VOL. XXXX
H HUSELTON'S |
n G. o. D. FT
H Sale of Shoes H
W There M
%2 Is a
M Bunch of iMoqey PA
Lost and made in Shoes this inopth! yA
Si We lose—Yon win! L
(l 1250 pairs Fall and Winter Shoes. wA
W1 Men's, Women's and Children's—so far not sold—will,
I'V as is onr custom—BE CUT IN PRICE and prompt- yA
Wl ly gotten rid of! k«
] SALE IS NOW GOING ON! fj
j TAKE DUE NOTICE! f4
JUSELTON'S :SIRJ
1903 January Prices 1903
Bickers.
Men's Coon Tail Excluder Knit Boots and Heavy Dnck Rolled Edge Overs at $2 2r.
Men's Ball-Band Felt Boots and Heavy Dnck Rolled Edge Overs at 2 -•>
Men's Gray Felts and Extra Heavy Goodger Glove Overs at 1 •> >
Man's Extra Heavy Goodger Glove perfections at 1
Men's Buckle Arctics at
Men's first quality rubbers at
Boys' first quality rubbers at •
Misses' and Children's fine rubbers at • ~«j
Child's canvas boots at *' ,J
LEATHER GOODS-
Nettleton's $.5.00 tine shoes in patent-colt, box-calf and vici kid at $• J 50
Packards' <4. 00 fine shoes in patent-colt, cordovan and box calf at 3 00
One lot Men's $2 50 fine shoes in velour-calf, vici-kid and box-calf at 1 50
One lot Boys' $2.00 fine shoes at 1 4'J
One lot Youths' fine shoes at Ho
LADIES' FINE SHOES
Baker & Bowman's $4.00 fine shoes in Dongala and patent-kid, hand turns
and hand welts at
One lot Ladies' fine patent-kid shoes, stylish lasts, $3 00 grade, at. - 00
One lot Misses' $2.00 fine shoes, welt soles, in box calf, enamel and patent
l6fttb6r at .. «#•••••••••••••■ ••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••• i
One lot Ladies' $1.50 fine shoes, box-calf or fine dongola at...... •••••••• 10°
Children's fine shoes at 25c, 35c, 50c and f>oc
Leggins and overgaiters at greatly reduced prices
High Iron Stands with four lasts at 50 cents.
All warm lined shoes and slippers and balance of our Holiday slippers to be
closed out reguardless of cost.
A grand reduction in all lines. ...
It will pay you to visit this great sale and secure some of the bargains being
offered.
Repairing neatly and promptly done.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 South Main St., - BUTLER, PA.
1 BIG SALE j
) OF \
I Winter Goods. <
S We have r
i had a very J
J large business {
1 the past three £
C months and find we now J
i have odds and ends in all de- \
\ partme*nts, which we have placed S
% on sale at a price that will make them /
C move in a few days. Come in and see for yourself. I
S Yours lor Clothing, \
fDOOTHerr & GRAHA^.|
~ KECK
Fall & Winter Weights
f\ . /'] Have a nattiness about them that
'■ J«y rjj » I\ l\ mark the wearer, it won't do to
•—[ J i\[A/ W PI wear the last year's output. You
| -/ P j—7 won't get the latest things at the
■rf X/ \*\ C J stock clothiers either, llieup-to-
1 v ] JV date tailor only can supply them,
i I II J, nlTl IJ If you want not only the latest (J
jil 111 {fill things in cut and fit and work
t ij.l I | '■ 1/ / I >n«nship, the finest in durability,
jijl It li 11 m -vhere else can you get combina-
X/ * | 111 * ions, you get them at
K E C K
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
124 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler, P*
LEVINTONS'
Great Reduction Sale of High-Class Clothing.
This great sale gathers force as it grows. Immense stocks have
T>ecn brought from the stock room and thrown upon the Bargain
Tables to take the place of the lots depleted by the terrific onslaught
of the buyers since Saturday morning. Everything under our roof
is price-slashed- no thought of profits exists now. All our energy
is bent upon clearing out as much merchandise as possible before
this sale is over.
/Wen's Suits and Overcoats.
Regular Price $6.00, sale price $ 3.75
Regular Price 7.50, sale price 5.00
Regular Price 10 and sl2, sale price 750
Regular Price 13.50 to $1 5, sale price 9.75
Regular Price 18.00 to $22, sale price 14 50
Regular Price 25.00 to S2B, sale price 1 y.50
LEVINTONS'
Reliable One Price Clothers,
122 S. Main St., Butler, Pa
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Nasal Z?f?y?X
CATARRH
cleanses, soothes and heals f m
the diseased membrane.
It cures catarrh and drives M
a cold in the head
quickly.
Cream Balm is placed into the nostrils, spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. Rel ef is Im
mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does
not produce sneezing. Size, 50 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
va
L® 13 Fi
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Pi Johnston's
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rj Beef. Iron and Wine L^S
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is tbe f «l
A Best Tciuic & 1
and M
A Blood Purifier. & J
k Price, 50c pint. ¥ &
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S Prepared a tad trJ
Isold only at Lsj
Johnston's n
Crystal N
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Pharmacy. M
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It. M. LOGAN. Ph. G..
