VOL. XXXX. «FIRST ARRIVALS NEW WHITE FABRICS. § A Grand Assortment and Beautiful Goods. Qj 2 Note our Muslin Underwear Sale Later. jj The riodern Store £ S Is winning the attention of early bnvers to its distinguished line S NEW WHITE GOODS. # Madras, Oxfords. Fancy P.K. s, Vesting, Dimities, Swisses. Etc.. a* W S prices rantring from 10c to SI.OO per yard. Particularly nice assortment JJk •J of Heavy Weights at 22c, 25c, 30c and 85c, suitable for early .Spring U Shirt Waists. a> * Choice Variety New Ginghams! Uk Prices and Qualities very interesting. S The Millinery Department & Wait for Our Muslin Underwear Sale! $ JR Our last one was a great success. The second one will be greater. Our ffl) Garments are made by the best concern in the I nited States. S Date and particulars of sale later. Ok 5 Co., £ S SOUTH MAIS STREET I AA4 ...... « j jR PHOHES :fUKVs D - //I Mail Orders Solicited g J# POSTOmCE BOX ) " ■ ■ S OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA. flp We give ballots for piano contest. K February Prices Bickel's. Men's Gray Felts and Extra Heavy Goodyear-Glove Overs *1 ™ M Children's fine shoes 85c, 50c and 00c All Winter Goods to be closed out Regardless of Cost. Leggins and Overgaiters at greatly reduced prices. Sample Counters filled with Interesting Bargains. Repairing neatly and Promptly Done, JOHN BICKEL, 128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA. ■ ■■ MI M ■ ■■■■■■■ YIORRWN m dfc f J fl HUSELTON'S H C. O. D. j [j Sole of Shoes ] f M There 4 M Is a 4 Li Bunch of Moqey A Lost and made in Shoes this month! j •J We lose—You win! V Men's, Women's and Children's-so far not sold—will, 1 as is our custom—BE CUT IN PRICE and prompt- A ly gotten rid of! J SALE IS NOW GOING ON! 1 j TAKE DUE NOTICE! I h!S, HUSELTONS v i | LOWRY. IIUULLI Wll U ASK TO BE FIT. [~^svercoats~l | At 1-2 Prices. | ) We will sell 150 Men's Overcoats at 1-2 price ( i The balance of our Men's Overcoats at a bargain. N \ Your choice oi any Boys' or Child's Overcoat in S C our store for just 1-2 price. } \ The public knows we only have ONE PRICE and always mace J I it in plain flguers. So when wo say 1 price it means something. I v We also have odds and ends in Suits, Shirts, Hats and Furnish J \ ings that we will close out at a Hargain. f f CALL SOON—THIS SALE ONLY LASTS 15 DAYS. / v Yours lor Clothing, \ |OOUTHeTT & GRAHA/VU RECK ft Fall ft Winter Weights /' ~f[ ( j\ , / f Have a nattiness about them that 'll ill K 7 !\lr jWj Rn wear the last year's output. You 1 / pi V. . Li won't get the latest things at the j / O 1 ? jty stock clothiers either. The up-to \>\ 1 j|J i date tailor only can supply tlii-ni, J\j I" /If ij ( J you want not only the latest I J 111 1I I I things in cut and fit and work llf II I iiunnhip, the finest in durability, 1 It j II 1 vliere else can you get cotnbina- II' '.ions, you get thrm at F E C K G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 124 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler, Pa "THE BUTLER CITIZEN. I _ Nasal /£eLYs*S. CATARRH /&$& In ali in M c °( 0 % Ely's Cream Balm^^jW cleantei, soothes and heals f M the diseased membrane. 1 It caret catarrh and drives M.- y J Rwaj a cold In the head quickly. * C'roarn Balm is placed into the nostrils, spreads I over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is :m --] mediate and a care follows. It is not drying—does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents. ® I Johnston's Beef, Iron and Wine B est T nic » j Blood Purifier. B j Price, 50c pint. j £j Prepared and W A sold only at k % Johnston's H [ Crystal « F Pharmacy. K. M. LOGAN, Ph. G„ I'% i rl nager, JSf A ICS N. Main St., Butler, I'a K Both 'Phones VJ | Everything in the W k drug line. Ym LJ %% t%WVt j SHIRTS [| MOSC II"tTT~> — A -.f SHIRTS | i n -> J UNDCH. |JBy-,| | .^aT^) A ,j ?:>y \» I v < j wo|!:w,^ f 7| |tovf/> I I Men's Goods. j 1 BIG SAfcE } J OF I \ /VtEN'S MATS 1 5 AND 4 FURNISHINGS. 4 J All heavy \ Winter goods 4 are included # in this sale. 4 £ All soft and stiff hatn at j off a £ All soft and stiff bosom color \ ? Irl Hhirtn at i off J J All heavy lined gloves at... 1 off J F All heavy underwear i oil' # All mufflers at i off # # All neckwear at i off 0 4 All Men's and Boys' caps j off # ? Odds and ends at any old price. 