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J. principal thorofare, through this property. 1
- Overlooking Butler's busy business center. |
Kaleidoscope \iew of Greater Butler.
: Most desirable home-site in Butler county. |
■> Buy before the big improvement comes, |
* and double your money.
. This is not idle talk; the improvements |
■« now being made will double values in this %
section within six months. |
- For information call at our office, 116 E. §
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We are having Spring weather, whj
not look about for your new Spring Suit,
Showing the newest shades and stripes
in Scotch Cloths and Fancy Worsteds.
Prices range from $5 to #ls.
Coats are all made non-breakable
front and are cut the latest fashion.
Have a look.
No trouble to us.
Schaul & Nast,
LEADING CLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS
137 South Main St.. Butler
REMOVAL!
Wm. Cooper, the tailor, will remove
his stock of goods, April 1 st, from the
Newton Music Store to Room No. 1,
Stein Block, near Willard Hotel.
These ill 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^one*)"}
) 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. ?
s Spring goods now have the shelves. Low cuts are J
\ very much in evidence. j
7 Men's Shoes 98c to *6.00 Ladies' Shoes 88c to *4.00 )
/ Boy's Shoes 88c to *2.50 Misses Shoes 68c to *2.25 \
S Hanan and Torry Shoes $.1.00 and *O.OO Children's Shoes 48c to *1.50 f
/Hi The Patrician Shoes "53!" j
j DAUBENSPECK & TURNER. \
I NEXT TO BUTLER SAVINGS & TRUST CO. #
| 108 S. Main St. (People's Phonel633) Bntler, Pa )
KECK
fl. Spring & Summer Weights
-tft \ /t , (JI E Have a nattiness about them that [']
!J &V /j [|\ mark the wearer, it won't do to
' yJ *v/ \[A j W \p\ wear the last year's output. You
I y jh S~\/ y f--i I£4 won't get the latest things at the
I/ v'x LJ I stock clothiers either. The up-to
| V Ji\s\ IJ If date tailor only tan supply them, .
I j ll]lf ICJ yon want not only the latest I!
. I II till things in cut and fit and work
; \ I 111 liianship, the finest in durability,
y I I jit vhere e'.se can you get combina
',jf I I i 111 [I " ions, you get them at
E C K
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
24 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler, Pa
WALL PAPER
WE HAVE ,T.
LOTS OF IT-
F. W. Devoe Ready Mixed Paints—All Colors.
Patterson Bros'
23Q if. Main St. Phone 400. Wick Buildini?.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Spring and Summer UNDERWEAR for Ladies, Chil-|R j
» dren and Men. /'l sizes, qualities and prices. m
The flodern Store
S Ladies' Lisle thread vests, hijili neck, long and short sleeves. '25 and 50c. 1
W Ladies' sleeveless vests 10c, 1"»*. Lisle. -"> c. 50c: silk. $1 00 1 I ,
a Ladies' knee and ankle length drawers, ribbed, 25c and »oe. £» (
Lous sleeve. Lisle thread corset overs. 25c and oOc. _ i
Ladies' Union Snits, high neck. lonssleeves ankie length, .w)c bame ,
kind in sleeveless and knee length. 50. | t
OT The Finest Line of Ladies' Muilin Underwear Ever Shown Here. I i
Children's Underwear from 10c np. Boys' grey snminer underwear, all j 1
sizes. 24 to :U. 25c. Knee and ankle length drawers in all sizes Metis |
m finestßalbrignan Underwear, cream, white, pink, bine and 11 ik oOc M
S each. Fine Silk Lisle, pink and bine, all sizes. 41.00 each Men s mediutu
40? weight merino underwear. 50c each. Pare lambs wool, fine as silk, sl. O •
S each. Men's Lisle thread Union Suits, 50c and SI.OO each.
W. Our MILLINERY has made a record. It is exclusive. We have the
best ♦alent obtainable. Our facilities and stock are not excelled anywhere.
