VOL. XXXX tj HUSELTON'S H H EXIT SALE OF SHOES £ "ROUS MIT EM." r | The big money saving event of the season ► A WONDERFUL SHOE PRICE SLASHING BEGINS ► !I WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14th, 9AM; There ia no doubt about it -it will not pay to carry oyer my left-over Winter fthoee. They won't be up-to-date then, and for { seven months they'll be eating off their heads. It is not a pleasant . dose but what is a man to do?If Next Fall you will be looking for A brand NEW styles. There are considerable many nice, fresh lines of Men's and *2 Women's fine shoes that are jnst the least bit too heavy in soles for 4 Spring otherwise they could not be more desirable at any time of the year. There seems to be about 2500 pairs of all sorts including '1 Boy's and Girls' shoes of various qualities —also dress shoes for Men C and Women. Two weeks hence there will be none left to tell the tale. Prices will do it, C. 0. D. is the only condition. Here's the way we do It are just samples. there are more. WJ Children's Shoes Ladies' Kid Shoes p Fine looking Aj QQ a Are good the year round. The and j* I J W r A style question there is not so good we ' irin^ % serious but we want yon to ° De lot kid ]ace shoe 9at \ sboe the whole family this One lot kid lace shoes, Pat. * < .. ... , . , tip, now $1 10. > . time and if yon don t take a ' t.i«f .11 One lot kid spring heel shoes, ' < hint ' yon are ont ' th4t 8 sizes 2* to 6, was *2.50 now go > . at 98 cts. A I A lot of kid and box-calf Women's Storm Rnbbers 25c. , spring heels worth |1.50 now aa > r* ol A ► 96 eta!, sizes in to s. Men s Fine Shoes f [ Sold at (to cn J * One lot worth ft.oo and $1.25 $8.50 and $4.00 € i new 79 cte. now > Others sold at $2.00 and 4 \ Several choice lots, sizes 8* S 2 ' so now * lA6 ' ' M > to 11, was SI.OO and $1.25, now Men's working shoes reduced I go at 68c and 73c. to 98c. k WOOL BOOTS and . Lots of fine shoes, sizes sto BUBBERS reduced to 98c. 1 8, was 75c and SI.OO, now 48c Lot Men's rubbers now go at ► and 53c. 25c. < * Old Ladies' warm line shoes all felt or foxed with leather soles \ ' or felt, now 79c. ' Everybody knows the kind this store sells—nary a pair ' that has a dishonest streak in them and as a class < they are most stylish. COME EARLY. U ; BS& HUSELTON S d b 1 j LOWRY. IIUULL I Wll \J ASKTOBEFIT. 1903 January Prices 1903 . ?=^awAT—egr— Bicltxl. NEWTON "THE PIANO MAN" 317 K. Main St. Untler Pa Pearson B. Nace's Livery Feed andlSaleStable Rear of Wick House. Butler Penn'a. The beat of horse* and first clous rIRN al wiivson hand iin'l for hlri<. Kent nrroiiiriHHlatloim 111 town for pi rnm. nnnt IxiardiiiK and tranHtnot trado. Kpiti'l al caro guaranteed. Stable Room For 65 Horses. A rihm] C ass of horses, both drivers and draft horses always on hand itnd for sale under a full Knarantne; and horses bouyh pon proper notification*by PEARSON B. NACE. Telephone No. 219. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1003 0 •0»0*0 , 0 , 0*OC--G-«0»-0-«-0*0~^ | LIEUTENANT j jHIrJDS j $ Cfrp'jrichl. 1901. bu A. Page V 5«o»o~o— o-e-co— o-*-o-»o«o»o~6 The well groomed and picturesque young giil who had just ascended the imposing flight of stone steps leading to the northern entrance of the state, war and navy department building in Washington paused at the watchman's tlesk just inside the massive doorway. "1 wish to send a card to Lieutenant John ninds of the navy department," she said, with just a tinge of the aris tocratic arrogance often to be found within tho exclusive circles of army and navy official society. The watchman pondered. "Don't re member the name, miss," be said, scratching his head. "Are you scire It's tlie navy and not the army?" "Of course I am—the navy." "Well, take a chair, miss, and I'll look through the navy register. I thought I knew most of 'em, but some times a new one comes from China or the Philippines, where he's won a com mission, without ever entering this here department building." "Lieutenant Hinds has not been away from Washington in four years," said the young lady. "It seems strange you do not know him." "So such name," declared the guard ian of the door, slamming the naval register shut. "And let me tell you, miss, you must have the name wrong, since If lie ain't in the naval register he ain't any lieutenant in the navy of your Uncle Samuel." The young lady became visibly an noyed. "Kindly direct me to your superior," she said decidedly. "I have made no mistake in the name. It is Lieutenant John Hinds of the navy. He told me so himself." "Well, If you are so sure, it ain't for me to say you're wrong," was the kind ly answer. "You might see the chief clerk down tjiat corridor to the left." "Thank you," was the repiy, and the young lady, evidently relieved, started In the direction Indicated. She turned the corner into the long