VOL. XXXX.
! Cottage Hill!
I Extension of South Main street, Butler's 1
: principal thorofare, through this property. |
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I Overlooking Butler's busy business center. |
Kaleidoscope view of Greater Butler.
Most desirable home-site in Butler county. |
Buy before the big improvement comes, f
| and double your money.
This is not idle talk; the improvements |
now being made will double values in this %
f section within six months.
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For information, call at our office, 116 E. |
Diamond.
I Cottage Hill Land Co I
Puselton's Shoes
a In Snappy Spring Styles, i
fA Everybody and his sister >j
kl Will have new shoes for Easter A
VA We hope including you. n
tj We show a dashing variety of W
striking new Spring styles, includ- kl
If. ing all the leathers: Ideal Patent VA
Tf Jg Kid and Colt, Velour and Box-calf, k]
Cordovan, Vici and Cuban Kid both A
in Ladies' and Men's Lace, Button
"Sy l and Blucher cut at very low prices. A
Won't you let us show them to you v
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REMOVAL!
Will. Cooper, the tailor, will remove
his stock of goods, April Ist, from the
Newton Music Store to Room No. 1,
Stein Block, near Willard Hotel.
These will be but temporary quarters
pendi g his removal to his old stand at
corner of Diamond.
) OUR MOTTO. (One price to all, not all prices to onej'T
? To Have and To Hold. j
( Your 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
s Spring goods now have the shelves. Low cuts are b
\ very much in evidence. S
S Men's Shoes 98c to $6.00 Ladies' Shoes 88c to £4.00 J
/ Boy's Shoes 88c to *2. HO Misses' Shoes 08c to $8.35 V
S Hanan and Torry Shoes $5.00 and SO.OO Children's Shoes 48c to $1.50 t
| beTer The Patrician Shoes F » B j
\ DAUBENSPECK & TURNER, j
C NEXT TO BUTLER SAVINGS & TRUST CO. /
% 108 S. Main St. (People's Phone 633) Butler, Pa J
KECK
%■ >rJix it Spring & Summer Weights
, .-i 1 j\ , // IS Have a nattiness about them that J]]
\ mJ i fvp) / J \\ mark the wearer, it won't do to
-J'J \la 7 W e\ wear the last year's output. You
| s/ p 1«"a/ Vi-j won't get the latest things at the
\/ \ x its vS stock clothiers either. The up-to
j\ Yin |y\ Jtf /-< date tailor only can supply them, .
I \ I 1// ISI \J you want not onl y the latest I J
/ {/I I things in cut and fit and work-
I I 111 iiiansliip, the finest in durability,
H I I ill 11 I vhere else can you get combina-
I I In M, • 'lons, you get them at
P £■ -
KEO . K
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
'24 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler, Pa
WALL PAPER
WE HAVE IT.
, THE LATEST.
LOTS OF IT-
F. W. Devoe Ready Mixed Paints—All Colors.
Patterson Bros'
236 N. Main St. Phone 400. Wick Building.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
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g AND ANNIVERSARY SALE. g
f| Easter Hats in Brilliant array '*
5 Easter Furnishings and Novelties y*
6 Easter Neckwear and Gloves. £
<£ Our styles, variety and prices defy competition $
(R Men's wearables for Easter. g
All the latest Neckwear, Shirts, Gloves and Furnishings. J?
5 See our Magnificent Assortment. S
g Eisler-'Mardorf Co., $
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I C. E. Miller's
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79-Cent
79 . SALE OF 79
„ MEN'S PLOW SHOES,,
We have just purchased a large lot of Men's good solid
_ Q Plow shoes at about cost of material. As our stock this yg
Spring is extremely large and we are crowded for room, 1
we have put this entire lot on sale at a very small margin
'over what we paid for them. yg
They are regular $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75 Shoes.
Are all clean new goods and are displayed on Bargain
79 Counters so you can look them all over and take your 79
pick of the whole lot. We have all sizes at present,
but at this ridiculous low price it is only a short time till
79 best sizes will be picked out, so do not wait, as "first here 79
—first served."