Step in and see for yourself. »V
f Eisler-Vlardorf Co.,
SOOTH MAIH STREET I rjOl Mail or Phone orders promptly &
S i" * carefully filled. £
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLRR. PA. yi
79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79
G. E. miller's
79 GRfcAT 79
' 79-Cent »
79 SALE OF 79
> MEN'S PLOW SHOES,,
We have just purchased a large lot of Men s good solid
nq Plow shoes at about cost of material. As our stock this
Spring is extremely large and we are crowded for room,
we have put this entire lot on sale at a very small margin
yg over what we paid for them. 79
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. J* y
Largest line of WALKOVER and DOUGLASS Fine
7 g 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
7 Q Spring. 79
C. E. /VViller,
.315 South Main Street, - - Opposite Hotel Arlington!
79 79 79 79 79 79 "79 79 79
BICKEL'S
Opening of Spring and Summer Footwear.
Every newjjjstyle is here, every M
new shape and every new leather. B
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
all the new styles.
A Growing Demand for Oxfords.
These beautiful 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.
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If NEW SPRING COTTONS g
P The frequent arrivals of fresh, new Cottons are fast crowding out J
the winter goods and give the store a decided spring-like appearance.
$ SUPERB WHITE GOODS g
Finest line we have ever showu. Beautiful Mercerized Fancies fIP
in stripes, brocades and openwork patterns, at 25c to <soc. India \
Linens, Dimities and Francy White Goods at Gic, Bc. 10c, 12ic, M
NEW PERCALES $
The Mulhonse Percales are much superior to the ordinary peroales In
usually sold at the same price. Finer cloth, softer and bettor finish Q*
K and more attractivo patterns, 3(1 inches wide—l3lc yard.
g NEW GINGHAMS g
More new arrivals added to our large assortment of the very C
Jdk choicest styles of Ginghams and Seersuckers, at 10c and 12Jc.
* NEW DRAPERIES g
jv Decidedly new patterns in Curtain Swiss, Madras, Silkalines, v
g Denims, and Cretonnes that are very handsome and attractive, 12Jc
g THE NEW IDEA WOMAN'S MAGAZINE jp
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u of interest to women, 100 pages and colored cover. Numerous ilia-
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mediate and a care follows. It is not drying—does
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gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
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Cross?
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It's his liver. He needs a
liver pill. Ayer's Pills.
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A Manager,
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Certainly You Do.
Then you want the best for 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.
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TWO
MIRANDAS
By Clinton
Dangerfield
I'opj right, ISO 2, by the S. S. McClure
Company
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When Herbert Moxou climbed out of
the wagon in front of the farmhouse
gate, he looked forward with all a
city boy's delight to a whole mouth in
the country.
That he had never seeu his aunt or
uncle before did not trouble him in the
least. He had been brought up in a
wholesome belief in the kindness of
human nature in general and showed
it so frankly that people invariably
turned their best side toward this sun
ny faced lad of ten.
His uncle came hurrying down the
box trimmed path to meet him.
"I'm glad ter see ye, real glad," he
declared warmly. "I'd 'a' come myself
stead of sendin' Lucas, but I've had
the rheumatiz considerable lately."
The boy paused a second at the door
step to remark on the beauty of two
full leaved and fruited apple trees
which grew almost at the threshold,
one on each side. But to his surprise
his uncle scowled slightly and hurried
him into the house.
Only the cheery voice of the fire
welcomed him. Herbert turned ques
tioningly to his uncle.
"Aunt? Is she well?"
Jonas Alwyn showed a momentary
confusion before the boy's clear
glance. Then he said hastily:
"Well—oh, yes; but she ain't to home
jest now—won't be fer several days."
Time sped swiftly. There was so
much to see and to do! True, his un
cle's disposition varied from extreme
cheeriness to fits of moody abstraction.
He proved to be so skillful a cook that
he filled his nephew with wonder.
"I'll bet aunt's pancakes don't beat
yours," he remarked one morning, his
mouth full of light cakes and sirup
making the compliment a trifle indis
tinct.
Jonas started, then pushed away his
coffee as though something had affect
ed his appetite.
"They're a sight better," he said so
gloomily that Herbert laughed out
right.
"I didn't think you'd be sensitive on
the subject, uncle. When she comes,
I'll tell her what you said. Have you
heard from her lately?"
