VOL. XXXX.
Eckel's Fall Footwear.
Largest Stock and Most Handsome Styles of Fine
Footwear we Have Ever Shown.
XAPACIC ShnOQ Enamel and Patent-kid mad* in the latest up-
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Misses' and Children's Shoes.
Extremely large stock of Misses' and Children's fine shoes !
comprised of many new and pretty styles for fall, j
mm m /"\i All the latest styles in Men's fine shoes A tall
■AH O VhAfiC hoe of Metis Patent kid, the latent style lasts,
mcll O wllvvO V) to Pi <Xi. Men's fine Calf. Vici-kid and Box
calf "hoes 11.00 to $5.00.
Large Assortment of Boys', Youths' and Liltle Gents Fine Shoes
A I of Jamestown. K Y.. who failed sometime ago an 1 who was
kAvOU closed down for over a year has started np again We gave him a
UvitV V yerv large order for Men's box-toe and plain toe shoes; also boys
and Youths' copper tipped shoes. The gooda are all in. These
shot* are cot from good water proof kip* hand pegged,
sewed with heavy waxed ends. The best of Hemlock out and
insoles. Nothing lacking to make them a first class winter shoe.
Ev»ry pair Btamp«d on sole, N. W. Gokey &■ Son, Jamestown, NY-
We invite yon to call and see this well known line be
fore baying your winter shoes. Large stock of Ladies' Kan
garoo, Calf, Oil-grain and Xip shoes at away down prices.
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN SCHOOL SHOES.
Repairing promptly done.
JOHN SICK6Is,
128 South Main Street, Butler, Pa.
New Fall Clothing!
We are now ready to show the largest and
best line of Men's, Boys' and Children's
Clothing ever shown in this city.
We want you to see our new
Hamburger Suits
before you buy; they are beauties; all made
with padded shoulders and firm front. Will
keep their shape just as well as the merchant
tailored suits.
A peep into our Furnishing Department will
delight you. All new styles in Hats, Caps
and Men's Furnishings now on sale. Call
and see us. Yours for clothing,
DOUTHETT & GRAHAM.
Reliable Clothiers.
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| A Linen Opportunity! |
■ A lot of Fine Linens, bought for Holiday trade, are w
S here several months ahead of time. Uk
5 This is the best assortment of hemstlched and fine S
® drawn work Linens we ever had and consists of Scarfs, g
jR Squares, Lunch Cloths, Doylies, Mexican Drawn Work, jn
■ Teneriffe Doylies, etc. Included In this lot are Fine Table*
S Linens, Napkins, Pattern Cloths, Match Setts and Towels, m
5 GET WISE TO THIS. j*
6 We sell Fine Linens at all seasons, so this Holiday assortment goes on U
R sale »t once, bat at much less than Holiday prices We'll chance getting K
more for Holiday trade. Bur now and save one fourth to one-half. A
Jn Fine Mexican Drawn Work 124 c. 20c, 2.1 c and np JR
(ft Teneriffe Doylies, 6, 9 and 12 inches 2Ac, 90c and «5c Ub
JR Hemstiched Squares 10c np
lm S yards Pattern Cloth, worth $2.00 at fI.A9 jm
35 yards Pattern Cloth, worth |2.60 at sl.t« S
■ Match Setts—Cloth and Napkins $4.60 np 0
■ Cleaning: up Summer Goods at Bargain Prices,
a All Shirt Waists at half price. Wash Goods, half price and less. ■
S NEW FALL WAISTINQS. £
S Two qualities Fancy Vesting* at 40c and 60c, are worth yoar atten- O
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t
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LIARS
OF CO/fIPeTITORS
If they told the truth con
cerning my pianos, myself, and
my way of doing business I
would sell all of the pianos
that are sold in Butler.
When a party cornea to you with a
story concerning my business, ask tbem
to call at my store with yon and repeat
It In my "presence.
I am here for business, and I am hap
py to say I have lots of it My patron»
are my friends, 1 always refer to
tbem. Ask them.
I can give yon a list of over 800
patrons to whom I h«ivn sold pianos
sine© I came here four years ago.
And if you will flnrl any ol ihem who
will say that I have not been honorable
in all my dealings with them. I will
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Trusting to have my just share of your
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Your credit Is good at
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THE*PIANO MAN,
317 S. Main St.. Butler, Pa.
REMOVAL.
