rush from the hous», down
the shady street to the shop. But no;
that man stood between her and the
door.
Peggy had never seen just such a
man before. Ho stood so very tall and
straight, laughed in such frieudly fash
ion with his eyes and helped her to
tiny cakes and a drink, all cool, sweet
and sour, with the air of Prince Charm
ing of fairy book fame. From some
where—far, far away—came the trill
of a riotously happy bird. Peggy
raised her eyes once more to Mrs. Bur
; kett's face, and this time there were
| 1:0 tears.
"Why, you're looking better already,
I Peggy. And now, if you won't have
; any more cake or lemonade. I shall
j carry you off to my room. I want you
I to sec the beautiful silks and embrold
: cries Mr. Lnmeroux has brought me
from Japan and China."
»«••♦»«
The gosgips at Mrs. Smithers' shop
were becoming restless when Peggy
came back. The girl fairly shivered
with suppressed excitement, and her
hand trembled as she stuck the hatpin
through her sailor.
"Well, ain't you never going to
speakV" snapped her aunt "Didn't
you hear anything?"
"Yes, I heard lots, aunt," answered
the girl, trying hard to keep the ex
ultation from ringing In her voice. The
women leaned forward eagerly.
"Ilis name Is Mr. Edward Lame
roux"—
"Hoity-toity," sniffed Miss Lavinia.
"Just like a novel," murmured Mrs.
Marsden.
"And he's just home from China and
Japan, and he's going to stay a year
this time, and he's brought her the
most beautiful silks you ever saw, and
I'm going there to sew on 'em for a
whole week, and she gave me the
queerest candy. It came from China,
too, and It burns your mouth, but It's
good—and"—
"Lawzee, Teggy, why don't you get
down to facts?" ejaculated Miss La
vinia. "Is he going 4r> marry her?"
"No!" exclaimed Peggy in a final
burst of triumph. "He can't. He's
her twin brother, and he's in the navy,
and he's been gone five years—and"—
Mrs. Demining rose abruptly, saying:
"I declare I forgot that batch of
bread. Like as not it's all over my
clean floor."
Miss Lavinia, looking decidedly ag
grieved, departed in silence. One by
one her visitors left, and Mrs. Smithers
stood alone absently dusting and re
dusting her tiny showcase.
And in Mrs. Burkett's cool parlor the
widow was saying:
"I do feel so sorry for Peggy, Ned,
dear, that I believe I'll ask her aunt to
let me take her to Bostou when we go
back. She is so handy with her needle.
I know I could get hi>r iocs of work."
"Well, if she's so handy, why don't
you have her for your maid?"
The widow laughed softly.
"She'd simply ruin me, Ned. The
Vhild adores me."
"I don't believe you could be ruined,
Rnd think what it would mean for that
child to be taken away from those vil
lage harpies. The life must be torture
to her sensitive nature."
"It may cost something to get rid of
the aunt; but, then, I believe Feggy's
worth saving."
The Water Clock.
The earliest application of the clepsy
dra principle to produce motion was by
Tsiang Hung, A. D. 12G, who made an
"orrery" representing the apparent mo
tion of the heavenly bodies around the
earth, which was kept going by drop
ping water.
In the sixth century of the Christian
era an instrument was in use In China
which indicated the course of time by
the weight of water as it gradually
came from the beak of a bird and was
received in a vessel on a balance, every
pound representing a one-hundredth
part of the day of twenty-four hours.
About this time mercury began to be
employed in clepsydras instead of wa
ter.
Sore Teit.
"I don't know whether she sings or
not"
"You would if you heard her."—•
Puck.
A C'liunjre Hail Come Over Him.
There are some tiling in this world
for which not even the most profound
rural philosopher can account to his
own satisfaction.
"I never saw an animal move so
slowly before in all my life!" cried an
exasperated traveler in a New Hamp
shire stage, behind which the clouds
of a rapidly rising storm were growing
blacker every moment. "Can't the
horse go any faster? You had an ex
cellent one ten years ago, when I used
to spend the summer here."
"That's the cur'ous tiling about it,"
said the driver, gazing first at his steed
and then at the uneasy passenger in a
mildly speculative way. "This hoss is
the very same identical hoss that I
drove that summer. I don't know
what in tunket's got into him! He
seems to have lost his animation." —
Youth's Companion.
His Free Will Offering.
"What's that $5 kept out of my sal
ary for?" demanded the employee of
the state institution.