5 \ Jno. S. Wick \ 2 HATTER and £ J MEN'S FURNISHER. £ Opposite P. 0 ! BUTLER, I'A. J #, # iJm. Pearson B. Nace's Livery Feed and'SaleStable Rear of Wick House. Butler. Penn'a. The bust of horni'S and flrnt clash rIK» >tl ways on hand and for hire. Mest accommodation)) In town for perma nent boarding and transler.t trade. Speci al care guaranteed. Stable Room For 65 Horaes. A good c as* of burses, both drivers and draft homes always on hand and for salp under a full guarantee; and horses bough pon proper notification bv PEARSON B. NACE. Teleonone No. SIB. A Safe Investment Fine Farm For Sale. ij;7,WXI; farm of 60 acres, I miles from Mars Station,one mile from Brnsh Creek and Perrysvllle road: house of nine rooms, gas, center hall, porches, two cellars; the farm is all fenced with wire, locust posts; a good hank bam |ox(iH, wagon shed 20x40; a large chicken house 20xii0, piped with gas: the farm is well watered and watered in two forms; it has a large apple orchard, 1 oil wells, royalty S4O per month; 10 acres which are not leased for oil can be leased at any time with a guarantee of drilling a well; the land is all cleared, goisl soil, reasons for selling closing up an estate. See M. J. EHKI.M TLK, ltt;i;i Forbes st.. Pittsburg, Pa. BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY|I2. 1903. .ILILUIIIIWIII I 1 I HANS | I' PETERSON'S I ROMANCE G> f. A. Korsmcyer ft Copy/rigid, 1302, hy the a •S. i". MiClurc C ompany \ ITuida was bavin? a hard time of it. In her heart of hearts she could not quite decide which one she loved best. Ilans, .«he had to confess, had some ad vantages which weighed with her. Mr. i Barton, the man who owned the place across the street, was particular about Lis furnace man, and she knew he liked Hans. Resides, Hans could sp. ak Swedish, and she couldn't deny that it was pleasant to talk with hi i in the accents of the dear old home he had left so far behind. But whenever his plain, open counte nance, -with the blue eyes twinkling be-" low the yellow hair, was pictured in her mind she blamed him for being a little too ordinary. She could see a dozen such any Sunday in the little Swedish church. Now, with a man who wore n long blue coat with a live point ed star on the front of it and carried a mahogany club it was different. No one who looked at him could fail to see that he, being a part of the govern ment, was superior to the common run of men. James had told her that be was "the right arm of the law," and she had looked her admiration. She bad known him almost as long as she had Ilans, and he was so good to her. On Sun days in the park lie would get her a seat close up to the band stand. Then when the concert was over he would buy some peanuts, and together they would stroll through the part of the park that had signs to keep off the grass stuck up all over it. Of course he could go anywhere. James knew that Hans was his rival, for one Saturday night he had come to see Ilulda and had found Hans there. Ilulda had said: "Hans, this is Mr. Daniels." And Hans had said, "I am vaar glad to see you," while James had mumbled, "How d'ye do?" and then sat scowling at the sink all the rest of the evening. After that James never came on a Saturday. He asked to be shifted to another platoon, so that he could do his calling 011 Monday or Tuesday nights. Hans did not change his night, and so they never met at Ilulda's home again. Indeed James took so little pains to cultivate Hans' acquaintance that he never even learned what his rival did for a living. And this disdainful indif ference proved costly in the end. How Ilulda would have learned to know her heart had not Hank O'Day, the iceman, set in motion a fateful train of circumstances one cannot even guess. Hank did not know Ilulda. He does not know her to this day. And yet it was none other than Hank who, all unknowing, unmasked her heart's desire. Hank o'l»ay drove to his Ice wagon a pair of high spirited horses. One morning when his wagon was empty liis aesthetic instincts led him to lay his route back to the ice yards along the street that skirted the park. Just as the chariot of fate was Hear ing Ilulda's home the chain at the back of the wagon slipped and let the end gate drag ui>on the ground. Hank swore softly, stopped bis team and Jumped to the pavement to fasten the chain. He jerked it quickly through the iron rings and then -swore again as the team, alarmed by the sudden noise, galloped madly down the ave nue and made straight for the nearest entrance to the park. The horrified Hank stood still long enough to see the end gate banging out defiance. Then lie started after the runaways as fast as his rubber boots would let him run. When Ofllcer James Daniels turned from his faithful guardianship of a bevy