VOL. XXXX. MPfIPAP X>X<X*VXa*+\ j$ Muslin Underwear Sale Continued. * S White and Colored Wash Goods Added, jjj $ Millinery Reduction on Pretty Pattern Hats. 5 | The Modern Store, 3 s| As we were unable to give the proper attention to the M vast throngs attending our Unparalleled Undermuslin £ u Sale, and also because of our closing Saturday noon for 2 Decoration Day, we decided to continue this grand sale S * another week, in order to permit those who were un- K avoidably detained last week to share in the benefits of|Rj » these underpriced but unexcelled garments, * i u In order to interest all our friends we have made some j jf J special offerings in White and Colored Wash Fabrics. X p? W The Millinery Department has contributed their Pattern g ® Hats to this sale at prices that will make them move J V promptly, 8 2 NbW LINE White Wash Goods, choice selections Uj £ at 15c, 18c, 25c, 35c yd. Scotch lawns, fast colors, 5c yd. X 5 National Batiste, pretty new patterns, 7c yd. g tR Beautiful new patterns, in fine colored dimities and * batiste, usually sold at 15c and 18c, new 12 1-2 yd. U New patterns in percales, cheviots, ducks, madras 5 cloths, just in, suitable for shirt waists and shirt waist *5 suits —12 1-2 c yard. £ The Millinery Department has placed all Pattern g Uk Hats on special sale. This is your opportunity to get a£ 6 beautiful hat at a fraction of its former price. Our mil- H ® linery is the pride of this store. & £ Co., $ $ SOUTH kaii STREET i nn4 Mail or Phone orders promptly jR $ F ■ AND CAREFULL Y FILLED 5 kl OPrOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUT! K V W gICKEb'S FOOTW6AK. A grand display of fine footwear in all the new styles. The time of the year is here when you want a nice pair of shoes or oxfords for summer wear. Our stock of Ladies', Misses' and Children's oxfords is com plete. Dongola, Velour-calf and Patent-vici, with low. medium or extra high heels. Large assortment of one, two, three and four strap slippers, 50c to $1.50. Ladies' Fine Shoes—SOROSIS. . They are the extreme of fashion and the acme of common sense and comfort, being constructed on scientific principles. They are perfect fitting and satisfactory in every respect. The very newest and most exclusive creations in SOROSIS styles I are now shown by us. Complete stock of Goke'y's hand made plain toe and box-toe [ working shoes. High Iron Stands with four lasts at 50c Sole Leather cut to any amount you wish to purchase. Repairing neatly and promptly done. I JOHN BICKEL, J 128 South Main St., BUTLEK, PA. I 77 HUSELTON'S FOOTWEAR EXHIBIT kl I rwm Including all correct ideas for Men, I W /aVAvrL Women, Boys, Youths, Misses and * \ zA \\WVi Children's wear. Over five hundred > I k] \Mk /•// styles—no possible want but what { I' fl W we can meet t0 your taste. > I U jS Boots, Oxfords, Slippers for i I f<4 SL every and any service or occasion. ► I FA U A n'o sl-00, $1.50, $2.00, < I 14 IIICII O $2.50, $3.00 and up ► I Ej Women's $!:5O $1 M: I kl FfifijK $2.50, $3 and up to $5.00 a * I vj j'.P|Sf j pair, representing the highest ■. bj2| art in the manufacturing of I KSw \ shoes and shown in all de- I H Wf J Hisses'7sc, sl," 1.25 & 1.50. * ■ [:lf Children's 25c, 50c, 75c&$1 > I I] . Boys'9oc sl, 1.25, 1.50, & $2. i I! Li *' £ Don't buy a shoe until you 2 I wl ave > ns P ecte d our Spring ■ wJ OPP. LI I ion TAII'O DON'T ASK FOR \ ■ f| HOTEL HI ISr I I (INS 81ZE.4 N ■il LOWBY. llUWlili I VII SJ ABKTO HE FIT. J I T I K E O K I r j!W\ Spring & Summer Weights I r VA ' E Have a nattlnen about them that IE . J7/ Mj k (jig) /j I Ia mark the wearer, it won't do to V J 7 W I ft wear the last year's output. You H: I / P \ r-3 liA won't j{et the latetit things at tlie I I/ \A Ls vl stock clothier* eitbur. The up-to ■ i *| VJV Ij" date tailor only can supply them, f ■ I I 1. /1 /J If. if you want not only the l«te«t ■ ! I II fill I I lbin«» in cut and fit anil work- IB \ I K 111 1 m«n»hip, the finest in durability, ■d ft iIJ I I L 111 II M vliere BIHC can you get combina * IB 111 JA ™ iona, you get them al ■ KECK ■ G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, H 2* Worth Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler, Pa II WALL PAPER K| WE HAVE IT. ■ I * M-rn THE LATEST. ■ I LOTS OF IT ■ I F. W. Devoe Ready Mixed Paints—All Colors. n Patterson Bros' I DM N. Main St. Phone 400. Wick Building. "I HE BUTLER CITIZEN. Kccd's Wine of Cod Liver Oil will build you up and make ycu strong, will give you an appetite and new life. If you feel tired and worn out try our Wine of Cod Liver Oil and find} relief. It is stronger and better than pure Cod Liver Oil. Pleasant to take and is inoffensive to delicate stomachs. Indorsed .and recom- i mended by physicians; every where. The best j Spring tonic to give you ; Health and strength. For sale only at Reed s Pharmacy Transfer Corner, Main and Jefferson Sts., Uatler, Pa PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ATTORNEYS. RP. SCOTT, • ATIORNEY-AT-LAW, Office on second floor of Armory Building, Butler, Pa. AT. SCOTT, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office at No. 8. West Diamond St. But ler, Pa. nOTJLTER & EAKfcR, \J ATTORNEYS AT T .A W Room 8.. Armory buildup. JOHN U. COULTER, ATTORNKY-AT-LAV. . Office with R. C. McAboy, J. P.. south side Diamond. Special attention given to collection' and business matters. Reference: Butler Savings Bank, or Butler County National Bank T D. McJUNKIN, R), AT/OR.VKV-AT-LAW. ()ilice in Reihor building, cfjruei .tri■ lE. Cunningham Sts. Kntrnnce or . nrii<ini»h*in. ; > imi-ni.s, . ATTDRNFV AT LAW. ~r i c»- >s. Uoln S». near Couit lion*. L" V EKBr I L. KAuniOX, IJ ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, No. ty South Main Street, Butler, Pa. Fi-.lier Building. I'irst door on South ILttn street, next my former office in Boyd Building. Hil. GOUCHER, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ofin* in Wise building EH. NEGLEY, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in the Negley Building, West Diamond PHYSICIANS, Hemorrhoids and Chronic Diseases a Specialty. \\ r H. BROWN, M. D., M t Office in Kiddle building.Dianiond, next door to Dr. BCII H old office. Office Hours: —9 to 11 a. m., Ito 3 and 6 to 8 p. m. K. McADOO. M. D. U EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT, Exclusively. Hours —9-12, 1-5. Both Phonea. Troutman building, S. Main St. T C. BOYLE, M. D. *J • EYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT, After April is), office in former Dr, Peters'residence, No. 121 E Cunning ham St., Butler. Pa., next door to Times printing office. 11 LAK A E. MORROW, D. 0., v GRADUATE BOSTON COLLEGE OF OSTEOI'ATHV. Women's diseases a specialty. Con sultatian and examination free. Office Hours, y to 12 m., 2 to 3 p. m. People's Phone 573. lift S, Main street, Butler, Pa, (■« M. ZIMMERMAN !• PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON At 'W7 N. Main St. I R. HAZLETT, M. D., ij» 106 West Diamond, Dr. Graham's former office. Special attention given to Eye, Nose and Throat, People's Phone 564 U AM [.'ELM. BIPPUS, IJ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 200 West Cunningham St. DR. JULIA B. POSTER. DR. CLARENCE M. LOWE. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS. Rooms 9 and 10 Stein Building, Butler. Consultation anil examination free, daily ; and evenings l»y appointment. DENTISTS. IvR. If. A. McCANDLKSS, 1' DENTIST. Office in New Martincourt Building, 129J4 S. Main St., (adjoining Dr. At well's office.) HW. WICK, • DENTIST. Has located in the new Stein building, with all the latest devices for Dental work. R. M. D. KOTTRABA, Successor to Dr. Johnston. DENTIST Office at No 114 E. Jefferson St., over G. W. Miller's grocery I J. DONALDSON, • DENTIST. Artificial Teeth inserted on the latest improved plan. Gold Pilliugs a spec ialty. Office next to postoffice. DR J. WILBERT MCKEE. SURGEON DENTIST. Office over C. E, Miller's Shoe Store, 215 S. Main street, Butler, Pa. Peoples Telephone 505, A specialty marie of gold fillings, gold crown and hridve work. MISCELLANEOUS. AV.M. 11, VVAI.KI'.R, TT SURVEVOR, Residence 214 W. l'earl St., Butler, Pa. I"* P. L. McQUISTION, V. CIVII. ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR. Office near Court House T JAMES DODOS, 1 • LicnrssD ADCTtomm Inquire at Sheriff'soffice or 426 Mifflin St. Butler I'a. T P. WALK BR, NOTARV PUBLIC, BUTI.HK, PA. Office with Berkiner, next door to P. O. NSSdI CATARRH In all its s tapes. M jj Uo# Ely's Cream Balm v c' causes, soothes and heals m the diseased membrane. 11 cures catarrh and drives M a way a cold in the head quickly. C ream Balm is placed into the nostril*.ppr» rids over tlie membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does not produce sneezing. Size, 50 cents at Drug- i gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents. ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren Street. New York Liver That's what you need; some thing to cure your bilious ness. You need Ayer's Pills. ! | v.'aiit your or fcearJ T1 | beautiful browa or rich black ? J {Badsngham'sDyaj l'oct« ef drugg'jtic- rr I 5 P. :iC: .I: - '.'' j ¥A hS i li M ii n A Johnston's pj Beef. Iron and Wine j l4 ri H is iLe ' A f A JBest Tonic M 1 k j and r M Y« Blood Puritier. & j sold H K r 4Johnston s W Crystal j$ fj Pharmacy, pjj ii. M. LOGAN, Ph. G., [ fl Manager, p 1 i vJ ICS S. Main St., Butler, i'a K [ V Both 'Phones v J Wl Everything in the kl drug line. ri I ft \ Do You Buy Medicines? Certainly You Do. Then you want the best for the lc.ist money. That is our motto. Come and sec us when i:i need of anything in the Drug Line and we are sure you will call again. We carry a full line of Drugs, Chemicals, Toilet Articles, etc. Purvis' Pharmacy S. G. PURVIS, Ph. g; Both Phonec. 