"That's your voluntary contribution
for campaign purposes," blandly re
plied the superintendent.
"But it isn't a voluntary contribu
tion. You've no right to hold it out on
me. That wasn't in the bargain. I
never heard anything about it before.
It Is a gouge, mid I won't stand it!"
"But you have to pay it, you know,
or lose your job. Does it go?"
"Y-yes.*'
"Well, that's why we call it volun
tary."—Chicago Tribune.
True Sympathy.
Tom—Why so melancholy, old man?
.Tack—Miss Jones rejected me last
night.
Tom—Well, braes up. There are
others.
Jack—Yes, of course; but somehow I
can't help feeling sorry for the poor
girl.—Chicago News.
Too Much Promived.
"Did her father forgive her for run
ning off and getting married?"
"Yes; the old man said that he
would forgive and forget them." —In-
dianapolis News.
Although she may have no knowl
edge of medicine, the dressmaker who
can cure bad tits has a lot of patience.
HANDLING CORN FODDER.
!!ati<ly Device* For Hnnliuir, and m
Good Stnhhlc Cutter.
The simple homemade sled illustrat
ed in Fig. 1 will be found very useful
in moving corn shocks. Uj the use of
the sled one man can load and unload
the shocks and do the hauling with lit
tle loss of time. To make it get two
hemlock or oak planks about 2 by 12
inches and 14 to 10 feet in length.
Round off one end of each in sled run
ner fashion and connect the runners by
three 2 by 4 inch crosspleces whiph are
tenoned to fit mortises in the planks.
Where the tenon projects through, a
email hole is made in the former, und a
SLED FOB CORN SHOCKS—STUBBLE CL'TTEK.
pin of wood holds the plank tight
against the shoulder on the crosspieccs.
Three more crosspieccs of, say, IVi by
4 or 2 by 3 inch stuCT are used on top of
the runners. These fit in notches cut in
the runners and extend far enough to
hold on each side of the sled au inch
board about sis Inches wide. The run
ners may be about four feet apart, and
tlie crosspieccs extend nine inches on
each side. This makes the sled five and
a half feet wide, but the width may be
adapted to the length of the corn iu
the dhoeks. A stake or standard three
or four feet high at each corner com
plexes the sled. Hound off the bottom
edges of somewhat so that
the sled will turn more easily and
draw with chain and spreader.
In addition to the foregoing an Ohio
Farmer correspondent describes the
other devices illustrated as follows:
When tlie corn is large, it is usually
cut high on the stalks to save the
weight ami bulk of the surplus fodder.
Unless shredded the bottom part of tbe
sta' ifl not of much feeding value any
way aud is best left in the field, 'the
large stubble, however, is very trouble
some when preparing for seeding or
even when husking the corn in the
field, and the device shown in Fig. 2
is intended for use in cutting of the
stubble close? to the ground. Make a V
shaped frame of Inch boards four of
five inches wide. Nail the frame on a
couple of 2 by 4 inch scantlings which
serve as runners, using a crosspiece of
the same material as the runners at
the rear to hold it securely. From an
old crosscut saw or any piece of thin
steel that may be found available make
two blades which bolt on the frame as
illustrated. Have tbe blades ground
sharp on their outer edges and let them
project one and a half or two Laches
from the boards. Draw It by an iron
ball or a chain, to which attach a sin
gletree'for the hofse. A bow shaped"
handle may be put on at the rear to
lift the contrivance about with if it is
thought necessary. Make the frame
wide enough to cut two rows.
For hauling the husked fodder to the
stack or shed there are several good
homemade racks in use for sled and
wagon, and as a rule every farmer has
his owt; way for handling the fodder
with the least work. For ourselves we
consider the low wheeled and broad
tired wagon with simple low rack the
best on which to haul the stover, but
many haul on a sled, and where there
is but one man to do the work a sled
is always used. Fig. 3 is a rough
sketch of a simple method of arranging
a sled for fodder hauling. Make a sim
ple rack of rough boards am] strips,
the same as is often done for hauling
small loads of straw about the stable
in winter. Procure 'two scantlings or
poles eight or ten feet long. Cut a
SLED FOB FODDER.
piece out of one end of each so as to
make a shoulder on the scantling where
it rests against the underside of the
middle knee of the sled and a notch
where it rests on top of the rear knee.
