VOL. XXXX.
HEW SPRING COTTONS g
#5 The freqnent arrivals of fresh, new Cottons are fast crowding out J
jp| the winter goods and give the stole a decided spring-like appearance.
3 SUPERB WHITE GOODS <K
■ Finest line we have ever shown. Beautiful Mercerized Fancies jw
stripes, brocades and openwork patterns, at 25c to 6i)c. India
*|F Linens. Dimities and Francy White Goods at f>ic. Bc. 10c, 121 c,
ft NEW PERCALES
|p| The Mnlhonse Percales are much superior to the ordinary percales
Sk usual 1) sold at the same price. Finer cloth, softer and better finish U*
R and more attractive patterns. 30 inches wide —12£ c yard. TJ
8 NEW GINGHAMS 8
W More new arrivals added to our large assortment of the very
choicest styles of Ginghams and Seersuckers, at l<)c and 12ic M)
NEW DRAPERIES
Decidedly new patterns in Curtain Swiss, Madras, Silkalinefr,
Denims, and Cretonnes that are very handsome and attractive, 12} c
♦o 25c.
THE NEW IDEA WOMAN'S MAGAZINE ft
The finest home publication in the country, with articles PJ
of interest to women, 100 pages and colored cover. Numerous illn
strations of the latest fashions. March number now ready—subscrip- ▼*
tion price ."iOc a year. Single copy 5 cents. Monthly Fashion Sheet >
Free. V
L. Stein & Son,|
108 N MAIN STREET. BUTLER, PA ft
79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 _ 79
G. E. Miller's |
79 GREAT 79
-| 79-Cent s
79 SALE OF 79
„MEN'S PLOW SHOES,
I
! We have just purchased a large lot of Men's good solid
79 Plow shoes at about cost of material. As our stock
Spring is extremely large and we are crowded for room,;
Jwe have put this entire lot on sale at a very small margin
yg over what we paid for them. jg
They are regular $1.25, $1.50 and 51.75 Shoes.
Are all clean new goods and are displayed on Bargain
79 Counters so you can look them all over and take your 79
pick of the whole lot. We have all sizes at present,'
but at this ridiculous low price it is only a short time till
* 79 best sizes will be picked out, so do not wait, as "first here 79
—first served."
SPRING GOODS nearly all in and they are all
79 beauties! Style and quality away up! Prices away down! 79
We are exclusive agents in Butler for famous
L DOROTHY DODD
™ Fine Shoes and Oxfords for Ladies. 79
Largest line of WALKOVER and DOUGLASS Fine
, jg Shoes for Men we have ever carried, and they are nicer
and better than ever before. 79
Make us a visit before purchasing your fine shoes for
79 Spring ' 79
C. E. miller,
215 South Main Street, - - Opposite Hotel Arlington
& 79 79 79 79 79 79" 79 79
LEVIINTOINS'
122 South Main St. Your money's worth or money back.
Men's and Boys' Spring Clothing.
The finest ready-to-wear attire that is made. We
have the facilities to search out the best that the
market can afford, and it is now ready in a complete
Spring array on our floor. Everything that a dressing
man can desire for his attire can be found here at a
smaller price than he would expect to pay for such
smartly tailored garments.
Men's Suits
and Top Coats ft! 2, ft 14,
at $7.50, #9, sl6,
ft] 8, ft2o, and ujr to ft2s.
We show Men's Spring Overcoats which, like all of
our attire, could not fit or wear better if they were
custom tailored.
LEVINTONS'
Early Spring Hats.
We are showing all the new shapes for Spring, 1903
READY-TO-WEAR HATS, SAILORS and STREET
HATS are now ready for your inspection,
FLOWERS and FRUIT are going to be worn very
extensively for early Spring style. See the fine
display at
Rockenstein's
MILLINERY EMPORIUM.
3.18 .South Main Street - - Butler, Pa
K E C K
W % Spring & Summer Weights
j\ ■ /'] 'K E Have a nattiness about them that Jj]
,"i rjJ k JHJ) / J Uy mark tbe wearer, it won't do to
/ ■V.J'' J F\ wear the-last year's output. You
I U A \|r3 U won't get the latest things at the
t \/ (L 7 stocjf*clothiers either. The up-to
j f7\ L tt-tA I C\ date tailor only can supply them,
j I I J/ / 1 ll IJb .you want not only the latest I!
I f * ' /11 I things in cut and fit and work-
II ..//// I ' '-"■•nship, the finest in durability,
>) i j ' i I "here else can -you get combina
*>* 11 "-{(/ ions, yon get them at
y*' ,
FECK
G. F. KfeCK, Merchant Tailor,
2* North Main Streat All Work Guaranteed Butler, Pa
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Heed'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
u/orn 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 Sts . Butler. Pa
PROFESSIONAL CARUS.
ATTORNEYS.
