VOL. XXXX. V EVERYTHING NEW AND NOVEL. * 2 New Skirts. New Shirt Waists. New Millinery, v J The riodern Store « Offers early Spring Goods in such variety that you can't g jn afford to postpone an early visit. C g New Ready-Made Dress Skirts, $3.50, $4, $4.50, $5. J |rss.so, $6, up to SIO.OO. flr Come while (he assortment is complete These are trrand values in all P n? the new cloths including fancy novelty goods and mohairs. Some •J specially nice Misses' Skirts at |2.73 and £!.-■">. If yon see them yon will K have them. Uk S NEW SHIRT WAISTS £ Handsome New White Wash Waists, and white with neat figures, -Vic, U 11.00, $1.50, *2.23. Silk WaisU *1 50 to $5 00. Yon will wonder how they JO can be sold at these low prices, when yon see them. g EARLY MILLINERY FOR EARLY BUYERS $ Some handsome new things just arrived. We can please the most exacting. W g Co., $ * SOUTH MAI* STREET ) 001 ...... H 5 \ /_/\ Mail Orders Solicited £ rorromcE BOX 1 ■■■■ ■ # OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. B'JTLBR, PA. flr We give ballots for piano contest. +tiea&&!K{K4ieivxx3iexx&3VXXXX+ BICKEL'S Spring Footwear A grand display of fine footwear in all the new styles for Spring Jnsfc received a large shipment of SOROSIS SHOES LADIES' FINE and the styles are very handsome, made in lace or button, light or heavy soles, with low or extra high SHUtS. heels, made of the finest Dongola kid and Patent vici kid. Many styles to show yon. All widths. AA to EE MISSES' AND most complete stock we have ever had All CHILDREN'S SHOES *k®ktest styles in plain or patent leathers MEN'S A fall line of Men's Patent-kid shoes—the latest styles rmr ounce -|2 50, $3.00, |3.50. $5.00, *6.00 Men's fine Calf, Vici- MNfc brlUtO kid and Box-calf shoes, $1 50 to |»>.00; also complete stock of Men's fine Oxfords. BOYS' AND Our ®tock of Boys' and Youth's shoes made on the uAiiTiiot onnro latest style Spring last are very attractive We have YUUIHo orlUtD a fall stock of Boys'and Little Gents' fine shoes in Patent calf, Box-calf and Vici-kid. Gokey of Jamestown, N. Y., has started up again and we have a fnll stock of the well known Gokey hand-made 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 araoant yoa wish to purchase. JOHN BICKEU 128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA. [< HUSELTON'S K G. O. D. I Sale of Shoes ! f There J I Is a C |J Bunch of Moqey A r* Lost and made in Shoes this month' W We lose—You win! Men's, Women's and Children's —so far not sold —will, . as is our custom —BE CUT IN PRICE and prompt- ly gotten rid of! | » SALE IS NOW GOING ON! ; i TAKE DUE NOTICE! ! hotel HUSELTON'S DONT^ FOK > J LOWRY. MUvLL I Ull %J ASK TO BE FIT. > KECK Winter Weights t\ J; ljj Have a nattiness about them that rt Uk l»w / J lIA mark the wearer, it won't do to ' !'/ [\ Lev (-)( IrA wear the last year's output. You \ ' Q .I M won't (jet the latest things at the \| I/tOa ICS vl stock clothiers either. The up-to /\ If Jl I J date tailor only can supply them, t , I [\% TT7TT 11 " y° u want not o»'y ll,e l ateßt ( ; i I If 11111 tilings in cut and fit and work -1 If 111 uunnhip, the finest in durability, ij I I i ll where else can you get combina ■Jr ■ I 111 |( 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 going to do before the Bpring rush begins. Our stock of Wall Paper for 1U0!J snrpasses all previous sea so us. Double the amount we ever carried. Quality, tasty designs and colorings can't be l>eat. Come in and look around even if you don't want to buy. It will be time well spent and a pleasure for you to oee the FINEST and LARGEST display of Wall Coverings ever nhown in Butler. No trouble to show (foods. Picture and Mirror Framing a specialty. |; Patterson Bros' 286 N. Main St. Phone 400. Wick Duildinif. HAMMILL'S CELEBRATED INDUN ROOT TABLETS Greatest Kidney and Liver Remedy. Positive cure for Sick H A Headache, Sour Stomach. Loss of Appetite, Constipation TTi Rheumatism, Blood Purifier. jy&fy a Fo« Sale by all Druggists, or by mail, lifx:, 50c, and |I.OO HAMMILL MEDICINE CO, '/ No. ilO!} MILTENBERGER STREET, PITTSIJL'RG, PENN'A. Subscribe for the CITIZEN. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. JiljOS Nasal CATARRH (mm In all it» stages. JUfl# Ely's Cream cleanses, soothes and hca!s j[ § the disease membrane It cures catarrh and drives away A cold in the head quitkJy. ( ream Balm is placed into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Ke:;ef is Im mediate and a care follows. It is not dry ? —does cot produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents. Dizzy Appetite poor? Bowels con stipated? It's your liver! Ayer's Pills are liver pills. . -■■-■ ■ -—— —^ Want your moustache or beard n j beautiful brown or rich black? Dse | Bucklngham'sDyei Oct*, of druggist* CT R. P. H- icCo , N»»hu« N. H J 8 R I Johnston's Beef, Iron and Wine W a Best Tcnic kn A Blood Pnritier. k j Pric2, 50c pint. w Prepared and W A W A sold only at LV \ Johnston's | Crystal M U Pharmacy. M ►2 K. M. LOGAN, Ph. G., £ V Manager, Ff 1 'J 106 N. Main Bt., Butler, i'u >1 V Both 'l'boncs Everything in the drug line. ] i Do You Buy Medicines? Certainly You Do. Then you want the best for the least money. That is otir motto. Come and see 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. PUKVIS, PH. G Both Phones. 