We have removed our Marble
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N. Main street, (opposite W. D.
Brandon's residence), where we
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Monuments & Headstones
of all kinds and arc also prepared
to give best figures on
Iron Fence, Flower Vases
, , ... j
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agency from the Str>vart Iron
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I
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Real Estate sad
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O Copyright. I*2. by Peter McArthur •
"Sj? "LL go if mamma will let me."
£n Leona Jarvls stood ou the lit'
JL tie dock In front of their sum
mer cottage and looked down
teaslngly at the young man who was
holding his little catboat against the
p|—k| with one hand while he sat on
the gunwale and let the sail hang
loosely. lie frowned and certainly
blushed, though it was hard to see this
under the coat of tan he had acquired
while cmlsinK at>out the bay. During
i the past couple of months be had had a
i deal of thinking to do, and uoth-
I ing Is so conducive to concentrated and
i exhaustive thought us sailing about In
a trim and docile boat without regard
to time. And as most of his cruising
was done alone people seemed to think
that there was a misanthropic appro-
"WKLI., SES THAT TOU CATCU SOM*rUJ>£) 1"
prlateness about the name of his boat,
the Alone. He never could convince
tbem that "Alone' r should be pro
nounced as a word of three syllables,
nud If he did convince any of tliein
they Immediately began to hum u fool
ish parody of "Yankee I>oodle" which
rau:
Yankee JDoodle came to town
All alone, aloncy.
After Leona had delivered her Ulti
matum there was nothing to do but
wait until her mother came out of the
house. As a matter of course she was
Invited, but was wise enough to de
cline.
"I'll chaperon you from the veranda,"
she snld, "and the only stipulation I
Utuk4> 1* LUu.L jruu Uw uui *c t off flu* top
of the ocean. " Then as tho little Iniat
was swinging away from the dock she
called after them, "I wish you would
bring me home a nice, fresh blueflsli."
"Anything to oblige," Leona called
back.
"Well, see that you catch something,"
replied the mother, und laughed.
Marvin Itolllns was too busy with
ropes and pulleys and the many little
attentions a lioat requires Is-fore she
will la; entirely oliedlent to notice this
little byplay of dialogue, and while he
was moving about the boat he was
banding cushions to Leona so that sho
could make herself entirely comforta
ble for the little cruise thnt he pro
posed. At last be had everything trim,
and they scudded out toward the open
sea where a fleet of Ixaita was trolling
for Itlueflsh. L<*»na amused herself for
awhile In watching how rapidly they
huddled together and then scattered.
Hl»* inquired the cuuso of these maneu
vers.
"When one of the U>ats strikes a
school of flsh all the other fellows rush
In to get their share, and when they
lots* tho school they scatter till some
one else strikes one, and then they come
together again."
At this [>olut Leona's attention was
attracted by something else.
"Oh, Marvin!" she exclaimed enthu
slastlcally. "i/ook at that wide streak
of oil we arc crossing. Does that mean
that oil Is coming out of the liottom of
the sen; that there Is a Texas gusher
under the Oreat South bay?"
He looked at her curiously to make
Sure Jlnit she was not (Miking fun at
him, but Ix-ona was n good actress aud
looked entirely Innocent.
"Ouslier nothing! That's simply a
chumming streak."
"And what may a chumming streak
be?"
"Why, when amntenrs go after blue
flab they do not use a s<|Uld like profes
sloiuils. They chum for them."
"Well?"
"They ehop up mummies and throw
them overliosrd so thnt they will Boat
down with the tide and make an oily
streiik that the bluellsli will follow up
until they strike the baited hooks."
"How horrible! Hut I always thought
that mummies were preserved In splcea
and sin-h things, and not In oil."
"Oh, pshaw!" said Itolllns testily. "I
am not speaking of that kind of mum
mies The mummies they have down
here are little fat tlsh thnt they catch
wltli nets to use for chumming."
- t>m inn ft— —v 1-mi |< "■» •"-»r/llUt*
don't llsh thnt way."
"Of course not, unless they can't kill
flsh In uny other way."
"But If It Isn't the l»est way to tlsh
why does any one llsh that wayV"
"Because gentlemen llsh for sport
and not for spoil. It Is more s(M»rt to
chum for llsh and catch them with a
rod and reel."
"Then It Is really not good form to
flsh for blueflsli unless you chum for
them?"
