VOL. xxxx. |bYY'S i 4 EEEE'S and COMFORT s s Men's Fine Shoes in Pat. Kid, Velour and Vici, in the p famous Torrey line, including the Colonial last, $5.00, * S $5.50 and $6.00. A full line of Men's fine shoes in all C leathers from $2.00 to $4.50. 7 } A full line of Ladies' Fine Shoes in the up-to-date \ \ Patrician line of shoes, noted for their durability, ease and \ P comfort at $3.50. \ j All the latest styles in Misses' and Children's shoes. I S A full stock of Boys' and Youth's shoes in all leathers. C / All Winter shoes go less than cost. # S f Come in and examine our bargains. £ I DAUBENSPECK & TURNER, j C NEXT TO BUTLER SAVINGS & TKUST CO. f { 108 S. Main St. (People's Phone 688) Bntler, Pa J BICKEL'S Spring Footwear A grand display of fine footwear in ail the new styles for Spring Just received a large shipment of SOROSIS SHOES I FINF and the styles are very handsome, made in lace or Oiinro button, light or heavy soles, with low or extra high SHOES. heels, made of the finest Dongola kid and Patent vici kid. Many styles to show yon. All widths. AA to EE. MISSES' AND The moßt complete stock we have ever had All CHILDREN S SHOES the lateßtßtylesin plain or P ateut i e,i ' hers UCU'C A fall line of Men's Patent-kid shoes—the latest styles ruip eimrp —s2 50, $3.00, $3.50. $5 00, $6.00. Men's fine Calf, Vici rlNc SHUbo kid and Box-calf shoes. $1 50 to $5.00; also complete stock of Men's fine Oxfords. HOYS' AND Onr stock of Boys' and Youth's shoes made on the pu„ cl , latest style Spring last are very attractive • We have YOUTHS SHOcS. a full stock of Boys'and Little Gents' fine shoes in Patent-calf, Box-calf and Vici-kid. Gokey of Jamestown, N. Y., has started np again and we have a foil stock of the well known Gokey hand-made box toe and plain toe shoes for men, and copper tipped shoes for the boys. All Winter goods to be closed out regardless of cost. Blacksmith Aprons, Shoe-makers supplies, High Iron Stands for repairing- Sole Leather cut to any amount yon wish to purchase. JOHN BICKEL, 128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA. A * f H HUSELTON'S t jj C. O. D. ; tj Sale of Shoes « l| TThere 1 Ll Hunch of Moi\ey J f'V Lost and made in Shoes this month! *1 We lose—You win! V V 1250 pairs Fall and Winter Shoes. Men's, Women's and Children's —so far not sold —will, 4 as is onr custom—BE CUT IN PRICE and prompt- A J ly Rotten rid of! * 1 SALE IS NOW GOING ON! A J • TAKE DUE NOTICE! ] HStel HUSELTON'S DON ' FOE 1 LP WRY. IIUOLuLi I wll V ASK TO BE FIT. KECK § % Spring & Sommer Weights ,|jl i ti j. l p' Have a nattiness about them that (_*j -'BJ U C ' rw\ /j |VV mark the wearer, it won't do to f'Z |\ [A 7 M I M wear the last year's output. You ( Y D\ %Ta/ \,, llj won't get the latest things at the •$ Fj IS stock clothiers either. The up-to /t 1 A MV date tailor only can supply them, - I j i n'r II j if you want not only the latest (. ' 1 1 II II / I things in cut and fit and work- I If If I I mansbip, the finest in durability, I t I Jj 11 1 vhere else can you get combina- I I 111 ™ 'ions, you get them at KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 24 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler, Pa | HAMMILL'S CELEBRATED INDHN ROOT TABLETS yOk Greatest Kidney and Liver Remedy. Positive oure for Sick f' A Headache, Sour Stomach, Loss of Appetite, Constipation Rheumatism, Blood Purifier. A For Sale by all Druggists, or by mail, 25c, 50c, and SI.OO ' HAMMILL MEDICINE CO, '/ No. 302 ¥ T LTENBERGER STREET, PITTSBURG, PENN'A. Try The CITIZ6N I m': ' ■ FOR " JOs WORK M T HE BUTLER CITIZEN. Nasal CATARRH fffii In «1! it. euces. *l\oJ Ely's Cream Balmv cleanse®, soothes and heals f M tlie diseased membrane. r \ It cures catarrh and drives M away a cold in the head quickly. Cream Rnlm is placed into the nostrils,spreads over the membrane and Is absorbed. Rel.efisfm mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 60 cents at Drug gists or by mi"!; Trial Size, 10 cents. Liver Pills That's what you need; some thing to cure your bilious ness. You need Ayer's Pills, j Want your moustache or bear.! al beautiful brown or rich black ? Use j Buckingham's Dye j ; 50cta of drugg'*t»or R P Ha! i3d Co., Nashua, N. Hj IJohnston^^M Beef, Iron and Wine is the F 4 Best Tctic 1 Bltxxl iMriiier. 1 Prepared and wj «Johnston's W M Crystal W Pharmacy. PJ K. M. LOGAN, Ph. G., k V Manuger, ■ i 9 A ICS N. Main St., Butler, Pa [ V Both 'Phones Vl wl Everything in the L® drug line. V,d L?J Do You Buy Medicines ? Certainly You Do. Then you want the best lor the least money. That is our motto. Come and see us when in 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. Maiu St. Butler Pa. MARSH ROOT No better combination, as wo prepare it, could be formulated to act more spe cifically upon the Kidueva 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, ami its fight against Kidney Diseases, yon can be your own judge if you are an" af flicted, and if it fails to relieve or cure you, take the bottle back to your Drug gist and he will pive you your money back. Marsh Iloot 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 moat careful attention (and are the most often neglected, and the human filters or strainers—the Kidneys, and therefor doubly require your