VOL. XXXX. ! DRESS GOODS. $ ALL THE HEW AMD SMART THINGS. £ 'He Moderr\ Store fc itest novelties as well as staple weaves. A splen- P rtment of Venetians, Cheviots, Zibilines, Mohairs, m ovelty goods, etc., 38-42 inches'wide, at 50c yd Bwest fancy Hovelty Goods, Zibilines, Broad- £ tc., 50-54 incbes wide, SI.OO a yard. P choice and exclusive styles in finer qualities Ufc ial designs, SL3S to $1.50 a yard. & Velvets for Waists and Suits, some values yoa J reciate. only 75c a yard. m plete stock of black and colored Silks, at lowest Uk r reliable goods. & s up-to-date Trimmings, Buttons, etc. * jceived this week an entire new line of Fancy |i i for waists. Beautiful patterns, 50c, 75c and & rd. & & Eisler-Mardorf Co., 1 » SOOTH Mill STOUT I AA4 1^ X K OPPOSITE HOTBL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA. (R J jMp Different j r , L h Ready-to-Wear Clothing than you N I SSu ever wore. This Clothing has that f v tone of about it, that swag- J r 'V ger hang to it. tl»at veiy hijjh chas? \ J m 1 l ililiulMlllflfci made-to-order lo«>k a>>"ur it. J i li I ißyi\\ill\llV\nlß&. Coui© in and see the Swellest Suits 1 and Top Coats you ever looked at, . «>nch celebrated makes as / | HAMBURGER'S J PRICE $lO TO S3O. > J Our fall Soita aiid Overcoats are / 111 certainly the greatest value we ever ) U offered. All have padded ghonldns i uj and firm fronts See for yourself. \ f See onr window display. v f DOUTHETT &! ] I New Fall Goods. | We are showing an extensive line of advance j J Styles of Fall Hats, Tailor- MA TO 11 Made, Ready-to-Wear, HA In il Dress and Street Vl :: - Always- first to Show the New Ideas. }\ » « Ropkenstejn's J| 838 Sooth Main Street, , , t , , , Butler, Pa. i j I nni/IMi* n\/rp our splendid stock of Wall Papers LUUlflllU V W Cfl will bring a smile of satisfaction to the most gloomy face. The NEW DESIGNS are clever, artistic and harmonious. Yru don't know how welcome you gre to come in ajid just see the new designs we're shpwing. Mpuldings to all Pape;r§. Picture «nd Mirror Frames made to order. Patterson Bros' 236 North Main St., Both Phones, Wick Building. I g Merchant Tailor. I? ■ I Fall and Winter Suitings I ■ ( ] JUST ARRIVED. ( \ ■ ■ 142 North Main St. ■ llui M —|P . I ~ Cohn's Bargain Store, 150 Main and Cunningham St. W« are ready for fall business with a wonderful showing of ladies' tailor-jnade suits, coats, skirts, waists and furs. Ladies', men's and children's under wear and hosiery, hats, caps and children's clothing. Giri's dresses and coats. We are not only ready with smart styles, but with interesting prices, which no store Udiea' ttannatetto AQn Children's under- A t- __ wrappen worth |1.50 at wearfrom|Q() fIR l4tdiea' flannelette dressing IQ. Ladies' heavy ribbed vests ft I* „ *cqn«» worth 76c at and pants worth 85c at JJQC He w Cohn's Store, Not the handsomest looking store in town but by far the cheapest and best to TRADE AT. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Indigestion, Dyspepsia can be cored bj s I w YiWs! | Try it and if it doesn't belp yon we wilt pay back your money. Johnston's PHARMACY, 106 N. Main SI. I Reed's Wine of Cod fclver Oil will build you up and make you strong, will give you an appetite and new life. If you feel tired and worn out try our Wine of Cod Liver Oil and fipd relief. It i§ 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 only at Reed's Pharmacy Transfer Corner Main and Jefferson Sts., a tier, Ph j Do You Buy Medicines? i Certajnly Yqh Qq« Then you want the hest for 'lit least money. That is -ur mottc. Come and see us when H need of anything in the Drug Line and we are sure you will call aga'n. We carry a full line of Drugs, Chemicals, Toilet Articles, etc. I Purvis' Pharmacy S. Q. Puiivis, PH. G Both Phopes. 21? a. Vain St- Butler Pa. — Shirts JLHose. tits 4 * OUR STOCK OF . ! I HATS AND J MeFurnishings I ;; {S NOW COMPLETE. #i II Cqwe m and jet «« nhc.w yun f 1 ! the riww fall shirts. r V We have sh.rts at all prices. r Ij Onr leader of conrae, is the 9 !j Manhatten Shirt. I ] | The |jest In tUe World. j In Underwear |l we have all the different weights 4 and grades. \ ± We tan Barely suit you if yoa J \ need underwear. * J Haven't the space to call atten- * J tion to all the good things we r f have. A I Just cornu in ann seo aor *.our # 1 selt "' ) Strict attention paid to lusil A ( orders. * J Jno.S. Wick | j| HATTER and t 2 MEN'S FURNISHER. 5 \ People's 'Phone. 615 P |> BUTLER, F.