213 S. Main St. Butler I'M. MARSH ROOT No better combination, as wo prepare it, could be formulated to act more spe cifically upon the Kidneys and Liver than Marsh Root. As a Liver invipcor ator Marsh Root is now a conceded fact, and where the Liver is torpid and slnjr- Kisli Constipation manifest, the body tired, the eyes blurred, and weakened, the complexion p<xir, a sensation of dull headaches, and languor prevailing, Marsh Root will overcome them. As to the Eflicacy of Marsh Root, and its tight against Kidney Diseases, you ran be yonr own judge if yon are an af dieted, and if it fails to relieve or cure you, take the bottle back to your «ist and he will icive you your money back. Marsh Root stands for the cure of Inflammation 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 often neglected, and the human filters or strainers—the Kidneys, and therefoj; doubly require your attention. Do not doiuy when tlm Kirimry machine ry u<M-d» repair. Do not allow u i#r«*J»U down to tfo alony when It Ih too InUs "A ntltHi In 11III4S HaVttH film?/' 11l Ml 1-,-LHCN out of l'V«'iy IIH». a I mit.f In of Marhli for a nniall outlay will ritllfvti you of your trouhh- ami worry. . For nalo only at Reed's Pharmacy Cor. Main an»l Tcfferson StH.. Butler. I'a Have You a Neighbor? If no why don't you j(ct together and have a tele- |Lj|w j>hone nystem. We manufacture thetn. vSrfll Atik UH and we will tell Jjjilr, S you all al>out it. -'Ja I'.lectrical work of all « ) description!) done on (thort AIW notice. The U. S. Electric Mfg. Co BUTUiU, PA. BI'SINRHB At. hoiin*. i'ort>lun nn'llUt f nioiicy-iimklriu ri'i liK r., forrniilic.. < t ■ . « i Von «t Co ,0:; John *t.., I'll I slli-lil. Mini 2-l'J-4t BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 1-'. 1903. • v 3 ♦ C *' ® ♦ FT « C> ■> ft s LOVE IN I t A MISTS ❖ ♦ ® By Martha McCulloch-Williamj ® 9 ° Copyriglit, 13CS, by tlie 3 S. S. MeClore Comijany Augusta scampered across the pas ture. the very mode and pattern of in nocent wickedness. Clothed all in fad vd ca'.ico and flapping sun hat. her new [ink lawn lay deftly hidden in the depths of her berry basket, with her bronze ties and clocked siik stockings nestled snugly underneath. t>he was going surreptitiously to a barn dance, albeit her grandmother thought uane ing among the deadly sins. She knew she would get a wigging afterward. Still, she did not mean to let the knowl edge in any way dim the splendor of the day. The Uadley house lay just beyond the berry field. Once she reached it she was safe. Mrs. Radley had Indeed Incited her going, offering to take her In the carryall along with her own jrirls. Mrs. Radley was so plump and yielding aud obstinate even Grand mother Wills could not quarrel with lier. She was as motherly as she was plump. Now, for two years she had been persuading her sou John to marry Augusta, "so as to let the poor thing have a little fun and the chance to feel that her soul was her own." John and Augusta had laughed jointly over his mother's matchmaking. They were the best friends in the world, but had quite other views for themselves. "Here's a hat, Gussie. I knew you never could smuggle out that tine chip Hat you have not worn twice this sum mer," Mrs. Radley said, setting a pic turesque rough straw turban upon the runaway's head as the last hook on the pink lawn snapped into place. "My, but you do look pretty!" she went on. Then over her shoulder to John, "She'll outshine everybody, won't she. Jack?" "Except one," John answered. "Rose Lee 'll be there, you know. That re minds me. She's to fetch her city cous in. There's a chance for you, Gus! Rose says he has more money than he well knows how to spend." "I wonder if he has changed," Gus said, laughing, "or if he is the same little whining beast he was that sum mer nine years ago." "Why, where did you ever see him?" Jolm demanded in open eyed wonder. Again Gussie laughed. "His grand mother and mine were cronies at the (springs," she said. "Don't you re member our going to the mountains? Those two old ladies thought I was born to take care of Jody. How I should have hated him if I had not been so sorry for anything compelled to suffer that name! lie was so sick ly and spoiled and Just plain hateful along with it Ugh! I'm sorry he's coming. He quite scorned dancing with me—said I was clumsy—but I al ways believed it was spite. I beat him so far wl*?:i It came to climbing trees or even throwing rocks"— "And you never told me a word of ail this," John said a little reproachfully. Gussie tweaked his ear, answering softly: "Of course not. You have been in love with Rose since you wore trou sers. I wouldn't say things about your dear cousin that was to be, Jody Fltts." Six double sets were already danc ing under the big bush arbor when the Itadleys drove up. High above the dancers a string band played for dear life, while the leader of it called the figures In a loud, merry voice. Out un der the trees other people sat, usually young people, fittingly paired and so rapt one in the other they had eyes for little else besides. A slight young fellow, with a single glass dangling from his buttonhole, leaned against a near tree trunk, look ing discontentedly about. lie darted at Gussie and caught both her hands saying: "How dare you be late? You