VOL. XXXX. t-UKVX ***** ***» XW* slcaK*;:**** | The Modern Store. $ I GREAT REDUCTION SALE OFS | FINE MILLINERY. | All 0 f our large stock of trimmed hats to be closed out at greatly re- * 5 dnced prices, beginning today. Uk tn Fine $lB Pattern Hats, reduced to $lO. \ m Fine sls Pattern Hats, reduced to $8.75. Uk $6.50 to $8 Trimmed Hats, reduced to $4.88. 6 $5 Trimmed Hats, reduced to $3.38 * $3 to $4 50 Trimmed Hats, reduced to $2.25. Ts kl Nice assortment of cheaper hats at 98c and $l5O. P S READY TO WEAR HATS AT ONE-HALF PRICE g 5 * This is a great opportunity to buy seasonable millinery early in the • season at a great saving in p.-ice. g Eislcr-Mardorf Co., 0 $ SOOTH KADI STMET » QQ-I Mail or Phone orders promptly 5 M I" ■ and carefully filled. g a OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. I'A. V High Grade Clothing FOR MEN AND BOYS. It very gratifying to ns to be i/\ able to truthfully say that onr ly y 1 ) SPRING CLOTHING / Al far exceeds anything we have jll j \l , _ J ever shown in the past. Our f h ■. - " customers are really delighted U I '' Y~iA with our showing of F A 1 HAMBURGER CLOTHING Notice the cut. This is one of // j W I the very latest for young men. // | 1 Oar business in this fine line has jr j I 'J i" almost doubled in the past three / * i. I -zy*/ months. Everybody recommends ' // Hamburger clothing. . r Yours for Clothing, Douthett & JJ tti Graham. & § 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-calt §m-' and Patent-vici, with low medium or extra high heels H Large assortmem 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 1 are now shown by us. Complete stock of Cokey'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 neatl> and promptly done. [ JOHN BICKEL, 128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA. Ml-i W HUSELTON'S FOOTWEAR EXHIBIT r Including all correct ideas for Men, i jl /kVA Vrkv Women, Boys, Youths, Misses and , ( UM*\¥ \v Children's wear. Over five hundred > • > UA styles—no possible want b..t what < i t/e can meet to your taste. > > iS Boots, Oxfords, Slippers for I < |s every and any service or occasion. > Hma Man'o sl-00, $1.50, $2.00, < men S $2.50, $3.00 and up > ! Women'ss!: s O $I sl < M ' MMBFJ $2-50, $3 and up to $5.00 a * Ewj t pair, representing the highest ' I . % j"> .gzrj I art in the manufacturing of * J abt " \ shoes and shown in all de- { I V sirable leathers. \ J 411 yf) Misses'7sc, sl, 1.25 & 1.50. K \ r£ i- x m Children's 25c, 50c, 75c&$l > J '' F Boys' 90c sl, 1.25, 1.50, & $2. i r I 4 s J Don't buy a shoe until you 4 ave ins P our rin 8 \ t JhBKl HUSELTON'S FOR LOWRY. IIUULk I VII W ASK TO BE FIT. WA ft KECK it Spring & Summer Weights ,'"A 1 A Have a nattioess about tlieiu that J] I " r J fti k I®) /J ft mark the wearer, it won't do to ' j'J \ lc / M Bl wear the last year's output. You ' / p X%IA/ W won't get the latest things at the IyKj*Sr hy K stock clothiers either. The up-to '* V A>A -JB date tailor only can supply them, . ' ( 1 II \% 1/ /) // f(! if you want not only the latest yj I If (1111 i things in cut and fit and work « II 111 I manship, the finest in durability, iII I I 111 11 m vhere e'.se can you get combina * | 111 * ions, you get them at L KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 24 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler, Pa Subscribe for the CITIZEN THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Reed's Wine of Cod feiver Oil will build you up and make you 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 mended by physicians every where. The best Spring tonic to give you Health and strength. For sale only at Reed's Pharmacy Transfer Corner, Main and Jefferson Sta.. Butler, Pa PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ATTORNEYS. RR. SCOTT, • ATTORNF.Y-AT-LAW, Office on second floor of Armory Building, Butler, Pa. AT. SCOTT, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office at No. 8. West Diamond St. Hut ler. Pa. COULTER & EAKKR, ATTORNEYS A 7 R .* W Room 8.. Armory buildin fc . JOHN W. COULTER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 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 JD. McJUNKIN, • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office in Reiber building, cornel Main and E. Cunningham Sts. Entrance on Main street 1 B. BKEDIN, i) . ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Main St. near Court House. EVERETT L. RAI^TON, ATTOR NEY-AT-LA W, No. 257 South Mair. Street, Butler, Pa. Fisher Building. First door on South Maiu street, next my former office in Boyd Building. HH. GOU2HER, . ATTORNEY AT LAW. O S if W* ie building EH. NBGLKY, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in the Negley Building, West Diamond PHYSICIANS, Hemorrhoids and Chioric Diseases a Specialty. XTT H. BROWN, M. D-. i V • Office in Riddle buildinp.Diamond, next door to Dr. Bell's old office. Office Hours:—9 to 11 a. m., 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p- m. GEO. K. MCADOO. M. D. EYK, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT, Exclusively. Hours—9-12, 1-5. Both Phones. Troutman building, S. Main St. JC. BOYLE, M. D. • EVE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT, After April Ist, office in former Dr. Peters'residence, No. 121 E. Cunning ham St., Butler, Pa., next door to Times printing office. CIVARA E. MORROW, D. 0., GRADUATE BOSTON COLLEGE OK OSTEOPATHY. Women's diseases a specialty. Con sultatian and examination free. Office Hours, 9to 12 m., 2 to 3 p. m. People's Phone 573. 116 S. Main street, Butler, Pa. GM. ZIMMERMAN » PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON At 327 N. Main St. LR. HAZLETT, M. D., • 106 West Diamond, Dr. Graham's former office. Special attention given to Eye, Nose and Throat. People's Phone 564 SAMUEL M. BIPPUS, KJ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 200 West Cunningham St. DR. JULIA E. FOSTER. ' DR. CLARENCE M. LOWE. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS. Rooms 9 and 10 Stein Building, Butler. Consultation and examination free, daily; and evenings by appointment "DENTISTS^" DR. H. A. MCCANOLESS, DENTIST. Office in New Martincourt Building, 129J4 S. Main St., (adjoining Dr. Atwell's office.) HW. WICK, • DENTIST. Has located in the new Stein building, with all the latest devices for Dental work. DR. M. D. KOTTRABA, Successor to Dr. Johnston. DENTIST Office at No 114 E. JeSerson St., over G. W. Miller's grocery J J. DONALDSON, « DENTIST. Artificial Teeth inserted on the latest improved plan. Gold Fillings 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 made of gold fillings, gold crown and bridge work. MISCELLANEOUS. VUM. 11. WALKER, M SURVEYOR, Residence 214 W. Pearl St., Butler, Pa. F. L. McQUISTION, v. Civil. ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR. Office near Court House. T JAMES DODOS, • LICENSED AUCTIONEER Inquire at Sheriff'soffice or 426 Mifflin St. Butler Pa. T P. WALKER, 1J» NOTARY PUBLIC, BUTLER, PA. Office with Berkmer, next door to P. O. Nasal > Crystal f • Pharmacy, I ►1 B. M. LOGAN, Ph. G„ « Manager, wi 108 N. Main St., Butler, Pa V Both 'Phones 92 *2 Everything in the kl >1 drug line. VA jjgjj Do You Buy Medicines? 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. Purvis' Pharmacy S. G. PURVIS, PH. GJ Both Phones. 213 S. Main St. Butler Pa. i IJEWELERi ? S 121 E. Jefferson Street. / t'lilMVo want Bookkeepers, • . .Y.s, shipping, bill and re ».; e . t«» i>* irn ir;*U»s; machin : warehousemen f..r rail new order*. Write quirk, : . m 203 54* I.lberly Ave. t-03-6m BUTLER; PA., THURSDAY, JUNK 11. 1903. ...it ■ ..li. r RUNAWAY ON 1 | R THE A. AND B. | IBy JAMfS EDMIAD DINNING [ Copvrij'it. loot, l>u T. C. Mcdure * T'y|i»" , pi'i i'i"n || "H" , wr^'TV'»'im'ifHi'>'# The G. P. A. put his head t:.to the Jmeral superintendent's doorway and said: "Old T.vmpan'e out there again. I see. Palmer." "No use," replied the general super intendent. "llis name came iu two hours ago. I told him to report here next time he got drunk. This finishes him." Five minutes later old Tympan, aft er forty years of service for the A. and B„ went tumbling down the stairs lie cause he was drunk at the Hancock street switch the day the directors went up the line. Palmer had given him a pass home, miles up the road, and then llred him with ten of the words Palmer wasn't accustomed to using on ordinary Jobs. Train No. 8 pulled in while Tympan fumbled the pass on the platform, and he climbed in and found a double seat in th® smoker. He knew only that he was out of a Job, with a full pint In his coat and Palmer's transportation to take him up home, where he could camp down for the winter with the boys. He had threatened that many times. They deserved it for letting him work for a living. "Taking vacation, Tympan?" asked Hennessy of No. 8 when he came through for tickets. Tympan admitted he was off for a bit of time up the road. "Guess you ain't coming