\. J V v . " v -x - • BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1903 H E syrup El »■ with a KJB Kgro *»i CORN SYRUP De J! ciOUS |H |gyg Kfl 9c and» yi cm rr*jMii c*.. VA S*w York uU For Rheumatism, Cold in Chest, Sore Muscles, Stiff Joints. FOUR-FOLD LINIMENT. "in use OVER FIFTY YEARS." Liver Pills That's what you need: some thing to cure your bilious ness. You need Aycr's Pills. Want your moustache cr tcL-J a } bemtiful brown cr rich black ? Use j Buckingham's Dyo sOct* of drugg»»tf or R P Ha'l &Co , | H Jill* In all It* stages. /K JjUjj M Ely's Cream BalmV' ,,w^f4/ eleanaes, soothes and heals f M the diseased membrane. M It cores catarrh and drives M r\\ away a cold In the head quickly. Cream Balm Is placed Into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and Is absorbed. Relief Is lm« mediate and a cure fallow,. It li not drying—doe* But produce snoealng. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug gift* or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cent*. ELY BROTIJEKS. 56 Warren Street, New York II "111 OWNER NtW »» 1 have purchased the C. J. Harvey Pharmacy, in the Stein building, at 345 S, Main St., am remodeling and restocking the store. 1 have twenty-two years experience as a pharmacist, and compounding of prescriptions wii: be under my personal at tention. Pure drugs and honest treat ment guaranteed. When in town shopping, stop and leave your packages. .1 L McKee, Pharmacist, tftn Blook. S, Main St.. Untler. Pn. Nasal CATARR f CRAMPS? t HARRIS'" CRAMP CURE, ItnllrviK pain Oul'klv. -erMUnz remedy for Every A oh® l P:<in. Highly recommended for 1 'holcra-Morhn* ami Puiiu 11. the Stomach. iIMOLUTKI.V IIARm.KS. . Liniment Dr. Harris' Cratnu .j Cure excel* all othera. I Prepared bj 11. A. PAIINKSTOCK CO. \ Pittaburs, Pa. Jk At Drnnliu 2Sc a Dottle B. & B. dry goods p iced in your favor F> r years we've been selling Dry (J 'xi- by mail—over all IJnited npd ip luofct every country in wo,-id. Stiipds |o reason must be gouio extra itrdiniry powerful inducemect to impel people to send hundreds and thousands of miles for Dry Goods. fSend for samples of anything you want note superior quality for ui iney —an ! t!ie abundant variety we send— You'll see it's—"selling for a Small Profit with large assortment of careful ly k» ted goods to choifig £rqitv" Biylt uudineati uu that basis-and WeW* K'ling to let well enough alone. K< . example:— "I 'O, rich hla(J; t Ckthuiere de L'lnde, 7sc H iuohos wide. .'< double width Clan Tartan Plaids ■! k colorings, 25c. \* n now our line of Tweeds at SI.OO P its money's worth you won't often gt f. » fiance at—s2 to 56 inches wide— G: • , Tans, Browns, Blq?a, Qreens shim - 'f«t aq(\ wwjV wauted goods shown ytn- . «JIL Zi dimes—all colors—7sc to $3.50 a yard. Oir 'JOO page Catalogue, Just ont, tel's in >• explicitly and copiously just how t' r V t)» large and energetic depart ing tH are doing this mail order business so in itch to the advantage of the people —•s. iit free if you send name and address. Wi:en sending for samples mark your letter B. C. t£ Uo au intimation of Vtiat j.ou Want -also give u* an idea o( price and colors Buggs & Buhl ALLEGHENY. PA. M. C. WAGNER aBTI§T PHOTOGRAPH FR 180 South Main St. I LOVE'S I INTUITION! By MARY WOOD J Copyright, 1902, by the X S. S. McClure Company ♦ Above the shrill whir of the crickets rose the hum of feminine voices. Un der the green apple boughs the ham mock convention was in full swing. Miss Maybrick called it a hornets' nest and preferred the doubtful coolness of the piazza. But, then, she was a col lege professor, too superior to appre ciate the Joys of the youngrr set. Jane Carew, however, sometimes agreed with her. This afternoon she hid her face behind a book, while girl ish fancies carried her far above the swaying leaves up into the perfect blue of the July sky. How lovely na ture was this summer, how full life of new delights! Mlm May-brick's name brought her back to earth again.' M.j>s Maybrick. the one clond in her sky. "Oh, yes, she approves of him," sau cy Madge was saying. "She can put up with his sunburned face, roughened hands and the general boorishness of a farmer. But I suppose at her age any man is acceptable. To tell the truth, I have almost reached that con dition myself in this man forsaken spot." And she shook her head in mock despalt. "Jane agrees with her," some one added a little maliciously. "She never seems to mind sharing his attentions with her." A book went down with a crash and angry spots of scarlet glowed In Jane's cheeks as she said defiantly: "John Staunton Is not a boor; he is a gentle man. Just because he scorns to talk fhe twaddle that men usually think good enough for us girls you vote him a boor. lie often makes me ashamed of the little I know, and the books he lends me have opened up a new world, a world bigger and better than all the flirting and shams and heartaches