"Oil, It IH nil rlKlit to catch one or *o
for n meitl, but It In not thu thin# to
do If one In ont for uport."
"Well, we iiro out for aport, ureii't
we? At leant I think I tun," nhe add«d
mlachlevoualy.
"Of courae, but your inotber wnntii
a null, and Mil* IH tin- only way to K"'t
oim rit preaent."
"But 1 do WIhII that wo could chum,
Marvin," alio Hitld nn If entirely uncon
DCIOUH of n double nifiinliiK. Tin- poor
fellow Kiinpcd, for he wiw tin- chnnoa
to make tlx- Idea of chumming lend up
to ii remark InvolvliiK their cbuuiuiltiK
together for life. Hut the very thoiiKht
of being HO ilnrltiK I'UL lilin In U funk.
I.conn |ook<-<1 lit lillii Innocently, (Inn
with n MII I lull i'il aniU# nt tli.' HtruKKl" In
IIIH trilriil tlmt wa* ninkluK Itaelf HO CV
llli'lit on IIIM IIIUNIIIHK fur' - Mil Ilk l»a«'k
coiitpntwlly among tlio cushions.
Aysln th<- sl!o:ice fell, and in
Wept Ills ere soatvard likf an a!>! sru
ninn. though not 11K-* the host c f so
ptvtt.r a IvO i it:» 1001. "d at hiiu
front timo to time and sudlvd niiwhle
vottsly. for she kn«-w that wbetM«ver she
likod she could torment him asnln. as
she had often d«>n» in tiit» past. lie hnd
made at least a dozen futile attempts
to propose to her and hail l>eon pre
vented by his bashfnlness. On each oc
casion she could hare helped him out
and enabled him to speak the momen
tous words, but it was too ranch fun to
\w free, and. though she had always In
tended accepting him In the end. she
could not help putting off the hour of
capitulation as long as he showed no
evidence of trying to escape. Of course
he had run away from her after every
att<*mpt to propose, but he always came
bacK, He seemed to move around her
in much the same way as a comet «o-*s
around the sun. He would approach
with ever Increasing velocity, just mt»»
embracing and then whirl off In the op
posite direction on an orbit of wonder
ful extent.
"After he has gone around the globd
on one of his runaway trip* I'll take
pity cm him and help him out,"
confessed to her mother. And In spl'e
of her cruelty she cared for hint as
much as he did for her and had no In
tention of losing blP>, f>Ut it Is true she
would much prefer haying filtjl do all
the proposing himself.
Leona was quite comfortable anion#
her cushions, and It was no small pleas
ure to her to sit and watch the youn*
giant who kept himself so busy with
the sail and tiller. But she made up her
mliul that she would not speak again
until tie rtld. were almost at the
fishing grounds before tt»«» sltefipe was
broken, and then he remarked:
"I'm going to throw out a line now.
Do you care to do the fishing?"
"Anything to pass the time." she snld
■omewhat viciously, for she was tired
of the loiig ■Henpp,
He unrolled the line, tied una eud of
It to a hook In the gunwale and drop
ped the squid overboard, fthe took tls«
line and let It troll through the water,
while her flnjrers felt the slight vibra
tion that showed that the hook was
clear of weeds. But the fish were not
"THKK YOU INTENDED TO ACCEPT M*?"
biting anywhere Just then. The boat*
ww ntl Bcnttrrtnjr, nnfl time wn« ngntn
hanging heavy on her hand*.
"I think you ought fo change the
name of thin boat," she finally ex
claimed.
"I have alway* wanted to," he ntnin
nrered eagerly, for the name of that
boot wa* a tiling tliat he fondly hoped
might yet lend to a *ucce*aful proposal.
But L/'onn went on u* If *he were not
perfectly aware of the fact that the
name of the txiat wan an anagram of
her own name.
"You ought to change it to the Si
lence or vomethlng of that *ort. Htill I
don't know hut the nnme you have
ueed IN all right. I remember a ntnnr.n
from The Ancient Mariner' that I feel
like quoting:
"Alone, alone, all, nil alone.
Alone on i*. wide, wide no a.
"That'* jn*t the way ! feel when I
am milling with you."
"Arid I—I," he xtnmmered, "feel like
the next two llnon of that utanr.a."
"Why. what ure they?"
"And never n nalnt took pity on
My noul In agony."