SPRING GOODS nearly all in and they are all
79 beauties! Style and quality away up! Prices away down! 79
We are exclusive agents in Butler for famous
DOROTHY DODD
79 Fine Shoes and Oxfords for Ladies. |79
Largest line of WALKOVER and DOUGLASS Fine
Shoes for Men we have ever carried, and they are nicer
™ and better than ever before.
Make us a visit before purchasing your fine shoes for
79 Spring ' 79
C. E. miller,
215 Sotith Main Street, - - Opposite Hotel Arlington
79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79
BICKEL'S
Opening of Spring and Summer Footwear.
< Every new style is here, every
new shape and every new leather.
In Ladies' fine shoes we are show
ing many handsome styles in fine
Patent-kid, Dull-kid and fine Dongola
shoes, latest style toe, with low,
medium or extra high heels. Girls'
shoes same styles as the Ladies'
shoes with spring or half heels.
Men's fine shoes in Patent Colt
Skin, Velour, Box Calf and Cadet
kid, Lace or Blucher cut, very hand
some styles, prices $2.00 to $5.00.
A large stock of Boys' fine shoes
in all the new styles.
A Growing Demand for Oxfords.
These beauiiful days start the sale of Oxfords, and every
thing points to a good Oxford season.
Ladies and Gents will find us splendidly equipped in this line.
All the latest lasts in Lace, Bluchers and Button. One, two,
three and four strap slippers, 75c to $3.50.
Complete stock of Gokey's hand made plain toe and box-toe
shoes.
A large stock of Men's and Boys' good solid working shoes,
85c to $2.50. Repairing neatly and promptly done.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA.
NEW SPRING COTTONS g
The frequent arrivals of fresh, new Cottons are fast crowding out C
the winter goods and give the store a decided spring-like appearance, ip
SUPERB WHITE GOODS g
Finest line we have ever shown. Beautiful Mercerized Fancies fIP
in stripes, brocades and openwork patterns, at 25c to (iOc. India \
Linens, Dimities and Francy White Goods at Oic, Bc, 10c, 12Jc, (R
NEW PERCALES %
* The Mulhouse Percales are much superior to the ordinary percales R
usually sold at the same price. Finer cloth, softer and better finish
and more attractive patterns, 36 inches wide—l2Jc yard.
g NEW GINGHAMS S
More new arrivals added to our large assortment of the very C
jdl choicest styles of Ginghams and Seersuckers, at 10c and 12Jc. jpfe
g NEW DRAPERIES g
fIP Decidedly new patterns in Curtain Swiss, Madras, Silkalines, MP
Denims, and Cretonnes that are very handsome and attractive, 12Jc
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§ By LILIAN C. PASCHAL <j>
X Copyright. I*ol, by the X
O S. S. MeClure Company g
"Will you look at that?"
Miss Davidson swung around on her
swivel chair and held an open letter
toward "Katherine Howard, Editor
Woman's Page," known in private life
as Jack Iliggins.
lie took his feet down from his desk
and his cigarette from his mouth,
which small incivilities lose their im
politeness ia the good chumship of
newspaperdoia, even if he had not
b»H'n her cousin and privileged, and
read aloud:
New York. Oct. 7.
Dear Miss Howard—Will you please ad
vise me through your valuable column—
which I read daily with much pleasure—
how I can possibly obtain an introduction
to a most attractive young lady in the
office across the street from mine? I am
sure she is good and bright and lovable
from her looks, which I study surrepti
tiously from my window every day. But
seeing through a glass darkly is most un
satisfactory she is so tantallzlngly near
and yet so far. I am a young jeweler of
twenty-seven—father left me a good busi
ness—a Yale graduate of good family and
honorable intentions, but how can I let
her know all this? She is not the llirting
kind, and I might wait years before find
ing a mutual friend to introduce us.
Yours anxiously, PERCIVAL R. C.
"Uh-huh," grunted "Miss Howard,"
puffing new life into the dimming light
of his Turkish, "like scads of others
we get, isn't it?"
