VOL. XXXX.
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IT Still Greater Reductions! 3
SJif Bargain sale all this Month |
5 Wash goods have been selling freely at the reduced &
W prices, but we now make still lower prices on balance ,
V of stock. Good assortment of choice styles, and in most g
2 cases they are now half, or less than half former prices. jv
5 Choice Lawns and Dimities, were 10c & 12 1 -2c now 5c £
2 Fine Dimities and Batistes, 12 l-2c and 15c goods for 7c
5 20c and 25c fine Wash Fabrics, now 10c and 12 1-2 c £
5 SHIRT WAISTS AT HALF PRICE. £
S Entire stock of Fine Shirt Waists now offered at U
5 half. These are the well-known "Acorn" Waists, noted
for style and faultiest fit. &
VI EMBROIDERIES ANO LACES ONE-FOURTH OFF, JN
Our stock of Fine Embroideries and Laces is too
» large and must be reduced. Twenty-five per centdis- \0 t
5 count is the inducement we offer. k
5 Special bargain price on Ribbons, Belts, Fancy
6 Collars, Silks and Dress Goods. Ni
«L. Stein & Son J
yj 108 N MAIN STREET. BUTLER. PA
f-XSS&VX *** 2
8 THE FINAL CLEAN-UP G
SSummer Qoods and Hillinery^
J PRICES CUT WITHOUT REGARD TO COST g
£ THE MODERN STORE. £
S OUT WITH Abb STOCK «
S is the motto in every department of the store. Nothing is to remain on Ok
* the shelve* that belongs to the hot season. Prices no longer any object
(A and we call your attention to the following:
5 All Ladies' White Lawn Shirt Waists at 1-2 Price. g
R All Fancy Parasols at One-Half Price.
fl Final clean-up of all smsU lots of Summer Goods at a
a fraction of former prices Ufc
g LAST CALL ON SUMMER MILLINERY g
aB Don't wait if yoa want another hat. Oat lot Ladies' and Children s W
Trimmed Hata, sold from SI.OO to 13.00 all at 48c a|
* On® lot Lvlies' Triiamtd Hats, sold <ip to $« 00 no w : 1 48.
jj Co., g
jR SOOTS MAM srtsrr | rjoi 5
ft SSSSc" I Send in Your Mail Orders, g
■ OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLF.K. PA. $
AUGUST SALE!
BIG BARGAINS IN ALL LINES,
You can buy goods during this sale at a big saving
# **
Men's $2.50 fine box
calf shoes at sl,Oll
Men's fine satin-calf q C
$1.50 shoes at "OC
Men's $1.50 heavy ««
soje working shoes at v».UU
Men's fine box-calf, vici
itld and patent kid $3.50 t99 r
*nd 4.00 shoes
Boys' 1.25 heavy gole
working shoes at
Children's fine dongola - n
75c shoes at t'UC
All Oxfords to be closed out regardless of cost,
ftepaifing neatly and promptly done,
JOHN SlCKeis,
128 South Main Street, Butler, Pa.
The Time is Here! Our Sale its On!
The Tlm e I s *1e re for pur
gemi-Annual Bargain Sale
which means much to our customers, in the way of saving money.
OUR SALE IS ON
M yon will see by the bargains in onr windows. Watch onr windows daily for
bargains. It will pay yon. We will quote just a few of onr barxains
40 sls 00 and $16.00 Suit* Hale Price, $7.50
30 f12.00 and |14.00 Huite Bale Price, ffl.oo
«) feBO Haiti..i...... Uaie Price, |ij 7B
2tf ti.oo Bui« Sale frice,
7914 00 Huita Sale Price, |2 Od
One lot of "Men's traits, all sizes, go at half price.
AH Baits, sizes H to 10. go at half-price.
One lot of Boys' £nee Pant Buits, were *2.00 and fci.OO, sale price SI.OO.
All Straw Hate up at Ualforice.
All Shirt Waist* go at halfprto*.
One lot of Bninmer Underwear, to close it ont goes at 30c a garment.
About 120 Straw Hats, worth from 50c to $2.00, choice 25c.
It ia needless to quote more prices-bargains all through the store. You
know onr sales mean much for yon. Call and be convinced. Then tell your
neighbor what we did for yon.