that go to make up society. No won der he likes to talk to Miss Maybrick. She's worth the whole lot of us when it comes to knowing the things that are worth while!" The girl stopped short with a gasp aa she realized the horrified hush VHKiiKUFON HAMBLIK BECAME AN ENTHU SIASTIC DEFENDER. which had fallen ou the circle. "Oh, what have I said?" she cried aud bur led her face in her cushions. But Madge's gay voice was tender aa ■he stroked the brown head. "You've read us a lecture, Janle, dear," she said gently, "but I fancy we needed it a bit. It's horrid to talk about one of your friends the way we talk about Staunton, and we ought to ask your pardon. As for Miss Maybrick, she's a stuck up old thing, and you're ever so much nicer than she in spite of all she knows. Just wait till Cousin Ale* comes next week, and see the pew world that he opena to you. He is really literary and writes things for other people to read." Jane's face was still hidden. Slie was battling to overcome her tears and even harder to drive out of her heart the unreasonable jealousy of the older woman that somehow hud cropt Into it. The time had been when she would have scorned her us a rlvul, but love had made her humble. Youth and beauty seemed of small weight to cast into the seales against years 9f scholastic training and study. Cousin Alex came. He was a slim, dupiier young man, with an Important muuuer rather at variance with his size. Isut he had a way of retailing old jokes that made them seem new and a stock of compliments suited to every age and was therefore greatly In favor among the guests at the sleepy old farmhouse. As befitting his pretensions as a journalist he rattled on unceasingly about books and Utera ture. He knew this man and that book, and, above all, he was one whose (tame should some day stand foremost In the world of letters. The chite was not yet sot, but ho si>oke of "his novel" mysteriously, even reverently, and his feminine audience was accordingly Im pressed. More or less unwillingly Jane was compelled to listen to many of these predictions, for "Cousin Alex" at once developed n fondness for her society. I'erhaps certain glances that Staunton f.ist In h's direction added zest to the fliaset perhaps it was the elusive fashion in which the girl received his advances. Certain it 1b that a week's time had earned him the very fitting QUiue of "Jane's shadow." Yet to Jane herself each day seemed to bring more unhapplness. Staunton came us often as ever, but at sight of Alex by her side he left the laughing group to chat with Miss Maybrlck In Intimate aloofness. And a? the girl law the doot to the beautiful new v'tafelug becuvue the hand of him \vtao UeW U open was withdrawn the pain and weariness of her old frivo lous life teemed almost past bearing. Her eyes were more wistful than she knew one evening as she saw a tall, muscular figure swing up the walk with the easy, confident stride of tho man who was master of his fate. Staunton's face softened as he met them, and, though Cousin 'Alex Ham blln was on band, as usual, he settled himself on the top step with the air of a man who had come to stay. The brown eyes were downcast now. but a ■by blush o< pleasure still flushed her cheeks. There was always a visible air of constraint between the two men, but Hamblln rose manfully to the occa -400. oer« waa a moat longed fpr op portunlty to prove to Miss Jane that Staunton was but a boor of a farmer, after all. and no for a man of the world like himself. If the older man detected his half veiled tone of patronape. he only smiled quizzically. Indeed his posi tion soon srrew more untenable than that of his adversary. As the conver sation ranged fr<>ni books to men and back to books again Jane saw, with a thrill of pride, that Staunton more than held his own. What Is more, he held his temper, a precaution neglect ed by the other. At last the talk fell upon one of the recent novels, a book of unusual strength and breadth of view. Jane had read it several times, for it had seemed to point her to the new life she longed to live. Staunton was silent, as though in uuspoken condemnation. Thereupon llamblin became an enthu siastic defender and openly scoffed at his lack of appreciation. A shadow crossed the moonlit porch, but the three did not see Miss May brick till her voice broke in on the controversy. "You would not expect Mr. Staunton to criticise his own Look, would you?" she said calmly. Tbeu, as her ear caught Jane's low exclamation of won der, she a3ded in a tone of surprise: "Had you not guessed that he was an author. Miss Carew? I heard that you defended him very eloquently one afternoon In the orchard and said