of simpering nursegirls In the park, he saw coming toward him at full speed a pair of wild eyed horses and an Ice wagon swaying from side to side. Behind the seat of the wagon stood a man trying desperately to get hold of the reins. In an Instant James recognized the waving yellow hair and pale features as those of Hans Peterson, and in the same moment, like an inspiration, there came to him the realization of his op portunity. He ran out Into the road way and as the flying wagon passed caught the chain of the end gate and swung himself Into the box. As he gained his feet the wagon slowed suddenly, and he lurched for ward to bring up against the back of the sturdy Swede. Seizing him firmly by the collar. Officer Daniels gasped: "I arrest you—in the name- of the law!" \ Ilans did not quite understand, but the hand on his collar in the moment (/f his success made liiui angry. "Wliad yo' say? Led me go!" "I say you are under arrest." James was getting his breath again. "This is against the law, you know." "Wliad Is agains' da law?" "Driving traffic teams In the park, f'ome, you'll have to go with me to tho station." The officer tried to pull Ilans out of the wagon, but the latter still held the reltis and refused to go. In his broken English he explained, lie expostulated, he all hut exploded. Another officer wafl approaching. "Come on now; drop those lines. This other officer will tako care of your team." Hans dropped the reins and appealed to the other policeman. Hut the new comer was indifferent. If Hans had been arrested, why of course he would have to go to the station. Tho magistrate was busy when they arrived, and It was upon the officer's recommendation that Ilans was allow " a great comfort to you to t»wn such splendid furniture." "Comfort! Say. there Isn't lutt one omfortable chair in the whole lot, anil my wife Invariably wants to sit In Mini." ('levclaiid Plain Dealer. A I'llfl«*lit. Dr. Euidee I'cct go to sleep. That shows your circulation Is bad. Editor That's all you quacks know. I suppose If my corns ached that would • how that advertising patronage was falling otr. * * 4pc! tele" appeared slmul lam • ;/, In hi 1 l.iiigu ages. WHITE J FEA. THEH | By IRENE ROWLAND a Copyright, 11HJC, liy tho L 1 S. S. McCluro Company L Four men wore seated round a moth taten green baize table when the Kid Hung his long legs over the window sill and sat there nonchalantly kicking his heels against the rough walls of the cabin. It was tho most serious moment of the Kid's life, not except ing the one in which his father had sent liim west in disgrace. To go west —that had been something to look for ward to; but to be sent back east again in a worse state of disgrace than ever! That was what they were planning to do—those four men around that lit tle table, in the midst of which burned a smelly kerosene lamp. They were passing sentence upon Jack Farley, the Kid of the party, and he knew that the verdict would be '•Guilty:" Collin Cutler was the first to speak. Like the others, he was a college bred man, who had gone west for pleasure and stayed there for excitement. He was a physical giant. There were vague rumors that once, when he had caught a little Mexican cheating at cards and the latter had drawn a shin ing machete. Cutler had held him in his powerful arms and bent him back ward until he had broken his spinal column. liut these were only rumors. At any rate. Cutler had never shown the white feather, and he was merci less to those who did. The others of the group were Addie Easton, who had been center rush and "strong man" of his class at Harvard; Keen Taylor, the marksman from South Carolina, where shooting is a fine art, and Ilal Farley, the elder brother of the Kid, as brave, as cool a fellow as ever sought his fortune In the west. "I move," said Collin without glanc ing at the Kid, "that we send him back east tomorrow. He's shown the white feather. A man who will break his guard isn't worth the bacon he eats, lie goes tomorrow!' Hal's eyes ran tenderly over the fig ure sitting in the window. "Wait a minute," he said slowly. "You haven't found out the facts of the case yet." "The great fact is this: He wasn't here when I came back last night, and every Infernal rui-tler in Kant county might have carried off our goods if I hadn't stayed here." "You're sore," said the Kid. taking his pipe out of his mouth for the first time, "because you couldn't get back to the dance. You're nil sore because Essie Wayland didn't go to the dance. You want to know