back right off," taunted Hennessy. "The return check on your pass don't seem to be in sight. Long lay off, eh, Tympan!" Tympan sat up, pulling his hat over his eyes. « "Dick Hennessy." he said, "you go slow on yer kiddin' 'r I'll roast you one o' these days f'r beiu' so smart. They've fired me, you c'n bet—yes, they have; fired me good, but I'm next to Palmer yet. An' I heard what Palmer told the G. P. A. this moruin' about your runnin' over orders twice last week. I know somethin', an' don't you kid me no more!" Train No. 8'« conductor ignored the challenge, partly because he dared do no more. He knew the whole operat ing department had been knocking ev erybody In sight because old Tympan, Invariably drunk and disorderly, Ueld his Job while better and younger and sober men were overhauled in Palmer's office for nothing more than leaving stations half a minute ahead of or ders or failing to vise the annual of gome of the spying directors who went up and down. R. H. Palmer got a master tongue lashing those days from the rank and tile, and now that the dismissal had really come Hennessy was no more skeptical than any of the others concerning the general superin tendent's honest intention of keeping Tympan out of service. Hennessy tried to conciliate Tympan on Ills next trip through, but the old man lay with his hat over his face, steaming with rage, too angry even to curse. No. 8 was making beautiful work, and Hennessy felt better than usual. He had eight cars with a big load of women and kids and wanted to be on time auyway because it was his lay off that Saturday and there was an all night game in the "club" at home. At Inchburg Hennessy got his usual orders, everything all straight, and left on time. The rear brakemau found him Just afterward and said: "Hear about the wild freight went np ahead of us? She's a big one, and it wouldn't surprise me if she got stuck on the Long Misery and held us at Lysbon." Hennessy knew his man was right. Lyshon station is at the foot of a thirteen mile grade known for good reasons ns "the Long Misery." If a freight got hung there ahead of No. 8, it meant everything balled up, for the A. and R. is a single line, and the di rectors won't stand for a siding be tween Lyshon and Oldtown, the sta tion at the crest of the Long Misery. Hennessy took the platform at Ly shon before No. B's brakes held her and sought the dispatcher in the dingy sta tion. "Wild freight?" echoed the telegra pher. "Yes, went up an hour ago. Big train? Yes, big train, but she's got a good rail, and I don't believe she'll hold you a minute." Hennessy went out and looked In the book by the station door, lie found where the wild freight hi l ' 1 reported and saw with satisfaction that she was In charge of Bitters, one of the ring and sure to do his best to get that heavy train out of the way long before Hennessy came along. Lyshon was on the card for only thirty seconds, but Hennessy risked a trifling delay and went back to the op erator: "Can't you ask Oldtown, Just for a chance, if that freight's showed up yet?" he asked. Wild freight 543 started over the Long Misery in good order that Satur day and made excellent time for eight miles or more. Then she was stopped by a shaky injector in the mogul. Bit ters left his caboose and ran up ahead in time to see his redheaded engineer grab up the wrenches and start from his seat. "Go ahead lively as you can, Mike." he shouted. Mike gave the mogul sand and steam. She strained for a moment while her drivers raced and then shot ahead so hard that Mike bounced out of his seat. The train had broken apart seven cars down, leaving thirty-three detached Before the mogul could gather herself to back up and catch the breakaway the fugitive section was slowly moving off, very slowly, down the head end of the Long Misery. "Back up, Irish! Back up and catch 'em'." screeched Bitters. "You can't do it!" yelled a breathless brakemau who came up from the rear, "because the gear's just completely out o' the head o' that section and there wouldn't he uotliin' to make a couplln' to if you caught 'em, which ic ain't likely you'll do anyway." Bitters was thinking of Hennessy and No. 8. If No. 8 were on time, she was just leaving Lyshon. Chances were she was late. He knew Hennes sy. It was for lilm to reach Oldtown In time to stop No. 8 at Lyshon. Bit ters sickened at the thought of the Saturday night rush of women and children which had given Hennessy's train the uame