RP. SCOTT,
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office on second floor of Armory
Building. Butler, Pa.
AT. scon,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office at No S. West Diamond ?t R>M
ler, Pa.
poi'LTER & Mi.
V vrTOHVKYS < f ' - *■*
Ro-mt, R.. \r?TT.-v t'liil.l-i...
JOHN . COL'LTER,
T) ATTORNHY-AT-LA W .
Office with H. C. McAboy, J. I^.,
south side Diamond.
Special HUention given to collection
and business matters.
Reference: Cutler Savings R;tnk, ■
Butler County National Hank
] D. McJUXKIN,
(J • ATTORNKV-AT-LAW.
Otiice in Reiber building, cornei MAIL'
and E. Cunningham Sts, Entrance on
Main street.
I B. HKEDIN,
•J . ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Dffice on Main St. near Coui t House.
EVERETT L. RALSTON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
No. 25- South Main Street, Butler, Pa.
Fisher Building, l'irst door on South
Main street, next my former office in
Boyd Building.
HFL. GOUCHER,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office' in Wise bnildinv
EH. NEGLEV,
. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office In the Negley linilding, West
Diamond
PHYSICIANS,
Hemorrhoids and Chronic Diseases a
Specialty.
VTT H. BROWN, M. D-.
TV • Office in Riddle bnildiufr.Diamond.
next door to Dr. Bella old office.
Office Hours:—9 to 11 a. m,l to 3 and
6 to 8 p. m.
PEO. K. McADOO. M. D.
VJ EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT,
Exclusively.
Hours 9-12, j -5. Both Phor.es.
Troutman building, S. Main St.
T C. BOYLE, M. D.
r) • EYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT,
After Apiil Ist, office in former Dr.
Peters' residence, No. 121 E Cunning
ham St., Butler, Pa., next door to Times
printing office.
PLARA E. MORROW, D. 0.,
V GRADUATE BOSTON COLLEGE OK
OSTEOPATHY.
Women's diseases a specialty. Con
sultatian and examination free.
Office Hours, 9 to 12 m., 2 to 3 p. tn.
People's Phone 573.
116 S. Main street, Butler, Pa.
(1 M. ZIMMERMAN
II PHYSICIAN AND SUHGEON
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,
O PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
too West Cunningham SI,
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. MCCANDLESS,
DENTIST.
Office in New Martincourt Building, '
1 2 9Y1 S. Main St., (adjoining Dr. j
Atwell's office.)
HW. WICK,
• DENTIST.
Has located in the new Stein building, j
with all the latest devices for Dental i
work.
DR. M. D. KOTTRABA, j
Successor to Dr. Johnston, J
DENTIST
Office at No 114 E. Jeftersou St., over
G. W. Miller's grocery
| J. DONALDSON,
0 • DBNTIST.
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,
2X5 S. Main street, Butler, Pa.
Peoples Telephone 505.
A specialty made ot gold fillings, gold
crown and bridge work.
MISCELLANEOUS.
WM. H. WALKER,
»' SURVEYOR,
Residence 214 W. Pearl St., Butler, PA,
p F. L. McQUISTION,
V. Civil, ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR.
Office near Court House.
TT the Butler iNivines \ Trust Company i
successor to the Kutli-r Savings Hank, the
latter by a vote of Its Stockholders and the
Hoard of Directors went into llmildatlon I
January Ist. LOOLI, notice Is hori-hy elven that '
siiid Butler Savings Bank is winding up Its'
affairs, the creditors thereof UR« notifled to
present : their claims. If any. for payment at
the Butler Savings ,t Trust Company, dolnir 1
business at the old stand.
WM. CAMPBELL, .Tr,, 1
0-11-Jm V»es«ieut.
Nervous Dyspe))si;i
Its Cause and Cure
Overwork any organ and it givt-s out
—the stomrh is no exception Ask it
to digest anything, at any time in half
the time required, ami like an over
driven horse it balks Nature iLtend-d
tiie stonia?h should have regular h >i:rs.
A lime to work, a nine to rest—and
when you break up this habit, you U;J
set the whole arrangement. The
s'omach nerves become exhausted, tlie
glands refuse to act, the food does not
digest—lies heavy.feriuentsand repeats.
There is pain, gas forms, 11 >nting oc
enrs. the heart becomes invgul ir at.d a
nt-ryons, irritahle feeling sets m. This
is nervous dyspepsia and Or. A. \V
t base's Nerve Pills its cure.
Mrs. Finnell of 2tU Center Ave., liutler,
Pa., says.— "Dr A. W. Chase's Xerve
P lis are just splendid They brae * one
up so finely—after a short use I f« It so
much refreshed. I presume because I
f. 1' s I well. So far HS the st*>in.ich is
concerned they a d digestion finely I
hive used (hem m>s;*lf and tiven them
T • • 11 • • children wir.i equally UIMMI re
suits It was fortunate I was t«-M D
H. Wnlier, Druggist of ll'JSonh Main
St., had them."
a box at dealers oi Dr A. W.