a good word for me too. For that I want to thank you." Staunton's face was turned toward the blushing girl, and in full moonlight Miss Maybrlck could read his secret. If it sounded the deathknell to some hope of her own heart, gratitude to her champion made her lead the be wildered Alex for a walk down the lane and a gradual restoration of his •elf confidence. "And I have to thank you, too, Jane," Staunton said tenderly. But he took her down to the orchard and told her in his own way. "How did you guess that 1 was not the farmer I preteftded to be?" with a hint of wonder under his gladness. Jane raised a face radiant with the realization that the new world was opened forevermore. "Just because you are you." she said Joyously. "Love Is not always blind." Lectured bj Carlyle. There are some amusing memories at ivyleakin, in*kye, of a visit once made there by Carlyle traveling in the train of Lady Ashburton. The Kyleakiners felt a lively curiosity concerning the distinguished author, and whenever he appeared iu public he was surrounded by a crowd of admiring men, women and children who had heard sensation al reports concerning his "cleverness as a scholar." Carlyle seemed to like this hero worship until these admirers clus tered round liim while he was In the midst of his sea bath one day. Then he assailed them in language much more emphatic than elegant, which soon made them take to their heels and scamper off with all speed out of his sight. Lady Ashburton had prayers with her daughter and servants morn lug and evening, but the sage was nev er present. During these periods Nell Maclnnes, the lunkeeper, used to re late, "he would lead me to the coffee room, and there, laying hold of me by the coat buttonhole, he would lecture to me for half an hour on end on all sorts of subjects, and he would be so Intent on It that he wouldn't allow me to put In a word. Fancy," said Nell, "that 1 should be lectured to In such a way by Tommy Carlyle!" Grral Hrn and Their Opinion*. Dr. Johnson in nil his greatness de fled the world of fashion and opinion, living the life of a sloven. Our own Dr. Franklin was like the Englishman in some respects, and he appeared to be fond of imitating him In others, for he persisted In wearing a shaggy, shabby old cap even among the savants and crowned heads of the old world when he was the United States minister at the court of Frn nee. Kvery schoolboy has heard how Nero defied public opinion, living In riot and revelry when the souls of bis country men were iu woe and blood. Napoleon rubbed his hands over burning Mos cow, saying, "This Is comfortable." Half a million soldiers were at the same time reading the doom of death In the lurid flames. It was the conflict of opinion which gave birth to the maxim that "Where Ignorance Is bliss It Is folly to be wise." Correctness and taste, even these fre quently depend upon the mental stand point of the individual sitting in the Judgment seat A Quaint Examination. Silence, It appears, is an unknown quantity at a divinity examination In Mandalay. The commencement Is sig naled by the clashing of cymbals and the beating of drums. While the can didates are writing their answers they are surrounded by a Jabbering crowd, who pass audible remarks about what Is being done. The test lasts ten days, and the people make the examination the occasion for gulning merit by feeding the candidates, and cart loads of provisions of all sorts find their way to the pagoda precincts, and Bur mans from every quarter go round col lecting money to provide the competi tors with the necessaries of life and luxuries as well. —Kangun Times. Tlx- Dentil of Mark Antimr. Mark Antony gave the world for a woman's love, but found himself so poorly compensated by the exchange that In desperation at the approach of Octavlus and being Informed that Cleo patra was endeavoring to make terms for herself by surrendering him he stabbed himself with his dagger. Be ing revived, he received the message sent by Cleopatra that she desired to see him. He was carried to her place of refuge. Cleopatra and her maids raised him by ropes to the window of the tower where the fallen queen found her last home. He was lifted In and died In her arms. IVculliirllle* of Flab. There are two popular delusions about flsli —one that they cannot live out of water and the other that they can live In any pure water, the food supply taking care of itself. As a mat ter of fact, there are fish In Africa which, having to exist In absolutely dry rivers for a portion of the year, lave developed lungs, while In many an amateur's aquarium fish cannot live In the water provided owing ta lack of food.