and dimly illu minated corridor on the navy depart ment side and ran plump into a young mail who was acting as the motive power for a rubber wheeled truck load ed with several stneks of books. "I—l assure you—l beg your par don"— be began. "Oh—forgive me—lt is so dark"— she began. Tin :i— --"Why, Jack, here you are!" The mail uttered an exclamation of surprise and annoyance. "Tbedeuce" — he began. "Why. Ilettie, what are you doing here:'' "I wantc 1 to see you," she com menced, "ard I couldn't wait until aft er office hours. You see"— "But, confound it," began the man— "l mean, lorglve me. Only you know 1 always <1 I hated to receive visit ors at the office." "I know. Jack, but mother is ill. You left the house before I came down to breakfast. Mother was worried about tho boarders and was afraid they'd all leave when they beard she was sick. If you stay, they will all remain, be cause they all like you. Besides"— "Besides what, Hettle?" "Well, I've been thinking about last night—and the future—and—well, you know, I just couldn't stay away from you." "The dearest little woman In tho world," he responded tenderly. "I was a brute to speak so to you, but I was surprised at seeing you here the first time, and, besides, these books must be taken Immediately to tho secreta ry." "Why, John," said the girl, "are you carrying books and pulling that truck? I always thought lieutenants and naval officers had men to do things for them. And do you know tbflt horrid man at the door didn't know you and said there wasn't any Lieutenant Illnds." ".My dear girl," hurriedly ejaculated the young man, "do you mean to say you have been asking in this build ing for me? Why In the world"— "Oh, I'm sorry I came now," mur mured the girl, with u suggestion of a sob. "I thought that my own lieuten ont of the navy would be glad to see me." "Of course i am," said tho man tenderly, yet anxiously. "There, for give me, and I'll explain this evening why I must not have any ono culling here at the office. The secretary be comes simply furious If any of the clerks—l mean any one—receives com pany. ISvcn now I am late, and the secretary wants these books. CJoodby, dear, until this evening." The girl turned to go. A resonant footstep on the marble floor of the ul -1 lost deserted corridor Interrupted tliem. A tall and dignified man strode by them In the scmldarkness. By tho feeble electric light he saw the two people and the truck of books. "Illnds," broke In a stern and com manding voice, "take those books at once to the office. When you have done so, I wish to see you." And the sec retary of tho navy continued on his way. "Oh, Lord!" cried the man. "I'm done for now! That was tho secretary. Ifun along, quick. I must go." "If you go, so will I. And 1 shall tell this secretary what I think of him for being so rude to you. I see noth ing wrong In your speaking to me." The man turned. "Walt for mo here. I might as well face the music at once." And, grabbing the bundle of I In- truck, he strode rapidly after the vanishing figure of the secretary. He reached the outer office of that official without once looking behind him. Then h- ' iit« ii <1 thi- secretary's private of floe. The secretary hud just seated himself. "iUmlx," be commenced, "I am sorry (o lie that you ore entertaining ladies in the department during office hours. Are you married?" "No, sir." "Then there Isn't even the excuse that you are receiving a visit from your wife. But I must have you dis tinctly understand that I do not ap prove of strange ladles or any kind of ladies visiting men In office. I don't core who the lady Is, and I don't wish to know. I just want you to under stand"— "But you shall know who the lady Is," broke In an Indignant voice. "I am Miss Keltic Neville, and I am the fiancee of Lieutenant John Illnds of the I'll I ted States navy." The secretory seemed puzzled. Illnds sank Into o choir. The secretary was the first to speak. "My dear young lady, I do not know how you entered here or why you are so indignant toward me. 1 do not wish to seem to criticise your conduct, but Hinds h'-re has always been o'.ie of my most faithful aids, and I do not wish bllii lo set a bad example to the others In the office." "Do you <•;. II getting married a bad example?" cried Ilettie. "Why should you liiid fault with Lieutenant liinds if his affianced wife wishes to speak to him for a few moment*?" "Lieutenant Hinds?" repeated the eecivt :ry politely. "I do not know any such lieutenant." "No such lieutenant:" was the amazed ejaculation. "Why, here Is Lieutenant liinds before you." The secretary leaned back in his chair, laughing. Hinds seemed embar rassed. Ilettie was becoming more and more angry. Hinds broke in: "I am very sorry, Mr. Secretary,", he commenced, rising to his feet, "but I have an unpleasant confession to make. You