attention. Do not delay when the Kidney ma<Jiim»ry needs repair. Do not allow n break dSwn to go along when it is too late—"A stitch In time saves nine." IniW cases out of every 100. a bottle of Marsh Hoot for a small outlay will relieve you of your trouble and worry. For sale onlv at Reed's Pharmacy Cor. Main and lefferson Sts.. Butler. Pa Have You a Neighbor? If so why don't you get , BCSJL-. together and have a tele- V-' /-! phone system. . We manufacture them. Ask us and we will tell s , you all about it. f ''H Electrical work of all iescriptiona done on short uotlce. The U. S. Electric Mfg. Co BUTLER. PA. HrsiNESS— At home, ror plan and list of money-making recipes, formulas, etc*.. writ«- Yon & Co John tstield, Mass. 2-19-4t BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY. MARCH IF UKTT. • o«o«o«c |o|cH:|s|c|:|c|o| 3 • » Jtifrotv . Jintjes | Woo • By CIRRAN RICHARD GREfMIY— • • Co»>rl«til. 1902. b> t!w S. S. McClwc CatiWi • •oeo«o*o«o«c«K>c«oeo«o«o»oa Past the green banks of the canal went the laden with mar ket stuff, propelled by the strong arms of peasant women. Against the l>lue of the sky the weather gray of the windmills barred the sunlight into shifting shadows. Jufrow Jintje had dropped her knit ting in a tangled mass, flinging herself back against the slant of the bank to blink at the sun; Lazy Jufrow Jintje— so the maiilensof Vaarken called her— truly an alien, for under the close white cap that she hated with all her soul the little black curls crept out to frame the sweet curves of the dimpled cheek, warm with the sun kissed olive of an other land. In the squat red brick house whose shining brass railed stoop led out to the market square dwelt Mevrouw van Vtrck, old and wrinkled, but straight as an oak. There had come to her womanhood, wifehood, mother hood and sorrow, for Nicholas van Verck, the stalwart, laughing son of the old house, had fled from the quiet and quaintness of the fatherland without ever a word. The darkness of five silent years had passed when one night, as the sea raged against the dikes, the wanderer returned —not alone, for he carried the child that was destined to be at once the pride and plague of Mevrouw van Verek's lone ly life. A few months later Nicholas van Verck, strangely old and broken, yielded up his turbulent soul, as much a mystery to Vaarken as before he re turned. The old woman and the child lived on together, and the red brick mansion kept its secrets well. Tho years rolled on, the gypsy years that stc?e the little laughing child with her witching, dark face and left in her stead a demure young maiden of dreams. Jufrow Jintje, scarce sixteen, had her rebellious little head full of old tales that Ivatrinke, tlie serving woman, had whispered at dusk through the curtains of her white bed when mevrouw had thought the child fast asleep. There was ever a faint, elusive memory of some other time when, in place of the grassy banks of the slow canals, the weary order and cleanli ness of Vaarken, came bursts of wild music, white tents flapping in the breezes, the glow of scarlet and gold, with warm, red lips upon her own. Dimmer and dimmer, but as the child ish things slipped by out of the mea gerness of everyday was born a renais sance of the past as the girl struggled daily to remember. Foolish Jufrow Jfntje! As if the fatted kine were not better than the tents of Kedar! Oh, weary, weary days—mevrouw, upright in her high, carved, oaken chair, knitting, always knitting, only looking over her spectacles long enough to reprove the girl for her idleness, and the silence of a house where laughter is forbidden—where one goes softly in penance for an un known sin! She hated the close cap, the sober garb of the burgher maiden. Better the thish of peasant color and the tinkle of their glittering orna ments. The flame barred sunset died across the flat, green meadows as the women cluttered away from the washing place. Still Jintje sat listless, her big, dark eyes looking out from under their long lashes straight into distance. The tinkle of a guitar rippled over the water, and a man's rich tenor sing ing some lilt of stranger music—nearer, "Non ti scordor ti mi." To Jintjo's ear the words were nothing, but the pas sion of the music and the voice— ab, she bad heard that voice in dreams! The guitar ceased, bat the splash of oars came in its stead. The song was now a Venetian barcarole as the light skiff shot into view between the droop ing alders that fringed the bank. The craft was strange to Jintje's eyes, but she half rose to greet the man that propelled It after the English fash ion. As she stood out tall and slight from the green wall behind her Dering paused involuntarily. Then, seeing that it was one of the burgher maidens, he would have gone on, but something in the appealing childish face riveted his attention. Ten minutes later the boat was moor ed close in. He was seated at Jufrow Jintje's side and by the aid of his bro ken Dutch was struggling to make her understand. That evening was one of many even ings when Jufrow Jintje strove with the strange tongue, awkwardly at first. Then, as a half forgotten mother tongue, the English words took mean ing, and she listened wonderingly as Dering told her of the wild jungle, the faiests of