"Not to say lately."
"Mother thought she was here when
you wrote," went on Herbert.
Ills uncle rose excitedly.
"Ye don't mean it," he declared ve
hemently. "No; ye don't mean it,
'cause ye don't know uawthin' about
it. But she ain't set foot in this house
for eight year come next November."
Herbert rose, pale in his turn.
"I'm sorry," he faltered. "I never
knew—mother doesn't know—that any
thing had—gone wrong."
"Everything's gone wrong," said his
uncle miserably. Suddenly he clutched
his nephew and hurried him to the
door, then down in the pathway, where
he faced him about before the two
fruit trees.
"This one," said his uncle, waving
his right hand much as if he were in
troducing a duchess, "Is Miranda Sweet,
and this one," a wave to the left and a
frown, "is Miranda Sour."
Herbert smothered a desire to laugh.
"Oh! Named after my aunt?"
"Jest so! Them two are seedlln's,
an* I planted 'em the spring she went
away. It's mighty queer that they
come true ter the names I give 'em!
As ter her goin'—that wuz a mlsunder
standin'. She's got prop'ty of her own,
about ez much ez I own, an' she's
Uvin' on it ten miles away. I ain't"—
be choked a little —'"I ain't seen her
Bcnce that spring moriiin' when she
an' mc had it out In the kitchen. I
watched her bunnit go round the turn,
an'—an' I ain't heard a word of her
'cept what the neighbors let drop."
"Since she's only ten miles away,"
said Herbert with all the straightfor
ward confidence of youth, "I should
go to her and tell her it was just a
misunderstanding."
"That's jest what I can't do," re
turned his uncle with extreme moodi
ness. "Every time I start, an' I've
itarted more'n onct, suthin pulls me
back. I do b'lieve it's Miranda Sour."
"Miranda Sour?"
"When she went away, I named
them two seedlln's fer her —Miranda
Sweet," his voice faltered, "to 'mind
me of how purty she looked the day
she an' me stood up before tho preach
er. She was the pink cheekedest and
softest eyed gal In the hull village
then.
"I named that tree Miranda Sour,"
the old man went on doggedly, "to
'mind me how set an' contrary your
aunt kin be when she's a Inclination
that a way! That tree has got all of
Miranda's aggravatlnest ways —the
very way them leaves flirt at ye is
Jest perzactly like the fling Miranda
could give them skirts of hern when
she was swishin' paßt ye an' wouldn't
listen to reason."
Herbert hit Miranda Sour a sharp
blow with a stick.
"I wish a worm would gnaw you. I
wish a hurricane would blow you
down."
"No slch luck," said Jonas in tones
which expressed a certain mournful
pride 2n his forecasting. "No sich
luck. She'll keep on a-growin', an'
Miranda an' me will keep on glttln'
furder an' furder apart."
Herbert looked round furtively, then
sidled up to his uncle.
"Cut her down," he whispered, one
eye on Miranda Sour to see if she over
heard.
"Cut her down!" exclaimed Jonas
angrily. "Cut down an apple tree ez
cost me all that trouble! By gum, I'll
do nawthln' of the kind! It's all yer
aunt's fault that them trees is there,
an' there they kin stuy fer me."
Preoccupied himself, Jonas never de
tected the purpose throbbing in Her
bert * whole being nor even observed
the guilty glance that his nephew stole
at him when the boy asked with as
sumed «'iilm if he might go lishing in
stead of accompanying Jonas to mill.
"Jest us ye like," said his uncle,
somewhat surprised. "Ain't no good
fish in' round here, but I s'pose throw-
In' tli£ line in the water'll satisfy ye."
Herbert waited until his uncle bad
been gone a full half hour; then he
flew round to the wood pile and seized
the ax, his heart throbbing to suffoca
tion. He hurried back to the front
yard, glancing right and left. There
was 110 one in sight. He looked at
Miranda Sour, the representative of
"the ungodly." Yes, it was no fancy.
Her leaves rustled an insolent chal
lenge. He sprang to her side and sunk
his ax deeply in her new smooth bark.