see, sir, when I first got my job here some years ago we messengers in the department fell to calling each oth er by titles, the same as the officers. Three or four of us lived in the same boarding house, and just for a lark we used these handles at the dinner table. Then I moved to the house kept by Miss Ilettie's mother, and the very first day one of my chums took dinner with me. All through the meal he kept on using that infernal 'lieutenant.' I never thought any harm would come of it, so I never contradicted it. I never intend ed to deceive you, Ilettie, and I was going to tell you all about it tonight. I'll never do it again, sir, and if Miss nettle will accept a S9OO a year mes senger of the navy department instead of a real lieutenant, why, Bir, I'll prom ise she will never again interrupt me when I'm carrying your books." ~ The secretary was smiling. "And will Miss Ilettie accept the S9OO a year messenger?" lie asked. "Oh, sir," cried Ilettie, "Indeed she will, and she's very sorry she was so rude." The secretary took up a pen and commenced to write. "Then that's all settled," he said. "Now, 'Lieutenant' John Hinds, take this paper to the ap pointment clerk. You are placed 011 the rolls as a special clerk at $1,200 and arc detailed for duty in my private office. I wish you good morning. Per mit me to congratulate you both." Stronn an Polion. In many of the tobacconists' shops perique tobacco chopped into granu lated form is displayed for use by pipe smokers. This is the same perique that has been grown by Frenchmen and Spaniards in Louisiana since before our Revolutionary war. It is a jet black. Intensely strong tobacco, famous for its llavor and its ability to wreck tho nerves. It is grown and made in St. James parish, Louisiana, and the crop only amounts to about 100,000 pounds a year. The makers follow the primitive processes which were in use 150 years ago. The stems are taken from tho leaves and the latter put into n box under a heavy gradual pressure. This causes tho juice to run out, even through the wood of the boxes. A gradual process of fermentation and curing takes place. At the end of three months the to bacco is rolled into "carrots" and wrap ped in cloths tightly bound with ropes. It is left in that way for a year before it is ready for market. The flavor of perique Is considered delicious by all pipe smokers, but Is too strong. The tendency of smokers is continually toward lighter and lighter tobacco, and i>erlque is now used al most solely for mixing with very mild tobaccos to llavor It. The Hull? For Liberty. "Gentlemen," said the speaker, ris ing to his full height and almost carry- Jug his hearers off their feet with his matchless eloquence, "tho time hns come for us to assert our independence. We are freeborn citizens. God has given us as a birthright the privilege of governing ourselves as wo see fit. We bow our knee to no kings and r\o princes. We have only ourselves blame if we permit others to deny the liberty that our fathers have be queathed to us—the liberty made sa cred by their hallowed blood. I appeal to you, my fellow citizens, to arise in your might. Let us exhibit our man hood. Lot us teach the world tho great lesson of Independence. Let us" — "Say, gents," yelled the janitor as he suddenly stepped out upon the plut form, "I'm gotn' to shut this hull up now. Clear out o' here. I've boen up time nights with the toothache, and I'm goin' to bed early. Git, before I turn out the lights on you!" One minute and seven seconds later the doors were locked, and tho great •ally for liberty was one of the things that hud been.—Chicago Uoeord-Her ald. CANINE INTELLIGENCE. A HOB That I'l-H ll<- llml More Sonne 'l'lln 11 IIIm Hnater. My friend was staying oue autumn In Wales. Smoking and chatting one evening with a local farmer, the talk fell upon Jogs. The farmer's sheep dog lay before the fire, and the former Instanced his sagacity. He made an exclamation In Welsh. At once the dog rose and went to the door. "You might let him out," sold the farmer. " 'The sheep are In the corn' Is what I said to him." The dog passed eagerly out. In a few minutes there was a scratching ot the door. The dog en tered panting and lay down at the fire again. Shortly afterward the farmer repeated his Welsh remark. Again the dog run to the door, and my friend let him out. Again In a few minutes was the scratching at the door, and again he lay down before the fire punt ing. After on Interval the farmer re marked in Welsh, quite In tho way of conversation: "I am not easy about those sheep. 1 do believe they're In tho corn." The dog, without rising, looked up at the farmer, gave two sharp yelps and turned round to his sleep again. He said us plainly as though it had been In words: "Don't be a fool. I've been out twice, and thcr'ro not In the corn."