must have known I was pining foy another real good fight" "You cried 'Enough!' and promised to keep thi> peace ever after the last time," Gussie protested. "Besides, I do not light enemies any more." "I'm ahead of you," Fltts said, draw ing her hand through his arm. "1 not merely keep the peace with my ene mies; I love them dearly—one of them at least." "Your pretty speeches must be sadly In need of air," Gussie said, with a lit tle sidelong look at John. It amazed her to see him frown and turn away, gnawing his mustache. Fltts caught the look and smiled a little, but press ed toward the arbor, saying as they reached the edge of It: "You are going to dance with me. Now, can you longer doubt my devo tion?" "Oh, I don't know. You were al ways devoted to yourself," Gussie said, ynlllng wickedly. Fltts pretended to frown. "I see you lire not properly Impressed with the change in me," he said. "Understand, I have escaped from the Jody stage. Instead, behold Joe Fltts, very much It your service. I)o you know I came down here Just to find you?" "No, and I don't think I shall ever II in I It out," Gussie retorted, beating time with her foot. The quadrille was In its last whirls. Fltts raised his hand and nodded slight ly to the leader of the band. Instantly the liddles broke out In the maddest, merriest twoatep. Fltts caught Gussle's hand and said: "I've been waiting for this. Twosteps were Invented especially for you. You always romped no matter what the step or the llgpre." "Can you wonder? All my dancing has been done under the rose," Gusslo mid, yielding herself to his Impulse. Fast, faster, faster, they went up and down the arbor, eyen brightening, ( breath qiilehftiitig. A bare half dozen ■ oth«r couples dared to follow them. Few were so strait laced as Grand mother Wills in the mailer of dancing. Still there was a general feeling that quadrilles, or at most cotillons, were the proper things for big public coin panics. 10ven the Kadiey girls waltzed only at home. John felt himself grow hot as he watched Augusta and young Fltts through their madly gay rush. No harm In It, of course, but she had never I waltzed even with him. ills brows! drew so portentously together Hose Lee smlb-d significantly as she came up I behind him and touched his arm. lOvl-J dently she had :t In mind to say some thing something a little bit out of the] common. Hut a great clattering stir at tho arbor's farther end silenced her. A family carriage, rusty and ancient, [ had drawn up there, the horses panting and flecked with foam. Out from the door of It strode an awful figure, Grandmother Wills, In dead black, the plumes of her best bonnet nodding hcarsewlse over her forehead. As she caught sight of Augusta whirling half inclosed by a stranger's arms she gave u try that silenced every string and brought the sparse dancers up stand For half a minute no words wouid come. Then, with Uu hissing fall of molten iron, she cried: "Wanton! Shameless wanton! Never, never Shall you darken my doors again!'' All in a flash Fitts appeared to com prehend. Lightness fell away from him. He stood upright and said clearly, "Madame, I have the honor to ask your granddaughter in marriage!" "Who are you? I do not know you! I—l have no granddaughter," Mine. Wills said icily. Gussie had grown white. She left Fitts and went close to the furious old woman, saying as she bowed her head: "Grandmother, don't, don't curse me, for my mother's sake—and your own. Let me go home with you. It was wrong to trick you"— Madame turned away as though r-lie had not heard. Softly Fitts held out his hands. Before Gussie could reach hiin John had leaped to her side and was holding In r close in the face of all the world. "You're a trump, but mine is the older claim," he said, holding out a hand to Fitts. win wrung it hard. As for Gussie, she was too happy and too miserable to say a word either way. Travelers received by the sultan of Morocco were at one time required to make the customary obeisance of the country, but that ceremonial is now omitted. The reason, according to La dy Grove in her "Seventy-one Days' Camping," goes back to a slight social awkwardness involved in carrying out that prescription. A distinguished naturalist had been presented to the sultan, and as lie liowed his bead to the ground, instead of supporting himself with his hands, he placed them behind his back; con sequently his forehead came against the marble Hoor with a loud bang, and he had some difficulty in recovering himself. The sultan was amazed, "nas not the gentleman had the honor of enter ing the presence of his own sovereign he asked another visitor later. "Probably he has had that honor, your majesty," was the answer. "Then," said the sultan, "ho should have learned the art of making saluta tions without the occurrence of such accidents." Thereupon his majesty learned with astonishment that this lowly form of obeisance is not observed at European courts, and ho immediately decreed that none but the usual customs de manded by European sovereigns should be required of Europeans when they entered or left his presence. V Clone Combination. "They can get up combinations In the west to beat the band," said a Phila delphia drummer who had come in off a trip and had a shortage to explain. "In a