"But do you see the address of that
importing firm?"
LESON & CLIFFORD. DIAMOND IM
PORTERS.
J. B. Leson. P. R. Clifford.
Fifth floor, Center Building. N. Y.
"Looks familiar," Jack ruminated,
gazing thoughtfully out into the smoky
side street. His glance fell upon a
white lettered sign on the window op
posite. He chuckled. "By Jove! I see
it all, cousin. He is your conquest
across the way, who probably labors
under the impression that you are
Miss Howard—thus ax-e my laurels
stolen from me. He is standing in the
window over there now, waiting, most
likely, to see how you take his deep
laid plot."
"Who? Conquest! I have no" — be
gan Miss Davidson innocently, but
she flushed pinkly all over her pretty
face and stopped short under Jack's
amused scrutiny.
"Now, Jo, dear, don't try to fool
your Uncle Jack. It's my private
opinion that every woman's heart is a
Marconi receiving apparatus that reg
isters faithfully every answer to her
own charms."
"Jack!" This time the tone was in
dignant. "You couldn't think I'd flirt
with a stranger."
"Never, my child. You misread my
metaphor. Well, I'll let you answer
the letter. Tell him 'Faint heart ne'er
won,' etc.," he added teasingly, taking
up his blue pencil to begin the makeup
for the next issue of the woman's
page.
"I shall certainly give him some
good advice," she returned, with a toss
of her shapely head.
Accordingly the next day's issue of
the Evening Arrow published the let
ter of "Percival R. C." at the head of
the "Cupid's Column." Below it was
the chilling editorial reply:
"Would refer you to a wiser author
ity, the national proverbs—flrst, 'Ap
pearances are deceitful'; second, 'Fate
brings together those destined for each
other.' Don't meddle with destiny."
Which journalistic wet blanket, how
ever, seemed not to have the intended
cooling effect upon its recipient, for he
opened his window every afternoon
thereafter just the same and whistled
loudly to a newsboy below to "bring
up two Arrows."
Having in due time received them,
he sat down on the broad window sill
and ostentatiously perused the entire
woman's page. Across the way the
assistant editor thereof dimpled and
twinkled over her desk and her muci
lage brush, though her head was stu
diously turned away from the street.
Miss Davidson prided herself on her
rigid sense of justice, but sometimes it
was sorely tested. It was her duty
to open and read all letters and the
manuscripts for the daily prize story
of 500 words. These last she assorted
into three piles—good, possible and im
possible. The first were published, the
second turned over for another read
ing and final decision to the editor,
"Miss Howard." The last were re
turned to the writers.
She came upon one which she un
hesitatingly pronounced good and was
about to place it on the first pile when
the name and address of the author
caught her eye.
She recognized them as belonging to
a woman who was "second reader"
on a well known magazine and who
had only the week before rejected a
story which Miss Davidson had sub
mitted for publication. Her cheeks
burned anew as she recalled the curt
sentence scrawled across the usual
printed "declined with thanks" slip
which rouses all the evil passions in
the literary temperament:
Dear Madam—You can surely do batter
stories than this. Send us a really flrst
rate story, and we will be glad con
sider it. ALICE C. SMITH, Reader.
She took a rejection slip from a
pigeonhole in her desk. Chance had
put revenge into her own hands.
She dipped her pen into the violet
Ink and poised it above the slip. Then
she paused. This was the Sumter
shot of the war between "cattiness,"
which she detested, and Justice. An
other moment of hesitation, then Vic
tory perched on the banner of the
blind goddess.
She laid down the dried pen and
tossed the casus belli over to the desk
of the editor, saying briefly:
"Better run that one tomorrow."
"All right. Whatever you say goes."
"May I see Miss Howard?" asked ft
deep voice at the door of their clut
tered den two days later. Jack Illg
giu.s looked up from his sheaf of
proofs and recognised "Percival It. C."
"I am Miss Howard," he said coolly.
"What can I do for you?"
