VOL. XXXX.
Iflusclton's liocsl
In Snappy Spring Styles. fj
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Everybody and his sister §K
Will have new shoes for Easter
We hope including you. p
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We show a dashing variety of
striking new Spring styles, includ- k 1
C v»jd4%-. in B all the fathers: Ideal Pafent
TA /j V T Kid and Colt, Velour and Box-calf, h')
Ll / Cordovan, Vici and Cuban Kid both VA
r A "' .in Ladies' and Men's Lace, Button j| >
Ll and Blucher cut at very low prices. M
Won't you-let us show them to you t
JtiJSEt T ° w 'S Ss zj!
REMOVAL!
Win Cooper, the tailor, will remove
his'stock of goods, April Ist, from t lie
Newton Music Store to Room No 1,
Stein Block, near Willard Hotel.
These will be l>ut temporary quarters
pendi g his removal to his old stand ai
corner of Diamond.
) OUR MOTTO. (One price to all, not all prices to one.) )
? To Have and To Hold.
SYour trade for our mutual benefit is our chief aim. /
In order to do this we offer to the buying public the /
the best possible value for the least money. 7
Spring goods now have the shelves. Low cuts are )
very much in evidence. \
S Men's Shoes 08c to $6 00 LadieV Shoes BSc to *4.00 /
/ Boy's Shoes HHc to |r3.50 Misses' Shoes f>Hc to $2.25 \
S lianan and Torry Shoes S."S 00 and 00 Children's Shoes 48c to $1 50 f
/ better The Patrician Shoes Fo s r 3 L so' es |
\ DAUBENSPECK & TURNER. |
I NEXT TO BUTLER SAVINGS & TRUST CO. )
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
tiDIEV FINE and the styles are very handsome, made in lace or
punr-c 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 moßt complete stock we have ever had All
CHILDREN S SHOES the lateßtßtyles in plain ° r pilteDt leulhe "
MEN'S A full line of Men's Patent-kid shoes -the latest styles
PIMP ounce —s2 50, |3.00, $3.50. $5.00, SO.OO. Men's fine Calf, Vici-
FINE SHOES. kid and Box-calf shoes. $1 50 to |5.00; also complete
utock of Men's fine Oxfords.
BOYS' AND Onr stock of Boys' and Youth's shoes made on the
wAiiTiiei «unre latest style Spring last are very attractive We have
TOUTHS SHUto. a fnll stock of Boys'and Little Gents' floe shoes in
Patent-calf, Bo* calf aud Vici-ktd.
Miiti ig^S
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 Jron Standa for repairing
Sole Leather eat to any amount you wish to purchase.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA.
KECK
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.. — p 1 Ji E H*ve a naltineßS about Ibeiu that
J r\ fm L I®) /jf lIA mark the wearer, it won't do to
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l/TxV in TS stock clothiers either. The up-to
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II If ,1/1 Mianship, the finest in durability,
,II I I 111 11 I vhere else can you get combina
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KECK
Q. W. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
24 North Main Straat All Work Guaranteed Butler, Pa
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No better combination, as we prepare
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most careful attention (and are the most
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or strainers —the Kidneys, and therefor
donbly require yonr attention.
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1 ACROSS |
i DIVIDE 1
A By MARION BENTLEY A,
P M T~u $
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They re:iclie<l the edge of Fort Simp
son one breathKss July afternoon, see
in? its crude but promising outlines as
through a maze of alkali dust, darkly.
Their well provisioned prairie schoon
er lumbered heavily on the heels of
two fagged and panting horses. It
bad been a terrific trip 011 man and
beast. The man lay. bright eyed, dry
lipped aud silent. 011 file shakedown in
the wagon bed.
As tlio horses stopped instinctively
amid the willows beside the stream
the girl turned to her father with an
encouraging smile. But at sight of
him the smile changed to tense lir.es
of horror. On the man's chin trickled
a vivid crimson stain.
An hour later Anita Murdock .. a Iked
away from the hastily improvised
camp with young Dr. Byrne. He
glanced down at her pityingly. She
was so delicate, so quiet and so pret
ty. What was her father thinking of?
She was no more fit to take up a claim
and manage a ranch on little or no
capital than—
She looked at him in mute inquiry.
' I thought best not to Bay this be
fore your father, but you must not
think of resuming your journey. He
would never survive the rough roads,
and the rare air 011 top of the Divide
would certainly bring 011 another hem
orrhage."
•Then you mean that we can never
go into La Junta valley?"
There was anguish in the question,
and the doctor hesitated.
"I believe the disappointment would
kill him," she continued. "Ever since
we got that first railroad circular he
has been counting 011 going there, get
ting well and strong and working
again. We've taken the La Junta Ban
ner for six months, and we know just
where we want to live and how to file
our claim. Oh, we must go 011!"