where she was? She was with me—that's where!" Four faces at the table went red. Essie Wayland not at the dance an* with the Kid! Four men who loved her, or thought they did, because she was the only eligible girl In Ham coun ty, looked at one another sheepishly. At length the Kid's brother laughed weakly. "The Kid always was a 'winner' with the women," he remarked in an at tempt to be facetious. "Thank you, Hal," said the Kid sar castically, removing his pipe once more. "I'll tell you the whole blooming story If you want to hear It. It was a con temptible trick, and you know It, to put me on guard the night of the dance. You fixed the guard nights so that you could all get off to the 'good time' and left me here with a novel I've read eight times and half a pipeful of bad tobacco to enjoy the pleasant solitude. "I guess if you'd been in my place last night alone In tills hole, with that moon overhead and dead certain that Essie Wayland would be at the dance and longing to dance with you, you'd have done Just as I did. I wrote her a note to meet me on the south road. I told her It was my night on guard and that 1 couldn't get to the dance, but 1 suggested that we take our dances out in a moonlight ride. "1 was dead certain I'd get back be fore you did, but Cutler had to come sneaking back here to steal one of my collars and a new tie I got In Delta—, oh, yes, you did and he found me gone. You can believe It or not, as you like, but it was Essie Wayland, not fear of 'rustlers,' that took me out." "That doesn't do you any good. Kid dle," said Hal quietly. "Because you're all making blooming Idiots of yourselves over Essie. It's Jealousy." And the Kid pouted like a spoiled girl. "Well, you've got to take yourself and your charms back east. That's the 'all' of it!" cried Addle Easton, bringing his heavy list down on the table. Tho kerosene lamp sputtered ominously, but nobody noticed it. "Say, boys," broke In Hal Farley pleadingly, "give the Kiddle a chance. Try tho cut of tho cards." And ho threw a pack down In the midst of them. "Ho doesn't deserve It," grumbled Easton. But Hal had shullled the cards. "Over seven bo stays; under seven fie goes!" Tho Kid leaned eagerly forward from his seat in tho window. Collin lifted the upper half of the pack slowly and looked up at the Kid before turning it. Suddenly and without warning the kerosene lamp sputtered, and for a sec ond tho room was as black as night. Collin dropped the cards with a cry. The lamp flickered up again, and four white faces gated at each other, hor rified, across the table. Who had for gotten to fill the lamp? There was another ominous sizzle, and the flame went blue. The men sat rooted to their chairs. They knew, as they looked at each other, that they hail Just ono moment to live before that lamp would explode and pour Its burning oil over them ami their tiny cabin. Then with one wild yell those four sprang up and made, struggling madly, for the door. Ilal was tho quickest. He gained the narrow opening with a bound. Uut the others were upon him In a second, struggling, panting. "White featlM i !'' It was the Kid's voice that rang out over the tumult. The men stopped where they iwre. What they saw held them to the spot. With one graceful, nonchalant swing the Kid dropped from the window sill. A moment later he had reached out a long strong arm and grasped the fated lamp about the bundle; then, lifting It high above Ills head, he flung It fnr out through the open window. There was a deafening crash, a mo mentary yellow blaze, and all that re mained of the tragedy was a heap of shattered glass and china, a bit of burned grass and four men, who stood staring In amazement at the place where the Kid hail been. "Kiddle! Kiddle! Where are youV" called Farley in a choked voice. "Don't bother me!" was the reply from the inner recesses of the cabin. "I'm looking for a candle to pack by. I'm going back east. I'm not going to live out hero with a lot of white faced cowards! And. oh, by the way. Hal, when you gel your breath and your self respect back I'll tell you some thing." With this the Kid came out holding a lighted candle above his head. It flashed 011 the faces of the group. Their expressions were a study. "Tve got something else to say," went on the Kid. "I signed your name, Hal, to the note I wrote to Es sie. She was furious when she found out it was I instead of you. and she rode straight back home and left me to do my moonlight cantering alone. I guess, if you go in, after I'm gone, you can