"Ton don't look much like n man that
needed pity." "he wild and then added.
•/*it»» pt-rnitjm 71m isjrrcirt emrimu «t
■rilut on board."
"Well, we- well, won't you take pity
oa me?"
"I take pity on you? 1 am no nalnt,
and, bcHlden, I think 1 have been moro
In need of pity than you have."
"Hut not for the name reaaon that
in. I wlnh you did need pity for the
nil me reanon."
I>eonii knew what wan (timing again
nnd wondered a little If he would Jump
overboard to enenpe If he failed to pro
pone Ah nhe did not rrnnwer him. he
tried to go on.
"I wouldn't be no much alone on tliln
bont. and Itn name In not the Alone,
but I wlnh I could you would er
won't you let me change your other
name an I have changed your llrnt
name?"
"What do you menu?" nhe a*k<-<l, with
eye* properly downca*t, for he wan at
last milking Intelligible headway.
"1 mean thut Alone In an anngrnm for
your name, lamiiw, rind If you worrld
only I** my wife"—
He didn't llnlnh the nentence, momen
totrn tin It wan. The line hod suddenly
been nnnpped out of I.eonn'n hand nnd
wan ttigging rind ninippliig at the gun
wale.
"You've got II bite!" he yelled. "Ornb
the line quick or you will lone hltti!"
I,••nun did rin nlie wan told, hilt ngnln
the line wan nnapped out of her blind.
"Here!" he yelled. "You take the
tiller and let me get him."
Hut I.eonn wan plucky, rind nlio an
nwered.
"You take care of your old boat!"
She caught nt the line again In a way
that nhowed thut nhe wan llioroughly
angry, but he could not understand the
reanon why. Khe tugged valiantly at
the line for a minute or no.
"Pull fnnter no that he can't break
water mid nhake out the hook." mild
Marvin.
Hut Junt tlitei the ntruggllng tlnh gave
n particularly virion* npurt. The line
cut tender finger*, and *h«
dropped It with a cry.
"Oh, take the tiller*" cried Marvin al
mont navagely.
Khe looked at him wonderlngly and
did an nhe wan told, but he had eye* for
nothing but tho line (but evidently had
11 mounter fl*h on It. An noon nn he wan
relieved from the tiller lie caught the
line nnd ln-gati to haul It In hand over
hand
"Careful now!" he panted "Mnn't let
her Jllie."
Arid nil the while he wnn tugging it 1
the Hull n p.ilt nf eyen behind 111111 were
getting brighter nnd brighter with on
gry lire. The more I>*otin thought of It
the more she felt tl *t she * was thor
oughly abused. In tAe first place, it
was humiliating that lSe shon'd let his
proposal be Interrupted by a in<te fis!.
It looked as If he cared mote for the
fish than for her. And tlxm the author
itative way In which he had ordered
her about! She neTerthought hint capa
ble of It, and. angry as she was. she
was Inclined to ad nitre tills sudden
new development of his character.
"It's the finest blneflsh in the bny."
he muttered between his teeth as he
still pulled heroically at the line. Time
aiul again the tlsh broke water anl
tried to rush -th» line so as to tear or
shake the hook out of Its Jaw, but It
had been too securely hooked, Indeed,
If It had not been hooked beyond all
hope of breaking away It would have
escaped while Leona wa» pulling at It
and letti'iK the line slip away from her.
At last with a shout of triumph he lift
ed the tlsh over the gunwale and drop
ped It on the bottom of the boat.
"Fifteen pounds If It weighs an
ounce!" Ufa oxplplfjtet}- f«' rl y sputtering
with Joy aud entirely oblivious or what
the advent of the fish bad Interrupted.
As Leona made no comment, he
glanced from fcls prize to her face. Its
|iue» jvere net and rigid,
"H'liy," h» asued with a pusaled air,
"aren't you glad I got the flsh?"
"Of course I am," she answered Icily,
"since you seemed to want It so bad."
"What do you mean?" he asked, still
more bewildered.
"Welj, ypu seethed to want that flsh
more than you wanted me!" she snap
ped.
In a moment he was back where he
was before the flsh had bitten, but such
were his excitement and exhilaration
over the capture that Instead of start
|PK to stammer apologies, as be would
uaturally liavo done, he started off on a
roar of laughter that seemed uncon
trollable. He was certainly develop
ing wonderfully today. But his laugh
ter was so Infectious that the absurd
ity of the situation dawned on Leona,
find she Joined In, though oot Vof7
heartily.