After that the blows fell fast and
furiously. In less than fifteen min
utes she lay quivering and sighing at
the feet of Miranda Sweet.
With desperate strength lie drugged
the fallen one round to the buck yard,
sometimes in cold terror over hla deed,
sometimes with the same exultation
that Achilles felt in driving round the
wails of Troy. The funeral pyre of
Miranda Sour was no easy work, for
the day was hot and the limbs full of
sap. but at last nothing was left of
her save a few blackened pieces not to
lie distinguished as parts of an apple
tree. Then a tired but determined
boy put old Dobbin in the ancient bug
try and drove up the road at a rate that
threatened an immediate smashup.
It was 0 o'clock when Jonas re
turned. He was dusty, tired and hun
gry. Then as he opened the gate he ,
rubbed his eyes—it could only be a
vision.
liut certainly the vision had warm
arms. They clasped him round the
neck, and a face still good to look on
was upturned to his own, and the old,
beloved voice cried out:
'•lCiss me, Jonas—right here, right
now!"
"Miranda!" he gasped, and then
brokenly, "Thank God, oh, thank
God!"
' Yes, thank him," faltered Miranda,
tears falling now. "And his instru
ment was that blessed boy! Oh, Jonas,
he told me how you missed me an'
how you kept that beautiful apple
tree in front the door to remember me
by!"
Hot shame aud fear flooded Jonas.
He glanced at the house and felt like
rubbing his eyes again, for of Miranda
Sour not even a stump was left, while
in sweet and placid humility, comfort
ed with many apples and tremulous
with hints of years of happiness, Mi
randa Sweet shaded the doorway lov
ingly.
Whnt Baddliftsm Aimed to Do.
The Greeks were capable of much
poetical pessimism. They saw the van
ity of things as plainly as Gotama did,
but they also saw the pleasure of pro
claiming this vanity in sonorous hex
ameters or musical elegiacs. To give
everything up because you cannot en
joy everything forever would not have
entered into their very sound brains
and healthy nervous systems. Buddha
knew this, knew that mankind was
light minded, a child pursuing a bird.
But in the slack and demoralizing cli
mate of India he found countless dis
ciples. Most of them perhaps cling to
the Brahamic survivals in Buddhism,
the gods, the fairy tales, more closely
than to the doctrine of renunciation.
It is a hospitable religion and has
many mansions. But it did aim at do
ing away with the sacredness of caste,
at proving all men to be equally hu
man, equally capable, as far as social
distinctions go, of moral excellence. In
this view, where Buddhism most di
rectly reacts against Brahminism, it
has not been a success. The caste sys
tem in all its Indian minuteness has
survived the Buddhist doctrine. "Bud
dha for the soul and the gods for the
world," an old Cingalese saying, still
exists in that popular superstition. Hu
man nature cannot be boxed up in a
system.—London News.
"The Jerk*."
The most remarkable manifestation
of the great religious movement which
swept over this country just before the
war of 1812 was the physical anil nerv
ous disorder known as "the jerks." The
Jerks took their name from the fact
that the arms and legs would be thrown
about apparently by a force beyond
control of the individual. The disorder
was epidemic in Tennessee. A slave
owner, a man of great wealth and
prominence and irreligious, called his
slaves together one Sunday morning,
when a camp meeting was in progress
near by, and announced his deliberate
Intention of horsewhipping any one of
their number who took the jerks. "It
is all imagination," he said, "and I'll
whip any one of you that takes It with
in au inch of his life." He went to
camp meeting, and while conversing
with a friend in the outskirts of the
ground was told that one of his ne
groes had the jerks. Seizing his horse
whip, he hastened toward the spot and
when half way was himself seized by
the jerks.
George Peabody.
George Peabody spent his money
alike for England and America, and
his seventy-five years of life gave him
ample opportunity to give vent to his
Instincts of benevolence. Like Peter
Cooper, he did not wait for death to
come before he parted with his surplus
fortune. Peabody was American born,
and to his glory he declined the offer
of a baronetcy from the queen. Far
more grateful to the good man was the
resolution of thanks passed by the con
gress of the United States. That was
a distinction, coming from the whole
people, of which he was justly proud.