Yours as ever,
POOTBETT & GRAHAM,
KECK
JS Spring & SQmmer Weights
•f I f\ "E Have a nattines* ahout them that P,
fj C j&M PI mark the Wearfcr. Ij*wont"do to
CT l\ l? V B wear the'last vear's output. You
| / i) lfV \J fl won't get the latest things at the
1 lyrOV in N "it'xrk clothiers either. The up-to
/» If l\j\ p' Yff rA date tailor only lan supply th<-ni,
i llf V% I/I II Cy you want not only the latest
11/ * flfl I I things in cut and fit and work
t Ift Hi/J I monship, the finest in durability,
II 1 It HI 1 1 I vhere e'ae can you get combins
» a I I ™ lions, you get them at
FECK
* »
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
2* North Mflfi Btroot All Work Quq rantoed Butler Pa
Ladies' fine box-calf
1.50 shoes at SI«UU
Ladies' fine dongola
welt sole 2.50 shoes at vl-uU
Ladies' fine dongola
turn sole 2.50 shoes at 1-OU
Misses' fine dongola Qn
1 25 shoes at
Boys' fine dress shoes
1.25 grade at
Youths' fine dress
shoes at
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
FOR
Drugs
%dicl{ &
Grohman,
109 N'. fi\a\n Street,
SUTbeR, PA.
s«st Service.
Prompt and Careful
Attention.
Four Registered
Pharmacists.
Prescription Worl< a
Specialty.
Reed's Wine of
Cod fciver Oil
will build you up and make
you strong, v/ill 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 Sts.. Butler, l a
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 i l need of
anything in the Drug Line and
we are sure you will call again.
We carry a full line of Drugs.
Chemical®, Toilet Articles, etc.
Purvis' Pharmacy
S. G. PURVIS, PH. G
Both Phones.
213 8. Main St. Bntler Pa.
B. & B.
What a Dollar will do when a maker
misjudges the demand for his gooda.
Exquisitely dainty White Lawn
Shirtwaists— made to sell for a great
deal more than a Dollar as you'll see at
or.ee—em brodidery stock—tacked in
front—also two rows of neat pattern
embroidery from shoulder half way
down front —cuffs nicely tacked —4 half
inch tncks down back—stylish pouch
sleeves--beading on shoulder, in fact
eyery idea of style that goea to make up
a fashionable shirtwaist tor the season
of IttOa.
Women who send for this waist will
get puch style, fit, finish, and money's
worth as they'll remember for years.
What happens when the retailer bnys
to many.
(iood serviceable $1.70, $2.00, and
$2.00 Linen Crash Skirts—all sizes—
plain or Single and Doable Flounce, one
price, s].^o
fy.'Ab, su.r»o and f. 00 Natural Uiuen
Hkirts. 52.50 largely overbought on
these but that proves their style and
merit -come in walking and train
lengths, white braid and self trimmed.
Be prompt and so will wo, but be
sure to mark your letter B. C. 80.
Buhl
Department X.
ALLEGHENY. PA.
'ST U S f\
nfni aft»ir you are blind* W" can't
restore sight but we can (five *v»-ry aid
now to strengthen and preserve your
sight, but coming later would ltc lilc
nntting glasses on a blindfolded man
We are here now. We want von •»
- ... eyes neeu nelp now. Examination
and consultation free.
I also sell Edison and Victor M hofco
:;nd rvconis, mandolin, vi-din
a»d gtlit*r strings and moiithortfan*.
' CARL H. LEIGHNER,
Graduate Optician and Jeweler
209 S. Main St., Butler, Pa.
Ipggl
Bilious
Dizzy? Headache? Psin
back of your eyes? It's \ otr
liver! Use Ayer's Pills.
! "A ant your moustache or bear_ a
be latiful brov n or rich tlack? Vcc
Buckingham'sDve
| dr-g£»»tscf RP Ha Cc . N-thua %
Nasal
CATARRH
In all its etagea. JjUo#
Ely's Cream Balmv Y
c 'aaßCft, eoothea and hcala m
the diseased membrane.
It c.iree catarrh and drives M r\S
a- aj a cold in 4he L'^-d
qairkly.
Cr«*ain Balm is placed into the nostrils,spreads
o\er the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im
cv iliate and a care follows. It is not drying—does
not produce sneezing. Size, 50 cents at Drag-
C t* or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
ELY BROTHERS. W5 Warren Street, New York
Johnston's
Beef. Iron and Wine
IS ri
fj Best Tonic a J
V A Blocxi Purifier. k j
kl Price, 50c pint. 7 £
tl Prepared and W J
W A sold only at] L V
|i Johnston's kj
n Crystal h
ft Pharmacy, H
1 r
W i K. h\. LOGAN, Ph. (i. k
* M Miioajfcr, WA
Ij A 10*5 N. Main St., Butler, Fa'
L Both 'Phones 9 2
fA Everything in the
kl drug line. VA
| ff j
NEW »«""
iih.iv §TOCK
I have purchased the C. J.
Harvey Pharmacy, in the Stein
building, at 345 S. Main St., am
remodeling and restocking the
store. I have twenty-two years
experience as a pharmacist, and
compounding of prescriptions
will be under my personal at
tention.