palm, the great elephants that wrought like men, the glitter of the eastern land where the languorous golden days droned into the glory of tropic nights. These stories wero a queer medley of broken Dutch pnd un familiar English, but Jufrow Jintje listened and longed. At last she told him of her "other country" that she knew and yet did not know, the secret of which was lacked in mevrouw's breast. As the summer days grew to their end Dering awoke with a shock to the position into which he had drifted. Al ready curious glances followed the girl, and the maidens of Vaarken hushed their chatter when she came among them. Others knew of the little nook In the green shadow of the alders, and whispers of the doings of Jufrow Jintje and the stranger were- growing louder. One day he waited long in the little fioat, and she did not come. Then he shippt* his oars and strode with de termined air up the street, across the market place to the red brick house. Mevrouw's high pitelft><l voice came to him as he mounted the stoop: •"What manner of maiden art thou? Answer, thou shameless one! Out of the mire of the English camp in the heathen land my son brought thee home. Like mother, iika child. L want no more of thee. Begone!" Then the old voice broke into piteous weeping, and Dering heard a low sobbing that came ever nearer as the great door swung ajar and Jintje crept through into the dark. Dering caught the slender figure in his arms, where she struggled like a frightened wild thing. But he held her close and rang peal after peal on the old brass knocker, while overhead the old voice cried: "Ivatrinke, Ka trinke, haste, quick! The child hath taken my foolish word and is gone into the night." Then, as the fright ened face appeared at an upper win dow, Dering uncovered his head and, with the girl still held tightly against his breast, spoke in such wise that the great door was flung wide. Mevrouw's anger had melted into smiles, for was not the stranger a kinsman of Jufrow Jigtje, by right of the unknown moth- or? She laughed and wept In a breath as she told the story that Jintje had hungered to bear through all the years of her life. There was a llush of shame on the old face as she told that her love for the child had prompted her to bide all trace of her mother's kindred, as she had hoped to mold her into a Dutch maiden, such as she herself had been. Nicholas had told her very little of the brief facts, and mevrouw had deemed it best never to let the child know— and now came a Dering. and the heart of the child had known its kin. There were busy days in the old red brick of the market square. The sew ing women wrought in the upper rooms piles of white linen household gear and dainty robing, all for Jufrow Jintje. Vaarken forgave the iuaid her uselessnoss when it heard the wed ding bells and knew that Jufrow Jintje W»B going out from among them forever to the "other land." Qualified to Travel. In bis "Confessions of a Caricaturist" Harry Furniss tells the following story of bis brother-in-law, a man who had ppent his life in London: He was also an inveterate and clever story teller and of course occasionally made a slip, as for instance on a rail way journey to Brighton once, when he found himself alone with a stranger. The stranger in conversation happened to ask my relative casually if he were fond of traveling. "Traveling? I should rather think so," he replied airily, and, imagining he was impressing some one who was "something in the city," he continued, "Yes, sir, I'm a pretty experienced trav eler. Been mostly round the world and all that kind of thing, you know, and had my share of adventures, I can tell you!" After a bit he gained more confidence and launched into details, giving the stranger the benefit of bis experience. "Why, sir, you read in books that hunt ers of big game, such as tigers, watch their eyes. Not a bit of it. What you have got to do is to watch the tail. That's the thing! It mesmerizes the animal, so to speak, and you have him at your mercy." On arriving at the hotel he- found that his traveling companion had just signed his name in the visitors' book. It was Richard F. Burton, one of the greatest travelers of the age. My brother-in-law hastened to apologize to Sir Richard for his absurd tales. He had no idea, of course, to whom he was retailing his yarns. Burton laughed. "My dear sir, not a word, please. I was more entertained than I can tell you. You really might have traveled—you lie so well." Thonftlit It Wan a Illrd. A story is told of a Glasgow bailie whose knowledge of natural history was limited. One day when on the bench the following case came before him: A man who had a squirrel, on going to the country for a short time left the squirrel in charge of a neighbor. The neighbor when attending to the animal accidentally left the door of its cage open, and without being seen it made its escape. On his return the owner of the squir rel was very angry at the man for his carelessness and brought an action against him demanding compensation for the loss of his pet. The bailie heard both parties and then gave the following as his decision. "Nae doot ye did wrang to open the cage door, but"—turning to the pursuer —"ye was wrang, tae, for ye should hae clippit the beast's