C'hise Medicine Co., Buffalo. N. Y. See
that j ortraic and signature of A 'V
Chase M. D., are on ever) p;ick <g»\
Cross?.
Poor man ! He can't help it.
It's his liver. He needs a
liver pill. Ayers Pills.
} Want your moustache or beanl a j
j beautiful browa or rich black ? Vzz j
Buckingham's Dye|
|sQcts. of druggists or R. P. Hal' 8c Co., Nashua, N. H |
Nasal j?
CATARRH
Tn all its stages. "To/ik
Ely's Cream
cloansof*, soothes and heals a
the diseased membrane.
It eurescatarrh and drives
away a cold in the head
quickly,
Cream Halm is placed into the nostrils,spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im
mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does
not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
ELY BROTHERS, 50 Warren Street, New York
N a
Johnston's M
Beef, Iron and Wine
is f-e rA
VA Best TciJc kl
and r M
f £ Blood Purifier. m j
Price, 50c pint. r <w
Ll Prepared and 92
only ntj
Johnston s
M Crystal N
N Pharmacy. M
tl u
Wi U. M. L.OQAN, Ph. G., Ll
L V Manager, 91
WA ICS N. Main St., Hutlor, l'a L
[ « Both 'Phones Vj
w2 Everything in the
drug line.
f DR. HARRIS'
3 Summer Cordial,
TRADK MARK
SPEEDILY CURES
Diarrhoea. Dysentery,
Sick Headache.
Summer Complaint,
Vomiting, Sour Stomach,
Indigestion
and for Children Teething.
Ansoi.l TKI.Y HARMLESS.
Prepared by It. A. FAHXESTOCK CO.
I'Utitbarg, I':u
jC. F. T. Pape, \
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i 121 E. Jefferson Street. /
I P. WALKFR,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
BUTLKR, PA.
Ottica with Eerkmer, next door to P. O.
BIT LER, PA.. THI'RSDAY, JULY «.», 1903.
j -BETH'S t
| CAHEE'R I
By RUBY DOUGLAS f
T t
$ Copyright• i£of, Ly T. C. McClure #
Forrest Harwood walked aimlessly
through the arclnvay of trees leading
to bis old home. Those two weeks of
his summer holiday ha., been happily
spent—too happily—for now, on the
last night, it all seemed like a dream.
There had been an awakening.
Why, he asked himself, bad be been
FO blind to the harvest lie was reaping
for himself? All the days ho had spent
telling Beth Ivnox of his life in New
York were now to Forrest Ilarwood as
so many stones added to the obstacle
impeding his life's happiness. And
with what a different purpose he had
related all the pleasant little happen
ing in the literary world—in his world.
The hope that she should learn to see it
through his eyes has prompted all the
prettily told incidents.
Little did he know then of the am
bition ho was creating within Beth's
breast to be of that world, not merely
In it. When he had asked her 011 that
last night to come with him, to live
with him ill his world, to help him
climb still higher 011 the ladder he had
chosen, she told him gently, but firmly,
1 no. She would have a career; she
would write and be some one.
And so it was that Forrest Harwood
returned to his desk conscious that he
had, all unintentionally, made an am
bitious woman of his little playmate.
He felt that she had loved him, but he
had spoiled all that. She would liavo
her career, and 110 would take up the
work where he had left it—with no
Beth.
The little blue missives fronj the
home town were filled with enthusiasm
for the new work. More and more of
the ambitious woman and less of the
little Beth peeped out from between
the liqfcs.
But Forrest was none the less eager
to search through the great piles of
mail for the coveted letters. They
came at regular intervals, each one
laying the foundations for big castles.
C
FFnn
=j = ==p*«^
THE EDITOR HEAD AND BEHEAD THE LIT
TLE STORY.
Several weeks bad elapsed since a
blue envelope had added to the number
of letters 011 the editor's desk, when one
morning lie searched through the heap
of manuscripts and nothing blue met
bis eye.
Disappointment was his first sensa
tion; then his heart began to beat
faster, for a long, white, commonplace
looking envelope with a familiar hand
writing across it starod him in the
face. He tore it open nervously. Beth
had begun her career.
Leaning back in his chair, the editor
read and re-read the little story. "Yes,"
he thought, "it is good. It is well told.
It is well worth printing."
A realization of the fact that Beth's
storv was good took her farther and
fartner from Forrest. He read it again,
and as he finished the last page a light
dawned on his face.
Turning to his stenographer, he dic
tated a businesslike and still some
what friendly letter to Beth. He told
her the story was not bad, yet it was
not available for publication. He re
frained from inclosing the usual printed
slip, he said, fearing that It might dis
courage her. He would keep the manu
script, and she could, if she desired,
submit others to him for his criticism.