—Loudon Field. Ilruaannblr Certain. "1 understand old Skinflint has got religion." "It's possible." "Do you really think so?" "Well. If Skinflint and religion hare come together at all I think It is safe to any that he has got religion. There certainly Is nothing to indicate that re ligion has got him."—Chicago Post. The same boy who Is taught to be lieve that the drumstick Is the boat part of the turkey grows up to Imagine that his wife always gives In to him.— Nov York I'm FALLING FROM ALOFT. PfcnlUr Exemption of Sailor Men Front Accidents of Tlita Kind. "One of the wouders of seafaring life," writes Charles Protheroe In "Life In the Mercantile Marine," Is the sin gularly small proportion of sailors who meet with death or accident by falling from aloft. Whether or no the cherub who is supposed to sit aloft and watch over poor Jack is responsible for it I am not prepared to say. but the fact remains. "Having to tumble up aloft at all hours and In all weathers to perform ncrobatie feats that would almost puz zle a monkey, the saying among sailors about 'hanging on by the eyebrows' be comes almost a truism. "One would think the situation was highly spiced enough by danger with out needlessly increasing it. Yet; It is not altogether an uncommon thing to see a man. if he happens to be bare footed, ruu out along the yard In pref erence to using the footrope placed un der it for the purpose, to reach what is a post of honor, the weather ear ring. "In spite of all this, although not knowing the actual percentage, I make bold to say that not more than one sailor man in hundreds is killed or in jured by falling from aloft. If I use my own as a base, the pro portion would be less, for in over twenty years of sea life I was never caused the pain of witnessing such a catastrophe." I Parents aa Teachera. Of all the teaching in the world ninety-nine one-hundredths at least Is done by fathers and mothers. "Every child learns more in the way of actual facts from the day of its birth until the end of its seventh year than it can j possibly learn In all the rest of its life put together. During these first hours and years of life the child learns to walk, to talk, and. what is far more i important, it learns the beginnings of self control. During the first years the child puts itself in touch with the world Into which it Is born, and in these early years the parents, and the mother especially, are the teachers. They start the operations of the mind, giving It its first bent. And however ! able the teachers of the future may be, : however conscientious aud learned, in j the great majority of cases the child's future. Its success or failure, depends upon the first teaching Influences of the mother and father. —New York | American. A Live Oak Too. The bride was fair and slight and the bridegroom was dark and stalwart. They made a most interesting pair, and the people on the long distance train who had watched them more or less openly from San Francisco were cheered by the sight of a shower of rice which fell out of the bride's par asol two days later. The bridegroom saw the smiles, nnd, putting his arm round his' blushing wife, he faced the earful of friendly strangers. "I reckoD there's no need for me to say we haven't been married long," he announced la full chest tones, "but I can tell you one thing. You don't want to smile any more than 's polite, for she's my violet and I'm her sheltering oak. aud I weigh '204 pounds." EVAHTS' QUAINT HUMOR. Iloir Ue failed a Poet and a Statea ■aun Into the Senate. During tho last flays of Oliver Wen dell Holmes' life he visited Washington In cotnpauj' with Itobert C. Wiuthrop, aud both of the venerable men visited the senate chamber on the occasion of some ceremonies which crowded the galleries with people, so that they were unable to obtain seats. They sent their cards to Mr. Evarts, hoping that he might arrange a place for them, and when he met them in the marble room he explained the difficulty. "The galleries are crowded, as you know," he said, "and the rules of the senate admit to the floor of the cham ber only members of the two houses of congress, members of "the cabinet. Justices of the supreme court, ex-sen ators, persons who have received the thanks of congress and private secre taries to senators. I cannot get you admission in any other capacity, but if you will accept highly respectable and remunerative employment as my private secretaries I will find you seats on the floor." Both the poet and the statesman accepted, and Mr. Evarts took them to tho door, where he ad dressed the doorkeeper as follows: "My dear sir, these two young men are my private secretaries. You will observe that they