Manager, §j? ..;
lOS N. Main St., Butler, Pa
Both "Phones J
Everything in the
drug line. A
Just Arrived
Early
Fall
Goods
lii Latest
Coronation Suitings;
Also
Black and White
Novalties.
Wedding Suits a
Specialty.
Call and examine before leaving
your order for suit.
eooPKR,
Leading Tailor,
With Newton,
Pi ano JYI an.
An
Almanac
FREE
If anyone living in the country
who cannot call at our store will
send us a postal card giving their
name and address we will mail
them free of charge our best 1903
Almanac.
Prescription work a specialty.
REMCK & GROHMAN,
109 N. Main St., Butler, Pa.
Both I'honcs.
Pearson B. Nace's
Livery Feed andlSaleStable
Rear of
Wick House! Butler Penn'a."
The best of horses and first class rlf?s al
ways on hand and for hire.
Best accommodat ions In town for perma
nent boarding and transient trade. Speci
al care guaranteed.
Stable Room For 65 Horses.
A Rood c ass of horses, both drivers and
draft horses always on hand and for sale
under a full guarantee; and horses bough
pon proper notification* by
PEARSON B. NACE.
Telephone No. 219.
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1903
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1 ABORIGINES 1
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'By Esther Harlan *
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* Copyright. 1" 1, by A. S. Richardson «£
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The "cliff dwellers," from the dizzy
altitude of" tin ir apartments in the old
studio building, were on terms of semi
rivalry (veiled of course by the usual
billowy court sies) with the "mound
builders," who "burrowed" on the first
floor. The f rmer "drew with a pencil."
and the latter "did things with a pen,"
and there was absolutely no ground for
collision in their work, but instinctive
ly they pretended there was (each se
er tly wondering if the others guessed
facts) merely to disguise the real cause
f,. r the friction—a man, as usual, or,
rather, three men, who also "bunked"
in tli studio building. The sum of the
situation was the cliff dwellers were
the poster sort both as to occupation
and personality. They dressed snnrtly,
chatted entertainingly, even wittily,
were trammeled by no traditions and
w ; re a match in most ways for any
up to date young man of their ac
quaintance.
Whereas the mound builders were
not full fledged Bohemians and far
from "smart," they still had ideals
and Hlusi ;ns. also a chaperon, who was
the mother of one of them. They had
taken the ground floor apartment be
cause the rent was lower.
When Dal and his chum and "the
other one" spent an evening either sep
arately or collectively with the mound
builders, they came away feeling de
cidedly Jolly, almost boyishly so, on
good terms with themselves and the
rest of the world.
"A call on the builders leaves a good,
wholes me taste in a fellow's mouth,"
"the other one" had remarked one
night. #
• The little girl's mother's a brick,"
Dal chimed in. "She makes one feel
1: ■ the time when the treetops 'seemed
eh ye again: t the sky.' "
Dallas Sinclair had dropped in this
afternoon just for a word with Yiva
cia. she of the cliff dwellers, and had
sttpped batk of the screen to examine
soiiie of her latest sketches. Ylvacia
h: 1 paused in the next room to slip on
a pretty house gown. Somehow she al
ways liked lo look her best when Dal
came.
h'o it happened that while Dal was
back of the screen they left the eleva
tor and paused to study the card care
lessly left in the ground glass door.
" 'Back at 2.' It's ten minutes of.
Let's wait. I can never screw my cour
age up to this point again."'
It was the voice of "the little girl,"
she of the mound builders. Then the
door was pushed farther open, and the
two entered.
"Oh, mamsie, dear! If our den only
looked like '.ids! I wonder people ever
come to see us—we're so 'sparse.' "
Dallas we jr.i an agony. It would
certainly net uc to disclose his pres
ence. Hiss 11 loathed the role of eaves
dropper. Y.'l he did so want to know
which one she cared for, himself or
"the other one."
"If only my last wee bit story will bo
a 'go,' " the sweet voice went on, "then
I can accept Mr. Sinclair's invitation at
last. I suppose most of our friends real
ly believe our 'no place like home' ex
cuses by this time."
"Is that the bachelor girl story—
' Tins?' " the older voice asked. "Why
didn't you let Mr. Sinclair have that,
Dorothy? He told you he was on the
Dp to Date staff,"
"Now, mother mine, you know I
couldn't do a tliiug like that. I would
rather never have it printed."
"Well, maybe not. You're a funny
little chick cf a daughter, but one can
overdo even so desirable a thing as in
dependence. If Mr. Sinclair wants to
be of service to you, I don't see why—
even if he is merely a casual acquaint
ance"—t lie color crept up over the girl's
fair throat—"you would do the same
for him, I am sure."
"But, anyway, it's lots more fun,
inamsie, dear," the girl began, with an
effort at lightness, "to blaze one's own
trees."
"And that is why you said 'No' to
Tom Davenport last week and refused
Aunt Sageman's gifts"—
"Now, mother, dear, you know Aunt
Sagenian treated you atrociously not
so long back. I'm not going to swallow
that just because I happen to need
togs."
"Still it doesn't do to be too proud,
dearie. Who was it—Elijah—who let
himself be cared for by—wasn't it ra
vens?"
"Mamsie, you must read up," the
girl exclaimed, laughing. "Havens are
all right, or even English sparrows,
for that matter, but I draw the line at
relations. And as for Tom, he was
good, and he had pennies and ances
tors and all the usual means of grace,
but—well, I just couldn't, that's all.