"Well, for the present you had Iwtter
stop here and let your father recuper
ate. Perhaps when it is cooler— At
any rate, there is a tidy two room
shack right back of my office. The
rent is cheap, and I can keep an eye
011 him until he is In shape to travel.
It won't do for him to sleep here on
the river edge even one night. We
must pull him together, you know."
And the doctor nodded encouragingly
to the girl, who stood watching him
with wide open, frightened eyes.
So, all unwillingly, did the Murdoeks
take up their residence in Fort Simp
son. The hot blasts of July merged
into the sullen humidity of August,
and one day in the freshening breath
of September Henry Murdock tottered
to the postoffiee for the La Junta
Banner. Tl.ey read it together, he and
Anita, read of the mountain locked
valley where the sun never shone too
fiercely nor yet the blasts blew cruel
ly; where crops rose like air castles in
the night; where the sick were made
well; where—and this was the best of
all—starved, weak lungs were fed and
strengthened. The Murdoeks knew all
the prominent La Junta citizens by
name, rejoicing with them in success,
sympathizing with them in adversity.
They lived in Fort Simpson, but their
hearts were in La Junta. And now
only the Divide, with its pitiless alti
tude, stood between them and this
promised land, to reach which they
had sold their little lowa home.
That night after her father had
fallen Into a troubled sleep she footed
uj) their account book. They bad lived
so simply, yet little remained. If they
sold the horses, they might reach the
valley by rail, but mountain railroad
fares are high, aud without horses
how could they farm?
She rose impulsively and hurried to
Dr. Hyrne's office. He received her
with undisguised pleasure. Of late he
had felt that bis calls bad been un
welcome. Very delicately they Uad
hinted that professionally he was not
needed, and he feared that they might
view bis obvious attempts to "drop
In" socially as professional calls char
itably paid.
"Father seems stronger today. Don't
you think he can stand the journey
very soon?"
Dr. Byrne shook Lis head.
"The nights arc cold. There is al
ways frost In the mountains?"
"Hut you said when It was cooler,"
she persisted.
He led her to the window and point
ed silently to the distant mountain,
where even ill the moonlight she could
eatcli the glint of snow patches. She
clasped her hands In despair.
"Why—why did you tell me he could
go later? You knew all the time that
lie could not take the trip, and yet"—
She turned upon him fiercely and
l-ead that In his eyes which made her
wrath burst into a flame. In her un
reasoning love for her father she read
In this other man's love for herself
only selfishness. lie had thought that
if she stayed she might learn to love
him. And now she hated him.
"Oh, If I had never listened to you!
Now he will stay here to die."
Dr. Ilyrne tried to take her hot hands
in his, but she drew away from him.
"My dear girl, you are well and
utrong. For you the overland Journey
has no horrors; for your father It
means—death."
"Then," exclaimed Anita bitterly, "I
must get something to do, so that we
can go by rail. I thought It my duty
to care for him, and now our money ia
nearly gone."
He gained possession of lier hands
this time.
"Anita, It Is your duty to care for
him until the end. Won't you let me
help you ? Marry me tomorrow, and I
will core for you both."
"No, 110!" she exclaimed passionate
ly. "It has been his dreani to go there.
Dr. Byrne, if you love me as you say
you Uo help me to get work -anything
that is honest."
The man sighed and turned away.
He realized that lie had 110 place in her
heart or thoughts. When lie faced her
again, his voice was calm and even.
"I think it can be arranged. Mrs.
Gallagher needs some one to help her
wMh the girls. You know her husband
holds ail. Interest in the Ten Strike,
und she wants to take (lie girls east,
then abroad. They are wild as In
dians, and she has the sense to know
they need training down. l)o you
think"—
Jim Gallagher owned the largest sa
loon and dance hall in Fort Simpson.
Anita's face flushed, then paled.
"Thank you. I will try it.".
Two days later she was Installed as
governess in the noisy Gallagher house
hold, with the privilege of going home
ut night. She was to teach the girls
how to walk and talk and dress. Mrs.
Gallagher considered the last accom
plishment most Important. She soon
became extravagantly fond of Anita
and would have loaded her with pres-
cuts, but the gal preiHily declined ev
erything except Uer lak-ry.
So the winter crept iutp tlie tender
outstretcliid arms of s;*ffig. and An®
ta's bank aecouut grew. SLi had
leased the Lories to a wood hauler,
and she had sewed nights. She was
too busy even to note the gradual
change in her father. He seemed con
tent and quiet each evening when she
came home, and she little guessed
whose hand ministered to him during
the day.
The Gallaghers were departing for
the east. Anita was at the depot to
see them off. The girls no longer shuf
fled when they walked, and they un
derstood the use of knives and forks.
Mrs. Gallagher surveyed their neat
traveling frocks with pardonable pride.
Then she slipped an envelope into Ani
ta's hand.