—London Out look. Winter of Squirrel*. Gray squirrels do not hibernate, but seldom leave their nests during tho very cold weather. On mild days in winter, however, they come out and race through the t root ops and visit the large stores of nuts which they gath ered and hid away In the autumn, lied squirrels are smaller, but much hurdler creatures than the gray ones, and, although they, too, have snugaiosts of cedar bark In tho hollow trees, they use them only ot night, for no weather is so severe as to keep theso little fel lows Indoors. They ure about the most provident of nil tho creatures 111 tho woods, usually storing uwuy under brush heaps, beneath fallen logs and In hollow trunks far more nuts than they can possibly eat In ono winter. They do not put I hem all In one place, us a rule; they generally have several hoordtf at some little distance apart. This Is a wise precaution, as It sometimes hap pens that one store Is discovered and stolen by an enemy, and unless (here was another supply to fall bock upon the squirrels iniulit .he is to want for nothing." And thus were the gates of an earth ly paradise opened to Jinny of Borden's court. First there was the cunning lit tle room, nil her own, with pictures on the wall, and the whitest of iron beds with shiny knobs on each corner, and a bright red wrapper, woolly and soft, with knit slippers to match. Then came the pretty young ladies of the Flower mission with their nodding blossoms and occasional glasses of quivering jelly. Sometimes the big doc tor's nieces brought their dolls and spent an hour at Jinny's bedside, and happy Jiifcty was permitted to hold as long as she liked the marvelous Flor ette, who could walk and talk like a real baby and whose dresses really and truly came from Paris. Hut In Jinny's mind nil those things faded Into Insignificance when com pared with the big doctor and Nurse Powell. These two formed a Joint di vinity before which Jinny burned the sweet incense of childish devotion. Nurse Powell had obeyed the physi cian's generous Instructions to the let ter—at first from a sense of duty and later because she learned to love the patient little sufferer. And the big doctor? Even Nurse Pow ell. who knew bis deep interest In his work, wondered at the attention he lav ished on this denizen of the slums. Of ten when his rounds in the hospital were over and he had time to spare he would come back to Jinny's room for a chat, and Jinny, her great black eyes sc t in a face of ivory whiteness, would smile happily from one to the other, the big doctor who ordered medicine that eased the pain in her back and the nurse whose gentle hand could smooth away wrinkles in her forehead when the pain was at its worst. Sometimes when they sat thus Jinny was vaguely conscious that the big doc tor was talking to her, but looking nt Nurse Powell. But Jinny did not know how, years before, when the big doctor, fresh from the medical school, had been house physician In the city hospital, ho had met a sweet faced "probe" doing her lirst night duty in his ward. The head nurse had looked scornfully at the slender figure, and the trembling hands, but the young house physician had said: "Give her time. She'll get her bearings after a bit." Nurse Fowell had been grateful for his cheerful encouragement and the many kindnesses which lightened her burden during that first awful year in the big wards, but when lie asked for something more than gratitude she could not give It. Now head of the nurses' staff at a sanitarium, she some times grew a-weary and wished she had learned to love the big doctor whose brown eyes seemed still to follow her at her duties. Then her heart would say: "No, no! Ills work would always como first, and I would be second. Besides, I wonder if he has a heart! When I see him undertaking those horrible op erations without the quiver of an eye lash, I think lie has no feeling." And so this nurse who could unflinch ingly assist at the same operations waited inconsistently for love to come into her life, a love that would be all tenderness and thought fulness, a thing apart from the scenes of suffering in which she moved. It was one afternoon when Jinny had been almost a year at the hospital. In the morning the big doctor bad said: "I've changed the medicine again, Miss Powell. I don't like that rise In temper ature. If you note a tendency toward coma during the afternoon, send for me at once." But Nurse Powell did not have to send for him. lie came of Ills own ac cord, Just as the afternoon drew to a close. Jinny had been sleeping rest lessly, and whoa she opened her eyes with an expression of weariness 1 lint Lad not been there since she came to the hospital the big doctor and Nurse l'owell were sitting on either side of her little bed. At the foot lay a gayly illustrated copy of Mother (loose's