"Well, I don't care!" she grumbled.
"I think you are real mean."
"But I have shown myself a good
provider."
"Who said that I wanted you to be a
provider for ine?"
"Oh, no one, pf pourae," he said, still
laughing; "but the way you obeyed me
was wonderful."
"Well. If you Intended to lw>«s me Ilk*
that I am very glad that the flsli inter
rupted your proposal."
"Then you Intended to accept me?"
"I never said so."
"And you ol>eyed me like a wife of
ten years' standing.''
"Well, I'll never do tt again."
"I'll never ask you to again."
ner face suddenly sobered, for she
thought he meunt be would never ask
her to be hi* wife again, and now that
her nnger had turned to laughter she
wan only teasing again. He saw the
change and with another burst of
laughter brought the boat about so
that the sail was between them and the
Ashing fleet that was rapidly assem
bling because he had been seen strug
gling with the big flsh. Just what hap
pened behind the sail Is better ifuessed
than told, but when they reached the
little dock again I>>ona's mother called
to tbem:
"Catch anythingT'
And they both answered:
"Yes."
A ED<SEf" "1
Mlnat* Teeth, Like Thme of m Uw,
Make Its Ktnaicia,
The edge of a rasor consists of In
numerable points or "teeth," which If
the razor Is of good material follow
each other throughout Its whole length
with great order and clearness. The
unbroken regularity of theae minute
"teeth" goes to make up the blade's
excessive keenneaa. The edge acts upon
the beard not so much by the direct ap
plication of weight or force as It does
by a slight "seesaw" movement, which
causes the successive "teeth" to act
rapidly on one certain part of the hairy
gnmth. The best razors, according to
the mlcroscoplsts, have the teeth of
their edges set as regularly as those of
a perfectly set saw.
This explains the magic effect of hot
water on the razor's blada—the act of
flipping It thoroughly cleansing the
teeth of any greasy or dirty substance
with which they may have been
clogged. Barbers often claim that ra
zors "get tired" of shaving und that
they will be all right after awblle If
permitted to take a rest. When In this
"tired" condition a microscopic exam
ination of the edge shows that con
stant stropping by the same person bas
caused the teeth or fibers of the edge
to all arrange themselves In one direc
tion. A mouth of disuse causes theae
fine pnrtlcles to rearrange themselves
so that they again present the hetero
geneous saw toothed edge. After this
little recreation each particle of the fine
edge Is up and ready to support his
fellow, aud It agalu takes some time
to spoil the grain of the blade.
Verdi Was
When Verdi was putting the last
touches to "II Trovatore," he was vis
ited lu his study by a privileged friend,
who was one of the ablest living mu
sicians aud crltloa He was permitted
to examine the score and run orer the
"Anvil Chorus" on the pianoforte,
"What do you think of that?" naked
Verdi. "Trash!" responded the con
noisseur. Verdi rubbed his hands and
chuckled. "Now look at this," he said.
"Hubblsb!" said the other, rolling a
cigarette. The composer rose nod eta
braced him with a burst of Joy. "What
do you mean?" asked the critic. "My
dear friend," cried Verdi, "I have been
making a popular opera. In It I re
solved to please everybody except the
purists, the great Judges, the elus
slclsts like you. Had I pleased you I
should have pleased no one ••ls«v What
you say assures me of success In
three months 'II Trovatore' will b«
sung and roared and whistled and bar
rel organed all over Italy." And so It
proved.
Ttii* Hnllura' I'anlra.
How ninny people laiidHUien, nt nil
evontH nro awaro tlmt ono of tli«
I'HIIIHIH In often called the Hiillor*'
pNiiiuiT It Ih of counte I'anlin evil,
wherein occur the beautiful nnd fniull-
Inr woriln, "They tlmt no down to the
Hen In NlilpN, tlmt ilo bualueaa In great
wntem the*' HCO the work* of tlio
Ix>rd mid hU wonder* In the deep."
The pNiilm I* ununlly read an purt of
the Dimple HorvlcoM which tnke place
on Hiiuilnyit on nlil|>M ll t Hen For tlmt
rennon It IN known IIN tlio aallora'
pMn lin lionilon Chronicle.