are both very green and Ignorant, but I am trying to have patience with them and overlook their deficiencies. I wish you would take a good look at them so that when they come here again to see me you will know them." And with that ho pushed open the swinging doors and motioned Dr. Holmes and Mr. Winthrop to pass in, while the doorkeeper In a bewilder ed sort of way remarked in an un dertone: "Well, I'll be blanked I"—Chicago Beeord-Herald. Growth of the Papal Crown. Originally the headdress of the popes was only a cap, but Clovis. king" of the Franks, to show his respect to the church of Home, sent to the palace of St. John In Kateran a royal crown of | gold, which Anastaslus. emperor of | Constantinople, had presented to lilin. j The I'oi lo Honnlsdas placed upon the tiara this crown, which was at that time nothing more than a circle of | gold surmounted by leaf work, being | much such a coronet as Is nowadays j borne by marquises in France. The successor of I'ope Ilormlsdas con tinued to wear the tiara with one crown only tip to the time of Boniface VIII., but this pope, having claimed authority over things temporal as well as spiritual, wished to mark this dou ble dominion ou the pontiiical tiara, on which he placed two crowns In stead of one. Ultimately l'ope John XXII. added a tldrd crown.—St. James' Gazette. J Mark Tvraln'a Joke on the Illahop. Bishop Doane of Albany was at one i time the rector of an Episcopal church I In Hartford, and the services at this I church Mark Twain would occasionally j attend. Twain one hunday played a Joke upon the rector. "Dr. Doane," he said at the end of the service, "I enjoyed your sermon this morning. I welcomed It like an old friend. I have, you know, a book at home containing every word of it." j "You have not," siild Dr. Doane. "I have so," said the humorist, j "Well, send that book to me. I'd like l to see It." j "I'll send it," Twain replied. I And he sent the next morning an un- J abridged dictionary to the rector.—Bos i ton I'ost. j I There are no elevators running l'.p and down the ladder of fame. Herd your troubles; don't >let thetn i run wild.—Atchison Globe. FOR ROUGH HAULING. A llnndj Snl>atltntr That Savfa the RcKul-ir Hnii'in H«»*. For handling manure, earth, stone, etc., a good farmer does not like to use the regular box of his farm wagon, and Le may for some kinds of rough and dirty work replace the box with rough boards laid loosely between the stand ards in the old way. This method has some disadvantages, however, as the bottom boards are apt to work out of place and the side boards to fall down at the least provocation. An Ohio Farmer writer therefore suggests that It is best to go to a little more trouble and arrange the boards as Illustrated |Mhl> Wit.*. A firBSTITCTE FOB A WAGON BOX. In Fig. 1. Fse the required number of boards planed on edges to suit space between standards and nail or screw to two or throe crosspiocos to hold them in place. Hinge the boards at side so as to stand up supported by the stand ards when on the wagon and fold up when not in use. Or the hinges may be put on on the outside, having back of hinges next to the boards. The side lioards will then turn out Instead of in when folded and will Just turn In far enough to stand erect when on the wagon bod. Another way to overcome the main disadvantages of loose boards on the bed Is to have each side board and the bottom l>oard Immediately under It nailed and strapped together m In Fig. 2. A couple of cleats nailed on the bot tom will keep them in place when put on the bed, and tho required number of loose boards laid between in the usual manner will make the wagon ready for service. i Record Better Tlian Gaeaawork. It Is a grout mystery to us why thou i sands of other dairymen do not keep | accurate records of the milk yield of | their individual cows. It has boon 1 demonstrated over and over again that | even the most careful dairymen and ! the best judges of cows are frequently i deceived. Even so careful and exact a man as Mr. Gurler of Illinois, after taking extraordinary pains to weed out all the poor cows in a lot of fifty, found four that brought him in debt for feed and labor. The average profit for these fifty cows was SIO.OB each, but among tho number there was one In debt to him sll, another SO.BO, an other $5.34, another $1.15, and one other made a profit of only 44 cents, while the four beat cows In the lot made an average profit of $53.77 each. We venture to say that there Is not one herd In ten where there are twelve i or more cows that does not have on-; or ; more cows that it would be profitable ! to kill outright Excellent spring bal ances can be bought for or jeoo. and the tlinc required to wolgh the milk both night and morning Is less than one minute per cow. Who Is there, I then, that cannot afford to keep rec ' ords?