VOL. XXXX. g Early Spring Buyers can be Found Daily atg £ The flodern Store 2 Some choice new things here every day. g S Mob airs, Secilians in Black and Colors; also neat Uk 5 stripes, 60c to $1.60 yd. Voiles, Crepes, Etamines g IR Aeolians. New Silks for waists and shirt waist suits. g S New trimmings in tie popular grape and fruit designs. S * Handsome line of New Draperies in Silkalines, « S Bungalows, Cretones, etc. & The lalest and best at moderate figures. tR Uk See us before you buy, Ub £ Co., £ Ok SOUTH MAIH STREET ) nfll „ . „ , U jn phohes :f|^ L E S D- f //_1 Mail Orders Solicited iK Sp FOSTOFFICE BOX J OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA. & Mr We give ballots for piano contest. BICKEL'S Spring Footwear A grand display of fine footwear in all the new styles for Spring Jnst received a large shipment of SOROSIS SHOES I ADIES' FINE and the styles are very handsome, made in lace or button, light or heavy soles, with low or extra high brill to. heels, made of the finest Dongola kid and Patent vici kid. Many styles to show yon. All widths. AA to EE MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES the laleßt 9tyleß in p,ain or patent leathers MEN'S -A fall line of Men's Patent-ki<l shoes —the latest styles ruir Piinrp —s"- 50, $3.00, $3-50. $5.00, *O.OO. Men's fine Calf, Vici rlNt oHUhb kid and Box-calf shoes, $1.50 to $.">.00; also complete stock of Men's fine Oxfords. ROY**' AND Our stock of Boys' and Youth's shoes made on the wnMT-iVo? eunre latest style Spring last are very attractive We have YOUTHS anUtd. a full stock or Boys' and Little Gents' fine shoes in Patcnt-calf, Box-calf and Vici-kid. Gokey of Jamestown, N. Y., has started up again and we have a full stock of the well known Gokey hand-mads box toe and plain toe shoes for men, and copper tipped shoes for the boys. All Winter goods to be closed out regardless of cost. Blacksmith Aprons, Shoe-makers supplies. High Iron Stands for repairing, Sole Leather cat to any amount you wish to purchase. JOHN BICKEL, 128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA. fl HUSELTONS |j r C. O. D. | E Sale of Shoes 3 > There 1 \ Is a \ \ Bunch of Morjey *2 V Lost and made in Shoes this month! ►T We lose—You win I V 1250 pairs Fall and Winter Shoes. Men's, Women's and Children's—so far not sold—will, as is our custom —BE CUT IN PRICE and prompt- 'A ly gotten rid of! * ; SALE IS NOW GOING ON! 4 > TAKE DUE NOTICE! M 1 HOTEL HUSELTON S bON BIZES FOU N LOWRY. IIUULiLI Wll W ASK TO BE FIT. f_4 KECK ijfc Fall & Winter Weights -A i /\ \ lii Have a nattiness about them that J*^ fJ k m?*) / ■tl mark the wearer, it won't do to J f\ yZ/ (d( E-\ wear the last year's output. You \ - J q V< ii J won't get the latest things at the L/ v stock clothiers either. The up-to lj l\j\ J W date tailor only can supply them, I I rn J ll l! if you want not only the latest I J * (1111 t things in cut and fit and work- I f 111 inansbip, the finest in durability, iill 11 m "vhere else can you get combina -111 I ( " lions, you get them at KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 24 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler, Pa Now Is The Time To begin to think about what papering you are goiiitf to do l>efore the Spring rush begins. Our stock of Wall Paper for 1903 surpasses all previous seasons. Double the amount we ever carried, tasty designs and colorings can't be beat. Come in and look around even if yon don't want to bay. It will be time well spent and a pleasure for yon to cee the FINEST and LARGEST display of Wall Coverings ever shown in Bntler. No trouble to show goods. Picture and Mirror Framing a specialty. Patterson Bros' 286 N. Main St. Phone 400. Wick Building. HAMMILL'S CELEBRATED INDUN ROOT TABLETS Greatest Kidney and Liver Remedy. Positive cure for Sick Headache, Sour Stomach. Loss of Appetite, Constipation \V Rheumatism, Blood Parifier. A for Sale by all Druggists, or by mail, 25c, 50c, and SI.OO HAMMILL MEDICINE CO, '/ No. 302 MILTENBERGER STREET, PITTSBURG, PENN'A. ■j i . - Subscribe for the CITIZEN. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Nasal y£Ky?X CATARRH /!» In all its stages. c °<o& <!Uo# Ely's Cream Balrnv mr;E^§&/ i cleanses, soothes and heals fy m the diseased membrane. 1 Jlt cores catarrh and drives 3rW \ | away a cold in the head Iqnickly. Cream Balm is placed into the nostril s.epread* { over the membrane and is absorbed. Re' .ef is fm | mediate and a care follows. It is not drying—does not produce sneering. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents. Cross Poor man ! He can't help it. It's his liver. He needs a liver pili. Ayer's Pills. !Waat your moustache or beard a"l beautiful brown or rich black ? Use j Buckingham's Dpi 0 cts. of druggists or R. P. Ha' 1 & Co., Nashua. ni. H j p n s Johnston's U Beef. Iron arid Wine i*? 4 ►; is L M Best Tonic & j si ami 14 Blood Purifier. n l Price, 50c pint. Prepared au'l WAj sold only at \Johnston's H pi Crystal N Pharmacy. It. M. LOGAN, Ph. G., [ ig Manager, yM vi 103 N. Main St., Butler, Pa Roth 'Phones jk W1 Everything in the drug line. VA P ft r ® N Do You Buy Medicines ? Certainly You Do. Then you want the best for the least money. That is our motto. Come and sec us when i:i need of anything in the Drug Line and we are sure you will call again. We carry a full line of Drugs, Chemicals, Toilet Articles, etc. Purvis' Pharmacy S. G. PURVIS, PH. G Both Phones. 