Pure drugs and honest treat
ment guaranteed.
When in town shopping, stop
and leave your packages.
v|. 1.. Mckee, Pharmacist,
ytein Block, b. Main St., Butler, Pa.
Binding of Books
Is our occupation. We put our
entire time to studying the best
and latest methods of doing our
work. If you are thinking of
having some work done in this
line I am sur? you be well
pleased if you have it done at
The Butler Book Bindery,
W W. AMON, Pro,,.
Odd. Court. House.
9* DR. HARRIS'
3 Summer Cordial.
it>i
® HPKKIMI.Y (t It ICS
■ Diarrhoea, Dysentery,
■ Sick Headache.
U Summ.4 OUIUflSI'lt.
k Vomltlixf, Sour Stomach,
B Indigestion
[I and for Children Tcethine.
n Anstll.t TEI.V IIAIIMI.KHH.
y FTOtwul b) 11. A. FA II NKSTOt K CO.
M I'lltakuric, I'm.
At Itrqicfiilii 20c u Ixittlf
BUTLER. PA.. -THURSDAY. AUGUST 13, 1903.
. .-j";-.
J When Si;ence s
2 Was e*. Virtue f
I -j.r .. |
4. NELLIE V.OKE |
j Cop: right. e J
Margaret Kelton folded the Tiin< s
mechanically and laid it on the table
Inside her. For some time she snt in
Ceep thought. Then she reopened the
paper and studied the paragraph more
closely, with a vague hope that she
had made some mistake. But hardly.
She read:
"Mr. Richard Kent K» ltou, formerly
popular it, this city in business and so
cial circle*, now a resident of Phila
delphia, Is spending the cold months in
Florida for the beiKtit of his wife's
health."
The problem of her life confronted
her, or, rather, the scruple. She had
never been greatly iu love with the
man, nor yet especially antipathetic
toward him. Ilence it was no easy
thing to do what she was forced to
contemplate. But there was the other
womaa. Palpably the finger of duty
pointed but one way.
Two days were required to put her
affairs into shape and to prepare for
the journey south.
There was no difficulty about the
exact location. She had often been
there in the past—with him, before the
separation five years ago, he to live
his life, she her own. There was never
the semblance of a quarrel. She could
almost have wished there had been—
anything, all things, but what was.
Margaret found herself overwhelmed
by a tumult of emotions as she sat
iu the familiar old fashioned parlor
where so many of her old days had
been spent. There was very little
change beyond the few trifling effects
wrought by the touch of a new individ
uality.
It was a quaint, picturesque old
home, a typical architectural relic of
the antebellum south. A smooth box
hedge, green the year round, bordered
a magnificent flower garden. Outside
were wild oranges, great rows of them,
whose dainty waxen blossoms of this
season mingled with the glistening gold
fruit of the last. Dotted about the
wide Bermuda lawn were roses, pink
"MK TRAIN' WILL LEAVE IN TWKNTY
MINUTES," BIIIS SAID.
and white and red and yellow bloomed,
tilling the air with midwinter fra
grance,
A half hour passed, and, impatient
of waiting, Margaret rose and walked
over to one of the Windows.
There was a tiny artificial pond Just
below, with ducks skimming over its
rlppleless surface. Weeping willows
trailed their graceful branches along
the edges where daisies and white vio
lets sprang up In profusion.
Presently a child with long yellow
curls toddled down to the rim of the
bank and dabbled his fingers In the
water. The nurse followed close be
hind, laughing and protesting and try
ing to beguile her young charge away
With u fut, stuffed elephant.
The woman turned soul sick at the
sight. Here dawned another and a
tragic aspect, all unsuspected.
The boy turned an eager, flushed face
and held out both hands, dripping with
crystal drops.
It Mas the face of ltlchard Kelton In
miniature.
"15a Baby!"
Xlaigapet started at the sound of a
iweet, weak voice almost at her elbow
and, turning, stood face to face with a
very young and very delicate looking
woman. But for the deep circles under
the blue eyes and the lines of pain
carved about a sensitive mouth it was
the face of a child.
"Oh, I beg your pardon," she tifeMan,
with an apologetic smile. "You are
felting to see my husband on busi
ness, I believe?"
Margaret nodded.
"I completely forgot," the other went
on, with a pretty air of explanation.
"I was looking for my boy. 1 always
wliuu I'm abl« to be about"
She paused out of sheer weakness
tnd sank Into a chair.
Margaret made some trivial response
and slipped back Into her own seat,
struggling to regain her poise.
What should she do? What could
she do? She could never lUe worse
than deathblow 10 that poor little girl
(nother. upoii whom death Itself had
alri iiiiy prlnti <1 Ii - i l. ;.ui or not
right, she must get away.