"Sure, you've done wonders by me
gyurls, a;:' it's that I've been tryin' to
tell you in the lettlier."
When the train pulled out, Anita
opened the envelope. It contained "no
word of writing, just a orisp banknote
that fairly took tier breath. And lier
salary had been paid in full. Anita
walked home 011 air. They would start
for I.a Junta 011 the morrow.
In the doorway stood Dr. Byrne,
shading his eyes with bin hand and
looking up at the everlasting hills. In
lier happiness she would have brushed
by him, but he barred her passage.
"Is he sleeping?" she inquired. Then
something in the doctor's face caught
and held her attention.
"What is it? Xo-no, not that!" she
cried. "Oh. God, and I have worked
so hard!"
She swayed in the doorway, and I)r.
Byrne, taking her in his arms, led her
gently into the darkened room. His
voice was low and comforting.
"It came so suddenly, though I have
seen its shadow for weeks, dear. There
was no time to send for you, and he
left this word: 'Tell 'Nita I have
crossed the Great Divide, but 1 will
wait for her on the other side. Be
good to her.' Darling, will you let me
be good to you? In your great sorrow
don't try to stand alone."
Without replying she crossed the
room, raised the sheet and looked long
and steadily into her father's face. On
it rested a smile of ineffable peace.
The money fell noiselessly to the floor.
It had been earned in vain. Then she
turned and looked into the brown eyes
bent pityingly upon her.
"Harry," she murmured, "he does
not need it—or me, and—l—am so
tired." Her head drooped wearily up
on his shoulder, and his arms folded
lovingly around her.
It <-tin elite nt.
Refinement looks ever with disap
proval upon heedless waste and need
less extravagance. She carefully
counts the cost and makes the most
of all material brought to her hand.
Consideration for others lias made her
watchful, and nothing in her charge
is squandered or wantonly consumed.
To vulgar ostentation she firmly re
fuses the radiant light of her counte
nance, but seeks instead the quiet
nooks, the retired haunts where dwell
those who know her true worth. The
spirit of refinement lives even with
those whose tastes are simple and pure,
who make 110 pretenses, whose faith in
humanity is strong and real. To those
endowed with kindly tact and genial
wit, who employ all means of good
within their command, whose hearts
are touched by the grief and misery
around them and who are quick to see
and respond to others' wants—with
these, too, the spirit lives. They who
entertain this guest are clean in mind
and person, and the motto hung upon
the spiritual walls "of home is "Cleanly
ness Is Next to Godliness."
Ink an nu Knrnelie Core.
An amusing story is tolil of a man
who was suddenly attacked in the
night by a violent fit of earache. His
wife told there was on the
window sill by the bed a bottle of
chloroform and recommended him to
rub some on his face.
Without striking a light he reached
out for the bottle, pulled out the stop
per and, pouring some of the contents
Into his hand, anointed his face from
mouth to ear. Very soon he announced
that the pain was better, lay down
again and went to sleep. lie was
awakened in the morning by a cry of
horror from his wife.
"What is the matter?" he Inquired.
"Look at your face!" was the reply.
A glance In the glass showed him that
his face on one side was black as a
negro's. The bottle which he had
grasped in the dark had contained not
chloroform, but ink.—Milwaukee Wis
consin.
A RESOURC-R J . LA J. VEH.
An Inspiration Thnl Won n Cune H«*
('uiiNldcriMl Ho pel en*.
A Philadelphia lawyer tells the story
that a picture of Fanny Davenport
once won a case for him. Ilis client
was suing the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, of which Wayne MacV eagh
was counsel, for $7,500 damages for
tiie death of her husband. "Just a few
days before the case was to have come
up she happened into my office and an
nounced that she had married again.
'Good Lord, madam,' I gasped, 'why
couldn't you have waited until your
case came up? It's next l<> impossible
for me to get damages for you now.
She said she didn't care very much,
and went out, seeming very happy.
Well, it just happened tuat I had a
photograph of Fanny Davenport 011 my
desk, and when the next day Wayne
MacYeagh happened into my office to
discuss quite another matter he picked
up the photo and admired it. 'Who's
your friend?' he asked. I had a sudden
inspiration, and I said: 'Why, that's
the lady who is suing your company
for $7,500.' The deuce yon say,' said
he. 'Handsome woman, isn't she?" 'She
Is, indeed,' I replied. 'II Ml!' lie ex
claimed, looking at the picture Closely.
'A deuced handsome woman, \ should
say. A deuced handsome woman.'
There was a slight pause. 'What'll you
take to settle this ease?' he asked. I
thought of my client's second mar
riage, and I fixed the figure at !>.),000.
The deal was consummated and the
case never came to court."
I'nlil In IIIN Own < <>!».