It would seem nice, though," reflec
tively, "not to have to calculate
whether my shoes will hang together
till I get back before I accept an In
vitation for a stroll. I'm afraid Provi
dence has grown a trifle absentminded
in my direction of late."
"Dorothy, my dear," the older voice
cried, "you frighten me. You must not
talk so," and then with a change of
tone and apparent irrelevance: "Dal
las Sinclair was talking to me last
night about his home. He has a very
lovable nature, Dorothy, such a con
tract to Mr. Mortimer."
"The other one? Oh, he's just a nice
playfellow. What—what did Mr. Sin
clair say to you, mother?"
There was a clatter of heels In the
ball, a momentarily astonished face In
the doorway, the glibly false as
surances of welcome and delight, dur
ing which Dal silently and unnoticed
slipped fiom screen to open door. He
too!: the first cab for his office in tho
I p to Date building to Importune the
Fng suffering manuscript reader as to
a story entitled "Tips," which he rep
r> seiiltd as having been turned in by
hims If incog, after a bad quarter
of an hour. "But wait till I touch it
up, and you'll howl for it," he said.
"I believe she'd forgive me if she
knew," he assured his conscience,
"and I'll tell her all about it after
ward."
A week later a typewritten note of
acceptance, with a double dosed check,
which Dorothy in her inexperience did
not stop to scrutinize (it was not from
the ,! p to Date checkbook), made sun
shine in a certain dark studio and
made possible a certain long deferred
outing, from which two people return
ed tired and happy as the children they
really were at heart.
"The flat seems so stuffy after—to
day," Dorothy had said.
"Let's go up on the roof just for a
sendoff''—
•H)h, the cliff dwellers staked that off
long ago as their claim," Dorothy ob
jected wistfully.
"Nonsense! What's that to 'us es?'
We'll counterstake." And they laugh
ed as they entered the cagelike old ele
vator. Up among the chimneys and
under the stars, sitting without dis
comfort on ; e edge of the ugly brick
cornice—
"lf I only had space Hko tills to
write In." Doroth; - said, "but in ray
slice of a room— just a pigeonhole"—
"Why. that's all right." the man re
turned ehet rily. "You're just a sketch
yourself yet. Pigeonholes are the
places for such things. Wait till you
get to be a volume and a number of
them" —
"Then I'll be laid on the shelf?"
"No; you'll have a whole library to
yourself."
"I think I'll tell you a bit of luck
that came my way lately," Dorothy
began after a pause, and then she re- .
lated all she knew of the Up to Date
incident. Dallas Sinclair was properly 1
surprised, appreciative and congratu
latory, and when conscience twinged
he repeated, "I'll tell her the truth—
afterward."
It was so good to be there hi the
mellow autumn starlight, so free, so
still, so—yes, so near together. "To
getherness" is one of the good things
of this dear old earth. For a moment
the thought of it all thrilled the girl's
sensitive being, the little white hand
that was nearest Dai's trembled and
turned its pink palm half outward,
then its owner drew it back into her
lap and put the other demurely over
it. The man had seen, and his heart,
throbbing joyously, had understood.
"Why don't you let it have its way?"
he said simply, taking gentle posses
sion of the little fingers.
"How could you know?" she acqui
esced happily.
A pair of eyes, unnoticed, emerged
from the trapdoor and as quickly van
ished.
"No, I don't feel like going up on
the roof tonight," their owner said
wearily a few minutes later to the
other cliff dwellers. "I—l don't feel—
I think I'll say good night."
"Don't squeal till your hundred dol
lar 'Autumn Leaf' poster comes out,
Vivacia," somebody called after her.
"Oh, I'll be all right In the morn
ing."
Women are all alike, whether they
make red and green posters or dream
dreams on housetops.
A Conscientious Man.
"I am still without a father-in-law,"
said the drummer, "and I guess a
Long Island farmer is more to blame
for it than anybody else. I met one
of his daughters while 1 was on my
summer vacation and fell In love with
her, and after six months' correspond
ence I went down to tackle the old
man al>out it. I drove up to the house
with a horse and buggy and went in,
but before I could get around to the
subject nearest my heart he said:
" 'As a deputy sheriff of this county
I'll have to arrest you, sir.'
"'What's up?' I asked.
" 'Driving fasfer than eight miles an
hour.'
" 'But I was in a hurry to see your
daughter. I want to ask her hand of
you.'
"'Wanter marry Sarah, eh?'
" 'I do.'
" 'Waal, that's kind of you, but I
must do my duty as an officer and
make 0 shillings in fees. You'll have
to go along.'
"I went along with him," said the
drummer, "and was fined $5 and costs,
and, though I'm not a thin skinned
man, my feelings were hurt, and I left
Sarah to find a better man. She was
a nice girl, but her old dad was too
conscientious for me."
JnmeH Returned,
He had returned from his two weeks
off looking much the better for it, and
as he entered the store the proprietor
advanced and shook hands with him
and gave him a warm welcome. Tho
bookkeeper was puzzled and put out,
but only for a moment. Then the pro
prietor explained.
"James, we have had an expert on
your books during your absence."
"Y-yes, sir."