213 S. Main St. Butler Pn. MARSH ROOT No better combination, as we prepare it, could be formulated to act more sj>e cifically upon the Kidneys and Liver than Marsh Root. As a Liver Invigor ator .Marsh Root is now a conceded fact, and where the Liver is torpid and slug gish Constipation manifest, the body tired, the eyes blurred, and weakened, the complexion poor, a sensation of dull headaches, and languor prevailing, Marsh Root will overcome them. As to the Efficacy of Marsh Root, and its fight against Kidney Diseases, you can lie your own judge if you are an ;tf flicted, and if it fails to relieve or cure you, take the bottle back to your gist and he will give you your money back. Marsh Root stands for the cure of Inllammation or Catarrh of the Bladder, Blocked Kidneys, Scalding Urine, Rheumatic Gout Gravel, Uric Acid. etc. The organs that require the most careful attention (and are the most ofteu neglected, and the human filters or strainers—the Kidneys, and therefor doubly require your attention l>o not delay when the Kidney machinery needs repair. l)o not allow a lirenk down to ({O along when It is too late "A stitch In time saves nine." In'.ni eases out of every 100. a Ijoltle of Marsh Root for a small out lay will relieve you of your trouble and worry. For sale onlv at Reed's Pharmacy Cor. Main and leflerson Sta.. Butler. Pa Have You a Neighbor? If so why don't you get t ~".l together and have a tele phone system. Jj'Mt !f We manufacture thcui. Vffi Ask us and we will tell L .''T you all about it. JT < i /<jt ' Electrical work of lescriptions done on short,-v »■* * notice. s rc. The U. S. Electric Mfg. Co BUTLER, PA. ft I MNEBS At home, cor plan and lint of monov-maktup recipes, formulas. «t«\. write lon & Oo.ftJ John si., Pitts Held, Mas.-*. 2 - It \SILLy\ t T •;• 2>k -Af. L. AxJary * I I Copurt'jkl, !!•>!, by the T i S. S. McClvrt, Company T t . ...... .v »J» ♦J. •• *»J»•- »i»" •*V'*'Vy**' 'l* V* V V''V V Her name was Priseilla, liut through abbreviation and corruption it became "S'llla" and finally degenerated into "Silly." "So easy do even names go to the dogs, you know," she explained to Dick. There were some people in the vil lage who did not hesitate to say that Silly herself would "go to the dogs" tome day, she had such "shiftless ways." She preferred to wear plain clothes rather than spend time indoors on needlework. She could not be counted on for the sewing circle nor dragged to the debating society. More over, she was not as fond of going to church and Sunday school as she might have been. "It lits me, Dick!" she cried, her face, pink and white as their petals, framed in u bough of apple blossoms. llir eyes were as blue as forgetme nots, and her hair was like the golden tassels of the corn. "The name tits. I haven't any sense, you know." "That's one of your attractions," drawled Dick. "When a woman hasn't any sense, it's really a drawing card In these days. She's a novelty, you know. Women are so awfully wise and clever that they put a fellow to the blush." They were sitting on the green grass within a fragrant bower of pearl and rose. Something like dewdrops gath ered in the girl's forgetmenot eyes. "What's the matter, sweetheart?" "Dick, it's the name and the fitness of the name. It seems so absurd to care about it. But I do. When I was little, it seems to me they might have cared enough about me to let me keep the sweet name my mother gave me. I suppose they thought it was a waste of time on me to say 'Priseilla.' If I had been their own child, they'd never have called me Silly. And to think It'll stick to me all my life!" "If it were your last name, now," said Dick, "I could change it for you." "Don't be silly!" "You're that when you laugh at my lovemaklng. It's poor, but honest." "Dick, do you think, like all the rest, that sensible talk is wasted on me? Do you, Dick? Oh, what would I not give to be a wise, clever woman with a dig nified name! Nobody in the world will ever take me seriously as long as I am called Silly!" "I'll take you seriously if you'll let me; take you and never let you go." "Dick, would you be willing—you, a varsity man—to have a wife called Silly? l'ou wouldn't! I can see it in your eyes. Oh, to do something very wise and learned! I'd die happy!" "For heaven's sake," cried Dick in alarm, "dou't do anything wise and learned!" «»>•»»« "She never has a serious thought, that girl," her aunt remarked. "If her name don't fit her to a T!" She was coming tip the walk, her arms full of apple blossoms, her hat dangling at her side, singing one of the ragtime tunes with which she scandal ized the town. "She do seem to be light headed," ob served her uncle, Samuel Morris. "But, then, she's a good hearted thing." She could not remember her parents. Th"y had died when she was so little. She seemed to be a sort of accident in her uncle and aunt's family, a rather burdensome and unpleasant one, which by God's grace they must put up with. They lived in an old, old house on the outskirts of a quaint, rambling old vil lage. It was set about with orchards where many birds loved to nest. Silly, when she might have been embroider ing herself a petticoat, making a crazy rjuilt or doing some other sensible thing, preferred to stay out in the or chards with the birds. *•«»**• Mr. Samuel Morris dreamed that a burglar was pressing a pillow down over his face. He tried to cry out, but could not. lie heard a great bauging