rhymes, which Nurse Powell had been reading aloud before kindly sleep came to the small sufferer. Now Jinny pointed to It with a wan smile. "I've had the funniest dream! I went to Mother Goose's land, way, way off, an' she was such a funny ole wom an, an* she was right glad to see me! An' she says, 'Little girl, would you like to stay with me awhile?' An' I sn.vs, 'l'm obliged to you, ma'am, but I can't stay long.' An' then shu brings out the purtlest dress, purtler than my red wrapper, an' she says, 'Llltlc girl, would you like to wear that?' An' when I see the little stlek all tlnd with rilihons I knew II Were little Bopeep's dress, au' I put It on an' chased them sheep all roun' the field, an' It never hurt my back a bit. An' I tried on lots uv clothes, Little Miss MutTett's ruffled bonnet, an* Mary. Mary Quite Cou trary's l>ig hat, an' the Queen of Heart's long train, an' "Mother (Joose, sin- says, 'Ain't you bavin' a good time, little girl?' "An - I says: 'Yes, ma'am, thankee, ma'am, but I gties* I'd better be a goln'. You see, my big doctor 'II be rollli' pretty soon, an' he'll miss me If I ain't In my cot. An' Nurse Powell will bring my bread an' milk, an' there won't he any little gill there to eat It.' An' then Mother Uoose she says, 'All right, little girl; Jus' Jump on my broomstick, an' we'll lie down there in a Jiffy." An' here I am, an' I'm glad, fur the bed feels so cuiufy, an', sure enough, my big doctor is here." The great black eyes glowed won drous bright as they met the big doc tor's gaze, and he spoke very gently while he stroked her hand, now thin and transparent. "Hoes your back ache after your long ride on the broomstick. Jinny?" "Oh. no! The ache's all gone. There ain't been any ache all day." The big doctor looked aeross the bed at Nurse Powell, but she was gazing steadily through pen window. And something bright and clcftr, like dia monds, shone on her long lashes. A weak, pijplng voice raised aguin. "No, I ain't nchiiT any place tooay, only I'm dreadful tired. An' every | once in awhile you an' Nurse Powell go a-slippin' an* a-slippiu' away from me, an' then I feel like 1 was a-slippiu' j too. 1 wisht Nurse Powell would sing. Then p'liaps I'd go to sleep again." Nurse Powell's quivering lips tried j to form the notes of the nursery song , Jinny loved best, but something rose ! iu her throat and choked the melody. -I wisht—you'd slug—that—sleepy song." The tired voiee trailed off into si lence, but not before the heavy eyes were raised appealingly to those of tho white capped nurse. The big doctor seemed to rouse him self as from a dream. He leaned over and clasped Jinny's nerveless hand in his great, warm one and then in a clear tenor voice began to sing: "Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea." The music tloated over the cot, past Nurse Powell, through the open door and down the corridor to the ward, where other sufferers heard and mar veled, and over the face of Jinny stole an expression of infinite peace. In that distant ward men who had been battling with death turned their faces toward the sinking sun and felt that even amid pain it was good Just to live, and in Jinny's little room all was silent. Nurse Powell was kneel ing beside the bed, her face hidden In the pillow. The little hand she still held was strangely limp and pulseless. Then a strong arm raised ber to her feet, and she looked straight into the soft brown eyes that had followed her all these years patiently, steadfastly. "Gertrude!" "Henry!" Later, when she raised her head, she turned from him to the quiet figure on the cot. "I almost wish she knew—she loved us both so well." And the big doctor whispered gen tly, "I think she did know, even be fore you did." Tlac < liaiiic«»(l Grlulf, There are numerous reliable state ments of grizzly bears having attacked men, lint nowadays the grizzly does uot seek out his human victims, as there are credible statements that his forefathers used to do. Neither does hi" lie in wait and, pouncing upon a hunter, tear liim into bloody shreds in delighted fleudisliness, as the old tlmo stories used to tell. The change In the grizzly's disposition is likened by veteran hunters to the change in the character of the white cousin of the grizzly, the polar bear of the arctics. When the stations for the Hudson's Bay company were established, the diaries of the men there often referred to the fright of attack by polar bears. Many a navigator in the arctic seas has been clawed and chewed to death by polar bears. Hut for nearly a century the polar bear lias not been regarded as so very fierce, and nowndays it is looked upon as a cowardly beast. As sociation with armed men has modi tied the polar bear's disposition.