"He has discovered that you have
embezzled $350,000 from us during
the last two years."
"But, !' '
"Don't deny It, James. Figures
won't lie. Yes, you have embezzled
$350,000" —
"But I-I"-
—"and I am glad to see you back.
We happen to be hard up just at pres
ent, and if you could lend us $25,000
we'd take it as a great favor and re
member it the first of the year. There's
a check, James, and please fill it out
and go on with your work as usual.
Glad you had a good time, and I hope
it won't inconvenience you in tho least
to pull us out of the hole. That's all,
and thank you very much."
An I2ml>arrassin«r Answer.
A man sent a note to a rich neighbor
with whom lie was on friendly terms
to know If lie could borrow an ass for a
few hours. The worthy old man was
no scholar and happened to have a
guest sitting with him at the time, to
whom he did not wish to expose his
Ignorance. Opening the note and pre
tending to iread it, he reflected a mo
ment and turned to the servant. "Very
good," said he. "Tell your master I'll
come myself presently."
The Inventor'* Triumph.
"You say that Arbelter's inventions
have made several men millionaires,
but did ho ever make anything out of
them ?"
"Oh, yes. He was singularly success
ful with his devices In that respect.
He made enough to perfect all of
them." —Indianapolis News.
All In Vain.
Clara—l suppose I shall have to give
Mr. Flddlcback the next dance.
Maud-Why don't you sit it out with
him?
"Well, I've tried that."—New Yorker.
The Whole Thing.
She—None of your "love In a cottage"
for me. I want a browustonc house in
a fashionable neighborhood.
He—And I suppose you want it in
your own name too. —Brooklyn Life.
Clrcanatancea Alter Face*.
"But she used to be considered quite i
a beauty."
"That was before her father failed."
—Detroit Free Press.
The world is full of people who would
break their necks any time rather than
wait for the next car.—Atchison Globe.
Started IllKht In.
"My dear," said the caller, with a
winning smile, to the little girl who
occupied the study while her father,
the eminent literary man, was at his
dinner, "1 suppose you assist your papa
by entertaining the bores?"
"Yes, sir," replied the little girl grave
ly. "Please be seated."
No Feara For the lloy.
Teacher -Your, son, sir, has a very
high temper, I am sorry to say.
Fa I her—l am glad to hear It, sir. If
you will grind him Into shape, I'll
teach him to keep his high temper for
high purposes.—Chicago Tribune.
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FIELp.^QARPEN
A HANDY FARM BUILDING.
Sninll Hothouse Planned For Datoh-
«in«l Other Jobs.
A Farm Journal reader wanted a plan
for a hoghouse where be could keep
four brood sows and fatten twenty to
thirty young hogs in fall and winter.
He wanted to cook all the food in it
and keop the corn in the second story;
also to be able to heat water for butch
ering time and have the lire safe. In
reply to- his request he was advised by
the journal mentioned that such a
bouse may be built for little money, the
price of the lumber varying according
to the locality: First dig trenches below
frost depth and lay walls for the sills
10 by 2! and pi. in for a planl; floor one
foot to eighteen inches above the
round. Have the first story only high
cnoeeh to clear a man's head, as it is
warmer in winter, lu the
cor: er have a chimney and f<-oil cooker
which will also hat t! e water. Here
is a room S by 10 where the cooking,
~ocor
• I t
r
•
: run lioouocscs.
butchering and cutting up of meats
may be done. When five p 'us are
!:eeded a movable partition may 1* put
i.i at r::iki!iT an.-th \ Over this
should 1-e a large traj ioor In the sec
ond ii.;or, thro, gh which ropes and
blocks may be 1 t C wn from the raft
er.-; to raise the pi; s when dressed.
Thus the water w i not need to be
carried far. s id the work may pro
ceed even if the day be stormy or se
verely cold.
Another pLin is better b cause more
roomy, but act so easily In a ted at fat 1 -
rowing time, the woikroonj being in
the center of the building, 'ibis has
the further a i vantage of permitting
tue operator to feed direct from the
workro; is. .Such a place v»*i!l be fauna
convenient to (i i many odd farm jobs
like painting, oiling harness, washing
wagons, etc. The ;'ar end of the work
room has a roli.ng door large enough
to run in a w.-:;;o:i.
FO//L KILLING.
|(OH to llniiille Chicken*. Turkejn,
•) . l lifc Kilt! . «*N«.
Farmer.teiJo.a have any difficulty
in killing tli ii bir;'.s painlessly, but
amateurs sometimes find the operation
a difficult matter. An Ignorant opera
tor may uniuientioualli be guilty of
cruelty. An attempt to wring the neck
has been known to end in the head of
the bird bc.ng twisted round and
round, the result be ng that it comes to
li.i again, says A. V. Meersch, the
poultry taan, who gives the following
ii:. traction for proper killing In New
England Homestead:
V« riniciiiK tlie Neck.