lit the door and a voice calling: "Uncle, uncle!" "Somebody is killing poor Silly," he thought, but he could not move. Then some one was pulling him out of bed. There were smoke and a gleam Df shooting flumes. Something wet was slapped over his face. He was being dragged over the floor and down the steps by one who panted hard. A voice —Silly's—was screaming: "Help me save uncle! Somebody go back for aunt! I couldn't find her!" "No use!" voices cried back. "Come out quick! The house is about to fall In!" "I'll save her or I'll die trying! Take Jnele!" They told him afterward, the few neighbors who had seen the fire after It was well under way and had come to help if they could, that as she went back the steps fell down behind her. She had jerked the wet blanket from around him and thrown It about her- BClf. How she found her aunt In that smoke filled house, with the roar and singing of the flames In her ears, the Hash of fire In her eyes, she never could tell. But find her she did, lying insensible 011 the floor. She Jerked the sheets from a bed, tore them into strips, tied these together and bound one end around her aunt's waist, think ing as she did so: "Ah, how can I lift her and lower her from the window without killing her!" But she did It, tills wise, strong young f illy, who looked to those below like a goddess of the Haines. Younger and more daring help had come. A ladder reaching part way up was against the uncertain walls. Dick was climbing It. He rccelt od her burden as she lowered II and parsed it 011 to those below. Then he held out his arms. "Come, beloved," he said. "Come quickly!" Sli'- had fastened one end of the rope about her waist, the other about the bedpost. She was looking down. "Come!" Dick called again. Sin; climb ed out of the window and began to de scend hand over hand. Her senses seemed leaving her. She let go. W hen she came to herself, she was lying on a big white bed In the village parsonage. People were talking. "She had more sense than any of us; never lost her head; knew just what to do." "And she's brave! Think of going back Into that house with the steps falling behind her!" "Yes." The pastor was speaking slowly and ponderously. "She's our village heroine, is Priseilla." Through the door the voice of the rich man of the village rang out: "I am going to name the new library I'm giving this village for her." "B-sh!" The village doctor was speaking. "We must have quiet now. BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 1003. She's recovering consciousness." "What is it, Priscilla:" "Apple blossoms," she murmured foolishly. '"My hands are so hot. Dick!" He was kneeling by her bed. The pretty face and hands -were bruised and blackened, and the flames hail not altogether spared the beautiful golden hair. "Dick, it hurts so bad to be clever and brave. They're saying I'm that. And I've got my name. liut, oh. Dick, I don't want to be wise. It's so pain ful. Let the others call me Priscilla." in a whisper. "It sounds dignified, and I like it from them. Hut you— you just call me Siily. I'm not wise or brave, Dick. Don't teil anybody. I went back into the tire because I didn't have any better sense." "You are right, beloved." said Dick. "Wise people do not run back into the lire to save others. Only the brave, the fools and the angels do that." Th<* I'assluw: of llii- rtc. A word as to the causes of the dis favor with which pie has come to be regarded. I.lke other things, it kept a place by force of tradition after its special work was done. and. being al ways a "hearty" dish, when the savory piece of pie was added to the plenty of the prosperous table in the nature of things it proved the one straw too much and broke down the digestion already weakened by indoor life and airtight stoves. The pie is not ns black as it has been painted, having had to bear the load of many circumstances not its own fault. The viand which bus usurped its place at dinner is not as blameless as it is commonly held to be. For children eating no meat podding may well be dinner, but for grownups a helping of pudding gives as much unnecessary food value as did pie. It must be re membered in discussing pastry also that it was in good bands not the heavy, greasy kind so often found to: day. The early cooks attained great skill in preparing light, flaky "crusts." The passing of the pie is not to be re gretted in \ iew of the greater abun dance of fresh foo<s, especially as the making of the pie requires not only skill, but time, and the baking of the pie in modern stoves is a matter of large experience.—G*od Housekeeping. PerhlinliU* Goodn. In n Vermont village there lives a young man who has, reached the age of twenty-four with no apparent thought of taking to himself a wife, al though all his companions have either "settled" or left the place. He is re garded by the entire community as a confirmed bachelor. His mother looks upon his state with a sadness which has afforded more or less amusement to her summer boa rders. "There's one of his last pictures," said the mother, displaying a photo graph on a small card. "It's a good likeness, ain't it? Getting kind of drawed round the month, same as his pa, he is. I said to him that I'd been wanting he should have a dozen taken, so I could give 'em round to his friends —young ladles—for sometimes a picture standing on a bureau, facing right to you every morning, will start a kind of affectionate