Picture* and the Eye.
Sir Thomas Lawrence, an eminent
English painter and president of the
Royal academy, commended the pic
tures of a young artist and then said
to him: "You have around your room
two or three rough, clever, but coarse
Flemish sketches. If I were you, I
would not allow my eye to become fa
miliarized with any hut the highest
forms of art. If you cannot afford to
buy good oil paintings, buy good en
gravings of great pictures, or have
nothing at all upon your walls.
"You allow, in intercourse with your
fellows, that 'evil communications cor
rupt good manners.' So is it with pic
tures. If you allow your eye to become
familiar with what is vulgar In con
ception, however free and dashing the
handling aud however excellent the
feeling for color, your taste will Insen
sibly become depraved. Whereas, if
you habituate your eye to look only
on what is pure and grand or refined
aud lovely, your taste will insensibly
become elevated."
Ether Hrinkiiiß In Bamla.
The habit of ether drinking is known
to be prevalent in some parts of Rus
sia, also in east Prussia, aud all the ef
forts of the authorities to combat tho
evil have hitherto been almost fruit
less. An idea of the extent to which
the habit prevails may be gathered
from records given in tho Russian
newspapers of a recent accident which
occurred at a place called Trossno.
Ether Is drunk by farmers on festive
occasions, when it appears to be con
sumed In pailfuls. A farmer, celebrat
ing bis son's wedding, in the fullness
of his hospitality got in two pailfuls of
ether. During the process of decant
ing the ether into bottles a violent ex
plosion took plactv, by which six chil
dren were killed ami one adult dauger
ously and fourteen others more or less
severely injured.—British Medical Jour
nal
Absolutely Pant Mope.
"She Is the most Inconsistent woman
I ever knew."
"fever does what she ought to or
what you expect, eh?"
"That is just it. Sometimes she does.
She is Inconsistently Inconsistent."
Beware of the man who offers you
advice at tlie expense of a mutual
frieud.
None are less eager to learn than
they who know nothing.—Suard.
PRUNING ORCHARDS.
Plain ln>lrarlloni In the Art—The
Ln» of Winter the Best Time.
Very familiar are the questions "How
to prune?" and "When to prune?"
Many orchardists have nrrlved at the
conclusion that it is a very easy matter
\\
FIOS. 1 AND 3.
to prune too much and that it requires
the greatest good Judgment to prune
just enough.
llow tc Prune.—l. Never cut away
more wood than U necessary to obtain
the end in view. Err on the side of cut
ting too little rather than too much,
for if too much is taken off it cannot be
replaced in many years. Large crops
of fruit cannot be grown on trees
with a few exposed branches. 2. Cut
out all dead wood as soon as it is dis
covered. (Summer Is a good time to do
this, as dead branches can then be seen
at a glance.) 3. If two branches rub
together so as to Injure one anoth
er, the weakest should be cut away.
4. If one branch rests on the top of
another, as in Fig. 1, one should be
removed. 5. Iload back and thin out
the top rather than cut off the lower
branches to bring the fruit as low
as possible on account of thinning,
spraying and harvesting (see Fig. 2).
C. Never remove side branches If It
can bo avoided. If it must be done,
cut as shown at B, Fig. 3, and cover the
injured parts with two coats of lin
seed oil paint, gas tar or grafting wax.
Cover all wounds over half an inch In
diameter with one of the above pre
servatives. 7. Remove branches that
are too low or resting on the ground.
When to Prune.—The winter is gen
erally a time of most leisure to the
farmer or orchardist, and It is a good
time to prune,
* y but if the work
'1 Is done in the
\ early part of the
V, winter more
y>— i care must be
V. / given to protect
j, \\ / ing the injured
J\X parts, for with
\f the freezing and
]\-A thawing of sev
j| eral months the
• u cut surface will
!'|\ dry In very
deeply, and the
* l °' longer the ex
posure the greater the injury. If the
work can be done the last of winter,
Just before growth begins, the injury
will be but little. The above practice
will apply about equally to the apple,
pear and plum, but perhaps should be
applied with some variations to the
peach.—S. T. Maynard, Massachusetts.