Nail one or two boards on to'the scant
lings to hold them apart. A pin through
tach just In front of the rear sled knee
holds attachment in place, and it may
be tied with wire or a small rope to
hold it more securely. The scantlings
should not extend too far In the rear.
The back standards of the sled may be
three or four feet in height. The
amount of extra fodder that the sled
will hold is considerable. The tail rack
may be quickly removed when you
have finished using it.
The Hok tlx? Pnokfm Wnut.
Dr. C. D. Smead says that he went
through a big western packing house
and asked the packers what hogs they
wanted.
•'Black whenever we can get them!"
"Why?"
"Cut the carcass of a white hog mid
way between shoulder and ham, aud
the two parts will weigh about the
same. The meat in front of the cut
brings 0 cents, that back of it 10 cents
or more. Cut the carcass of a black
hog in the same way and over 00 per
cent of the weight will be back of the
cut!"— Iturai New Yorker.
The fruit driers are getting in great
work in New York *tate.
A B&EFMAKEH. ""
Tlio GDIHI I itlle Aberdeen AIIKUI, the
Small Farmer** Favorite.
Examining an Angus bull for the
first time, we shall notice first his
black color. He is all black, the only
white allowed being a little on the un
derline behind the naval. Occasionally
red calves are dropped. We note an
entire absence of horns. Not even scurs
ere allowed.
The form is very typical of the breed.
While the requirements of a fir-t class
beef animal demand a rounded form
here we find this carried to an ex
treme. and the "barrel shape" is a
characteristic that the Angus claims
peculiar to itself. Viewed from any di
rection, this marked rotundity is
prominent, and one notle> s. too, how
low set the animal K h!s great style,
quality, compactness aud symmetry.
In the feeder we find all the indica
tions of a good beet milking machine
and in the Qnislied animal every re
quirement of a market topper. We
see short I and neat, tine bone and
most particularly the wonderful
smoothness which even the most ex
treme for- ing is hardly able to mar.
The head Is v. ry characteristic
Khort, wide, clean cut, with u muzzle
whose capacious mouth and large nos
trils denote excellent feeding qualities
and strong powers of constitution, sur
mounted with a tufted poll that is
sharp and higher in the female than
in the male and ornamented with eyes
of rare beauty and large, hairy ears,
elegantly carried, the whole set to the
body with a neck almost as short as
that of a Hereford. The Angus head is
an index of the excellence that we are
to tind behind it.
Note the tremendous width of chest,
with legs set well outside the body,
the spring of rib and deep, heavy
flesh. Observe the compactness, how
closely the ribs are joined to the hind
quarters. In the hind quarters we fail
to find the hooks bones, though they
are there.
Mature bulls rarely weigh over 2,200
pounds, and cows average perhaps
1,000 pounds in show condition. But
ABERDEEN ANGUS, ADVANCE
[Champion steer of International Live
Stock exposition of 1900.]
early maturity enables them to attain
marketable weights in an extremely
short time.
The milking qualities of Angus cows
have been much neglected. All the
powers of the breed have been directed
to the production of prime beef. How
well this has been accomplished the
markets and fat stock shows of both
England and America will witness.
There are at present about 40.000 reg
istered animals of this breed in North
America, one-fifth on the range, the
other four-fifths in the hands of the
small farmer and feeder. Their foot
ing on the range has always been se
cure, but the popularity of the breed
for the production of baby beef keeps
most of them east of the Missouri. The
outlook Is bright for Angus cattle in
America.—Bulletin of Bureau of Ani
mal Industry.
Uardeninc In Alaska.
According to Mr. Middleton Smith,
I naturalist to the International polar
expedition, probably the first experi
mental gardening in Alaska north of
the arctic circle wus that done by the
expedition at Point Barrow, Alaska,
1881-83. The land close to the coast is
practically free from snow by the sth
of June. On June 13 the seeds of let
tuce, radish and mustard were sown.
The mustard failed to germinate. On
the 10th of July, twenty-seven days
after seeding and nineteen days after
germination, harvesting began. The
lettuce leaves were from one to two
inches in width and from three to four
inches in length. The radishes, spher
ical in form, were from a half inch to
an inch In diameter. The condition of
these vegetables at the time of harvest
was perfect. The quality could not be
excelled. A study of the conditions un
der which the plants germinated and
matured is not only curiously Interest
ing, but suggests that there was some
stimulating force, perhaps the large
amount of atmospherical electricity,
"which caused them to arrive'at matur
ity in <i much shorter period than those
grown in temperate zones. Inasmuch
as the summer season is very brief it is
ibsolutely necessary that plant life In
►he far north should arrive at maturity
very quickly.