Tbf lloiitl («» Muccraa,
It IH Well for the young mini to re
inemlM-r tlmt IT lie tI KIHIm-m IIIH cdiicn
tlon IIH ii xklllcil fiiiiiicr or Htiickiiinn
or fruit if row i r there nre plenty <>f
plnci'M np'Mi waiting for Mm ut ifood
pay. while If he lieeouien n lulnlxlcr,
lawyer or il<M'tor lie miiv have to hunt
long ini'l fir to tiuil a place and wait
loug before ii good living IH a«nured.—
Hock ford KigUUr.
ON STEEP HILLSIDES.
CaHtvattma With the Hone or Motor
Power RMiont From the itnwa.
The figure, reproduced from nn ad
vertisement in s Swiss horticultural
paper, shows bow cultivation Is accom
plished in Alpine vineyards where the
land Is staoksd up oo its edges. Tbe
anchoring machine Is tbe main feature
Klustr&tsd by ths manufacturer. The
one goes back and forth along the
ridge, and the man at tbe cultivator
has only to guide his implement with
out the bother of driving. Of course two
men are needed in this one horse affair,
and tbe cultivator goes buck empty
£very time, but labor Is relatively
cheaper lq the interior of Europe than
here. A hoy can manage the motive
power, and otherwise Inaccessible
slopes of land highly suitable for spe
cial crops can be well cqltttfttsd The
horse Is considerable of a nuisance
knyway on land closely planted with
valuable fruit cropa. however necessary
L*iTia*ys J .TM J •
**.2 fit i: t; • -
:jh ••i •. :i J *
*/&(* * •» 4
on/nvATUfo niir hillmidw.
he may be for extended agricultural
operations, and it is possible to imsgiqe
some such contrivance, utilising the
power of a gasqllne or other easily
{naflagod engine, as s great convenience
In the intensive culture of choice, close
ly planted crops In level places ss well
as hillsides. The horse takes a good deal
of room, he Is not careful of valuable
plants, and the packing of the toll by
his feet la not always beneficial. Many
trucker* and growers of high grade
fruits would doubtless welcome a prac
tical device that would dispense with a
horse In the row while utilising horse
?»wer tools for cultivation.—Bural New
orker.
CIDER VINEGAR.
How to Make nn Excellent Art tela
Par Pnrm I'oo.
Take sound barrels or any suitably
sized vessels of wood, earthenware or
glaas. never Irou, copper or tin. Clean
thoroughly and scald. Fill not mots
than half full with the cider atook,
which should have fermented at least
a month. To this add one-fourth of tte
volume of old vinegar. This Is a very
necessary part of the process, sines the
vinegar restrains tbe growth of chance
ferments which abound In the air, and
at the same time it favors the true
acetic acid ferment.
Next add to tbe liquid a little "moth
er of vinegar." if this latter Is not st
band a fairly pure culture may b#
made by exposing in a shallow, uncov
.red crock or wooden poll a iflixtu;
oue-balf old vinegar and one-half hard
cider. The room where this is exposed
should have a temperature of about 80
degree* K. In three or four days the
surface should become covered with a
gelatinous pellicle, or cap. This Is the
"mother of vinegar." A little of this
carefully removed with a wooden spoon
or a stick should l>e laid gently upon
the surface of the cider prepared as
above described. Do not stir it In. The
vinegar ferment grows only at the sur
face. In three days the cap should
nave spread entirely over the ferment
ing cider. Do not break thla cap there
after so long as tbe fermentation con
tinues. If the temperature Is right the
fermentation should be completed in
from four to six weeks. The vinegar
should then be drawn off, strained
through white flsnnel and corked or
bunged tightly and kept In a cool place
until wanted for consumption.
If tbe vinegar remains turbid after
ten days stir Into a barrel one pint of a
solution of one-half pound of isinglass
in one quart of water. As soon ns set
tled rack off and store in tight veeeels.
Usually no fining of vinegar Is needed.
No pure elder vinegar will keep long
In vessels exposed to the air nt a tem
perature above 00 degrees F. "Vine
gar eels" are sometimes troublesome Ju
vinegar Iwrrel*. To remove these beat
the vinegar scalding hot, but do not
boll. When cool strain through clean
flannel, iiikl the "eels" will lie removed.