of the "nursery ex press." They worked quickly then. In thirty seconds Bill, rs was in the cab, and his Irish engineer was giving tlie mogul steam enough and some to carry. Bit ters figured It was four miles to the goal, and the way they paced it off made it imiMi:sil>le for him to say he (v:is disappointed when he Jumped off at Oldtown. "No. 8. hold her at Lyshon. My freight's bu'sted, an' thirty-three of 'em are on the grade, goin' to beat thunder!'' "No. *!" The dispatcher's face was pie crust "She left Lyshon six min utes ago, late." He went back to his instrument and sent "Seventeen." the clear out signal, to warn the road south of him, but as he did so he knew that No. S was coming up Long Misery ten minutes late, straight into the teetli of the worst runaway the A. and B. had kuowu. • *••••• Hennessy was fuming at Lyshon, for he couldn't afford another second, yet Oldtown had seen nothing of the wild freight. "Better wait for another report from Oldtown," said the operator. But Hennessy was six minutes late then and resolved to go oil up the grade. He signaled his engineer and jumped on the rear. The brakeman was there and grinned when the conductor cursed liis luck. Hennessy, half way through the door, wheeled. There, away back by the station platform, only a fading bit of dismal detail in the familiar view, was old Tympan standing in the mid dle of the track aud waving crossed arms. "Left and signaling us to come back for him," said the rear brakeman. Hennessy spoke eloquently, looking at his watch. The time frightened him. "I'll uot go back for him," he cried. "I can't be"— There was that in the rear brake man's eyes which stopped Hennessy. Suppose he should leave Tympan at Lyshon over Sunday, with no trains either way, and suppose the Old man's pull with R. 11. P. were still working, and suppose the young husband of her who was Nell Tympan, he who worked in the G. P. A.'s office, should— And there was old Tympan himself standing In the middle of the track and signaling. "Back up, back up, back up." Could he afford to ignore the old fellow? Though it hurt him to do it, he said: "No, I believe I'll go back for the old guy, Bill." The rear brakeman pulled the cord, and Hennessy went in to reckon Just how much over thirty minutes late he would be Into Oldtown. There was no denying that old Tym pan was exceeding drunk. Hennessy smothered Ills wrath with difficulty as No. S backed into Lyshon, for he hadn't relished what he had heard go ing through the day conches. He leaned out toward the dirty figure reeling across the platform and heard Tym pan's Idiotic laugh as he boasted of having called back the biggest train on the road. "I Jus' went out there— rl' out there—and signaled, 'Back up,' and yer backed up, didn' yer? I tell yer, gents, there ain't er man o' the ro'd darst ter dis-disobey my orders." There was a scramble on the plat form behind them, and the dispatcher came shrieking like a plow train at a blind crossing. "Back up, Hennessy, for all you're worth!" he shouted. "Runaway freight —thirty something cars off the wild train coming down the grade—be here In less than a minute. Oldtown wired. Oh, Hennessy, look up the line!" It was a cloud of sand and dust at the first curve in the Long Misery, three miles away. Hennessy's knees wavered. The dis patcher struck him with his fist be tween the shoulders, crying: "Quick, man! Run her back into the siding and let the freight go by." The passengers kuew only enough to complain that they were horribly shaken up that afternoon near Lyshon. It was Hennessy himself who switched No. 8 into the siding and who thanked heaven with all sincerity that it was just long enough to take his train and leave the main line open. As he threw the switch his head went dizzy with the whirl of the freight. When the threatening thirty-three banged past, Hennessy gave not one look after, but fainted over the lever and hung like a uniformed scarecrow until they gath ered him up. RIB Great Opportunity. "Ah, me!" sighed the nervous au thor as he trimmed the midnight lamp. "I've just been reading an article which says the sun's light will be ex tinguished in a million years from now. Ain't that terrible to contemplate?" "It certainly is," replied the wife. "But you won't take my advice." "What do you mean?" "About saving money. Now is the time to lay by, with a view to taking stock in the gas companies."