feeling. I've l>een waiting in the hopes he'd think of it himself, but when I saw that he was beginning to fade and show his age I took mat ters right into my own hands and marched him to the photographer quick as I could. I only hope roine good may come of it." —Youth's Companion llron Uinu 1 Ite Silence. A little tot of about five summers held a place recently in one of the United States supreme court seats while the learned justices were hand ing down their weighty decisions. The court was the embodiment of dignity, BO much so that it was almost oppress ive. The little girl lidgeted in her place as the Justices in monotonous tones expounded line points of law, and she shook her head, adorned with a big picture hat, in impatience. There came a pause. One justice ceased to speak, as he had given forth all he had to say on some important litigation. The silence was thick enough to be cut with a knife, as they sometimes say in the books. The mes senger by the noiseless folding doors shifted from one foot to the other, the throng of lawyers within the bar wait ed breathlessly for the next decision to be announced. Still no Justice spoke. It was more than the little girl with a picture hat could endure. "Mamma," said she in a voice audible even UTY.to the judicial bench, "why don't some one laugh?"— New York Tribune. A Couple of limeriptlOllM. "I was in New York one day and took a trip down to Coney Island," said the agent of a I'ittsburg nail mill. "I had heard of the slick fellows ilown there, and so I left my watch at home • and carried a dummy across which I pasted a slip of paper bearing the words, 'Look Inside for a fool.' 1 hadn't got the salt taste of the ocean yet when the watch disappeared, and It was threo hours later, as I sat in a booth drinking beer, when I felt that watch In a side pocket of my coat. I pulled It out In amazement, and I found my slip of paper replaced by one bearing the words, 'Look outside for an ass!' It may be that I got the bulge on the gang, but somehow I have always thought that they came out a trifle ahead - Just a trifle." Itarfierliisi: l'ne<l to lie an Art. Time was when barberlng was a way up art. In ancient times barbers were surgeons, the only persons who could scientifically "let blood." In London there Is still a barber surgeon class. They possess a cap given the guild by Charles 11. Around the barber's polo still twines the snake, the subtlest beast of the field, a survival of the bra zen serpent lifted up In the wilderness, the symbol of the healing art. Not Concerned. "Why don't you try to hand an hon ored name down to posterity?" "I don't know," answered Senator Sorghum. "Maybe I don't look far euough ahead. S<> long as my signature Is honored at the bank I can't see that my credit with posterity makes much difference." —Washington Star. Cynical. Inquiring Young Man—When a per son says something nice about another, why Is he said to "pay" a compliment? Crusty Old Man—Because he expects :o get Something for It. There Are Other*. Old Emdee—Well, how do you liko your profession? Young Emdee--Profession Is O. K. It's the practice I'm kicking about. — Town and Country. : : i i :i will i t out of bed at 1 ' :> tl i.iornlng and run to a i! I Induced to get up at ; • '.:rt one In the furnace.-- fA!; ••- Vv '» CELERY VARIETIES. Colder S:ii niaschiss; and Giant rascai—Defect# and MerSt*. I K1I:I 11 hereafter grow only the Gold en Self Blanching celery for summer and fall use, says a New York garden er In Country Gentleman. The White I'lunje is easier to grow. h'ss liable to blight, but the quality is much inferior to the Gulden Self Blanching. I would never eat the White Plume myself, and my customers will not buy it after I <i , a,i , .V- s~_ -j GIANT PASCAL CELERY. [Three feet hlj?li. f>s the two foot rule In dicates.] have sold the Golden Self Blanching. The stalks are shorter, thicker, and when rightlj grown, with plenty of manure and water, it Is very erisp. tender and has the flavor which makes such winter varieties as the Giant Pas cal so good. There is no better celery than the Giant Pascal when well grown and blanched, and any celery is to be desired that approaches it in fla vor. I have been able to blanch the Golden Self Blanching wall boards to a beautiful golden yellow and have grown plants with my system of mulching and irrigation so large that my customers have been very willing to pay 10 cents each for them. In spite of these desirable qualities the Golden Self Blanching la a weak grow er and so liable to blight that I would not advise any one to try to grow it for market if he can give it only ordinary culture. It muF't be planted in very rich soil,'supplied with water when it is needed and thoroughly sprayed with bordeaux mixture. The best celery to follow the Golden Self Blanching and for use about Christmas is the Giant Pascal. I am through trying to blanch this variety out of doors with l>oards or soil. Sever al times I have banked It early in the fall, hoping to get It ready -for the Thanksgiving trade, and have never succeeded in doing so. The latter part of October, before It hr.s become in jured by the frost, I store it in the cel lar. It is taken up with the roots on and planted in soil on the cellar bot tom, with boards set up between the rows across the cellar about two feet apart. This is to keep the plants apart more and admit of a circulation of air. The water is let down