218 9. Main St. Butler Pit. mm Cu».n,a„ r ¥ OV." 4^Y. CORRECT TIME is always desirable anil can bo obtained at Kirkpatrick'H. If you purchase a watch or clock or have your old one re paired, accurate time ih « n, iranteeil. Watches from $1 up. A line lot of rintfH, chains and wilverwnre ,ju*t re reived, We also sell Kdiwon and Victor Phonographs. Kastman and Paco Cameras. Photo Supplies. Washburn Mandolins and Guitars. t tptical K"«»da. field and Spy (ilasw —. R. L. KIRKPATRICK, Jeweler and Graduate Optician Next to Court House jC. F. T. Pape,| \ iJEWELERi; S 121 E. Jefferson Street. / BUTLER. I'A., THURSDAY, JUNE 4. V.m. I AN OXEYB | SQVM Hy I-:. QVAT) I a « V' Copw yht, 1 '. t'lt T. C. Mi i lute ,\j »' , »i'»<C<'li'»' , << , »' i' l ' l '» The brig Dolphin of Nac ticket, owned and c. nnuai.ded by Captain Abner Bideford, with his wife Mary :>n l»oard. was making a voyage from Boston to Cadiz Tlie year was 1754. There had lain p ..ce with Kngland for a year, but in granting tii ■ colonies tin Ir independence the mother country had insisted oil the right to search any American vessel in any water and at any time. The pretense was that Eng lish subjects were continually desert ing his majesty's service and shipping on American craft. It was therefore Captain Itideford's pi n to keep clear of any armed vessel flying the British flag. He had a crew of Nantucket men. every one of whom had served in the cause of liberty, and he began worrying about what might happen before lie was -00 miles at sea. His wife saw that he was disturbed, and she said: "Abner, when we left home I do be lieve that I forgot to fasten the wood shed door." "What's that to worry about?" ho asked. . "Jest as much as your fear that we may be overhauled. Let's wait until we see a Britisher bearin' down on us before we git dizzy headed." But Captain Abner had just made his noon observation when a sail was sighted to the eastward. There was a feeling from the first that she was a British man-of-war. Half an hour later till doubts were dispelled. The stranger was not only a man-of-war, but he had changed his course to meet that of the brig. "I told you so!" exclaimed Captain Abner to Mary as he pointed to the dis tant sail. "Yes. Abner; you did," she replied. "And now he'll board and press two or three of the men, even though we haven't got a half a one to spare." "Waal, it's no use to give up till we have to. I should keep right on and pay no 'tention to him." There bad been a stiff breeze all the forenoon, and the few clouds driving overhead had a squally look 1o them. Captain Bideford's first idea had been to run away; but, realizing this would provoke curiosity aud pursuit, he de cided to stand on. As the craft neared each other the man-of-war kept all fast and seemed about to pass on with out notice. Of a sudden, however, he tired a solid shot across the brig's bows and hove into the wind. "That means heave to and be board ed!" shouted Captain Abner as he pre pared to give the necessary orders. "But don't you do anything of the kind!" protested Mary, "lie's no more right to stop you than you have to stop him." "By Josh, then, but he'll blow us out of water!" "Let him blow! Abner, you're no man if you give up licked to a Brit isher who has bin beaten in war!" The Dolphin held her course. The British captain brought his big craft around in pursuit and opened lire with his bow chasers. When his shot began falling about the brig. Captain Abner and the crew were for bringing her to, but Mary shut her teeth together and grimly said: "Abner, If you let that Britisher board you before be shoots away a mast I'll not go back home to hear you called a coward." So the Dolphin held on, though be fore she got out of range the shot splashed water on her deck. She would have eventually made a clear escape but for hiss of the breeze. When it died completely out, the two craft were three miles apart. The man-of war promptly lowered u boat with an officer and six armed men to pay a visit. "Waal, you see that boat comin', I s'pose," said Captain Abner as Mary stood beside him. "If you hadn't inter fered, I might have got off without anybody belli' taken." "If I hadn't Interfered, you'd have gone back to Nantucket to be sneered at by everybody in town. Jest you watch and wait. It looks bad, but Nurthiu' may turn up." The boat came on with long, regular strokes and in half an hour was along side the brig. The lieutenant in charge came over the rail, followed by three marines with loaded muskets. He had hardly touched the deck when ho sang out: "You Impudent blackguard of a Yan kee, but why didn't you heave to when we fired a gun?" "Because we didn't feel like It!" an swered Captain Bideford, who had all his coolness now that the crisis was at (land. "What! What! More Impudence? My turkeycock, but you need a lesson In manners. As u beginning I order you to douse that rag!" "I shall do notbln' of the kind. If you want to make a prize of this brig, go ahead and haul down her flag. If liol, then take yourself off." "Oh, you won't muster your crew, •ill?" sneered the lieutenant. "It Is an no suspected too many British de ierters aboard! Well, I'll soon weed them out without your help. Here, you Yankees, muster at the.uinst!" Had the crew been backed by the captain they would have refused to line up on the deck; but. receiving no blicouragcmcnt from him to resist, they duimbled aft to the mainmast and got u line. They were six able seamen, .lie mate and cook not being Included ,ii the muster. The lieutenant Im pressed live out of the six. It was uu outrage to make Ids blood boll, and yet Caiilaln Bideford realised that he was helpless. There was force