When the letter was signed, the editor
wore a more hopeful expression than
had been 011 his face since his return.
He saw a way out of his own unhappl
ness. He would win Beth yet.
After that his letters were always dic
tated to her. Less and less of the lover
was suggested in them and more of the
critical editor. One by one her manu
scripts came to him, and one by ono
they were folded and placed in the
drawer reserved for them. Each one
brought back to Beth a letter saying
there was an improvement, but that
they were still "unavailable."
The stories came frequently for
months, and very few little blue let
ters came to Forrest. Tho manuscript?
were better than any he was printing
monthly in his magazine, but he must
gain his end. He was not an editor in
this case. He was a determined wooer.
Fewer itories and more blue letters
began to' arrive from the little home
town. Could he read between the line*
that discouragement was dawning In
Beth's heart? It was with difficulty
that the editor kept within the limits
of New York when each letter now
said plainly, "I am tired of my career."
.But he would wait.
One day an editorial in Beth's unmis
takable style arrived at the office. It
was her first attempt at editorial writ
ing. but it was a success. "Women aud
Careers" It was headed, and it dealt
harshly with the woman who gives up
the opportunities to possess a home
and husband for a career, especially a
literary career. "A woman." tho edi
torial stated, "is not intended for ca
reering. but to help man In his."
If it had not been for the picture of a
probably tear stained little face some
miles from New York and a dejected
little figure. Editor Harwood would
have laughed at the strenuous manner
In which the editorial was written. 1
As it was, he closed his desk early
that evening, giving orders that he
would not be at the office for a day or
two. He also sent to the printer's be
fore leaving the office the lirst of a se
ries of short stories to be published in
the magazine.
"Beth," lie said when he had held
her hand in greeting longer than was
absolutely necessary for an editor to
hold bis contributor's hand, "the edito
rial 011 'Women aud Careers' was so
good 1 had to come and tell you about
It."
A pretty pink suffused Beth's cheek
as she drew her hand away. "Did you
know I wrote it. Forrest?" she asked.
"Yes," he answered, possessing him
self again of her hand. "But. Beth,
have you not changed your views since
last summer?" He looked into her eyes
strut inizingly.
"Yes, Forrest; I'm so tired and dis
couraged. I can't write anyway."
Beth did not seem to mind when he
took her other hand and gently drew
her head 011 to his breast. But remorse
mingled with his pleasure.
"Little girl," he said after awhile,
"could you forgive me if I confessed
something—if I said I had purposely
refused to publish your manuscripts
because I wanted to discourage you, if
I told you they are all good and that
the first of the series lias already gone
to the printer—could you forgive me,
dear?" He looked dowu at her anx
iously.
Anil Beth decided to have a husband
as well as a career.
An Independent I,nsftle.
i In front of a confectioner's shop in
Paris there used to sit a woman with
two wooden legs. She sold pictures
aud songs and played well on the vio
lin. In 1848 she was there, very pretty
and dressed with a good deal of taste,
and when Louis Napoleon, then merely
Prince Louis, used to go through the
street nearly every day, he never pass
ed without giving her something.
She knew him and was also aware of
his pecuniary embarrassments and his
political ambitious. One evening she
said to him, "Monsieur, I want to say
a word to you."
"Say it. madame."
"They tell me that you are a good
deal cramped just now. I have at my
house a comfortable sum which is
earning nothing. Let mo offer it to
you. YOll will return the favor when
you are emperor."
I'rince Louis did not accept the mon
ey. but he ditl not forget the kindness,
and when he became emperor he offer
ed her a small annuity. The woman
was as independent as she was gener
ous. "Say to the emperor," she re
turned, "that it is exceedingly good of
him to remember me, but 1 cannot ac
i cept his offer. If he had accepted
I mine, I won't say what might have
happened, but as It is, no!"
|
The Coiit of Clothe* In Iluaain.
Barring the inhabitants of the earth
1 who wear practically no clothes at all,
the costume of the average Uussian
costs the least. Ten rubles, or about
$7.50, will clothe a male citizen of the
czar's realm, while the woman's cos
tume will cost less than $3.
The man's costume consists of coarse
cotton trousers tucked into boots of
half dressed leather, a cotton shirt and
a sheepskin coat. A coarse Camlet
caftan bound around with a sash com
pletes the dress.
The women wear a sarafan, or long
petticoat, which is held up by straps
running over the shoulders, a chemise
with sleeves to the elbow, a kerchief
over the head and a pair of shoes.
Stockings aro sometimes worn, but
more frequently the legs and feet are
bound with strips of cotton or linen
cloth. For outdoor wear a quilted jack
et or long cloak Is added.
The simplicity and cheapness of the
<lrw« uru not due to any lack of vanity,
but to the poor circumstances under
which the majority of the Russians
live.