Once in a way Archbishop Temple
of Canterbury would get paid back in
his own coin. A dellghtftrt Instance of
this is recorded. The church people of
a certain parish are said to have strong
ly urged the bishop to And another
sphere for their parson, whom they
wished to get rid of. Dr. Temple sum
moned the obnoxious clergyman to his
study and suggested a change of ben
efice. What was it, the parson wanted
to know, that bis people had to find
fault with? "Well," said the bishop
in the peculiarly harsh, strident voice
that so sadly marred his preaching, "If
you insist 011 knowing, it's your voice
they comphtln of; they don t like your
voice." "How curious!" -etid the cler
gyman. "A friend was with moat the
cathedral the other day. when your
lords' ip was preaching. and as he
we: I out l.e n:iid. 'What a flue tiennou.
but what aii tlii'fo;lunate voice!"'
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BALANCED RATIONS.
Much Still to Be l.<-:»ri:e<l About the
Combination of
Th? imp rtairce of a:: economical as
well nutritive i.w.<>n is realized by
evcrj feed- r. It i- tl • opinion of J. T.
WilUrd of the Kansas experiment sta
at the MOS. ; 11 tabic combina
tions of wesi< 111 feeds for western con
dit: as'e not yet k:;owu and that a
p.i ;:. : V field is here pr -onted for
the execution of varied and repeated
feet.: • <ts with fattening cattle, dal
ly cov.s, swine, horses and sheep.
V. hat a Balanced liatiun Is.
Con rai l-.- misapprehension ex
ists, says Professor Wiilard, as to the
meaning of the term "balanced ra
tion." the idea being prevalent that the
balanced ration is a certain combina
tion of feeds and always the *aiue. In
point of fact a combination of feeds
that i- best adapted—that is, balanced—
for purpose, with one species of
animal of a given age and condition,
blight be unbalanced if. the purpose,
the --|i cies, the age or condition were
different. Thus a ration balanced for
a growing calf is unbalanced for a fat
tening steer. A balanced ration for a
dairy cow is still different, and even
the best ration for a cow giving a
larg" yield of milk Is not the best for
the same cow at a later period when
the milk flow has become small. A
balanced ration is simply one in which
the feeds are mixed in such propor
tions as to provide constituents in such
relative quantities as experience has
shown to give the best results under
the given set of conditions.
lion- to Balance the Itatlon.
Many farmers realize the impor
tance of a properly balanced ration,
but do not know how to compound
one. The methods hitherto In use tend
to discourage making the necessary
calculations, as they Involve guess
work on unfamiliar ground, followed
by tedious calculations, to be followed
by another guess and the succeeding
calculations and so on, until approxi
mately the correct quantities have
been arrived at by this cut and try
process.
In bulletin 115 Professor Wiilard
explains and illustrates a method of
his own by which, he claims, it is pos
sible to calculate a ration exactly If
the composition of the feeds is known.
He has endeavored to so simplify the
calculation of a ration that any Intel
ligent farmer may undertake and ac
complish it with but little, labor. The
process is designed to •meet ordinary
requirements, to be within the mathe
matical range of all and to demand
slight expenditure of time.
This bulletin combats the statements
of textbooks 011 computing rations and
is designed to show that rations of any
degree of perplexity may be balanced
with absolute exactness by simple
arithmetical processes if feeds are
available of the necessary composition.
RADISH VARIETIES.
An Early Hn«ll*h of Remarkable
Size—Popular Sort*.
Among garden novelties the Early
Crimson Giant radish is presented as a
new type of the early turnip radish, re
markable for its size, which is said to
attain sometimes a circumference of
EARLY CRIMSON GIANT RADISH.
six Inches. It is claimed, however, that
in spite of this fact it does not become
pithy or hollow, but is solid, crisp and
Juicy.
French Breakfast, Early Scarlet Tur
nip and Olive Shaped Scarlet are among
various other desirable early varieties.
For summer the large white varieties
are sown, such as White Strassburg
and Stuttgart, while the California
White Mammoth, Long Black Spanish
and Scarlet Chinese are winter kinds
which keep well.
The first crop in spring may be grown
in hotbeds or frames, or seed may be
sown as soon as the ground is dry in
rows eight to ten inches apart. A mel
low, "quick" soil is essential for tender
radishes. A heavy or clay soil will not
grow good ones.
In the N'ut Bu«liie*».
The pistachio nut is known in -finer
ica, generally speaking, only to confec
tioners, it being too expensive for com
mon use. The nut Is very popular in
Mediterranean ports, where it has driv
en almost all other nuts out of tile
market. Although the nut is grown
mainly in Greece, it is sold almost in
variably by Syrian boys, who go about
the streets with a bag of nuts thrown
over their shoulders. These boys, by
the way, have si peculiar method of do
ing business. They enter cafes and
other places where people are seated,
and, holding out a handfulinf the nuts,
invite a guess as to the number. If the
person guesses correctly, he is given
the nuts for nothing. If he fails to
guess correctly, he is In honor bound to
buy tlieni. Washington Post.