—Hoard's Dairyman. Snails Destroying Corn. Many moisture loving animals, like snails and thousand legged worms, have been unusually numerous and de structive tills summer. It seems <|ulte reasonable to think that the excessive moisture of last year enabled them to breed In unusual numbers. We are now getting reports of snails Injuring corn, and similar damage was reported last year, says Professor Sllugerland In Iturnl New Yorker. As the snails feed openly upon the surface of the plants and eat much like a biting insect, It is reasonable to suppose that they would succumb to a dose of poisou, but some report little success from the applica tion of paris green. I still have faith that they can be effectively poisoned. I should think they could be hand picked with profit In a bed of seedlings. They work at night, and with a lan tern one could soon go over a bed and pick them. In a corn or other larger field I should resort to a dose of poisou. A narrow strip of salt seems to keep outsiders from getting Into a bed of seedlings. Corn Sbrlnkacr. At the lowa experiment station In 1808 7.<HH) pounds of corn were husked and stored in a crib on Oct. 10. Tho crib was built upon the platform of a p ilr of scales, so that weighings could t)e made at any time without moving the corn or destroying the normal con ditions of storing. The weights taken weekly during an entire year show <ioiue variations due to the weather. The shrinkage during the year was 0 per cent of the original weight for the first three months. 5 1-7 i>er cent for the second, 3 1 7 per cent for the third and 2 5-7 per cent for the last three months Tho loss for the entire period amounted to 1,130 pounds, or a little more than 20 per cent. Formalin For Seed Grain. Formalin has proved more easily ap- Vlled and more efficient than any other fungicide tested at the Montana exper iment station. It is used upon the seed grain at tli<> rate of a pint of formalin lo forty gallons of water. The seed may be treated either by dipping In the solution or sprinkling over piles of seed, the grain to be well stirred to In crease the thoroughness of the appUcs tlon. NEW ENGLAND FARMING. AdvanliiKON of lOnstern Farms as They Ai»i»enr l<» Outsiders. I moved here from Shiawassee coun ty. Mich., in April. IW2, and bought a farm of 100 acres for h». It Is sandy land, level, free from stones, fenced with rails and wire, one mile from the post office, railroad station, church and Ktori-s and forty rods from a seliool hotise. The buildings are in fair re pair, and there Is some fruit. I also own a half Interest in a fine fish pond. Michigan, I think, leads them all, but land is too high for a poor man to think of owning a farm where it sells for s4o to ss«> per acre. Working farms on shares makes no home for any one. I have farmed in the states of Michi gan and New York and had claims three seasons in North I'akota. I have been in Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Wis consin. Minnesota, lowa and the New KnKland states, and I honestly think u man with a few hundred dollars will do better here in the east if he wants n home and what goes with a home than any place I have been. I was born and raised on a farm. I Intend to keep jsjultry and do light forming.— J. I». Miller, Ithodc Island. A thorough No. 42. tages of New England farming as com pared with tuore western states ts Mr. J. A. Uavenscrgft of Kennebec county. Me. Mr. Kavenscroft has recently bought a Maine farm, after having ha<l forty years' experience farming iu Ohio. ••I am a strong believer," said Mr. Ravenscroft to a representative of tho Homestead who recently visited his farm, "In the possibilities of New Eng land farming compared with those in Ohio and other western states. I have traveled a great deal through the west and believe I understand conditions there. The gradual Increase in the value of New England farms is simply due to the fact that people are just be ginning to find out the many advan tages these eastern farms possess. So well satisfied am I with conditions as I have found them since coming to Maine I am endeavoring to induce my two sons and two sons-in-law to give up their farms in Ohio and settle on farms near me here. "Maine people, I find, are as fine as can be found In any other part of the Union, schools are excellent, the water is the best in the world, and the mar kets for all kinds of farm produce can hardly be Improved. It has great surprise to me to find lfovr'iPlwil™ good land with substantial farm build ings can be bought here. Any poor man can buy a farm in Maine."