"Oh—l—l thought"— stammered the
visitor; then recovered himself, catch
ing iu his embarrassment at the first
straw, which happened to be Jack's
Greek letter fraternity pin. "I say, I
am an Alpha Omega too." And he
gave him the grip. "My name's Clif
ford. I have a message of thanks for
you from my sister, Mrs. Smith, whose
story took your ten dollar prize yes
terday; also the receipt for your
check."
Jack's eyes twinkled as he sized up
this persistent suitor. "Gad, I'll help
him out," was the mental result of his
scrutiny. He waved his liaml toward
the desk by the window where sat a
very red cheeked young woman.
"My cousin. Miss Davidson, attends
to that. Mr. Clifford," he said.
And that was the way Fate intro
duced them.
The way that arbitrary old datue
finally disposed of thcui niij;Ut be
guessed from a pretty scene enacted
on the afterdeck of the Etruria as she
swung out of the North river one hot
day last summer.
The man had just brushed off with
a surreptitious gesture another stray
grain of rice from his coat collar.
With his companion he found a shel
tered seat under a gangway while the
other passengers bustled to their va
rious staterooms to dress for dinner.
"As through a glass darkly, Percy,"
murmured the girl dreamily while to
gether they watched the gray line of
shore recede from view till twilight
fell across the purple sea.
"But now"—he glanced around to see
that the deck was clear, then bent his
handsome face to hers—"but ROW,
darling, face to face."
The Fimt Almanacs.
The almanac, properly so called in Its
origin, is not merely a device for keep
ing people in mind of the progress of
the year. It is ail attempt to show
what destiny has in store for us as in
dicated by the position of the stars in
any particular year, and as, according
to astrological lore, the destinies of
men are ruled by the different aspects
of the planets, so also the human body
is subject to the influence of the con
stellations through which the sun ap
pears to pass in his yearly course. A
French almanac of 1610 gives a dia
gram of the human body surrounded
by all the signs of the zodiac and indi
cates the various organs and members
over which these signs have power,
and this for a guide pour les saiguees,
or to show at what periods blood may
be let with safety. But the same al
manac also gives directions sensible
enough for the avoidance of the plague
which would not be found fault with
by a modern fashionable physician:
Who would keep his body in health
And resist the Infection of the plague,
Let him seek joy and sadness fly.
Avoid places where infections abound
And cherish Joyous company.
A few examples exist of almanacs of
this character before the invention of
printing, although none, it is believed,
earlier than the twelfth century. But
some of the earliest specimens of print
ing are black printed German sheet al
manacs, which are chiefly concerned
about blood letting. All the Year
Round.
Early Time Sjr»tem«.
The gnomon, the predecessor'of the
sundial, was probably one of the earli
est devices for the reckoning of time,
and it may reasonably be concluded
that the Egyptian pyramids, with
their great altitude, formed part of a
design for timekeeping by the shadow
thrown on the desert sands. The obe
lisk, too, in all probability served the
purpose, for as a matter of history an
obelisk at Rome was actually used for
a sundial in the time of Emperor Au
gustus.
If we could step on board of a Malay
prao, we should see floating in a bucket
of water a cocoauut shell having a
small hole in the bottom through which
the water by slow degrees finds its way
into the interior. The hole in the shell
is so proportioned that the shell will
sink in an hour, when the man on
watch calls the time and sets it afloat
again.
The Chinese have a water clock in
use at the present time, which inven
tion they ascribe to Hwangti, who
lived, according to their chronology,
more than twenty-five centuries beforo
Christ.
The time system of early Rome was
of the rudest character. The day and
night each were divided into four
watches, the periods of which were
roughly determined by observations of
the course of the sun and stars.
Lincoln'* StronKcst Attribute.
The strongest attribute of Lincoln
was his power of self control. Senti
ment might sway him, but a mob never
moved him. When jealousies in the
army bred a popular clamor against
General Grant, while the latter was
winning famous victories in the south
west, Lincoln listened to no word of
scandal and by his silence rebuked the
defamers of the general who afterward
became the admiration of the world.