around the roots with the lio<e, care l>eing taken not to wet the foliage. By making the cellar dark and giving the plants plenty of water they will blanch In four or live weeks, or in n light cellar with less water the celery can be kept nearly ail winter. There are better keepers than the Giant Pascal, and it cannot be left out so late in the fall as some other varieties, as It will not stand as much frost. For late winter and spring use Evans' Triumph is good, also the Win ter Queen. Gillirrlss nuil Cnmiliiit "Inplc Sap. In gathering we use a three barrel galvanized tank with strainer in the top and strain the sap again when we draw it into the vat and again as we draw it Into the heater. From there It is conveyed through a pipe to the front pan, and from there it flows through the several pans to the back end of the arch where we sirup it off. When our sachrometer denotes 28 degrees, we draw off the sirup, straining carefully, and let it stand in a can for twenty four hours at least to settle and then pour it off and put it back Into the back pan on the evaporator. Cook it down to 32 degrees and can while hot. This way saves all of tho work of canning at the house. By using a flannel to strain sirup through all sediment and silica are removed, and a sirup good enough for the president Is left. We have a bush of over 1,000 trees, and we commence to gather the sap as soon as the buckets are one-third full, as it is necessary to boll the sap as soon as possible after it leaves the tree.—Cor. Ohio Farmer. The ForcliiK of Pole llrnnn. The forcing of dwarf or bush beans nnder glass lias been a favorite prac tice at certain seasons of the year with most gardeners, but the use of the pole or running varieties is Just beginning to receive attention. The pole bean, like cucumbers, tomatoes trained to one stem, sweet corn, etc., must have plen ty of head room or space above tho bench or bed In which to develop, nnd doubtless this accounts for its not hav ing been considered heretofore. The modern lettuce and cucumber houses with the beds directly on the ground are well adapted for this crop. The soil should be well enriched, contain ing an abundance of available plant food, preferably a sandy loam com posted by mixing equal parts of rich dark loam, sand and manure. The beds may be made directly upon the ground, with the prepared soli averag ing about seven Inches in depth.—Den ver Field and Farm. DAIRY TALK. Work Mnkca Potiire Proflt. Put In Your "Heat l.lrku" Now. Some men feed their cows as they would a thrashing machine and with no more thought as to the power of the | animal to assimilate the food given than they would give the a foresaid thrashing machine. The results gained prove that in this wnj a great deal of good food and well meant effort are wasted. The cow is not a machine. She is a thinking, rational being. Why not treat her soV The cow that Is thin in flesh has an aim in life quite distinct from any we have in view. She is determined to put a good coat of fat on her back, while we want it In the butter ttil>. The cow has the advantage of us, and we might as well admit It first as last. It is the cow that Is In good order that gives good milk and plenty of it. It does not pay to give Just enough food to keep an animal alive. Knough more must be given for profitable growth or production. A cow well fed and perfectly nour ished this year will produce more next year and so on from year to year. Give the cows a chance every day to get out and rub themselves and get the fresh air. It will not hurt them if the siir is oold. provided they do not stand around in the wind until they are chilled. Cattle as well as uien need regular exercise. Strrw put under the stock for bid ding is l>y 110 means wasted, although some men seem to act us i£ it were. It not only adds to the comfort 'of tire stock, hut goes out to Increase the sup ply of barnyard fertilizer, without which the farmer is undone. Winter is the time to put the stock in shape fur the next season's work. A they come out in the spring so they will be all summer long. Put in your l>est licks now. Get out the Babcock tester and go all t':r-.5?U the herd again. I>on't let the heifers form a habit of drying up early. IV-I well and keep them milking well up to calving time.—Farm Jour nal. WESTERN HEMLOCK. It* 113 a Substitute FOP Spruce and White I'luo. Western hemlock has suffered so se verely through the reputation of its eastern relative among lumber manu facturers and consumers that it h:is at present scarcely any market standing. To remove this prejudice and to intro duce tin? western hemlock to the mar ket by pointing out its uses, its eco nomic value and the conditions under which it may profitably be grown and manufactured was one of the purposes of a two seasons* study on the ground by the bureau of forestry. The con clusion-. to which this study has led have been summarized ns follows: First.—The wood of the western hem lock is far superior to that of the east- WKSTEBN HEMLOCK. [On Cascade mountains, Washington; al titude, 3.000 feet, showing thick, rough bark of mountain form.] ern tree. It is suitable for use in all ordinary building work, it furnishes good pai>er pulp. It is sufficiently light and strong to make excellent wooden ware stock, and it is particularly valu able for indoor linlshing. Its bark is half again as rich in tannin as that of the eastern tree. Second. Under favorable conditions the western hemlock reproduces abun dantly ai:d grows very rapidly. Since these conditions are usually disadvan tageous to red lir, hemlock may often be counted upon to reforest cut over lands when red iir would probably fail to establish itself. Third.