wings." "It's a quadruped, yer honor!" suld the man. "Quadruped here or quadruped there, if ye had clippit its wings it couldna hae flown awa'. I dismiss the case." Horse Hace* In IviiiK Solomon's Time King Solomon was a sportsman, but not a Ximrod. He was the first king in Israel who introduced in his country "horse races." Dr. Jellinek sonie years ago published an ancient booklet of the Talmudieal era, wherein a full account of "Solomon's races" is given. The Bi ble says that King Solomon was the owner of 40,000 stables. As the coun try was divided into twelve military provinces corresponding to the settle ment of the twelve tribes, each gov erned by a nazib (governor), who-had to provide for the king's wants and needs a month in the year, so it may be probable that the races were also arranged; that each month a race took place in the province under the patron age of that governor whose monthly service was on the list, while the Der by once a year was run under the con trol of King Solomon himself. Divorce In Japan. A traveler recently returned from Japan tells of some of the queer laws in that country concerning divorce: "A divorce on the part of the husband is easily obtained. One of the legal causes of divorce is 'if the husband find the wife too loquacious.' Yet in all my long experience in Japan I have met only one man who discarded his wife, and I never met with a family where dissension existed, nor have 1 ever heard of a husband treating his wife with severity, although the same cannot be said of some parents-in-law, who consider their son's wife a mere chattel. As a general rule, the appear ance of girls and women testifies of a lightness of heart not always found in other climes where their sisters have more abundant means of happiness." The Weight of a Trifle. In the journal of the celebrated Eng lish preacher. Frederick Robertson, oc curs the following singular passage: "If I had not known a certain person, I never should have given up soldier ing to become a minister; if I bad not met a certain lady, I never should have known that person; if my dog had not disturbed that lady's invalid child at night, I never should have met her. It is true, then, that if my dog had not barked on that particular night I should now be in the dragoons or fertilizing the soil of India." Fanliion In the Garden. It is the passion for fashionable nov rlties —a passion of modern existence — which prevents us from enjoying our gardens as our grandparents used to enjoy theirs. We allow our hired gar deners to drive thence all the simple old flowers that our fathers loved and called by pet names which were famil iar to us all in nursery days.—London Garden. Feminine Felicity. Eustacia—How pleased Eleanor looks tonight! Edmonia—Yes; she's either had a pro posal or some man has sent her a box of candy.—Exchange. HIM Kcvernen. "Funny tiling that. Ever notice it?" "What 'tis?" "Why. when a man's down it's all up with hir i Baltimore News. For vie 111 .MI who can stand prosperity there i're a hundred that will stand adveivity.—("urlyle. SELECTING SEED CORN. Ilntr to Examine Kernel* and Deter mine ( liemical Content*. The method of making a chemical se lection of ears ef seed corn by a simple mechanical examination of the kernels is based upon the fact that the kernel Df corn is not homogeneous in structure, but consists of several distinct and readily observable parts of markedly different chemical composition. Aside from the hull which surrounds the ker nel. there are three principal parts in a grain of corn: First.—The darker colored and rather hard and horny layer lying next to the hull, principally In the edges and to ward the tip end of the kernel, where it is about three millimeters, or one eighth of an inch, in thickness. Second.—The white, starchy appear ing part occupying the crown end of the kernel and usually also immediate ly surrounding the germ. .'bird.—The germ itself, which occu pies the central part of the kernel to ward the tip end. These different parts of the eorn ker nel can be readily recognized by merely dissecting a single kernel with a pocket knife. The horny layer, which usually con stitutes about 05 per cent of the corn kernel, contains a large proportion of the total protein in the kernel. The white, starchy part constitutes about 20 per cent of the whole kernel HIGH PROTEIN LOW PKOTEIN KERNELS. KERNELS. [Little starch.l [Much starch.) and contains a small proportion of tho total protein. The germ constitutes only about 10 per cent of the corn ker nel, but while it is rich in protein it also contains more than So per cent of the total oil content of the whole ker nel, the remainder of the oil being dis tributed in all of the other parts. By keeping in mind that the horny layer is large in proportion and also quite rich in protein and that the germ, although rather small in proportion, Is very rich in protein, so that these two parts contain a very large proportion of the total protein in the corn kernel, it will be readily seen that by selecting ears wiiose kernels contain more than the average proportion of germ and horny layer we are really selecting ears which are above the average In their protein content. As a matter of fact the method is even more simple than