When in the fevered tumult of passion
an angry north seemed to voice a gen
eral demand for the infliction of the
death penalty upon Jefferson Davis,
Lincoln listened in silence and waited
for reason to resume its sway. He was
always looking over the heads of the
crowd. He was always listening to the
still small voice that echoed in the dis
tance, far away from the roar of vehe
ment denunciation. The majesty of
the law constantly appealed to his fine
judicial sense.—Leslie's Weekly.
Found Them Hard to Raise.
A great gormand who had a passion
for shellfish inherited a fine estate and
a large sum of money. He had been
extravagant, and his friends were
greatly rejoiced nt his legacy. Mr. 11.
Barry in "Ivan at Home" tells to what
use the money was devoted:
I went to town one day and soon
learned that the prince was in his usu
al impecunious condition.
"Where has your legacy gone?" I
asked.
"Why," he replied, "you know that 1
am very fond of lobsters, and, having :
river on ray estate, I thought I would
try to acclimatize them there, but un
fortunately I have spent all the legacy
in the attempt without succeeding. I
quite forgot the water is not salt."
Short Great Men.
Oliver Cromwell, Claverhouse and
Mehcmet Ali must be content to take
it out in brains, for they all lacked
inches. Two of these great names nat
urally suggest that of another famous
soldier and usurper, Napoleon Bona
parte. Le petit corporal, as his men
lovingly called him, stood about five
feet (French) in his stockings, say 5
feet 194 in English. In stature the Iron
Duke beat him by about six inches,
while the 5 feet 4 of Nelson place him
midway or thereabouts between the
victor and the victim of Waterloo.
After It.
"Will your employer be in after din
ner?" inquired the visitor of the office
boy.
"Nope," was the laconic reply.
"What makes you think so?" was the
next query.
" 'Coz," replied the boy as he pre
pared to dodge, "that's what he went
out after."—Judge.
An Obedient lloy.
Papa—Where is my new pipe?
Small Son —I—l broke it.
Tapa—See here! I told you that if
you took my pipe again to blow bub
bles with I'd whip you.
Small Son—l wasn't blowiu' bubbles
with it. I was only smokin' it.
Cheap I.ife Savin**.
Bill —The lifesaver has a thankless
task.
Job —Why, I saw a man offer him a
ilollar yesterday for saving his life.
Bill—Perhaps that was all he thought
It was worth.—Town and Country.
iARMsCWEN
CABBAGE TALK.
Four Goo<] Klmfi. That Give u Snc
rr»lon Kron Knrly to I.ntP.
Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage is
undoubtedly the earliest variety In the
eastern states of conical shape, firm,
flue quality, uniform in size and ma
turing well together.
The Charleston Wakefield is identical
with the former, only larger and a few
days later. What it lacks in eariiness
is compensated for in size, being about
one-fourth larger than the Early Jer
sey Wakefield.
Early Summer is of the Flat Dutch
type, a sturdy grower, with few outer
GOOD TiTES OF CABBAGE.
leaves, good size, firm and heavy. It
follows up the Wakeflelds in succes
sion if planted at the same time and is
a grand, pood, all round cabbage.
Premium Flat Dutch, although con
sidered a winter cabbage, conies in
quite early for a winter cabbage and if
planted too early or left out too long is
liable to burst. A ; the name implies. It
is a flat headed, sturdy, short stemmed
grower and a good header.
Taking the four varieties mentioned
and adding Succession to the list, one
may get a succession crop of cabbage
from early summer to November if
p'anted at the same time in spring.
They certainly form a strong combina
tion. having quality, size and flavor to
recommend them in every way. In
further recommendation they have
each a distinct compact growth to
SUCCESSION CABBAGE,
themselves, which insures a uniform
ity and sure heading propensities, no
waste of stem or mass of large outer
leaves to support taking up space.
Iu purchasing one's supply of vege
table seed it is important to secure
good strains. Any first class seedhouse
is reliable in this respect, aud the
grower will find it pays to get the best
selected. The difference between a good
and bad strain lies in the careful, rigor
ous selection to a higli ideal. This costs
money, naturally, and as a consequence
the seed is higher priced.