To llira That Huth.
Philanthropy and "business" are
rather curiously related in the minds
of some people, as the Lewiston Jour
nal suggests by an anecdote of a Maine
farmer. lie lived at Cape Elizabeth,
and when he went to Portland he in
variably favored certain friends with
samples of his produce.
Perhaps it only "happened so," but
anyway these friends were always
well to do, and Mr. Lufkin never un
hitched the old horse to drive home
without finding tucked away in the
wagon something ill return fully as
valuable as his tributo of vegetables,
If not more so.
The neighbors noticed that lie al
ways left his little remembrances with
peoplo who were "well fixed." So one
day, when eggs were away up in price
and ho was starting to town with a lot
of fresh ono» for a certain friend, some
ono said to him curiously:
"Why don't you give those cgg9 to
some poor family?"
"Oho," said Mr. Lufkin easily. "Poor
people can't afford to eat egg 9 at this
time of year! Eggs is high!"
Naming: n Yacht.
The naming of a book is no holiday
task, and authors particularly proud of
a title are tolerably sure to discover
that it has been already used. But the
naming of a yacht is almost a greater
perplexity. Plagiarism may in this case
result in practical confusion carrying
the most awkward consequences, and
not all titles to which, in search of va
riety, recourse has already been had
are satisfactory from all points of
view. Not long ago, for instance, 5
very grave British cabinet minister,
porhaps wishing for once to be spright
ly, called his yacht Flirt, die had not
consulted his family, who were, howev
er, quite sure, he thought, to delight in
his outburst of gayety. However, his
daughters naturally remarked how
very disagreeable it would be to go
ashore with that label around their
hats.
Followed Hlii Advice.
One day a couple of girls went to the
Roper livery stable and asked for a
gentle horse, as they wanted to drive
out in the country a few miles. The
man gave them one and told them the
horse would be all right if they kept
the rein from his tall. When they re
turned in the evening he asked them if
they had any trouble. "Oh, no," said
one; "there was one little shower, but
we liad an umbrella and we took turns
at holding it over the horse's tail, so
that there was not a drop of rain
touched it. and we got along all right."
That explains the dnzed look the liv
eryman lias been wearing.—Hickman
(Ky.) Courier.
The Term • < <;^ecllllo^n. ,,
The term "greenhorn" originated in
this way: The pioneers of the west
were much given to hunting deer. It 1
was a fact known to the early settlers j
that when the horn of a fawn began to
grow there was a ring of green hair :
around the spot where the horn was \
coming out. It was considered a dis- j
graceful thing for a hunter to kill a j
fawn, a cruei act, and the killing time .
was regulated by the growth of the '
. horn. There was a sort of unwritten j
law that no one should kill a male \
fawn before its horns could be seen. j
A person who was so unthoughtful as 1
to kill a deer under the proper age was ,
called a "greenhorn." He was so named
because the young horn of the deer and ,
the hair around it were still green. The ,
use of the appellation gradually spread
until it was applied to all raw or inex
perienced youths or persons easily im
posed upon.
HAY STACKING.
Devices In I »c» on >1 i «-It Ikxiii hurras
IlluMtrntt k «l IIIKI l)«*Moribed.
Various parts of the country and
<IIM the large farmer and the small
farmer in the same region have their
different ways of handling hay. Fol
lowing are some stacking devices de
scribed by Ohio Farmer writers.
A Michigan man says: In this local
ity it is not an uncommon thing for
farmers to stack the larger part of the
hay crop. The accompanying illustra
tion shows a derrick 1 photographed
on my neighbor's farm that helps to
lessen the labor of stacking by hand.
The derrick is made of three poles at
least sis inches in diameter at the top
j HAY SLINCi AND STACKING DERRICK.
, and about forty feet long. The single
pole at the left is set into the ground
about four feet in order to hold the der
dick in position.
The two bracing poles are also set
Into the ground about a foot to hold
them from slipping. The top piece, to
which the pulleys are attached, is 2 by
S inches by 34 feet long. Tills piece is
! bolted to the poles with four and one
lialf inch poles to give strength to the
| derrick. In fastening the pulley at the
i foot of the derrick a large stone was
! buried four feet in the ground and the
pulley attached by means of a wire ca
i ble. It may be a question with many
j farmers who have never used a der
: rick for stacking hay whether the hay
I will keep well when stacked in this
| way. I took special pains to notice the
j condition of the hay when being taken
; out of the stack and observed that It
i even was better than the hay that was
stacked by hand by another neighbor
just across the road. The hay drop
ping from the fork seems to pack the
stack in the center and allows less set
tling there to occur.