In making cider vinegar the strength
of the product or per cent by weight of
the acetic add In It will lie a little less
than the per cent by weight of the al
cohol In tin- rider. A little of the alco
hol remains unferuieuted and serves to
give the desired flavor or bouquet to
the vinegar. North Carolina Eiperl
ment Station Bulletin.
Irrtanlton at tttr«wb»rrlva.
The Georgia experiment atatlon atatea
tlml Irrigation of atrawberrlwi cannot
lie rc<'auiiiu > iiM for general practice In
tlmt ntate on n large ncnle It "ecina to
innke the Ix'trltn aoft und unfit for
market In ttint m-rtlon, and the berrlea
noon decay. The flooding of the ground
mnki'N It tnnddy nn<l dlangreeablo for
nlckera, mill It l« advlaed flint If prac
flced It ahoiild lie applied only to limit
ed area a nml In apeclnl localltlen. Irri
gation In Florida IK likewise mnildfitd
of problematical value, while nt the
New Jersey MtuMoll the total yield* for
four year* were In favor of the nonlrrb
fated row*
NEGLECTED OMCHAHDB.
fuilluf >u t'nlhrlflr '»'«•
I pun •> I'urluß lluaU.
Neglected orchard* ure common ov*
erywbero. Thla IN enpeclally truo of
the "houio orchard." Many of these
orrhiirilit, If they hour nt nil, have bo
come noil exhntiated mid product* only
Inferior fmlt, und even flint only In OO
cuslohul itcoaoiia. Such orchrrda are
flio hoinoa of worm* nml dlacna© and
nerve to the motv carefully
aprayed mid tilled orchard* of nelgh
hora with thoae pent*. Marketable
fruit froui them la iilmoat wholly uu
known. Tliey are nil eyeaoro and un
profitable. An orchard of thla kind
IIIIN recently l»een made the Niihject of
mi InvoNtlirntlon l>y l'rnf<*aaor l r . W.
Card of the Uhode Inline! ntatlon. The
purpoae of thla In vent I gat lon fcna to aa
certain whether with the ordinary
ineona within thv reach of fanner*,
MU<'l) IIN pruning. tillage, Hpraylng and
fi rtill/.luH, HU< h mi orchard could he
rejuvenated and put on a paying haala.
The orchard aelected for the expert
nii'iit WIIN n home orchanl of ICN* than
an acre In extent, ft had ln-en planted
for a I tout twenty five year*. The tree"
bad niail" bnt little growth, aud the
were with moea. i
No. M.
I ■ S9
l" the first Mason the tree* were prune*
and the rough. loose bark scraped off
the limbs and trnnks. A half ton oft
commercial fertilizers, made up of 128
( founds of nitrate of soda. 100 pound*
of dried blood, GSO pounds of adtt
. Phosphate and 128 pounds of muriate of
potash, was applied and the ground
. plowed and kept tilled until mMsu®.
mer, after which a cover crop wwm
planted. It was desired to get the trees
started at once into a good wood
growth; hence nitrate of soda WBfl
used. Well rotted barnyard manurs
would probably have answered tht
same purpose very well. besides f<»
nlsbtog a considerable amount of hta<
mns to the soil. After the tilmnim fill
the trees were sprayed twice with bor
deaux mixture and parts green. 11*
bordeaux mixture cleared the Wmhn ot
hanging moss, and the parts green pst
soned many of the worms. At the eo4l
of the first season there was a nutai
Improvement in the orchard, jet the re
sults were not striking. Ute neciect of
years cannot be remedied to a atngM
Season.
The treatment the second season vu
very similar to that of the first To
prevent apple scab the treee were
sprayed with bordeaux mixture before
the buds opened and again after the
blossoms fell. The cover crop of the
first year was peas and oate. Aa theee
made only a small growth the nitrogen
was continued la the commercial fer
tilizer applied, but Instead of 1,000
pounds of fertiliser only h»lf thla
amount was used. Good tillage was
continued. The growth of the trace the
second season was not large, yet it was
thrifty and of healthy appearance, and
some good fruit waa obtained, the
Baldwin and russet traee being well
loaded. The following eeason, with on
ly a part of the trees bearing, about
SBO worth of fine fruit waa obtained.
Many of the treee in the orchard were
early sorts. Of the fruit sold ISO worth
came from the ruaaet and greening
trees.
M CkNM.