Succession is certainly a very fine
cabbage and will usually succeed where
others fail. If I was pinned down to
one variety for every purpose, the se
lection would be Succession. It comes
In between Early Summer and Premi
um Flat Dutch.—A. F. Meredith In
American Gardening.
Corn Alone Achieve* a Conquest.
A London special to the New York
Mail and Express says: The American
is misled in his Idea of relative crops
because he makes wheat his standard,
and wheat is the staple food of only a
minority of the world's inhabitants.
Over half Europe subsists on rye and
barley. Even taking wheat as the
standard, the total crop of the new
world in the boom year 1899 was but
734,000,000 bushels against 1,500,000,-
000 for Europe. As for other cereals,
Austria alone grows six times as much
rye as the United States. Europe pro
duces seven times as much barley and
sixty times as much rye as the whole
new world, and its crops of both are
seven times the total wheat crop of
Nortli and South America. The only
American cereal to achieve a world
conquest is corn, which out of a total
world's grain crop of 12,000,000,000
bushels comprises over 2,000,000,000
l>ushels, of which four-fifths is Ameri
ran.
Fertilizing Anpuraffns.
The plan of top dressing asparagus
beds during the autumn or early win
ter is gradually giving way to the more
rational mode of top dressing in the
spring and summer. It was believed
that autumn dressing strengthened the
roots aud enabled them to throw up
stronger shoots during the following
spring. This is now thought a mistake.
Nitrate of soda and sulphate of pot
ash mixed with wood ashes applied in
two doses (March and May) keep the
asparagus beds going and produce ft
large yield of fine spears.
Sulphate of ammonia (one part) and
muriate of potash (two parts) applied
in three doses (March, May and after
the cutting season is over) has been
found to be a mixture which proved
a very profitable fertilizer for aspara
gus.
THE CALIFORNIA WASH.
It I* Coining; Into Favor En«t of It»
Accustomed Region.
The California wash has within a
short time met with increasing favor
in regions to which it had hitherto been
considered unsuitable. Dr. Smith of
New .Tors v speaks very favorably of
it. and lb ■ following shows its stand
ing at Illinois experiment station:
Four insecticides have been exten
sively ti d a:; winter applications for
the San .Jo scale In our general or
chard work 1.1" tie past three years in
Illinois l yilroc.va. i.- : « :,1 gas. wl:ali
oil soap, km; . • en.i.l-ioii and the
California v.ns'. . f lin; >. sulphur and
Milt, the li -t 1. i - iPl'li"d by fumiga
tion ar.d tli*' others a = liquid sprays.
All are elHclent dcstr yers of the scale
under favorable cognitions, but the op
oration of fun. g-itiou U practically re
stricted to oou.p iratlvelv small trees
and to eonii'.tra lively mild and quiet
weather. The < 'alii's.!:i wash has au
evident s-.dvaM: e in j-er; istence of ef
fect, vvliic : amounts to a:i appreciable
protectioM of the iive against Immedi
ate rein! . tat:-, n.
These four insecticides differ mate
rially in safety. In cost and in conven-
No. 15.
lence of application. Fumigation with
hydrocyanic acid gas and spraying
with the California wash are perfect-,
ly safe to all trees and shrubs if ap-,
plied after the old leaves have fallen
and before the young leaves have pnt
forth. Whale oil soap is likely to de
stroy the fruit buds of the peach if
used l>efore these have begun to swell;
iu spring, and the kerosene emulsion in
strength sufficient to insure the de
struction of the scale is uncertain in
its action on the more delicate kinds
of trees, the peach e"i>eclally, and on
those of any kind w'.ich are in poor
condition. Serious injury has occasion
ally been done to the peach and in one
case to apple by an emulsion contain-'
lng only 2<> per cent of kerosene, which
is rather below the minimum strength,
at which this mixture should be used
for the destruction of the scale.
In respect to equipment, fumigation
is by far the most expensive,
if the trees to be treated are large, but
the three insecticide sprays are pre
pared and applied by the aid of prac
tically the same apparatus. The cost
of preparation and application is not
materially different for the four in-«j
secticides under discussion.