With a swift assumption of urgency
she drew her watv'li from her belt and
SiarteU i" her fee|. "i really must not
wait longer," she said hurrlet .. . "My
train will leave In twenty minutes."
"I'm very sorry," the other said re
gretfully. "It's t'sj bad of ltlchard to
have caused you all this annoyai.ee, al
though of course It was unintentional
on his part. It's nothing very Impor
tant, I hope?"
"<lli, nothing," replied Margaret with
U lleellllg smile.
"Ami J'M u f you wish to leave
your eard, do you not?"
"I have no card with me. Never
mind about the name, it really doesn't
matter. Thank you, and good morn
ing."
She passed quickly down the steep
flight of steps and on down the gravel
path, her head bent
Uuj gato sti*' glaiiced up Into tho
ey< s of Klcliard Kelton.
"Margaret you you! For Mercy's
Mike!"
She mranUKi him silently, scornfully.
"I thought you were Ui-nil," tin- man
Ha Id iloifKftlly.
"i;x(:ubf ni». h"t J"« IhuUKtit no KU'-II
thliiK," »h« n lort'-u <|tilutly.
"Well, anil whut are you KOIIIK to
do about it?" he asked with suddenly
white lips.
Margaret Kelton looked at him with
the contempt she could not conceal.
"1 came," she returned iu a low
voice, '"to save a woman from a man's
villainy. It was the hardest undertak
ing of my life, but I felt that I could
not l>e a party to crime by my si
lence" —
' You!" lie broke in. "You have ruined
me, wrecked my home, my wife's hap
piness, stolen the name from my inno
cent baby'"
"Come, this is no time for heroics.
Listen to me. I have done none of
these things of which you accuse me,
though God knows you are not the one
who ought to be sjiared. I have seen
your 'wife,' your 'innocent baby,' and
for them, for their sake, I have kept
silent."
lie stared at her curiously, disbe
lievingly. "Then why did you not think
of these things before and stay away?"
"Why? I will tell you. Had 1 found
your—your wife, as I expected, how
ever happy, however innocent, I must
have told the truth. She would have
thanked me; not then, perhaps, but
afterward. As it is, I see only a young
girl, dying, and her ehild —a man—per
haps u real, a great uiaii of the future.
For his sake, I want you to remember
that"
The man had bowed his head. At
length he lOoked up with strangely dim
eyes.
"Thank you," he said simply; "you
have shown me what true nobility Is.
I—l shall try to deserve It"
Margaret had passed noiselessly
through the open gate, and the rows of
clustering oranges hid her from view.
John Wenley'i Qaarrel.
John Wesley once had a disagree
ment with Joseph Bradford, his travel
ing companion of many years, and
they agreed to part. They retired for
the night, each firm In his determina
tion ami each doubtless deploring in
his heart the separation soon to follow
between two friends who had been so
devoted and mutually helpful. In the
morning Wesley asked Bradford If he
hail considered during the night their
agreement to part.
"Yes, sir," said Bradford.
"And must we part?" Inquired WTes
ley.
'Tit-use yourself, sir," said Bradford
grimly.
"But will you not ask my pardon?"
demanded Wesley.
"No, sir."
"You won't?"
"No, sir."
"In that case," said Wesley gently,
"I must ask yours."
It was not the ending which Brad
ford anticipated. A moment he hesi
tated, and then, breaking Into tears,
he followed Wesley's example and for
gave and was forgiven.—Youth's Com
panion.
Japan'* flalry Alnoa.
A traveler in Japan thus describes
the hairy Ainos of that country: "The
men are about the middle height, broad
Chested, broad shouldered, thick set,
very strongly built, the arms and legs
short, thick and muscular, the hands
and feet large. The bodies, and espe
cially the limbs, of many are covered
with short, bristly hair. I have Been
two boys whose backs are covered with
fur as fine and soft as that of a cat.
We were ferried over a river by an
Aino completely covered with hair,
whlr-h on lils shoulders was wavy like
that of a retriever and rendered cloth
ing quite needless either for covering
or for warmth. A wavy black beard
rippled nearly to his waist over his
furry chest, and with his black locks
hatitfinK In masses over his shoulders
he would have looked a thorough sav
age had it not been for the exceeding
sweetness of his smile and eyes."
Pandemonlom In a Pamphlet.
They were very controversial in those
days.
Ilrst—Bowles wrote a book about
Pope.
Second.—Campbell abused Bowies'
book on Pope.
Third.—Bowles replied to Campbell's
abuse of Bowles on I'ope.
Fourth.—Byron wrote an answer to
Bowles' answer to Campbell's abuse of
Bowles' book on Pope.