this, because the white starchy part is approximately the complement of and varies inversely as the sum of the oth er constituents, and to pick out seed corn of high protein content it is only necessary to select those ears whose kernels showed relatively small propor tion of the white, starchy part sur rounding the germ. As more than 85 per cent of the oil in the kernel is contained in the germ it follows that ears of corn are rela tively high or low in their oil content according as their kernels have a larger or smaller proportion of germ. If we are selecting corn for low pro tein content, we look for a larger pro portion of white starch surrounding the HIGH OIL KERNELS. LOW OIL KEIiNELS. [Large germs.] [Small germs.] • germ. Our results have shown that the white starch in this position—that is, surrounding the germ toward the tip end of the kernel—is a better index of the protein content than the starch In the crown end. If we are selecting seed ears for high oil content, we save those ears whose kernels show a large proportion of firm, and solid germ, while if seed of low oil content is desired we look for a small proportion of germ in the kernel. It should be emphasized that it is not the absolute, but proportionate, size or quantity of germ or of white starch Which serves as a guide in making these selections. —C. G. Hopkins, Uni versity of Illinois. GRASS SEEDING. experience With Timothy nn«l CIo- TIT In the Wheat—The Newer I*lan. In many parts of the country last harvest it was found that the seeding of timothy and clover in the wheat had proved a failure, so that the wheat stubble showed but scanty promise for a hay crop next summer. Comment ing uiioii this, W. F. says In Farm and Fireside: 1 have gen erally been successful in thus securing clover and timothy seeded in the wheat, the timothy In the fall, when" the wheat is sown, the clover being sown in the spring. During the frozen period of winter I cover the wheat with a thin coat of manure, which set tles well down around the wheat plants, stimulating their growth, af fording them some winter protection, and at the same time acting as a sav ing mulch to the little grass plants. After the wheat is harvested the stub ble is not pastured, and the grass is generally given another light manure dressing. The mowing machine, with elevated bar, clips the weeds l>eforo they make seeds and by cutting back the grass or clover growth encourages root development and extension. By this iii) et hod. I Jj.aye«cnco.utagcdy a r qjgflt discouraging prospect Into ft fine liar- | vest. I count that this is about all I may do under this system of making a hay crop. But even that sometimes comes into the realm of failure, so that 1 am about ready to abandon the old method of sowing the grass with the wheat. I am strengthened in my notion of drop ping the old plan by my knowledge of the success of a new and much better oue. I have frequently sown clover In the spring on well prepared land with out a nurse crop and had most satis factory results, but not until the sec ond summer after sowing. Sometimes where the land was not too foul with weeds I have harvested a light crop of hay the same season as the seed was sown. But unless the soil and weath er conditions are very favorable tho first year's crop does not amount to much. On the newer plan a small field from which wheat was harvested last sum mer and on which the fall sown timo thy and spring sown clover were total failures was plowed after harvest and with harrow, roller and drag was made into a fine seed bed. About the Ist of August nine quarts each of timothy and clover mixed were sown, first lengthwise, then crosswise of the field. The sowing was followed by a light harrow, and the timothy and clover stand as thick and vigorous as is pos sible for them to grow. Subsurface Packlnar. On fall plowing subsurface packing of tho ground immediately after plow ing gave forty-two pounds more wheat and 21 cents more profit per acre than were obtained from the check plots. On spring plowing similar results were obtained. It took a little less water to produce the crops on the land which was subsurface packed, and the soil contained a slightly higher percentage of moisture at the close of the season than was found in ordinary plowing. The subsurface packer is a heavy disk roller. The disks sink through the loose soil at the surface, tending to firm and pack the ground near the bot tom of the furrow. This establishes ft better capillary connection with the firm soil l>elow, which tends to draw the water up into the surface soil, thus causing a more rapid decay of stubble and other matter turned under by the plow and hastening the germination of the seed and the early growth of crop. In all experiments the subsurface pack er has given good results. —Professor Ten Eyck, Kansas. A Safe Trapdoor. Trapdoors in barns and elsewhere have not infrequently been the souroe of serious accidents. An Ohio Farmer correspondent has designed a door with a view to pre- venting any such occurrences. As 1 indicated in the U B cut, B is a plank door, A A are 'yly pieces of plank hinged to the A TRAPDOOR. partition and swing back out of the way when not in use. These come up against the battens of the door when it