—Out ing. llrrnklnK It Gmtlr. Editor—Mr. I'lumduff, you must make a little change in your column tomorrow morning. It takes up too much space. Cut it down by one-half. Mr. Plumduff—Yes, sir. "Then tiie other half won't need any special heading, lteinove the heading." "Yes. sir." "And It needn't be spaced out. llun It cfbse and in small type." "Yes, sir." "That will make it take up about a 'lilrd of a column." "Yes. sir." "And then It can go In any part of the paper wherever there's room for It?" "Yes, sir." "And if there isn't room it can be left out?" "Y-.ves, sir." "And It hardly seems—er—worth while to keep It going, does It?" "N-no, sir." "You're right, Mr. I'lumduff! Your resignation is accepted." OOM Pnrpnue*. The young man In the guise of an old farmer was consulting his partic ular girl, who was doing the fortune telling act at the charity bazaar, and each had penetrated the other's dis guise. "You love a fair maiden," she said, Inspecting his palm, "who will glvo you a severe Jolt when you propose to her." "flood heavens!" be exclaimed, quick-: ly recovering himself. "Then shO will 1 accept iue!"— Chicago Tribune. An Old Kuicllah Inn. The Uaven inn, an old hostelry at Hook, near Itaslngstroke, England, was built In 1(153 and still retains its quaint old half timbered work, overhanging gables and small windows. Tho house gained a wide notoriety in tho latter part of the eighteenth century during the American war of dependence through being the residence and place of capture of the famous "Jack the Painter," who roused the whole coun try In 1770 by his deliberate attempts to lire drydocki and shipping. He suc ceeded at Portsmouth, where $300,000 damage was done: also at Bristol, but was foiled at Plymouth. So great was the scare that In response to a reward of .fUJOO offered by the government for his capture tho whole country was on the alert, and he was run to earth and captured In this Interesting old house and eventually hanged and gib beted at Portsmouth. His real nams was James A liken. Von Woltko «>n Wlilnt. A Herman magazine published the subjoined anecdote about Moltke: "Did you. your excellency, play whist when you were In Prance?" asked llerr von Bennlgsen of tho great battle thinker one evening over a rubber. "Every day. when It was possible," replied Moltke. "We played half farthing points, so that at worst tho players could not lose more than a shilling." One day Count Berthusy was his part ner. "Why, my dear count, did you play spades?" said Moltke, In a sharp and serious tone. "I had an Idea, your excellency, that you wanted spades." "Hut. my dear count, one do«>s not play whist according lo Ideas, but according lo rule," replied tho field marshal, shaking his head. IIU Wonderful I)r«miii. "Say." said the newspaper man thoughtfully, "I had a great dream last night. Thought I was uiakiug a mint of money." "How?" asked his friend. "Why, I dreamed I was a spaco rato reporter on a Ktisslan paper." "I can't see how there was so much money in that." "Hut that Isn't all of It. 1 dreamed that I was assigned to get the names at u court ball." "Tough Job!" "<>f course It was a tough Job, but I ist think of the money. Why, every Inline was a yard long and had a string of titles to || besides. <>h, I was Just coining inonev when I woLu up."'- feifllpES BOXES FOR APPLES. binull rAi'kttjtrx lu I'law of liarrels. Why Tli«-> Are %dvocated. Although there has been a great deal of agitation on the bushel Ik>x ns a more suitable package for apples than barrels, the latter is still in favor and r.sed most generally in commercial r.p ple growing sections. It In doubtful whether the Lair. I will ever ';e super seded by a:ty oth r | achate. For vari 3iia purport* there is no que.-1 on about HALF HI'SUEL BOX OIT AI'I'LES the value of the box, especially for fancy apples. It Is not only uiore at tractive, but is a more desirable pack age for local markets where individuals want small qr.irittUs of fruit. The basket is alto being more generally use.l than formerly for small pack ages of apples iu invny of our larger markets. 11 is a well known fact that many large dealers buy their fruit In barrels and thin repack iu baskets a;.d small packages for the retail trade. This Is true not only with apples, but with other fruits. This season many of the peaches shipped to New York In five-eighths baskets as well as six carrl r baskets wire repacked and sold in small quantit os. Our illustration shows a half bushel box containing two varieties. Northern Spy and Tahnaus Sweet. Among the well known fruit growers who favor small package*, particularly the box for the apple. J. 11. Ilale of Connecti cut and Ceorg'a Is one of the most prominent advocates. He believes the api le will • how up better, reach the consumer In better condition and In crease the market demand for apples if put up in attractive packages of this sort.