Fifth.—John Bull wrote a letter to
Byron about Byron's answer to Bowles'
answur to CttinpU>ir» abuso of Bowies'
book on Pope.
Sixth.—lir. Garnett has a theory of
the authorship of John Bull's letter to
Byron about Byron's comments on
Bowies' answer to—lt Is like "The
House That Jack Built!" Andrew
Lang in Longman's.
<lutte Impartial.
Mrs. ntraui Offen—l understand you
to say you're a good, all round cook,
but of course you must h«ve some fa
vorite dlsties?
Applicant—No, tna'ain. They're all
wan to me. Ol'm not the kolnd to bo
conslderin' whether a dish Is chape or
explnslve whin Ol'm breakln' It—
Washington Post.
Inforntluff
"Who lives In that big hou«e on the
corner, Dennls'f"
"The WHldy O'Malley, sor, who Is
dead."
"Indeed! When did she die?"
"If she had lived Ull next Sunday
slut would have lx-en dead U year."—
Kansas City Journal.
A Pallor*.
"See hwe, young maul" said tho min
ister. "You never puld me that fee for
marrying you."
"You're mighty lucky I haven't sued
you for damages."—London Tlt-Blts..
Scllt Mdio Aatorrafln.
KiiifKcr Didn't he And It hard to re
turn to civil life after commanding In
the army?
Booker—No, Indeed. He got a posi
tion as Janitor.—Smart Set.
When ii bt-autlful woman smiles some
pocket I tot >k I* weeping School master.
Preparation*.
"Is you ijot a razor you could len'
me to shave inerse'f?" asked Mr. Eras
lus Plnkley. "I'zo gwlne to do yaldy
tonight."
"WVutw d« matter wlf yoh own rtt
*or?"
"Well, you see. I ]••«' got It stropped
up Hn» this nftuhnoon, an' I hates to
dull de edge."—Washington Star.
I.nml Talk.
"Henry, what does It mean In this
historical novel when It says 'Our guns
talked back to the enemy?'"
"Why, they had Parrott kum* ty U>o»w
days, my lore."—l'l"ln I*-ul
Coniiilltnrnlarf.
He (at the art exhibition)- Well, how
do you like Brown's picture?
She—That one? Why. I tluniKVt H
was youpjt Yvy H?—l'unch.
The safest principle through life. In
stead of reforming others. Is to set
about perlecUug yourself.—llaydon.
FARM DAIRY CHEESE.
Plain Dlrertloaa For I Maltlnc
lu Ike lluunrhold.
There is a popular Impression that
the manufacture <>f cheese In this coun
try has been so completely transferred
to the factory system during the last
half century" as practically to abolish
cheese making 011 dairy farms. Hut the
agricultural returns of the twelfth
United States census show that in the
year l!S9l» there were still 15,<">70 farms
upon which dairy cheese was made.
The quantity produced on these farms
during that year was 16.572.330
t>ounds, an average of 1,045 pounds per
farm. This product constituted almost
P ,-r cent of all the cheese made in
the United States,
i It Is the purpose of farmers' bulletin
No. 100. "Cheese Making on the Farm,"
to furnish fur the farm household a
brief description of the most approved
FAUM DAIKV cums FBKSS.
methods used in the manufacture of
several varieties of cheese. Details of
management, which are briefly and
plainly described. Include aeration and
cooling, coloring, the use of rennet, cur
dling, cutting, cooking, molding, press
ing. dressing, salting and curing. The
operation of pressing Is explained as
follows The press may be a simple
lever and weight described as follows:
The lever should be about twelve feet
long. A broken wagon tongue answers
the purpose very well. Set a strong
box, on which the mold may be placed,
about three feet from a wall, post or
tree. On the latter nail a slat and un
der It put one end of the lever. Put a
circular board about six Inches in di
ameter upon the mold, and on this rest
the stick or lever. A pall containing a
few cobblestones will answer for the
weight. Do not apply full pressure at
first, but let the weight hang about
halfway between the mold and the
outer end of the stick. Let the cheese
remain a few hours In the press, then
take out and dress.
The ordinary process by which our
American cheese is made in factories
Is not applicable to the farm dairy be
cause it takes too much time and is so
complicated that it requires years of
practice to become sufficiently familiar
with the varying conditions In which
milk comes to the vat The various
changes that take place in milk, and
which are troublesome in making
cheese, nearly all develop In the night's
milk kept over until the following
morning. So if milk Is made Into
cheese Immediately after it is drawn
no difficulty need be experienced. By
employing a simple and short method
of manufacture any one at all accus
tomed to handling milk can with the
appliances found In any well regulated
farm home make uniformly a good
cheese.
Poultry Honae Arrangements.