WriugLng the neck is one of the most
pai diss ways of killing u fowl, and
with care this should not bj difficult,
i !:.• fowl must be held firmly by the
legs with the left hand, while the head
is grasped with the right hand, with
them'i and fingers round the
l.r. a . 'i he bird is then placed across
the knees, breast downward, with the
:nc!; held ov r the right knee. The
ici. is '.hen quickly and firmly e*-
:< !'e ' a;: ! the head bent back sudden
ly w.tli s me force. By this means the
n .-k s!i u d be dislocated just below
h • juacti n w.tli the head. Another
ht.iaaae way < f killing is to hold the
fowl by the legs with the bead hang
ing t'.on ii aed strike a sharp blow with
hei. stick across the back of the
hea l A simple and effectual method
s to ho'.d tli • fowl firmly by the neck
with the hand and swing the bird
icuad. hoK'ing the iU'ck tightly, when
tli ■ weight of the fowl breaks the neck.
With the linlft*.
I :> Us : re usually killed by thrusting
a knife through the roof of the mouth
lilt i t'.e I rain. A usual mode of kill
-5- g < s • is to strike them a blow at
!: ae|; of thv neck and run a sharp
I oi tie! keil'e into the hollow at the
eoa of the head and neck. Tur
key. are k'lied by thrusting a knife
th:o:i,".h the roof of the mouth, the
wings beL.g crossed to prevent strug
gle.Fowls must be bled also when
killed.
When the Calf Feel* Blue.
In stormy weather it will pay the
feeder to slay in the feed lots with the
cal.es all day. In bad weather a oalf
f. els "blue," just as a human being,
and often if left to himself will not eat.
When the calf does not eat, he will not
gain. At such times if the feeder who
has petted his calves will stay in the
feed lot, stir up the feed in otic box,
freshen it In another ar.rl offer a hand
ful to the calf that is not eating the
ealf will eotne around his feeder for
companionship and after he has had a
few muiithfuls of feed will find that he
Is hungry and will eat a hearty meal.
The alf makes a good gain from that
day's feed.
THE ONION CROP.'
KKlitK For I.ate Winter t*e and
Sale— Chicago t/urliiu Slied*.
Onions need especial care to keep the
bulbs In good condition for late winter
use and sale. If carefully dried before
being stored for the winter, the hardi
est part of the battle is over, as by per
fectly drying the bulbs the life germ
becomes dormant and will remain In
that state until nearly spring, if condi
tions are favorable. Near Chicago,
where thousands of bushels are raised
every year for the city trade, the grow
ers have small movable sheds with
tight roofs. In which shallow boxes fit,
with air spaces between. The onions
remain in the sheds in the field where
they grow until perfectly cured.
Winter Cure.
During winter onions keep best in a
dry cellar where there is a good circu
lation of air and where the tempera
ture can be kept only a few degrees
above freezing. It is almost useless to
attempt to keep the white sorti all win
ter, most of them being suitable only
for early use, the red and jcllov. vari
eties being more hardy and less liable
ito rot. When it is impossible to keep
the onions at the proper temperature
in a cellar or pit, some growers freeze
them, having theiu >-0 protected that
they feel little change iu temperature,
and once frozen they remain so all
winter. A tight l»ln is built lu some
outbuilding, a layer of chaff or saw
dust-a foot deep is placed iu the bot
tom, and as Hie layers of onions are
put in more chaff is added, and care Is
exercis d to keep a layer of it between
the onions and the sides of the bin.
When the onions are all iu. a very
heavy layer is placed over the top.
They will freeze in a cold climate, but
wi'l t:oi freeze and thaw, which is the
only way in which freezing hurts them.
When wanted for use or sale, they can
be thawed out gradually and will be as
sound as wh.'n li. st pulled. The last
of lhern wiil pro'.ub'y be disposed of
by February, there will be 110 dan
ger or the'r thawing too rapidly when
the weather becomes warm.
Sortins In liarlj- Winter.
It is a goo.l pi.in to sort onions when
storing them i:i early winter to save
handling theji so much iatir. The
sinali oni s can be sold f'>r pickles,
brin ing a much better price than the
larger ones. Pa it of the small oues
should be kept <.ver to plant in the
spring to grow l;>r • onions for sum
mer use and to provide early green
onions.
OUR FOOD PRODUCTS.
Official FlßiirrN For the ConslJera
tlo'i of rrodnt-er it ml Coomiuicp.
The preliminary estimate cf th«» aver
age yield per acre of ccm. according to
the government'* report. Is 'iO.S bush
els as coii.par* d wi'.li an average yield
of 1(5.7 bushels in 1901. The general
average as to <;u:'!l.y is Mi.7 per .cent
as compared with 7:;.7 pi-r cent last
year. It U estimated tliat about 1.0
per cent of the corn crop of l!)0t was
still in the liai:i!s of farmers en Nov. 1,
1902. as coiuj arid \. itli 4.5 per cent of
the crop of 19<K) In farmers' hands cn
Nov. 1. 19C1.
Of the s-veil si:tten linviug 20,000
acres or upward under buckwheat, in
cluding New York r.nd Pennsylvania,
which together ciuliiin about three
fourths of the entile buckwheat acre
age of the country, five report a yield
per acre la 1 ;:cess of their respective
ten year averages.
Of the states having ItXMXK) acres or
upward In jK-tatn 1 all except New
YorU ;»!««! ilieuigan a yield per
acre considerably above their ten year
averages. The average as to quality
is D 0.4 per cent as compared with 78.4
per cent in November, 1901. aud SH.I
per cent iu November, 11)00.