—The western hemlock has now to contend mainly with a preju dice which is based upon a knowledge of the eastern tree alone. The impor tance of bringing it into the market on a large scale as a substitute for spruce and white pine Is growing rapidly. Its qualities entitle it to rank among the valuable timber trees of this continent. To tlic Farm Dairyman. I want to advise you about appara tus for making butter. If necessary for a little while, use what you have, but as soon as possible get a good separator and a good chum, and when you get tired of a hand separator use some kind of power and build a suitable room for it. I have used a two horse tread power for six or seven years, but last spring got a four horse gasoline engine, and I like it best. —John I'atter son, .Missouri. WLUII OIIMTN Say. Is black water running away from the barnyard? Then there Is a hole in your pocket. Does it pay to save a cent's worth of food in tlie dishwater containing wash ing powders and kill s'_'o worth of pigs by feeding such slops? Corn will bring twice as much in a hog as in a sack. So will hay In a cow bring twice as much as in a bale. THE LONDON TAPSTER. Ilnril Luck Slorte* That Take the Place of o|>«*n '"Pfl:. The plain and open tapster who ac •osts you in the street purely to beg nay generally be known by an arnaz ng overpoliteness in opening the con versation. He is the only person I snow who begs pardon for taking the liberty of speaking to you, and by this »lgn you shall know him. They all be jin by begging pardon for taking this not so very rare liberty, but only the luffers go 011 straightway to tap. The proficient tapsters approach the tap sideways, so to speak. Something like this, with r. quick touch of the hat brim: "Bog pardon, sir, I'm sure I 'umbly l)eg your pardon for takin' the great liberty of speakln' to you in a public thoroughfare like this, which I am ijuite aware it is a grent liberty, sir, though trustin' you will kindly pardon the great liberty of a pore, 'ardworkln' man, sir, in takin' the great liberty of uskin" it tills street Is the 'Aymarket, sir?" (Or the way to the Strand or the lay of the month, or something.) You answer the question, bot you flon't stop the stream of apologetics. "Thank you, kindly, sir," pursues the tapster, pouring out the words, "thank you kindly, sir, if you'll so far pardon the liberty of u pore, 'ardworkln' man, sir, In askln' the question, which un fortunately I was forced to take the great liberty, sir, through bein' out o' work eighteen months an' nothlnk to eat since last Toosday fortnight, sir, upon my word of honor, which nothlnk but the cries for bread of fourteen young children in arms would prevail on me, sir—so igstreme kind as you've bin to me, sir, which I shall never for get to take the very great liberty, sir. In a public thoroughfare, of askln' which is the nearest work'ouse?" If once more you give him informa tion Instead of coppers, you only pro voke another speech of the snme sort, for lie can go on llko that for a deal longer than you want to listen. It is only In the extreme that he will direct ly ask for money, though I fancy that it is merely caution that marks his guarded way, as they say in the lyric, for If accused of begging by some watchful policeman he can always plead that lie was only asking a harm less question. And the questions are endless In variety. I give my solemn word that I was once buttonholed by one of these seedy tapsters wlUl the apologetle request that I would tell lifm the number of stars on the na tional flag of the United States! This Is a simple fact.—Leonard Larkin In the Strand. The Title of "«n." The title Mrs. was in olden time ap plied to unmarried as well as to mar ritnl women and to young as well as old. Sir Walter Scott spoke of Joan ua (unmarried) as Mrs. Joanna Balllle. Although it was not jierhaps so univer sal to address quite young children as It was those over twenty-one by the title of Mrs., yet it was frequently done. The most ludicrous example of this occurs in the register of burials for the parish of St. Margaret, West minster. The burial of Milton's second wife and that of his infant daughter, named after her, who died at the age of tlve mouths, are both recorded in that register, the name in each case being entered as "Mrs. Katheriu Mil ton," without any mark of distinction save the letter "C" for "child," after the second name. Even In the reign of George 11., as we read In 'Tope's Let ters." unmarried ladies used to be styled Mrs. AVou<l<-rful luseet Vitality. It Is a standing puzzle to the ento mologists how frail little insects of the mosquito and butterfly order can brave the cold of an arctic winter and yet re tain their vitality. The larva of the milkweed butterfly has been exposed to an artificial blast 08 degrees below zero. Taken out of range of this arti ficial blizzard and gradually "thawed out" this same worm was able to creep In less than half an hour afterward. Butterflies have been found flitting Joy ously about in the highest latitude man has ever penetrated, and the mosqui toes of Alaska and Greenland are known to be the healthiest specimens of that race of little pests. Encasement Rlngi. The custom of giving engagement rings ranks back to long before the Christian era. With the ancient Egyp tians ongagement rings were always of Iron, to indicate the mutual sacri fice of liberty of the contracting par ties. One of the very earliest adornments of betrothal rings was a loadstone, which symbolized the attractive force which drew a maiden from her own family circle into that of her husband. It is believed that the fourth finger has always been the bride'B ring finger. Hard to Part With. The man at our boarding house has the remains of a once prosperous pocket comb, from which the teeth have long since fled. "Why," we ask him, "do you carry that thing around with you—that worthless old comb?" And he replies : "Well, I can't part with it."