win if you don't show the white feather." "Kid," said Cutler, coming forward with a big hand outstretched, "won't you forgive and shake hands and stay? You're a gentleman." The Kid's face shone. "Well, maybe I will if you'll all 'pol ogize like that." And they did. A Terrible Revelation. M. Sarcey was at one time very shortsighted, but a successful operation made him long sighted to an extraor dinary degree. This restoration of his sight was not altogether an unmixed blessing. For the first time since his childhood he could see things at a dis tance. His home, that he thought so tine, was found to bp neglected and dirty; his precious china was chipped and cracked; his books were soiled and torn. But the crowning blow came when a grand luncheon was given to celebrate the restoration of the critic's sight. Women were Invited in great number and came In their very best. The Comedie Francaise, the Vaudeville, the Odeon, were represented by their fairest o'nes, and the table "was a sight for the gods"—at least Sarcey would have thought so six weeks before. But very soon his countenance fell, and I saw his eye wandering Ailiout in astonishment—aye, in distress. He laughed no more and looked miserable. After the coffee he made a sign to me, and I followed him upstairs, believing him to have been disturbed by the thought of some work which ought to be done at once. But he threw himself heavily on the sofa, which groaned as if sharing its master's despair, and ex J claimed piteously: "Good heavens! Why, they are all frights! They are all dyed, painted, wrinkled, scraggy! Oh, mes belles aimes, what has become of them?" How the Armada Kowtht. The Spanish officers behaved with the desperate heroism which became tho countrymen of Cortes and Santa Cruz, and never did Spanish soldier or seaman distinguish himself more than 011 this tremendous day. There was 1.0 flinching, though the blood was seen streaming out of the scuppers. Priests went up and down under the hottest fire, crucifix in hand, confessing and absolving the dying. But the engagement from the first preserved the same character which had been seen in those which had pre ceded it. The Spaniards' courage was useless to them. Their ships could not turn or sail, their guns were crushed by the superior strength of the English artillery, they were outmatched In practical skill, and, cl >se as the ships were to one another, they could not once succeed In fixing a grappling iron in an English rigging. Thus, while their own losses were terrible, they could inflict but little In return. They had endured for five hours to be torn to pieces by camion shot, and that was nil.—Spanish Story of the Armada. Eton Slanur. Every public school has its own pe callar customs and slang, but Eton seems to be particularly well supplied in this respect. At Harrow It is or used to lie the height of cheek for a boy to turn up his trousers till he had been three years In tho school. At Eton it is just tho other way, and it is part of the school etiquette for a boy to turn up his trousers, to keep the bottom of his waistcoat unbuttoned and If he has need to use nil umbrella never to roll It up. Some of the so called Eton slang Is I'ommon to other schools, but most of It Is only to bo understood of Etonians. "Sock" as a noun means food of all kinds; as a verb It Is equivalent to "to give." "Scug" Is primarily a boy who las no colors, but it is more partlcular y applied as a general term of abuse. 'A <*ool" at football Is a hard kick by uiie of the forwards. A "tug" Is of I'ourse a colleger, and a "tosh pan" Is D sort of footbath. A Hi !IK>. . For Ciinvrraliin. Old Mi who belonged to Judge J— of Mat-oil. Miss, "liefo" the wall," was for many years sexton and a devout iiieu.lnT of the Presbyterian church, sry:- Harper's Monthly. Short ly after the war the colored Methodists of the community la-Id 1 rousing meet ing In which Moses loudly professed conversion and Joined the Methodist church. Some days afterward the Judge met 111111 and asked: "How's this, Mose? I hear you have Jollied the Methodistl thought I brought you up better Hum that." Mose took oir Ills hat and solcmtily ftcratclieil Ills woolly pale lis he replied: "Yes. sir, inassa. dat'S K-O dat's so. f)e Presbyterian people am a mighty fine people, an' de Presbyterian church am a mighty fine church, but. massa, don't you fink It am powerful dismal fern nigger?" Tiie Nhlllnlah. The shlll dull Is not a mere stick picked up '' 1 a few pent cut casu ally out of the Common hedge. I.lke