—Atlanta Constitution. PRESENCE OF MIND. The Dnke of Welltufrton*i« Experi ence With a Murderou* Maniac. One day as the Duke of Wellington sat writing at his library table quite alone his door was suddenly opened without a knock or announcement of any sort, and in stalked a gaunt man, who stood before the commander in chief with his hat on and a savage ex pression of countenance. The duke was of course a little annoyed ct such an unceremonious Interruption, and, looking up, he asked, "Who are you?" "I am Dionyslus," was the singular answer. "Well, what do you want?" "Your life." "My life?" "Yes; I am sent to kill you." "Very odd," said the duke, sitting back and calmly gaz ing at the Intruder. "Not at all, for I am Dionyslus," said the stranger, "and I must put you to death." "Are you obliged to perform this duty today?" asked the commander In chief. "I am very busy Just now and have a large number of letters to write. It would be very Inconvenient today." The vis itor loked hard during a moment's pause. "Call again," continued the duke, "or write and make an appoint ment." "You'll be ready?" "Without fail," was the reply. The maniac, awed doubtless by the stern old sol dier, backed out of the room without further words and half an hour later was safe in bedlam. Taklnit Life Too Serlonwly. Taking life too seriously is said to be an especially American falling. This may be true; but, Judging from ap pearances, It would seem to lie world wide, for, fro where you may, you will find the proportion of serious, not to say anxious, faces ten to one as com pared with the merry or happy ones. If "the outer is always the form and shadow of the Inner" and If "the pres ent Is the fullness of the past and the herald of the future" (and how can we doubt it?), how many sad histories cjin be read til the faces of those we meet every day! The pity of it is, too, that the sadness Is a self woven garment, even as is the Joy with which It might be replaced. Ituskln says: "Girls should be sunbeams not only to mem bers of tlielr own circle, but to every body with whom they come in contact. Every room they enter should tie brighter for their presence." Why shouldn't all or us be sunbeams, boys as well as girls, all along tin? way from twenty-five years and tinder to eighty five years and over?— Success. IN THE APIARY. Tra ti »fcr rinse Worker For Drone Coiulv—Suiull I'icfe* I Mefol. it niu combs are dry. and s<» tin 1 time f< .■ this work is early in the r . :u or a dearth of honey. V.' 1 :i examiniii- the frames, set aside sill that Lave more drone comb than worker <-'>ml> ami cut out everything. This will Live you a number of pieces if L.ood worker comb to use. It docs nf.t matter how small a piece jf work t" you may have, do uot iestroy ii unless it is absolutely too old :n.d dirty or crooked. My father when I was ycl a boy tis"d to transfer into our hives the combs of small boxes in \-> liicli we had received imported queens from Italy. Each comb was about " bv inches. My father would make a very decent frame of comb WIKISG TRANSFERRED WORKKR COMB. with some sixteen of those pieces ar ranged symmetrically In the frame, four in the length and four in the height of the frame. With a little la bor from the bees, we had a very good comb with no drone cells, except an occasional one at the seams. To hold the combs in place we use a light wire, say No. 10, of about the height of the frame and with both ends bent at right angles so the wire may be driven into the wood at the top and bottom. It is well to punch a small hole previously with an awl. for it helps in driving the wire into the wood. A number of these are put oil one side of the frame, and the frame is laid on the table with the wires on the under side; then the piece of comb is fitted and more wires nailed on top of it. To fit a piece of worker comb into a gap from which a drone couib had been removed lay your spare piece of work er comb on the table, then put the frame down upon It with the empty space over the comb. You can thus mark with a sharp knife the exact size and shape of the piece to be cut. If the cut is made exact and the combs are rather old. the tit will be so good that no support will be nes will have their, fastened together before there Is any danger of the patch coining to pieces. In putting in small pieces shorter wires may be used. (See engraving.) There is no need of leaving the wires on after the combs have been repaired by the bees. If you leave them, it will spoil a row of cells all the way up and down along each wire. Usually a week is sufficient to have the combs patched and in good order. If transferring is to be tried during a honey flow, it is necessary to extract the honey out of the combs first. Un der no circumstances would a good apiarist transfer combs during a hot spell of weather, especially if there was much honey, unless the combs to be handled were old and-tough.