—Balti more News. A Ha>U For Social Snecni. Mr. Blank—l was rather- amused to hear the children gossiping about their little playmates. Mrs. Blank—The little dears! If they only keep on, how they will shine in polite society when they grow up!—Tlt- Blts. Ideas generate Ideas, like a potato, which cut In pieces reproduces itself In a multiplied form. MADE TO STAND PULLING. The Great Tensile Strength of the Government's I'apcr Honey. "The way some cashiers pay out small bills in exchange for large ones must make other men as tired as It wearies me," remarked an observing business man to another Washlng tonlan as» they watched the cashier of a fashionable uptown cafe pull at and strip the ones and twos In exchange for a ton as though he were pulling a piece of molasses candy over a hook and hated to let go. "It does," acquiesced his friend, who happened to be a United States treas ury expert. "The way some cashiers Jerk, snap and pull at bills as they pay them out Is utterly absurd. The old adage about pinching a silver dollar until the eagle screams pales before the way the up to date flip cashier jerks the long green he handles. "In this connection I will give you a fact that Is not generally known, and that Is the weight a new treasury sin gle note, and four notes in a sheet, will sustain without breaking. The figures may be accepted as official and ac curate. "A single treasury note measures 3Vfc Inches wide by inches long and will suspend 41 pounds lengthwise and 01 pounds crosswise. Notes are printed four to a sheet. A sheet will suspend 108 pounds lengthwise and 177 pounds crosswise. "The remarkable strength of a Unit ed States treasury note may thus be seen at a glance, and I venture to say that not one person In a million would have guessed the great tenacity of the paper which, when properly printed and stamped, becomes good money." The cashier had Interestedly listened to the treasury expert's explanation of the weight sustaining and necessarily resisting power of wear and tear of our paper money, and then ho said: "You see. It is this way: Bills stick together, see, and we cashiers have to make up any shortage out of our own pockets, and that's one reason why we snap and Jerk the bills so hard, so wo will not pay out two for one, as might be done. Again, a two dollar bill Is fre quently mistaken for a live, and vice versa, and by counting out our money as If it were drops of our lifeblood we are less liable to pass out one for the other."—Washington Star. PICKINGS FROM FICTION. Ambitious people must always be dis appointed people.—"Fame For a Wom an." The l»est kind of courage often comes from a full stomach.—"Captain Mack lln." Love Is like honey—lt must be taken by sips. One must not swim In It— "The Pharaoh and the Priest." The man who Is weakened In well doliiK by the Ingratitude of others Is serving <»od on a salary basis.—"The I*ower of Truth." Nine times out of ten a woman falls through love, and r.he must be reached by lovo If she Is to be restored.—"Down lu Water Street." Don't call yourself a friend and bo thinking all the time what the other side of the friendship can do for you. "Aunt Abby's Neighbors." Philosophy Is primarily a matter of food: secondarily, a matter of clothes; It does not concern the head at all. - "Two Thousand Miles on an Automo bile." Half the trouble of this troubled world comes from the fact that, for one reason or another, women are not able to look tt)> to the men with whom they have dealings—"The Vultures." No. 10. CHINESE MAG»C LANTERNB) Haw Their Instruments Dlftr Kroal Those In l'w In This Country. The magic lantern, like porcelain, gunpowder and printing, may hare been an invention of the Chinese. For uiore than twenty centuries it has been a staple amusement In the Celestial empire and has been developed into many forms unknown to the Occident. The Middle Kingdom, which has been well termed Topsy Turvy Land, uses the magic lantern in just the opposite inauuer from what we do, having the light and picture behind the screen, the same as in our parlor amusement of shadowgraphs. The commonest form of the magic lantern in the extreme ori ent is a large box supported on a tri pod or four logged table. The box Is about 4 feet wide by 2 high, and it> front is made of ground glass, oiled silk or oiled white paper. Over the box is a light framework of bamboo and cloth, which reaches to the ground and conceals the operator from the audience, but leaves the glass ex posed to view. A powerful lamp In front of a concave reflector throws S strong light upon the glass or screen, as the case may be. The top of the box