Of the eleven principal sweet potato
producing states, six. including Geor
gia and SQUll} Car iiua, report average
yields per acre of sweet potatoes in
excesa of their ten year averages, and
tive. including North Carolina and Ala
bama, report yieiilp below such aver
ages.
The estimated production of sugar
cane in p'. reeut ges of a full crop is
as follows: Nor.h Carolina and Texas,
So: !Je»orgia. SI: Lou's aua. S2; South
Car iin.n. 7-I; Fiorida, 75: Mississippi,
71; Ma'iama, 07.
Tile estir.iat d average i>er acre
of rough rice in bushels is a; follows:
Louisiana. a 5.5; Ni.rth Carolina, 31.C;
South Carolina. 2.1.3; Georgia, 31;
Florida. '2l: Ala .ama. -5-2; Mississippi,
10.4; Texas, 45.
The Tillering Habit of Wheat.
The tillering habit eliffe'rs quite ma
terially between varieties of wheat.
In some It is very "id as much
seed of these varieties would not be
required as those 111 which this char
acteristic was not so well developed.
Many have noticed how profusely the
Turkey wheat tillers.
New* ami Note*,
An English invention Is a gasoline
motor plow which. It is claimed, will
do the w. rk of thirty men and eighty
hor es at a <-ost of $2 a day. It is to
be exhi'tit d at the St. Lou s exposb
tiou.
Commercial estiutatss Indicate a flax
si ed crop jn the United State's in 1902
ot about 27.000.000 bushels, a record
crop.
A London authority estimates the
world's wheat crop of 1902 at 2,892,-
000.000 bushels.
Prof ss' r Bolley of North Dakota
ti'id; the two ends of the i>otato tuber
practically equal in seed value.
With i>eef. mutton and pork at high
prices, lien meat and eggs should be
better property than ever.
Tins year's yield of nay is. with the
exception of 1898, the highest ever re
l.orted by the department of agricul
ture.
The Company'* Iteason,
An amusing extract from a Belgian
paper gives the following incident;
A woman whose husbaud had lost
his life in a railway accident received
from the company 10,000 francs by
way of compensation. Shortly after
she heard that a traveler who had lost
a leg had been paid 20,000 francs.
The widow at once put on her bonnet
aud shawl and went to tbe oflice of the
company.
"Gentlemen, how iu this?" she asked.
"You give 20,000 francs for a leg, and
you allowed me only 10,000 francs for
the loss of my husband!"
"Madam," was the reply, "the reason
is plain. Twenty thousand francs
won't provide him with a leg, but for
ten thousand you can get a husband,"
Adam's Htaeff.
The Talmudic writers tell us that
"the blt'ssed God gave to the first man
in paradise a staff which had been
created between the stars. Adam gave
it to Enoch, Enoch to Noah, Noah to
Shem, Sliern to Abraham, Abraham to
Isaac, Isaac to Jacob. Jacob carried
it into Egypt and gave it to his son
Joseph. When Joseph died, his house
hold goods were taken to the house of
Pharaoh. Pharaoh took the staff of
Adam, which had descended to Jo
seph from the first man, and put it
amoug his special treasures."
Economical Man.
The native pointed out to the stran
ger an old man who was passing.
"That man," said the native, "beats
the world ou close figuring."
"Makes a little money go a long ways,
does lie?"
"Well, rather. In the winter he put
revolving doors into a big building that
he owns, and he never took them out
again all summer."
"Pure matter of economy?"
"Exactly."
"Itather small and mean, I should
think. The cost of taking out and put
ting back the revolving doors ought not
to be great, and he's giving his tenants
and their patrons a lot of unnecessary
labor."
"That's just it," explained the native.
"He's making them work for him for
nothiug. Why, he stores up the power
generated by those de>ors and uses it
to run the elevators. Why, the man is
so close that, he den'sn't get mad in
summer because he thinks his anger
would cause him to give out heat that
he'll need in the winter." —Chicago
Post.
THE DOMAIN OF DESPAIR, j
That Awful Great Basin Bctwcca th»
Horktra and the Slerraa.
There are various kinds and degrees |
of deserts In this country, but the most i
utterly hopeless are found In the so j
celled Great basin between the Rock
ies and the Sierras. This is a vast re- |
giou of deserts, with here and there an
area where nature in prankish mood
seems actually to have made an effort
to produce spectacular effects of hor
ror. From the Wasatch mountains to ;
the Sierra Nevada extends a ghastly
stretch of territory which is Intersect
?d by a series of high mountain ranges
running parallel north and south, with
valleys between.
A birdseye view of the landscape
shows three principal ranges, two of
which are known as the Aiuargosa and
Panamint, and between these is Death
valley, so called because It Is the very
abode of death.
Imagined narrow strip of add plain
shut in between twe mighty mountain
walls, the peaks stretching up 10,000
feet Into a burning sky. The surface
of this plain, which Is 175 feet below
sea level. Is a mere crust of salt and
alkali, through which a ridden horse
breaks up to his knees Into a horrid
paste than eats both hair md bide.
A gray haze that never lifts makes
everything indistinct and puzzling to
the view. Xo vegetation is to be seen
save a very scanty sagebrush, with
leaves that are not green, but gray, and
here and there a sort of cactus that
grows to Ave or six feet In height, with
extended branches. It is called the
"dead man" because in the night each
stalk looks like a corpse by the way
side.