town in western lowa I had a difference of opinion with a landlord and called him a liar. He was a depu ty sheriff, and he arrested me. Ills brother was prosecuting attorney, and he was against me. The Judge was his brother-in-law, and he tried the case. I said I'd take ten days in Jail sooner than pay the fine, but whin I came to be locked up the Jailer said to me: "'You'd better pay. I'm the father in-law of the judge, and it will be my duty to put you lu a cell with a pris oner who's gone crazy and wants to kill somebody.' "I paid and was released," said the drummer, "but I wanted revenge. I went to the only lawyer in town with a reputation and stated iny case and asked him to take It. " 'Yes,' he replied, 'but think how it would look. I'm son-in-law to the Jailer.'" t'ttly Hindoo Women. The men among the Hindoos of Bom lay are by all odds handsomer than the women, the fashion among the lat ter of wearing In the left nostril a huge hoop of silver adorned with precious stones not tending to enhance the modicum of beauty they already pos sess. This ring Is often so large that the mouth and chin are covered by it. The married women also chew the leaves of the betel palm, and so their teeth and lips are stained a vivid and disagfeeablo yellow. t'asltf, that strong divider of class, Is Indicated on the women by stripes of various colors on the forehead. Their arms, which ore mostly bare, are fanci fully tattooed, and their toes and ankles are ornamented with silver ban gles and rings. This latter ornamenta tion Is shared by both sexes. In down right ugliness many of these women approach closely an American Indian squaw. BBSS REELFOOT LAKE. !(■ Grrat Nnukrii I'orMl nntl till* (■nine Willi Which It Abonnil*. Mississippi river shooting Is varied with trips to the sunkon lands, which begin near Hickman, Ky., and extend Houth several hundred nillos on both sides of the river. This territory was covered with u dense forest of large trees Is-fore the land was submerged by the earthquake of 1811. On the Tennessee side Roelfoot lake, eighty miles long, was formed. Reclfoot lake Is only three nilles from the river at Upper Hlougli Landing and the same distance at Tlptonvllh', Tenn. The dense forest Is still standing. The limbs and bark have rotted and dropped off years ago, leaving the bleached trunks standing like marble columns In water sixty feet deep, so close together that It Is dllHcult to move a skiff among them. Homo have rotted off at the water level, and others are hollow, making good blinds. The lllght of wild fowl on Reel foot lake Is beyond the comprehension of the average sportsman. There are ducks, geese, cormorants, called water turkeys; cranes, water hens and snipe. They all keep tip a chatter which makes the sunken forest ring. From the tops of the trees eagles, hawks and owls eon tribute piercing screeches to the con tinuous din. outing. Ai>i>r<-nlKor "Have you ever encountered the child who In the mutter of smart say ings and straight truths Is an absolute terror to all with whom he may chance to come into contact?" said an anxious purent recently. "Because If not I should like to Introduce you to that boy of mine." "What has your boy done, then?" In* quired his friend. "What has he done?" said the parent. "Why, he's always at It. Only llils morning be came to me and asked what 11 raear.t to be apprenticed. I told him that It meant the binding of one person to another by agreement and that ono person so bound bad to teach the other all he could of his trade or profession, while the other had to watch and learn how things were done and had to make himself useful In every way possible." "Well, what then?" "Why, after a few moments the young rascal edged up to me ami said. 'Then I suppo* you're apprenticed to uiu, ain't you. dad V " FEEDING ANIMALS. • ver 1-et tl:e Calf Lokc It* Baby Fat, 1, at Add to It. Tl: . h.: > been considerable said on li • inip.-rtancs of making rations appe •;.:ing a;.d suggestions made which wn-.-ld c ntribute to that end. Water makes a food taste better, makes it ■ o;\> enjoyable and increases its value. K..rly cut hay, for instance, is best not only b; cause it contains more protein tli::n that cut late, but because its aro i: and flavor make it more palatable. It is not well to feed animals too much at o;ie time, as they pick out the most OI!.\DK SHORTHORN STEER. [Age. I.OSO days; weight, 1,950 pounds. Mississippi experiment station.] desirable parts first and mess the other over, which detracts from its palata bility and either entails loss of food or products, whereas feeding in djjArent ways and less at a time woutffgive better results from the same food. Man gers. feed troughs and racks should be ke[>t clean both from a sanitary stand point and 111 order to make the foods more appetizing and to have more of it eaten and thus get better results, says I!. J. Patterson of the Maryland sta tion. Shelter, Comfort nnd KindneNM. There r.re three factors in the feeding of animals that are as much neglected as any other, and, In fact, many people have come to study the needs for mak ing a "well balanced ration" and have entirely ignored these essentials. The attention to shelter, comfort and kind ness for animals will save many a pound of food and do much toward In creasing