AN ALL AROUND LOG SLED.
It IN I *ed In Lumber t'ampa lilther
With or Without Snow.
I have been getting out some lumber,
and as there was little snow I have
used the sled shown herewith, says all
Orange.l udd Farmer correspondent. It
is called a snapdragon and is such as is
used In the lumber camp. It can be
used with or without ; BOW. I took two
yellow birch stumps about six Inches
through and three feet long for runners.
The two bunks were about the same
size and 2 feet 8 inches long. The for
ward bunk is put 011 with one bolt In
each end. so it can have a good chance
to work.
For the middle bunk I put two two
inch holes through each runner, then
FOR DRAWING LOOH IN WOODS,
took a small, round birch of the size
wanted, heated it hot In a fire and bent
It In the shape needed to put over the
middle bunk and the two e.'ids down
through the runner, then \vt d;..il them
solid, but =0 there would be plenty of
play. The nose of the runners must be
n 1 t.will not catch on every
r<vk or stump. This can be done by
putii: g the forward bunk at the very
end cf the raaner. The chain is put on
the l", r with a half hitch and drawn
tlir !i .*». hole through both bunks,
lilr. ii Is the l>*st wood, as it wears the
sun-!.slu-st 0:1 frozen ground.
finrly Toiuntocs*
One of the southern experiment sta
ll. : has ! ..!<• trials with tomatoes
grown 011 plants that were started in
hotlu 1 or greenhouse and transplanted
co:: Jar .1 Ith th->.-< t grown 011 plants
start'd directly fr m seed in the tleld.
T; > 1 iti'.-r came out ahead in earllness.
I 1 !>■' my friends will not be misled
into the belief that such is the rule.
Much of the outcome of course de
pci :s < l the management of the plants
s: rted under glass. For my part I can
not rip.' tomatoes in July or even
in Ai ,u . unless I start plants of ear
ly vis-: along in February, trans
plant th'-m oiv-e or twice and give them
plei:;y cf room to make them grow
stout and stocky, so that they can be
tra: planled with :it checking growth,
i'.ut if y.,u -1 ,rt the seedlings ill hotbed
1 r co! > frame in April and make them
sj-'udii:;,. by inordinate crowding and
then set them out in May or early June,
with little loot and tall. limp stalks
where it will take them several weeks
to recover from the shock and begin
growth anew, the plants grown from
re -.1 so v.! in 1 pe:i ground In May might
giv ■ ripe tomatoes in advance of the
others. If wo grow the Ear liana and
probably Xolte's Earliest and Maule's
Early and < rher first early sorts that
make eomp :natively little vine or foli
age. we should bear in mind that they
need very fori lie soil and more nitrog
enous fo d than the later sorts, which
are apt to run largely to vine anyway.
Don't !>e afl'.'."! to use plenty* of good
old manure in the soil where you plant
Eariiau;! and others of that class. It is
tl. • ::!y way to get foliage enough to
ma! • In'r suymtli fruit. T. Greiner
(Ohio) in Farm and Fireside.
Peas For n Soiling Crop.
For the extreme southern limit on
which field peas are grown it is be
lieved that seed grown near by seems
best. North of that belt northern or
Canadian peed seems best, l'or the first
early spring sowing the pea should be
put in as soon as the ground is fit to
work and has. been put in good shape
for seeding, weather conditions permit
ting. We have had heavy freezing and
snow after the peas were up, entirely
covering the plant, without serious In
jury. I trilling the seed, rather than
broadcasting or harrowing into the soil,
secures better covering and more uni
form stand. Use an ordinary grain
drill set for sowing oats; use only every
other lioe, or, if the ground be very
rich, every third hoe and using six
pecks of seed. Six pecks per acre of
oats «,f stiff strawed variety may be
drilled in seven to ten days later than
the peas, so that both crops will reach
lb" milky stage together, says 1111 Ohio
Farmer correspondent.
Tltc Been Ik Early SpriuK.
In looking over colonies early in the
spring choose a warm, sunshiny day,
and be careful not to chill the brood by
long exposure. If you opet- a hive,
know just what you want, and do it
expeditiously, and close up the hive
again. If you have the bees packed in
chaff, do not be in a hurry to remove
the packing, as the bees spread the
brood and arrange matters for the tem
perature the packing gives, and should
you remove the packing too early some
brood may be chilled and the colony
cannot make headway as rapidly.
What Other* S«y.
Farmers do not use their power as
they should In politics and legislative
movements. 111 nearly every state farm
ers are in the majority.
The specialist in every line will wend
his way to the St. Louis exposition. But
will the great backbone of all—the
farming communities and individuals
be on hand as they ought?
Bend alt your energies to building up
and beautifying your farm and home.
Seest thou the dairyman who is not
raising stock 011 his sklmmilk? There
is more hope for the fool than for him.