Trolley Llaea and Parma.
Some of the latest trolley road enter
prises are likely to be of special benefit
to small towns. Most of the earlier
electric roads were built parallel to
steam lines, connecting only the cities
and large towns already provided with
railroad facilities, and directly useful
to such farmers only who happened to
live on or near the line of the road. But
most of the main towns being already
connected, there is now a tendency to
reach out and secure the business of
the farming towns which have never
had a railroad of any kind. Already in
western Massachusetts, In Connecticut
and in parts of Maine new roads are
branching out in all directions, bring
ing new life to lonely communities and
serving as feeders to the steam roads
and the main street lines. Many new
projects are not street lines at all, but
go straight over the fields and mead
ows, making cuts and fillings when
needed at considerable cost. Such lines
are capable of high speed and regular
service. Many a town will enjoy good
passenger facilities and often a freight,
mall and express service by the con
struction of an electric road where a
steam road could never hope to do a
paying business. —American Cultivator.
Lime And the Land.
Lime makes the father rich and the
son poor is an old saying. Lime makes
the nitrogen in the soil available, and
if I have nitrogen there I am going to
put the lime in and get it out, and If
my boy wants more nitrogen he can
put it in.—E. B. Voorhees, New Jersey.
Good For Vermont.
The Vermont legislature contains 135
farmers, and they have formed a per
manent organization to look after the
Interests of farmers in legislation, with
the usual officers and a county commit
tee of three from each county.—Coun
try Gentleman.
A STAND OF GRASS.
Vnryiiie Soil Coiiflltlnna Call For a
Clenii Cat Study.
We sow grass and clover seed upon
wheat In tlio spring, which necessitates
sowing with some of the hand operated
machines or from the hand, says a
New Vi.rk correspondent In National
Stockman. We use a hand seeder and
the work Inn been fairly well done.
But when one com pa res the even stand
of tli.' drill seeding there is, after all, a
vast difference. Another spring I shall
see to It that the Heidi are sowed over
each way. using half of the seed at a
time.
I'poll fertile land every small space
without clover or ouly partly Covered
means a prolific- growth of weeds. A
fertile soil, like civilization, has Its at
tendant evils. The thick seeding of all
slow maturing plr.nts and a thin seed
ing of those cultivated or rapid grow
ing may 1 »<• laid down as a safe rule. 1
have seen Just as good a hay crop from
ten quarts of seed as from sixteen
quarts where no Interference was pres
ent. It is phenomenal how lar|K a
stool will gr« w from cue seed, i would
not cure to risk light seediug. however.
With wheat and oat seeding upon our
No. 16.
thin seeding of oatß Is far safer, par*
ticularly whore clover seeding is prac«
ticod. Oats are a nurse crop for cloven
over a vast stretch of country and na
tloubt will Ito for a long time notwith
standing they are unsatisfactory ex
cept when very wet. Cats require about
500 pounds of water for each pound of
dry matter, and while the thin seeding
will dmw heavily upon moisture dur
ing the ripening days the clover will
have gained a strong foothold in thai
early growth of the plant.
Broadcast Sowing.
The oat plant does not grow rapidly]
at once after comiug up, but If sown
thickly the ground will be covered, re
tarding clover growth. Broadcast oat
seeding either by eiachine or hand la
very unsatisfactory. All things consid
ered, no method or machine for com
bined seeding compares to a disk drill.
Another point: An endless waste of
clover seed takes place each year by;
sowing upon soil not garden fitted. A
rich soil Is not alone a qualification for
a sure catch of clover. SoQ texture Is
absolutely necessary. I would prefet
to throw a piece of land oat of the reg
ular rotatiou than to seed before this
condition has taken place, and, what Is
more, soils full of root growth like our
own cannot be made suitable In a mo
ment, no matter how much labor Is of
fered. Decomposition must take place
and chemical action go on. The more
labor employed the quicker this action
will follow. I speak from the view
point of a dairy farm not deficient In
vegetable matter. Upon soils where
successive crop growing Is followed the
principle would not apply. Then it Is a
question of getting more humus and
plant food into the soil. These varying
conditions of soils call for a clean cut
home study of our own farms.