Another Michigan farmer sends a
sketch of a stacking rig that he has
used for years, with this explanation:
A is the gin pole which swings on a
pivot at its base. Bis the main stay
rope which should run exactly back
from the center of the stack in line
with the foot of the gin pole. The foot
of this pole should stand close up to
the bottom (circumference) of the
stack, and it should lean forward
fumißh so that the top of the polo sh«u
come directly over the middle of the
stack or of the load, as may be re
quired. C and D are stay ropes run
ning at right angles with tlio main
stay rope, both to be sufficiently slack
so that the top of the giu pole may
swing directly over the load of hay to
take its forkful (the C rope being taut)
and then may swing over the middle of
the stack to drop the forkful (the D
rope then being taut and the C rope
slack). The "catch block." or lower of
the two pulleys (P, P), should be
about three feet from the ground, so
that when the team begins to pull and
the forkful clears the load the team's
pulling shall swing the pole and bring
Its upper end right over the stack and
SWINGING POLE DERRICK.
the forkful be "tripped and dropped"'
just where it is wanted. Then with
the trip rope the man on the load can
swing the top of the gin pole back di
rectly over the load for another fork
ful. A common horse fork, pulley and
catch block are all that is required.
The device takes only a man on the
load, one on the stack and a boy with
the team. It works best on a round
stack. The dotted lines In the illustra
tion show the position of the appara
tus when swung around just before
dropping a forkful on the stack.
Itcmcdlr* For Cabltaire Worm.
The only sure and abiding remedy
for cabbage worm, says an authority,
Is a small handful of tine sawdust. It
Is cheap, sure, harmless and effectual.
Probably the best and cheapest way
to combat worms on cabbages is sim
ply to sprinkle salt on the infested
heads. From the moment the salt is
applied the worms cease to feed, and
in an hour or two they drop from the
heads to the ground.
Get 5 cents' worth of cayenne pepper,
put it in the teakettle and make a
strong tea. When cool put It in a bot
tle and squirt some of it on each head
or sprinkle out of a pan with a whisk
broom.
Trft SWEEP RAKE.
| l aeful Appliance In the Field Han
dling of Hay.
The illustration shows a sweep rake
used by a Country Gentleman corre
spondent. lie says: The rake or one
similar to it I have used for years.
Two horses pull It and draw two cocks
at once. Each cock contain/, about
two rake loads as raked into the wind
row.
I thought to rake the hay from the
swath to the derrick at tlio rick. I
found this would not do, as the double
harpoon fork would not lift dry, short
clover hay to any advantage, and, i
more than this, the rake wasted too j
by rubbing it on the ground
from the swath to the rick. I thought ,
to usi' a sling, but found I could not '
on account of the work mentioned.
Hence the most practical way to ban- i
die the clover hay was to cock it and ,
allow it to settle at least overnight be
fore stacking. 1 have in the main, ex
cept for stacking purposes, in the past
used a revolving rake in the held. I j
prefer it to the spring tooth because I j
can slip over trash on the ground that '
the spring tooth would gather up.
For up for the derrick I
found by force of circumstances that
the revolving rake would not make the
windrows large enough to build cocks
the size desired without carrying the
hay too far when cocking. A neighbor
borrowed my revolving rake for two
hours' use and returned it wrecked be
yond useful repair. This mishap forced
me to use the sweep rake for making
the windrows. I would pull the rake as
far as the horses could pull it. then
turn the horses and pull the rake back
ward to the starting point and then
pull up again. I found that two rake
j loads would make a large rock; that
when drawn to the stack it would
| make oftentimes two horse fork loads
for the derrick to put ou the stack.
' t'ocks made from the windrows of the
revolving rake would only make one
small horse fork load. I found it Im
possible with those small cocks to keep
the stacking force going. Tbe large
cocks made from the windrows of the
sweep rake, pulled two at a time to
the stack with the sweep rake, uiade it
easy to keep the force in hay, and I
A*
SWEEP on TWO HOUSE RAKE,
found them no trouble to handle with
the fork after they had been standing
overnight.
Tbe bill of lumber and expense of
the long rake is as follows:
Headpiece pine. 2 inches by 18 feet=22
feet, at «.S0 J0.60
1 plank 1 by 8 Inches by 18 fcet=-12
feet, at J1.60 20
12 teeth 11* by 3 Inches, at sc. .each 60
12 *s by 4 inch bolts, at 4 l-«c 60
2 H- by 8 inch bolts, at 5c 10
Carpenter work 1.50
Total 13.50
Three upright stakes are set In the
headpiece to keep the hay from slip
ping over. The long plank is to put
over the ends of teeth and bolts put
through at teeth and headpiece. The
teeth are notched into the headpiece,
the notch being deeper toward the
point of the teeth. The ends of the
teeth should sharp and slope on the
under side toward the point. This pre
vents their catching in the ground as
they are weighted with the load. The
teeth should not be made to fit In the
headpiece too tight, as if allowed to
play a little up and down when at
work they will follow the surface bet
ter and not be so apt to catch in the
ground or run over the hay.
