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
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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.