enough In bind the otlieer to back lilin up In whatever lie wished to do. Tlie men l<ll>l.lll appeallngly at the captain, but he turned away In sorrow and de spair. For the last ten minutes .Mary Bide rord had been watching the skj and the British man of WMI- and had been seemingly oblivious of w hat was going on beside her. She now turned to the "iiplaln ami quietly said ".lest soft of carelessly sqillllt lld'l the southeast and tell me what yytl See." "By gosh, but It's an oxcyc squall or I'm no sailor!" whispered Abm-r after a look. "That's what It Is. and they see It aboard the frigate and have run up t( flag of wiirnin'. The (iien In tin- I •<n11 can't see iI, as they are on ilie wrong bide, and the officer Is to.i busy with his conceit. If we can hold our men ten nilnits. we . MI save them. You go and t.:IU to the mate and post him up, ,iud I'll have a few words with the of licer." The officer was not averse to an ar gument while waiting, and Mary took I can- lo keep liini Interested by allotv ing him to do most of tin- talking. She was seeking to gain nine or ten min utes. and she succeeded. Then three things happened all at once—the im pressed men appeared on d.*ck with their bags, the frigate tired a gun, and the squall catue roaring down like an angry lion. It was a miracle that the brig was not dismasted at once. She went over to leeward until her yardarms dipped, and only the loss of a portion of her sails saved her from foundering out of hand. In ten seconds daylight was turned into scmidarkness. and there were shouts of terror and despair from every soul on deck. It seemed a long five minutes before the Dolphin lifted hers -If out of the foam and went Hy ing away before the wind, and as she started the I oat which had been along side with the three marines and four sailors in it was seen floating bottom up. When the brig had been made snug. Captain IJideford looked about him. Mary was just freeing herself from the lashings which had saved her from g>>- intr overboard, and not a man of tlie crew had been lost. What seemed like retribution had overtaken the others, however. The three marines had dis appeared, and tlie lieutenant lay among the spare spars in an unconscious con dition. No one looked for the man-of war. Whll- the fury of the squall was spent after half an hour. It was followed by a breeze which ran the Dolphin below the horizon. "Waal, Abner," said Mary when things had been straightened out and tlie unconscious officer had been re moved to the cabin for treatment, "mebbe you'll believe In Providence after this." Enrly Prejnillee Aicnlnnt Potatoea. The way of the potato was said to have been barred by the prejudice that It was never mentioned in the Bible. In tlie I.othians it came in about 1740, the year of the famine, from Ire land, but was confined to gardens till about lT.'-l. when it was planted in fiehls about Abcrlady. By tlie close of the century it was a general article of diet. Katnsay says that George Henderson went about IT.'O for a bag of potatoes to Kilsyth, where the Irish method of field culture had lately been tried, and introduced the potato into Mentietli, where a few had been known, but only In-kale yards. The old folks, however, did not take kindly to the new food. Old George Bachop, one of the Ochter tyre tenants, when told by his wife that she had potatoes for supper said: "Tattles! Tatties! I never supped on them a' my days and winna the nieiit. Gie tln-m to the herd and get me gowens." It is sfgnlficant that Burns, who sang the praises of kale and por ridge and haggis, should have nothing to say of the potato. Blackwood's Magazine. !*ii it torn! ni«» rerforrannrc*. Most pantonine characters were originally borrowed from the Italians. The first real English pantomime was produced nt a theater In Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1720. It was called "llarle quin Kxecuted," and its subtitle was "A New Italian Comic Scene Between a Scaramouche, a Harlequin, a Coun try Farmer, His Wife and Others." The performance was very successful. About the middle of the eighteenth century the character of pantomime performances was completely altered, chiefly because of the genius of the famous Crimakll, who made the clown the first figure In the pantomime. <iii mahll first appeared at Sadler's Wells theater, where he played the part of a monkey. He was actively engaged on the stage for forty-nine years, aud at the close of his career he took it bene fit at Drury Lane theater, which real ized nearly £»>oo. He also received £loo from the Drury Lane fund. This was in June, 182 N. He died In IH.TT and was buried in the churchyard of James' chapel, Pentonvllle Hill. \ Knllnr'a (oni|il!ui«*nt. Through all the years they werf to gether Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont lived for her husband, as before her marriage she lid lived for her father. Her brilliant mind, her heart and her imds were constantly busy lu her hus utnil's service, and a gallant sailor's compliment shows that her devotion was widely recognized. During the civil war, when Admiral Porter had command of the Federal fleet on the Mississippi, hU