Many of our best and most successful
farmers cultivate small farms, ferti
lized with brains as well as stable com
posts.
The world Is Just beginning to realize
the advantages and economies of doing
business by mail.
Agriculture is capturing more bright
young men and women than ever be
fore.
HE STOPPED THE BELL.
(;i>Dd Rcanon For Ulvlns lliai Free
Entry to the Show.
The requests for theater favors in
the small towns are very troublesome.
Every person of local standing feels
that he has a right to admission at
least, while the trustees and the con
stable feel that they are entitled to pri
vate boxes. Some of the requests are
decidedly unique.
Recently a company played a small
southern city. The manager was taking
the tickets at the door of the theater,
r.nd the natives were struggling to get
in. "Suddenly," he tells, "a long, thin,
bushy chinned individual divided the
folding doors with his shoulder and
whispered confidentially. 'I stop the
bell.' I asked him to repeat. "I stop the
bell,' he said again in a hoarse whis
per. 'YOII will have to see the opera
house malinger and tell him what >ou
r.top,' I said, reaching for tickets. He
tripped up several ladies while backing
out. Soon the manager of the house
came in, saying, 'lies all right; he
stops the bell.' 1 allowed him- to go in,
and after the people were seated 1
asked the local man what he mean, by
'He stops the bell.' 'Well,' saul he. 'this
man Is the Janitor of the town hall,
right opposite, and on "show nights
he does not ring nine or ten on the
town clock. You see, he said, "it would
disturb the performance." and so the
poor people do not know what time It
is until 11 o'clock, when the opera
house Is open. If I bad "turned liliu
down" lie would have rung out nine
aud ten every half hour to get even.'"
—Chicago Inter Ocean.
I.lneoln the litenl rre«i«l<-nt.
Lincoln is the ideal president in that
lie led public sentiment, represented it
and followed it. "I claim not to have
controlled events," lie swid. "but con
less plainly that events have con
trolled llie." During Ills term of olllcti
be was one day called "very weak
and the next day "a tyrant," but when
his whole work was done a careful sur
vey of it could bring one only to the
conclusion that he knew when to fol
low and when to lead. He was In com
plete touch with popular sentiment and
divined with nicety wben he could
take a step in advance. lie made an
itort to ke p on good terms with con
re- :, ai d he differed with that body
reluctantly, although, when the neces
sity came, lecislvely. W hilv he bad
consideration for those who did not
agree with him. and while he acted al
ways with a regard to proportion, lie
was nevertheless a strong and self
confident executive. James Ford
Khodes in Scribner's.
Kill lax the Turtle.
Killing a turtle with an arrow seems
a very difficult feat since a very hard
shell covers practically all of the ani
mal, yet the natives of the Andaman
islands kill huge turtles with arrows
as easily as American sportsmen kill
rabbits with shot.
Accustomed from their childhood to
use bows and arrows, they goon become
wonderfully skilled in the use of these
primitive weapons, and as they know
the places where turtles congregate it
U easy for them at any time to bring
home a good bag of game. Sometimes
they try their skill on large flsh. and,
though the hutor are harder to kill
than turtles. t!:ere are a few islanders
<vho rarely mis-; their mark.
The bows a:;.I arrows are made of
native wood and are longer and stron
ger than those used by European arch
ers.
ru-.ee wna itou*.
The wild l- of sourherii Colorado
share with the peccaries of Central
:■ ml South America tlie reputation of
lieini; the t! '!"< est. most vindictive and
toughest annuals of ti.e western hcini
sphere. They will follow tenaciously,
tree and starve out an en.m.v. Their
skills are t. ugh. their vitality is re
markable and their te '!i sharp as ra
zors. They travel in small droves and
are r-ady to attack anything, he it man
or beast, that armies their ire. Hunt
ers in s ir.hun Colorado always oh
serve the preiimtlou of stationing
themselves within reacfi of a tree when
in the uelghiM'rhood of a drove.
licit! Ikus.
"He Star, is the great ex|Hiuent of
realism in the drauta."
"1 kuow. that's why lie wouldn't take
my i>: i.v."
•\\ hat was the matter with your
play?"
"Why. the hero had a surgical opera
tiini pel fo mi (1. and l>c Starr said if it
\v;.s done at all il would have to be a
real operation, and he couldn't stand
I'nr that < -*ht times a week." Wash
fugtoii I iuic.s.
N..1 Mucli l>llfereil«e.
Magistrate Now. sir. while the evi
dence is not technically conclusive. 1
am fully convinced of your guilt anil
it will be only a matter of time until
jon are apprehended and your guilt
brought to light.
Prisoner And then, your honor?
Magistrate - Well, then it will lie a
matter of some more time.- Buffalo
Express.
\ llellel.
Ilushand Harling. I believe that I
am failing.
\\ ife (in alarm i Gracious! How
often I have warned yon George,
against youi foolish speculations!
