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6 $5 Trimmed Hats, reduced to $3.38
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High Grade Clothing
FOR MEN AND BOYS.
It very gratifying to ns to be i/\
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months. Everybody recommends ' //
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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.
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• ATTORNF.Y-AT-LAW,
Office on second floor of Armory
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AT. SCOTT,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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ler. Pa.
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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
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• 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
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• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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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,
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Special attention given to Eye, Nose
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SAMUEL M. BIPPUS,
KJ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
200 West Cunningham St.
DR. JULIA E. FOSTER. '
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129J4 S. Main St., (adjoining Dr.
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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
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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.
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M SURVEYOR,
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BUTLER; PA., THURSDAY, JUNK 11. 1903.
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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<t IK- borne in uiind that drone
comb may be r moved with the best
nv.Uts when ;ln> 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 ne<Hled. and the
be >s 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 fe<Hls and grows rapidly. In about
ten days' time from hatching It is ready
to go into the ground, aud a second
brood conies out. so that an early ap
plication is more effective. Spray with
the bordeaux mixture and paris green
until the berries are one-eighth of an
inch In diameter and do not use the
bordeaux mixture again until the fruit
is gathered, because it would adhere to
the bunches and injure their sale. The
use of paris green is not advised gener
ally, ns hellebore is nearly as effective.
The foregoing is the advice of Pro
fessor S. J. Maynard.
For Potato Scab.
For potato scab, corrosive sublimate,
one ounce; water, seven to eight gal
ions. This is valuable as a preventive
of potato scab. In a wooden vessel
dissolve the poison In one gallon of
water, then dilute to the full amount.
Place the scabby seed potatoes in a
sack. Immerse them In the solution
and allow them to soak one to two
hours. The solution and the treated
potatoes are extremely poisonous.
I Formalin, a 40 per cent solution of
formaldehyde gas in water, is being
used extensively as a preventive of po
tato scab and of the grain smuts ayd
gives most excellent results. It Is
cheap, elHcient and nonpoisonous. For
potato seal) soak the seed two hours in
the following solution: Formalin, one
half pint; water, fifteen gallons. For
grain smuts soak the seed for one to
two hours in the following: Formalin,
one pint; water, fifty gallons.
NITRATE Ol- b'UUA.
lis I!! fleet ii Market (inrdrii Crop*,
lleat .Method of ApplytnK It.
The question of the proper use of ni
trate of soda Is of special importance
because (It it is an expensive fertilizer,
(2) it furnishes only one element of
plant food—namely, nitrogen—and (3)
it furnishes nitrogen in a form which is
highly soluble and consequently Is not
only quickly absorbed.by the plant
roots, but is also readily washed out of
the soil and lost. In order, therefore,
that this fertilizer may be most eco
nomically and profitably enqUoyed it is
necessary not only to use it in PSKfi >er
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
<Jer.—Farm and Ranch.
Sewn m>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 <iulrks a good and obe
dient mind will sometimes take! A
clergyuian ot exceptional scholarly at
tainments tolls me that he once wrots
what he at the moment conceived to
be the \vord "righteous." The nature
of his calling ought to suggest that of
:>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.