the products obtained, no mat ter whether the returns are to be work performed, milk and butter or meat products. Winter quarters for animals should be warm and dry and should be fur nished with plenty of pure air and good sunlight. Stables should be well venti lated, but without lieiiig drafty. There Is entirely too little attention paid to having the stable well lighted, especial ly to having such arrangements as to admit of a flood of sunlight. Sunlight is an effective destroyer of disease germs. Whatever adds to the comfort of ani m Is Increases their ability to properly utilize the food and will enable them to give better returns for that which is being consumed. Kindness is an effi cient aid In making animals more pro ductive, and It costs nothing. Abuse and excitement will Interfere with di gestion and cause a loss of food and product. Kindness and petting mako animals contented and put their nerv ous systems in a to properly utilize food and to return their fullest measure of profit. I-VfdlnK For Beef. lii feeding for beef very different rules may bo used as a guide from feed ing for milk. Even with the calf the object is to produce as much fat as possible, at tin- same time making growth. If possible, the calf fat with which It is born should never be lost, but continually added to. This means forcing with plenty of muscle and fat making foods. In feeding for beef more attention should be paid to the age of the animal and period of fattening than Is commonly practiced. Irrluatlaiji; (<urden Fork. An irrigating garden fork has been constructed by a Florida gardener for the purpose of Introducing liquid fertil izer or water to the roots of growing plants. The handle of the fork Is a big ill WAT mis THE ROOT. syringe, and each of the prongs Is hol low, with a hole near the end. The fork is flirust Into the? ground and the contents ejected without removing any earth from around the plant. Ex change. Twenty-five sheep to begin with, gradually increased to 200, are about right for the ordinary farmer. AN IMPROVED HOTBED. liilfi'i'tlliii; I'oliilern \l»init llullillnic mill Mmiiil'.lnu l-'riniiea. Various forms of shutters or protect ors for hotbeils have their relative con venience and excellence, but all are common in one respect, and that Is In shutting out light. Kven the light or a moonlight night is of value in plant growth, but not only must this be shut out, but al 0 tin- twilight of tin- after noon and two or more hours of frosty sunlight In cold mornings. 'l'lds, added to cloudy days, leaves only uti average uf seven or eight hours of good light In every twenty-four In March, although the days average nearly twelve hours. Added to this are the constant care re quired, the lifting on and off of covers and the changing of 11 mount of ventila tion several times a day. In fact, a hot bed requires about 11s much looking after as a nursing Infant If one would have uninterrupted and healthy plant growth. For this reason busy middle class people aud farmers who do not as a rule keep a gardener cannot afford to run a hotbed, because the time need ed Is too valuable to spend on it. Tills shuts out many from enjoying fresh, early relisbi*s and vegetables. "I V;' ow . ;t i!o more serious annoy ance as well as hindrance to best re sults than the difficulty of airing the common hotbed. After several cloudy, cold days and a large amount of con fiennieut Iteneath opaque fhntters the sun bursts out suddenly some morning for a twelve hours' ramble through an unclouded sky. The plants are drawn and soft and dripping with moisture, and it is absolutely necessary to have air or everything will cook. The only way is t > tip the sash more or less and admit big volumes of outside air direct, untempcred in the least until it strikes the shrinking plants. Mr. 1.. B. Pierce thinks he has solved s nue of these difficulties and found a remedy in a f Tin of construction which he illustrates and explains in Country Gentleman, the sketch showing a dou ble sash arrangement in north and south elevations. E F is the ground surface, in which is set the ordinary frame to be tilled with manure. This may be of rough lumber, the only re quirements Icing true corners and a neatly dressed top edge. On this 1 would tit a neatly constructed frame five or six inches high, divided at every t f IMPROVED HOTTED CONSTRUCTION. [A B, top sash; C I), inner sash; E F, ground lino. Arrows indicate air circu lation. Sashi-8 may be three inches apart.] sash Intersection with an inch board of the same width as the outside frame. Either end and the south side should be entire boards, while the north side must be of two pieces separated the thickness of an ordinary sash, say one and a half inches. Cleats an inch wide may l>e nailed upon the iuside of the divisions and at the ends near the bot tom of this upper frame, so that the sashes may be slid in from the north until they strike the south side, where a thin cleat may also be nailed, mak ing sure that it is a trifle below the side cleats, so as to slide clear. The frame being constructed so as to be covered with an ordinary sash, or six feet from outside to outside, the sashes slid in (C D) will project two inches at the north end, but as the sash end is usually nearly three inches wide