—C. P. Dadant in American Bee Journal. For Currant Worm*. Among the pests that go for the cur rant bushes few are more destructive than the well known greenish white currant worm. Use paris green not once, but persistently until the cur rants are one-eighth of an inch in di ameter and then hellebore, both in wa ter, about one tablespoonful to the gal lon of water. This pest comes on i-arly and feer amounts, but to apply it in such aAvay that the nitrogen is used I'i the plant to the fullest possible extent. Experiments with cabbage, celery, tomatoes, turnips and peppers at the New Jersey experiment station would seem to indicate that a good profit can he derived from using liberal amounts of nitrate of soda for market garden crops even when they are planted on land already rich and liberally ferti lized with complete fertilizers. They also indicate that the nitrate should not he applied all at once, but in two or three applications throughout the growing season, depending on the na-, ture of the crop, the character of the season ami the growth of the crop. With the cabbage crop there was a yield of but 010 prime heads per u> re when *llO nitrate of soda was used. When 300 ikhuhlS of the nitrate were applied per acre in two equal dress ings the mmil>er of prime heads ob tained was 3,2*>0. When the same amount was applied in three equal dressings, the yield <>f prime heads per acre was on the plat which hail received -!<«' pounds of nitrate of soda p< r acre in two equal dressings the yield was 4.160 prime heads [kt acre, and when this same amount was ap plied in three equal dressings 7..">N0 prime heads were obtained per acre. Applying the nitrate in three dressings proved more effective in increasing tTie yield than Increasing the amount 100 pounds. Not only was the yield much greater than on any other plat, but the quality of the cabbage was much im proved. the heads selling for .K) per cent more than those from any other plat WHAT TO DO. When Help Im High In Price and Al most I nohtnlnahle. Adapt your farming operations to the circumstances. If you cannot get com petent help at such wages as you can afford to pay. curtail your operations. Raise stuff enough to live on first of all. Grow such crops as require the least amount of manual work, but that can be handled as much as possible by machinery. Some farmers are changing their op erations very much because of the scarcity of help. In some cases they are putting in forage crops with a view to winter dairying, because they can take care of the cows themselves during the winter, when not busy with the summer's work on the farm. In other cases these crops are being pro duced as feed for beef cattle next fall and winter. In still other cases men who have been In the habit of cultivat ing large areas are planning this spring to put in just enough to keep along their families, together with a small amount of live stock. The reasoning of these men has much to commend it. They say. "What is the use of working like slaves and em ploying a lot of hired help when the re ceipts of what we raise will not afford sufficient profit over and above the wages paid to make It worth while?" Another advantage of this policy which has not yet been mentioned is that Its adoption by any considerable number of farmers will materially re duce production and thus enhance prices. This thing is bound to even it self up sooner or later.