—Ami ricr.n Agriculturist. MULCH ON STRAWBERRIES. When II li Advisable—Boat Deferred I mil liard Frenlnff. Especially upon laud where straw berry plants are likely to be heaved by Its freezing and thawing di.rlng the winter the use of a mulch will be ad visable. and for the hill plants It should seldom be dispensed with upon any s >1!. On light soils there will be comparatively little Injury to plants grown in matted rows, and the use of a mulch as a winter protection will not be necessary, although If material can be readily secured Its use even then will be advisable. It will gen erally bo best to defer the spreading of the mulch until tho ground Is frozen. Muterlnln I'Rfd. The materials used may be such as can be readily secured and that are fre.> from tlie seeds of grass, weeds, etc. A mulch of marsh hay will bo desirable, but straw answers very well. Where forest leaves can be easily se eur.-1 tlie.r may l>e used between the rows of plants, but are not advisable upon them, as they pack down too closely. If they are used, a thin cover ing of straw will be necessary to hold them iu place and to cover the plants. Where the laud has not been properly enriched some think It advisable to put on a liberal dressing of stable manure, which will also answer as a mulch. This should be thoroughly de composed, as otherwise there will be trouble from the gtowlh of -weeds of gnus and clover. Cornstalks also make a clean mulch, but are rather unsightly. Amount of Mulch. If the ground Is not to l>e cultivated the following summer before the crop is gathered, the covering should l>e ibicker than when cultivation Is to be I vn. Wbcii the mulching material Is abmi laut. it mn.v be used to the depth ■l' three < r four Inches, except over the ! •! ; . wh re It should b,- only thick ito i: e|y cover them. A mulch rtils Hi eUii »k will not on'y prevent \vl t r Injury, but It will serve to keep tb • v.- lip the type differs, and largest returns come to the one who selects a M ek with spi-elal reference to the work desired don". The longer, slimmer body, heaviest In front, slim neck anil Ibth.i-r le ad Indicate the egg producer, while i»i" r jifnre. bloeky body, coin pier t*lii-«» knit, tell of most rapid growth ai d least waste In dressing.— lixeb: age FATTENING CATTLE. Source* of I'rollt *4' lint Art* of \ Itifcl Import nn «'r. The farmer ciU'loj the steer through the fattening pi<> e.-s that he may re alize a profit by the enterprise. As a rule, he Is not inti.lcuhir whether he secures his profit by the Increased value of i acii pel. ;d of beef by con vert l), - the relatively cheap raw ma terlal in the fo. in of siockiTS and feed ers Int i b -tli pilced pilme ste. rs or whethir lie bus ieallz«d that profit by bi big able to pr iluec » aili In live weight wi.h iJi a t in 111 vain per I nun J, \i n ft I It Is to the former sum evf pi "lit thai I. I'iUHt look with greatest cnilidi u> e. I'.coiKitiili'iil linlii In I li-Kh mid Fat. It s c!e..r. I;oWi ver, that by over |to I c factor of ablbty to convirt iv i. D i.l. in .< mill forage Into 1> c! \ t I .il l a |•• IS I'le source of |i i i ~:i 1 r i r till, of sustaining | % or ii .: !■, .Mil ons where, 'i i,io, i i ill io Hi s factor, a i I* i! «;• b' •• To put t«. , j.; that • | o i v : ( I i t la feeder .• (,i i a u I ew • ght. Such ... to i, nd.' at ii |r. lit lo 8 or, i ' under favorable conditions, at a profit. The ability to make economical gains In flesh and fat is thus shown to be of , vital imjßirtance. as is also, obviously, the first cost of the feeder. | The Time Factor In I'lsitklu Steers. In tho Interests of uniformity in fin ishing choice feeders it should be ob-r ' served that high grade Herefords can usually be put on the market iu the fewest number of days and suffer most from carrying beyond the point of ripe ness, that Shorthorns and Aberdeen Angus grades, while a little slower to mature, are In fully as strong demand In the market as are grade Hereforda and that Aberdeen Angus and Gallo ways may be carried longer on full feed than other breeds of cattle with out Indications of bunches or rolls of fat. which are strongly discriminated against in our markets.