flagship was the steamer Benton, named after ,Mrs. Fremont's father. The admiral named the little tender of the flagship Jessie Kenton Fremont, and he wrote to Mrs. Fremont his explanation: "You have always sailed close to your husband and your father." Not 111 II IT to Do, Towtie The last time 1 saw Jenkins he was looking pretty blue; suUl he had nothing to do. Brown** He told me the same thlin; today when I met liliu, but he was quite cheerful, Tow-tie lteslgiied to It, I suppose. Browne lteslgiied to It! No; Just appointed to it. lie's got u political Job. Philadelphia Press. Hoof litim. Pompous ( Vstnmor That Insect pow der you sold me the other day is no good. roaches fatten on It, An able Salesman Yes, sir That's the liivt stage. They get fat on It and then die of apoplexy. Come round next week mid report again. Anything I can do for you, ma'ain V Ilerofc Sn c i-i II <'ii, 1 telle Do you think Chappie |OV«*S me V Grace I know It. He told me today that h" wns iroiiig to shave off his lutis tache so that he could devote uioro thought to you. K II i'ii II rut; I II 11, The Prospective Bride I sometimes Wish | llllil lll.lie experience ill hoUSC'- leeping ami iloine-lic life. The (Mil Sta:• i i But, my deal", if yoU had you would never get married. IlriHitllj I'm nU, Tim Wife What will you do When j-oii tiiivc ii i little w iID- to mend your dotle for you V Tli" Wi'i h Have money to buy new ori i Kxchnnge. I': 11 II I Ki'lianl Itriu-di" S|ierl|lan, H'lio was iltt its di-il|'e si-d Cm money, was one ■ lay hacking h|i-. I'.ICC with a dull razor when lie turned to Ids eldest son and Mkt: "Tom, If you open any more oysters tvllh my razor 111 cut you off with a hilling." Vcr.-. Well, father," said 'l'olu, "tlUt where will you ge| lliy .hilling?" \ lull Holme. I.n y line i Your father Is such a tide ; cntlemuu! lie dearly loves I l ot; e, doesn't lie*: Well. y-. !(• II happens to b • ■ ■ f the table Kansas I'|tv a I. ■ I ct'erj part of my career !duelled and hampered by 'i i;;u nance. Sir Walter Scott, i A I.AND LEVELER. V <3ii-.it u' I'iir :i lliillrr-It LeTflu tli .in Mnrli I'aeklue. 1' i- .nany fitrnwrs wl:«» do not vo r .li - U.-re is ;m impltMiient that :t Ai:it-:-ii:in Agriculturist eorr.-spond does the work just as \*i-11. i • ■ ■ 1y land it is -i-. as it ci'usli i with JniiMl. loose stii'ii-# ; 'si tl»e tliinj: to make tlie ground >: . .'a for tl.e reaper or mower. It u;i i:nev;*u plaeos without so i-.-ii-king and can lie used on any N i~i • ctf p! inks alxiut twelv .- s wide. If hard wood is used one | ' ' • /■ A HOMEMADK TiKVKLEH. r.nd tlir e-ijiuirter Inch planks are de ir...de. Imi if hemioi-U two inch thick is 1- si. it should I-- three planks wide and eight or nine feet long. Tlie front I lank should lie turned slightly up and secured by - by <"■ inch joisis nailed or lasted across, as illustrated. V "'"H be drawn by chain or tongue, as pre ferred. This planker can be loaded with tlie larger stones as it is drawn over the tield and emptied at the fence turn. The material need not cost over $1.50 for the outfit. (;rov»lr.|£ Oui;»i) Sot*. The mann-'i* of protltu'itig onions for sets is the following: Tlie .soil should be of all Inferior quality, such as has been run out by constant cropping, but should be of such texture as to permit of good < ultivatlon- that is. it should be easy to work. A poor sandy loam wouUl be preferable. The itU|»or tant thing is t > keep the sets from be coming I'M) large, and in older to over come this it Is advisable to sow fifty to sixty pounds of seed to the acre. The seed may be sown as late as the last week In May or the first week In June. By sowing the seed so thick causes the seedlings to be so crowded that it prevents their making a very large growth. In sowing the seed rath er a wide drill should lie made so that the seed may l» spread out sufficiently. If tlie si ts should grow too large, these should In- picked out and sold for pic kling purposes. To prevent tin' sets from becoming too large they may be pulled up and harvested when hinge enough. As a rule harvesting may be done the early part of August, thus giving ample time for drying off well before the fall rains set in, taking care to house them when perfectly dry. The sets may be run through a sieve or screen with about three-querter in,'li mesh, l'se only such as will pass through this screen for sets.—George C'oote, Oregon. Sotvlni; Alfalfa. The Kansas experiment station rec ommends sowing twenty pounds of al falfa seed per acre. With every con dition favorable experienced alfalfa growers sometimes succeed in getting a good stand by using ten to fifteen pounds of seed per acre, but this small quantity is not generally sufficient. It pays to use enough seed to secure a good stand, as alfalfa, unlike clover, never thickens and the number of plants per acre tends to continually decrease. If tin* soli and the air are moist, the most even stand Is secured by sowing the seed broadcast. < 'over lightly with a harrow and then roll, unless there Is danger from blowing. If the weather Is dry or there is much wind, broadcast seeding is a failure. The seed germl nates close to