News and Notes.
Twenty-flve acres are said to com
prise the commercial ginseng growing
area of the United States, most of it
being in Cortland and Onondaga coun
ties, N. Y.
California is the great lima bean
growing state, commercially consid
ered. The estimated yield last year
was 550,000 sacks of eighty pounds.
The 1002 cranberry crop of the Unit
ed States Is estimated by the American
Cranberry Growers' association at 725,-
000 bushels against 1,040,000 bushels In
1901.
The average condition at harvest of
winter and spring wheat combined was
SO against 82.8 last year, 09.C In 1900
and a ten year average of 78.9, accord
ing to the government report.
A decrease in the number of stock
hogs now being fattened as compared
with the number a year ago in every
important hog raising state except
Pennsylvania is reported by Statisti
cian Hyde.
PICKINGS FROM FICTION.
It's a great thing to be of some use
In the world.—'"Brinton Eliot."
If not sure of the merit of your Ideas,
quote them as another's.—"Myra of the
Pities."
The woman who makes a doormat of
herself will always be trodden upon.—
"Fables For the Elite."
Those who have not been Imposed
upon are a thief's equal, with a thief's
discernment.—"The Fool."
If a man is obliged to make a fool of
himself, it is best he should afford
amusement to others while doing so.—
"The Minority."
No man should ever try to be artless,
lie is too clumsy. It is like trying to
do miniature painting with a white
wash brush.—"The Riddle of Life."
When once a woman has the folly
to plead for herself, in that moment
she murders love, and every tear she
slieds thereafter becomes another clod
upon his grave.—"Margaret Tudor."
A woman is all heart and sentiment,
and while her fortress is a strong one,
yet she expects to be conquered, and
once she surrenders she loves no one
more than her conqueror.—"Buell
Hampton."
Cliiijxn to Ills Misery.
"Ah," he sighed, "I was happier
when I was poor."
"Well," they answered coldly, "it is
always possible for a man to become
poor again."
But somehow the Idea did not seem
to Impress him favorably.—Chicago
Post.
The Viewpoint.
"That man is extremely suspicious,
as he thinks every one he sees is a
shady character, and naturally too."
"It's his nature, I suppose."
"Not at all. He wears smoked spec
tacles." —Baltimore Herald.
Didn't Seem Possible.
0 r. Staylate— Is that clock right?
Miss De Pink (wearily)—l think it
nr,: ■; need cleaning. It's been two or
three hours going that last hour.—
Stray Storle.i.
Toil can't have a good time today
unless* you forget tomorrow, and if
you forget tomorrow it will punish
you when it is today.—Atchison Globe.
Somewhere in the world there arc
1111,000,< Ni 0 big copper ptnnies, but no
body appears to know where they are.
N045
HOT FROM THE FRONT. J
I
A War Correspondent Ul His Storjf
of a Great Event
Newsgathering, not fighting, Is tho.
trade of the war correspondent. But
it is news at any personal cost, and d
fine unpremeditated heroism often goea
with the gathering of It.
One morning after the siege of Paris,
when the city was believed In Loudon
to be still in the hands ot the com
mune, Sir John Robinson, manager of
the Daily News- of London, reached
his oflice to find the late Archibald
Forbes lying on the floor asleep, his
head on a post office directory, while
the printers were hard at work on his
manuscript, the story of "Paris
Flames," a most vivid description oC
the last days of the commune.
"Forbes had telegraphed from Dover
announcing his coming," said Sir John
Robinson, "the printers had been wait*
ing, and thus the country heard olf
| those terrible days for the first time.
"London was ablaze with excite
ment. Rouverie street was impassabld
through the newsboys shrieking fof
copies, and in parliament Mr. Glad
stone was questioned that afternoon
and could only say he hoped the story
was exaggerated.
"When Forbes wakened from liis
slumber amid all this turmoil, what a
spectacle he was! His face was black
with powder, his eyes red and In
flamed, his clothes matted with clay
nnd dust; he was a dreadful picture.
He had been to assist the
communists in defending a triangular
space upon which three detachments
of the Versailles troops were firing,
and had actually taught the citizens
how to build a barricade."