and the sides are half open to permit the introduction of small figures. This arrangement gives four distinct classes of instruments. With all four Instru ments the exhibitions are given In the streets, squares and market places. They draw audiences ranging from five to thirty and give an entertainment of from five to fifteen minutes In length. Each spectator is supposed to contrib ute 1 cash, or a twentieth of a cent, when the hat is passed around. (Gener ous or enthusiastic patrons frequently give from 10 to 15 cash, so that the av erage performance nets the proprietor about 2 cents. This seems ridiculous to Americans, but In a land where an ablebodled man can be hired for 5 cents a day the owner of a successful magtc lantern is looked upon as a very well to do Individual. The little plays which are written about the magic figures are as conven tional as our own immortal Punch and Judy. The "wicked tiger" depicts the career of a dissolute animal who from killing pigs, dogs and buffaloes finally eats a beautiful maiden and 1s slain by a Mongolian chief in full armor on horseback. "The wicked wife" forms a compact with the devil, squanders her husband's substance in rlouum liy — lng and, in the last scene, hangs her self in a blaze of red fire, while the evil one expresses wild Joy In extraor dinary oriental gesticulations. "The cruel magician," "the grateful dragon," "the fairy foxes" and other bltß of eastern folklore afford brief sketches, which are as familiar aa household words.—New York Post To Oln the Sack. Two noblemen in the reign of Maxi milian 11.—1564-1560—one a German, the other a Spaniard, who had each rendered a great service to the em peror, asked the hand of his daughter In marriage. Maximilian said that ss he esteemed them both alike it was Im possible to choose between them, and therefore their own prowess must de cide it; but, being unwilling to risk the loss of either by engaging them In deadly combat, he ordered a large sack to be brought and declared that he who should put his rival Into it should have his fair Helena. And this whimsical combat was actually performed in the presence of the Imperial court and lasted an hour. The unhappy Spanish nobleman was first overcome, and the German succeeded in enveloping him In the sack, took him upon his back and laid him at the emperor's feet. This comical combat is said to be the origin of the phrase "give him the sack," so common in the literature of courting. One Phaae of the Kilt. In the Shab Luka pass we have one of the many instances in which the Kile has hurled Itself at an opposing mountain barrier and cut its way through. In fact, it often Beems to se lect these unpropitious places for Its course when on each side a few mllss away there is a tolerably level, unbro ken expanse of desert For ten miles the river twists in and out before es caping to the open once more. Its cur rent is very rapid, making It well nigh impassabje at low water because of the numerous rocks, but at the time of my descent the summer flood was well along, and all but a few* of these bar riers were hidden below the surface, their presence being marked only by oc casional eddies.—Century. Krank Census Iletnrna. British census returns are more In formative than diverting, but the same cannot be said of the Indian. The Pun- Jab returns Include professional crick eters under the bending of "Clowns and Tumblers." regarding them appar entlv in the same light as Mr. Kipling. The Clienab lias forty-six male, seven female and sixty-seven "dependent" piano tuners, and the inland state of Nahau rejoices in the possession of 205 shipowners. In the schedule nlso ap pear 117 "receivers of stolen goods" and 126 "witches, wizards, cow poison ers, etc." There Is a frankness about these returns which is very engaging.— London Kx press. Fiippniiire Virtue. A southern judge who had a fine lot of bogs one day met a colored man no torious l'or stealing and said to him: "Uncle .lack, I'll tell you what I'll da You pick out two of those hogs you like best, and I'll give them to you, provid ed you won't steal any of the others." The negro pondered awhile and final ly said, "Jcdge, you've always been a good neighbor, an' I likes yuh, an' I wants to do right by yuh an' so accepts de offer yuh makes, but I wants yuh to know dat I'll lose meat by It"—Phila delphia Telegraph. KIT<I«MI L lie Dlnpnte, Two ladles at a tea party got quar reling about their respective ages. At last, to end the dispute, one of them said In a conciliatory tone of voice: "Don't let us quarrel over the matter any m«ce. dear. I. at least, have not the heart to do It. I never knew who my mother was. for she deserted me when I was a baby, and who knows but that you may have been that heart less parent?"—Pearson's Weekly. A Silent Man. Jorklns There's Perkins—you know Perkins?- entered Into an agreement with bis wife soon after their mar riage. twenty years ago, that whenever either lost temper or stormed the other \vas to keep silence, llob— And the scheme worked? Jorklns- Admirably. Perkins has kept silence for twenty years. The Cheerful Man. (live us, oh. give us. cries Carlyle, tiie man who sings at his work. Be his occupation what It may, he Is equal to any of those who follow the same pur suit In r.lleut sullenness. lie will do more In the same time; he will do It better; he will persevere longer.
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