the surface of the ground, and the wind dries out the soil and kills the young plants almost as fast as they start. Generally the best way to sow alfalfa Is with a press drill Mix the seed with equal parts by measure of coarse corn chop, brail or fine sawdust; drill and cross drill, sowing half the seed each way. If .either a hoe or disk drill is used, care must be taken not to get the seed too deep. About twelve times the diameter of the seed Is the proper depth If this places the seed in moist soil. <'ii oil ill l»er <"u I lure. Cucumbers should be planted DM a rule about May '_'o In hills six feet apart each way. Fifteen or twenty Heed should be planted In each hill, and when well started the plants should be thinned, leaving tin more than four to each bill. Most |ilck|itiu firms supply their growers with the seed used, the particular strain differ ing ai'i'ordlhg to locality. Growing cucumbers for pickles Is like any other business the venture may be prullta ble or otherwise, depending en the sea son, the individuality of tlie grower, etc. Seine pickle growers grade much more closely than others. SkllUjil pick ers are often difficult to secureTll some localities. Iloiv l.ollicf Onions, tomatoes, peppers, egg plants, gfeiunsh and celery will take from HO to l.Vi days from planting to mature. Carrots, cabbage, parsley and summer squash will run tip Into the nineties. lettuce, cucumbers, sweet corn, peas and spinach require from sixty to sixty live days, while radishes are the quickest of all and conic on In twenty days. Cress Is ready to eat In ten days. A CAN HOUSE CHOP. Borne I'oltil* In no l-:i|irrt Jersey fuiunln Uruwcr', A Jersey man, an expert in tomato growing, gives some advice in ICtiral New Yorker about the late or "can house" crop, 111 which he says: The first requisite to a successful I .sue ts proper soil. This should be of a loamy ualiii' HI leaning toward ela> and not inn high or rolling I hud I'aiiij low land, well drained and in a good stale .if cultivation, lie I adapted l»i grow the late crop on. The soli should not be add. If it is. use about forty bushels (if liliic per acre after plowing, bet'.no harrowing, and work wed into the soil. The lain loliiato crop, however, grow* fairly well on high ground, pro vliled tlie season is lint ton dry. but as we know nothing of what Is in .tern for us in the future It Is 'H IICI to use low ].*■ iii I lli;;l. NMdj SOU will not yield a fu'l crop of fruit any season, i'lle text requisite would 0" good pure seed. This I almost Invariably save myself from the ideal hills in the pro \ lons season's i rop, selecting only the finest specimens produced thereon. I ty* (his practice 1 soon Improve my strain Isith lu quality and productiveness. I HOW my seed about eight weeks prior to setting ill the field. When tlltT«iu inches tall, or In al<oui four w cci.s fiom the time of sowing the SO-HI, I ll.uis plant throe inches apart each w.iy. This transplanting is not absolutely necessary, hut 1 timl it pays uie to do it. because by this I have a plant well rooted, of stronger vitality, which will grow more quickly ami can be set at any time wheu 1 ant ready, while a plant not transplanted will suffer and often perish ;f sot at any other time than when the trrouml is wet and the sun not shining brightly. The Kinds tli<- tanner* Want. A red variety is the only one looked on with favcr by canuers. and in choos ing this the grower should look to what is wanted: that is. what suits the canner lu st. In this 10. ality a deep r> d tomato that ripens up all over and all through at the same time, has no hard core, Kut few seeds, and one that stands up well after it is ripe, is the ideal can liouse tomato. The old Paragon or New Stone copies as near filling the t>iil :s any 1 <llll tiiid. The tomato crop should always he planted out early enough to he sure of all the crop before frost. The crop four and a half months from time the plants are set iu the lield till it is all harvested. ISliftrht tfml Bordeaux. We are troubled somewhat with blight, some seasons more than others, and 1 found the same condition of af fairs existing on the Maryland penin sula In my talks with the farmers there the past winter. This disease can he kept in check by spraying with bor deaux mixture, using more lime than copper sulphate to prevent burning of the foliage by the copper. Begin spray ing as soon as plants begin to grow and keep it tip till the crop is nearly ready to ripen. \ mount of Crop. An acre of late tomatoes well grown and a fair season should yield from eight to twelve tons of fruit. I have grown as high as fourteen tons. This Is exceptional, however. I usually set toy plants in the field as near .I tine 1 us possible, sometimes a few days earlier. Begin picking about Aug. 2i>, nnd finish gathering the crop from Oct. 1 to 10. SertirliiK I In* Corner* of Wire I"«*ni*«*. There are many ways of securing the corners of wire fences. Weighting, an choring, bracing, guying, etc.. are used. A Farm and I'ireside writer presents an arrangement apparently less ditli cult and expensive than many, which, v' TRACING A COXXEII POST. he Rays, will stay and