But the supreme horror of the place
Is the heat, which Is unspeakable.
There Is a breeze, but it Is so scorching
hot as to blister your face. Streams
flow from springs down toward the
valley, but never reach It, because the
hent dries tbem up on the way.—Satur
day Evening Post.
IMPROVED ON NATURE.
A Point That Won a Lawsuit For
William McKlnley.
A year or two after William McKln
ley had bogun the practice of the law
at Canton, 0., he distinguished himself
In a humorous fashion In one of his
first successful cases. As hap
pens In court, the humor w«ft>ot mere
ly for the sake of the Joke/but for seri
ous purpose. Mr. Edward T. Roe In
"The Life Work of William McKlnley"
tells the story.
The case was a suit against a sur
geon, whom the plaintiff charged with
having set his leg so badly that*lt was
bowed. McKlnley defended the sur
geon and found himself pitted against
John McSweeney, one of the most bril
liant lawyers of the Ohio bar.
McSweeney brought his client Into
court and had him expose the Injured
limb to the Jury. It was very crooked,
and the case looked bad for the sur
geon. But McKlnley had both hie eyes
open, as usual, and fixed them keenly
on the other man's leg.
As soon as the plaintiff Jvas turned
over to him he asked that tße other leg
should aU"» be bared. The plaintiff and
McSweeney objected vigorously, but
the Judge ordered It done. Then it ap
peared that his second leg was still
more crooked than that which the sur
geon had set.
"My client seems to have done better
by this man than nature itself did,"
snld Melunley, "and I move that the
suit be dismissed, with a recommenda
tion to the plaintiff that he have the
other leg broken and then set by the
surgeon who set the first one."
Heedleaaneaa.
Heedlessness may not be one of the
seven deadly sins, but could the perpe
trator oftener witness the result of his
act a whole list of casualties would be
come obsolete. A little Italian boy,
lightly clad, was recently helping to
sort out bottles from a city dump heap.
In trying to remove a stopper from a
condensed milk Jar he accidentally
broke the glass, and a powerful add
poured down his side. The child fell
screaming to the ground, terribly burn
ed. lie will be crippled for life. The
person who, after finishing some exper
iment or process, corked the cupful of
Innocent looking acid In the bottle and
threw it into the ash barrel "didn't
think."—Youth's Companion.
Tha Only Exception.
"She's unusually conscientious, you
say?"
"Yes, indeed; even in the smallest de
tails of life."
"Able to resist any sort of a tempta
tion r
"U nquestiona bly."
"Has she ever been to Europe?"
The champion of woman looked star
tled.
"Oh, well," he said, "of course, If she
had a chance to smuggle a few gowns
into the country, why—why—that's a
different matter." —Chicago Post
The Eyes and the Temper,
There are experts on the eyes who
hold stoutly to the theory that troubles
In vision often cause serious lapses
from u well ordered life amo«g chil
dren and that disobedience, ill temper,
cruelty, wanton destructlveness and
hysterics arc frequently due among
youngsters to aberrations and to ail
ments which uffect the sense of sight
Such a theory may appear to be car
ried so far as to be almost a fad, yet
there may be something in it
The Anchor.
"Sailors are awful forgetful, ain't
they?" asked little Elsie.
"Why, what makes you think that?"
Inquired her papa.
"Because every time they leave a
place they have to weigh their anchor.
If they weren't forgetful, they'd re
member the weight"—Exchange.
Remember that four out of five bluffs
arc called and that a full hand seldom
loses.—Atchison Globe.
Grnpra.
"Grapes dissolve and dislodge gravel
and calculi." says the doctor. They
bring the stomach and bowels to a
healthy condition. Even tlie consump
tive finds new life in tliein and should
»ake grape Juice by the tumblerful
lally. us 11 make* new, rich lilood. It
builds up the tissues and feeds starved
nerves It U also cleansing.
l.lclittilnu Itnjildity.
It Is absolutely Impossible for us to
conceive or the rapidity and brilliancy
of lightning. It has been estimated
that a Hash occupies less than one mil
Itonth part of a second As one-tenth
of a second is needed for the full effect
of any light upo i the eye. we get only
a very faint Idea of the brilliancy of
the Bash.
( none For ll»f Condition.
"YOII don't !.H!NE so brilliantly as of
vore." remarked tin-oil
"No." said the wick: "I have been
turned down by Miss Maude because
thut young simpleton Is comlMg."—
Town and Country.
UNIQUE PROPOSALS.
SOME RATHER CURIOUS METHODS
OF POPPING THE QUESTION.
Writing an Order of lUnUce With
a Shotgun—lnditing a Lore Letter
With a Waterfall—Fireworks and
Vegetables Pressed Into Service.
Miss Annie the champion
rifle shot, was practicing In a London
shooting gallery one day, firing at the
regulation cardboard target when a'
stranger happened along
tip a spare rifle, fired 100 shots thereat,
the whole spelling out the following
message: "Will you marry me?"
The lady was naturally somewhat
surprised; but not to be outdone, she
promptly replied after similar fashion
with her own match rifle, "Certainly;
not"
This is probably unique as an offer
of marriage, but it is a fact that a
young matron living in a south London
suburb has in her possession at this
present moment several rifle written
love letters.