Ilusl.aiid I don't mean in business,
dear; I mean I'm falling In health.
Wlft' (relieved) Oh. is thai all?
Luvo In Spectacle**.
He—l suppose now that I shall have
to ask your father for his consent.
She—No. Harry. After the first time
you called, pa said I might have yon II
I wanted you. Pa and 1 have under
stood It for a long time. —Boston Tran
script.
STUFFED BLACK BEARS.
The lleaxou They Are I *e«l a. Sl*m
by the Furrier*.
The man who conies to New York
only once in ten years said he could
not understand why the hears in Cen
tral park seemed so much more stuck
up than the rest of the animals, but
after he had traveled about town for
several days he saw through It. It was
because IM> per cent of the furriers in
tow ii have chosen a big black bear for
an advertising sitn. Why the other an
i,luils iu the zoo should be so discrimi
nated against i.uzseled the man not a
little. One day he asked a furrier
about it.
"It is because the bears last longet
than anything else." said the furrier.
"Of all the animals in New York 1
don't know of any that have a harder
time than those that stand outside fur
riers" stores winter and summer and
try to drum up trade for their employ
ers. It doesn't make any difference
what kind of weather conies along,
whether U blows hot or cold, those fel
lows have to stand at their post and
swelter or freeze, as the case may be.
Naturally all those changes art' pretty
hard on their hide, and mm' but bears
can stand the strain. Soint furriers
have tried the fox, the lynx and other
animals now and then at a venture,
but they have mostly come back to the
hear as the most satisfactory of the lot.
They cost more too. A good stuffed
bear comes as high as s7.~>, but if h3 is
treated well he will last for twenty
live years, so that brings him down to
a comparatively low price after all."—
New York Press.
<*hnrlea A. DAHR'n Logic.
They tell a good story of Charles A.
Dana —how Dana once summoned a
boy reporter and said. "Tomorrow you
write up the yacht race."
"But," said the lad, "I don't know
how; I'm a Nebraskan. 1 only came
here last night, sir, and I haven't so
much as seen New York harbor yet. As
for yachts- why, I never saw a yacht
In my life!"
".lust the reason 1 sent for you, my
boy! You'll write a story that people
can read; you'll picture the thing;
you'll write with enthusiasm because
it's ail new to you."
Sane logic! The poetry of the sea has
always been written by landsmen; It
always will be. The barrack room bal
lads are best sung by a gentle civilian.
The Inside irf anything is clearest seen
by nil erstwhile outsider. Mr. Bryce,
not Mr. I/>dge, writes "The American
Commonwealth." Emerson, not Car
lylc. writes -English Trails."—ltollln
i.ynde Haiti In Atlantic.
\Vli> lie Should l.c.y n Spnnlah.
One of t! most brilliant series of
the Gohel;.! tap -strles represents the
surpi ; adventures of Hon Quixote.
I.ouls XV. had a great affection for
the doughty chevalier. One day he
said t i n ;.reat v. 'ntleinan. of his court:
"I i you U .ow Spanish?"
"No, r said the other.
"A h. It Is a great pity."
The i' thinking, at the least,
the kinji v.,,.iii:g to offer him the
ainb. do; - 1 '■ at Madrid, put lilin
ell' ;,ll I Ilil.iuio Ken I to the
it.a- cry .fS; , !i la a few weeks
h i .line I > iis royal master and.
v. it I: a !on lie.- ir'n air. said:
"Y II- i!,: i, i have l.'art.ed Span
1 •ill."
"My • r 1 lid 1.'. 111s "(tend
i,. .■ t s,>.'iii-.li It Is much
•. er Ihi ii I i i ein ii.
■ i. I • _lve awß>
li t : | , our meals?"
a.I. It: i ■. >• <! d cheaply at
No. I.*}.
THE BOW IN WAR.
How I; \Y«« 3latfc and 1 Ked l>7 <!*•
Akiatlc TrlbpMincn.
The bow as used l»y Asiatic hcrsomon
asMimcs a curious shape. They were
made of horn, generally buffalo horn.
In two pieces, joined by a wooden cen
ter. and when unstrung had the form
of a capital C, which enabled tlr-m to
l»e hung over the arui on horseback.
When strung, a difficult feat to those
unused to them, they took the double
curve of the antique bow as seen in the
representation of Cupid. This w:ia-tb»
"Tartar's bow," used by the Scythians,
Partblans and Persians and up to iiuite
recent times in India. It was drawn
by the thumb alone, on which the arch
er wore a broad, thick ring of l.orn.
ivory or cornelian, on whose edge the
bowstring rested.