—New Eng land Homestead. Cattle Slen Klclting. The cattle men of the far west are kicking vigorously over Chief Coburn's ollicial order that horned cattle at the world's fair cattle show must be re ceived by a halter. The cattle men say if they can't exhibit range cattle they have nothing to exhibit. They also want premiums for cattle in car load lots, and this has also been vetoed by tho fair management on the ground that It will not bo a fat stock show where grades will compete, but a show which will Include pure bred stock of every known breed, and that there will be no facilities for such an exhibit as the range cattle men desire. The cattle men of Texas south of the quarantine line are rebellious over their exclusion from the south on account of the dan ger of splenetic fever. The disgruntled cattle men say that If they can get re dress no other way they will appeal the case to the president.—Farm and Uanch. , rnoerlala Onion Crop, Onion growers will do well to care fully weigh reports concerning the ma turing crop before placing too much faith in dealers' estimates of a large yield. Preliminary reports received by the New England Homestead from the principal growing states Indicate that Ohio will probably have a considerably increased yield, but New York, Con necticut and Massachusetts are not likely to exceed last year's returns and mny fall below them. The yield in the western states Is still very uncertain, but fairly promising as a whole, espe cially in Wisconsin and Illinois. Device For Cultlntc Corn Fodder. A correspondent sends the Ohio Farmer a sketch of a fodder buck he uses to cut corn fodder, using the tops A FODDEII BOCK. for horse feed and the rest of the stalks for cattle. He uses an ordinary buck saw, sharp, to cut with. The cut ex plains itself. Note* From Texaa Farm and Ranch. If you want runt pigs wean them early and feed them lightly. You can raise runts successfully. Every up to date fnrmer should be his own seed Improver. To improve seed is entirely practicable, but re quires some know how and some do how. There are many new crops and new methods that are great Improvements over the old. Every progressive farm er should devote a portion of his time to experimental work. One expensive abomination often seen on farms is a wide mouthed well inside the burn or near enough to be come foully contaminated by drainage from stables or manure heaps. In buying fancy farm seeds at fancy prices require satisfactory evidence that the seed is genuine and true to name and sec that It Is thus assured by a known and competent authority. One View of Dlnleet. Dialect tempered with slang Is an ad mirable medium of communication be tween persons who have nothing to say and persons who would not care for anything properly said.—Thomas Bai ley Aid rich in Century. Where there is one scholar who be comes Insane through ovcrstudy. there are hundreds who remain inane by reason of understudy.—Boston Tran script. No man who need* a monument ever ought to hare one.—Hawthorne. Fish Sired Air. Fishes, like all other animals, need air. if they could not get It they would bo suffocated Just as you would If you were locked in an air tight trunk. When tho sea is frozen for miles, as in the Arctic ocean, the fishes find it very hard to come to the top, and must then "breathe" the air which Is dissolved in the water. You have often seen the tiny bubbles which col lect on the Inside of a glass which lias been standing full of water overnight. Well, that Is the air which has been dissolved In the water, nnd after the glass has been tnp|>ed, so that all these bubbles come to tho top, fishes could not live in that water.. In other words, they would drown. Fueling For Thousands of years before It was practiced as a religious rite fasting was practiced as a health measure in Egypt. India and China. Coutemjio rary to Cicero was Ascleplades, a Greek physician, who strongly advocated this Idea, and 1,000 years after his day Ibn Sinn, philosopher and medical sage, ar gued the virtues of temporary absti nence on the ground that it came eas ier than constant moderation. Trlmmlnir Anils* "Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Torkklng, "how do they trim the sails ef a yacht?" "Why— or— they Just trim 'em, that's all." "1 know. Hut what kind of trimming do they use?"— Washington Star. Tour Health. You young people, don't forget that health Is greatly prized in old age. Young people can stand abuses to their her Ith in youth, but terrible interest Is collected later on.—Atchison Globe.
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