the Arab mare, It grows lo maturity under the fostering can- of Its owner. The shlllalah. like the poet, Is born, not made. I.ike the poet . too, It Is a choice plant, and Its growth Is slow. Among 10.0' Mi blackthorn shoots per liap not more than one Is destined to become famous, but one of the lll, mm app -ars of singular fitness. As soon as dUcovcrcil it Is marked and dedicated for future service. Everything that might hinder lis development Is re moved, and any offshoot of the main stem Is skillfully cut off. With constant care It grows thick and strong IUHUI a bulbous root that can he shii(>ed Into 11 handle. A < tirlotiM Ol«l Vraarl, A British army ollleer discovered among some old manuscripts a draw ing of a man of war which wax built In icon for the Japanese government. The ve.vu'l was of Immense size, was covered with sheets of Iron and cop per and was provided with two rud ders. Furthermore the manuscript lu which the drawing was wrapped says that "If contained it very Ingenious appa ratus, which was set in motion by two dozen men. equipped with Iron ours." The Vessel resembled II turtle 111 shape ninl was armed with ten large enniion. The drawing is very exact, and ex- I• it si, there Is no doubt as to Its authenticity. GOOD GARDEN LETTUCES. *. Few Son, T tin I \rc Ueaerally Well LlUrd. Varieties of lettuce exist in numliers calculated to bewilder the inexperi enced gardener. Special claims are made for many of tlie new sorts, and many of the old are stumped with the seal of approval as tried and found all that anybody is likely to desire. White Star lettuce shown in the up per figure is of a pale rather lusterless yellowish green color, with leaves slightly waved along the margins and slightly wrinkled toward the windup. The heads are firm, slightly conical, with white seeds, and average about eight ounces. This Is an American va riety of comparatively recent introduc tion and considerable merit and has been pronounced excellent for forcing and early outdoor planting. Hanson, shown in the second figure is a handsome yellowish green, glossy lettuce, with the margins of the leaves slightly frilled and puckered and coarse WHITE BTAK AND HANSON LETTUCES, surface markings. The leaves often overlap at the top of the heads. The heads are large, weighing eight to twelve ounces, and the seed white. • Both the White Star and the Hanson specimens here shown measured a foot across the head. Hanson is one of the good standard varieties for home gar den culture and is sometimes grown on a large scale for market, but generally smoother leaved kinds are preferred. The New York lettuce, whose leaves nre dark green, particularly when the plants are young, much resembles Han son. Its heads are immense and solid nnd blanch well. It has been called one of the best of summer lettuces. It Is not a forcing kind. Boston Market is one of the good early outdoor varieties and is also ex tensively used for forcing. Golden Queen plenses with its beau tiful color, forms solid, crisp and ten der heads and ranks ns a very desira ble early, head lettuce. Black Seeded Simpson Is well known as a tender curled variety that Btands the summer heat well. These varieties may be sown in the hotbed and in the open ground us soon as It can be worked in the spring. Keen and Red Clover. Select strains of Italian bees work under certain circumstances on the blossoms of common red clover, par ticularly of the second crop, the corol las of the latter being shorter than those of the llrst crop, at least In most cases. ('urntolau bees also work on these blossoms. Had the same care been bestowed upon the Carnlolan race In the way of selection of breeding ma terial during the past forty years that hns been given to the Italian race no doubt select strains might now exist which would work to a greater extent on red clover than the best bred Ital ians. The longest tongued honeybees, how ever, are the Cyprian race, and these work the most freely on red clover un der such conditions as any bees will work on tills plant. All honeybees whenever seen working on blossoms are distributing pollen, of course, and effecting the pollination of the pistils. Yet the main pollinators of red clover are still wild beeH, especially those of the genus Isimbus, the common bum blebee. Frank Benton in New Kng land Homestead. Tlie Tomnlo I'nek. The American Grocer estimates the pack of tomatoes in the I'nlted States In 1002 at 0,282,812 eases of two dozen tins each against the short pack In 1001 of -1,203,231 