—American Ag riculturist. The Farm Woman. "Why is it that women farmers are nearly always successful?" This is a question we have come in contact with more than once. The answer is slmply that a woman who has energy and de termination enough to undertake the work has enough to carry her to suc cess in anything she undertakes. We know some striking examples of the successful management of large farms by the widows of the former managers. In these cases the farms lost nothing by the change of management. Girls make better berry pickers than boys. We have tried It and speak from experience and fully Indorse what a Wisconsin grower says 011 the subject: "We prefer girls for picking because they do the work much better. They talk less, they do not get tired and want to go and they attend to the work much better than boys and are not so full of mischief and play." Also they give better heed to instruction and are much more easily kept in or il Notes. Again we hear a good deal about ginseng culture. A boom appears to be gathering in "dust spraying." A combination of duck raisers is now proposed. The object is to buy grain in large lots direct from western farm ers. Our good friend the horse is still ou four legs and when well bred and trained will command a fair price, re marks an exchange. "Test your seed corn," is the latest cry. A machine for making "milk flour" lias been invented and is being exten sively introduced into Swedish com mercial dairies. Those who are raising poultry as a chief industry will find a field of rape a useful adjunct. A Mediaeval Survival. It may Interest some of your readers to know that the archaic method of reckoning by tallies is still in vogue in Pau. While there I saw a bundle of tally sticks (there called tallies) sus pended in a baker's shop, and on in quiry I found that most of the poorer country people thus registered their purchases until they were able to pay. The tally stick is cut down the center, the baker and purchaser each retaining a half, and when a loaf is sold the two halves are fitted together, and a notch is made across them, the purchaser thus keeping an exact check upon the bak er's score. Upon any payment being made a corresponding number of notches aro shaved off. —London Athe naeum. Smoker's Heart. Smoking, as a rule, agrees with per sons for many years, perhaps for twen ty years and longer, although by de grees cigars of a finer flavor are cho sen, but all at once, without any as signable cause, troubles are experi enced with the heart, which rapidly Increase and compel the sufferer to call in the help of a medical man. The nge at which disturbances of the heart become pronounced varies very much. It is but rare that patients are under thirty years of age; they are mostly between forty and sixty years old. Explain* It. "Why is it." asked the curious guest, "that poor men usually give larger lips than rich men?" "Well, sub." said the waiter, "de |io* man don' want nobody to fin' out lie's po', an' de rich man don' want no body to fin' out he's rich, sub."—Chi cago Tribune. The I.nst Straw. After a fellow has walked about fourteen miles every night for two weeks with the baby it pains him to be told by the doctor: "You look all run down. You slio 11« I take more exer cise. "—l'i 11sburg Dispatch. To., Rnsty. Lady (after singing a few rusty notes) Don't you think my voice should be brought out? Ma nager No; pushed back.—Colum bus Dispatch. The Only ninacreenhle Part. It is only the first half of any job that is disagreeable. The second half is worse.—New Orleans Times-Demo crat. No. 21. PUZZLES IN SPELLING. Thfy Arc Liable to Catrh Yo« In i» Volt Myiterlois What queer II words litis one should be among the most familiar to him, and indeed it was. Vet when he had wrltt«a it It Jid not look right. After puzzling over It for some time he concluded that It must end with "ions" Instead Of •xms,'* as he had written it. Finally in si mental muddle he went to his una bridged dictionary, but was amazed at finding no '*••11 word there. Deferring further search for the nonce, he com pleted his letter and then opened the dictionary again. This time be found the word all right and in Ita proper place, a fact which, he said, would have been a warning to him If he had been a drinking man. The explanation of it was that byj some unaccountable freak he had got It into his noddle that it was spelled "ritcheous." lie had spelled it so in lit* letter and had of course looked on the wrong page of the dictionary for It in the iirst Instance. By the time he looked again the crotchet was out of his mind, and he knew how to spell the word as well as Webster did.