111 convenience of application the
preference belongs clearly to the kero
sene emulsion and the California wash,
the use of whale oil soap being fre
quently embarrassed in very cold
weather by the solidifyiug of the solu
tion in the hose if the flow is stopped,
and the operation of fumigation being
a laborious and complicated one for
trees above medium size.
It follows from the foregoing that of
these various insecticide methods and
materials the best for common use
against the San Jose scale is spraying
in winter with the California wash.
POPULAR PEAS.
Some Good Varieties For Early. Main
and I.ate Crop*.
Among the newer extra early varie
ties Gradus has become extremely pop
ular. The pods are very large and
filled with large wrinkled deep green
peas of the finest quality. Alaska,
Nott's Excelsior, American Wonder,
THE JtJNO PEA.
Little Gem aud Premium Gem are oth
er varieties of merit, and Surprise 1« a
fine early wrinkled variety.
Standard early and medium varieties
Include Advance, Abundance, Heroine
and Horsford Market Garden.
Of late sorts Queen, Stratagem and
Champion of England are favorites.
Juno is a dwarf, wrinkled, narrow pea
for main and late crops. It stands
about two feet high and needs little
brushing. The vines are very produc
tive, the pods long aud straight and
packed with seven or eight peas of
fine flavor and very tender.
Agricultural Notes.
Sow the onion set thickly, like peas,
and thin out by using the biggest for
the table.
Tomato vines, prunlngs of berry
bushes and the refuse of all garden
truck now on the ground had better be
burned rather than buried.
Leaning dent corn has proved a de
sirable silage variety in New Hamp
shire, and where the season is too short
for this variety Sanford flint is used.
It is claimed that no weed seed eaten
by a sheep possesses the power of res
urrection. Herein is one of the chief
values of the sheep, and also the goat,
as weed destroyers.
In English experiments the yield |
from the large wheat seed was almost
double that from the small.
"Cull" beans are said to make good
feed for fattening swine if well cooked..'
"DOUBLE QUICK" LOANS.
Great Sums Often Hurriedly Ratnl
by Wall Street Banks.
An Interesting question often asked
in Wall street concerns the amount of
capital that a large bank could raise at
an hour's notice. That is, how much
accommodation could a bank extend a
customer unexpectedly confronted with
pressing need or for the purpose of
financing a big deal. A banker of in
ternational experience is authority for
the statement that Wall street's facili
ties in this regard are superior to Lon
don's in that a large undertaking could
be financed here with much greater
dispatch than on the other side.
Said an officer of one of Wall street's
most important banks: "It is no trou
ble at all n6wadays to raise $5,000,000
or $0,000,000 within an hour. I have
seen it done too often to think for a
moment that it would tax seriously a
large bank's resources. Five times that
sum, say $25,000,000, can be raised at
twenty-four hours' notice. It has been
done. Of course 110 one bank could do
it, but the great Wall street institu
tions are linked together In such a way
as to provide almost unlimited re
sources for the financing of any safe
deal. The large banks think little of
$1,000,000 or $2,000,000 loans these
days, whereas in former years they at
tracted general attention, for such large
amounts were released only after con
siderable negotiation. But that has all
changed now."—New York Mail and
Express.
Conclusive Argument.
First Office Boy—l guess de boss will
raise my pay.
Second Office Boy— What makes yec
t'lnk so?
First Office Boy—l give him ter un
derstand I'd stay till he did.—Judge.
Sweet Peace Assured.
Bufus—Nossuh! Ah don't have no
mo' trouble wif de boss at de shop.
Uncle Bemus Huh! Yo' mns' 'a'
done reformed yo' ways, den. Is yo'?
Bufus—Nossuh! Ah'se done quit de!
Job!— Chicago News.
Fell Away.
"I understand his friends have all 1
deserted him."
"Yes. You see, they discovered that]
he was actually going to need their
assistance." —Colorado Springs Gazette.'
It Is a poor consolation to the girl
who has been stung by a bee to lcnowt
that bees are partial to sweet things.