The cut shows roosts, dropping board
platform and the nests below, the lat
ter so constructed that the fowls lay
in the dark, a cure for egg eating. The
BOOSTS, PIiATFOUU AND NKSTB.
writer has built three of these and
finds them the best combination of
roosts, dropping board and nests that
he has ever seen, says a Farm Journal
correspondent, who also sketches a trap
nest. The trap nests have circular
openings in front covered by a very
light, thin bit of wood. An eighth of
an Inch thick will be about right. It is
pivoted at the top. The section re
moved from one side of this cover en
uhlcs the hen to put her head and neck
into the nest, thus pushing the light
sliding cover aside. When she has en
tered the nest the cover falls of Its
own weight, and a little flexible ash
wood catch on the bottom catches over
a peg, holding the layer until released.
This will show which hen lays tho
egg, and one can thus breed only from
the best layers.
Ln(« Ducks Aro Ckwiiplf Grown.
Tbo early hatched ducks that nre
ready for the market In May bring the
best price, but those hatched later, al
though they do not sell for as much per
pound, are more cheaply grown, be
cause bugs, grasshoppers aud green
stuff become more plenty. I never have
uny trouble raising my ductllngs. The
I'ekln ducks are the largest of the
duck family and the most jsipular.
They will lay more eggs In u year than
many hens, as they will lay nearly ev*
cry day from February until Septem
ber or October. During thin season a
drake should bo kept for every five
ducks, itnd there should be an Inclo
sure about their house that they may
be kept In during the morning. A
fence two feet high will be sufficient to
confine them. Ducks ur* quite free
from vermin and most of tho Ills that
chicken* »re heir to, says a Wisconsin
woman In Orange Judd Farm-
ROOT CROP SEEDS.
How anil Whi-ri- They Arr (irn«a
and Why Thrr Arr Often I'mir,
The s<«-d division of the Canadian
department of agriculture offers sug
gestions of M'V.yh >i'' i 'i ,| »t to root grow
er* According to Thief (). 11. t'lark of
Uj'' seed division, a few farmers In
Canada make a specialty of growing
root crop seed, but practically the
whole amount of such seed offered In
the trade W Imported from Europe and
Is grown In France, (jermany and Kng
land. A favorable climate and eheap
labor have made these countrlo* the
seed gardens of the world.
Turnips, swetlex, yiuiigeis and ear
rots aru t'ieunlal plants-that Is,
store lip nourishment In the root
during the whole of the first year and
use that store of food for the produc
tion of seed the second and final year
of their life Most of our domesticated (
plants have been evolved from wild
tyjs's through long of selection, I
cultlvatK.il and cross fertilization. The
original wild types were usually an- '
nunU, producing seed the first year, |
met there Is a tendency among all ini- |
pro vet I plants to revert rapidly to the i
oltl unimproved ty|h-m whenever they 1
are deprived of careful attention to ate- '
lection and cultlvstion.
Canadian farmers have not fully rec
ognized that the value of root crop
seeds is far from depending on their
vitality alone. It is even more Im
portant that they be taken from care
fully grown »nd selected stocks. We
seldom see a field of roots that are uni
formly true to type and free from
j abnormal growth of top. large necks
and ill shaped, prongy roots.
The best quality of seed is produced
from selected nud transplanted roots.
Seed of turnips and swedes Is pro
duced In quantity In this manner in
the north of Scotland. The climate of
Scotland, like that of Canada, la such
that root crop seeds can ouly be suc
cessfully produced by harvesting the
■ roots before winter and transplanting
them the following spring. The bulk
of the seed of these crops, which Is
imported for the Canadian trade. Is
grown in France and the south of Eng
land, where the climate Is such that
the roots may remain unharvested
through the winter and produce seed
the following year. Some of the more
reliable seed growers In these coun
tries exercise a great deal of care In
the production of their stocks. They
supply seeds from their own selected
stocks to small farmers, who grow
quantities of seed for them under con
tract The best quality of seed offered
In the Canadian trade Is grown in this
way. There Is, however, evidence to
show that a great deal of the seed of
these crops offered in Canada is of
much Inferior quality. Canadian farm
ers have demanded cheap seeds with
out any guarantee as to quality, and
the seedsmen have simply tried to
meet the demand. A great deal of the
root crop seed used In Canada is grown
by small. Irresponsible European farm
ers whose chief object is to obtain a
"maximum yield of seed Independent of
its quality. In the growing of these
stocks It Is a common practice to sow
late in the season after an early crop
has been harvested from the land.