is raised and are hooked firm ly to it. There is no danger of falling into this trap. Seed Sprouting Device. A simple germinating apparatus can be made from two ordinary plates and a piece of flannel cloth. Fold the cloth and lay it in one plate, placing the seeds be tween folds of the cloth, which should be moist, but not dripping. Cover the whole with another plate inverted and stand in a warm place. If the test is made during cold weather, care must be takeii to stand the plates where the temperature will not fall much below W) degrees F. at night and will be about G5 or 70 degrees during the day time. Agricultural Notes. In a good many instances it appears to be highly favorable to clover to give the laud a heavy dressing of lime. Locality undoubtedly has a decided influence upon potatoes. One good thing will come out of the scarcity of fuel—more attention will be given to the matter of setting out trees on the farm and preserving the forests of the country in other ways. Many prefer to cut back blackberry and raspberry bushes in the spring, after the extent of winter killing is de termined. According to official report practical ly all the paris green on the New York market is pure. At the New York experiment station last season the Crescent strawberry led In yield, producing at the rate of I<VXX) pounds of fruit to the acre. GREELEY'S REVENGE. Outcome of tlie Editor"* Tiflt H tth Elisabeth Cady Stanton. The late Elizabeth Cady Stanton was particularly apt at retort, ar.d one of her swift parries of a thrust delivered by Horace Greeley against her favorite doctrine of woman suffrage is historic. "Madam," said Horace one day dur ing the civil war, "the ballot and the bullet go together. If you want to vote, are you ready to fight?" "Certainly, sir." she responded. "I am ready to tijfht, just as you are fight ing, through a substitute." Notwithstanding their differences of opinion, Mrs. Stanton and Greeley were personally friendly until the New York constitutional convention of ISGB. A woman suffrage clause was strenu ously pressed upon that body and as vigorously opposed by Mr. Greeley. One day, after the Tribune editor had made some particularly rasping re marks upon the subject, George Wil liam Curtis rose and said: "I have the honor, Mr. Chairman, to present a petition in favor of the wom an suffrage amendment signed by Mrs. Horace Greeley and 300 other ladies." Greeley was furious and rightly as cribed the appearance of the memorial at that moment to Mrs. Stanton. "Why did you not put my wife's maiden name on that petition and call her Mary Cheney Greeley?" he de manded the next time they met. "Because," said Mrs. Stanton, "I wanted all the world to know that Horace Greeley's wife protested against her husband's report on the suffrage amendment." "All right," retorted the editor. -Here after you shall always be spoken of in the Tribune as Mrs. Henry B. Stan ton." And so it was to the time of her death, although the name of Elizabeth Cady Stanton was known to hundreds of thousands who could not identify the woman by the appellation under which the Tribune, for revenge, tried to obscure her fame. —Pilgrim. POLITENESS IN JAPAN. Even »(ih ins Notice" 1M >laile an Oc casion of Compliment*. Politeness distinguishes the relations between mistresses and maids in Ja pan. It is so inexorable in Japan that even the ceremony of "giving notice" is turned into an occasion of compli ments. There are no vulgar threats or sulkings or recriminations or scold ings or "answering back." A servant will never tell her mistress that she is dissatisfied or has had some better piace offered her. That would be un pardoiiably rude. Instead she asks for a few days' leave of absence. This is willingly granted, for Japanese serv ants have no settled time for taking holidays. At the end of tlie given time the mis tress will Itegiu to wonder what has be come of the girl. She is not left to wonder long. A letter arrives couched in the most polite and humble terms and giving any excuse but tlie real one. Sometimes it will be that she has found herself too weak for service or that Jlness at home detains her. What ever it may be, the plea is never con tested. but accepted as final and a new servant engaged. Then, after some weeks have passed, very likely after taking a fresh place, the old servant will turn up one day. express her thanks for past kindnesses and regrets at not returning in time, will take her arrears of wages and her bundles and disappear forever. So the matter ends with the kindest semblance of feeliug on both sides. If tbe mistress on her part does uot wish to have the girl back, she will not tell her so to her face, but will send word. Even when servants come on trial for a few days they often leave nominally to fetch their belongings or make arrangements for their return, never because they have any "com plaints" to make. Any discomfort is to be endured rather than tbe suspi cion of bad manners or of anything leading up to a "scene." Breaking It Ciently. Young Wife—Why, dear, you were the stroke oar at college, weren't you? Young Husband—Yes, love. "And a very prominent member of the gymnastic club." "I was the captain." "And quite a hand at all athletic ex ercises." "Quite a hand? Why, I