there will be no opening. By laying other sashes (A B) 011 top of the frame we shall have a thoroughly protected bed, with a space of warm air between two transparent cover ings. These may remain on night and day in very cool weather, and if de sirable the upper sash may be removed In warm weather. However, my ex perience in using glass covered beds inside of greenhouses goes to show that enough light is admitted through two thicknesses of glass to answer all purposes, provided the glass is kept clean, which, however, is impossible when both coverings of glass are set fixedly In one sash, a frequent practice in high latitudes. A hot bed constructed as in the illus tration is*not only protected from rap id changes of outside temperature, but has rare ventilating facilities. By drawing out the inner sash two Inches there is 1111 opening the thickness of the sash bars, but mainly below, amounting to about three-quarters of 1111 inch at the north side and an open lug of two inches next the south side at the other end of the same sash. Now slide the upper sash down to the south a couple of inches, leaving an opening 011 top of the north end, and outside air is admitted, which passes over the surface of the warm inner >nsh, drops below at the south end Mid finds its way out at the north end, the well known laws of air circulation doing tlie business. There is thus a constant circulation of tempered air. This wheel within a wheel or house of glass Inside a greenhouse is no new discovery, but Its application to hot bed construction will, I believe, help those unfortunate enough to have to depend on the uncertainties of fer menting manure and the fickle Febru ary and March sun. Tlic Honeybee ll»l<l» tin' I'ntent. The honeybee still holds the patent royal on combmaklng. The most that man has been able to do In this direc tion is to furnish the base or pattern for the bees to build 011, which Is called a starter. Starters are made by running thin sheets of plain wax through embossed rollers, and they form the base of the combs. Ex change. r HOME l . rtATSONS. '' Alfnlfn. ConrptM aud (Hmaou Clo ver Vermin ParrhnatA Freda. The New Jersey experiment station has been studying the substitution of home grown for purchased feeds In a practical way and finds that a home grown ration, composed of thirteen pounds of alfalfa hay and thirty pounds of corn silage,- proved both practical and economical when fed in comimrl son with a ration in which over two thirds of the protein was derived from wheat bran and dried brewers' grains. Milk was produced from the home grown ration for two thirds tlio cost of that from the feed ration. Tlio cost of milk per hundred was G5.0 cents against KI.U cents for the feed ration. The gain from feeding the homo grown ration when milk is worth $1 per hundred amounted to $1.09 per cow per month. on the basis of this experiment when mixed liny (timothy and redtop) sells for .ft l ! per ton and wheat bran can be purchased for JfliO per ton and dried brewers' grains for f'JO i>er ton alfalfa hay Is worth .*'21..V2 per ton us a sub stitute for mixed hay, wheat bran and dried brewers' grains fed In the pro po'-tlou Indicated In the ration. Another Million nnd Km Itcaulta. Another home grown ration composed of thirty six pounds of cowpea silage, ten pounds crimson clover hay and six pounds corn and cob meal, costing 10.r.7 rents, produced as much milk as u- ration In which over two-thirds of the protein was purchased In tlio form of dried brewers' grulnsaud cottonseed meal and which cost 17.15 cents. The results of this experiment are significant In showing that u ration composed of home grown crops, though costing nearly as much, when the crops are llgured at the market price, may be fully equal as a milk producer to a ration in which the protein Is largely supplied by purchased feeds. Home grown crops were utilized In the dairy at a greater profit than could have been realized by selling tlieui at the market price. llreml nf the Silo AH IVrrdlcu. Many farmers write me saying if It were not for the expensive machinery and (lie awful amount aud cost of la bor they would have built a silo long ago. Their dread Is all Imaginary. Two men In the held with a low down wag on, platform not over two feet from the ground, will cut und draw/In-along side the cutter table twenty tons per day easily, and 1 will take it off the wagon and feed it through the cutter just as easily, boy will keep it scat tered in the silo, and that is all there is to it. Counting all—labor, teams and expenses—it cost me Just about 30 cents per ton to store my silage. An antisiloist made a statement lately in a dairy paper that it costs the best part of to build a silo and procure the machinery. Bosh! I did the same thin;; and filled the silo to boot for a little over SIOO, affirms L. W. Llghty in National Stockman. lion to Get Ahead of the Insect*. One cannot do better on the farm late in fall and winter than to make a thorough search in the orchard and garden for insect pests and their eggs or larv:e. The best way to destroy many insects is to prevent their mil lions of eggs from hatching. Many of these are laid on the twigs and In the bark of the orchard trees. The tree borers and grubs bury themselves at the base of the trees and