The Farmer the Orlflul Merehaat.
The fanner needs to be educated to
know how to dispose of the products of
his farm, to study and understand the
markets, that he may know when and
where and how to sell, that he may not
be entirely at the mercy of other class
es of tradesmen, for the farmer Is em
phatically and necessarily a trades
man—not only a producer, but a mer
chant, the original merchant. But this
opens a field too wide for present dis
cussion. We all know too well that the
farmer has long been suffering because
other parties fixed the prices of what
lie sold, as well as of what he bought.—
Dr. Hunnicutt, Georgia.
Looks Like a Good Thin*.
Procure some empty butter tubs from
the grocer, the heaviest you can find. ~
I get them of oak with galvanised
hoops. "With pencil and rule draw a
mark around the tub five Inches from
the bottom. Then with a pair of com
passes space around the mark, dividing
it into twenty-four spaces. Take a one
and a half or two Inch bit and bore
holes at every other point, making
twelve holes. Remove the top hoop and
with a fine saw saw out as indicated
by the dotted lines. Smooth the edges
with a knife, and it is ready for use
A HANDY POULTHY FEED TUB.
and will look something like the right
hand picture. Visitors to my place al
ways notice these tubs, says an Amer
ican Agriculturist correspondent, and
ask permission to take a pattern of
them, saying they are the best thing
they ever saw. They certainly are the
most handy thing I ever used. Twelve
hens can get around one and eat with
out crowding. They are handy to carry,
either empty or full: fowls cannot roost
on them, consequently they are always
clean, and when not in use they can
be stacked up in a corner out of the
way. Smaller tubs or palls can be used
for chickens.
What Others Say.
The very people who ought to have
the best milk and butter really have
the worst. Do we allude to farmers T
Most of the difficulties of this life are
nothing but shadows anyway. They
hurt nobody only as they make cow
ards.
A judge holds that an un
sown cK>p cannot be mortgaged; that
a thingvannot be encumbered which
does not exist.
Country or city, it is all the same If
one has but the true grit.
No dairyman can afford to feed
twenty-five cent butter to six cent
ralves.
The Boy.
A boy ifl an odd piece of furniture,
but he is the ground and chief ingre
dient of the man. Delude not yourself
with the belief that the boy la not all
he pretends to be, for he is a great deal
more. He Is an Incomprehensible fel
low to any one but another boy, ami
because he will presently grow into
the awkward between hay and grass
period that separates boyhood from
manhood, and to a lumbering idiot
then, don't signify that he Is an idiot
now. He never Is. But his chrysalis
state fetters him and makes him teem
like one sometimes.
The boy Is all right
He Succeeded.
A man arrested for murder bribed an
Irishman on the Jury with £2OO to
hang out for a verdict of
ter. The Jury were out a long time,
and finally came in with a verdict ofj
manslaughter. The man rushed up t0 (
the Irish Juror and said: "I'm obliged
to you, my friend. Did yon have a
hard time?"
"Yes," said the Irishman; "an awful
time. The other eleven wanted to ac-'
quit yer."—London Answers.
The Last DnelUf Cler*T»sa.
"When did clergymen cease to fight
duels?' Is a startling Inquiry in Notes
and Queries. It will be news to manyj
of us that they were ever fond of that
exhilarating pastime. But, as a mat-j
ter of fact, the Rev. Mr. Allan fought
a duel with Lloyd Delany, Esq., and
killed him in Hyde park In 1782. He'
was convicted of manslaughter and
fined 1 shilling plus six months-in
gate.
His Usual Preference.
"What kind of meat have you this,
morning, Larry?" asked the board of
trade operator.
"Well, sir," said the butcher, "Vy
got some fine bear steak and some beef
that's Just bully"—
"H'mph! Give mo some lamb!"
Chicago Tribune.
Qalte Another Thla*.
"He was unable to meet his bills, II
understand?"
' "Welj, that's where you're wrong..
He couldn't dodge them."—Chicago
Post
Leave your worries at home when
you travel. You can get a fresh sup-,'
ply anywhere.