Young plants thus produced are In
many cases not thinned and do not
grow to a reasonable size during the
first season. From a crop of this sort
a very large amount of top is produced
and a large quantity of seed obtained
per acre at a minimum cost. Until the
consumers learn that it pays to use
ouly seed that Is taken from selected
and transplanted roots grown in a cli
mate similar to that where the seed is
i wanted for use the quantity of home
grown stock offered in the trade will
be extremely limited. It therefore ap
pears that growers of root crops will
find it to their advantage to purchase
only seeds from extra selected stocks,
no matter what the price may be, or,
better still, grow their own seed from
the best and most typical roots raised
on their own farms.
Cover Crop*.
Now Is the time to begin to think of
cover crops. In this latltute generally
they should be sown between July 1
and July 15. Clover is perhaps the
best crop for orchards In the middle
and eastern states. Mammoth clover
Is a little better than the common red
clover. Crimson clover is good In New
Jersey and southward, especially on
poor, sandy soils, suggests Country
Oentleman.
A Device For the Para OatrUf*.
A little device Illustrated by the Ru
ral New Yorker will add much to the
comfort of riding in a canopy topped
carriage, where annoyance is frequent
ly felt from the sun shining in at one
side or other or at the back, It may be.
A piece of cloth, preferably of the
same color as the upholstering of the
carriage, Is pulled over two bands of
aBDTTIva OUT THE BUS.
elastic. Hooks are sewed at the ends
of these bands, as shown, the books be
ing covered with cloth. This little cur
tain can then be stretched and booked
to the uprights on either side of the
carriage or across the back, putting It
at the right height to protect the face
from the sun. It will also serve excel
lently as a windbreak. If the books
■re covered with rubber they will be
Was inclined to slip.
The Hookah la India.
The hookah Is smoked as a refreeh
mcnt and sign of fellowship by the
natives of India and not merely as a
luxury. When a group of natives are
seated together and, us Is the custom,
tho hookah Is passed around to each In
turn It Is considered very bad manners
for any one to decline to have s few
puffs, if the hookuli Is thus refused
In u friend's house or while one Is the
gucßt of another It Is regarded as an
Insult. If for any reuson a native Is
put out of casto the fact Is strictly
marked by his former caste fellow's
refusal to smoke with him, and sny
one who eats, drinks or smokes with
an outcast Is himself outcasled.—
Chambers' Journal.
"Executive Ability."
"Dot then, of course, he has execu
tive ability," wo said conclusively.
"Executive ability!" repeated our ac
quaintance. "What do you mean by
that?"
"Why, the quality of holding subor
dinates responsible for failures and
taking credit to ourselves for their suc
cesses," we resi*onded.
Which wo considered rather clever
for studied impromptu. New York
Herald.
Mad and Bad.
Kind ITearted Citizen-Tut tut tut!
Don't worry over It, little boy. You
didn't break your pitcher, aud there's
no use, you know, In crying over split
milk.
Little Boy—Do I talk as if I was cry-
In', mister? (Itesumes his violent lsn
guuge.)—Chicago Tribune.
A Myaft*rjr RiplalatA. /A'
"I don't umlenitan<l." wild Iho litncv
ramus at the academy, "why they al
ways put the baldhcaded men up in
the front row."
"That's easy," butted in the usher.
"They put 'em up there so they'll be
neur the flies."—Boston Herald.
Kvtl.
Oood Is positive. Evil In merely
privative, not absolute. It la like cold.
wMeh Is the privation of heat. All
evil Is so much death or nonentity.—
Btnerson.
A Poor BarffAlntp,
Ktliel—l offered l-'erdy a penny for
his thoughts.
Kdltli—Well. I'll never let you do sny
shopping for me!—l'uck.
No. 32*
EXPENSIVE KfSSEtt. ~
Vw» That Help*# to Sake SI(mJ
(•■tk CMtwr Btottrr-
In the year 1794 the beautiful tuft
charming Duchess of Ovdoo raised
that famous regiment of soldiers call*
ed "the Gordon hlghlsndafs" by ghr>
!BK each recruit a guinea in gold and ft
kiss from her own llpa. It la notorious
that the regiment was raised to a full
complement quicker than any ottM
regiment in the British service. Bat
the hlghlanders paid well for thett
kiss. They were sent immediately to)
fight the French, and In their first en
gagement 300 fell, killed and wounded.
In the year 1708 a stray kiss was th«
means of bringing about a bloody and
expensive war. Prince Ferdinand of
Bavaria was journeying in a neighbor
ing state. One day be visited "the roy
a! household," and while there tola eye
caught sight of a most beautiful maid*
en who happened to be near him. Hd
was so bewitched with her charming
personality that he Impulsively and
thoughtlessly Implanted a Idas upon
her fair cheek. She was a prince— of
the royal household, which the prince
knew not, neither did he know that aba
was an affianced bride and that fear be
trothed was near by and saw the
whole affair. Angry words and blows
followed. A duel waa fought and both
principals were severely wounded. Dip
lomatic relations between the two king
doms were suspended, and a long and
bloody war ensued, all on account of a
kiss which was paid for moat dearly In
blood and treasure.