Inside of the bark, and there hibernate. The flies and insects glue their eggs to twigs and bushes or bore pinholes In the trees and deposit them there. Mil lions of these eggs are laid for another season's crop of insect pests. By de stroying these eggs we get ahead of the pests ami greatly limit their ravages. Foolproof Pig Trough. An Ohio Fairmer correspondent has had the hog trough here sketched la successful use for some time. Pigs cannot get their feet into it and cannot get iu the way when pouring In slop. The height, K, H. is 2 feet; F, H, 1 I FT 0 t A GOOD PIG TROT7QH. foot; width of opening at B, 2 Inches; C, P. 0 inches; D, E, S Inches. Slop is poured in at A and runs down through the two inch opening Into the trough, the rear side of which slopes forward so that the pigs can reach all the slop In bottom of trough. Live Thoughts. Some men are always behindhand with their work. Be the season long or short, fair or stormy, they are con stantly racing with Father Time. Neither man nor his land will Im prove by lying idle. Every farmer ought to be a plant .breeder as well as a live stock breeder. There is as much room for Improve ment in the foruug as the latter. A field turned out to rest Is like a hu man loafer if It Is not kept busy rais ing a crop. It is sure to get into mis chief by growing weeds. Plenty of alfalfa means fat cattle, fut horses, fat bogs, fat sheep and fat poultry, and these fat things make fat purses. Itcul Sea Serpents. In New Caledonia sea serpei.ts aro frequently seen and sometimes cap tured. They are curious creatures, the head being very small and scarcely distinguishable from the body and the tail being formed like an onr. In length they are generally between three and four feet. In the Jaw there are tiny glands con taining poison; but, as the mouth Is very small, it is difficult for them to bite, and the natives handle them fear lessly. M. Kermogaut, a European traveler, witnessed an exi>erlmeut at Noumea which shows that under certain condi tions the sen serpent can do deadly work. A rat was caught In a trap, and its tongue was grasped by a pair of pinchers and placed in the mouth of a sea serpent. The serpent immedi ately bit it, and the rat died in four minutes. Clin meter In the Ears. Though there may be counteracting features ainl signs upon the face, ears that are disproportionately large, fat and red bespeak a coarseness of na ture, sometimes sensuality and dissipa tion. Ears that stand out from the head like flaps nre often seen on religious men, but parsimony is apt to go with them. A long shaped but small ear lying close to the head denotes refinement, delicacy or perception, but also timidity and sensitiveness. A thin, transparent looking ear shows delicacy and iwetlc feeling: a thick ear, the reverse. An ear set rather low on the head denotes good brain capacity; set high or on a level with tlie eye, a limited mental ca pacity is denoted. American Queen. lilack Backs of India. The black buck of India is a very graceful animal, weighing botweeq thirty and fifty pounds. Tbo hide of the mule when full grown is of inky blackness on the back, while the belly Is as white as snow, the contract being very striking. The horns are black and spiral In shape and In length aversgo about eighteen Inches, although they have been known to reach twenty-six Inches. The animals are usually found in herds and are difficult to approach on foot, as tlio bucks toss their beads In the air from tlmo to time in a very graceful manner, nnd some of them are almost sure to dotect any attempt at stalking. Roll Hotter. The young housekeeper who told the Ashman that siio wanted some eels and when he nsked her how much replied, "About two yards and a half," has a rival. "1 wish to get some butter, please," she said to the dealer. "l!oll butter, ma'am?" ho ssked po litely. "No. We wish to eat It on toast Wo seldom have rolls."—Cblcago News. UhliiiT Authority. A worthy parson, on being accused of cribbing, owned to It cheerfully, but added naively. "1 always acknowledge the fact by raislnft two lingers at the opening words, and two tlhgers again at the end of the borrowed matter, to tudicutc quotation marks." She Furnlmlird Unlletias. "Their marriage was a surprise, wasn't It?" "Well, his friends wero surprised, but I believe her friends were expect ing it." Brooklyn Life. Study Is the bane of boyhood, the ailment of youth, tin- indulgence of manhood and the restorative of old age.— Laudor. No. 11. NEW YEAR'S CARDS. " j I They Originated In Japan and W(T^ Mutrrptecn of Art. In Japan originated the art of rank* iug and the custom of exchanging NeW Year's cards. Today both are as obso , lete In the Flowery Kingdom as is New Year's calling in the United States. More charming art, more de lightful custom, are not numbered among the good things that have passed away to suffer, in their time, let us hope, a happy revival. For more than 100 years the design* ing and coloring of New Year's earos occupied the attention of the foremQßt draftsmen and wood engravers of Ja pan. They were made at the command of the noblemen of the emperor's court. In size they were from C to 8 Inches; and each was inscribed with a poetic sentiment dictated by the noble giving the order. They were printed from five or six blocks, each color requiring, as in modern color printing, • separate block. The blocks were the proper: y of the noble, who retained or destroyed them at will. No reprints for anoiiiee were ever permitted. A nobleman's New Year's card was like his coat Of arms or his sword. The surimonos, as Japan's New Year's cards were called, were designed specially to please some ladylove.