was the champion walker, the best runner, the head man at lifting heavy weights, and as for carrying, why, I assure you, I could shoulder with ease a barrel of"— "Well, love, just please hold the baby for a couple of hours. The nurse has gone out, and I'm tired!" Tony Weller'M Advice. "And how long," he asked, "have you been a widow?' "Oh," sh'e replied, with a blush, "the year was up yesterday. But, indeed, I didn't suppose you were so anxious, flearest. You must give me a month at least to get ready." When lie got outside again, he mur mured to himself: "Now I know what old Weller meant." The Popular Thlnx to ■Say. Tlie sermon was exceptionally long, and tlie minister had just reached the seventh division of his subject. "And now, dear brethren," he ex claimed, "what shall I say more?" "Amen," suggested the thoughtless man who had just waked up.—Chicago Post. Counsel. Mr. Meekly—Our neighbor's son is always thrashing my boy. What shall I do about it? Lawyer—Teach your boy how to fight Ten dollars, please.—Chicago News. The air In modern crematories is heated to 1,500 degrees. FOUR MATCHED HORSES. Iliey Were Colored Black. Just as the Dealer Had Said. Lord Mansfield, the famous lord chief justlue of England, had a bitter preju dice against liorse dealers, which, it is said, had its rise in a bitter disappoint ment he had experienced at the hands of one of them. When he was appoint ed lord chief Justice in 175 C he wished to have four black horses without a white hair for his carriage. After con siderable difficulty the four black horses were found and approved, for they were handsome horses and Just what tlie lord chief Justice wanted. The price, of course, was a heavy one; It always is under such circumstances. For a time all went well and his lord ship was well satisfied with his bar gain. Then cae horse began to develop a white star and another a white fet lock and another was disfigured by a white blaze —indeed, in all of them in one place or another the hated white appeared. The judge sent for the liorse dealer who had supplied the horses and threatened him with all kinds of pains and penalties. That worthy, however, was not in the least put out by the wrath of the noble lord. He insisted that he had not misrepresented the horses on his bill and pointed out on that document being produced that he had sold to his lordship four horses colored black. This of course did away with any legal proceedings, but the incident was never forgotten by Ix>rd Mansfield, who was scarcely ever known to give a horse dealer the bene fit of the doubt.—Horseman. Kleptomania. James G. Klernan says that In the vast majority of cases kleptomania is a morbid manifestation of neuroses aud Bsyclioses rather than psychosis by it self. In many cases of so called klepto mania stealing is a manifestation of viclousness or feeble morality. The ma jority of cases of both these forms oc cur in the department stores. "Bargain sales" are determining factors of theft Women who are neurasthenic, alcohol ic, opium eaters, hysterical, climacteric and senile, from so great a weakening of the will, fall -ready victims to obses sions and morbid impulses. The "col lector" type of -kleptomaniac Is as a rule perfectly responsible. "Book snatching" is a besetting vice of biblio maniacs, just as coin and stamp pur loining attacks numismatists and phi latelists. Parisians think it "smart" to steal sugar and matches from restau rants. Not a few sane Americans think If is equally smart to steal rides on railroads.—Alienist and Neurologist. Formidable Preparation#. "Yassir." said Uncle Asbury, "I'se got a daughter in de high school." "I suppose you are very proud of her." •"Deed 1 Is. An' whut's mo,' she's gwine ter be a gre't be'p to her father. She's studyin' gecmetry at de present time, an' she's sayln' deui lessons over an' over ag'in so's I kin hear 'em." "What's that for?" "Well, still. I alius was kind o' anx ious to preacli. but I neblter didn't hab de words to stand de competition. Now I reckons when I stall's up in front o' dat congregation an' gils to tellin' 'em 'bout hypothesises an' pahiellograms (lev's gwine to rise tip an' admit dat dey's listeuin' to language sho" 'nuff." WritlnK on Metal*. Take a quarter of a pound of nitric acid and half an ounce of muriatic acid. Mix. shake well together, and it is ready for t: -iv Cover the place yc.u wish to murk with melted beeswax When cold, write your inscription plainly on the iv.x with a sharp instru-1 No. 11. nicnt to clear the metal. Then applJi the mixed acids with a feather, care fully filling each letter. Let It remain from one to ten minutes, according to appearances desired, then throw la water, which stops the process, and re luore the wax. A Tonehlnar Consent. The Youth—Sir, I came to ask you consent to my marriage with your daughter. The Old Man—ls your income soffl* t:ent to support a wife? Tbe Youth—lt is, and in eddltion to that it is sufficient to enable me to stand an occasional touch from my, wife's father. The Old Man—Say no more, young man. She's yours. Bless you, my 800. An Faille's Strength. What tremendous power an eagle ex erts when carrying away a lamb that weighs, say. sixty pounds or over! U you take the weight of the bird togeth er, seventy-six pounds, then it appear! that an eagle- can develop mora than two horsepower and must put a strain of over 1.100 pounds on tb* muscles"of the wings, which leads on« to thluk that "birds are stronger than mathematics." Failed to Kecoffnlie It. "He sent a copy of his dialect atoijr down into the country where he stud ied the dialect." "And did it make the natives an gry r "Oh, no; they couldn't understand it" —Chicago Post. • Appreciation. "How did you like the music at th« symphony concert?