By aid of dummy dispatches ad
dressed to Lord Granville and the
queen. Forbes escaped from this
threatening triangle aud wrote all the
way to England, being the solitary
passenger on the ma llboat Youth's
Companion.
The Apologry Was Still Worse.
A philanthropic lady visited the asy
lum at Kingston, Canada, says Brook
lyn Life, and displayed great interest
in the inmates. One old man particu
larly gained her compassion.
"And how long have you been here,
my man?" she inquired.
"Twelve years," was the answer.
"Do they treat you well?'*
"Yes."
"Do they feed you well?' r
"Tes." .
After addressing a few more ques
tions to him the visitor passed on. She
noticed a broad aud broadening smile
on the face of her attendant and on
asking the cause heard with conster
nation that the old man was none oth
er than Dr. Clark, the superintendent.
She hurried back to make apologies.
How successful she was may be gath
ered from these words: "I am very
sorry. Dr. Clark. I will never be gov
erned by appearances again."
Origin of the Cannon.
It Is n curious fact that the first can
non was cast at Venice. It was called
a "bombard," and was Invented and
employed by General Pisani In a war
against the Genoese. The original
bombard, which bears the date of
1380, is still preserved and stands at
the foot of Pisani's statue at the ar
senal. The bombard threw a stone 100
pounds In weight;* but anothes Vene
tian general, -Francisco Ban-e, im
proved It until be was able to handle
a charge of rock and bowlders weigh
ing 3,000 pounds. It proved disastrous
to him, however, for one day during
the siege of Zara, while he was oper
ating his terrible engine, he was hurled
by It over the walls and Instantly
killed.
The Lipari Islands.
From the Lipari Islands of mytholo
gy, the abode of .Solus, the ruler of
the winds, and the scene of his meet
ing with Ulysses, to the Lipari islands
of today Is a very far cry indeed.
There are no hotels, and the islands
are almost unknown to tourists, while
the 13,000 Inhabitants are almost in a
state of primitive and patriarchal sim
plicity. They tender their services vol
untarily as guides and refuse payment,
regarding all visitors as their guests.
The donkey is the only means of loco
motion. Horses are unknown In the
island.
BIRD DOGS.
Some of the Almost Human Work
These Clever Canines Perform.
Roading denotes that a dog Is follow
ing a trail toward the birds T>y their
foot scent, as a man in an analogous
manner might follow a flock of sheep
by watching their tracks.
Drawing denotes that a dog 1s ap
proaching birds by a scent In the air,
as a man might follow a flock of sheep
by the long line of dust hovering over
and around the trail. Drawing is con
sidered a much superior manner to
roading. It is commonly marked by
greater accuracy, quickness of execu
tion and dash of manner.
Pointing is the stop which the dog
makes when he has definitely located
the birds or when he thinks he has
done so. It Is the preliminary pause to
accurately determine the whereabouts
of the hidden birds before he springs to
capture. If he misjudges and springs
in the wrong direction, all his pains
and labor come to nothing. In his
training he is encouraged to point, but
is prohibited springing, so that after a
time he makes his point and holds it
Btanchly.
If by any act, willful or otherwise,
he alarms the birds and they take
j wing, it is called a flush. If the dog
' when going up wind on game flushes
the birds, he commits an error. If un
der certain circumstances he flushes
when going down the wind, the error
may be excused on the ground that be
ing up wind of them it was Impossible
to scent them and therefore Impossible
of their presence.— Outing.
A Human Paradox.
One often hears an amusing para
dox—such as a brass tin whistle going
around a square, a home whitewashed
terra cotta, and "an awfully nice"
thing. But it is not a common occur
rence to come across a "black white
man," and yet this phenomenon is to
be seen almost any day In New York.
The gentleman is said to be a colored
minister in the city, aud although in
the distance he bears the outward re
semblance of a white man— more espe
cially on account of his pallid features
and gray white hair— he is unmistak
ably of the colored race, and what Is
not the least remarkable is that in
consonance with bis paradoxical ap
pearance lie Is wont to relish "hot ice
cream puffs!"— New York Times.
Mnklnii a Mirror.
Here is the method used In the manu
facture of u mirror: After the glass
has been carefully polished on both
sides it is laid on a firm table (usually
of stone), with upturned edges, and
one or more sheets of tin foil arc laid
upon the plate. Quicksilver is then
spread over it aud at once forms an
amalgam with the tin, making a re
flecting surface.