cast's. The pack in Canada In 1002 was 212,000 cases against 250,000 cases In 1001, making the total pack of the United States and Canada 0,-104,812 cases In 1002 against 4,518,221 cases a year ago. Almost one half of tlit* entire pack of the United Stales In 1902 was the product of Mary land, that stale being credited with a total of 4,51-1,382 cases. Indiana wus second, with an output of 002,080 cases; Delaware third, with a product of 750,- 070 cases, and New Jersey and Califor nia fourth and fifth, with a pack re spectively of 739,846 and 737,400 cases. Upward of HO per cent of the entire pack of the United States was the prod uct of these five states. Mnrketlnir llKlitWi'l(hl faille. The average weight of cattle that have been marketed In Chicago during the last six years Is as follows: In 1800, 1,118; IX!>7, 1,001; 1808, 1,080; 18S10, 1,001; 1000, 1,078, and 1001, 1,035. Dur ing eleven months of tOO 2 the avcrngo weight was 071 pounds. These figures are somewhat Interesting as showing the tendency on the part of farmers to market their cattle at a lighter Weight. Marketing lightweight steers not only means larger profits, but It will of Itself have a tendency to Im prove methods of feeding. lowa Homestead. ONION CULTURE. A Popular I'rop of llir Present and How to (iron It. There Is everywhere much Interest In onions as a ready money crop. The fol lowing from It urn 1 New Yorker by a practical farmer should Interest pro spective. growers: The Ideal soli for onions would be rich, well drained muck land, well stored with humus or vegetable mat ter. Lacking this, select the best avail utile soil am! In so fur as possible sup ply the necessary and lacking elements by manure, fertilizers and culture. So iect clay or sandy loam, avoiding either heavy clay or light sand To make the lust of what you hap pen to have plow down the coarse ma nure, the more the bellr. Leave the line for top dressing and supplement with hen manure, wood ashes, leached or iinleached, and nitrate of soda. Do not mix the asln s with the manure, but work the manure well Into the soil, after that the ashes. I'low the ground only ordinary depth. Do not turn up new soli to the surface. Spread on the top dressing, all you can g't, and disk and harrow until tl e soli Is tine and mellow. Then I road-:isl evenly UK) or 12."i | otinds nitrate of soda, harrow lightly again and level the surface with No. 7. I a plank float. The above work uitisi be done just as early as ground and : weather conditions will permit. 5 SctMllnic. The seed must lie of the last year's | growth, not older, four to six pounds to the acre. It is liest put in with a drill, which should lie carefully adjusted bo fore beginning. Poor onion seed is very dlscouragiu* Ninety per cent ought to germinate when the seed is tested in Ihiics. The sowing should be done rifrht after the leveling. Sow In drills twelve to fourteen inches apart in straight rows. Drill first row by a line stretched across the field. If the drill has a re versible marker. It is easy to keep the rows straight after that. Otherwlso straighten by the line, as crooked rows are very hard to cultivate. Cover the seed not less than one inch deep, and the sooner cultivation begins the bet ter. Weed la sr. Start the wheel hoc eirrly, running the hoes close lip to the wheel mark of >the drill. If the wheel hoe has weeder attachment, use that instead of the boos, going all over the ground. When the plants are just breaking through, rake over the rows with hand rake. It will kill what weeds have started, but will not injure the plants. Some weed ing by hand will have to be done, nnd the best way I know is to get down on the knees astride the row. The best tool I have ever used for the hand weeding Is an ordinary four tined steel table fork. When well established, onions should be thinned to six to ten plants to the foot of row. Cultivation nnd Top DreaMim?. Keep up cultivation often enough to destroy all weeds and preserve the loose, mellow condition of the soil. Six or seven weeks after sowing another dressing of nitrate of soda, same as first amount, will be very helpful, but do not apply when plants are wet with dew or rain. Still another like applica tion in midsummer will also be thor oughly good practice. When the plants begin to bottom nicely, the soil should be worked from instead of to the row.. Institute Enterprise. The Missouri board of agriculture In troduced a unique feature in institute work for December. Through the co operation of the