—New York Press. The Picture In the Watch. The following anecdote is related of Jerome Bonaparte: He had been play ing cards until he lost all his ready money, then pledged his rings and final ly laid his watch on the table. It was a small gold one, the back of which opened with a spring. A lady overlook ing the fame admired the watch and took it up to examine It On her at tempting to open the back Jerome im mediately clasped it and said thatmnst not be done. His wife, who stood by, insisted upon knowing what was In it, grew angry, reproached him with hav ing some keepsake of a favorite there and finally, bursting into tears, qu& the room. Jerome then opened the watch and showed to all present that it contained a beautiful miniature of his first wife, Betsy Fatterson, with the remark, "You see, I hope, that I could not with propriety let her see it" It was no torious that he remained deeply at> tached to his first wife long after their separation. Sirrlltd the Conscience Fud. The legislator took up his hat to leave the statehouse. It was in Connecticut some years ago. Tucked In under the sweatband was a roll of greenbacks. The legislator counted the bills. "H'ml Five hundred dollars," he said, and put the money into his pocket. Later in the day he encountered a man with a shif ty glance of the eye who asked him, "Did you, ah, that is, h'm, did yo'uns find anything in your hat?" "Yes, t fouud something in my bat" it was a mistake." "It looked like one." "See here, that roll was meant for another hat, see?" "I see." "As it's a mistake, I suppose you are Will ing to rectify it?" "Not I," said the legislator. "I'm going to send that money to the conscience fond. Good morning." Maklnsr Up For Lost Time. Husband (to second wife)— Yon don't cook like Mary, my first wife, used tQ do. Alice, he Mid. In tones of gpntlft, exasperating reproof. No, it seems to me you can't cook like she used to. On another occasion he remarked: "You are not so smart at getting about as Mary was. You don't appear to catch on where she left off." About this time a heavy rolling pin came in contact with his head "What do you mean by that yon -—?" he exclaimed, in agony. "I am doing the work that Mary neg lected," Bhe replied. There was more peace |Ja that fomJ» ly afterward. . j The Bagdad Button. A man recently returned from Tur key in Asia was showing somo sou venirs of his trip. "There's one thing I didn't bring back with me, and that's a Bagdad button," he said. "I'm Just as well satisfied that I didn't too. A Bagdad button? Well, I'll tell you about It. Every person who goes to Bagdad and stays there for blx months is afflicted with a peculiar boll that leaves a scar about the size of a half dollar. It may come on the face or on some part of the body, but it is bound to come If you stay there long enough. I didn't. I got out Just as soon as I could. Children who are born in Bag dad always come into the world with this mark, which is known as the Bag dad button."—Philadelphia Record. Mortifying Advice. A federal officeholder tells of cam paigning iu Kentucky with another stump speaker. The latter thought to make a good Impression in the famous distillery town of Owensboro, and in his speech there sounded the praises of whisky. "Why, gentlemen," said he, "I have noticed in my reading of hiß tory and biography that all great men drank liquor. I tell you, whisky makes men smart." "What's that?" said an old farmer who was a noted teetotaler. "Whisky makes men smart" reiter ated the orator, "and I challenge de nial." "Then," said the farmer, "you'd bet ter get a couple of barrels and begin on It at once." Early Marriage la China. It Is nothing rare in China for boys twelve to fourteen years old to marry. The physical, moral and intellectual de velopment of the contracting parties has nothing to do with the matter. Oth er considerations entirely regulate the nffalr. An old Chinese aphorism says that the great business of life Is ended when the sons and daughters are mar ried. The Chinese parents do not care to run the danger of postponing the marriage of their children, especially of their sons, until after their own death. Didn't Seem Fanny. Little Johnny—That young man who comes to see you must be pretty poor company. He hasn't any sense of humor. Sister—Why do you think so? Little Johnny— l told him all about the funny way you rush about and bang doors when you get In a temper, *kud he didn't laugh a bit An ISinpty Assurance. "Ho says he'd share his last dollar with me." "Yes," said the man who looks at things coldly, "but he Is a man who will take precious good care never to get down to hlj last dollar."—Washing ton Star. The Real Article. Siillcus— Everybody says he Is a genius. Cy ulcus—Then I guess lie might be. It takes genius to convluce other peo ple that rou nre one.— Philadelphia Keconl. _ •,
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