prove perfectly satisfactory for the corners of a wire fence, whether lmrheU, woven or plain. Select a large, straight, sound post for the corner, "planting" it at least thirty inches deep. Then six or eight feet from this and along each line of the fence set an ordinary post, and be twee 11 the tops of each of these and the top of the corner post fix a piece of 2 by -1 scantling, spiking it securely with wire nails. Then extend a guy wire from the top of each of these brace posts to the bottom of the corner one, making it double at each end so it may be twisted tight. Tlilnic* Tlinl Are Said. A farmer has to think if lie wants to keep on his feet in these times. The reading, thinking, planning class of farmers are prospering. Those who lire still In the old rut are grumbling. Putting the cart before the horse is like the wisdom of Solomon by the side of letting the weeds get two or three weeks the start and then trying to catch up with them. Grabbing for a moment that is gone Is worse than running after the Ught niug express which has Just swung out of the station and left us behind. It is the liit'ii who habitually put nil their eggs In one basket who get hurt when the basket falls. The sole cure for variations In the market is system atic farming. An experimental plot can be made the most valuable piece of ground 011 the farm. lion't be a ten hour man with a four teen hour wife. A horse always wants to please his aiaster. but often does not know how, and you can never teach him with a cltlb. M>tlili*ul I'reaiarpN of Jnpnii. The Japanese believe in more leal iTi-atures than any other people 011 the globe, civilized or savage. Among tliem are mythical animals without any remarkable peculiarities of confor mation, but gifted with supernatural attributes, such as a tiger which is said to live to be a thousand yearn old and to turn ns white as a polar bear. I hey also believe In a multitude of nil I - innls distinguished mainly by their monstrous size or by the multiplication of their members. Among these are serpents NK> feet long and large enough to swallow an 1 1.-pliant, foxes with eight legs, mou keys with four ears. Italics with ten head* attached to one body, the Ilesh of w hlch Is a cure for bolls. They also believe In the existence of a crane which, after it lias reached the age of c,nii years, has 110 wed of any suste nance except water. Com 11 y limit*. t'nloss you are a druggist you have no idea of the value represented by 11 little shell' in the prescription depart ment of a big drugstore. It is one of the wonders of the world that drug stoles do not furnish the same tempta tion as banks to knights of the chisel. \ pound Jar of liyoscoaiiine is worth jll 1 yj,'j lo the world over, .laborine is a little h presumptuous as to price; It < o-Us .si,llo a pound and is used to can e perspiration. lOrgotlne crystals co | ih druggist the trilling sum of sr>.i>iHi a pound. They are made from the ergot of rye. \arognniiio goes er gollii' 11;. -lals one belter and costs m',.sun .1 pound. It is used as nil oxpec ti> "int in brom lilal troubles and as an emetic. Moon Hu|M»r*t l| lon*. Alm< si any old lime farmer will tell you .1 worm fence built 111 the light of the moon and ascending node will worm mound and Dually Call down. If ,\" 1 want potatoes during similar p!i.< •. tin u .iI all t,'o to tops and the tubers will be small and walery. This Is the time, however, to plant oiictim -1.. s. 1-p • i.iljy when tin- sign Is in the 'I i.c c.r 'enter of former times would m.t I..1,1!. of nutting a shaved shingle 101 .' < 1 ib ildlll.. In the dark of the in", ii. 1 i t.' the shingle>4 would curl up. pull o i' ti.i; nails and soon leak like ,1 •. \'i ; or would he cut Um bo i.>r a i"' . • 1 :<>r would lie paint It until the sii;ii was rli;lit. No. 23. A HISTORIC SCHOOL. * it Win t> nl>ll*ii<-d at Dorehestetv Mass.. In 1(139. 'i .'in school In America to !••• :■ i y direct taxation "upon :il .' .ins if a town" was estab lis 1 1 n Dorchester, Mass., In May, 10.. , %: l:i l'i.:i> ] i.ivld Thompson had settled 11 ii • -oil's island, off the coast . 1" the town, and in I'JSS he . til.' island to the town on the I a.vment of 12 pence yearly rental. Having transferred the island to the 'own the town council met May 20, «■ and adopted the following order: It i order..! the 20th day of May, 163?, thai th'To .ill I f a rent of £2O a year i. if rwi r ill Thompson's island, to ti r-: 11- 1.. r\ person that hath prop t ' > in -.. .d ' iiir.d, according to th<- pro pane that any such person shall from lir. to lime enjoy and possess there, and tlii-j : v.a-d the maintenance of a school In I' > -ur. This rent of £2O a year to 1 I to vl s. lioolmaster as shall un d ko to t>ac». Kngltsh. Tjtttn and other tic - ieic also writing. The said school n i •r to lie chosen from time to time by the fre an n. nnd it is left to the disere ti. a of tli" elders and the seven men fop the time I" insr whether maids shall be taught with tlie boys or not. For thi ii of this iJU yearly from the partlo u": r I 'r-ons who oupht to pay It accord- Ins to this order It is further ordered some man shall be nppolnted by the seven n 11 for the time being to receive thijk nnd on refusal to levy ft by distress and not flndinrr distress such person as so re fuseth payment shall forfeit the land he hath in propriety in said Island. Ilere the lirst teacher was the Rev. Thomas Waterliouse.