—H. W. Mum> ford, Illinois. MARKETING HONEY. Pack Attractively, Name Your Prod not and Try For a Bone Market. Honey must be packed lu shape to please the eye. Established quality has much to do with the price, but the way It looks has much more. In order to get good results from your product you must watch the markets and know If the honey crop Is large or small. The best method Is selling direct to con sumers or if that Is Impossible to the grocery stores. If your goods are of the better quality, mark with your name and address. Name your apiary or home, and you will find paying re sults. Home market first, foreign mar ket next, should be your maxim at all times, says an Orange Judd Farmer writer. Just as soon as your honey has been secured and the sectlous cleaned they should be put In the selling case, which may be either twelve, twenty-four or forty-eight pounds. Put In a dark room free from mice, bees and Insects. The eases should be of neat appear ance and clean, with glass on one side. When It Is desirable to keep honey a length of time. It should be kept free from dampness and changes of tem perature. If water condenses on tho surface of combs, the honey soon sours. For this reason honey should never be stored In cellars that are damp. It Is better to keep It upstairs in a dry room. Sheep Brinar Good, Honest Money. Some time since Mr. Wing, In writ ing of sheep raising, said that lambs should bring $1 a month. While all flocks do not bring that for lambs, yet I think there Is no other stock the farm that brings such good, houest money as a flock of sheep, kept even as the average farmer keeps them. It has been so in my long experience of sheep raising, especially since I have been grading up my flock of common sheep. The last few years I have kept only the liest of my ewes, and last year I secured a pretty good Oxford Down ram. My ewes are moptly crosses of Shropshire and Southdowus and Me rinos. This year my lambs are good. I have turned off thirteen of the lambs to the butcher, and they brought me the neat little average of $4.58 a head. These lambs came the last of March and first of April, so I came very near to Mr. Wing's standard. They had nothing but good pasture and their mothers' milk. So, taking it all around, I think my lambs paid well for them selves.—Cor. Ohio Farmer. Interesting to Many People. An International coffee congress Is being held In New York, the purpose being to put the price of coffee ns high as tho trafllc will bear. The chicory growers will not object, as the higher tho price of coffee the greater demand for substitutes.—Farm and Itanch, Cnt and Shredded. There Is 110 such thing ns lastlug success In farming for the man who steadily sells the best and keeps the worst of the live stock he raises. Professor Connell of Texas says some people don't want Irrigation be cause they prefer tho Ixird should bear tho blame of their mistakes and failures. The mule Is what man makes him. If trented like his half brother, tho horse, ho will develop as many good qualities. Don't buy poor telephone Instru "inents and poor poles and regret It afterward. Poor stock will pull out of the farm* er's pocket all the profit tho good stock can put In. "Dead beats" are generally much | alive and 011 the move. Half hearledness does not count for much In nny occupation. A Gift of tt* Gods. A great singer Is a gift of the gods, and should belong by divine right to all the people. Whenever a Santley, a I'attl, a Jenny I.lnd, a Campaulni, an Edouard de Heszke, or a Nllsson Is born the government should claim him or her for the nation, to sing for everybody as an enlightening, uplifting, soul Inspiring influence. Libraries may help a few bookworms from time to time. A great singer would help mil lions of depressed souls during a life time.—New York Press. No Frllla For Htm. "What Is your husband's alma ma ter?" asked Mrs. Oldcastle. "Oh," her hostess replied, "Joalah ' ain't got any. He nlways signs his Ini tials Just plain, old fashioned, without any puttln' on."—Chicago Record-Her ald. ART AND NATURE. The I'linnirFa Wrought by Force of Mrllmdlcnl Development. There are really very few things in use In the world today which have not been materially changed by tho forces of methodical development. Civilized men and women themselves are tho best examples of this all pervading in fluence. The beasts of burden and the creatures which supply the world with animal food are remotely different from what they were in tho beginning. Tho work of breeding and training has added beauty and usefulness to the birds of the air anil the beasts of the field, and the same upward tendency is noted In these latter days 111 the flow em which gladden life with their love liness and which admonish man per petually of his frailty. Pleasant It is to know that what may lie called the sophistication of flowers has robbed them of not a whit of their native charm. There Is in the sensuous odor of the American Itenuty the magic to revive In liny mind attuned to the heart of nature sweet memories of tangled vines and wild roses, creeping and blooming nloug country roads. Tho scent of the rich and full carnation will call up In a moment tender recollec tions of borders of spicy little pinks tended by loving bonds that have been folded for years In dreamless repose, lu the regal chrysanthemum Is seen the amazing product of brave little as ters which came to embellish the door ynrd with the first chill of autumn and after all of the summer blooms had perished.—Kansas City Star. Mo 4