—Brook lyn Eagle. Scholarly Men and the Pmlplt. If scholarly men more and more re ject the church as the means by which they will influence opinion and con duct and replace it by educational, ed itorial and administrative agencies, the nexCcentury may be altogether guided in its intellectual decisions and in those of its actions which depend on intellectual Judgments by forces out side the church. Our grandfathers looked to the minister for advice not only upon religious beliefs and moral practice, but also upon most matters outside their own direct acquaintance. The minister prescribed for the educa tion of sons, solved social problems and acted as the source and judge of truth in matters of general knowledge. Our sons seem likely to regard the ministry as a body of men fitted to deal with men's religious welfare, but less fitted to be generous mentors in others. The direction of the people in other than purely religious activities may pass wholly out of the hands of the church.—Professor E. L. Thorn dike in Century. A Tncle Weddlnf Ring. A tragic story of a forgotten wed ding ring Is told in the "Lives of the Lindsays." lie should have been at church when Colin Lindsay, the young Earl of Balcarras, was quietly eat ing his breakfast in. nightgown and Bllppers. Reminded that Mauritia of Nassau was waiting for him at the al tar, he hurried to church, but forgot the ring. A friend present gave him one, which he, without looking at, placed on the bride's finger. After the ceremony was over the countess glanced at her band and be held a grinning death's head on her ring. She fainted away, and the omen made such an impression on her that on recovering she declared she wai destined to die within n year, a present iment that probably brought about ita own fulfillment, for In a few montha the careless Colin was a widower. Irritation nnd Pain. A sharp definition should be drawn between irritation and pain. Irritation is not pain, but only a frequent cause of it Thus a crumb lodged in the larynx near the vocal cords produces violent irritation and prolonged cough ing, which often result in actual pain. So, too, a speck of dust in the eye seta up violent irritation and inflammation, followed by acute pain. Of the sur face of the body the finger tips and the end of the tongue aro most sensitive— for instance, a burn on the fingers la much more painful than one on the back would be, while one on the tongue would be more painful still. Deep wounds are not painful, as a rule, save as regards the surface Injury. Tree* of Europe and North America. Forest vegetation Is much richer in North America than in Europe and com prises 412 species, of which 176 are native to the Atlantic region, 106 to the Faciflc, 10 are common to both, 46 to the Rocky mountain region, and 74 are tropical species near the coast of Florida as against 158 species in Europe. Six North American specie® of forest trees—the Judas tree, per simmon, hackberry, plane tree, hop hornbeam and chestnut —are also in digenous In Europe, all now growing there naturally south of the Alps. >iatnre's Toilet. The West Indian negro need not buy soap. He picks a bulb from the "soap tree" in the Jungle, which makes a beautiful lather. If he wants a shave, he uses a piece of sharp cocoanut shell or broken glass and it answers as well as a razor. To clean Ills teeth he picks a twig of "cliewstick," which is better than the best camel's hair brush and dentifrice. The Correct Reply. At an examination held at the ag ricultural college the question was put, "When is the best time to sow bar ley?" The "examlnate," a sharp coun try lad from the district of Altenburg, promptly replied: "Three days before a gentle rain, sir." —From the German. » A Lender No Longer. "Never lend Burroughs any money?" "Never did." "But you have." "No; used to think I did, but found I was making a gift every time."— Boston I'ost. A Cheerful Expression. "I wish I could always look as cheer ful as you do," said the sweet young thing as she dropped down beside the attractive widow. "There are times when it Is embar rassing, that cheerful expression of mine," said the widow. "Let me tell you. When my husband died, I was Journeying alone to his home, where he was to be burled. I was much annoy ed at the persistency with which the man across the aisle attempted to flirt with me. Finally he took a seat in front of me and said, 'I beg pardon, but I thought I'd like to talk with you awhile because you have such a cheer ful expression.' "And there I'd been weeping my eyes out for two days. So don't cultivate that cheerful look too much or you'll find some one accusing you of looking happy at a funeral." —New York Times. A Sluieklnß Drinker. The Girl—Does he drink so terribly? The Guy—Yes, indeed; pours it out Into his saucer.—Kansas City Inde pendent. If you have a good temper, keep it; if you have a bad one, don't lose it— Columbia Jester.