Missouri Pacllic rail road a demonstration car accompanied the corps of workers and was made a prominent feature at every Institute. Where the meetings were held In a live stock section representative specimens of Improved breeds of stock were taken from the agricultural college and a stock Judging school was held. In ad dition samples of different feedstuffs and forage plants adapted to the par ticular section were exhibited. At these Institutes the selection, breeding, feed ing and management of live stock were emphasised, In a dairy section the car was equipped so as to be a traveling dairy school. In the horticultural parts of the state the car was equipped with spray pumps and other devices for con trolling insect and fungous nests. In addition an exhibition of fruit and samples of various kinds of trees and plants was carried. American Agri culturist. Cabl>aare Grovrlns. Sow seed of Jersey Wakefield in flats filled with light, loamy soil the last of Februury. Sow thinly, and place the boxes in a gentle hotbed or any warm, /lunny situation. When the plants are I strong, transplant them into flats one and a half inches apart each way. As growth begins gradually expose them to the open air on all favorable occa sions. Late In March remove them to a cold frame, jind properly harden them off before setting them In the Ipcn ground.—Bailey. Agricultural Note*. Honor Bright Is the amateur's and private gardener's tomato, handsomo to look at, delicious to eat. There is said to be good profit In wa tercress. It thrives in clear running J) rooks. Just now there is a boom In con-. structlon of electric lines all over the northeast. "If we could have but one pea, it would be Surprise," Is the verdict from American Gardening's trial grounds. Plymouth Itocks were a great fea ture at the recent New York poultry show, and the fad for white fowls of nil kinds wns noticeable. Cheese loses considerable weight dur ing curing. This Is mainly moisture, but at a high temperature there may lie n leakage of fat. The youthful Now York Horticul tural association had a tine annual kneetfng. With a phenomenal gathering ftf successful fruit growers. TEMPTED, HE ATE. A fttnry of Hclnrich Heine nnd n To»lli«iiiuc Lyonat SnuaiiKC. Returning from a journey to tbo south of France Hclnrich Heine met a friend, a German violinist, In Lyons, who gave him n large sausage that had been made In Lyons, with the request to deliver It to a mutual acquaintance, a homeopathic physician, In Paris. Heine promlst>d to attend to the com mission nnd Intrusted the delicacy to the care of Ills wife, who was travel ing with lilin. ltut as the post chaise Was very slow and he soon liccamo very hungry, on the advice of his wlfo both tasted of the sausage, which dwlndhd with every mile. Arriving at Paris, Heine did not dare to send the remainder to the physician, and yet he wished to keep bis promise. So he cut off the thinnest possible slice with his razor, wrapped It lc a sheet of vellum paper and Inclosed It lu an envelope, with the following note: Pcnr Doctor From your scientific In vest Illations wo learn that tho millionth pari of a certain sulistnneo brines about the greatest results. 1 licit, therefore, your kind acceptance ot tho accompany ing: millionth part of a I.yons unusage, which our friend gave me to deliver to you. If homeopathy la a this little piece will have the samo effect on you as tho whole sausage. Your HKINRICH lllilNE. . —Ughcttl's "With Physicians and Cll- HeNt niul Worst. "Is this the best wurst you can send me?" asked tl»- lady who walked Into the meat stor with a package of that edible In her hand. "Madam," answered the meat man, "It Is the best wurst we have." • Well. It Is the worst wur.it I ever saw." •'I am sorry to hear that. The best; I can do Is to try and send you some better wurst from today's lot; but, as I said, that Is the best wurst we have nt present. I am sure, however, that tl e wurst we are now making will not be any worse than this, and It ought to be better. I unsure you that as soon ns I get the wrist you shall have the best of It. We never gave any one the worst of it i i long as we have been In the wurst buslue-s, and you may be sure that when we . Ivc yon your wurst it will be the lust, for our worst wurst Is better wurst than the best wurst of our eotnpet Itors." Itut the lady, whose eyes had taken oa a stare of gias-Hne- i, was seen to throw up lier hands and llee from tho plafe, for she was afraid the worst was yet to come. I'.a It I more American.