*' "Mrs. Torque and I got into such a discussion about its beauty and tech nic that 1 really hadn't a chance to lia ten to it."—Baltimore Herald. A Tractable Memory. * "I see you don't remember me, sir.*" "No, sir; I don't." "I'm Binks. I owe you $50." "Ah! Now that you mention the—ah —sum, I remember you perfectly."— Detroit Free Press. A STRANGE'FUNERAL'.' Burial of an Elephant bjr Elephant* Inn River Bed. There is no doubt that the elephant a naturally cunning, and the following extraordinary incident related by a planter from Orylon is only another proof: "I went after a herd of eight elephants," he says. "After stalking t—- got a chance at the biggest of the herd and dropped it at tlie first shot. About two hours afterward I had the tail and feet cut off and taken to the bungalow. Next morning I went to the spot to look at the elephant and to my surprise found no trace of the body. After look lug round I saw that the herd had been back during the night, and I soon dis covered a track where they seemed to have retired in a body. Following this up, I eventually came upon tbe dead elephant lying at the bottom of a rocky stream. From the tracks it was quite evident that the body had not been rolled but carried to the bank, and it was plain that it had been taken through the long grass which grew on the bank into the stream. My neigh bors were incredulous until I showed them where the elephant's tall and feet had been cnt off and where the body lay in the stream, which proved conclusively that by some means or other the body had been got over the intervening space in the night. It is difficult to understand how elephants with their trunks and feet could raise and support the dead body of a conp rade. However, they seem to have managed to do it, and it is a pity no human eyes saw this strange funeral." Women and Store DetectlTM. "The very thing that newspapers want to know about the way detectives work in big department stores are the things we don't want to tell," said a superintendent when asked about a conspicuous shoplifting arrest "We should be glad to dispense with them altogether, but we can't afford to. A clever woman will outwit the shrewd est store detective that ever walked. We have to work cautiously or we lose our trade. If the detective is a man and stares at a woman too hard, she makes a complaint at the desk and tells other women how she was insult ed. If the store detective is a woman, she is likely to get 'fresh.' I think the best store detective in New York today is a man who used to be a minstrel «. performer. He took the Job on trial till good times came again, but nothing good enough has come along to tempt him to give up a $5,000 job, and he is worth every penny of it"—New York Times. The Rnlln* Passion. A good woman was dying, a woman who had been a true wife and a loving mother, a woman with but one weak ness—a love of gossip. Although her time on earth was short she was critically watching the attending physician and the nurse as they talked in subdued whispers of the result which their united skill had been powerless to avert In response to the summons of the dying woman her husband approached her and bent low to catch the words which he expected to be words of love. Again she turned her eyes, from which the light was fast fading, upon the doc tor and the nurse as she said faintly, "Do you suppose they are engaged?" These words were her last. Benefit) From Hnnniaf. Running is the great beautifler of fig ure and movement It gives muscular development strong heart action and free lung play. The muscle comes wl\ere it ought to be, the shoulders go back, the loins hold the trunk well bal anced. and the feet take their correct positions. It was running which made the Greek figure. The more active tribes of American Indians have been runners from time immemorial, and from the chest to the heels they are much more beautifully built than the average of white men. Running peo ple have usually the firm but ekptlc texture which is the beauty of flesnT A Change of Front. Wife—How do you like my new hat? Husband—The idea of paying big prices for— Wife—Big prices! Why, I made it myself. Husband —I'm-yes—er—as I was saying, the idea of paying big price* for such monstrosities as the milliners are showing! Now, your hat is a work of art Ix)oks as if it came straight from Paris. Beautiful, my dear!— Lo ndon Telegraph. Danierona Experiment. A man in Books county was kicked by a mule and knocked unconscious while trying to feed bis mules in a new way. He fcays that the first thing he heard when he regained his senses was his wife saying, "Well, I'll thank God when he can't find any. new experi ments to try on them mules." — Kansas
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