The long bow was also much in use
among Indian infantry of the mid.lie
ages, but neither they nor any other
Asiatics appear to have done such exe
cution as the English archers of the
same period. Bernier says, describing
a battle between Aurangzeb and his
brother Dara: "They draw their ar
rows with a marvelous swiftness, one
man being able to draw six of them
before a musketeer can discharge
twice; but, to say truth, their arrows
do but little execution. More of them
are lost in the air or broken on the
ground than hit."
The bow, in fact, requires more than
any other weapon constant practice
from childhood, and strong English
men of the present day are quite una
ble to use the bows of the half human
Mincopies of the Andamans.—Cham
bers' Journal.
Hon- the SprinKhoka Tr»T»I.
The springboks of South Africa mi
grate in vast herds, moving in a com
pact body and carrying everything be
fore them. If a flock of sheep be in
the line of march, as sometimes hap
pens, it is surrounded, enveloped and
becomes, willingly or unwillingly, part
of the springbok army. An African
hunter tells the strange story of seeing
a lion in the midst of the antelopes,
forced to join tlie march. It is sup
posed that the lion had sprung too far
for his prey, that those upon whom he
alighted recoiled sufficiently to allow
him to reach the ground, and then the
pressure from both flanks and the rear
prevented him from escaping from his
strange captivity.
If the springbok travels In such
armies, how can those in the middle
and in the rear Oud food? In tills wise:
Those in the front ranks, after they
have eaten greedily of the pasture,
gradually fall out of the ranks to rest
and chew the cud. while the hungry
ones In the rear come up, and so the
columns are all the while changing.
The rr.ißranl Heliotrope.
You may give a heliotrope, and not a
very large plant, as much water as you
give a geranium and think you are giv
ing all that is required. Your plant will
fail to make a vigorous and healthy
growth because it is not moist enough
at the roots. Examine It, and you will
find that the tiny roots have extracted
the moisture almost wholly. If not
given more water at once, some of the
young and delicate roots are injured,
and the plant takes on a diseased con
dition, from which it often never re
covers. l>o not get the idea that the
soil In which heliotropes are grown
ought to be kept wet. Not at all. Hut
because It requires more moisture than
many plants, because it extracts more
rapidly from the soil, water should be
given oftcncr to keep the soil iu the
proper condition.
The Final Straw.
A story is told of a rustic who, after
imbibing too freely, fell asleep by the
wayside.
The day was hot, and a swarm of
flies settled on his face and proceeded
to make his sleep anything but pleas
nut. In a little while a few mosquitoes
came along to add their torture to that
of the flies. Of course the man woke
up after repeated attacks by the com
bined forces and vainly tried to brush
them away. Finally along came a big
wasp and stung him on the nose.
"Now. for that you can all get off." ho
said.
Tlie Discovery of the Fork.
Some believe that the fork was In
use all over Europe as early ns the
year 500 A. P.,but If they were their nse
and the fork Itself were lost sight of
up to about the beginning of the seven
teenth century, when it was either dis
covered or rediscovered and popular
ized. Walton, Wecnis and other anti
quarians hold to the earlier date, be
cause a stone vessel containing coins
of the middle ages and some Iron forks
was found at Sevingtou, England, In
the year 183-1.
Obtnliilnic Heir* In Chlnn.
The practical Chinese have adopted a
simple way of obtaining heirs where
there are no legal ones—the adoption
»f children who belong to side branches
of the family. In this way the family
line is kept Intact In the absence of
male descendants in the side branches
of the family the sons of strangers are
adopted. The Chinese prefer this meth
od to marrying second wives.
An Inrrimonnble Caption.
Witticus—l think the caption of this
essay is one of t lie most unreasonable
things 1 ever saw.
Crltlcns- llow so?
Witticus—lt Is "The Decline of the
Amateur." As If any one ever knew
an amateur to decline.—Baltltuoro
American.
Spoke (he Profenxor.
"Culture," sententious!}' observed the
doctor, "Is like charity. It begins at
home."
"Yes," said the professor, "but it is
Usually finished abroad." Chicago
Tribune.
Proved III* Cane.
Mother—The whipping you had yes
terday does not seem to have Improved
you. Your behavior has been even
worse today.
Willie—That's what I wanted to
prove. You said 1 was as bad as 1 pos
sibly could be yesterday. I knew you
were wrong.
So Kiictialcn.
"No, sir/' wild the cowboy. "Cncttti
Cal ain't an enemy In the world."
"1 should think a man like him would
bo continually making enemies."
"Sure, but as soon as he makes one
he gits bis gun Inter play an' unmakes
him."—Exchange.
11 IT. tlur<l Itemurk.
Young Wire That horrid tramp said
my biscuits were like cement, and yet
in l ate thcui.
Young Husband—Cement, eh? Well,
perhaps he wanted to make himself
solid.—Philadelphia Record.
Hurrah For Pw!
T.lttle Willie (proudly!—My pa knows
a few things.
Llttl» Hob (contemptuously)—Ho, my
pa knows few -r things than your pa.—
Smart Set