A toothsome and nutritious article ot
food is made from sour skimmed milk
or buttermilk by allowing the esaeln te
coagulate by the action of add already
naturally formed and then expelling the
water by the aid of heat. A considera
ble number of products, locally distinct
and different in the degree of dryaeat
of the curd, ere made In thla way. The
general process of manufacture Is te
taks sour buttermilk or skimmed milk
which baa coagulated, heat It gently
from 85 to 128 degrees P., according te
circumstances, and drain off the whey
through a cloth strainer. Then redoes
the texture of the resulting curd fey
kneading with the hands or a pestta
Salt Is added, and the product la im
proved by the addition of a small qua*
tlty of cream or butter. Some peraooi
consider It an Improvement to season
by the use of one of the more oommog
spices, as nutmeg, caraway, etc. It ll
largely made only for domestic con
sumption, but in most cities and vil
lages, especially during the summei
months, there Is a considerable demand
tor frsah cheese of thla sort and Mi
manufacture la often a source of 'ftf#
nue to factories suitably located. It k
usually sold and eaten ln a fresh statn
but It may be subjected to certain ev
lng processes, which quite materially
change lta character and
widely In different localities. Ttotette*
pie kind of cbeeae 1a alas csltad Dotal
cheese, cottage chssas and 'MMsrtMl
—"Cheesemaklng on the Farm."
Tk« !-•<»<« S«%M.
The potato blight commencea when
the plant Is In its most vigorous growth
snd the damp, humid weather of Au
gust given the fungus Its opportunity
for development The rule In spraying
Is always to get a little ahesd of ths
earliest possible appearance ot ths
blight
Acrleillirsl Mots*.
Cranberry prospects appear to be fait
In New Jersey.
The Maine corn crop will be short,
sccordlng to American Agriculturist.
Hsrvost onions when the bulbs are
well formed and the tops begin to die.
Professor Voorbees of New Jersey
has found basic slag about two-thirds
as effective as acid phosphate for fall
seeding of grass.
Professor Hills of the Vermont exper
iment station expressos the opinion in
•an exchange that alfalfa Is "a some
what doubtful proposition" for that
state.
If fed In conjunction with skimmed
milk It has been shown that a consid
erable proportion of Indian corn may
be used In the grain ration without ll*
luring the quality of |*>rk.
A Bat* Proe*»4Uf.
Lord Lyons, English minister at
Washington durlnf the civil war and
afterward ambassador to France, waa
a diplomatist to the core, lie waa ex
ceedlngly tuctful in action and had the
rare art of keeping bis own counsel
When Sir Edward Blount called upon
him oue dsy st the embassy in Paris
hs found that a well known Journalist
kad preceded him. The visitor was lay
ing down the law in a loud tone, and
wheu, after his departure, Sir Edward
was received, he took the liberty of
sayiug:
"May I bo allowed to ask If it Is quits
wise to discuss state secrets In such a
loud tone 7 I heard every word that
was said, my lord, as 1 sat In tbe ante
room."
"Ah!" aald Lord Lyona. "But sren
then you could not bear what 1 aald,
for I said uotblng."—Youth'e Com
panion.
The Chorolcoes snd Polythelia.
The Cherokee Indian was originally
a polytheist. To him the spirit world
wss only a shadowy countarpart of
thla one. He hud no grout spirit, no
happy hunting ground, no heaven, no
hell -all of which Ideas were first In
troduced to the American aborigines
by Christian missionaries. Consequent
ly death bad for him no terrors, and he
awaited the Inevitable end with no
anxiety ns to the future. All his pray
ers were for temporal and tanglblo
blessings--for health, for long life, for
success in (he chase, in Ashing, in war
and in love, for good crops, for protec
tion and for revenge.
Dream* Ksplnlnod.
"Dreams," says an eminent lecturer
on Uieosophy, "consist of recollectlous
of tbo combined Impressions received
aud workings of tbe physical and as
tral minds. Tho soul aud subconscious
ness are Independently active, aud It la
the confusion arising from tbe con
founding of the thoughts of the soul
with ths exaggerated Interpretation of
Impressions received by suliconsclous
iicas which makes It so ofteu Impossi
ble to remember dreams."
Softer.
"I have no doubt you hare heard
some stories to my discredit," be said.
"I don't like to put It In that way,"
Hhe quietly replied.
"How then?" lie hopefully asked.
"I have never hesrd any stories to
your credit," said she.—Cleveland l'laln
limlW.