The lady in question was formerly,
an attendant at a shooting gallery in
a certain popular place of amusement
(soon, alas, to be closed forever) which
la "down Westminster way," her
sweetheart that was and husband that
Is used to drop in of an evening to
practice. He became so expert after
awhile that he could place the shots
where he liked to within a fraction of
an inch, and he frequently used hid
skill when no inconvenient onlookers
were around in the manner indicated.
Needless to say that as soon as he had
finished the little perforated squares
of cartridge paper were carefully re
moved and preserved by her for whom
alono the messages so curiously writ
ten thereon were intended.
The most farfamed feature of the
beautiful Yosemlte valley, In Califor
nia, is the Bridal Veil falL It descends
from the plateau, nearly 3,000 feet
above,, in a single ribbon of silvery;
water" limned luminously against the
dark vertical face of the precipice.
Perhaps It was its romantic name
which suggested to Charles Evelyn, a
young and wealthy San Franciscan, to
utilize the falling streamlet In an alto
gether novel fashion. Anyhow be spent
several thousand dollars in construct-
Ing at the summit of the cliff, Jnst
where the water gathers Itself together
for Its final terrific leap Into the abyss
below, a sort of vertically sliding
sluice door which worked so smoothly;
and so perfectly that it could be low
ered and raised several times In the~~*~
course of a single minute.
Then when his preparations were
complete he brought to the valley from
her far eastern home the young lady to
whom he was engaged, and by alter
nately raising and lowering the sluice
gates above for longer or shorter inter
vals, as the case might be, he caused
the cascade to tell her in spurts and
Jets, corresponding to the dots and
dashes of the Morse alphabet of the
love he bore her. Whether the lady ex
actly approved of this blazoning abroad
of what should have been a message
sacred to ber eyes alone Is not record
ed, but she has, at all events, the su
preme satisfaction of reflecting that
she is the only woman in the world to
whom a love letter has been Indited by.
a harnessed waterfall
Love letters spelled out In fireworks
are of course common. One such writ
ten aloft in particolored globes of flame
and addressed by a Magyar noble to
his affianced bride at Herrmannstadt
is said to have cost £BOO.
In a Sussex garden a lovelorn but
bashful swain sowed In mustard and
cress a marriage proposal to the daugh
ter of bis next door neighbor, and the
fair one, not to be outdone, answered,
"Yes," In radishes. They were mar
ried without delay, and both the pro
posal and the answer were served and
eaten at the wedding breakfast
After all, however, It Is doubtful
whether the modern lover has, on the
whole, progressed very far In the mat
ter of Inventing novelties, either In
marriage proposals or love letters.
Nearly 4,000 years ago a proposal for
the hand of an Egyptian princess was
inscribed elaborately on a block of
solid stone and can be Been to this
day by any one curious In such mat
ters in the British museum. Machares,
an old time king of Colcbla, wooed his
wife by sending her presents of young
and beautiful child slaves, each of
whom bad some tender and loving
message tattooed on the skin of the
back, while, coming down to more
recent times, it is recorded of the
Prince de Conti that he sent to a cer
tain great lady a proposal Indited on
a golden plaque, exquisitely engraved,
the letters of the words of the epistle
being formed of diamonds, rubles and
emeralds set In the metaL
The lady's answer was, however, In
the negative, whereupon the prince re
quested that she would at least do
him the honor of accepting a ring con
taining a miniature of himself. To
this she assented, but stipulated that
the ring should be destitute of Jewels.
The tiny portrait was accordingly set
In a simple rim of gold, but to cover
the painting a large diamond, cut
very thin, served as a glass. The lady
promptly returned the Jewel, where
upon the prince had It ground to pow
der, which he used to dry the Ink of
the note he wrote to her on the sub
ject—London Tit-Bits.
There by Rlfht.
One of tbem went over and Whis
pered to the stranger who had come in
and taken a seat:
"I beg your pardon, but this Is a
gathering of working women, met to
protest against"—
"I am a traveling preacher's wife,"
said the stranger.
And they made her the president of
the meeting.—Chicago Tribune.
HARD QUESTIONS.
tome of the Bumpi a Query Editor
Occaalonally Geta.
A correspondent writes a sorrowful
letter regarding his experiences in run
ning "a correspondents' column" in a
weekly paper. After he had written
both questions and answers for awhile
the public Anally became warmed up
to the Idea and began to send in ques
tions In whose presence the encyclope
dia lt8»lf was all nerveless and trem
bly. In one Saturday's mall the follow
ing letters were received addressed to
"the editor of the correspondents' col
umn:"
Dear Sir—Where Is the universe? Please
five Illustration. Yours truly,
J. PAUL SMITH.
Another read:
Dear Editor—How does a corpuscle dif
fer from u germ and why? I can find
nothing on this subject In our psycholo
gies. Yours truly, FRANK EATON.
Still another read:
Dear Mr. Editor—ln our examination
paper today the teacher had tha following
Question: "Mention the various func
tions." I couldn't do it. Will you please
mention them? Thanking you in advance,
1 am, yours most truly,
CLARA E. JONES.
These questions may look easy, but
If you think so take pen and sit down
aud answer them.—Minneapolis Jour-
No 5