The horses are attached one at each
end by a light chain, which should be
at least seven and a half feet long.
The horses should not be allowed to
get in front of the teeth. When draw
ing empty the rake should be pulled
backward. The rapidity with which it
can be worked depends very much on
the skill of the boys who ride the
horses. The land should be smooth and
free of stones and stumps.
Rnstr Spot In Cheese.
A* soon as an outbreak of "rusty
spot" is noticed in cheese it is well, ac
cording to the Geneva (N. Y.) expert
mont station, to use cheese color quite
freely, as the spots if small can usually
be concealed by the use of annotto and
the cheese marketed without loss. This
is In no sense an Injury to the con
sumer, since neither flavor nor texture
of the cheese is affected by either the
spots or color.
News and Notes.
The six highest yielders of corn at
the Ohio experiment station last sea
son stood iu the following order: Mis
souri Learning, Beid's Yellow Dent,
Henderson's Eureka, Farmer's Favor
ite, Darke County Early Mammoth
and Learning.
Pink rot is a comparatively new ap
ple disease prominent In New York
state. It follows scab, and the remedy
is a thorough use of bordeaux.
Peaches, pears and plums should be
thinned for flue fruit and a vigorous
tree.
The angumois grain moth appeared
last season for the first time In the
wheat fields and granaries of Michi
gan.
The percentage of abandoned acre
age in all the important winter wheat
growing states is unusually small, the
abandonment, including the area to
be cut for hay, reaching 100,000 acres
only in Kansas, Texas and California.
Copper Came From Cfproi.
The word copper Is generally admit
ted to be deprived from Cyprus, as it
was from that island that the ancient
Romans first procured their supplies.
In those remote days Cyprus and
Bhodes were the great copper districts,
and even in our own day new discov
eries of copper ore, especially the beau
tiful blue and green ores, from which
the metal is so much more easily ob
tained than from the copper pyrites
and other sulphureted ores of Corn
wall, are made nearly every year in
the islands of the Mediterranean.—
Chambers' journal.
Heal Enjoyment.
"I suppose," said Mrs. Oldcastle,
"that you have arranged to attend the
grand opera?"
"Oh, yes," replied her hostess. "Jo
slali says there's nothln' like grand
opera to show real culture, so he's
bought a box for every night, and
we're goin' to take Daisy's German
teacher with us to explain what they're
say in'." —Chicago Itecord-Herald.
A QUEER BUSINESS.
The Way llounc* on Fire W«M
nought In Anelent Rome.
One of the strangest businesses In
anelent Home is mentioned by Juvenal
in bis satires. It consisted of buying
houses on Are. The speculator hurried
to the scene, attended by slaves carry
ins bags of money and others carrying
tools, judged the chances of salvage
and made a bid to the distracted house
owner, who was glad to accept any
thing, as a rule. The bargain struck in
all haste, this earliest of tire assurers
set his slaves to work and secured
what he could. Sometimes even he put
out the flames and so made a coup.
It was a business for capitalists, but
the poorest who speculated in a small
way could hardly lose if he had pres
ence of mind enough to grasp the
chances. Thus Cato the Elder, as
well as Crassus, laid the foundation
of his great wealth. lie gradually
collected a force of carpenters, masons
and such artificers—slaves, of course—
which reached 500 men. Not only did
he buy houses on fire, but also, enlarg
ing upon the common practice, he made
a bid for those adjoining which stood
in danger. His proposals were com
monly welcome, we learn, so helpless
were the people and so great the peril.
By this means Crassus became the
greatest owner of house property in
Home.
No. 27.
MASTERS OF MUSIC/
THE GREAT composers and their
PECULIAR METHODS OF WORK.
E«ern(rie Habits, as a Ralr, Aral
Linked With This Phase of Geaiaa.
liny da's Dress Suit and Sapphire
HI us; and Beethovca'a Wild Walkl*
All tbe groat musical composers had
their own peculiar ideas and manner
of working. Tliey had their pecullaß
traits, their moods, their eccentric hab
its, such as are generally said to marlg
the genius. In "Musical Education" M«
Lavignac tells of their peculiarities.
"Haydn was a very early riser." hd
writes, "and yet he never worked ex
-1 cept in full dress, in which he waft
like Buffou. He began by shaving
himself carefully, (towdered himself
and put on his linger a certain ring, a
sapphire, I believe, surrounded with!
brilliants, which had been given hint
by the great Frederick, unless it waft
j Prince Esterbazy. That done, be shut
I himself up in a quiet room and wrotel
i for several consecutive hours, five or
! six, without stopping,
j "Mozart, the gentle and pions Mo
! zart, was sometimes less particular
j and comitosed a little everywhere and
j under all conditions. Happily the
Ideas came often enough and pursued
him even Into the restaurants of Vien
na, Prague and Munich, where be was
very fond of playing billiards and
smoking a pipe and composing in his
bead.