—Chicago Trib une. fiimrra Show* Twins to Be Callke. "It is a curitfslty of photography that two persons who look alike in the flesh look entirely unlike in a picture," said a photographer. "I saw that peculiar ity of the human countenance strange ly exemplified in the case of two girls whom I photographed a few weeks ago. The girls were twins. Each was the dead Image of the other, and I felt positively uncanny when posing them, for I expected the result to bo two pictured faces startlingly alike. But they did not turn out so. The fea tures were the same, to be sure, but 111 the photographic process the under lying expression had been brought to the fore and had given to each girl an individuality of her own which diminished the resemblance wonder fully. "I have noticed the same peculiarity in other cases of photographing dou bles, although never In so pronounced a degree. In some faces expression counts for much more than feature, even in photography, and, although the cheeks, nose and mouth may be cast in the same mold, the camera gives re sults widely different" New York Tress. TliaoUerny Didn't Wear Spur*. Thackeray was not a vain man, and he disliked vanity in others and made it the subject of his ridicule and sar casm. After long pleading his family in duced him to have his portrait paint ed, and Lawrence, a fatuous London artist, gladly undertook the task. Soon after the picture was complet ed Thackeray chanced to be dining at his club when a pompons officer of the guards stopped beside the table and said: "Haw, Thackeray, old boy, I hear Lawrence lias been painting your por trait." "So lie has," was the response. "Full length?" "No; full length portraits are for sol diers, that we may see their spurs. But the other end of the man Is tho principal thing with authors," said Thackeray. When Stjulrrfli Wtre Numerous. Accounts of early writers show that squirrels must formerly have been amazingly numerous. Godman says that the gray coat was a fearful scourge to colonial farmers and that Pennsylvania paid £B,OOO In bounties for their scalps in 17-10 alone. This meant the destruction of 0-10,000 within a comparatively small district. In tho early days of western settlement reg ular limits were organized by the In habitants, who would range the woods in two companies from morning till nlglit, vying as to which band should bring home the greatest number of tro phies. The quantities thus killed are almost incredible nww. Au Abstract Idea. At a card party at Charles Lamb's ITaziltt and Lamb's brother got into a discussion its lo whether Holbein's col oring was as good as that of Vandyke. At length they became so excited that they upset the table and seized each other by tho throat. In the struggle Ilazlltt got 11 black eye, but when tho combatants were parted Ilazlltt turned to Talfotird, who was offering Ills aid, and said: "You need not trouble your self, sir. 1 do not mind a blow, sir. Nothing affects me but an abstract idea!" DoKiunt Imui. A pretty snub delivered by a pro fessor to a very young and very dog ma tic undergraduate is refurbished in a work of tlctlon. "Dogmatism," said the don sadly, "is puppyism which lias reached maturity." It may similarly be sahl of dog Latin that It is chiefly used by pups. Loudon (Jlobe. All About Nrlaplifalca, A Scotchman thus detincs metaphys ics: "When a moil wlia' kens nactliliig nboot any subject takes a subject that nae 111011 kens anything 11 boot and ex plains 11 to nnlther mon still more Ig norant than himself—that's metaphys ics." Lyre. It Is funny a man loses his lialr and doesn't comb it much, and a woman combs, brushes, curls nnd pulls and Still has a wad left when she dies.— Atchison (Jlobe. Tin- 1 run berry. Tlio value of the cranberry as a me dicinal agent was early recognized by the American aborigines, who prepared poultices from them to extract the ven om from poisoned arrows. On the same principle Ilie.v are used now as a reiil -1 d> for erysipelas, taken internally or applied as a poultice, in malarial and typhoid conditions the acid of the fruit I; specially commended, while dyspep tic who lack gastric Juice arc also of fer I cranberries. Kateil raw they are said to be an excellent remedy for bil lon ness \s a health food oranber -lio should not be strained, as too much of their sub- lance Is lost. •Incur Mlll. 111 11 In 17(H). The historian l.alittall, the period of whose observation dated back to 1700-o.y descrilies bow in March the Indian make transverse Incisions with their hatchets, from which trickles an abundance of water, which they after ward boll over a tire, lie says the sugar thus made bus nearly always a burned taste, but thai the French make It better than tin* Indian women, from whom they learned how to make it. V.o ai. writing In 1750. Is equally explicit as to the source of sugar mak ing.
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