The Mifsti
Thousands of years ago a mineral
having the strange power of attracting
iron was found In the country ancient
ly called Magnesia, in Asia Minor. The
name of this country bss given us the
word "magnet" This mineral, which
Is now called the lodestone (not load
stone), attracted the attention of the
curious, and it was discovered that •
piece of iron which had been rubbed
with the lodestone acquired the same
power of attracting iron. In other
words, the piece of iron became a mag
net. It was afterward found tbat such
an iron or artificial magnet could be
used like the lodestone itself to convert
other pieces or iron into magnets by
rubbing. Still more recently a mode
of making magnets by means of elec
tricity was discovered— that Is, by
wrapping a piece of Insulated wire
many times around the bar and then
causing a current of electricity to pasa
through the wire. The familiar small
toy magnets are simply steel bars
which have been rubbed a Tew times
against powerful magnets.— St. Nich
olas.
lieecia of tk» Soleata Asa.
Look about you, gentle reader, and
consider the solemn ass In every walk
of life. Who so respected, so admired,
so influential? He never takes sides.
He never is a partisan. He goea along
with knitted brows, bis thoughts too
deep for utterance. Smaller men may
abandon themselves to hasty Inclina
tions, to rash preferences, to robust
views. He never does. If be qteaks
at all it is with such profundity and
circumlocution and complexity that
the most recondite cryptogram ever
rescued from a pyramid would seem to
burst of Innocent and childish candor
In comparison. Yet ha wears fine rai
ment every day. He enjoys the re
spect and confidence of the community.
He prospers. The all of opulence
anoints him. He Is the incarnation of
success!— Washington Post.
Too Smart.
"Once when I was a Mississippi pi
lot" said Mark Twain, "I got out of
work and had to bustle for a new job.
I talked to a number of captains, but
none of them wanted a pilot Finally
I met a man wbo said there was a va
cancy on bis boat tbat I might fill If I
could qualify. He asked me about my
habits, my religion, my birth, my
schooling, and so on. Then he said:
'Now, for the main thing: Do you
know where the snags in the river
are?* 'No, captain,' I said, 'I don't'
He swore. 'Wants to be a pilot' be
muttered, 'and don't know where the
snags are.' 'I know where they're not,'
said I. But my smartness cost me the
Job."
Kind, hat Firm.
An English bishop owned a portable
bath tub which he failed on one occa
sion to take with him on a pastoral vis
itation. When he returned be found
that the housemaid had used the be
loved tub. Calling her into his study,
he said kindly, "Mary, I do not so
much mind your using my tub, bnt
what I object to is that you should do
behind my back what you would not
do before my face."—Ltpplncotfa.
Hta Bxqsm.
"No," said a cltlsen when asked if he
would contribute anything to the relief
of the flood sufferers; "I don't think I
"Will"
"Can't afford it eh?"
"It isn't that but the last time I gave
something for charity one of the paper*
spelled by name wrong."
Nothing Don*.
"I don't think I'll wager with you,"
said the baker. "You haven't the
dough."
"That may be," replied the butcher,
"but I don't see you putting up any,
stskes."—Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Weat Too Fas.
An unsuccessful lover was asked by
whu' means be bad lost the object ot
bis affections.
"Alas," he said, "I flsttered her till
she got too proud to speak to me."
i
Woraaa'a War.
Sbo— Time will heal the wound I've
made In your heart.
He—Yes; bnt you'ii be mad at me If
It docs. —Detroit Free Press.
Dlda't Patroalaa Her Father.
A young woman living In a suburban
village turned her graceful talent for
dancing to account by carrying on the
instruction of the young folks In the
neighborhood in that art At the be*
ginning of the term her class jvas at
tended by un awkward, overgrown girl
who was much in need of such culture,
ttlie was the daughter of a local under
taker. After two lessons she discon
tinued attendance, and one of her ac
quaintances usked her .why she had
given up her lessons.
"Well," said she, "Miss Bisnk never
patronizes my father, and so I .won't
patronise ber school." Philadelphia
Ledger.
QurUc PfMiMu Stoaos.
In buying gems always beg, buy or
borrow u microscope and examine the
stone carefully through the telltale
lens. Flaws Invisible to the naked eye
which depreciate or entirely deetroy,
the value of the gem will be easily rec
ognised. it is really throwing money,
away to Invest in costly stones without
this examination, as many Jewel lovera
have found to their cost —Good House
keeping.