"Rossini composed almost constantly
aud in all ways, rarely at the piano,
most often iu tbe evening or at night,
and, like Mozart, often found inspira
tion in a carriage or post chaise. In
the irregular joltings of these vehicles
he perceived rhythm, and of these
rhythms melodies were born. There is
uo doubt that be would have found
them in the trepidation of the railroad
if he had dared to try, but he had such
u dread of this mode of locomotion that
no one was ever able to induce him to
set foot in a car.
"Cluck composed violently gesticu
lating, walking up and down and act
ing all his characters, often in the open
air, on the lawn, in a garden.
"lieethoven also undoubtedly found
a powerful auxiliary to inspiration in
motion and walking. Whatever the
season, every day after dinner, which
was at 1 o'clock, according to the Vien
nese custom, he set out for a walk,
and with big strides twice made the
circuit of the city of Vienna. Neither
cold nor heat nor rain nor hall was able
to stop him- Then it was that his heat
of fancy attained Its full ardor. He
would enter a restaurant, sit down for
an instant and ask the stupefied waiter
for tbe bill, without having ordered
anything. His clumsiness was pro
digious. He usually broke everything
he touched. Not a single piece of fur
niture in his bouse, and any article of
value less than anything else, was safe
from his atiaeks, and many times his
ink pot fell into the piano by which he
was working, which, religiously pre
served in the museum at Bonn, still
retains its Indelible traces. Although
he had always lived in the midst of Hie
high Viennese aristocracy, in which
drawing room dances were hej& j£
high honor, he never succeeded In danc
ing in time.
"Herold .composed while walking,
humming or singing, often in the
Champs Ely sees, and often passed his
best friends by without recognising
them.
"Gounod composed especially at the
table, or at least In his bead. When he
wrote, everything was absolutely clear
In his brain. His manuscripts prove
this.
"Wagner liked to wjite standing up
before a large table desk like the cash
desks in tbe shops. His scores wen
written without erasures, in a superb
calligraphic hand, admirable for tta
clearness and firmness and worthy of
a professional copyist.
"Berlioz, who played no instruments
but the guitar, flute and flageolet, nec
essarily worked at the table.
"Franck, who was the head of ft
school, scarcely composed at all till
after 9 o'clock in the evening.
"Meyerbeer wrote in a regular man
ner in the evening, and his servant had
orders to drag him away from the
piano at tbe stroke of midnight Schu
mann would not admit that any one
could write otherwise than at a table.
Mendelssohn made much use of the
piano and preferred to work in the
morning. Auber generally worked at
night aud very late, till 2 or S o'clock
in the morning, in order to avoid out
side noises.
"nalevy had a table piano that bad
been made for him by Pleyel: Proa
time to time he would draw out his key
board, strike a few chords on it, and
then push It back like a simple drawer
and continue to write.
"Boieldieu also wrote at the piano.
Feliclen David, not being much of ft
pianist, sometimes sought the aid of
his violin. Adolphe Adam almost al
ways worked at bis grand piano, the
right band side of whose keyboard
was stained with innumerable splashes
of ink. He played eight, ten or twelve
bars, aud then wrote them down. Biset
worked especially In the evening an &
still more at night; he often made use
of a piano bureau by Pleyel, like Gou
uod and Halevy."
Hia Gaeaa.
"Where were they married?"
"I ain't Jest sure," answered the
small boy, " 'cause they left me home,
but I guess it was in the steeple;''
"In the steeple?"
"Well, I heard 'em say it was a high
church wedding."—Chicago Poet
There are two kinds of unhappy peo
ple In the world—those who are sad
because they are not known and tboee
who are miserable because they are
known too well.
Rulers by Divine Rlftht.
Charlemagne was the first great
ruler who proclaimed himself king anfij
emperor by divine right. He did not
allege, however, that the divine right
had come to him direct from
but based his claim ou the fact thatj
the bishop of Bome, then tbe spiritual)
ruler of the Christian world, had;
anointed him aud placed the crown of
the holy Boman empire on his head.
The term "Del CraUa" ("by divine
right" or "the grace ofGod") was thus
used to express the right to rule as
coming from the head of the church'
until the days of Luther and the refor
mat ion. Then the power of the church
was so shaken that rulers no longer,
felt sure that they could rest unchal
lenged on their right to rule as given
to them by Bome. So tbe term "by,
divine right" became construed as
meaning that the kings ruled by right
of God's will as expressed in the Old
Testament, in which God is recorded
as having chosen kings himself to rule
the people.—Exchange.
If Ponce de Leon bad ever seen a six
ty-year-old American at a circus he
would never have wasted all that time
and money looking for the fountain ot
perpetual youth.—Baltimore American. J